Tonight's Game: The Utica Comets battle the Syracuse Crunch in game six of the Galaxy Cup series on Save of the Day night. Puck drops at 7 p.m.
Last Game: The Utica Comets fell to the Hartford Wolf Pack by a score of 3-2 in overtime Friday night at the XL Center. Ryan Sproul put the Wolf Pack up 1-0 with 7:34 to go in the opening frame as he put a loose puck behind Richard Bachman. Sproul struck again with a power play goal at the 16:04 mark of the second period to put Hartford up 2-0. Reid Boucher brought the Comets back to within one at 13:05 to go in the third period, firing a one-timer past Wolf Pack goaltender Marek Mazanec. Nikolay Goldobin and Cam Darcy tallied the assists. Dylan Blujus netted the equalizer with a long shot from the point three minutes later. Ashton Sautner and Goldobin picked up the assists. Neither team found the net in the final 10 minutes and the Comets would need overtime for the fourth straight game. Chytil scored the game-winning goal 1:10 into overtime. Bachman finished with 28 saves and his record falls to 4-7-3.
Head-to-Head: This is the sixth meeting between the North Division rivals. Syracuse leads the season series 3-2-0 and won the most recent matchup 3-2 on January 12. The Crunch are outscoring the Comets 15-10 through five games this year.
Scouting the Crunch: Syracuse comes in with a record of 24-13-4 and sits in third place in the North Division. They most recently lost to the Toronto Marlies 4-1 last night. Matthew Peca leads the way offensively with 31 points, followed by Adam Erne with 26 points. Rookie Connor Ingram leads the active goaltenders with a record of 10-6-2, a 2.64 goals-against average, and .921% save percentage.
On A Roll: Thatcher Demko has been on fire over the last month. Demko is 7-1-2 with a 1.84 goals-against average and a .943% save percentage in his last 10 starts. The second-year netminder is 15-7-5 with a 2.29 goals-against average and .928% save percentage in 27 starts this season.
As Good As Gold: Nikolay Goldobin is back to his old ways since returning from his stint with the Canucks. Goldobin has tallied three points (0-3-3) and a shootout game-winning goal since returning to the lineup on January 15. The fourth year forward has registered 22 points (7-15-22) in 21 games this season.
Feelin' Blu: Dylan Blujus continues to prove his worth on the Comets' back end. Blujus has collected five points (1-4-5) in his last seven games while playing critical power play and penalty kill minutes. The defenseman has picked up 9 points (2-7-9) in 16 games with Utica this year.
Right The Ship: The Comets penalty kill will look to get back on track tonight after surrendering a power play goal in three consecutive games. Utica has killed off 23 of 25 total penalties in five games against Syracuse this season. The Comets kill ranks eight overall in the AHL at 85.2%.
Next Game: The Comets return to action Wednesday night as they host the Hartford Wolf Pack for the final time this season. Puck drops at 7 p.m. Fans are encouraged to utilize the ticket exchange website, StubHub!. The game can be heard on 94.9 KROCK and viewed on AHL Live.


text:
Rainbow Dance (1936)
Gasparcolor OR Gaspar Color
Two Gasparcolor prints of Rainbow Dance (GB 1936, Len Lye).
Credit: Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art Department of Film and Courtesy of BFI National Archive.
Photographs by Barbara Flueckiger.
Selected Analyses:
Horrocks, Roger (2001): Len Lye. A Biography. Auckland University Press., on pp. 148–150. View Quote
Street, Sarah (2012): Colour Films in Britain. The Negotiation of Innovation 1900-55. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, on p. 46. View Quote
Rainbow Dance (GB 1936, Len Lye). Credit: Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art Department of Film. HDR photograph by Barbara Flueckiger.
Rainbow Dance (GB 1936, Len Lye). Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. HDR photograph by Barbara Flueckiger.

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text:
Cancer Bats set to destroy Australia
Cancer Bats manage to arrange stop offs in Batemans Bay and Woy Woy on their extensive upcoming tour - but not the nation's capital...
Enigma Bar (Adelaide)
Bendigo Hotel (Melbourne)
Barwon Club (Geelong)
Pitted (Batemans Bay)
The Bald Faced Stag (Sydney)
Woy Woy Leagues Club (Woy Woy)
Small Ballroom (Newcastle)
The Brightside (Brisbane)
Shark Bark (Gold Coast)
Cancer Bats have come to destroy.
Chugg Entertainment
Destroy All Lines
Killyourstereo.com
The Small Ballroom (Newcastle)
pd30/07/15
punk metal
southern metal
Lagwagon - Hang (Fat Wreck Chords)
After a nine year break, the quintet return, but it's not all fun and games
28 Oct 2014 - 10:30am
Fans of Lagwagon will know how much the band has changed, or evolved, over the last twenty two years.
The Staying Power of Mike Muir
Mike Muir is a stand up guy. He's an original whose music has a fearless energy that is infectious. Mike Muir defies genres. You can't put him in a neat little box or package. That's the way he likes it.
Mike Muir
Suicidal Records
Cyco Miko
Infectious Grooves


