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Unleash the Archers – Time for ExplorationSunday, 20th October 2019
Downtime in the touring/recording cycle periods of most metal bands is minimal – always seeking to gain more fans and keeping your presence known is key in today's contemporary marketplace. It shouldn't be surprising then for Unleash the Archers to come out with a new EP Explorers that features two covers of Canadian artists that aren't 'metal' and have the band give them a solid UTA power metal sheen to things. And also expose listeners worldwide to the wonders of musicians like Stan Rogers and Teaze – it's a win/win from both sides.
Catching up with vocalist Brittney Slayes, you'll learn more about the choice of covers, the video shoot for "Northwest Passage", thoughts on the current visa struggles for musicians seeking to play the United States, plus a hint as to what to expect for the next Unleash the Archers album in this great thirty-minute talk.
Dead Rhetoric: You have a new EP Explorers that features two cover songs. Can you discuss the idea behind this release and your choice of covers – as it's definitely not two choices most would expect from a band like Unleash the Archers?
Brittney Slayes: (laughs) Yes, definitely not. We actually recorded "Northwest Passage" when we were in Denmark for the recording of Apex, which came out in 2017. It was originally going to be the bonus track on Apex, but sometimes bonus tracks just don't get the coverage or distribution that the rest of the album does. We were worried that it would get glossed over, so we decided to hold off a bit and recorded "Queen of the Reich" instead – and we saved "Northwest Passage" to be released on its own. Our rep at Napalm said that was cool – why don't we do a 7" record and then we could record something else for the other side. That's a great idea – we were sitting on it waiting for a down time for UTA. We were touring for most of 2017 and 2018, we figured why not put it out in 2019 and let it have the spotlight it deserves.
"Northwest Passage" is a Stan Rogers cover, he's a folk singer from Canada. He's close to a lot of people's hearts up here, including ourselves. We love listening to Stan when we are on the road, we are all Stan fans. Why don't we cover a Stan Rogers track? It may be more popular or the same popularity as that song, but "Barrett's Privateers" is a song that Alestorm covered It's not totally unheard of for a metal band to cover Stan Rogers, the song means so much to us that we wanted to put our UTA spin on it.
The way that people consume music nowadays has changed a bit. With streaming services like Spotify and Google Play or Apple Music, you pick a song off a record you like and they suggest recommendations based upon what you just listened to – feeding you new music all the time. It's really not about having a full album out there anymore, that two song EP is a part of that new wave of listening to new music.
Dead Rhetoric: And the Teaze song, they are a classic rock band from the 1970's in Canada, correct?
Slayes: Yes, they were in the hair metal phase a little bit, the 70's to 1980's. They are well known in Canada, but I'm not sure really anywhere else outside of Canada. We felt that… we wanted it to be another Canadian track to go with "Northwest Passage". We wanted to match the feeling as well. We looked at so many options, Bryan Adams and endless Canadian artists that we would put a UTA spin on it. When we heard this song from Teaze, we felt like it fit, the right kind of b-side. It wasn't like… it has an interpretive meaning to the song, it can be whatever anyone wants it to be. It's not stuck in that 80's vibe talking about whatever… compared to covering something like a Van Halen piece. It's stuck in that time – about the context. "Heartless World" I think you can put that anywhere and it will still be a great track.
Dead Rhetoric: Are you surprised by how well the sales have been out of the gate in order to have to repress it – and do you enjoy putting together different types of color vinyl for this release?
Slayes: It was outstanding. It blew us away, that we sold out of the limited edition right away. People like this record as much as we do. There are limitations to what you can do and what you can print. I know Napalm is always kind of 'let's just see how it does'… don't go crazy here. Getting to choose some more colors and have a little bit more options for everyone, that's awesome. It was actually a little bit stressful, as we were like oh no – we really like the black, white and silver kind of thing. Having to go outside of that whole design aesthetic is like, now what do we do?
Dead Rhetoric: How much fun was it to shoot the video for "Northwest Passage" – as it appears you got to channel some specific acting chops with certain scenes in the video itself?
Slayes: (laughs). We were very worried about that. We are definitely musicians, not actors. I thought we did okay. It was a lot of fun. It was like the biggest shoot that we've ever done. We can't seem to make it easy on ourselves. One of our other videos for "Time Stands Still", we did 48 hours straight of shooting, and this one was 72 hours straight of shooting. It was Saturday, Sunday, Monday, 9 am to 9 pm. A little bit stressful and a lot of work going on there, but it was also a lot of fun. We were driving around town like maniacs. We rented a van and we got as many shots as we could in different locations, we had a really good time.
Dead Rhetoric: Do you think the video medium has been one of the best breakthroughs for the band because of the time, effort, and the visual medium lending itself very well to the music you deliver?
Slayes: I'm not too sure. YouTube is a big way of how I consume media now. I sit down to watch tv at the end of my day and I don't turn on tv- I turn on YouTube. I think it's becoming a larger part in pop culture in general – watching videos and your favorite shows. It has a pretty big effect on our fan base and our growth. You never what people are going to want and what they are looking for. We did "Awakening" in 12 hours in a studio. We wanted the song to be a single, and we had spent our whole (video) budget on the other videos for Apex. We needed something that we could put out there- and its one of the most popular videos we've ever done. Is it all about the epic, cinematic videos or is it all about the simple, focus on the music kind of videos? We are going along with whatever ideas that we can come up with and we hope that people like them.
Dead Rhetoric: Now that you've had some time to reflect, how do you believe the touring cycles for Europe and North America went in support of your last album Apex? Anything stand out to the good – or bad?
Slayes: I think they were both great. North America we headlined it ourselves, so it was a lot of fantastic shows. We had a really good time, that was uplifting. In Europe we toured with a much bigger band and there was a lot of people coming up to us after the show saying, 'who are you?' It was two very different experiences for sure, I think they were both great. We had a lot of people that discovered us on those tours and we had a lot of people that got to see us play their favorite songs finally after waiting for so long. Hopefully on this next tour we can get a lot further and do more than just the North American and European markets.
Dead Rhetoric: How much fun was it to go into a UK bar and perform karaoke with "Queen of the Reich" – I caught the video on YouTube for that…
Slayes: That was a lot of fun. We were drinking in the bar of the venue after the show, and we had some fans that were hanging out with us. They told us about the karaoke bar that was open late – the venue was closing. We were all for it, as usual. So we got in there, and I think it was basically a metalhead doing the karaoke. It wasn't just pop songs and r + b songs, he had metal tracks to choose from. I said to myself, we are probably never going to play "Queen of the Reich" live, it's in a different tuning and wasn't a song that we saw ourselves being able to fit in the setlist. This is probably the only chance I'll ever get to probably perform this song in front of our fans.
I got up there… I could have done much better. To be honest I was nervous, the place was packed. It was young people, and this was obviously the spot to be at that time. I had a really good time, I don't know if you could tell or not, I really enjoyed it. As someone who watches karaoke, you never know what you are going to get when someone new goes up there. And then when they can actually sing, it's always kind of nice.
Dead Rhetoric: How would you assess where Unleash the Archers is at in terms of a band, brand, and career? Are you at an acceptable place from when you first started to now, and what would you like to achieve next?
Slayes: We never imagined that we'd be here, that's one thing. But it's not… we keep taking things as it is. We are going to keep touring, and hopefully keep growing and acquiring new fans. Seeing new places, you always want to be bigger. You always want to be in a bigger venue that can fit everything you do – it's all about growth, but it's not like we have this endgame or anything. We are just going to keep doing our thing, and if more people want to come out and listen, that's cool.
Dead Rhetoric: When it comes to failure or adversity, how do you think you've been able to handle it, learn from it, and grow as a result?
Slayes: I think we've done a pretty good job of overcoming a lot of crap. In 2013 when we lost Brayden and Brad at the same time, it was just Scott, Grant and I – and we were kinda wondering if we keep going or do we throw in the towel here? It was a split-second decision of saying, nope- yes, we will keep on going. We worked through it and we had to rebuild the band, and rebuilt our sound because we had a whole new principle songwriter (Andrew) come on board.
That's what it's really all about. All bands are where they are today because they've overcome heavy shit. It's all about perseverance and patience. You just have to take the time and stick with it. The longer you do it, the more people hear about you and the wider spread you've got, the bigger your audience becomes. It's not like we are particularly good at it, it's just what you have to do if music is what you want to do. You have to keep at it, and you can't give up.
Dead Rhetoric: What has the heavy metal genre meant to you personally? Can you think of a specific memory or two when the music helped you process a difficult or challenging period of your life – and how it helped you through it?
Slayes: Yeah. Heavy metal has always been an important part of who I am as a person. I listened to it quite a bit when I was younger, and when I was junior/high school it was not as much a part of my life. But I discovered it again at the end of high school, and it really helped me be comfortable with who I am as a person. It wasn't about what is cool anymore, it was about what I like and what inspires me and makes me happy. Finally I was just like, screw it- I think I'm a metalhead. It helped me be comfortable with who I am and be confident in all the things I do. To have the confidence to start a band, to front that band and make it grow.
It's not just a motivation it's a part of my identity, and a part I'm really proud of. It helps me stand a little bit taller. I don't know if there's a particular moment in time where I can say this song or this band got me through – it's constant. There are horrible days where you just want to curl up into a ball and die, you put on a little bit of Zimmers Hole or Edguy and it puts a smile on your face. Every day heavy metal has helped me through a lot of hurdles.
Dead Rhetoric: You've had the opportunity to appear as a guest vocalist on recordings by 3 Inches of Blood, Helion Prime, and Lords of the Trident to name a few. How does your approach on this outing differ from your work in your own band, and what have been some of your favorite moments?
Slayes: I always like to listen to what the band wants. I understand they are coming to me because they want a particular sound, but I don't want to dictate what is going to happen. If they want me to do my traditional, power metal vocal but if they want something else, I'm open to whatever. If you want a feminine vocal, or operatic vocal, I can do whatever you like. I never try to take over the situation and be in charge of the other band's music, that's not my place.
The Lords of the Trident song was the first time I actually got to be in the video for the song I was featured on, so that was fun. They did this cool CGI kind of thing where I stood in front of a green screen singing the whole song, and then made it so I was on fire the whole time (laughs). That was pretty awesome.
Dead Rhetoric: As I'm sure you are well-aware of, it seems to be increasingly difficult for non-American musicians to obtaining working visa status to tour this market – which even includes Canadian artists at this point. Do you believe this has serious consequences for our market, given metal's live appeal to broaden the message and develop a bigger fanbase?
Slayes: Absolutely. I think the US is the strictest of all the countries, anywhere on the whole planet. We didn't even have a single issue going into China. It was incredible, the visa application process for China was so positive the whole way there. And they wanted us there, they said they are open to sharing their culture with others and bringing our music into their country. It was the opposite of what you thought it was going to be like. In the states, you are battling the whole way. Luckily as Canadians we have the CFM – they help you, and petition on your behalf. But no other country has that, it's a US/Canada relationship thing.
I've heard horror stories. I'm sure everyone is well aware of how often ProgPower USA has to last minute switch in a different band- that's how we ended up getting on it because a visa didn't come through or they get denied at the border, and it's just ridiculous. We don't want to live in your country, we want to play for our fans in your country and build a fanbase. We aren't going to abuse that, we just want to play music – and I don't understand why it feels like musicians and entertainers especially are targeted. And then not only that, the United States is the only country that forces you to pay taxes on your fees. We don't live in your country and just because we play there, we have to pay taxes. Lots of red tape, there are a lot of bands that look at this and say, 'yeah- I'm not dealing with that'. Huge bands in Europe that will never come back to North America because they don't want to deal with it, it's not fair to the fans that have been waiting for decades.
Dead Rhetoric: Many people don't understand not only why these cancellations happen, but the months ahead you have to submit paperwork and get denied at the last minute?
Slayes: And they get pulled along too. What's going on with this application? Poking and poking, and the day you have to fly, they say no. Why? I don't get it. It's not even just metal, musicians in general. It's just crazy.
Dead Rhetoric: Do people ever talk to you about singing and ask for advice, and if so what do you talk about?
Slayes: Probably about once a show I have someone come up to me that's a singer too and wants to know what they can do. I always talk to them about singing from their diaphragm. All your power and control comes from your diaphragm and you just have to work it out like any other muscle in your body. I give them some warmups and exercises that I like to do to keep it in top shape. You can do it physically too, I'll lay down on my back and put a 5 lb. weight on my diaphragm, breathe in and out to tone it as well.
Dead Rhetoric: Knowing you are an avid reader, what have you been reading as of late?
Slayes: I just finished the Joe Abercrombie has a trilogy of books, and it starts with The Blade Itself. It's awesome, such a cool contemporary story but still a little bit of a Game of Thrones feel with the southern nations versus the northern nations kind of thing, but very unique. I plowed through that. I read a science fiction novel called Sleeping Giants another trilogy. It's worth checking out. I read a lot of Joe Hill. He's had a show made out of one of his books called N0S4A2. I picked that book up in an airport a little while back, and ripped through that in two days. The show looks like it could be pretty true to the story. He's a really cool horror writer.
Dead Rhetoric: Has work begun on the next Unleash the Archers full-length? If so, where do you see the early ideas rolling in relation to Apex – are you content in the direction the band has been going style-wise or do you see possible variances entering the picture to keep yourselves happy and the fans on their toes?
Slayes: We are in the middle of the writing process right now, and we are going to be in the studio before the end of the year. We are flying back to Denmark to record for most of December to lay down all the tracks. We are trying some new things, but we are still staying true to our power metal roots. There will be a little bit of that Apex feeling, but there's also going to be some changes because we've grown a bit since recording Apex back in 2016 as musicians, our style and what we are listening to now. That really influences things, but there will be stuff on here for people that really loved Apex, and some stuff for people that are willing to grow and change with us. As much as people loved Apex, we don't want to write the same record over again.
Dead Rhetoric: What is on the agenda for the next year for Unleash the Archers?
Slayes: We are going to tour the crap out of the new record for sure. If all goes as planned, what we are hoping to do is tour North and South America in the spring and summer, and then Europe, Asia and Australia for the fall. That is kind of the plan. As close as we'll ever get to a world tour.
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I am smiling here...will tell you the reason. The thought me/myself finding ways to eat banana is the reason for why I am laughing. My hubby always get bananas at home and most of the times he does not eat. I always ask him whether he is getting them so that I can make anything out of it. ;) because I wait until they get very ripe, the main reason is that I wait if someone would eat it. To include them in any recipes, the more ripe it is the better.
This time it was not exceptional as always. I waited and no one ate, more over I wanted to make something simple as I was expecting guests at home and didn't have much time to think of something else. So was happy to make this spongy and soft bread.
Usually I try to add half of white flour and half of wheat, but this time didn't do any substitutions. It came out very soft and spongy and delicious. I also usually add walnuts to most of my recipes with bananas, but this time wanted to substitute with pecans. Adding pecans didn't make it different but it was good as usual.
I doubled the amount of ingredients as I had to make more and also baked in these cute little pie molds just to take some pics which is always inviting and lot better to look than in a loaf pan. The amount of Ingredients will just be right for making 1 loaf of bread.


