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"Guns Are Out Of Control": Some Extremists Fire Guns And Other Extremists Promote Guns
Over the last two decades, Canada has had eight mass shootings. Just so far this month, the United States has already had 20.
Canada has a much smaller population, of course, and the criteria researchers used for each country are slightly different, but that still says something important about public safety.
Could it be, as Donald Trump suggests, that the peril comes from admitting Muslims? On the contrary, Canadians are safe despite having been far more hospitable to Muslim refugees: Canada has admitted more than 27,000 Syrian refugees since November, some 10 times the number the United States has.
More broadly, Canada's population is 3.2 percent Muslim, while the United States is about 1 percent Muslim — yet Canada doesn't have massacres like the one we just experienced at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., or the one in December in San Bernardino, Calif. So perhaps the problem isn't so much Muslims out of control but guns out of control.
Look, I grew up on a farm with guns. One morning when I was 10, we awoke at dawn to hear our chickens squawking frantically and saw a fox trotting away with one of our hens in its mouth. My dad grabbed his .308 rifle, opened the window and fired twice. The fox was unhurt but dropped its breakfast and fled. The hen picked herself up, shook her feathers indignantly and walked back to the barn. So in the right context, guns have their uses.
The problem is that we make no serious effort to keep firearms out of the hands of violent people. A few data points:
■ More Americans have died from guns, including suicides, since just 1970 than died in all the wars in U.S. history going back to the American Revolution.
■ The Civil War marks by far the most savage period of warfare in American history. But more Americans are now killed from guns annually, again including suicides, than were killed by guns on average each year during the Civil War (when many of the deaths were from disease, not guns).
■ In the United States, more preschoolers up through age 4 are shot dead each year than police officers are.
Canada has put in place measures that make it more difficult for a dangerous person to acquire a gun, with a focus not so much on banning weapons entirely (the AR-15 is available after undergoing safety training and a screening) as on limiting who can obtain one. In the United States, we lack even universal background checks, and new Harvard research to be published soon found that 40 percent of gun transfers didn't even involve a background check.
We can't prevent every gun death any more than we can prevent every car accident, and the challenge is particularly acute with homegrown terrorists like the one in Orlando. But experts estimate that a serious effort to reduce gun violence might reduce the toll by one-third, which would be more than 10,000 lives saved a year.
The Orlando killer would have been legally barred from buying lawn darts, because they were banned as unsafe. He would have been unable to drive a car that didn't pass a safety inspection or that lacked insurance. He couldn't have purchased a black water gun without an orange tip — because that would have been too dangerous.
But it's not too dangerous to allow the sale of an assault rifle without even a background check?
If we're trying to prevent carnage like that of Orlando, we need to be vigilant not only about infiltration by the Islamic State, and not only about American citizens poisoned into committing acts of terrorism. We also need to be vigilant about National Rifle Association-type extremism that allows guns to be sold without background checks.
It's staggering that Congress doesn't see a problem with allowing people on terror watch lists to buy guns: In each of the last three years, more than 200 people on the terror watch list have been allowed to purchase guns. We empower ISIS when we permit acolytes like the Orlando killer, investigated repeatedly as a terrorist threat, to buy a Sig Sauer MCX and a Glock 17 handgun on consecutive days.
A great majority of Muslims are peaceful, and it's unfair to blame Islam for terrorist attacks like the one in Orlando. But it is important to hold accountable Gulf states like Saudi Arabia that are wellsprings of religious zealotry, intolerance and fanaticism. We should also hold accountable our own political figures who exploit tragic events to sow bigotry. And, yes, that means Donald Trump.
When Trump scapegoats Muslims, that also damages our own security by bolstering the us-versus-them narrative of ISIS. The lesson of history is that extremists on one side invariably empower extremists on the other.
So by all means, Muslims around the world should stand up to their fanatics sowing hatred and intolerance — and we Americans should stand up to our own extremist doing just the same.
By: Nicholas Kristof, Op-Ed Contributor, The New York Times, June 16, 2016
June 20, 2016 Posted by raemd95 | Donald Trump, Mass Shootings, National Rifle Association, Public Safety	| Assault Weapons, Background Checks, Canada, Domestic Terrorism, Gun Deaths, Gun Transfers, Muslims, Saudia Arabia, Syrian Refugees | 1 Comment
"For Trump, Muslims Are Terrifying, and Guns Are Great": But Guns Kill A Lot More People Than Muslims Do
If a presidential candidate really wanted to keep American families safe, which threat would he focus on more: a), the one that has resulted in over 150,000 Americans being killed over the last 15 years on U.S. soil; or b), the one that has killed fewer than 50 Americans?
I'm going to bet that most would say the threat that has taken over 150,000 American lives including thousands of children. That threat, of course, is gun violence. In 2015 alone, 13,286 Americans were killed by firearms and over 25,000 were wounded.
Donald Trump, however, doesn't want to talk gun violence. But he loves to talk about the danger posed by Muslim terrorism, which literally has resulted in zero American deaths in 2016 on U.S. soil. (The San Bernardino terror attack was in 2015.) In contrast, gun violence in 2016 has already claimed over 5,000 lives, including 219 children under eleven years old.
In fact since January, 23 Americans have been killed by toddlers with a gun, yet none by Muslim extremists. Can we expect Trump to call for a "total and complete shutdown" on toddlers until "our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on" with them?!
Trump apparently cares less about keeping your family safe from the threat that's killing over 30 Americans every single day—including today. Rather Trump wants to scare you about Muslims and then save you from this threat. The irony is Trump's proposed Muslims ban is not the mark of a strong leader, but rather the frightened and irrational response of a very scared man.
A real leader would address the threat taking American lives on a daily basis, even if that proved politically challenging. But just last week we saw Trump do the opposite.
After the EgyptAir flight crashed early Thursday, Trump didn't wait for the authorities to release the facts. Instead he chose to politicize the tragedy for political gain based on a hunch. So at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, even before French or Egyptian officials had made public comments about the possible cause of the plane crash, Trump tweeted his own conclusion: "Looks like yet another terrorist attack. Airplane departed from Paris. When will we get tough, smart and vigilant? Great hate and sickness!"
Later Thursday, Trump doubled down, saying if you disagreed that the plane crash was a terror attack then "you're 100 percent wrong." (Apparently Trump knows more than Egyptian President Abdel el-Sisi, who stated Sunday morning, "There is no particular theory we can affirm right now," adding, "this could take a long time but no one can hide these things.")
And then Trump tripled down, issuing a statement reaffirming his proposal to ban over a billion Muslims because of the sins of a few: "Look at the carnage all over the world including the World Trade Center, San Bernardino, Paris, the USS Cole, Brussels and an unlimited number of other places."
Now, in the same week when Trump was doing his best to scare Americans about Muslim terrorism, he spoke at ground zero for guns: the NRA convention. A leader concerned about saving American lives would've used this opportunity to at least raise proposals on how to reduce gun violence, such as calling for universal background checks to close what is known as the "gun show loophole." In fact polls show that even NRA members strongly support this measure.
Or maybe he'd talk about the need for a federal law to monitor or even close down "bad apple" gun dealers that have been linked to a big chunk of guns used in crimes. Astoundingly, 5 percent of the gun dealers are linked to 90 percent of the guns used in crime, as noted by the Brady campaign.
No, of course Trump didn't mention those things. Instead he served up a rambling speech that included the lie that Hillary Clinton wants to "ban every gun," called for the elimination of gun free zones and joked that his sons own so many guns that "I get a little concerned."
Stunningly, while Trump has no problem taking to Twitter to comment on almost any issue, for some reason he doesn't want to tweet about the epidemic of gun violence. For example, there's no mention in Trump's Twitter feed of the 17 Americans killed during the week of April 14 in various mass shootings. That's more killed than in the San Bernardino terror attack that left 14 dead, an attack that Trump has invoked countless times during this campaign.
Why hasn't Trump taken a break from calling people "losers" to tweet condolences to the family of Yvonne Nelson, a 49-year-old Chicago city employee killed Friday by an errant bullet after she exited a Starbucks. How about a tweet concerning five-year-old Haley Moore, who was killed Saturday when a gun accidentally went off in her house? Or what about Amy Koegel, a 43-year-old Lexington, Kentucky woman killed over the weekend after being shot several times Friday by her boyfriend? (Over half of the women murdered with guns in the United States in 2011 were killed by intimate partners or family members.)
Are ISIS and Al Qaeda threats? Absolutely, and we must be vigilant in defending our nation from them. But if Trump truly cared about keeping your family safe, he would be raising the issue of gun violence at least as much as he talks Muslim terrorists.
