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Actually I said the other day that I never get the chance to read, but since school’s been out the past few weeks I have had the chance to read a few things. I can tell, because the stack beside my bed is so large I have trouble getting up in the mornings.
Here’s what I’ve read in the past month, in no particular order:
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
The best book I have read all year. Magical and amazing.
The Spaniard’s Inconvenient Wife by Kate Walker.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks.
Sacks is a neurologist. In this book, he explores the idea that disease can often reveal strengths. It’s an empowering and interesting book.
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
Vonnegut is one of the best authors ever, and probably the reason my husband and I are married.
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving.
I loved this book the first time I read it about 10 years ago, particularly the character of Owen. This time through I liked it less; I think I could see through the plot devices, I knew the surprises, and the narrator was a little boring. But it’s still a good novel, and I still love Owen.
Up to No Good by Julie Elizabeth Leto.
This was a “learning novel” (well, a little bit of fun too), to see how JEL creates character quickly. And she does.
Never Love a Stranger by Elizabeth Stephens.
…which is actually written by my friend Betty O’Rourke.
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole.
Ghosts! Ancient curses! Creepy castles! Evil lords! Innocent maidens! Deeply, deeply cool.
Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday.
A series of comics that pay tribute to comics. Post-modern, man.
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Today, many teachers agree that antiracist lessons are an important part of a good education, but most will concede that it can be difficult to craft these lessons well. That was also true during World War II, when American teachers embarked on an ambitious effort to fight racism, as education historian Zoë Burkholder writes.
In the late 1930s, an increased focus on national unity, along with concerns about Nazi propaganda, encouraged teachers to embrace “tolerance education.” Burkholder writes that for many teachers and students, standing up against racism was an obvious part of the fight against the Nazis. In most of the country, when teachers talked about race they were mostly discussing different ethnic groups that we would now lump together as white. One Indiana teacher, for example, focused on teaching her students about the scientific and artistic “gifts” brought to America “even from those countries whose political policies we condemn or whose sons and daughters we call wops and dagoes and hunkies.”
Burkholder writes that this concept of “cultural gifts” leaned heavily on stereotypes. One teacher discussed “color from Italy, stamina and restraint from the Scandinavian countries, artistry from France, steady nerve and purposefulness from Britain.” Few schools included Asian, African, or African-American cultures in these lessons.
That changed over the next few years, particularly in 1943, when riots targeting black and Mexican-American workers in many cities brought racism against these groups to educators’ attention. A new kind of tolerance education took hold, rooted in “scientific” ideas about race. Where teachers’ descriptions of the “races” of Europe had been based on informal, popular understandings, this new strain leaned on anthropology. The Races of Mankind, an illustrated pamphlet published by anthropologists Ruth Benedict and Gene Welfish in October of 1943, became enormously popular among educators.
The Races of Mankind argued that human diversity was based more on culture than genetics, and that people of all races had the potential to be equal. But it also gave scientific credence to the idea of race as a static, genetically-based category. The book held that humanity could be divided into three races: “Caucasian,” “Mongoloid,” and “Negroid.”
Sometimes these “anti-racist” lessons were scientific. One class demonstrated that blood samples from black and white students were indistinguishable in an effort to challenge the Red Cross policy of segregated blood banks. In other cases, though, the “anti-racist” lessons replicated the “cultural gifts” concept in disturbing ways. For example, one Ohio class of white students spent weeks studying African-American achievements. Then, the students donned blackface and “mammy dresses” to act out black Americans’ rise from slavery.
Burkholder writes that the racial curricula faded out of use after the end of World War II, to mixed results. Some white students reported a new understanding of equality with black and Asian peers. But the classes also helped reinforce Americans’ understanding of races as immutable “scientific” categories.

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UK game developer Codemasters has announced its intention to list on the AIM this Friday, with the company hoping to raise £15m in its Initial Public Offering (IPO).
The Warwickshire-based company expects to have a market capitalisation of £280m when it enters London's junior market.
The offering of the companys existing shares is expected to raise £159.9m for the firms Singaporean majority owner Reliance Big Entertainment and a further £10.1m for the companys executive directors and senior management.
Liberum Capital is acting as nominated adviser and sole broker in relation to the listing, the gaming company said.
The firm, which has been operating for 30 years, has seen revenues double from £31m in 2016 to £63.6m in the year ending 31 March 2018.
The video game developer says it intends to use the money it raises from its IPO to recruit new talent, evolve its technology and develop its marketing strategy.
Though it has published a range of different games since its founding in 1986, Codemasters is most well-known for creating racing games like Dirt, Grid, and Formula One.
Headed up by former Electronic Arts vice president of digital publishing for Europe Frank Sagnier, Codemasters has 500 full-time employees and operates in three UK locations: Southam, Birmingham and Runcorn in Cheshire.
The developer said it is expecting take advantage of the growing gaming market, which in 2017, had some 2.2bn gamers around the world and generated $116bn in game revenues.

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The Range Rover Classic is getting an electrified makeover by classic EV specialist Lunaz, with an initial run of 50 RRs from £294,000.
We’ve already seen a number of electric classic car conversions from Lunaz, including Jaguar, Bentley and Rolls-Royce, but now Lunaz are turning their attention to the Range Rover Classic, in response to customer requests, and are offering a range alternatives for the first electrified Range Rover including Town and Country specs, SWB and LWB and even a convertible version.
The donor Range Rovers will be stripped-back to bare metal and rebuilt with a custom EV powertrain (so far unspecified) and treated to a complete update depending on the choice of spec – Town or Country.
‘Town’ cars come with a focus on rear-seat comfort for those who like to be driven and can be had in SWB or LWB specs, and ‘Country’ cars come with a promise to deliver “a full electric classic off-roading experience for the first time” including a 4-wheel drive system (which makes us thing the ‘Town’ versions may not) and ‘elevated’ cabin.
There’s also the option of a roofless version, inspired by the ‘Octopussy’ Range Rover, although created from an existing regular Range Rover Classic. Lunaz are dubbing this the ‘Safari’ option.
David Lorenz, Lunaz Founder, said:
We designed inherent flexibility within our approach to upcycling the world’s most celebrated cars. The commencement of production of the first electric classic Range Rovers demonstrates the scope of vehicles that can be re-engineered and given an entirely new life through conversion to our proprietary electric powertrain.
The initial plan is to built just 50 electric Range Rovers, with a starting point of £294,000. But by the time you spec what you really want it’ll be a chunk more.


