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Dr. Mahmoud HAMED (EECE Staff & EECE2000) wins Dr. Hammam MAHMOUD award in EED2014 Competition
Dr. Mahmoud HAMED - Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering (EECE) and EECE2000 - has supervised a Graduation Project in the Credit Hour System (CHS) Program of the Faculty of Engineering/Cairo University, entitled:
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The project won Dr. Hammam MAHMOUD Best Project Award in Communication Engineering discipline competition, during the activities of the Egyptian Engineering Day (EED). The event took place in Cairo International Conference Center (CICC) during the period 10 - 11 September 2014, and was attended by:
Eng. Ibrahim MAHLEB, Prime Minister of Egypt
Eng. Atef HELMY, Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Prof. Dr. Ahmed DARWISH, President of IEEE Egypt Section.
Additional highlights of the EED2014:
- It included about 170 projects in 10 engineering disciplines in addition to 32 projects participating in "Made in Egypt" competition and 10 projects in "Future City" competition.
- The event was sponsored by NTRA, Vodafone, Masr Elkheir, Mentor Graphics and Nile University.
- Over 18,000 visitors attended the event during the two days including representatives from the industry, engineering students from various universities as well as members of the media who were covering the event.
- The event included 3 competitions: Made In Egypt (MIE), Future City and EED. The winners of the competitions were announced in the closing ceremony.
It is with great pleasure that EECE congratulates Dr. HAMED on his big achievement, and we all wish him continued success and furhter accomplishements.


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Introduction: Where Change is Necessary
Pooh was puzzled. Actually, he wasn't so much puzzled as he was confuzzled. Confuzzled was almost the longest word that Pooh knew, and he hadn't known that until Christopher Robin had explained that it meant sort of mixed up and baffled. (italics added) [7]
So it is with the justice system. Confuzzlement, it seems, reigns.
Roles are confused. Lack of consultation and co-operation between the participants in the justice system leads to an administrative monster that muddles along at best. What's worse, it is a two-headed monster, with government responsible for most matters of administration and management, but with the judiciary responsible for the important areas of scheduling, assignment of judges and trial co-ordination. Resources and funding are constantly dwindling. The system is in crisis.
The public is puzzled and upset about all of this. The most frequently asked question in our consultations with the public, as we underscore several times throughout this Report, was,
"Who's in charge here ?"
There are five major ways, we believe, in which change must be addressed in order to make the civil justice system work effectively and in a manner that is consistent with the benchmarks which we outlined at the beginning of this Report.
Those benchmarks, to repeat, are the following:
- Fairness
- Affordability
- Accessibility
- Timeliness
- Accountability
- Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness, and
- A Streamlined Process and Administration
The five major areas in which change must be effected are these:
Changing Attitudes and RolesThere must be important changes in attitude on the part of the "three solitudes" most intricately involved in the system -- the Bench, the Bar and the Ministry -- including a recognition that meaningful public participation is necessary. Moreover, there must develop a will amongst these former solitudes to create a spirit of collaboration and co-operation and of shared responsibility and accountability in the operation of that system. Historical roles are changing.
A Unified Administrative and Budgetary StructureA unified structure for the administration and management of the Courts with clear lines of responsibility and accountability must be established.
Caseflow ManagementAn overall system of caseflow management must be phased in across the province. This, too, has significant ramifications for the way in which the civil justice system is structured and supported, and for the traditional roles of lawyers and judges.
TechnologyTechnology must be put in place,
- to provide an accurate and reliable data information base for analysis and management of the system;
- to enable the automated filing, recording, storing and transferring of documents and the automated payment for such transactions;
- to equip the judiciary with necessary computer and electronic facilities to assist them in the courtroom, in the making of their decisions, and in the management of their caseflow; and,
- to facilitate easier access for the public through interactive and simple technology such as kiosks or user-friendly terminals at court offices.
FundingThe system must be properly and adequately funded, a dictate which requires not only wholesale changes in the way in which overall resources already available to the justice system are allocated and utilized, but also a total re-assessment of the way in which future resources are allocated to the justice system.
CostThe cost of justice, and the various ways in which such cost is incurred, must be re-examined.
This section of the Report, Part II, deals with the foregoing changes.
[7] R.E. Allen, Winnie-the-Pooh on Management: In Which a Very Important Bear and His Friends are Introduced to a Very Important Subject, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. New York, New York, 1994, at p. 21.

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—Abbi Glines in The Vincent Brothers
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A nationwide crackdown to apprehend thousands of illegal immigrants across the country began late Saturday in the nation's largest city and several other places, according to an official.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was expected to resume its previously announced plan to apprehend thousands of illegal immigrants who've been given orders to leave the country, targeting people in at least 10 cities. The sweeps were expected to start Sunday, but New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Saturday on Twitter that ICE agents had already taken action in New York.
The ICE raids began late Saturday and into the early morning hours on Sunday in "a number of jurisdictions," not just New York City, a senior administration official confirmed to Fox News.
De Blasio said the raids in New York City took place in parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
"Receiving reports of attempted but reportedly unsuccessful ICE enforcement actions in Sunset Park and Harlem," the mayor said. "@NYCImmigrants and advocates are connecting with residents and distributing resources door to door."
Advocates are coaching them on their rights, including instructions not to respond if agents knock on the door unless shown a warrant signed by a judge. The Democratic mayor has said his city would not cooperate with ICE.
Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, told "FOX & friends" on Sunday that the raids were about "enforcing and maintaining the integrity of the system."
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Morgan, the former head of ICE, differed to disclose details about the raids. But he blasted mayors of cities who pushed back against the crackdown, calling their actions "unconscionable."
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Old Town Smokehouse, a new barbecue restaurant being planned in Wentzville's historic downtown, got a nod of approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday night. The commission unanimously approved the restaurant's conditional use permit for liquor by the drink and live entertainment.
The three-story brick structure at 2 East Main Street that will house the restaurant is one of the city's oldest commercial buildings, dating back to the 1800s.
Old Town Smokehouse owners Chad Angle and Mary Kate Kolb are planning to restore the building's original brick entrance, and also replace the facade of the one-story addition to the east with brick that is more similar to the historic building.
The one-story addition will have a roll-up glass door so that the restaurant can take advantage of pleasant weather. A concrete patio with fencing is also planned for the area behind the building.
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"Opening a restaurant has been a dream of ours and the fact that the restaurant will be located in the heart of the town that means so much to me is just icing on the cake," co-owner Kolb told 70 West Sentinel. The owners are hoping to open Old Town Smokehouse in January 2017.
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Asian Champions League 2015 runner-up, Al-Ahli, have officially been disqualified from the Arabian Gulf Cup. After a run that saw them top their group and reach the semi-finals, where they defeated local rivals Al-Shabab, the Disciplinary Committee of the UAEFA announced their elimination due to the ineligibility of new signing Khamis Esmail Zayed from Al-Jazira in January.
Signed on January 18th 2016, Esmail participated in the Arabian Gulf Cup semi-final against Al-Shabab just 24 hours later as a substitute. In hindsight, it's a substitute that denied Al-Ahli the chance to add another trophy in their cabinet. Typographical errors were reportedly the issue in Al-Ahli's paperwork, which was completed in time. Although despite the fact that Al-Ahli claim they should be fined ("a breach of Article 80 was punishable by financial sanction but not the overruling of results") rather than disqualified, this is not the first or the second time that the UAE league leaders or the UAE football association has made this kind of mistake.
