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Montana lawmakers send constitutional carry bill to governor
Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat with a track record of dropping veto ink on gun reform measures, will now weight constitutional carry in Montana. (Photo: AP)
A bill that would allow for lawful concealed carry without a permit is heading to Gov. Steve Bullock for signature over the opposition of gun control advocates.
The proposal, drafted last October, gained momentum in recent weeks, passing by a 56-43 margin in the House last month before winning a closer 28-21 roll call Thursday.
Advocates for the measure feel the time was right for an update to the state's concealed carry laws.
""We should stop kidding ourselves," said state Sen. Scott Sales, R-Bozeman. "People that want to commit a crime aren't going to pay attention to the concealed carry portion of the law right now."
The legislation, HB 298, is a simple two-page act that would allow the carry of concealed firearms in the state without a permit providing the residents can legally possess a firearm. Currently, the state enjoys a rural form of constitutional carry, with permits only required inside city limits. If signed into law, the patchwork system would be homogenized statewide with no permits needed.
Nevertheless, the seemingly simple proposal has drawn fire from gun control groups who criticize the measure.
Backed by a recent poll paid for by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Everytown for Gun Safety group that suggests a majority of those asked support a requirement to have a permit for concealed carry, some are calling upon the governor to veto the bill.
"It's clear from the broad coalition gathered here today and from recent polling showing 83 percent of Montanans support requiring a permit to carry a concealed weapon, that these bills are not what we need to keep our families and communities safe;" said Pamela Owen, with Moms Demand Action, part of the Everytown group in a statement.
Constitutional carry bills have been a popular item nationwide with state legislatures this session. Texas, New Hampshire, Utah and Kansas have all made progress on measures of their own in recent weeks.
This week West Virginia lawmakers gave their final seal of approval to a measure to bring the practice to that state despite opposition similar to that seen in Montana.
The bill is now headed to the desk of Gov. Steve Bullock (D) who has vetoed gun reform measures on nullification and campus carry since taking office in 2013.
If he elects to not address the legislation within 10 days of official bill transmittal from the legislature, HB 298 will become law without his signature.
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DANIELLE BRADBERY ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE MET DUE DECEMBER 1
Album Cover Art Courtesy of BMLG Records
"Sway" Singer Presents New Approach With First LP Since 2013
NASHVILLE, TN (August 4, 2017) – After a long wait for devoted fans, singer/songwriter DANIELLE BRADBERY announced today her highly-anticipated sophomore albumI DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE MET, out December 1 on BMLG Records. As the title suggests, the multi-faceted artist is re-introducing herself after taking time since her debut LP to focus on the writing process and for the first time, infusing her own story into her songs. As revealed to Billboard, Bradbery shares the part of her "that not many people know" with this project.
Penning seven of the 10 tracks, Bradbery embarked on a four-year songwriting journey in preparation of I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE MET, alongside ACM Awards Male Vocalist of the Year Thomas Rhett as well as GRAMMY® Award-winning songwriter Emily Weisband and GRAMMY®-nominated songwriter Jeff Pardo to create songs that were an honest reflection of her story. Chart-topping songwriters Rhett Akins (Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean) and Nicolle Galyon (Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert) also penned tunes on the project.
Co-producers Josh Kerr, Afterhrs (One Direction), Alysa Vanderheym, Jason Gantt (Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Brooks & Dunn), Julian Bunetta (One Direction, Thomas Rhett) and Sam Ellis (Marina McBride, Hunter Hayes) all helped to fine-tune the "fresh new sound" (Rolling Stone Country) of the album.
"I am more than ready to re-introduce myself with music that is true to my story and my sound after diving into the writing process over the past four years," said Bradbery. "With I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE MET, I got the opportunity to work with amazing writers and producers that brought out my unique style and allowed me to tap into so many different influences. This is the beginning of a new chapter for me, and I am so excited for everyone to hear what we've made."
Exclusive autographed bundles now available for pre-order here: http://smarturl.it/IDBWM.
Lead single "Sway," which Rolling Stone Country says pushes Bradbery's "smooth vocals to the fore" with "a mix of danceable R&B, pop and country" that "strips away any bells and whistles to create a breezy summertime jam" was co-written by Bradbery, Weisband and Johan Fransson and is the first taste of the forthcoming album's sound. "Sway" is available now atstreaming anddigital retailers, and will impact Country radio August 28. Listen now: http://smarturl.it/DBSwayStatic.
Always going to her fans first, the singer has shared her journey from the 17-year-old that won NBC's The Voice, in 2013 to the confident 21-year-old she is now with a five-chapter video series that fans unlocked, telling her story as she went.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE MET Track List:
1. "Sway" | Danielle Bradbery, Johan Fansson, Emily Weisband
2. "Potential" | Danielle Bradbery, Johan Lindbrandt, Emily Weisband
3. "What Are We Doing" | Danielle Bradbery, Sam Ellis, Thomas Rhett, Emily Weisband
4. "Worth It" | Danielle Bradbery, Jeff Pardo, Molly Reed
5. "Can't Stay Mad" | Danielle Bradbery, Ian Franzino, Andrew Haas, Steph Jones
6. "Messy" | Danielle Bradbery, Hannah Ellis, Josh Kerr
7. "Red Wine + White Couch" | Nicolle Galyon, Alysa Vanderheym, Emily Weisband
8. "Hello Summer" | Rhett Akins, Julian Bunetta, Jaren Johnston, Thomas Rhett
9. "Human Diary" | Josh Kerr, Emily Weisband
10. "Laying Low" | Danielle Bradbery, Jason Gantt, Heather Morgan
Learn more about Danielle at DanielleBradbery.com or follow her on Facebook at Facebook.com/DanielleBradbery, Instagram @daniellebradbery and Twitter at @DBradbery.

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Salisbury, Maryland To Host National Folk Festival, 2018 – 2020
June 5, 2017 November 20, 2018 Parks & Rec
Mayor Jake Day is excited to announce that Salisbury has been named the official 2018 – 2020 National Folk Festival Host City. Salisbury was among 34 cities nationwide that competed for the honor of hosting the nation's preeminent traveling celebration of traditional arts and culture for a three-year stay in 2018, 2019 and 2020. The City of Salisbury and the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) made the announcement today at a press event in Downtown Salisbury. The Festival will begin its three-year stay in Salisbury in September of 2018.
The prestigious National Folk Festival is the nation's longest-running traditional arts event: a three-day, free, outdoor, multicultural celebration of music, dance and traditional arts and culture, which historically draws upwards of 150,000 attendees, along with an economic impact of approximately $30 million a year.
Produced by the non-profit National Council for the Traditional Arts, the National Folk Festival has been presented in 28 cities across the country, from Chattanooga to Nashville, Richmond and Greensboro, since its inception in 1934. The NCTA partners with communities across the nation to present the Festival, which is free to the public, for three years with the understanding that the local host community intends to continue its own festival once the National moves on to its next site.
During the month of February, representatives of the NCTA visited Salisbury to evaluate the City and determine its suitability for the multiple-stage event. The Mayor's Office, City Council, Ward Museum Executive Director Lora Bottinelli, the City's Business Development Specialist Laura Kordzikowski, Salisbury Arts and Entertainment District Executive Director Jamie Heater, Salisbury-Wicomico Economic Development Director Dave Ryan, Wicomico County Tourism Manager Kristen Goller, Former Chamber of Commerce CEO Ernie Colburn, and Salisbury University President Dr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach were all instrumental in making the case for Salisbury as host city.
"We were so impressed with the dynamic energy evident in Salisbury, a collective will that is propelling the community in exciting new directions," said NCTA Executive Director Julia Olin. "Clearly, if you want to be where the real action is – and we do – it is in a city like Salisbury with a creative, holistic vision for its future. We look forward to a great partnership and successful festivals that celebrate the richness and variety of American culture writ large, and the vibrant regional culture of Maryland's Eastern Shore, right here in the heart of the historic Delmarva Peninsula."
"We are especially pleased that, for the first time in its long history, the National Folk Festival will be presented in our home state of Maryland. Statewide support for Salisbury and the festival effort has been tremendous."
The Festival will bring with it as many as six stages of continuous music, a dance pavilion, traditional crafts, regional food, storytelling, parades and folklife demonstrations to Downtown Salisbury. With well over 100,000 in attendance each year, the National Folk Festival will become a major new arts destination event unprecedented in the city's history.