The reality, however, is Trump only cares about what helps Trump and his campaign. So expect to hear Trump talk a lot more about Muslims and nothing about gun violence between now and November. Except maybe to regurgitate the NRA's talking points after future mass shootings.
By: Dean Obeidallah, The Daily Beast, May 27, 2016
May 29, 2016 Posted by raemd95 | Donald Trump, Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Terrorist Attacks	| Background Checks, EgyptAir Crash, Gun Dealers, Gun Deaths, Gunshow Loopholes, Hillary Clinton, Mass Shootings, Muslim Ban | 3 Comments
"Donald Trump's Corrupt Bargain On Guns": Where The Party's Elites Pretend To Share The Base's Cultural Values And Priorities
Donald Trump speaks before the National Rifle Association's convention today, where he will enact a charade of cultural affinity for the assembled members, one utterly laughable in its insincerity. Not being there to ask them, I can't say whether anyone in the hall actually believes that he means what he'll say to them.
But as long as he hits the right notes — vowing to make sure guns are brought into as many places by as many people as possible, pouring sneering contempt on city slickers and egghead liberals, painting ludicrously paranoid pictures of America as a post-apocalyptic hellscape of crime and chaos, insisting that Hillary Clinton will singlehandedly destroy every right they treasure — it'll be good enough for them.
This is a perfect expression of the larger Republican bargain, where the party's elites pretend to share the base's cultural values and priorities, and in exchange are put into office where they pursue an agenda of tax cuts and regulatory rollback. You can see it played out with one constituency group after another. For instance, when Trump stood before an audience of evangelicals and cited "Two Corinthians," he quoted from the verse, then said, "Is that the one? Is that the one you like? I think that's the one you like."
The audience snickered at his ham-handed attempt at pandering, and when Trump says that the Bible is his favorite book (even better than The Art of the Deal!), nobody thinks he's being honest. But guess what: Trump will have no trouble holding on to the evangelical vote in the fall. After some doubts, they came around to him, just like every Republican constituency group either has already or will before long.
It does take a bit of rationalization, but that's often a part of the presidential campaign process. Once somebody is your party's nominee, you're going to work hard to convince yourself that he's not just the least bad option, but somebody who's actually terrific. So in the latest CBS/New York Times poll, 67 percent of Republican voters say Trump "shares their values," even though for so many of them he plainly doesn't. That number will probably climb higher between now and the election.
As for the NRA faithful, Trump is about as far from their values as he could be. A born-and-bred city dweller, he used to support an assault weapons ban and expanded background checks. In his 2000 book The America We Deserve he wrote that "The Republicans walk the NRA line and refuse even limited restrictions."
But now he's turned himself into a parody of a gun nut. He says he has a concealed-carry permit, he wants to rescind President Obama's executive actions expanding background checks, he thinks assault weapons are tremendous, and he wants to make any permit you get in any state valid in the 49 other states, so people can bring their guns even where other states don't want them. And as for gun-free zones, "My first day, it gets signed, okay? My first day. There's no more gun-free zones."
Trump is saying to gun advocates: Is that the one? Is that the one you like? I think that's the one you like.
Gun advocates certainly get something substantive out of the deal: inaction. Fortunately for them, Trump doesn't actually have to do much for them, since the status quo isn't that bad as far as they're concerned (forget about him wiping away gun-free school zones with a stroke of a pen on his first day — that exists as the result of a law passed by Congress in the 1990s, and it would take another act of Congress to repeal it). But the real appeal is cultural, and they want candidates to genuflect before that culture, no matter how baldly phony the act might be.
The NRA, which believe it or not used to be an organization devoted to promoting gun safety and good marksmanship, has succeeded over the last couple of decades in freighting guns with all kinds of cultural associations, making them one of the most powerful markers of identity in American life. They've encouraged people to think that gun ownership makes you self-reliant, independent, masculine, strong, capable, and patriotic — and anyone who thinks that 30,000 Americans killed by guns every year is a problem worth addressing must not be any of those things.
Those voters will be told that if they don't get out and vote Republican, Hillary Clinton will send her jackbooted government thugs to break down their doors and take their guns, leaving them defenseless against the dusky horde of low-lifes lying in wait to kill them and rape their women. They will be told that it's an emergency, that the gun-grabbing is set to begin the day after inauguration, that their lives and freedom and everything they hold dear hang in the balance.
"If you cherish Second Amendment rights, the stakes have never been higher than they are in this election," says an NRA spokesperson, which is an amazing coincidence, considering that the stakes were never higher than they were in the last election, and the stakes were never higher than they were in the election before that, and the election before that and the election before that.
The cultural argument also helps cloud the fact that Republican politicians have chosen to take the positions of the NRA leadership, which are far more extreme not just than those held by the public, but even by the group's own membership. The NRA opposes universal background checks, which are supported not only by around nine in ten Americans, but by three-quarters of NRA members. With just a few exceptions, nearly every Republican in Congress lines up with the NRA leadership and against their own constituents.
The group successfully tells gun owners: Forget about that, because Democrats want to grab your guns. There can be no compromise. And when Donald Trump goes before them and acts like Yosemite Sam, either they're foolish enough to think he means what he says, or they decide that it doesn't really matter.
By: Paul Waldman, Senior Writer, The American Prospect; The Plum Line Blog, The Washington Post, May 20, 2016
May 23, 2016 Posted by raemd95 | Donald Trump, Gun Deaths, Gun Free Zones, National Rifle Association	| 2nd Amendment, Assault Weapons Ban, Background Checks, Congress, Conservatives, GOP Base, GOP Establishment, Gun Safety | Leave a comment
"The Gun Lobby's Con Game Will Come To An End": Only Fearlessness Will Flip The Politics Of Guns
The apologists for the weapons industry — they pass themselves off as the gun-rights movement — demonstrate their intellectual bankruptcy by regularly contradicting themselves with a straight face.
On the one hand, President Obama's modest initiatives to keep guns out of the wrong hands are denounced as an outlandish abuse of his executive powers. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.) showed why the Republican far right has such faith in him by declaring that Obama's "words and actions amount to a form of intimidation that undermines liberty." Accusing a president of undermining liberty is a nice way of encouraging those who see him as a dictator.
Yet there was the National Rifle Association itself making fun of Obama's actions for being puny. "This is it, really?" said the NRA's Jennifer Baker. "They're not really doing anything." The same NRA put up a frightening online video declaring that Obama is "our biggest threat to national security." So a president who's "not really doing anything" is also a menacing tyrant.
This is an old trick on the part of those who will not budge, no matter how many Americans are killed by firearms. Their favorite ploy is to say that since there are already so many guns out there — some estimates run to more than 300 million — no particular practical measure will do much of anything to stem the violence. It's hard to know the exact number, by the way, partly because the NRA and its congressional enablers impede gun research.
But as soon as the weapons extremists have said that sane action is useless in the face of so many guns, they turn around and assert that those who support universal background checks and other small steps are secretly in favor of gun confiscation. Wait a minute: In one breath, they are implying, against all their other assertions, that the problem really is too many guns; in the next, they are condemning those who propose any regulations as would-be despots who want to disarm the country — the only thing their own rhetoric suggests would make a real difference. Welcome to a new philosophical concept: circular illogic.
That the gun lobby has managed to make this con game work so well for so long is a national scandal, and it drove the president to tears on Tuesday.
But something important happened in the East Room when Obama offered a series of constrained but useful steps toward limiting the carnage on our streets, in our schools and houses of worship and movie theaters. He made clear that the era of cowering before the gun lobby and apologizing, trimming, hedging and equivocating is over.
On the policy front, his commitment to innovative gun-safety technology that would confine the use of a weapon to its owner has exceptional promise. What have come to be known as "smart guns" could reduce the use of stolen weapons in crime and also prevent accidents. Obama made a point every parent can relate to: "If a child can't open a bottle of aspirin, we should make sure that they can't pull a trigger on a gun." Someone should ask Speaker Ryan if such safety measures for drugs or guns undermine our liberties.
And when it came to the politics of guns, Obama drew lines as he has never drawn them before. He explicitly called out the "90 percent of Republicans in the Senate" who opposed universal background checks in the fateful roll call after the Newtown, Conn., massacre. As Obama put it, advocates of gun reform will need to "find the courage to vote" on the issue, and also have "the courage to get mobilized and organized."
"All of us," he said, "need to demand a Congress brave enough to stand up to the gun lobby's lies."
Obama isn't running for reelection, but the 2016 Democratic presidential candidates have shown that they, too, are unafraid to take on those who remain unmoved by death after death. At this point, Democrats have little to lose. Only fearlessness will flip the politics of guns and begin to put Republicans on the defensive. Surely some in the GOP know that their party cannot forever embrace an irrational absolutism that leaves the country powerless before unconscionable carnage.