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Citizens United referendum to appear on Marshfield April ballot
By Hub City Times staff
MARSHFIELD – Marshfield may be joining a growing list of municipalities and states seeking a constitutional amendment on the Citizens United Supreme Court decision regarding campaign spending by organizations and corporations.
The Marshfield Common Council voted Dec. 12 to put a resolution on the April ballot, asking the city's voters to decide whether Marshfield should add its name to the growing list of cities calling for the Citizens United ruling to be overturned.
A group called Marshfield United to Amend is seeking the referendum. Ben Dorshorst told the Council last night the group is concerned about the influence of money on elections and the political process.
"Our nation was founded on that we the people are to govern ourselves as a democratic republic; however, the Supreme Court has given constitutional rights meant only for individuals to artificial entities such as corporations, unions, nonprofits, and super PACS," he said, "and this rule that money spent to influence political process cannot be limited. As a result, our government today serves powerful special interests, instead of the American people.
"We feel that these rulings, which have resulted in unlimited, and sometimes undisclosed, spending of money by outside and special interest groups distorts our political system by giving undue influence to those that have large amounts of money at their disposal and drowns out the voice of the average citizen."
Dorshorst said the group circulated a petition in the city, and collected 1,266 signatures, more than the required 15 percent of people who voted in the last gubernatorial election. That is more than enough to force the city to put the matter to voters, or simply vote to pass the resolution.
"Across the country, more than 750 communities and 19 state legislatures have already called for such a constitutional amendment," Dorshorst states. "Just in Wisconsin, 117 towns, cities, villages, or counties, representing 2.8 million people and 49 percent of Wisconsinites have passed a resolution like the one (before the Marshfield Common Council.)
"Our group feels that it is time that the city of Marshfield, Wisconsin should join this list."
With the referendum approval, Dorshorst said his group would work with the city clerk's office to fine tune the wording of the referendum question, which will appear on the April 3 ballot in the spring.
He also said the group would work to educate city residents on the issue.
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President Trump is making his first foreign trip in the coming days. While the stop in Saudi Arabia will likely focus on Saudi Arabia and other threats, Israeli-Palestinian peace will also be on the agenda given the President's interest in striking what he calls "the ultimate deal."
The conflict between Arabs and Jews, Arabs and Israelis dates at least from 1917, when Britain recognized the importance of creating a Jewish homeland in historic Palestine. True peace agreements have been reached between Israel and Egypt, and Israel and Jordan, but the existential conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, which pits two national movements competing for the same space, has continued.
It is not as if American Presidents have not tried to resolve it. Since 2000 alone, the U.S. has made three major efforts to end the conflict. The gaps between the two sides on the core issues — borders, security arrangements, refugees, Jerusalem and mutual recognition of the character of the other's side state — have not been bridgeable.
Should that mean giving up? No. If the past tells us anything, it is that walking away only creates a vacuum that is filled by those most opposed to peace and fosters the very disbelief on the part of both publics that compounds the challenge of any peacemaking effort. Making a dent in that culture of disbelief is essential if progress is to be made.
Meaning, even though the Trump administration cannot solve the conflict now, it should focus on restoring a sense of possibility. Focus on hitting a single, not a home run.
Where? On the issues that singularly undermine trust of the respective sides.
For Palestinians, this means ensuring that Israel's settlement policy is made consistent with a two-state solution: no settling outside the security barrier, which constitutes 92% of the land, where only approximately a fifth of the settlers live.
By the same token, the Israelis must see that the Palestinians get serious about fighting incitement to terror — by ending payments of "martyr's foundations" to terrorists who kill innocent civilians.
Broker that kind of agreement, with one meaningful deliverable for both sides, and hope would begin to come back into focus.
President Trump should also be asking something bigger of Arab leaders. Certainly with the Sunni Arab leaders of the Mideast, he has leverage. They desperately want the U.S. to remain engaged in the region against their biggest threat: Iran. Given that, he could seek with them to create a new baseline on Jerusalem.
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In an interview early this week, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson put the relocation of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem squarely in the context of peacemaking. He said Israel should decide whether it could further the peace process or whether it would be a distraction.
The issue is bound to come to a head shortly. On June 1, Trump will be faced with a requirement of legislation dating from 1995 that mandates the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem unless the President signs a national security waiver. Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama signed the waiver every six months since the legislation was adopted.
The Trump administration has already signaled that on this visit, it won't be announcing an imminent relocation of the embassy.
But other than those who challenge Israel's very existence, no one disputes that West Jerusalem is and will always be part of Israel. Isn't it time to align perception with reality? Isn't it time to ask the large number of Arab leaders who will be assembled in Saudi Arabia to meet Trump to acknowledge this reality, even as they will certainly claim East Jerusalem for the Palestinians?
It is noteworthy that without any fanfare, Moscow announced last month that Russia recognized West Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Arab states have also implied it in their Arab Peace Initiative, which calls on Israel to withdraw to June 4, 1967 lines — lines that would mean West Jerusalem is part of Israel.
Trump should be willing to challenge both sides directly — pressing the Israelis to stop building beyond the security barrier, while demanding that Palestinians end incitement of terror, and Arabs at long last admit that West Jerusalem is part of Israel.
Ross is counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and author of "Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship From Truman to Obama." Makovsky is Ziegler Fellow at the Washington Institute .