"For a decade now, with 3rd Friday and events like the River City Arts Jam and the Shore Craft Beer Fest, we have thrown our arms wide and embraced the arts community in the heart of our City," said Mayor Day. "With this announcement, the City of Salisbury redoubles its commitment to being the cultural heart and soul of Delmarva and—for the three years from 2018 to 2020—the entire country. Salisbury has long been eager to, and is now proud to step into the national spotlight.
"The National Folk Festival's residency will strengthen our partnerships with our cornerstone arts and cultural organizations such as Salisbury University's Music, Dance and Cultural Affairs departments, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Salisbury-Wicomico Arts Council, Community Players, the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, the multiple local dance studios, the Academy of Music Performance – all of these organizations will benefit from having this festival right here at home, and they will all benefit from the community outreach which the NCTA has built into the National Folk Festival. We are so grateful for the support of Governor Larry Hogan, DHCD Secretary Ken Hold, DHCD Assistant Secretary Carol Gilbert, Commerce Secretary Mike Gill, Managing Director of the State Division of Tourism Film and the Arts, Liz Fitsimmons, and the staff of the Maryland State Arts Council.
"This isn't just a one-time event – it is a series of events which has the potential to bring 150,000 or more people to the heart of the city, and pump tens of millions of dollars into our economy. It is a cultural experience that will enrich our children, and leave a new, annual event in its wake, continuing that enrichment for years to come.
"It is an honor to be able to tell the world that Salisbury, Maryland is the official host city of the 2018 to 2020 National Folk Festival, and Downtown Salisbury is the place where it's happening!"
About the National Folk Festival
Since it was first presented in St. Louis in 1934, the National Folk Festival, the NCTA's flagship event, has celebrated the roots, richness and variety of American culture. Championed in its early years by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was the first event of national stature to present the arts of many nations, races, and languages on equal footing. It was also the first to present to the public musical forms such as the blues, Cajun music, a polka band, Tex-Mex conjunto, Peking Opera, and many others. Today, the National is an exuberant traveling festival, produced by the NCTA in partnership with communities around the country that embraces the diverse cultural expressions that define us as a people in the 21st century.
About the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA)
A leading non-profit in the field, the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA), is dedicated to the presentation and documentation of folk and traditional arts in the U.S. Stressing excellence and authenticity, the NCTA presents the nation's finest traditional artists in major festivals, tours, concerts, workshops, demonstrations, exhibitions, media productions, school programs, cross-cultural exchanges and other activities. It works in partnership with American communities to establish new, sustainable traditional arts events that deliver lasting social, cultural and economic benefits. Over 6,000 hours of the NCTA's archival audio recordings dating from the 1930s are permanently housed at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The NCTA champions the interests of folk and traditional artists and organizations in the arena of public policy.
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Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Wei Tang
Directed by: Michael Mann ("Heat," "The Insider")
Written by: Morgan Davis Foehl (debut)
Here it is, mid-January, and for the second year in a row we're offered up another action thriller from a respected director at the box office. Last year we had the would-be franchise reboot "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" from director Kenneth Branagh (coming off of the first "Thor" movie) and starring the handsome Chris Pine, left stranded by a studio who lost faith in the project along the way, dumping it in the dead of January to be mostly forgotten. This year, we have "Blackhat," from acclaimed director Michael Mann ("Heat") and starring Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth. Mann alone commands attention, even if his past two films were lackluster, but along the way something must have fallen apart with "Blackhat" and it appears Universal decided to cut its losses.
As an impossibly hunky blackhat (read: bad guy) hacker, Hemsworth's Nicholas Hathaway is introduced in prison being roughed up by guards and brought in front of the warden for hacking into the prison's computer system (using a contraband cell phone that gave him a command line (!) as if the prison runs on DOS) to add money to fellow prisoners' accounts. When a Chinese nuclear power plant is hacked, causing a near-meltdown, Chinese officer Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang) and FBI agent Carol Barrett (Viola Davis) arrange for Hathaway's release. The reason: the malicious code the hacker is using is a derivation of a code written by Dawai and Hathaway, and together they're the only ones who can track the hacker down before he hits an even bigger target.
Peppered with spots of horrible dubbing, inconsistent special effects, and musical cues that seem to drop in and out at random, "Blackhat" feels strangely abandoned, as if Mann and the studio didn't bother to add any sort of polish to the final product, recognizing they had what ends up being a dumb, mid-level techno-action movie unworthy of the prestige crime drama reputation Mann has earned over the years. Filled with techno-babble that only half makes sense, hacking scenes that play out like video games, and boring special effects meant to represent what goes on inside a computer (spoiler: it looks dumb and is completely stupid) when a virus is unleashed, "Blackhat" relies too heavily on making Hemsworth an action-adventure hero hacking genius, hoping you don't question why a furloughed convict would go on an international manhunt and participate in armed raids. Drag "Blackhat" to the recycle bin and pretend it never existed.
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The Cross & the Switchblade and Run Baby Run (DVD)
Now both exciting films are together on one DVD!
Special Anniversary Edition
The Cross & the Switchblade and Run Baby Run (DVD) quantity
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The Cross and the Switchblade has been digitally remastered from the original 35mm negative.
Although the original events depicted in this classic from the drug-infested, gang-dominated streets happened over 50 years ago, the life-changing solution that David Wilkerson brought to desperate lives was just the beginning.
Now in over 25 languages, The Cross & the Switchblade, starring Pat Boone and Eric Estrada, is one of those rare films that has shown its unique power to connect with the deepest hopes and fears of youth around the world. It remains today one of the most compelling stories of love, grace and the truth that no one is ever so far gone that they cannot find the way out.
English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, French, Italian, German and Polish language tracks with or without English subtitles.
Biographical information on actors, director's commentary, testimony by Nicky Cruz, and a look back on the making of the film and its impact.
Chapter titles provided for easy scene access.
The historic Run Baby Run video presents the touching, true story of Nicky Cruz's life. Share the miracle of a transformed life — a life changed from bondage to drugs, violence and crime to a life serving Jesus Christ.
Imagine being born into a family bound by the worship of evil spirits and the occult. Fast forward to the streets of New York City, where being the leader of one of America's most violent gangs was a badge of honor.
Share the miracle of a transformed life — a life changed from bondage to drugs, violence and crime to a life serving Jesus Christ.
This historic video presents the touching, true story of Nicky Cruz's life. You will marvel at the human drama of Nicky's story that gained worldwide attention in The Cross and the Switchblade book and movie. You will share the former gang leader's spiritual experience as you witness how God gave him the call to take the message of Jesus Christ to teen gangs throughout t America and the world.
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The Hungarian University is at the forefront of the British QS world ranking
By Izer Derek / March 5, 2021
The University of Szeged (SZTE) became the best university in Hungary in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) world ranking, and SZTE was also excellent in the science and field lists for 2021. Based on the results published on Wednesday, Tessa Riverside University was on the podium in the British QS list in Several areas in Hungary.
The pollsters examined five majors and 51 majors, according to which 1453 higher education institutions were ranked. When compiling the lists, evaluations of the academic field and employers, as well as the two indicators that characterize citation from scientific works, were taken into account, with different weightings according to specialty: the number of citations per work and the number of times of citation. Deer pointer.
University will find In the field of life sciences and medicine 451-500. QS World University Rankings ranked by topic In its most recent edition, which held its podium last year.
Sijd University performed the strongest fields of science here, which also contributed to the fact that in the field of medicine belongs to it, the prestigious 351-400. Put the foundation graduated. In addition, this year SZTE was again included in the thematic list studying the field of agriculture and forestry in 351-400. Place. In the biological sciences 501-550. You can get a spot for yourself, which also means a place on the platform.
In addition to the above, within the broader natural sciences category, the 551-600 list obtained in the field of chemistry also includes the 551-600 acquired. With space. In addition, in the year 2021, the University of Sejd was added to the field of Physics and Astronomy for the first time as 551-600. You can get a place for yourself.
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One of the best universities in Hungary, Szeged University holds prominent positions in the QS world rankings year after year.
The institution has also been excellent in the QS World University Rankings: here 501-510. Which was the best center in Hungary.
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That's All I Ask of You / Coping With Workplace Stress / Friday: At School (Shakespeare Play Rehearsal)
"We must know
that we have been created for greater things,
not just to be a number in the world,
not just to go for diplomas and degrees,
this work and that work.
We have been created in order
and to be Loved."