Bullies are intimidating until someone calls their bluff. By ruling out any reasonable steps toward containing the killing in our nation and by offering ever more preposterous arguments, the gun worshipers are setting themselves up for wholesale defeat. It will take time. But it will happen.
By: E. J. Dionne, Jr., Opinion Writer, The Washington Post, January 6, 2016
January 10, 2016 Posted by raemd95 | Gun Control, Gun Deaths, Gun Lobby, National Rifle Association	| Background Checks, Congress, GOP, Gun Safety Technology, Gun Violence, Paul Ryan, Senate Republicans, Weapons Industry | Leave a comment
"The Guns We Don't Talk About": The One On The Nightstand Whose Most Likely Victim Is Yourself Or Someone You Love
It was a good day to die.
In early September 2003, I spent the morning shuffling my children off to school, used our last 10 dollars to put gas in the tank, folded a basket of laundry, and tidied up the tiny motel room we lived in. And then, I went to my car and pulled the small, .22 caliber revolver from the locked glove compartment.
I sat in the dimly lit room—for minutes or hours, I do not know—surrounded by the remains of my life, haunted by a broken marriage that was nearly 10 years gone, a failed business, a pile of overdue utility bills, and a string of eviction notices. We were living, if you could call it that, on $150 a week in child support and a few hundred dollars each month in food stamps. What was left of our furniture was in storage, paid for by our church benevolent fund. There had been two flat tires, but no job interviews that week. The weekly motel rent was due again and there wasn't a dime left on my credit card to cover it.
I placed my gun on the bed and kneeled down on the carpet to pray. I listed my complaints and my failings. "Father, help me."
I remember feeling tired when I turned on my old desktop computer, logged in to AOL, and started to type out what I intended to be a final message to family and a few close friends. "I want to thank you," I started.
I sat there a while longer, realizing there was nothing I really wanted to say, until an instant message popped up on the screen.
"Hi, Mom! How are you?"
"Hey, Katie Lady…"
"I'm in the computer lab and guess what?"
"What is it sweetie?"
"I won the election!"
"That's great, honey."
"I'll see you after school!"
"See you then…"
Tonight, as the country continues a national conversation on gun control, I am thinking about my old gun. I purchased it and two others over the years. They were handguns, bought legally, as a means of personal protection.
Each year, there are some 30,000 victims of gun violence in the U.S. Nearly half of those deaths come at the hands of another. Whether it is the Bushmaster that cuts down a classroom of schoolchildren, an assault-style weapon used to carry out a massacre in a church basement or a movie theater, or one of the thousands of cheap, illegal handguns that flood our streets, gun violence continues to capture national headlines. When we talk about gun control, invariably we are talking about those guns.
We don't talk about the gun in the nightstand. We don't talk about the one in the lockbox in the top of a bedroom closet. We don't talk about the one, like mine, secured in the glove compartment of a car.
And even when we do discuss mental health as a factor, we rarely—if ever—mention the nearly 15,000 Americans who commit suicide each year. When we talk about expanding access to mental health care, we mean for the mass shooter who wipes out an entire kindergarten class. We mean for the loner who walks into a movie theater and shoots indiscriminately into the darkness. We mean for the man who targets a Planned Parenthood clinic.
We don't mean the uninsured, unemployed, single mother battling depression, who begs the heavens for a reprieve.
The president has proposed a myriad of solutions, including expanded background checks. Taken together, his planned executive actions may work to dampen the tide of guns. Closing the so-called gun show loophole may hamper a straw-purchaser's ability to buy firearms in a state like Indiana and later sell them on the streets of Chicago.
I lost my father and two brothers to gun violence and all were killed with illegal handguns that were used in other crimes. Growing up, it was all too easy to get a gun in our neighborhood in East St. Louis. Placing reasonable restrictions on the most dangerous consumer product on the market isn't a violation of the Second Amendment. It's common sense.
However, in this country, suicides outnumber homicides almost two to one. We should not forget that when an individual owns a gun they are more likely to kill themselves and/or someone they love. Survival rates among those who attempt suicide by other means, such as a pill overdose or hanging, are higher than for those who use a gun. It is no accident that states where guns are most prevalent also report higher suicide rates. According to the Annals of Internal Medicine, people who live in homes with firearms are two to three times more likely to be murder victims or commit suicide.
We can debate the notion that more "good guys with guns" is the answer to violent crime or if the cast of solutions proposed by the president will make a difference in practice. There are no easy answers. But we should try everything within the confines of the Constitution if it will make it harder for criminals to stockpile guns. We should impose more meaningful barriers to high-capacity magazines and rapid-fire weaponry, if it means curtailing a mass shooter's ability to slaughter and maim. If it means more children will be safe walking to school in America, that people can enjoy a prayer service at church or join their family for a night at the movies, we should do it. Maybe, as Chicago's Father Pfleger suggested during tonight's town hall on CNN, we should "title" guns like we title cars.
Tonight's broadcast focused almost solely on the potential for homicide, with little or no conversation about the thousands of people who take their own lives each year. But, make no mistake: A self-inflicted gunshot wound is an act of violence.
My oldest daughter Katie was in the eighth grade the day I decided to die and I know that her message saved my life. That year, she would go on to be valedictorian of her graduating class and give an incredible speech at the ceremony. Today, she is an Ivy League alum, an extraordinary schoolteacher, and expecting her first child this fall.
When we talk about gun violence we almost always focus on the criminal aspects, and forget the public health questions. We forget that there are thousands of gunshot victims who die by their own hand. The president briefly broached the topic, saying that while the majority of young homicide victims are black or Latino, the overwhelming majority of suicides by young people are white. If we are to truly host a national conversation about gun violence and commit ourselves to real solutions, we cannot forget the people who die alone in the dark. They rarely make the news and, like tonight, too little attention is paid to their pain.
I am grateful for this life, thankful for my children who are now taking the world on their own terms. I cannot wait to hold my second grandchild. Too many Americans will miss moments like these.
We can do something about that.
By: Goldie Taylor, The Daily Beast, January 8, 2016
January 9, 2016 Posted by raemd95 | Gun Violence, Guns, Suicide	| 2nd Amendment, Assualt Weapons, Background Checks, Gun Show Loopholes, High Capacity Magazines, Mass Shootings, Mental Health, Planned Parenthood, Public Health | 5 Comments


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No janky, crackling audio here! This is a professionally recorded audio process featuring a unique process and professional music designed to carry you into a state of profound receptivity where the transformation process can work at both the deepest levels of your subconscious mind and highest levels of your Divine Self. Have a listen to the compilation of excerpts from the process - just click below! You can even download the clip if you'd like to.
+ How long is the audio?
The Divine Wealth and Abundance audio includes an important 8-minute introduction and the activation process audio (track 2) is just under 28 minutes long. You'll activate more joy, fun, freedom and financial prosperity in your life by shifting and clearing unsupportive beliefs and energetic patterns, aligning your energy with what you desire to call in, and connecting with the highest version of your who already has the financial wealth and expressions of abundance you desire to call into your current reality.
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A few minutes after you complete the check-out process, you'll receive an email from me, Christine Parma, from the email address Team@ChristineParma.com. Instructions on how to download your MP3 audio, plus important information about how to get the most from the activation, are contained in this email, so please be sure to read it! If you don't see it in your inbox or Gmail Primary tab, please check your junk or spam folder and/or your Gamil promotions tab. Please allow up to 15 minutes for the email to arrive in your inbox.
+ Will this audio activation work for me?
This process was channeled directly from the Akashic Records (aka, Book of Wisdom or Soul Records) and is a process unlike any other you may have experienced or will find. Not only is the process itself unique, combining elements and techniques from the Records, NLP and hypnosis (which are some of the methodologies I use in my client work), the audio is imbued with the energy from the Akashic Records themselves. Rest assured that all energy and information coming from the Records is always Truth, Light and Love - and extremely powerful! It is totally normal to feel "whooshes" or rushes of energy, strong emotions, an amazing lightness or experience profound healing and insights every time you listen to the process and in the days that follow.
So, YES, this audio will work for you if you are open to allowing what needs to change to do so during the activation (and in the days thereafter) in order for you to create a different outcome (reality) than the one you're currently experiencing.
Remember that even seemingly small changes can amount to profound transformation in what your life looks like. I liken it to when you're flying a plane, for instance. Changing your route by one degree may mean you land in Seattle instead of Los Angeles. Big difference from a tiny change! Going through this process may result in a one degree shift or a twenty or fifty degree shift - it will be unique to you!
