Last week’s theme of silence leads perfectly into this week’s focus of Speaking Out. All week women (and some men) from many occupations have been openly discussing the sexual harassment and abuse they have endured: from Viola Davis to America Ferrera and Reese Witherspoon; author Emma Cline; and just this morning, Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney.
My journey to sharing my story(s) began when I was 25. The first person I ever told that I’d been sexually abused and raped was the first man I had consensual sexual with, a man who turned out to be a violent abuser. In the early days I did not see the anger under Kevin’s charming demeanor. When I told him about the abuse, he didn’t blame me, he believed me, and he didn’t use it against me. Looking back, I question my motivation for sharing the truth. It wasn’t because I felt a closeness to him; it was more a culturally inherited “need” to come “clean.” Part of me saw myself as “damaged goods,” and I believed he had the right to know about my past since we were now intimate. Because I thought so little of myself, I was giving him an out, in case he wanted to leave.
Two of my brothers, visiting me in New Hampshire a few years later, were the next to hear my story. We’d been drinking at the bar where I waited tables and something prompted the conversation on our ride home. I spilled the truth about an incestuous uncle. Both brothers were disgusted, shocked and furious. Somewhere in this time, I also talked to a couple of girlfriends who it turns out had experienced similar incidents. I started writing about it in code in journals. Once I became involved in the book The Artist’s Way, my stories began to trickle out. Then I joined a life changing weekly writing workshop led by my first mentor Genie Zeiger. Writing the abuse, sharing the stories aloud with group members, made me stronger. That led to me leading writing groups at The Survivors’ Project, for women who had been sexually abused as children. Helping others claim their stories and share them, watching their heads lift, their smiles come more easily, was some of the best work I’ve ever done.
What got me there were books by other female writers: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Go Ask Alice when I was younger. Later, books like Bastard Out of Carolina and The Color Purple helped me feel less alone. Other people’s stories can fuel our own. Can give us the fire to keep walking. But as Madelyn Kent says in her recent Guernica interview, “Not having your story makes you vulnerable, but having only one also does.” I learned that the hard way when I first began reading my work aloud in public forums. At a local library, I was part of a Women’s Reading and a reporter asked me about a poem I’d read which was as I’d described at the reading, a watershed poem, the first I’d ever written about surviving domestic violence. I answered her questions hurriedly and without real consideration, because I had friends in the audience from Boston and I was more interested in speaking with them. When the article was published, I was painted as a woman who was nothing but a D.V. Survivor.
I began writing and telling my story on the page because I wanted to be believed. I wanted to be validated. I wanted to claim it, instead of hiding it. But it’s not the only story I have. I’m not just a survivor of abuse. I’m also a writer of many subjects and a painter of landscapes and brightly colored visual narratives. I’m a woman who loves traveling the United States and Europe alone. My life is rich with friends and family and laughter and former students who still stay in touch. I fly fish and collect random objects for assemblage art pieces. I play “Spit” and Poker with young nieces who always, legit, beat me! I love visiting the family cemetery and pouring libations over the graves of those who’ve gone before me. I love wolves and ravens and hiking and sitting on the back deck gazing through tree branches, listening for the fall of deer hooves and the cackles of pileated woodpeckers.
And I have the greatest respect for anyone who finds themselves in a situation where they don’t feel they can tell their stories, those who still don’t feel safe doing so. Because Speaking Out isn’t always the best option. And maybe, as a friend said recently, keeping the story inside is another way of claiming it. It’s certainly a way of having control over it, when the experience of being overpowered took all control away.
As many of us took to facebook and twitter this week with #me too, it’s important to note, for those unaware, that Tarana Burke, a woman of color, initiated the Me Too movement ten years ago. See her response to this week’s events in Colorlines. On a similar note, Dame Magazine published an article titled, “When Will We Learn to Listen to Black Women?” that furthers the discourse on white feminism.
Other articles this week include the unveiling of a new Comfort Women statue in San Francisco; a Muslim Travel Guide; a response to Rose McGowan’s twitter message about James Corden’s joke; an article prompted by Woody Allen’s fears of a “witch hunt;” and an update on devastating conditions in Puerto Rico. I have also chosen to include Jane Dykema’s essay, “What I Don’t Tell My Students About ‘The Husband Stitch,’” a powerful piece on “believing and being believed.” It is followed here with Carmen Machado’s original fictional story, which I believe is a Must Read.
So, for these stories and more, Read On! Your comments are always welcome.
1. The work that I’m doing, in this movement, is really about survivors talking to survivors. “Me too” is about using the power of empathy to stomp out shame. So we need to keep talking about it. I appreciate the hashtag elevating the conversation, but it’s not a hashtag, it’s not a moment. This is a movement. The reason people didn’t know my name is because people don’t think about this unless there is something big happening. So what needs to happen is that we need to stop just popping up when somebody famous does something, and we need to look at the numbers, people and survivors, and think strategically. I think like an organizer, and this is an epidemic.
“WATCH: ‘#MeToo’ Creator Tarana Burke on Resurgence of the Movement for Sexual Assault Survivors”/ by Sameer Rao/ Colorlines/ October 17, 2017
2. Black women see this treatment from all sides now despite history showing just how wrong it is. We are culturally silenced as well. I have lost count of the number of white women who have asked me to forget being black in favor of their movement. The recent Twitter boycott is a good example. The boycott was created as a day where women would leave Twitter in protest of Rose McGowan’s account being suspended briefly after she spoke out about Harvey Weinstein. I did not participate, not because I don’t support Rose and victims of sexual assault, but because women of color, especially Black women, are never supported when we are harassed or threatened on social media, and because we are silenced so much by so many that the idea of silencing ourselves does not feel empowering. When the women who participated in the boycott returned to Twitter, some were upset to find that April Reign had started the #WOCAffirmation hashtag in their absence. Black women are silenced enough in this country in ways both obvious and not, and many black women took issue with the idea of further silencing ourselves. Some women took our stance as a personal attack on them and a way to divide feminism, refusing to consider that the boycott may have been flawed and that they themselves had long ignored us in the same way they felt they were being ignored by others.
“When Will We Learn to Listen to Black Women?”/ by Keah Brown/ DAME/ October 17, 2017
3. Hill posits that we as a society are in a “critical moment,” and the way forward is with public and private institutions diversifying leadership, “and finally giv[ing] more real power to those who have experienced inequality firsthand in order to stop devaluing women.”
