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Sunil Sunder Raj
Growing up Mackenzie Evans always played sports whether it was basketball, soccer and baseball. Since Evans' father Ted coached football and basketball, her desire to play sports was in the environment around her as well.
"I have a twin brother(Matthew) and growing up we were very competitive with each other when it came to sports. He started playing basketball, my Dad was a coach and I knew I wanted to play. Playing against my brother since I was eight years old, one on one in the driveway every single day where it ended up with someone in tears or hurt"
At Woodcliff Lake Middle School Evans played basketball and volleyball. At Pascack Hills High School is where she flourished both on and off the court as a four-year member of the basketball and volleyball teams, two-year starter for basketball and three-year starter for volleyball and all-league honorable mention in both sports as a junior while having her Dad coach her the last two years. In her senior year is where Evans flourished captaining both squads, leading volleyball to an undefeated championship season and being named to the second-team all-league. On the academic front, she was an honor student.
"I learned how to be competitive at Pascack Hills High School and our teams' were not the best and I was not the best player but as a senior and captain of the team always tried to set a good example for the underclassmen in trying to do the right thing and what the varsity coaches expected out of the players,"
"Cross training is so important for athletes especially at the high school level because you become more versatile and teaching your muscles different things. Volleyball helped me with basketball in getting rebounds and quick thinking. You don't know what you are good at and developing a sense of competition all year round and when you go into championship season you are used to it and don't get scared"
"Academically I always tried hard in school and my parents' made sure I take school seriously before sports and my hard work paid off. Working for something, doing your best and seeing how it pays off is really cool. My parents' played a huge role in my athletic career, we had one rule growing up that you had to finish the season and if you did not want to do the sport the next season you didn't have to and something to do this day I still think about and give it my all and 100 percent"
Deciding to attend Rutgers University, Evans wanted to try a new challenge not only majoring in communications but also joining the rowing team. "Rowing is not that popular in North Jersey, didn't know what it was in high school and when I committed to Rutgers I wanted to be a part of something that made it small and joining rowing a good way to do that. To see athletes from New Jersey and Rutgers was very cool especially from Bergen County awesome,"
"70 girls on the team and everywhere I went I knew someone on the team. My freshman year learning what rowing is like and how hard it is. Most of my teammates were doing it for the first time. "Being in a sport that is different and not what everyone is doing and you have to turn things down when you have to practice"
"Rowing is definitely the hardest sport mentally and physically I ever done since playing basketball and volleyball in high school. Waking up at 6 in the morning, going to the boathouse and training for two hours. Eating lunch in the afternoon then going to lift with our coach on the rowing machine. Two practice sessions every day except for Sunday and Thursday mornings. Very demanding, not everyone can do it and people quit mid-season"
Just when things were starting to turn the corner, more changes were in store with a new coaching staff. Evans gives credit to head Coach Justin Price for bringing in a new attitude and direction. "Our coaching staff was new last year and did not know what to expect. We knew our program needed a change because we were losing and morale was very low"
"When the new coaches came in they were honestly the best I ever had besides my Dad. They had big goals for our team and knew what it took to achieve them. Our new coach Justin Price said it's not what we got but how we do it meaning our training program does not determine our success but more how we approach the training with the right attitude and work ethic and since day one he wrote down May 19thbecause that is the day of the Big Ten Conference(Rowing Championships) and every day focused our training for that day"
"When we would come to the end of the workout and it was really tough and I wanted to quit or give up I would think of May 19thand how I wanted to feel on that day and I knew I gave it everything I had"
Part of the Varsity Four boat, Evans and the rest of her Scarlet Knights teammates finished fourth in the Big Ten Championships, the best in program history. They ranked 11that the 2019 NCAA Championships and qualified for the first time since 2001. She enjoyed success in athletics but also enjoyed it academically last year, as Evans earned All-Academic Big 10 and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award.
"Varsity Four is very different from than being in an eight with less people, technique is a very big thing and little changes affect the boat, Evans said. Everyone wanted to do well and knew what it took to click with the three other girls in the boat and rocked on that stage"
"This year has been pretty crazy, my freshman year none of this would be imaginable for me and came a long way since then. The highest point reaching the Big Ten and qualifying for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2001 and we put a lot of hard work in every single day and definitely earned everything that came our way. My teammates are my best friends and definitely would not love the sport if they were not around. The strongest women I have ever seen in my life. Seeing our team at the its worst and then at best a really cool way to end my career"
"You learn so many lessons in sports, so transferable in life and makes real life problems so much easier to deal with. At such a young age to have a better grasp of the world, how to deal with conflict and be on a team. Following your dreams, wanting to be the best you can and nothing more bad ass than being a tough, smart and strong"
Evans goes back to the support she has received from her parents and grandmother on her Mom's side of the family for her success in athletics in high school and college. "My Mom(Terri) is the most supportive person ever, waking me up at 6:30 a.m. for practice and making sure I would be awake and if I overslept. She always made me feel the best"
"Since my Dad has that successful sports background, he is very honest with me so it's nice to have that positivity and constructive feedback. I remember growing up my Dad coached me and never gave me special treatment or the easy way out and sometimes throwing me out of practice and benching me during games or screaming in my face. Him being a football coach and athlete in college, he is my hero and seeing how successful he is in athletics really inspired me to do well and be like him. Having that at such a young age made me reflect as an athlete and how I can improve and do better and wouldn't be able to do anything without them"
"My grandma, everyone in town knows her as "Nanny" has been a huge part of my athletic career as well, she has come to every single game/match/race of mine since I was kid. She doesn't know much about sports but is and has always been the loudest one cheering even at her old age"
Now Evans will take her experience and talent up to Boston working for Hydrow. "I chose communications because I had no idea what I wanted to do and felt is was broad enough and like to write. A coach from Hydro reached out to my coach. Now I'm going to be a trainer where I will make workouts and teach people how to row"
"Rowing is really taking off, so many opportunities and scholarships as you as you like to be competitive, mentally competitive and be part of a team. You can be on a rowing team at the collegiate level but be able to put up with the demands of the sport. Everyone knows someone that has rowed and how I got my job"
Sunil is the Rockland Boulders Beat Writer for DoubleGSports.com and also covers North Jersey High School Sports
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Хон Йон-Чо е севернокорейски футболист, нападател. Бивш капитан на националния отбор на КНДР.