Adnan Hussein, Al-Ahli vs. Al-Wahda | September 20th, 2013
The UAEFA, under the presidency of Yousef Al-Serkal since 2012, held a meeting with its Disciplinary Committee on Thursday the 19th of September. Adnan Hussein was sent off for Al-Ahli in the reserve league during the first week and in the meeting on the following Thursday with the UAEFA Disciplinary Committee, they concluded that Adnan Hussein would be banned for his next competitive domestic match. Yet, the following day he played for Al-Ahli's senior team as they turned out victors against Al-Wahda.
The reason for the UAEFA's failure to inform Al-Ahli of the decision according to them was because the following day – when the second matchweek of UAE League was set to commence – was not a working day (Friday). That's right, the UAEFA didn't inform Al-Ahli immediately after their meeting of their player who would be banned, and had decided to hold off until they returned to work on Sunday; the day the ordinary working week starts in the United Arab Emirates.
Arif Al-Awani, President of the Board of Directors of Al-Wahda Company at the time, claimed they "were not responsible for the reasons that Al-Ahli weren't informed about Adnan Hussein's ban by the UAEFA." He continued, "myself and everyone else in the sports industry in the UAE knew that Adnan Hussein was banned and as long as the decision was made before the game began, we have a right." Al-Awani also added that he believed his team should have been awarded 3 points.
However, it was decided that Adnan Hussein would be fined 10,000 AED and banned for 2 matches while the result of Al-Ahli and Al-Wahda stayed intact. A costly mistake made by the UAEFA.
Adnan Hussein, Al-Ahli vs. Al-Dhafra | January 3rd, 2014
Al-Ahli had defeated Al-Dhafra 3-1, but little did anyone know that substitute Adnan Hussein was actually ineligible after the three yellow cards he received. The rules of the PLC, the Committee of the UAE's Premier League, state the following: "56.1.1. Players shall be automatically suspended for one (1) match in the competition after obtaining three (3) single yellow cards in the Competition and this suspension shall be served in the same Competition;"
Yet Adnan Hussein – the culprit for a second time in 6 months! – played for Al-Ahli as a late substitute and was completely guilty of it on this occasion. Their win against Al-Dhafra helped them move 6 points ahead of local rivals Al-Shabab in 2nd, but the lead was cut down to 3 points after a decision was made to disqualify Al-Ahli from that match, seeing a forfeit in favour of Al-Dhafra.
The points did not benefit Al-Dhafra, neither did they affect Al-Ahli come the end of the season. Al-Dhafra finished 20 points above the relegation zone and 8 points behind a regional competition spot, so give or take 3 points wouldn't have changed much. Al-Ahli also won the league ahead of Al-Wahda, ironically, the team that demanded a forfeit from Al-Ahli at the beginning of the 2013-14 season. Although Al-Wahda had no grounds for another complaint by losing out on the title to Al-Ahli, who finished a massive 16 points ahead.
Al-Ahli issued a statement following the second player eligibility issue they had in the space of a year: "We have found out from our weekly meeting to review club related issues that player Adnan Hussein was not supposed to play the match against Al Dhafra as he is suspended with 3 yellow cards that he, and it was a big human error from the team's secretary that he failed to inform the coach about the suspension therefore we have initiated administrative procedures and taken a review of our internal systems so we can work to prevent a repeat of this serious human error, which is the first of its kind at the club.
"We reach out to our loyal fans and want to show our commitment to ensuring a repeat of such a mistake never happens."
UAEFA transfer window crisis | October 3rd, 2014
The UAEFA decided to extend the summer transfer window of the 2014-15 season by 2 hours to allow Baniyas to register Mohammad Nasser and Saad Surour, Fujairah to register Ahmed Ibrahim and Ahmed Jumaa for Al-Shaab. The most significant problem came in the form of former Valencia midfielder Hugo Viana, the only foreigner in the list of players needed to be registered past the 11th hour.
FIFA rejected the decision to extend the transfer deadline, putting Al-Serkal and the UAEFA in a tricky situation. The latter had just approved a two-hour extension essentially giving the green light to Al-Wasl, Baniyas, Fujairah and Al-Shaab to do business at such a late stage. While the local players came out from the situation unscathed, it was Viana who went 3 months without football. Viana signed his papers with Al-Ahli confirming the termination of his contract and signed with Al-Wasl after the 11th hour…
The foreign player rule in the UAE and Asia generally allows for 3 foreign players + 1 Asian nationality foreigner to play for a squad, which meant that while the local players were allowed to return to their previous clubs and play there until the end of the transfer window, Hugo Viana was left out in the cold. Yet, despite that rule, the local players too had to suffer a period of time without playing competitive football because of registration issues.
Baniyas board member Mohammad Al-Menhali was appalled at the working relationship between the UAEFA and clubs. "We don't know, we've heard only in newspapers, on Twitter and social media but haven't heard anything from them [the FA], and that's why we're really annoyed. We can't wait anymore. They have to come back to us with a 'yes, stop them' or a 'no, they can play'."
Mohammad Al-Ameri of Al-Wasl wasn't happy with the situation either: "We did everything by the book. Right now, the FA's decision making is very slow, so we're playing matches with three foreign players, which is unacceptable.
"The FA's main principle is equality for all clubs, but it's not equal rights. With all respect, this is an injustice for Al Wasl. The FA said the players shouldn't participate with their teams, but they don't have the right to say that.
"The FA are responsible for the registration, but we're the ones who sign the contracts with the players. It is the club's decision to change our player."
Mohammad Sabil, Al-Ahli vs. Al-Nasr | October 10th, 2015
In the 2015-16 Arabian Gulf Cup, the Khamis Esmail situation wasn't the first problem Al-Ahli endured over the course of their campaign. Mohammad Sabil came in for Al-Ahli to play against Al-Nasr, a match in which Al-Ahli defeated their Dubai rivals 2-0 with Sabil creating one of the goals.
Al-Nasr claimed that the player wasn't registered for the Arabian Gulf Cup, meaning he wasn't allowed to play for Al-Ahli. This is not the first time this issue popped up, because Sabil was signed in 2012 on a free from Al-Nasr without compensation being paid by Al-Ahli to Al-Nasr for developing the player at the club's facilities since he was 12 years old.
Nevertheless, the Sabil case was dismissed according to Salim Bahyan Al-Ameri, President of the Appeals Committee, who claimed that there was no truth to the Sabil rumours. "The participation of Mohammad Sabil with Al-Ahli against Al-Nasr is valid, as he has a contract until 2018. We received the confirmation of that back in 2014, and he has a valid playing card too, therefore he is able to participate with Al-Ahli."
That ended speculation, although after the Khamis Esmail decision made at the beginning of this week, the Sabil case has resurfaced and Al-Nasr don't want to back down after Al-Shabab got what was essentially a free pass into the final due to Khamis Esmail's ineligibility.