“Anita Hill on the Weinstein Scandal: This Type of Shit Happens Every Day”/ by Angela Helm/ The Root/ October 15, 2017
4. So, Mr. Allen et al., I know you hate gossip and rumor mills, but unfortunately they’re the only recourse we have. We wish it were different too. In a just system, Weinstein would have faced career-ruining social and professional consequences the first time he changed into a bathrobe and begged a horrified woman for a massage. In a just system, the abuse wouldn’t have stayed an open secret for decades while he was left free to chew through generation after generation of starlets. Weinstein’s life, like Cosby’s, isn’t the story of some tragic, pitiable downfall. It’s the story of someone who got away with it.
“Yes, This is a Witch Hunt. I’m a Witch and I’m Hunting You.”/ Lindy West/ New York Times/ October 17, 2017
5. So instead of co-opting the struggle of black people by making false equivalencies such as these, McGowan should have been preoccupied with putting in some damn work and finding some way to call out James Corden without throwing black women (and black people at large) under the bus. Again.
“#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen, Part 2: On Rose McGowan and the Continued Failure of White Feminism”/ Clarkisha Kent/ The Root/ October 18, 2017
6. Helen Malson writes in her book The Thin Woman that while thin, boyish bodies might be seen as “cultural rejections of the feminine” and seem to “signify power and control,” thin, boyish bodies do not subvert gender entirely. “This construction also resonates with constructions of the thin body as childlike, as powerless, dependent and femininely fragile; a construction which seems far from liberatory.”
“Hunger Inside My Queer Body”/ by Genevieve Hudson/ Catapult/ October 17, 2017
7. Andrés landed in Puerto Rico on Sept. 25 and immediately started working with chef José Enrique, whose eponymous San Juan restaurant was already preparing batches of sancocho — a Puerto Rican beef stew — for hungry residents. In their first couple of days together, the chefs produced enough food to feed 1,000 or 2,000 people. Within a week of Andrés’s appearance on the island, their numbers skyrocketed to 25,000 meals per day, now including sandwiches and paella.
“After Maria, José Andrés and His Team Have Served More Meals in Puerto Rico than the Red Cross”/ by Tim Carman/ Washington Post/ October 18, 2017
8. I was first introduced to the husband stitch in 2014, when a friend in medical school told me about a birth her classmate observed. After the baby was delivered, the doctor said to the woman’s husband, “Don’t worry, I’ll sew her up nice and tight for you,” and the two men laughed while the woman lay between them, covered in her own and her baby’s blood and feces. The story terrified me, the laughter in particular, signaling some understanding of wrongdoing, some sheepishness in doing it anyway. The helplessness of the woman, her body being altered without her consent by two people she has to trust: her partner, her doctor.
“What I Don’t Tell My Students About ‘The Husband Stitch’”/ by Jane Dykema/ Electric Literature/ October 10, 2017
9. How much to get that extra stitch? he asks. You offer that, right?– Please, I say to him. But it comes out slurred and twisted and possibly no more than a small moan. Neither man turns his head toward me.
“The Husband Stitch”/ by Carmen Maria Machado/ Granta/ October 28, 2014
10. But when specific acts of harassment were mentioned, like sexual coercion or crude jokes, 60 percent of women reported having experienced some form of sexual or gender harassment.
“Study Finds 75 Percent of Workplace Harassment Victims Experienced Retaliation When They Spoke Up”/ by Tara Golshan/ VOX/ October 15, 2017
11. The problem is not the Indian Act; the Act and the apparatus that supports it are manifestations of a mentality that sees “Indian” people as an issue to be confronted and to be solved. We are still living in a relationship framed in colonial terms; the language we use today has changed over the years, but the perspective is still straight out of the seventeenth century. Newcomer people in this land, their governments and the powerful interests that have dominion in this society still see a need for the Original People to be in a certain place (out of the way of development), to be defined in a certain way (aspiring to be just like the rest of us), and to be prevented from doing certain things (living the ways of their ancestors). The Indian Act simply puts this mentality into effect.
“For Indigenous Nations to Live, Colonial Mentalities Must Die”/ by Taiaiake Alfred/ Policy Options/ October 13, 2017
12. Sing had come to the park that day with Julie Tang, another retired judge and her co-chair in the project to create the memorial. “What they did was so brave,” Tang said, as she gazed up at the three girls. Chinese, Korean, and Filipino, they represent the estimated two hundred thousand women from countries across East and Southeast Asia occupied by Japan who were held in brutal state-run rape camps—a crime that went largely unacknowledged until the nineties. That was when Kim’s declaration inspired surviving comfort women in Korea, China, and elsewhere to come forward with their stories. Tang shook her head. “They were silent for fifty years, holding this shame inside them,” she said. “Victims think they are to blame. They think they did it to themselves.” With this statue—the first to be erected in a major U.S. city, though smaller memorials to comfort women exist in places like Glendale, California, and Palisades Park, New Jersey—Tang, Sing, and the local coalition they assembled want to change that kind of thinking. By bringing attention to the comfort women’s history, they hope to draw attention to ongoing problems of human trafficking and sex crimes.
“ An Important Statue for “Comfort Women” in San Francisco”/ by Sally McGrane/ The New Yorker/ October 12, 2017
13. We all have stories that protect us, that keep the meaning in our lives, all these particular stories that we’ve told ourselves and others, consciously and unconsciously, but there’s a lot to gain in allowing the multiplicity and the intricacies of those other, less explored stories too. There are so many different beginnings, middles, and endings to these stories, and we have to allow ourselves to have these as well. In whatever realm– memory, imagination. It shows us we have more options for expression and other choices in life. Not having your story makes you vulnerable, but having only one also does.
“Madelyn Kent: The Place Before Language”/ by Raluca Albu/ Guernica/ August 16, 2017
14. The departure from your hometown makes you study yourself, explain yourself, and doubt yourself. And when you finally return, you mother will fill you with pita and shorbat adas after you’ve cried yourself empty. Remember she spends her days sweating the salt of the Dead Sea, tries to cleanse you of demonic shadows until your high-maintenance body thwarts her. Muslim women tuck grief into their wombs and let it cultivate, hardening into a child of despair that can only be cut out with a sword. We somehow hold together with the faith that someone will hold our hands as we stumble through darkness.
“A Comprehensive Travel Guide for Muslims in America”/ by Farah Kader/ Electric Literature/ October 9, 2017
15. I had admitted my biggest weakness, and the world didn’t fall apart. My cousin accommodated me. She wore something noticeable and made sure to meet me somewhere visible. She didn’t prod me for a diagnosis or medical details, and it was obvious she believed me, even though our abilities differ.
