Clarence G. Oliver, Jr., Ed.D., Emeritus Professor and former Dean of the College of Education at Oral Roberts University and retired Superintendent of Schools for Broken Arrow Public Schools, has enjoyed success in three distinct career fields—Journalism, Military, and Education. He has been a teacher, journalist, Army officer, school administrator, newspaper editor and publisher, author, community leader, university professor, and dean of a university college of education.
In 1955, Dr. Oliver moved to Broken Arrow from Ada, sight unseen, to teach at Broken Arrow Public Schools and rose to the rank of superintendent. He served in that role from 1974-1992.
Prior to his long-time career in educational administration, Oliver had an extensive journalism career, including serving as news editor of The Watonga Republican, a historic western Oklahoma newspaper; managing editor of the Broken Arrow Ledger and six other newspapers. He was also a Broken Arrow historian.
Clarence has authored several books including One from the Least, Disappearing Generation: A Memoir of a Depression Era Kid, and Tony Duffelbag … and Other Rememberances of the War in Korea.
He is a former, long-time member of the Oklahoma State Board of Vocational-Technical Education, serving during the administrations of Governors George Nigh, Henry Bellmon, and David Walters.
Clarence Oliver is an inductee in the Oklahoma Educators’ Hall of Fame and has been honored as a “Distinguished Alumnus” by both the University of Tulsa and East Central University. He also has been inducted into the Educators’ Hall of Fame for both the University of Tulsa and East Central University.


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I really really enjoyed it, well I thought the character illustrations where awesome!
May I ask if you first drew them in illustrator or something similar and then animated it in flash? Cause Im doing something similar style for my next flash project.
Anyway, I will be sure to look you up on DA.
Cheers and keep up the good work
I havn't seen a flash animation this good in a long time!
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I couldn't stop laughing from the beginning! Very well animated and nicely pulled through! well done
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We classify and review existing algorithms for computing the fundamental matrix from point correspondences and propose new effective schemes: 7-parameter Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) search, EFNS, and EFNS-based bundle adjustment. Doing experimental comparison, we show that EFNS and the 7-parameter LM search exhibit the best performance and that additional bundle adjustment does not increase the accuracy to any noticeable degree.
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Moody Vampire (part 2)
Pairing: Jughead x reader
Description: Jughead and reader develop a close friendship and reader joins blue and gold. The blue and gold editors are investigating leads on the Jason Blossom murder, and homecoming is around the corner.
Over the next couple of months, Jughead and I hung out quite a lot, which led to me becoming close friends with Archie, Betty, and Veronica as well. They were all incredibly kind people, and I was thankful that I at least had a few friends in this new town. Veronica and I had even bonded over the fresh “new kid” labels we wore.
It was lunchtime, which meant I would be spending my time in the paper room working on an article for the blue and gold. After Jughead and Betty found out I like to write, they would subtly push me in to joining the paper with them. I gave in fairly quickly, writing was a passion of mine and it gave me something to work on.
As I walked down the lunch line to get something to eat, a boy walked in to the lunch room with a big poster and a teddy bear. I watched as he walked up to the girl and asked her to homecoming before she screamed “yes!” and hugged him. The lunch room cheered and clapped before settling down and getting back to their food. I smiled a bit, thinking about the upcoming dance. A small part of me hoped that maybe Jughead would ask me, even to go just as a friend.
I don’t get what the big deal is.” I jumped a bit and turned around to see Jughead standing beside me, his arms crossed and the corners of his lips tugged downwards in his infamous grim face.
“Of course you wouldn’t, you’re Jughead.” Ronnie came strolling up behind him, Kevin and Betty following.
“Is that a comment I should take offense to?” Jughead looked down at her, an eyebrow raised.
“Probably, but you’re Jughead, so you won’t.” Ronnie shrugged her shoulders before engaging in a conversation with Kevin and Betty.
“I just don’t get it, why would you subject yourself to that kind of public embarrassment? It’s a dance, just ask the person privately if they would like to go with you. Why show off and spend tons of money on elaborate gifts and publicly display it with the chance of getting rejected?” Jughead shook his head before turning to the line to pile his tray. I sighed, the re-occurring dream I had been having of Jughead and I at homecoming blowing up in my face. I paid for my lunch and made my way to the office for the blue and gold, not waiting for Jughead and Betty.
When I got to the room, I set my lunch down beside me and grabbed my laptop from my bag, getting to work. Some interesting things had been discovered about Jason’s homicide, and I had talked to Sheriff Keller about some of it. Now I was working on the article, trying to piece my information together and make a decent article.
Jughead and Betty walked in to the room, setting their bags down. Jughead went to the board immediately and grabbed some chalk, writing down some facts and bits of evidence we gathered, trying to piece it together while Betty helped him. After a few minutes, Jughead and Betty split up, Betty sitting on the desk and grabbing a notepad, and Jughead taking a seat by me.
“You want this? I motioned towards my abandoned milk carton and pizza from the lunch room, not really as hungry as I thought I was. Jughead nodded silently and took the pizza, biting into it and opening his laptop.
I tried not to focus on homecoming as the days of the week flew by. It was just a stupid dance. It would be stupid to upset myself with something as ridiculous as Jughead not asking me. Soon enough, it was Friday, and the dance was tomorrow and I was sat at Pop’s with Veronica and Betty hollering at me because I didn’t have a dress.
“It’s just a dance guys. I’ll go in jeans and a T-shirt, or better yet, I’ll just stay home.” I argued, taking a sip of my tea.
“Y/n, even Jughead is going! You can’t stay home!” Betty motioned to the boy sitting next to me, an incredulous look on her face.
“I don’t even have a date, what’s the point?”
“Nope, not acceptable.” Veronica stood up, grabbing my sleeve and lifted me from the booth. Betty and Jughead followed as she walked out the door with my shirt in her fist, dragging me behind her.
“Where are we going?” Jughead called out to Veronica as him and Betty tried to catch up to the power-walking princess.
“My house, we’re getting this kid a dress, and we’re hauling her to homecoming.”
I had tried on dress after dress from Veronica’s closet, everything being too tight, too short, not my taste. Jughead sat on Ronnie’s bed, typing away on his laptop.
“This just isn’t working Ronnie.” I sighed, going back in to her closet and changing out of the dress.
“Just chillax, I’ve got one more thing that might work.” Ronnie opened the closet door and handed me a purple dress before closing the door. The top part was halter style, with a long silk skirt. I tried it on and walked out, showing my friends.
“That’s it. That’s the one.” Ronnie clapped her hands together and pretended to wipe a tear from her eye.
“It’s homecoming, not my wedding day.”
“It’s really nice actually. Jughead, doesn’t she look nice?” Betty hit Jughead’s arm and he looked up, confused.
