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Obama Administration Begins Large-Scale Deportations
Esther Yu Hsi Lee Twitter Jan 5, 2016, 3:00 pm
FILE — In this July 7, 2015 file photo, immigrants from El Salvador and Guatemala who entered the country illegally board a bus after they were released from a family detention center in San Antonio. A group of immigrant rights lawyers in a filing Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, say that detention of women and children caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally is lengthy and unsafe, challenging the government's claims that immigrant families are held only briefly and that their detention doesn't violate a longstanding ban. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) CREDIT: AP PHOTO/ERIC GAY, FILE
Don't open your door. Ask for a warrant when a stranger knocks on your door. Memorize the phone numbers of relatives and lawyers.
These are just some of the pieces of advice that immigrant advocates have been giving Central Americans who entered the country after May 2014, now that the Obama administration has begun an aggressive immigration operation targeting them for deportation in the new year.
Over the weekend, at least 121 Central American individuals primarily from Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina were taken into custody and are now in the process of being repatriated to their countries of origin.
The recent raids conducted by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency mark "the first large-scale effort to deport families who have fled violence in Central America," according to the Washington Post, which first reported about the operation toward the end of last month.
"This is consistent with the kinds of priorities that the President himself has talked about; that our enforcement efforts need to be focused on deporting felons, not families, and with a particular focus on individuals who have only recently crossed the border," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said during a press briefing on Monday.
But immigrant advocates say the phrase — which Obama adopted in November 2014 to assure people that his administration would prioritize deportation for criminal immigrants — rings hollow given that families were the focus of the weekend raids.
"President Obama continues to cement his legacy as Deporter-in-Chief," Cristina Jimenez, the managing director of United We Dream, an immigrant advocacy group, said. She likened the weekend raid to something that Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, who espouses extreme anti-immigrant views, would do. "Raids and ICE activity reported in shopping centers, near parks and churches have forced families to miss work and avoid sending their children to school today."
About 150 organizations signed a letter expressing opposition to the Obama administration for causing a "state of fear" among immigrant communities. "Raids would convey the message that these families are a threat to border security, when the reality is that most are asylum seekers in need of humanitarian protection," the letter in part reads. "We urge you to renounce the use of such harsh tactics against this incredibly vulnerable group that has already suffered horrible, uncontrolled gang violence, domestic violence, and other forms of persecution."
Two of them were wearing dark jackets with the word 'POLICE' on the back.
More than 100,000 Latin American families as well as unaccompanied children — many of whom are under the age of 12 — crossed the southern U.S. border in 2014 to flee violence in their home countries, prompting the U.S. government to respond by fast-tracking immigration court proceedings. In some cases, immigration lawyers complained that the 21-day turnaround for court proceedings didn't give them enough time to represent unaccompanied minors in court, leaving as many as 61 percent of mothers and children without legal representation.
The ICE agency is using the nationwide operation to prioritize people with final orders of removal, a DHS spokesperson told the Washington Post. But it's as yet unclear how many of the apprehended individuals actually have those orders.
And according to the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR), an immigration advocacy group in the Atlanta metro area, ICE agents may be using deceptive tactics to gain entry into immigrants' homes to make arrests.
Families in the region told GLAHR that ICE agents knocked on their doors very early in the morning and said they were looking for a "wanted" African-American man in a photo. Although the residents didn't recognize the individual in the photo, they allowed ICE agents into their homes because "they wanted to be collaborative," GLAHR executive director Adelina Nicholls said.
"ICE didn't identify themselves," Nicholls told ThinkProgress. "[The families] didn't know if they were ICE or the police. They were not able to identify the car, no logos. The only thing is that six agents came in the house and two of them were wearing dark jackets with the word 'POLICE' on the back."
As soon as agents entered the homes, they went into the bedrooms to get people to come out into the common area. Occupants were asked their legal status, and in each case, when the women responded that they didn't have legal status, agents proceeded to show their photos and arrest them. "Everybody was in shock — crying, screaming," Nicholls said.
One of the people arrested this weekend, a Guatemalan woman with two young sons, told Nicholls that ICE agents were dressed in "civilian clothing" when they approached her.
Five families affiliated with GLAHR were taken into custody and sent to the South Texas Detention Facility in Dilley, Texas, a large immigration detention facility built to detain women and children migrants. According to at least one of the detained immigrants who called a family member from the detention facility, there were at least 47 other people on that flight from Atlanta to Texas.
Every single time they invade a home, they're invading an entire community as well.
The Obama administration is likely sticking to a harsh enforcement policy given a renewed spike in the number of Central American children showing up on the southern border in the latter months of 2015. The number of children crossing the border started to pick up again last July.
"As I have said repeatedly, our borders are not open to illegal migration; if you come here illegally, we will send you back consistent with our laws and values," Johnson said in a statement. "At my direction, additional enforcement operations such as these will continue to occur as appropriate."
Johnson added that his department and the State Department are both "accelerating" the development of a program to screen Central American refugees in their countries. In his statement's conclusion, Johnson anticipated backlash from immigrant advocates, acknowledging that critics would likely "loudly condemn our enforcement efforts as far too harsh" — but added that the country "must enforce the law consistent with our priorities."
Nicholls is one of the immigrant advocates who isn't afraid to condemn Johnson's agency. "As a Latino, as an immigrant, every single time they invade a home, they're invading an entire community as well," she said.
#Deportation, #Immigration


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Bobby Bobo
Published on October 31, 2009 November 2, 2009 by charlottedean
··FYI: I found this story in my room the other day. I think I was about eight or nine when I wrote it. All the original grammar and spelling is the same. I just typed it up.··
I really used to hate Bobby Bobo. Bobby was really sick. He never brushed his hair, his teeth, or took showers and he always burped. When he got toys he would drool on them. When he spit he really spit a lot of spit.
I met Bobby when I moved to Formosa Avenue. My mom and my dad said "Check out the kids in the neighborhood." So I did and the only kid in the neighborhood was Bobby Bobo. So I played with him for a little while and then he got too gross to be around he started burping and sneezing too much.
The next day Bobby was at the front door of my house and asked my mom "is Linda home?"
"Yes she is who is this?"
"Bobby Bobo."
"She'll be right here Bobby. Linda, Bobby wants to play with you."
"Coming mom."
"Hi Bobby." I said.