God has been invited to come in.
Life can begin
Imagine yourself
as another living Being.
And God
has been invited
and forgive you
of all your sin,
and rebuild the Life
that housed all your previous
days,
all the moments that for you
did exist.
Life can begin again.
The first thought
that flies past you,
is that you cannot understand
what He is doing.
No one can ever
really understand.
"Great is our Lord,
and abundant in power;
his understanding is
beyond measure."
no longer exists.
Only tomorrow
is real again.
The pain is no longer here to stay.
The pain,
from so many years,
that never
seemed to go away,
in one moment,
on one precious day,
is no longer
here to stay.
"For which cause we faint not;
but though our outward man perish,
yet the inward man is renewed
day by day."
– 2 Corinthians 4:16
God is preparing
a place for your
beyond forever,
will He stay
in Love with you.
He will never
not Love you.
He asks in return,
is that you Love
not what we ask
of others
in Life?
"No more talk of darkness
Forget these wide eyed fears.
I'm here, nothing can harm you.
My words will warm and calm you.
Let me be your freedom.
Let daylight dry your tears.
I'm here, with you, beside you,
To guard you and to guide you
Every waking moment.
Oh, I do Love you
that's all I ask of you.
Anywhere you go
let me go too.
Love me,
– Andrew Lloyd Webber
to be,
is as simple as
Please Love Me."
Coping With Workplace Stress
by Diana Louise Carter
in Esperanza
(Hope to Cope with Anxiety and Depression)
Taking steps to strengthen your resilience, plus seeking treatment if necessary, will help you handle cranky customers, toxic co-workers, and other on the job stressors.
After a really stressful day at work, Katie, an RN, spends a little extra drive time in her car.
"Once I leave the office, work stays here. I try absolutely my best not to take it home," says Katie, who lives in Alabama. "Even if you have to drive around for a few minutes by yourself."
That's what professional counselors call a "calming ritual" – something that may come in especially handy for nurses like Katie, home health workers, bus drivers, social workers, and people employed in restaurants, real estate, personal services, and manufacturing.
Those are among occupations with the highest rates of depression, as ranked by two studies – one published in 2010, the other in 2014. Authors of the later study identified "frequent or difficult interactions" with the public or clients, high levels of stress, and low levels of physical activity as characteristics the jobs had in common.
No matter the profession, strains like cranky customers, uncivil bosses, unpredictable work schedules, unreasonable deadlines, and the 24/7 electronic tether of our mobile devices can challenge anyone's well-being.
In the American Psychological Association's 2012 annual Stress in America Survey, 65 percent of respondents listed work as their top source of life stress – but only 37 percent said they were "doing an excellent or very good job managing stress."
Katie says hospital nursing is so demanding it's sometimes hard to take a break to regroup.
"You're the person who goes between the doctor and the patient," she notes. "All of it kind of gets put on your shoulders. If it all goes wrong … nurses just catch most of the blame."
Katie prefers to practice in a small clinic where the pace and workload are more comfortable. A case manager for an outpatient mental health and substance abuse program, she's a fan of adult coloring books— "they're actually very calming" – and journaling for stress relief.
CREATIVE CHANGES
Expert advice for dealing with job stress tends to fall into two categories: steps you can take at work, such as using all your allotted breaks or advocating for different duties, and steps you can take outside work to better your health and enrich your life satisfaction—getting more exercise, for example, or pursuing hobbies that make you happy.
Steven implemented both types of solutions when the demands of his brewery job in upstate New York contributed to an anxiety diagnosis in 2007.
Steven, 57, had to follow complicated and precise recipes to craft huge tanks of "malternatives" like fruit-flavored alcoholic beverages and hard lemonade. Once he was formally reprimanded for using an ingredient from a new supplier that hadn't been certified yet, which meant the whole batch went down the drain. He found himself overthinking all the steps in making beer coolers.
He was able to implement one creative change in his work flow to reduce his second-guessing: He would line up ingredients before he started and as each was added, he'd remove it from the bench.
There were other aspects of the job came he couldn't control, however. His schedule rotated through day, evening and night shifts—a documented risk factor in depression and anxiety. He would frequently be called away from one task to attend a process elsewhere in the brewery complex, which made it harder to meet his production deadlines. Cost-cutting layoffs shrank his department from five employees per shift to three.
To counterbalance on-the-job aggravations, Steven pursued nature photography on his own and with a meet-up group.
"Photography helps," says Steven, who took a disability retirement last year due to a bum knee. "Taking walks, occupying yourself, looking around. Your mind isn't replaying all that went on in work again."
RESTORING RESILIENCE
The American Institute of Stress notes that job pressures in and of themselves may be less important than how individuals fit with the work environment. For example, there are people who thrive in pressure-cooker situations while others have a lower tolerance for overload.
What's happening outside of work can make a difference, too. At times, life stressors plus job stressors may add up to more than an individual's natural resilience can handle. That's when buttressing your reserves with activities that strengthen your physical self (especially good sleep), reinforce a positive perspective (such as reframing problems), and dilute tension (yoga, anyone?) become even more important.
Allison got caught in a period of institutional upheaval shortly after starting a new job at a prestigious music conservatory in Rochester, New York.
"We had to downsize my department. I had to fire people to cut costs. I had to outsource services at the same time I was learning the job," recalls Allison, who was hired to oversee publications and public affairs.
In her personal life, Allison was dealing with her mother's declining health and her marriage was slowly unraveling. Diagnosed with depression, she worked with her doctor and therapist to come up with coping tools.
"My doctor suggested maybe doing art or exercising. I swam laps. I would sit quietly at night and listen to the radio and draw mandalas. I would paint," says Allison.
As the environment at work worsened, Allison decided on a more radical solution: Leaving that job to look for opportunities where she could be self-employed.
The "take this job and shove it" approach may be the best option in some circumstances, but for many it feels like an impossible choice. Robert W. McLellarn, PhD, often counsels people who are stressed out because of their jobs.
"They feel like they have to keep going to keep the paycheck," notes McLellarn, a licensed clinical psychologist in Portland, Oregon, who specializes in treating anxiety.
McLellarn says that taking some sort of action short of leaving a bad job can be a stress reliever. For example, pursue the skills or training needed to get a more fulfilling job. The goal is to feel less stuck.
"Even giving people some strategies, some ideas, some hope that this can change is rewarding," says McLellarn.
WORKPLACE ALLIES
Assuming clear guidelines from human resources and a sympathetic supervisor, negotiating accommodations can be an on-the-job option. Opinion varies on whether it's wise to divulge mental health challenges, and a lot depends on an individual's particular situation and comfort level.
Genella of Brandon, Manitoba, coaches individuals on managing stress and advises companies on how to establish "psychologically safe" workplaces through her consulting firm Partners in Discovery. Although more employers are recognizing the bottom-line benefits of reducing burnout, she acknowledges that ignorance and stigma haven't disappeared.
"People understand if you have a cast on your leg, but if you're stressed, people still think it's a character flaw," says Genella, who has dealt with depression and anxiety herself.
Similarly, Genella points out, people can see that someone with a broken leg needs an elevator to go between floors, but they may not know what sort of supports to offer for a person with depression or anxiety.
Genella says Canadian law acknowledges addiction issues, but hasn't codified accommodations for mental health.
Protections assured by the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act may come into play if symptoms interfere with job responsibilities, according to Job Accommodations Network, a program of the U.S. Department of Labor and academic and industry partners.
Lisa of Brooklyn found an ally when she went to work part-time as an admissions coordinator at a law school in New York City nine years ago. Lisa, 46, has lived with sometimes disabling anxiety since her teens. Her department head allowed her to switch around her schedule if a panic attack erupted on a day she was due in.
When Lisa feels overwhelmed at the office, she takes a bathroom break to practice deep breathing exercises. She also finds prayer calming.
Having a strong support network at home keeps Lisa fortified for work demands. She finds that in her husband and parents, who live in the same apartment building. Weekly visits with her beloved nephews, ages 5 years old and 4 months old, have become a vital tonic.
"I call them my sunshine boys," she says. "They should just bottle babies and give that as depression medication."
Genella, meanwhile, thrives on the "unconditional gratitude, acceptance and love" of her dog, Tucker.
"When you have those, you can't have a stress response at the same time," she asserts. "I suggest that a person find out: When you are stressed, what works for you?"