“What-oh.” Jughead’s eyes widened when he looked at me, making me blush.
“Y-yeah, you look…incredible.” Jughead complimented.
“Alright, I’m gonna go take this off now.” I pointed a thumb towards the closet door, blushing furiously
Later that night, when Jughead walked me home, I tried to bring up the dance.
“So, that dance is tomorrow… ” I trailed off, looking up at him.
“Yeah, I’m just going because Betty wants me to cover it with you guys for the paper.” Jughead looked down at his feet, his hands shoved in his pockets.
“Oh, yeah, the paper.” Of course.
“So, I guess I’ll see you tomorrow then.” Jughead spoke again when we made it to my front door.
“Yeah, tomorrow.” I smiled. Jughead began to walk away and I froze at my door. Now was the time.
“Hey! Jughead!” I called out. Jughead turned around, looking at me expectantly.
“Maybe tomorrow we could…” I stopped. What was I doing? This was Jughead. He didn’t want a girlfriend, much less me as a girlfriend. If I asked him to homecoming it would ruin the strongest friendship I have in this town.
“Uhm, you know what? Nevermind. Goodnight Jug.” I stepped in to my house quickly and ran up the stairs. I hung up my dress and called it a night.
The next morning, Betty and I got ready together at my house, since she lived across the street from me. We danced along to some songs and had fun while we did each other’s makeup, and I tried not to think about how I chickened out last night.
“Hey, Betts?” I looked up at my friend as she applied blush to the apples of my cheeks.
“Yeah, y/n/n?” She met my gaze.
“Have you ever backed out of something last minute and regretted it?” Betty gave me a confused look before setting the brush down.
“Spill.” And I did. I told her all about my crush on Jughead, and how I wanted to ask him, and how I hoped maybe he would ask me, all while betty finished my makeup and sprayed my hair.
“I’m sorry y/n, Jughead’s just kinda clueless. Hopefully he will come around soon enough. You guys would be adorabl- “Betty was cut off by the sound of her phone and she answered it. A grin appeared on her face almost immediately.
“Yeah, we’ll be right down.” Betty ended the call and grabbed her purse, handing me mine and grabbing my wrist.
“What?” She pulled me out of my room excitedly.
“Archie and Veronica are here, and so is your date.” Betty hopped down the stairs with me trailing behind her and swung open my front door. There stood Jughead, a clear box with a corsage in one hand, and a sign in another, that said “Can this Moody Vampire be your date to the dance? “
I immediately laughed at our inside joke, unable to control the ends of my lips from tugging upwards as Jughead stood there in a full black suit, his grey beanie on his head.
“I know it’s kind of last minute, I probably should have asked you sooner, but..”
“You’re clueless sometimes.” I quickly glanced to Betty and she cupped a hand over her mouth to keep her laughter silent.
“Yeah, I am.” Jughead chuckled, and I could see two fake vampire fangs sticking out.” I’m hoping I’m not too late?”
“Of course not.” I teased, walking up to him. Archie took the sign from him and I saw Jughead was wearing a purple tie to match my dress.
“You really didn’t have to do all of this.” I whispered to him.
“That may be true, but- “Jughead pulled the purple and white corsage from the box, tucking the plastic container under his arm and lifting my wrist to tie on the flower.” It made you smile, so it was worth it.”
I shook my head, grabbing his tie and pulling him down to meet my lips with his.


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The Pandemic Has Revealed How Much Exercisers Value the Gym Experience
There’s no doubt that exerciser habits and routines have changed dramatically during the pandemic. A recently released study by IHRSA and Kelton, a Material Company, provides ample insights into how and puts a spotlight on how much exercisers value going to the gym.
The COVID Era Fitness Consumer Report, released in October, surveyed 1,171 Americans over the age of 18 who have a gym membership or recently canceled one because of the pandemic. Some of the answers were eye-opening, and plenty offered resounding evidence that exercisers are loyal to their health clubs. Check out a few of the highlights.
85% of gym members say their exercise routines have changed over the past several months, and more than half of gym goers who haven’t returned to the club yet are dissatisfied with their new routines.
The pandemic drastically altered exercise. Many have made do with home routines, but plenty of exercisers feel less motivated and challenged less when at home.
What do members miss about the health club experience?
- Working out with others: 42%
- The sense of community at a gym: 36%
- Having people at the gym cheer them on through a workout: 26
53% of those who have returned to their gym say one of their goals in being a member is to elevate their mood.
It's safe to say there's been plenty to be stressed about this year. Exercise is the number one way that fitness club users say they are managing stress in 2020.
Among the favorite activities missed by gym goers during the pandemic, missing the gym was mentioned by 59% of respondents, just behind missing visiting loved ones (65%).
Hanging out with family is not surprising as the activity missed the most. But going to the gym beat out popular pastimes like going to concerts, spending time at bars or restaurants, and going to the movies.
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A floating shelf is a shelf attached to a wall without visible means of support. If you are interested to learn how to hang a floating shelf without studs, there are lots of ways to hang your floating shelves using different types of materials. You can use brackets that are designed for floating shelves, making them invisible to the eye. You can also build your shelf that slides on to a wooden cleat.
How to Install Floating Shelves
Before you learn how to hang a floating shelf without studs, it’s essential to check on the base of the wall where you want to create hanging shelves because the wall’s material is the supportive base for your hanging shelves. If you are going to hang a shelf in a spot with no stud, check if your wall is made of drywall or plaster. If the nail goes through, you have drywall. Below are the material and directions in installing floating shelves.
Materials and Tools:
- Shelf – Is a flat horizontal plane.
- Brackets – A support for a weight that is usually attached to a wall.
- Wall anchors – Is used for hanging light to heavy objects.
- Screws – It is a sharp-pointed metal pin used to join things together.
- Screwdriver – Is a tool used for screwing and unscrewing screws.
- Handheld electric drill – This is a hand supported power-driven machine tool used for drilling.
- Tape measure – Is a flexible ruler used to measure size.
- Level tool – It is a device used to establish a horizontal plane.
- Measure and mark the spaces on the wall to where you want the shelf.
- Use the level to draw a line across the wall to ensure that the shelf will be straight.
- Use the handheld drill to drill the holes into the wall for the anchors.
- Insert the hollow anchors into the holes.
- Align your bracket with the anchor-filled pilot holes.
- Using a screwdriver, attach the bracket to the wall by screwing into the anchors.
- Then slide the shelf onto bracket.
Benefits of a Floating Shelf
One essential part of learning how to hang a floating shelf without studs is knowing the benefits of a floating shelf. Walls will look less crowded and loaded when you use floating shelves because they take up less space and leave more room to showcase the interior. The extra space around your floating shelves will make it look lighter to the eyes and create a more airy ambiance. Here are some benefits of floating shelves.
