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Julia Coronado is Chief Economist for Graham Capital Management where she develops market views based on the outlook for the global economy and monetary policy. She also serves as a member of the Investment and Risk Committees at Graham. Prior to joining Graham Julia was formerly Chief Economist for North America at BNP Paribas and Senior U.S. Economist at Barclays Capital in New York. After receiving a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas Julia worked as an Economist for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington D.C. for eight years. Julia has deep expertise in aging and pension issues; she was formerly a trustee of Barclays Capital’s pension fund and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Pension Research Council at the Wharton School. Julia is a member of the Treasury Market Practices Group, a group of senior finance industry professionals sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York that develops best practices guidelines for Treasury and mortgage markets. She is also a member of the Economic Advisory Panel at the New York Fed, the Economic Studies Council at the Brookings Institution and serves on the Board of the National Association of Business Economists.
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In early July, Burbank, CA-based entertainment company Warner Bros., a division of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX), settled charges which were brought against it by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for deceptive marketing practices. The FTC’s order affects Warner Bros.’ activities regarding influencer campaigns promoting products and services offered by the company.
Warner Bros. has been under fire from the FTC over its activities related to marketing one of its video games, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. This open world action-adventure game was released for video game consoles during the fall of 2014 and is set in a world designed to mimic the Lord of the Rings universe developed by fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien.
The FTC filed a complaint against Warner Bros. for violating provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act by making payments to prominent members of YouTube for positive reviews of its video game without publicly disclosing those payments. The FTC focused on the activities of an advertising agency known as Plaid Social Labs which was contracted by Warner Bros. in 2014 to coordinate a YouTube influencer campaign which marketed Shadow of Mordor.
The FTC complaint listed two counts against Warner Bros., specifically one count for false claims of independent reviews and another count for deceptive failure to disclose material connection between endorsers and sellers. Technically, the YouTube video content did contain disclosures of material connection to Warner Bros., but those disclosures were made in the description box published below the video. Viewers would only see the disclosure if they clicked “Show More” link in that description box, effectively hiding the information from most casual users.
Individuals identified as YouTube influencers were offered advance copies of the game as well as cash payments ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars to create video content on YouTube. To earn this compensation, Plaid Social required that videos created by YouTube influencers would feature Shadow of Mordor gameplay, provide positive feedback about the game and include a strong call-to-action for viewers to visit the game’s official website. Plaid Social also required influencers to post a link of the video content to social media networks Facebook or Twitter. According to the FTC, the marketing campaign created nearly 30 sponsored videos which were viewed more than 5.5 million times. One such influencer contracted by Plaid Social was PewDiePie, a video game reviewer whose YouTube videos regularly receive millions of views; PewDiePie’s video received 3.7 million views according to the FTC’s press release regarding the Warner Bros. settlement.
Under the terms of the FTC’s settlement, Warner Bros. will have to clearly identify its sponsorship of marketing videos published on YouTube in the future. The FTC order mandates that Warner Bros. will disclose material connections between itself and influencers and will not misrepresent such influencers as independent users in the future. Warner Bros. will be responsible for informing influencers that they must disclose material connections in their video reviews and establishing a system to monitor video content and social media posts for such disclosures. The order will remain in place for 20 years or longer if the FTC files a new complaint alleging violation of its order.
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By Liz Premo, Alantic News Staff Writer
Atlantic News, Friday, July 27, 2007
[The following article is courtesy of Atlantic News]
[Atlantic News Photo by Liz Premo]
HAMPTON -- A spirited basketball game at Hampton Academy was the precursor for last Friday's energized campaign stop in Hampton by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
The Illinois senator shared some early morning court action with a group that included local firefighters, as well as David O'Connor, principal of Marston School where the candidate held a town hall meeting an hour or so later.
According to campaign staffers, approximately 600 people were in attendance at the event. The standing-room-only crowd was about five deep near the back of the school gymnasium, where folding chairs and bleachers were quickly filled to capacity.
The now-familiar basket-toting Cookie Mom and "I'm a Health Care Voter" folks worked the crowd as Secret Service agents kept careful watch over the surroundings. An earlier security sweep and inspection by bomb-sniffing dogs assured that everything was in order.
When Sen. Obama's name was announced, the audience welcomed him with a standing ovation to the "freedom" chorus from Aretha Franklin's empowerment anthem, "Think." A personalized introduction by NH State Sen. Jane Kelley followed.
"This is the biggest thrill of my life, to introduce the next president of the United States!" exclaimed Kelley, pointing out that "if anyone wants a woman in the White House, make it Michelle Obama," referring to the candidate's wife.
Kelley praised Obama for his "integrity" and for his "courage to come out against the war [in Iraq] when no one else did." She added, "His politics don't come from his head; [they] come from the heart."
Delivering his comments prior to a question-and-answer exchange with the audience, Sen. Obama swiftly addressed a number of familiar campaign issues, including healthcare, education, energy and the environment, the war, and government in general.
Of the latter he observed that "people are a little fed up and are paying attention to the fact [that the government] is broken." The Bush Administration's education policy is, he said, "leaving millions of children behind," and he bemoaned the opinion that there is "no energy policy in this country."
"Then we've got a war that should never have been waged, should never have been authorized," he noted.
The public is paying attention to current issues, the senator observed, because "they are desperately hoping for something new … they want to feel good about this country."
He also revealed he has been described by various entities as "a hope peddler or a hope-monger — but that's OK," he acknowledged, to vigorous applause.
Observing that the war in Iraq is "leaving us with no good options," the senator said made a case for pulling out the troops, saying "I believe we can still act responsibly [and] be as careful going out as careless as we were going in."
The United States, he said, "should not have to expect our men and women to police a civil war" in Iraq. "We need a timetable." He also stressed a desire to "close Guantanamo" and "restore habeas corpus" in dealing with the detention facility currently housing prisoners taken into custody in the War on Terror.
"If we put our shoulder against the wheel," he added, "we're going to be able to move history."
Following his comments, Sen. Obama dressed down to his shirtsleeves in preparation for what he humorously predicted to be "some tough questions" from the audience.
The first question asked whether the United States should consider withdrawing from Afghanistan, where troops have been deployed since just after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
"I do not believe we can get out of Afghanistan right now," Obama replied, noting that "we haven't handled Afghanistan well because we got distracted" by Iraq. "We've got to focus our attention there [to help the] Karzai government [and] stop al Qaeda" and keep Pakistan from falling into the hands of extremists.
Regarding global warming, the candidate claimed that "for the past six years we've been told it's a hoax" by skeptics, and that "every scientist outside the White House acknowledges that global warming is real." He reminded his audience that he is "a co-sponsor of the toughest climate change bill in the Senate right now."
When questioned about whether he will "be doing something to impeach President Bush," Sen. Obama firmly replied, "No," adding that it's "very important to not to get into the habit [of impeaching] every president."
Additionally, he said, to pursue impeachment "would be an enormous distraction," and he would prefer to dedicate his efforts to "undo the encroachments" upon Americans' civil rights rather than begin any sort of impeachment proceedings.
Prior to extensively addressing questions regarding education, federal housing and fair trade, Sen. Obama told his listeners that if elected president, "I will appoint people who are competent" and "people with integrity," which appeared to be welcomed as another crowd-pleasing comment.
As the event concluded, Sen. Obama took the opportunity to shake hands and greet his supporters, before leaving Hampton for a similar gathering in Manchester that evening. His trip to the Granite State took place just days before his participation in Monday night's unique CNN Democratic "debate" using videotaped questions selected from YouTube submissions. Depending upon the various polls, early results indicated that the senator had scored fairly well against his fellow candidates.
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The citizens of Florence have an exceptional reason to celebrate today, as one of the city’s most treasured artworks has been restored and is back on display. Hidden from view for the past 50 years to the day, The Last Supper (1546) by Giorgio Vasari has returned to the Museum of the Opera of Santa Croce in Florence after a decade-long conservation project.
Painted on five large panels, each constructed of several planks, and measuring over 8 by 21 feet, the painting was damaged in the disastrous Florentine flood of 1966 and considered beyond repair. Or, at least, that was the opinion of experts up until ten years ago. With the support of a grant from the Getty Foundation’s Panel Paintings Initiative, a team of experts at one of the foremost conservation centers in the world, the Opificio delle Pietre Dure (OPD) in Florence, have brought Vasari’s artwork back to life.
A Miraculous 470-Year History
I am a firm believer in miracles, but not of the kind shrouded in mystery with billowing smoke and flickering lights. I believe in miracles that happen because of human ingenuity and resilience, such as the rescue and restoration of The Last Supper. Vasari started the work in 1546 and painted it over a six-month period for the Murate Convent, located only a few blocks from the Basilica of Santa Croce.
The convent and church are located in one of the lowest parts of Florence, so the painting has been subjected to no less than seven major floods in its 470-year lifespan. The first happened shortly after the artwork was finished, when the Arno River spilled over its banks in 1547. After 1845, the Murate Convent was repurposed as a prison, so The Last Supper was moved to the Santa Croce, where it continued to remain vulnerable to the Arno.
The most disastrous Florentine flood of modern times occurred on November 4, 1966. After heavy rainfall in Tuscany in October and early November, a flood wave burst into the city, covering more than 7,000 acres with water and sewage, and depositing 600,000 tons of mud and debris. The water reached heights of over 22 feet in the lowest parts of town, including the area of Santa Croce. Inside the basilica and adjacent museum, it swelled to well over 8 feet high, damaging many irreplaceable artworks.
During the flood, The Last Supper was submerged in a slurry of water, mud, and heating oil for over twelve hours, which softened the paint and saturated the wooden support structure. When the sludge receded, some of the paint and gesso migrated with it toward the bottom of the painting.
A heroic effort to save the artwork by a team of conservators and volunteers ensued. The rescuers tried to protect the painted surface by covering it with conservation-grade paper and, when that ran out, any type of tissue paper they could get their hands on. The sheets of paper prevented the paint from peeling off and sliding down.
But this was just a first emergency response. The panels were drenched and needed to slowly dry out in a controlled environment to avoid warping and splitting. Conservators also had to carefully monitor humidity levels to avoid mold growth, which would have been disastrous. Faced with this monumental challenge, the painting’s five panels were put in storage, where they lay dormant for decades. Vasari’s artwork was almost given up as a casualty of the flood.
Given this history, it is a miracle that The Last Supper still exists. Equally astounding is the level to which it has now been restored. Not only is the painting back on display, but for the first time scholars can see color images of it; before 1966, the artwork had only been documented in black-and-white photographs.
Modern-Day “Mud Angels”
As the flood water receded, Florentines, experts from neighboring cities, and a large number of volunteers from all over the world—nicknamed “mud angels”—descended on the city to rescue and perform first-aid measures to artworks, books, and historic materials. Among them was a young carpenter by the name of Ciro Castelli. His skills were desperately needed to build gurneys and crates to protect works of art as they were moved to safety.
Due to the massive support and attention the city received, I think that it is safe to say that the 1966 flood put the conservation profession solidly on the map, and Castelli found his calling. At the OPD, he became a specialist in the structural conservation of panel paintings, and he is now one of the most revered experts in the world.
In 1986, when I was still at the beginning of my career in conservation, I visited the OPD, and I clearly remember my awe for the professionalism and skills of the conservators. Since then, I have returned many times, and my respect for the institution has only deepened.
When the Getty Foundation, together with colleagues from the Getty Conservation Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum, began developing the Panel Paintings Initiative in 2008, it was considered paramount to ally with the OPD. As a premier conservation laboratory and training institution, the OPD was the ideal partner, as it represents over 50 years of experience in the structural conservation of panel paintings. The Getty Foundation was fortunate to have the Soprintendente of the OPD, Dr. Marco Ciatti, serve on the initiative’s international advisory committee.
The main focus of the Panel Paintings Initiative is to advance the knowledge of current experts and to bring a younger generation of experts into the field. To achieve these goals, the Getty Foundation partners with leading art institutions in the western hemisphere and supports side-by-side training residencies.
In 2010, the OPD received a three-year grant for the structural conservation of Vasari’s painting. For the first time since the flood, conservators felt ready to face the challenge of The Last Supper’s conservation. The painting was still in bad shape. The intense water saturation caused the wood to soften and expand, in turn stressing the painted surface and causing dramatic cracks and breaks. Wooden supports on the back of the artwork that kept the multi-panel object structurally sound also failed, leaving the painting in pieces.
The Last Supper was ideally suited to the initiative, given its large size and structural complexity, as well as the extent of the damage caused by the flood. Its conservation treatment offered training opportunities for both mid-career and advanced-level conservators. During the course of the project, three additional outside panel experts consulted with the OPD team, allowing the trainees to observe peer-to-peer decision making at the highest level.
Castelli, a respected and beloved teacher, led the training residencies at the OPD. Without a doubt, he has advanced the knowledge of a new generation of structural panel paintings conservators. He was ably assisted by Mauro Parri and Andrea Santacesaria, who benefitted from the initiative’s international collaboration with conservation experts in Brussels, Madrid, London, and New York.
Seven conservators from England, Hungary, Italy, and the United States—including the J. Paul Getty Museum’s Sue Ann Chui—completed training at all phases of the painting’s complex structural treatment.
Take a moment to imagine what it is like to handle a painting of such an enormous size—8 by 21 feet total; composed of five panels with a total of 12 thick poplar planks. How many people does it take to maneuver these large components around? During structural conservation, how can you assure that an intervention at the back gives the desired effect at the front? Asking these questions may help you begin to grasp the complexity of this conservation project.
There are many details to consider and problems to be solved, but to give you an idea of just one, consider this quote from Parri:
The treatment steps became more complicated from a technical point of view as we encountered a significant gap between the panels and the impossibility of bringing them closer due to the paint layer bridging them. After some brainstorming, we decided to apply wedge-shaped inserts along the previously prepared channels with the point facing down, as wide as the gap, to recreate the foundation on which to later set down and re-adhere the paint layers.
In 2013, the stabilization of the wood substrate was complete, and The Last Supper‘s five panels were reconnected for the first time in 47 years. It was a momentous occasion. The team’s solution was based on the support system originally devised by Vasari himself, which has stabilized the painting while also allowing the wooden panels to move naturally with standard temperature and humidity fluctuations.
Work on the final conservation of the painted surface was completed with the generous support of the Prada Foundation. A conservation team led by OPD conservator Roberto Bellucci was able to recover an unanticipated amount of the original painted surface, revealing the artist’s hand in surprising detail. The most talented conservators in the field skillfully saved a significant painting that was deemed beyond repair. Allora, many congratulations to the OPD on this remarkable achievement; now it’s time to celebrate!
With the Arno still flowing nearby, there is always the looming threat of another major flood, despite the water management dams that have been constructed upstream. As an extra safety precaution, a high-tech yet simple device was installed. If The Last Supper is in danger of another flood, a simple press of a button engages two winches, and the entire painting is miraculously hoisted toward the ceiling out of harm’s way!
Learn more: The Getty Foundation’s Panel Paintings Initiative project for the conservation of Giorgio Vasari’s The Last Supper (1526) was featured in the PBS NewsHour’s Culture at Risk series in October 2015. The episode focused on the work of the OPD, which the NewsHour host Jeff Brown described as “part museum, part workshop, part hospital for threatened treasures.” Watch the episode online.
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A Great Loss for St. Jude, Fundraising Community as a Whole
I didn't have the honor of personally knowing Dave McKee, the senior executive vice president and chief operating officer at ALSAC, the fundraising organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, who died last week from injuries sustained in a tragic automobile accident.
But I knew of his work, and of his dedication to St. Jude and its mission. And I knew how much his staff valued and appreciated him.
We were happy to give Dave the Lifetime Achievement Award in our 2011 Fundraising Profesionals of the Year Awards. You can read about his accomplishments here.
We at FundRaising Success offer our thoughts and prayers of comfort and condolences to Dave's family and friends, and to the many people who have worked with him and for him over the years who are now dealing with this loss.
Godspeed, Dave. Your dedication will be missed; your spirit will live on in those you have mentored over the years and in the continued good works of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. From the fundraising community and all of the children and familes your work has helped, thank you.
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“Collateral Murder” created a media sensation in 2010 and led to Chelsea Manning’s imprisonment and to a DOJ investigation of Julian Assange, reports Elizabeth Vos. But the war crimes the video exposed got no one else in trouble.
Consortium News today begins a series of articles, “The Revelations of WikiLeaks,” that will look back on the major works of the publication that have altered the world since its founding in 2006. This series is an effort to counter mainstream media coverage, which is ignoring WikiLeaks’ work, and instead is focusing on Julian Assange’s personality. It is the uncovering by WikiLeaks of governments’ crimes and corruption that set the U.S. after Assange and which ultimately led to his arrest on April 11. The “Collateral Murder” video was just the first of many major WikiLeaks revelations that made the journalist one of the world’s most wanted men, simply for the act of publishing.
