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Lantos Foundation Statement on Afrin Attack
The Lantos Foundation calls on the United States and the greater international community to stand with the brave Kurdish people of Afrin as they suffer under a brutal and unwarranted attack from President Erdogan of Turkey. The Kurds are brave allies who stood shoulder to shoulder with us in the fight against ISIS, and their major crime in Erdogan's eyes is simply their existence as a progressive society that lies too close to Turkey's border for his liking. Civilized nations cannot stand idly by as Turkey and Russia conspire to destroy the homes and lives of Syrian Kurds who want nothing more than to live freely and peacefully. These unprovoked attacks are clear violations of human rights, democratic values, and international norms. We firmly stand in solidarity with our Kurdish allies.
Tagged: Afrin, ISIS, Turkey, Kurds, Syria
Lantos Prize
#NoBanLetVianIn
Tagged: Human Rights, Trump, Executive Order, Muslim Ban, ISIS, Lantos Prize, Vian Dakhil
Immigration Ban Hits Leading ISIS Opponent and Parliamentarian
Contact: Katrina Lantos Swett
President, Lantos Foundation
Vian Dakhil of Iraq scheduled to receive the Lantos Human Rights Prize in Washington, DC Next Week
Vian Dakhil mobilized the world against the ISIS-led assault on her people. The new Executive Order on immigration may prevent Dakhil from receiving the Lantos Human Rights Prize in person at the United States Capitol on February 8, 2017. This current member of the Iraqi Parliament and human rights champion has dedicated her life to fighting ISIS and saving her beleaguered people. She could be barred from entering the U.S. due to the Trump Administration's decision to block the entry of all citizens from Iraq and six other predominantly Muslim countries.
Today, Lantos Foundation President, Katrina Lantos Swett, called on President Trump to reverse the order, which will have a devastating effect on the ability of human rights defenders and advocates for religious freedom to work with partners in the United States:
"My father, the late Tom Lantos, came to this country as a penniless immigrant and went on to become the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress. He understood better than most that it was of the utmost importance to uphold the United States' proud tradition of protecting vulnerable victims of political, religious and ethnic persecution. He believed, and often said, "The veneer of civilization is paper thin; we are its guardians and we can never rest". This moment demands that we step up as its guardians.
"When we deny entry to all citizens of Muslim majority countries, we disrespect our fundamental American values – indeed, the values that truly make America great. When we have to question whether a hero like Vian Dakhil, who has risked her life to fight the genocidal terrorists of ISIS, will be allowed into our country to receive a human rights prize in the shadow of the Capitol dome, we should all be deeply concerned. This ban undermines America's security and our values by turning our backs on the friends and allies we desperately need by our side to defeat the butchers of ISIS. We are eroding our capacity to win this fight and dishonoring our nation's legacy as the world's foremost defender of human rights and justice.
The Lantos Foundation calls upon the Trump Administration to immediately rescind this ill-advised and counter-productive order. We must not close our borders to those who look to the United States as the shining city on the hill or to those, like Vian Dakhil, who are carrying the light in their own corner of the world."
Ms. Dakhil, the only woman of Yazidi heritage serving in the Iraqi Parliament, became a top target on ISIS' "Most Wanted" list for her work to expose ISIS 'genocidal campaign against the Yazidi community in Iraq. She has not only used her position in Parliament to inform the world of the atrocities being committed, but she has personally conducted ongoing rescue missions on behalf of thousands of women and girls who remain enslaved by the radical terror group in Iraq and Syria. In recognition of these incredible acts of physical bravery and moral courage, the Lantos Foundation selected Ms. Dakhil to receive the 2016 Lantos Human Rights Prize.
The Lantos Foundation established the Lantos Human Rights Prize in 2009 to honor and bring attention to heroes of the human rights movement. This annual award is presented to a recipient that best exemplifies the mission of the Lantos Foundation, namely to be a vital voice standing up for the values of decency, dignity, freedom, and justice in every corner of the world. The prize also serves to honor the memory and legacy of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to the U.S. Congress and a leading advocate for human rights during his nearly three decades as a U.S. Representative. Previous Lantos Prize winners include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Professor Elie Wiesel, Paul Rusesabagina, Chen Guangcheng, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Shimon Peres, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Rebiya Kadeer, and Irshad Manji.
Tagged: Vian Dakhil, Lantos Prize, yazidi, trump, ISIS
The Catalyst: "Protecting Religious Freedom Abroad Makes America Safer", Essay by Katrina Lantos Swett
"The protection of freedom of religion, conscience, and belief should be a significant priority of our nation. To permit the rampant abuse of this essential human right not only violates the core of our humanity, it harms the order and well-being of societies, including our own.
In short, protecting religious liberty is not just the right thing to do. It is almost always the smart thing to do."
