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President Donald Trump said Wednesday the government is ready for massive Hurricane Florence and insisted that his administration's response to the devastation in Puerto Rico past year was an "underappreciated great job". As time went by it did not go up by much.
"3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico", Trump tweeted early Thursday.
"President Trump was responding to the liberal media and the San Juan Mayor who sadly, have tried to exploit the devastation by pushing out a constant stream of misinformation and false accusations".
Trump falsely accused Democrats on Thursday of inflating the Puerto Rican toll to make him "look as bad as possible".
By some reports, Hurricane Maria's death toll in Puerto Rico was over 5,740, nearly 90 times higher than the government's official count of 64. "Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico!" Rep. Luis Gutierrez, an Illinois Democrat who spent part of his youth in Puerto Rico, spoke on the House floor in front of a printout of the Puerto Rican flag, saying Trump is "delusional" and incapable of "empathy or basic human decency".
Trump began to focus on Hurricane Florence earlier this week, calling for an Oval Office briefing with the FEMA director to warn about the threat. North and SC and Virginia ordered mass evacuations along the coast.
However, Rossello's administration has not made public a government emergency response plan that officials revised after Hurricane Maria. The study said the original estimates were so low because doctors on the island had not been trained to properly classify deaths after a natural disaster.
Next month, Verizon will launch the first commercial 5G home internet service
We asked Verizon if a similar limitation will be applied to 5G home Internet and will update this story if we a get a response. That's the same network that will eventually service phones, but home internet customers will get the first whack.
The White House defended the president. Also, 13 percent of municipalities lack stable phone or internet service.
This kind of magical thinking isn't new for Donald Trump, but given that Hurricane Florence has already made landfall in the Southeast, his ludicrous comments highlight the incredibly high stakes here.
"Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000." he said, going on to claim: "This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico".
Cruz, the Democratic San Juan mayor who has sparred with the president, tweeted: "Trump is so vain he thinks this is about him". Then came Maria and devastation in Puerto Rico, where a slow federal response was complicated by logistical concerns and preexisting economic and infrastructure deficiencies on the island territory. People who rely on ventilators to breathe wouldn't have died if their equipment had been operational. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who is running for the U.S. Senate in a state where many Puerto Ricans moved after the devastating hurricanes, tweeted that he disagrees with Trump and that "an independent study said thousands were lost and Gov. Rosselló agreed".
"My teams knew about it but first they will say, "no we can not use them, ' months later water was no good for human consumption", he tweeted".
"Significant obstacles still remain", Rossello said, acknowledging that emergency protocols in place prior to Maria were inadequate.
The stockpile is believed to have been a part of aid package meant for the survivors of Hurricane Maria, which wrought havoc on the US territory in 2017.


I recently recommended to a customer to turn their air pressure down on their system as low as their process would allow. Meaning regulate the pressure so you have enough to complete the operations needed but find that happy medium where your compressor isn’t working as hard to build those high pressures for no reason!
Compressed air is an amazing tool to have, and when used properly it can be more efficient that other non compressed air tools that run off electricity. How ever its pretty common to see compressed air systems running at their max just because.
Lowering the air system pressure reduces the compressor power consumption by about 1% for every two psi of lower pressure. Lowering the pressure also makes any unregulated operations reduce consumption by almost 1% for every one psi of pressure reduction. Not to mention the extra savings if your compressor system can turn down the compressor power because of the reduced flow and possibly shut off compressors that are no longer needed!
The best pressure at which to set your system is the level where your production can operate efficiently and effectively without waste: There is no right pressure—it depends on your operations and tools. You may have 90 to 100 psig at the compressor, but at the production machine, where the actual work is being done, you could have only 65 to 70 psig. In some cases, it may be even lower due to pressure drops in undersized piping, filters, regulators. The goal is to lower compressor discharge pressure without affecting the the operations at the end of the line.
Having artificially high plant-pressure can help you deal with surges in compressed air demand that might occasionally cause low-pressure and affect production. The higher pressure acts to store reserve air in the various volumes made up of receivers, pipes and such in your system. However, the higher pressure costs more to produce and makes unregulated end uses consume more air, which is an expensive trade-off. Another option is to make sure you have line pressure regulators at each point of use. This will allow you to regulate the operation to the pressure needed being sure to save compressed air and keep the over all system running more efficient.
If you need a deeper understanding about how EXAIR’s products can be applied and help your process or product, feel free to contact us and we will do our best to give you a clear understanding of the benefits when using our engineered compressed air products. We can also explain proper implementation of accessory items such as compressed air filters and regulators.
Why should you consider a Pressure Regulator when designing your compressed air system? As many know, our products and those of other product manufacturers have a certain set of specifications regarding performance at stated input pressures. But what if your application doesn’t require that “full, rated performance”? Maybe instead of needing two pounds of force, you only need one pound? Sometimes more force does not produce the desired result for an application. By that, I mean you cause damage to the target or other surrounding items in the application. Or, perhaps blowing too hard (or vacuuming too hard in the case of a Line Vac or E-vac) might cause the vessel or the material you are picking up to collapse or deform (due to too much power).
There is also the concern about using more energy than one really needs to in order to achieve the desired effect in an application. In other words, if you can achieve your goals with only 40 PSIG, then why would you ever use 80 PSIG to accomplish the goal? By reducing your compressed air from 80 down to 40 PSIG, you can easily reduce the air consumption of the “engineered” solution by another 40% or more. Once you have installed engineered air nozzles to reduce compressed air on blow off applications, a pressure regulator can fine tune the pressure to save even more energy.
Then there is the issue of taking advantage of the pressure differential (from 80 down to 40 PSIG) that creates a little bit more air volume capacity. At 80 PSIG, your compressed air to free air volume ratio is 6.4:1. At 40 PSIG, it is only 3.7:1. The net effect is you effectively have an overall larger volume of air you can use for other applications in your facility. By reducing compressed air pressure of your demand applications, you may be able to reduce over all compressor discharge pressure. Reducing compressor discharge pressure by 2 PSIG also reduces required input power by 1 percent – so keep your pressure as low as possible!
Regulating pressure is definitely warranted given the benefits that compliment the operation of the core EXAIR products.
If you need a deeper understanding about how EXAIR’s products can help your application, feel free to contact us and we will do our best to give you a clear understanding of all the benefits that can be had by our products’ use as well as proper implementation of accessory items such as compressed air filters and regulators.
Not much in life is free anymore. So, make sure and take advantage of EXAIR’s upcoming FREE webinar at 2:00 PM ET on 10/17/2019. Not only are we providing it for free, but in this webinar we’ll be discussing how you can save money by reducing your compressed air consumption. Something for free, that will help save you money? Almost unheard of these days!!! Hosted by one of our highly-trained Application Engineers, Jordan Shouse, you’ll learn about four common ways that you can easily save air in your facility.
Compressed air is often referred to as the fourth utility in industry. When used improperly, compressed air is extremely expensive. Homemade devices such as open-ended and drilled pipes, inefficient air nozzles, leaks, etc. all contribute to increased energy costs. In addition to being wasteful, these devices are not safe and compliant with OSHA standards and regulations. By using an Intelligent Compressed Air Product, you’ll be both saving money and creating a safer environment for your operators.
In this webinar, you’ll gain an understanding of the places in your facility that are wasting the most compressed air. We’ll educate you on the various engineered solutions available from EXAIR to help eliminate unnecessary compressed air usage. You’ll gain the knowledge necessary to determine the best solution based on the application, sound level, compressed air usage, and compliance with OSHA safety requirements. You’ll also learn about the various solutions available to help understand and optimize your compressed air system. You can’t begin implementing a plan to reduce air consumption until you fully understand the usage in your own facility and processes. EXAIR’s line of Optimization products are ideal to help you gain a baseline measurement and begin implementing new products and processes that’ll only help add to your bottom line.
After the conclusion of the webinar will be a brief Q&A session where you can ask any questions you have about any of the topics covered. Unable to attend the webinar live? Don’t let that stop you from registering! Afterwards, each registrant will receive a link via e-mail where they’ll be able to access the full webinar at any time. Make sure and take advantage of this opportunity to gain some knowledge about the usage of your compressed air. You’ll be glad you did!