The Video that Put Julian Assange
in the Crosshairs of the United States
By Elizabeth Vos
Special to Consortium News
WikiLeaks was founded in 2006, but it was the April 5, 2010, publication of “Collateral Murder” that made the whistleblower-publisher a world-wide phenomenon, attracting admirers and enemies.
WikiLeaks wrote of the film: “The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-sight, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers. Two young children involved in the rescue were also seriously wounded.”
WikiLeaks noted that Reuters had unsuccessfully attempted to gain access to the video through the Freedom of Information Act in the years after the strike.
The day after the release of the footage, The New York Times described WikiLeaks as a once-fringe website that had moved into the big time. “The site has become a thorn in the side of authorities in the United States and abroad,” it said. “With the Iraq attack video, the clearinghouse for sensitive documents is edging closer toward a form of investigative journalism and to advocacy.”
Before 2010 WikiLeaks received a few high-profile journalism awards. But in the years since the publication of the video, it has received a slew of honors, including The Sam Adams Award for Integrity.
On April 16, WikiLeaks announced a fresh award for its founder, Julian Assange, even as he remains isolated in a London prison.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 16, 2019
“Collateral Murder” was one of the most prominent releases sourced from then-Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who served seven years in a military prison as a result.
Manning, who had access to the video, having a Top Secret clearance, first offered the video to The New York Times and The Washington Post, which both turned her down. Manning then turned to WikiLeaks.
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Manning described the events that led up to her decision to submit the footage to the press in leaked audio of her testimony during her 2013 court-martial.
She said Reuters’ inability to get the footage via a freedom-of-information request contributed to her decision to leak it. “The most alarming aspect of the video for me, was the seemingly delight of bloodlust they [the pilots] appeared to have. They dehumanized the individuals they were engaging with, and seemed to not value human life in referring to them as ‘dead bastards,’ and congratulating each other on the ability to kill in large numbers.”
Marjorie Cohn, a legal analyst, is one of those who has described the contents of the footage as evidence of U.S. war crimes. As such she argues that Manning was legally obligated to expose such information. In a 2013 column for Truthout, she cites the Geneva Conventions, the Army Field Manual and the Uniform Code of Military Justice as all setting forth the duty of a service member to disobey unlawful orders.
None of the pilots, military officials nor policy-makers have ever been charged or otherwise held responsible for the events shown in the video.
U.S. Army 2007 Apache Helicopter Attack
The film depicts the July 12, 2007, shooting of over a dozen Iraqis by U.S. Army Apache helicopters armed with 30mm cannons in the Al-Amin al-Thaniyah neighborhood of New Baghdad, a district of Iraq’s capital city. The dead included Reuters’ photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen and his assistant, Saeed Chmagh. WikiLeaks has said as many as 25 people were killed as a result of the incident.
After the initial attack, the helicopters fired on and killed people who stopped to try to rescue the wounded. A U.S. tank reportedly drove over a body, cutting it in half. Assange identified the individual run over by the tank as Namir Noor-Eldeen in an interview with Al Jazeera days after the publication of “Collateral Murder.”
Kristinn Hrafnsson, who now serves as editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, went to Iraq as an investigative journalist to locate victims’ families and confirm details of the event prior to the film’s publication. The New Yorker reported:
“He [Hrafnsson] claims to have found the owner of the building, an old man named Jabbar Abid Rady, born in 1941, a retired English teacher. Abid Rady told Hrafnsson that his wife and daughter had died in the attack. He said that five other people who had been living in the building died, too. Buildings under construction often serve as housing in war-ravaged places; people live in the lower floors, which are often built first and are inhabitable before construction ends. Abid Rady told Hrafnsson that three families had been living in this particular structure.”
Assange noted how the moving images had stirred public attention far more than any printed matter. “It’s very easy for people to see what’s going on,” he is quoted as saying in the April 2010 video interview with Al Jazeera. “It’s not too complex, there’s no language barriers with visual material. We released the policies behind this material as far back as 2007, classified US military policies.”
At one point in the video, American personnel can be heard laughing, saying: “The tank just drove over a body.” Assange commented on that, saying, “That was Namir’s body.”
Shortly after the 2007 killings — and three years before the video was released — the U.S. military was quoted as underreporting the death toll and context of the incident.
Assange argued that the military’s reports of a “firefight” preceding the events shown on tape had been misrepresented in order to justify the killings.
After WikiLeaks’ release of “Collateral Murder,” the Pentagon acknowledged the authenticity of the video but said it did not contradict the official finding that the helicopters’ crew acted within the rules of engagement,” The Daily Telegraph reported.
The U.S. military rejected calls to discipline the crew for the deaths of the Reuters journalists because it said the men could not be distinguished from suspected insurgents. “The RPG in the video is real,” The Telegraph quoted a Pentagon spokesman as saying. “We had insurgents and reporters in an area where U.S. forces were about to be ambushed. At the time we weren’t able to discern whether (Reuters employees) were carrying cameras or weapons.”
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Chris Walach, commander of the Apache helicopter pilots, in 2013, spoke with Democracy Now about the footage. “In Iraq, you can’t put pink gloves on Apache helicopter pilots and send them into the Ultimate Fighting ring and ask them to take a knee,” he said. “These are attack pilots wearing gloves of steel, and they go into the ring throwing powerful punches of explosive steel. They are there to win, and they will win.”
Shortly after “Collateral Murder’s” publication, Assange appeared on the “Colbert Report.” At one point, host Stephen Colbert joked that Assange is “a dead man.” Colbert asked Assange about allegations of a firefight preceding the events shown on the tape. “That’s a lie,” Assange responded. [05.20/11:39] He said that 28 minutes earlier there had been a report of small arms fire and that the Apache helicopters circling New Baghdad “came across these men and killed them.”
The Politicians React
On April 11, 2019, the day Assange was arrested, Reuters’ reporter Alistair Smout wrote in hindsight: “WikiLeaks incensed Washington by publishing hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables, and in 2010 a classified U.S. military video showing a helicopter attack in Baghdad in 2007 that killed a dozen people, including two Reuters news staff.”
Within days of the publication of “Collateral Murder,” Obama Whitehouse Press Secretary Robert Gibbs answered questions from reporters on the contents of the video. When asked whether the actions of the U.S. personnel were “appropriate,” Gibbs said that he was not sure whether then-President Barack Obama had seen the video, adding:
“Many of you all have traveled with the President – this President or other Presidents in war zones. Many of you know colleagues that have reported from exceedingly dangerous places in the world. Our military will take every precaution necessary to ensure the safety and security of civilians, and particularly those that report in those dangerous places on behalf of news organizations. I honestly do not know enough about what was done previous, which is why I’d point you to the Department of Defense.”
Then U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates blasted WikiLeaks for not providing context for the video. “These people can put out anything they want, and they’re never held accountable for it. There’s no before and there’s no after,” Gates said, likening the video as seeing warfare “through a soda straw.”
Gates said: “They’re in a combat situation. The video doesn’t show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops. It’s obviously a hard thing to see. It’s painful to see, especially when you learn after the fact what was going on. But you—you talked about the fog of war. These people were operating in split second situations.”
The strongest response to the video came in the form of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation of Assange, by at most six months after “Collateral Murder,” and subsequent releases of the Afghan and Iraq War Logs, the next subject of CN’s series, that ultimately culminated in his arrest on April 11, 2019.
“The investigation has been quietly gathering material since at least October 2010, six months after the arrest of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the army enlistee who is accused of providing the bulk of the leaks,” The New York Times reported in June 2013.
The FBI had begun investigating Assange and WikiLeaks as early as 2009, according to an affidavit given by Assange in September 2013.
While the Obama DOJ stopped short of crossing a red line to criminalize journalism, the Trump DOJ has stomped over it using the same evidence abandoned by the previous administration.
“Collateral Murder” was unveiled at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington on April 5, 2010. The New York Times reported:
“’There is no question that coalition forces were clearly engaged in combat operations against a hostile force,” Lt. Col. Scott Bleichwehl, a spokesman for the multinational forces in Baghdad, said then.
But the video does not show hostile action. Instead, it begins with a group of people milling around on a street, among them, according to WikiLeaks, Mr. Noor-Eldeen and Mr. Chmagh. The pilots believe them to be insurgents, and mistake Mr. Noor-Eldeen’s camera for a weapon. They aim and fire at the group, then revel in their kills.”
The media’s reaction to the video’s release was mixed. The day after it was published, the Times ran a report, titled: “Iraq Video Brings Notice to a Web Site.” It described criticism WikiLeaks received for publishing an edited version of the footage:
“Critics contend that the shorter video was misleading because it did not make clear that the attacks took place amid clashes in the neighborhood and that one of the men was carrying a rocket-propelled grenade.”
Within months of the video’s release, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation noted the sentiments of journalist David Finkel of The Washington Post: “They [WikiLeaks] provided artificial agenda driven context. There was an operation underway in reaction to an ongoing war. Not that apache helicopters were circling looking for a bunch of guys to just shoot up and kill.” Finkel was stationed in Iraq in 2007 when the incident occured and included the event in his book, “The Good Soldiers.“
In response to such criticism, Assange told Al Jazeera that the decision to give the film its title hinged on the moment where the Apache helicopter pilots shot at the van and individuals who had stopped to aid the wounded. He said:
“This is why we called it ‘Collateral Murder.’ In the first example, maybe it’s a collateral exaggeration or incompetence, when they strafe this initial gathering. This was recklessness bordering on murder, but we couldn’t say for sure that was murder. But this particular event, this is clearly murder.”
Media that have since turned on Assange, at the time praised him and WikiLeaks.
On the day the video was released, The Guardian, which has lately been on an anti-Assange campaign, was quick to write an article that referred to the problems the video posed for military authorities: “The release of the video from Baghdad also comes shortly after the US military admitted that its special forces attempted to cover up the killings of three Afghan women in a raid in February by digging the bullets out of their bodies.”
Two days after “Collateral Murder’s” publication, The Guardian, then under editor Alan Rusbridger, published an opinion piece saying the footage was “heralded by some as the most important revelation since Abu Ghraib, and challenges not only the effectiveness of the US military’s rules of engagement policy, but also the integrity of the mainstream media’s coverage of similar incidents.”
James Fallows of The Atlantic called “Collateral Murder” the “most damaging documentation of abuse since the Abu Ghraib prison-torture photos” 12 hours after the video’s release.
“The Collateral Murder video is one of the best known and most widely recognized results of the ongoing WikiLeaks project,” Christian Christensen, a University of Stockholm journalism professor wrote in 2014. “These particular images were, in many ways, the crystallization of the horrors of war.”
Within days of the video’s publication, Haifa Zangana, a novelist and former prisoner of Saddam Hussein’s regime, wrote an op-ed for The Guardian, saying her family lived in the area where the events took place, which she described as having previously been “safe for children to play outdoors.”
“Witnesses to the slaughter reported the harrowing details in 2007, but they had to wait for a western whistleblower to hand over a video before anyone listened. Watching the video, my first impression was, I have no impression. But the total numbness gradually grows into a now familiar anger. I listen to the excited voices of death coming from the sky, enjoying the chase and killing. I whisper: do they think they are God?”
Elizabeth Vos is a freelance reporter and regular contributor to Consortium News. She co-hosts the #Unity4J online vigil.
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I am an Auburn Fan.
If you have read any of my previous pieces (articles? blogs? posts? What do you call these things, anyway? “Pieces” makes them sound like works of art. Which, of course, they are. I am way too humble to point out this obvious fact, yet there it is. But I digress…), you would certainly know that. My Auburn fandom is hereditary. It is in my DNA, my genes. Just as I got my ears and nose from my dad, so too did I receive from him my allegiance to what I firmly believe is the greatest institute of higher learning on the planet. That allegiance is unwavering. It is non-negotiable. I can no more turn it off or separate myself from it than I can make hair grow on my head (full disclosure: I can’t). This can, from time to time, cause a problem. Well, not so much a problem as a sizable challenge.
You see, for a living, I cover and talk about sports. Predominantly Auburn sports. And here, as they say, is the rub.
On one hand, my job is perfect! I love sports. I love Auburn. What could be the problem?
Just a little thing called “professionalism”, that’s all.
You see, for many in my business, what sport you cover, or what team, is a matter of pure business. You work for a paper and you get the Auburn beat. You work at a radio station in Atlanta and cover the Falcons. It’s a job. And if a better opportunity springs up in Ann Arbor or Austin, you pick up and move. No problem. And there is nothing wrong with this. Almost all of the most amazing writers and commentators do this. It is their profession. And that is part of what makes them so good. That objectivity. I really admire that. I admire it but I do not share it.
I have tried to come up with scenarios, or magic numbers, that would entice me to pick up and move to cover another team. I just can’t imagine one. It’s like trying to imagine what it would be like if everyone on the planet spoke Whale. It’s just so outside the realm of possibility that I cannot conceive what it might look like.
So why does this pose a problem? Well, the standard norms of professionalism (think MLB’s “unwritten rules”) dictate certain behavior in certain places. For the most part, they don’t really affect me. Not because I’m unprofessional (I am) but because what I do falls outside journalism into a gray area called “commentary”. I don’t so much report, as talk about what has been reported. But to do my job, I need to see as many as possible of the events that I will be talking about. Which means rubbing elbows and following the leads of those a fore mentioned professionals.
Nowhere is this more difficult than inside the press box at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Allow me to give you an example or two.
You know when you and your friends are at a bar having drinks, watching the game? And something good happens? A huge catch, a scorching run, a goal line stand? And you turn to your friend and give a “YES!” along with a high five? Or when something bad happens? A blown call by a blind ref (looking at you, Big 12), a missed tackle, an interception? And you slam your fist on the bar or table and yell “NO!”
Not in the press box. Can’t happen.
Please don’t misunderstand. I am not complaining! I understand and completely agree with the rules! It just that…well…it’s hard sometimes!
Think back to some of the best plays over the last 3-1/2 years in Auburn football alone. Imagine sitting on your hands and biting your tongue until it bleeds so you don’t yell out it agony or ecstasy. Imagine sitting next to one of your close friends and all you can do is share a smile and a raised eyebrow. Tough, huh?
But man… it is totally worth it! To be in the press box of every home game, to be around all those men and women who are so good at their jobs. To witness that wonderful machine operate the way it does. To experience on such a level that thing that you love so much. It really is amazing. And you would think that being so close to something you love might take the luster off a bit; reveal some warts. Not to me. If anything this closeness has deepened my affection for my alma mater.
My friends who have left Auburn for the suburbs are somewhat in awe of what I do for a living. And frankly, so am I. I will never get wealthy doing what I do. I make a living, thanks to a great employer, but this is a small market and I get an appropriately sized paycheck. But man… the perks!
And so, each Saturday I sit in the press box with all the professionals and I cheer. I cheer loudly. In my head.
After all, I am an Auburn fan.
Rich Perkins hosts The Drive, a weekday sports call-in show heard in Auburn on ESPN 106.5 and around the universe at espnau.com. He also has a little blog he occasionally updates with things that mostly amuse only him. Also, he thinks the movie Diner is one of the greatest movies of all time. Don’t ask.
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Today’s games are listed below.
Foxboro, 1 @ Attleboro, 2 – Final – Ryan Morry and Jake Parker each scored once to help the Bombardiers earn their first win of the season, a non-league victory over Foxboro. Warriors freshman Kirk Leach scored his first career goal for Foxboro in the loss.
King Philip, 3 @ Bridgewater-Raynham, 0 – Final – King Philip bounced back from its season-opening loss with a strong win on the road against the Trojans. The Warriors scored once in each period while junior James Lewis made 15 saves in his first varsity start to earn the win. Mike Curtin opened the scoring in the first off of assists from Garrett Maxwell and Collin Cooke. The Warriors made it 2-0 when Luke D’Amico converted off of a feed from Curtin. In the third, Cooke buried an unassisted goal into an empty net to secure the win.
Mansfield, 1 @ North Attleboro, 4 – Final – North Attleboro opened its season in style, scoring the opening goal just 21 seconds into the game and never looking back against the Hornets. Drew Wissler opened the scoring off of an assist from Anthony Zamiello, and then returned the favor to Zamiello later in the period to give Big Red a 2-0 lead after a period. Mansfield senior Cullin Anastasia scored a short-handed goal to bring the Hornets within one but Jeff Baker restored the two-goal lead for North within a minute to make it 3-1. Wissler scored an empty-netter in the third period to ice the game.
Stoughton, 2 vs. St. John Paul II, 5 – Final – Brendan Campbell and Sean Doherty each scored a goal for Stoughton.
Canton, 1 @ Falmouth, 1 – Final – Canton peppered Falmouth with 41 shots but only broke through once to earn a point on the road. Andrea McNeil found the back of the net for the Bulldogs in the first period while Colleen Kelleher finished with 30 saves.
Mansfield/Oliver, 2 Ames @ Franklin, 2 – Final – Click here for a recap and photo gallery from this game.