Oussama Assaidi, Al-Ahli vs. Al-Hilal | 20th October, 2015
Once again, a substitute brought trouble for both Al-Ahli with the UAEFA at fault for the whole situation occurring despite Al-Hilal's complaint and appeal being dismissed. Yet Oussama Assaidi, the man who could barely get a game at Liverpool came on for Al-Ahli in the AFC Champions League semi-final second leg against Al-Hilal. Al-Ahli were tied at 2-2, out on away goals after being held 1-1 in Riyadh.
Oussama Assaidi's introduction didn't do Al-Ahli too much, but in the end he did play a role – albeit a very limited one – in helping Kwon Kyung-Won score a 95th minute winner against Al-Hilal. The whole nation erupted after that goal, with it being the first time an Emirati team reached the final since Al-Ain in 2004.
The happiness was halted a day later when serious concerns surrounded the participation of Oussama Assaidi, who played in the previous round against Naft Tehran complaint-free. The issue began with the signing of Moussa Sow.
Al-Ahli had all of Everton Ribeiro, Kwon Kyung-Won, Rodrigo Lima, Humam Tariq, Jociel Ciao, Moussa Sow and Oussama Assaidi in their ranks as foreigners. Humam Tariq was sent out on loan, Ciao not fit to play after a year-long injury and Moussa Sow who had arrived too late for the AFC Champions League registration window. Therefore it was decided: Oussama Assaidi would join Ribeiro, Lima and Kwon in Asia as the foreigner quartet while Moussa Sow played in the league.
No one, including the AFC and Naft Tehran, seemed to have an issue with what happened. Yet Al-Hilal managed to lodge a complaint and gain serious attention towards what they were doing. The pressure on both Yousef Al-Serkal and Al-Ahli mounted as the UAEFA had deleted Oussama Assaidi's records off of their website (as Assaidi was no longer a player associated with UAE Football, just representing Al-Ahli continentally) making Al-Hilal's argument seem concrete.
Al-Hilal continued, lodging an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after the AFC rejected their complaint, to no avail. Yousef Al-Serkal had pompously congratulated Al-Ahli on their qualification to the final via his Twitter account, leaving Al-Hilal fans bewildered. Despite Al-Ahli's win off the field, this posed a serious problem as to whether both the UAEFA and Al-Ahli are being run professionally.
Khamis Esmail | March 2016
After two years of mistakes made by both Al-Ahli and the UAEFA, one wonders how long will this saga go on for. Many people place the blame on Al-Ahli who seem to be the only club involved in every single situation over the last couple of years. However, the finger is also being pointed at the UAEFA by the media, the fans and the board of directors with the reason being that the UAEFA should be handling everything from top to bottom.
With the UAEFA Presidential Elections coming in thick and fast and Yousef Al-Serkal running for presidency once again, time (and a change at the top seat) will tell if the decisions being made are a result of his management or simply a clear lack of coordination between clubs and the UAEFA.
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18-physician group, 2 New York hospitals advance $8M ASC project
Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, Saratoga Hospital and an 18-physician group gained clearance for their surgery center development, Albany Business Review reports.
Six key points:
1. Under the name Capital Region North, the groups will jointly build and operate Saratoga Partners North, an ASC with six operating rooms devoted to orthopedic surgeries.
2. Construction is expected to cost about $8 million and wrap up by late 2020. The total project cost is about $19 million.
3. Saratoga Partners North is expected to complete 3,000 surgeries in its first year of operation, generating $754,000 in net income. Net income is projected to reach $1.37 million by the third year.
4. About 24 percent of the center's cases will come from Albany Medical Center and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-based Saratoga Hospital, and about 35 percent of cases the ASC will take on are currently completed at a Saratoga Hospital extension clinic. The remaining 41 percent will shift to the ASC from office-based settings.
5. About 32 full-time-equivalent employees will staff the center by its third year in business. Orthopedic surgeon Jared Roberts, MD, will serve as medical director.
6. New York's public health and health planning council approved the project June 6. The ASC will be adjacent to Malta (N.Y.) Med Emergent Care, creating a destination for osteoarthritis treatment.
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Preparedness Grant Programs and Incentives
Flexible Funding Streams
The current funding guidance limits communities in how they can use federal funding. While some level of control is appropriate, we're also forced into unrealistic restrictions on how we can uses these funds. Each community is unique and so are their needs. Response disciplines are also unique and each has different needs. For example, many ESF-8 activities have extremely limited vehicle capabilities and see significant needs for general purpose trucks and cargo trailers. Yet, we can't use federal funds to make these purchases. That should change.
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JV, varsity tennis conclude seasons, emphasize bonding
Since August, the junior varsity and varsity tennis teams have been practicing on the tennis court.
The varsity team wrapped up its season on Nov. 1 in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoff game against Santa Fe High School. The Panthers lost the match, but finished with an overall record of 6-9 and 6-2 league record.
Looking back at the season, varsity player Zoe Woolf '19 credited the team's success to their "hard work" and "family-like bond."
"Our goal was to get to CIF-SS playoffs, which we actually did, and for everyone to become closer," Woolf said.
To bond, the team held team dinners at the homes of team members.
"When [the JV and varsity teams] had practice, we would all play together," Woolf said. "We would always talk to each other."
Sophie Pollack '20, a member of the junior varsity team, also mentioned the bond between the JV and varsity teams.
"I did not feel like there was discrimination [about skill level] between JV and varsity," Pollack said. "I felt like it was more of one team instead of two separate teams."
The players worked on communication both on and off the court in order to better play like a team. Varsity coach Paula Feigenbaum and JV coach Alison Hirshan were also there to support the team.
"I am there for team spirit and team morale," Hirshan said. "I am really there for support and encouragement."
Pollack recognized the support and encouragement the teams received from their coaches. She said their presence helped her feel more confident, even when they did not perform well.
"[The coaches] were very encouraging when we did not win," Pollack said. "They put the time in so we could really improve our skills."
Woolf agreed with Pollack and commended the coaches' supportive attitude.
"I think our coaches definitely pushed us to try our best. Even if we do not do well one day, you know the next day you can do better. They helped a lot" Woolf said. "With everyone being so close this season, [I know this bond will transfer] into next year's season. Knowing that I have them to support me…[is] the best feeling."
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Our leadership team is made up of people who epitomize committment and passion for excellence. Since 2012 Dynamics Payments has built a team of skilled professionals, each committed to remaining at the front line of the payment processing industry and delivering market-leading results for all our clients.
Dynamics Payments focuses on a day to day results operation, but more important, we are a people-first company. Every day we strive to create an engaging work environment that promotes the kind of loyalty and long-term commitment that makes for consistently happy associates and customers.
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Javier is a business strategist with a solid track record of leadership in changing trends, technology and high performance organizations. For more than 20 years, Javier has successfully led Business Computer POS, one of the leading point-of-sale and system automation companies for Puerto Rico, Mexico, the Caribbean and the United States. Microsoft has recognized its trajectory for more than 5 consecutive years for its performance in the retail industry. His business vision led him to establish Dynamics Payments Corp in 2012, which has become one of the main electronic transaction processing companies on the island.