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It's time big tech companies start being vocal on trends they don't support. We praise Microsoft for having started joining a camp made still of too few companies.
We share in particular their views around these two principles: "Ensuring notice" whereby "The law should require that entities that use facial recognition to identify consumers place conspicuous notice that clearly conveys that these services are being used" and even more this one "Clarifying consent".
The law should specify that consumers consent to the use of facial recognition services when they enter premises or proceed to use online services that have this type of clear notice.
Read the article published on blog.microsoft and available here.


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BOTOX Cosmetic is injected into the targeted area with a fine needled. The actual procedure time is usually less than 10 minutes and you will be able to return to your normal routine immediately. Results may begin to show up after a couple of days. The treatment works to prevent new wrinkles from forming and old ones from worsening. For optimal results, Dr. Rubin recommends that you postpone strenuous exercise for a couple of hours after the treatment.
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With the boundaries between fact and fiction becoming increasingly blurred, how do we then reconcile the needs of telling a good story with the demands of being true to the facts? Particularly when those facts deal with the deaths of innocent workers and customers at the hands of a powerful corporation.
Join ABC reporter Matthew Peacock, author of the incendiary expose of James Hardie's attempt to cover up the dangers of its asbestos operations and circumvent compensation payments, KILLER COMPANY; and the award-winning director of the subsequent ABC miniseries based on the book, DEVIL'S DUST, Jessica Hobbs, and the screenwriter, Kris Mrksa; as they look at the trials and tribulations of bringing a story that spans four decades to three hours of screen time.
Date: August 9, 2013
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: NSW Teachers' Federation Conference Centre, Surry Hills


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Scion has turned its newest model, the iQ, over to some of the most ambitious tuners in the U.S. for SEMA 2011, and the results do not disappoint. Cartel has gone crazy with the company's miniscule hatchback by turning it into a wild paddock service vehicle. With storage for tools and tires as well as a custom chop-top design, the Cartel Scion iQ Pit Boss is unlike anything else on the show floor. We're not sure what we like best; the earth-shaking stereo system or the ever-ready impact driver in the center console.
Tatsu, meanwhile, has taken an entirely different approach with the Scion iQ. The shop started by surgically removing the vehicle's tiny front-mounted four-cylinder engine and re-inserting it into back hatch. The result is what is very likely the world's first mid-engined Scion iQ. The four-pot dumps power on the rear wheels, though the fuel cell has been moved under the hood for a little extra weight balance. Even so, the short-wheel base racer should make for a seriously entertaining handful out on the track.


text: Associated Press Writer Iraq will begin destroying its Al Samoud 2 missiles on Saturday, the last day of a deadline given by chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix, Iraqi sources said Friday. Iraq had earlier protested Blix's order, which says the missiles must be blown up, crushed, cut into pieces or otherwise destroyed because they fly farther than the 93-mile limit imposed by the U.N. Security Council at the end of the 1991 Gulf War. Iraq maintains some of the missiles overshot the limit because they were tested without warheads or guidance systems. In a letter to Blix on Thursday, Saddam Hussein's scientific adviser, Lt. Gen. Amer al-Saadi, said the order was unjust. "The decision to destroy (the missiles) was unjust and did not take into consideration the scientific facts regarding the issue," he wrote. "The timing of this request seems to us to be one with political aims." Al-Saadi said he agreed "in principle" to destroy the missiles, but the sources in Baghdad provided the first word that Iraq would comply by the Saturday deadline. Al-Saadi asked Blix to dispatch a technical team to discuss the "framework and timetable" for carrying out the order, but Blix's top deputy, Demetrius Perricos, was already in Baghdad to discuss "the pace of the destruction" with the Iraqis. A spokesman in Baghdad wouldn't comment on Perricos' activities or schedule. Iraq's chief liaison to the U.N. inspectors, Lt. Gen. Hossam Mohamed Amin, could not be reached for comment. No other Iraqi government officials commented publicly on the missiles. The issue of the Al Samoud 2 missiles has become a litmus test of Iraq's will to comply with the weapons inspections. President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have threatened war if they don't see Iraq as complying. Blair, speaking Friday at a news conference in Madrid, belittled the Iraqi concession. He referred to a CBS interview Monday in which Saddam suggested he might not destroy the missiles. "The moment I heard \u2026 that Saddam Hussein was saying he would not destroy the missiles was the moment that I knew later in the week that he would announce _ just before Dr. Blix reported _ that he would indeed destroy these missiles," Blair said. "He never makes any concessions at all other than with the threat of force hanging over him." Iraq, which has accused Blair and Bush of being set on war no matter what it does, prepared for battle. Iraqi troops moved into new positions around President Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, the base for many of the elite Republican Guard troops who are expected to provide the bulk of resistance to any invading force. Travelers on Thursday saw dozens of tanks being transported by truck from the northern city of Mosul to an area near Tikrit. Both tanks and anti-aircraft guns were dug in at a long string of deep trenches with only their turrets exposed near Tikrit, 100 miles north of Baghdad. Dozens of armored personnel carriers rumbled both ways along the route. In Washington, U.S. intelligence said part of the Adnan Republican Guard division based near Mosul had been moving south. It also reported concentrations of forces moving into the Baghdad area. Bush administration officials called the moves a further effort to protect Saddam's power centers. Saddam, his son Qusai, the defense minister and the minister of military industries all met Thursday with soldiers and military researchers, who promised not to let the leadership down, the official Iraqi News Agency said. The U.N. Security Council was considering a U.S.-backed resolution that would authorize war, as well as a French-led proposal to continue with the weapons inspections. A heated closed-door discussion on Thursday did little to bridge deep differences on the council. On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Russia is ready to veto the U.S. resolution if needed to preserve "international stability." U.N. inspectors in Iraq, meanwhile, found some fragments of R-400 bombs armed with biological weapons Iraq says it destroyed in 1991 at an airfield near the town of al-Aziziya, 60 miles southeast of Baghdad. Inspectors on Thursday supervised workers who drilled holes in eight remaining 155mm artillery shells filled with mustard gas that Iraq reported to the inspectors, according to inspectors' spokesman, Hiro Ueki.