- Cleaner look
- Light and airy
- Unique and beautiful
- Less space required
- Easy to install
- You can install it anywhere in the house
- And even though they are only held up by brackets, they are strong and durable.
Disadvantages of Floating Shelf
A floating shelf is a trend in this generation, aside from it can help you in saving spaces, and it is not everyone’s cup of tea. Your shelf might look much busier for other people’s perspectives. It is unattractive if you have stuff on your shelves.
When you have a floating shelf, you tend to fill up the lower part of your shelf than the upper part. It causes a lack of extra storage when you keep on doing that. Doing so, it requires more maintenance. You have to make sure that each shelf is clean and free from any pest or insect, especially when no one is using it.
Safety Measures in Installing Floating Shelf
When you are learning how to hang a floating shelf without studs, you must learn the safety measures in doing the task. In construction or dealing with installation, you need extra caution, especially when using heavy tools or machines. Also, make sure to wear proper safety protection and gear. If you are unsure of completing a task by yourself and you think that safety is compromised, it is better to contact somebody for help. Find out more about floating shelves.
Now, you already know how to hang a floating shelf without studs! Floating shelves can make your room light and airy, and it can also save space in your room or any other parts of the house.
There are also different kinds of instructions on how to do floating shelves. It depends on your preference and needs. Just make sure to follow the steps carefully with a lot of caution, especially when dealing with the machines that are needed in installing floating shelves.


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A quick quick update on my mani I have on right now. I chose to do something really simple, though I feel I have done this before :S
I am still keeping on a more neutral palatte to avoid more staining to my nails. So with that in mind I picked out essence got a secret a nice light grey and topped it with OPI Pirouette My Whistle from the NYC Ballet Collection. I topped it all off with OPI My Point Exactly to create a subtle glitter sandwich.
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Books, Films, Arts & Education
07.11 7,000+ Colleges and Universities Declare Climate Emergency and Unveil Three-Point Plan to Combat It [Fox News and Betsy DeVos never talk about this stuff so it must be Bull Shit, right?]
Ref. : Letters to the editor
Health Care & Environment
07.15 Extinction Rebellion protests block traffic in five UK cities [Non-corporate human animals make their annoying bleating sounds...]
07.14 A Glacier the Size of Florida Is Becoming Unstable. It Has Dire Implications for Global Sea Levels [The willfully ignorant needn't read more, Trump]
07.13 'Climate Despair' Is Making People Give Up on Life [Willfully ignorant governments—having fired many of their best scientists—have made themselves too stupid to despair]
07.13 Trump administration to approve pesticide that may harm bees [The worst government money can buy!]
07.10 Plastic Has A Big Carbon Footprint — But That Isn't The Whole Story [Fixing our world begins by educating your consciousness with the best truth from trustworthy news sources—so you'll then insist truly bad things will get fixed. But if instead you are educated by untrustworthy news sources—then your consciousness could be warped to where you are hating and fighting with your best friends. Clue: untrustworthy news sources never seriously report news about the world's most critical emergency—Global warming.]
07.09 Judge reinstates Madrid's low emissions zone [Yeh!]
07.07 How Solar Panels Work (And Why They're Taking Over the World) [Hope they leave space between panels for wild flowers to grow so birds and butterflies can flourish!]
07.04 US produces far more waste and recycles far less of it than other developed countries [As expected—and made worse by Trump—the U.S. is best at being the worst]07.03 Booming LNG industry could be as bad for climate as coal, experts warn
07.03 Caravan of Americans battling diabetes heads to Canada for affordable insulin [3:36 video; Like Central Americans flee for their lives from criminal drug gangs, Americans flee for their lives for affordable pharmaceutical drugs]
06.30 The US military is a bigger polluter than more than 140 countries combined [Could a world-wide moratorium of military activity dramatically slow the climate crises?]
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US Politics, Policy & 'Culture'
07.16 Turnstile teaching [The problem is NOT the color of students skin, as our fake President reflexively thinks. The problem is the lax attitude and deficient funding by government to always do a much better job for a better future.]
07.15 Sanders Accuses Biden of Parroting Pharma and Insurance Industry Script With Attacks on Medicare for All [Like Trump, Biden explains why he's unelectable every day.]
07.15 Trump Takes Pelosi's Side Against AOC and The Squad as Intraparty Fight Over Immigration Continues [Its about much more than immigration, its about the Corporate Dominance—by many of the same companies, even—over both major Political Parties. With too few exceptions, neither party has represented The Public since Nixon generously raised the minimum wage (Part D Medicare and ACA both became Frankenstein legislation due to excessive corporate price-fixing influence), and that has to change!]
07.14 Trump: People like Paul Ryan almost killed the Republican Party [Then it's too bad he didn't stay to finish the job!]
07.13 Trump's POS Labor Secretary, Acosta, Out. POS Number 2, Linked to Abramoff, to Fill Role [A willingness to perform criminal behavior seems the only competency required...]
07.15 Australia 'deeply concerned' about China's treatment of Uighur people [What are the reasons, exactly, that justify harsh imprisonment of a million people?]
07.15 Zuma tells South Africa corruption inquiry he is victim of foreign plot [Unaccountable corrupt governments are so in fashion these days...]
07.14 Warren vows to probe U.S. crimes on immigrants if elected [Can you imagine living in a nation with a working Justice System? How far we've fallen!]
Economics & Corrupt Capitalism
International & Futurism
07.15 Australia now has the highest minimum wage in the world [From 1960 to 2018 – the U.S. has fallen from 1st place to below the tenth place and off the chart]
07.14 At least 24 Yellow Vests lost eyes in violent protests. Now they're more determined than ever [Protests of all kinds will continue until systemic inequality loses political dominance]
07.13 After a Police Shooting, Ethiopian Israelis Seek a ‘Black Lives Matter’ Reckoning [Since so-called modern humans evolved there have been 10,000 generations of people. It is extremely far-fetched to think anyone is racially pure. SO ALL THIS HATE IS INCREDIBLY STUPID.]
07.13 Brazil’s President May Appoint Son, Friend to the Trumps, as Ambassador to U.S. [Friend of the Trumps, so we know they're all brain-dead except about near-term profits. They are clear-cutting the Amazon Rain Forest to feed-then-butcher millions of methane farting cows, over and over. Yep, that's there business plan. So therefore the rest of the world will hopefully plant billions of trees elsewhere to sequester CO2 to offset what the Bolsonaro family and investors are destroying. What's wrong with this picture?]
07.13 Trump’s Cruelty and Mexico’s Duty [Our president is immoral to his core and reacts to things like a child, not understanding that his actions are often crueler than they should be. And that cruelty will never completely be excused or forgotten—the people's hatred of Trump is growing, like the Texan's hatred when President General Santa Anna laid seige to the Alamo, which was Mexico's territory at the time...]