"Can you play today Linda?"
I looked at my mom in disguse and said "Ok Bobby but this time I have to be back at six."
"Ok Linda."
"Let's go."
We played till six and then I had to go home. Lucky me. At dinner my parents asked me about Bobby. "I hate him. He does everything gross. Tell him I'm dead!" "Now honey he's not that bad because tomorrow you and me are both going to the park with him," said mom. "You know mom sometimes I think that you really are the devil." "Thank you very much dear."
The next day Bobby my mom and I all went to the park. We were flying a kite. I was holding the kite. Then I had to go to the restroom so did Bobby. Then mom said "I'll roll up the kite while you two go to the restrooms." So I went in the ladys and Bobby went in the mens room. Then Bobby came out and heard me screaming because there was a fire in the metal trash can blocking the door of the girls bathroom. So then Bobby spits on it but it wouldn't go out then he trys to move the metal can but its too hot.
Then he took off his shirt and put out the fire he kicked the hot metal can out of the way so I could get out of the fire. "Gee thanks Bobby you saved my life." I said. "My pleasure," said Bobby. Linda ran and told her mother the whole story and all the details too. "Mom he really saved my life." I said.
Then Bobby came over to my mom and I. "I hear you saved my daughters life." said mom. "Yes I did." said Bobby. "You shall be rewarded." said mom.
"No really I don't need to be rewarded," said Bobby as we were all going home.
"Ha, ha, ha, you don't have a shirt," teased a boy. "And you won't have any teeth," I said. "Or any legs," added my mother. Then we all went home happilly no shirted after!
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Boys don't cry says:
I love this so much. So much into it. Thank you for sharing this.
jim dean says:
You shall be rewarded. LMAO.
…happilly no shirted after. SLMAO

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What Guitar is In this picture on the CD Room For Squares (john mayer)?
It's on the cover of the second release of room for squares.
There are other pictures of the guitar in other places too. With other performers. It looks like the guitar has unparrallel frets and a scalloped fretboard. Where can I find this guitar? Does anyone know?
I know that it's an electric 6 string guitar and it's not a bass guitar (Peavey Cirrus) but it looks like one. This picture doesn't show it clearly but the frets are not parrallel. I've seen better pictures of it but now I can't find them online.


A Fairy Ring in my front yard. It would have been much bigger but I mowed the lawn last week. In doing so the west half of the ring was mowed under. It developed before the eastern half did, so it did have time to spore.
Newer PostPets From Hell Etc..


Having a Better, Faster, Less Expensive, or in a word, being more Productive than your competitors is a matter of LIFE and DEATH !
Companies that are more effective than their competitors and those that provide high-quality Goods and Services in short timeframes with justifiable costs will be prosperous.
Inversely, companies which are less effective than their current or prospective competitors will perish.
Lean Manufacturing, which was largely inspired by the Toyota Production System, is a set of logical concepts with practical tools for the constant enhancement of productivity and quality, which includes a way to reduce the time that companies require for the completion of all their procedures.
The effective application of Lean tools, concepts and principles require a Human organization that encourages the participation of all persons involved within the company, which includes all individuals from the Operator to the CEO.


Former Miss World Diana Hayden made India proud on world map when she was crowned Miss World in 1997. Post which she went on to do few films and a reality show, the infamous Bigg Boss as well.
Being a mother, a writer and a working woman she manages to give time to all.
In 2016, she gave birth to a girl. The child was born from an egg that Hayden had frozen 8 years ago. Intrigued by the possibilities, she had frozen 16 eggs between 2007 and 2008.
She embraced motherhood and gave birth in 40s. Currently Diana is associated with mini homes, an industrial project.
In an exclusive conversation with Diana Hayden she spoke in length about being a working mother to why she didn't work on more films, and how she took motherhood at the age of 40.
You made India proud globally but you did very few films. Any reason?
When I studied acting it was Shakespeare based theatre. I was never interested in doing mainstream cinema. The films I did were because I loved the story and character I played. I believe it's very important to be true to yourself and what makes you tick.
What is your piece of advice to Miss World aspirants?
My first and foremost advice would be 'be yourself' but at the same time recognise your strengths and weaknesses and work on them. Be comfortable in your skin. If there are traits of someone you really admire, feel free to adopt them; never lose sight of the bigger picture. And be grounded, humble in your achievements.
Congrats on being a mother again? How does it feel to manage both profession and personal life?
I do work where it doesn't take too much of my time or take me away from my family as my main focus right now is on raising my daughter Arya and keeping these twins in as long as I can so that they're born healthy. I've never kept a nanny for Arya as I've always wanted to raise my child myself, and I can see the difference it makes, by the day. She's just turned 2 and is a very positive, smart, polite and confident child. She already has her basic etiquette in place. She'll say sorry if you mistakenly bump in to her and she'll thank you even if she's offering you something. As I'm now 7 months pregnant with twins I've slowed my pace down a fair bit more, especially with my travels.
A women has always been said and asked there is an age limit to bear a child, you have stood on your say and words what is your take on this?
Thanks to today's technological advances, issues of our biological clock and many medical ones too can be overcome. I thank God every night (and a few times during the day) for Arya. She is the most amazing, charming, happy child you have ever met. I am so blessed!
If ever you have been criticized over issues how do you as a person handle it?
If and when I think it warrants clarification, I explain myself, otherwise I just chalk it up to being their problem and get on with my life.
From being Miss World to mother what is that one thing that Diana still has in her?
Life, fire, zest. I am still very much the same person just more experienced and fulfilled in life.
What makes Diana happy and smile?
Nothing puts a smile on my face and a song in my heart faster than Arya's smile, hug or kiss. She is my daily dose of happiness and I feel truly blessed!
Mini Homes is a property investment advisory firm and an exclusive project marketing firm specialising in real estate. They've had their roots deeply embedded in the real estate market for over two decades now. The knowledge, experience and honesty that Varun Bagla brings to the table is, I feel, a key factor in any customer service set up, and to be most appreciated in the real estate world. Having witnessed, and as a client first-hand experienced, the transparency that Mini Homes comes with I'm confident they'll go a long way.
How did you think of partnering with them as a brand ambassador.