+ Do you guarantee results?
I fully stand behind all the work I do and the quality of the products I create. However, since I have made the audio extremely affordable and it's a fully downloadable product, no refunds are available after purchase at this time.
+ Why should I invest in this now? I'm kind of busy.
The only reason to invest your time and money into getting this life-changing process is because you want your life to be different... and a lot sooner rather than later. That's really the only reason to invest in anything: to get different results than what you're currently getting.
You can tell what someone's priorities are by looking at how they spend their time, energy and money. And, if you're too busy to invest less than 30 minutes into clearing out what's blocking your divine wealth and abundance from flowing to you, plus a bit more time to take the practical follow-up steps you're very likely to get insight on as a result of doing this process, then, in all honesty, changing your life and the kind of results you're getting probably isn't really a true priority for you. And, that's okay... but it's a choice you're making (that you may not even be aware of).


Math Pathways gives all students the opportunity to become TSI complete or college ready in math in one semester regardless of placement.
The program tailors the content to meet the needs of the major. There are two specific pathways, the STEM pathway and the non-STEM pathway.
The STEM pathway includes majors involving science, technology, engineering and math as well as business and education along with some health science programs.
The non-STEM pathway includes majors in arts, humanities, communication, social and behavioral sciences and human services.
Midland College has been awarded two distinguished awards for Math Pathways practices, Texas Success Center 2015 Math Pathways Principle 2 Exemplar and 2016 Texas Success Center Math Pathways Principle 1 Exemplar. MC has also been awarded two grants from the Dana Center, located in Austin, TX, for distinguished work in the math pathways model.
Midland College will implement the co-requisite model for a portion of the developmental math students (TSI below 350 as required by HB2223) in our math pathways.
Students will be co-registered for the developmental math course that matches the entry level math course in their chosen major. By Fall 2020, more than 75% of developmental math students will be registered in the math co-requisite model. This gives most of our developmental math students the opportunity to complete their math requirement for their chosen major in one semester.


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Anti-fascist Jason Hammond sentenced 3.5 years for Tinley Park action
Prison Books Collective January 23, 2015
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From Jason Hammond Support Network
Sentencing Statement
I write this statement after pleading guilty to state charges against me for my participation in an organized direct action taken against a group of white supremacists in May of 2012. I would like to share my thoughts about this action. First, major thanks and love to my friends and family who have supported me, for my amazing partner who kept me sane, my band for letting loose and my lawyer Sara Garber who has been ridiculously helpful in fighting this case with me.
While Chicago was in rebellion against the western military super-alliance NATO summit in 2012, a small group of racists organized their own 'white nationalist economic summit' in the nearby suburb of Tinley Park. They booked a restaurant to hold a luncheon under the guise of the "Illinois European Heritage Association." For over six months this event was promoted on Stormfront.org, a very popular online forum where racists and neo-nazis converse. Being in a prolonged state of resistance against racism, this summit became known to organized anti-fascists throughout the Midwest. Through research, they had ascertained the time, location, and even some identities of the attendees of this meeting, some of whom were already known as being members of white supremacist groups such as the KKK, National Socialist Movement and Council of Conservative Citizens. Upon becoming aware of this information, myself and others decided to confront the fascists at their meeting. A righteous melee ensued, many of the ten white supremacists were injured, and we left the scene in less than two minutes.
In the aftermath, the police was called and two of the fascist attendees were arrested one for being a fugitive of pedophilia charges in another state and the other for illegal possession of firearms in their car onsite. Unfortunately after leaving the restaurant, five comrades from Hoosier Anti Racist Movement were also arrested for their involvement by an off duty cop. They are known as the Tinley Park 5, all of whom spent time in Illinois prisons after taking a non-cooperative plea, and have since been released on parole. Please read about their struggles at their wordpress.
A year after the action, in July 2013, I was arrested outside my home by the FBI and Tinley Park Police. I was charged with armed violence and mob action, the same as the other 5 anti-fascists. My indictment states the Tinley Park Police were given a report from the FBI stating that they had identified me from DNA gathered at the scene and a surveillance video from the restaurant where the meeting was shut down. I was held in Cook County Jail for two months but was fortunate to have friends who raised enough money to release me on bond. I have since been fighting these charges. The wheels of the bureaucratic judicial system moves deliberately slow and another whole year and a half passes. Now, even with the privilege of being able to examine all the evidence and evaluate all of my options while out on bond, I must accept the judge's offer of 3.5 years. My chances of winning the case were very low, and if I lost, it could potentially mean a significantly higher sentence.
It is difficult to decide whether to plea or not when faced with gambling years of your life in prison, but I also completely detest the narrative of the state and their courtrooms. Their story is that they rightfully apprehended the criminal, tried, and put them away in prison;where they will learn not to do it again while separated from society where they cannot spread their infectious ideas. That system does not work and it never will. I abhor this monopoly of justice and violence; the reality is that the state wants people in their prisons especially people whose political interest are in conflict to the "business as usual" violence that their police and armies perpetrate. My crime is standing up against the flag of hate and the violence against people of color that it represents. The state, in a petty act, went out of their way years later to prosecute me.
Furthermore, the state has always supported a white supremacist power structure. Even after the endless series of racist wars and hundreds of years of oppression on this soil, they don't see it as a problem when neo-nazis get together and in fact grant permits and have lines of police to protect their free speech. In Ferguson, New York, Chicago and beyond, we see police use military grade equipment in conjunction with the National Guard to combat people protesting the unjust murders of Mike Brown and Eric Garner at the hands of law enforcement. These are not isolated incidents, but rather symptomatic and indicative of a deliberate move to uphold the pillars of white supremacy in this country, which will not change unless we fight against it.
I went into this action following the principles of anarchy, equality and freedom which have guided my life. For many years I have been involved in different projects engaging social justice, from volunteering at social centers, community public libraries and food distribution programs.I have also supported and participated in anti-war, environmental and immigrant rights movements. Through these experiences I became more aware of how the system that governs this society depends on the mass exploitation of large parts of the population and in fact the Earth itself for the profit of the rich and powerful. I was inspired and motivated by the people I met in the movement to strive to make change at the root of the problem, even if it meant possibly sacrificing my own personal freedom. Throughout history, any movement that struggled to change this system was considered dangerous by the government and was met with immense repression and state violence. But there were successful moments within these movements not only because they were justified, but because people fought for them and despite how history is presented like a Disney movie, not all of their actions were non-violent.
Today there still is police brutality, a massive prison industrial complex, there are presidents waging endless wars for profit and power, and there is violence, alienation and marginalization at the crossroads of gender, sexuality, race and class. It would be naive to think that all of these problems could only be solved through pacifism; working with or within the system, following dogmatic and assimilative reformist agendas that take over and sell out movements; the answer lies in creative resistance that utilizes a wide diversity of tactics. I think some people have always known this but more need to reject the privileged tendency to reject destruction of property, or of the bodies protecting the state as taboo violence instead of as a legitimate form of resistance. As our collective patience is constantly being worn away by failures of government to address people's actual needs, it is up to our own communities and individuals to decide for themselves what is an appropriate form of self-defense
But I would also like to note that the hyper-spectacularization and priority of violence amongst folks in the movement might also be folly, because I believe it in itself is not sufficient for a real radical transformation of society. People need to look within to make the change they want to see in the world as well as raise hell in the streets. People are improving their communities through their own support, healing circles, discussion groups, rallies, speak-outs, prisoner support, popular education, community health projects and asking hard questions and challenging oppressive thoughts however they manifest.
The ideas and actions that these white supremacists are pushing are dangerous and poisonous and is unfortunately still deeply rooted within the fabric of this society. Racism manifests itself in a number of ways and none can be ignored; from the blatant and overt bigots like those at the meeting in Tinley Park but also the subtle micro-aggressions that people experience on a daily basis. We are all obligated to confront the dead old ways of these oppressive ideologies using every means possible. My actions were in the spirit of continued resistance against racism and fascism and for the rights of people to live without fear of racist attacks. Those in struggle know the risk of jail, pain or death when trying to radically change the structure of society but it is a struggle we cannot ignore and we intend to win!
After the interruption of the meeting in Tinley Park, the organizing group for their economic summit disbanded and the individual who booked the event said that they were "stepping away from white nationalist organizing." When a comrade is arrested the movement bears a high cost but actions like these can prove affective as they dissuade people from joining hate groups and preventing the work that they do. I feel these tactics could also apply to different avenues of struggle, directed towards exploitative bosses, racist cops, gentrifying landlords, sexists anywhere, and fascist politicians.