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As a licensed clinical psychologist, mother, wife, sister, and friend, I understand how life transitions can be positive or negative, planned or unexpected. Some transitions happen without warning, and they may be quite dramatic, as in cases of accidents, death, divorce, job loss, or serious illness. Other life transitions come from positive experiences such as getting married, going away to college, starting a new job, moving to a new city. Even though events like these are usually planned and anticipated, they can be just as life-altering as the unexpected events. Whether positive or negative, life transitions cause us to leave behind the familiar and force us to adjust to new ways of living. Life is always changing, growing and evolving. This means everyone experiences transitions in their life. And in modern life, change and growth are happening more quickly, and are often forced upon us, so that each of us will face many transitions in the course of a lifetime. Change is the fundamental nature of Life. If you don't adapt to change, or if you don't instigate necessary or desired change, you may be left in a confused and unfulfilled state. They can leave us feeling completely unprepared and we may be thrown into a personal crisis, feeling shocked, angry, sad, and withdrawn. I want to talk about these changes in life in a way that is nonjudgemental, supportive and uncover your inner strengths to heal and grow from the transitions you are facing. Times of life transitions offer you the chance to explore what your ideal life would look like. When things are in disarray, you can reflect on the hopes and dreams you once had but perhaps forgot about.


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Wisconsin Republicans Look to Get Rid of Minimum Hunting Age
Hunting is a sport enjoyed by men and women, boy and girls of all ages and from all over the world. Though this age-old activity has been participated in for recreation and for sustenance for centuries, it has only come under such heavy legal scrutiny in recent years. Ever since the dawn of the 20th century, states across the US have been adding new laws and regulations to hunting each and every year. Now, it seems as though even stepping the wrong way in the woods is something that might warrant a fine or other punishment. While most laws are made in the essence of safety, there are some regulations that folks do not think are necessary at all. In Wisconsin, the specific regulation I am talking about is the legal age one must be in order to hunt with a firearm.
According to state Republicans, the age at which a child is old enough to shoot should be something determined by parents, and not by the state. As it stands, children aged 10 and older are able to hunt in Wisconsin without receiving a safety training course so long as they are in the company of what the state refers to as a mentor. Under a newly proposed bill, any child regardless of age will be able to hunt with a firearm. This sounds extremely dangerous, and it may be, but we must mention that current laws mandate that for every mentor-child duo, only one weapon is able to be toted.
Under the new law, not only would a mentor be able to have a gun, but they too would decide the age at which shooting a gun is appropriate. Naturally, the NRA has come out in support of this bill, but there are also plenty of opponents. Those opposed argue that a child, especially one under 10 years of age, does not have the wherewithal to express a complete understanding of the consequences that gunfire may have. Things like differentiating between person and animal, being too quick to pull the trigger, and accidental discharge are all incidents that opponents claim can easily come of the new bill if it is imposed.
While in most states legislation like this may not see the light of day, Wisconsin is a state that has a strong population of hunters. This is especially visible when you look at the number of minors who have applied for mentor licenses. From 2010 to 2014, the number of licensed minors increased by 50% to a new high of more than 30,000 children. It is still very early on in the congressional year, and I imagine that this fight is one that is far from over.


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The Ted Cruz for Senate campaign launched two statewide radio ads that highlight Ted's proven conservative record. The two radio ads are 60 seconds long and will begin airing statewide today. These are the campaigns first paid media buy of the 2012 primary race.
One of the new ads, "Delivered," highlights Cruz's proven record of fighting for conservative principles, specifically defending U.S. sovereignty and standing up for three million veterans. The other ad,"Fighter," emphasizes Cruz's family history of fleeing oppression in Cuba. Ted's father fought against the oppressive Batista regime before he fled to Texas in 1957.
Running ads in a state as big as Texas is a very costly. If you like what you heard than consider donating to the Cruz campaign to help make sure Ted continues to get his message out through these new radio ads.
Below the jump are the scripts of the two radio ads.
"Delivered" — Script
When the World Court, the United Nations and 93 foreign countries tried to overrule a Texas jury's decision to execute an illegal alien for the brutal rape and murder of two teenage girls, the State of Texas sent Ted Cruz to the United States Supreme Court to be our voice, to fight for our right to administer justice without interference from the U.N. and he delivered.
When atheists tore down a cross meant to honor the sacrifice of American soldiers in war, over three million veteran fighters chose Ted Cruz to defend their rights, and he delivered.
Our values are under siege. President Obama and establishment politicians from both parties have broken promises, driven us to the brink of bankruptcy and failed to secure our border. Politicians make promises in the quest for power, leaders deliver results that empower individuals.
Ted Cruz – a proven conservative leader who delivers results. Choose Cruz for U.S. Senate.
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I'm Ted Cruz and I approve this message.
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"Fighter" — Script
He comes from a family of fighters — born of oppression and nurtured in freedom. His father lost his freedom in Cuba to a dictator — he fought back, and paid a heavy price: imprisoned and tortured nearly to death, he escaped in 1957 to the freedom of America.
As a child, Ted Cruz's father, would ask, "When I lost my freedom in Cuba, I had a place to flee. If we lose our freedoms here, where will we go?" When atheists tore down a religious cross honoring American military veterans, Ted Cruz fought for the rights of over three million veterans and won. When the United Nations tried to overturn a Texas jury's verdict to execute an illegal alien who had raped and murdered two teenage girls, Cruz fought the U.N. all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and won.
Conservative Republican Ted Cruz: a proven fighter for freedom and liberty, because his family knows what it means to lose it. Choose Cruz for U.S. Senate.
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Here's a shocking number: The world produces 1.3 billion metric tons of garbage each year.
And that number is expected to double by 2025, according to the World Bank.
As Earth's population continues to increase (along with its trash output), the ability to effectively manage all that waste management is becoming an ever-more-urgent concern.
India, with its population of nearly 1.3 billion people, produces nearly 110,000 metric tons of solid waste every day. It's a colossal amount of garbage — and, surprisingly, it's key to the livelihood of many impoverished families, who spend their days recovering recyclable materials from India's landfills and garbage dumps to repurpose or sell.
Photographers in India captured this collection of images showing these "garbage pickers" salvaging the recyclable materials from trash dumps.


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Obituary of Richard Eber Reynolds
Richard Eber Reynolds, born June 1, 1937, passed away at age 82, August 5, 2019 surrounded by family at Select Specialty Hospital in Augusta, Georgia.
Richard was born and raised in Yonkers, New York, by the late Walter Arnold Reynolds and Lorraine Tice Reynolds. The middle child between brother Terry and younger sister Marge (Rode), he was energetic, smart and athletic (baseball being his favorite sport at a young age). He joined the army after high school in 1955. On returning home from Germany he entered Duke University and lettered in three sports: soccer, swimming and baseball. He met his wife Janet at the end of his freshman year when they worked at a summer camp in New York together. He always described her to the grandchildren as the "prettiest boy" he ever met because he saw the back of her from a distance, wearing a sweatshirt, with short hair and mistook her for a boy. He says that within two weeks of meeting her he knew she was the one he wanted to share his life with. They were married April 12, 1959. It was a loving marriage that happily produced what he called, "the best family a man could have." When saying grace before a meal at every family gathering Rich would look around the circle of his beloved Reynolds Clan and comment on how thankful he was for each and every one. His "wife for life," four children: son Rick, daughters Carolyn (Bolton), Dawn (Demery), and Jennifer (Pendleton), and 16 grandchildren meant everything to him.