text:
|-
| 5701 Бальтук (Baltuck)||1929 VS||3 листопада 1929||Ловеллівська обсерваторія||Клайд Томбо
|-
| 5702 Морандо (Morando)||1931 FC||16 березня 1931||Обсерваторія Гейдельберг-Кеніґштуль||Макс Вольф
|-
| 5703 Гевелій (Hevelius)||1931 VS||15 листопада 1931||Обсерваторія Гейдельберг-Кеніґштуль||К. В. Райнмут
|-
| 5704 Шумахер (Schumacher)||1950 DE||17 лютого 1950||Обсерваторія Гейдельберг-Кеніґштуль||К. В. Райнмут
|-
| 5705 Ерікстеркен (Ericsterken)||1965 UA||21 жовтня 1965||Королівська обсерваторія Бельгії||Анрі Дебеонь
|-
| 5706 Фінкелштайн (Finkelstein)||||23 вересня 1971||КрАО||КрАО
|-
| 5707 Шевченко (Shevchenko)||||2 квітня 1976||КрАО||Черних Микола Степанович
|-
| 5708 Меланхолія (Melancholia)||||12 жовтня 1977||Ціммервальдська обсерваторія||Пауль Вільд
|-
| 5709 Tamyeunleung||||12 жовтня 1977||Обсерваторія Цзицзіньшань||Обсерваторія Червона Гора
|-
| 5710 Сілентіум (Silentium)||1977 UP||18 жовтня 1977||Ціммервальдська обсерваторія||Пауль Вільд
|-
| 5711 Енеєв (Eneev)||||27 вересня 1978||КрАО||Черних Людмила Іванівна
|-
| 5712 Функе (Funke)||1979 SR||25 вересня 1979||Обсерваторія Клеть||Антонін Мркос
|-
| (5713) 1982 FF3||||21 березня 1982||Обсерваторія Ла-Сілья||Анрі Дебеонь
|-
| 5714 Красінський (Krasinsky)||1982 PR||14 серпня 1982||КрАО||Черних Микола Степанович
|-
| 5715 Крамер (Kramer)||||22 вересня 1982||Станція Андерсон-Меса||Едвард Бовелл
|-
| 5716 Пікард (Pickard)||1982 UH||17 жовтня 1982||Станція Андерсон-Меса||Едвард Бовелл
|-
| 5717 Дамір (Damir)||||20 жовтня 1982||КрАО||Карачкіна Людмила Георгіївна
|-
| (5718) 1983 PB||1983 PB||4 серпня 1983||Університетська обсерваторія Маунт-Джон||Алан Ґілмор,Памела Кілмартін
|-
| 5719 Кржіжік (Krizik)||1983 RX||7 вересня 1983||Обсерваторія Клеть||Антонін Мркос
|-
| 5720 Halweaver||1984 FN||29 березня 1984||Паломарська обсерваторія||Керолін Шумейкер,Юджин Шумейкер
|-
| (5721) 1984 SO5||||18 вересня 1984||Обсерваторія Ла-Сілья||Анрі Дебеонь
|-
| 5722 Джоншеррер (Johnscherrer)||1986 JS||2 травня 1986||Паломарська обсерваторія||INAS
|-
| 5723 Гудзон (Hudson)||||6 вересня 1986||Станція Андерсон-Меса||Едвард Бовелл
|-
| (5724) 1986 WE||1986 WE1938 GD||22 листопада 1986||Тойота||Кендзо Судзукі,Такеші Урата
|-
| 5725 Ньордлінген (Nordlingen)||||23 січня 1988||Паломарська обсерваторія||Керолін Шумейкер,Юджин Шумейкер
|-
| 5726 Рубін (Rubin)||||24 січня 1988||Паломарська обсерваторія||Керолін Шумейкер,Юджин Шумейкер
|-
| (5727) 1988 BB4||||19 січня 1988||Обсерваторія Ла-Сілья||Анрі Дебеонь
|-
| (5728) 1988 BJ4||||20 січня 1988||Обсерваторія Ла-Сілья||Анрі Дебеонь
|-
| (5729) 1988 TA1||||13 жовтня 1988||Обсерваторія Кушіро||Сейджі Уеда,Хіроші Канеда
|-
| 5730 Йоносуке (Yonosuke)||1973 UO3||13 жовтня 1988||Обсерваторія Ґекко||Йошіакі Ошіма
|-
| 5731 Zeus||||4 листопада 1988||Паломарська обсерваторія||Керолін Шумейкер,Юджин Шумейкер
|-
| (5732) 1988 WC||1988 WC||29 листопада 1988||Обсерваторія Йорії||Масару Араї,Хіроші Морі
|-
| (5733) 1989 AQ||1989 AQ||4 січня 1989||Обсерваторія Кушіро||Сейджі Уеда,Хіроші Канеда
|-
| 5734 Ноґуті (Noguchi)||||15 січня 1989||Обсерваторія Кітамі||Кін Ендате,Кадзуро Ватанабе
|-
| 5735 Лоріпауль (Loripaul)||1989 LM||4 червня 1989||Паломарська обсерваторія||Е. Гелін
|-
| 5736 Сенфорд (Sanford)||1989 LW||6 червня 1989||Паломарська обсерваторія||Е. Гелін
|-
| 5737 Ітох (Itoh)||1989 SK||30 вересня 1989||Обсерваторія Мінамі-Ода||Тосіро Номура,Койо Каванісі
|-
| 5738 Billpickering||||27 жовтня 1989||Паломарська обсерваторія||Е. Гелін
|-
| 5739 Робертбернс||||24 листопада 1989||Обсерваторія Сайдинг-Спрінг||Роберт МакНот
|-
| 5740 Тотомі (Toutoumi)||||29 листопада 1989||Обсерваторія Ґекко||Йошіакі Ошіма
|-
| 5741 Аканемарута (Akanemaruta)||1989 XC1986 CX15741 Akanemaruta||2 грудня 1989||Обсерваторія Ніхондайра||Обсерваторія Ніхондайра
|-
| (5742) 1990 TN4||1982 JF1985 WR||9 жовтня 1990||Обсерваторія Сайдинг-Спрінг||Роберт МакНот
|-
| 5743 Като (Kato)||1990 UW1983 RQ11988 AE1||19 жовтня 1990||Сусоно||Макіо Акіяма,Тошімата Фурута
|-
| 5744 Йорімаса (Yorimasa)||1990 XP1983 TM21991 AG||14 грудня 1990||Станція JCPM Якіїмо||Акіра Наторі,Такеші Урата
|-
| (5745) 1991 AN||1991 AN1928 TE1980 TC151983 RB9||9 січня 1991||Окутама||Цуному Хіокі,Шудзі Хаякава
|-
| (5746) 1991 CK||1991 CK||5 лютого 1991||Обсерваторія Йорії||Масару Араї,Хіроші Морі
|-
| (5747) 1991 CO3||||10 лютого 1991||Обсерваторія Сайдинг-Спрінг||Роберт МакНот
|-
| 5748 Дейвбрін (Davebrin)||1991 DX||19 лютого 1991||Паломарська обсерваторія||Е. Гелін
|-
| (5749) 1991 FV||1991 FV||17 березня 1991||Паломарська обсерваторія||Е. Гелін
|-
| 5750 Кандатай (Kandatai)||||11 квітня 1991||Обсерваторія Кітамі||Ацусі Такагасі,Кадзуро Ватанабе
|-
| 5751 Zao||1992 AC||5 січня 1992||Станція Аясі обсерваторії Сендай||Масахіро Коїсікава
|-
| (5752) 1992 CJ||1992 CJ1952 KN1973 UV||10 лютого 1992||Обсерваторія Уенохара||Нобухіро Кавасато
|-
| 5753 Йосідатадахіко (Yoshidatadahiko)||1992 EM||4 березня 1992||Обсерваторія Кітамі||Кін Ендате,Кадзуро Ватанабе
|-
| (5754) 1992 FR2||||24 березня 1992||Обсерваторія Кушіро||Сейджі Уеда,Хіроші Канеда
|-
| (5755) 1992 OP7||||20 липня 1992||Обсерваторія Ла-Сілья||Анрі Дебеонь,Альваро Лопес-Ґарсіа
|-
| 5756 Васенберг (Wassenbergh)||6034 P-L||24 вересня 1960||Паломарська обсерваторія||К. Й. ван Гаутен,І. ван Гаутен-Ґроневельд,Т. Герельс
|-
| 5757 Тиха (Ticha)||1967 JN||6 травня 1967||Астрономічний комплекс Ель-Леонсіто||Карлос Сеско,А. Р. Клемола
|-
| 5758 Бруніні (Brunini)||||20 серпня 1976||Астрономічний комплекс Ель-Леонсіто||Обсерваторія Фелікса Аґілара
|-
| 5759 Зощенко (Zoshchenko)||||22 січня 1980||КрАО||Карачкіна Людмила Георгіївна
|-
| 5760 Міттлефехлдт (Mittlefehldt)||||1 березня 1981||Обсерваторія Сайдинг-Спрінг||Ш. Дж. Бас
|-
| 5761 Андреіванов (Andreivanov)||||2 березня 1981||Обсерваторія Сайдинг-Спрінг||Ш. Дж. Бас
|-
| 5762 Ванке (Wanke)||||2 березня 1981||Обсерваторія Сайдинг-Спрінг||Ш. Дж. Бас
|-
| (5763) 1982 MA||1982 MA||23 червня 1982||Університетська обсерваторія Маунт-Джон||Алан Ґілмор,Памела Кілмартін
|-
| (5764) 1985 CS1||||10 лютого 1985||Обсерваторія Ла-Сілья||Анрі Дебеонь
|-
| 5765 Айзетт (Izett)||1986 GU||4 квітня 1986||Паломарська обсерваторія||Керолін Шумейкер,Юджин Шумейкер
|-
| (5766) 1986 QR3||||29 серпня 1986||Обсерваторія Ла-Сілья||Анрі Дебеонь
|-
| 5767 Молдун (Moldun)||||6 вересня 1986||Станція Андерсон-Меса||Едвард Бовелл
|-
| 5768 Піттіч (Pittich)||||4 жовтня 1986||Станція Андерсон-Меса||Едвард Бовелл
|-
| 5769 Мішар (Michard)||1987 PL||6 серпня 1987||Коссоль||CERGA
|-
| (5770) 1987 RY||1987 RY||12 вересня 1987||Обсерваторія Ла-Сілья||Анрі Дебеонь
|-
| 5771 Сомервілль (Somerville)||||21 вересня 1987||Станція Андерсон-Меса||Едвард Бовелл
|-
| 5772 Джонламберт (Johnlambert)||1988 LB||15 червня 1988||Паломарська обсерваторія||Е. Гелін
|-
| (5773) 1989 NO||1989 NO||2 липня 1989||Паломарська обсерваторія||Е. Гелін
|-
| 5774 Ретліф (Ratliff)||1989 NR||2 липня 1989||Паломарська обсерваторія||Е. Гелін
|-
| 5775 Інуяма (Inuyama)||1989 SP||29 вересня 1989||Обсерваторія Кані||Йосікане Мідзуно,Тошімата Фурута
|-
| (5776) 1989 UT2||||29 жовтня 1989||Окутама||Цуному Хіокі,Нобухіро Кавасато
|-
| 5777 Ханакі (Hanaki)||1989 XF||3 грудня 1989||Обсерваторія Кані||Йосікане Мідзуно,Тошімата Фурута
|-
| 5778 Юрафранс (Jurafrance)||||28 грудня 1989||Обсерваторія Верхнього Провансу||Ерік Вальтер Ельст
|-
| 5779 Шупман (Schupmann)||||23 січня 1990||Обсерваторія Кушіро||Сейджі Уеда,Хіроші Канеда
|-
| 5780 Лафонтен (Lafontaine)||||2 березня 1990||Обсерваторія Ла-Сілья||Ерік Вальтер Ельст
|-
| 5781 Бархатова (Barkhatova)||||24 вересня 1990||КрАО||Ґ. Кастель,Журавльова Людмила Василівна
|-
| 5782 Акірафудзівара (Akirafujiwara)||1991 AF||7 січня 1991||Обсерваторія Сайдинг-Спрінг||Роберт МакНот
|-
| 5783 Кумагая (Kumagaya)||1991 CO||5 лютого 1991||Окутама||Цуному Хіокі,Шудзі Хаякава
|-
| 5784 Йорон (Yoron)||1991 CY||9 лютого 1991||Станція JCPM Якіїмо||Акіра Наторі,Такеші Урата
|-
| 5785 Фултон (Fulton)||1991 FU||17 березня 1991||Паломарська обсерваторія||Е. Гелін
|-
| 5786 Talos||1991 RC||3 вересня 1991||Обсерваторія Сайдинг-Спрінг||Роберт МакНот
|-
| (5787) 1992 FA1||||26 березня 1992||Обсерваторія Кушіро||Сейджі Уеда,Хіроші Канеда
|-
| (5788) 1992 NJ||1992 NJ||1 липня 1992||Обсерваторія Сайдинг-Спрінг||Роберт МакНот
|-
| 5789 Селлін (Sellin)||4018 P-L||24 вересня 1960||Паломарська обсерваторія||К. Й. ван Гаутен,І. ван Гаутен-Ґроневельд,Т. Герельс
|-
| 5790 Наґасакі (Nagasaki)||9540 P-L||17 жовтня 1960||Паломарська обсерваторія||К. Й. ван Гаутен,І. ван Гаутен-Ґроневельд,Т. Герельс
|-
| 5791 Комелло (Comello)||4053 T-2||29 вересня 1973||Паломарська обсерваторія||К. Й. ван Гаутен,І. ван Гаутен-Ґроневельд,Т. Герельс
|-
| 5792 Унструт (Unstrut)||1964 BF||18 січня 1964||Обсерваторія Карла Шварцшильда||Ф. Бернґен
|-
| 5793 Ринґалет (Ringuelet)||||5 жовтня 1975||Астрономічний комплекс Ель-Леонсіто||Обсерваторія Фелікса Аґілара
|-
| 5794 Ірміна (Irmina)||||24 вересня 1976||КрАО||Черних Микола Степанович
|-
| 5795 Рощина (Roshchina)||||27 вересня 1978||КрАО||Черних Людмила Іванівна
|-
| (5796) 1978 VK5||||7 листопада 1978||Паломарська обсерваторія||Е. Гелін,Ш. Дж. Бас
|-
| 5797 Bivoj||1980 AA||13 січня 1980||Обсерваторія Клеть||Антонін Мркос
|-
| 5798 Барнетт (Burnett)||||13 вересня 1980||Паломарська обсерваторія||Ш. Дж. Бас
|-
| 5799 Брювінґтон (Brewington)||||9 жовтня 1980||Паломарська обсерваторія||Керолін Шумейкер
|-
| 5800 Поллок (Pollock)||||16 жовтня 1982||Обсерваторія Клеть||Антонін Мркос
|}