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Bowyer always seems to run well on the flat tracks, and New Hampshire should be right up his alley. He qualified eighth for Sunday's race, and he won't have far to go to find the lead.
Stewart is always strong at New Hampshire, and his last win at the track was in 2011. Stewart is hungry to get his first win and race his way into the Chase. Without a win, Stewart will probably miss the Chase, and he will be a threat to win this weekend.
Stewart's former teammate is also strong at New Hampshire, and his last win was also in 2011. Newman is another driver looking to get into the Chase, and a victory would definitely help him out.
This could be Burton's final Sprint Cup Series race, and it comes at a track where he is usually strong. Burton is driving the No. 66 Michael Waltrip Racing car, and a trip to victory lane would be the perfect end to a long career.
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The ancient city of Bust on the east bank of the Helmand river in southern Afghanistan was settled as early as seventh century B.C.E. and lived its golden age under the Ghaznavids, who established it as their winter capital in 976. The monumental arch located to the north of the citadel mount (Qal'a-i Bust) was built by Ghurid rulers following their conquest of the city in 1149. Arthur U. Pope, Eric Schroeder, and J. Sourdel-Thomine (member of the French archaeological team at Bust in 1951), have suggested that the arch belonged to a great mosque iwan. Terry Allen, on the other hand, has argued that the arch was built free-standing as part of a ceremonial entrance to the citadel that includes the two large squares whose walls are seen in front of and behind the arch.
The pointed archway spans about twenty-five meters and is flanked by buttresses carved with bands of inscriptions and blind arches. An early photograph of the arch shows a northern buttress crumbled to half the height of the archway, carved with a vertical Kufic band adjoining the arch and two tiers of blind niches separated with horizontal panels of inscriptions. The lower tier in this image features a broad horse-shoe arch, while the upper tier includes twin pointed arches. Both the north and south buttresses were capped above the lower tier of niches during the 1960s restoration, leaving Kufic borders rising alone on either side of the arch. Brick supports were erected inside the arch in the 1970s; the archway is blocked on both sides by brick walls.
The decorative effort of the arch is concentrated on the western façade, which contains the inscriptive bands. The outer surface of the arch is covered a tile or terracotta band of floral arabesques and a band of interlacing geometric motifs -- including pentagrams and Hindu swastikas -- made of tiles encrusted with stucco. Kufic bands to the right and left of the arch contain incomplete segments of a Quranic verse and the foundation inscription, respectively. The arch soffit, which is more than one and a half meters wide, is covered with a tile relief interlacing stars and hexagons filled in with terracotta floral motifs. The exterior of the buttresses were decorated with tiles during the restorations.
Allen, Terry. "Notes on Bust." Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies 26 (1988): 55-68.
Dupree, Nancy Hatch. "Lashkar Gah and Bost." An Historical Guide to Afghanistan. Kabul, 1970.
Pope, Arthur U. "The Mosque at Qal'a i Bist." Bulletin of the American Institute for Persian Art and Archaeology IV, no.1 (1935): 7-11.
Schroeder, Eric. "The Mosque at Qal'a-i Bist." A Survey of Persian Art: From the Prehistoric Times to the Present III, edited by Arthur Upham Pope and Phyllis Ackerman, 988-99. Tehran: Soroush Press, 1977.
Sourdel-Thomine, Janine. "La Décoration de l'Arc de Bust." In Lashkari Bazar: Une Résidence Royale Ghaznévide et Ghoride, 63-8. Paris: Diffusion de Boccard, 1978.


Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2009 Week 11 Hansard (Tuesday, 15 Sept 2009) . . Page.. 4005 ..
The conference also canvassed the latest science. We were very lucky to have Professor Will Steffen from the ANU Climate Change Institute. The theme of his presentation was climate change 2009—faster change and more serious risks. Professor Steffen went on to demonstrate the latest science in which he observed that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, reported just a couple of years ago, and what the latest science is showing is that the observed measurements, the observed changes that we have already seen by 2009, are in fact at the top end, the worst-case scenarios, of what the IPCC were predicting for the future in just 2006. So his point simply was that the IPCC were probably—many of us know this already—being conservative. It is a consensus document, but what we are seeing is that their worst-case scenarios are the changes we are already seeing. He went on to provide a series of other quite detailed graphs which illustrated that.
The other very interesting presentation was from Dr Helen Berry from the ANU centre for epidemiology, in which she talked about the health risks associated with climate change. I worked on climate change for a number of years and understand the issues of vector-borne diseases, the spread of tropical diseases, the direct impact on loss of life from health stress and a range of other matters. But what Dr Berry particularly talked about was the impact on mental health resulting from climate change, the way that people and communities will react to significant and ongoing disasters—the mental health impacts of the various stressors that will arise from climate change.
This was one of those light bulb moments for me. In a way it is quite an obvious observation, but I had not really thought about it before, so that was a very interesting new element, to think about the potential impacts.
The last comment I will make is about the atmosphere of the last half-hour or so of the conference, which was one of palpable frustration. After two days nearly of hearing the latest science, hearing all these very practical and positive ideas of how we can act, there was this palpable frustration that we are just not progressing as quickly as we can or as quickly as we must. That remains the challenge for all of us in this place, and Mr Corbell touched on this matter this morning. We have a responsibility to act—and a responsibility to act quickly—to try to avoid at least some of the worst-case scenarios that the scientists are telling us may arise from climate change.
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An anchor store for the second phase of Buffalo Grove`s Town Center apparently has not been chosen.
But an attorney for the developer offered the village`s Plan Commission a clue: It won`t be a ''food-type user.''
Marc Schwartz, the attorney for Melvin Simon & Associates, told the commission last week that the company is negotiating with ''several possible tenants'' and hopes to make a deal by March 31.
The ideal anchor store would be an aggressive marketer whose name and advertising would draw customers, said Village Manager William Balling. The downtown development, only 2 years old, has not drawn large numbers of shoppers.
''It`s a matter of getting a good tenant mix,'' Balling said. ''Town Center just hasn`t reached its potential.''
Plan Commission members made their recommendation that the Village Board approve the site plan for the second phase of the development pending several revisions. The Village Board is scheduled to consider it March 18.
The anchor store is scheduled to open next spring. Schwartz projected that it will bring $8 million to $20 million in new business to the center.

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Technical break down in gaming machines
The Danish Gambling Authority has decided to change the inspection deadline regarding technical break downs in gaming machines with cash prizes, top boxes and technical installation. Thus, the inspection must be completed within 14 days after a seal is broken.
The notification to the Danish Gambling Authority concerning technical break downs must be done via the form “Technical break down of gaming machines” which you will find on the Danish Gambling Authority's website under "For businesses and associations" and "Gaming machines".
The notification concerning a technical break down must be sent to the Danish Gambling Authority, when a seal is broken, at the latest.
The below information about technical breakdown is only avaliable in Danish.
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In the 1970s, the federal government instituted the word “hispanic” to get a better handle on a mushrooming demographic group that was multiracial and multiethnic. The philosopher jorge j e gracia engages fifteen prominent scholars on race, ethnicity, nationality, and hispanic/latino identity in the united states their. A comprehensive assessment of how race and ethnicity affect the places we live, work, and visit “this timely volume is a storehouse of knowledge that brings. Indispensable reading for all scholars and students of race and ethnicity in latin america--peter wade, university of manchester pigmentocracies is a signal achievement in the comparative sociology of race and racism, punctuating edward telles's already distinctive and pioneering research on racial and ethno-national. Census might make “hispanic” a race what it means to be latino – we’re all over the place as a hispanic” were to become a race/ethnicity. Topics: hispanic/latino demographics, hispanic/latino identity, us census, race and ethnicity share the link: ana gonzalez-barrera is a senior researcher focusing on hispanics, immigration and demographics at pew research center.
Unlike an ethnicity, the latino race does but will being seen and now counted as a race affect latinos’ place in the “creating a “latino” race. Chapter 8 race and ethnicity white patients are more likely than latino or african american patients to receive knee replacements and coronary bypass surgery. Race and ethnic data us department of housing instructions for the race and ethnic data reporting (form hud the owner or agent may place a note in the. Ethnicity and race definitions race and ethnicity unknown hispanics of any race for non-hispanics only: american indian or alaska native asian. Census might make “hispanic” a race to be latino – we’re all over the place as to the idea of joining race and ethnicity as a “hispanic. Poverty rates for selected detailed race and hispanic groups by state and place: 2007–2011 latino two or more races native hawaiian and other pacific.
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Race and ethnicity by place in the lansing area there are 35 places in the lansing area this section compares waverly to all of the places in the lansing area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with waverly. A comprehensive assessment of how race and ethnicity affect the places we live “race, ethnicity, and place in a changing america us hispanic/latino. Hispanic origin, and race place of birth of the person, the person’s where can i get data on race, ethnicity and ancestry. Hispanics may become a race of their own in the us census — a major change that some latino advocacy groups are opposing currently, the census.

