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Are all animal shelters in California no-kill?
More than 500,000 dogs and cats are brought into California shelters each year and more than half are euthanized. Only 15 percent of dogs and two percent of the cats in shelters without identification are ever reunited with their families.
Are animal shelters in Los Angeles no-kill?
Since 2011, Los Angeles City animal shelters have been making great strides toward achieving no-kill. A live save rate of 90 percent of every dog and cat entering the city shelter system is the nationally recognized benchmark for no-kill status.
Does CA have kill shelters?
In 1999, California passed a law requiring that all healthy or medically treatable animals in shelters be adopted out instead of being killed.
Is Humboldt County Animal Shelter no-kill?
As a last resort you can contact the Humboldt County Animal Shelter at 707-840-9132. They are not a no-kill facility, but have an excellent track record of placing adoptable pets.
How many kill shelters are in California?
29. 5 states account for 50% of shelter animals being killed in America.
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Are San Diego shelters no-kill?
Despite recent successful efforts to reverse the high euthanasia rate in some of our local municipal shelters, there is still no such thing as a No Kill municipal shelter in San Diego.
Is San Bernardino Animal Shelter a kill shelter?
For the first time in recent memory, the San Bernardino Animal Shelter achieved no-kill status for a month, meaning that one way or another 90% of dogs and cats impounded there left alive, Animal Services Director Kris Watson said last week.
Is LA County a kill shelter?
(CNN) Los Angeles has officially become a no-kill shelter city, making it the largest city in the country to do so, according to Best Friends Animal Society, the organization that gives the ratings. LA’s save rate is now up to 90.4%, which is over the 90% rate needed to claim no-kill status, according to Best Friends.
Is CA A no-kill state?
Currently, the state in the country with the most shelter deaths is California, with 100,239 dogs and cats killed in 2019.
Is the San Jose Animal Care Center no-kill?
San Jose runs a no-kill shelter, which city spokesperson Demetria Machado said has saved approximately 90% of the animals it received this year.
Does Pasadena Humane Society kill animals?
Pasadena Humane accepts all animals regardless of age, breed, behavior, or medical condition. Animals who are irremediably suffering or pose a significant safety risk to the community are humanely euthanized.
What is the highest kill shelter in the US?
Texas tops the list with around 125,000 animals killed in shelters. California is second with 110,000, followed by Florida with 66,000, and North Carolina with 62,000 euthanized animals. According to the Georgia animal shelter statistics, the state follows with 43,000 killed shelter animals round out the five states.
Is the SD Humane Society a no kill shelter?
San Diego Humane Society is proud to have not euthanized a healthy or treatable animal since 2002.
Does the San Diego Humane Society kill animals?
Our commitment is to continue keeping healthy and treatable animals from being euthanized while we expand our innovative programs to help other shelters locally and across the country Stay at Zero euthanasia. We are deeply committed to meeting the varied needs of animals and the people who love them.
Is Rancho Cucamonga a no-kill shelter?
Rancho Cucamonga leaders in 2005, in response to what critics called a high kill rate for county-run animal shelter, ended the contract with the county and began city control of the service with the hope of making it a “no kill” shelter.
Is Riverside animal shelter a kill shelter?
Please do not tell the public that we are a “No-Kill Shelter”. We accept all animals regardless of their medical and/or behavior traits. Therefore, we do euthanize animals in this facility when necessary.
Are there kill shelters in LA?
Is Austin Animal Center a kill shelter?
Austin Animal Center runs the largest no-kill animal shelter in the United States, providing shelter to more than 18,000 animals each year and animal protection services to all of Austin and Travis County.
Is San Antonio a no-kill city?
San Antonio’s Animal Care Services Department has achieved no kill status for the city. That means at least 90 percent of the shelter’s healthy, adoptable animals were placed last month. City leaders say that makes San Antonio the largest city in the nation to achieve no kill.

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I’m in the home stretch – or is it ON the home stretch? – Anyway, I’m hunkered down working to finish the re-write of my novel. Some of you may have been around when I celebrated (prematurely) the completion of my book. After my WTF Critique Group got through with it, I realized it was anything but complete.
I have been putting in long hours, bent over my computer trying to come up with new and interesting ways to “replace adverbs” and “fix the passive voice” and most devastatingly of all — rewrite the entire ending. I really thought ending everything with a hugely [adverb] large and devastatingly [repeated adverb] intense fire was [passive voice] a great ending. Unfortunately it’s been done before…and done and done and done.
WTF Critique Group challenged me to write something new and to dig deep and to…Oh, god, I hate to say it…open a vein on the page. That’s my standard line and can you believe it? They used it against me. I mean, WTF?
No really, What The F**K am I going to do?
Yes I realized that I misspelled skepticism…but “they” will correct that:)
Skeptism…what the f#$k are you thinking. You are are a great writer. I love your posts and you need to stop second guessing what “corporate” thinks about your publications. Get it done and be proud of what you do. We like it and are patiently wondering what is next?
It’s nice to hear you kind cursing words. ;0 and don’t worrie abut the speling, its the content that counts!
Keep going girlfriend!! I know it’s in there….dig down deep and stretch!
As the Nike commercial says, “Just Do It.” Guess I should apply that philosophy to my own work, huh?
You can do it. I have faith in you.
It wouldn’t be worth it if you didn’t put some blood, sweat, and tears into it! You will do it. You have come this far afterall…:)
Sara no “H”
I definitely have the tears going for me today.
whatever you do, leave yourself open to a sequel. what would have happened if j.k. Rowling burnt down Hogwarts in book one? 😉
I’m so glad you said this. I have a teeny tiny idea for an ending that worked like that. At least a direction – I’m going for it.
Open yourself to dream a little. But make sure you have a pen and paper handy to jot down that fantastic idea. A flashlight doesn’t hurt either, in case you might want to read it in the morning.
I’ve always heard this as an idea but have never put it into practice. I received several journals and a tiny flashlight for Christmas and have been wondering what to do with them. Thanks!
what janet is saying is – put it in a drawer and do something else for awhile. Not forever, just awhile.
Unfortunately, the critiques have been “in a drawer” since Christmas. I decided it was time to drag them out, hoping against hope that they wouldn’t be what I remembered. Didn’t work. The magic writing fairy did not change their words into the ones my mommy would have said. “It’s perfect just the way it is.”
It is by sitting down to write every morning that one becomes a writer. Those who do not do this remain amateurs. – Gerald Brenan
Writing is easy: all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead. – Gene Fowler
Get black on white. – Guy de Maupassant
If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write. – W. Sommerset Maugham
Let’s face it, writing is hell. – William Styron
Who casts to write a living line, must sweat. – Ben Johnson
Dear Write Brain Trust,
So what you’re saying is…I need to passionately sit down and sweat, on a black and white page, dripping with blood?
You can do this. You’ve come this far. What other choice do you have?
You’re right. I’ve come to the point in my life where I can no longer NOT write. So plowing ahead is what I’m going to do. Thanks.
No really, What The F**K am I going to do?
Open the vein: bleed.
i.e. free your mind and daydream awhile. Doodle. Go dig weeds. Prune the roses. The trees.
Thanks for the advice, but I feel like I’ve been doodling my writing life away already. 😦
Wishing you all the best! I just realized as I was reading your post that I forgot to go to my writer’s group yesterday. Oh shoot!!!! Sigh….Anyway, I hope all the hard work pays off.
Thank for the good wishes. As you can see, I’m frantically monitoring my blog instead of working on my novel. Thanks for helping me procrastinate. Hopefully there will be more posts that I simply MUST reply to. 🙂