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Започва кариерата си в армейския отбор "25 април", където е една от звездите на отбора. От 2002 е национал на Северна Корея. Между 2004 и 2007 отбелязва 41 попадения за 25 април. В началото на 2008 преминава в сръбския ФК Бежания, където отбелязва 1 попадение в 7 мача. На 5 август 2008 подписва в ФК Ростов, намиращ се тогава в Първа дивизия. На следващия ден дебютира в мач срещу ФК Урал. До края на сезона Чо вкарва 2 гола и печели Първа дивизия. На следващия сезон е преследван от травми и отбелязва само 1 гол, който е срещу ЦСКА Москва, а Ростов побеждава с 2 – 1 в мача. През 2010 изиграва само 1 мач в клуба си, но става голмайстор на КНДР в квалификациите за световното първенство с 4 гола и помага на страната си да се класира. Той е капитан на отбора на Мондиала, но КНДР не спечелва нито една точка. След края на сезона разтрогва с Ростов и се връща в "25 април". През 2011 участва на Купата на Азия с националния отбор.

Източници
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The seat is Aconchi.

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Localities
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Municipalities of Sonora


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The son of Zeus fights through trials and tribulations to earn his way back to immortality and Mount Olympus.
Hercules, much like Aladdin and Lion King, is a great example of Disney-fied source material. Whilst Aladdin is the Disney adaptation of Arabian Nights and Lion King is a re-working of Hamlet, Hercules takes the vast and sprawling tales told over the centuries of a demigod called Heracles and pulls them into a 90 minute long narrative. With the monumental difference between the magnitude of the source material and the time in which Disney must tell this story, there are obviously going to come downfalls. To some, one of these downfalls would be the complete reinvention of Greek mythology. We could spend all day listing the ways in which the tales of Hercules have been skewed, but the main difference would probably be that Hercules isn't the son of Hera…
… who is Zeus' older sister as well as the goddess of women and marriage. Disney glance over these facts, leaving you to believe that Hera isn't Hercules' step-mother, instead his birth mother, and that she isn't Zeus' sister. More significantly, they completely disregard the fact that she was supposed to have absolutely despised Hercules – so much so that she constantly tried to have him killed. And by constantly, I mean time and time and time and time again. This is all because, as mentioned, Hera is the goddess of women and marriage. Married to her younger brother Zeus, which made her queen of Olympus, she was cheated on (Zeus did this quite a lot – notoriously so) when he slept with Alcmene, a mortal and Hercules' birth mother who is reduced to his foster mother by Disney. This, understandably so, infuriated Hera on many, many levels; hence the constant murderous ploys. Coming back to Alcmene, however….
Alcmene is not only supposed to have had other sons, Hercules' brothers that we never see, but was a princess, granddaughter to Perseus – which makes her Zeus' great granddaughter. And to top it all off she was said to have been as beautiful as Aphrodite.
We could go on, but there isn't much of a point. All we need to ask is if this reinvention is justified and if it works. In my opinion, yes on both fronts. Greek mythology is astoundingly vast and the subject of a plethora of remakes and adaptations. Disney need not be faithful to the source material as there isn't really one true and singular author nor source. Moreover, if you want access to more 'accurate versions' you have more than enough material out there to find. And so the most crucial observation in this regard links back to The Lion King and Aladdin. Whilst Disney aren't providing us something entirely original, they are attempting to make something new – and that's something I'm more than willing to embrace.
As implied, however, I do think there are downfalls to this approach that Disney has always taken from Snow White onward. The incredibly condensed run times of Disney features doesn't allow the best of pacing in regard to pivotal character moments and emotional beats. That is to say that we're never really given time to digest the nuances of a character's arc. We arguably see this in every Disney film, and whilst it is handled well with montage at times, there are moments like the one in which Hercules finds out that Meg has (kind of) double crossed him…
… that just aren't too satisfying as they're jumped past far too quickly. Within Hercules this partly comes down to the direction and animation style; it's simply not as powerful or expressive as that seen in something such as Dumbo.
The reason why Hercules isn't as poignant as Dumbo comes down to the application of simplicity and pure cinema; Dumbo makes masterful transitions between dialogue heavy sequences and scenes in which you only rely on the image and music alone to understand the story whilst Hercules does not.
This is just a minor flaw that I see in Hercules however. For the most part, Hercules is a highly immersive and enjoyable film with some great songs and ingenious choices in regard to an approach to this classical narrative. The greatest of these choices has to be the disregard of Charlton Heston's opening narration for that of the 5 Muses.
And this marks the best aspect of Hercules. It measuredly brings a tale from antiquity toward the contemporary – and purposefully so. In such, the references to the future and pop culture within Hercules allows for a commentary on modern day consumerism and idealism that always has been, and still is, relevant. The best sequence in which to see this is certainly the montage of Hercules' many labours…
From shoe deals to credit cards to action figures to stores to drinks, Hercules' rise is used to comment on what 'zero to hero' actually means. To many, it means earning money, fame and notoriety, but 'true heroism' is a lot more abstract and harder to obtain. In such, this film means to ask its audience (young kids and teens) who their idols should be and what they should mean to them.
A nice parallel that is brought up with the reference to Air-Hercs is one to Michael Jordan.
From around 84 to 93 Jordan was in a league of his own in the NBA, gaining unimaginable fame and fortune. But, then came the whole gambling controversy and then his retirement from basketball so he could play baseball. Following this was his return to basketball and arguably his redemption. A child aspiring to be 'like Mike' could take many things away from his career up into the late 90s. One of the worst takeaways however would probably this symbol…
To want to be like Mike is fine. But, if you only want the shoes that are named after you, you're probably doing it for the wrong reasons. To be like Mike should mean you aspire to one day reach or surpass his skill level; to be as dedicated and hardworking as him. In such, idols should be an intellectual and emotional symbol of heroism (of any sort) rather than a piece of fashion – and this is the simple point that is made throughout this narrative.
Hercules is not just about going from zero to hero, much rather, going the distance – a distance that transcends a simpler idea of getting rich and becoming famous. So, like Mike, Hercules, in the most cinematic of ways, learns of self-sacrifice and determination…
And so, whilst we may come away from this narrative with an image such as this…
… we have only got to this point by taking Hercules' journey of endurance with him. In such, we are made to understand that this symbol of heroism isn't one earned through punching things, but through a much more sustainable model of power and influence; empathy, self-sacrifice and love.
Without getting too soppy, this is a key change to the story of Hercules. In the mythological tales he wins Meg by defeating the Minyans (a group of people who inhabited an area around what we've come to call The Mediterranean Sea) at Orchomenos. He has 8 children with her before one day killing them all – this was all, as to be expected, Hera's doing, who put him in a state of delusion. Hercules then later goes on to marry another woman called Deianeira, who inadvertently poisons him when she assumes he is pursuing another woman (Iole). She does this with the blood of a centaur Hercules killed with a poison arrow, thinking that it would act as a love potion. The burn of this poison, which Deianeira doused one of his tunics in, is so intense that Hercules eventually gets a friend to set him on fire and is allowed to die. And this is how he gains his way into Olympus as a God. Heroic, right?
To condense Hercules' story into a Disney film like this would obviously produce the most confusing of messages; one that seems to conclude that you should conquer and kill a lot before being destroyed by your own ego and allowed to become a God. This is why Disney have opted for this differing path toward Olympus for Hercules – which he ultimately denies. And as morally simplistic and bland as that seems, this narrative design holds weight when we consider celebrities that fall into the class of someone such as Charlie Sheen…
Whilst Sheen didn't gain his initial fame from this, 'tiger blood' will certainly go down as a major chapter in his book of legacy. And more and more, seemingly, we gravitate towards bombshell personalities; we look for the loud and explosive who somehow made it from zero to hero without assessing their true worth. To directly contradict myself, this has probably been the case throughout history; the idea of a zero to hero comes before questions of substance. And this is what the narrative of Hercules is attempting to combat. Instead of heroism being a quantifiable status earned arbitrarily and through lowly means of achieving fame, Disney's story of Hercules takes a moment to define what it means to be a hero, to then say to its audience that, if you want to be remembered like this…
… you'll not only need to go through hell many times over, but be willing to step out to just this:
Moreover, a symbol of your achievement, such as this…
… isn't so much for you, but a testament to how you got to this final point and to those who helped you get there – and all for others to see and learn from.
This is why, though it is simple, Hercules is a triumphant Disney classic. It not only plays with form and reinvents an ancient tale to create something that is, under the guise of entertainment, new, but it uses this pop-centic approach to say something with some amount of weight about how we select and view our idols.
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How Much Should You Share With Your Spouse?
Honesty is the basis of intimacy in any relationship — and that rings especially true for marriage. "Without honesty," says April Masini, relationship expert and advice columnist, "you second-guess people, and doubt the relationship."
There is a line between sharing and over-sharing however; it's drawn in different ways for every couple. "Some couples thrive on knowing every detail of each other's' day," says Masini. "Other couples do really well by sharing on a need-to-know basis."
The trick, Masini says, "is to know what the other person needs from you to feel secure — as well as what you need to know to feel secure." This idea of information will shift at times but keep in mind that "a fluid communication channel allows you to change your mind about what's over-sharing and what's enough," explains Masini.
For example, "if one of you has a stressful busy day at work, what's normally shared will seem like over-sharing in that moment," says Masini. "The spouse who just had the stressful day doesn't have the capacity to take in your sharing. So you have to be aware of each others stress levels, which can be caused by business, conflict, and or fatigue."
Also consider your spouse's familial environment. How he or she was raised can determine what he or she thinks is proper to share. "Some spouses don't want you going to the bathroom with the door open — or to hear details of your menstrual cycle," says Masini. "Other spouses are used to this and don't see it as over-sharing."
Remember this as you figure out what works for you: "The beauty of sharing and over-sharing is that you get to create your own way of relating to each other," says Masini. "This not only becomes a special bond but it showcases the level of respect, which is not to be crossed in the relationship."