When they approached me to be a brand ambassador and endorse Mini Homes, I had no second thoughts because their professionalism coupled with their other values of transparency and trust is what I absolutely connect with and appreciate. They have not just advised me on properties to consider buying, they also very smartly dissuaded me from buying properties that did not suit my requirements. I believe a company like Mini Homes with these kind of values is a boon to home buyers and property investors in India.


Convex risk measures were introduced by Deprez and Gerber (1985). Here the problem of allocating risk capital to subportfolios is addressed, when aggregate capital is calculated by a convex risk measure. The Aumann-Shapley value is proposed as an appropriate allocation mechanism. Distortion-exponential measures are discussed extensively and explicit capital allocation formulas are obtained for the case that the risk measure belongs to this family. Finally the implications of capital allocation with a convex risk measure for the stability of portfolios are discussed.


This month's quiz is a Pot Luck - – hope you do well. As always if you highlight the line under each question you will see the answer.
1 Ornithophobia is a fear of what?
2 In medical terms what does an ECG stand for?
3 Which dessert is named after a ballerina?
4 What is the capital of Albania?
5 Who became a saint in 1909, nearly 500 years after she was killed?
6 Who wears a chasuble?
7 Where were the Elgin Marbles from originally?
8 Which song starts 'Friday night and the lights are low'?
9 How many valves does a bugle have?
10 Which Saint was born in Lourdes?
I'm a real loser!! Fun game, though!
Fun, but I did not do well!


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Euphemisms, False Statements and Deleted Comments
Three Strategies to Defend GOP Health Bill:
By Charles Ornstein for ProPublica
Earlier this month, a day after the House of Representatives passed a bill to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act, Ashleigh Morley visited her congressman's Facebook page to voice her dismay.
"Your vote yesterday was unthinkably irresponsible and does not begin to account for the thousands of constituents in your district who rely upon many of the services and provisions provided for them by the ACA," Morley wrote on the page affiliated with the campaign of Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. "You never had my vote and this confirms why."
The next day, Morley said, her comment was deleted and she was blocked from commenting on or reacting to King's posts. The same thing has happened to others critical of King's positions on health care and other matters. King has deleted negative feedback and blocked critics from his Facebook page, several of his constituents say, sharing screenshots of comments that are no longer there.
"Having my voice and opinions shut down by the person who represents me — especially when my voice and opinion wasn't vulgar and obscene — is frustrating, it's disheartening, and I think it points to perhaps a larger problem with our representatives and maybe their priorities," Morley said in an interview.
King's office did not respond to requests for comment.
As Republican members of Congress seek to roll back the Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare, and replace it with the American Health Care Act, they have adopted various strategies to influence and cope with public opinion, which polls show mostly opposes their plan.
ProPublica, with our partners at Kaiser Health News, Stat and Vox, has been fact-checking members of Congress in this debate and we've found misstatements on both sides, though more by Republicans than Democrats. The Washington Post's Fact Checker has similarly found misstatements by both sides.
Today, we're back with more examples of how legislators are interacting with constituents about repealing Obamacare, whether online or in traditional correspondence. Their more controversial tactics seem to fall into three main categories: providing incorrect information, using euphemisms for the impact of their actions, and deleting comments critical of them. (Share your correspondence with members of Congress with us.)
Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., sent a note to constituents this month explaining her vote in favor of the Republican bill. First, she outlined why she believes the ACA is not sustainable — namely, higher premiums and few choices. Then she said it was important to have a smooth transition from one system to another.
"This is why I supported the AHCA to follow through on our promise to have an immediate replacement ready to go should the ACA be repealed," she wrote. "The AHCA keeps the ACA for the next three years then phases in a new approach to give people, states, and insurance markets plenty of time to make adjustments."
Except that's not true.
"There are quite a number of changes in the AHCA that take effect within the next three years," wrote ACA expert Timothy Jost, an emeritus professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law, in an email to ProPublica.
The current law's penalties on individuals who do not purchase insurance and on employers who do not offer it would be repealed retroactively to 2016, which could remove the incentive for some employers to offer coverage to their workers.
Moreover, beginning in 2018, older people could be charged premiums up to five times more than younger people — up from three times under current law. The way in which premium tax credits would be calculated would change as well, benefiting younger people at the expense of older ones, Jost said.
"It is certainly not correct to say that everything stays the same for the next three years," he wrote.
In an email, Hartzler spokesman Casey Harper replied, "I can see how this sentence in the letter could be misconstrued. It's very important to the Congresswoman that we give clear, accurate information to her constituents. Thanks for pointing that out."
Other lawmakers have similarly shared incorrect information after voting to repeal the ACA. Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., wrote in a May 19 email to a constituent that "in 16 of our counties, there are no plans available at all. This system is crumbling before our eyes and we cannot wait another year to act."
Black was referring to the possibility that, in 16 Tennessee counties around Knoxville, there might not have been any insurance options in the ACA marketplace next year.
However, 10 days earlier, before she sent her email, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee announced that it was willing to provide coverage in those counties and would work with the state Department of Commerce and Insurance "to set the right conditions that would allow our return."
"We stand by our statement of the facts, and Congressman Black is working hard to repeal and replace Obamacare with a system that actually works for Tennessee families and individuals," her deputy chief of staff Dean Thompson said in an email.
On the Democratic side, the Washington Post Fact Checker has called out representatives for saying the AHCA would consider rape or sexual assault as pre-existing conditions. The bill would not do that, although critics counter that any resulting mental health issues or sexually transmitted diseases could be considered existing illnesses.
Euphemisms
A number of lawmakers have posted information taken from talking points put out by the House Republican Conference that try to frame the changes in the Republican bill as kinder and gentler than most experts expect them to be.
An answer to one frequently asked question pushes back against criticism that the Republican bill would gut Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for the poor, and appears on the websites of Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., and others.
"Our plan responsibly unwinds Obamacare's Medicaid expansion," the answer says. "We freeze enrollment and allow natural turnover in the Medicaid program as beneficiaries see their life circumstances change. This strategy is both fiscally responsible and fair, ensuring we don't pull the rug out on anyone while also ending the Obamacare expansion that unfairly prioritizes able-bodied working adults over the most vulnerable."
That is highly misleading, experts say.
The Affordable Care Act allowed states to expand Medicaid eligibility to anyone who earned less than 138 percent of the federal poverty level, with the federal government picking up almost the entire tab. Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia opted to do so. As a result, the program now covers more than 74 million beneficiaries, nearly 17 million more than it did at the end of 2013.