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The technical evaluation to select the next generation fighter to replace the F-16s has been completed by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) and Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has been identified as the most suitable replacement to maintain the RSAF’s capabilities.
In a press release on Friday (18 January), the Ministry of Defence (MinDef) stated that the F-16s will have to retire soon after 2030.
However, the ministry said that the technical evaluation also concluded that the RSAF should first purchase a small number of F-35 JSFs for a full evaluation of their capabilities and suitability before deciding on a full fleet.
In the next phase, MINDEF noted that it will discuss details with relevant parties in the US before confirming its decision to acquire the F-35 JSFs for Singapore’s defence capabilities.
In a Facebook post on the same day, Minister of Defence Ng Eng Hen said that the technical evaluation took longer than expected – more than five years – as they had to go through in detail specifications and needs, which they could only do after developmental flight testing of the F-35s was completed in early 2018.
“They have decided that the F-35 would be the most suitable replacement fighter,” he wrote.
The minister also said that the F-16s were in service since 1998, even after their mid-life upgrades.
“That’s not very far away, just over 10 years, to acquire their replacement and, just as important, to build the logistic support and train pilots individually and as a fleet to guard our skies,” he wrote.
Mr Ng then said that the agencies will now have to speak to their US counterparts to move the process forward, which may take 9 – 12 months before a decision is made.
“Even then, we want to procure a few planes first, to fully evaluate the capabilities of the F-35 before deciding on the acquisition of a full fleet. We must prepare well and cater enough time to replace our F-16s,” he ended.
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engined, all-weather stealth multirole fighters.
The fifth-generation combat aircraft is designed to perform ground-attack and air-superiority missions. It has three main models: the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant, the F-35B short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) variant, and the F-35C carrier-based catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery (CATOBAR) variant.
The F-35 descends from the Lockheed Martin X-35, the winning design of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. It is built by Lockheed and many subcontractors, including Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney, and BAE Systems.
The United States principally funds F-35 development, with additional funding from other NATO members and close U.S. allies, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, Canada, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Turkey.
These funders generally receive subcontracts to manufacture components for the aircraft; for example, Turkey is the sole supplier of several F-35 parts. Several other countries have ordered, or are considering ordering, the aircraft.
As the largest and most expensive military program, the F-35 is the subject of much scrutiny and criticism in the U.S. and in other countries.
In 2013 and 2014, critics argued that the plane was “plagued with design flaws”, with many blaming the procurement process in which Lockheed was allowed “to design, test, and produce the F-35 all at the same time,” instead of identifying and fixing “defects before firing up its production line”.
By 2014, the program was “$163 billion over budget and seven years behind schedule”. Critics also contend that the program’s high sunk costs and political momentum make it “too big to kill”.
The F-35 first flew on 15 December 2006. In July 2015, the United States Marines declared its first squadron of F-35B fighters ready for deployment; the U.S. Air Force followed suit with its first squadron of F-35As in August 2016.
In 2018, the F-35 was used in combat for the first time, by the Israeli Air Force.
The United States plans to buy 2,663 F-35s, which will provide the bulk of the crewed tactical airpower of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps in coming decades. Deliveries of the F-35 for the U.S. military are scheduled until 2037 with a projected service life up to 2070.


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Chicago is a primary marketplace for meals hall expansion because of town’s neighborhoods, leaving opportunity for the halls to be close to 1 another whereas still drawing their very own buyer base. Fike recounted a current dialog she had with a high school student who had never been inside Mandela Meals but recognized the murals of African American people on its home windows.
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June 25, 2012Partners Marty Katz, Benjamin Mulcahy and David Sands were named among the 2012 "Game-Changing Attorneys" in Variety's Legal Impact Report. This report spotlights top entertainment lawyers whose recent deals and court battles have changed the shape of entertainment. The list was published in the article "Savvy Lawyers Rock the Biz" by Variety on June 25th.

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Please note that Mommsen uses the AUC chronology (Ab Urbe Condita), i.e. from the founding of the City of Rome. You can use this reference table to have the B.C. dates
From: The History of Rome, by Theodor Mommsen
Translated with the sanction of the author by William Purdie Dickson
Lastly, Valerius Antias excelled all his predecessors in prolixity as well as in puerile story-telling. The falsification of numbers was here systematically carried out down even to contemporary history, and the primitive history of Rome was elaborated once more from one form of insipidity to another; for instance the narrative of the way in which the wise Numa according to the instructions of the nymph Egeria caught the gods Faunus and Picus; with wine, and the beautiful conversation thereupon held by the same Numa with the god Jupiter, cannot be too urgently recommended to all worshippers of the so-called legendary history of Rome in order that, if possible, they may believe these things--of course, in substance.
It would have been a marvel if the Greek novel-writers of this period had allowed such materials, made as if for their use, to escape them. In fact there were not wanting Greek literati, who worked up the Roman history into romances; such a composition, for instance, was the Five Books "Concerning Rome" of the Alexander Polyhistor already mentioned among the Greek literati living in Rome,(31) a preposterous mixture of vapid historical tradition and trivial, principally erotic, fiction.
31. Cf. V. XII. Greek Literati in Rome
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Sony has gone PSP mad today, showing off not only a Final Fantasy bundle, but one for girls, too. And I don’t say that because this is pink. I say it because it’s literally called the “Value Pack For Girls”.
Metal Gear fans won’t have to settle for the limited edition (and garish) /”spirited green” PSP when buying their Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker bundle. The superior “Big Boss” pack is also coming to US and Canada.
Today at Sony’s Japanese, the company announced a price drop for its PSP-3000 — the PlayStation Portable will now cost ¥16,800 (AU$212) in The Land of the Rising Sun, starting October 1.