Cristex Composite Materials has steadily evolved to become the UK’s premier suppliers of High-Performance Fibres and Fabrics for the UK Composites and Reinforced Plastics Markets. We supply a comprehensive range of products including woven fabrics, multiaxial, structural foams, braids and tapes along with various epoxy resin systems and adhesives. The markets we supply to are extensive, from Automotive, Marine, Aerospace and Industrial to Oil and gas, Renewable energy, Sports and Recreation and Caravans and Leisure. As well as the supply of these products we offer a tailored processing service:
• Cristex’ in house cutting and kitting service that ensures full traceability, labelling and bespoke packaging as required
• We can also provide a slitting and rewinding service, converting master rolls of fabric into narrow width tapes for use in multiple applications
We understand that customers want us to be more than just a material supplier, we need to take technology with us as it constantly evolves. Our vision is to inspire our customers to be innovative by providing quality products with a trusted and reliable service.
Cristex have over 28 years of experience in the industry, therefore ensuring we can provide full technical support to various market sectors in order to develop solutions that fit your exact requirements.


Christiansburg, Virginia — Theat a club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has reignited concerns in the LGBTQ community over safety and discrimination. More than half of states in the U.S. have little to no protections for transgender people, and as early as next week, Virginia could reverse its limited rights in public schools.
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has proposedthat has protections against discrimination and bullying but would require parental permission to change names or pronouns at school. It also would require students to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex assigned at birth, except to the extent that federal law requires.
The move to rollback policies implemented under Virginia’s former governor, Democrat Ralph Northam, has led to a heated public debate, eliciting more than 71,000 comments during the public comment period.
Dozens of speakers also sounded off during an hours-long Virginia Board of Education meeting on Oct. 20.
Sarah Via, among the parents in attendance, argues the new policy bolsters parental rights.
“You cannot have a good quality of education or mental health with excluding the parent from the process,” she said.
Opponents of Youngkin’s proposal argue schools have become safe spaces for transgender students and the new policy would put that at risk.
“Now our teachers, our principals, our counselors get the training and the information they need in order to accommodate kids like Bettie,” said Courtney Thomas, whose 11-year-old child, Bettie Thomas, identifies as non-binary and uses the pronounces “zie” and “zir.”
Bettie said the children’s book “I am Jazz,” which tells the story of a transgender child, sparked a conversation about gender when Bettie was 7.
Bettie described it as a “breakthrough” after years of “complete anger” and “confusion.”
“As soon as Bettie had words to describe what zie was feeling, zie was able to start moving toward a more authentic life,” Courtney said.
Courtney said accommodating school policies allowed Bettie to thrive in the classroom, as well as at home.
“That decision that I made changed my life so much,” Bettie said.
The Thomas family is most worried about the students who don’t have support from their parents.
The new policy won’t go into effect until approved and finalized by the state superintendent, according to a spokesman for the Virginia Department of Education.
While the Virginia state code asks school districts to enforce school policies of the commonwealth, there’s not an enforcement mechanism, meaning some schools may choose not to comply.


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Songs Of Resistance 1942 - 2018 Marc Ribot
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- 1We Are Soldiers in the Army05:27
- 2Bella ciao03:37
- 4How To Walk In Freedom05:44
- 5Rata de dos Patas04:46
- 6The Militant Ecologist (Based on Fischia II Vento)04:10
- 7The Big Fool06:34
- 8Ain't Gonna Let Them Turn Us Round03:23
- 9John Brown05:53
- 10Knock That Statue Down03:50
- 11We'll Never Turn Back04:33
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Der Gitarrenvirtuose mit exklusiven Gaststars wie Tom Waits, Meshell Ndegeocello, Steve Earle, und Fay Victor. Obwohl er Linkshänder ist, spielt er eine Rechtshänder-Gitarre: In seiner über 40-jährigen Karriere hat der virtuose US-amerikanische Avantgarde-Gitarrist Marc Ribot schon über 25 Platten unter eigenem Namen veröffentlicht. Seit seiner Mitwirkung bei Tom Waits epochalem Album "Rain Dogs" (1985) ist er ein gefragter Sideman. Er kollaborierte unter anderem mit Größen wie Arto Lindsay, Elvis Costello, John Mellenkamp, Marianne Faithfull, McCoy Tyner, Norah Jones, The Black Keys, Elton John, Bill Frisell und John Zorn. Außerdem war er Mitglied bei den Formationen Ceramic Dog, Lounge Lizards, Rootless Cosmopolitans, Shrek und Los Cubanos Postizos. "Songs Of Resistance 1942-2018" versammelt Protest-, Rebellions- und Widerstandslieder der letzten acht Jahrzehnte. Sie stammen zum Beispiel aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, von den italienischen Partisanen oder aus der Zeit der amerikanischen Bürgerrechtsbewegung. Sie werden ergänzt durch Originalkompositionen Ribots. Als Gäste lud der Saitenvirtuose erlesene Gesangskoryphäen ans Mikrofon: Tom Waits, Steve Earle, Meshell Ndegeocello, Justin Vivian Bond, Fay Victor, Sam Amidon und Ohene Cornelius.
Marc Ribot, Gesang, Gitarre
Produced by Marc Ribot
(pronounced REE-bow) was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1954. As a teen, he played guitar in various garage bands while studying with his mentor, Haitian classical guitarist and composer Frantz Casseus. After moving to New York City in 1978, Ribot was a member of the soul/punk Realtones, and from 1984 - 1989, of John Lurie's Lounge Lizards. Between 1979 and 1985, Ribot also worked as a side musician with Brother Jack McDuff, Wilson Pickett, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Chuck Berry, and many others.
Rolling Stone points out that “Guitarist Marc Ribot helped Tom Waits refine a new, weird Americana on 1985's “Rain Dogs”, and since then he's become the go-to guitar guy for all kinds of roots-music adventurers: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp.” Additional recording credits include Soloman Burke, Neko Case, Diana Krall, Beth Orton, Marianne Faithful, Arto Lindsay, Caetano Veloso, Laurie Anderson, Susana Baca, McCoy Tyner, The Jazz Passengers, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Cibo Matto, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, James Carter, Vinicio Capposella (Italy), Auktyon (Russia), Vinicius Cantuaria, Sierra Maestra (Cuba), Alain Bashung (France), Marisa Monte, Allen Ginsburg, Madeleine Peyroux, Sam Phillips, and more recently Joe Henry, Allen Toussaint, Norah Jones, Akiko Yano, The Black Keys, Jeff Bridges, Jolie Holland, Elton John/Leon Russell and many others. Ribot frequently collaborates with producer T Bone Burnett, most notably on Alison Krauss and Robert Plant's Grammy Award winning "Raising Sand" and regularly works with composer John Zorn.
Marc has released 25 albums under his own name over a 40-year career, exploring everything from the pioneering jazz of Albert Ayler with his group “Spiritual Unity” (Pi Recordings), to the Cuban son of Arsenio Rodríguez with two critically acclaimed releases on Atlantic Records under “Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos”. His avant power trio/post-rock band, Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog (Pi Recordings), continues the lineage of his earlier experimental no-wave/punk/noise groups Rootless Cosmopolitans (Island Antilles) and Shrek (Tzadik). Marc's solo recordings include "Marc Ribot Plays The Complete Works of Frantz Casseus" (Les Disques Du Crepuscule), "John Zorn’s The Book of Heads" (Tzadik), "Don't Blame Me" (DIW), "Saints" (Atlantic), "Exercises in Futility" (Tzadik), and his latest “Silent Movies” released in 2010 on Pi Recordings was described as a "down-in-mouth-near master piece" by the Village Voice and has landed on several Best of 2010 lists including the LA Times and critical praise across the board. 2014 saw the monumental release: “Marc Ribot Trio Live at the Village Vanguard” (Pi Recordings), documenting Marc’s first headline and the return of Henry Grimes at the historical venue in 2012, included on various Best of 2014 lists including Downbeat Magazine and NPR’s 50 Favorites. 2018 starts off with the release of not one but two politically charged albums: “YRU Still Here?” (Northern Spy), the long awaited third album from Ribot’s post-rock/noise trio Ceramic Dog, and “Songs of Resistance” (featuring guest vocalists Tom Waits, Steve Earle, Meshell Ndegeocello and more on Anti- Records), both voicing anger and outrage during these turbulent times.
Marc has performed on scores such as “The Kids Are All Right,” “Where the Wild Things Are,” "Walk The Line (Mangold)," "Everything is Illuminated," and "The Departed" (Scorcese)." Marc has also composed original scores including the French film Gare du Nord (Simon), the PBS documentary "Revolucion: Cinco Miradas," the film "Drunkboat," starring John Malkovich and John Goodman, a documentary film by Greg Feldman titled "Joe Schmoe," a feature film by director Joe Brewster titled "The Killing Zone", and dance pieces "In as Much as Life is Borrowed", by famed Belgian choreographer, Wim Vandekeybus, and Yoshiko Chuma's "Altogether Different". Marc also occasionally performs his live solo guitar score to Charlie Chaplin’s “The Kid”, which was commissioned by the NY Guitar Festival and premiered Jan 2010 at Merkin Hall, as well as live film scores to Jennifer Reeves experimental shorts.
In 2009, Marc was named curator and musical director for the year’s Century of Song Festival, part of the Ruhr Triennale in Germany. The concert series sparked new collaborations with Iggy Pop, Marianne Faithfull, David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, master cajón player Juan Medrano Cotito, Carla Bozulich and Tine Kindermann.
Marc's talents have also been showcased with a full symphony orchestra. Composer Stewart Wallace wrote a guitar concerto with orchestra specifically for Marc. The piece was premiered by the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC in July of 2004 and also appeared at The Cabrillo Festival in Santa Cruz, CA in August of 2005.
Marc is currently touring with several projects including his power trio Ceramic Dog with bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Ches Smith, the Philly soul meets the harmolodics of Ornette Coleman’s The Young Philadelphians with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Calvin Weston, and with Caged Funk, a project of funk arrangements of John Cage’s music.
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Air Canada, WestJet scrub Boeing 737 Max from schedules until June
Ottawa banned the 737 Max from the skies last March following two fatal crashes.
Boeing to halt production of 737 Max airliner in January [UPDATED]
Boeing said it doesn’t expect any layoffs as a result of the production halt.
Airline went into records after Max crash, engineer says
Ethiopian Airlines’ whistleblower points to pattern of corruption including fabricating documents, signing off on shoddy repairs and even beating those who got out of line.
AP Sources: Boeing changing Max software to use 2 computers
In the new configuration, both of the plane’s flight control computers would be monitored by software.
United CEO vows to be aboard 737 Max when its cleared to fly
Boeing says it has finished with its updates to the flight-control software implicated in the crashes.
Boeing didn’t tell airlines that safety alert wasn’t on
Feature designed to warn pilots when a key sensor might be providing incorrect information.
Boeing’s troubled jet is costing US$1B to fix so far
Boeing has about 4,600 unfilled orders for the 737 Max, which was involved in two recent fatal crashes.
Boeing, FAA say more time needed for fix of troubled 737 Max
The planes have been grounded around the world since mid-March.
European, Canadian regulators to do own review of Boeing jet
Marc Garneau said of the 737 Max that Canada will certify changes made to the plane’s software.
AP Source: Justice Dept. probing development of Boeing jets
A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., sent a subpoena to someone involved in the plane’s development seeking emails, messages and other communications.
US grounding of Boeing jet shows limits of company’s clout
Trump announced Wednesday that Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft in the U.S. were being grounded.
Garneau orders grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 8s over safety concerns
Decision to ground the planes a precautionary move made after a review of all available evidence, Transport Minister told a news conference.
Ethiopia crash black boxes arrive in France for analysis
Sunday’s crash was the second fatal flight for a Boeing 737 Max 8 in less than six months.