Read full essay: http://www.bushcenter.org/catalyst/freedom/swett-protecting-religious-freedom.html
Tagged: Religious Freedom, ISIS, Katrina Lantos Swett, The Catalyst
Lantos Foundation ISIS Genocide Statement
The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice commends Secretary of State John Kerry's declaration that the Islamic State's actions against Yezidi, Christian, and Shiite communities constitutes genocide. Coming just days after Congress passed a unanimous joint resolution condemning the Islamic State's actions as genocide, it is encouraging to see our leaders joining together in a bi-partisan and ecumenical way to boldly call evil by its true name, and in so doing they are honoring basic human rights and justice.
As Secretary Kerry stated in his remarks today: "Naming these crimes is important. But what is essential is to stop them." We hope that the message sent this week by the United States Congress and by the United States Department of State will not only raise awareness of the horrific crimes being committed in the Middle East today, but will lead to strong action to stop these atrocities.
Too often the world has failed to act when helpless minorities have faced the clear threat of genocide. We hope that this time will be different. We call on the world community to act to ensure that the Yazidi, Christian, and Shiite communities in Syria and Iraq are not only saved, but also restored in the wake of the devastating trauma that they have endured. Only by working together can we overcome the evil that ISIS represents.
Tagged: ISIS, Genocide, Statement, John Kerry
Lantos Foundation Statement - The Death of James Foley
The brutal murder of James Foley has once again reminded the world of the extraordinary stakes in the ongoing struggle between the forces of human rights and democracy and those of barbarism, repression, and savagery. The Jihadists of ISIS and their ilk are truly enemies of all mankind. From their threatened genocide against the Yazidi community to their "convert or die" ultimatum against the ancient Christian communities of Syria and Iraq, they have demonstrated conclusively that their vicious cruelty knows no bounds, nor will it respect any national boundaries. It is incumbent upon responsible leaders to recognize that unless this evil force is confronted and defeated, it will find its way to our own shores and our own doorsteps.
The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice calls upon the leaders of the civilized world to act decisively and in concert to defend the fundamental human rights of the imperiled people in the path of this murderous horde. James Foley courageously sacrificed his life to bring the story of this suffering region to the world's attention and his tragic death must strengthen the world's resolve to defeat this grave threat to humanity.
Once again, the words of Congressman Lantos sound prophetically in our ears; "The veneer of civilization is paper thin. We are its guardians and we can never rest".
Tagged: James Foley, Death, ISIS, Statement


Cyber attacks dominated the headlines in 2016. The tentacles of cyber threats span the globe and every industry; cyberwarfare involving critical infrastructure services, massive data breaches where troves of emails and data were stolen, and blackmarket ransomware attacks that have taken over control of critical IT systems - only to be released after the ransom sums were paid.
Over two billion records were stolen in 2016. The hacking of records and emails from the Hillary Clinton campaign and the US Democratic National Committee were just a handful of high-profile hacks that roiled businesses and individuals in 2016. Data breaches to businesses such as Yahoo, LinkedIn, and numerous others comprised millions upon millions of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). PPIs consist of personal data used to distinguish or trace a person's identity. It includes not only things such as their name, social security number, biometric records, etc., but it also other data like an individual's photographic image, fingerprints, handwriting, facial geometry, passport information and credit card numbers.
The cyber-threat landscape is much larger than hacking and data breaches. Concerns of cyber espionage between nations were ratcheted up even further with attacks across borders and involving myriad governmental agencies. It's not simply data and hacking. It also involves critical infrastructure services such as the attack on the Ukrainian power grid by Russian hacker with attacks extending beyond data centers and traditional endpoints to Internet of Things (IoT) devices and SCADA networks.
Cybercriminals also ramped up their use of ransomware and DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks in 2016 to threaten and extort money from victims in exchange for stopping the attacks or allowing them to rescue locked files. These attacks became huge issues for infrastructures like utilities and hospitals.
1. Advanced Threats Targeting the Cloud.
There has been a significant shift in advanced threats bypassing perimeter defenses and extracting or holding sensitive data hostage using malware and ransomware. These attacks became highly personalized this past year, improving their ability to evade detection by corporate networks and the basic security controls included in cloud applications. As the adoption of cloud apps and services accelerate in 2017 and push vital services and data outside organizational control, so will the risk of information-borne leaks and malicious attacks entering.
2. Evolution of Ransomware: Changing Data and Destroying Backups.
Ransomware has evolved from simple malware to more persistent attacks. One way organizations thwart ransomware attacks are to have a solid backup plan in place. Specifically, the ability to replace encrypted data negates the extortion attempt. However, cybercriminals are getting smarter and going after backups prior to encryption. Most attempts focus their efforts on local backups, but there is evidence these will spread to cloud backups and even include the manipulation or deletion of data. The threat is agnostic; the same techniques that work on-premise also work in the cloud. We will also see continued growth in cyber criminals not compling with the release or re-encrypting the critical data at some point later in time - even after they were paid. You can't trust a cyber-criminal!