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Profile and Department: Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph
Dr. John Vessey is a developmental neurobiologist interested in the neural precursor cells that generate the cortical neurons and glia of the adult brain. Specifically, he is fascinated by how these precursors undergo asymmetric cell divisions that typically generates one differentiated cell and one recurring precursor. His current research focuses on the asymmetric distribution of specific mRNAs that, after mitosis, will be inherited by only one of the resulting daughter cells.
Typically, these localized mRNAs encode for transcription factors that either activate genes important for differentiation or repress genes important for maintaining a precursor identity. While this mechanism is well understood in other model organisms, such as flies, it is less well-understood in mammals. Work is ongoing to identify signaling pathways that instigate this process, as well as the molecular machinery involved in the asymmetric distribution of mRNA populations. Curiously, it is becoming apparent that many of the genes implicated in the development of cognitive impairments, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, play a role in this event. This suggests that even though these impairments often do not clinically manifest until the postnatal period, developmental deficits can occur at a much earlier time point. The long-term goal of my research is to advance our understanding of neurodevelopment and how this process is disrupted by disease.

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In addition to car shortage, another new wrinkle for buyers has been created by high gasoline prices, which recently surged above $4 per gallon of regular gas, on average, nationwide. In some areas of the United States, the figure has passed $5. Cars that get high gas mileage have become extremely attractive.
The average price of a new car sold in 2021 was a staggering $43,072. That is equivalent to the entire annual household income of about a third of Americans. (This car holds its value better than any other in America.)
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I want to set a game for this forum. Imagine a movie that would be completely different if the main actor's current or former spouse had taken their roles instead. Let me set this up.
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Frankly, I have often neglected such topic not only because of my agnostic convictions but also because religions have shown throughout the history to be more divisive than unifying. However, all the heated debates and contention over the religious matter occurred in the past can no longer be ignored, as well as the considerable impact on many society's agenda even nowadays. Moreover, not many years ago in my country, Italy, there was a contention better known as the Lautsi vs Italy case, in which the applicant raising the dispute argued the state's transgression of the secular principle due to crucifixes in classrooms.
All these facts enabled to get me closer to the religious issue, even though the question I do matter to raise does not concern the faith itself since it will come to light that what is at stake is the state's role centered on handling ifferent cultures combining with each other.
A remarkable function for a better understanding about states' leeway in the matter of freedom of
religion is given to the European Court of Human Rights. The Strasbourg organ refers to states by
emphasizing their neutral and impartial function aimed at being conducive not only to public order, but also to those suitable conditions for expressing one's own belief.
This is the reason why the European Convention of Human Rights authorizes contracting states to apply the Margin of Appreciation (MoA), a principle which allows to set restrictions to religious manifestations in instances where rights interpretations may be in inconsistent with the state’s national interests. As a matter of fact, state interferences are “prescribed by law” and “necessary in a democratic society” as long as they are directed to protect public safety or rights and freedom of others.
In particular, the Lautsi v. Italy case shows the Italian national interest in protecting and promoting the meaning of crucifix. Through the support of states such as Russia, Greece and Bulgaria, the Italian authorities tenaciously argue that crucifix has to be intended as a historical and cultural symbol, inasmuch as it spreads the very same values the Italian Republic relies on (e.g. tolerance, mutual respect and brotherhood). Despite of the applicant's insisting complaints about the state's violation of the abstention from imposing beliefs, according to the Grand Chamber the question falls within the MoA principle. This means that the Grand Chamber opted for defining crucifixes as 'passive' religious symbol, hence not ascribable to indoctrination.
Even though the Grand Chamber's decision might appear widely sharable I reject the vision of crucifixes as 'passive' symbols. First of all, the crucifix is a religious symbol that recalls Christianity and the all Catholic background to which Italy has always belonged. And secondly, the contest in which the question has been raised is at school, where pupils can be easily influenced. What I wonder in conclusion is if a society commonly defined as one of the most mature and democratic has the strength to stand out by giving further emphasis to the secularism concept.
I see among he new European generations a common feeling of belonging all to the same land, with no exceptions of race, gender.. and even religion. Can religious limits set by old traditions stop it?
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By Stolz, Thomas, Thomas Stolz, Dik Bakker, Rosa Salas Palomo
Actually 1000s of languages world-wide have skilled direct or oblique Hispanisation through the heyday of the Spanish colonial empire. The variety of languages which proceed to borrow from Spanish each day is massive specifically in Latin the USA. This volumeÂ gives the reader a greater thought of the diversity of touch constellations within which Spanish features because the donor language. additionally, the contributions to this choice of articles reveal that it isn't merely attainable to check the contact-induced tactics within the (Hispanised) languages of Austronesia and the Americas. it really is emphasised that it is easy to draw far-reaching conclusions from the provided borrowing evidence for the idea of language touch normally. the quantity is split into sections in keeping with geographical ideas: part I is dedicated to contacts of Spanish in Latin the United States. contributions examine the Hispanisation of types of Nahuatl (Classical Nahuatl studied by way of Anne Jensen and smooth types studied via JosÃ© Antonio Flores FarfÃ¡n). Martina Schrader-Kniffki discusses Spanish-Zapotec contacts and their family to language blending and purism. Luciano Giannelli and Raoul Zamponi deal with the difficulty of Hispanisms in Kuna, a language from Panama. For South the United States, Jorge GÃ³mez-RendÃ³n discusses even if there are constraints on lexical borrowing from Spanish into Imbabura Quichua. Suzanne Dikker stories the intertwined language Media Lengua in her test at redefining the proposal of relexification. part II makes a speciality of the impression of Spanish at the languages of Austronesia and South-East Asia. Steven Roger Fischer indicates that the heavy Hispanisation of Rapanui is presently being reverted. Steve Pagel compares Hispanisation methods and their ends up in the Mariana Islands and on Rapa Nui. the second one comparative research is through Patri
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Spanish no hay de que) Other calques that probably originated in speakers of Nahuatl as a second language include: (38) a. kenon t-unka-ø-ø? ’ (cf. Spanish ¿cómo estás? ) Compare these with greetings in more conservative Nahuatl varieties, in which more specific forms are utilized. For instance, in much more vital varieties of the language one pinpoints the time of the day when one greets, as in: 42 José Antonio Flores Farfán (38) b. keenoon oo-ti-mo-tlaaihuii-ti-ø-ø? ’ Nevertheless, even in conservative varieties a series of innovations modelled on Spanish greetings are encountered, such as a Hispanised equivalent of (38b): (38) c.
1993 The book of tributes. Early sixteenth-century Morelos Censuses from Morelos. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center Publications. ) 1983 Aztekischer Zensus. Zur indianischen Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im Marquesado um 1540. Band I & II. Hannover: Verlag für Ethnologie. Jensen, Anne 1995/97 Field notes. forthc. a The emergence of progressive aspect in Modern Nahuatl. forthc. b Syntactic changes in Nahuatl – contact-induced or not? Karttunen, Frances and James Lockhart 1976 Nahuatl in the Middle Years.
Compare (13d) and (13e): 34 José Antonio Flores Farfán (13) d. lo vinieron a tirar on konel ‘They came to throw the child away’ (Godínez 2002: 126) e. ay nokonel, ya tiak timonamiktia! (Godínez 2002: 75) ‘Oh my son, you are already going to get married’ As suggested here, highly simplified varieties favour all types of convergence in both directions, yet favouring the phonological and lexical convergence towards more Spanish items as shown in (13a) and (14), even when there are originally Nahuatl.