Some people have speculated my arrest was part of some revenge plot of the FBI because of the hacking and whistle-blowing my brother Jeremy Hammond has done against various sectors of the government and the private intelligent corporations they work with. While I love and support my brother and his actions 1000% and condemn the FBI and the US government for their own cyber wars they wage, I think it is unlikely that was the reason why I was held in custody. As stated earlier, the FBI did provide a report to the local police putting some of their pieces together which raises questions to why they would consider a bunch of neo-nazis getting beat up a matter of national security. Regardless, my brother and I were both apprehended because our actions were not carried out with absolute precision and every precaution made to disguise our identities and ensure we would not be busted.
However, it is absolutely true that we live in a vulnerable society with extreme governmental overreach, where anyone could be subject to surveillance, entrapment, targeted prosecutions and trumped up treason and terrorism charges purely for ideological reasons. It is a context deliberately cooked up by politicians and the national security complex to create fear and distrust amongst activist circles, as we can see looking at the huge number of dissidents who have been jailed or killed. Again, I'll state my respect for political prisoners in any country who are staying strong and struggling to fight the power. I would encourage anyone who considers taking direct action to know why they are doing it and do so carefully as to not jeopardize themselves, their comrades, or the movement itself. A person in prison is another person we have to free.
To those whose worlds were shaken and who are angry or displeased at my actions, remind yourselves humbly of the atrocious history of violence that white supremacy has done and continues to do so to this society and ask yourself, do I support it? Do I benefit from it? Will this be my legacy? Or do I want to change it?
I have set up a blog where I will post updates regularly that will also include my mailing address and visiting hours. Also I will have set up an Amazon Wish List where people can send me some love through books. This will be set up once I arrive at the state prison where I will likely carry out the majority of my sentence. While I am here I intend to make the most of my time staying positive and motivated through reading, working out, and meditating. I am interested in continuing communication and having discussions with people through letters, so please write me when you have the chance!
Yours for the struggle!
With love and rage,
Jason Hammond
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In reaction to this issue (http://code.google.com/p/corsix-th/issues/detail?id=345) I created a concept for the board game in Blender.
3) I love what you did with the jigsaw puzzle. People who know will have a good laugh, and others won't even notice your little easter egg there ;) However I believe that you've used the original base graphics there, which is a no-go if we want this included in CorsixTH. Please use the OpenGFX base set and to be absolutely safe contact the authors for permission to use a screenshot of their work in a derivative work - or else you probably would be forced to release it under GPL, which is what I think they are doing with their base set.
Now in reply to your concern about the suitcase and the car: Don't worry! :D I worked on the car a little this afternoon and it's starting to look great.
I really like it. The car looks nice, maybe you could add some more details like you did with the red and green cars next to the board (the somehow carved in contours which are often found on metal toy cars). I still don't like the syringe though. It looks... too simple for my taste. If you search for pictures of toy syringes you get something more colourful, e. g. this (http://static-p3.fotolia.com/jpg/00/18/76/62/400_F_18766253_aVrH97zRBNQPQaT1BUX3FnKemfMtQcbq.jpg) and that (http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/rookied/rookied0903/rookied090300024/4565478.jpg).
- About the dark humour in Theme hospital I partly agree that's the feel of the original game. For instance, the ending of the intro movie is quite disturbing :o. But the diseases are really funny and not dark at all. The original board scene was also really peaceful. I tend to go for the innocent funny style but maybe there are others who have an opinion about this?
@Lego3: If I find the time I might create a few different pawns and we can have a poll :D.
So its okay to use :D.
Maybe someone else is a real OpenTTD fan who can provide a nice screenshot? ;D If so, the screenshot should be of a snow part in a sub-arctic climate because that gives the best contrast with the rest of the picture.
If you don't know OpenTTD, its a open source clone of the brilliant Transport Tycoon Deluxe and it can be found here: http://www.openttd.org/en/ (http://www.openttd.org/en/) The original graphics are replaced by the free OpenGFX graphics set, which is created by voluntary artists.
Hey, another update on the level change cut-scene, I animated half the scene now. Next step is to add the car :). I left out the surrounding objects because this is just a test render and leaving them out decreased the rendering time quite a bit.
I've been working on the final part of the scene this week, and i'm actually quite happy about it :). I'll render the last part of it tonight (should take 6-7 hours), then some final composting and then I'll post the result tomorrow.
In the last part (which is the heaviest part to render) the board texture and the money aren't updated to their latest version :(. This will cost me another night of rendering so tomorrow it should really be done.
The next step are the sound effects, i found some nice sounds (www.freesound.org (http://www.freesound.org)) but i still need a 'tune' like in the original.
Looks like we are gonna see this in-game :D!
Something that occurs to me:is that for level 12 you have the fire works, should we see them when going to level 12 or should we see them when level 12 has been completed?


रेवाड़ी दिल्ली पैसेन्जर (54086) departs from रेवाड़ी Railway Station at 10:25.
रेवाड़ी दिल्ली पैसेन्जर reach on day 1 to दिल्ली Railway Station. The arrival time of रेवाड़ी दिल्ली पैसेन्जर at दिल्ली Railway Station is 13:35.
रेवाड़ी दिल्ली पैसेन्जर covers 82 km to reach दिल्ली Railway Station at average speed of 26 km/hr. रेवाड़ी दिल्ली पैसेन्जर passes through 18 stations.


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Baring further hitches such as inclement weather condition, major reconstruction work that will involve earth-moving construction equipment on the collapsed Ijora-Apapa-Wharf Road will commence in August, which is just a week away from today, the contractor says.
AG-Dangote Construction Limited, a joint venture company between Andrade Gutierrez (AG) of Brazil and Dangote Group Nigeria, is the contractor handling the reconstruction work that started on July 10, according to the work plan.
The two-phased reconstruction work follows the handing over of the road by the Federal Government to Dangote Group, Flour Mills Limited and Nigerian Ports Authority, who are undertaking the project as part of their corporate social responsibility. The cost of the project is estimated at N4.3 billion.
According to the work-plan, the first phase starts at the port gate and terminates at the Flour Mills-Airways Roundabout. "We are working according to plan; we started with the drainages and we are through with that. We have just started the pavement. It has not been easy because of the rains and traffic in Apapa," Ashif Jumar, AG-Dangote's chief executive, said in a telephone interview.
When BusinessDay visited the project site, it was observed that the Ijora-bound lane of the dual carriageway, stretching about 100 kilometres from Airways Bus Stop, towards Area 'B' Police Command, had been cordoned off, and traffic diverted only to the Apapa-bound lane.
As expected, this has significantly impacted traffic flow, but Jumar hopes that as the weather improves, they would move faster. "This is a 12-month project, but we are hoping that we may be through before that time. We are working with the Ministry of Works, LASTMA, Navy officials and the police to make sure work move fast. We are working according to plan," he said.
Apapa, Nigeria's premier port city, has become a metaphor for suffering and the condition of its roads infrastructure is such that the port city is gradually but steadily assuming the status of a wasteland. The Apapa-Wharf Road is one of the only two major routes to the Apapa and Tin Can ports, which are Nigeria's biggest and busiest ports, generating billions of naira revenue to the government.
Concerned about the deplorable state of the road and its implication to business and economy, Dangote Group, Flour Mills and NPA had to intervene. Aliko Dangote, president, Dongote Group, explained that his company got involved in the repair of the road "because it is very embarrassing.
"We can't just sit and have a road like that which is the heart of trade of the country. More than 60 per cent of our country's imports and exports come through the port and we leave it un-attended. That is why we started on our own and Flour Mills has joined us. But now, government has changed the design because they want all the cables and pipes underground and to have a more robust solution."
According to the business mogul, the grim state of Apapa Road serves as both an embarrassment to the country and a huge loss of close to N140 billion to the government on a weekly basis.
Paul Gbededo, group managing director of Flour Mills Nigeria plc, agrees, estimating that Apapa on daily basis, contributes N20 billion to the national economy, which leaves stakeholders in shock that the port city, despite its strategic importance to the nation's economy, is left in a state of squalor with its infrastructure—roads and bridges turning into death traps.
Both the federal and Lagos State governments seem to have turned blind eyes on this city where it is estimated that N200 billion and N500 million accrue to them respectively on yearly basis. It is a case of neglecting the hen that lays the golden egg.
With the present intervention, however, it is hoped that there will be some relief, but Babatunde Fashola, the minister of power, works and housing, warned at the handover event that while the reconstruction work lasted, there would be some level of inconveniences, and urged cooperation from all stakeholders, including maritime truck owners, tanker drivers, businesses, residents, motorists, etc.