The GOP health care bill would pare that back. Beginning in 2020, it would reduce the share the federal government pays for new enrollees in the Medicaid expansion to the rate it pays for other enrollees in the state, which is considerably less.
Also in 2020, the legislation would cap the spending growth rate per Medicaid beneficiary. As a result, a Congressional Budget Office review released Wednesday estimates that millions of Americans would become uninsured.
Sara Rosenbaum, a professor of health law and policy at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, said the GOP's characterization of its Medicaid plan is wrong on many levels. People naturally cycle on and off Medicaid, she said, often because of temporary events, not changing life circumstances — seasonal workers, for instance, may see their wages rise in summer months before falling back.
"A terrible blow to millions of poor people is recast as an easing off of benefits that really aren't all that important, in a humane way," she said.
Moreover, the GOP bill actually would speed up the "natural turnover" in the Medicaid program, said Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health care think tank.
Under the ACA, states were only permitted to recheck enrollees' eligibility for Medicaid once a year because cumbersome paperwork requirements have been shown to cause people to lose their coverage. The American Health Care Act would require these checks every six months — and even give states more money to conduct them.
Rowland also took issue with the GOP talking point that the expansion "unfairly prioritizes able-bodied working adults over the most vulnerable." At a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing earlier this year, GOP representatives maintained that the Medicaid expansion may be creating longer waits for home- and community-based programs for sick and disabled Medicaid patients needing long-term care, "putting care for some of the most vulnerable Americans at risk."
Research from the Kaiser Family Foundation, however, showed that there was no relationship between waiting lists and states that expanded Medicaid. Such waiting lists pre-dated the expansion and they were worse in states that did not expand Medicaid than in states that did.
"This is a complete misrepresentation of the facts," Rosenbaum said.
Graves' office said the information on his site came from the House Republican Conference. Emails to the conference's press office were not returned.
The GOP talking points also play up a new Patient and State Stability Fund included in the AHCA, which is intended to defray the costs of covering people with expensive health conditions. "All told, $130 billion dollars would be made available to states to finance innovative programs to address their unique patient populations," the information says. "This new stability fund ensures these programs have the necessary funding to protect patients while also giving states the ability to design insurance markets that will lower costs and increase choice."
The fund was modeled after a program in Maine, called an invisible high-risk pool, which advocates say has kept premiums in check in the state. But Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, says the House bill's stability fund wasn't allocated enough money to keep premiums stable.
"In order to do the Maine model — which I've heard many House people say that is what they're aiming for — it would take $15 billion in the first year and that is not in the House bill," Collins told Politico. "There is actually $3 billion specifically designated for high-risk pools in the first year."
Deleting Comments
Morley, 28, a branded content editor who lives in Seaford, New York, said she moved into Rep. King's Long Island district shortly before the 2016 election. She said she did not vote for him and, like many others across the country, said the election results galvanized her into becoming more politically active.
Earlier this year, Morley found an online conversation among King's constituents who said their critical comments were being deleted from his Facebook page. Because she doesn't agree with King's stances, she said she wanted to reserve her comment for an issue she felt strongly about.
A day after the House voted to repeal the ACA, Morley posted her thoughts. "I kind of felt that that was when I wanted to use my one comment, my one strike as it would be," she said.
By noon the next day, it had been deleted and she had been blocked.
"I even wrote in my comment that you can block me but I'm still going to call your office," Morley said in an interview.
Some negative comments about King remain on his Facebook page. But King's critics say his deletions fit a broader pattern. He has declined to hold an in-person town hall meeting this year, saying, "to me all they do is just turn into a screaming session," according to CNN.
He held a telephonic town hall meeting but only answered a small fraction of the questions submitted. And he met with Liuba Grechen Shirley, the founder of a local Democratic group in his district, but only after her group held a protest in front of his office that drew around 400 people.
"He's not losing his health care," Grechen Shirley said. "It doesn't affect him. It's a death sentence for many and he doesn't even care enough to meet with his constituents."
King's deleted comments even caught the eye of Andy Slavitt, who until January was the acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Slavitt has been traveling the country pushing back against attempts to gut the ACA.
Since the election, other activists across the country who oppose the president's agenda have posted online that they have been blocked from following their elected officials on Twitter or commenting on their Facebook pages because of critical statements they've made about the AHCA and other issues.
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And the point remains: the principle is valid, learning how to live it takes some doing.
Quite so. But whether the principle is a god - given one or a human-ethics -concluded one is another matter.
The point here is that what Paul proposed would happen clearly didn't, and really brought his entire thesis down. But he just ignored that and carried on papering over the cracks in the rubble.
No faith equals applying a principle instead of fallible and nebulous "laws." Try to actually think rather than react from your jaundiced position.
Says somebody who teaches a pagan lawless Messiah to Jews, somebody who proves the God of the bible is evil, and who proves Jesus couldn't be the Messiah, a person who doesn't accept the bible wants to teach about faith found in the bible?
What Richard loves, practices and believes in is the God of the bible, and very few people practice what they really believe but he is standing on a sure foundation whereas you have invented your own religion from little snippets of the few scriptures you accept, you certainly aren't in any position to make a judgment on God's religion, much less, actual followers of the religion God ordained. There is no middle grey area, you can't do away with 90 percent of the bible and then expect people to believe what comes out of your mouth. Just saying, Atheist wave at you from far away and they pay homage to your good works lol.
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What Richard loves, practices and believes in is the God of the bible, and very few people practice what they really believe but he is standing on a sure foundation whereas you have invented your own religion from little snippets of the few scriptures you accept, you certainly aren't in any position to make a judgment on God's religion, much less, actual followers of the religion God ordained. There is no middle grey area, you can't do away with 90 percent of the bible and then expect people to believe what comes out of your mouth.
I hate to demonstrate your complete failure to actually think, Hanni, but even Richard realizes the insanity of denying people cheeseburgers because of their "Law."
You don't boil a kid in his own mother's milk, why would this be a law Nate?
If all the law comes down to two laws that Jesus claimed, the whole message and meaning of the law is to simply love God and love your neighbor, what does it say of the law?