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When All is Said - Anne Griffin
This was in our Summer list and is currently at the top spot! At the bar of a grand hotel in a small Irish town sits 84-year-old Maurice Hannigan. He's alone, as usual -though tonight is anything but. Pull up a stool and charge your glass, because Maurice is finally ready to tell his story.Stories of unspoken joy and regret, a secret tragedy kept hidden, and a fierce love that never found its voice.Get it on the Kindle for only 99p!
The Handmaids Tale - Margaret Atwood
The novel behind the award winning TV seriesOffred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford – her assigned name, Offred, means 'of Fred'. She has only one function: to breed.Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.Available on Kindle and Audiobook
The Food of Love - Amanda Prowse
Freya Braithwaite knows she is lucky. Nineteen years of marriage to a man who still warms her soul and two beautiful teenage daughters to show for it: confident Charlotte and thoughtful Lexi. Her home is filled with love and laughter.But when Lexi's struggles with weight take control of her life, everything Freya once took for granted falls apart, leaving the whole family with a sense of helplessness that can only be confronted with understanding, unity and, above all, love.Available on Kindle and Paperback
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It's been seven years since Holly Kennedy's husband died – six since she read his final letter, urging Holly to find the courage to forge a new life.She's proud of all the ways in which she has grown and evolved. But when a group inspired by Gerry's letters, calling themselves the PS, I Love You Club, approaches Holly asking for help, she finds herself drawn back into a world that she worked so hard to leave behind.Available on Kindle and Paperback
Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng
Another from our Summer list that is still a popular choice.Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair.When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, James is consumed by guilt and sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to make someone accountable, no matter what the cost. Lydia's older brother, Nathan, is convinced that local bad boy Jack is somehow involved. But it's the youngest in the family - Hannah - who observes far more than anyone realises and who may be the only one who knows what really happened. Everything I Never Told You is a gripping page-turner, about secrets, love, longing, lies and race.
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Financial proposal as in the attached template.
no later than 21 March 2019.
Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the e-mail indicated above. UNDP will respond in writing or by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants.
The Minamata Convention on Mercury is the first global legally binding agreement specifically designed to address contamination from a heavy metal. The Convention's main thrust is for countries to ban new Mercury mines and carry out a systematic phase-out of existing ones. It also provides for the phase-out of Mercury containing products and reducing Mercury supply and trade, to make a significant reduction in Mercury releases to air, water and land. The Convention also addresses: interim storage of Mercury and its disposal once it becomes waste; sites contaminated by Mercury; as well as human and environmental health issues related to exposure to Mercury. Under the Minimata Convention, individual countries seek to protect human health and the environment from the risks of Mercury exposure by systematically controlling Mercury emissions and releases, including phasing out the use of Mercury in certain products and processes.
Jordan signed the Minamata Convention on Mercury on October 10, 2013 and ratified it on December 11, 2015.
As a first step in preparing the country for meeting future obligations under the Minamata Convention and to take early action towards reducing releases of Mercury and safeguarding its population and environment, the Ministry of Environment with the support from UNDP has developed the Minamata Initial Assessment (MIA) report which was officially launched in Dec. 2018. The MIA report provides a review of inventory results and policy/regulatory and institutional frameworks assessment, as well as review of potential future interventions that target major sectors responsible for Mercury and hazardous waste management in Jordan.
The report has estimated total of Hg input into Jordan was 10,640 kg/year. The primary source category of Mercury releases in Jordan is the use and disposal of other products with estimated Mercury releases of 4,535 Kg Hg/year, followed by the application, use and disposal of dental amalgams with 3,074 Kg Hg/year.
The main objective of this assignment is to develop a project identification form (PIF) to approach the GEF to request technical and financial assistance for the reduction of Mercury emissions and releases from sectors specified by the Minamata Convention and responds to the recommendation set in the MIA report for the purpose to phase out and elimination of Mercury in products and processes.
Technical and financial proposals along with CV & 3 references should be submitted, and without such will not be considered).
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Can I change more than the color of the hyperlinks on my site?
Using CSS code you can customize the links on your site even more. You can copy/paste the code below into the head tag in Sitebuilder Plus, under Page settings. For desktop users go to Page info.
You can place this code in the head tag and it will override the Sitebuilder settings.
If you simply want to remove the underlines.
If you want to use code to change several different aspects, like font, size, and various colors, you can use this code and see how changes affect your links.
Colors are specified in hex values. You can use W3schools color picker to get these values.
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The problem is that I've got a position which is clearly bi-allelic in IGV and that is said to have only the reference allele in the gVCF I'm generating with HaplotypeCaller.
The variant of interest is located 19bp away from the captured region but with "-ip 50" it should be detected.
To check what is really analyzed, I output the bamout for all analyzed regions (-L PATH/merged.bed, -ip 50) and saw that the location of the variant is not analyzed (If I'm correct: as there is no coverage, this is not an active region).
* merged.bed is the file used with the -L option.
Finally, I tried to call variants changing the -ip option to 100 and got the alternate allele called.
If I manually add/subtract 50bp to the closest target region boundaries, I've got the same result as with -ip 50.
If I manually add/subtract 100bp to the closest target region boundaries, I've got the same result as with -ip 100.
I tried several versions of GATK (3.46, 3.7, 4.0.4.0) and always got the same results.
I may have miss something but so far I can't explain myself what's happening. Do you see any explanation for what I observe? Do you see any options I should use to overcome this?
This problem is issued in github as a bug and still not fixed. As a workaround @shlee proposed to run exomes without bed files in HC and filter variants based on bed later on. I am trying to find out my samples to represent this problem but it seems they have gone with the wind and they are somewhere in my piles of archived sequences. Once I find them I will test this proposed solution.
Thanks for your answer! I'll do like this then.