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Class of 2014: What makes it so different?
Order your cake and book your dinner reservations. It's graduation season.
Millions of high school graduates will enter the real world over the next few weeks, whether they're college- or workplace-bound. That world and the skills they'll bring to the table are different from those brought by their parents or even their older siblings.
So who is with the Class of 2014? To answer that, The Enquirer consulted the creators of the "Mindset List" from Beloit College.
These students, it says, probably have never written in cursive or owned a wristwatch. They're digital natives. Email is too slow and they've rarely if ever used snail mail. Their outlook has been colored by the recession. They think differently about jobs, college and the length of the work day.
The annual Beloit College Mindset List was created by professor Tom McBride and former Public Affairs Director Ron Nief. Its goal was to update the faculty to the rapidly changing world views of the incoming students they're going to encounter.
First, a little bit of context.
Fewer graduates, more Hispanics
According to a 2013 article by Inside Higher Ed, 3.3 million students will graduate high school in 2014 – fewer than in previous years – and a rapidly growing number of them will be Hispanic.
Getting a job is important focus
The college-going rate among this class is about the same as in previous years, but they'll have a harder time affording it. Therefore their focus is on functional education and community college, according to the Mindset List authors. They want to invest in education that will get them good jobs quickly.
"They are much less concerned about education as a key to finding the meaning of life or a means to helping others," said McBride.
"They're much more concerned about getting a job and being self-sufficient economically."
They also are a great deal more uncertain about the job market.
Kelly Middleton, superintendent of the Newport school district, said today's graduates are much more flexible when it comes to careers. Gone are the days of retiring from the company where you got your first job. The Class of 2014 expects to switch jobs several times. "Today, instead of working for a company, you may start your own," he said.
Young people are using social media more
Whether it's downloading music or streaming Netflix, "they're digital natives. The rest of us are immigrants," said McBride.
He first noticed the shift in 2005 when his daughter, now 26, started texting.
"I realized she could text 'War and Peace' while I'm trying to text 'How are you?' " he said. "There's just an instinctive ability to deal with technology."
Middleton, the Newport superintendent, said today's graduates are also using mediums like social media more than their predecessors.
A different view of the work day
The Class of 2014 also has a different view of a work day. They're more flexible about their hours.
Instead of expecting a 9-5 job, as previous generations have, "they're used to the idea that work does not take place between set times but all throughout the day," said McBride. That could be beneficial for employers, he said.
McBride, citing research from Stanford University, said today's graduates are interested in spiritual values, meditation and nondenominational churches, but not necessarily organized religion. They also are more likely to vote Democratic and are more tolerant than previous generations when it comes to gay marriage or multiculturalism. ■
Graduation days
Don't have a graduate in the Class of 2014? Here's a handy guide to local graduations. Watch for traffic jams and toilet-papering parties. And hats off to the grads.
May 30
Dayton (Ky.) High School 7 p.m.
Silver Grove, Ky., 7 p.m.
Walton Verona High School 7 p.m. Florence Baptist Church (off Mount Zion Road)
Dixie Heights 7 p.m.
Lloyd Memorial High School (Erlanger-Elsmere) 8 p.m.
Lockland High School, 7 p.m. Landmark Church
Norwood High School 7 p.m.
May 31
Glen Este (Forest Hills) 7 p.m. Cintas Center
Lakota West 10 a.m. Millett Hall
Lakota East 3 p.m. Millett Hall
Simon Kenton, 10 a.m.
Scott High School 2 p.m.
Gallatin County High School 2 p.m.
Mount Healthy High School 10 a.m.
June 1
Beechwood High School 2 p.m.
Mariemont High School 7:30 p.m.
Mason High School 2 p.m. Cintas Center
June 2
Clark Montessori (Cincinnati Public Schools) 6 p.m. Cintas Center
June 3
Sycamore High School 7 p.m.
Pendleton High School 7 p.m.
June 4
St. Xavier High School 7 p.m. Cintas Center
June 5
St. Bernard-Elmwood Place 7:30 p.m.
June 6
Holmes High School 7 p.m.
Roger Bacon High School, 8 p.m. Fogarty Center (on campus)
Harrison High School (Southwest) 7:30 p.m.
Grant County High School 7 p.m. in the football stadium
Indian Hill 8 p.m.
June 8
Highlands High School (Fort Thomas) 2 p.m.
June 9
Northwest High School (Northwest) 7:30 p.m. Millett Hall
June 10
Taylor High School (Three Rivers) 7:30 p.m.
June 11
Colerain High School (Northwest) 7 p.m. Millett Hall
June 27
Deer Park 6 p.m.


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Representative Fred Purnell blew off some steam with the punching bag at the new House gym in 1920. The gym also had rowing machines, horizontal bars, dumbbells, medicine balls, weight pulleys, a steam room, and an indoor golf course, for male Representatives to keep fit. One hundred and forty Congressmen chipped in $10 each to buy equipment. Female Members finally joined the gym in 1963, when a fitness room for women was designed in the new Rayburn House Office Building.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, "Scenes in the House of Representatives "Gym"," https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/PA2014/PA2014-02-0002a/
(October 06, 2022)
Office of the HistorianOffice of Art and Archives
Attic, Thomas Jefferson BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515(202) 226-1300


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Pirates Plus Technic by bbqqqMonday, January 30th, 2012
Eurobricks member bbqqq has made some amazing modifications to his Brickbeard's Bounty and Queen Anne's Revenge. Using Technic parts he has added a working rudder, a turning cannon, and a crane! Check out the videos of his new-and-improved ships.
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Do you want to check your activity history on Nutrium? How about finding out whether a patient is using our application and if they have recorded their weight?
Now, on our software, you can check the activity history of your professional practice and also the activities performed by your patients.
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Type of activities
There are several activities you can check:
Held by patients
- Weight updated
- First login on the mobile app
Held by the professional
- Scheduled, removed, postponed or anticipated appointment.
- Recommendations updated
- Meal plan template created
- Meal plan updated
- Food created
- Patient created
How to check?
In the gray column on the left, you will see a new
Activities option. By clicking, you will find all your activities and those of your patients. You can also visualize each one of them individually by applying the "Your activities" or "Your patients' activities" filter.
Here you will also see two new graphics with statistics on the use of applications, including data about installs and weight registrations.
On the
Homepage, there will be a new box entitled "Patients' activities", where you will automatically see the activities carried out exclusively by your patients.
What comes next?
We are striding to our follow-up version, which will improve the nutritionist-patient communication with the help of our mobile application.
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Brain tissue that has been injured leading to brain damage cannot be repaired; however, the brain itself may be healed somewhat depending upon the severity of the injury and whether the sufferer received immediate medical attention after the injury.
Whether the head injury was as a result of a brain aneurysm leading to a stroke, a concussion type injury, criminal assaults leading to injury, auto accident or slip and falls, such injuries should never be taken lightly. Early medical treatment may increase the chances of the sufferer's recovery.
The Brain is the Center of our Individual Universe
Brain injuries are very serious, that goes without saying. Organically speaking, the brain is a soft tissue organ, housed in the skull and is the functioning center of all our sensations, intellectual and nervous system activities. All our cognitive abilities, memories and auto reflex activities such as breathing stem from our brain functioning. In other words, the brain is actually the center of our individual universe. When our brain is injured, depending upon the severity of the injury, the cells located in the injured area that are responsible for keeping the body alive and well may be damaged, and as a result, those cells will die. In the case of brain injury, if any portion of the brain is not impacted by the injury, those portions left intact may have an opportunity of healing to some degree.
Stroke Type Brain Injury
If the brain has been damaged, for instance by a stroke, and the sufferer survives, there is a chance that the brain will adapt and provide some level of functioning for the sufferer. This is where rehabilitation becomes so useful if applied in the beginning when the individual sufferer is first injured.
Brain aneurysms caused by clogged and hardening arteries and aging can lead to a rupture and stroke type brain injury. Some risk factors that can lead to brain aneurysms can be controlled, and others cannot. The factors that can increase your risk for a brain aneurysm, that are within your control are the obvious, diet, exercise, and smoking. Those risk factors that are out of your control are matters of heritage. When the brain is damaged by a stroke, the cells die and they cannot be repair from such damage. The brain tissue undergoes something called "liquefactive necrosis" as changes to brain tissue will form around the damaged area. Medically speaking, "liquefactive necrosis" is a form of necrosis that transforms tissue into a thick sticky substance. The substance is removed by our white blood cells and a fluid filled space is left. Swelling after a brain injury will impair the brain functioning in the tissue that remains alive, this is why immediate medical attention is so important, as the brain swelling must be brought under control immediately if the patient is to survive.
Although brain tissue that has been damage after an injury cannot be repaired, it may be possible for portions of the injured person's brain to heal to some extent. With medical treatment and rehabilitation, it is possible for the brain injury sufferer to regain some measure of mental and physical agility. If you or a loved one has suffered a brain injury either from the negligence or the intentional acts of another person or entity, it is important that you consult with an experienced brain injury attorney, as soon as possible. He will be there for you, and make sure your rights are protected. Please call the law offices of Levin & Perconti at (312) 332-2872 for a free consultation.