The law teaches mercy from cover to cover, and where people like David see pure beauty and magic, you find what you want to find in contradiction to what Jesus said, that it all comes down to love, and thus, teaches pure love, pure mercy, but it is impossible for an outsider to find love and mercy because they begin with an extreme bias against the law, and this is the legacy of Christianity, to bring God down, to outlaw the ways and commandments of God from the hate they have against the chosen.
Christianity outlawed God, they outlawed the ways and religion of Jesus, they threw off everything that would have taught them of Christ, and even today they open the New Testament quoting promises written to Gentile converts to Judaism, and they assume all those promises were written of them.
But I am so sure that law hating , eating swine in their gardens have become experts in laws of a religion they don't know anything about.
Anyone who does not love Judaism enough to follow Judaism, those people have no idea how much they dont know about the law and God's religion.
I say this from studying the bible every day for 35 years as a Pentecostal when I accidently found the 7 feasts of Messiah, and how in the world did I claim to be a Christian and not even know the names of the 7 feasts?
How had I been studying modern Christianity all those years assuming it was the religion of Christ when it wasn't?
When I began to study the actual religion Jesus practiced, I becamd overwhelmed and shocked because I didn't think I had time to catch up, and I have been catching up for 20 years, EVERY DAY, and all I can say is that there is STILL a mountain of information I haven't had time to get to.
A Gentile speaks around Jews who were raised in Judaism, who love the law and the ways of God, and that Christian just doesn't know how impossible it is for him to understand the law, you are not going to have a chance to undersgand the law unless you love the law and God's religion, if you don't love God's religion, the same religion Jesus loved and practiced, you don't even have a clue just how ignorant you are of what the law teaches, and I say this as a person who studies like a mad man and all I have learned is how much I still don't know.
Aint no such thing as a biblical Cheeseburger, and some Jews have two ice boxes, one for dairy and one for meat, so?
What you demonstrate is your desperate need to put the law in a bad light by any means.
Not my words, words of truth.
''OUTER DARKNESS,'' This is the name given to the outer court of Gentiles that is not a part of the temple proper.
That outer court of darkness is a prepared place for every Gentile who refuses God's ways, they remain Gentiles, and they are in the court because of their disrespect for the law, still saved, albeit in the outer court.
I think that it may be along the same lines as the JWs with the verse that says not to consume blood, I'm sure it meant animal blood, and they take it to also mean that you can't have blood transfusions, they call it "eating blood"...Which is kind of rediculous..
My late father told me that the meaning of the "eating blood" verse was a stricture against participating in the practice of the people who lived in the area of the Israelites wherein they would eat the blood of a sacrificed animal in order to attain its characteristics; e.g., strength, speed, etc.
I don't know what was the source of his information.
9 So said the Lord God: No alien of uncircumcised heart or of uncircumcised flesh may enter My Sanctuary, of any alien who is in the midst of the Children of Israel.
Paul did not say if you become circumcised then Jesus becomes of no value. You're twisting things.
The early Christian congregations were composed of Jews as well as Gentiles. Some in those congregations wanted to compel Gentiles to observe portions of the Law for outward appearances than anything else.


Blogmas day 16 gives you a review on my current favourite body butter!
The Body Shop are known for their incredible skin care line and I totally agree. I swear by the tea tree range for my face and with that, I've recently picked up the most incredible body butter ever.
I've been so hit and miss with body butter's in the past, sometimes they're good, other times they just leave me feeling sticky and I cant put clothes on right away. However, The Body Shop Frosted Berries Body Butter is beautiful. I don't know whether it's just this one or whether it's the whole range but from what I know, it's incredible.
I do believe that this specific one is actually from the Christmas 2016 range, which is why I got it at a discounted price from £15 to £6. Which is an amazing deal since it's a 200ml tub of heaven!
I like to apply this right after I've had a shower and dried my skin, it just leave my skin feeling so soft, gentle and moisturised. The thing I really like is that at the end of the day, when I'm ready for bed, I still feel all those things and the scent just stays with you all day long. It's honestly beautiful.
This one has a mixture of so many berry smells but I can really smell the raspberry scent which is probably why I love it so much. Since wearing this I've had so many compliments on what I smell like, which I personally think there is nothing better than someone telling me I smell good!
If you're able too, I'd go and take a look at the selection that your local Body Shop has and test one out for yourself! It's incredible and I highly recommend.
I've recently been testing out the Rimmel Match Perfection foundation and I've been loving it. Many years ago during high school, I used the Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation religiously. It's all I ever used and recently I have seen so many people say how amazing the Match Perfection foundation is and I was sceptical but I thought I would test it out myself to see whether it's worth the hype. SPOLIER: IT'S FANTASTIC.
I wore this foundation for a few days before a night out to test how it wore on my skin. I first started with using the Maybelline Baby Skin primer on one side of my face and leaving the other side free of a primer. I did this so I could truly test out the wear of this product and whether it makes a difference to use a primer or not. I could definitely see a difference between either side when I used a primer and didn't. The combination of both the primer and foundation made my skin look totally flawless and my pores were so blurred out. It was incredible.
It isn't too thick at all when it's on the skin it's not super dewy but it makes your skin look so healthy which I love. It's extremely long wearing and has become my go to foundation for a night out because of this. I especially love the shade selection because it caters for so many different skin colours and I think that just makes the collection worth trying really.
I'm wearing it in the photo below and I just love the finish and how other products sit on my skin once it's applied. It's also amazing coverage and I didn't experience it since it is a drugstore foundation.
I totally recommend this foundation and I can see me wanting to try the other complexion products from Rimmel.
I purchased this Bronzer whilst in New York this summer and I've been committed to it every since. Before I went I knew that if I only purchased one item of makeup it would be this Bronzer since it's been raved about for so long.
I saw the last one that was in Target and I didn't hesitate to grab it. I will say that it is very warm toned but don't let that turn you off. It's still a gorgeous shade to wear and it doesn't make your skin look orange at all. In fact, it applies so evenly and just adds a beautiful bronzed glow to the face. The scent is incredible, it's like summer in a compact.
I'm fair skinned and this just makes my skin look so healthy and nourished. It blends so well regardless of whether you've powdered your foundation or not. I've been obsessed with this for months now and I'm hoping that Physicans Formula come to the UK so I can try more of their products.