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Useful Direct Marketing tips presented recently by Damian from Ask Direct. His emphasis is on fundraising for non-profits. Lots of tried and tested techniques here - as well as good old fashioned commonsense (which isn't too common of course).
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Nowadays, we can see interracial couples walking in school, on the street, or anywhere else. We live in a free world where there are numerous interracial marriages most of which originate from some well known online interracial dating platforms. Thanks to the modern electronic world, singles can meet online and get to know each other in just a few minutes through chat rooms or instant messenger or webcams. Below is a brief overview of Canada's leading Interracial online dating sites.
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InterracialPeopleMeet.com is not quite different from other websites that are run by the People Media group. Although the website interface lacks a modern appeal compared to other sites, it contains tons of exciting features all tailored according to the various needs of its target audiences.
The website is free to register with, but you'd have to pay a monthly subscription fee to access the advanced communication and search options.
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'Rogue One' Blasts Past $1B At Global Box Office; 'Moana' Sails To $500M+
By Nancy Tartaglione
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TUESDAY UPDATE with Sunday actuals: Coming off of a record year, Disney hit a pair of major box office milestones this weekend with two of its late-2016 releases. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story's rag-tag band of rebels zoomed across the $1B threshold at the global box office on Saturday — and hit the $500M international mark on Sunday — while Moana is riding a $500M+ worldwide wave.
In the case of Rogue One, Saturday was the 39th day of release for the Gareth Edwards-helmed spinoff. Rogue now becomes the lucky 13th Disney film to reach the $1B milestone and the 3rd Star Wars picture ever to do so. It's also the Mouse's 4th release of 2016 to hit those heights.
The cume split through Sunday is $512.3M domestic and $500M international for a global total of $1,012.3M. In the standings, Rogue is the No. 1 release of 2016 domestically and the No. 7 of all time. Globally, it's the No. 4 movie of 2016 (the top three spots are also occupied by Dis titles). In another milestone, Rogue is the 7th movie ever to top $100M worldwide in IMAX with $101.3M to date.
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The Felicity Jones-led tale of the heroic group that sacrifices everything to steal plans for the Death Star and set up Episode IV: A New Hope, has had its best performance to date in the UK ($79.4M), followed by China ($61.3M) and Germany ($44.8M).
Meanwhile, animated pic Moana has crossed $500M worldwide with $236.8M domestically and $273.9M internationally for a global cume of $510.7M through Sunday. It's the 4th consecutive Walt Disney Animation Studios title to reach the milestone, following Frozen, Big Hero 6 and Zootopia.
The lead market is France with $33.7M, followed by China at $32.7M and the UK with $22.5M. The BAFTA, PGA, and Golden Globe-nominated pic helmed by Ron Clements and John Musker recently became the No. 1 movie of 2016 in France and is overall one of the best-reviewed films of the year. It sailed to Korea last weekend and has Japan on the horizon on March 10 — a similar slot to Frozen's record-busting 2014 date.
It's interesting to note that on both films, China is the No. 2 rather than No. 1 offshore market. That was the case with Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($124M) which fell in line below the UK ($164M) — the franchise hasn't clicked with local audiences who lack the nostalgia factor inherent in much of the rest of the world. Conversely, Disney Animation Studios' other 2016 release, Zootopia, was an outsized hit in the Middle Kingdom where the story resonated like rabbits.
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Triple-H en Triplette zijn historische merken van motorfietsen.