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Ensuring Student Cyber Safety
Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2010Microform - 2010
Publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
Characteristics: iii, 66 p. ; 24 cm.
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A design based on the Fortnite Battle Royale game, played on PS4, XBOX, PC and mobile devices.
Fortnite is an online video game developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. It is available in three distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine:
Fortnite Save the World a cooperative shooter survival game for up to four players to fight off zombie like creatures and defend objects with fortifications they can build; Fortnite Battle Royale a free-to-play battle royale game where up to 100 players fight to be the last person standing; and Fortnite Creative, where players are given complete freedom to create worlds and battle arenas. Save the World and Battle Royale were released in 2017 as early access titles, while Creative was released on December 6, 2018.
While the Save the World and Creative versions have been successful for Epic Games, Fortnite Battle Royale in particular became a resounding success – drawing in more than 125 million players in less than a year, earning hundreds of millions of dollars per month, and becoming a cultural phenomenon.


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Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good thing for the first time.
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful
A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.
I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.
Each soul is potentially divine.
Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.
Boards don't hit back.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
I'll always be poor in my mind.

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It is a combination of Metalaxyl 4% and Mancozeb 64%
It can be either applied to the foliage,soil or used for seed treatment.
It has excellent crop protection due to hyper systemic uptake and translocation properties.
Quanitity – 250gm
Ridomil is highly effective systemic and contact fungicides.
· Disease Spectrum: Ridomil is a broad spectrum activity against diseases like Early Blight, Late Blight, Tikka, Downy Mildew, Brown and black rust, Blast, etc.
· Crop Spectrum: Paddy, Wheat, Vegetables (Chilly, Tomato, Potato etc) Horticultural crops (Grapes, Apple), Plantations (Tea, Coffee etc).
· Being systemic and contact fungicide it provides double protection (Inside Metalaxyl & Outside Mancozeb).
· It remains effective for longer time and prevents & Cures the diseases effectively. Reduces the number of spray.
· Metalaxyl is rapidly absorbed (30 min) and therefore not washed away by rains.
· It effectively controls phytopthora rot.
· Increase in the yield due to effective control of Late blight, phytopthora etc. Plants meet across the rows (Favourable conditions for late blight incidence).
Method of Application:
Dosage: 1.5 to 2 kg per ha (500 gm/200 litre of Water).
· First Spray : Plants meet across the rows (Favourable conditions for late blight incidence).
· Second Spray : 10 to 14 days after first spray.
· Third Spray : 10 to 14 days after second spray.
· Prevention/Cure of the disease.
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The Ethical Standards Command is investigating the death in custody of an Aboriginal man in the Queensland city of Toowoomba on Thursday.
The 27-year old man died during a "violent struggle" with police that also left two officers with minor injuries.
Assistant Commissioner Mike Condon told reporters that officers were called to Stone Street, Wilsonton, in response to a report about a man allegedly trying to steal a car.
“Police attempted to detain the occupants of the vehicle... during an altercation with police a 27 year-old male person became unconscious,” he said.
“Police immediately provided first aid, QAS officers attended shortly after, and continued to provide first aid, and sadly that 27-year old male person has passed away.”
He would not comment on how the man became unconscious.
The investigation will be undertaken with oversight by the state coroner and the Crime and Corruption Commission.
“The mere fact it was involved in an altercation will necessitate that we investigate the use of force used by our officers,” Mr Condon said.
One of the police officers involved experienced breathing difficulties, and the other had minor injuries.
They are yet to be interviewed, but Mr Condon said that was likely to happen within 24 hours.
"The normal process is that they will stand down for a couple of days to regather themselves, but it really depends on the individual. But we are here to support them."
Anyone with mobile or CCTV footage of the tragic incident is being urged to come forward.


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Clarksville, TN – Blye Allen, competing as Miss Marble City, was crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2023 on Saturday, as the second night of competition came to a close inside the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Mabry Concert Hall.
In a press release from Visit Clarksville – “This was a special year for the Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA pageants,” said Theresa Harrington, Executive Director of Visit Clarksville. “Clarksville and Austin Peay State University were honored to host current and former titleholders as they celebrated Greenwood Productions’ 30th year of hosting the pageants.”
Kim Greenwood. Executive Director, Greenwood Productions, Inc., took a moment to thank Theresa Harrington and her team at Visit Clarksville, as well as Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts, and APSU President, Dr. Michael Licari. She talked about her thirty years of hosting pageants as a state director for the Miss Universe Organization, and then about the long legacy of excellence demonstrated by Tennessee’s titleholders.
“Emily Suttle, Miss Tennessee USA 2022 and McKinley Farese, Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2022 have added their own personal magic to that legacy,” Greenwood said. She then recounted many of their accomplishments while wearing the crown this past year.
Dalton and Parker Greenwood then made a special presentation, a plaque that honored their mother’s thirty years of “empowering women in Tennessee”.
Twenty-six contestants took part in this year’s competition. Friday and Saturday night’s programs included active wear and evening gown competitions.
After all the contestants took the stage on Saturday, judges announced the top sixteen who would move on in the competition. The finalists were reduced from sixteen to just five after two more rounds of competition. The final five then each had a turn answering a randomly selected question.
This year’s top five were:
- Blye Allen, Miss Marble City – Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2023’s court:
- Ruthie Richey, Miss Memphis – First Runner Up
- Grace Sparkman, Miss McMinnville – Second Runner Up
- Anna Gagliano, Miss Collierville – Third Runner Up
- Sophia Mendoza, Mis Belle Meade – Fourth Runner Up
Blye Allen was crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2023 by outgoing Miss Tennessee USA Emily Suttle, and outgoing Miss Tennessee Teen USA McKinley Farese.
Blye Allen will now represent Tennessee at the Miss Teen USA pageant which is scheduled for October 4th, 2023 in Reno, Nevada.