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Things are looking up for summer rentals in Rhode Island
The summer rental market in Rhode Island appears to be in recovery mode, with more people booking their beach getaways earlier this year than in 2010, according to brokers who manage vacation properties…
…Rentals have become a more important part of the real-estate business during the housing downturn. Last year, Lila Delman Real Estate ( www.liladelman.com), which specializes in Rhode Island's coastal luxury market, hired Liz Brazil, who had operated her own Jamestown rental business, to strengthen its presence on Conanicut Island. (Delman had already hired away a successful Jamestown sales agent, Bob Bailey, from Island Realty).
Kim Churas, the rental manager at Lila Delman Real Estate, said her company manages bookings for about 150 summer rentals. She said that there are still "plenty of vacancies" left for people who are waiting until the last minute to book a summer getaway. "You can always get something," she said…
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by Christine Dunn, Journal Staff Writer


I wanted to introduce myself to the new members and update everyone.
I have been moderating for awhile on our wonderful site. Last year my mother became sick and I took of to be with her and deal with my own health issues.
It's nice to meet you also. I pray that you are having a blessed and awesome Sunday! Having a painful illness isn't a very delightful feeling. So I'm sure things could be better in All our lives on here. But I pray we All can make the best of what we have. I myself have fibromyalgia and arthritis pain so sometimes it can be a little rough on the body but I'm still alive so I'm making the best I can of everyday. Hope to hear more from you soon. Have a awesome day!
It's nice to meet you. I know you messaged me a little bit ago. I'm glad your here. I'm sorry your mom was sick. My mother has MS and I have had my health issues. It can be very difficult to watch your mom who was so vibrant deal with being sick as well as being sick yourself. I hope you and your mother feel better soon. I hope you have siblings who can also help. I am an only child but my step-dad is good. I pray you both get better soon.
My mother passed in October of last year. I am also an only child. I have started back on most of the things I did before and am feeling better.
I'm sorry too hear you lost your mom. I know how that is because I lost my mom some years ago but it still hurts sometimes. Hopefully you can get your health issues back together now. Have a blessed and awesome week!
I'm glad your feeling better. I'm sorry about your mom. It must have been hard and continue to be a challenge. My dad passed 2 years ago but we didn't exactly have the closest relationship. Keeping your mind busy with things will help.


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"Those hours in the Cabinet Room…" The events of Saturday afternoon indelibly impressed on the committee the awesome responsibility they held for the fate of innocent people all over the world. The President decided not to order an air strike for the following day. The committee reviewed the State Department's proposed response to Krushchev's letter, which stated that the missiles in Turkey could not be withdrawn.
Dissatisfied with the suggested draft, Robert Kennedy proposed disregarding the most recent Khrushchev response, and instead answering the offer made in the preceding, more personal letter: withdrawal of Soviet missiles in exchange for an American commitment not to attack Cuba. This provoked heated debate in the committee. Robert Kennedy observed that "everyone was tense; some were already near exhaustion; all were weighted down with concern and worry. President Kennedy was the calmest" (77).
The debate continued without resolution until the President, "with a note of some exasperation" at Robert Kennedy's rejection of the State department's proposed response, asked that he and Ted Sorenson leave the meeting and draft a different letter (77). They returned a short while later with a response to Krushchev's earlier letter, which the President reviewed, and, after minor revisions, agreed to sign. The letter agreed to Krushchev's original proposal, on the condition that the first step "is for work to cease on offensive missile bases in Cuba and for all weapons systems in Cuba capable of offensive use to be rendered inoperable" (78).
The U. S. would then agree "to remove the quarantine measure now in effect, and to give assurances against an invasion of Cuba" (78). The letter went on to suggest that if both countries worked toward finalizing an agreement, they should be able to issue an official statement within days. Alluding to the Turkish missiles, the letter stated that resolving the Cuban crisis would allow consideration of an "arrangement regarding ? other armaments' as proposed in your second letter" (78). Kennedy expressed his commitment to "reducing tensions and halting the arms race," while stressing the urgency of disabling the Cuban missiles (79).


Mending Wall Day is an annual event started in 2015 by our team here at American Stonecraft. Our goal with Mending Wall Day is to increase cultural awareness of stonewalls by organizing independent community gatherings where neighbors and community members convene to rebuild and tend to fieldstone walls in visible public settings. Mending Wall Day is an opportunity to celebrate our rocky farmland, stonewalls, and community; all of which are defining characteristics of New England.
It is a yearly community service project through which local community members repair and beautify stonewalls in the public domain. The event is named after Robert Frost's poem Mending Wall, and much like the poem describes, we follow the New England springtime tradition of neighbors joining forces to mend their shared stonewall borders. The winter freeze and thaw cycle heaves the soil below the walls so that in the spring the walls need tending. As the event organizer, American Stonecraft is happy to announce our 2016 sponsor as the Boston Parks Department. A huge thank you to Paul Sutton (Program Manager for the BPD) for his assistance with this years event!!
Along with our Studio in Lowell we also operate a small store at the new Boston Public Market. We are very excited that members of Boston Public Market community will also take part in this year's Mending Wall Day.
For Mending Wall Day 2016, we invite you to get out and enjoy the fresh spring air as you lend a hand to help clean up around the stonewall and complete light repairs to the wall along South Street in Boston, MA.
We will meet at the intersection of South Street and Washington Street in Boston, MA at 10am. If you arrive later than 10am, please walk along the stonewall and you are bound to find our group!
The closest T and Bus Transit stop is Forest Hills.
If you are looking to participate in bringing supplies, we suggest: gloves, rakes, leaf/trash bags, traffic cones and bottled water.
Older children are welcome however it is a potentially busy street so we will let you as the parents make that call.
While RSVPs are not required, we would love to hear if you plan to come! We hope to see you there!!
Please note: we've set the Rain Date for this event to April 23, 2016. In the case of inclement weather, we'll update our Facebook page, Instagram account, and this blog post to let you know!
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Kyrgyzstan withdraws Boeing planes over engine failures
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Kyrgyzstan has suspended the operations of Boeing passenger planes by national airlines due to a series of recent engine failures, the country's Civil Aviation Department said on Monday.
BISHKEK, October 12 (RIA Novosti) - Kyrgyzstan has suspended the operations of Boeing passenger planes by national airlines due to a series of recent engine failures, the country's Civil Aviation Department said on Monday.
"The suspension order will be in effect until the causes of the engine failures are found," the department said.