Stoughton, 0 @ King Philip, 7 – Final
Marlboro Early Bird (Canton) – Canton placed fifth overall among 16 teams. Sophomore Eddie Marinilli won the 138 bracket for the Bulldogs.
Mike Melish Duals (Foxboro, Sharon), 9:00AM
St. John’s Prep Quad (Franklin) – Franklin had the best team at the meeting, sweeping all three opponents. The Panthers opened with a dominant 45-18 win over Lawrence, earned a hard-fought victory over the hosts St. John Prep (31-21) and finished the day with a 58-16 win over Salem (NH). Jordan Carlucci went 3-0 on the day with three pins.
King Philip @ Milford, 10:00AM
Brockton Tri-meet (Mansfield) – Mansfield rallied for a win over host Brockton to pick up its second win of the day. The Hornets beat Barnstable (60-18) before coming back to beat the Boxers (39-31). Sam Isaacson (126), Ethan Nirenberg (195), and Sam Hutton (220) all picked up huge wins for the Hornets to help complete the comeback against Brockton.
North Attleboro Quad (North Attleboro) – North Attleboro picked up three wins on the day, including over one of the state’s best programs in Norton. Big Red beat Hope (RI) 53-22, took down Chariho (RI) 39-22 and picked up a win over Norton, 45-30. Seniors Jake Direnzo, Brady Folan, Zack Gould, Adam Eberle, and Brad White all went 3-0 for the day.
Marshfield Quad (Oliver Ames) – Oliver Ames dominated the day, picking up four wins to move to 5-0 on the season. The Tigers beat Whitman-Hanson (53-15), Pembroke (47-24), Toll Gate (57-24) and host Marshfield (51-27). Freshman Remy Creighton (106), junior Nick McGovern (113), senior Brandon Belleton (138, three pins), junior Anthony Berksza (145, four pins) and junior Dean Pacini (195, three pins) all went 4-0 on the day for Oliver Ames.
Sandwich Early Bird (Taunton) – Taunton had a successful day at the Sandwich Early Bird tournament with seven wrestlers finishing first, second or third. Josh Grasso (132), Alex Simon (195) and Woudanly Danger (220) emerged victorious from their respective weight classes while Candido Santos (160) and Mason Frank (285) finished second and Tyler Kennedy (152) and Jordan Manning (285) each finished third.
Boys Indoor Track (@ Reggie Lewis)
Attleboro, 29 vs. Oliver Ames, 70 – Final
Canton, 25 vs. Sharon, 75 – Final
Foxboro, 23 vs. North Attleboro, 77 – Final
Franklin, 61 vs. King Philip, 39 – Final
Mansfield, 76 vs. Taunton, 24 – Final
Milford, 46 vs. Stoughton, 50 – Final
Girls Indoor Track (@ Reggie Lewis)
Attleboro, 31 vs. Oliver Ames, 69 – Final
Canton, 17.66 vs. Sharon, 82.33 – Final
Foxboro, 23 vs. North Attleboro, 68 – Final
Franklin, 77 vs. King Philip, 23 – Final
Mansfield, 43.50 vs. Taunton, 56.50 – Final
Milford, 71 vs. Stoughton, 29 – Final
Taunton, 124.1 @ Attleboro, 134.65 – Final
North Attleboro, 136.15 @ Canton, 103.35 – Final – North Attleboro had four different individuals each win a single event in a victory over Canton. Kaleigh DeMarco won the vault (9.1), Caroline Szajda won the bars (8.4), Lindsay Robinson was first on the beam (8.7) and Paige Moore was victorious on the floor (8.8).
King Philip @ Canton, 7:00
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Government Greed Axes the Golden Goose
Stephen Michael MacLean condemns economic illiteracy
President Barack Obama mounted the bully pulpit last month, to decry the practice of ‘tax inversion’ and those corporations with the effrontery to believe in private property and the profit motive, thus escaping exorbitant tax bills by moving operations out of the United States for the welcoming low-tax jurisdictions of foreign lands.
According to an AP News report:
“Obama called it ‘one of the most insidious tax loopholes out there’ because it shortchanges the country. He said less tax revenue means the government can’t fully spend on schools, transportation networks and other things to keep the economy strong. He said the practice also hurts middle-class Americans because ‘that lost revenue has to be made up somewhere.'”
Oh, dear! Where does one begin to enumerate President Obama’s recurring penchant for economic (and constitutional) illiteracy?
A cursory critique would note the President’s assumption that personal earnings belong to the State, whose beneficence allows earners a share — but not more than their fair share.
Also notable is that this reputed constitutional scholar is more than a bit rusty on the actual text of the U.S. Constitution, which nowhere grants to the Executive authority responsibility for the quaint sobriquet of ‘internal improvements’; moreover, the Ninth and Tenth Amendments specifically reserved such public goods to private citizens and the States.
Yet it is on the economic front that President Obama’s jeremiad — sadly shared by most politicians — is most alarming.
Middle-class Americans would be among those most hurt by Washington’s tax grab, as it is corporate revenue that funds capital accumulation, innovation, and economic growth. Tax away profit, and you tax away employment opportunities.
“The old truth still holds,” Margaret Thatcher once told a Conservative conference: “there is much harm and only modest good that governments can do to promote a successful economy. And the more sophisticated the global economy becomes, the truer that will be.”
Moreover, to denote a ‘middle’ implies two opposites; within the political context, the ‘poor’ and the ‘wealthy’. State redistribution affects the three classes disproportionately: Wealth can take care of itself — as in the case of inversion, moving off-shore to escape punitive U.S. tax law … the poor, the dependent clientele of politicians, are taken care of through welfare schemes … while the middle class is left to its own devices. Yale sociologist W.G. Sumner skewered this phenomenon:
“All taxation has the same effect. It presses hardest on those who, under the conditions of their position in life and the demands which are made upon them, are trying to save capital and improve their circumstances. The heavier it becomes, the faster it crushes out this class of persons — that is, all the great middle class…”
The case against the folly of tax-greed was made a century earlier by Adam Smith in Wealth of Nations. “Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the publick treasury of the state.”
Furthermore, “a tax may either take out or keep out of the pockets of the people a great deal more than it brings into the publick treasury,” Smith wrote. This is the essence of Laffer Curve analysis that proves that taxing beyond a certain point results in less tax collected.
If President Obama were truly interested in American economic well-being, he would be receptive to the reality that high taxes not only depress tax revenues, but starve entrepreneurial innovation of its necessary capital structure. Smith, too, foresaw this tax perversion:
“It may obstruct the industry of the people, and discourage them from applying to certain branches of business which might give maintenance and employment to great multitudes. While it obliges the people to pay, it may thus diminish, or perhaps destroy some of the funds, which might enable them more easily to do so.”
But ideology blinds many of the Washington élite. Not content to tax within the bounds of justice, governments have become gluttonous tax-eaters, feasting upon the sustenance of individual and corporate tax-payers. Like the greedy farmer who axed the goose that laid golden eggs, parasitic states will tax their host-citizens to financial death.
Stephen Michael MacLean is a freelance researcher, residing in Canada. He blogs as the Organic Tory at the Disraeli-Macdonald Institute
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Light Up Her Life
You do not necessarily need to spend a fortune in order to impress the woman that you love. When you are choosing Gifts to Give Your Girlfriend it truly is the thought that counts. Give a gift that reflects her personality and what you know about her hobbies and preferences. If you do this you really can't go wrong.If you are a student or on a very limited budget there are still many wonderful gift options for you to choose from.
More Important Things You Need To Consider
When you decide how much to spend on a gift it's also important for you to consider what stage your relationship is at. Your girlfriend may be overwhelmed if you buy her something very expensive when you have not been together for more than a few months. If you are in a long term relationship and you share finances then it may not be a great choice to give something that cost less than what she knows you can afford to spend.
Narrow It Down
Once you decide how much you would like to spend then decide on a general theme for the gift. You can get ideas for this by thinking about personality and hobbies as was mentioned already. You can also base it on things that she likes in general such as a favorite color or a favorite animal. Also do consider the type of work she does. You can buy something for the office for example.
Get it here - Umbra Zoola Ring Holder, Fox
Choosing Gifts to Give Your Girlfriend is fun when you can find cute little ideas like this to brighten up the holiday season. A sweet gift idea on it's own or you can give it as an accompaniment to that special ring that you know she really deserves!
Get it here -The Experimenter Bath Bomb 6.3 oz by LUSH
Giving personal gifts such as luxury toiletries is always appreciated because it's such a thoughtful thing to do. Lush makes premium bath bombs and this one is a great choice. You can give it alone as a stocking stuffer or you can give it with other premium beauty or bath products.
She will love this rockabilly style red dress, it's the perfect color for the holiday season. When you give clothing as a gift be sure to check that the size is correct. Also think about the things she usually wears so that you can give something she will enjoy.
Cute Stocking Stuffers
These cute notecards are perfect as a stocking stuffer. She will love the designs and be able to use them all year round.
Your cat lover girlfriend will adore this gorgeous music box.
These earrings are inexpensive so you can afford to buy a pair for every woman in your life.
This is another lovely idea to put in her Christmas stocking.
Get this set here - Sankuwen 15PCs Wool Makeup Brush Set Tools Toiletry Kit
You will give something very useful when this lovely set of make up brushes is under your tree.
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Jewellry doesn't always have to be expensive in order to be a special gift. You can give something special even if you do not have a lot of funds available. This beautiful leaf necklace is perfect if you are looking for Gifts to Give Your Girlfriend who loves nature.
If you are looking for stunning, high quality jewellry Gifts to Give Your Girlfriend these amazing green sapphire earrings are sure to do the job. These featured stones are set in a 14k Solid Gold Diamond Fish Hook stylish earrings. This jewelry is available in 14k solid yellow, white, or rose gold.
A lovely pair of earrings featuring a semi precious peridot stones. It is crafted from High-Quality Lead Free 925 Sterling Silver. The contemporary and distinctive design guarantees that these Peridot gemstone earrings are sure to be a great addition to any jewelry collection.
Gifts to Give Your Girlfriend Who Loves Pandas
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Anyone who has a favorite animal will love a gift that features the animal these are also available featuring other animals. These super cute panda nesting dolls are sure to be adored.
You may think this is more of a childs gift but not necessarily. Adorable stuffed toys can also make adorable gifts for adults. Something to cuddle when you are not there is always a super cute gift idea for someone you love.
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You can get her something for the office that is decorative and also useful by giving this gorgeous floral paper weight. Each one of these paperweights is unique and each one also contains a real dandelion. Every dandelion is handpicked and the paperweights are individually hand made.
Most people love music and if the woman you love does not already have a portable speaker then something like this is worth considering when you are choosing Gifts to Give Your Girlfriend . Also a good gift choice for someone who loves to take music everywhere they go. You will love this one yourself too!
Get it online here - The Sojourner Keyboard
Give an amazing office gift with this stunning steampunk keyboard. A handmade item that is creative and so cool! Every one of these premium designer keyboards is made from beautiful aged brass. Also features a unique parchment Elizabethan typeface that complimets the overall design of the keyboard.
You will enjoy giving this cute pair of shoes to any girl who really knows how to get stuff done. Gifts To Give Your Girlfriend who is a fan of female superheros are difficult to find if you want to also give something useful. Many superhero gift ideas are collectible or decorative items.
You can be sure that your girlfriend will love this beautiful lamp. If you are looking for Gifts To Give Your Girlfriend who is houseproud or who is very creative then this is a wonderful choice. The beautiful design and colors featured in the shade are sure to impress.
You can get this here - 0.7 3/4 Carat 14K White Gold Pear Diamond Solitaire Pendant Necklace E Color SI2 Clarity
When you want to give a gift to truly impress then this one is a great gift for you to choose. There is a sixteen inch gold chain included so that she can wear this beautiful diamond right away. You will receive a diamond that is untreated and also 100% conflict free. The stone weighs 0.70 carats.
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Get a fun gift that is sure to bring laughter with this cute body wash. This is a useful gift that doubles as a fun gag gift when she opens it.
For The Home
Get this cushion cover here - Generic Bright Color Flower Elephant Burlap Pillow Cases Cushion Covers, 18" x 18"
You can give a gift that ill be adored by your house proud girlfriend by selecting one or more cute cushion covers. Always think carefully about the color or theme she has featured in the home. You have to give something that suits so that it will be useable in her home.
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As part of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology’s (JKUAT) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the University has donated books worth Kshs 5.4 Million to nine institutions from three different counties in the Coast region of Kenya.
The institutions, drawn from Kilifi, Kwale and Mombasa counties are: Amani Primary, Ushindi Baptist Child Development Centre, Likoni, Miyani Secondary School, Gotani, Kajembe High School, Kadzondzo Girls Secondary School, Makomboani Secondary School, Women and Girls Empowerment Programme, St. George’s High School, Kaloleni Giriama, and Kizurini Secondary School. Each school was presented with books worth Kshs 600,000.
While presenting the books to the school heads and their students at a colourful ceremony held at JKUAT’s Mombasa CBD Campus, JKUAT Vice Chancellor Prof. Mabel Imbuga, said it was her University’s desire to ensure that there is equity in distribution of knowledge to all counties for the good of national development, a reason why her University was reaching out to complement training in areas that may be considered remote.
Prof. Imbuga said JKUAT was rolling out a programme to send out career guidance personnel to such schools in order to enlighten students on available courses offered at the university.
“It is our desire to bring all schools up to speed with the developments taking place in our university as interested stakeholders. We are aware that development can easily be achieved if everyone made a contribution towards our national goal,” she told the elated crowd.
Prof. Imbuga who was flanked by the JKUAT Mombasa Campus Director Dr. Frida Simba and the University’s Head, Corporate Communications Dr. Hindzano Ngonyo, pointed out that her University was trying to create capacity through the introduction of new and market driven courses such as Marine Engineering, Mining and Mineral Processing courses, among others.
The Vice Chancellor said, it was time the country started utilizing local expertise for the jobs that are awarded to expatriates since the local professional had come of age. Kenya, she pointed out, has the best and advanced ICT knowledge, creative and innovative population whose output has made tremendous impact globally. She advised the students to develop a reading culture, be responsible, remain focused and desist from any acts that could compromise their studies. She urged the students to ensure their performance in form four earned them government admission in public universities.
Addressing the same gathering, Mr. Edwin Okoth, an Assistant County Commissioner for Mwanamwing in Gotani location, hailed the gesture by JKUAT terming it a new trend in the academic sector. He said, the University had already become a household name in the region because what it offered at the University and its extension services had touched many hearts not only in the Coast region but also nationally.
While appreciating the donation made to his school, the Principal of Makomboani Secondary School, Mr. Moses Olenyo characterized JKUAT as an institution that was focused on supporting education in the country. He urged other Universities to emulate JKUAT’s gesture.
The Vice Chancellor also presented certificates to students who underwent the CISCO short courses training at the Campus.
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A Lingering Face follows an everyman named Lei Haiyang (Pan Yueming), who has recently broken up with his girlfriend. Deciding to go to Beijing, he hitches a ride with a driver (Ma Xiaoqing) and a fellow hitchhiker, Yanzi (Li Min). Waking up from a nap, Haiyang finds the truck parked in the woods and the driver raping Yanzi. Hiding in the undergrowth, Yanzi sees Haiyang, but does not reveal his hiding position. Terrified, Haiyang runs away.
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Center Hill Lake
Based on a view from the client's childhood home, this stove backsplash is framed by local sourced stacked stone.
This tile installation draws on art nouveau influences, inviting anyone who enters this beautiful stone home to connect with nature. Set in a private forest, the home also boasts views of the Cumberland River.
Images of flowers, a dragonfly, a butterfly, and a bee are interspersed in this travertine backsplash and paired with reclaimed wood countertops to bring nature into this country kitchen. This family loves to cook and eat together, so this space is the focal point of their small farm home.
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This bathroom features handmade borders and accent tiles in a field of limestone. The sink is a thrown bowl that has been altered to be a perfect shape for washing hands and delicate clothes.
Travertine is featured in this unique space. Handmade border tiles, sink backsplash and a round vessel sink accent this bathroom
Slate and oak leaves make this earthy bathroom unique and brings great reviews for a Nashville airbnb.
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New Committee / Boat Auction
Post date: Oct 3, 2011 10:39:03 AM
I hope your training for Fish went as well as expected and I wish everyone a safe trip to Cradock and back and a successful race.
Congratulations to all the prize winners for the 2010 – 2011 season and thank you to everyone who attended the Prize giving held at the club on Tuesday 20th September.
Please find attached a list of the prize winners.
Please also see herewith the Stella Canoe Club committee for the 2011 – 2012 season:
Chairman – Neels Meyer ( email@example.com )
Vice Chairman – Greg Glossop ( firstname.lastname@example.org )
Secretary / Admin – Martin Dovey ( email@example.com )
Treasurer - Lauren Glossop ( firstname.lastname@example.org )
Property Manager – John Dives ( email@example.com )
IT support – Bob Opperman (firstname.lastname@example.org )
As discussed in the last newsletter, we have decided to move the boat auction out to after Fish and the date earmarked for this is Sat 22 October at 11am.