WORKPLACE STRESS: SWITCH GEARS
It's important to leave work and all its worries behind once you get home. Creating a destressing ritual can help you move into a new frame of mind. That could be something as simple as changing into more comfortable clothes or having a cup of tea while reviewing the mail.
If it's not addressed, chronic work stress can have a negative impact on physical health, family relationships, and life satisfaction. It can tip vulnerable individuals into depression or anxiety, or trigger those already dealing with mental health challenges.
Quite apart from the personal toll, there's a financial backlash for businesses. One widely quoted statistic puts the annual cost of job stress to the American economy at $300 billion.
That includes the estimated burden of accidents due to fatigue and inability to concentrate, employee turnover, and loss of productivity due to absenteeism and "presenteeism"—in attendance bodily but unable to work at normal capacity.
According to the Harvard Business Review, studies show that presenteeism due to chronic illnesses—including conditions like allergies and arthritis – costs employers two to three times more than direct medical care.
Looking specifically at depression in the workplace, the advocacy organization Mental Health American cites a figure of $51 billion annually in indirect costs to the U.S. economy.
In Canada, more than 30 percent of disability claims and 70 percent of disability costs can be traced to mental health issues, according to the Mental Health Commission of Canada. However, such payouts may yield a rich payback.
In a 2009 survey of 3,000 Alberta workers found that 255 people (or nearly 10 percent) confirmed they'd had a depressive episode in the year before they were interviewed. Those who had received treatment were significantly more likely to report being able to function at a highly productive level at work compared to those who had not sought help
TOXIC WORKPLACE ANTITOXINS
Sometimes job stress doesn't come from the work itself but from the people you work with. In her book Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace, Christine Porath, PhD, chronicles the toll that a toxic workplace can take on employees and employers.
Productivity tends to decrease and work absences tend to increase. If workers burn out and leave, businesses face the expense of replacing them. People are likely to carry workplace stress home at the end of the day, with poisonous effects on their health and relationships.
Whether a single bout of yelling or constant "micro-aggressions" by a difficult supervisor, the effects "can stick with people for decades," Porath says. "It takes a cognitive toll even if you just observe it."
Minimizing face-to-face contact can be a legitimate strategy, such as steering clear of committee work with a co-worker who pushes your buttons. Some other recommendations:
For a reality check, discreetly ask co-workers whether they're having similar problems. Try to evaluate where there's an objective issue affecting everyone, like unreasonable deadlines or constant disrespect, or whether you are particularly reactive.
Try talking with your supervisor about specific behaviors and situations that are making you feel stressed. Some may welcome the feedback, others may react negatively.
If your supervisor is not receptive to your concerns, consider moving up the chain of command or turning to the human resources department or a union representative.
If unclear job expectations are creating stress, ask to work with your supervisor on developing written guidelines you can both agree upon
FEEL THE BURN(OUT)
The Mayo Clinic lists these signs of job burnout:
Have you become cynical or critical at work?
Do you drag yourself to work and have trouble getting started once you arrive?
Have you become irritable or impatient with co-workers, customers or clients?
Do you lack the energy to be consistently productive?
Do you lack satisfaction from your achievements?
Do you feel disillusioned about your job?
Are you using food, drugs, or alcohol to feel better or to simply not feel?
Have your sleep habits or appetite changed?
Are you troubled by unexplained headaches, backaches or other physical complaints?
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The Body Snatcher (1945)
The psychological horror films produced at RKO by Val Lewton, in the brief but fertile span from 1942 to 1946, are really something special. They stand apart from the more flamboyant, monster-dominated thrillers that came out of Universal Studios in the 1930s. Lewton was a highly-educated, sensitive man who brought a subtlety and finely-tuned artistic sensibility to what was considered by many in the industry as a crass, "lowest common denominator" genre. He was far more interested in the horrors of the mind, and the kinds of psychological violence that man perpetuates on to others and torments himself with, than in any outright presence of the supernatural. There are plenty who might prefer the grab-you-by-the-throat monster menaces of Universal over the ambiguous, "is it real or imagined?" horrors that populate Lewton's works, but few can dispute the skill with which Lewton and his crew of talented collaborators made such powerful films out of such low means.
Starting with Cat People in 1942, Lewton created 9 short, polished little gems of unease and quiet, slowly-escalating terror, several of which are minor masterpieces of mood and atmosphere. Lewton and his directors (Jacques Tourneur, Robert Wise and Mark Robson), managed to eke out maximum production value from low budgets, through a combination of carefully-composed shots, inventive cinematography and a deliberate, thoughtful blending of the poetic and the macabre. Lewton's films are revered by fans of classic horror, who love to argue over the relative merits of his output. I happen to be partial to I Walked with a Zombie (a classy update of Jane Eyre set in Haiti, more melodrama than horror but gripping nonetheless) and Isle of the Dead (a somber meditation on war, disease, death and madness). All nine - even the comparatively unloved The Ghost Ship - remain fascinating works, and offer many rewards for the patient viewer.


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Hysterically Hating on Seattle: Seattle in Pop Culture Part III
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"[T]here really never will be another Silicon Valley," Margaret O'Mara wrote in 2008, "the Valley remains a truly unique ecosystem for technological innovation, with specialized niches and decades‐old interpersonal networks. However, it's no longer the only game in town. The people and firms of the Valley are part of a global supply chain in which many places – including Seattle – play an important role."[1] O'Mara, author of Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon Valley, would know. The University of Washington historian cut her teeth documenting the burgeoning knowledge economy of the mid-to-late twentieth century—a history that came sharply into focus during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
As O'Mara explained, this was not to say Seattle hadn't demonstrated an attention to technological advancement. "Like the Bay Area and other gold‐ and silver‐rush cities of the American West, it has a long tradition of supporting innovators and iconoclasts," she reminded readers. Still, obstacles persisted. Though its venture capital pool was maturing, it had not reached the dizzying heights of the Valley. University of Washington was a formidable research institution, but not quite a Stanford of the 1950s; the Emerald City undoubtedly attracted talent, but it did not always produce it, as did its Northern California counterpart. In the end, the reality persisted that Silicon Valley occurred at a specific moment in time, in a particular place, in an economic climate spurred by endless postwar military investment.
When Amazon moved its headquarters to a "multi-block development" in the city's South Lake Union neighborhood circa 2008, O'Mara noted that this reflected a trend away from the suburbanization of the tech industry; some observers referred to such suburban environs as "technoburbs" and "nerdistans"; advocates preferred Silicon Valley, Silicon Prairie, or even Silicon Forest "but never Silicon City." To be fair, O'Mara acknowledged that New York City did dub its tech sector, "scattered across Manhattan," Silicon Alley. Likewise, L.A. alluded to its own west side agglomeration of tech by nicknaming it "Silicon Beach." Still, O'Mara's larger point remained essentially correct: "The gradual emergence of an alternative, more urban model for the high‐tech district is a result of the growth and diversification of the technology industry and its workforce."[2]
Amazon's recent purchase of Whole Foods suggests that the company's massive growth will continue. It has been hiring lawyers and other professionals left and right from the East Coast. This influx of young professionals promises to continue reshaping city culture; inevitably some newcomers will chafe at the Pacific Northwest metropolis's notoriously earnest persona.
Enter Bernadette Fox, the protagonist at the heart of Maria Semple's second novel, Where'd You Go Bernadette? Fox and her husband Elgin Branch, an IT savant employed at Microsoft (MS), decamped from Los Angeles years ago, gave birth to a child, Bee, and settled into life in the city, living in an the increasingly dilapidated, "Straight Gate," a former Catholic School for "wayward girls".
Seattle did not bring out the best in Fox. A former McArthur Grant recipient and gifted architect, she fell off the map upon arrival—creating a sort of ghoulish aura around her. In an email, former mentor and fellow architect Paul Jellinek, warns Fox that a failure to attend to her creative side would result in disaster: "People like you must create. If you don't create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society."[3]
Jellinek's prediction, though not wholly accurate, was not far off. Fox navigates the city sparingly, leaving the home only when ferrying Bee to her school or dinner with Bee's friend Kennedy. She shops over the internet via a South Asian online assistant, Manjula Kapoor. She rages silently at motorists: "The drivers here are horrible. And by horrible, I mean they don't realize I have someplace to be."