De bedrijfsnaam was: Hobbis, Hobbis & Horrell, West-Heath, Birmingham.

In 1922 en 1923 produceerde dit bedrijf onder de naam Triple-H motorfietsen met een 246 cc John Morris-tweetaktmotor. Deze modellen hadden een Moss-tweeversnellingsbak met koppeling en kickstarter. De voorvork met centrale veer was een ontwikkeling van Maplestone. De uitlaatdemper was voorzien van een afneembare plaat om het schoonmaken makkelijker te maken.

Van 1923 tot 1925 produceerde men onder de naam Triplette een lichtere motorfiets met een 147cc-Villiers tweetaktblokje en een albion tweeversnellingsbak, die ook (zonder versnellingsbak) met directe riemaandrijving vanaf de krukas geleverd kon worden.

Brits historisch motorfietsmerk


Dirt Born is a 90s Grunge and Alternative Rock cover band from Crown Point, Indiana. The band was formed in early 2014 from a few friendly jam sessions with former members of NWI Regional bands Emisis and Devil at My DoorStep.
The band was influenced by early 90's bands such as Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden to name a few. They have taken their love of these bands and are performing their version of some of the music they grew up on.
Dirt Born members are Brian Giacomin (vocals/guitar), Joel Naughgle (bass), Brian Price (lead guitar), and Ryan Kranz (drums). Giacomin stated "Our goal is to continue to grow the band make new fans along the way".
For more information on upcoming events and to hear some of Dirt Born's recorded music go to reverbnation.com/dirtborn or go to their Facebook page.