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Wambui provides clean stand-up comedy and humorous stories especially for the Baby Boomer Generation audiences -- funny entertainment for private performances, special corporate entertainment events, fundraisers, conventions and events for women.
Peopled have asked her, "How can you be an advocate for people with mental health issues, an advocate for gaining empowerment over domestic violence, be an inspirational speaker -- and, a stand-up comic too?"
Ms. Bahati's answer is, "How can I not want to help audiences forget their troubles and laugh?"
She says, "Over the years, I've heard too many sad stories and held too many hands of people who were hurting emotionally, physically and spiritually. It's time to see people smile. I want to hear people laugh.
I make it alright for people not to take themselves or their lives too seriously. I point out the humor in what would otherwise be just another stressful situation.
I am a stand-up comic because I know without a shadow of a doubt that laughter is the very best medicine."
Wambui DOES NOT tell sexually explicit jokes or use profanity.
She says, "I do stand-up that my mother and father could come to and laugh the way they made me laugh when I was a child, have a good time and not feel embarrassed."
Wambui was born in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1950. "My favorite television shows were the TV sitcoms and variety entertainment shows. I loved Gracie Allen. Phyllis Diller, Carol Burnett and Jackie "Moms" Mabley were my all time favorites. I also enjoyed Tody Fields, the 'early' Joan Rivers, Red Skelton and Bill Cosby."
In high school, she teamed up with a friend from her neighborhood. They did comedy routines and won awards at local talent shows. Later, when she went to New York City to study acting, she continued honing her comedic style.
As a Broadway actress, she received favorable reviews for her comedic roles such as Addaperle (the good witch of the North) in the hit musical, The Wiz.
She has had success in some popular New York City Comedy clubs.
Some Gigs:
Wambui holds the title of 1st Runner Up as"NYC's Most Awesome Comedian 2011" - (The World Comedy Club )
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Celebrate Hillsboro will look different this year due to COVID-19
Celebrate Hillsboro, a street festival held in the summer, is going to look a little different this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On Saturday, July 18, the city of Hillsboro Parks and Recreation Department is inviting all community members to celebrate wherever they are for a new event called, "I Am Hillsboro: Celebrating Community Strength."
In a press release, the city says, "We can still acknowledge, honor, and yes, celebrate the things that make Hillsboro such a special community, even and especially in times of crisis."
People can show their appreciation for the community by decorating windows, balconies, or yards; taking part in chart art or other joyful visual displays; having classic summer barbeques at home; and sharing what makes the experiences unique via social media through the #IamHillsboro campaign.
"Let's show the vibrancy of Hillsboro while sharing messages of culture, support for others, and hope during this time," added the announcement.
People can order a free Celebrate Hillsboro lawn sign to demonstrate community togetherness, and an event art kit filled with sidewalk chalk and supplies.
For those interested in participating, people can register online for a free active kit and lawn sign at Hillsboro-Oregon.gov/Celebrate. Pickup details will be shared with participants upon registration.
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April 16, 2004
How to Make a Pop-up Window
Sometimes you might want to link to a popup window from your Movable Type weblog. For example you can make your About page a popup instead of a separate page. Although using the target="blank" attribute in a hyperlink can generate a new page, using javascript commands for popups will give you more control over the appearance and location of the popup.
Movable Type already uses popups. You can create a link to an image file that will create a popup of the image when clicked (see Uploading Images and Photos). There is javascript code in the default headers of your index and archive templates for OpenComments and OpenTrackback that can be used to invoke comment and trackback popup windows.
There are two basic ways of creating popups.
1. Using the onclick= attribute in a hyperlink. This is the easiest way to point to a popup and is what is used by MT in its image popups.
a. Create the html or php page containing the content or form that you want to see as your popup. You can save this as an index template in your MT templates, or as a completely separate file.
b. Determine the size of the popup window you want, and where on the screen you want it to appear. Size is measured in pixels, and location is measured in pixels from the upper left corner of the screen. Determine if you want menu or status bars to appear in your popup and if you want the window to be scrollable and resizable.
c. Link to your popup by including the onclick attributes in the <a href tag like so:
Replace the
www.yourweblog.com/yourfile.html with the URL for the file you want to popup. For example, here is the code I use to popup an About page:
2. Invoke Javascript commands from your header. This is the second way to do popups and is a little more involved, but more efficient if you are going to be using a particular style of popup frequently.
a. First determine the size and other attributes of your popup window.
b. Pick a name for your Javascript function that will call open this popup, for example OpenPopup.
c. Place the following Javascript code in the header section of both the Main Index template and the Individual Entry Archive template (and any other templates that will invoke the popup).
If you want, replace OpenPopup with another name that you've chosen. Change the width and height and other attributes to suite your needs.
Be sure to place the code between the