Despite her own travails, she is not a source of empathy for the downtrodden. "Seattle. I've never seen a city so overrun with runaways, drug addicts, and bums. Pike Place Market: they're everywhere. Pioneer Square: teeming with them. The flagship Nordstrom: have to step over them on your way in," she confides to Jellinek. "Seattle is the only city where you step in shit and you pray, 'Please god, let this be dog shit.'"[4] Fox remains unimpressed by local fashion. Seattle women choose from two hairstyles: "short gray hair and long gray hair. You go into a salon asking for hair color, and they flap their elbows and cluck, 'Oh Goody, we never get to do color!'"[5] She takes issue with men's aesthetic choices as well: "fathers only come in one style here, and that's outdoorsy."[6]
Her daughter's school, the Galer Street School, located next to a fish factory, often smells of salmon and the parents reek of the kind of kumbaya sincerity that has earned the city its humorless reputation. After a school fundraising event goes horribly, but hysterically, wrong one parent—a psychiatrist who once worked with residents in post disaster New Orleans and Haiti and now works as a Swedish Medical Center counselor—evaluates students for PTSD. "During the walk to the bus, I was able to listen, express curiosity, and simply 'be' with the child," she relates to parents in an email. "We are still weighing whether or not to have an all-school assembly, a kindergarten only gathering, or a parent forum to collectively process this traumatic event."[7]
Even the coffee shops have that vaguely craftsman feel, "Mugsy Expresso, Seattle Way", John Margolies, John Margolies Roadside America photo archive, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Seattle's vernacular architecture receives the Fox treatment as well. When shopping for houses, Fox compares house hunting to shopping at IKEA, where "you can't believe how cheap everything is, and even though you may not need a hundred tea lights, my God they're only ninety nine cents for the whole bag?" More specifically, Seattle's famed collection of Craftsman homes gets no love from Fox:
"Everything else is a Craftsman. Turn-of-the-century Craftsman, beautifully restored Craftsman, reinterpretation of Craftsman, needs-some-love Craftsman, modern take on Craftsman. It's like a hypnotist put everyone from Seattle in a collective trance. You are getting sleepy, when you wake up you will want to live only in a Craftsman house, the year won't matter to you, all that will matter is that the walls will be thick, the windows tiny, the rooms dark, the ceilings low, and it will be poorly situated on the lot." [8]
Perhaps traffic would be better with more "Giant Cones", this one part of the art walk along Seattle's waterfront, Ryan Reft photographer, 2008
City planners do not fare much better. Asleep at the wheel for decades, the zoning commissioner must have handed the reins over to the "Soviets," she argues. Five lane intersections bedevil her waking hours: "whoever laid out this city never met a four way intersection they didn't turn into a five way intersection." Elaborating, she says of the non-craftsman apartment buildings: "They never met a beautiful view they didn't block with a twenty story old folks home with zero architectural integrity. Wait, I think that's the first time the words "architectural" and "integrity" have ever been used together in a discussion of Seattle."[9]
"Fire Station, Seattle Washington", Carol M. Highsmith, September 22, 2009, Carol M. HIghsmith's America, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Semple, a former television writer for Arrested Development, imbues the story with a healthy sense of humor and based the story on her own struggle with acclimating to Seattle after moving from Los Angeles. "I was in a miserable mind frame, and I found that I was driving around and all I was thinking about were funny things about how awful Seattle was," she told the New York Times in 2012. "I would do these riffs in my head and I would polish them in my head. It was poisonous and self-pitying."[10] Clearly, Fox serves as Semple's exaggerated literary avatar and she tells the story not through a clean straight narrative but rather through what one might describe as a series of primary sources, many from a variety of perspectives: F.B.I. files, diary entries, police and psychiatric reports, letters, emails, report cards, blog posts, newsletters and magazine articles.
Other aspects of life in twenty-first century Seattle emerge in the novel. For decades, Pacific Northwest natives have looked askance at transplants from California. I personally can remember taking the city's underground tour in the 1990s and baked into the presentation were jokes about Californians driving up real estate prices.
Shane Updike, a school administrator, went to college at Seattle University during the mid-1990s and moved back to the city in 2007 after nearly ten years teaching public high school in New York City. "House prices in Seattle have risen pretty dramatically over the past 4 or 5 years," he told The Metropole recently. The tech boom, foreign investment by homeowners overseas, and a tight housing stock have all contributed to the sharp increase in housing prices. "Another huge factor is that people are moving to the city from the San Francisco area for tech jobs, and to these people, homes are relatively inexpensive compared to the bay area. These people have money and help to drive up the cost of housing."[11]
Though from the Southern limits of the Golden State, Fox and Elgin represent this exact demographic. As one character tells Fox during a heated argument: "Nobody realized you were the people from L.A. who came to Seattle and bought a twelve thousand square foot building in the middle of a charming neighborhood and called it your home."[12] In the wake of Microsoft, Amazon, and an expanding tech sector, this feeling has only grown. "Seattle, with the tech industry generally and Amazon specifically, is booming economically and people are moving here," confirms Updike.
The novel also skewers Seattle's self-image as a "compassionate," tolerant city. Fox mocks the city for its attempts to address pressing social issues like low riding trousers. "And the mayor said he wanted to get to the root of why kids sag their pants. The fucking mayor. Don't get me started on Canadians. It's a whole thing."[13]
Yet one more shot of Seattle's iconic Public Market, photograph Ryan Reft, 2008
Neither is Fox convinced by claims of metropolitan diversity. Overhearing a conversation in the grocery store about the city's cosmopolitanism, Fox can't resist: "Encouraged I asked, 'Really?' She said, Sure, Seattle is full of people from all over. 'Like where?' Her answer, 'Alaska. I have a ton of friends from Alaska.' Whoomp there it is."[14]
Semple also gets at the vast change in American culture that has unfolded with the spread of technology. People continually comment on Elgin Branch, Fox's husband and Microsoft "celebrity", and his famed TED talk regarding one the company's new cutting-edge products, the Samantha 2; when the F.B.I. gets involved due to Fox's dangerous internet habits, even the investigating agent, Marcus Strang, references the presentation. "P.S. We all loved your TEDtalk," he writes. "I'd love to see the latest on Samantha 2 if time permits."[15] Unsurprisingly, Fox thinks little of Microsoft's larger ambitions: "Well, on Microsoft's walls are maps of the world, and in case you're still unclear about their dominion, under these maps are the words: THE WORLD."
"View of Lake Union, Seattle, Washington", Carol M. Highsmith, September 22, 2009, Carol M. HIghsmith's America, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
How did Seattle react to the book? Local alternative websites like The Stranger endorsed it, describing Where'd You Go Bernadette? as "the funniest novel ever written about Seattle," and nominated it for its 2015 Genius Award in Literature. Some residents, however, remained "miffed" about Semple's take on the city—particularly about women's hair, if one bookstore customer is to be believed. In the end, though, all great cities must learn to laugh at themselves, especially at the things that make them notable. "It's just not a funny place," Semple told the Times, but apparently it can be.
[1] Margaret O'Mara, "We are not 'the next Silicon Valley'", crosscut.com, February 18, 2008.
[2] Margaret O'Mara, "Amazon joins a parade of high tech to the urban core", crosscut.com, December 20, 2007.
[3] Maria Semple, Where'd You Go Bernadette, (New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2012), 136.
[4] Semple, Where'd You Go Bernadette, 127-128.
[5] Semple, Where'd You Go Bernadette, 128.
[7] Semple, Where'd You Go Bernadette, 78-79.
[8] Maria Semple, Where'd You Go Bernadette, 25
[9] Semple, Where'd You Go Bernadette?, 126- 127.
[10] Julie Bosman, "A novel asks Seattle to laugh at itself", New York Times, August 15, 2012.
[11] Shane Updike, interview with author, June 25, 2017.
[12] Semple, Where'd You Go Bernadette?, 86.
[13] Semple, Where'd You Go Bernadette?, 128.
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Accuracy vs. Overkill: An Overview of HistWar Napoleon
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I have this game and do, in fact, have a PhD for the period. However, I concur heartily with the Colonel's conclusion: too much work for too little gain.
noonbros
Re: Accuracy vs. Overkill: An Overview of HistWar Napoleon
The review was right on target. I have the game as well, and while I agree its not for everyone, it is the most accurate simulation of the Napoleonic period to date. Graphics aren't state of the art, but the level of detail make up for any visual shortcomings.