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HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (WSVN) - Police are searching for a potential serial robber who sexually assaulted a woman in Hollywood.
Police are investigating three separate incidents in Hollywood with similar details. According to police, the subject would break into the home in the early hours of the morning and make threats of sexual assault.
However, police said, in the most recent incident, which took place at around 1:30 a.m. Thursday on Plunkett Street, the subject actually carried out the threat. “A black male in his 30s forced entry into her home and forced acts of a sexual nature to her, also demanded money,” said Hollywood Police Officer Christian Lata.
Police said the man was wearing a hooded jacket, gloves and he had his face covered. Authorities believe the robber was behind two other similar incidents in the area.
“This is alarming to us because in the past two months, we’ve had two other incidences that are similar in M.O.” said Lata. “A suspect matching the same description forced entrance to the residence and made threat of sexual nature.”
The two incidents occurred in the areas between Pembroke Road and Washington Street and between Federal Highway and Dixie Highway.
“I guess stuff like this happens everywhere, but this neighborhood is generally quiet,” said resident Frankie Perez.
“I have had no problem here,” said resident Cindy Ramirez, “so I’m shocked.”
The subject is believed to be in possession of a blue sweatshirt with the word “RUN” written across the front. He is also believed to have a black hoodie that zips up in the front.
“We’re taking this real seriously because of the previous incidents. We’re flooding the area with all of our resources,” said Lata.
Police are asking for anyone with information to come forward and want residents to be on alert. “Be vigilant, be aware of your surroundings, and if you see something please don’t hesitate to call 911,” said Lata.
If you have any information on these incidents, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $3,000 reward.
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has drug education as one of the emerging areas of study. Drug education intends to expose the learners to uses, abuse and contraindication of drugs. Social studies being an integrated discipline which derives its curriculum contents from many educational curricula encourages teaching and learning...
illicit drugs and $235 billion for alcohol. In 2009 alone, over 2.1 million visits to the emergency department were related to drug abuse, as follows:
* Non-medical use of pharmaceutical drugs (27 percent)
* Illicit drug use (21 percent)
* Combination of alcohol with drugs (14 percent...
, Propoxyphene, adderall and Codeine. The age group of children that uses and abuses these drugs are between the ages of 12-17. Teens use these drugs to get high, take away the pain to make them feel better or, to do better in school. In reality, the drugs are really killing them at a young age, because...
and nicotine. The use of psychoactive substances by youths and adolescents has become an issue of public concern worldwide due to its potential to contribute to deliberate and unplanned injury (Daane, 2003). Oyakhilome (1990), stated that drug abuse extends across socio-economic, religious, cultural...
, whether it be low self-esteem, anxiety, loneliness, or an unhappy family life. Furthermore, prolonged drug use eventually brings its own host of problems, including major disruptions to normal, daily functioning. Unfortunately, the psychological, physical, and social consequences of drug abuse and...
Thomas Edison State College
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in the Military
Adam D. Max
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in the Military
Alcoholism and drug abuse in the military has become of great concern to it’s leaders. The military holds it’s members to the highest standards of discipline and...
Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction
What is Prescription drug abuse? Prescription drug abuse is the use of a medication without a
prescription, in a way other than as prescribed, or for the experience or feelings elicited.
According to several national surveys, prescription medications, such...
1.0 Topic and Chosen aspect Drug abuse among teenagers is the chosen aspect for this report. Drug abuse is defined as the excessive use of drugs without medicine justification. It is reported that 50% of teenagers have abused a drug of some kind (Teendrugrehabs n.d.). 1.1 Critical evaluation...
What is drug addiction?
Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use despite harmful consequences to the individual that is addicted and to those around them. Drug addiction is a brain disease because the abuse of drugs...
Substance Abuse in Adolescents
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The purpose of this investigation was to find out how individuals felt about substance abuse and how it affects their everyday life...
acceptable drugs such as alcohol and nicotine, and the misuse of prescription or non prescription drugs (Drug Use and Abuse p.56). Every day, there are hundreds of reports of people overdosing on prescription drugs (Prescription p.1). Drug abuse can be a major health threat, but drugs are an important part...
substance abuse in today's environment is not an easy task. Throughout history substance abuse has found its way into every segment of society from the protected environments of the Victorian age to the technological world of the twenty first century. Probably the most prevalent substance abuse problems...
Over-The-Counter Drug Abuse
When most people think of drug abuse they associate it with illegal activities. They believe drug abuse only includes illegal substances and prescription medication. People feel since they are legal and easy to get, over the counter medications (OTC’s) are safe. When used...
Teenage Drug Addiction problem
Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use despite harmful consequences to the individual who is addicted and to those around them. Many people do not understand why individuals become addicted to drugs or how drugs...
Juvenile drug use
Prevention and treatment strategies
This paper examines the potency of substance abuse treatment for the purpose of reduction in...
Drugs & Drug Abuse
Drug abuse is “a maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress” (American Psychiatric Association, 2000, p.114-115). The difference between using drugs and abusing drugs depends on three things, what the drug is for, how...
Substance Abuse and the Workplace
“Mark, the cocaine addict, grew up in a small southern town. After two years of college, he found a good-paying job in a large city. For a while, his life seemed to be on a fast, upward track: But I lost it all because I got hooked on crack. I wanted to hang out...
Substance abuse among nurses
The prevalence of substance abuse among nurses is rising and continues to rise. The American Nurses' Association estimates that six to eight...
because they are potentially addictive or can cause severe negative health effects; therefore, any use of illegal substances is dangerous and abusive.
Others argue that casual, recreational use of some drugs is not harmful and is merely use, not abuse. The most vocal of the proponents of...
illegal drugs, but prescription drugs as well. The abuse of drugs is related to many social factors, including poverty and hopelessness.
Functionalists say that guidelines are provided by society on drug use. We set up certain attitudes about drugs to keep people safe. It’s okay to take Aspirin for...
process that progresses through patterns of repetitive behavior through rewarding feelings that come with substance use. Often unintentional, users see drug experience as a recreational crutch. Although the consequences of drug abuse may be overlooked, addiction can lead to physical and mental...
Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2010) Among the concerns of illicit drug use, Americans also face numerous problems in relation to the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs, also referred to as medication. The prescription drugs by the names Vicodin and Qxycontin have...
close to 20 tablets containing a common cold remedy.” (Taylor 45). There are many more cases like this happening every day. Why is drug abuse increasing amongst American teens? Teens use drugs because of curiosity, family influence, and painful emotions.
One reason for teen drug use is curiosity...
craving, seeking, and use that persist even in the face of extremely negative consequences.
What Is Drug Abuse?
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increases and it can lead to depression. For families that have people who abuse drugs, they always have legal problems. These problems are as a result of violence that is normally caused by the drug addicts. People who use drugs normally have drastic changes in behavior which can lead to suicide. Drugs...
getting their hands on drugs and most of the time it goes unseen. People get away with using drugs every day. Even when someone sees one doing drugs, they do not try to do anything to stop them because they do not want to get involved. I have been around people who have abused drugs all my life, whether...
Prescription drug abuse and dependence
In the United States, easy access to prescription drugs such as sedatives and pain medications is posing a major threat, especially drug abuse and dependence. The nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs (NMUPD), which is the same as using drugs without...
widely prescribed to treat painful conditions along with other less potent drugs (such as Tylenol, or Aspirin). Pain is one of the most common reasons people seek treatment for which a narcotic is sometimes prescribed. People who use narcotics to seek a feeling of well being apart from the narcotic’s pain...
Substance Use and Abuse Among Children and Teenagers
Michael D. Newcomb
University of Southern California
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University of California, Los Angeles
During the past several years, there has been a renewed national concern about drug abuse, culminating in the current...
in future unless more effective measures are implemented to arrest the current situation.
Drug abuse is defined as "... excessive or inappropriate use of a [psycho-active] substance by a person ; such use being considered or judged to be illegal (immoral) by the culture and resulting...