News flash! Every week, following the Board meeting, Supervisor Kuehl picks five items you might find interesting, important, and/or fun. It’s your way to get a quick rundown of several highlights of the meeting in no more than 5 minutes! Looking for more? Click here to get the entire agenda.
Ending Exorbitant-Cost Phone Calls in LA County Jails
I was very happy to support a motion authored by Supervisor Hilda Solis that furthers LA County’s goal of tackling the exorbitant costs of phone calls in LA County Jails and Juvenile Facilities that place a steep financial burden on the families of incarcerated people.
The motion includes several directives to help LA County get the funding, infrastructure, and contracts that could make phone calls more affordable. Healthy social connection helps with mental health, lower rates of recidivism and overall wellbeing. If our overarching goal is to encourage rehabilitation and reintegration, we should be removing barriers to engaging support networks, not profiting off the human need for connection.
The Board received an update from the Department of Public Health on vaccination rates in LA County and how changes at the state and national level might affect our efforts.
The big news this week: California is the first state to announce plans to require student vaccinations – adding the COVID-19 vaccine to the list of vaccinations already required for schools, such as the vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella. Of course, mandatory school vaccinations are nothing new. Hopefully, measures like this will protect our youth from disruptive outbreaks and threats to their health and facilitate a return to the normal schooling and recreation they all deserve.
Indigenous Peoples Day & Land Acknowledgement and Access
I’m really happy that the Board passed the motion I co-authored with Supervisor Hilda Solis promoting Indigenous Peoples Day and facilitating Land Acknowledgement and Land Access policies for LA County.
It’s important to engage in more than just symbolic gestures. We must also address inequity and the ongoing issues related to accessing County-owned and other public lands for Native cultural practices. The motion we passed this week calls on the Departments of Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services (WDACS), the Native American Indian Commission, and the Department of Arts and Culture to work with a consultant and, most importantly, local tribal leaders, to develop policies that will remove barriers that now prevent Native American people from observing traditional practices.
Supporting Haitian Immigrants and Their Families
After years of unimaginable political, natural and socio-economic crises, the number of Haitian immigrants seeking asylum has drastically increased. Unfortunately, our federal agencies’ response has often fallen short of our values. As LA County has done before, we affirmed our commitment to welcoming and supporting all immigrants by passing a motion to develop a plan for outreach and wraparound support for Haitian refugees who may settle in our region.
In the past several months, Haitians have endured political turmoil following the assassination of their president, and lost homes and personal security after two major natural disasters, all during a global pandemic. I think doing what we can to welcome and assist refugees is a central, foundational American value, so I’m grateful to Supervisor Mitchell for introducing this motion.
International Pronouns Day
Finally, at this week’s Board Meeting, we passed a motion I co-authored with Supervisor Hilda Solis proclaiming October 20th as “International Pronouns Day.” The motion encourages the use of inclusive pronouns in all types of communication, whether verbal or written, as an expression of our continuing commitment to diversity and inclusion.
One easy way to support transgender and nonbinary individuals is to include your pronouns in your email signature. The more people who include their pronouns, the more normalized the practice becomes, building a more accepting and inclusive culture. Studies show that affirming transgender and nonbinary youth, for example, by respecting their pronouns, as well as other signs of respect, is associated with lower rates of attempted suicide, so small actions like this can make a big difference.


The 1996-2000 Toyota Mark II is a highly sought-after vehicle among Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) enthusiasts. Known for its sleek design, powerful engine options, and luxurious features, the Mark II holds a special place in the hearts of those who appreciate Japanese automotive engineering. This encyclopedia entry will explore the key aspects of this iconic car, including its history, specifications, and noteworthy features.
The Toyota Mark II, first introduced in 1968, is a mid-sized sedan that has gained popularity in the JDM scene over the years. The model we are focusing on here, produced from 1996 to 2000, belongs to the fourth generation of Mark II vehicles. During this era, Toyota aimed to further refine the car's performance, comfort, and style to cater to the evolving tastes of JDM enthusiasts.
One notable feature of the 1996-2000 Toyota Mark II and other JDM vehicles of its time is the attention to detail in design. Sleek lines, aerodynamic features, and a sporty appearance were incorporated to cater to the passion for aesthetic appeal in the JDM community. The Mark II exudes an air of elegance combined with a touch of aggression, making it instantly recognizable on the roads.
The 1996-2000 Toyota Mark II came with multiple engine options, offering JDM enthusiasts a plethora of choices to customize their driving experience. It included powerful engines such as:
These engines were known not only for their performance but also for their reliability. The inline-six configuration, often favored by JDM enthusiasts, provides a smooth power delivery and a distinct engine note that adds to the overall driving experience.
In terms of driving dynamics, the 1996-2000 Toyota Mark II offered a balanced and responsive ride. The car's suspension system was tuned to strike a harmonious blend between comfort and agility, making it enjoyable both on city streets and winding mountain roads. Furthermore, the option for rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive allowed drivers to tailor the car's handling characteristics to their preference and driving conditions.
The Mark II was equipped with various features that contributed to its appeal among JDM enthusiasts. Some of these noteworthy features include:
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One goal from Lionel Messi was enough to hand Argentina a 1-0 win over Ecaudor in a World Cup qualifiers match, MySportDab reports.
First Half Report
The first half of the game was evenly matched as both sides were able to control the game in which one goal was recorded.
It took Lionel Messi 13 minutes to put Argentina ahead from the penalty spot which made it 1-0.
The game progressed with Ecuador giving a good account of themselves as they also tried to score.
Their goal attempts failed as the first half ended Argentina 1-0 Ecuador with both sides headed for the break.
Second Half Report
The second 45 minutes was good but failed to provide goal scoring action from both sides who were good.
Ecuador controlled play for some periods in the second 45 minutes which they also created chances but didn’t score.
Argentina also had lots to do as Lionel Messi threatened all through the game but couldn’t find the back of the net.
The match went on with the home side maintaining their lead which was almost cutback to 1-1.
Both teams saw players from their sides yellow carded in the game as they were cautioned for their aggressive play.