The boat auction will be preceded breakfast at the club and a paddle for those interested.
Breakfast will be sold at R20.00 per person.
Please make a note of this date, which will also be circulated through the KNCU Newsletter.
At the AGM we discussed a number of fundraising events, so please watch this space for more info.
See you at the club.
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aaron • February 22, 2020 • Comments Off on The Preacher’s Wife: The Precarious Power of Evangelical Women Celebrities
A fascinating look at the world of Christian women celebrities from the New York Times bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved
Considering that the 1970s, an essential brand new figure has showed up from the center phase of American evangelicalism—the celebrity preacher’s wife. Although many evangelical traditions bar females from ordained ministry, a lot of women have actually carved down unofficial roles of energy inside their husbands’ spiritual empires or their very own ministries. The largest stars—such as Beth Moore, Joyce Meyer, and Victoria Osteen—write bestselling publications, grab high ranks on Christian russian brides tv, and also preach. An acclaimed historian of religion and the author of the bestselling memoir Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved, offers a sympathetic and revealing portrait of megachurch women celebrities, showing how they must balance the demands of celebrity culture and conservative, male-dominated faiths in this engaging book, Kate Bowler.
Whether standing alone or close to their husbands, the key females of megaministry play numerous parts: the preacher, the homemaker, the skill, the therapist, and also the beauty. Boxed in by the high objectives of contemporary Christian womanhood, they follow and periodically subvert the visible and hidden rules that govern the everyday lives of evangelical ladies, earning handsome benefits or incurring penalties that are harsh. They have to be pretty, not immodest; exceptional, although not fake; susceptible to sin, although not deviant. And celebrity that is black’ wives carry a special burden of respectability. But despite their impact and wide range, these women can be rejected the essential symbol that is important of power—the pulpit.
The storyline of females whom most frequently began as somebody’s spouse and wound up as everyone’s almost-pastor, The Preacher’s Wife is really a compelling account of women’s look for religious authority into the chronilogical age of celebrity.
“Bowler (Everything Happens for the explanation), teacher during the Duke Divinity class, explains in this exceptional analysis just how some evangelical females have actually been able to be mega-ministry a-listers by changing the restricted functions allotted to ladies in evangelical tradition into jobs of energy. Framing these females’s act as compared to spouses, moms, homemakers, and teachers—rather than pastors or company leaders—Bowler reveals exactly exactly how numbers including Joyce Meyer, Beth Moore, and Victoria Osteen wield enormous power in their husbands’ ministries, both on phase and behind the scenes…. This wonderful work provocatively considers exactly just exactly what women gain and lose in becoming ‘market-ready’ for evangelical communities. “—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Bowler, the writer of this everything that is wildly popular for the explanation: as well as other Lies I’ve Loved, is an intensive researcher and witty author. “—LaVonne Neff, Christian Century
“we cannot overstate the result this guide had on me personally. Whether you’re a pupil of US religious history, a follower of popular Christian tradition, or anyone who has never thought twice concerning the ladies who grant legitimacy towards the powerful males they marry, Kate Bowler will need you places you might not need gone by yourself. She’s a scholar that knows just how to inform a whole tale, a theologian who is able to prompt you to laugh away noisy, plus the type of listener whom earns the trust of her topics and visitors alike. She won’t let you know things to think, but she will familiarizes you with individuals you are going to forget, and never you’re going to be the greater for this. “—Barbara Brown Taylor, nyc Times bestselling composer of understanding how to Walk at night
“this will be a book that is surprising scholarly yet available, critical yet sort, feminist yet not ideological. Kate Bowler been able to help me to realize these females, marvel at these females, and also respect the imaginative tenacity of those ladies, whenever by myself, and without her guidance i might only have ever criticized these women—and for that I have always been grateful. She actually is a marvel. “—Nadia Bolz-Weber, nyc Times bestselling composer of Pastrix: The Cranky, breathtaking Faith of a Sinner and Saint
” With her characteristic mixture of sympathy and analysis that is searing scholarly rigor and utterly absorbing prose, Kate Bowler describes exactly just how enterprising feamales in ‘megaministry’ built their theological kingdoms by embracing strategies of celebrity—a Faustian deal that features exposed them to your starkest weaknesses and trade-offs. It is a masterful book. “—Darren Dochuk, writer of Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made contemporary America
“The Preacher’s Wife is a good, thought-provoking account of modern feamales in megaministry, but it is additionally a novel in regards to the extraordinary pressures faced by all females, religious or perhaps not, today. With empathy and humor, Kate Bowler paints a memorable portrait of the fascinating selection of evangelical females. “—Catherine Brekus, author of Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740–1845
“Using The precision of a historian, the understanding of the scholar, plus the heart of the Christian frontrunner, Kate Bowler explores a phenomenon that is influential Christianity in this challenge to today’s church leaders. Visitors of Bowler’s past publications won’t be disappointed. “—Phil and Debbie Waldrep, founders associated with Females of Joy ministry
Kate Bowler’s account demonstrates, with great understanding, the difficult stability megachurch ladies must constantly keep, stepping in to the spotlight but never ever showing up to monopolize it. The guide advances our knowledge of evangelicalism and ladies’ part in contemporary religion this is certainly american”—Margaret Bendroth, writer of the past Puritans: Mainline Protestants additionally the energy regarding the last
“Kate Bowler has a portrait that is extraordinarily rich of feminine a-listers who’re breaking church obstacles on ladies’ functions even while they uphold a very very carefully crafted stance of holy obedience. These women in all their intricacy as they manage beauty, sexuality, family life, and money on a public stage with generosity, perceptiveness, and wit, Bowler analyzes. A really splendid guide. “—R. Marie Griffith, composer of Moral eliminate: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics
“Fascinating, insightful, and utterly illuminating, this guide shows why historians must be associated with most of our conversations that are theological. Kate Bowler tosses the lights on, bringing us a desperately required viewpoint from the hidden guidelines regulating just just how, whenever, and which females lead within the spiritual market. As a female in public places ministry, i am grateful for the challenge and clarity of Bowler’s findings also her kindness, camaraderie, and knowledge. I will not see could work the way that is same. “—Sarah Bessey, composer of Jesus Feminist and Miracles and Other things that are reasonable
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Offshore Turbine Services are pleased to report that in conjunction with Seazip Offshore Service BV, they are providing a CTV (Lieutenant P) for the construction of the Tahkoluoto Offshore Wind Farm in Finland.
This is the first collaboration between both companies and is proving to be highly successful as they both operate in same quality and health and safety focused way.
Initially the vessel worked for the foundation installation contractor, supporting the marine civils aspect of the construction phase but once that was completed, the wind farm owners, took the opportunity to place the vessel on hire to assist with the next phase of the construction supporting the turbine manufacturer techs on site.
The Offshore Turbine Service vessels are particularly suited for this close inshore, shallow draft working as they use Rolls Royce jets for propulsion. The vessels are also very fuel efficient and their moveable wheelhouses allow them to be configured for a variety of tasks including generator refuelling, blade inspection and repair and marine civils work support. The vessels are also very reliable with an over 99% on contract availability statistic.
SeaZip Offshore Services is the commercial manager of the 6 Damen Twin Axe CTV’s owned by the company and also acts as commercial manager for third party vessel owners who see the benefits of collaboration to offer a diversified, efficient multi vessel solution to the wind energy, oil and gas and marine civils markets. On this occasion, the company had a good route into the Finnish market due to its JR Shipping fleet and trade lines. SeaZip believe in combining quality of network, the right vessel and approaching the market with the best solution for the project in hand and in Finland, OTS ticked the boxes required and both companies are looking forward to working together in the future.
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This is a game for upper-intermediate and advanced students. It was designed as a speaking game and serves as a revision tool for two lexical sets: professions and personality adjectives. The main focus is a better understanding of the subtleties of personality adjectives through group discussion.
This is a game developed using a format I outlined in a previous post – Apples to apples – adapting-games. There are two sets of cards: professions and personality adjectives. The game is played in groups of four to six students. There are 60 profession cards and 40 personality cards.
Each player is dealt six cards from the professions deck. A starting player is chosen, who will be judge for the round, and that player takes a card from the personality deck. They reveal the card to the other players, who then each choose a profession card in their hand which best matches the personality adjective. Then, players take turns explaining why their profession card is the best match to the judge’s personality card. After everyone has had time to explain their reasoning (including a degree of debate) the judge picks a winner.
Here is an example round of the game: There are five players, four players who are competing and one judge. The Judge’s card is ‘wise’.
The four players select professions which fit this criteria and reveal their cards. The four cards the judge has to choose between are surgeon, newspaper editor, lawyer and diplomat. Each player gives their reasons for their selection and the judge asks a few follow up questions. After a short discussion the judge then picks a winner (the judge’s decision is final).
The winner is given the personality card to show they won the round. Then the role of judge moves clockwise and the next judge picks up a personality card. Each player draws profession cards until they have a full hand of six cards (players sometimes miss this step so will occasionally need to be reminded). The game continues until a player has won three rounds.
The game is very simple to follow and generates interesting conversations and unusual arguments. The great variety of jobs and personalities in the game means that the game will be different every time. Students are encouraged to rationalise and justify their card any way they can, which means that they can try to gain the judge’s favour by being the funniest or most inventive. This gently competitive edge pushes students to think creatively and means they are more inclined to generate less conventional ideas. Players don’t win by having the right card, they win because they give the best or most interesting explanation.
The cards are available for download [Here]. The card sets include some tongue in cheek professions like drug dealer, queen and magician. This creates a lot of fun combinations and unexpected debates.
Thanks for reading!
Check out the front page, or use the search bar, to find dozens of games and activities on the site.
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Full Stack Web & App Development Course
This Full Stack Project Based Web & App Development Course is a part of the Concept Learner Coding Wizards Program which includes both front end and back end development. Both Offline and Online Classes are conducted in this program. You will be guided throughout by working professionals who have 5+ years of experience in industry. No matter if you are a beginner or already have some prior coding knowledge, this all in one web development course will make you a pro web developer. The projects that you will be completing throughout this course will be help you create a strong portfolio for your job or even if you want to start as a freelancer. By the end of this course, you will be fluently programming and be ready to make any website you can dream of. If you want to learn to code through building fun and useful projects, then take this course.
What You Will Learn ?
This Course is divided into three part : Frontend Web Development , Backend Web Development & App Development
Front End Web Development:
- Introduction To Web and its Functionalities
- Web Designing Projects
Back End Web Development
- Introduction to Back End Functionalities
- Installation of Development Environment
- Introduction to PHP with Laravel Structure
- Understanding of Laravel
- Backend Development with Laravel
- Web Development Projects
Android App Development
- Introduction to Android Studio
- Understanding Project Structure and Activity Life Cycle
- Understanding the design pattern using XML
- Introduction to backend functionalities using JAVA
- Android App Development Projects
Tools & Technologies That You Will Learn Throughout This Course
- PHP, Laravel
- Text Editors
- Local Server
- How To Use FTP
- Hosting Tools
- Command Line
What You Will Take From This Course ?
- Job-ready skills
- In-depth knowledge about programming
- Personal Laptop
6 Months (Phase I – 4 months, Phase II – 2 months)
During Phase I, the student will be guided to become a well-skilled developer so that he/she can build any kind of app or website using the basic knowledge that has been given in Concept Learner Coding Wizards program. After the completion of Phase I, the student will be taught about further advanced programming like server side handle in Phase II.
After the completion of Phase I, the student may decide to take part in Phase II if interested in further advanced programming or he/she may leave the course after the completion of Phase I.
Phase I : Rs 9000
Phase II : Rs 6000
Total Course Fees : Rs
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One of the best things about living in the age that we do is the simple joy of indoor plumbing. Most people take for granted the fact that they can turn on the tap and have clean water come out. Since it is available, and easy to use, we all find our daily lives need it. But it does come with a price tag. The more water you use, the more you are charged (most water service providers charge the lowest rate for the first 3 units of water, if you go over that, you get charged more per unit). There are ways to lower your water bill, and it does not take much sacrifice to do so.
No matter where you live there are certain plants that have become adapted to the environment. Almost every climate on earth has trees, flowers, shrubs, and a form of grass. These plants are well adapted to the amount of rainfall that naturally falls in the area. If you are just building a house, remodeling, or looking for a change, consider xeriscaping your yard. By using local native plants you will have to do minimal watering if any at all. For those plants that do need a little extra during the hot dry spells of summer, install drip lines. You will water just the plant, and will not lose as much to evaporation.
One thing that has become more prevalent in recent years is our desire to be clean. While showering every other day is in no way bad hygiene, most people find it a good start to the day to clean themselves up. If you cannot make it a day without taking a shower, aim for taking shorter showers. Less time spent in the shower (try for 3 minute showers) and you will not only save water, but also electricity (for the fan and lights) and gas (for heating the water). Whatever you do, avoid taking a bath. Showers are always more economical.
Use the Dishwasher
Do you hate getting your hands greasy when it comes time for dishes? Well the best way to save water is to use your dishwasher. You can keep yourself clean, save time, and get your dishes cleaner than washing them by hand. If you make sure to load your dishwasher completely (do not overfill, that could cause your dishes to be blocked and not get clean) you will use less water than if you were to wash dishes by hand. Remember, this only works if you have a relatively new dishwasher. Older machines waste a lot of water.
Install Low Flow Fixtures
Any showerhead manufactured after 1992 must use a maximum of 2.5 gallons per minute. If you have older fixtures, yours could be dumping 5.5 gallons per minute. For as little as $10 and about 20 minutes of work you can update your shower to use minimal water. Toilets, on the other hand, are a little harder to install, but will save you more water. A toilet from before 1982 will use between 5 and 7 gallons per flush, whereas a modern equivalent uses only 1.6 gallons.
Turn Off the Water
I am always surprised by those who just let the water run while they brush their teeth, comb their hair, or do other bathroom activities. It is easy to turn the tap off while brushing, and you can save yourself several gallons of water per day. If you want to take it to extremes, turn the shower off between lathering and rinsing. You could save a few more gallons by only having the water running for about a minute during the whole shower.
Saving water isn’t just better on your wallet, it is also easier on the environment. If everyone went to extremes to save water, there would never be any water shortages. More water available means that the price will not climb as rapidly. So by saving water now, you are helping to save money later. If nothing else, conserving natural resources is always a good idea.
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Here is a summary of some of the work our office is doing during shelter in place.
Fire & Resiliency
UCCE Sonoma is building on the foundational work of other county departments such as Sonoma Water and Permit Sonoma, by providing outreach to private landowners to address forest health, vegetation management and fire fuel reduction.
Lake Sonoma Decision Support System: Development of an online geo spatial reporting tool to help landowners assess:
Match.Graze: development of an online database that connects land owners and grazers.
- Filmed educational videos
- Creating website
- Current status: roll out in early June.
Good Fire Alliance: partnership with Audubon Canyon Ranch to assist landowners in managing fire fuels through prescribed burning on private and publicly owned lands. The following prescribed fires are in the active planning stage:
- 100+ acre burn unit at Cooley Ranch near Lake Sonoma; late May.
- Sonoma Ecology Center is planning a burn at Van Hoosear Wildflower Preserve; late May - early June.
- Bodega Pastures spanning several weekends in October/November.
Resilient Landscapes: Master Gardener collaborative project to:
- Host Firewise webinars
- Develop materials for Fire Safe Sonoma's Living with Fire brochure and webpage resource.
- Post Fire Survival/Mortality: research project to develop a quick and simple post-fire tree survival reference tool to aid with triage of burned landscapes.
- Working with local fire departments to homogenize fire-resilient landscape standards.
Oak Tree Health: organized, hosted and presented:
- California Oak Workshop with science based oak health information. Over 500 participants.
- Sudden Oak Death Blitz pivoted to online, educating and distributing 93 test kits to the public.
Food Systems & Security
- “Stay Home Grow Food” series has reached over 350 people with videos plus resources via an extensive social media campaign.
- Gardener Sense program delivered by video conference to help homeowners reduce water use.
- Master Gardener's are pivoting their classes to webinars.
The value of a strong, connected local food system to sustain the resiliency of our communities has never been more clear.
Coordinating with Sonoma County Food System Alliance and strategizing for a series of video conferences on longer term emergency food response planning & strengthening the local food supply chain looking to local production & distribution as part of meeting food need.
- Meeting on March 23 with over 50 emergency food responders to strategize on coronavirus response.
- Chairing the Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) Food group. Continue to collaborate with the group to meet the needs of emergency food organizations.
- Sonoma County Food Recovery Coalition
UCCE used connections to secure donations of over 12,000 wine boxes to
Redwood Empire Food Bank for boxing and distributing food.