Johnny Depp is filming his latest Pirates Of The Carribean movie there. Jay Chou just held his wedding after-party there. And the next Commonwealth Games will be hosted there. Gold Coast, known for its undulating beaches, seems like the place to be. And with prices going for as low as $68 on promotion at **Scoot – heading to Australia for a short break is now pretty affordable.
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Did you know that all Scoot planes have names? Ours was named Barry.
I headed to Gold Coast, Australia for a short 4 day 3 night break last November with my mother, more than 10 years after our last visit, and I was pleasantly surprised.
While it still has the same chill, relaxed vibe about the place, hipsters have definitely hit the area. Plus point – there is always a cool café where you can get a good cup of joe around the corner, a farmers market where you can buy organic produce, and of course… a cheeky barbershop where you can trim your beard.
You know its hip when it tickles your punny bone.
We stayed at Sofitel Broadbeach with some of my girlies, which turned out to be the best part of the trip.
Two double beds in our room – perfect for both me and my mom. Even though we'd have gladly squeezed into one too!
and a gymnasium (that I never got acquainted with), the selling point of the hotel imho, besides its location of course, is its restaurant – Room 81.
I am not fan of "eating in" when I'm overseas, but Room 81, which houses both a bar, and fine-dining fusion restaurant – was so good, I became a convert. I ate there twice!
Run by the young chef, Sam Moore – the restaurant and its food, is worth a stellar review of its own.
From the creative, and literally smoking, cocktails made by a charismatic mixologist, Thomas, where everything seems to be covered in fairy dust – we learnt later that this was real gold dust – to the prettily presented plates of food made with local produce. Each dish in the degustation, from the matcha smoked ocean trout, that slid down my throat with just the right hint of the ocean, to the star of the show – Sphere – a chocolate ball that is served "smoking", where diners have to smash it in for a reward of delicately balanced flavours – chunks of honeycomb, creamy chocolate ice cream, a dollop of refreshing blood orange sorbet, and crunchy gold malt balls – was an experience in itself. Another plus to the hotel – the plethora of food options available in the area, even late into the night. Hipsters have invaded Broadbeach, so just around the corner at Oracle BVLD, there are quaint new bistro bars that offer everything from Korean to Cuban.
It may not look like much at midnight. But Oracle Boulevard had lots of great eats!
The area had some cool shops like Witchery and really cool boutique coffeeshops and restaurants.
The yuppie offerings like Moo (a steakhouse) offer happy hours that seem to be packed with sharply dressed PMEBs. And for those travelling with parents – there are no less than three Chinese restaurants within a five minute walking radius that seem to be constantly packed with both local Chinese and tourists alike. (One is similar to a higher end Seafood Restaurant – Think Imperial Treasures, and two are dim sum restaurants.) There are also at least five different nightspots all within walking distance from the hotel that were alive and kicking, one of which, East, comes recommended by the locals in the know.
The only downside to the hotel? For a property that big, the pool is pretty small, but then again, it is a hop, skip and jump to the Kurrawa Beach. And if you are afraid of the cold like myself, you'd appreciate the fact that the pool, located just outside the breakfast area, is heated.
Breakfast at Bistro on3 was another highlight of my stay at Sofitel Broadbeach. Each morning you are served with a different shot of detox juice – are greeted by an array of healthy, tasty options, and – the piece de resistance – an automatic pancake maker: a machine that put a smile on my face each morning by magically popping out two, perfect pancakes within a minute.
The cincher for this hotel was the little details.
Things like cold-refreshing coolers of fruit-infused water were in the lobby at all times so guests could top up their bottles, or grab a quick drink when they got in.
The artwork everywhere to showcase local artists, which are available for purchase.
How the staff went out of their way to make my mother feel at home, suggesting things that we could do, and spoiling us with daily plates of chocolate and huge bowls of fresh fruit. (Honestly, they were the heart and soul of the hotel, from my fave waitress at room81, Lilian, Thomas, Daniel at Bistro on 3. Even the beautiful lady GM, Avery, they each went out of their way to make not only me, but every guest feel at home.
Yummy chocolate and fruit. Mom and I looked forward to this every day!
They also showed my mother the way to Pacific Fair. Only one of the biggest malls in Gold Coast, that was a mere 10 minute stroll away from the hotel.
Yup. That is a shopping mall. A short walk away. I was in heaven.
And my mother wasted no time getting herself there while my girlfriends and I went off for an afternoon of bad golf.
If it is more a family vacation that you have in mind, then Mercure Gold Coast, where I headed for a spot of recreation, seems to be a good option. It is further out from the "city" – and about a forty minute drive away from the airport. But while I didn't stay there, my gal pals and I went for a golf clinic with their PGA Professionals, Lee and Peter Harrington at the Palm Meadows Driving Range.
An hour lesson for two people will set you back a mere A$90, and you could also make a full day of it with tuition, lunch and 18 holes with your professional in a golf cart at A$395.
Mercure is sandwiched between the Palm Meadows Golf Course, and the Lakelands Golf Course designed by Jack Nickalaus, but also partners with three other golf courses that are all relatively close by.
Big smiles even though we kinda sucked. =P Well. I did.
The main draw for most families, is that is it also closer to attractions like Sea World, Dreamworld, Wet 'n' Wild Water World and Dreamworld.
For me, the selling point yet again was the food.
If you are a kangaroo meat virgin like myself – then perhaps, the Mercure Hotel's indigenous menu offerings are a good introduction to the meat.
We were served fillets of marinated kangaroo with salad, and a kangaroo pot pie – and I was pleasantly surprised that it tasted like beef.
The goat cheese tart, dukka dusted prawn and the herb and pistachio crusted lamb rack are also worth mention. Pretty fancy food if you were only looking for a place to crash while playing a few holes with your mates. All in all, my trip to the Gold Coast was a pleasant re-introduction to the place. Will I go back again? Definitely.
Stay tuned for my other posts on my Gold Coast trip.


Who Uses More Bandwidth: Pandora, Grooveshark, or Spotify?
Spotify, like its rivals, offers a range of possible bandwidths.
Spotify, Pandora and Grooveshark all allow users to stream music from an online library free of charge, with Spotify and Pandora both offering unlimited listening for an additional fee. Spotify and Pandora both use licensed libraries, while Grooveshark lets users upload and stream music uploaded by friends. The service that uses most bandwidth depends on your device, whether you use a free or paid option and (in the case of Grooveshark) the specific files you stream.
Spotify streams to PCs at one of two optional quality settings: 160kbps at the standard setting and 320 kbps for the high bitrate setting. The high bitrate setting is only available to paid users. Spotify streams to mobile devices at three optional quality settings: 96 kbps at low quality, 160 kbps at high quality and 360 kbps at extreme quality. The extreme quality setting is only available on iOS and Android devices. Spotify does allow mobile users to download music to their device via Wi-Fi and then listen to it anywhere without needing to stream it. As Spotify works on a peer-to-peer basis for the desktop service, you will use some upload bandwidth when listening to music, though the amount varies and is unpredictable.
When using a computer, Pandora streams at 64kbps for free users and 192 kbps for users of the subscription Pandora One service. Other home devices (such as a compatible set-top box like TiVo PVRs) stream at 128 kbps. Mobile devices stream at a range of bitrates, though never more than 64 kbps.
The bitrate for streaming on Grooveshark will vary from file to file. Grooveshark says all files it hosts are automatically encoded to at least 128kbps. Some users may have uploaded files at higher bitrates, with reports that the upper limit is 320 kbps.
Lifehacker's Kevin Purdy notes that as a general rule, these streaming services use mp3 encoding at the standard and high quality settings but switch to AAC encoding for lower quality settings. The cut-off point appears to be AAC being used for anything below 128kbps. While sound quality is partially a matter of personal taste, Purdy notes many audio tech experts believe AAC does a better job of maintaining quality at low bitrates than MP3. This means the lower bitrate of a "low quality" setting may not necessarily have a noticeable effect on audio quality to the listener.
Lister, John. "Who Uses More Bandwidth: Pandora, Grooveshark, or Spotify?" Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/uses-bandwidth-pandora-grooveshark-spotify-71579.html. Accessed 19 April 2019.