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Cholesterol, found in each cell inside your body, is required to maintain cells together, among other stuff. This eMedTV article clarifies the types of cholesterol and the way a lot of within your blood may increase your risk of developing heart issues. Lipitor – Lipitor is a medicine used for treating high cholesterol levels and high triglycerides. This eMedTV article offers a synopsis of the drug, including details of the way it works, when and the way to carry it, possible adverse consequences, and more. Triglycerides – Triglycerides are the most important storage form of fat inside the body. As this eMedTV article clarifies, they’re used to make electricity and function as building blocks for cells.
This webpage provides an in depth look in triglycerides. Crestor – Crestor is usually prescribed for treating high cholesterol levels and high triglycerides. This section of the eMedTV site provides an in depth look at this drug, together with information on its uses, dosing guidelines, possible adverse consequences, and more. Zocor – Zocor is usually used to treat high cholesterol levels and high triglycerides, and also to prevent coronary disease. This eMedTV webpage discusses this prescription medicine in detail, including adverse effects, dosing, strengths, and how it functions. High Cholesterol – Outcomes of high cholesterol levels because of atherosclerosis include angina, myocardial infarction, and stroke.
This eMedTV webpage highlights these and other health threats related to this condition and explains treatment choices. Vytorin – Vytorin, a drug merging simvastatin and ezetimibe, is employed for high cholesterol levels and high triglycerides. This eMedTV article further discusses this drug, such as info on its uses, effects, strengths, potential adverse effects, and more. Zetia – Zetia is a medication licensed to treat high cholesterol levels and sitosterolemia, a rare genetic condition. This eMedTV article discusses the consequences of the prescription drug, how it functions, how and once to take it, potential adverse effects, and more. Lipitor Side Effects – For individuals taking Lipitor, adverse effects might include headaches, muscle pain, and diarrhea.
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Liverpool is one of the most successful football club in the country domestically, and they have matched this with their performances in Europe. They have won the European Cup and Champions league 5 times, the UEFA cup 3 times and on 3 occasions they have been successful in the European Super Cup.
However, their appearance in the 1985 European Cup final against Juventus at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels resulted in 39 people losing their lives with a further 600 people being injured. The main incidents occurred an hour before the game started, and the match continued despite the players knowing that lives had been lost.
Liverpool came into the game as the reigning European champions, having won the year before beating the Italian side Roma 1-0 in the final. Their opponents in Heysel were once again Italian opposition and the game was scheduled to be played in an old stadium.
This was a period where English football fans were regularly involved in crowd trouble at both international and club fixtures. This reputation meant that every time an English club played a match on European soil it attracted violent supporters from opposition clubs.
Juventus have always been well supported and when they made the final they took as many passionate fans to the game as Liverpool did. The trouble started about an hour before the game when two segregated areas of supporters started throwing missiles at each other. This included debris from the crumbling terrace.
This simmering tension was finally broken when a group of Liverpool supporters charged at the separating temporary chain link fence. The area that the Liverpool fans charged was set aside for neutral fans but the Juventus supporters had managed to acquire many tickets from the “ticket touts”.
The result was that the supporters in the block tried to escape and pushed forward towards a wall. Eventually the wall collapsed and at first it was believed that this caused the 39 deaths. It was later revealed that the deaths had been caused by the huge numbers of people crushed up against the wall before it collapsed, with many people dying from suffocation.
With people being carried away from the stadium on make-shift stretchers it was clear that lives had been lost. The police authorities said that abandoning the game could have made the situation worse so the match continued with the Italians winning 1-0.
After the game the blame was placed firmly on the shoulders of the Liverpool supporters. Britain’s reputation in Europe certainly didn’t help their cause but the initial charge of the fans was certainly the reason for the devastating crush of people against the wall.
The Italian fans weren’t entirely blameless and their main group of supporters at the opposite end of the stadium started to riot when seeing the events unfurl at the Liverpool end. An Italian fan was even seen firing a starting pistol at Belgian Police, who were also trying to avoid being hit by bottles and loose concrete.
The outcome was that both the Liverpool fans and the Belgian police were blamed for the incident. Fourteen Liverpool fans were given custodial sentences for manslaughter and then UEFA did their own investigation into what had happened on that evening.
The outcome was that on the 2nd June 1985 English clubs were banned from playing in European competitions for “an indeterminate period of time”. The ban lasted until the start of the 1990-91 season with Liverpool being excluded for a further one year. The six year exile from Europe was when Liverpool were at their peak and many players careers were affected by it.
The consequent years in Europe has seen less crowd trouble as stadiums have become modified and police organization has improved. The custodial sentence has acted as a deterrent to supporters looking for trouble.
The relationship between Liverpool and Juventus has improved over the years, with Ian Rush being signed by the Italian side for the 1986 season.