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Organizers with Practical Policies New Mexico are passing out petitions around Albuquerque in hopes of reducing the criminal penalties for a person caught with an ounce or less of marijuana.
They have until midnight on Sunday to get the necessary signatures.
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Right now, someone in possession of an ounce or less of marijuana faces up to 15 days in jail and a $50 fine for their first offense. The second offense increases to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.
The group wants to reduce the penalty to a $25 fine with no jail time.
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“Eating healthy is tough when I travel,” said MOST people.
Often times we associate business or weekend travels, vacations, being “busy,” “out of routine” or “on the go” or vacations with the INABILITY to REALLY take care of ourselves.
From all-you-can-eat buffets, junk food laden theme parks, a steady intake of restaurant meals, fast food pit-stops, airport snacks and your mother-in-law’s “home (Southern) cooking,” it can seem like (all) the forces are AGAINST you.
“Healthy eating” IS a lifestyle.
And just like your human body and brain are designed and wired to survive and thrive, “healthy choices” CAN happen anywhere you go (and no, it doesn’t mean dry salads either).
Whether you arm yourself with a few of my favorite on-the-go, quick bites below, or simply “get creative” with any menu you come across, proteins, vegetables and some healthy fats CAN be found.
We must stop telling ourselves, “It can’t happen,” “It can’t happen,” “It can’t happen.”
(So as we think therefore we become).
Reality Check #2?
A little dirt never hurt.
Seriously, BECAUSE HEALTHY EATING IS A LIFESTYLE, all the more reason to NOT stress out when vacations or lack of routine happen.
It doesn’t mean your “healthy lifestyle” or your fitness or your “will power” is blown.
Simply do the BEST you can to fuel your engine with good-quality gasoline (without stressing out of it too much).
(In fact, you may very well discover that LACK OF STRESS-ITSELF—is the HEALTHIEST thing you can do for yourself—digestion, metabolism and lifestyle included)!
I cannot tell you the number of times I have worked with many of my clients who tend to overthink, overanalyze and stress out about the food they put into their body and their gut health, ONLY to have them take a vacation, travel to Europe, hit the beach or mix up their usual workout or eating routine for several days, and discover…
Their body (and digestion and “metabolism”) actually could TOTALLY handle the bread of Gelato they tried in Rome, the missed day (or 4) of working out,
“Lauryn…nothing happened…” they say.
To which I glow from ear to ear, “Your body TOTALLY knows what to ‘do’ when you eat a Twinkie…”
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When you live a lifestyle aimed at advocating (for yourself) and optimal health choices, your body won’t be “thrown off” on vacation.
In-a-Pinch Snacks & Quick Bites (for Busy or On-the-Go People)
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Here is my “arsenal” list of In-a-Pinch Snacks & Quick Bites to keep on hand.
(Failing to prepare is preparing to fail).
- Wild Salmon
- Wild Tuna
- Wild Sardines
- Roasted Organic Chicken
- Kelp & Seaweed Snax
- Kale Chips
- Organic Jerky (like Nicks Sticks )
- Raw Nuts & Seeds
- Homemade Trail Mix (nuts, 1 dried fruit or coconut flakes)
- Almond Butter Packets
- Coconut Butter Packets
- Coconut Oil, MCT Oil & Ghee Packets
- Coconut “Chips”
- Plantain Chips
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Protein Powder (shake up in a shaker bottle)
“Perishables” (You can easily keep in a lunchbox cooler in your car or wherever you go)
- Rotisserie Chicken
- Organic Turkey/Ham Rollups
- Hard-boiled Eggs
- Celery & Baby Carrots
- Coconut Flour Tortillas
- Fresh Fruit
- Cold-Pressed Juices (like Daily Greens in a bottle)
- Raw Leafy Greens (make into a salad in a pinch)
- Roasted Veggies
- Homemade Sweet Potato
- Grass-fed Greek or Goat’s Milk Yogurt Cups
- Homemade Tuna/Chicken Salad with Paleo Mayo
- Leftover Protein
- Turkey or Bison Meatball Bites
—Basically ANYTHING can be kept in a lunchbox cooler with several packs of ice thrown in there to get you through the day.
Need Some Ideas to Construct “On-the-Go” Travel Meals?
Here are 5 (easily transportable to airport, in the car, or stashed in your bag for a day out at the amusement park):
On-the-Go Meal 1
- Packet Wild Tuna
- 1/2 Avocado
- Plantain Chips
On-the-Go Meal 2
- Canned Organic Chicken (or chicken/turkey in your cooler)
- Handful Raw Macadamia Nuts
- Kale Chips
On-the-Go Meal 3
- Equip Foods Beef Isolate Protein Powder (shake up in water)
- Coconut Butter Packet
- 1/2 Banana
On-the-Go Meal 4
- Turkey or Beef Jerky
- Almond Butter Packet
- Cucumbers or Sea Snax
On-the-Go Meal 5
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- Turkey or Ham
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, approved a budget that would allocate $5 million in state money to media projects in underserved communities.
Murphy is expected to sign a bill—passed by the New Jersey legislature in June—allowing for the creation of the Civic Information Consortium, an organization that would give grants to local media organizations serving communities with low-income residents and minorities.
The New Jersey Democrat has not yet signed the bill, which only one Republican legislator voted for, but he had already set aside the $5 million in funding for the project when he approved the state’s budget on Sunday.
As part of this project, the government would also select who is worthy of receiving the government grants.
The bill notes that of the 13 members on the consortium’s board of directors, the governor and the state legislature would appoint two members each and the state’s public universities would pick four members. The nine appointed members would be responsible for selecting four board members.
Applicants can apply for the government grants by sending a proposal to the board that would consist of partnering with one of the state’s five public universities and outlining “a clear benefit” to underserved local communities.
Despite the heavy government influence, the bill’s text claims that those receiving the grants “shall be independent from the influence of the State, a member university, and any other grantor or contributor of funds or outside source.”
Grant recipients would also receive confirmation in writing “that the grant or donation does not entitle the grantor or contributor to dictate or influence the content of any work the grantee produces or may produce,” according to the bill’s text.
The left-wing public interest group Free Press—which has at least one openly-progressive journalist on its board of directors—campaigned for the Civic Information Consortium for more than a year. The Free Press Action Fund launched a separate campaign last year for an earlier version of the bill which failed in the legislature.
A page on the Free Press website states that “companies owned by white men” own the media, and claims that “women and people of color are so often depicted in stereotypical terms or ignored altogether.”
Despite the interest group’s claim that it wants to keep local journalism alive, it bashed companies like Sinclair Broadcasting Group for not helping local media organizations stay on the air—even though the company is one of the largest owners of local broadcast stations in the United States.
Other left-wing advocacy organizations that supported the bill include Action 21 Immigrants Rights Advocacy Group, the Latin American Democratic Association, and LAP Latino Alliance for Progress.