5700

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text:
Muslim Ban
International Refugee Assistance Project ("IRAP") v. Trump
RICHMOND, Va. — In a 10-3 ruling, a federal appeals court today ruled President Trump's revised Muslim ban executive order is unconstitutional (first EO was signed Jan. 27). The full Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case earlier this month.
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Maryland, and National Immigration Law Center brought the challenge on behalf of HIAS, the International Refugee Assistance Project, the Middle East Studies Association, and individuals affected by the ban.
Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project who argued the case, had this reaction:
"President Trump's Muslim ban violates the Constitution, as this decision strongly reaffirms. The Constitution's prohibition on actions disfavoring or condemning any religion is a fundamental protection for all of us, and we can all be glad that the court today rejected the government's request to set that principle aside."
International Refugee Assistance Project ("IRAP") v. Trump IM-MD-0004
Docket / Court 8:17-cv-00361-TDC ( D. Md. )
State/Territory Maryland
Case Type(s) Immigration
Presidential Authority
Special Collection Civil Rights Challenges to Trump Refugee/Visa Order
Attorney Organization ACLU Chapters (any)
ACLU National (all projects)
Case Summary On February 7, 2017, several individual U.S. immigrants, the International Refugee Project (IRAP), and HIAS, a refugee resettlement and advocacy organization, filed this class action suit on behalf of all their clients. Represented by the ACLU and the National Immigration Law Center, plaintiffs brought the suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The complaint challenged, in its entirety, President Trump's January 27, 2017 Executive Order limiting admission to the U.S. for nationals of seven majority-Muslim countries and suspending the U.S. refugee program. IRAP is an organization that provides free legal services to refugees seeking to resettle in the United States. The complaint states that the overwhelming majority of IRAP's plaintiffs are Muslim. HIAS is a refugee resettlement agency that provides programs and legal services to refugees who have recently resettled in the United States. Many of its clients are from the seven countries listed on the executive order. The case was assigned to Judge Theodore D. Chuang.
The complaint argued that Executive Order was intended and designed to discriminate against Muslims and "does just that in operation." The complaint focused on the disproportionate impact the executive order had on Muslims and argued that the order's chaotic and irregular policy changes indicate that it intended to discriminate against Muslims. Plaintiffs alleged that the Executive Order violated the First Amendment Establishment Clause, Fifth Amendment equal protection rights, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the Refugee Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.
Plaintiffs sought class certification on behalf of all persons "in the United States for whom the Executive Order either interferes with family reunification or the ability to travel internationally and return to the United States."
The complaint sought a preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining defendants from implementing the executive order. Additionally, the complaint sought a declaration from the court that the entire executive order is unlawful.
On Feb. 22, the plaintiffs filed a motion for expedited discovery and a motion for a preliminary injunction. The preliminary injunction motion sought to "enjoin Defendants from enforcing § 5(d) of President Trump's January 27, 2017 Executive Order...[which] reduces the annual number of refugees who may be admitted to the United States this year by more than half." The motion argued that "[i]f § 5(d) is not enjoined, no additional refugees can be approved and admitted for resettlement this fiscal year. Thousands of those already approved will not be allowed to resettle in the United States."
In early March, several organizations filed amicus briefs in support of plaintiffs, including the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish World Service on behalf of over fifty faith organizations. Those briefs are available below.
Prompted by adverse developments in the Ninth Circuit in another case challenging the Executive Order, in Washington v. Trump, on Mar. 6, 2017, the President rescinded the Jan. 27 Executive Order and replaced it with a narrower one, Executive Order 13780. That day, the government filed notice in this case of the new Executive Order.
After the new Executive Order was signed, defendants conferred with plaintiffs to discuss whether they planned to rescind their motion for preliminary injunction. Plaintiffs declined to rescind the motion because the new EO still substantially reduced refugee admission. Instead, on Mar. 10, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. The complaint argued that "the March 6 Order was motivated by the same anti-Muslim purpose that motivated the January 27 Order, and continued to seek to prevent the entry of Muslims into the United States. The amended complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief on the basis that the new executive order violates the Establishment Clause, Fifth Amendment equal protection and due process rights; the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Refugee Act of 1980 as amended, and the Administrative Procedure Act. Concurrently, plaintiffs filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and/or preliminary injunction and a supplemental motion to expedite discovery "so that the Court may have the benefit of additional evidence bearing on the central question of the March 6 Order's discriminatory intent."
On Mar. 11, plaintiffs filed an amended motion for a temporary restraining order. The defendants responded two days later, arguing that the no emergency existed. The defendants also filed a brief in opposition to the plaintiff's motion for expedited discovery. On Mar. 13, plaintiffs filed a response in support of the temporary restraining order motion. Plaintiffs argued that they had standing because the revised executive order directly harms plaintiffs as organizations that serve refugees. The executive order, plaintiffs argued, had forced HIAS and IRAP to divert substantial resources away from their core missions of providing free legal services to refugees as well as scale back the number of new clients they can take on. Additionally, plaintiffs argued that they met the requirements for asserting third-party legal standing on behalf of the thousands of refugee clients they are currently serving.
Additionally, on Mar. 13 a group of former national security, foreign policy and intelligence officials filed an amicus brief in support of plaintiffs. The authors of the brief argued that the executive order serves no national or security purpose and that it will do long-term damage to national security and foreign policy interests.
On March 16, the morning after a hearing, Judge Chuang granted a nationwide preliminary injunction against the travel ban portion of the second Executive Order.
In response, the defendants appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Immediately, defendants moved for an expedited hearing, citing national security concerns and noting that several other courts adjudicating challenges to the executive order have expedited review. The court agreed to an expedited schedule. Defendants then also filed a motion for a stay pending the appeal. The court then asked both parties to submit their positions on initial en banc review--that is, whether the case should be heard by the full set of Fourth Circuit judges, not just the ordinary panel of three. Defendants quickly responded in support. Plaintiffs followed suit, finding that "although the government views the issues in this case through a different lens," en banc review was appropriate in light of the case's importance.
The other issue on appeal was a stay of the preliminary injunction, while the appeal proceeded. On Mar. 31, plaintiffs filed their opposition to the government's motion for a stay; defendants replied on Apr. 5. On Apr. 14, the plaintiffs filed their response to the defendants' opening merits appellate brief, arguing that the government improperly "urges this Court to look away...[and] blind themselves to the ample, public, and uncontested evidence of improper purpose—even in the President's post-election statements—and instead accept, without question, whatever the government said its purpose was in the revised Order." Defendants filed their reply brief on Apr. 22.
(Three days after the defendants filed their reply brief, a plaintiff from Sarsour v. Trump moved to intervene in the appeal. Defendants opposed that motion in a brief submitted on Aprl. 27 on the grounds that the motion is untimely and seeks to introduce a new issue.)
Meanwhile, back in the district court, several procedural updates occurred. Judge Chuang held a telephone status conference on Mar. 21. On that day, plaintiffs also filed notice of intent to file a new motion for a preliminary injunction as to the new EO's provision regarding the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Plaintiffs' brief was filed Mar. 24 and Defendants' on Mar. 31. On Apr. 5, plaintiffs filed a response to defendant's brief. On Mar. 22, plaintiffs filed a notice withdrawing their motion for expedited discovery. The court then denied without prejudice the various pending motions for further relief, in light of the pending appeal and the nationwide injunction resulting from Hawai'i v. Trump.
Back in the appeals court, oral arguments took place on May 8, with the court sitting en banc. On May 11, the court granted plaintiffs' unopposed motion to supplement the record to support one of the plaintiff's standing argument (John Doe #3).
In the appeals court, a series of amici filed briefs, including: On Mar. 31, the following entities filed briefs in support of the plaintiffs: a U.S. resident of Yemeni descent, numerous higher education institutions, numerous states, numerous cities, former national security officials, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Bend the Arc, Southern Poverty Law Center, and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. The same day, the following entities filed briefs in support of the defendants: U.S. Justice Foundation, Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, English First Foundation, English First, Public Advocate of the United States, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of America, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, U.S. Border Control Foundation, Policy Analysis Center, Immigration Reform Law Institute, American Civil Rights Union, Southeastern Legal Foundation, and the American Center for Law and Justice. On Apr. 4, New York University filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs. On Apr. 13, the MacArthur Justice Center filed a brief in support of the plaintiffs. On Apr. 17, international law scholars and nongovernmental organizations filed a brief in support of the plaintiffs. Numerous briefs were filed on Apr. 19 in support of the plaintiffs from:
• Medical Institutions, Advocacy Organizations, and Individual Physicians
• Tahirih Justice Center, The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence, Casa de Esperanza, and National Domestic Violence Hotline
• Interfaith Group of Religious and Interreligious Organizations
• Oxfam America, Inc.
• Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Bend the Arc and Southern Poverty Law Center
• Constitutional Law Professors
• The American Jewish Committee
• Immigration Law Scholars and Clinicians
• Cato Institute; Muslim Advocates, American Muslim Health Professionals, Muppies, Inc., National Arab American Medical Association, Network of Arab American Professionals
• The American Alliance of Museums, The College Art Association, and 94 Art Museums
• American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
• Advocate for Human Rights, Asian Law Alliance, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon, CASA, Community Refugee & Immigration Services, Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, Immigrant Rights Clinic of Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
• Airport Attorneys Coalition
• The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
• and Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council.
On May 25, 2017, the en banc court affirmed the preliminary injunction in its entirety, except that it held that President Trump was not personally enjoined. (The court noted, however, that Presidential action remained unreviewable, in suits against the officers assigned to enforce the President's directives. "Even though the President is not 'directly bound' by the injunction, we 'assume it is substantially likely that the President . . . would abide by an authoritative interpretation" of Section 2(c) of the Second Executive Order.")
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Fish who doesn't love them, Battered or Raw.
I've gone for the raw sort and to keep them fresh, I built them a 2600 Litre pond. I built a simple underwater webcam and started streaming them on YouTube so I could watch them on my TV but they originally banned me from streaming for being boring or to quote them roughly "Creating content to drive people to other platforms", at much mirth to my friends.
So I now stream on 3 platforms at once Periscope, Twitch, and YouTube.
The pond is settling in and there are many upgrades planned for the summer and I want to take the stream further as well. Better Cameras looking at a 'GoPro'. quality of life things for the Fish a waterfall filter.