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Lawrence Wittner: The recently-concluded Black Friday provided the occasion not only for an orgy of consumer spending, but for ferocious action by screaming mobs of shoppers who engaged in mass riots in their desperate attempts to obtain a variety of products.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has said that he’d like to see another $50 billion passed in another supplemental war spending bill in the next few months. This is money to fund an escalation that we are supposed to believe has not been decided upon yet. This must be stopped.
Carole Bartolotto: The problem with concluding that GMOs are safe is that the argument for their safety rests solely on animal studies. These studies are offered as evidence that the debate over GMOs is over. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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As negotiations on trimming the national deficit dragged on this spring and summer, it should have been easy to come up with plenty of programs to cut. One candidate would be the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the umbrella organization that sponsors AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Learn and Serve America, the Social Innovation Fund, and other community service programs. So far, however, thanks in part to vigorous lobbying on the part of its staff, liberal supporters, and alumni, the Corporation has escaped the axe.
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The title “United We Serve” is, of course, a take on the popular phrase, “united we stand, divided we fall.” It is a sentiment that can be traced back centuries but that has resurfaced among those on the left. The song “United We Stand” was recorded by the aptly named musical group The Brotherhood of Man in 1970. The same sentiment appears in a host of pop songs, including “Hey You” by Pink Floyd. While “United We Stand” can be understood to mean many things, it has recently taken on powerful suggestions of egalitarianism and universalism — purposes that would seem identical to those of CNCS.
Egalitarianism and universalism are evident in United We Serve’s “My American Story” public service announcements. Featuring Bon Jovi, Usher, and President Obama himself, these radio and television ads call on “all Americans” to get involved in community activism. As a matter of fact, they are practically insulting to anyone who might demur from mentoring disadvantaged children and adults, teaching the disadvantaged how to read, helping to feed the hungry, conducting a home energy audit, planting community gardens, and celebrating the 25th anniversary of Martin Luther King Day by performing community service. As one of the ads has it, you can hardly claim to be living unless you are out there making a difference in your community.
As a fitting tribute to the anniversary of MLK Day, United We Serve suggests that every American perform at least 25 “actions” of community service during 2011. None of those suggested “actions” seem to involve regular employment, at least employment in the private sector. Indeed, those Americans who “just” go to work every day, support their families, obey the law, and mind their own business are portrayed more or less as hopeless deadbeats who should be ashamed of themselves. What are they doing working for businesses that actually produce something of value when they might join the ranks of community servants engaged in organizing, as the Corporation puts it, to “meet growing social needs.”
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The propagandistic quality of United We Serve should be obvious. CNCS is not simply encouraging Americans to be more charitable in the way they have always been: by giving generously to their churches and synagogues, for instance. Indeed, there is not a word about charitable religious activity on the Corporation’s website. United We Stand is promoting purely secular forms of community service, and only those forms of service that can be controlled and channeled by bureaucrats at the Corporation. The real purpose of the administration’s increased interest in promoting community service, it would seem, is not the improvement of communities but enlistment of volunteers in support of a leftist worldview.
Community service programs like AmeriCorps and the Social Innovation Fund exist, it would seem, to foster loyalty to the state and belief in the idea that government, not individual initiative, is the answer to pressing human problems. The overriding purpose of these programs is, I believe, to inculcate a government-centric worldview among their young, idealistic participants. The intent is to create a critical mass of lifelong true believers that will continue to support government activism long after their service has ended. Much like military service, which fosters lifelong loyalty to a particular branch and to the military in general, government service produces millions of constant supporters, but with this difference: they are not supporters of patriotism and hard work but supporters of an ideology that is implicitly anti-American and anti-capitalist in nature.
United We Serve cites President Obama as urging Americans “to help build a new foundation for economic growth in America.” Of what might that new foundation consist? According to serve.gov, it involves the administration’s “investments in education, health care, and clean energy.” More specifically, that “investment” entails indirect aid to teachers’ unions, funding for ObamaCare, and subsidies for alternative energy. But are those initiatives “a new foundation for economic growth?”
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Obama’s investment in education has done wonders for teachers’ unions but not much for education. The latest national testing shows American high school students woefully deficient in math, science, reading, and just about every other subject. For almost three years Obama has been “investing” more and more in education (and teachers’ unions have been contributing more and more to Democratic candidates), but the result, as reported by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, has been a continued deterioration of learning. According to the NAEP’s latest “Report Card” on education, high school seniors have demonstrated little if any progress in basic areas in the last three years. Only one fourth of 12th graders scored “proficient” in history.
As for ObamaCare, in what sense can an entitlement program which is estimated to cost between two and three trillion dollars in its first decade be considered a foundation for growth? Draining trillions of dollars in capital from the private sector is not a recipe for growth.
Likewise, no one can seriously argue that the President’s green jobs initiative has been a success. If it had been — creating the five million jobs that Obama promised in the 2008 campaign and the unspecified millions he continues to promise — wouldn’t some of them have surfaced by now? By one estimate, only 68,000 have.
The mission statements, announcements, reports, and blogs posted by the Corporation for National and Community Service comprise a nearly impenetrable thicket of jargon-filled bureaucratese: lofty promises of “addressing needs,” “transforming lives,” and claims of “accountability” where none exists. Yet, amid all the verbiage, it is difficult to pin down exactly what the Corporation does with its billion-plus in funding. Yes, it erects playground equipment. It encourages tutoring and “mentoring” (whatever that is, in relation to young children who have not even considered what they wish to be, much less begun working). It produces public service announcements and operates a website full of grandiose pronouncements. But what does the taxpayer get for its $1.4 billion in funding?
So far as I can see, very little. But that is not surprising, considering the revolving door of chief executives who have led the Corporation over the past three years, and the background of each of these leaders. As a group, the three recent directors have had extensive experience with minority and women’s issues, low-income community development, and the promotion of affordable housing, including in one case an initiative that may have played a role in the subprime housing collapse that began in 2007.
With a record like that of the Corporation for National and Community Service, one would think this agency would already have been history. Yet the President’s FY2012 budget request for CNCS is $1.26 billion (down from $1.4 billion). As budget negotiations continue, it will be interesting to see what happens to agencies engaged in the work of altering the “foundation for economic growth in America.” To conservatives it seems obvious that we need to get back to the old foundation of unregulated free enterprise and dispense with the costly bureaucracies that aim to transform America into a socialist welfare state.
This article originally appeared on Conservative Battleline Online and is reprinted with permission.