“’Coming Out’ As Face Blind”/ Alaina Leary/ Narratively/ October 16, 2017
Joyce Hayden left her university teaching job two years ago in order to pursue her own artistic work. An assemblage artist, painter, and writer, Joyce is currently in the process of acquiring an agent to represent her memoir, The Out of Body Girl, which describes her 8 year relationship with a charismatic gambler and the dangerous road that eventually led to her freedom. Her chapbook of poems, Lost Handprint, is forthcoming from Dandelion Review. A freelance editor and writing coach, Joyce’s writing services and a selection of her artwork can be found at her website joycehayden.com. Joyce is available for commission art work, including celebration shrines for loved ones and pets.


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Carol Channing Net Worth
Carol Channing made money by Actors niche. For all time, at the moment, 2018 year, Carol Channing earned $46 Million. Exact sum is $46000000.
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Birth date: January 31, 1921
Birth place: Seattle, Washington, United States
Height:5 9 (1.75 m)
Profession: Actress, Soundtrack
Spouse: Harry Kullijian (m. 2003Р 2011)
Children: Channing Carson
Parents: George Channing, Adelaide Channing
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Carol Elaine Channing is an American actress, singer, dancer, comedian, and voice artist. She won the Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Muzzy Van Hossmere in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Other film appearances include The First Traveling Saleslady and Skidoo. On television she has made many appearances as an entertainer on variety shows, from the The Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s to Hollywood Squares. She is also known for her performance as The White Queen in a 1985 production of Alice in Wonderland.

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A new report from a branch of the U.S. Treasury Department confirms the Internal Revenue Service is preparing to launch an increase in marijuana industry audits nationwide, but it also offers a possible way for cannabis companies to dodge millions in federal taxes, according to industry experts.
The report corroborates what cannabis industry tax and legal experts have warned about for months – that the IRS is closely watching the marijuana industry and intends to target companies that have failed to pay their full federal tax obligations.
In other words, the agency plans to enforce the collection of those taxes.
The report – written by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) – found there are likely hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid taxes owed by the marijuana industry under Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code, which prohibits standard business deductions by companies that traffic in federally illegal drugs, including marijuana.
“Without a national (program) to address this high-risk industry, the IRS will be unable to accurately determine the overall noncompliance risk associated with taxpayers within this industry, let alone the accuracy of their reporting compliance with the limitations of … 280E,” the report stresses.
But the report also found there could be a major loophole tucked inside a Republican tax bill from 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that might allow marijuana companies to escape the burdens of 280E altogether.
The problem: It will likely take years of litigation before any legal clarity is reached. But the potential loophole still offers a silver lining for the industry.
The more immediate concern for the cannabis industry will likely include an onslaught of IRS audits, two longtime tax experts said.
“The tsunami is about to begin,” Nick Richards, a Denver-based tax attorney and former IRS trial lawyer, wrote in an email to Marijuana Business Daily.
San Francisco-based attorney Henry Wykowski, a former federal prosecutor who has represented marijuana businesses in IRS fights for years, said his message to the industry is simple:
“Buckle up. We’ve been expecting something like this.”
In 2019, Richards predicted such an increase, and now it’s in the works, according to the report.
The only question is when it will begin. Barring any coronavirus-related delays, it will probably start this year, both experts agreed.
The report, based on an audit of cannabis companies in California, Oregon and Washington state for the 2016 tax year, found a “high rate of noncompliance” with 280E:
- 59% of marijuana company tax returns had “likely” underpaid the federal government under 280E.
- There was an estimated $48.5 million in unpaid taxes from marijuana companies in those three states.
- Projected forward five years, the agency calculated $242.6 million in unpaid taxes from marijuana businesses.
“This forecast represents only a portion of the tax noncompliance related to … 280E in that it only includes three out of 33 states and the District of Columbia,” the TIGTA report reads, referring to the number of states that have legalized marijuana commerce, along with Washington DC.
That means over the long haul the industry could find itself on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in federal taxes, Richards said.
“I don’t see that as unreasonable” to conclude, he added. “TIGTA definitely has influence over the IRS, and the IRS is driven by dollars.
“They’ll look at this and say, ‘We have to do more cannabis audits.’”
The report further outlined that the IRS has been going to great lengths to monitor marijuana companies nationwide, with internal programs called Compliance Initiative Projects (CIPs).
Also, the agency has been distributing among its ranks a “Participant Guide” that “provides (IRS) agents with guidelines on how to audit marijuana businesses.”
The document has not been made public, TIGTA noted in its report, despite its own recommendation that the IRS release it.
The CIPs began in 2016 in Colorado and then expanded across the country, with marijuana-related CIP trainings performed for IRS agents in “Seattle, Portland, Northern California, Nevada, Phoenix and Detroit,” according to the report.
TIGTA recommended the CIPs be expanded nationally, and its report indicates that’s what the IRS plans to do.
“The objective of the national CIP should focus on creating a comprehensive compliance approach to identify noncompliant taxpayers in this industry,” the report notes. “The IRS agreed with this recommendation.”
The bright side of the TIGTA report focuses on an obscure federal law, Section 471(c) of the 2017 Republican tax reform bill, which could let marijuana companies with less than $25 million in gross receipts escape 280E completely.
According to the report, “Under this new provision, marijuana businesses could argue they are entitled to use a method of accounting that includes all expenses in cost of goods sold to potentially avoid the impact of … 280E.”
But the report also emphasized that “the potential tax impact of … 471(c) for marijuana businesses will be based on how the IRS applies and administers this new statute as well as, potentially, how the courts interpret it.”
That means some cannabis company is going to have to test the waters with a federal tax return and see how the IRS – and likely the U.S. Tax Court – responds. That process would likely take a year or longer, Wykowski and Richards agreed.
“I haven’t come to a conclusion in my head whether I would advise people to take the position that 280E doesn’t apply at all. But boy – it’s tempting,” Richards said.
Wykowski was more circumspect, saying his read of 471(c) is that it “could be significantly helpful, but you have to look at it on a case-by-case basis” for each company that would be filing a tax return.
Critiques of IRS and policy recommendations
The report also was critical of the IRS’ handling of the marijuana industry and 280E – specifically its lack of communication to the industry on 280E applications and parameters – and its recommendations to the IRS include:
- To make the “Participant Guide” for auditors public information, so that marijuana companies can better prepare to follow federal tax law.
- To “develop guidance specific to the marijuana industry” and publish it online.
- To compile “specific guidance on the application of … 471(c) in conjunction with” 280E and to make it public.