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Rating: 2.75 of 5
Mostly Tron: Legacy was awesome. Not great, but kind of awesome.
Let me say first that I never saw the first Tron. It was just never on my radar as a kid and then I had no reason to watch it once I grew up and never got around to it before seeing the sequel. So, there's that.
The most defining thing about this film is the music. And it totally works. It sets the mood and the pace and the energy and sort of creates the entire world and it's great. strong, cool, fun, moody music.
One of my favorite parts was in the club when Daft Punk kept moving through the vibe, like when the fight broke out and they just nodded their heads and shifted the music – like, we can work with this.
The second defining thing is how visually exciting it is. Again, I haven't seen the first film but I imagine it was updated exceptionally. Everything is slick and sharp and fast and very cool. The director and DP did a fantastic job of playing with light, there are reflections in odd places, but perfect because they create the sense of being on the other side of a monitor or inside a dark place with light bouncing around from different things. well done and not distracting.
Other than that…
I mean, the action is dynamic and engaging, but everything else around it is less so.
And, I have to say I think the primary problem is Jeff Bridges, even though it isn't his fault. First of all, the cg for his younger self is not great. Even when it's supposed to be in the real world it looks like a cartoon, especially the way the mouth moves. It's less noticeable in the digital world because so much of everything is cgi. But it's still not great.
And secondly, his characters aren't great – but again I don't think it's because he delivered a poor performance. It's what he was given to work with. Kevin Flynn is so passive, because his whole philosophy is about stillness. But that really handicaps any but the very best actors because essentially he has nothing to do. And Clu isn't really that bad. He doesn't create a real sense of danger or seem like really that much of a threat. Probably in part because he looks so plasticy he's not believable. and in part because the story doesn't give him anything dangerous.
And because of these two Jeff Bridges, the spaces between the action sequences fall flat and there was nothing from the other characters to help. Garrett Hedlund was pretty decent. And while Olivia Wilde actually didn't bother me (which was unexpected) I wasn't impressed with her performance. I realize it's hard to play a character with no personality and no emotion, but there was nothing dynamic about her. So everything in between the action drags. Several times I felt myself getting antsy wondering what comes next and how long it would take them to get to it.
Performances:
Also, the film is not profound. It didn't need to be, but it almost tries to be. There are all these references to a massive chess game, but there is no real sense of strategy or intrigue. When Kevin confronts Clu it seems to be trying to say something important, but it really doesn't; it's just meaningless attempts at something deeper. Which only served to make me think that it could have been profound, and wasn't. (Was one of the writers a Stargate fan? Because Absolute Power was a much more engaging way of showing that the only way win is not to play.) I think most of these flaws are due to how many writers the poor thing had.
With all of these flaws, you'd think I didn't like the film at all, but I did. The music and the action and the vibe of the whole thing was really good, which made the film overall fun. and cool. which was nearly enough.
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"Evidence suggests that androgen suppression therapy drugs may also significantly increase the risk of heart disease and stroke, and may be associated with an increased risk of death from these causes."
Heart disease and stroke are emerging complications of treating prostate cancer with drugs to suppress testosterone production, yet standard management of the disease is ignoring this risk, warn specialists in a viewpoint published online in Heart.
Drugs to suppress production of the male hormone testosterone, known as androgen suppression therapy (AST), are a mainstay of treatment for advanced prostate cancer, write the authors. And there is good evidence to show that they work well.
But mounting evidence suggests that these drugs may also significantly increase the risk of heart disease and stroke, and may be associated with an increased risk of death from these causes, they add, citing various pieces of published research.
And the advent of prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing, means that many more men are being started on AST at an earlier stage, and remain on it for years, say the authors.
Hormone suppression has various other side effects, including bone thinning and increased fracture risk, lowered muscle function, and fatigue.
Although it is as yet unclear if there is a direct causal link between these drugs and cardiovascular disease, there are certainly plausible explanations for the impact that such treatment might have on risk factors for heart disease and stroke, say the authors.
And this has not escaped the attention of the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and the American Urological Association, who have issued a joint statement to this effect.
Estimates from one study suggest that for every 1,000 men treated for five years with these drugs, there will be an extra 315 cases of heart disease, 360 extra cases of diabetes, 28 additional heart attacks, and 42 more strokes.
This equates to £700 million to £2 billion in NHS costs between 2004 and 2009 alone, say the authors.
"The concept of incorporating cardiovascular disease management into AST as standard has not yet percolated into clinical practice," they write.
As a result, the cancer and heart disease components are managed separately, with little coordination between doctors, they say. Existing guidelines on prostate cancer do not include the management of cardiovascular disease or make it clear who should be taking the lead on it, they add.
"Presently, we are unaware of any current local or national management plans that attempt to address the increased risk of cardiovascular disease associated with androgen suppressant therapy or recognise these men in screening procedures," they write.
"The current status quo of no action is, in our view, unsatisfactory for the patient and unlikely to be cost effective," they conclude, adding that cancer nurse specialists might be a highly effective and relatively inexpensive solution to the problem.


Three years after a low intensity fire there were few changes in the species composition of the assemblage but abundances of the 6-8 most numerous and relatively sedentary species were approximately halved. Many marked individuals (22%) were recaptured up to 3 yr after the fire. After the fire, the number of prey taxa recorded from the faeces of birds caught fell from 12 to 6, and the birds ate proportionately more ants and fewer beetles. Ants eaten after the fire were smaller.


American Music Club songwriter extraordinaire Mark Eitzel has announced his latest solo album, and he's bringing former Suede guitarist and Ben Watt collaborator Bernard Butler along for the ride.
Hey Mr. Ferryman, Eitzel's tenth solo album and first in three years, is out January 27 on Merge. It was recorded at 355 Studios in London with Butler, who played all the electric guitar, bass, and keyboard parts on the record.
The album's first single, a beautifully weathered song called "The Last Ten Years", is available to stream below via Soundcloud.
That alone should make a fascinating Eitzel record. Get a taste of what's coming below.