Jsherfy
You've inspired me to look at this again. I have the demo and did not spend much time with it. It is difficult to follow. What we need is for someone to do a tutorial on You tube for this program. I have gone through some of the tutorials in the demo and as you say, they are not always easy to follow. So if you get inspired to help out, it would be great to see someone demonstrate the way you issue orders in the program. I get to that point and it seems pretty difficult. But what you bring up is exactly what has been missing in other games/simulations of the period. You need some kind of system that factors in all of the uncertainly that was on a Napoleonic battlefield. Delays in orders. Officers taking initiative and not doing what they were ordered to do. I would love to see this. Certainly the same is true for Civil War battles. We have all these games that allow us to micromanage what is going on and it would be nice if someone were to develop games that take that away. I think it would be frustrating but also educational and interesting.
JMM
Thank you for this interesting review.
I agree with a lot of parts of this text and the comments too.
Today, I can spend a lot of time on this game again. I would like add several shorts tutorials on YouTube to explain the methods for playing the game. Not yet because I prefer to work on the engine.
Several important modifications on the game are in progress.. I don't want speak about that this day No date for the new version.
HistWar Designer
Is this a DEAD GAME ?
I would like to try it. I played the demo ..and yes very Clunky and hard to Follow.
Anyone want to get rid of their KEY ?
stuartwhelan
I would like to try it.
YUP, NO DEMO any more and ZERO Forum activity.....
Still would like to give it a try....again
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Monte Alban archaeological zone
Explore the amazing pre-Columbian archaeological site of Monte Alban in this morning tour from Oaxaca. Explore this impressive mountain-top complex with its magnificent pyramids, ceremonial rock carvings, a huge ball court and 170 excavated tombs in the company of a knowledgeable local guide. Unesco-designated World Heritage Site Monte Alban is one of the greatest archaeological sites in the Oaxaca Valley. Its history can be traced back to around 500 B.C. when Zapotec builders began levelling the mountaintop and constructing terraces and other works. Around 800 A.D. the Zapotec people abandoned the city for reasons unknown. The Mixtec people later entered the Valley of Oaxaca in 1200 AD and used the Monte Alban site to bury their elite. After hotel pick-up, you'll travel by comfortable coach to the site, situated just 20 minutes away. Explore the massive, well-preserved complex on foot with your professional guide who will provide you with plenty of background to the history of this fascinating site. Visit pyramids, temples and altars, as well as several residential structures – all built around the rectangular Grand Plaza, a large open area on the flattened plateau. Marvel at the ball court dating back to 100 BC, and then climb up to the Southern Platform, famous, for its wide staircase and great panoramic views. Admire the wonderful series of rock carvings known as The Dancers and wander around some of Monte Alban's 170 tombs. You'll also have plenty of free time to explore on your own before re-boarding your coach back to Oaxaca, where you'll be dropped off at your hotel. Explore the amazing pre-Columbian archaeological site of Monte Alban in this morning tour from Oaxaca. Explore this impressive mountain-top complex with its magnificent pyramids, ceremonial rock carvings, a huge ball court and 170 excavated tombs in the company of a knowledgeable local guide. Unesco-designated World Heritage Site Monte Alban is one of the greatest archaeological sites Meeting/pick-up point: Collection from hotels. Duration: Four hours. Start/opening time: 10am. Languages: English and Spanish. Not included: Meal, drinks, entrance fees.


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The 5 Biggest Lies about Liberalism
5. Multiculturalism - If you haven't seen the billboards yet, liberals love multiculturalism, they embrace all races and religions because they believe in diversity. True? Nope.
Liberals follow the left's paradigm of waging class warfare. Their interest in minorities extends only to enlisting some disenfranchised groups in their class warfare. Contrary to all the multicultural billboards, liberals are primarily interested in unsuccessful minorities, because they can frighten them, exploit them and farm them as voting blocks. Successful minorities such as Asians, Indians and Jews are wanted only as window dressing. And get the short end of the stick when a real issue comes up. Multiculturalism is really only class warfare disguised as opposition to bigotry. Take away all the historical revisionism about the Democratic party's ugly civil rights history and the empty slogans about diversity, and what you have left is naked political opportunism. The Democratic party trafficked in racism when it suited them (and still does) and dons the halo of tolerance when it suits them now. The left was equally at home working both sides of the street, and the views of great socialists from Jack London to Karl Marx on race, differed little from those of the Nazi party.
Multiculturalism isn't a philosophy, it's a political organization tactic to bring the groups they consider part of the working class under one umbrella. It's the same old class warfare organizational tactics applied to race and ethnicity. The goal of these tactics is not empowerment, but to create a voting bloc of people who have been convinced that they're doomed to helplessness, without the leadership of the left "fighting" on their behalf.
Liberals can still be and often are bigots. Their bigotry is just informed by political necessity. As a bonus, having the "diversity" brand allows them to describe the opposition as bigots, without ever being called out for their own bigotry.
4. Feminism - We all know of course that liberals are the biggest feminists out there, except when they're running against a woman. Or when a woman accuses their candidate of rape or sexual harassment.
Like multiculturalism, owning the feminist brand has been convenient. And it was easy enough to manage once feminism became a wholly owned product of academia, funded by liberal groups like the Ford Foundation. This brand of feminism has as much to do with equal rights for women, as African Studies have to do with equal rights for African-Americans. They're basically little more than ways to repackage the agenda politics of the far left in identity colors. That way socialism can be dressed up as a civil rights agenda, and opposition to it becomes racism or sexism.
That leads us to the absurd spectacle of academic feminists declaring that successful female candidates who don't share their politics are not feminists, but male candidates who do, are. Dig down to their real definition of feminism, and it turns out to be liberalism.
None of this has anything to do with women, just as multiculturalism has nothing to do with race. Take away the disguises, and you end up with the same old ideology marketed to target groups as a political organizing tactic. It's no different than selling cereal, except the cereal is red and comes with a few dozen textbooks.
Liberals are not interested in empowering women, except to work for them or vote for them. There is no philosophical commitment here to equality for women, only a sales pitch for liberalism.
3. Friends of the Poor - We know liberals are against poverty, right? Otherwise why all that talk of making the rich pay their fair share. But if you actually look at socialist countries, the poor aren't exactly coming out ahead. What's the problem?
The problem is that liberals are not into enriching the poor, but removing what they consider the upper class, and turning over control of the economy to themselves. But a centrally planned economy leads to more poverty, not less. Take away the ability to go up the economic ladder, and how can poverty end?
It can't. But ending poverty was never the idea. Wealth redistribution is a neat catchphrase, but the reality is that the rich and the middle class are purged to make way for a new rich and middle class composed of party members. Their brand of equality is not about helping the poor, but putting themselves in charge and imposing an artificial standard of fairness in order to build a perfect society. Before Communism came to Russia, the poor begged on the street. After Communism, begging was illegal and the poor were deported to labor camps as parasites. Because once society is made equal, anyone who's still unequal must be an exploiter or a parasite.
You can't end poverty, except through opportunity, and that's the one thing their social system doesn't offer. It's why America under Obama is poorer than ever. Jobs aren't created by confiscating wealth, but by encouraging free enterprise. But when the goal isn't to create jobs, but to create a static society where everyone knows their place, then their way is best. All totalitarian movements are at their heart, reactionary. Even if they're cloaked in red t-shirts and rock concerts. And reactionary movements are often spearheaded by an upper class trying to deny social mobility to the working class. And when you take a magnifying glass to liberalism, that's exactly what it looks like.
Of course this isn't an original observation. Orwell's Oceania in 1984 worked on the same exact principle. Orwell was warning about the rise of a totalitarian left with no regard for human rights. But it's already here.
2. Pro-Peace - The left is peaceful in the same way that active volcanoes are gentle, and tsuanmis are a good way to cool off after a long summer day.
Look around the world at the left of center regimes, and you come away with a horror show of constant conflicts. (The left explains this as the result of vast conspiracies by reactionary forces against the freedom loving peoples of the world and their friendly dictators.) And then count how many liberals wear t-shirts with King or Gandhi on them, and how many wear t-shirts with Che on them.
If you read the official talking points, you would have no idea that America fought most of its wars in the 20th century under Democratic Presidents. Or that the enthusiastic revolutionaries of the USSR and China between them accounted for more dead, than would have been produced by a nuclear war.
But being pro-peace is yet another talking point. The left is not pro-peace, it's against wars being fought by their political opponents. Take a measure of how much coverage anti-war protests received under Bush, and how much coverage they receive under Obama. The war hasn't gone away, even the protests haven't entirely gone away (mostly by the same Marxist-Trotskyist groups that were running them all along) but the coverage has gone down the rabbit hole.