FASCISTIC BEHAVIOR, MORALS:
Israeli Unaccountability and Denial: Suppressing the Practice of Torture
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
In sum, states are obligated to investigate torture complaints and hold guilty parties accountable. "The State of Israel has failed to meet these requirements, to which it is obligated under international law."
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PACTI - stoptorture.org) "believes that torture and ill-treatment of any kind and under all circumstances is incompatible with the moral values of democracy and the rule of law." Yet it's systematically practiced by the Israeli Police, General Security Service (GSS), Israeli Prison Service (IPS), and Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
In December 2009, PACTI published its latest report titled, "Accountability Denied: The Absence of Investigation and Punishment of Torture in Israel," explaining "the many layers of immunity that protect" the guilty, specifically the GSS, the focus of this report.
Immunity insures that GSS interrogation torture and abuse complaints never become criminal investigations, indictments, or legal hearings. Israel's State Attorney and Attorney General assure it "under a systemic legal cloak" giving torturers "unrestricted protection."
Since 2001, victims submitted over 600 torture complaints to authorities. None were investigated - "the first step" before indictments, prosecutions, and convictions. As a result, GSS interrogators have blanket immunity to operate freely "behind closed doors (making) torture an institutionalized method of interrogation in Israel, enjoying the full backing of the legal system." As in America, torture is official Israeli policy.
Torture in Israeli Law - A Barrier of Loopholes
Israel's Supreme Court ruling in Public Committee against Torture in Israel et al v. the Government of Israel et al (the HCJ Torture Petition) established the current legal basis, even though international law prohibits it unequivocally, at all times, under all conditions, with no allowed exceptions - a matter universally binding even on non-signatory states. Israel, however, signed and ratified the 1984 Convention against Torture. Yet no Israeli law explicitly bans it, except for several provisions relating to torture, including assault, abuse of defenseless persons, and the explicit prohibition of force or threats by a public employee toward interrogees.
However, Israeli court rulings ban torture, and the Supreme Court interpreted the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty to mean torture is unacceptable and prohibited. Earlier, "psychological pressure (and) a moderate degree of physical pressure" were permissible, based on the Landau Commission's recommendations that GSS interrogators may commit such acts on the basis of necessity.
The Commission condemned the practice but approved using it to obtain evidence for convictions in criminal proceedings, saying coercive interrogation tactics were necessary against "hostile (threats or acts of) terrorist activity and all expressions of Palestinian nationalism."
This notion protects defendants in a criminal trial "for an act that was required in an immediate manner in order to save his life, liberty, person, or property or those of another from danger of grave injury accruing from a given situation at the time of the act when he had no course of action other than to commit this act."
In its 1999 ruling, Supreme Court President Aharon Barak established a milestone in the struggle against torture by recognizing its prohibition in international law, calling it "absolute (with) no exceptions and no balances."
Yet the High Court of Justice (HCJ) legitimized coercive interrogations in three 1996 cases - by plaintiffs Bilbeisi, Hamdan and Mubarak for interim injunctions against abusive GSS practices. Ones cited included violent shaking, painful shackling, hooding, playing deafeningly loud music, sleep deprivation, and lengthly detainments. After due consideration, the HCJ ruled painful shackling illegal, but not the other practices.
The Court's 1999 ruling went further, but equivocated by adding loopholes to allow torture, so effectively its prohibition was empty. Although it reversed the Landau Commission's recommendations, it ruled that pressure and a measure of discomfort are legitimate interrogation side-effects provided they're not used to break a detainee's spirit. It also sanctioned physical force in "ticking bomb" cases, in violation of international laws allowing no exceptions ever. Moreover, Israeli security forces routinely claim detainees are security threats enough to justify abusive interrogations.
In his ruling, Court President Barak justified physical force to save lives, saying interrogators may employ the "necessity defense" to justify them. In so doing, he authorized sweeping use of the most abusive practices, while at the same time prohibiting torture "absolute(ly with) no exceptions and no balances."
The Court let "the Attorney General....guide himself concerning the circumstances (to assure) interrogators who are alleged to have acted in an individual case from a sense of 'need' are not to be prosecuted." These guidelines thus "serve as a priori authorization" to practice torture freely. In other words, the Court wanted to "have its cake and eat it too: to declare an absolute prohibition of torture," yet let it continue.
The Necessity Defense
Despite the Israeli High Court's equivocal position, international law prohibits torture under all conditions with no exceptions. The notion of "no other alternative" is false, disingenuous, criminal, and illogical as experts say torture doesn't work and isn't used for information.
The US Army Field Manual 34-52 Chapter 1 says:
US experts, including generals, CIA and FBI interrogators, diplomats, politicians and others concur. So do foreign officials and Israeli experts. Yet the practice persists, not for information but to abuse and punish maliciously. The "necessity" rationale is a red herring.
Yet shortly after the HCJ's ruling, Israel's Attorney General and State Attorney's Office Criminal Department head published two key documents:
They establish guidelines authorizing abusive practices to gain "vital information to prevent tangible danger or grave injury to state security or to human life, liberty, and integrity, and when there is no other reasonable means in the circumstances of the matter to prevent this injury, the Attorney General will consider refraining from instigating criminal proceedings."
In other words, anything goes, anytime, for any reason under the "necessity defense" even though torture is justified nor does it work.
Yet in 2006, a GSS interrogator told Haaretz writer Nir Hasson that "authorization to use force in interrogations is given at least by the head of the interrogation team, and sometimes comes directly from the head of the GSS."
GSS, in fact, openly admits that a priori permission is granted for it - the result of legal loopholes permitting it in violation of international law.
Torture, Lies and No Investigation
The Officer in Charge of GSS Interrogee Complaints (OCGIC) is responsible for handling them together with his counterpart in the State Attorney's Office. Yet Israel has no policy for responding and one in place undermines the process.
GSS' "culture of lying" began with the April 1984 "Bus (or Kav) 300" affair referring to a bus highjacking by Palestinians and the allegation that GSS agents executed two of them taken captive. A secret commission was appointed to investigate. Those testifying lied. The commission determined that blows to the head killed the two detainees, but no one was held responsible.
GSS head Avraham Shalom claimed he acted "with authority and permission." Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said nothing, but President Chaim Herzog pardoned four GSS official to quash further actions - the first time in Israeli history that the president pardoned someone before being tried and convicted, even though the investigation revealed lawless acts including torture.
This and other findings led to the Landau Commission's formation and its revelations that GSS personnel lied to courts, denied using torture, and the coverup included top officials, mindful of their lawless acts. The Commission quoted an internal 1982 GSS memorandum instructing interrogators to lie, yet recommended no criminal action.