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Why Do Jews Vote for Democrats?
The Uses of the Past
Few American Jews know anything about history. It is therefore not unjust to cite that oft used phrase: "all we learn from history is that we learned nothing from history." Therefore it should not be surprising that the vast majority of American Jews know nothing or want to know anything about the persecution of European Jews for over 1700 years, beginning with 313 when the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire Licinius and the Western Roman Emperor Constantine made Christianity the dominant religion in Europe.
From then, a direct line led to the gas ovens in Auschwitz and other Polish localities. These persecutions costing the lives of millions of Jews over all these years were principally based on religious hatred, as generated by labeling all Jews Christ killers and claiming that Jews were drinking the blood of Christian children and other canards.
In 1881, a time when science was beginning to explain many things which had once been the province of religious belief, the German journalist Wilhelm Marr invented the phrase anti-Semitism.
Marr used the label linguists had given to the Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic languages. They derived the word Semite from the biblical story of Noah, whose son Sem reputedly settled in an area later to become Israel. Linguists therefore called languages spoken there Semitic languages. Marr however pretended that Jews are members of a subhuman species called Semites. Therefore those people who sought to murder Jews were popularly called anti-Semites.
Since German Jews did not speak Hebrew any more than American Jews speak Hebrew, Marr claimed that Jewish Semites had racial characteristics leading them to be culture destroyers and enemies of all civilized men. Marr relied largely on hatred that had been spread against Jews by Martin Luther in the 17th century and which had permeated German society for centuries. The League of Anti-Semites was indeed successful when Hitler and his cohorts committed the slaughter which Marr had promoted.
There is today a large body of literature attempting to explain the causes of anti-Semitism. All of this literature is a waste, because there is only one reason for the attacks upon Jews for the past 1700 years. That single reason is that Jews were a defenseless minority. Let us assume that there had been 100 million Jews in Europe in 1933 and that all Jews were well armed. There would have been no Holocaust if Jews had been able to fight back. However, there were only 9 ½ million defenseless Jews among the 416 million Europeans in 1939.
Today there are about 6½ million Jews living in Israel, a country no bigger than New Jersey. They are surrounded by 300 million Arabs living in 23 countries. These Arabs and the 1½ billion Muslims in this world have repeatedly attempted to slaughter the entire Jewish population in Israel. In this they never succeeded, because the Jews fought back in 1948, 1949, 1956, 1967, 1973, and all the years since. The Israeli Jews are well armed and possess an army, an Air Force, a Navy, and the atomic bomb. The Arabs have not succeeded in killing the Jews in Israel because the Jews know that their lives depend on their ability to defend themselves.
The Arabs believe that they have a right to kill all Jews because their holy book the Koran tells them to do so. Furthermore, the Arabs want to kill all Jews in order to grab the land, the houses, the furniture, and of course all the money belonging to the Jews whom they hope to kill.
Just as the Europeans robbed the murdered Jews of all their possessions, so the Arabs wish to do the same thing now but have not succeeded in face of Jewish fighting ability.
In the United States, the Arabs and other Muslims are attacking Jewish students in the American universities. Foreign Arabs enrolled in American colleges and universities assault American students of the Jewish faith, aided and abetted by so-called liberal faculty, who are followers of Hitler's Nazi doctrines.
It is evident that American Muslims and their supporters would like to do here what the Jew haters have already done in Europe. So far they have not succeeded in the United States because American Jews can defend themselves in this democracy.
It is nevertheless obvious that if the Jewish community declines even further than has already been the case in the last 50 years in the United States, then we are doomed to disappear. American politicians count votes. Therefore it is reasonable to assume that the ever greater defections from the Jewish community by so-called liberal Jews will lead to a total disregard of Jewish needs and interests as the Muslim influence in this country grows and politicians favor Muslim causes in order to get reelected.
Since Jews are the most stupid people on earth, the preponderance of American Jews vote and support the so-called liberals in the United States. The word liberal refers to fascists who hate Jews, seek to establish a one-party dictatorship in this country, and mean to abolish the Electoral College method of electing a president. Were that to happen, all Jewish influence on the political establishment would disappear. Yet overwhelming numbers of American Jews who have never left Egyptian slavery in 3000 years bow and scrape before their enemies.
For eight years the Obama administration made every effort to destroy Israel. Yet, almost all American Jews voted for Obama and thereafter voted for Clinton in the 2016 election. They oppose everything and anything said or done by Donald Trump, who is without doubt the best friend the Jews ever had in the White House.
American politics is such that politicians constantly seek votes in order to be reelected. It is therefore obvious to everyone other than American Jews that the ever declining proportion of Jews to the total population will inevitably lead to total disregard of Jewish interests by elected officials. Yet Jews keep supporting the fascists as our membership declines and the Muslim contingent grows. The policies of Donald Trump of keeping illegal immigrants out and suspending the immigration of terrorists from Muslim countries are in our interest. Yet, the vast majority of American Jews favored the Democrats, who seek to bring into this country millions of Muslim terrorists.
It was our good fortune that the media did not succeed in electing Clinton in 2016.
Outside observers have sometimes said sarcastically that if Hitler came back to life and ran for president on the Democratic ticket, the Jews would vote for Hitler. Unfortunately, that comment is not far from the truth.
Dr. Gerhard Falk is the author of numerous publications, including The Assault on Democracy (2017).


Beauty sponges are one of the most adored makeup tools right now and for good reason. They're basically extra soft sponges that are used with cream and liquid based makeup products to blend them out to airbrushed perfection.
Bronzing and contouring are two techniques that work to enhance your natural facial features. However, they both do different things and require different products. Keep reading to learn about the differences and how you can make each technique work for you.
There are sooo many makeup brushes available. An overwhelming amount, actually. I don't even own close to the amount of types of brushes that are available, partly because I'm not filthy rich, but also because I don't need them. And you don't either.


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Preservation: Galvanizing Galveston
April 2009 Mark Boardman
Galvanizing Galveston
Hurricane Ike put a hurt on the Texas port city of Galveston in mid-September. Thirteen-foot floodwaters wreaked havoc with structures both old and new. Damage assessments are pretty murky, although some estimates put the figure at $8 billion.
Many efforts are underway to rehab the historic structures, which will likely take years. One example is the work by Mitchell Historic Properties, a company that owns more than 15 structures in town, including the Hotel Galvez.
The hotel has an ironic history—local business leaders raised a million dollars after the Great Storm of 1900 destroyed Galveston's luxury beachfront hotels. The Galvez opened in 1911 and was named after the city's namesake. By 1918, the hotel hosted 40,000 guests; in the 1920s-40s, visitors included presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Johnson, and celebrities Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Stewart. The Galvez was placed on the National Register in 1980.
Ike put a damper on things, tearing clay tiles from the roof and pushing water throughout the hotel's lower level. In all, Mitchell-owned buildings suffered an estimated $30 million in damages.
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Clifton Gardens is an urban locality in the suburb of Mosman in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Clifton Gardens is located in the local government area of the Municipality of Mosman and is part of the Lower North Shore. Clifton Gardens is adjacent Chowder Bay.