Local Meat Supplies: Mobile Slaughter Unit (MSU)
UCCE is working with local livestock producers in Marin/Sonoma to create a business plan for an MSU which can assist local livestock producers with a local, safe option for processing livestock.
- Applying for USDA grant to assist these producers to determine the functionality of keeping it in production.
- Will develop educational and management strategies to ensure economic security for small-scale livestock producers.
Integrated Pest Management
- Collaborating with UC Davis researchers to continue projects that address soil and fungal pests that shorten the lifespan of vineyards.
Critical research on the newly detected invasive Mediterranean oak borer (pictured) found in valley oak in eastern Sonoma County. Collaborators include Cal Fire, US Forest Service, and CDFA.
4-H youth educational programs have continued to engage youth and adults with online technologies.
- Developed fact sheets to support volunteer educators in delivering online programs available at Youth Development Resources
- Short-term educational programs have been implemented reaching elementary-aged children with science and art content.
- Ongoing programming has been transitioning online focused for teens around college and career readiness (Juntos 4-H) and youth participatory action research.
Annual Sonoma 4-H Open House and ChickenQue transitioned from a full-day chicken BBQ lunch fundraiser to a radiothon.
- Partnered with local radio The Bull 93.7 to do a radiothon.
- The station promoted 4-H with interviews of staff, volunteers, and youth.
- The event also served as a public awareness campaign showcasing the program's legacy helping youth reach their full potential.
Working with local dairy and livestock producers to apply for grants from CDFA to reduce greenhouse gases:
- Alternative Manure Management Program
- Healthy Solis Program
If funded, these grants would bring over $5 million to reduce GHG by 4,154 MTeCO2
Support Local Producers
- Working with local creameries and FEED Sonoma, to develop a dairy CSA box option.
- Revisit the County Lands for Food Production program initiated by UCCE to increase the availability of county owned land to communities, farmers and ranchers.
- Find Local Food & Aid the Community
Providing information and updates.
Coronavirus Resources webpages provides information for agricultural enterprises focusing on financial resources, Ag worker safety and food safety and includes resources for where to find food from local farms and for opportunities to volunteer.
Sonoma county residents love their oak trees, and with good reason: Oak woodlands are a source of immense value not just to the more than 330 types of animals and hundreds of other organisms they support, but also to the cultural, economic, and social fabric of our society. Sudden oak death (SOD) threatens to unhinge these systems, imperil biodiversity, create hazard trees or fuel for fires, and potentially infect agriculturally or horticulturally important plants. So whether it means adapting educational events to virtual spaces, delivering materials by mail, training online, answering home phones instead of staffing the Master Gardener desk, or collecting leaves for the SOD blitz by bicycle while wearing a mask and social distancing, the UCCE Sonoma SOD Program is not letting COVID-19 slow us down.
A key endeavor of this group is the yearly Sudden Oak Death Blitz in partnership with UC Berkeley's Forest Pathology and Mycology Lab. This state-wide citizen science project allows landowners to receive free testing of California bay laurel and tanoak leaves, contribute to long-term scientific research, and update the SOD Map Mobile app used by landowners and professionals to assess disease risk in their area. As SOD Blitz creator Dr. Matteo Garbelotto wrote in a letter addressed to all Californians about this year's program,
“The SOD Blitzes have become a tradition for many, while providing key information to help us save our oaks from a devastating disease.”
UCCE Sonoma hosts six blitz events annually whereas most counties hold just one, and we were eager to test new areas of tree mortality that were discovered after last-year's blitz had already passed. Here's how we made it work:
- Training took place online.
- Three Zoom sessions were set up with SOD team members for participant questions.
- Collection packets were mailed to most participants, and the rest picked up following strict safety guidelines supervised by staff.
- Leaves were collected at homes and on public land by walkers, cyclists, and others engaging in outdoor exercise.
- Kashia Pomo staff continued to sample on their land.
- In collaboration with SSU's Center for Environmental Inquiry, we hosted the only SOD blitz in the state that was fully bilingual in Spanish and English.
Despite limitations posed by COVID-19 regarding how to train volunteers, access areas where leaves could be sampled, and safely pass materials and samples between participants and blitz organizers, this year's campaign is on track to be even more successful than 2019. Returning leaves by mail instead of in-person allowed residents on the coast and other remote areas to participate easily, leading to a better geographic distribution of sampling. Online trainings and Q&A sessions, though less personal and lacking physical demonstrations, encouraged people with schedule constraints to give the blitz a try. One participant with extra time on his hands reported that he thought this was a great way to give back to the community in a time of need. Based on the number of participants and collection packets requested, we estimate a 15% increase in sampling from last year, including all major areas of Sonoma county and most of Mendocino county.
And things are just getting started. Though a SOD-themed Plant Walk with the local Milo Baker chapter of the California Native Plant Society was postponed, discussions are underway about creating a live virtual field trip in its place, complete with 360 degree photos of highlighted spots along the trail. Similarly, SOD Specialist Master Gardeners have been presenting at public library series' for years, and are now hoping to create a recorded version to be posted on UCCE Sonoma's Sudden Oak Death webpage. Check back for announcements on these and other happenings.
Our gratitude goes out to every volunteer who has invested their time in staying educated, spreading the word, and participating in citizen science with us over the years, especially during the current shelter-in-place, with special recognition for our dedicated team of SOD Specialist Master Gardeners. We couldn't help our oaks without you!
- Author: Lisa A Blecker, coordinator for the UC Pesticide Safety Education Program and Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination
- Author: Whitney Brim-DeForest, UC Cooperative Extension rice advisor in Sutter and Yuba counties
- Author: Katrina Hunter, UC Integrated Pest Management Program pesticide safety writer
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice, UC ANR Assistant Director, News and Information Outreach
While most Californians are staying home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, California farmers, farmworkers and other agricultural professionals are out in the fields and packing houses working to produce food.
With increased demand for personal protective equipment, or PPE, to protect against COVID-19, these essential workers are facing shortages. Agricultural commissioners in 28 counties are hearing from farmers who are having trouble getting PPE for their employees and farmers in another 11 counties who are worried about running out of PPE in the next month or twoaccording to a California Department of Pesticide Regulation survey.
To reduce the spread of COVID-19, workers may wear homemade face coverings, but for applying pesticides, they must wear respirators specified on the pesticide product label, said Whitney Brim-DeForest, UC Cooperative Extension rice advisor.
Pesticide applicators may use gear that is more protective than required by the product label and regulations.
“Although this could change in the days ahead, half-mask and full-mask respirators are more available than disposable N95 respirators for now,” said Lisa Blecker, coordinator for the UC Pesticide Safety Education Program.
Before the pandemic, 10% of N95 respirators from 3M went to health care, but that number is now 90%, the company said in a letter to distributors. This has led to significant backorders of PPE supplies for distributors.
Carl Atwell, president of Gempler's, an online distributor of worker supplies, said that before the crisis, normal lead times for PPE was up to 10 days. He estimated disposable respirators will become available in the fall and other PPE supplies in August.
In the meantime, there is alternative PPE that agricultural professionals can use during the shortage.
Atwell suggests looking for lesser known brands of PPE as opposed to the first tier of choice: “It's sort of like searching for Purell hand sanitizer. Purell brand might be out of stock, but can you find a different disinfectant?
On Gempler's website, the more recognizable Tyvek coverall from Dupont is sold out, however disposable protective clothing is available from other brands. Reusable chemical-resistant clothing is also available as opposed to their disposable counterparts. Supplies in high demand are reusable and disposable nitrile gloves, protective clothing, disposable respirators and certain protective eyewear, such as goggles and face shields.
For workers who will be applying pesticides, Blecker and Brim-DeForest offered some guidelines on how to meet PPE requirements as the shortage continues.
General PPE requirements: “Remember, the label is the law,” said Brim-DeForest. “PPE requirements for agriculture are not being loosened.” The UCCE advisor recommends purchasing only what you need for the season and choosing reusable PPE whenever possible. Growers who have excess supplies of PPE can coordinate with their county agricultural commissioner or UCCE advisor to help other producers in their area.
Respirators: If you can't find the respirator required on the label, Blecker said, “Use an alternative, more-protective respirator. For example, if an N95 is required, you can use a half-mask with N95 particulate filters; these can be stand-alone filters or ones that attach to an organic vapor cartridge. You could also use a different pesticide that doesn't require a respirator. Consult with your PCA (pest control adviser) for options.”
Gloves: Chemical-resistant gloves, usually 14 mil or more in thickness are required for most California pesticide applications and should be worn by mixers, handlers and applicators. If nitrile gloves are not available, viton and laminate gloves are universal chemical-resistant materials for most pesticide labels. If the glove material is specified on the label, that instruction must be followed.
“Disposable gloves less than 14 mil can be worn, but not for more than 15 minutes at a time,” Blecker said. “Farmers should also note that thinner gloves cannot be layered on top of one another.”
Coveralls: Coveralls should be worn when required by the pesticide label or when the signal word is “WARNING” or “DANGER,” or when applying by backpack or airblast. “Coveralls can be made out of high-density polyethylene fibers (Tyvek and other brands), which are disposable, or cotton, which are reusable,” Brim-DeForest said. “If reusable coveralls are worn, the employer must ensure employees are provided clean coveralls.”
Goggles/face shields: Face shields are required for mixing and loading pesticides only if it's stated on the label. “If a face shield is unavailable, a full-face respirator can be used,” Blecker said. “Goggles or protective eyewear should always be worn in California when handling pesticides, regardless of what the label says. The face shield, goggles or safety glasses must provide front, side and brow protection and meet the American National Standards Institute Z87.1 standard for impact resistance.
For more information about PPE, contact your county agricultural commissioner or see the California Department of Pesticide Regulation's posters:
4-H families have been working hard sewing cotton masks for nurses, essential workers, and friends and family!
Now that home sewn fabric masks are required in Sonoma County, and N95 masks are reserved for first responders, we are busy sewing up a storm. It has been a challenge with fabric stores closed for regular shopping so it is a good thing that sewists (sewing artists) tend to have extra supplies on hand!
The count thus far is 277 masks sewn by 7 families and that is just the start! They were donated to hospitals, nurses, mental health workers, medical offices, Senior Center, to essential workers that must stay on the job and some to friends and other families in need.
Way to go 4-Hers, learning and helping is a beautiful thing!
A big thank you to Xobon Magazine for posting instructions:
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Golden Hills 4-H club volunteer project leader, Jemetha Cosgrove, and her two children, aged 12 and 7, repurposed their 3D printing equipment – part of a 4-H AgTech project – to make face shields to help in the COVID-19 pandemic. As of April 13, they've made around 120 and are donating them to medical and other essential workers in the North Bay.
They are using a Prusa MK3 printer. Prusa popularized the home face shield 3D printing movement from its headquarters in Europe and it has continued to spread around the world. Their shield design and others are being widely used by health care workers during the pandemic. The Cosgroves have been printing a design approved for use in hospitals by the U.S. National Institute of Health.
Each print takes about 2.5 hours and can take longer or shorter depending on the shield design. They are also printing bias tape makers, used to make mask ties, to support the cloth mask sewing efforts. They invite others who own 3D printers to join the effort.
Those interested in making masks can connect on the Facebook page:
Making a Difference Sonoma County.
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Endsleigh was founded by the Nation Union of Students (NUS) in 1965 to provide affordable car insurance for drivers in full-time education. Today it is a leading insurer for young drivers, students and graduates. Young motorists typically face the highest premiums of any drivers. Endsleigh tries to minimise these costs and provide policies tailored to the needs of young and student drivers. Its student car insurance therefore sometimes come with 10% discounts on servicing and 20% on MOTs.
And Endsleigh isn’t just for students. It’s also used by many professionals, including older people, and is the preferred insurer for several unions and professional associations, including the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers, the Association of University Teachers and the Association of Optometrists.
What types of cover does Endsleigh offer?
Endsleigh offers three levels of car insurance: comprehensive; third party, fire and theft (TPFT) and third party only. These tiers are available on a range of insurance products:
- Student driver insurance: policies for college and university students and recent graduates; students at some universities receive discounts on premiums. These policies also give you 10% off servicing and 20% off MOT costs. Comprehensive student driver policies come with courtesy car cover as standard, and all policies can be topped up with legal cover for £4.99.
- Young driver insurance: policies for drivers under 25 who aren’t students. These policies come with 90 days of European cover and comprehensive policies with £100 of cover for personal possessions in the car and windscreen cover.
- Car insurance: policies available to those who aren’t students, including older drivers. Comprehensive policies include courtesy car cover and 24-hour windscreen and glass cover.
- Black box insurance: policies offered through ingenie which install a black box in your vehicle to record your driving behaviour. Your driving performance is assessed after three months and then two other times in a policy year and can give you discounts on your premiums of up to 21%.
- Learner driver insurance: short-term insurance for provisional drivers between the ages of 17 and 34, using someone else’s vehicle to learn to drive. These policies are offered in partnership Marmalade. Learner drivers can start accumulating a no-claims bonus with these policies which can be transferred to their permanent policies when they pass their driving test.
- Temporary student driver insurance: covers college and university students on a borrowed vehicle for a period of seven, 14, 21 or 28 days. These policies are ideal for students who want to drive their parent’s vehicle during holidays.
Why choose Endsleigh?
- Discounts on servicing: including 10% off servicing and 20% off MOT fees.
- Tailored for students: including coverage ideal for holidays between terms and discounts negotiated with certain universities
- No-claims bonuses for learner drivers: allows learner drivers to start accumulating a no-claims bonus before they even earn their licence
- No-claims bonus accelerator scheme: allows new drivers to reap the benefits of a no-claims bonus in just six months, rather than a year
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Courtney Boyd Camps
Who is Courtney Boyd?
Courtney Boyd enters her third season as Head Women's Coach at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa.
Clarke broke the program record for wins in a season in the '18-'19 season, finishing 23-12, and made its first-ever NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Championship appearance. The Pride advanced to the Quarterfinal Round after posting wins over No. 1 seed and third-ranked Columbia (Mo.) and No. 4 seed and fourteenth-ranked Shawnee State. Boyd's team was recognized with three Heart of America Athletic Conference All-Conference selection and one NAIA second-team All-American. The Pride boasted a 3.32 team grade point average.
A native of Keokuk, Iowa, Boyd came to Clarke from UW-Parkside, where she spent two years as associate head women’s basketball coach and was involved in all phases of the program.
Boyd received the WBCA Thirty Under 30 award at the conclusion of the 2016-17 season. The WBCA Thirty Under 30 presented by Marriott Rewards® program was created to recognize 30 up-and-coming women’s basketball coaches age 30 and under at all levels of the game. Each honoree has exemplified their involvement in community service, mentorship and impact on others, professional manner, and attitude and professional association involvement.
Boyd started her collegiate coaching career as an assistant at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, helping the Vikings to a Midwest Collegiate Conference Championship and a trip to the NAIA Elite Eight, finishing the season 30-6 overall.
As a player, Boyd spent two seasons at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, leading the Eagles to a runner-up finish at the NJCAA Championships in 2006 before hoisting the national title in 2007. She finished her Kirkwood career with a 67-4 record before continuing her playing career at Division II Dixie State University in Saint George, Utah. At Dixie State, Boyd was named Newcomer of the Year and Honorable Mention All-Pacific West Conference in 2008 while setting a school record for most three-pointers in a game and landing second-team All-Pac West accolades in 2009.
Boyd received her bachelor's degree in elementary education with an ESL endorsement from Dixie State and her master of education degree from Augusta University.
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As I try to find more and more ways to amp up my outfits without depleting my bank account, I find that my answer is literally right at my fingertips. No matter what a fashionista is wearing, no outfit feels complete without that perfect color of nail polish. This season's nudes and grays are the perfect complement to any ensemble, and I've found some of the best colors at a most reasonable price. Borghese nail polishes are about $8 and come in the most sought-after shades, including my new stand-by color, Biscotto Beige. It screams ultra chic without saying a word.