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Today is a Rainy Day in Dhaka 1000-1200. Sun will rise at 11:14 PM GMT and Sunset will be at 12:50 PM GMT.
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Today is a Cloudy day in 8 Dhanmondi Lake Rd. Sun will rise at 12:27 AM GMT and Sunset will be at 11:12 AM GMT.
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require 'active_support/concern'

module SimpleActivity
  describe ModelExtenders do
    context "#activities method" do
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        stub_const 'ActorFoo',  Class.new
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the toes are - much the same, really. kage's left ones won't curl, the duke gets pissy the duke is my friend.
... sorry. just - kage's sleeping and i should be sleeping.
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A little meditation can mean big changes in your life, including better health, drastic stress relief, greater mental focus, and healthier relationships. No wonder doctors are actually starting to prescribe meditation to reduce symptoms related to disease and injury. Harvard research shows there is a scientific link between meditation and the ability to shift stress and boost immunity.
Should you go to a class? Guided meditation is a wonderful thing, of course, but you can create a space in your home just for meditation. It doesn't take a big room to do it, but if you have a dedicated place at home to care for yourself through meditation, even if it's a corner in a tiny apartment, you'll honor and feel the benefits of meditation immediately.
Find a Seat. You need to be comfortable sitting for a bit, so whether it's a cushion, yoga blocks, or stacked blankets, choose something that will help you sit upright with ease, and dedicate the seat for meditation only.
Create Warmth. If you're cold, your body will get tense. Use a special space heater or turn up the room heat just before you meditate to make sure you're comfortably warm (but not too warm, or you'll fall asleep).
Build An Altar. Anything that inspires you can get you in a better headspace. On a clean, beautiful cloth (on a small table or even the floor), place objects of emotional and spiritual value, such as a picture of an inspirational person, a mini-deity statue, or a bamboo plant signifying both strength and flexibility, for example.
Have A Mala. One form of meditation is Japa, a meditative repetition of a chant or prayer, often with the use of a 108-bead mala (string of beads). The mala should be yours and only used by you, since meditation is so personal.
Unfold a peaceful screen. If privacy is an issue, have a foldable, clean screen handy to close you off into your meditation space.
Whether you have one thing, all of the above, or none at all, the most important thing about mediation is that you bring yourself wholly into the practice. Just starting out? Check out our simple beginner's guide to meditation. Whether you meditate in the comfort of your own home or in a crowded train, know that you're doing something wonderful for yourself.


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County Detectives Attend Drone Training Despite No State Regulations on Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
by Molly O'Brien September 10, 2015 September 16, 2022
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ—Detectives of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office (MCPO) participated in a basic training session on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's) and the legal processes in obtaining them on August 22.
Other topics covered included regulations set forth by the Federal Aviation Administration, basic checklist practices and flight controls, civilian use, and different types of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) including the DJI Phantom, DJI Inspire 3 series, and other custom-built models.
The Middlesex County Freeholders, during their August 20 evening meeting, passed a resolution (15-1570-R) authorizing staff from the Prosecutor's Office to attend this daytime training.
"There are no plans that I am aware of currently to purchase any drones," said Freeholder H. James Polos, who sponsored the resolution. The Freeholder, and former Highland Park Mayor, is the Chair of the Public Safety and Health Committee of the County Freeholders.
Polos has also been the Volunteer Emergency Management Coordinator of Highland Park since 1981.
"There has been no initiative by the Board, to my knowledge—although the Prosecutor's Office is somewhat autonomous—with respect to the purchase or recommending the purchase of same," he said.
Polos continued to explain that the training would be "an orientation to become familiar with [unmanned aerial systems], recognizing that sometimes our agencies have interworkings with other agencies which may have those at the state or federal level."
Polos says the Freeholders were not provided a list of the individuals attending the training.
When asked about the training the day after it was approved, the County Prosecutor's Office spokesperson initially told New Brunswick Today they had no involvement with the IDOPS training.
But when asked specifically about Resolution 15-1570-R, the County Prosecutor's spokesperson corrected the record, saying the MCPO was "are aware of the training, but we do not comment on training capabilities for the detective bureau."
IDOPS is one of three courses led by Emergency Manager Project LLC , a Somerset County based organization dedicated to training public service professionals.
Christopher Neuwirth, the Director of Emergency Manager Project, explains to New Brunswick Today that transparency is one of the main goals of the disaster relief training he is providing throughout the remainder of this year in Middlesex County.
"We cover everything from all of the legal processes from the FAA to the basic components of the actual vehicle," said Neuwirth, who has a Masters in Emergency and Disaster Management.
Neuwirth says he hopes to provide a service for professionals in public service fields like law enforcement, emergency management, fire safety, critical infrastructure and public works.
"We hope [the participants] go back to their communities within Middlesex in order to enact some positive change," he said in an interview.
Neuwirth explains that his upcoming 80-hour workshop on emergency management and disaster relief is the largest and most diverse class yet. The workshop is being held at the Middlesex County Police training Center in Edison, NJ. "We wanted to host a training in Middlesex County in light of Hurricane Sandy," Neuwirth said, alluding to the damage caused in towns like Woodbridge and Perth Amboy.
NO STATE REGULATIONS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT USE OF UAV'S
On August 1, North Dakota became the first state explicitly legalize the weaponization of unmanned law enforcement aerial vehicles.
Despite nationwide concern of police militarization, the government of that state now allows law enforcement to fly unmanned vehicles equipped with nonlethal weapons such as tasers.
While the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just recently passed a regulation allowing unmanned paper planes to take flight, state-level regulations of any kind in New Jersey have yet to be implemented.
In 2014, Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill that would have prevented officials from using UAV's with weapons attached.
The bill would have also made it illegal for police to operate a UAV for surveillance without a warrant, or to sell information gained to any kind of third party agency.
Governor Christie gave no explanation as to why he vetoed the bill, which has since been reintroduced under the title A1039/S2310 and is now awaiting approval from the Law and Public Safety Committee of the State Senate.
Both times, this bill was sponsored primarily by Assemblyman Dan Benson (LD-14 representing Mercer and Middlesex Counties) who says that provisions like these are necessary to protect the safety of civilians.
One of the additions to the new bill is the allowance of officials to use a UAV without a warrant if they could prove probable cause. In all other instances, if the bill is signed into law, officials would be required to obtain a warrant after other methods of investigation were first used.
"Bill (A-1039/S-2310) creates clear standards to be followed by law enforcement agencies and fire departments when utilizing drones in order to protect privacy rights of New Jersey citizens," writes Benson in the "Science Policy Friday" column of his web blog.
"There has been much concern raised by residents about the increased use of drones invading personal privacy and this bill would establish common sense guidelines for government agencies to follow," Benson wrote.
"Given all the news about great use of drones by local and state agencies, the need for this legislation is becoming more apparent."
In February, the Middlesex County Freeholders voted to modify the regulations for the county's park system, adding a requirement to secure a permit to use drones. It's not clear if the new rules apply to law enforcement as well as citizens.
"We've always had a permit process for model airplane flying," said Rick Lear, the newly-appointed head of Middlesex County Parks & Recreation. "The new rules is that if somebody wanted to use [a quadcopter/drone], they would have to come to us for a permit."
AMERICAN DRONES USED TO KILL CIVILIANS OVERSEAS
The word drone has a confusing place in today's media.
Many think of the popular DJI Phantom and airborne packages from Amazon.com when they read the word. However, the history of the word is morbidly tied with lethal force used overseas.
The aircrafts initially referred to as drones, made popular during the War on Terror, have capabilities of steering themselves autonomously, or at least semi-autonomously, like the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1 Predator.
These models are more powerful than the rotocopters characterized as "drones" by many American news outlets.
Real drones are less talked about in mainstream media, and often are armed with Hellfire missiles as they fly overseas countries like Yemen, Pakistan, Bosnia, formerly known as Yugoslavia.
Drones are not widely characterized as such, but they have a notorious reputation for killing many civilians including children.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reports that the U.S. Drone program targets family homes more than any other edifice in the country of Pakistan.
As a result, reports of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in communities under drone attack, appear to have increased dramatically over the past decade.
Despite the mounting number of civilian deaths, the Obama Administration wishes to increase its drone operations by 50% in terms of both surveillance and lethal force.
Molly O'Brien
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I was asked to join the Blue Tie Tag program that recruited blood donors in the African American community to support people with Sickle Cell Disease. Sickle Cell Disease can be managed with periodic blood transfusions. Blood coming from someone with a similar genetic background may be a better match. You can help make the life of someone with Sickle Cell Disease better by donating blood.
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Education: A Means of Access in the New Millennium
by Neil Drumming August 20th, 1999 August 29th, 2020
In 1939, five African-American men staged a peaceful sit-in at the Queen Street Library in Alexandria. Their goal was simply to gain library cards, but the result of the protest was far more substantial. Wisely avoiding the expensive printing costs and tedious laminating process involved in creating new cards, the city of Alexandria decided to build an entirely new library for its darker citizens. Today, the Office of Historic Alexandria presents a re-enactment of the not-quite-famous sit-in that brought about the construction of the Robinson Library for African-American citizens in 1940. Now, I don't know how much effort it takes to dramatically re-enact a sit-in, but something tells me that it's a lot less than some people will go through just to get away from black folk. The re-enactment, directed by local actor Hugh Staples, begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Alexandria Free Library, 717 Queen Street, Alexandria. For reservations call (703) 838-4554. Education: A Means of Access in the New Millennium, a panel discussion of the 1939 protest, takes place at 2 p.m. at the Alexandria Black History Resource Center, 638 N. Alfred St., Alexandria. Both events are free. For reservations call (703) 838-4356. (Neil Drumming)


Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified was a mystic, stigmatic, and victim soul. She is known as the "Little Arab" and the "Lily of Palestine." Her parents lost 12 sons in infancy before they made a pilgrimage to Bethlehem on foot and begged Mary for a daughter. Mariam Baouardy was the answer to their prayer. Both parents died when she was 2, but not before consecrating Mariam to Mary and to Joseph. Mariam decided, against her uncle's wishes, to enter religious life. A Muslim servant tried to convert her, and when he failed, he angrily slit her throat and dumped her body in an alley. A nun in blue, who Mariam later identified as Mary, stitched back up her throat and brought her back to health, but Mariam had a raspy voice from then on. She did not return to her uncle's house.
Mariam joined the Little Sisters of St. Joseph, but between her ecstasies and stigmata, the superiors believed it would be better for her to be a hidden soul, and so they sent her to join a Carmelite Cloister. She took the name Sister Mary of Jesus Crucified.
Sister Mary used to go out to the garden and touch a twig of a nearby tree, the kind of twig that would bend if a bird landed on it. The twig would then propel her to the top of the tree, where she would sing "Love, love" and other praises to God in a clear voice (remarkable since her throat was cut and she normally could only rasp). When she was asked how she did it, she said that "the Lamb held out His Hands to me."
Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified was greatly devoted to the Holy Spirit, and bemoaned the lack of devotion to Him while people searched for novelties in devotions. You can read more about her HERE.