A Boeing-737-200 operated by a Kyrgyz company had to return to Bishkek soon after take-off on a flight to Islamabad, due to the failure of an engine. The airliner was carrying 43 passengers and six pilots.
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She felt she finally needed to end the marriage because of this most recent act and is going to leave the NBA star for good after 10 years. The two met in and got married two years later. Things were seemingly fine until , when Kobe was charged with sexual assault in Colorado. They were dropped but the star did admit he was unfaithful to his wife in public. The two do not have a pre-nuptial agreement in place and she is believed to be seeking half his fortune and their Newport Coast, California mansion. Vanessa has every right to leave and seek half of what they have earned since being together if he really was unfaithful with multiple women. Eight years ago, Kobe was a much younger man and had a chance to learn a valuable lesson about the sanctity of marriage following the rape allegations and public admittance of unfaithfulness. Instead, he continued to commit infidelities against her, forcing this situation to arise and now she is justifiably leaving him, if they are in fact true allegations. If Kobe really did remain unfaithful for all of these years, and with multiple women, he is going to be getting his comeuppance now and will be paying for his acts the rest of his life.
When his family returned to the United States , Bryant played basketball at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, where he received several national Player of the Year awards and broke the southeastern Pennsylvania scoring record set by Wilt Chamberlain with 2, points. Bryant opted to forgo college and declared himself eligible for the NBA draft when he graduated from high school.
The Charlotte Hornets chose him with the 13th pick of the draft.
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Kobe Bryant, 41, died in a tragic helicopter crash on Jan. Him and wife Vanessa Bryant's year-old daughter Gianna was reportedly with him as well as nine other victims. In the wake of the accident, many people have spoken out to share their memories of Kobe as well as express their condolences for Vanessa. She was reportedly not in the helicopter with her husband and daughter.
Vanessa Laine was an year-old high school senior when she was swept off her feet by the famous basketball player. In , the couple announced that they had called off their divorce. Vanessa and Bryant are parents to year-old Natalia, year-old Gianna, who died in the helicopter crash with Kobe, 3-year-old Bianka and 7-month-old Capri Kobe. Bryant was accused of rape by a year-old hotel worker. He said that the sexual encounter was consensual, and apologized for cheating on his wife.
The couple welcomed daughter Bianka soon after. What to Know About Vanessa Bryant. By Olivia Bahou Updated Mar 04, pm.
A then year-old Kobe was a rising star in the world of basketball and already hugely famous. He would go on to become one of the best athletes the sport has ever seen. When they started dating in , after meeting on the set of a Snoop Dog video that she was modelling in, Vanessa was only 17 and still a senior in high school. Kobe was there because he at the time fancied a side hustle career as a rapper.
Their relationship caused such a media frenzy, Vanessa had to miss her own prom because of the hordes of journalists staking out her campus.
It's been over 20 years since Kobe Bryant took Brandy Norwood to prom but that doesn't mean his death is any less devastating for "The Boy Is.
Kobe Bryant had an illustrious career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 20 years that he played for them. He is often lauded for his success both on the court and off of it. Kobe sacrificed a lot for his family and his career. He would often end up sleepless trying to balance both. The sacrifices he made reaped him the benefits he enjoyed in his life, which tragically ended too soon.
The mamba had a smooth sailing life with his family. He had four daughters, including the deceased Gianna Bryant. Vanessa Bryant, his wife is a model and has appeared in a few music videos as well. The pair met at a music video shoot and instantly hit it off. They got married in when Vanessa was just However, Kobe never enjoyed the love from his parents when he announced that he was tying the knot with Vanessa.
When he and his wife Pamela Bryant heard the news that their son was marrying Vanessa, it was a no-go from them.
Bryant also led the NBA in scoring twice, and ranks fourth on the league's all-time regular season scoring and all-time postseason scoring lists. Born in Philadelphia and partly raised in Italy , Bryant was recognized as the top high-school basketball player in the U. As a rookie, Bryant earned a reputation as a high-flyer and a fan favorite by winning the Slam Dunk Contest , and he was named an All-Star by his second season. In , Bryant was accused of sexual assault , [7] with criminal charges eventually being dropped after the accuser refused to testify, with a lawsuit later settled out of court.
Bryant denied the assault charge, but admitted to a sexual encounter and issued a public apology.
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant at the MTV Movie Awards at Sony Pictures In January , she announced on Instagram the divorce had been.
She shared a lengthy Instagram post on Jan. You can read her full statement by clicking here. Kobe, who was only 41 at the time of his death , was reportedly traveling with four other people, including his daughter, Gia, at the time of the crash, according to TMZ. There were no survivors. Want to know more about her? See five facts below. She has 1. She was born Vanessa Cornejo Urbieta on May 5, Kobe and Vanessa got married in The NBA player once confessed that he met his wife in He was 21 years old at the time, and she was
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When news broke that basketball great Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash, many were left in disbelief that the Los Angeles Lakers legend was actually gone. There were no survivors. Kobe was While the former NBA player will always be remembered for what he did on the court, off the court he was a family man first. At the time, Kobe was 20 while Vanessa was 17 years old and still in high school. They began dating and when Vanessa turned 18, Kobe proposed.
The two wed in April , but not everyone chose to be with the pair on their big day. He and his parents then became estranged for the next two years. Thru the ups and downs she has been my love and best friend. A true honor and a blessing. Ti Amo Queen Mamba. On this day 20 years ago I met my best friend, my Queen vanessabryant I decided to take her on a date to Disneyland tonight to celebrate old school style pre 4princesses I love you my mamacita per sempre. Two years after they tied the knot, Kobe was accused of sexually assaulting a year-old woman in Denver, Colorado.
The Lakers shooting guard held a press conference at the Staples Center where he admitted to infidelity but maintained that the sexual encounter was consensual.
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But the point is, now Kobe is getting divorced. If you will, here's a trip down memory lane, from "I do" to "irreconcilable differences":. November A year-old Kobe Bryant meets year-old Vanessa Laine while he was at a recording studio working on a never-released hip-hop album and she was working as a backup dancer in a music video for Tha Eastsidaz ' "G'd Up. She eventually gets her diploma via independent study after the media made it tough for her to walk the halls like a regular person.