Then let's take a walk back to WW2, when American liberals went from being anti-war when Hitler invaded Poland, to being pro-war when he invaded the Soviet Union. The Trotskyists of the era remained anti-war and the Communist party in the United States helped the authorities deal with them. Because suddenly war was in their interest.
The liberal position on war is that they are against it, unless they are for it. And then when it's over, they are against it, because it didn't accomplish all their goals. Liberals were against WW2, before they were for it, but then they were against it, once those GI's weren't wearing down German tanks anymore, but blocking Soviet tanks from "liberating" the rest of Europe. Liberals were for Israel, when England was against Israel, but they were against Israel, when Arab tanks forwarded from the Soviet Union were being blown up by the damned Israelis.
An easy way to sketch out the liberal position on a war, is to check the political ideology of the government fighting it and how it accords with their own politics, the political ideology of the enemy they are fighting against, and the effect on any left wing regimes. Add all that up and you get the liberal position on the war. The further left you go, the higher the bar goes.
Liberals will support wars by liberal governments against developed countries they consider reactionary. They will generally oppose all wars by conservative governments. They will generally oppose wars by liberal governments against undeveloped countries, sometimes even when those countries are reactionary, unless the government conducting the war is far to the left.
There are ideological complications and rivalries in the mix. There's also the human factor. Some American liberals did support the American invasion of Afghanistan initially, but the left never did. A handful of liberals actually thought the American program was within their own ideology, but they were primarily British, and were quickly ostracized for it. On the other hand, George Galloway, who openly supported Saddam, is still considered a hero of the people. Because as bad as Saddam worse, the general agreement is that America was worse, because it represents capitalism and people with jobs. Which are not things the left likes.
And there you have it. The left's commitment to peace. Or rather a commitment to anti-war rallies, when the war in question doesn't seem to be in their interest, and isn't being waged to protect a left-wing country, or a group that the left is allied with.
1. Patriotic - Every now and then liberals like to claim that they're patriotic. Usually around an election. Of course they're not patriotic in the "wear a flag on your lapel" kind of way. They're more patriotic in the "point out everything wrong with your country and then threaten to move to Canada if you don't win the election" way. Which is fine. America has seen patriots like that before. They used to wear green coats and moved to Canada, right around the time the last British troops left New York on Evacuation Day.
Occasionally when in power liberals will actually try to brand their opponents as traitors or unpatriotic, but like a dog trying to talk, it never sounds right. Mostly they have to defend themselves against charges of being unpatriotic, particularly when they've been caught attending a church whose rousing hymn is "God Damn America".
It's a challenge being patriotic, when you don't believe in American Exceptionalism, or even the value of the Nation-State. When you think that the world would run better if everyone just listened to what the UN tells them to do. When you think that its history is the story of how rich Europeans murdered all the natives and built smokestacks over their graves in order to plunder South America of its fruit-- being patriotic really requires contortionism that would put any circus acrobat to shame.
That's probably why liberals don't do the patriotism thing very well. It's hard to spit in someone's face one day and then hug them the next. For liberal politicians, patriotism is one of those unfortunate election season things they try to get through as quickly as possible. And hope no one asks them if they believe in the Constitution.
When they're forced to, they will say something vague about America's heritage of tolerance, and imply that the WW2 GI's were fighting for socialism, civilian trials for terrorists and opposition to tort reform. They're most comfortable around the Civil War and WW2. Anything outside that comfort zone makes them itchy. They will pose next to Old Glory when they have to, if they have a relative who fought in a war, they will bring him up. If he's not dead, they will drag him out. If he is dead, they will dig him up. But just don't ask them any questions about the application of their vaunted patriotism. Or why if they're so patriotic, they can't actually get behind their country in wartime.
Of course they will answer that true patriotism means undermining your country in wartime. Which means that Benedict Arnold was the original patriot.
Take away these 5 and what do you have left? Nothing but a political ideology that seeks power and will use any rhetoric and trick to get it. And that is the real face of modern day liberalism.
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On 5 July 2018, The Institute for the Advancement of Children's Right (IACR), in collaboration with the Faculty of Law, University of The Gambia held an orientation of selected law students on the theme 'Legal Framework for Juvenile Justice in The Gambia.' The orientation featured Madam Sidi Jobarteh, Chairperson of the Children's Court and Barrister Malick H.B Jallow, President and Founder of IACR as keynote speakers. The event is part of ongoing initiatives by the IACR to raise awareness on topical issues pertaining to juvenile justice, amongst stakeholders.
The event was chaired by Sainey Bah, Coordinator of IACR.
The Institute for the Advancement of Children's Rights (IACR) was established in December 2013 by the Gambian Lawyer Malick H.B. Jallow Esq. who is also the President of the Institute. The IACR is a non-governmental, non-profit, impartial and non partisan organization with a mandate to promote and protect the rights of children in The Gambia through the provision of legal support and assistance to indigent children in conflict with the law.
The institute also seeks to help build a preventive strategy to address the root-causes to why such children get into conflict with the law. To that end, the institute aims to improve the effectiveness and implementation of domestic, African and international human rights instruments on rights of children, including the children's act of Gambia 2005, the African charter on the rights and welfare of the child and the Convention on the rights of the child.
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Official Google Stadia App for iOS Hits the App Store
by Usman Qureshi – Wed, November 13, 2019
Last month, Google announced its Stadia streaming gaming platform priced at $11.99 CAD per month in Canada for the Pro version, as well as a free version coming in 2020. With the service set to launch on November 19, 2019, in Canada and beyond, an official Google Stadia app for iOS has just hit the App Store (via 9to5Google).
Instead of allowing users to play games, the Google Stadia iPhone app has been designed to let users manage their games library on the go, especially coming in handy for users playing games on a Chromecast.
Currently, only the users who get their Stadia invite code alongside a Founder's or Premiere Edition kit can unlock the Stadia app for iPhone:
For the time being, playing Stadia games on smartphones is limited only to Google's own Pixel smartphones. Specifically, Pixel 2, 3, 3a, and Pixel 4 as well. It's expected that Stadia will eventually work on other devices, but we don't know if that will include the iPhone or iPad anytime soon though this app.
Google says it wants users to be able to play Stadia with just a controller and a screen, making for easy access to the online gaming service.
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Dugan earned a B.A. in History from Stanford University in 1980, and a public teacher certification from Bates College in 1985. A former high school math teacher, she tutored SAT & ACT through Maine Prep from 2010 to 2016.
Steve Slovenski
Steve Slovenski, director, lives in Nashville, TN with his wife Courtney and their children, Sawyer & Daisy. He teaches high school math, physics, robotics, and engineering at USN. Steve graduated from Princeton University where he founded a club for dodgeball, laser tag, and other active events. Steve has a Masters in Education from Vanderbilt University and has been teaching and directing Slovenski Camps since 2010.
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Dave Slovenski, program director, is a graduate of Princeton University where he held the Ivy League Pole Vault record and ran the school dodgeball tournament. Dave coached track & field at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before teaching math, physics, and robotics at Choate Rosemary Hall and then Franklin Road Academy. When he's not at camp, Dave lives in Nashville, TN with his wife Ieva and son Henry.
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Peter Slovenski
Peter ("Coach") has been a collegiate head coach of men's and women's track and field since 1987, and has been running camps for over 25 years - serving as founder and director of the Bowdoin Summer Day Camp since 1989, and co-founder and co-director of the Dick Fosbury Track Camp. Coach earned a B.A. in English from Dartmouth College, and a master's degree in educational administration from Stanford University in 1980.
Also goes by 'Camp Mom', Dugan is a mother of three boys. She is "outnumbered, but not outsmarted". She earned a B.A. in History from Stanford University in 1980, and a public teacher certification from Bates College in 1985. She is an experienced SAT tutor and former high school math teacher.
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Wynonna Earp Coming To Spike In July
Spike has picked up new comic book, western-fantasy, drama Wynonna Earp Geektown has learnt.
The story follows Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano – Damien, The Listener), the great-granddaughter of Legendary Old West lawman Wyatt Earp, as she drags herself back to her hometown of 'Purgatory', only to find the place overrun with ghosts of the criminals her great-granddaddy dispatched in his day.