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LA-founded hard-rock hellraisers L7 are coming back Down Under in December 2023 as part of their ‘Bricks Are Heavy and More’ tour.
L7 were a formidable force in the 1990s, courting controversy wherever they played, due to their ‘take no shit’ attitude. After a separating in the early 2000’s the band reunited in 2014 and released the album Scatter the Rats in 2019.
Now, one of the most influential girls in rock are set to hit Australia with their original line-up, and to find out more about it, we had the chance to chat with the band’s legendary singer & guitarist Donita Sparks, who also gave us sneak peek at their new song ‘Cooler Than Mars’.
SR. How are you girls getting ready to take over Australia?
Donita. We have some shows in the US in September, so we need to start rehearsing for that. Then we have shows in South America and we will be doing some headline shows, and some shows with Black Flag, smome festival dates…and then in December we need to rehearse the ‘Bricks are Heavy’ stuff, before we go to New Zealand and Australia…We will be performing the album front to back.
SR. Will you be including other songs as well?
Donita. Oh yeah! Bricks are heavy is like 40 minutes long, so after doing the album we perform another 40-50 minutes of other songs, from all our other albums.
“…we can do wherever we want, because we are f** L7!”
SR. One thing people love about L7 is the fact you girls don’t fit into one style of music: You are punk, you are grunge, you are hard rock. How do you girls keep the style going by not falling into current trends?
Donita. Within our style, we have a lot of room to play. We just don’t do one thing. We might have an L7 sound, but within that sound we play different kinds of stuff, we play fast songs, pretty songs, ugly songs, heavy drawn songs that have the lack of melody, we have songs with very serious lyrics, and songs with light funny lyrics, and combinations of all those things together.
So you see, we have a very big playground under the umbrella of L7, so we can do wherever we want, because we are f** L7!
SR. You girls are timeless, and there was no surprise fans here in Australia are grabbing tickets like crazy for your shows. How do you feel about knowing that no matter the time between tours and albums, your fans are still there, supporting you?
Donita. It blows my mind, we never even thought about longevity when we were starting as a band. But since we come back as a reunited band, we feel that kind of respect, even more respect than the one we had 30 years ago.
I feel people feel that…maybe we have some kind of authenticity. I’m not exacly sure why, but people really like the songs. For all the other things L7 are and what we represent for the people, i think it boils down to the songs, because if we had all the other stuff, but not the songs, we would never have that impact, so the songs are what matters.
That’s why people listen to us, that’s why people is buying tickets, because they want to see us live playing those songs.
SR. I was checking some of your recent set-list and ther is one song from your most recent album named ‘Burn Baby’ that I personally love. Just wondering why you girls stopped playing that one live?
Donita. Do you want it on the set-list! you got it…I’ll make a note right now to add it, we will bring that one back in, because last time we were in Australia we had not put out the album Scatter the Rats.
SR. Speaking about Scatter the Rats How mind-blowing for you is to think you released the album right on time before the world went to hell with the pandemic!
Donita. Well, Scatter the Rats came out in 2019, we toured it in the US, that went very well, and we were getting ready in 2020 to go to Europe and got cancelled, then a couple of Australian dates got cancelled, but we got to play in the US at least.
I’m just proud we made that album, and it gout out just in time you know…crazy, crazy times.
During that time, we did not play together at all, Suzi (Gardner) does not live in LA anymore, we live in different parts of town. It’s like L7 gets together to play when there is a project, tours, new music, rehearsing for special events…We are not signed to a record label, we don’t have a recording budget, so there is no label saying “you got to release an album”, so there is not that pressure, although it would be nice to have that pressure sometimes (laughs)….but we are not worry about it at all, I mean we are playing sold out shows in Australia, and that’s enough for me…It’s just gratitude man.
SR. Any new music in the horizon?
Donita. We have a new song coming out next month called ‘Cooler Than Mars’ and it’s gonna be released in flexi discs, and there will be only 2000 copies out there, and each band member will have their face printed on them, so you can collect each band member, and put it on the wall.
“We have a new song coming out next month called ‘Cooler Than Mars’ and it’s gonna be released in flexi discs, and there will be only 2000 copies out there”
It’s a collectors item, same song, but different faces, so its an art piece and looks cool. We are doing that, and I kind of feel as a songwriter I fell like writing a song, and put it our in an interesting way instead of just releasing stuff as a single or as an album.
SR. Gotta love all the things you did back in the 90’s. Looking back to those “per-internet/social media era”. Looking back to those days, what are your most fond memories?
Donita. The most insane, unbelievable was when we play Brazil in Rio and Sao Paulo 1993 and was with a bunch of other huge bands like Nirvana and the Chili Peppers. We played in those huge stadiums, and we were chased by fans, so that was such a wild experience as we got a bit of taste of “Beatlemania” for a week (Laughs).
You know, it was kind of amazing to be on TV, on the radio, and magazines, it was very exciting for a band of punk rockers that didn’t think they will amount too much, so we were there in for the experience, but as the time went on, we wanted to become better songwriters.
We might not have those big super crazy fans right now like in those days, but we have great fans very loyal, and that’s what keep me writing and creatively I’m happy with my output.
SR. Does it bother you that now so many people get their phones out during concerts to film or take pictures, or do you rather the old “mobile phone-free” days?
Donita. You know, in my experience people dont take their phones that much in our concerts, they might take them out for.a song or two they really love like ‘Shitlist’ or ‘Pretend we’re dead’. I think, because at our shows there is much bumping and shoving and dancing, there is too much dancing going on, so I think that helps for avoiding people to take their phones out too much.
I doesn’t bother me very much unless is right at the front and constant, I feel like saying to that people “come on, put your phone down and enjoy the show”. I also don’t like, when I see online some people posts our entire concert, it’s not like I’m offended by that, but I think it’s a spoiler, because we dont change our set that much if we are on a tour, and if somebody post it, it kind of ruined it for everyone, which is kind of a bummer.
SR. Just to finish, any message for your Australian fans ahead of the tour?
Donita. We cannot wait to see you Australia! We are gonna blow your mind and we will play ‘Bricks are Heavy’ back to back!
We are gonna be dancing, you are gonna be dancing and singing along and thank you so much for appreciating us, it means a lot. You re very loyal, and you like to rock and we are very happy about that, so thank you very much!.
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Dillon Morse and Julio Arca have recreated the picture of their first meeting from 11 years ago…after linking up again as South Shields team-mates.
Dillon and Julio made the news earlier this week after the club circulated a photo of the pair’s first meeting in 2005.
It featured a star-struck Dillon with one of his childhood idols during Julio’s heyday with Sunderland.
Now, of course, they play for the same team at Mariners Park, and the story was featured in the Shields Gazette and on BBC Radio Newcastle, with both players interviewed live on Thursday morning.
After they both completed the Mariners’ final training session ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup trip to Marske United, there was only one thing for it. They recreated the photo.
Defender Dillon, who joined Shields from Blyth Spartans in the summer, said: “My mam was looking through some old photos and found that one of me and Julio.
“I’ve always been a big Sunderland fan, and on that day my dad took me down to get photos with some of the players, including Julio.
“It’s crazy to think that 11 years on we’re in the same team.
“Julio was one of my favourite players, and it’s a proud thing for me and my family that I’m playing in the same team as a Sunderland legend.
“When I got the photo taken with him, I wouldn’t have thought in a million years that one day we’d play alongside each other.”
South Shields Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of highly-rated defender Dillon Morse from Blyth Spartans.
The 21-year-old, also formerly of Carlisle United and Gateshead, made 41 appearances for the Spartans last season as they finished second in the Evo-Stik Premier Division on 99 points.
He also has experience in the Northern League, having had an impressive spell with Newcastle Benfield as a teenager.
The young centre-back has already got plenty of experience under his belt, and felt the move to Mariners Park was too good to turn down.
“After speaking to the chairman and hearing about the project, I didn’t want to miss out on the chance of joining.
“It’s there for everyone to see what the chairman has invested in the club, and for me, this is a perfect time to join.
“The project is huge, and it would have been stupid for me to turn it down. I’m really happy, and just can’t wait to get started now.”
In joining Shields, Dillon links up with former Spartans team-mate Matthew Wade, as well as assistant manager Lee Picton.
And as he explains, Lee’s presence at Mariners Park helped to convince him to make the switch.
He added: “We had a good season at Blyth, and I really appreciated my time there.
“I’m sad to leave, but this was too big an opportunity to turn down.
“The ambition is massive, and I think I can really take the next step in my career with South Shields.
“Lee Picton was very good to work with at Blyth, and was a big part of me joining Shields.
“The way he approaches matchdays and gets the team set up, and his coaching sessions are really good. It’s exciting stuff for South Shields.
“I like to play from the back and get on the ball. It suits me down to the ground the way Lee’s style is, so that was another big factor of me coming here.”
As a youngster, Dillon started in Hartlepool United’s Centre of Excellence, before moving on to Carlisle at the age of 16.
After a two-year scholarship there, he began studying at Gateshead College, at the same time playing in the Northern League with Newcastle Benfield.
His talent quickly caught the eye of scouts, and he was snapped up by Gateshead later that season on a professional deal.
Last season was another important one for the defender’s development as he played regularly for Blyth Spartans, scoring twice in 41 appearances in all competitions, and being named as the club’s Player of the Month for August.
Welcome to the club, Dillon!
You can watch a full interview with Dillon Morse later on Saturday.
*Watch Dillon and his South Shields team-mates in all 21 Ebac Northern League Division One home games next season by purchasing a season ticket! They cost £99 for adults, £70 for concessions and £25 for under-16s. To book, call 0191 454 7800.*

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Middle School Jazz Band Took Top Prize at Festival
Jun 25, 2015 04:01PM
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CMS Jazz Band. Photo courtesy of MySouthlakeNews.
The Carroll Middle School Jazz Band competed in The Pride of Texas Music Festival recently. The event was Tuesday, May 12 at the iT’z in Euless.
The students performed extremely well, and received the highest score possible from all judges – First Division/Superior. Comments from the judges included: “Great style and balance.” “Very unique!” “Amazing job!” “Overall great articulation and style!” “Very nice!!” “Such fun music! You did a great job.” “This group understands jazz language!” Click here for more information about the Pride of Texas Music Festival.
The CMS Jazz Band had its final concert at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 27 at Carroll Middle School.
Information provided by MySouthlakeNews. Click here to read the original.

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Cayman’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community has rejected recent depictions of Islam in local chat groups and social media pages that promote hatred against the LGBTQ community.
Cayman-based Imam Tahir Chaudhry said it was frightening to him that Islam has been used in recent weeks to encourage hanging, banishment and criminalisation of LGBTQ people.
“As a Muslim living on island, it frightens me to see some people alleging that Islam, my religion, advocates for the ‘God forbid’ execution of such people (LGBTQ). Islam, in fact, itself means ‘peace’, so how can this religion advocate any such action in the name of peace?” Chaudhry wrote the Cayman Compass.
“I would like to emphasize that as a Muslim, I may not adhere to or concur with the ideologies of the LGBTQ community, but as a human being living together with such people, it is my responsibility as someone who loves the creator to also love his creation. If such people find a need in our community, Muslims are always here to show compassion towards all of humanity.”
In recent weeks, extreme interpretations of how Muslims view and treat LGBTQ people have circulated among opponents to same-sex unions in the Cayman Islands.
Leaked chats from the Christian faith-based WhatsApp group, Cayman Caribbean Cause, prompted safety concerns among Cayman’s LGBTQ residents, in part for suggestions to “maybe hang one or two [gay people] in a loving way” and to implement teachings from the Quran to criminalise their conduct.
Another video circulated on Facebook and WhatsApp in Cayman by LGBTQ opponents, including members of Cayman Caribbean Cause, promotes teachings from a UK-based Muslim group, which seeks to “promote Islamic revival”. The video has received hundreds of interactions, including dozens of comments and shares from Cayman Islands residents, praising its anti-LGBTQ stance and characterisation of gay people as deviants.
Chaudhry said such comments do not align with his interpretation of the Quran and he warned against propping up holy books without first studying them.
“Sadly, despite not being the abiding followers of either Islam, Christianity [or] Judaism, many claim that they are the ambassadors of their faith. … If a person wants to develop any conclusion to a faith, he/she must read the scriptures that give life to such teachings,” Chaudhry wrote.
“It is extremely easy to google search and find ISIS and their associates giving such barbaric verdicts. The reality is, they are far from the truth of what the Holy Quran states; in fact, it is difficult even to associate them with Islam.”
Chaudhry cited scripture from the Quran, Chapter 5 Verse 33, that states, “Whosoever killed a person, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind.”
The head of the global Ahmadiyya Muslim community, Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has openly condemned persecution of LGBTQ people.
In a 2016 interview in Sweden, he told the press, “It was not only the Quran that taught that homosexuality was wrong but also the Bible did. Muslims should never hold any ill-will towards homosexual people and to persecute, attack or discriminate against them is completely wrong and contrary to Islam’s teachings.”
Masroor Ahmad later reinforced this stance before the press, adding, “When I was in Sweden earlier in the year, I was asked by the media about homosexuality, and I told them that we bore no hate or grudge towards homosexuals, and we condemned the persecution of any group.”
Chaudhry added that Ahmadiyya followers embrace the slogan ‘love for all, hatred for none’.
The local Ahmadiyya community has used that perspective to promote community outreach and conversations in the past. In 2017, the group’s ‘Coffee and Islam’ campaign extended an open invitation to residents to reach out and meet members of the faith.
At that time, the community experienced significant pushback to the campaign and vitriolic comments filled social media posts – a contrast to the way more violent interpretations of Islam have been embraced by Cayman’s anti-LGBTQ residents in recent weeks.
Toronto-based imam Aizaz Khan, who organised the 2017 campaign, said the resistance during his time in Cayman encouraged him to think harder about ways to promote his message of peace.
“Although there are people here in Cayman who have misunderstood the religion of Islam and misunderstood the campaign ‘Coffee and Islam’, it’s OK,” Khan said in 2017. “If anything, we have to try harder to think of other methods, other ways to get the peaceful message of the religion of Islam out. This is something we will continue to do.”
Chaudhry said that a civil society must uphold high standards through its actions and words.
“We must indulge in such debates showing compassion and not hatred,” Chaudhry said. “Everyone has a right to speak. It is with the manner we choose to speak, our voices hold weight.”