- To leverage more state data on licensed marijuana companies “to identify nonfilers and unreported income in the marijuana industry.”
- To increase outreach to the industry, particularly to heighten awareness of possible relief from tax penalties related to cash payments, given the lack of banking options for marijuana businesses.
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She made a darling little coin purse for me. She used a tape measure for the snap closure.
I found a tutorial on You Tube but the inside edges were raw and finished with a zig zag.
Andrea's example was much classier. No raw edges.
I spent much of Saturday afternoon trying to come up with one that looked like hers. I should have just asked for the dimensions. Finally I created one that I liked.
The possibilities for this technique are endless. You can make different sizes. Use a larger tape measure for larger purses,though.
I found an unfinished, lined drawstring bag on the sewing table. I put a tape measure closure in it. I like it A LOT
I fully intend to write out this pattern. As I was driving home from work today I contemplated another technique for inserting the tape measure. I will certainly give it a try.
I used my White ZZ in the treadle for these. It has a left homing needle which provides a 3/8 inch seam allowance. I think I will change to a Singer 201 or a 15 when I make it again. That way I can have the 1/4 inch seam allowance. I can manage to create a 1/4 inch seam allowance with the White but the fabric does not sit under the right feed dog if I do that. What's the point?
I do have a Kenmore 158.1760 all set up in the loft. I did use it a bit. It's electric, through no fault of its own, has a center homing needle and winds a lovely bobbin. I could have used it to make these little purses. It's a free arm too. Yet, something happened to me last summer as I was preparing for the TOGA. I became a PP convert. (People Powered). I prefer the treadle.

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Say thank you to your favorite teacher with this sweet hand-painted dish from the West Bank. This one‒of‒a‒kind ceramic dish is handcrafted and designed by Hebron Glass. The words read “A teacher engages the mind and loves the heart.”
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Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) can be used to visualize the surface of conducting samples with atomic resolution. It has been widely used in research institutes and has revolutionized the realm of Nanoscience, hence honored the inventors “Binning and Rohrer” the Noble prize in Physics in 1986. This fascinating instrument operates based on quantum tunneling of electrons; if the distance between the tip and the sample is less than 1nm and voltage-bias is applied between them, electrons would tunnel between the tip and the sample thus generating a tunneling current. This current is extremely sensitive to the distance between the tip and the sample, which provides STM a vertical (depth) resolution with sub-Angstrom range, allowing to visualize atomic corrugations and charge ordering. By using a piezo-scanner tube it would be possible to scan through the surface by controlling the position of the tip. STM measurements are preferred to be carried out in UHV conditions to avoid dirt depositing on the surface. By measuring the tunneling current as a function of the applied bias at a fixed position of the tip, it would be possible to study the electronic excitations of many crystals and molecules with ultra-high spatial resolution.
STM is used in numerous fields of research, including condensed matter physics where it has been used to study various Quantum-Materials like superconductors, topological insulators and graphene. By having a magnetic tip, it would be possible to do spin-polarized STM measurements where it would be possible to show magnetic structure on the surface with atomic resolution. STM is used to study single molecules on conductive substrates, where by taking spectroscopy it would be possible to study molecular electronics. It is also possible to move atoms to a precise position on the surface making it a tool for manipulating the quantum and Nano world.


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Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie visited on Friday to address the importance of learning about civics.
Ritchie, along with Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, met with two groups of students, many of whom are involved with the "iCivics" program. Founded in 2009 by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, iCivics encourages youngsters to get engaged with civics through free and innovative educational materials available online.
This was the first event to recognize the use of iCivics in Minnesota.
“I am proud to be part of a nationwide effort that is promoting iCivics,“ said Gildea in a press release, “and I am excited to hear firsthand how students have benefited from it.”
“iCivics is a great resource for students and teachers throughout Minnesota,” added Ritchie in the release.
Thanks to school board member Pam Rykken for sending in the above photos of the visit.

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The following facts have been culled from the bulletin of the American Association of Christian Counselors, "For the Record: The Foster Report," by Gary D. Foster.
- Gay - The average US adult believes 25% of the population is homosexual, according to a new Gallup poll. The tendency to overstate this statistic is reinforced by the liberal media. Actual part of the population who are homosexual: only 1-4%, according to the best data available.
- Potato chips - these are the biggest demon behind the pound-a-year weight creep that plagues many of us -- bigger than soda, candy, and ice cream. (New England Journal of Medicine, 6/23/11).
- Poverty - More than 1.4 billion people live on less than $1.25 a day.
- Television - Watching an hour of TV after the age of 25 can shorten the viewer's life by just under 22 minutes, according to University of Queensland researchers. Smoking 2 cigarettes has approximately the same effect. The problem is not actually TV itself, but the lack of activity on the part of the viewer for long periods. Cardiovascular disease, excess weight, diabetes, and other health problems result from a sedentary lifestyle. (MSNBC and Reuters, 8/7/11)
- Media - A Northwestern University study finds minority youth (age 8-18) spend an average of 13 hours exposed to media a day, nearly 5 hours more than the average white youth. Asian Americans logged the most media use (13+ hours), followed by Hispanics (13), blacks (just under 13), and whites (8.6 hours/day). Youth 8-18 devote an average 7.65 hours/day to using entertainment media, yet they spend only 16-20 minutes/day on school-focused activities. (Christian Post 6/17/11)
- Binge-drinking - A Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration survey finds nearly one in four Americans has participated in binge drinking in the past month. Further, 8.4% have used an illegal drug in the past 30 days. Nearly 9% of Americans 12-17 years old binge-drink, and 6.4% of students of all ages have used marijuana in the past month. (Christian Post, 7/21/11)
- Skeptics growing - The fastest-growing faith group in America is the Skeptics. Comprised of a combination of atheists and agnostics, the segment has doubled in size in the last 25 years. (Futurecast, George Barna, Tyndale House, 2011)
- Involved fathers - According to a 26-year longitudinal study, the strongest factor indicating whether children practiced high levels of empathic concern for others in their adult years was whether they had an involved father in their lives. In fact, father care was a stronger indicator here than the top three other strongest maternal factors combined. (Pastor's Weekly Briefing, 8/5/11)
- Education and divorce - The National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia has found just 11% of college-educated Americans divorce within the first 10 years of marriage, compared with almost 37% for the rest of the population. (CitizenLink 6/22/11).
- Single mothers - The number of single mothers in the US has tripled since 1976, and 38% of mothers who gave birth in 2010 were single.
- And just 27% of American kids live with their biological mother and father.