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ARKANA film studio
Arkana Studio is an independent production company, established by Dorota Roszkowska in 2003. Its domain is documentary film. It is based in Warsaw and works all over the world. Arkana’s purpose is the deed of the things as indicated by the Latin word arcanus. Main fields of Arkana Studio’s activity are: production, education and promotion of documentary film.
Arkana Studio latest productions:
- “The Mill and the Cross”, 80’ by Lech Majewski after the Pieter Breughel’s painting “Way to Calvary”; 2010, co-producer
- “Kruzenshtern”, 56’ by Maciej Cuske; 2009, co-producers: TVP/ARTE/YLE; producer
- “Poste Restante”, 14’, by Marcel Lozinski, 2008, producer. European Film Award 2009 for the best short film.
Arkana Studio is an organiser of international workshops of documentary film Dragon Forum which ends with pitching during Krakow Film Festival.
Arkana Studio is a co-organizer of international conferences and Multimedia Festival at the Royal Route in Warsaw, The Art of the Document.


Beer, bibles and boycotts: The Coopers debacle
Recent news headlines were dominated by a curious incident involving Australia’s largest family brewer, Coopers, the Bible Society and an awkward seven minute video featuring two Liberal party politicians.
Coopers had partnered with the Bible Society to produce a run of 10,000 commemorative cans celebrating the society’s 200th anniversary. Following this, the Bible Society produced a video debate between openly gay Liberal MP Tim Wilson and conservative Liberal MP Andrew Hastie entitled ‘Keeping it light’, in which the two politicians debated marriage equality, whilst enjoying bottles of Coopers light beer.
Coopers’ connection with the ad and the Bible Society, which critics saw as trivialising the important issue of marriage equality, was attacked on social media by loyal, pro-marriage equality customers.
The incident has become a perfect example of bad brand management, poor communication and ineffective crisis response.
So what can we learn from the Coopers ‘Keeping it light’ catastrophe?
Know your brand
Coopers’ problems began with misaligning their brand with an incongruous partner. Coopers’ primary target market are males and females aged 18-35 who may be university students or young professionals and are socially aware*. Given this age bracket and profile is more likely to be pro-marriage equality and less religious than other markets, you’d have to question whether the partnership with the Bible Society ever truly aligned with the Coopers brand.
The first thing we can learn from this incident is that organisations must ensure that their brand message is consistent, particularly when partnering with others. Much of the outrage generated by this incident was likely driven by loyal Coopers’ customers who felt cheated by a brand they trusted and thought they knew.
Plan for a crisis
It has to be said that Coopers’ crisis response was found wanting in this case. While no doubt the company was taken by surprise – clearly they didn’t create this type of backlash on purpose – their slow and inadequate response points to a lack of crisis planning.
In our world of citizen journalism and social media, crisis management is more critical than ever before. There is no time to waste. As this incident as shown, it’s very hard to get off the back foot and get your message heard above the cacophony of the crisis if you’re not well prepared.
Stop, think, communicate
In the absence of a crisis strategy, Coopers made another major communications error – underestimating the strength of public sentiment. And that was thinking that they could effectively gloss over the issue with a simple media statement.
The statement endorsed the ‘Keeping it light’ video and Coopers’ partnership with the Bible Society, ignoring the conflict which others were highlighting, between the identity of the Bible Society and Coopers’ own brand identity.
The first statement appeared knee-jerk, lacked clarity (particularly in terms of the company’s position on marriage equality) and stoked the fires of outrage that the initial video had sparked. Then they went for strike two, with another statement which, while being slightly less vague, still did not address the real issues their customers were raising.
Finally, came a fairly uncomfortable video, in which they attempted a complete mea culpa, apologising for all their sins, ending their brand partnership with the Bible Society and committing to marriage equality.
Too little, too late.
While this final piece of communication may afford Coopers some respite, their piecemeal communication throughout this debacle may have done possibly permanent damage to their brand. How long will it take for them to repair this and reconnect with their target market? Or maybe Australians just like beer and will get over it quickly? Time and the Coopers’ bottom line will tell.
The lesson learned here is. Good crisis communication is pre-planned and anticipated with Nostradamus-like insight. It’s proactive, not reactive.
Coopers will have learned a difficult lesson the very hard way.


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Today is World Aids Day. It is a time to remember the people we've lost and a time to act to save the lives of the people we still can.
Far from being a "homosexual" disease, AIDS has ravaged the continent of Africa. Especially the Congo where hundreds of thousands of rapes occur every year. It is now prevalent in the United Kingdom where the HIV rate has doubled in the last ten years and currently over 90,000 people are living and dealing with HIV.
People living with HIV globally:
31.3 million adults
15.7 million women
2.1 million children under 15
What exactly is the difference between HIV and AIDS? AIDS is an immune deficiency that leaves a persons immune system so weakened they contract other sicknesses and diseases and die as a result of being unable to fight it off. HIV is the actual virus that can eventually lead to AIDS. A person can be HIV positive and not fall to AIDS. That is a lucky person. It is also sadly the minority.
DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP.