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The crowd was one of the shittiest I've seen in my life (and definitely one of the roughest as well
). Lots of fighting.
This is wierd... I wouldn't have expected that at a The Sword concert.
Anyway, that setlist looks great, I'm probably going to hit this in Montreal next weekend.


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Sleeping on the job used to be considered a bad thing: but maybe a “power nap” in a designated location could save work as we know it.
Fatigued city workers are visiting sleep stations in city centers to power-nap during busy work days or before making long commutes home. They’re pressured by increasingly demanding work schedules and a culture of 24-hour availability.
But could a surge in “nap pod” companies and sleep solutions mark a future of unhealthy attitudes to work?
Tucked away on a quiet street near “Silicon Roundabout,” London’s technology and creative district near Old Street, a young woman wearing a leather jacket and dragging a small suitcase rings a yellow bell on the door of a former industrial warehouse.
She is welcomed into a unit inside. There is a rainforest soundtrack and subdued lighting comes from a small, twinkling lamp. An A4 laminated sign on the door reads “please be quiet, minds recharging in this room.”
For the next hour, she will rest in a “pod,” one of four rooms that make up Pop & Rest, a new startup providing a place to relax and sleep in the heart of the British capital.
“London is becoming more and more a 24-hour city,” Pop & Rest co-founder and CEO, Mauricio Villamizar, told WikiTribune from the center’s low-lit reception.
“[We’re] giving people flexibility and giving people places to recharge properly. Not just by having a coffee, or not just by having a cup of tea, but actually taking a proper break.”
For £18 ($23) an hour, fatigued city-dwellers can shut themselves away in a pod to either take a nap, meditate or simply have some peace and quiet.
Each pod has a bed, bedside tables, a plant and a lamp. Visitors are offered eye masks with attached headphones that play calming rainforest sounds from an iPhone playlist. On appearance, the rooms look like a trendy hostel, though with added soundproofing.
We’re giving people …places to recharge properly — not just by having a coffee – Villamizar
U.S. nonprofit the National Sleep Foundation recommends adults get seven to nine hours of sleep every night or risk a reduction in brain function and health issues. Regular poor sleep is linked to mental health problems such as anxiety and depression and can raise the risk of diabetes, heart disease and obesity. However, the American Sleep Association has found that over a third (35.3 percent) of American adults get fewer than seven hours sleep during a typical 24-hour period, and 50-70 million U.S. adults have a sleep disorder.
Demand for a place to rest in city centers
Villamizar launched Pop & Rest after he realized there were no places for tired people to rest in the middle of the capital during the day, or for commuters before making their journeys home.
“That’s why we want to set up not just a few pods, but everywhere. So it’s more practical for people who are always moving, and for travelers as well.”
The company launched its venue near Old Street in June. It currently welcomes up to 40 people a week, Villamizar told WikiTribune. The company also has venues in Monument, near the financial district, and South Kensington, and is due to set up in London Bridge, a commuter hub, by the end of the year.
Pop & Rest’s primary clientele includes travellers and workers from London’s fast-paced IT, media and finance sectors, although workers in the gig economy, such as Uber drivers or couriers, are also a target market.
“They work all around London…they work long hours all around the city, and they need space to rest and recharge,” said Villamizar.
However, he doesn’t want the spaces to be seen as solely for sleeping. “They could rest, work, or do exercise, yoga, meditation.” Pop & Rest is trying to actively promote meditation in the pods.
The company is also developing self-contained, portable nap pods that will be dotted around the city and available to a wider range of people. “[It’s] sort of an ‘Ikea’ pod that you can set up easily, and then you can remove it and put it somewhere else,” Villamizar explained.
Restworks, a sleep equipment company founded in the United States with a base in the UK, says it is responding to employer concerns about worker health and productivity. It provides “napping installations” and “wellness rooms” to corporations, hospitals and universities hoping to increase wellbeing and improve the performance of their workers. It also has an app.
It has “hundreds” of installations worldwide, including at Google, Gymshark, Virgin Active, Proctor & Gamble and MTV in the UK, Restworks CEO Edward Kaszycki told WikiTribune.
“Our solutions make it easy for employers to promote and encourage rest in the workplace and for employees to take advantage of a break to snooze.”
Changing attitudes to work and sleep
Nap pods and the surge of meditation and self-care apps can be seen as a response to a lack of serenity and constant motion in capital cities. In August 2016, London launched its first ever Night Tube service, running the London Underground through from dusk to dawn. Now, a 24-hour service runs on five of the network’s main lines every weekend.
Maybe the work itself is driving people into fatigue – Holder
Around-the-clock working, the platform or “gig” economy, and the drive towards automation are posing new threats to the mental and physical health of workers. These were the findings of a British Safety Council report on the future of work and its risks published in February 2018.
It said that an increasing pace of innovation, the drive for efficiency and more work insecurity will put growing pressure on people that will lead to stress and poor mental wellbeing.
Nap pods can be seen as a symptom of what’s wrong with someone’s workplace and that they’re not getting the rest they need, said Matthew Holder, head of campaigns for the British Safety Council. “Maybe the work itself is driving people into fatigue.”
On the other hand, startups like Pop & Rest can be seen as a rational response when work is taking up more of people’s time, Holder told WikiTribune.
“[But] if your workforce is constantly fatigued, there may be other things you can do other than putting them in sleep pods,” he added.
Improving the sleeping habits of employees can save employers money. Research suggests that people are less productive and more prone to illness when they don’t get enough sleep.
Lost productivity due to poor sleep comes with a high cost to employers, according to a study by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in 2010. Employees with insomnia cost $3,156 in lost productivity and those with less severe sleep issues cost about $2,500 extra. Fatigue-related productivity losses were estimated to cost $1,967 per employee every year.
But sleep deprivation is not present at every level of modern-day companies.
A 2018 study by Harvard Business Review found senior executives get more sleep than anyone else. In fact, the study found the more senior a person’s role is, the more sleep they get.


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High quality products bearing the all-new "ROCKFIELDS BANDS" logo featuring the names of every single band & artist to have ever recorded at Rockfield Studios!
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Your Favourite Photoshop Tutorials in One Place
Painting an Artwork – Meeting a Robot
Under Drawing Effect, Photoshop Tutorial
Painting a nice artwork is not easy. It usually needs you to spend ages to do. In this tutorial, it mainly presents you how to apply effects for your artworks rather than focusing on setting up brushes. You will see how an artwork to be changed gradually after applying effects.
If you would like to learn some fantastic painting skills, you can start to use some sketches to paint it on your computer. Using Photoshop, you can paint your object accurately and avoid your paint outside the edge or painting area.
Drawing a lady portrait, you need to sketch it out referring to a real image. Then you set up some brushes to paint different part of your portrait. A cute portrait art is as same as a normal one using same painting skills.
In this tutorial, it will show you how to create a “Product Labels” in Photoshop. And this demonstrates you how to create a green tea label with a ninja character in background. Of course, you can use the same idea to present your products with different character. And our example is as shown in the thumbnail.
In this tutorial, it explains how this cartoon artwork to be produced using a blend of traditional brushwork, and digital techniques with a tablet, stylus and Photoshop.
Let’s learn to design a stunning sneaker. If you want to advertise your product, it is nice to add some lighting or some kind of special effect to draw attentions from others. And, this tutorial will present you how to design some nice sparks and colorful lighting lines to present your products.