Newly married, Rich became employed by IBM, switched from Duke to Pace University night classes and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration. They lived in Yonkers, New York, for 6 years and Yorktown Heights, New York, for 5 years, getting away from the city every summer to the family cottage on Lake Waccabuc, a little piece of heaven. In 1971, Rich changed companies from IBM to Chesebrough Ponds and moved the family to Clinton, Connecticut. He worked as a computer programmer as they raised the children in this idyllic shoreline town. He saw all four children happily married and began welcoming grandchildren. Their large home became the hub of activities because Rich loved family and friends. Dad was the president of the Clinton AFS (American Field Service) international exchange student program. Over the years, the family was host to 52 foreign exchange students, the first stayed for a year, the rest for a week or weekend.
In 1984 his company was sold in a corporate takeover. Eighteen months later his division of the company was sold. At age 50, after twenty seven years in data processing he was looking for work. He became a self-employed financial counselor and enjoyed twenty years of meeting and serving people. Rich had many business and sports accolades along the way.
In 2009 after 38 years in Clinton, CT, Rich and Janet relocated to Columbia, South Carolina near their daughters Dawn and Jennifer, their spouses and nine of the sixteen grandchildren.
Rich had many passions in life. His Lord, wife, family, his church, his dogs, all forms of written and televised news, yard work, playing, watching and reading about all sports: baseball, football, bowling, soccer, swimming -- his favorite being GOLF! He taught all the grandchildren who cared to learn how to play his favorite game. When referring to his family he called them, "Sports Fans." After leaving Ponds, he was a caddy every year on pro-am day for The Greater Hartford Open PGA tournament for 20 years. In the past ten years he has worked at The Masters Tournament at Augusta National (Janet also the last five). During this year's tournament they celebrated their 60th anniversary. Right after the tournament he entered the hospital on April 16th due to a mitral valve prolapse and early pulmonary fibrosis. He had many surgeries and procedures at Lexington Medical Center, but on July 11th he was transferred to a specialty hospital in Augusta, GA, in the hopes of weaning off the ventilator he was dependent on due to the advancement of the fibrosis. He passed away in that hospital a few miles from Augusta National, one of his favorite places.
In summing up Rich---he loved people and believed in the goodness of them. He never knew a stranger. Speaking to everyone who crossed his path; he made friends everywhere. Rich saw no ethnic, economic, or social barrier to loving a person. He has been described by many as the "kindest man I've ever known." He was an articulate communicator, a natural and talented teacher. However, he was an equally good listener, offering priceless wisdom and faithfully keeping a confidence. He COMPLETED the newspaper crossword puzzle every single day--in ink, not pencil. Rich was a prolific reader. He loved history, documentaries and old movies. He cherished a full house and was known to invite folks home for a meal knowing an extra plate at the table was always available. Rich and Janet were "parents" to many more people than their four children. Many were included as "family" over the years. He shared stories skillfully, loved laughter, and was a very humorous man. He enjoyed all games indoor and out. He was incredibly generous! Freely giving of his time, energy, resources and finances was second nature for him. In fact, he was a faithful blood donor having donated over 50 GALLONS of blood in his lifetime. He volunteered in many capacities over the decades: little league baseball coach, YMCA swim team coach, secretary of his bowling league, deacon at church, Sunday school teacher, president of AFS, and he served people constantly by helping them with yard work, giving disabled people rides to church, helping people move etc. He was a very optimistic person who didn't complain and persevered with the desire to do any task well.
It is with GREAT sorrow and DEEP joy that we say goodbye to this "GOOD, KIND MAN." Sorrow for his long struggle since April and for going through the rest of our lives without him; but, with profound joy that he has seen his Lord face to face and is rejoicing with all who went before him.
Richard is survived by his beloved wife Janet Sears Reynolds of Columbia, SC, son Richard Eber Reynolds Jr. (Laurie) of Old Saybrook, CT, daughters Carolyn Reynolds Bolton (David) of Haddam, CT, Dawn Marie Demery (Damon) of Irmo, SC, Jennifer Reynolds Pendleton (Scot) of Irmo, SC; Sixteen grandchildren: Caitlin Michelle, Aimee Lorraine and Austin Garrett Reynolds; Timothy Ross, Evan Michael (Katie), Anna Katherine, and Eli Benjamin Bolton; Gregory James Sherman, Hannah Elisabeth Sherman Thickens (Joseph), Peter Andrew and Michael Gerard Sherman, Paul Richard and Joshua Garrett Demery; Rebecca Ruth, Scot Graham and Megan Marie Pendleton; His brother Walter Arnold "Terry" Reynolds III (Sandra) of Lexington, NC, and brother-in-law John S. Rode of Huntersville, NC;
He was predeceased by his parents Walter Arnold Jr. and Lorraine Tice Reynolds of Yonkers, NY, and his sister Marjorie Reynolds Rode (John) of Huntersville, NC.
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Christmas is Here! And Gone…
This won't be a profound post. However, it will be full of sugar, glitter, and planes.
It's been a long time since celebrating Christmas in a true, leisurely fashion, but this past year, both G and I landed gigs that allow us to take an extended period of time to just be. So here goes:
Christmas tricks are for kids. No, really.
It was absolutely amazing to watch 2-year-old Max get so excited over ornaments (a.k.a. jingle balls), chocolate chip cookies (a.k.a. Santa cookies), and ball pancakes (a.k.a ebelskeivers…a.k.a. Danish pancakes). It is such a delight to watch someone become so excited over the magic of Christmas. Yes, magic, you Grinch. The photo above is a picture of Graeme's ornament when he was a baby, and now Max's. I absolutely love how every ornament tells a story.
To help Max and his classmates celebrate Christmas, we made peppermint bark that included: Oreos, Andes mints, Candy Canes, M&Ms, and of course, chocolate (white and milk). When I first saw this recipe, I thought, "No way will anyone survive this conglomeration." Then I tasted it. Then I knew. Then…the Christmas spirit re-emerged for this 32-year old cynic. Glory, glory, hallelujah…
To quote Ariel, "I don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things, could be bad."
Ugly sweaters. The latest craze in parties. I bought this a while back (2010?) for $20 at a thrift store. Someone put in a lot of time, thought, and glitter into this little number. Unfortunately, a Christmas cold kept this baby in the closet until one lucky lady needed some Mucinex at the local drug store. You're welcome, pharmacists.
We were lucky enough to have my in-laws visit for a full week and that meant celebrating birthdays and anniversaries in addition to Christmas! So we made the most of it and made a trip out to the Pima Air and Space Museum. We had visited only a few months back, but decided to return to see the rest (it's an all day thing!) and enjoy the tram ride. Max made sure to bring his own sea plane and was in complete awe of all that surrounded him.
The extra time off from work meant a little extra time to experiment with recipes. We updated family classics using coconut flour and a gluten free all-purpose baking mix. Luckily, most things worked well. Coconut flour is GREAT for thickening gravy. The all-purpose flour substitute below worked for pancakes, traditional recipes, and COOKIES! Arrowhead Mills was an easy 1:1 replacement for making G special treats (not a sponsored post, just completely enamored with the ease). I think I found my new stand-by for sensitive celiac family members…
Aside from nasty colds, snowy weather in Tucson (chyeah), and one broken ornament, this Christmas season was my favorite one yet. We were merry and bright. And full of eggnog. Sweet, sweet Christmas milk.