Public discussion, however, led to two amendments to the Police Ordinance - Amendment No. 12 in 1994 and No. 18 in 2004. The first one extended Police Investigation Department (PID) authority to include investigating GSS employee offenses during or in connection with interrogations.
The second one allowed investigations of all suspected GSS offenses in the performance of their duties, including those unrelated to interrogations. However, while police personnel investigations are submitted directly to the PID, the Attorney General must authorize whether GSS ones will be sent there. As a result, complaints about them have never been investigated, and justice has consistently been denied.
In addition, since a GSS official is authorized to investigate complaints, in practice, a clear conflict of interest exists, and it's evident in consistent whitewashings. From January 2001 - December 2008, PACTI submitted 598 interrogee complaints to the State Attorney's Office. None were forwarded for criminal investigation. For example, in 2007:
The years 2005, 2006 and earlier ones were no different. On October 20, 2009, PACTI submitted a freedom of information request to the Ministry of Justice for pertinent 2008 and 2009 information. As of yearend 2009, no reply was received. It appears torture and abuse aren't serious enough to warrant investigation and disciplinary action. As a result, it continues unpunished and unabated.
Past Department of Special Tasks responses have been brief and obstructionist with "formulaic phrases" like:
No clarifications were given, and at times, responses had no relevance to the complaints or why they were dismissed. PACTI concluded that thorough investigations weren't undertaken, and whatever was done was "laundered," making the conclusions reached worthless.
Worse still, lawyers may not represent complainants (no longer suspects) during interrogations or prepare them in advance. They occur without prior notification. The atmosphere is tense, and PACTI learned about complainants being shackled and having no rights, "whose words are to be regarded with great suspicion." In other words, their complaints may do more harm than good. Submitting them may make them a future target, and GSS accounts are always accepted as factual, no matter how false and inaccurate.
The Illogic of Letting the Abuser Be the Investigator
How can "a body responsible for investigating torture and improper means of interrogation" be the one responsible for the abuse. "Such a body cannot operate as a substitute for a criminal investigation; the investigation must be transparent and open to public criticism." Doing otherwise discredits the entire process and "defies common sense, Israeli law and international law...."
Also, letting torturers investigate their own crimes discourages complainants. Why bother under a fundamentally unfair system, one with further harmful implications for the abused.
The system is rigged to fail. Abuse gets rubber-stamp approval, and authorization goes right to the top, granting sweeping immunity for the most grievous offenses, justice always being denied. By order of the Attorney General and State Attorney's Office (via Prime Ministerial authorization), "an impenetrable barrier (shields) criminal investigation(s)" and GSS prosecutions.
Grave consequences result. Abuses and a culture of lying persist as well as a "disrespect for the rule of law and for the values of human rights. It denies relief to victims seeking to repair the physical and psychological damage they have suffered, and it also imposes an obstacle, preventing (them) from securing their right to claim compensation through a civil proceeding."
Being Palestinian under Israeli control carries great risks, best attested to by victims.
The Legal Obligation to Investigate Abuses and Penalize Those Responsible
Numerous international laws prohibit torture, including the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention against Torture, Geneva Conventions and Common Article 3, the Nuremberg Principles, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and others.
The prohibition is sweeping, applies universally, and no exceptions are allowed. Israel committed to observe it, yet systematically is in violation.
The Convention against Torture defines it as follows:
Actions not meeting the definition of torture come under the definition of "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment," otherwise called abuse, but the line between the two is thin and often crossed.
The Obligation to Investigate
The Convention against Torture obligates member states to investigate and punish torturers. The same is true for the UN Committee against Torture (responsible for implementing the Convention), the UN Human Rights Committee (responsible for implementing the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights), and the main international tribunal rulings - all requiring independent, impartial, efficient, effective and reliable action to hold those responsible accountable.
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture is also mandated to investigate torture globally, including complaints and legal issues as well as regular fact-finding missions to specific countries under conditions of free inquiry, unrestricted movement, and the ability to conduct confidential interviews with victims, witnesses, human rights defenders, and NGOs, after which reports are prepared for the Human Rights Council and made available to the public.
The European Court of Human Rights and Inter-American Committee of Human Rights stipulated that states must report their investigatory results to complainants and publish them. The Istanbul Protocol includes the most detailed publication requirements, stating:
In addition, prosecuting guilty parties must occur in compliance with Article 12 of the Convention. Also, integrating torture offenses comes under under the provisions of Article 4(1) and definition in Article 1. Minimum penalties aren't established, but recommendations range from six to 20 years, depending on the severity of the offense. Under no circumstances should pardons be granted. Doing so violates the Convention's Article 2(1) and encourages recurrences.
Israel is a signatory to the Convention against Torture and is obligated to observe its provisions. Yet as early as 1994, the UN Committee against Torture, in a departure from its usual practice, demanded that Israel submit a special report following the HCJ ruling explicitly permitting "physical pressure" against interrogees. After examining the report, the Committee concluded that GSS interrogation methods constitute torture in violation of fundamental international law, including so-called "ticking bomb" cases.
In its most recent May 2009 report, the Committee addressed Israeli violations with respect to conditions of detention and imprisonment, protracted isolation, illegal facilities, detaining minors, and using force during military operations. Concern was also raised about failure to include torture in Israeli law, and that:
The Committee against Torture's unequivocal recommendation was for Israel to "completely remove necessity as a possible justification for the crime of torture." The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Human Rights Committee expressed the same view, including that "all allegations of torture and ill-treatment are promptly and effectively investigated and perpetrators prosecuted and, if applicable (appropriate) penalties....imposed."
Of great concern was that none of the 600 torture complaints against GSS interrogators from 2001 through 2008 led to a criminal investigation and prosecution. It called Israel's behavior particularly grave and urgently in need of change. Everyone up the chain of command is responsible, including commanders, the Attorney General, and others materially involved.
Torture and inhumane treatment are crimes under international law. In armed conflict, they're war crimes, and when civilian populations are attacked, they're crimes against humanity. Defendants may be tried by their home countries, or in others under the universal jurisdiction principle, an obligation borne by all Geneva Convention parties. They may also be tried in the International Criminal Court in the Hague, a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
Culpable persons include planners, order issuers, and assistants. Vicarious liability is also recognized and may be imposed on commanders and civilian leaders based on crimes committed by their subordinates on explicit or implicit orders given.
To prove guilt, it must be established that they either knew or should have known about crimes, yet they made no effort to stop them, or when committed, punish offenders.
Institutionalized torture can't be maintained without higher up authorization and tacit or explicit approval of the practice. In the case of the Bush administration, culpability went right to the top, documented in revealed torture memorandums, memos, findings Executive Orders, and National and Homeland Security Presidential Directives.