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They believe the Powassan virus, which is spread through tick bites, has developed into a new strain that threatens more humans.
By Edward D. Murphy firstname.lastname@example.org
Researchers are worried that a rare virus which killed a South Thomaston woman last week may have developed into a new strain that is more likely to be passed to humans.
“She just kept getting sicker and sicker,” Whittingon said, and died at Maine Medical Center on Dec. 18.
Powassan is fatal in about 10 percent of the cases, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, but only 50 cases have been reported in the U.S. in the last 10 years, and doctors and hospitals are not required to report the illness to federal authorities.
Maine had three cases between 1999 and 2001, said Sheila Pinette, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The virus is commonly passed through bites by woodchuck ticks, which feed on small mammals and rodents.
But Charles Lubelczyk, a biologist with Maine Medical Center Research Institute’s Vector-borne Disease Laboratory in Scarborough, said that method of transmission is for one strain of Powassan, and a second strain is passed by deer ticks, which are much more common in Maine and often bite humans.
“The problem is it’s getting in deer ticks and deer ticks are much more abundant and bite people all the time,” he said.
The second strain “is something of a game-changer” that could lead to people getting the Powassan virus much more often, he said.
“People have to really work to come in contact with woodchuck ticks,” while it’s fairly common to pick up a deer tick on a walk in the woods, said Dr. Erin Staples, a medical epidemiologist with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Researchers have so far detected no difference in the symptoms that develop from the two strains, according to Staples. She said the development of a strain carried by deer ticks, combined with a campaign to encourage doctors to test for Powassan, means that reports of the virus are likely to jump in the next few years.
Lyme disease, which is also usually passed by deer ticks, can be treated with antibiotics. But since Powassan is a virus, there’s no cure and doctors can just hope to control the symptoms. The virus often leads to encephalitis and meningitis.
Lubelczyk said Snow was most likely bitten by a deer tick. He said those ticks are active into the fall, and Snow went to an emergency room to get a tick removed from her shoulder on Nov. 9. She started developing symptoms a day later, her daughter said.
Woodchuck ticks are most active in the summer, Lubelczyk said, and most bites by those insects occur in June, July and August, making it unlikely that Snow was bitten by one of those ticks.
She developed the typical “bull’s-eye” rash common in Lyme disease, which is passed by deer ticks, but Whittington said doctors aren’t sure if her mother had both Lyme disease and the Powassan virus.
Lubelczyk said tests on deer and moose indicate that the virus is present in them throughout much of the state. Although the animals don’t actually get sick from the virus, he said, they’re part of the transmission chain that goes through ticks to humans.
He said state researchers plan to increase their surveillance of ticks next year to determine if the second strain has spread to more deer ticks, particularly in the midcoast area.
Pinette said her office also plans to keep a close eye on the virus and she hopes to make it a requirement that doctors report cases to the state as part of an effort to track the spread of Powassan.
She said greater awareness by doctors could also lead many to test for Powassan when they would otherwise assume a patient had contracted Lyme disease.
“It’s out there; we just don’t know the prevalence of it,” she said.
Whittington said her mother apparently picked up the tick on one of her daily three-mile walks.
She knew it was serious when her mother complained, Whittington said.
“She just told me, ‘I’m really sick,’ which she would never tell me,” she said.


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Celebrate “Grinchmas” at Universal’s Islands of Adventure with the “Grinchmas Who-liday Spectacular” in Seuss Landing.
Guests can enter the theater for “Grinchmas Who-liday Spectacular” from Seuss Landing.
It’s performed at 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 3:45, 4:45, and 5:45 daily.
Guests can meet the Grinch nearby at Honk Honkers during the day.
The theater itself is not in Seuss Landing.
Team Members open a backstage gate to the theater before showtime.
This show is a live retelling of the classic Dr. Seuss story featuring music recorded by Mannheim Steamroller.
It’s about 30 minutes long.
Watch our video of “Grinchmas Who-liday Spectacular” below.
Check out the Grinch head popcorn bucket.

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83 Aboriginal children remain in a Perth adult prison after an alleged January 31 riot at Banksia Juvenile Detention Centre.
The Australian Government in partnership with state and territory governments, should fund JUSTICE REINVESTMENT trials in selected Aboriginal and Torres Stra
SA POLICE has defended as "robust debate" public comments on its website which claimed Aboriginal people smelled, wore no shoes, were scumbags and should be subjected to genocide.
This is an ABC 7:30 Report Feb 4th which backs up our call for Prison to be used as a last resort especially when it comes to Youth detention and incarceration. Well worth the read...there is also a copy of the transcript of interview.
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- UNDP 2014 Palestine Human Development Report: Development For Empowerment
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Snapshot 29 April–5 May 2015
Nepal: The death toll from the earthquake has reached 7,250, with more than 14,000 injured. Aftershocks are still occurring, and some villages have still not been reached. 300,000 homes are estimated to need rebuilding or repair.
Yemen: The estimated number of IDPs has doubled since 17 April to reach 300,000, as conflict continues. Food distribution, health, and WASH systems are on the verge of collapse, due in large part to severe fuel shortages.
General Situation during April 2015
Forecast until mid-June 2015
On Saturday 25 April, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale struck the poor, landlocked and mountainous Asian state of Nepal. By 30 April, the death toll had risen to more than 5,500 and the UN estimates that 8million people across the country are affected by the disaster – more than a quarter of the population.
In Q1-2015, FAO’s global cereal price index fell a further 13 percent year-on-year. It is now 5 percent lower than in Q4-2014.
Real prices of wheat have fallen by 10 percent over the last quarter. Prices are 20 percent lower than in Q1-2014 and at their lowest levels since mid-2010, thanks to large supplies, favourable production forecasts and strong export competition.
Snapshot 22–28 April 2015
Nepal: The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the country on 25 April has affected 8 million people. As of 28 April, 5,057 people have been reported dead, and more than 8,500 injured. Hundreds of thousands of people are living in tents, while the villages closest to the quake’s epicentre remain inaccessible.
Snapshot 15–21 April 2015
Iraq Violence has displaced 14,000 families in and around Ramadi: 7,000 in Anbar; 5,000 in Baghdad, 2,000 on their way to Baghdad. Checkpoints and insecurity hamper IDP movement. UNICEF estimates 8.29 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, up from 5.2 million in February.
Snapshot 9–14 April 2015
Afghanistan: Security incidents have spiked in early April, after the announcement that more NATO troops would remain in the country than originally scheduled. NATO convoys were targeted in Nangarhar and Kabul on 10 April. On the same day, five NGO staff were found dead, having been abducted in Uruzgan province in early March.
Abu Dhabi, 7th April, 2015 (WAM) -- The Emirates Red Crescent's higher committee for foreign aid has allocated AED 24. 6 million for international relief operations with Iraqi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Syrian refugees in Iraq's Kurdistan region taking the lion's share of AED 18.1 million.
Snapshot 1–8 April 2015
Iraq: Violence, looting and serious human rights violations were reported as Iraqi forces and affiliated groups recaptured Tikrit. There are numerous booby traps and tensions are reportedly rising between government forces and militias. Elsewhere, IDPs are returning: tens of thousands have gone home to Diyala, Ninewa and Al Alam in Salah al Din since February.
Rome, Italy | | Saturday 4/4/2015 - 20:04 GMT
Around 318 migrants in distress at sea between Sicily and the coast of Libya were rescued by an Icelandic navy ship taking part in an EU border patrol of the Mediterranean, Italian media reported Saturday.
The ship, the Landhelgisgaeslan, arrived in the evening at the Sicilian port of Pozzallo with the rescued migrants, including 14 children and five pregnant women, who were hospitalised.
Italian police meanwhile have identified eight suspected Tunisian traffickers.
Rome, Italie | | samedi 04/04/2015 - 19:21 GMT | 128 mots
Trois-cent dix-huit immigrés de treize nationalités différentes ont été secourus samedi par un navire militaire islandais dans le détroit de Sicile au large de la Libye, ont annoncé les médias italiens.
Le navire, le Landhelgisgaeslan, est arrivé dans la soirée dans le port sicilien de Pozzallo. Parmi les passagers, se trouvaient treize femmes, dont cinq enceintes, qui ont été hospitalisées, ainsi que 14 mineurs.
Snapshot 25–31 March 2015
Ukraine: Fears are growing of a new offensive in Mariupol, as non-government troops appear to be gathering nearby. A recent assessment has found that more than 1.6 million people need humanitarian assistance, nearly 1.1 million of whom are in non-government-controlled areas. 20–30% of IDPs are at risk of losing their status and benefits, due to a new mechanism to verify the addresses of IDPs.
Snapshot 18-24 March 2015
Syria: The Government carried out over 10,000 airstrikes between October and March, dropping more than 5,300 barrel bombs and killing almost 2,200 civilians. A chlorine attack on 16 March in Idleb killed six people.
Snapshot 11–17 March 2015
Vanuatu: 24 people are confirmed dead so far after Tropical Cyclone Pam hit on 13 March. Shefa, Tafea, Malampa, and Penama are among the worst affected provinces. Access challenges are significant.
Cameroon: The number of people internally displaced in the north has almost doubled since 10 February, to 117,000. This brings the number of displaced in Cameroon to an estimated 412,700, including 66,000 fleeing Boko Haram violence in Nigeria and the rest from the Central African Republic.
Iraq: 26,000 people have fled fighting between Islamic State and Iraqi security forces in Tikrit for Samarra. Food, shelter, health and WASH needs are priorities. More than 100 families have arrived in Al Dour, located between Tikrit and Samarra, and thousands have fled to central and southern governorates.
South Sudan: Heavy fighting between government and opposition was reported in Upper Nile state, and government troops took control of Wadakona town. Many civilians are reported trapped. Peace talks have collapsed.
Situation Générale en février 2015 Prévision jusqu'à ’mi-avril 2015
La situation relative au Criquet pèlerin est restée préoccupante en février le long de la cote de la mer Rouge, au Soudan et en Érythrée, où des opérations de lutte ont été réalisées contre un grand nombre de bandes larvaires, groupes d’ailes et essaims.
Afghanistan: Heavy snowfall has caused avalanches in northern, central and eastern Afghanistan; 280 people have died. Panshir province is most affected. Communication lines have been disrupted in places, power supplies to Kabul have been cut. Priority needs are for NFIs and emergency shelter; access to isolated areas is difficult.
Snapshot 18-24 February 2015
Myanmar: 90,000 people are now reported to have been displaced by continuing violence between government troops and multiple armed groups in Kokang, Shan state. Aid organisations have been subject to attack – seven people were wounded in two separate incidents.