d. Link to your popup with the following code:
Replace http://www.yourweblog.com with the URL you want to popup. Replace OpenPopup with the name you chose in step 2b for your Javascript script. Replace Click Here to See Popup with the text you want to appear on the link.
For example, Click Here to See Popup yields Click Here to See Popup.
Note that the popup may not work properly in the MT Preview Entry mode, but works when actually published. Also, it took me about 2 hours of troubleshooting to find that I needed to have the Javascript script code on both the Main Index and the Individual Entry Archive templates for the popup to work. If the code was only on the Individual Entry Archive template, the link did not generate a popup, but acted like a regular link.
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There is a little considered aspect of the covert means through which the United States maintains its perpetual drive to exert control over the territory and resources of others. It concerns, however, matters internal rather than external to the geographical corpus of the U.S. itself. It seems appropriate to quote a man deeply involved in the struggle for African liberation, Kwame Toure (formerly known as Stokley Carmichael). In a speech delivered at the Yellow Thunder demonstrations in Rapid City, South Dakota, on October 1, 1982, he said: "We are engaged in a struggle for the liberation of ourselves as people. In this, there can be neither success nor even meaning unless the struggle is directed toward the liberation of our land, for a people without land cannot be liberated. We must reclaim the land, and our struggle is for the land - first, foremost, and always. We are people of the land."
So in Africa, when you speak of "freeing the land", you are at the same time speaking about the liberation of the African people. Conversely, when you speak of liberating the people, you are necessarily calling for the freeing of the land.
But, in America, when we speak of liberation, what can it mean? We must ask ourselves, in America, who are the people of the land? And the answer is - and can only be - the first Americans, the Native Americans, the American Indian. In the United States of America, when you speak of liberation, or when you speak of freeing the land, you are automatically speaking of the American Indians, whether you realize it or not. Of this, there can be no doubt.
Those in power in the United States understand these principles very well. They know that even under their own laws aboriginal title precedes and preempts other claims, unless transfer of title to the land was is or agreed to by the original inhabitants. They know that the only such agreements to which they can make even a pretense are those deriving from some 371 treaties entered into by the U.S. with various Indian nations indigenous to North America.
Those in power in America know very well that, in consolidating its own national landbase, the United States has not only violated every single one of those treaties, but that it remains in a state of perpetual violation to this day. Thus, they know they have no legal title - whether legality be taken to imply U.S. law, international law, Indian law, natural law, or all of these combined - to much of what they now wish to view as the territoriality of the United States proper.
Finally, they are aware that to acquire even a semblance of legal title, title which stands a chance of passing the informed scrutiny of both the international community and much of its own citizenry, the U.S. must honor its internal treaty commitments, at the very least. Herein lies the dilemma: In order to do this, the U.S. would have to return much of its present geography to the various indigenous nations holding treaty-defined and reserved title to it (and sovereignty over it). The only alternative is to continue the violation of the most fundamental rights of Native Americans while pretending the issues do not exist. Of course, this is the option selected - both historically and currently - by U.S. policy makers.
The stakes involved are tremendous. The "Great Sioux" of Lakota Nation alone holds clear treaty rights over some 5% of the area within the present 48 contiguous states. The Anishinabe (Chippewa) are entitled to at least another 4%. The Dine (Navajo) already hold between 3% and 4%. Most of California has been demonstrated to have been taken illegally from nations such as the Pomo and Luisano. Peoples such as the Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Pasamadoquoddi - long believed to have been exterminated - have suddenly rematerialized to press treaty-based and aboriginal claims to much of New England. The list is well over 300 names long. It affects every quarter of the contemporary United States.
Giving all this up - or even losing a modicum of control over it - is an obviously unacceptable proposition to U.S. policy makers and corporate leaders. In order to remain a superpower (in both the military and economic senses of the term), the U.S. must tighten rather than relax its grip upon its "assets". Hence, given its priorities, America has had little choice but to conduct what amounts to a clandestine war against American Indians, especially of the AIM variety.
As concerns AIM, grey propaganda efforts have often centered upon contentions (utterly unsubstantiated) that the "Indian agenda" is to dispossess non-Indians of the home-owner, small farmer or rancher type living within the various treaty areas. [This flies directly in the face of the formal positions advanced by the AIM and associated groups working on treaty land issues. AIM has consistently held that it seeks lands held by the U.S. and various state governments (such as National and State Parks, National Forests and Grasslands, Bureau of Land Management areas, etc.) as well as major corporate holdings within the treaty areas. Small landholders would be allowed to remain and retain their property under "landed immigrant provisions" or, in some cases, naturalization.]
In terms of black propaganda, there have been a number of highly publicized allegations of violence which, once disproven, were allowed to die without further fanfare. This has been coupled to "leaks" from official government sources that AIM is a "terrorist" organization. [This is based on testimony of a single informer at a hearing at which the AIM leadership was denied the right to cross-examine or to testify.]
The propaganda efforts have, in large part, yielded the desired effect, souring not only the average American citizen's perception of AIM, but - remarkably - that of the broader U.S. internal opposition as well. The latter have been so taken in upon occasion as to parrot the government/corporate line that Indian land claims are "unrealistic", "not feasible", and ultimately a "gross unfairness to everyone else".
Even more directly parallel to the performance of U.S. covert agencies abroad is physical repression conducted at another level, that of outright cadre liquidation. For example, in the post-Wounded Knee context of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation, independent researcher Candy Hamilton established that at least 342 AIM members and supporters were killed by roving death squads aligned with and supported by the FBI. (The death squads called themselves GOONs, "Guardians of the Oglala Nation.") This was between 1973 and 1976 alone.
In proportion to the population of the reservation, this is a rate of violent death some 12 or 14 times greater than that prevailing in Detroit, the so-called "murder capital of America". In a more political sense, it is greater than the violent death rate experienced in Uruguay during the anti-Tupamaro repression there, in Argentina under the worst of its succession of juntas, or in El Salvador today. The statistics are entirely comparable to what happened in Chile in the immediate aftermath of Pinochet's coup.
As is currently the case in El Salvador, where the Reagan administration contends that the police are understaffed and underequipped to identify and apprehend death squad members, the FBI-which is charged with major crimes in reservation areas-pleaded "lack of manpower" in solving the long list of murders involving AIM people. (The FBI saturation of the Pine Ridge area was greater on a per capita basis than anywhere else in the country during this period.)
[To date, of the murders documented by Hamilton, *none* has been solved. On the other hand, the FBI experienced no such personnel problems in identifying and "bringing to justice" AIM people accused of murder. The most famous example is Leonard Peltier, accused of killing two FBI agents on Pine Ridge in 1975; pursued in what the Bureau itself termed "the biggest manhunt in history", and convicted in what turned out to be a sham trial, Peltier is currently serving a double life sentence. (See, "The Ordeal of Leonard Peltier", by William M. Kunstler]
More to the point than this transparent rationale for inaction is the case of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash. A young Micmac woman working with AIM on Pine Ridge, Aquash was told outright during the fall of 1975 by federal agent David Price (who was involved in the assassinations of Mark Clark and Fred Hampton [Black Panther leaders] in Chicago in 1969, and who has been involved more recently in paramilitary operations against the Republic of New Afrika) that "You'll be dead within a year". Aquash's body was found less than six months later, dumped in a ravine in the northeast quadrant of the reservation. A pathologist hired by the government determined her death as being due to "exposure." An independent pathologist readily discovered she had died as a result of a .38 calibre slug entering the back of her head at a pointblank range. [ATS Note: Recent events and allegations have implied that Anna Mae Aquash's murderers were AIM members. See August 1995 interview with Robert Robideau for more information. Of course, FBI involvement in her murder is highly probable but likely of a different nature than what is described above.]
Nor is Pine Ridge the only locale in which this clandestine war has been conducted. Richard Oaks, leader of the 1970 occupation of Alcatraz Island by "Indians of All Tribes", was gunned down in California the following year. Shortly thereafter, Hank Adams, a fishing rights leader in Washington state, was shot in the stomach. Larray Cacuse, a Navajo AIM leader, was shot to death in Arizona in 1972. In 1979, AIM leader John Trudell was preparing to make a speech in Washington, DC. He was told by FBI personnel that, if he gave his speech, there would be "consequences". Trudell not only made his speech, calling for the U.S. to get out of North America and detailing the nature of federal repression in Indian country, he burned a U.S. flag as well. That night, his wife, mother-in-law, and three children were "mysteriously" burned to death at their home on the Duck Valley Reservation in Nevada.
Further, it is hoped that the reader might become more attuned to the "why" of such seemingly aberrant circumstances: that the liberation of Native Americans fits well within the more global anti imperialist struggles waged elsewhere, as the quotation from Kwame Toure indicates. AIM presents the same sort of threat to the U.S. status quo as do land-based movements in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.
This situation, so little known in America, has been recognized in locations as diverse as Nicaragua, Vietnam, Libya, Iran, Cuba, Mozambique, Ireland, Palestine, and Switzerland, through the work of the International Indian Treaty Council. It is high time that it was fully realized by those among the broad progressive [sic] opposition within the United States itself.
For those who desire further and more detailed information, the following are recommended as excellent additional readings:
Brandt, Johanna, "The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash", James Lorimer and Co., Toronto: 1978.
Churchill, Ward, and Vander Wall, Jim, "Agents Of Repression: The FBI's Secret War Against The Black Panther Party And The American Indian Movement", South End Press, Boston: 1988.
Churchill, Ward, and Vander Wall, Jim, "The COINTELPRO Papers: Documents From The FBI's Secret Wars Against Dissent In The United States", South End Press, Boston: 1990.
Johanssen, Bruce, and Roberto Mastas, "Wasi'chu: The Continuing Indians Wars", Monthly Review Press, New York: 1979.
Mathiessen, Peter, "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse", Viking Press, New York: 1983. New release with epilogue, 1991.
Messerschmidt, Jim, "The Trial of Leonard Peltier", South End Press, Boston: 1983.
Wyler, Rex, "Blood of the Land: The U.S. Government and Corporate War Against the American Indian Movement", Everest House Publishers, New York: 1983.
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Baltimore used a lushly designed website to offer itself up to Amazon — unsuccessfully, it turned out — as a place where the online retailer could reshape the city by bringing its second headquarters and a promised 50,000 jobs to the Port Covington waterfront.
"The HQ2 project will be — in the right place — an opportunity for true urban revitalization and community invigoration. Establishing its headquarters in Baltimore, a majority African American city, is a public statement of Amazon's investment in diversity and inclusion," the city wrote in its pitch, which was unveiled Wednesday.
"HQ2 will transform the lives of the current generation of Baltimoreans, give hope to the next, and permanently tie Amazon to the renaissance of one of America's greatest cities."
At a time when Mayor Catherine E. Pugh has said Baltimore has a perception problem and that she wants to change the narrative about the city, the proposal to Amazon is in many ways a distillation of the way the city's political and business elite would like it to be seen.
Economic development officials said they will repackage the Amazon bid, pulled together over five weeks in the fall, and use it to market the city to other companies.
Marcus Stephens, chief branding officer for the company behind Port Covington, said that the overarching idea for the proposal was to bring Baltimore to life.
"Baltimore is an experiential city," he said. "It's a city that gives you a much different experience than what you read about. We wanted to bring that to life in the presentation."
The first thing visitors to the website see is a video whisking them through a day in the life of a young woman in the city. It captures much of what makes Baltimore lovely, showcasing harbor scenes and new developments near the water. It also shows off things Under Armour's founder and CEO, Kevin Plank, has brought to the city — his company's offices, redesigned water taxis and the Sagamore Pendry Hotel in Fell's Point.
The rest of the website touts Baltimore's well-educated work force, low cost of living and the potential for Amazon to get off to a quick start with the hundreds of millions in pre-approved public subsidies at Port Covington.
The site devotes a few lines to crime, noting that the Port Covington area "has very low crime rates, as do the surrounding neighborhoods of Locust Point, Westport, Fells Point, Federal Hill, and Riverside."
And while it boasts about the Baltimore region's having one of the largest transit systems in the nation, it doesn't note that the long-planned Red Line light rail project, depicted in a transit map in the proposal, was killed a few years ago.
Amazon set off a frenzy in September, when it announced plans to build a second headquarters in North America and invited cities to bid for the project and its $5 billion investment.
To Baltimore officials, Port Covington seemed like an ideal home for the new offices. Plank's private development company has proposed a massive mixed-use development there anchored by a headquarters for the Baltimore-based athletic apparel brand. The state lined up to back the proposal, pledging billions of dollars in subsidies.
The proposal released Wednesday shows that the city was not planning to offer up any incentive money beyond the existing Port Covington tax increment financing deal, and the state's offer was redacted from the public version.
Allison S. Mayer, a spokeswoman for the state Commerce Department, said further details would be released at the time "that is strategically advantageous to the state."
Officials previously declined to release the Baltimore proposal, saying they didn't want rival cities to have a chance to look at it or for Amazon to be influenced by outside commentary on it. The city rejected a request under Maryland's Public Information Act because they said the proposal was actually submitted by the Port Covington developer and they didn't have a copy.
When Seattle-based Amazon announced a short list of 20 jurisdictions last month Baltimore was the only major East Coast city not to make the cut. An Amazon executive provided a debriefing to city leaders, but they came away saying they still didn't have a clear idea why Baltimore had been rejected.
Tom Geddes, the CEO of Plank Industries, an umbrella company that includes the developer of Port Covington, said that in the weeks since, he and other people involved in the pitch have come to think that Amazon's biggest concern among the factors it laid out in its request for proposals was that they'd struggle to quickly find workers with the tech skills they need in Baltimore.
"Talent will flock, but you need a pool you can fish in today," Geddes said. "It's was clear from the earliest stage of the RFP that it was the top priority."
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Bill Cole, the head of the Baltimore Development Corporation, said talent also struck him as important for Amazon, but he also said an early worry he had was about Baltimore's transit network.
"We know we already have existing transit issues, that connecting people to jobs is a big issue for us," he said.
Other jurisdictions in Maryland, including Howard and Prince George's counties, also mounted unsuccessful bids. Only Montgomery County is still in the running, and Gov. Larry Hogan has promised to help Amazon to the tune of $5 billion if the company opts to set up there.
Geddes said if Montgomery County or Washington, D.C., which is also among the finalists, were to be successful there would likely be big gains for Baltimore and that business leaders already are looking at how the whole region could be good for Amazon.
"Our goal then, kind of selfishly, were Montgomery County to be successful or D.C., would be to figure out how can we plug Baltimore in and make sure Baltimore gets as much economic activity out of that as possible," he said.