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In January I contacted the Lifestyle Editor of The Guardian, our provincial newspaper. It was the second anniversary of kettlebell training in Prince Edward Island and I thought the event was worthy of a bit of media coverage.
The Lifestyle Editor agreed, assigned it to reporter Sally Cole and Sally subsequently contacted me to begin her education in kettlebell training, giving this form of training some great exposure in the local press.
Last week Sally contacted me to say the story would be printed on Monday of this week (yesterday). When I got up yesterday I went on-line and read the nice write up she had given kettlebell training and was tickled with the studio-friendly press she had offered me. Pleased I was.
I was not prepared for the amount of interest the story generated. During the day lots of phone calls and many emails arrived. So much interest in fact that I have scheduled three Kettlebell Skills Clinics this week where I have been offering only one per week for the last six weeks.
Later in the day I looked at the paper version of the story. Well, no wonder it caught people's attention! Sally and her Editor gave the story the front of the C Section and about 3/4 of the page, two photos and a well sized heading. Not only that, there is a small colour photo and story title on the top of the front page! This is an amazing layout! Wow!
I am overwhelmed by this kindness and so very grateful for such expansiveness. Thank you Sally, Carolyn and The Guardian. You've helped bring about a broader awareness of fitness and training options to this wonderful Island community.


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Jody McBrayer Returns To Avalon After Twelve Years
Group Also Welcomes Newcomer Dani Rocca As Well
Avalon recently posted a video to their website and social platforms revealing the next chapter in their profound musical career.
The video itself was brief, and is designed to receive excitement from fans, and questions from their audience. In it, they simply say, "Hi! We're Avalon.", and viewers receive a sneak peak revealing two new members: Dani Rocca and returning member, Jody McBrayer.
"Greg and I are thrilled to welcome back our friend and brother, Jody McBrayer," shares Janna Long. "I know our friends will be thrilled to see Jody with Avalon again just as much as we're ecstatic to share the platform with him."
Jody McBrayer reflects, "Who would have ever imagined that, after nearly 12 years, I would be a part of Avalon again? I'm always surprised at how God works and so extremely happy and grateful for this new season with them."
"After we heard her sing for the first time, Janna looked at me and said 'I love this girl's voice.' Very soon, we fell in love with person who is Dani Rocca. I know our friends will love her, too," said Greg Long.
Avalon will be recording new music. Details will be announced at a later date.
Avalon is set to appear on The Greatest Hits Live Tour over the winter with Newsong, Point of Grace, Nicole C. Mullen, Bob Carlisle and Rebecca St. James.
Just as in past events, Avalon will perform select tour dates as Greg and Janna Long, Staff Worship Leaders of Woodlands Church. Jody McBrayer will perform with Cana's Voice with solo tour dates.
CCM Magazine will be doing an exclusive video chat with Avalon tomorrow, Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 7PM via Facebook.com/CCMmagazine on the show CCM Live with Marcus.
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Obvious now that summer is on its way to the beach. Southern winds are blowing in signs of warmer air, greener water, cumulous clouds adrift on pale blue skies. It's in the air and upon every leaf, in every greeny tumble of surf and everymornings of pale blue air. A plane flies over the coastline pulling a long banner with the words, LADIES DRINK FREE 2NITE PUB 44 N SMYRNA BEACH. The long strip of beautiful local beach is seeing more footprints and the honky-tonks are heatin' up downtown. "Summertime and the livin' is easy…" The words could be about summer in NSB.
Four and five times a day someone walks past tossing off the often repeated, 'Beautiful day, isn't it?' I have all the appreciation in the world for the climate here, but it's hard not to take it for granted. My unspoken answer to those 'beautiful-day-isn't-it' greetings is commonly "When is it not?" Probably sounds offhand but living along this particular beach is for sure a true blessing.
On an early afternoon walk the sand just above the surf line is a hard-packed wet cardboard brown. A little more traffic on the beach this Saturday but not anything that says crowded. Walking is a mind-free business, on and off the almost warm surf splashes up my ankles, raising the thought of going for a swim. The lifeguard's chair a hundred feet back had a sign saying that ocean water temperature is 70°. Probably a little cold for us timid bathers but the water seems fine for the hundred or so bouncing on waves. Swimming season is upon us, each day closer to perfect.
I pass some time on the patio with a couple of friends fresh from their beachcomber chores. The haul today was a tiny plastic toy soldier, heaved across the waves from who knows where. That little soldier now drafted into duty stands guard for Clarisse, a faded-pink metal flamingo perched on the patio. Poor old Clarisse. She's another story.


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Our red setter Finn McCool participated in the annual Fourth of July parade in Chardon Ohio, as he has several times in years past. This year he caught the attention of the local newspaper, and made the press. Finn is the "mascot" of the Flushing Whip, and is usually in the company our editor Deborah Fazenbaker. He was bred by Francis Fountain of Georgia out of Quail Ridge Gabe.
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Press Release
30 Apr 2019
Everbright Water Secures Shandong Ji'nan East Station Area Underground Waste Water Treatment Project
Singapore, 30 April 2019 – China Everbright Water Limited ("Everbright Water" or the "Company", SGX: U9E) (中国光大水务有限公司), an environmental protection company focusing on water environment management, is pleased to announce that the Company entered into an agreement today with Urban-Rural Water Bureau of Ji'nan City, Shandong Province, and secured Shandong Ji'nan East Station Area Underground Waste Water Treatment Project ("Ji'nan East Station Project" or the "Project"), with an investment of approximately RMB560 million.
Ji'nan East Station Project will be invested in, constructed and operated based on a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) model, with a designed daily waste water treatment capacity of 100,000 m3 for a concession period of 30 years (inclusive of construction period). The Project will be constructed as an underground plant, mainly responsible for treating waste water from the Ji'nan East Station area. It will adopt the pre-treatment + AAO + MBR as the main treatment process. Major indicators of the discharge water from the Project will comply with standards similar to the Environmental Quality Standards for Surface Water (GB3838-2002) for Category IV, while the rest will comply with the national Grade 1A standard according to the Discharge Standard of Pollutants for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant (GB18918-2002).
Ji'nan City and Shandong Province are key strategic markets of Everbright Water. The Company has invested in more than 50 water projects in the province, with a total daily water treatment capacity exceeding 2.5 million m3. Ji'nan East Station Project will be one of the major infrastructures that facilitate the urban spatial development and ecological and environmental protection in the Ji'nan East Station area and the eastern area of the city. Securing of the Project will further solidify Everbright Water's leading position in the environmental protection market of Ji'nan City and Shandong Province.