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On Wednesday Feb. 14, Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. He somehow had legally obtained an AR-15, despite making a threat about becoming a school shooter in September and having a history of mental illness, according to Digg.
Government officials were quick to send their condolences and prayers to the victims and their families through social media, yet they still refuse to pass a bill that would limit gun ownership or require an extensive background check for gun owners.
The cycle of dramatic shootings being followed by kind words is nothing new to Americans, but now, more than ever, government officials need to take steps to follow through on their promises to protect Americans and not fall to exploitation.
It is unacceptable that government officials place their own agendas and profits over the safety of citizens. This behavior is not only limited to gun violence, but also impacts other important political decisions.
Politicians will show their support for victims of these tragedies, as Florida Senator Marco Rubio did when tweeting after the Las Vegas shooting, “I’m praying for all the victims, their families, and our first responders in the #LasVegas #MandalayBay shooting.” Yet, Rubio failed to mention that his campaign received over $3.3 million dollars from the National Rifle Association, as reported by the Atlantic Journal-Constitution.
He and many other senators, like Richard Burr and Joni Ernst, oppose gun control while consistently taking money from the NRA. Burr received nearly $7 million while Ernst received $3.1 million from the NRA, according to The New York Times. Unfortunately, they are not the only government officials to act with such hypocrisy.
The government-run FDA has become a complete circus show thanks to Big Pharma’s control and government greed. The FDA is quick to approve unnecessary drugs that cause serious side effects, which are brushed off as normal. Still, around 128,000 hospitalized patients die annually from adverse drug reactions, as reported by FDA News.
This number has only been increasing since 2003. Pharmaceutical companies campaigned for the passing of the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act in 1997, which only requires one clinical trial before a drug can be approved, according to The People’s Chemist. This is extremely dangerous as it allows for fast approval of drugs without the knowledge of the full side-effects. This explains the uptake in adverse drug reactions and unjustly puts individuals taking these medications in harms way.
In addition, over half of FDA employees hired to approve drugs have a direct financial relationship with the pharmaceutical companies. The U.S. treasury funded the FDA before 1992, but in 1992 and again in 1997, the Prescription Drug User Fee Act allowed the FDA to collect money from pharmaceutical companies to fund the approval process, as reported by The People’s Chemist.
This decision was detrimental, because it opened the doors for corruption on both ends. FDA employees could collect money to approve drugs, which would in turn make money for the pharmaceutical companies, allowing Big Pharma to puppeteer the FDA.
Oil and gas companies also pay off government officials to do their bidding. The House and Senate received over $30.6 million in 2016 from oil and gas companies with Republican candidates receiving over $26.6 million, according to Open Secrets.
In return, the candidates refuse to pass bills that would harm the companies’ profit, like an increase in environment regulations. When President Donald Trump was on the fence about pulling out of the Paris climate accord, Republican senators wrote him letters urging him to withdraw the U.S. from the agreement. What they failed to mention, however, was their steady income from oil, gas and coal companies.
The selfishness of both government officials and private companies has cost the American public honest laws and regulations. This corruption has led to thousands of deaths, caused by poor gun control and drug legislation.
The public needs to keep these politicians and employees honest about where their money comes from, because their paychecks have consequences. Stopping government corruption and prioritizing private privelage is essential to a better U.S.