In sum, states are obligated to investigate torture complaints and hold guilty parties accountable. "The State of Israel has failed to meet these requirements, to which it is obligated under international law." The UN Committee against Torture noted this lawlessness for years. Israel did nothing to address it. To date, the practice continues unabated, authorized by the highest government officials and IDF commanders in violation of fundamental international law.
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On Saturday, 4 September 2021, Ofgem (the energy regulator in Great Britain) published its plans to further support the UK’s transition to electric vehicles (EVs) in the deployment of EVs and their integration into the electricity system. Ofgem aims to get the network ready for EVs and ensure there is sufficient network capacity for EV uptake, all while aiming to avoid unnecessary investment into the network and keep consumer costs down.
Phasing out petrol and diesel cars and vans
Ofgem’s latest announcement reinforces its commitment to decarbonising transport which has already seen Ofgem commit £300 million to support the installation of 1,800 ultra-rapid charge points in the UK (announced in May 2021), with this initial support considered only a starting block to the over £40 billion to be invested in Britain’s energy networks in the next seven years.
These building blocks are all part of the bigger plan to phase out all new petrol and diesel cars and vans in the UK by 2030 and have all new cars and vans fully zero emission at the tailpipe by 2035. In so doing, and as announced by the UK Government in November 2020, the UK aims to become the fastest nation in the G7 to decarbonise cars and vans.
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Less than a year after the Government’s announced ambition to decarbonise transport, the plan for EVs appears to be on track with over 500,000 ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) currently registered in the UK, along with forecasts that more than one in seven registrations in the UK in 2021 will be plug-in vehicles, and an estimated 14 million EVs will be on UK roads by 2030. ULEVs use low carbon technologies and emit less than 75g of CO2/km from the tailpipe, and include pure EVs, fuel cell EVs, plug-in hybrids and extended range EVs. These ULEV thresholds are also those used for the UK Government’s consumer incentive scheme, the Plug-in Car Grant (PiCG), and are also the thresholds used for zero emission vehicles (ZEVs).
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Getting EV network ready
Ofgem’s strategy is primarily focused on (1) ensuring that EV charge points are able to connect to the grid in a timely and cost efficient manner, (2) enabling further efficiency in the grid through smart charging and vehicle-to-power (V2X) technology, and (3) encouraging consumer participation in the EV transition as EVs become effectively part of the electricity system.
A major challenge to ensuring sufficient network capacity is that of when and where EV uptake is likely to happen, and having identified EV uptake, the challenge is the time needed and connection charges involved in implementing an EV charging infrastructure. The uncertainty surrounding the location and pace of EV uptake means Ofgem cannot currently approve full five-year programmes of work in advance.
In an effort to address this uncertainty in future EV location uptake, among other issues, distribution network operators (DNOs) will be required to forecast local EV uptake and consumer behaviour through price controls for electricity distribution networks (RIIO-ED2), thereby incentivising improvements to the connection process. DNOs will also be required to engage with local stakeholders and assess local EV investment needs and, under RIIO-ED2 licence obligations, DNOs will be required to publish digitalisation strategies.
Using smart charging
The use of smart charging will be incentivised through the use of special tariffs (e.g. Market-Wide Half-Hourly Settlement and Time of Use), progressing smart charging (e.g. pre-set charging at off-peak times), working with the Government and industry to remove barriers for V2X, and developing data and communication for dynamic smart charging.
Reducing barriers to connection
In an effort to reduce barriers to network connections, Ofgem will remove connection costs associated with reinforcement of shared networks and will publish their Final Access and Forward-Looking Charging Significant Code Review (SCR) decision in 2021, with changes to be implemented from 2023. The SCR looks at proposals for distribution connection charging, definition and choice of access rights, and transmission charging for small distributed generation.
A greener, fairer future
Ofgem will continue to engage with key stakeholders and encourage ongoing engagement and greater consumer participation through supporting product development and extending consumer protections to new products and services.
On EV flexibility and interoperability, Ofgem will publish in 2022 a joint BEIS/Ofgem EV Flexibility Policy Statement, which will include reviews of charge point interoperability, driving consumer engagement with smart technology, and improving data flow between charge points, operators and networks.
A Retail Strategy on how best to support consumer participation and ensure consumer protection will also be published, and work with BEIS and the Government will continue in an effort to identify gaps in the current framework of consumer protection and ensure fair pricing in the aim of enabling the transition to EVs and achieving a greener, fairer future.


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Mum fined for homophobic abuse of her son
Celia Duncan, 42 from Aberdeen has been fined £250 for shouting homophobic abuse at her 16 year old son, Stuart O’Neill.
Duncan has admitted breaching the peace by screaming expletives and allegedly calling O’Neill and his boyfriend “poofs” after she caught the pair holding hands.
Duncan has also admitted to sending her son abusive text messages.
Mr O’Neill told the BBC: “I feel really betrayed by my mum. What she said to me was vile and hurtful.
“My mum didn’t like the fact I was gay.
“She told me to stop being gay or get out of Aberdeen. She basically threw me out of the house.”
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The defendant’s lawyer, Les Green tried to justify his client’s actions by saying that she had acted out in frustration because her son had disappeared and lost contact with the family and they had grown concerned.
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“When she saw him on the street she tried to engage him in conversation and he ignored her and ran away. She ran after him and in exasperation made some remarks.”
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When we visited London, the second show we went to see was The Royal National Theatre production of War Horse that had been transferred into the West End at the New London Theatre in Covent Garden. I had previously been to see War Horse when it first opened at The National Theatre, but I was much younger at the time and had since forgotten the details of the show, so I was glad to be seeing it again! I loved the show the first time I saw it and I was not disappointed the second time round. The puppets are definitely the stand out of the show, but this time I was able to appreciate the finer details such as the way 3 poles were used to represent many different things within the set, the representation of a torn piece of paper over the top of the stage onto which illustrations and dates were projected and the interaction between the actors and their puppets.
The stage designer for war horse was theatre designer Rae Smith, who faced the challenge of representing WW1 on stage – initially on the Olivier stage at The Royal National Theatre, but later transferred into the West End. Michael Morpurgo said that his original inspiration for the story ‘War Horse’ came from an old painting of an unknown horse called ‘Joey’ (hence the name of the main equine character) by a Captain called James Nicholls, who was also included in the story by Morpurgo, so even though he did not know a lot about the Captain his story is kept a little bit alive by the show (which I really like the idea of). This original inspiration for Morpurgo also went on to inspire Rae Smith for the stage design, as she knew that one of the fastest ways to communicate to the audience was through drawings as it explains a situation faster than description often can. Therefore, she decided to include drawings within the shows within a ripped sketchbook page hanging above the back of the stage (supposedly from James Nicholls’ sketchbook) that had these ‘drawings’ (drawn by Rae Smith herself) projected onto it to help tell the story.