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A losing candidate in Real Madrid's presidential election said Thursday he won't contest a legal ruling which annulled all postal votes and confirmed Ramon Calderon as club president.
Juan Miguel Villar Mir, who finished third in last July's poll of club members, said he wanted to avoid damaging Real Madrid, news agency Europa Press reported.
Allegations of vote-rigging led 10,511 mailed ballot papers to be provisionally disallowed days before the election, reports AP.
Villar Mir received 6,702 of votes cast in person 1,396 fewer than Calderon but also claimed at least 4,700 of the postal votes.
Another beaten candidate, Arturo Baldasano, has yet to announce whether he will appeal the ruling. Baldasano came last out of five candidates.
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It has been confirmed that tickets for a special screening of ‘The Power of the Daleks’ at the BFI Southbank will go on sale on the 4th October at 11:30am.
The event, celebrating 50 years of the Doctor Who classic will include episodes 1-3 of the brand new animated version plus a Q&A with Anneke Wills (Polly) and Frazer Hines (Jamie).
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Verify that there is 22 to 28 VAC across terminals 15 and 16.
Verify that there is 15 VDC across terminals G (+) and COM (-).
Verify that the jumper is in the “MAN” position (shipped from factory in Manual mode) 2.
Connect voltmeter to wire loop VDC (+) and wire loop COM (-).
Determine the DC voltage for required airflow from the Fan Calibration Curve supplied on the side of the equipment. Use the bottom (5 to 10 volts DC) scale on the chart.
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Relocate the jumper into the REM position.
Determine the DC voltage for required airflow from the Fan Calibration Curve supplied on the side of the equipment. Use the top (2 to 10 Analog Input Volts DC) scale on the chart.
Remotely adjust the external voltage source to the desired volts DC for required airflow.
Do not operate motor at control voltage lower than 2.1 VDC or higher than 9.9 VDC or motor may experience starting problems.
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Czech Interior Minister Milan Chovanec, who attended an informal meeting of European interior and justice ministers in Malta on Thursday, repeated the Czech government’s firm opposition to EU mandatory refugee quotas. Taking the opposite stand, EU Commissioner for migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said he hoped the ministers would finally agree on a fair distribution of migrants. He told the AFP news agency it was time to interpret the principle of solidarity in the same way. The Czech government remains opposed to mandatory refugee quotas on the grounds that such a system would not work.
The Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh has acquired a painting by the Czech surrealist artist Toyen, the Czech News Agency reported on Thursday. The painting, called Poselství lesa or Message of the Forest, was completed in 1936 and is regarded as one of Toyen’s greatest works of art. It is the first of her paintings to enter a UK public art collection. According to the Czech art investment website Artplus.cz, it was sold for 600,000 US dollars (some 15.3 million crowns).
The Minister of Finance and ANO chief Andrej Babiš said on Thursday he would resolve his ownership of the Agrofert agro-chemical company in February. He made the statement in reaction to the new bill on conflict of interest, which places ownership restrictions on government members. The legislation, which came into force on Wednesday, prevents people with large stakes in companies from becoming ministers, while firms more than 10-percent owned by cabinet members are not allowed to compete for public tenders. Mr. Babiš, who owns one of the country’s biggest companies as well as several media outlets, repeated that he regarded the bill as unconstitutional.
Plans to expand the massive brown coal mine at Poland’s Turów is threatening water sources on the Czech side of the border, representatives of waterworks from the affected region said at a press conference on Thursday. According to the water company experts, wells and streams around the towns of Frýdlant, Hrádek nad Nisou and Chrastava in the north Bohemian region have already been drying up and the mine’s extension will make the situation even worse. An expert study suggests around one billion crowns will be needed in the coming years to provide 30,000 people from the area with drinking water.
The Temelín nuclear plant in south Bohemia is set to produce 15 TWh of electricity in 2017, which is three TWh more than last year. The plant plans to hire around 80 new employees this year, the head of the plant Bohdan Zronek told the Czech News Agency on Thursday. Around 500 of the plant’s existing employees will have to get security clearance this year due to the new nuclear power law which tightens security at the country’s nuclear stations. Temelín set an annual production record in 2012, when it generated 15.3 TWh.
The country’s special anti-corruption police unit, known as Kobra, has prevented tax evasion amounting to 7.6 billion crowns in total since its establishment in June 2014, Finance Minister Andrej Babiš announced on Thursday at a press conference of the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic. In 2016 alone, Kobra prevented tax evasion worth 3.4 billion crowns. The team, operating under the anti-corruption police, is comprised of experts from the police and the finance and customs authorities.
The ANO party of businessman Andrej Babiš would win elections to the lower house of parliament with 29.9 percent of the vote, if elections were held now, according to the results of an opinion poll conducted by the STEM agency. The Social Democrats would come second with 14.6 percent, followed by the Communist Party with 12.6 percent. The survey also suggests that the TOP 09 party, which gained slightly over five percent of votes in previous surveys, would not make it into Parliament. Other parties that would cross the five percent threshold needed to win seats in the lower house are the Civic Democrats and the Christian Democrats.
The Czech Republic’s biggest refining company, Unipetrol, announced a sharp hike in its net profit to nearly 8.0 billion crowns in 2016 in spite of a slide in sales. One reason for the boost was insurance payments following an explosion at its Litvinov plant. Overall turnover slipped to almost 88 billion in spite of an improved performance from its Benzina petrol stations which now claim around 18 percent of the Czech market. Uniptrrol is controlled by the Polish group PKN Orlen.
Czech veterinarians have confirmed the first outbreak of bird flu at a large commercial poultry farm. The farm in question is near Blatná in South Bohemia with the estimated 6500 ducks there set to be killed on Thursday. The breeder found 160 dead ducks on Tuesday and Wednesday with tests later proving the presence of the H5 virus. An investigation into how the flock, which should have been kept away from wild birds, was infected is now being carried out. It is the 11th case of bird flu in the Czech Republic in the last couple of weeks.