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Pivotal Software and VMware launch new container service
@Pivotal Software Inc. and its @DellTechnologies Inc. sibling @VMware Inc. today announced the general availability of their @Kubernetes-based Pivotal #Container Service following an initial beta release last year. #PKS, as the service is called, is designed to enable companies easily create software containers, which bundle software applications together in a way that they can be run anywhere, and deploy them across both public and private clouds. The service also makes use of Kubernetes, the #opensource #container #orchestration service first developed by @Google Inc., to manage those containers. The main idea behind PKS is to help companies migrate their apps to Google’s #CloudPlatform and @VMware’s #vSphere #virtualization platform, which emulates a computer system in order to use corporate data center servers more efficiently. “As you evaluate your enterprise software portfolio, you’re going to have app platforms, containers, and functions,” Pivotal’s team wrote in a blog post. “So of course you’re going to have plenty of Kubernetes clusters in the mix. Your job now is to give your team a rock-solid, secure Kubernetes ‘dial tone.’” PKS is essentially a commercial version of the open-source Kubo project that was developed by Google and Pivotal last year, and enables developers to run Kubernetes at large scale in production scenarios. One of the main advantages of the new service is it allows users to create containers quickly and easily instead of having to provision physical servers for them in a data center. Another key benefit for VMware customers is it allows them to run containerized applications on-premises, using their existing infrastructure, said Holger Mueller, principal analyst and vice president at Constellation Research Inc. But looking beyond Pivotal and VMware’s pitch, the release of PKS is really just an acknowledgment from those companies that Kubernetes has won the battle to become the industry-standard orchestration software for containers, Mueller added. “Amazon Web Services did the same at re:Invent last year,” Mueller said, referring to the launch of Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes in December. “Enterprises want load portability and so everyone needs to support Kubernetes.” PKS 1.0 comes with multicloud capabilities, support for vSphere and Google Cloud Platform, as well as the latest Kubernetes 1.9.2 release. The platform also features advanced container networking capabilities, multitenancy with cluster-level security, and is certified by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, the companies said. Other features of PKS include on-demand provisioning, an enterprise container registry, NSX-T network virtualization and fully automated operations.
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My name is Daniela. I offer private lessons to children and adults. I have an MA in Spanish, and my experience includes teaching at universities, schools and oil and gas companies.
My hours are flexible. Handouts and other resources are free of charge. Location will be decided upon mutual agreement. All students are required to fill out student registration form.
My teaching focus is on language learning strategies. I focus on raising students’ awareness of various communication strategies, including strategies to bridge vocabulary gaps, reading and listening strategies, and general language learning strategies.
Let me know if you are interested! ¡Muchas gracias!
I have been tutoring for the past 5 years, but I am also a Spanish teacher. I have received positive feedback from my students, and they have informed me that my lessons have improved their ability to better understand and speak Spanish language.
My rates vary according to the distance I have to travel.
The lesson should be cancelled 24 hours in advances in order to receive refund. I usually prepare lessons a few days in advance, and I prefer to be informed in advance of any cancellations.
If teaching groups, the price of one hour lesson is $45 + $20 per each additional student (ex., one hour lesson for 2 students is $65, for three $85, etc).
I have BA and MA degrees in Spanish.
Currently, I teach Spanish at a private school. In the past, I also worked as a Spanish Research Assistant and Sessional Instructor at University of Calgary. I have taught private lessons to adults and children for the past five years.
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Myanmar Unesco World Heritage SitesBurma Unesco World Heritage
The city is full of historical and culturally rich. It is home to the highest concentration of buddhistic architectural styles in the world, with over three thousand Buddha Schools, convents, Stupa's and memorials in one area. They are a cross-section of Burma's past, present day and future as it is a millenium long building.
But not all of these churches have such a wealth of historic and visible effect. Because of the buddhistic faith that there is a great spiritual value in the construction of churches, Bagan expanded until the construction work was stopped in 2010 to concentrate on the preservation of the present one. Burma's government has built a number of churches and palagodas, one of which is devoted to General Than Shwe.
Scientists, in particular Don Stadtner, have denied the intervention of the army and considered the archeological integrity of Bagan bad. The town councillor is against the designation of Bagan as a UNESCO world cultural heritage site: Many, like Stadtner, are against the motion because they believe that Burma does not merit association with UNESCO because it would be damaging to the organisation's seriousness.
Not only would UNESCO lower its own standard, it would reinforce that the unaccountable manipulation of such holy archeological sites can have an advantage. Stadtner's view is balanced by Naing Win, Bagan's chief archaeologist, who regards the accounts as wrongfully excessive and untrue. As Naing Win says, his staff adhered rigorously to the architectonic shapes and details of the ancient temple.
Therefore, with the sole exemption of ages, there should be no architectonic difference between the primitive and restored Buddhist shrines. Burma is one of the impoverished nations in Asia, despite its wealth of gems, mineral resources and petroleum, a product of years of militarily corrupt practices. Desperately to boost its tourist industry, Bagan's classifications will unavoidably entail external investment.
However, this increase in tourist activity could make the country's nervously fragile business environment vulnerable to commercialisation, and many are worried about Burma's role in this economy. Furthermore, there are fears that an increase in the number of tourists could harm the Buddhist structure itself, especially if Bagan does not have the necessary means or know-how to help a rising number of people.
Before the archeological site can be UNESCO classed, these results, both good and bad, must be taken into account. Since its first bid in 1996, the country's emergency situation regarding the designation of Bagan as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site has persisted and was denied due to bad governance policies and a lack of legislation. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova visited Bagan in 2012 to debate how the relationship between the organisation and Burma will develop.
From now on, UNESCO specialists will work with Bagan's archaeology staff to improve their preservation and restorative capabilities and provide wall conservator schooling. This timid approach is a good point of departure for creating a sustainable administrative and commercial environment that can help the culture of Bagan.
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How to Reduce Chronic Inflammation
Dr. Murray is a highly accomplished physician who has been certified in four different medical specialties including internal medicine, osteopathic manipulative medicine, energy medicine and functional medicine.
From her clinical work, she has learned how much pain and suffering is caused by chronic inflammation, and how reducing this inflammation helps people reduce pain and live happier lives.
-Eat the rainbow. Vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. There are over 25,000 phytonutrients.
-Stretch. your body has 3 holistic systems in it, Nervous system, vascular system, and connective tissue.
-Eliminate gluten! If you give up gluten for the next 21 days, that could be the most important thing I tell you today.
Root Cause Medicine.
Functional medicine is about root cause medicine. Ideally, you’re only in the doctor’s office in extreme situations. So if you learn the tools, you can be empowered to do guided self doctoring and you don’t need to be in the doctor’s office as much.
I want people to be empowered because too much of us are running around thinking that someone else needs to care for us or someone else needs to do things for us. But the bottom line is if you’re educated to some basic concepts about how to take care of yourself and be in right relationship with your body, your mind, your spirit and your relationships, then you are not going to need to be in the doctor’s office all the time, or dependent on prescription medications.
10 Ways in 10 Days to Stop Your Suffering and Live a Pain Free Life.
It’s about Inflammation and Toxicity.
Statens essentially do not stop that. You’ve got to go to the root cause, which is the fact that the majority us are inflamed and toxic from our environment and our diet and the chemicals we’re exposed to. And you’ve got to go back to, you’ve got to go upstream and correct those problems and people can be trained and educated and given the tools to be able to reverse their underlying inflammation and immune dysfunction and never need a staten.
Make sure and check out Dr. Murray’s book Make A DENT in Chronic Disease: Your Guide to Living Pain Free Through Functional Medicine.
Immune dysfunction, inflammation, autoimmunity.
The immune system and inflammation is what’s causing most of the chronic disease in our world today. And your immune system is your military. I have a book out now, just came out about two weeks ago that I’m over the top excited about and it’s called Make a Dent in Chronic Disease. Right in chapter one I explain the immune system and how it works, but obviously not in high level science terminology, more in analogies and everyday explanations like I’m about to explain your immune system is your army, your navy, air force, and marines.
If foreign invaders get in, such as a bacteria or a virus or a mold or chemicals or a food sensitivity, some food that your immune system is sensitive to or allergic to, then your defense system’s going to go into effect and try and protect you. And the whole point of the your immune system is there are steps that it takes in order to fight against these foreign invaders. And that’s what inflammation is.
About those foreign invaders… Does time restricted eating help? (Intermittent Fasting)
Absolutely true. Intermittent fasting is something you want to do daily, preferably. There’s many ways to do intermittent fasting, but one of the most typical ways to do it is each day try and put between 12 and 15 hours of a time when you are not ingesting food that has any new information to your body, such as sugars or carbohydrates or fats or proteins or chemicals or things like that.
Any time we eat, even when we eat a clean diet, we are putting glucose sugar into our body. We’re putting proteins in our body and our body is going to have its information and our body has to respond to it. And sometimes we put allergens in our body.
With big allergies, you’re going to have a rash and then maybe even shortness of breath and God forbid, a full blown reaction. I’m not really talking about allergens. Most people know if they’re allergic to something.
So I’m talking about food sensitivities to gluten or dairy or soy for example. So that’s one piece. But the other thing is even when we are not eating a food sensitivity, our body needs to respond to whatever we are eating, including unhealthy elements in the food.
You can’t avoid all of them. Your immune system sits right behind that gut wall and is going to respond. So you’re military needs to rest in the same way that, if you think about it, a soldier does. If they have to work all the time and never gets to sleep, then they’re going to make mistakes.
And there’s going to be, as we all know, that term friendly fire. So the point is those 12 to 15 hours allows your immune system to take care of the last meal and then allows your immune system to rest. But also some of the soldiers that are on duty can be finding some of the pathogens that might be hiding in your tissues or in things called biofilms. For example, like plaque on your teeth. The plaque on your teeth is actually bacteria that are living in little communities that spew out a gel like substance or the plaque itself that protects them and hide them from your immune system and your soldiers that are looking for them to try and get rid of them.
So the intermittent fasting allows your immune system for rest, but also the troops that are still on duty while the others a resting can be looking for pathogens that may be hiding, whether that be bacteria or mold or chemicals and so forth.
Some important definitions: Acute inflammation versus chronic inflammation.
First of all acute inflammation is, again, your Army, your Navy, your police force going out and attacking any immediate invasion or injury. So if you stub your toe or you step off a curb and sprained your ankle, or you cut your finger, they come to clean up that wound.
And so certain types of cells come in and start laying down tissue to create the scab and then over time, other layers happen that start healing that wound. So we’ve all seen that and experienced that and acute inflammatory response. This is normal. It’s a normal healing response by your body.
The difference is that if we are constantly exposed to chemicals, toxins, stress, chronic bacterial, or let’s say Lyme as a bacterial infection or Epstein Barr like mono from a viral infection, or if someone lives in a moldy, wet, moist environment, then the acute inflammation never stops.
The inflammatory response is going on 24 seven and the person develops this iceberg of underlying inflammation that they’re not even aware of going on in their body, which can be the chronic reason and the root cause of many disease processes in our body.
How do you find out if you’ve got too much chronic inflammation?
Well, first of all, if someone is exhausted most of the time, if someone has chronic pain such as joint pain or abdominal pain, if someone has irritable bowel syndrome such as they never leave the bathroom feeling satisfied of emptying their bowels or anytime they eat anything they are running immediately right afterwards to the toilet and having diarrhea.
If someone has migraine headaches and so forth, these are all signs that you are chronically inflamed. So it’s not like you have to have a big lab tests to tell you what the symptoms are.
But also there are of course lab tests that are commonly done through any primary care doctor’s office that can test your level of inflammation.
When you talk about being hypersensitive to our environment, what does that mean?
The environment is everything that we interact with in our day. For example, the most typical one for people is food. So we eat at least three times a day, typically more. And Food is information. It can be either good holistic, healthy inflammation or it can be negative inflammation looked at as foreign invaders, or food sensitivity information. So that’s one piece of anyone’s environment.
In the science perspective, we talk about a term called Epigenetics, meaning the environment can affect your genes and either keep good genes turned on or it can cause negative genetics to be turned on and signaled to come to effect. So when referring to the environment, I’m referring to the food we eat, plus we are all exposed to air pollution, noise pollution, and chemical toxins.
They did a study on the umbilical of pregnant women and it showed upwards of 250 cancer causing toxins in that blood. So you can’t avoid toxins. We all are exposed to them in our environment.
We’re all exposed to stress in our modern world, the cell phone, it’s going off all the time. We never get a quiet moment and that affects our immune system. I’m also referring to infections. Again, as I alluded to before, someone may have had infections and even the down to the plaque on your teeth is a chronic bacterial infection of your guns. So the environment is everything.
What about cleaning chemicals and things like Lysol, Draino and other household chemicals?
Absolutely. Thank you for bringing that up because I should have listed that. If you haven’t heard of the environmental working group, ewg.org then I strongly suggest that you go there.
Most of us are slathering lotions on ourselves with parabens and phthalates in them, which disrupt your immune system and disrupt your hormone balance. And we don’t know it. And this is what I’m talking about, the tools for self doctoring and to keep you out of the doctor’s office and to keep you away from chronic diseases is that there are the chemicals in the cosmetics, the soaps, the shampoos, and then of course your whole household cleaners.
And if you go to the environmental working group.org it’s a wonderful nonprofit organization. I’ve been standing in a pharmacy and looking at the shelves at let’s say shampoos and I put in a brand on the ewg.org website and I find that exact product and they will rank it or rate it green. Go ahead and buy it. If it’s not green, don’t buy it.
Before buying anything, check with https://www.ewg.org
You claim chronic immune dysfunction is the root cause of most chronic diseases. That’s a powerful statement. Talk about that.
Well, again, your immune system is your military and as I said earlier, if your immune system cannot rest, if it is constantly working, then you’re going to end up having friendly fire, which leads down the path for many people to one of the most common conditions in our industrial world which are auto immune diseases, auto is self and immune is your immune system attacking self. So for example, one of the most common chronic auto immune diseases in our in women, predominantly women doesn’t mean men are a excused from it, but Hashimoto’s thyroiditis or Hypo-Thyroidism most commonly that is caused by chronic immune dysfunction. That’s caused by the fact that your immune system is constantly fighting and therefore it can’t even differentiate anymore between the enemy and you. And so your different organ systems in your body get attacked. Now some auto immune diseases are purely inflammatory related such as asthma.
Asthma is an allergic reaction if you will, and it’s a hypersensitivity inflammatory response. Your lungs are getting irritated and red. And like we talked about with the finger wound thyroiditis is a little bit of a different pathway through the immune system.
It’s not going through the army or the marines, it’s going through the navy and it’s just a different path of a complex system, but there’s still the same thing remains in that your immune system is dysfunctional and the immune system is not being able to differentiate between self and non-self and and it attacks and so this immune dysfunction, autoimmune disease and inflammation are so many times in our world as much as 60-75% of the time, the root cause of most chronic diseases, and if people can reverse it, then they will reverse the disease process or the disease process will never start to unfold and the bad genetics will be kept quiet and completely of course avoid or prevent going down a path of autoimmune disease or heart disease or migraine headaches or any of these things.
I have patients every single day that reverse their chronic conditions as a result of quieting their inflammation.
So what do we do? Give us some solutions.
Absolutely. I’ll give three primary solutions. And then if you’re interested, I’ll give a bonus. But number one, number one, and the most important again, is we put food in our mouth three, four, five times a day.
You want to eat the rainbow. And it’s the color red, yellow, orange, blue, green, and purple. I do not mean skittles.
I think real food, fruits and vegetables of all colors of the rainbow.
Why? It’s because every, you know, whoever put us here, whether you come from a place of saying God or the universe or whatever, your religion doesn’t matter. But the point is whoever developed us and created this wonderful creation we’re in, put different vitamins, different minerals and something called phyto nutrients. The prefix stands for plant and there are over 25,000 different phyto nutrients in plants, fruits and vegetables, and phyto nutrients protect the plants from their environment. So you notice we need to eat every color of the rainbow to maintain our health. So every day eat at least one serving of every color of the rainbow.
And it’s in chapter two of my book, make a dent in chronic disease.
Number two solution for today’s talk would be to stretch.
If you took all of your muscles, your ligaments, and your Fascia, which is the name for a type of connective tissue, it’s like Saran wrap, it surrounds everything in your body. If you took that all out and you made it three dimensional, it would look exactly like you.
And if it has restrictions in it, it will cause blocks in blood flow. You will get blockage of the ability of waste products to be drained out of your tissues.
So if you stretch with really, really basic stretches like I have on my website, you go to the health library and you drop down to exercise videos, I have a basic, less than 10 minutes of very gentle stretches. And if you were to do that, it will decrease inflammation and quiet pain.
One of my primary specialties is pain. I will say to a patient, over the next month, I want you to just stretch everything day and that’s all I want you to do. These basic basic stretches. And 99.9% of the time they come back to me if they’d done it every day and they say that is the best thing I’ve ever been taught and my pain is reduced by 85% at least.
You must be a fan of yoga.
Absolute fan of Yoga. But many people don’t have a 90 minute interval to go to every day. Many of my patients say, well, I go to a yoga class. I ask how often, and they say once a week. Okay, that’s great. I’ll also say that the patients that I teach these stretches to, that come back to me and say I do it two or three times a week… it’s not helping that much.
Versus the other example I gave in case study is that the patients that say they come in and they stretched every day come in and say, oh my goodness doc, that’s the best thing I’ve ever been taught. Why didn’t anybody ever teach me this before? My pain is 35-90% gone.
The third solution for reducing chronic inflammation…
So the third solution is to eliminate gluten. Especially with thyroid issues, but many other autoimmune conditions. If you give up gluten for the next month, or at least 21 days and see how you feel, that will be the number one in today’s discussion. I would say with the caveat that a person could do a comprehensive elimination diet and that’s more advanced. And of course I do cover that in my book, but today I’m trying to keep it simple. And for the majority of people I would say eat the rainbow and stretch everyday, gentle basic stretches and eliminate gluten for the next three to four weeks and see how you feel at the end of that month.