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According to the Holy Bible, “when unusual things begin to happen in a usual manner, then the rapture is set to take place”.
To me, the time I saw millions scatter on the road was years ago when an ex-Commissioner under a Former Governor was hit by an oncoming vehicle at the eve of a general election around Assumpta Avenue, and he died instantly while leaving millions littered all over the place.
Recently, a Hilux van belonging to Imo State Government and attached to the office of the Chief of Staff, Uche Nwosu was conspicuously sighted along Warehouse junction and loaded with over #200 million initially meant for the payment of pensioners for the months of January, February and March miraculously jumped out from a Hilux Van after every plans were concluded to secretly divert same to personal use.
A traffic Warder who identified one of the police officers used in diverting the money, disclosed that the money was originally meant for the payment of pensioners, but Uche Nwosu and his father-in-law on hearing that President Buhari has withdrawn his support for tenure elongation, they turned back to use same money for political settlement.
According to him, Uche Nwosu had directed the driver to convey the money to the official residence of the Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Acho Ihim for sharing among lawmakers that endorsed him recently.
Continuing, he maintained that immediately Uche Nwosu was contacted over the ugly development, he ordered them to return the money back to Willow Wood Hotel, along Orlu Road, a hotel owned by the Chief of Staff.
The traffic warder who expressed bitterness that they have been owned for three months by Imo State Government, wondered why a family could continue to hold the state to ransom.
He said, “My friend who followed in that Hilux to convey the money to the Speaker told me that Uche Nwosu directed them to do so. He said that the money was initially tipped for the payment of part of pensioners arrears, but after the endorsement by Lawmakers and the latest development in Abuja, Uche Nwosu and his father-in-law changed the original plan for another one best known to them”.
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Typical bolt patterns
The first set of numbers (15x8) is the wheel’s physical size in inches, listed diameter first and depth last. So in this case the wheel is 15 inches in diameter and 8 inches deep, front to back.
The third figure (OS: -12mm) refers to the wheel’s offset. The offset is the distance from the wheel’s hub mounting point to the wheel’s centerline, which will be either a positive offset, negative offset, or zero offset.
A positive figure indicates a positive offset and the hub mount will be closer to the outside edge (the road side) of the wheel, giving a flatter profile when viewed from the outside.
An alloy wheel’s specs explained
The figure 0 indicates a zero offset wheel. The hub mount that is in line with the wheel’s centerline and has a traditional or ‘neutral’ appearance when fitted to a vehicle.
The fourth and final figure (BS 4.09”) is the backspace, which is the distance from the hub mounting surface to the inside or inboard edge of the wheel. It can be given in either inches or millimeters.
From these simple figures you can determine whether those new rims you’re lusting after will fit your vehicle or not.
Positive, zero and negative wheel offsets
The bolt pattern is often the stumbling block when buying new rims. A 4-stud hub is never going to work with a 5-hole wheel, and if the diameter and spacing of the studs don’t correctly line up it won’t fit either. However, a bolt pattern adapter can adapt a vehicle’s existing hub arrangement to accept the shiny new rims you’ve set your heart on.
Lastly, double check that your dream wheels will fit over your vehicle’s axles. Most aftermarket wheel manufacturers make the central hole sufficiently wide in the knowledge that their wheels will be fitted to a variety of trucks, 4x4s and cars, but it doesn’t hurt to check before you buy. Once again, if it looks like there might be a size issue, spacers and adapters can usually be employed to sort things out.
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To promote the new Old Spice Bar to gamers and otakus across Latin America, P&G launches an animated series in honor of Japanese anime that tells the epic story of a powerful deodorant in its battle against sweat, the stench and all of it. bad.
Signed by Wieden+Kennedy São Paulo in partnership with Combo Studio, the project features a musical opening and three unique episodes portraying the encounter of our protagonist with the greatest nemesis of a modern deodorant. Check out one of the animation episodes below:
With scripts by Wieden+Kennedy, the piece was produced in traditional 2D in an animation process that involved more than 20 professionals from Combo Studio, from storyboarding to editing and post-production. Marcelo Pereira, partner at Combo Studio, also spoke a little about the animation made for Old Spice, check it out:
“The main challenge is the complexity of the animation. We needed something fluid, with characters with human characteristics, but at the same time, objects – deodorants, in this case. In addition, it was necessary to always respect and honor the Old Spice brand and Japanese animations. […] Within the briefing, we had a lot of freedom to suggest scenes, cuts and designs. We had a very healthy exchange. Both W+K’s suggestions and ours have always been in favor of the best quality of the project.”
In addition to Marcelo, Felipe Paiva, W+K’s creative director also concluded:
“When the work is combined with personal passions and with the right partners, the result is always promising.”
The pieces will be shown on social media and you can watch all the pieces by clicking here.
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Ohio kidnap victims video: amanda berry, gina dejesus, Three women held captive in a house in cleveland express thanks for support in youtube video. for more on this story, click here: http://abcnews.go.com/us. Ohio kidnap victims: reparations bill considered in state house, The ohio kidnap victims could get reparations worth $25,000 for each year they were held captive, according to a new bill that was initially approved.. Cleveland kidnapping update: victim could face ariel castro in, (cbs/ap) cleveland - one of the three cleveland kidnapping victims is set to testify against the man charged with holding them captive for up to ten years in his home.
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Bohemians have confirmed that right-back Andy Lyons has re-signed with the club ahead of the start of the 2021 season in March.
The news is announced just hours before the first team commence pre-season training.
The 20-year-old originally joined the club's under-17s in August 2016 from St Joseph's Boys and quickly progressed through to the under-19s with whom he won back-to-back league titles in 2017 and 2018 and the Enda McGuill Cup.
He captained the under-19s in the double-winning season in 2018 and also skippered the side in the UEFA Youth League.
Lyons made his first-team bow against Dundalk in a 3-1 Leinster Senior Cup defeat Oriel Park in June 2018, with his league debut coming the following month in a 6-0 win over Bray Wanderers at Dalymount Park.
The Kildare native deputised for former club captain Derek Pender when called upon in the 2018 and 2019 seasons before making the right-back berth his own following Pender's retirement at the end of 2019.
Lyons has been capped for Ireland all the way up to under-19 level, starring at the UEFA under-19 European Championship in 2019.
He missed the end of last season after breaking his arm in training.
Meanwhile, Lyons former team-mate Andre Wright has completed his move to Scottish club Ayr United on a short-term deal.
The Scottish Championship club have signed the English striker on a deal until the end of the season.
Bohemians 2021 squad confirmed so far;
Goalkeepers: James Talbot, Stephen McGuinness. Defenders: Andy Lyons, Anto Breslin, Ciarán Kelly, James Finnerty, Rob Cornwall, Rory Feely, Tyreke Wilson. Midfielders: Ali Coote, Bastien Héry, Conor Levingston, Dawson Devoy, Jack Moylan, Keith Buckley, Keith Ward, Promise Omochere, Ross Tierney, Stephen Mallon. Strikers: Georgie Kelly, Thomas Oluwa.


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[Marxism] Answer attacks UFPJ
critical.montages at gmail.com
Fri Jul 21 08:21:46 MDT 2006
On 7/21/06, Louis Proyect <lnp3 at panix.com> wrote:
> UFPJ: The Absence of Moral Character
> On July 18, 2006, during peak wholesale murders at the hands of the
> Israeli military, United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) issued a
> statement that condemned the popular resistance movement in Lebanon as
> it equated it with Israeli actions. This was followed by a call on
> July 19, in which UFPJ not only completely eliminated Palestine (once
> again) from the political scene, but also escalated its condemnation of
> the resistance and declared that it was in violation of International
> Law. UFPJ went further to echo the US administration's own political
> constructs, that the Israeli forces should not use a "disproportionate
> response" - as if a proportionate one exists, and as if the violence of
> colonists is just a mere "response".
> UFPJ's statements join the US-proxy regimes of Saudi Arabia, Jordan,
> and Egypt, in holding the popular resistance movement responsible for
> the savagery of Zionist colonial conquest - a textbook example of
> blaming the victim.
> Given that the vast majority of the Arab masses support popular Arab
> resistance movements, condemning this movement from the vantage point
> of a privileged people is very troubling.
> Free Palestine Alliance - July 20, 2006
> info @ freepalestinealliance.org
Now, I haven't read the UFPJ statements in question, but if they went
out of their way to condemn Hizbullah as the above statement claims, I
agree that such condemnation is uncalled for. But this FPA statement
is also uncalled for (there are things that you might want to blog
about on your personal blog but don't want to put down as an official
position of your organization), and it just shows that both ANSWER and
UFPJ have not and are not getting anywhere.
About 10,000, mainly US citizens and residents of Arab descent, are
said to have demonstrated in Dearborn, while only about 1,000 each
showed up in New York and DC.
Just like predominantly Latino immigrant rights demonstrations, the
Dearborn protest shows that the only pockets of substantial resistance
left in the United States, when it comes to opposition to war and
imperialism, too, are immigrant communities.
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