Although the set elements all came together to create a minimalist set that allowed for audience imagination, the puppets are still my favourite part of the show. I just think the look of them (especially the horses) are absolutely beautiful, the way you can see the construction and manipulation does not make them seem any less ‘real’ to the audience. At the beginning of the show you always notice the people moving and manipulating the puppets, but as the show progresses and you become more involved with the show, they begin to blend into the animals and become less noticeable. Instead of seeing people, you just see the creature and in your mind it becomes real. To me this shows that the idea they have created has been very successful, as they are not trying to give you realism on stage, they let the audiences imagination do that for them. I think it also helps that the puppeteers are wearing traditional ‘country’ dress that matches the horse or animal they are manipulating. I think that they are trying to represent the horse – or other animals – personality or style on the outside, instead of simply getting them all to wear black, they aren’t trying to hide the fact that the animals are puppets, they are embracing it and emphasising it.
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The Hershey/IOI Loders Croklaan partnership will enable StarShea, a social business that commercializes shea butter supplied by its network of rural Ghanaian women, to construct the warehouses, thereby allowing the women’s cooperative to store shea nuts throughout the season. The move will help increase the women’s profit for their shea crop.
“We know that empowering women provides economic growth opportunities and helps alleviate extreme poverty,” says Frank Day, v.p. of global commodities. “Women in Northern Ghana are producing high-quality shea, and they deserve a fair price for their crop. Supporting women in shea is yet another positive step toward gender equality in West Africa.”
Typically, female shea producers have limited access to the capital they need to sustain their lives and business. StarShea will now be able to give women access to much-needed cash earlier in the shea season by buying their shea nuts at a premium at the beginning of the season and storing them in warehouses until they are sold to IOI Loders Croklaan and ultimately The Hershey Co.
“We are pleased to be partnering with The Hershey Co., who shares our commitment to responsible sourcing and improving the livelihoods of women in West Africa,” said Joost-van Ginneken, IOI Loders Croklaan’s supply chain manager for Africa. “Since 2012, we have been StarShea’s most important global customer and we are thrilled to grow our relationship with them. The work they do supporting female shea producers is extremely important to the growth of the entire African continent.”
Shea butter is used globally in thousands of products ranging from confectionery to personal care. Historically, women who gather shea nuts to sell on the global market receive a very small proportion of the crop’s value. StarShea negotiates contracts with international buyers, registers and trains women in the network, and organizes logistics, traceability and payment to the women.

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Avoid hot and highly seasoned foods
Encourage intake by frequently offering milk, ice cream, water, fruit juices, jello, broth, etc.
Drink several glasses of water (lukewarm water is less irritating than cold)
Add soft foods as desired (jello, chocolate pudding, mashed potato, pureed vegetables, cottage cheese, etc)
Third to fifth day
Gradually resume normal diet but avoid hot foods, spicy or highly seasoned foods, potato chips, nuts, dry toast, pop corn and crackers until 1 to 2 weeks after surgery
An antibiotic is usually prescribed for seven to ten days following the surgery. The patient also receives a prescription for pain killers in the form of codeine or hydrocodone. These products cause somnolence, drowsiness and constipation. Occasionally, if the patient vomits, phenergan suppositories may be necessary.
*Children should be kept indoors and relatively quiet for the first 3 days
*Frequent coughing and clearing the throat should be avoided
*Objectionable mouth odor is commonly observed and is relieved by abundant fluid intake
*Earache is expected. It is not an ear infection, it is referred from the throat.
*Occasionally, a transient neck stiffness may occur in children following adenoidetomy.
*Patient may return to school or work 1 week after discharge. Please note that painkillers cause drowsiness. Patients who take painkillers should not operate machinery, drive or make important decisions.
*Do not use aspirin for 2 weeks; it increases the possibility of bleeding
*Avoid drinking orange juice, grapefruit juice, and tomato juice for 1 week after the operation, they make the throat burn
Most children experience a low grade temperature. This is caused by dehydration. Encourage fluid intake and if needed, use Tylenol (NOT ASPIRIN). If the temperature remains above 102.2 (39.0 Celsius) and does not respond to Tylenol, or if the child refuses to drink, then IV fluids are required. Please call our office or the closest emergency room.
The danger of serious bleeding is over after you leave the hospital. In about 2% of patients there is some bleeding after 6 or 8 days. If this happens to you, do not become excited, for this bleeding is usually slight and stops spontaneously. Remain quiet, lie down, and spit the blood out gently. Gargle the throat gently with ice water and stay quiet. If the bleeding des not stop promptly, call your doctor. If the doctor is not available and bleeding continues, go to the nearest emergency room.
Follow-up: Please make an appointment for follow-up in two weeks. PHONE: (713) 464 2614
We are unable to refill your medications on weekends or after hours. We do not refill painkillers over the phone. For prescription refills, please call during office hours:
Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
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Indian pairs falter at final hurdle in Australian Open
Melbourne: India`s title hopes in the Australian Open Grand Prix badminton tournament went up in
smoke with both the women`s and men`s doubles pair suffering
crushing defeats against their respective rivals to settle for
the runners up position here today.
Top seed Indian men`s pair of Rupesh Kumar and Sanave
Thomas lost 13-21, 11-21 to second seed Malaysian duo of Teik
Chai Gan and Bin Shen Tan in just 26 minutes.
Similarly, the new-formed women`s doubles pair of Aparna
Balan and Shruti Kurian too failed to get past the last
hurdle, losing 13-21, 9-21 against the lesser known Australian
combination of Chia Chi Huang and He Tian Tang.
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When a suspect escaped the grasp of a Provo police officer attempting to arrest him during a welfare check gone wrong, a bystander stepped up to take the fleeing perp down, KSTU-TV reported.
Officer Austin Williams was chasing suspect Emiliano Medina after the man threw punches and reportedly tried to grab the officer's gun, when a bystander ended things abruptly with a hit the officer described as "like NFL hardest hits type of stuff."
Williams arrived at a Sam's Club gas station Tuesday after receiving reports of a man asking people for water. It was supposed to be a simple welfare check.
Williams approached Medina in a non-threatening way, simply asking if he was alright. Medina appeared hostile from the beginning, responding by pointing his hand like a gun to his own head and then lunging at the officer's gun.
Medina and Williams engage in a brief struggle as Williams orders him to get on the ground and Medina throws some punches and makes a run for it.
Medina ran by the wrong group of guys, however. Instead of standing by as the chase went by them, several witnesses surrounded Medina with one of them lifting the suspect up and body slamming him hard on the ground.
Williams described the scene in the police report:
"One male stopped [Medina], and the other male grabbed Medina from behind in a bear hug and slammed him to the ground," Williams wrote. "I then kneeled over [Medina] and placed him in cuffs and waited for other officers to arrive to assist me."
What happened to the suspect?