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"When I first came to the club, David was not in the team," said Jewell. "He was training with a groin injury and he ended up having a double hernia op and that kept him out.
"In fairness to him, since he has got into the team, he's done well.
"He played really well against Manchester United. He did not have his best game, like the rest of the team, in the first half at Middlesbrough but, playing out of the position against Fulham, he still had three or four shots and was involved in a lot of good things.
"At the moment, he is saying to me 'I want to be here' and that's what I am looking for from the players."

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Read the following article from the South University Online Library and the Internet:
- Mineka, S., & Zinbarg, R. (2006). A contemporary learning theory perspective on the etiology of anxiety disorders: It’s not what you thought it was. American Psychologist, 6(1), 1026. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.61.1.10
The article describes how contemporary learning theory and research provide the basis for perspectives on the etiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders that capture the complexity associated with individual differences in the development and course of these disorders.
Review the article and create a 2â€“3 page report on the perspective of learning theory on anxiety disorders in a Microsoft Word document, addressing the following:
- How does learning theory affect your understanding of the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders?
- How does contemporary learning theory differ from earlier learning theory?
- Name the anxiety disorders for which contemporary learning theory best apply


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Maurice Chestnut infuses his classical rhythm tap training with hip-hop, funk, and soul, developing a performance style that brilliantly features tap as a musical instrument. Chestnut began dancing at the age of 5 under the direction of Mr. Alfred Gallman. By age 9 he became a professional dancer as a member of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble, directed by Deborah Mitchell. He is currently principle dancer and choreographer with the ensemble. As a child artist, Chestnut was featured on Sally Jessy Raphael and earned a gold medal in the NAACP’s Act-So competition. At the age of 14 he was named “One of New Jersey’s Artists to Watch in the New Millennium.”
Chestnut was in the cast of the national touring company of the Tony Award–winning Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk with Savion Glover. He continued to work with Glover throughout his Improvographgy tour. Off-Broadway credits include Shades of Harlem, The Wiz, and Bubbling Brown Sugar.
As a solo artist, Chestnut is now working to further develop his signature style of “playing tap” as a live instrument. In addition to performing with his own band, he often tours as a guest with various jazz musicians. He has performed at many jazz festivals, including the JVC Jazz Festival at Carnegie Hall and the Playboy Jazz Festival, and was crowned “Top Dog Performer” at the Apollo Theater.
Inspired by the hoofing greats, Chestnut dances with truth, soul, and power. Watching him dance is like walking through Harlem in the 1940s … while bumping a hip-hop beat.


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The Challenger Muaythai is an Emmy-nominated reality TV show that follows 16 world-class Muaythai fighters through rigorous training and tough, competitive fights. Read more for a chance to win!
To be nominated for an International Emmy Award is one of the highest honours for any actor, producer or television show.
Challenger Muaythai made it as one of the four final nominations in its category of Non-scripted Entertainment, giving the sport even more credibility than it already possesses in the international media.
Arriving by stretch limo, and undergoing the red carpet experience, surrounded by celebrities like Jessica Lange, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan and many more, nominees made their way into the 40th Anniversary International Emmy Awards Gala, held at the New York Hilton Hotel.
The Challenger Muaythai did not win the International Emmy Award for Best of Non-scripted Entertainment. Instead, that honor went to the Amazing Race Australia. It has been nominated several times already, and has finally won the award for the first time.

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Batman (Sega Mega Drive Video Game)
Batman is a video game released for the Sega Mega Drive, which was inspired by the Tim Burton directed Batman film from 1989. The Mega Drive/Genesis version was also produced by Sunsoft. Critics were impressed by its graphics, sound, and playability. The game is more faithful to the film's plot than NES version and features levels in which the player controls Batman's vehicles.
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It used to be rare to find a restaurant or fast food restaurant with a secret menu. One that has been around for some time is the secret menu at In-N-Out Burger.
Now it is popping everywhere. Panera Bread released its secret menu a few days ago. All of the options don’t have bread. Panera wants to try a new, healthier menu and by creating a secret menu they avoided the costs of creating new paper menus and kept the wall menus simplified. According to an NPR interview, they believe it is a cheap way to test new products and some free PR.
But the real reason why secret menus work is because of a simple concept brought by Maslow. The need for belonging. We all want to belong to a group and a select group that knows about a “secret” menu is even better. It brings mystery and rituals to the process. Mystery and rituals in businesses make people connect and stay.
The brain cannot cope with unanswered questions so it wants to be around until it has all of the answers – and rituals keep us engaged. Note that McDonald’s has a great example of ritual in the menu. The Mc10:35 can only be ordered at you guess it, 10:35am.
Restaurants are unfolding their secret menus but any business can incorporate mystery and rituals in their process. We have an entire audio on this topic that you can get for free at BestBuzzGift.com
Here are a few other restaurants with a secret menu:
- MCDonald’s has the Monster Burger and the McGangBang. not all stores are caring the secret menu at this point. The Mc10:35 is a special sandwich that can only be ordered for ten minutes each morning, during the changeover from McDonald’s breakfast menu to its standard menu at 10:35 a.m.
- Chipotle’s has a secret menu with several options. The Quesarito is one of them.
- Starbucks: Biscotti Frappuccino, the Cinnamon Roll Cappuccino, and the Captain Crunch Frappuccino and the Raspberry cream cheese cappuccino.
- Taco Bell’s: Chili Cheese Burrito, Double Grilled Quesadillas, and the Enchirito, which is an enchilada stuffed with beef, beans, cheese, diced onions, and topped with red sauce.
- Burger King: Suicide Burger, Frings.
- Subway: Pizza. While the pizza sub used to be a staple on Subway’s regular menu, it was removed when the company began pushing its healthy eating initiatives.
- Jamba Juice: Green Gummy Bear Smoothie