Source: Business Day
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Kevin Givens Provides Spark In Return From Suspension
Shannon Soboslay | Onward State
Penn State football got a key part of its defense back in the lineup for Saturday night's game against Pitt.
Defensive tackle Kevin Givens was suspended for the team's 45-38 victory over Appalachian State due to a violation of team rules, but he got the start in his team's emphatic 51-6 victory over Pitt on Saturday night.
Givens finished tied with Micah Parsons for the team lead in total tackles with seven, two of which came for a loss of yardage. He also drew a holding penalty in Pitt's end zone to force a safety and extend the Nittany Lions' lead to 23-6 midway through the third quarter.
Head coach James Franklin praised No. 30 for his effort following the suspension and emphasized how important the offensive and defensive lines are in the game of football.
"Huge," Franklin said of Givens' involvement in the game. "D-Tackles, defensive linemen, offensive linemen is how this game is made. That's where we're going to win this season. We all realize Kevin Givens is a difference maker."
Senior cornerback Amani Oruwariye, who hauled in his second interception in as many games this season during the victory, also had plenty of praise for Givens and was happy to see him back in the starting lineup.
"He was huge," No. 21 said. "We know what Kevin Givens can bring to this defense. Getting him back was huge, and he definitely helped us spark that defensive line."
Givens' big performance came after the Nittany Lions' front seven struggled mightily against Appalachian State. In week one, the unit tallied just one sack and five tackles-for-loss, but the unit totaled nine TFLs and four sacks in Saturday's victory.
The Altoona native didn't tally a sack in the game, but he finished tied for the team lead with two tackles-for-loss as the Nittany Lions' defense stifled Pitt for most of the second half.
Redshirt freshman KJ Hamler also noticed Givens' strong game and thought that he was a massive part of the team's victory.
"KG did awesome," Hamler said. "He was a big part of our defense that we lost, and now we got him back. I think he performed great. I feel like we're getting back to where we were [with Givens in the lineup]."
Penn State (2-0) will host Kent State on Saturday, September 15 to wrap up its non-conference schedule for the 2018 season.
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Reinforcing steel manufacturing plant to cost over N$3 billion – Tweya
by Rodney Pienaar
The reinforcing steel manufacturing plant is to cost N$3.3 billion of which the project promoters have contributed N$ 1 billion, the minister of industrialisation, Tjikero Tweya announced in parliament last week.
This project was promoted during the Invest in Namibia Investment Conference in November 2016 and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by MK International and Otavi town council.
"The MoU was based on the supply of the secondhand plant from South Korea with a capacity of 380 000 tons per annum. However, Otavi town council revisited this option and the agreement with MK International and opted to terminate the MoU. The decision to terminate was considered favorable for the council which allowed the it to restructure the financial model for a new plant as opposed to a secondhand one," he stated.
He added that in January this year Otavi Rebar Manufacturing entered into an MoU with a new partner, NORIC Steel, a Switzerland based company and this new agreement is based on the supply of a new plant with a 400 000 ton per annum capacity.
Tweya also said that the shareholding ratio will be 51% NORIC: 49% Otavi Rebar Manufacturing and Namibia is currently engaged in twin drives to construct affordable housing and infrastructure.
"In order to reduce its dependence on imported construction material, the project is a response to a government request for increased manufacturing of building supplies, including cement, and other products to meet the rapidly rising demand. By developing local manufacturing of building supplies, the country will buffer itself against unexpected gaps in imported supplies," he stated.
He added that at present there is no rebar manufacturing facility in Namibia and they have to be imported.
In 2014 the market for rebar in Namibia was estimated at 155 000 tonnes and the demand is projected to grow more than 9% per annum in line with the projected growth of infrastructure and construction projects.
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Supreme being: Proton's newest model, the Suprima S will arrive with more equipment than previous models and wearing a 'handling by lotus' badge.
MALAYSIAN car-maker Proton has revealed a new contender set to take on Australia's single biggest market segment – the Preve-based small hatchback called the Suprima S.
The new model will form part of the struggling Proton brand's current campaign to boost its sales in Australia, following the launch of the Preve sedan earlier this year, and is being billed as the first model since the Satria GTi of the 1990s with high-level handling development by Lotus Engineering.
While Proton Cars Australia previously announced that a Preve hatch would arrive by mid-2013, the company is still to confirm a launch date for Suprima.
More details will follow at a media event scheduled for later next week, but two variants are confirmed for Australia – GX and GXR – with both to be powered by a 103kW/205Nm 1.6-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, driving the front wheels through either a six-speed manual or seven-speed CVT automatic gearbox.
Significantly, Proton says the Suprima will be better equipped than any previous model it has sold in Australia, with standard features across the range expected to include an Android-based information and entertainment system (incorporating a seven-inch touchscreen), a hill-holder, daytime running lights and park-assist technology with front and rear sensors.
Key safety equipment includes six airbags, electronic stability/traction control and ABS brakes, while the Previa's five-star crash-test rating from the independent ANCAP authority also bodes well for the related Suprima.
The top-spec GXR version will be fitted with 17-inch alloy wheels, leather seats, push-button start, cruise control and, on the CVT model, paddle-shift gear selectors.
The Suprima will benefit from Proton's recently introduced '5 Star Program', which includes five years of warranty, roadside assistance and capped-price servicing.
Pricing for is yet to be announced but is likely to be slightly upstream of the recently discounted Previa, which starts from $15,990 driveaway and relies on a normally aspirated 80kW/160Nm version of the 1.6-litre engine.
The turbocharged engine was previously slated for the Preve sedan as well, but this is still to be confirmed.
All Proton models are described as 'Engineered by Lotus' but the Suprima is said to carry unique badges and is set to be the sportiest small car to come from the Malaysian brand since the Satria GTi.
Proton Cars Australia general sales and marketing manager Billy Falconer told GoAuto that the company is excited about the "onslaught of launches" planned for Australia.
"We will give more details on what our plans are soon but there are some very exciting times ahead for Proton," he said.
As GoAuto has reported, the Preve has had negligible cut-through since its introduction at the Sydney motor show last October (when orders were first taken) and its subsequent arrival in showrooms in February.
Just 152 vehicles had been sold to the end of July, with total Proton sales down 48 per cent over the first seven months with just 353 units for the entire brand across the four-model range still in service (Persona, Gen.2 and S16, along with Preve).


My sweet Gracie got hitched to the love of her life this last month located at Five Crowns Restaurant, Corona Del Mar, and they had quite the crew to make this day the perfect memory for them. I helped garnish the sweetheart table and dessert table. Her local floral team, Botanica Floral added elegant fall floral arrangements. While, her parents brought the pomegranates for all the garlands and the local shop Simply Set Cakery brought all the goodies.
Congratulations to Dan and Grace. The Lord has been so sweet and so good to them. Thank you for letting me be a part of your wedding. Here are some snapshots from the reception.
Photobooth: I love this backdrop painted on a vinyl by Grace and Dan's friend Ro. Such vibrant colors!
Back to doing some calligraphy for the dessert table.


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Wetherby Choral Society returns
Wetherby Choral Society is returning to the performance platform after a long Covid enforced silence.
Wetherby Choral Society.
The renowned group will perform Rutter's Feel the Spirit and Haydn's Nelson Mass at St James' Parish Church, Wetherby, on November 20 at 7.30pm.
A Society spokesman said: "Feel the Spirit is a cycle of seven strong, stirring spirituals in vivid arrangements by the ever-popular John Rutter.
"Haydn's Nelson Mass is one of the six commissioned by the Esterhazy family in the late eighteenth century and is regarded by Haydn's biographer, Robbins Landon, as his 'greatest single composition'.
"We are really excited at the prospect of singing together again and look forward to welcoming people to this concert."
The Musical Director will be John Dunford and soloists Sarah Power (Soprano), Karina Lucas (Alto), Stephen Newlove (Tenor) and Phil Wilcox (Bass). The orchestra is the Wetherby Pro Musica.
Tickets £17, (18s and under free) available from: The Ticket Manager: 07860 454894, email: [email protected] or Nicolla Florist, 1, Bank Street, Wetherby (01937 585233).


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Part Time Medical Billing and Coding Instructor
The University of North Georgia
UNG - Multi Campus
Education, Educational Administration & Leadership, Health & Medical, Medicine
Job Title: Part Time Medical Billing and Coding Instructor
Location: UNG - Multi Campus
Located in the fastest-growing region of the state, the University of North Georgia is a multi-campus university with an enrollment of nearly 20,000 students, making it one of the largest institutions in the University System of Georgia. UNG is focused on a mission of educational excellence, leadership development and community engagement opportunities that develop students into leaders for a diverse and global society. Through a variety of educational pathways that provide access and range from certificates and associate degrees to a professional doctoral program, UNG is responsive to regional education and economic development needs. Federally designated as a senior military college, one of the university's signature leadership programs is its 800-member Corps of Cadets on UNG's Dahlonega Campus.