For more on the American Assocation of Christian Counselors (of which I am a member), visit http://www.aacc.net.


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EPICURE Culinary Month by Sofitel will see the five-star hotel’s renowned chefs and culinary experts partner for a series of grape tastings and dining experiences. Highlights include a four-hands dinner by Sofitel’s Jacob Nava Read More
The largest annual global food and beverage sourcing event in the world, Gulfood, will be hosted at Dubai World Trade Centre
Taking place on February 20 to 24, Gulfood will be welcoming F&B leaders from across the globe for its 28th edition with an expected 30% increase with 1,500 new exhibitors Read More
The Dubai Food Festival 2023 is returning for another year of fun-filled weeks of culinary delights
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With the holiday season just around the corner, Marriott in Mauritius welcomes you to a serene, rejuvenating vacation to celebrate Christmas and New Year across its unique hotels, including JW Marriott Mauritius Resort, Read More
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50 Best Discovery has introduced 601 new venues on its renowned platform, which includes 234 bars and 367 restaurants from across the globe. For the first time ever, Saudi Arabia has gained 12 restaurant titles Read More
Sponsored: The most anticipated culinary season of the region, Flavours Abu Dhabi, is offering a range of discounts and deals on delicious delicacies from around the world.
Abu Dhabi Culinary Season by the Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi has returned for its annual edition, welcoming a host of renowned Read More
With celebrations just around the corner, the long weekend calls for a picturesque island retreat.
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The fine dining establishment, part of the opulent Armani Hotel Dubai, has updated its degustation menu to reach new culinary heights
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MIGHTY MO ACADEMY STAR AWARDED FIRST PRO CONTRACT
Montrose FC have signed talented Youth Academy prospect, Ben Hermiston on his first professional contract for 18 months until the summer of 2025.
Taking to the Links Park turf at half time against Queen of the South at the start of December saw the 17-year-old make his professional debut, a feat topped just two weeks later with his first professional goal, sparking a dramatic 2-2 comeback draw away to Alloa Athletic.
Born in Australia, Ben’s family moved to Scotland in 2022 where he joined the Gable Endies Youth Academy. Making an instant impact at U16 level, Ben was top goalscorer last season with 28 competitive goals, and this term has continued his good form, including a goal in the U18’s impressive Scottish Youth Cup victory over holders Celtic.
The last player to sign a pro-contract whilst still part of the Academy at Links Park was Martin Boyle, and the Club have equally high hopes for the young Aussie.
Manager Stewart Petrie said, “Ben absolutely deserves this chance, and we are delighted he has agreed to sign an 18-month deal with us. We have been monitoring his development through the Academy for a while now, including involving him in first team training sessions, so we know what he was capable of.
“However, making the step up from youth to first team games can be a huge one, but Ben has demonstrated real maturity and has made an impact every time he has been involved. He carries a genuine threat upfront and will strengthen our attacking options going forward.”
This deal further demonstrates the Clubs commitment to its youth programme, coming only 12 months since Academy Graduate goalie, Ross Matthews was offered his first pro-contract, and last summer Luca Giacomini, Callum Grant and Cammy Middleton were all offered 1 year amateur first team deals. Luca has since left the Club due to a university commitment but Callum and Cammy, together with local youngsters Arron Donald and Aulay Martin continue to enjoy loan spells with the Club’s partner Junior outfit, Montrose Roselea.
In addition, five other Academy players have made the bench for Petrie’s team this season, namely: Jay Cochrane, Rio Bradford, Innes Paton, Harry Craig and Connell Clarke. Both Innes and Harry also made their debuts in the second half of the Queen of the South game in December, with Harry, at just 16 years of age, featuring again from the bench both at Galabank last week against Annan Athletic and last Saturday at home against Stirling Albion.
Academy Lead David Burns added, “We continue to be delighted with the progress of all our boys and the opportunities and involvement they are getting in and around the first team. We are obviously incredibly excited for Ben, seeing him sign his first pro-contract just validates once again all the hard work being done by the players, coaches and staff within the Academy, creating a genuine and realistic pathway for our future talent.”

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Representation in children's literature is critical in shaping young readers' understanding and empathy towards diverse cultures and identities. Children need to see themselves and their experiences reflected in the books they read to foster positive self-identity and promote cultural understanding. However, the lack of diversity in children's literature has been a longstanding issue, and there is still a need for more inclusive and representative stories. In this blog post, we will discuss the impact of literature on children's attitudes, the need for diverse and inclusive children's books, the benefits of diverse representation, and a call to action for increased diversity and inclusivity in children's literature.
The Impact of Literature on Children's Attitudes
Do you remember your favorite books as a child? Did you know that the books you enjoyed as a child were not only entertaining but also essential for your cognitive and emotional development? Reading books can help children develop language and literacy skills, which are vital for academic performance and overall success. But it's not just about the words on the page - books can also provide a safe space for children to explore difficult emotions and experiences. When children identify with characters in books who share their struggles or experiences, they can develop emotional intelligence and self-awareness.
Exposure to diverse perspectives through literature can help children develop empathy and understanding towards others. When children read books that reflect different cultures and identities, they are more likely to have positive attitudes towards people from different backgrounds and to be accepting of diversity. By stepping into the shoes of characters from different cultures and experiences, children can learn to appreciate and respect diversity, leading to more inclusive communities.
On the other hand, a lack of representation in literature can perpetuate harmful biases and stereotypes, leading to prejudice and exclusion. Children who grow up without exposure to diverse perspectives are more likely to perpetuate harmful stereotypes and biases that can lead to discrimination and exclusion. That's why it's important to ensure that children have access to a wide range of diverse and inclusive literature that reflects the richness and complexity of the human experience.
The Need for Diverse and Inclusive Children's Books
Despite the increasing diversity in society, children's literature has often failed to reflect this reality. A 2018 infographic by Sarah Dahlen found that fifty per cent of children's books feature white characters. This lack of representation can have a consequential impact on children's self-esteem, especially for children from underrepresented groups who rarely see themselves reflected in the books they read. Moreover, a lack of diversity in children's literature can perpetuate harmful stereotypes and biases, leading to exclusion and discrimination.
For children and families of African descent, the lack of representation in literature can be particularly damaging. When children grow up without seeing themselves or their cultures represented in the books they read, it can lead to a sense of invisibility and erasure. It can also reinforce negative stereotypes about African cultures and perpetuate harmful biases. On the other hand, when children see themselves and their cultures reflected in literature, it can promote a sense of pride and positive self-identity. It can also foster a greater understanding and appreciation for African cultures among children from other backgrounds.