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GASGAS Factory Racing has completed a challenging fifth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship despite all riders overcoming various forms of adversity in the Czech Republic. Faring best was MX2 class racer Isak Gifting who, despite taking a trip through the goggle lane early on in race two, came away with a solid 12th overall. Close behind in 13th was teammate Simon Langenfelder. In the MXGP division, Pauls Jonass' weekend was highlighted by a strong sixth in moto two.
Isak Gifting: "It was a difficult day to begin with but for race two I felt really good. I had a great start and I was on the pace with the leaders. I felt comfortable and then unfortunately, a rock broke my goggles. It's too dangerous on a track like this to ride without them so I had to come in and change them, but as it was early in the race I lost a lot of places. I was way down and got back to 13th, which was good, but it should have been much better. I have plenty of positives to take away from here and I'm looking forward to Lommel next weekend."
After last weekend's visit to the sandy Oss race track in the Netherlands for MXGP round four, GASGAS Factory Racing packed up the race trucks and travelled to the hardpack circuit of Loket in the Czech Republic for the fifth stop of the series.
In the MX2 class, DIGA Procross' Isak Gifting added further points to his championship tally with 15-13 results. After a solid opening moto, in race two, a rock damaged the 20-year-old's goggles, which forced him to take a trip through the goggle lane, losing his place inside the top-10. The Swede then put together a strong charge to climb his way back up the leaderboard, ultimately claiming 13th for 12th overall.
For Isak's teammate Simon Langenfelder, the young German couldn't quite replicate his impressive starts from the previous round, making his day in Loket much more challenging. Nevertheless, the 17-year-old claimed consistent 14-15 result for 13th overall.
For Standing Construct's MXGP class racer Pauls Jonass, despite still feeling the effects of his sizable crash last weekend the Latvian lined up at Loket confident of returning to his early season form. Frustratingly, after moving into seventh and with only a handful of laps remaining in race one, a freak technical issue resulted in a disappointing DNF for the 24-year-old. For moto two, Pauls was back on the gas and came out on top of a race long battle with Shaun Simpson for sixth.
Brian Bogers also suffered with a frustrating day in the Czech Republic, placing 18th in race one. Looking to make amends in moto two, and following a much better start for the Dutchman, a rock damaged the clutch on his MC 450F, which frustratingly brought his day to an early end.
Simon Langenfelder: "This weekend was difficult and quite stressful for me. Our family dog went missing in the town center on Saturday evening, which effected my riding a little bit today. I went 14-15 which wasn't so bad after all. I think race two would have been better for me, but my holeshot device popped up too soon so my start wasn't the greatest. I came back to 15th from well outside the top-20 so it wasn't the worst result, but I think I'd have been higher up with a better start."
Pauls Jonass: "It was a shame that I cased the triple in race one as I was up there and feeling good for a strong result. The impact made my spark plug cap come off, so it wasn't a good start to the day. In race two, things were much better. I had a good start again and I was up there with the leaders, and ended up with sixth, so pretty decent. I still felt a little bit banged up from last weekend but going into Lommel next weekend, I think I'll be back to 100% and ready to go in the sand."
Brian Bogers: "Today was a bit of struggle. In race one I didn't get a great start and with everyone riding at a similar pace it was hard to make passes. I was fired up for the second one, and after getting through the first couple of laps and moving forwards, a rock damaged my clutch and at this level, your bike needs to be 100%. It's frustrating but we're back in the sand next weekend and I'm looking to bounce back and claim another strong result like I did in the sand last weekend in Oss."
Both Standing Construct GASGAS Factory Racing and DIGA Procross GASGAS Factory Racing will continue their FIM Motocross World Championship campaigns next weekend at the MXGP of Flanders-Belgium.
Results – 2021 FIM Motocross World Championship, Round 5
MXGP – Overall
1. Jorge Prado (KTM) 45pts
2. Antonio Cairoli (KTM) 40
3. Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha) 38
13. Pauls Jonass (GASGAS) 15
23. Brian Bogers (GASGAS) 3
MXGP - Race 1
1. Jorge Prado (KTM)
2. Tim Gajser (Honda)
3. Romain Febvre (Kawasaki)
18. Brian Bogers (GASGAS)
MXGP - Race 2
1. Antonio Cairoli (KTM)
2. Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha)
3. Jorge Prado (KTM)
6. Pauls Jonass (GASGAS)
MX2 - Overall
1. Mattia Guadagnini (KTM) 41pts
2. Maxime Renaux (Yamaha) 38
3. Thibault Benistant (Yamaha) 37
12. Isak Gifting (GASGAS) 14
13. Simon Langenfelder (GASGAS) 10
MX2 - Race 1
1. Mattia Guadagnini (KTM)
2. Tom Vialle (KTM)
3. Jed Beaton (Husqvarna)
14. Simon Langenfelder (GASGAS)
15. Isak Gifting (GASGAS)
MX2 - Race 2
1. Thibault Benistant (Yamaha)
2. Maxime Renaux (Yamaha)
3. Jago Geerts (Yamaha)
13. Isak Gifting (GASGAS)
15. Simon Langenfelder (GASGAS)
Championship Standings – After Round 5
1. Tim Gajser (Honda) 194pts
2. Antonio Cairoli (KTM) 183
3. Jorge Prado (KTM) 177
8. Pauls Jonass (GASGAS) 119
19. Brian Bogers (GASGAS) 43
1. Maxime Renaux (Yamaha) 179pts
2. Mattia Guadagnini (KTM) 177
3. Ruben Fernandez (Honda) 165
11. Simon Langenfelder (GASGAS) 93
16. Isak Gifting (GASGAS) 53


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Do you ever know that snacks can be turned into a delicious cuisine? Do you still think that snacks are just junk food with low nutrients? Have a look at the recipes below and I am sure you are going to look at snacks from a whole new perspective!
Yeko Potato Sticks
(Mini Chicken Burger Set)
Ingredients: DIY chicken burger patties, Tomatoes, Salad greens, Quail eggs, Mini buns, Yeko Potato Sticks (Mild Cheese Flavour).
- Chop chicken breast into paste; add some spices, white pepper powder, salt, corn starch, and stir into mash.
- Knead meat paste into round shape, slightly flatten it into patties, place them onto hot pan and pan-fried till both surfaces turn into golden color.
- Slice the mini bun into two, cut tomatoes, clean salad greens and drip dry the water, pan-fired quail eggs.
- Assemble all the ingredients of the burger set.
- Replace the french fries with Yeko Potato Sticks (Mild Cheese Flavour), lovely Mini Chicken Burger Snack Plate is done!
Little Bear (Chocolate Cup Cakes)
Ingredients (Cake): Chocolate flavoured cupcakes baking powder, Eggs, Cooking oil.
Ingredients (Decoration): Butter, Sugar powder, Colored little stars, BIKA Little Bear Chocolate Biscuits.
- Use the premixed chocolate cupcakes baking powder, follow the instruction to mix in eggs and cooking oils, stir and pour into paper cup for baking.
- Stir butter cream till fluffy at room temperature, mix in sugar powder, stir till the mixture turns white, place the butter cream into a squeeze bag and squeeze the cream on top of the cupcake as decoration.
- Sprinkles little stars on butter cream and place a BIKA Chocolate Little Bear on top of the cream.
Easy Bar (Ceasar Salad)
Ingredients: Ceasar salad greens, BIKA Easy Bar Cheese Corn Stick.
- Making this Ceasar salad at home, you don't need to need to bake croutons as it can easily be replaced by BIKA Easy Bar Cheese Corn Stick. The Cheese flavour will make the salad taste better!
Big Breakfast (Oats and Biscuit Milk + Scrambled Egg)
Ingredients: Wholemeal bread, Eggs, Mushrooms, Organic tomatoes, BIKA Oats & Biscuit (Milk)
- Apply butter on the bread and toast it, or use pan to pan-fried till both surfaces turn into golden color.
- Slice the mushrooms and fry till cooked, add some black pepper and salt to enhance the flavour.
- Crumble BIKA Oats & Biscuit (Milk) and put it into bowl, mix in two eggs, stirring, pour into pan and make it into scrambled egg. The egg will be full of milk aroma and taste good just by itself!
BIKA Chicken Flavoured Crackers (Potatoes Ball)
Ingredients: Potatoes, Eggs, Wheat Flour, BIKA Chicken Flavoured Crackers.
- Insert BIKA Chicken Flavoured Crackers into ziplock bag, crush it, pour into bowl and pending for further step.
- Place the potatoes into hot water and cook till soften, peel skin, press into mashed potatoes and pending for further step.
- Knead mashed potatoes into ball or stick shape, you can also insert some cheese as filling if you like, fry till cooked.
- Coat the mashed potato ball with wheat flour; then dip in eggs fluid; after that mix with crushed crackers.
- Use medium heat to fry the coated potato balls till golden color.
- The crushed crackers is used to replace bread crumbs, the fried potatoes ball is as crispy and its taste is magically enhanced by the chicken aroma.
Devil Eggs
Ingredients: Eggs, Potatoes, Mayonnaise, Paprika, BIKA Pyramid Crackers (Smoky Barbecue)
- Prepare few soft-boiled eggs, cut into half, separate egg white and egg yolk.
- Use egg white for plate decoration purpose. Stir egg yolk, cooked and soften potatoes, mayonnaise together and add some salt into the mixture.
- Scoop the egg yolk mashed mixture and place onto the egg white, sprinkle some paprika and place one BIKA Pyramid Cracker (Smoky Barbecue) on top, it will be a very popular snack if it is being served in party.
- Its lovely shape is quite attractive and BIKA Pyramid Crackers (Smoky Barbecue) will enhance the overall taste of the snack.
After looking at all the creative snacks recipes above, do you feel like making yourself and your loved one some lovely snacks meal too? Eating smart and maintaining a balanced diet for you and your little ones are vital to live a healthier lifestyle. I hope you will enjoy these recipes as much as I do!
These recipes are actually a translated version from my dear friend Jennifers's blog. You can click HERE to read the original version.
Thank you so much for reading and have a good day!
XOXO Eryn