The University of North Georgia Professional and Continuing Education Division is seeking student-focused instructors to teach non-credit courses in Medical Billing and Coding. Courses are designed for adult learners on our Cumming, Dahlonega, and Gainesville campuses. Courses typically meet two times per week day or evening with in-person and online options.
Prepare and deliver classroom lectures and labs during the required course hours using provided instructional materials and instructor-chosen supplemental resources that adequately cover the knowledge, skills, terminology, goals and objectives of each chapter.
Ensure instruction and materials reflect current standards of practice and remain informed of changes to accepted procedures and standards of practice.
Incorporate knowledge components of the national certification exam in classroom and laboratory instruction.
Use laboratory exercises to reinforce clinical skills and to closely model typical working environments in the particular medical field.
Use both written and clinical assessment to help students identify areas that need additional study and practice.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of student attendance and progress and communicate any issues to PCE staff in a timely manner.
Make recommendations for additions to or upgrading of overall curriculum, course materials, lab spaces, and textbooks.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Must be punctual and dependable.
Must present "self" as a professional role model at all times.
Strong computer skills needed.
High School diploma/GED Required.
Possess current knowledge of and 5+ years of experience in medical billing and coding.
Must have experience with the Zoom platform as well as reliable internet connection.
Medical Billing and Coding certificate preferred.
Prior adult instructional experience is preferred, but not required.
Required Documents to Attach
Conditions of Employment
Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background investigation including a criminal background check demonstrating your eligibility for employment with the University of North Georgia, as determined by University of North Georgia in its sole discretion, confirmation of the credentials and employment history reflected in your application materials and, if applicable, a satisfactory credit check. Applicants may be subject to a pre-employment drug test.
The University of North Georgia, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sex or national origin, age, disability, religion, genetics or veteran status. Georgia is an open records state. Also, UNG is a federal contractor and desires priority referrals of protected veterans.
This role is considered a position of trust.
Special Applicant Instructions
Please submit contact information for three professional references.
The University of North Georgia is a member of the University System of Georgia and holds designations as a state leadership institution and as The Military College of Georgia. With more than 18,000 students, the University of North Georgia is one of the state's largest public universities. The regional, multi-campus university offers more than 100 programs of study ranging from certificate and associate's degrees to professional doctoral programs.
The University of North Georgia's educational experience provides a solid foundation to help students become civic, professional and military leaders who serve communities locally and globally. UNG's student-focused environment includes quality education, service, inquiry, and creativity.
UNG is one of only six senior military colleges in the United States and its residential Army ROTC program consistently ranks among the best in the country. UNG competes in NCAA Division II in baseball, softball, golf, basketball, soccer, mixed rifle, and women's cross country.
The University of North Georgia has seven academic colleges and institutes: the College of Arts and Letters, the Mike Cottrell College of Business, the College of Science and Mathematics, the College of Education, the College of Health Professions, University College, and the Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis.
At the undergraduate level, UNG offers the Associate of Arts (A.A.) and the Associate of Science (A.S.) degrees and the Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS); Bachelor of Arts (BA); Bachelor of Science (BS); Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA); Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA); and Bachelor of Science-Nursing (BSN).
Graduate degrees offered at UNG include: Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT); Education Specialist in School Leadership (EDSSL); Master of Education (Med); Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT); Master of Arts in history (MA); Master of Arts in International Affairs (MAIA); Master of Science in clinical mental health counseling (MS); Master of Science in family nurse practitioner (MS); Master of Science in nursing education (MS); Master of Science in physical education (MS); Master of Science in criminal justice (MS); Master of Public Administration (MPA); Master of Business Administration (MBA); Master of Music (MM).
The University of North Georgia was formed through the consolidation of North Georgia College & State University and Gainesville State College, two of the top-performing schools in the University System of Georgia, in January 2013. Positioned in the fastest-growing region of the state, UNG comprises five campuses and online opportunities united by a single mission focused on academic excellence and academic and co-curricular programs that develop students into leaders for a diverse and global society.
UNG's campuses are located across the northeast Georgia region in Blue Ridge, Cumming, Dahlonega, Gainesville, and Oconee County. With easy access to metro Atlanta and Georgia's mountain and piedmont areas, the region features vibrant cultural and recreational opportunities, including Lake Lanier and the the Appalachian Trail.
The University of North Georgia is part of the University System of Georgia Complete College Georgia (CCG) initiative to improve the retention, progression, and graduation of students. Grounded in the successes and strengths of the past and inspired by the potential of the new University of North Georgia, UNG's Complete College Georgia plan seeks to advance educational attainment in the northern part of the state, contributing to the region's workforce and economic prosperity.
To obtain application information for the University of North Georgia, call the Admissions Office at 706-864-1800, or for a closer look at the university, visit www.ung.edu.


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IS4C stands for Integrated Systems for Co-ops. It started a number of years ago as an effort in integrating the database systems within the Wedge Community Co-op in Minneapolis. The Point of Sales system in use at the Wedge at the time seriously left something to be desired. To make up for the short-comings of the POS, the Wedge built, first, an alternative system to extract and clean up data from the POS for sales reporting. Slowly the system was integrated with other existing systems, such as membership and accounting. The Wedge then took a leap and built an alternative back end maintenance system, where integrated data was fed to the POS. What the Wedge could not do was to alter and customize in any way the POS itself. All these alternative systems, laboriously built around the POS, while giving us what we wanted were "work arounds" that required maintenance in themselves.
In the summer of 2001, a group of IT managers from various co-ops around the country descended on a retail trade show in Chicago. It did not pass unnoticed that many companies at the show were flirting with the idea of web-based applications. That was at the end of the dot com bubble. The bubble had burst, but the technology developed for the web during the heady days remained, and it was a valid technology. After the trade show, the Wedge tried its hands on developing an actual POS using web based technology. Development was rapid. Within a year it was fully implemented. The system was called WedgePOS at the Wedge. With a customized back end already built, and having our own POS, the electronic system at the Wedge become fully integrated - or rather, fully integratable, as full integration is always a work in progress.
It was then realized that the system would be of value to other co-ops. The advantages of having such a system were three fold: Firstly, The source code is available to the co-op using it, and therefore can be altered at will to implement the specific needs of the co-op. Secondly, The database managment system was "open architecture", meaning sales data could be extracted at will for customized reports of any kind, and thirdly, having complete access to the POS, code and data, would allow for data integration with other database systems, such as membership, payroll, accounting, as so on, within the organization. The decision was made to think of a way to give out what code we can so that other co-ops might share in the results of our work.
The question arose as to what we could give out. The original impetus for the project was not to make our own cash registers - cash registers could be bought at relatively low costs - but to make our point of sales an integral part of our data system. The WedgePOS could therefore be thought of as part of an integrated system that happened to be able to ring up grocery sales at designated workstations. In the end, the part that was given out was the code that ran on those workstations. IS4C was at first the working name for the effort in bringing the system beyond the Wedge. Later, as the project grew, IS4C became identified with the code which was then official released under the GNU GPL license.
An article on IS4C in the Co-op Grocer gives a more detailed description.


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Brad Paisley leads CMA noms with six
Brad Paisley leads the Country Music Association Award nominees with six, while Taylor Swift snagged a nomination for entertainer of the year, the show's highest honor.
By Associated Press, AP
September 9, 2009 11:08am
NASHVILLE — Brad Paisley leads the Country Music Association Award nominees with six, while Taylor Swift snagged a nomination for entertainer of the year, the show's highest honor.
The 19-year-old sensation is the first female solo artist to be nominated for the top award since 2000.
Swift joins Keith Urban, George Strait, Jamey Johnson and Zac Brown with four nominations each.
The CMAs on Wednesday announced five categories on ABC's "Good Morning America," and the rest later in the morning on the CMT network.
Swift's album "Fearless" has sold more than 3 million copies and made her the top-selling act in country and in pop. Her competitors in the top category are Kenny Chesney, Strait, Paisley, and Urban. She was also nominated for female vocalist of the year, along with Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood.
"To country music radio and the fans and anybody who voted for the CMAs this year, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you," Swift said in a video posted on her MySpace page, counting out four thank-yous for each nomination.
Darius Rucker — the former Hootie and the Blowfish singer whose transition to country music was embraced by fans — was nominated for male vocalist of the year, along with veterans like Strait, Paisley, Chesney and Urban.