Medina was reportedly taken to the hospital after showing signs of being delirious, and he tested positive for meth.
He was charged with a felony count of disarming a police officer and misdemeanor counts of interference with an arresting officer, failure to stop at the command of law enforcement, assault on a peace officer in uniform, and possession or use of a controlled substance.
(H/T Fox News)


People buy from people they know and trust. But how do you cultivate a relationship with someone you’ve just met? The service desk is hardly a place to spark a new friendship. And who wants to be friends with their customers anyway? It may not seem like it, but this is a great place to start a friendship. It’s an opportunity to solve a problem and be a hero.
Everyone who knows anything about engines knows a V8 is a fast, powerful, gas guzzler, and a four-cylinder is slower, less powerful and more fuel efficient.Well, everything you think you know about engines has changed.Gasoline direct injection (GDI) has made fuel-efficient muscle cars a thing.Pair an efficient four cylinder with a power-boosting device like a turbo, and run it like a diesel, with the injectors firing directly into the combustion chamber and you have a market-changing automobile.In its first seven years on the market, the GDI engine grew from insignificant to powering 38 percent of all cars sold. Six


Since assuming the Presidency of the United States, Donald Trump has been devising ways to keep illegal immigrants out of the country. A rather innovative one is to build a US-Mexico border wall, which would prohibit illegal immigrants from entering the country.
Donald Trump has been quite critical of the Mexican and Central American immigrants pouring into the United States. Thus, at a speech that he delivered at the Trump Tower in New York, he was quite candid about what he thought of the Mexican immigrants. His grouse is that Mexicans crossing the border were bringing crime and drugs to the United States and hence should be kept out of the country. They also take up American jobs adding to the employment problem in the country. Therefore, the solution to these problems, according to Trump, is to build a wall that would prohibit immigrants from entering the country in an unauthorized process.
A large number of Mexicans dream about immigrating to the United States and starting a new and better life. Many of these people are illegal immigrants who risk their lives crossing the border. As per estimates, there are six million illegal Mexican immigrants in the US. But lately, Mexicans have found a new roadblock, because of the new immigration policies the Trump administration.
The construction of the 1,000-mile-long US-Mexico Border Wall is a long-drawn process and would cost quite a few billion dollars. Trump estimated the wall to cost approximately $10 B. Still, in January 2018, the Trump administration stated that to build the initial phase of the wall, an estimated $18B would be required over the next ten years. However, the total cost for Trump’s Wall has increased. The President also states that the United States will not ‘food the bill’ for the wall and that Mexico will pay for it. Mexico has not agreed to this and dismisses the idea.
Nevertheless, Trump seems to be adamant about his wall as the authorities have tested eight prototypes of the wall close to the San Diego border. The height of the prototypes ranges from 18 feet to 30 feet. The wall will not be a long stretch of concrete but will be a mixture of fencing and wall.
The Mexican-US border is not wholly devoid of a barrier. Along much of the western portion of the border is a 653 miles long barrier that includes parts of California, New Mexico, and Arizona. These barriers are a combination of barbed wire, iron fencing, and vehicle barriers.
With the Mexican government refusing to fund the wall, Trump has no option but to turn towards the US taxpayers. In his latest development, Trump has threatened to shut down the government if extra money is not provided by Congress to construct the US-Mexico Border Wall.
Meanwhile, how effective of a deterrent the wall would be at stopping illegal border crossings is still hotly debated.


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Classy china collectables
growing popularity of high teas proves old-fashioned can become fashionable once more.
Beautiful china is often the highlight of such events and people keen to discover similar dainty delights can find them in the Weekend Shopper China, Crystal and Silverware Collectables section.
From $120 Royal Doulton jugs to $200 Wedgewood, Staffordshire and Queen Anne sets, this section features a range of elegant tableware.
Rebecca Todd is an avid collector of vintage fine bone china and now has more crockery than she can count.
Despite its delicate appearance, Mrs Todd said fine bone china is actually stronger than porcelain and with wise care and careful cleaning, can last for years.
“ True fine bone china is translucent and when you hold it up to the light, you should be able to see your fingers through it,” Mrs Todd said.
“It should be cleaned semiregularly and not in a dishwasher.
“It should also be used often or it will begin to craze.”
Mrs Todd’s desire to show and share her treasures led to her creating a small business, Fancy Tea, 18 months ago.
She now hires out her crockery and tableware collection for special occasions such as brunches, weddings, baby showers and young girls’ tea parties.
“I love being able to share my collection and to hear people say they enjoy using it,” she said.
“I have a wide range of eclectic crockery available including Royal Doulton and Royal Albert brands as well as crystalware, silverware, and teapots - essentially, all things high tea.
“My variety is a talking point and many people reminisce about their grandmothers’ china when they see my collection.
“ This china also creates the most wonderful feeling in people of being treasured and looked after.”


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China marks 100 years since birth of Xi's dad
By Felicia Sonmez, AFP
October 16, 2013, 12:11 am TWN
BEIJING -- China marks the 100th anniversary Tuesday of the birth of President Xi Jinping's father, a Communist war hero, but analysts say the connection is a mixed blessing for the head of state.
Xi Zhongxun, who died in 2002, was a military leader in northwest China during the civil war which culminated in the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, and eventually rose to vice premier.
He was purged in 1962 and spent 16 years in detention and under surveillance, but later returned to favor and became party secretary of the southern province of Guangdong, where he spearheaded economic reforms that have become a defining part of his legacy.
To commemorate his centenary China has issued a set of stamps, published a series of works by and about him, and is showing a six-part documentary on state broadcaster China Central Television that reportedly took three years to make and features interviews with 300 people.
According to analysts the occasion affords his son the opportunity to associate himself with the Communist victory, as well as to Mao Zedong, about whom many Chinese still harbor positive feelings.
But Xi Jinping's lineage is also something of a liability, analysts say, as a reminder of his privileged status as a so-called "princeling" who has benefited from his family ties to the first generation of Communist leaders.
"The tricky thing now is with so much criticism of princelings and connections to that generation, you have to handle it delicately," said Jeffrey Wasserstrom, professor of history at the University of California Irvine and a specialist in Chinese history.
"Xi Jinping wants you to remember that his father was a revolutionary, but it's a little bit (dangerous) reminding people how privileged and special your place is," he added.
"This is probably a way to do it that seems respectful of another generation and not too charged."
A series of high-profile cases involving corruption and misdeeds among members of the "princeling" generation have stoked anger among many ordinary Chinese, who have taken to the Internet to make their criticism heard.
Officials in the northwestern province of Gansu last week celebrated the anniversary with an event attended by Xi Yuanping, Xi Jinping's younger brother, who also recently penned a memorial of his father in the China Youth Daily newspaper.


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