Children's books have the power to promote cultural understanding and acceptance. When children read books that feature characters from different cultures and experiences, they can develop a greater sense of empathy and understanding towards others. They can also learn about different customs, beliefs, and traditions, leading to a more open-minded and inclusive worldview. Moreover, literature can provide a platform for underrepresented voices to be heard and celebrated. When African authors and illustrators tell their stories and share their perspectives, it can help break down barriers and promote a more diverse and inclusive society.
Benefits of Diverse Representation in Children's Books
- Encourages positive self-identity and self-esteem
When children see themselves and their cultures represented in literature, it can have a powerful impact on their sense of self-worth and identity. When they see characters who look like them, who come from similar backgrounds and share their experiences, it can promote a sense of belonging and validation. It can also counteract negative stereotypes and messages they may receive from society. By promoting diverse representation in children's books, we can help foster positive self-identity and self-esteem in children from underrepresented groups.
- Fosters empathy and understanding
Reading diverse books can also promote empathy and understanding among children. When children read stories about characters who come from different cultures, backgrounds, and experiences, it can broaden their perspectives and help them understand and appreciate different ways of life. It can also promote a sense of empathy and compassion for others, leading to a more inclusive, empathetic, understanding and compassionate society.
- Provides an opportunity for learning and education
Diverse representation in children's books can also provide an opportunity for learning and education. When children read books that feature different cultures, customs, and traditions, they can learn about the world around them and develop a more global perspective. It can also provide an opportunity to learn about the history and social issues and spark important conversations with caregivers and educators. By promoting diverse representation in children's books, we can help children develop a love of learning and a deeper understanding of the world.
While promoting diverse representation in children's books is crucial: it's equally important to ensure that the voices telling these stories are also diverse. This means promoting and supporting diverse authors and illustrators, who can bring their unique perspectives and experiences to the stories they tell. Diverse authors and illustrators must be allowed to share their stories and have their voices heard, as this can lead to a more authentic and nuanced representation of underrepresented groups. By promoting diverse representation both in the stories we tell and in the creators behind them, we can help promote a more inclusive and equitable future (we recommend checking out our list of picture books by African writers and African authors to know to start you off).
Achieving diverse representation in children's books requires a collective effort from publishers, authors, illustrators, educators, and caregivers. It means actively seeking out diverse stories and promoting diverse voices, and it means acknowledging and addressing the lack of representation that currently exists in children's literature. By doing so, we can create a more inclusive and equitable future for all children; so that each child can see themselves and their stories represented in the books they read.

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BACKGROUND: Telomeres are specialized nucleoprotein structures at chromosome ends that undergo dynamic changes after each cell cycle. Understanding the mechanisms of telomere dynamics is critically dependent on the ability to accurately measure telomere length in a cell population of interest. Techniques such as Southern blot, which measures average telomere length, and quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridization (Q-FISH), which can estimate telomere length in individual chromosomes, are limited in their capacity to determine the distribution of cells with differing telomere lengths in a given cell population. METHODS: We employed flow-FISH to determine whether mouse and human cell lines exhibit subpopulations of cells with differing telomere lengths. RESULTS: Our analysis showed that at least one of four analyzed mouse cell lines had two subpopulations of cells with differing telomere lengths. Differences in telomere length between subpopulations of cells were significant, and we term this phenomenon TELEFLUCS (TElomere LEngth FLUctuations in Cell Subpopulations). We also observed TELEFLUCS in 1 of 19 analyzed human nonalternative lengthening of telomere cell lines and in 1 of 2 analyzed human alternative lengthening of telomere cell lines. The existence of cell subpopulations with differing telomere lengths was confirmed by Q-FISH. CONCLUSION: Our results underscore the importance of flow-FISH in telomere length analysis. 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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ServiceOS is a multi-user browser, announced by Microsoft in early 2009. The new browser will apply the principles of resource sharing, typical for multi-user operating systems, which, according to Microsoft, will increase its reliability while maintaining acceptable performance. The browser is developed with a clean sheet, without using the developments of Internet Explorer. Template: None AI However, the experimental version of the browser Gazelle runs on the core of IE Trident.At the heart of ServiceOS is its own kernel, different from what is used in Internet Explorer. The main features of the new Microsoft browser are a new approach to browser architecture, as well as to the requirements of stability. Microsoft will now completely leave Java because of the end of its own Java VM support, focusing on .NET and perhaps Lua.
ServiceOS does not allow plugins to directly access the computer. The Chromium browser and its derivatives break the execution of a specific task into separate processes, isolating different parts of the page from each other in memory; Developers of Microsoft offer to break down into separate processes elements within the same page.
ServiceOS is a research project and includes a vision of which access and resource management techniques can be applied to web applications. The created prototype ServiceOS is able to manage resources such as CPU, memory, network bandwidth, and so on.
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You might have heard by now that tomorrow is going to be a big day in terms of gay marriage and the supreme Court.
You might be wondering: what will the court be deciding? How will it affect us in CA? Is it about DOMA or Prop 8?
Here is a helpful article that answers those questions..... (emphasis mine... happy skimming)
When the nine Supreme Court justices retreat behind closed doors Friday for their regularly scheduled conference, they will consider the issue of gay marriage and decide whether to take up a case that could ultimately determine whether there is a fundamental right to same-sex marriage.
At issue is Proposition 8, the controversial 2008 California ballot initiative that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. It passed with 52 percent of the vote.
The Supreme Court could act in a number of ways. Even if it granted the case, it could issue an opinion narrowly tailored to California and, thus, avoid the broader question regarding a fundamental right to same sex marriage. It could decline to take up the appeal, which would mean gay marriages could resume in California.
Court watchers speculate that some of the conservative members of the court who are uncomfortable with a lower court decision that struck down a successful ballot initiative, might have a greater concern with Justice Anthony Kennedy's ultimate vote. While it only takes 4 justices to agree to take a case, it takes 5 to win and Kennedy is seen as a likely swing vote.
"Conservative justices hoping to find an ally in Justice Kennedy may be concerned about his majority opinion in favor of gay rights advocates in two previous cases in 1996 and 2003," professor Margaret Russell of the Santa Clara University School of Law said.
"Kennedy's basic approach in those cases was to protect the individual liberty and choices of gay men and lesbians."
Other justices might vote against taking up the case out of a belief that the issue should be allowed to percolate further at the state level.
Indeed, many gay rights advocates have been working for years to focus their attention to get a consensus at the state level on the issue of gay marriage, rather than go prematurely to the Supreme Court and get a ruling that could galvanize gay marriage foes or, alternatively, shut down legal avenues.