Clifton Gardens features an affluent residential area and is home to several beaches and wharves on Sydney Harbour. Clifton Gardens is also a popular fishing spot in summer. Species like the yellowtail kingfish, bonito and Australian salmon are caught frequently during summer months. In winter trevally can be caught quite regularly.

History
Early settler Captain E. H. Cliffe purchased a  estate on the waters edge, he named it "Cliffeton" and it is believed that the area's name was derived from that. A hotel called the Clifton Arms was built in 1871 by D. Butters. It was leased in 1879 then bought in 1880 by David Thompson who built the Marine Hotel that operated from 1885 to 1967. Thompson also built a wharf and dancing pavilion here and the area became popular as a picnic spot.

In 1906, Sydney Ferries Limited, purchased the Thompson estate comprising land, the three-storey hotel, wharf dancing pavilion and skating rink. The company built a large circular swimming enclosure that could hold 3,000 spectators, a boatshed and a tramway from the wharf to the hotel. Before First World War, ferries full of picnickers came at weekends. The structure burnt down in 1956.

Clifton Gardens Hotel was demolished on 17 November 1967.

Schools
 Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School

Churches
 Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church

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Fishing communities in Australia
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Fintan O'Toole: Repeal supporters must not treat No voters as freaks
Ireland is too ambiguous to sustain culture wars. Post-vote, we need to win the peace for social justice
Tue, May 29, 2018, 05:00
Fintan O'Toole
Two-year-old Rossa Maloney looks at his picture with his mother Emma in a Love Both rally in Dublin, ahead of the referendum on the Eighth Amendment Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Two images came to mind over the weekend, one old and one very recent. I remembered passing the National Boxing Stadium on the South Circular Road, Dublin on a bus in 1982. People were going in to the stadium for a big rally in support of what would become the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
There were middle-aged country men in shiny suits with Brylcreem-ed hair. There were women in elaborate frocks, some with rosary beads in their hands, some carrying pictures of embryos in lurid colours. My then girlfriend turned to me and said: "Would you look at those freaks!" I replied: "No, no, you don't understand. We're the freaks. They're the normal people."
I also remembered the weekend before last when I was at a huge humanist funeral for Tom Murphy in the round room of the Mansion House in Dublin. It was a wonderful send-off for a great man with not a priest in sight and no religious rituals. Murphy, moreover, expressed more powerfully than anyone else the sheer rage engendered by being on the outside of a church-dominated Ireland, with all its phony respectability and hysterical conformity. There were songs sung throughout the service by the gorgeous tenor Patrick Hyland, songs that Murphy himself sang and loved. And what was the first song? The gentle 19th century Catholic hymn to the Virgin Mary, Queen of the May:
Oh Mary, we crown thee with blossoms today
Queen of the angels and Queen of the May.
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I didn't sense that anyone thought it an odd serenade for the occasion.
For many of us, Saturday was the first day of our adult lives in which we felt fully like the normal Irish
I offer the first image as a consolation and a warning. It might be some small consolation to those who voted No on Friday to be reminded that many of us Yes voters know very well what it's like to be them. Friday's vote was almost eerily accurate in its reversal of 1983, the old two-thirds becoming the new one-third and vice versa. I know what it feels like to be in the minority, to be on the receiving end of a democratic hammering. I know that mixture of abjection and alienation, when the country you love and the people you care about go in one direction while you're going in another; when your own deepest values are profoundly out of kilter with those of your compatriots. I know what it's like to be the freak.
And that knowledge might also carry a small warning against revenge. For many of us, Saturday was the first day of our adult lives in which we felt fully like the normal Irish. That's a fine feeling and God knows we've waited long enough for it. It is worth savouring. But let's not do to them what they did to us.
We shouldn't need there to be freaks in order to make the rest of us feel normal. The No voters must be allowed to be normal Irish too. It is true of course that mutual respect can really take hold only when everybody accepts that a republic cannot be in the business of enforcing religious or ideological orthodoxies, however passionately held, on the private lives of others. It is true that people of faith have to get used to walking their own spiritual path without the aid of the crutches of coercive laws. But the great triumph of the referendum is that we did it without becoming tribal – tribal triumphalism would betray that achievement.
Ireland has resisted the far right, and did so again on Friday, because most of us instinctively know that
No zero-sum game
I offer the second image merely as a reminder that there is no zero-sum game being fought out between religious and irreligious Ireland. An awful lot of deeply religious people in Ireland enthusiastically accept that they live in a pluralist democracy. They don't think of their religion as necessitating control of politics, of the law and of public institutions like taxpayer-funded schools and hospitals. They are – even if they do not like the word – contentedly secular.
Conversely, an awful lot of Irish heathens are aware of and moved by the very long and deep religious culture that has shaped this society for good as well as for ill. We don't regret for an instant the stark loss of influence of authoritarian, anti-democratic and patriarchal institutions, but we welcome it, not because those institutions were religious in form but because they were authoritarian, anti-democratic and patriarchal.
Culture wars are no better than real ones – nobody really wins them. Ireland has resisted the far right, and did so again on Friday, because most of us instinctively know that.
The Eighth Amendment was a culture war project, a pre-emptive strike that weaponised abortion. It was doomed to failure because Ireland is too steeped in ambiguity and contradiction to sustain such absolute conflicts. It is too double-minded for these single-minded crusades.
There are diehards on the No side who will, like Japanese soldiers who were still being found in remote jungles in the 1970s, go on fighting the war. Let them. The real business is not to fight culture wars but to win the peace for social justice, equality and dignity and for a republic in which we're all entitled to be a little bit freakish but none of us is made to feel like a freak.
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