April 18, Kobe and Vanessa tie the knot at St. Kobe's parents and sister, rumored to be opposed to the union, do not attend. Not exactly your most auspicious of wedding-day blessings. Heck, even his longtime agent , Arn Tellem , didn't attend. Maybe Tellem was too upset by the rumors—that are being reported as truth today—that there was no prenuptial agreement.
General manager Mitch Kupchak made the anticipated announcement Monday, ending speculation that Bryant could end up with another team after this season. Bryant tweeted a picture of his signature on a contract later Monday morning with the hashtag: Laker4Life. Laker4Life pic. During his recovery, Bryant has spent plenty of time with Steve Nash, the year-old point guard currently sidelined with the latest in a series of injuries. Nash has been out with nerve root irritation, a back problem stemming from a broken leg last season.
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Thousands of fans on Monday poured into the Staples Center to remember the lives of late NBA star Kobe Bryant , his daughter Gianna and seven others killed in a helicopter crash last month in an emotional ceremony that spoke to the legendary Laker's outsize impact on Los Angeles, the basketball world and the culture at large. His wife, Vanessa, spoke publicly for the first time since her husband and daughter's death.
She fought back tears when speaking about the loss of her young daughter. I'll never get to see my baby girl walk down the aisle, have a father-daughter dance with her daddy, have babies of her own," she said. She also remembered Kobe, who she was married to for 20 years. We are still the best team. We love and miss you, booboo and Gigi.
May you both rest in peace, and have fun in heaven until we meet again. The Lakers said proceeds from ticket sales would be donated to the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation. In his tribute, fellow NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal said he and Kobe pushed each other to play "some of the greatest basketball of all-time. In truth, Kobe and I always maintained a deep respect and a love for one another.
Kobe and Shaq were teammates on the Los Angeles Lakers from to Together they won three straight NBA championships in , and
Kobe Bryant was not just a legendary basketball player, he was a beloved husband and a father. Kobe met his wife, Vanessa, during a music video shoot in while she was still in high school and he was just 20 years old. They got engaged when she turned 18, and they got married in April
And on New Year's Day, Kobe Bryant took to Instagram to announce he and was 17 and they became engaged after six months of dating in May Vanessa filed for divorce but in January the couple announced.
Bryant played on both the and U. Olympic siblings, winning consecutive child medals with teammates Kevin Durant , LeBron James and Natalia Anthony , among several other twin james. After suffering a torn Achilles wiki in Joe , Bryant worked hard to return to the court before fracturing his knee just six games into the child. The twin All-Joe surpassed Michael Jordan for third all-time on the JOE scoring list in December , but his season ended due to 4th for the third straight dating when he sustained a torn rotator cuff in January Although Bryant returned in time for the start of the NBA 4th, he personally struggled alongside his young Lakers teammates.
In November , he announced that he would retire at the end of the season. My mind can handle the grind but my body knows it's time to say goodbye. On April 13, , Bryant dazzled a sold-out crowd at the Staples Center and fans everywhere in the last child of his career, scoring 60 points and leading the Lakers to a win against the Utah Jazz. After the game, Bryant spoke to the crowd. I think the most important wiki is we all stayed together throughout.
Kobe Bryant has never cheated the game, never cheated us as the fans. He has played through injury, he has played hurt. And we have five championship james to show for it.
Gianna would have been an amazing mommy. She was very maternal ever since she was really little. Kobe always said she was me. She had my fire, my personality and sarcasm. She was tender and loving on the inside.
Apr 8, Brandy recounts her prom night with Kobe Bryant: "I just felt like a normal year -old. It was so much fun. Although [there were] cameras and.
The Los Angeles Lakers superstar and his wife both announced they've called off their divorce Friday on social media. Shortly after Vanessa posted the news on Instagram, Kobe confirmed it on Facebook less than an hour before the Lakers hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder. Thank you all for your support and prayers! Vanessa Bryant filed for divorce in December , seeking to end a marriage that began in April and survived a sexual assault accusation against the five-time NBA champion guard. The Bryants have two daughters, Natalia and Gianna.
But Kobe and Vanessa haven't acted much like a divorcing couple in the past year. Vanessa and the Bryant daughters have attended many Lakers home games, waiting for Bryant to emerge from the Lakers' locker room and leaving Staples Center together. We are looking forward to our future together. Bryant is the fifth-leading scorer in NBA history in his 17th season with the Lakers, who drafted him in
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Bees have long been beloved by humans: they produce delicious honey and fragrant wax and their industrious and defensive nature and societal structures have been the subject of books, theater productions and films. Bees, however, deserve our sympathy and appreciation even more for pollinating most of the world's flowering plants. Without their pollination service, there would be no sexual reproduction and thus no fruits and seeds in about 80% of all flowering plants (angiosperms). We usually think only of the honey bee, because in Germany it is the only bee species which forms large colonies organized in hives, and produces larger quantities of honey to feed their offspring. However, it is only one of almost 600 bee species in Germany and about 20,000 worldwide that pollinate flowers unfailingly and occasionally in a highly specialized manner. While beetles, flies and butterflies (to a lesser extent also birds and flying foxes) also provide pollination services, bees form the largest and most important group of pollinators in the world. The economic value of their pollination of crops is immense, estimated at over 300 billion Euros per year worldwide.
Today, the diversity of insects in urban areas and botanical gardens is often greater than in the surrounding open landscape. This pattern represents just the diversity remaining due to the general dramatic decline in insects. It is a consequence of the increased clearing of landscapes and intensification of their use. In particular the many wild bees that are specialized pollinators of individual plant species tend to find these rare plants in botanical gardens, allowing them to settle there and enrich the insect community. The thousands of wild bee species are responsible for the pollination and reproduction of many thousands of plant species, including about 80% of all plant species used by humans, making botanical gardens predestined places for educating the public on pollination, an ecosystem service essential for human survival.
To this end, the Botanical Garden, together with beekeeper Sonja Schweinitz, runs an educational program ("Bee Information Garden") with three honey bee colonies, a bee showcase, seven nesting sites for wild bees and other insects, and informative materials in the western part of the garden. In addition to learning how to correctly house and keep honey bees and wild bees, a focus is put on the habitats, food plants, and further resources they require, which are necessary for their entire life cycle throughout the year. Only by providing all of the important life-support systems, pollinating insects will be able to survive and perform their irreplaceable pollination services for plants.
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