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It has been a day of fitting the various pieces of the Jigsaw together.
Under CalMac's Summer Timetable Friday is an early sailing.
I had been asked to keep a look out for a house arriving.
There was uncertainty over the day.
– Either Friday or Saturday –
"Walk or take the car?"
It wasn't pouring with rain but it wasn't dry either.
In the end I choose to risk getting a thorough soaking.
Standing at the pier office there was the jigsaw arriving by lorry.
Next week work would commence on putting the pieces together at Ruaig.
Other pieces of the jigsaw included preparing for a busy weekend.
This meant sitting down in front of the computer.
It involved grocery shopping.
Coffee-breaks and meal-times are important.
They were enriched by feathered friends .
They contributed to the jigsaw.
Exercise is important.
Walking is a one of our priorities.
This evening's walk to the pier was at sunset.
There was a small yacht anchored in the bay.
Hopefully the owners will realise how far the tide goes out.
As we walked the length of the pier there was a chill to the breeze.
The clouds were hiding the sun's fiery ball.
For Tiree it was not the most dramatic of sunsets.
So we began to walk from the pier and up Pier Road.
All of a sudden we saw the setting sun.
It was just about to drop below the horizon.
One minute it was there and moments later it was gone.
The golden globe was framed by the electric poles.
The sun has set and it is almost dark outside.
Today's jigsaw is not yet completed.
There are still some pieces to fit.
But its is time to say:
This is 'Life on Tiree'.


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For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. ~1 Corinthians 2:2
As we commemorate and celebrate during the High Holy Days, many of us will reflect upon Golgotha and Calvary's Cross where our Lord Jesus gave up His Life as a sin offering for all of mankind. It's amazing that God from the beginning of creation and even before the foundation of the world, had a plan to save us from certain eternal death. God fore-knew that mankind would fall yet His great Love for the man that He would create caused Him to set in motion a plan to save His beloved creation. From the beginning of the first Bible verse in Genesis to the very last verse in Revelation… EVERYTHING POINTS TO THAT CROSS.
From the Cross, every defining moment in the believers life evolves and there is no victory that we have in this Way of Life that has not originated from the Cross.
"But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place." ~2 Corinthians 2:14
Let us praise our Lord God for Jesus the Christ, Who willing and with great Love offered Himself on our behalf that we could be eternally in the presence of God. Jesus chose obediently to endure horrendous suffering and unfathomable pain not only for our Salvation and redemption but He chose to bear our punishment. There was found no Holy, Pure and Worthy sacrifice to save mankind to the place of ETERNAL redemption to God except our Lord Jesus. Apart from the Cross of Christ Jesus we ALL deserve death. The Cross is the defining point, the fork in the road and the path that we are all free to take. Yet I tell you in all truth it is the ONE and only path that leads to Eternal Salvation.
"And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." ~Acts 4:12


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AIIMS Medical PG Entrance Examination 2012
Last date of Application 2011 October 03
Applications have been invited for the entrance examinations for admission to AIIMS-PG (MD / MS / M.Ch. (6 yrs.) /MDS / MHA) / Post Doctoral (DM / M.Ch.) courses as well as Ph.D. Programme for January, 2012 session. Entrance examinations will be conducted on 13.11.2011 for admission to MD / MS / M.Ch. (6 yrs.) / MDS in Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata and Mumbai; and on 11.12.2011 for admission to DM / M.Ch. / MHA -11.12.2011 in Delhi only.
The entrance exam for admission to PhD will be held on 22.01.2012 in Delhi only. The Prospectus is available on AIIMS website www.aiimsexams.org and must be read carefully by the applicants before applying. The Application fee is Rs. 1000/- (Rs.800/- for SC/ST candidates).
How to apply: A candidate can submit application Online through internet only. Visit www.aiimsexams.org and read the prospectus and other details carefully and follow the instructions given therein. The candidates can pay the application fee through a Challan Form (to be downloaded from the internet while applying online) in any branch of State Bank of India (SBI). Transaction / Processing Fee as applicable will be payable to the Bank by the candidates.
Sponsored candidates of Central / State Government / Armed Forces / PSU / Autonomous Bodies as well as Foreign National candidates are also required to fill in the prescribed online application form including their choice of subject / discipline (only one subject / discipline).
The Foreign Nationals are required to send their application (downloaded copy of Registration Slips) through Diplomatic Channel. Such Sponsored as well as Foreign National candidates are required to appear in the Competitive Entrance Examination along with other candidates.
For eligibility criteria, availability of seats in various disciplines and other details, please visit AIIMS website www.aiimsexams.org.
Dates to remeber:
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Do you remember this post? This would be the second part to it.
I've added the master meshes from that post that you'll need in order for the stone and glass vases to show up. However, if you haven't downloaded the original set, I suggest you do so, as it also has recolours for the vases and stone pots.
Some of the files are labeled with 'master-slave', essentially this means that that file is the master for the plant and slaved to the master stone or vase file.
I'm sorry for the confusion, but it should be easier to figure it out once you have them in game.
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For Immediate Release Contact: Committee to Elect Sam Peters
Phone: 702-337-3067
September 16, 2019
Peters Calls Out Horsford on Impeachment
Las Vegas, NV… Yesterday, Sam Peters, United States Air Force veteran, officially announced his candidacy for Congress with a huge event at Aces and Ales Gastropub in Las Vegas. Over 100 people attended, making it the biggest Republican kick-off for Congressional District 4. As a newcomer to politics, Peters is showing great momentum in the Republican Primary.
"We need a Congressman who will put people first. My priority will be Nevada not DC," said Peters. "As the next Congressman, I will be here at home when the House is not in session. It won't take over 100 days before I organize my first town hall meeting. I will work with the leaders of and people in our communities. The people of this district will be my top priority."
Peters is running to end illegal immigration, help our veterans, strengthen national security and keep our economy rolling. He is the only candidate with a real plan to stop illegal immigration. Peters will be rolling out other plans as the campaign progresses.
"I am not a career politician and I have not forgotten what 'We the People' means. I am a father, husband, veteran, and small business owner. Career politicians have not served us well. Now is the time for real leadership in Washington so we can get results on the important issues facing our nation and Nevada," said Peters.
Peters is a veteran of the United States Air Force. He served his country in Afghanistan, Iraq, Panama, and Korea. He earned the Bronze Star for his efforts in Afghanistan.
After his service to our nation, Peters settled in Las Vegas with his family. Peters worked for two years as a corporate employee where he managed nearly $100 million in annual revenue across the largest geographical region in the United States. Exercising his entrepreneurial spirit, Peters founded Peters Family Insurance with two locations. He presently employs eight.
He earned his bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice Administration, graduating Magna Cum Laude from Park University. He finished his Master of Science in Administration, with focus on law, through Central Michigan University. His continued thirst for knowledge, has also led him through a Graduate-Level Certificate Program in Organizational Finance from the University of Maryland University College.
At the announcement event, Peters addressed the issue of impeachment.
"It is unfortunate for our country that Congress is more focused on playing politics than doing their jobs. While Horsford and the Democrat leadership push for impeachment, important issues such as fixing our border security and helping our veterans are being ignored. As the next Congressman, I will be focusing on making people lives better rather than political gamesmanship," said Peters.
Horsford was for impeachment and then said he was undecided. This week he is now for impeachment.
"Is Horsford working for his constituents or the Progressive Caucus and Nancy Pelosi," questioned Peters. "Having put my life on the line to protect our freedoms, I am disgusted that Congress' priority is partisan politics. We can and we must expect better from our Representatives."
"This is the best economy we have had in half a century. We have an opportunity to make some long term fixes on the national debt and secure borders, but Congress is squandering this time over their hatred of the President. It is deeply disappointing," said Peters.
On February 4, 2018 Horsford told the Nevada Independent that he was for impeachment. (https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/on-the-record-the-policy-positions-of-congressional-candidate-steven-horsford)
After the 2018 Primary, he told NPR(10.15.18) that he wanted to see the results of the Muller report. (https://knpr.org/knpr/2018-10/steve-horsford-running-return-congress)
Now he is following Nancy Pelosi and is again for impeachment ahead of having evidence of any wrongdoing. (https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/local/nevada-democrats-susie-lee-steven-horsford-call-for-trump-impeachment/article_8e749962-def0-11e9-b8d1-83f8495177d8.html)