"It feels great. It feels like I'm part of the family," said Rucker, who along with Lee Ann Womack announced the nominations on ABC.
"I love being in country music because of the accessibility and the relationships you have with fans and with radio is awesome."
Rucker was also nominated for new artist of the year along with Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Jake Owen and the Zac Brown Band.
Womack was another nominee Wednesday morning: her song with George Strait, "Everything But Quits," was nominated for vocal event of the year. Also nominated were "Cowgirls Don't Cry," by the soon-to-be disbanded Brooks & Dunn and McEntire; "I Told You So," by Underwood and Randy Travis; "Down the Road" by Chensey and Mac McAnally; and "Old Enough," by the rock group Racounteurs, Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe.
Houser, who announced the rest of the nominations on a live broadcast of "CMT Insider" from a Nashville studio, said getting the nomination for the new artist category is a honor he's been patiently waiting on.
"I've told myself for so many years, 'Maybe next year, maybe next year,"' said Houser, who also was nominated for his music video, "Boots On."
He credited his record label with coming up with the idea of the music video, which featured a toddler rocking out to his song on a toy guitar.
The CMA Awards, now in its 43rd year, are scheduled for Nov. 11 on ABC, with Underwood and Paisley as hosts.
A list of CMA nominees follows:
Entertainer of the year
Female vocalist
Martina McBride
Male vocalist of the year
Darius Rucker
New artist of the year
Vocal group of the year
Little Big Town
Vocal duo of the year
Big & Rich
Joey + Rory
"Chicken Fried" by Zac Brown Band, produced by Keith Stegall, Atlantic Records
"I Run to You" by Lady Antebellum, produced by Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley, Capitol Records Nashville
"In Color" by Jamey Johnson, produced by The Kent Hardly Playboys, Mercury Nashville
"People Are Crazy" by Billy Currington, produced by Carson Chamberlain and Billy Currington, Mercury Nashville
"Then" by Brad Paisley, produced by Frank Rogers and Chris DuBois, Arista Nashville
"American Saturday Night" by Brad Paisley, produced by Frank Rogers and Chris DuBois, Arista Nashville
"Defying Gravity" by Keith Urban, produced by Dann Huff and Keith Urban, Capitol Records Nashville
"Fearless" by Taylor Swift, produced by Nathan Chapman and Taylor Swift, Big Machine Records
"Love on the Inside" by Sugarland, produced by Byron Gallimore, Kristian Bush, and Jennifer Nettles, Mercury Nashville
"That Lonesome Song" by Jamey Johnson, produced by The Kent Hardly Playboys, Mercury Records
"Chicken Fried" by Zac Brown/Wyatt Durrette
"I Told You So" by Randy Travis
"In Color" by Jamey Johnson/Lee Thomas Miller/James Otto
"People Are Crazy" by Bobby Braddock/Troy Jones
"Then" by Brad Paisley/Chris DuBois/Ashley Gorley
Musical event of the year
"Cowgirls Don't Cry" by Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire, Arista Nashville
"Down the Road" by Kenny Chesney (with Mac McAnally), Blue Chair Records, LLC & BNA Records
"Everything But Quits" by Lee Ann Womack (duet with George Strait), MCA Nashville
"I Told You So" by Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis, 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville
"Old Enough" by the Raconteurs featuring Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe, Third Man Records/Warner Bros. Records
Music video of the year
"Boots On" by Randy Houser, directed by Eric Welch
"Love Story" by Taylor Swift, directed by Trey Fanjoy
"People Are Crazy" by Billy Currington, directed by The Brads
"Start a Band" by Brad Paisley (duet with Keith Urban), directed by Jim Shea
"Troubadour" by George Strait, directed by Trey Fanjoy
Musician of the year
Eddie Bayers Drums
Paul Franklin Steel Guitar
Dann Huff Guitar
Brent Mason Guitar
Mac McAnally Guitar
Donald Trump, Randal Pinkett - SPLIT
'An Affair to Remember' Actress Neva Patterson Dies at 90


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How to Care For Home Movies
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So you've captured the grandkids singing in the park -- but how can you be sure those memories will be preserved properly?
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Walk into any home of a certain age (or with residents of a certain age), and it's pretty much guaranteed that somewhere -- most likely in a dank basement or attic -- you'll find a moldering crate of old home movies. When you stumble across a treasure trove like this, your first instinct might be to watch them right away -- or have them converted immediately into DVDs. But curb that instinct for just a second: There are a few steps you need to follow before you take any kind of leap with old home movies. We'll walk you through them in this article so you can make sure all your precious memories of Great Aunt Ida are perfectly preserved.
Before You Watch Your Movie
We know you're pretty psyched to have found the footage from your first trip to Disney World, but hang on: You should examine the film or videotape first to see if it's even playable. If it's in bad shape, you could damage it even further by shoving it into an ancient projector or player. You can fix some film problems -- like broken splices and torn side perforations -- but it's often more difficult to repair a videotape without destroying the case. If you're dealing with 8- or 16-mm film, here are a few signs that it might need professional help (or be beyond repair):
a vinegary odor (caused by decomposition of the acetate film)
shrinkage (even 1 percent shrinkage could cause damage in a projector or splicer)
If you find out that your film is viewable -- and your projector is in working order -- by all means, go ahead and enjoy the footage of your 2-year-old self meeting Mickey and Minnie. But how do you store it when you're done?
Film seems so old-fashioned and fragile, but it's actually much tougher than other home-movie formats. In the perfect environment (55 degrees Fahrenheit, 40 percent humidity), it can last 125 years! VHS tapes are good for about 15 years, and DVDs, shockingly, top out at only five. But the average home is too hot and humid for film -- its shelf life drops to 40 to 50 years at 70 degrees and 50 percent humidity.
Packing It Up
If you want to preserve your memories in their original state, there are specific storage requirements for each format -- none of which involves attics or basements. And if you're dealing with a bunch of different formats, you can't just dump them all in one box. Here's what you need to do:
16mm film: Wind film onto cores (as opposed to reels) that are at least 3 inches in diameter, which minimizes curling. Store flat in metal or cardboard archival cans, but don't tape them shut! You do want some circulation.
8mm and Super 8 film: Should be left on plastic reels and put in archival cans.
VHS: Store vertically in plastic cases, ideally at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and 40 percent humidity.
CDs and DVDs: Store vertically in jewel cases, then put the cases in special plastic or steel storage containers. The ideal conditions are 62 to 70 F with 35 to 50 percent humidity.
If all this seems like a huge hassle -- or you don't think you can maintain the right conditions -- you can always store your movies at a professional archive. Whatever you decide, though, you need backup. On the next page, we'll talk about converting your movies.
Going Digital
Film purists might insist that watching Super 8 movies with a projector and screen is the only way to go. But let's face it: It's a whole lot easier to enjoy them on DVD. And even if you have your film perfectly stored, disasters happen -- you should absolutely convert your movies to a digital format to make sure you never lose them.
If you have your film or videotapes professionally converted to DVD, make sure to get a master copy of the footage on industrial digital videotape -- not every company does this, but it's well worth the extra expense. That way, you'll always have a backup if you lose or damage a DVD, and you'll easily be able to convert your movies again whenever the next newfangled format pops up. And it's probably a good idea to put the backup tape in a safe deposit box.
You can also convert your movies on your own -- we'll talk about that on the next page.
Home Movie Day
If you find a real gem in that old box of movies, enter it in Home Movie Day! Venues around the world participate in this event that celebrates family and community history. To check out some examples of what's been shown on Home Movie Day, check out the Living Room Cinema section of the site. Trust us, it's a great way to get lost for a couple of hours … at least [source: Home Movie Day].
DIY Movie Converting
There are a number of ways to convert your movies into a digital format -- some are more effective than others, of course. Videotape might be easiest: You can buy a VHS-to-PC converter that plugs directly into your computer (it should also work with old camcorders). Film-to-digital is more problematic. You can go old-school and use a camcorder to record the action from the movie screen, but the resolution will obviously be pretty bad. There are other methods, but most of them are fairly complicated and involve outdated and hard-to-find equipment. We say pony up the dough and get it done right by a professional -- but do your research and make sure you get that digital backup (and your originals returned, of course). Be sure to keep the originals! As we've learned, film can outlast any other format -- it would be a shame to throw it out.
For more information on home movie preservation, go to the next page.
If you're really serious about preserving your film, you need to freeze it. Seal the film cans with archival tape, wrap the cans in two airtight freezer bags, and stick 'em in the freezer. When you're ready to watch the film, thaw it out in the fridge -- a 16mm reel should be ready for viewing in about three hours [source: FilmForever.org]
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