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Explosive New Evidence Confirms Kevin Folta Consulted for Bayer, Despite All his Denials. Posted on: Friday, May 24th 2019 at 12:15 pm.. which Bayer now owns, despite his many protestations of having no vested interest in the companies whose products he so vigorously defends.
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A group of about twenty legislators are bird-dogging Frank Mautino, the newly-named State Auditor General for questionable campaign expenditures.
They want the newly-appointed official to step down.
State Rep. candidate Allen Skillicorn has joined them in the following press release:
Skillicorn – Removing Mautino The First Step In Reforming Illinois’ Culture Of Corruption
Nearly six months after first being asked, Frank Mautino refuses to answer even the most basic questions about his campaign spending. Instead,
Mautino has hired attorneys and invoked his 5th Amendment Right not to incriminate himself.
As Auditor General, Frank Mautino is tasked with overseeing and reviewing the use of public funds for the State. As he faces a federal investigation into his own campaign spending he has lost the trust of the people. In light of the federal investigation, the State Board of Elections investigation, and Mautino’s refusal to be open and transparent about his spending, over 20 co-sponsors have filled a House Joint Resolution aimed at removing Mautino from his 10-year appointed job with a guaranteed salary of $152,000!
“Instead of overseeing and preventing waste and fraud, Auditor General Frank Mautino is neck deep in his own fraud case. For too long the blind have led the blind in Illinois and look where we are at.
“I urge [the] general assembly to remove Frank Mautino from the office of Illinois Auditor General without delay. How can we trust this man who is under Federal investigation for misusing campaign funds.”
At issue is more than $200,000 Mautino spent over 10 years on gas and vehicle repairs at a Spring Valley service station owned by a city alderman, as well as $259,000 in payments made to a local bank since 1999.
Records Mautino provided to the State Board of Elections regarding his expenses reveal that he spent $213,338.31 on fuel and repairs for his campaign vehicle between March of 2005 and December 2015.
His campaign itemized expenditure reporting indicates $20,914.20 of the $213 thousand was used specifically for gas purchases during that same time frame, all at the same gas station,
Happy’s Super Service Station. In many cases this spending was for single amounts over $1,000 in nice round numbers. The amount he spent works out to $55 per day, every day over the last 10 years.
Allen Skillicorn is the Republican nominee for the 66th State House District. The 66th Legislative District represents areas in McHenry and Kane Counties, including Algonquin, Carpentersville, Crystal Lake, East Dundee, Elgin, Huntley, Lake in the Hills, Lakewood, Sleepy Hollow, and West Dundee.


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Children are often nervous about their first-time doctor visits and medical experiences. If it's time for your child to visit the dentist for an exam and cleaning, there may be some fears. The good news is that you can prepare your child and help them feel much more comfortable with the experience. Keep reading to learn how to best prepare your child for a first-time dental exam experience.
Read Books About the Dentist
It's completely normal for children to have some anxiety about visiting the dentist. So much so that there are many children's books out there that talk about what to expect at the dentist. You can help to make your own child feel more at ease by reading these stories together. You can purchase books online or even visit your local library to check them out for free. There are also children shows that explore this topic, too.
Share Your Own Great Experiences
To help put your child at ease, you can share your own great experiences. Talk about what happened at your own appointment and how simple and quick your appointment was. It can give your child a lot more confidence knowing that you have been to the dentist. It also gives your child more of an idea of what to expect at their own visit.
Visit the Dentist Ahead of Time
Your child's fears likely come from being new to visiting the dentist. Another way to fully prepare is to take a visit to the dental office ahead of time. This gives your child a chance to see the waiting room area and interact with the staff. It can make things a lot less scary!
Talk About Dental Health Regularly
Another way to make your child feel more at ease is by having regular talks about dental health. If your child is already somewhat familiar with the topic and has developed healthy habits, it can make visiting the dentist less stressful. Start having these talks with your child now so that when it comes time to schedule a cleaning or exam, there are no worries.
As you can see, there are many ways to make your child feel more comfortable with the dental exam experience. Going to the dentist doesn't have to be overwhelming. If you have any questions, or if you're ready to schedule an exam for your child, contact a family dentist today to learn more.

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UPDATE: Neelofa has since apologised for the controversy, adding that all cultural and religious sensitivities will be considered for future events, according to the New Straits Times. A quick search by A+M found that her new hijab line "#Be Lofa - Turban" has sold out.
Malaysian actress and social media influencer Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor has come under fire again for launching her new Naelofar Hijab collection at the Zouk Malaysia club.
A video, which is currently making rounds on social media and has about 963k views, 10k reactions, 8.3k comments and 7k shares on Facebook at the time of writing, shows a few ladies donned in hijabs dancing in a night club with Naelofar Hijab's logo in the background.
Netizens voiced their disapproval of her launching something as religious as the hijab, in a night club. Some even said that the lost respect for Neelofa and encouraged others to boycott her brand.
According to Berita Harian, Neelofa said she does not care about the negative comments as she knows what she is doing. She added that she listed several places to hold the event, but Zouk was the only place that met her budget.
Twitter users have also picked up on the issue, with some stating that she is mocking her own religion for the sake of business and that it was a cheap marketing tactic by Neelofa.
You're mocking your own religion for the sake of your business and marketing. That's very low of you @Neelofa. Such act is very disrespectful to other muslim women who actually wear 'hijab'! We demand an apology from u
— justmeventing (@hanansha_) February 26, 2018
her birthday & her brand. Meaning that her choice to be at zouk. She can say no in the first place. There’s a lot of other places she can launch or celebrate her birthday, tapi tula there is an option for her i guess. So still, she’s in charge of everything.
— faramore (@farahRiot) February 27, 2018
Zouk tu disko kan? Baguslah tu launch tudung kat sana dia nak suruh pengunjung perempuan menutup aurat kat sana. Inilah melayu tahu nak kecam je bila nak maju hanat!!! #donebekap — Haziq (@mhdhzqqq) February 26, 2018
SHAME ON YOU. LAYAK DIBUANG TITLE HAJAH NOOR NEELOFA. jgn jual agama please. tmpt mksiat kot. allahu. btw,bad publisiti also good publisiti. LOFA MMG SUKA ORG BCKP PSL DIA.SHES NEED ATTENTION. ENUF SAID. — arrabella bella (@ArrabellaBella) February 26, 2018
Orang macam sedara ni nak kira taksub ke apa ek? Terang2 salah kot. Out of hundreds event places kat msia, dia pilih zouk for what? Controversy leads to publicity lah, and neelofar hijabs get exactly that rn — Firdawushere (@firdausyasin_) February 26, 2018
ofcourse..since dlu lg all shes need is attention. jd xkira la bad publisit skali pn aslkn org bckp psl dia..n bisness dia jalan..so ni pn dh kira viral lah ni.sbb org dk kecam2 sbut nm dia..so dh bjln dh marketing dia. WHAT A SHAME.CHEAPMARKETING. — arrabella bella (@ArrabellaBella) February 26, 2018
Neelofa works with brands including YES, AirAsia, Lancome and Titan. In a statement to A+M, YES said the issue will not affect its working relationship with Neelofa while AirAsia declined to comment. A+M has also reached out to Lancome and Titan for comment.
This is not the first time Neelofa has garnered attention on social media for the wrong reasons. Earlier this month, she was criticised for promoting Chew N’ Glow, a beauty supplement targeted at both adults and infants. Her Instagram Stories post also featured the recommended dosage for infants and children.
Following the posting, Neelofa was called out by several medical practitioners on Twitter, who advised her to refrain from promoting health supplements to infants as she is not certified and the supplements may cause unnecessary harm to the infants’ internal organs.