Well if you think about it, gluten sounds like glue and it is, it’s a protein that causes a glue like substance in your digestive tract that doesn’t process well. So that’s a problem.
Then there’s Celiac disease of course, which is a horrible disease. It’s an autoimmune disease but that’s only 3% or less of the population. Non Celiac Gluten sensitivity is at least 20% or probably more of the population and particularly in people with autoimmune or other inflammatory conditions.
Okay, how about the bonus solution?
The bonus solution is that every morning before you get out of bed, I want you to list at least one thing that you are grateful for in your life.
We’ve got to shift ourselves and our perception of our environment from things that are the stressors like fear, anger, frustration. These emotions are inflammation producers. So you want to start every day of your life from the place of the positive emotions that are healing and anti-inflammatory, gratefulness, compassion, joy. So just wake up each day and think of one thing or one to three things that you are grateful for in your life.
Learn more about Dr. Murray’s work here:
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Virginia Church Sex Abuse Attorneys
With an estimated 39 million people living with the scars of sexual abuse, it’s obvious the problem has become far more pervasive than initially thought. A growing number of brave people are stepping forward to discuss church sex abuse, with many known cases in the Catholic Church already exposed and more are being reported. If you’ve been sexually assaulted or inappropriately touched by a church official, you should immediately contact a Virginia church sex abuse lawyer at CHASENBOSCOLO.
Religious organizations, in an attempt to save face, may downplay your allegations. They may threaten to excommunicate you for bringing allegations to their attention, or worse. You deserve a safe place to worship, and the opportunity to be heard if priest, nun, or pastoral misconduct has shamed you to the point of fear. By calling our firm at (703) 538-1138, you’ll immediately put an ally in your corner who will fight to get you compensated.
How Church Sex Abuse Starts
It is difficult to imagine that someone would inappropriately touch, fondle, or rape those who trust them to guide them spiritually. With cases today dating back 50 years or longer, it’s an issue that’s gone unnoticed for far too long.
Once the abuse starts, it’s often hard for victims to escape. They fear repercussions from both their deity and the church official who is performing the sexual abuse. After the abuse cycle is finally broken, many victims are too ashamed or scared to discuss the incidents with loved ones or law enforcement. Years will pass, and victims may elect to come forward once they see others are doing so; in some cases, the church may fight your claim if they feel the accusations are too old.
Why Hire an Attorney for Abuse Claims?
Survivors of church sexual abuse are emotionally drained, physically battered and fear their assailants will retaliate if they report the incident to law enforcement. An attorney fears no pastor, priest, archdiocese or any church official; they’ll gladly help victims report their incidents and begin the civil tort process by collecting information and gathering medical documentation.
Putting an end to the abuse and holding those responsible accountable for their actions are common reasons for victims to employ an attorney. With an experienced lawyer on your side, you could take power back and demand justice for what you’ve endured.
How to Prove Church Sex Abuse
Like all cases of sexual misconduct or sexual assault, church sex abuse may have both criminal and civil implications, although churches are quickly setting up victim funds to pay people off before criminal charges are filed. To prove cases of sexual abuse, CHASENBOSCOLO would need to provide evidence that:
- An individual has been physically touched, raped or otherwise taken advantage of against their will within the confines of a church, or at the hands of an official of the church.
- In sustaining emotional, physical and mental injury, damages occurred.
Those damages caused economic and noneconomic losses which the church or official is entitled to pay.
Victims may hear the term “credibly accused” tossed around when they’re helping investigators and attorneys uncover sexual abuse. This term means that enough evidence exists to merit moving forward with one or more individuals who’ve been identified as potential assailants. Many times churches will hire outside investigation teams comprised of ex-military or current FBI investigators to help comb through decades of potential scandal to assure their leads are free of any sexual misconduct charges.
Church Sex Abuse Statistics
Although many reports isolate the Catholic religion, clergypersons accused of sexual abuse in all religions have amassed the tens of thousands. Here are some alarming U.S. church sex abuse statistics from a 2004 survey commissioned by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The information covers abuse from 1950-2002:
- 22.6% of abuse victims were under 10 years old;
- 80% of claims of church sex abuse were substantiated;
- 70% of clergy accused of these crimes were ordained before 1970;
- 149 priests, or 3% of all ordained, had 10 or more allegations against them;
- Female victims were normally much younger than males; and
- U.S. dioceses have paid out over $3 billion in claims up through 2009.
With many pending claims across America, victims may have billions yet to collect as each state uncovers more sex abuse scandals. To uncover sex abuse, it takes several brave individuals like you to make sexual abuse known.
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No amount of compensation can return the victim’s innocence and sense of self-preservation taken by an abusive church official. However, compensation can help victims continue seeking closure on this horrific incident.
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Once laicized, the archdiocese may sentence the clergyperson to a life of prayer and penance, which is similar to isolation. Major crimes could be referred to law enforcement for outside charges, although most dioceses keep cases out of the public by passing allegations between each other, and never reporting them to police.
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Steve got his start in politics as a young Navy enlistee turned anti-war activist and socialist. Learn what his campaign and the Freedom Socialist Party stand for, and read his personal statement about what he hopes to achieve with this campaign.
Hoffman was born in 1958 in Akron, Ohio, a city known as the Rubber Capital of the World. At 18, he left these industrial surroundings to enlist in the Navy, where he served for six years. After his discharge, he made an about-face. Fed up with U.S. imperialism, the military-industrial complex, and the mistreatment of rank-and-file troops, Hoffman joined the mobilization against U.S. intervention in Central America.
In 1991, he took a job as a maintenance technician for the electrical and ventilation systems at North Seattle College and became active in Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) Local 304. He has vigorously represented his co-unionists as a shop steward for many years and serves as the recording secretary for Local 304, which he also represents on the Martin Luther King County Labor Council.
Hoffman believes strongly in the interconnection of labor, peace, environmental, and social-justice issues, and he walks his talk.
He helped form Organized Labor Against the War to protest the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. He took resolutions from his union opposing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the national AFSCME convention (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, of which WFSE is a part).
FSP’s candidate also has a history of taking on the ultra-right that goes back to the 1980s. Today he is part of protests against the white supremacists who are again taking to the streets to whip up support for their bigotry. He recently sent a union resolution to fight the right wing to the statewide AFSCME Council 28 convention.
When Black custodians in his union faced discrimination, Hoffman worked with his local to support them and collaborated with the NAACP to organize a protest. He is a strong supporter of affirmative action and a member of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists.
Hoffman’s call to “turn the tables on the rich” is longstanding. After the financial crash of 2007-2008, he initiated protests by his union against state budget cuts and called for taxing the wealthy and corporate profits to fund services. He also worked closely with Sisters Organize for Survival, a project launched by Radical Women, to bring unionists into the battle to save the state health plan for low-income people.
The Senate aspirant is a longtime supporter of Radical Women, FSP’s sister organization, and has walked the line defending abortion clinics, fought for pay equity, joined efforts to end sexual harassment, and stood up for the rights of LGBTQ people on and off the job.
An advocate for global working-class solidarity, Hoffman has organized support for teachers in Mexico, and public employees in Costa Rica, as well as immigrant workers in the U.S.
Hoffman belongs to Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity (OWLS), a cross-union group of Seattle-area rank-and-file activists. When Washington legislators announced a state shutdown due to lack of revenue last year, Hoffman worked with OWLS and members of his union to organize a rally calling for a progressive business tax on large companies in front of Amazon’s headquarters. A fierce opponent of anti-union “right to work” legislation, he is also front and center in the OWLS-led campaign against the right-wing Freedom Foundation, a major backer of these laws.
A member of the FSP National Committee, Hoffman is a frequent writer on labor and environmental issues for the Freedom Socialist. He hopes his campaign will gain traction for the idea that working people need their own political vehicles, whether through socialist campaigns like his, slates of anti-capitalist labor candidates, or a labor party truly independent of the two parties of the bosses. His message is: Strength through solidarity!
An economy for working people! Public ownership of banks to ensure pro-worker economic development. Nationalize the energy industry under workers’ control to transition away from fossil fuels. Heavily tax the rich and corporations to increase Social Security and to fund universal, free healthcare, childcare and college. Cancel student debt. Expand public housing and end homelessness. Crack down on predatory landlords and real estate developers. Raise the federal minimum wage.
Support strong unions! Stop the Freedom Foundation and anti-union “right to work” laws. Stiff penalties for bosses who retaliate for union organizing. Ban permanent replacement of strikers. Government jobs programs that guarantee employment at union wages.
Equal opportunity and social justice NOW! Enact and enforce strong laws against discrimination based on race, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, and immigration status.
Stop deportations and disband ICE! Restore affirmative action. Elected community review boards to rein in police violence. End mass incarceration. Defend First Amendment rights. Honor Native American treaties.
Expand women’s rights! Prioritize meeting the needs of women of color because they face the highest barriers to equality. Access to abortion and employer paid reproductive healthcare. Vigorous enforcement of laws against sexual harassment. Equal pay for equal work. Outlaw separating immigrant parents and their children.
Bring the troops home! Close U.S. military bases around the world. Retrain soldiers for peacetime production. For a foreign policy based on solidarity among workers of all countries.
Why I'm Running
Working people have it rough these days. Our unions, our civil rights and liberties, and the public services we need are all under siege. Workers need a union militant like me in Congress who will fight for them.
Let’s face it, capitalist democracy in the U.S. means that millionaires run Congress and billionaires run them. My opponent, Maria Cantwell, is one of those millionaires, and it’s clear that her allegiance is with corporations like Boeing and Amazon. Just look at her votes for ruinous “free trade” treaties like NAFTA and CAFTA. I’m running because we working folks have to fight for ourselves and stop counting on the parties of big business to defend us.
I will be blunt about what it will take to defend workers and win a more just society. That’s why I’m proposing demands that take on the profit system — demands like public ownership of the banks and dismantling the war machine. And that’s why I’m calling for an independent labor party to represent the working class.
Senate races are important because we can’t solve intractable problems caused by the addiction to profits at the local level. Take the homelessness crisis. There are over 50,000 souls living on the streets of Los Angeles every night. We need to at least triple the amount of public housing. But where can we get the money? I point to the trillions of dollars spent on endless wars and bloated military production, which are enthusiastically supported by Republicans and Democrats alike.
And let’s look at the recent federal tax cuts for the rich and the corporate elite. The plan is to pay for the cuts at the expense of Medicare, Social Security and anything that benefits workers and the poor. I say repeal that scam! It’s time to tax those plutocrats and fund free education, healthcare, and childcare.
My campaign will travel Washington state hearing from people about their issues and offering working-class solutions. The Freedom Socialist Party which I represent fights for solutions that will unify people and actually help them, as opposed to dividing them and causing them harm as Trump does with his scapegoating and hyper-nationalism.
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Puget Sound Chapter
Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity (OWLS)
Progressive Party of Washington
Radical Women, Seattle
Washington Federation of State Employees, Local 304
Washington Federation of State Employees, Local 1221
Washington Federation of State Employees, Local 1488
Alex Bacon, Washington Federation of State Employees, Local 304
Mohammad Bazargan, Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 587*
Juan José Bocanegra
Patrick Haggerty, LGBTQ rights activist, musician
Leith Jasinowski-Kahl, waterfront worker
Tia Jones, Seattle Silence Breakers*
Denise Krownbell, President, Seattle Chapter of Professional and Technical Employees Local 17*
Howard McCay, ILWU*
Vivian McPeak, Executive Director, Seattle Hempfest*
Matt Nagle, Director, Puyallup Tribal News
Albert Penta, Veterans for Peace*
Barbara Phinney, former President, American Federation of Government Employees, Local 3197*
Gabriel Prawl, Co-chair, Million Worker March Committee*
Oscar Rosales Castañeda, May 1st Action Coalition*
Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Councilmember*
Mike Tagawa, Seattle Black Panther Party*
Sybrina Woodson, WFSE Local 304 shop steward
Roger Yockey, retired labor organizer
Ziyad Zaitoun, civil rights activist
*For identification purposes only
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Former CBS entertainment reporter Kenneth Lombardi sued CBS and two of his previous bosses on Thursday, alleging that they inappropriately and sexually touched him.
In charges filed in Manhattan Federal Court, the 29-year-old reporter claims that CBS senior producer Duane Tollison kissed his neck and grabbed his crotch during a 2013 CBS News holiday party, NY Daily News reported.
The suit says that Tollison “slid his hand down Plaintiff Lombardi’s pants and grabbed Plaintiff’s penis and testicles,” New York Post reported.
According to the suit, Tollison wrote to Lombardi the day after the party: “I wanted to apologize if anything I did offended you or crossed a line. I like to get a little crazy. If you weren’t offended, then let’s do it again. LOL How is your day so far? :)”
On May 8, 2014, Lombardi says he spoke with CBS Evening News director Albert (Chip) Colley for professional advice. Lombardi alleges that Colley got drunk at a gay bar — Hardware — in Hell’s Kitchen and hit on him instead of giving him a professional review of his celebrity interviews.
In the suit, Lombardi alleges that Colley sent text messages to him with links to porn sites, kissed him and rubbed his leg. The documents also state: “Colley told (Lombardi) that he did not really believe being bisexual was real and told plaintiff that he was actually completely gay.”
“While I was being attacked by Chip, I was texting my brother, ‘Oh, my God, I’m about to be raped. Please, God, help me,'” Lombardi told New York Post. “It’s painful to even look at them again.”
“He would show up in my office. I’d catch him following me in the hallway, exhibiting predatory behavior,” Lombardi said.
Following the alleged encounters, Lombardi says he has developed signs of post-traumatic stress disorder; he also admitted to having nightmares and panic attacks.
“The sound of ice hitting glass will trigger an episode — all of a sudden I’m back in that bar being assaulted by Chip again,” Lombardi said.
Lombardi allegedly reported the incidents to the human resources department, but says they were met with retaliation. He singled out CBS News entertainment department manager Paula Cohen in the suit for tormenting him following the complaint.
“You know you’re really p—ing me off!” Cohen allegedly yelled at Lombardi. She is also named in the suit.
“Cohen would smile and say ‘no’ as if defendant Cohen was amused by the torment she was causing plaintiff Lombardi,” documents state.
The papers state that Lombardi was forced to quit in November. CBS is also listed as a defendant.
CBS Interactive spokeswoman Annie Rohrs said, “While CBS takes all allegations of workplace misconduct seriously, we believe Mr. Lombardi’s claims are without merit and we intend to vigorously defend this lawsuit.”
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It’s a strange fact (maybe an outgrowth of reading too much) that I love reading descriptions of books I’ve already read. I suppose it lets me enjoy them again in an incredibly efficient way! So I read this book cover-to-cover, though it’s just an assemblage of brief reading lists with some commentary. Pearl (best-known perhaps as the model for Archie McPhee’s shushing librarian action figure) has very eclectic tastes (yay!) which don’t overlap with mine very much (too bad for me…) I’ve added a few to-reads to my ever-growing list, but I’m actually relieved there weren’t more (I couldn’t possibly make a serious dent in the list before I die, especially since I’m very attached to RE-reading). But if you don’t have such a list, this is a great way to start one; with segments from the Alices (Adams, Hoffman, Munro, Sebold, Walker, etc.) to Zero (books on the counter-intuitive concept that revolutionized mathematics), there’s something for most everyone. Especially intriguing: “Too Good To Miss” sections which highlight Hamilton Basso, Frederick Busch, George MacDonald Fraser, Robert Heinlein, Ward Just, P.F. Kluge, Mark Kurlansky, Jonathan Lethem, Elinor Lipman, Ian McEwan, Merle Miller, Iris Murdoch, Lewis Nordan, Richard Powers, Van Reid, Rex Stout, Ross Thomas, Gore Vidal, and Connie Willis. Heinlein and Fraser are the only two I’ve read; I agree with her on Heinlein (this book is what led me back to Red Planet, the only H. juvenile that was missing from my collection, though I don’t think it holds a candle to the later ones), not on Fraser, but reading at least one each of the others would be a good goal.
Recommended by the Adult Reading Round Table as a “Sure Bet”–and it was. A satisfying thriller, not great, but very hard to put down. One morning, everyone (his boss, his friends, his family) want Dave Elliot dead, and he has to figure out why while staying alive in the skyscraper where he works. Par for the course for a not-great novel: four brand names on the first page of the opening scene (Pratesi sheets/Panasonic clock radio/Nikes/Rolex president watch–it’s not just lazy, it’s obtrusively silly), cardboard characters, painful dialect (“Whut else can yew tell me ’bout him?”) But the popcorn-cruncher in me enjoyed it a lot.