Nine states and the District of Columbia allow (or will soon allow) gay marriage.
Besides the Prop 8 case, called Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Justices Friday will also address several challenges to a federal law, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
Such cases do not involve a fundamental right to gay marriage, as the couples involved are already legally married in their state. Instead, at issue is whether legally married same-sex couples (in states that allow gay marriage) can be denied federal benefits, such as Social Security survivor benefits and federal health care, that are available to opposite-sex couples.
The Obama administration decided in 2011 to no longer defend DOMA in court, arguing that it was unconstitutional. Two federal appeals courts have struck down the law.
In court briefs filed with the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. writes about the impact of the law: "Although Section 3 of DOMA does not purport to invalidate same-sex marriages in those States that permit them, it excludes such marriage from recognition for purposes of more than 1,000 federal statutes and programs whose administration turns in part on individuals' marital status."
Because the government refuses to defend the law in court, Republican Speaker John Boehner of Ohio moved to intervene and appointed the U.S. House of Representatives Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) to do so.
Paul D. Clement serves as BLAG's lawyer and stresses that DOMA was enacted with strong majorities in both houses of Congress and was signed into law in 2006 by President Bill Clinton. In court briefs, Clement writes that DOMA was not meant to invalidate any marriages, but "simply asserts the federal government's right as separate sovereign to provide its own definition which governs only federal programs and funding."
Kenji Yoshino, a professor at New York University School of Law, believes that the court is more likely to take up one of the DOMA cases than the Prop 8 case. "I think the court is almost certain to take the DOMA cases, as they involve lower courts striking down a federal statute rather than a state law, as is the case in the Prop 8 case," he says.
"The DOMA case also asks the court for less, in that it does not affect the marriage law in any state. Rather it returns the Congress to its traditional posture of deferring to state definitions of marriage."
GCV will keep you updated!


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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Every week we will share a list based on the topic provided by The Broke and the Bookish.
Enjoy and please feel free to join me, I’d love to hear your own lists on whatever topics are featured.
April 22: Top Ten Characters Who Piss Me Off
I guess cause I like to think of characters as real people who I would want to be-friend. These guys did not make the Friendship Cut.
1. Off the Record – Liz Dougherty I’ve never read about someone who complains so much about a mutual agreed upon
circumstance and who is too cautious or timid to change said circumstance. You have no valid reason to be such a whiner Liz.
2. Wake For Me – Sam Yes, this was an ARC but regardless Sam is spineless, lacking in man parts despite his killer body and fails to believe in his partner. Shame on him.
3. Checkmate (Neighbor Form Hell) Rory AND Connor I was so mad at these two and their childishness (which was no longer entertaining after a while) I wanted to reach through the pages and BANG their heads together. I settled for DNF instead. I am not proud of it but I could not continue.
4. Take This Regret – Elizabeth Ayers Here is a heroine who is irrational and emotional to point of utter and complete annoyance when it came to her child. You’re making a big deal where there is no need for one.
5. Maggie – Fish in the Sea I’ve been annoyed my characters, I’ve even yelled at a few, but I’ve never read a character that I hated the minute they were introduced. Maggie’s whole personality was so off every time she spoke or thought pissed me off.
6. Everyone – Fallen Crest Series Everyone in this series pissed me off at one point or another. When I look back at my review I get pissed off even more. Sometimes I’m not even sure I know what’s going on. You know what I mean? And for some reason I keep reading the series.
7. Mia Kelly – Sweet Thing This: “It annoyed me that she was a girl who swooned over musicians. I briefly wondered if we could continue our friendship.” It would have been okay but it didn’t stop there, she made snide comments (thoughts) like that throughout the book.
8. Harlow Manning – Take a Chance This is pretty trivial I can admit that, but when I’m reading I don’t to hear my inner voice saying “Daddy” I’m a grown woman and so is Harlow. Daddy when your 5 is okay, Daddy when you’re 20, not okay.
9. Jared – Bully I don’t tolerate bullying. Tormenting someone you have feelings for when you’re no longer children is cruel and just cruel. I hate him and I don’t see how to Tate can forgive him. Don’t forgive him Tate! Be Strong!
10. All Wishy-washy female characters who swoon at the sight of the love interest and lose all sense.
Reviews from a BookwormApril 24, 2014 at 06:27
Great topic, all these characters and books are new to me this week. Daddy is so not okay when you’re an adult, I hate that in books too. IT’S DAD! I picked characters who I want to slap, mostly because they piss me off as well lol. Here’s my TTT
sashwilsonApril 24, 2014 at 09:48
Thank you! I figured it was the norm or something, why else write Daddy? 🙂
Great list! I enjoyed it immensely!
I literally just finished a book where the character got dumped and moped around for a good 6 months. I don’t think any woman does that after a break up. Or maybe they do cus Bella went off the deep end too 😛
Happy Reading! 😀
lissietApril 22, 2014 at 20:07
Great list! All of these books are new to me, so I am excited to read about characters that are written well to really piss you off!
Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
sashwilsonApril 22, 2014 at 21:53
haha thanks! Enjoy! 🙂
ShootingStarsReviews (@ShootingStarsRe)April 22, 2014 at 16:00
This is a good topic. I totally agree with you on Jared, and the Checkmate book. And for Fallen Crest series, seriously the way it is continuing I’m getting pissed of about a lot of things people are doing. Namely MASON, and SAM. GRRRR. 🙂
My Top Ten Tuesday
Whitney@Shooting Stars Reviews
IsaApril 22, 2014 at 08:57
What a beautiful ragey post. \o/ Couldn’t agree more on #10.
sashwilsonApril 22, 2014 at 12:24
Thank you so much!
anotherafterthoughtApril 22, 2014 at 03:36
Though I haven’t read any of these, preach on!
joey via. thoughts and afterthoughts
ChrissiReadsApril 22, 2014 at 00:51
Brilliant list! I need to check out some of these books. Good to know there’s some really irritating characters though. I have been warned…
sashwilsonApril 22, 2014 at 01:31
haha yes you have. When you do, let me know what you think! I doubt you’ll be as annoyed as I was.