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|Aptian Age (KP) — Aptian Age (KP)
|Lithological Description:
|Reddish-brown, ferruginous, cross-bedded, shell-fragmental, medium- to coarse-grained, clean sandstone. There are scattered pebbles, bands of conglomeratic grit and minor horizons of mudstone.
|Definition of Lower Boundary:
|Unconformable contact with the underlying Baulking Sand Member, marked by the upward facies change from the predominantly mudstone facies of the upper part of the Baulking Sand Member, to the ferruginous sandy facies of the Fernham Sand Member.
|Definition of Upper Boundary:
|Not seen. The Fernham Sand Member occurs as hill-cappings in the Baulking area. The top of the formation is locally defined by the depth of the present-day weathered zone.
|24m+ in the Furze Hill Borehole SU29SE/16 [2905 9281] (Poole et al., 1971).
|Geographical Limits:
|Area around Little Coxwell and Fernham, Oxfordshire.
|Parent Unit:
|Faringdon Sand Formation (FDNS)
|Previous Name(s):
| Ferruginous Sands And Sandstones
Red Sands Of Uffington (-248)
Division 4 (Sands With Chert And Ironstone) (-3402)
Furze Hill Sandstone Formation (-3403)
|Alternative Name(s):
|none recorded or not applicable
|Type Area
|In the vicinity of Furze Hill [SU 29 92] and Fernham [SU 293 919], Oxfordshire.
|Reference Section
|Furze Hill Borehole SU29SE/16 [2905 9281] and boreholes F10 (SU29SE/5 [2982 9242]), F12 (SU29SE/7 [2925 9288]) and F13 (SU29SE/8 [2950 9305]) described in Poole et al. (1971), all located near Fernham, Oxfordshire. The Furze Hill Borehole contains the thickest development of the Fernham Sand Member.
|Arkell, W J. 1947. The Geology of Oxford. 267pp. [Oxford: Clarendon Press.]
|Wilkinson, I P. 2006. The Holostratigraphy of the Albian Stage (Lower Cretaceous) of the United Kingdom and its continental shelf. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/06/01.
|Poole, E G and Kelk, B. 1971. Calcium montmorillonite (fuller's earth in the Lower Greensand of the Baulking area, Berkshire. Institute of Geological Sciences Report 71/4.
|Meyer, C J A. 1864. Three days at Faringdon. Geologist, Vol.7, 5-11.
|Poole, E G, Kelk, B, Bain J A and Morgan, D J. 1971. Calcium montmorillonite (fuller's earth) in the Lower Greensand of the Fernham area, Berkshire. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, 71/12, 64pp.
|Rawson, P F, Curry, D, Dilley, F C, Hancock, J M, Kennedy, W J, Neale, J W, Wood, C J and Worrsam, B C. 1978. A correlation of Cretaceous rocks in the British Isles. Geological Society of London, Special Report No.9.
|Casey, R, 1961. The stratigraphical palaeontology of the Lower Greensand. Palaeontology, Vol.3, 487-621.
|1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
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If 2017 has shown us anything, it's that neo-Nazism is alive and well in America. From the fatal Charlottesville protest to an upsetting increase in hate crimes, those who once kept their anti-Semitic and racist views relatively private appear emboldened.
While the current administration is doing little to combat neo-Nazism, there are private citizens who have taken it upon themselves to expose neo-Nazis. Take, for example, a woman who formerly went by "Fallon" who has spent the last few months attempting to find and stop white supremacists.
With her superior researching skills and plenty of persistence, Fallon, who told ProPublica that she identifies as an anti-fascist activist, uses tools such as property records, voter registration databases, social platforms, and IRL surveillance to unearth members of the far-right. Once armed with that information, Fallon then either contacts their employers, religious organizations and/or local communities, and informs them of the person's ties to a white supremacist group.
Though revealing this information can put the individual in danger and is in a legal grey area, Fallon sees no harm in doxxing — the act of searching for and publishing private or identifying information about a particular individual on the Internet —neo-Nazis. In fact, she compares releasing the names of neo-Nazis publicly to the registering of sex offenders, explaining to ProPublica, "There's nothing more ethical than doxxing Nazis."
In fact, Fallon believes in her cause so wholeheartedly that she's even trained about 300 other anti-fascists and activists to dox, and how to protect themselves from being doxxed, since the practice goes both ways. "It's nonviolent. It's transparent. It's validated. It's effective," she explained of the controversial practice. "I feel like, for me, if there was one thing that I could say to the alt-right and to fascists it would be: 'You don't get to be a Nazi on the weekend.'"
She added, "If you're a Nazi on Saturday, you're a Nazi all goddamn week."
Fallon was eventually doxxed herself and revealed to be Jessica Nocero, and though she still believes in the practice as a way of outing neo-Nazis, it's worth noting there are other ways to combat hate and hate speech.
For example, though it's not quite the same, a volunteer Facebook group called White Nonsense Roundup helps people of color address hate speech and other problematic comments made on their personal social media accounts. The group seeks to educate and enlighten those using hate speech with "essays, graphics, research, news articles, and personal examples to take apart their arguments."
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|Agriculture, Economy, Politics, War
|"Rise And Fall of the Slave South," University of Virginia
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On his seventeenth birthday, Joshua Frier enrolled in a branch of the Florida Confederate militia which was eventually called the First Florida Reserves, Company B. The unit remained in northern Florida throughout its service, where the Union naval blockade intentionally caused serious import shortages on goods like coffee, tea, and salt. Salt was a commodity that was vitally necessary to preserve perishable foods for the army. Before the outbreak of the Civil War, manufacturers would produce salt by extracting it from saline artesian wells and rock salt deposits. However, during the war, due to the Union naval blockade and limited imports, Frier and his comrades had to produce their own salt by filtering it out of the dirt on the floors of meat store rooms. Frier hardly knew what to call the substance they created, for he claimed it looked more like mud than salt, but he was determined to make the most of the discovery. He and the reserve company manufactured several bushels and used them to preserve their meat during the winter of 1863. However, they soon realized that there was limited supply of useful dirt, and Frier worried that a salt famine was on the horizon.
Since filtering salt-laden mud was not a long-term sustainable practice, Florida residents had to find other sources of salt. The method by which salt production came to be cheapest and most efficient in the state of Florida was boiling sea water, a simple process which required little machinery and which became the largest industry in the state following the Civil War. The industry helped increase civic morale and inter-state interaction during the Civil War, as many Georgians and Alabamans set up operations along the Florida coast to produce salt to sell to their home states. Critical to the development of the domestic salt production industry in the region was, indeed, Frier and his army. The war forced Southerners like Frier to look to new ways of producing those goods of which they were deprived, while it also helped to expand the previously small-scale enterprise of a few Confederate soldiers into a state-wide industry. Although Florida was strategically and physically peripheral to the Civil War, the Union coastal blockade and the occupation of its ports helped shape post war issues and industries.


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Monday: Massive CBD delays caused by road closures and accidents
Long delays were felt by people travelling into and within the CBD on Monday morning, particularly by bus passengers on the Harbour Bridge, following a number of simultaneous incidents. A number of roads were closed during 27 December to 12 January as part of the CBD and South East Light Rail project. A cable that manages traffic signals was hit by work crews at the corner of Bridge and Grosvenor streets, preventing traffic light phasing from being changed and causing further delays. A breakdown during peak hour in the southbound lane of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel diverted more cross-harbour traffic on to the bridge. In addition there was a crash at 8:15AM approaching the Sydney Harbour Bridge and a motorcycle breakdown that blocked the bus lane at 9:00AM for a short period.
Transport for NSW issued a statement apologising for the delays, later announcing changes to prevent similar delays further into the week. These changes included opening one lane in each direction on Grosvenor and Bridge streets every day between 6am to 10am and 3pm to 8pm, while also rerouting buses on the Harbour Bridge via the Cahill Expressway or Western Distributor,
Wednesday: Bus network changes still not finalised
Changes to the CBD bus network, required due to the imminent closure of George St to allow for construction of the CBD and South East Light Rail, have not yet been finalised according to a report by the Sydney Morning Herald. Construction is to begin shortly after the Centenary of Anzac Day in April of this year. George St is also set to be pedestrianised, meaning that buses will not be able to travel along George St even after construction is completed.