It’s curious that this was marketed as a young adult novel–yes, the protagonist is young and the book is short (196 pages), but it’s a regular novel that some teens would enjoy if they are advanced readers. It even has a brief mention of sex (that was Robert Heinlein’s definition of his juvenile novels: short adult novels with no sex). In 4th century Britain, 23-year-old Centurion Alexios Flavius Aquila, in disgrace with his superiors, is exiled to take charge of the native Frontier Wolves. He grows into the command, gains the respect of the hardbitten Wolves, and makes friends with Cunorix, son of the local chieftain. It’s really about career: recovering from failure, learning a new job, dealing with the stupidity of management (Praepositus Montanus comes to visit and starts a chain of tragic events)–also touching on friendship, betrayal, and courage. Sutcliffe has a knack of making the past live. Most of her books seem to feature stoic male protagonists and lots of battles; they fit seamlessly into the stiff-uppper-lip school of British boys’ stories that I was weaned on.
Features the new-to-me word “kalegarth,” which isn’t even Googleable–now it is!–or in the OED. Looks like it’s more commonly spelled “calgarth” and means “kailyard”: “a cabbage garden, kitchen-garden, such as is commonly attached to a small cottage.” Here’s the context: “…this country that they knew as a man knows his own kalegarth.”
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Choosing the style of vacation to take as a family can be hard if you all have different preferences. If you love the idea of a camping trip out in the wild but your teenage kids can’t bear the idea of being away from wi-fi, or you have a young son or daughter you don’t think is ready for camping yet, it can seem like a wonderful family bonding experience out in nature might be off of the cards. However, a good happy medium that will satisfy anybody in your group who isn’t keen on the idea of sleeping under canvas but will still allow you to enjoy all of the traditional outdoor fun of a camping trip, is to stay in a modern lake cabin for your vacation.
Here are some of the reasons why this can be a highly suitably style of family getaway, no matter how much you might all disagree on whether or not a camping trip would be fun:
A Good Way to Enjoy a Relaxing Natural Setting at Any Time of Year
One of the things that puts a lot of people off camping is that the weather can have such a big impact on how enjoyable it is. However, when you stay in a cabin you can enjoy your natural surroundings, for example the lake and forest at Birch Forest Lodge, whatever time of year it is. If you want to enjoy the outdoors in the fall but don’t want to have to worry about staying dry, then this can be a wonderful way to do it, or, when summer is at its peak you can choose a cabin with air conditioning so that you can stay cool at night.
Access to All Mod Cons
Another aspect of camping that is not for everyone is having to do things like cook and wash using camping gear instead of the things they are used to. Staying in a cabin can mean having access to everything up to a dishwasher and microwave, though of course you can still eat outside if you want to! You’ll also have one or more suitable bathrooms for your family to use, so even if someone can’t stand the idea of being away from their hairdryer for their vacation, they’ll be happy!
Plenty of Outdoor Activities
While staying in a cabin reduces some of the perceived discomfort that some people don’t like about camping, it doesn’t take away the enjoyment of being able to do things like go fishing, hiking, boating and other enjoyable outdoor pursuits on your vacation. In fact, if you choose a location with these facilities, it can actually be even easier to do these things as you’ll have plenty of room in your cabin to store stuff like your own fishing gear and outdoor clothing.
If you would love to spend your vacation camping but can’t get your family to agree, choosing a cabin based vacation by a lake can be the ideal compromise for everyone!
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The Site Guard Plus is an easily installed, simple to operate, reliable site alarm. These units require no external wiring (unless you wish to link to other Evacuator products), are manufactured using high quality components and feature an extremely loud 118dB sounder.
- Operated by a push to activate and turn to reset button
- Easily installed and requires no external wiring
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With the new season upon us, it's a very exciting time. Not only exciting, but there also comes a sense of tension and nervousness. While the St. Louis Rams have solidified several key areas (namely QB - albeit Sam still needs to prove himself), there are still areas that are extremely vulnerable (yes even at positions we've seemingly solidified).
That coupled with last years injuries we compiled, would make any Rams fan tremble whenever they hear the word "injury". Heck, the new Rams mascot could have easily become the Red Cross mascot. It was BAD.
Looking at how the Rams training camp is progressing so far, it appears we've escaped "major" injuries (*GULP - awaiting Ron Bartell x-ray) for the most part, even though we still have a long way to go. I am however a bit worried about our D-Line as STLToday.com has given us details on our injuries thus far, and they include 3 D-Linemen:
"Defensive tackle Chris Hovan left practice early with lower-back pain. Defensive back Marquis Johnson tweaked a hamstring. … Defensive end C.J. Ah You (hamstring), guard Mark Lewis (ankle), defensive tackle Darell Scott (hamstring) and safety Darian Stewart (shoulder) sat out."
Like we need a good dose of back and hamstring injuries to THREE of our D-Linemen right?
*There is also early word about Ron Bartell being helped off the field with an ankle injury during yesterday's practice.. x-rays to follow today.. let's hope that one is minor.
At any rate, hearing about these injuries got me thinking about the painful scenarios if certain players on the Rams got injured, and how those injuries could potentially deflate the Rams and crush any hopes of a respectable season in the win/loss column. With respectable, I mean, an improved record over last year. I know it sucks thinking about stuff like this, but hey, sometimes you gotta' do it!
Let's have a look at the Rams top 5 potential team deflating injuries:
1) RB Steven Jackson OK this one is a no brainer. Losing Jackson is something any Rams fan can't even comprehend right now. Let's look at who we have behind him... Totson? Didn't he get jacked up in practice by Larry Grant? Oh wait, that was Mike Karney who got his helmet knocked off (thanks to infemous for posting that link earlier). Let's HOPE Ogbannaya steps it up and emerges during pre-season. The kid has talent and man oh man do we need that right now. Too bad Westbrook didn't pan out (yet?). That would have been a nice pickup, aged or not. SJAX is our lifeline, and our backbone. I'm sure we can ALL agree on that.
2) QB Sam Bradford I listed Sam #2 only because he has not proven himself on the field as of yet. Once he does, and if he shows some real signs of the prospect we're expecting, he could easily be moved to number 1 on this list. As it is, if Sam gets hurt, it not only hurts the position, but if the injury were serious and sidelined him for a lengthy period of time (can anyone say shoulder?), it could crush the entire future hope of this franchise for some time to come. Bottom line, a Sam Bradford injury would also seriously deflate a team already desperately searching for confidence. Somehow I don't think Feeley or Null would be the elixir to relieve the painful symptoms, do you?
3) MLB James Laurenitis (animal) OK this would be another crushing blow. JL emerged as a leader for us last year on the D-Side and it's not hard to argue that he got robbed in the ROY voting. Anyone who watched a few Rams games last year knows exactly what I'm talking about. He's a beast, a SMART beast at that, who I believe will have an even better year this year. Let's be even more realistic - even with an entire pre-season to determine the roster, Josh Hull could seriously be our starting MLB if animal gets injured. Bring on the Pepto.
4) DE Chris Long OK we all know how fragile we are on the DE side (also DT but we DO have more depth there). Even though Long has disappointed to a degree, he did show some spark toward the end of last season. I could easily see him doubling his production this year, especially with our weaker schedule. If Long gets injured, who would fill in? Ah You? One of a couple rookies? OK so Ah You isn't horrible, BUT c'mon.. Long is supposed to be our future here. This, in my opinion, COULD be one of the most devastating losses due to the sheer lack of depth at the position, and due to the fact that Long has struggled in the past already... that's all all we need... is to ad "injury prone" to Long's list of negative complaints many have had thus far. I'm sure we'd be hearing "bust" screamed as well.
5) P Donnie Jones OK so maybe this is going a BIT overboard? But hey, I had to give our star punter some love, after all, no one else outside of Rams fans is doing that. Listen, how many Rams games (the close ones) were close mainly because of Donnie? I'm being serious. The guy is a STUD and showed up every week. Clearly he got snubbed again from the pro-bowl, and even though HE IS, in my opinion, the best punter in the NFL PERIOD, being on a 1-15 team doesn't help his Pro Bowl chances. Bottom line, Pro Bowl or not we need him again this year.
On Offense.. The Bookends:
OT Rodger Saffold Eric Young will most likely be his backup.... Even though J Smith could rotate over if healthy, with Trautwein filling in for Smith.
OT Jason Smith Trautwein will most likely be his backup.. not horrible, BUT a #2 overall pick being injury prone SUCKS.. and oh wait, he's already injured with a toe problem... J Smith is one guy I have mixed emotions about. A part of me would think "oh crap" if he got hurt, another part would feel like "yea, no biggie and expected". Man i'd love to see him put together a solid string of games to at least make us feel a little better. So far we've seen almost nothing.. a few sparks followed by injuries.
On Defense.. Our turnover machine:
OJ Atogwe Can't deny he is a ball hawk and would be a severe blow indeed!
On Special Teams... Our Returner:
WR Danny Amendola OR
WR Mardy Gilyard
But seriously? At almost every position there is ONE player that could really harm the Rams if they got injured. I'm sure others will be named in the comments below.
There you have it, the top 5 injuries that would make you wince on Monday morning, and possibly make you cancel NFL Sunday Ticket.
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Each giant ostrich egg is equivalent to about 24 chicken eggs. The shells are thicker and a little tougher to crack than a standard chicken egg.
Do ostrich eggs and chicken eggs taste the same?
As compared to other eggs, ostrich eggs taste more buttery and richer. When scrambled, ostrich eggs tend to taste more gelatinous than chicken eggs because of their translucent bits. When boiled, the white part appears to be more rubbery-looking than a chicken’s egg, but the taste is similar to a boiled hen’s egg.
How much is an ostrich egg worth?
Ostrich eggs are expensive, relative to chicken eggs. The average ostrich egg price is around $30.
How many quail eggs equal an ostrich egg?
1. Animal-based egg alternatives 4 quail eggs 5 quail eggs replace 1 medium chicken egg 1 large chicken egg 1 duck egg replace approx. 2 chicken eggs 1 goose egg replace approx. 3 chicken eggs 1 ostrich egg replace approx. 15 chicken eggs.
Are ostrich eggs healthier than chicken eggs?
That means, per serving, an ostrich egg is a good source of choline and B vitamins such as vitamin B12, riboflavin and folic acid. However, ostrich eggs contain less vitamin E and vitamin A than that of a chicken egg. Ostrich eggs again are richer in magnesium and iron than chicken eggs.
What is the biggest egg in the world?
The largest egg on record weighed 2.589 kg (5 lb 11.36 oz) and was laid by an ostrich (Struthio camelus) at a farm owned by Kerstin and Gunnar Sahlin (Sweden) in Borlänge, Sweden, on 17 May 2008.
How much does a baby ostrich cost?
An ostrich chick from 30–60 days old costs around $525, according to ostrichgrowers.com, appreciating to almost twice that after 90 days. Yearlings run about $2500/bird, with adult birds running from $7500 to over $10000.
Can you eat emu eggs?
Emu eggs are not just pretty to look at, they’re nutritious, too! A single emu egg represents the equivalent of about ten regular chicken eggs, and an emu egg contains more of the “good” and less of the “bad” cholesterol than a chicken’s egg.
What can I do with ostrich egg shells?
Historically, ostrich egg shells are known to have been used by African hunter-gatherers as a light-weight and strong flask or canteen to store and transport various fluids, usually water.
Can pregnant lady eat quail eggs?
Quail eggs are recommended for pregnant women both during pregnancy and the postnatal period. These eggs are good for the mother and the baby and improve the quality of breast milk. Quail eggs are a rich source of anti-oxidants and essential fatty acids.
Which egg is most tasty?
1. Duck. With #yolkporn at the forefront of food sharing, people today are slowly appreciating the sexiness of the yolk. Duck eggs are great because they have all the taste of chicken eggs with a whole lot more yolk.
What eggs are bigger than chicken eggs?
Goose Eggs A standard goose egg is about three times bigger than your average chicken egg. Due to its size, its vitamin levels are higher- therefore it has a significantly larger amount of Phosphorous, Calcium, Iron, Potassium, Zinc and Protein. Are described as having a much richer taste than chicken eggs.
What is the difference between emu and ostrich eggs?
Emu Eggs are Smaller If you are around a flightless bird who has just laid eggs, it will be incredibly easy to tell them apart by looking at the shells. Emu eggs are dark green in color and small, weighing around one pound. Ostrich eggs are cream-colored and weigh up to three pounds.
Do eggs from different birds taste different?
We’ve also seen people look at our brown and blue eggs and ask how they taste. Regardless of these common beliefs, the short answer is no. All chicken eggs are made the same on the inside. Egg tastes only change because of a hen’s diet and the egg’s freshness.
What are the benefits of eating ostrich?
Health benefits. Ostrich is even lower in calories, cholesterol and fat than skinless chicken and turkey, while remaining high in iron and protein. The Diabetes Association approves and recommends ostrich as a leading source of protein It has also been approved by the American and British Heart Associations.
Is it illegal to eat ostrich eggs?
Yes, you can. In fact, there are health benefits available to people who make ostrich eggs a part of their diet.
Can you eat duck eggs?
You can cook duck eggs just like chicken eggs and will find that they have a creamier, richer taste. Some people prefer them deviled or in omelets or quiches, as they have a stronger flavor than chicken eggs when eaten plain.
What’s the biggest egg you can eat?
Ostrich Eggs They are the largest bird eggs on the planet. Ostrich Eggs have a thicker shell that makes it very hard to crack open. They can weigh about 2 kilograms and are roughly 20 times thicker than a chicken egg. The percentage content of proteins and fats is similar to chicken eggs though.
What is an egg fart?
A fart egg is a small egg laid by a hen. They are smaller than regular eggs and typically do not have a yolk. They often arise in the early stages of a hens reproductive cycle. However, it has also been known for them to be produced towards the end of their reproductive life.
Which is the smallest egg in the world?
The smallest egg laid by any bird is that of the vervain hummingbird (Mellisuga minima) of Jamaica and two nearby islets. Two specimens measuring less than 10 mm (0.39 in) in length weighed 0.365 g (0.0128 oz) and 0.375 g (0.0132 oz).
What animals lay eggs?
Birds and fish are not the only animals that lay eggs. Insects, turtles, lizards, and reptiles lay eggs, too. Only two mammals lay eggs: the platypus and the echidna. All other mammals give birth to live babies.
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The football legend has promised more than £8,000 through his lawyer to anyone who can help him unmask the man responsible for killing him off and forcing him to put out a statement confirming he was alive but had overdone it on the white wine.
The 57-year-old sparked fears for his well-being when he was helped away from his VIP box and assisted by medical staff after seeing Argentina avoid an early World Cup exit on Tuesday with a dramatic late goal against Nigeria.
Two Spanish-language recordings which have gone viral – recorded by the same man and released shortly after the match – claimed the 57-year-old had suffered a fatal heart attack.
One said an adrenaline injection to his heart had failed to save him and the Argentinian squad were yet to be told he had passed away in hospital.
A 42-second recording, a WhatsApp message sent to a mystery man called Mati by someone passing himself off as an Argentinian sports journalist based in Russia, added: “They are only going to be announcing the news tomorrow. It’s a family decision.”
Maradona had to phone his partner Rocio Oliva as he returned to Moscow on a private jet in the early hours of Wednesday morning to prove he was still alive and refute the heart attack reports.
He also sent a WhatsApp message to journalist friend Daniel Arcucci, saying he had simply drunk too much white wine and insisting: “I swear on the lives of my mum, my grandson Benjamin and my son Dieguito Fernando’s life that nothing happened.”
One of Maradona’s sisters is said to have collapsed after hearing the fake news Diego had died and trying without success to reach him.
The soccer star’s long-standing lawyer Matias Morla told Argentinian daily Clarin: “I’ve just spoken to my office in Buenos Aires and I have instructed them to make public the decision to offer a reward of 300,000 Argentinian pesos (£8,340) to the person who provides accurate and precise information about the author of the voice messages.
“When it comes to technological issues like these, I think we can get to the bottom of this.
“But especially if there’s a financial incentive, someone who knows how something started often ends up revealing it and helping to unmask whoever was behind an atrocity like this.
“It was a very long night. I was in Belarus for work reasons and helping to organise Diego’s travel arrangements.
“But Maradona’s sisters heard the news and couldn’t contact me or their brother. One of them ended up collapsing.
“We can’t let things like this go unanswered.”
Maradona’s daughter Dalma described the fake social media reports about her dad’s death as “miserable” yesterday.
She raged on Twitter: “I haven’t heard them but they told me what they said. They are false. There’s obviously some very twisted people out there.
“Don’t help them go viral. If you do, you should know they tell lies.”
Sports journalist Daniel Arcucci, who posted the voice recording Maradona sent him to his Twitter site as well as the one he sent Rocio, added: “Maradona’s truth doesn’t come from some leaked voice message of dubious origin.
“It’s what Diego told Rocio when she called him for a second time because she was worried about the rumours he had died which were still doing the rounds.”
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