Roman hordes gather near the Great Wall. Joshua and his people have allied with the Amazons to ensure the safety of the wall. However, they've sent in an undercover team into the Roman camp to obtain special info. From the wall they track the team's movements until...something deadly happens.


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SanDiego350 Volunteer Drop-in Hours
We are excited to have our SanDiego350 office up and running where it will be a hub of our activities. Every week you can come by and see what projects we are working on and lend a hand on them. This will be a space where we can share stories, ideas, and great work together!
Parking instructions: Please park on Richmond Ct., which is a smaller street with a parking lot on either side. The lot along the church fence is for visitors so please park there.
Getting to our office: Please email trung@sandiego350.org or call 619-900-1350 for the gate access code. Our office is in the top left corner of the building when in the parking lot.
Watson, Beldock & Beach Concert benefiting SanDiego350
Join San Diego singers/songwriters, Peggy Watson and David Beldock with bassist Paul Beach for an evening concert featuring amazing music from their new album as well as special social justice and climate themed songs.
Tickets are $20, with discounts available for students and low income community members. Delicious vegan appetizers are included. CDs of the trio's new self-titled album "Watson, Beldock & Beach" will be available for purchase.
All ticket sales will benefit SanDiego350 to support grassroots climate action and ensure we have a bright and sustainable future.
Doors at 7 pm. Concert 7:30-9:30 (with 20 minute break).
Purchase your ticket now! (you can also reserve a CD)
Space is limited so please RSVP and purchase your ticket. All tickets are first come first serve.
Videos: Live compilation / What you gonna do about the weather?
Peggy Watson, David Beldock, and Paul Beach perform original acoustic folk, blues and jazz. Together, the three are known for their dazzling musicianship, beautiful harmonies, and humorous stage presence. The trio is releasing a new cd in early 2020 featuring songs co-written by Watson and Beldock.
Peggy Watson is a unique musician. She is recognized as one of San Diego's leading acoustic singer/songwriters but has been embraced by the jazz and pop world as well. With a wide vocal range, her smooth, emotional voice effortlessly moves between contemporary folk, smoky jazz, or powerful pop ballads. Watson has released nine CDs. In a review of Peggy's recent CD, "A Good Life," George Varga of the San Diego Union Tribune wrote, "Watson's purity of tone, pinpoint control and glorious range are matched throughout by her unerring good taste."
David Beldock and Peggy Watson have been frequent music collaborators for over 20 years. Beldock is widely recognized as one of San Diego's leading guitarists. A reviewer in the L.A. Times wrote "Beldock pushes the rhythmic wagon with some of the most cracklin' country/jazz solos and fills you'll hear anywhere." Beldock is also a top-notch songwriter with several awards. His song "Feel the Wind," won a second-place prize in the international John Lennon songwriting contest.
Bass player, Paul Beach, is a gifted musician who worked with the late singer/songwriter Larry Robinson as well as many other renowned local performers. In the past, Beach toured with major bands in all 50 states and throughout the world. His credits include tours with Gary Puckett, Spanky and Our Gang, the Association, and the Mamas and the Papas.
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SanDiego350 Sunday Volunteer Drop-in Hours
We are excited to have our SanDiego350 office up and running where it will be a hub of our activities. This will be a space where we can share stories, ideas, and great work together! We are excited to have our office open Sundays next to the Hillcrest Farmers' Market. Grab lunch at the Farmers' Market and check out our projects!


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It is time for a new Television show, Bulldoze That House! The theme for the show could be done to the tune of Elvis Pressley's Viva Las Vegas; that gambling town. For gambling is what many home owners have done over the last four years; supplementing their income or the lack there of through no-doc-cash-out-refis on their homes, assuming the free money ride would never end.
Home ownership has always been about more than making the minimum payment, but with teaser rates and "pick-a-pay" loans doing the minimum was all this so-called housing boom was about.
The housing boom was about easy credit rather than economic expansion. While the average American family actually lost purchasing power over the last eight years, easy credit allowed us to maintain the illusion of prosperity while masking the truth: that the American economy has transitioned from higher-wage manufacturing jobs to lower-wage service jobs. That the American economy is based on consumption rather than production.
Since 2004, the basic rules of the housing game were thrown out of the window in an effort to put more and more people into homes. Home ownership was no longer something to aspire to through hard work and sound money management. With the barriers, income, assets, savings, a decent credit score, to home ownership removed anyone and everyone could own a home.
According to the Hoover Institution, home ownership was 66% in the year 2000 and peaked at 69.2% in 2004. The rate of homeownership fell to 67.8% in 2008 and reflects the rising tide of foreclosures in America. According to RealtyTrac, foreclosures have exceeded 250,000 units per month for the last 10 months. If current trends continue, 3 million people will lose their homes to foreclosure over the next year. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), there was an inventory of 3.8 million existing homes at the end of December 2008. The NAR estimated that it would take 9 months to work off the existing backlog. The median home price has fallen to $181,000 dollars in part because the numbers of homes bought under distressed conditions such as foreclosure are driving the price of homes down. With an estimated 3 million homes coming on the market due to foreclosure, housing prices have nowhere to go but down.
For ill or for good, home ownership has been considered one of the greatest vehicles for creating wealth in America. The decline in home prices means the loss of wealth that may take a generation to recover.
Already the mythology of the housing downturn is shifting to the economy. Previously, foreclosures were blamed on bad loans not bad borrowers. Now the economy is to blame. The reality is that just over one-third of delinquencies were due to job loss in 2006 and 46% of delinquencies were due to job loss in June of 2008. What this means is that if only the economy were to blame fewer than 1.5 million new homes would be on the market due to foreclosure rather than the projected 3 plus million homes.
Now the banks and borrowers are waiting to see what the Obama administration will do. Borrowers don't want to lose their homes and banks don't want to face the truth, that many of their assets are worthless. Municipal and state governments don't want to lose the tax revenue so everyone is waiting to exhale.
But let's look at the rules of the housing game: the rules as they were 10 years ago. Ten years ago, a borrower had to show income. Not only did that borrower have to show income, they had to show their qualifying income for at least five years. Ten years ago a first time borrower had to have a down payment of at least 5 percent, earnest money and closing costs. Ten years ago principal and interest payments could be no more than 28% of gross income with total debt payments being no more than 33%. Ten years ago, these were the minimum standards for owning a home.
The reality of home ownership is that it takes more than meeting minimum standards to truly own a home. Homes must be maintained and the cost of maintaining a modestly-priced, three-bed room, two bathroom, home is approximately $3000 per year. Property taxes and insurance payments are guaranteed to increase 3% to 20% per year depending on the market. In other words, a home-owner must have sufficient cushion of three to five thousand dollars per year to truly own their home. If not, a water heater, furnace, landscaping or paint job will become an economic catastrophe.
A borrower purchasing a house today at the median home price of 181, 000 and an interest rate of 5.26% will have a payment of $1000.61 (assuming nothing down). The income to afford that house is $61,000 per year. According to the Census Bureau 25% of US households meet or exceed that income.
The reality is that the government has few tools at its disposal to help borrowers without hurting broader society. Those tools are extending the loan term, re-setting the interest rate, re-pricing the homes, direct subsidies to borrowers. Both re-setting the interest rate and extending the loan term are two solutions that are both sustainable and limit the collateral damage. The contract began with borrowers and the banks and it stays there. Re-pricing the homes extends the damage to neighborhoods and potentially creates a windfall for the delinquent borrower. As an example, look at a borrower with and income of $40,000. That borrower leveraged into a $200,000 dollar home during the housing boom.
In order to afford the home, the borrower took out an interest only loan at the teaser rate of 4.85 percent. The interest-only payment was $808 dollars. The loan resets 5 years later to the prevailing interest rate of 5.26% and the principal and interest are amortized over 25 years. The new principal and interest payment for this borrower is $1199.68 more than 1/3 of monthly gross income. The market has already re-priced homes in the neighborhood to $180,000. Re-pricing the outstanding principal to $180,000, the amount set by market conditions, setting the interest rate at 5.26 percent and extending it over 40 years will make the principle and interest payment $899.00. This borrower might just make it. But the presence of other debts, rising insurance and property tax payments will ensure that this borrower's economic situation remains tenuous at best. The government then re-prices the home to $150,000 dollars in an effort to keep this borrower in his home. Now the cost to the neighborhood exceeds the penalty imposed by market conditions forcing housing losses in that neighborhood of 25% rather than the market losses of 10%. If this borrower cannot maintain his home, the neighborhood still loses. Direct subsidies to borrowers is a solution without end. At a time when this nation is without a plan to deal with the entitlement obligations of Social Security and Medicare direct subsidies to borrowers is both untenable and unsustainable.
There is a reality that too few people seem to want to face: there are too many homes. In an effort to increase the percentage of home ownership from 66% in 2000 to 69% in 2004, credit flowed too freely and too many homes were built. Cities are populated with unfinished neighborhoods, incomplete apartment complexes, vacant-homes falling into disrepair, and boarded up apartment buildings. Neighborhoods suffer as abandoned buildings house squatters and crime instead of working families. Preferring to board up foreclosed buildings, banks have been loathe to maintain them. Because of the now complex relationships among borrowers, banks and investors, local governments are often unable to locate the parties responsible for a given, abandoned property. It is time for state and local governments, through the power of eminent domain, to take possession of abandoned properties and Bulldoze That House! Local governments could turn the new land into green spaces and community gardens or sell the land for commercial purposes such as bookstores, coffee houses, laundromats. Bulldozing that house is another way to preserve neighborhoods and support housing prices by removing excess inventory. Bulldozing that house also has the added advantage of forcing banks and investors to face their losses and re-price their assets, something they have not done despite receiving billions in taxpayer funds.
Amen, very thoughtful! Atlanta has just been told that it does not have sufficient parks and open spaces. Bulldoze 'those' houses will be a great solution in some areas that are now blighted with boarded-up houses. These low income buyers with the help of the unscrupulous lenders got caught up in the myth that homeownership was a 'right' rather than an 'earned privledge'!
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Located in the Al Rayyan region, west of Doha, the Al Karaana lagoon covers more than 4 sq.km and is raising serious environmental problems. Almost 60,000 cubic metres of untreated wastewater per day is discharged onto this site by tanker, most notably causing the contamination of the water table by infiltration, producing foul odours and creating safety risks connected with the transport of sewage.
The Public Works Authority of Qatar, Ashgal, awarded Egis with an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract to rehabilitate this lagoon. Ashgal wishes for the eradication of the lagoon and the site's comprehensive overhaul, in continuance of the measures taken to date to mitigate its environmental impact.
Egis is an international group offering engineering, project structuring and operations services. In engineering and consulting, its sectors of activity include transport, urban development, building, industry, water, environment and energy. In roads and airports its offer is enlarged to encompass project structuring, equity investment, turnkey systems delivery, and operation and maintenance services.
This new contract gained follows another one awarded several weeks ago, also in the water sector: the extension of the Doha West waste water treatment and recycling plant.
The contract further bolsters Egis' position in Qatar, where the Group generated almost 33 million euros of turnover in 2014 from a large number of infrastructure projects.
Egis's responsibiilties at Al Karaana Teams from Egis will be tasked with identifying and qualifying the lagoon's waters and sludge in order to appreciate the contamination of the water table and evacuate this waste to the appropriate treatment processes.
Egis will consequently be mobilising all of its engineering capabilities for a period of 23 months to reduce to a minimum the environmental impact of this site, then redevelop it and convert it for new uses, in accordance with its sustainable development commitments.