Girl In the PagesApril 22, 2014 at 00:41
#10 is spot on hahaha
sashwilsonApril 22, 2014 at 00:42
Thank you! I had to put it out there 😉
Alison DohertyApril 22, 2014 at 00:25
I haven’t read any of these books yet. Maybe I should stay away if I don’t want to get pissed off.
sashwilsonApril 22, 2014 at 00:27
Most of them were ones I couldn’t bring myself to finish. I probably skipped a few chapters. But I’m pretty sensitive. Lack of common sense upsets me haha

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2 Disabled Mass. Adults Left For Hours in Van
Police and officials of a Massachusetts day program for the disabled are investigating after two adults were left in a van for a few hours in the July heat in Kingston.
Mike Eddy, transportation director of the Habilitation Assistance Corp., said program officials are investigating how the two people could have been left in the van after they were driven from a nursing home to the day program's parking lot Friday morning.
Police and paramedics were called when the passengers were found. They were treated at a hospital and later released. Temperatures on Friday reached the low 90s with high humidity.
Eddy said the program has rules to prevent such things, but they apparently weren't followed. He said the driver has been suspended.
Kingston police said they are investigating.


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Ukraine Day 871: LIVE UPDATES BELOW.
Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here.
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Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and six wounded yesterday, as Kiev reports 57 attacks by Russian-backed fighters.
A source in the Ukrainian armed forces told Ukrainska Pravda last night that both fatalities and three of the casualties had been caused by a shelling attack near Donetsk.
One of the dead was named as Volodymyr Serheyev, born in 1993, from the 81st Airborne Brigade. He reportedly died outside Avdeyevka.
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According to the report, the Ukrainian army shelled the village at 10:30 this morning after a group of OSCE observers left the area.
The self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) today accused the Ukrainian military of firing on separatist-held territory 386 times over 24 hours, using mortars to shell te outskirts of Donetsk and Gorlovka, as well as the southern villages of Novolaspa, Sakhanka and Kominternovo.
— Pierre Vaux
The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, is in Kiev today for meetings with President Petro Poroshenko ahead of the NATO summit in Warsaw which begins tomorrow.
Kerry announced that the USA would provide Ukraine with almost $23 million in humanitarian assistance, bringing the total sum of US humanitarian aid funding since the beginning of the crisis in 2014 to more than $135 million.
From a State Department press release:
The funding announced today will support the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and other international humanitarian organizations as they provide for the basic survival needs of thousands of vulnerable people. This contribution is available to help supply food, clothing, bedding, access to medical care and supplies, shelter materials, repair of key infrastructure, and more.
In addition, U.S. assistance will help address humanitarian needs in parts of eastern Ukraine affected by the ongoing conflict. This assistance will be implemented through a number of international non-governmental organizations, and will support shelter, water and sanitation, and livelihoods programs, in areas of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts on both sides of the line of control.
Meanwhile Poroshenko announced that he intends to hold a meeting with the leaders of the USA, the UK, France, Germany and Italy in Warsaw during the NATO summit.
Ukrainska Pravda reported that Poroshenko said:
“As part of this summit two extraordinary events will take place. The first is a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO commission at the highest level. The second is a meeting in a unique format with the countries of the big five, as we met in Wales in 2014.”
RFE/RL’s Christopher Miller and Tom Burridge from the BBC were at the press conference this afternoon:


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14/11/19 – Rehomed!
18/10/19 – Juancho has been adopted! Hooray!
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13/10/19 – Sweet old Mia has been adopted by her foster carer. We couldn’t have wished for a better outcome for her!
31/10/19 – We are delighted to hear that Sally the miniature hippo has now found her new home. What a fabulous result for this lovely girl.
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Beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya on Thursday told the Supreme Court that banks have no right over the information of his overseas movable and immovable assets as he was an NRI since 1988.
In his affidavit, Mallya claimed that claimed that he was an NRI for income tax and foreign exchange regulation purposes since 1988 and is therefore, not obliged to disclose his overseas assets.
It also added that his three children, wife, all US citizens, also need not disclose their assets. “Overseas assets were not considered while granting loans,” he said in his statement.
He had been directed by the apex court to disclose by April 21 the total assets owned by him and his family in India and abroad. The apex court had also sought an indication from him when he will appear before it.
The affidavit further said that Kingfisher Airline was a genuine commercial business failure and denied that the loan advanced by the banks to the company were misused or “Mallya has amassed assets/properties in the name of his family members or relatives or friends with the intention to avoid recovery of alleged dues by the banks.”
It said UB Group of companies and its associates had infused large sums of money in Kingfisher Airlines “by way of loans, equity participation, liquidation of securities offered to creditors/lenders of Kingfisher Airlines aggregating to Rs 6,107.53 crores, all of which has been lost or is incapable of recovery.”
After a non-bailable arrest warrant was issued against Mallya on Monday, liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Thursday proposed a Rs 6,868 crore settlement offer to the apex court, as opposed to the earlier offer of Rs 4,400 crore, reports Times Of India.
The Supreme Court had asked Mallya, who owes over Rs 9,000 crore to around 17 banks, to deposit a “substantial amount” with it to “prove his bonafide” that he was “serious” about meaningful negotiations and settlement.
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Dawn FM is coming.
The Weeknd has announced his new album will also be out this Friday!!
The teasing began on Sunday when he posted a sunrise picture on Instagram with the caption, “wake up at dawn tomorrow’, then Monday morning dropped a teaser video for his new album, Dawn FM featuring a voice-over by Jim Carrey.
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(Week of 6/2/2012) Recall elections in Wisconsin for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and four state Senate seats in a deadlocked state senate (16 D – 16 R – 1 vacancy) all sprung from an effort by Republican Governor Scott to restrict collective bargaining rights for public employees. At best, Democrats may have won one meaningless state Senate race and control of a Senate that won't meet and cannot act before the next elections. It’s clear that Americans see the influence of unions shrinking. In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, 46% say unions have less influence today than they did 30 years ago and 42% think they’ll have even less influence in the future.
Democrats in particular are likely to see union’s influence as having waned; Republicans are especially likely to say union influence will decrease in the future.
Americans are divided on the extent to which public employee unions should have collective bargaining rights. 30% would give public employees collective bargaining rights on all issues, and another 31% would grant them some collective bargaining rights. Just 17% oppose collective bargaining completely.
34% of Republicans and 36% of conservatives oppose any collective bargaining for public employees.
Unions in general get mixed reviews from the public: 38% approve of labor unions, 32% do not. This is a partisan belief: 59% of Democrats approve of labor unions, while exactly the same percentage of Republicans disapprove.
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Wallflower is a fictional drama about the tragic Capitol Hill massacre of 2006. The film is directed and written by Jagger Graving.
I worked on the sound design on this film for Bad Animals and was mix by David Gallander. The film premiered at the 2017 Seattle International Film Festival.
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