Thursday: Construction to begin on Castlereagh St and Liverpool St bike paths
Work is to begin this month on separated bike paths on Castlereagh St and Liverpool St in the Sydney CBD. Separated bike paths already exist on Kent St and York St, while a third bike path on College St is set to be removed once the Castlereagh St bike path is complete. Previous plans to make the Castlereagh St bike path a "part-time" bike path by allowing loading zones on them at certain times of the day appear to have been dropped following opposition to the proposed plans.
Sunday: Salmon for the South West
The South West Rail Link will be represented by the salmon on the rail map. Passenger indicator boards installed at Liverpool Station in preparation for the 8 February opening of the line display the colour salmon, with trains stopping at Glenfield, Edmondson Park, and Leppington. Trains will initially run as a shuttle service between Liverpool and Leppington.


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Davido ft. Popcaan – Risky Mp3 Download Audio
Nigerian heavyweight superstar, Davido has released his long awaited single dubbed "Risky", produced by Speroach Beatz.
Consequently, Davido's new record "Risky" features the vocals of Jamaican patois crooner, Popcaan.
In addition, we look forward to Davido's forthcoming project tagged 'A Good Time' which is due for release in weeks.
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An annuity analysis tool maker has finally released two major new comparative illustration tools.
Cannex Financial Exchanges Ltd. says the new tools, which represent the culmination of more than a decade of research, can help advisors show clients how annuities from multiple carriers might perform in a wide range of scenarios.
The Cannex VA Analysis system illustrates how variable annuities might perform, and the Cannex FIA Analysis system illustrates how indexed annuities might perform, the company says.
The systems can illustrate what might happen to the guaranteed portions of contracts and riders.
The systems can also show what might happen to the performance of annuity components with returns linked to the performance of variable annuity separate accounts or investment index benchmarks, according to Cannex.
The systems now hold data on annuities from about two dozen insurers.
(Related: Have Trouble Comparing VA, FIA Riders? Test Drive This Tool)
Product designers at Cannex have built a simulation process into the systems, to try to help users understand how the products might do in many different randomly generated situations, rather than in just a handful of good, bad and moderate situations.
The tools also take changes in how cash might flow into a contract into account, Cannex says.
An advisor can use a number of different contract components to sort and rank the annuities being compared.
Tamiko Toland, the head of annuity research at Cannex, said in a statement about the new tools that annuity developers might be able to use them to improve their contracts.
Product developers can use the tools "to test the competitiveness of new product concepts," Toland said.
About a year ago, Cannex said it would to roll the analysis tools out in early 2017, and it may have met that target for beta testers. Cannex now reports that some distributors are already using the tools.
—Read LIMRA Reports Drop in Q3 Annuity Sales on ThinkAdvisor.
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Ronaldo is expected to be out of the Bernabeu. According to the Spanish program 'El Chiringuito', CR7 will head to Juventus, with Real Madrid receiving 100 million euros.
Ronaldo to Juventus by 100 million
The well-known Spanish program 'El Chiringuito de Jugones' advanced, this Tuesday, that Real Madrid will have accepted a proposal from Juventus by Cristiano Ronaldo. The Italians will pay 100 million euros (a value well below the termination clause of 1 billion), with the Portuguese international earning about 30 million euros annually, with a four-year contract.
In the excerpt of the program that can see below, it is also mentioned that the greatest scorer in the history of the Real Madrid feels that a cycle has been completed and that it is time for a change, and that the exit does not happen for money: the presenter, Josep Pedrerol , ensures that the Real offered the desired value by CR7.
The information was also advanced in this edition of the newspaper Marca (considered close to Real Madrid). The Spanish newspaper adds the same values, ensuring that only "a last minute turnaround" may prevent the transfer of Ronaldo – who in May, after winning another Champions League for the meringues in Kiev, expressed a desire to leave the club after nine years. "It was very beautiful to be in Madrid," CR7 said at the time.
Since then, much has been speculated about the forward's future. Manchester City and PSG were often considered the most likely scenarios, and the Spanish press reported a 45 million euro proposal from the Paris club. It ends up being Juventus to win the lead of the race, reminding further the Marca that Real Madrid has committed, in writing, to facilitate the exit of Ronaldo, for a reasonable amount, below the billion clause. Only Barcelona and PSG were out of the conditions agreed, for being considered "direct rivals" of the club merengue.
It is also worth mentioning that the understanding between Ronaldo and Andrea Agnelli, the president of Juventus, is total (the same was not the case with Florentino Pérez, maximum leader of Real Madrid) and that the player is enthusiastic about the challenge of being able to win the Champions League with the bianconeri sweater . The Turin club have not won the trophy since the 1984/85 season and are already the team with the most lost finals, seven, one in 2017, against Ronaldo's Real Madrid (with the Portuguese scoring two goals in the final in Cardiff ).
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Joel Colwell - Run 4J
On October 13th, 2019, I will be representing Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) at the 2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. As a member of Team RMHC, I will be training, fundraising and ultimately running 26.2 miles to help keep families together.
As you might be aware, our son, Jackson Colwell, passed away November 7, 2018, unexpectedly before he turned 18 months old. During our time at Advocate Christ Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn, RMHC reached out to us with not only hot meals but a place to eat them while at the hospital. To us, being by Jack's side was the most important goal and to have a place on-site to renew our spirits and replenish our bodies is just as important. One of the ways we are trying to heal as a family is training for this run together, as it gives us a focal point and an opportunity to give back to a great charity that helps parents with sick children. Let's create as many positives as we can in Jack's memory.
RMHC is a top-rated charity with global HQ in Chicago. It provides local support and housing services to families with seriously ill or injured children.
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3. Cheer us to the finish on race day
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A nanomaterial thin-film device provides a low-cost, facile fabrication pathway to commercialize the technology to the sustainable energy market. Metal oxide thin films have been fabricated to a photoelectrochemical cell by solar energy. The prototype device uses both low energy cost for manufacturing and low materials cost for devices. The self-modulated device platform can also find other applications in sensors and detectors. The resultant prototype device can be deployed to the automobile industry or power plants with very low initial costs. The device can also be made extremely compact and efficient. It uses solar energy as the only power source.
This innovation consists of quantumdot, sensitized solar cells of aligned TiO2 nanowire arrays to improve transport properties. Arrays of TiO2 nanowires are sensitized with lightabsorbing semiconductor CdS quantum dots (nanoparticles) or metal nanoparticles to increase visible light absorption. The photoelectrochemical cell (PEC) is based on nanostructured TiO2 photoanodes and Cu photocathodes. The photoelectrochemistry efficiency and performance for CO2 conversion reaches 5 to 8%. Robust self-assembly solution processes can be used to grow 1D nanostructure thin films with properties of superior charge mobility and transport property, large reaction surface area, and optimal exciton separation distance.
This innovation has demonstrated a zero carbon footprint by recycling CO2 to fuels that are compatible with all existing fuel utilities, using a solely renewable energy source as the minimum energy requirement for CO2 chemical conversion in a very compact device platform.