Wynonna alone has what it takes to send these shadowy beings packing, but she still has to learn how to shoot straight. Luckily, the unflappable Agent Dolls (Shamier Anderson – Defiance) has been assigned to the ill-fated town, but will he warm to its wisecracking protector?
Other core cast includes Tim Rozon (Being Human US, Lost Girl) as con artist Doc Holliday and Dominique Provost-Chalkley (Avengers: Age of Ultron) as Wynonna's sister Waverly Earp.
"Wynonna Earp is a unique contemporary western that will bring high octane, full-throttle, supernatural action…" commented Chris Regina, Senior VP of Programming at Syfy, who commissioned the show in the US. "It is wildly imaginative and we are excited to work with Seven24 Films, IDW Entertainment and Emily on this truly original concept that will showcase fun, stylized visuals and pure escapism."
The show is based on the original comic book series by Beau Smith, from Image Comics & IDW Publishing. Lost Girl & Killjoys producer Emily Andras developed the series for television, and it's produced by SEVEN24 Films & IDW Entertainment.
Wynonna Earp will air on Spike in the UK – Friday 29th July 2016 at 9pm
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New City: The Revolution Starts Here: Chicagoans Imagining a More Just Art World
December 10, 2020 By anne-cauley
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Months of protests following the latest wave of police murders and major disruptions due to the pandemic have led to renewed calls for structural change in the art world. Institutions large and small are asked for greater transparency, for real equity. Teen groups are asking museums to divest from relationships with police. Students are demanding schools hire more BIPOC faculty to teach courses that aren't white-centric. In Chicago, many cultural workers, collectives and organizations already operate in radically equitable ways. In their own words, folks from Arts of Life, Temporary Services, the Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project and Black Futures talk about the ways they are building the world they want to see. These interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity.
Raina Carter at Arts of Life's North Shore studio
Founded in 2000, Arts of Life is a vibrant creative community for working artists with disabilities. Each artist, working across two locations, has their own studio space, receives a monthly stipend and other support for their practice, and has an equal say in decision-making. Art director Vincent Uribe talks about the nonprofit's democratic, person-centered approach.
While I was in my second year at SAIC, a live-work space fell under my control and I started LVL3, an artist-run gallery in Wicker Park. The mission is to expand our community by incorporating Chicago-based artists with artists from around the country. A friend of mine knew I was looking for a job after I graduated and was like, "I just came across this post, Arts of Life." It was a mile-and-a-half from LVL3 and I was like, "How have I never heard about this organization?"
I started working at Arts of Life as their arts coordinator, helping manage their Chicago studio artists' work: archiving, facilitating sales, getting exhibitions and everything in between.
How we're set up: the front half we have a gallery space that's about 500 square feet. Behind that, there's a huge, open studio space where we support around thirty artists who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. The program is designed to support their professional development as working artists.
My passion and interest came from wanting people to know that Arts of Life was here. I was trying to get our Chicago studio artists' work out into the community as much as possible.
We developed a partnership program where I would match [outside] artists that wanted to get involved with an artist from our studio and they would work collaboratively and mentor each other. It was being able to work with another person and develop a relationship, having a productive experience where they both would benefit.
My role now, as art director, is to push our exhibition programming and our public-facing interactions. When I started, both of our studios had a gallery space, but there was no official gallery programming. That was a big goal of mine because I wanted to invite the public in more regularly. I want the studio artist's work to be recognized as contemporary artwork and not have somebody look at it and like it because it's made by somebody who has a disability. The work stands on its own. We relaunched both galleries a couple years ago and branded them as Circle Contemporary.
We work on this collective decision-making model. All the artists have a say in everything that goes on. That's one of the things that makes Arts of Life maybe more unique than other arts programs for people with disabilities. The autonomy for the studio artists is really present. Illinois is unfortunately consistently ranked in the bottom five in the country for people with disabilities, with funding. Arts of Life is a progressive studio, but we're a black sheep in the larger sector.
For us, having that collective decision-making is really valuable. Everyone is able to share their opinion and you don't have to be afraid of expressing a concern or voicing something, because it's going to be taken productively. That can definitely translate in the art world as a whole, anything from applying to an art fair or showing in an exhibition or going to an opening and not feeling like you belong there. Transparency is valuable.
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India's Tour of West Indies 2019: Schedule, Where to watch online
By Prabhjit Singh Modi	 On Aug 5, 2019 Last updated Aug 5, 2019
The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup is over but the journey for Team India continues as the squad is off to play T20I matches, ODI's and Test Matches against the West Indies team. The first two T20I matches already took place in Lauderhill, Florida and Team India has taken the lead by winning both of them.
In the first match, India won by four wickets and their final score was 98/6 in 17.2 overs whereas West Indies were 95/9 in 20 overs. The second match went well but was stopped midway due to rains and India won the match by 22 runs as the DLS method was used. The third T20I match is happening on 6th August in Guyana and will be aired at 8 PM IST. We are leaving you with the schedule, timings, squad and the streaming links for the matches below.
Where to watch:
The matches are being aired on Sony Ten 1 and Sony Ten 1 HD channels with English Commentary whereas, for the people who love to watch the matches in classic Hindi commentary can watch the matches on Sony Ten 3 and Sony Ten 3 HD.
You can also watch the match online on SonyLIV and Reliance Jio users can enjoy the match free on their smartphones using the JioTV app.
3rd August – India vs West Indies 1st T20I Match – 8 PM IST at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida, United States.
4th August – India vs West Indies 2nd T20I Match – 8 PM IST at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida, United States.
6th August – India vs West Indies 3rd T20I Match – 8 PM IST at Providence Stadium, Guyana, South America.
8th August – India vs West Indies 1st ODI Match – 7 PM IST at Providence Stadium, Guyana, South America.
11th August – India vs West Indies 2nd ODI Match – 7 PM IST at Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
14th August – India vs West Indies 3rd ODI Match – 7 PM IST at Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
22nd-26th August– India vs West Indies 1st Test Match – 7 PM IST at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua.
30th August -3rd September – India vs West Indies 2nd Test Match – 8 PM IST at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.
Squad:
T20I Squad for Team India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (Vice-Captain), Rishabh Pant (Wicket Keeper), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep Saini and Deepak Chahar.
ODI Squad for Team India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (Vice-Captain), Rishabh Pant (Wicket Keeper), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed and Navdeep Saini.
Test Match Squad for Team India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (Vice-Captain), Rishabh Pant (Wicket Keeper) Wriddhiman Saha (Wicket Keeper), Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, KL Rahul, C Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami.
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Another retired Black NFL player is telling Kaepernick to be 'low-key' about his activism
by Keith Reid-Cleveland
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Colin Kaepernick did nothing wrong. I'll repeat that as many times as I have to until people get it. Despite that fact, the former [and hopefully soon-to-be current] NFL player is being crucified after his protests of the National Anthem last season.
NFL teams are avoiding him as if he has something contagious and are electing to bring on players who are clearly less talented to fill spots he's more than qualified for. So what's he got to do to get onto a roster? Well, former NFL player and fellow black quarterback Kordell Stewart thinks he has the answer: Kaep should just be quiet.
"Right now he's not giving himself a chance," Stewart said, via NFL No Huddle on TuneIn with Brian Webber. "I don't think it's the owners; I think it's more or less Colin Kaepernick in my mind. Stay off of social media, and when it comes to the political side of everything, you can express yourself, you can do it quietly. I mean people are looking for former athletes and athletes out there doing some things that can be headline news. Do it from a charitable standpoint. Stay low-key about it. You don't have to be so [loud], especially in this world of politics in the game of football.
"You see what's taking place with him right now. He's not even getting a chance to play and he's better than 90 percent plus of the backups playing in the National Football League, let alone some starters that are playing right now."
It's ironic that some of the most vocal condemnation against Kaepernick is coming from former black athletes like Stewart, Michael Vick and Ray Lewis. Two of which, may I remind you, were involved in scandals far more serious than Kaep's, yet still went on to have lengthy careers.
I'm sure that many of these players believe they're giving Colin advice from a genuine place. But him compromising his beliefs and doing exactly what NFL owners want by begging for their acceptance would undo everything he accomplished last year.
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Keith Reid-Cleveland
Keith Reid-Cleveland is a proud product of Chicago's Southside and the Missouri School of Journalism. The Black Youth Project News Editor has written about politics, race and entertainment for multiple publications, such as Uproxx, The Undefeated, Black Nerd Problems, Comic Book Resources and more.