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The Arts Alliance Medals for Arts, Sciences & Humanities + 21st Century Awards
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THE pARTy! 2019 - 2.11.19 - Click here for ticket information and details.
The Arts Alliance Medal For Arts, Sciences & Humanities
Awarded annually, The Arts Alliance Medals for Arts, Sciences & Humanities honor and celebrate the extraordinary contributions and accomplishments of artists, creatives, individuals, businesses and organizations who have deep roots in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Medal recipients are celebrated for exemplary achievements in advancing the arts, sciences and humanities and increasing public awareness of the creative sector in the greater Ann Arbor area. Through their actions, leadership, philanthropy and body of work, medalist make their mark, set the standard for excellence and serve as an example for others to follow.
Lifetime Achievement Medal
Presented in recognition of outstanding and sustained artistic and creative accomplishments within the arts, sciences and/or humanities receiving national and or international acclaim.
2019 William Bolcom & Joan Morris
2018 Linda Yohn, jazz music broadcaster
2017 Carla Dirlikov Canales, vocalist, arts ambassador
2016 Loren Estleman, author
2015 Jeff Daniels, actor, playwright, musician
Outstanding Service Medal
Presented in recognition of outstanding leadership and significant contributions made in furthering the fields of the arts, sciences and humanities in Washtenaw County and beyond.
2019 Aaron P. & Afa S. Dworkin
2018 John & The Debbie Dingell
2017 Ken Fischer, UMS president, arts presenter
2016 Masco Corporation
2015 Destination Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor + Ypsilanti Convention & Visitors Bureau
Philanthropic Excellence Medal
Presented in recognition of a phenomenal history of leadership and philanthropy to advance the arts, sciences and humanities.
2019 Bill & Mary Kinley
2018 Bob & Marina Whitman
2017 The Buhr Foundation
2016 The Harry A. & Margaret D. Towsley Foundation
2015 Ambassador Ronald N. & Mrs. Eileen Weiser
The Arts Alliance 21st Century Awards
Awarded periodically to recognize those who are demonstrating – through action and accomplishment – progressive approaches to the advancement of the arts, sciences and humanities in Washtenaw County.
The Tamara Real Emerging Leader Award
Presented to encourage the promising potential to advance the arts, sciences and humanities in Washtenaw County for many years to come. The award is named in honor of Tamara Real who played a significant role in launching The Arts Alliance as she heightened awareness of the value of Washtenaw County's creative sector while mentoring and championing emerging creative sector leaders.
2018 Jermaine Dickerson – Founder, Hero Nation
2017 Allison L. Buck
2016 Cre Fuller, Sherri Green & Marcy Davy Haywood – Founders, DIYpsi Indie Art Fair
2015 Omari Rush
Excellence in Education Award
Presented to a noted individual, school, business or organization that has made a significant contribution to the advancement of the arts, sciences and humanities education in Washtenaw County.
2016 Wild Swan Theater
2015 Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
Spotlight Artist Award
Presented to an individual or group of individuals who has/have excelled in their artistic discipline and demonstrated promising potential locally and nationally.
2017 Laith Al-Saadi, musician
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Stunning 2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom townhouse in the highly sought after Exchange complex, designed with West Coast contemporary sleek and modern finishings in every detail. The main floor boasts open floor plan with soaring 10ft ceilings, laminate flooring & spacious modern kitchen with quartz countertops, kitchen island, deluxe stainless steel appliances, gas range & soft close cabinets. Windows on both sides of the unit provide lots of natural light & freshly painted throughout this unit shows like NEW. Upstairs features 2 good sized SEPARATED bedrooms; walk in closet in 2nd bedroom & cheater ensuite. Large master has convenient his/her closets & spa like ensuite w/ double sinks. Still under warranty, central location in the bustling and urban paradise of Willoughby Town Centre across the street, 2 parking plus bonus of storage locker in carport & low maintenance fees. This is a must see!
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NEWS CREATION SCIENCE UPDATE EVIDENCE FROM THE EARTH SCIENCES SCIENCE EARTH SCIENCES RESOURCES
Predicting Earthquakes More Complex than Thought
BY TIM CLAREY, PH.D. * |
The accurate prediction of an earthquake could potentially save thousands of lives. Everything from the study of strange animal behavior to satellites mapping changes in surface elevation have been employed to try and predict earthquakes. However, few of these methods have been shown to be reliable or accurate.
Recently, a new study published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America has suggested that earthquakes follow a complex mathematical pattern described as the "devil's staircase."1 The phenomenon is known as phase locking, or resonance, and is sometimes present in systems with two competing frequencies.2 As each system changes with time, the two experience moments when they are in phase and then again out of phase.2 Graphing this pattern with time creates a staircase pattern, hence the name, where the steps vary in height and width.
Earthquakes are sometimes linked along the same fault system and others are connected by their presence on the same plate boundary, like a subduction zone. The interrelated nature of many large faults and plate boundaries globally can cause some earthquakes to cluster or occur in short intervals, one right after the other. Whereas, at other times, earthquakes on one part of the same fault system do not seem to cause any additional earthquakes elsewhere. These areas with no earthquake activity can remain dormant for many years, making an overall pattern of sudden activity followed by extended pauses, creating the "devil's staircase" pattern.
But the problem with using this to predict earthquakes is the same as most other methods: There is not enough data over a long enough period of time to make any sense of the data, let alone an accurate prediction of the next big earthquake. Brooks Hays of UPI summarized,
When models fail to take a wide-angle view of earthquake sequences—instead, looking at seismic patterns over short periods of time—it becomes impossible to tell whether a series of seismic events occurred within a single cluster or spanned two clusters and an interval of silence.3
Lead author Yuxuan Chen, from the Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri at Columbia, and colleagues wrote,
For this same reason, we need to be cautious when assessing an event is 'overdue' just because the time measured from the previous event has passed some 'mean recurrence time' based an incomplete catalog.1
Today's earthquakes are mere reminders of the tremendous seismic activity that must have occurred during the global Flood. However, during the Flood year, there were likely thousands upon thousands of earthquakes, with few pauses. The tectonic plates during the Flood were moving meters per second, not a few centimeters per year like we observe today.4
Geophysicist John Baumgardner calculated that the rapidly moving plates during the Flood may have produced one major earthquake every 4 seconds.5 In his calculations, he assumed the earth had subduction zones that were approximately the same length as we observe today, possibly totaling 40,000 miles.5
That many earthquakes, so closely spaced in time, could have pushed tsunami waves onto the continents so quickly that they could not drain off before the next one hit. Baumgardner further determined that this could have produced "standing waves" of water as high as 4,900 feet in some locations across the continents, greatly helping to flood the earth.5
Earthquakes and their resulting tsunamis were likely a big source for the rising waters used by God to orchestrate the judgment of the Flood. Today, we still experience these infrequent, unpredictable, and often deadly reminders. The more we learn about earthquakes, the more complex they seem to become. And unfortunately, no easy way to predict them seems to be in sight. Meanwhile, the earth continues to groan as in the pains of childbirth because of the sin of Adam.6
1. Chen, Y. et al. 2020. Complex Temporal Patterns of Large Earthquakes: Devil's Staircases. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
2. Brookhaven National Laboratory. 1968. The devil's staircase. Physics Today. 39 (12): 38.
3. Hays, B. Timing of Earth's biggest earthquakes follows a 'devil's staircase' pattern. United Press International. Posted on upi.com April 14, 2020, accessed April 23, 2020.
4. Baumgardner, J. 1994. Runaway Subduction as the Driving Mechanism for the Genesis Flood. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Creationism. R. Walsh, ed. Pittsburgh, PA: Creation Science Fellowship Inc., 63-75.
5. Baumgardner, J. 2016. Numerical Modeling of the Large-Scale Erosion, Sediment Transport, and Deposition Processes of the Genesis Flood. Answers Research Journal. 9: 1–24.
6. Romans 8:22.
*Dr. Clarey is Research Associate at the Institute for Creation Research and earned his doctorate in geology from Western Michigan University.
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In 2016, we said goodbye to Prince and a lot of other great musicians and actors, and MinnPost brought you stories about dreary — but real — Minnesota problems: health inequalities, achievement gaps, partisan gridlock, and the geographic disparities in Minnesota's recovery from the Great Recession, to name a few.
By two important measures, Minnesotans are doing better financially than they were before.
According to Census data, the share of Minnesotans living in poverty has gone down, from 12 percent in 2014 to 10 percent in 2015, the most recently available data.
This was true for Minnesotans, on average, who live both in the metro area and outside of it.
"There was good news for the state as a whole: for the Twin Cities, as well as greater Minnesota," said Craig Helmstetter, senior research manager at Minnesota Compass, a division of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation that tracks statistics on economics, education and quality of life in Minnesota.
While the poverty rate remains a great deal higher for Minnesota's racial and ethnic minorities, nearly 23 percent of whom live in poverty, than it is for whites, about 7 percent, both numbers have gone down.
This was encouraging to see, because poverty rates were slower to budge after the recession than other indicators of economic recovery, such as the number of jobs, Helmstetter said.
Minnesotans are also making more money: Between 2014 and 2015, the most recently available data, median household income in Minnesota rose nearly $2,000.
While income took a hit during the recession, the most recent available data shows it nearly back at 2006 levels.
Again, there are racial disparities when it comes to income: the median black family in Minnesota makes less than half what the median white family in Minnesota makes in a year, for instance. But both have risen since last year.
Seeing poverty and income on positive trajectories is important for Minnesota's prosperity, Helmstetter said, as the two are connected to higher rates of homelessness. They're also connected to poorer health.
Another positive trend for Minnesota is school graduation rates. Last year, 82 percent of high school students graduated in four years, compared to 77 percent in 2011, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Education. The rate has increased steadily in the last five years.
"One of the main things that's helped graduation rates is districts are collecting more data on students," said Emily Bisek, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Department of Education.
That helps educators identify and help students who need support or are at risk of not graduating, she said.
The Twin Cities have some of the worst racial disparities in education in the country, but high school graduation rate gains are seen for students of all races and ethnicities tracked by the state.
That's good, since economists are predicting a tightening of Minnesota's labor market, and some say the state will need all hands on deck in order to keep the economy moving along well. Of course, whether or not students are prepared for a career or college is another matter altogether.
Politicians on both sides of the political spectrum concede that the Affordable Care Act and MNsure, the state's government health insurance exchange, have problems, and those programs could change drastically under new administrations.
But they have contributed to much lower levels of uninsured Minnesotans, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
WIth more people insured, health care providers are also reporting that they're less frequently swallowing the costs of caring for patients who can't afford their medical bills.
Uncompensated care declined for the second year in a row in 2015, from $305 million in 2014 to $268 million in 2015, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.
Minnesota's 3.8 percent November unemployment rates was the twelfth lowest in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the state is adding jobs.
Annual employment — which shows how many Minnesotans were working, on average, in a given year — continues to rise. An annual average for 2016, which would account for seasonal variation, isn't yet available, but quarter-for-quarter, 2016 employment numbers so far are above 2015 levels.
The state's economic forecast predicts employment will grow by 1 percent per year for the next few years.
Low unemployment comes with its own set of problems, but this is a good sign that Minnesota businesses want to hire people.
Minnesotans, who are becoming increasingly racially diverse, are electing more people of color to their local and state governments.
This year, a record 16 racial or ethnic minorities were elected to Minnesota's statehouse. While the House and Senate still don't reflect the diversity of the state, there were big gains this year, bringing the legislature a few steps closer to looking like the state.
Some bright spots for diversity include record numbers of African Americans and Native Americans in the state legislature, and the election of Ilhan Omar, the first Somali person ever to be elected to a state legislature in the United States.
With 16 members who identify as racial or ethnic minorities, the 2017 Minnesota Legislature will have more people of color than ever before.
Submitted by Max Hailperin on 12/30/2016 - 09:23 am.
This is nice to see, but increasing income is not the same thing as "getting wealthier." That phrase ought to reserved for an increase in net worth (assets minus liabilities). Alas, we have a lot less data on wealth than on income.
Submitted by Paul Hintz on 12/30/2016 - 10:20 am.
This isn't a pretty picture in any category. Unless you're a privileged white person. You don't even address other inequities (which have a direct and enormous impact economically as well as socially) such as the school-to-prison pipeline system. Overall, this report reflects…well, it's just disgusting is what it is.
Submitted by Marci Martinson on 12/30/2016 - 11:11 am.
For added perspective, how does this compare to our more conservative neighbors like Wisconsin?