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Transforming India’s Mobility
The rapid growth in India’s urbanization, population and wealth over the last few decades has had a marked effect on the mobility of its citizens. India’s transport demand has grown by almost 8 times since 1980 – more than any other Asian economy. A recent WHO study has 14 Indian cities featuring in the top fifteen most polluted cities in the world. This challenge leads to significant health and welfare losses, currently estimated by the World Bank at 7.7% of India’s GDP (PPP adjusted). Additionally, major Indian cities are also now consistently ranked amongst the world’s most congested cities. The average speed for vehicles in some metros are reported as low as 17 km/h. These high levels of congestion have huge cost in form of reduced productivity and fuel waste; a high-level estimate of the economic loss of congestion, for our top four metros, is over USD 22 billion annually.
Transforming India’s Mobility’: Path to the Future
Safe, Adequate and Holistic Infrastructure (SAHI)
- Safe Infrastructure: Ensuring well engineered, safe infrastructure for travel:
- Clear guidelines promoting usage & deployment of women-only buses along with emergency services-equipped sidewalks and pathways for NMT users is required.
- Tailoring the routes of public transport options so that women can get down closer to their destination can improve the sense of safety.
- Adequate: Ensuring multiple modes of connectivity
- Connect rural villages/hamlets by building durable & paved all-weather roads to integrate the hinterland with urban areas.
- Global example: In the last 5 years, China has built or renovated 1.28 million kms of rural roads, with 99.24% of townships and 98.34% of villages now connected by asphalt or cement roads
- Utilize the railway network to boost rural-to-rural, rural-to-urban and urban-to urban connectivity. Railway adoption and connectivity could be enhanced through a better network of feeder, inter-modal routes providing last-mile connectivity.
- Develop inland waterways to reduce transportation and freight cost. Integrate waterways with existing public infrastructure to increase utilization.
- Global example: UK (Eng. And Wales) has a network of 5000 km of fully navigable waterways, with clearly defined responsibilities for local/ national bodies, policies for developing integrated multi-modal riverside transport hubs, and initiatives to promote green tourism and transport.
- Strengthen availability & adoption of public transport in rural areas: Every state / district should be directed to measure the usage and adoption of current public transport connecting rural hubs.
- Global example: Switzerland has one of the highest usage rates of public transport – especially in its rural areas. Under a nationally coordinated plan named Taktfahrplan, scheduling and availability of buses & public transport has been planned in order to ensure maximum utilization and customer satisfaction.
- Expand air connectivity to connect regional, remote areas
- Holistic: Data driven planning, including integrated planning to reduce need to travel
- A clear framework for assessing unique mobility needs in rural and urban settings should be used in the planning stage.
- Utilize PPP to deploy ‘Mobility as a Service’ to connect rural transport providers with user demand
Peak Time’ Travel Optimization
- Re-invent the need to travel during peak hours: Guidelines for planning cities with integrated land planning should be formulated.
- Discourage private car ownership & usage:
- Implement dynamic pricing for tolls, parking etc. to ease congestion and improve use of public transport.
- Global example: Singapore has adopted an electronic road pricing mechanism as well, as a usage-based taxation mechanism, reducing traffic by ~25,000 vehicles during peak hours in the city and increasing average road speeds by 20%.
- Guidelines encompassing fiscal measures and enforcement mechanisms to limit number of new vehicular licenses could be explored.
- Streamline traffic flows & improve driver discipline
- Implement ITS (e.g. Singapore intelligent transport system) in key cities to gather real-time data and manage traffic situations in real-time (dynamic lights etc)
- Global example: The Los Angeles Department of Transportation has developed a system for adjusting signals in response to real-time traffic demands, the city was able to cut travel times by 13%, stopping by 31% and delays by 21%.
- Strengthen the licensing process by making it a multi-phased process with drivers graduating from a learner’s license to a permanent license over a defined time period
- Guidelines to to scale up the deployment of plate-recognition software aided by effective CCTV footage. This may be used for automated generations of e-challans.
Logistics And Goods Transport
- Optimize vehicle flow through populous urban areas
- Timing and zoning: Identify and enforce norms around freight movement, e.g. dedicated freight routes
- Effective feeder network using effective and green last mile connectivity
- Optimize warehouse locations and inter-modal network
- Warehouse location strategy: Develop large shared warehouses to serve as consolidation centers
- Well-planned, adequate multi-modal logistics and interchange facilities: To further minimize the interaction between commercial and passenger traffic
- Maximize load utilization for all categories of goods: Build digital, shared platforms for improving utilization
Seamless, Convenient Public Transport
- Design city-specific PT roadmaps with clear hierarchy among different modes: Long-term transportation plan should define the primary mode of transport and the supporting modes of transport by city type (Metro vs. Tier 1 vs. Tier 2…)
- Create an integrated multimodal PT network supported by last mile connectivity:
- Ensure seamless connectivity between the different modes of transport
- Encourage development of digital platforms which provide access to multi-modal public transport.
- Make PT attractive for urban India: Use principles of transit oriented development (TOD) to ensure commercial activity around transit hubs
- Encourage ride-sharing and ride-sourcing through digital means: Address safety concern with regards to shared mobility by designing clear guidelines for various stakeholders
- Enable private vehicle sharing: Introduce high occupancy lanes to encourage car pooling
Non-Motorized Transport (NMT)
- Integrate seamlessly with public transport: Build NMT paths, which offer seamless connectivity with other modes of transport.
- Ensure safety for NMT users: Outline guidelines for safety of NMT users
- Design for comfort & accessibility: Build sheltered walkways & cycling paths, which protect pedestrians/cyclists from extreme weather, keeping in mind the comfort of commuters.
Green Mobility Technologies
- Devise pollution control norms to promote clean technologies: Impose supply side regulations on OEMs to increase production of zero emission vehicles through market based incentives like Corporate average fuel economy (CAFÉ) and ZEV (Zero Emission Vehicle) production credits
- Use feebate mechanism to incentivize use of green mobility technologies: Identify potential mechanisms and develop regulation for incentivizing green mobility technologies with a feebate mechanism.
- Provide supporting infrastructure to drive adoption: Government to facilitate the setting up of public charging infrastructure – an important enabler for adoption of green mobility technologies. PPP in this space and utilization of existing infrastructure like petrol pumps are also being explored