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RS 9:315.16
§315.16. Review of guidelines
A. The guidelines set forth in this Part shall be reviewed by the legislature not less than once every four years. A review of the guidelines shall take place in 2012 and every four years thereafter, and it shall be the responsibility of the office of children and family services, child support enforcement section of the Department of Children and Family Services, and the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, in consultation with the child support review committee provided in Subsection B of this Section, to obtain all information required to comply with the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 667(a) and present the same to the legislature sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2008 Regular Session of the Legislature and every four years thereafter.
B. The child support review committee shall serve without compensation, except for the members of the legislature who shall receive a per diem as provided by law, and shall consist of the following members:
(1) The reporter or designee of the Louisiana State Law Institute Marriage and Persons Advisory Committee.
(2) The chairman or designee of the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
(3) The chairman or designee of Senate Committee on Judiciary A.
(4) The president or designee of the Louisiana District Judges Association.
(5) The executive director or a designee of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association.
(6) The president or designee of the Juvenile and Family Court Judges Association.
(7) The chairman or designee of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Family Law Section.
(8) The chairman or designee of the Louisiana Chapter of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
(9) The secretary or a designee of the Department of Children and Family Services.
(10) The chairman or designee of the Louisiana Children's Cabinet.
(11) The president or designee of the Louisiana Hearing Officers' Association.
Acts 2001, No. 1082, §1; Acts 2004, No. 249, §1; Acts 2008, No. 578, §1; Acts 2012, No. 255, §2; Acts 2016, No. 223, §1.


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The T. Eaton Company wound up its catalogue sales operation after over 10 years of heavy losses. Timothy Eaton realized that Canada's rural residents had absolutely no access to modern products when he launched the catalogue in 1884.
It took less than 20 years before westerners dubbed the catalogue The Prairie Bible. It began with 32 pages, no pictures and nothing more than the item's name and price. It turned into a Canadian symbol, used not only to sell products but also as building insulation, hockey shin pads and outhouse toilet paper.
For new settlers arriving to Canada's prairies during the early 20th century, finding a home to live in was difficult. A lack of trees meant lumber was a scarce commodity. It wasn't until the creation of the catalogue house that home-owning became a reality. Found on the pages of the Eaton's' Catalogue, these mail-order homes could be ordered like clothing and were available in a variety of sizes, shapes and colours. Delivered to the nearest railway station, the houses arrived in pieces much like furniture you buy at IKEA. Everything from the timber to the nails came pre-packaged, along with a how-to guide for construction. The first Canadian-manufactured catalogue house appeared in the Winnipeg edition of the Eaton's catalogue in 1910. For $945, people could buy an eight-room house with a two-storey gable-end design, full verandah and back porch, says Les Henry, author of Catalogue Houses: Eatons' and Others. Out of the United States was the Aladdin Company, which opened branches across Canada. It offered customers a money-back guarantee of $1 for every knot found in its lumber. The pioneer of catalogue houses was the British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company, which dates sales back to 1886. It shut down in 1914. Three years later United Grain Growers began selling homes, until the mid-1920s. A small number of catalogue houses still dot the landscape in Western Canada. While many exist as abandoned farmhouses, others have been restored by enthusiasts. There are 14 catalogue houses in Alberta, including one in Calgary and one in Strathmore.