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(CN) – The federal government claims a Detroit suburb discriminated against an Islamic center by denying its application to build a new mosque closer to where most of its members live.
U.S. Department of Justice attorneys filed a lawsuit Thursday against the city of Sterling Heights in Detroit federal court, alleging it violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act when it denied the American Islamic Community Center's special approval land use application to construct a new mosque.
The Islamic center is currently located in Madison Heights, about 11 miles from the center of Sterling Heights, the complaint states.
But the current building has become inadequate for the needs of the AICC community, as the building is about 10,000 square feet and overcrowded during important religious observances, the government says.
And because the majority of the AICC's members live in Sterling Heights, the complaint states, the suburb is a more convenient location for the community than in Madison Heights.
In January of this year, Jaafar Chehab, an AICC board member, bought five contiguous plots of land totaling a little more than four acres in Sterling Heights and entered into a lease contract with AICC, in which he would lease the property to AICC for 10 years with an option to purchase upon approval from Sterling Heights to build a mosque, the complaint states.
The five plots are zoned for residential use, and according to Sterling Height's zoning ordinance, a place of worship may be permitted within a residential zone as a special approval land use.
Last year, before he bought the land, Chehab submitted a special approval land use application to the Sterling Heights City Planning Office.
The application included a site plan for a proposed mosque of about 20,000 square feet with 130 off-street parking spaces, a dome 58-feet high and two spires 66-feet high each, the complaint states.
Even though the AICC's application met all of the specific standards for residential zones and all of the general standards for special approval land use outlined in Sterling Height's zoning ordinance, AICC's application was ultimately denied after Sterling Heights residents spoke out against it, according to the Justice Department.
"Many of the comments were directed at the religion of the petitioner, including a plea to 'Remember 9/11,' statements that Christians would not be allowed to build a church in Iraq, and statement that property values would drop if a mosque were built in the neighborhood,” the complaint states.
Council members and the mayor were running for re-election during this time, and the AICC's application was a key election issues, according to the lawsuit.
The Justice Department says Mayor Michael Taylor posted the following message on Facebook on Aug. 28, 2015: “Let me set the record straight. I am the Mayor of Sterling Heights. I am opposed to this mosque being built on 15 Mile Road. It is sad that my political opponents are lying to you and trying to scare you into thinking I am insensitive to the Chaldean people throughout the world. My heart breaks for the Christians in Iraq and throughout the world who are being terrorized by Islamic terrorists. I will do EVERYTHING in my power to protect, support and defend the Chaldean population in Sterling Heights. I have nothing to do with this mosque and do not want it built there." (Emphasis in original.)
Chaldean refers to members of the Chaldean Catholic Church, a church composed primarily of people of Iraqi descent, the complaint states.
On Sept. 10, 2015, Sterling Heights rejected the application at a City Planning Commission Meeting, during which a large crowd of nearly 500 protesters gathered in the parking lot and the city hall, reaching full capacity, the complaint states.
“The city’s treatment and denial of the Application constitutes discrimination against the AICC on the basis of religion or religious denomination,” the government’s lawsuit says.
The Justice Department seeks a court order preventing Sterling Heights from enforcing zoning restrictions in a way that violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
Sterling Heights said in a statement Thursday that it “has cooperated fully with the Department of Justice in this matter, and is surprised and disappointed in its decision to initiate this lawsuit at this time.”
“The city maintains that the AICC application for special approval land use to construct a mosque was considered and denied by the City's Planning Commission based on established land use criteria including the incompatibility with adjoining uses, insufficient parking, as well as overall size and height of the building, and not emotional feelings tied to religious beliefs either for or against the applicant,” the city said. “The city welcomes the AICC along with any other religious groups to Sterling Heights and we will continue an open dialog to address areas of disagreement with respect to land use.”
Sterling Heights is in Macomb County and is the second largest suburb in the Detroit metropolitan area, with a population of about 129,000 people.
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French photographer exhibits Yemen photos [Archives:2006/954/Last Page]
“At that time, Yemen was a new place for Europeans,” he recollected. “It wasn't easy to come. I came as an unguided tourist and traveled by taxi with locals, which I liked, because I wanted to travel on my own and get close to Yemenis.”
Arriving in Sana'a, Lambours visited various other cities including Sa'ada, Jibla, Ibb, Thula, Hodeidah, Bait Al-Faqeeh, Zabid, Mokha and Taiz. His second visit occurred in July 2004.
“Yemen has changed a lot now,” he noted. “In 1975, the population of Sana'a was estimated at 50,000 and they were mainly in the Old City, whereas in 2004, the Old City appeared very small to me in the wide expanse of the new part. The whole city houses millions of people.”
However, he indicated that Yemeni customs remain the same, as does its people's mentality in that they are very friendly and welcome guests.
Qat a major threat
Lambours mentioned that qat is more prevalent now than before. “It not only affects people, but also the environment. We find that plastic bags are ubiquitous and this is detrimental to the environment. It's serious pollution,” he added.
In his photos, Lambours doesn't mean to accommodate tourist attractions. Rather, he captures realistic moments from the streets, worksites, landscapes, mountainscapes, etc.
Black and white and color photos
Half of Lambours' 80-photograph collection is black and white while the other half is color. “The black and white are classical. In Yemen, I think I've done everything I wanted in black and white and now I've begun using color. Black and white makes certain scenes stronger and makes it easy to go to the hearts of people. Using color, I go to another world. When people see my photos, I want them to enter my world. When they go to Yemen, I want them to recognize my view of Yemen. It's my personal view of Yemen,” he explained
However, Lambours said he still is discovering the right color for Yemen. His choice of scenes is impulsive – when he sees something really compelling, he snaps it. “The scene must be worthy,” he noted.
Lambours still is working on a photo-supported book written by him and others. Photos to be included mostly aren't tourist-oriented because he chooses to depict real people and show different things.
“In beautiful books, we provide the same boringly beautiful things, but I want to offer an interesting book. I want people to ask questions,” he explained.
Lambours is interested in the richness of Yemeni culture, a fact he encountered during his trips to areas like Munabih in northernmost Yemen and the Isle of Socotra. He particularly was interested when he discovered Aden. “It's a melting pot with its own distinctive features,” he said. He intends taking many photos in the Old City of Sana'a because he's concerned that it might change.
One of Lambours' observations about Yemenis is their openness to other cultures and peoples. For him, the role of art is to bring people closer to each other. “We must learn to live together and stop wars. I dream of a world where people are together, accept differences and learn from each other.”
Lambours concluded with a wish to return to Yemeni locales like Hodeidah governorate's Jabal Bura', as well as discover areas like Al-Jawf and Shabwa.
Lambours is a professional photographer who has shot a fictional movie and participated in photo exhibitions.