3. GDPR Compliance Impact on Business.
Though the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will not take effect until May 2018, it will most certainly impact cybersecurity in 2017. Those affected by GDPR: any organization anywhere in the world which handles PII for EU citizens. To prepare for GDPR, organizations must conduct a thorough audit of their current and future processing of personal data and begin implementing solutions, to protect it, today. With Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) mandated by GDPR for high-risk processing, organizations that qualify must begin those processes in 2017 to meet the deadline in 2018.
4. Increased Demand for Data Privacy and Data Breach Accountability (Cyber Insurance).
Interest in data privacy is not relegated to just the EU. Government entities are paying increased attention to data privacy, with organizations such as the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S. becoming increasingly active in pursuing companies for violation of security failures and failing to adhere to privacy laws – existing and new. Recognizing they are accountable for data breaches, businesses are turning to cyber insurance in large numbers. The cyber insurance market doubled in size from 2012 to 2015, topping $2 billion. Industry analysts believe that number could hit $6 billion by 2020; recognizing the risk of data breaches and their financial implications, executives are seeking insurance policies to ensure their businesses are protected in the event one occurs.
5. Shadow IT: No Longer Laissez-faire.
Organizations have taken a fairly laissez-faire approach to shadow IT, unofficially (or unknowingly) permitting employees to leverage cloud apps and services such as Dropbox, Box, Microsoft OneDrive, Slack, JIRA and Google Drive. But if you cannot see cloud services being consumed or confidential data leaving through them, then you cannot see the risk. How big of a problem are we talking about? On average, organizations have up to 20 times more cloud apps and services running within their environment than what has been authorized by the IT department. Seventy percent of executives and IT managers say they don't know how many cloud apps and services are running in their environments. Cloud storage and file sharing applications are highly problematic, with nearly one-quarter being shared and 12 percent of those containing compliance-related data or confidential data.
6. Cyber Espionage and Warfare.
The U.S. Defense Department participated in a Cyber Guard drill in 2016 that was intended to prepare troops and cybersecurity officials throughout the government for the possibility of infrastructure attacks by an enemy or non-state actor. One of the outcomes included pinpointing areas where remediation was needed, and it plans to continue the program in 2017. Cyber espionage and warfare are global issues. Attacks are increasingly being reported from North Korea, China and Russia not only involve the stealing of intellectual capital but infiltrate and manipulate critical infrastructure services such as the case with the Ukrainian power grid.
7. Hacktivism and Content Censoring.
2016 was the year when hacktivism came to the forefront. The U.S. presidential election was one instance of many. Fake news such as "Pizzagate" – spread virally on social media – in the political and social arenas rose to new heights in 2016, and signals point that it will continue to grow in 2017. This is also giving rise to content censoring by social networks and foreign governments along with a vigorous debate on whether they should do so.
8. Proliferating Web & Mobile App Leaks.
Mobile security remains a serious problem. A new report shows that more than 200 mobile apps and websites leaked PII in 2016. Consumers and business professionals are putting more and more of their PII into their mobile apps, including financial information, and cybercriminals are paying heed.
Ninety-one percent of cybersecurity attacks begin with a single email. Traditional antivirus solutions cannot detect or prevent phishing attacks. Cybercriminals employ phishing attacks such as the one that targeted the U.S. Democratic National Party and Podesta to gain access to other users or systems. At the same time, they can deliver malware via email and gain a foothold and operate without any knowledge for weeks, months or even years. This is not just corporate email, but also personal (web-based) email which is opened on the corporate networks.
Organizations wishing to get ahead of the cyber security challenges in 2017 must ratchet up their cyber defense with an unprecedented level of inspection. A level that not only adapts to new threats, but also is trusted by leading government agencies and defense departments around world to detect, dissemble and thoroughly sanitize digital activity in real-time flowing in and outside the organization.


The battle between human resource development minister Smriti Irani and the Opposition may escalate on Tuesday as Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is likely to speak in the Lok Sabha .
Irani, too, is slated to speak in Parliament and might defend her position in the wake of a series of privilege motions against her.
Gandhi, who didn't participate in the debate on incidents related to the Jawaharlal Nehru University and the University of Hyderabad , may take the opportunity to hit out at the government when he speaks on the discussions on the motion to thank the President for his speech.
Gandhi had been very critical of the government over its handling of the JNU students' protests as well as the Hyderabad incident where Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula committed suicide.
Gandhi visited both places and stood beside the students, earning flak from the ruling quarters. He was criticised for supporting "anti-national" elements.
Irani too, also targeted Gandhi for supporting students in JNU. In her speech in the Lok Sabha on the students' issue, Irani questioned if the Congress was attacking her because she dared to contest against Gandhi in Amethi during the Lok Sabha polls.


Tuskegee University Established in the year 1880, it takes after a solid rule that guarantees to grant instruction to understudies regardless of their race, shading, religion or area. Tuskegee University trusts that it offer its understudies all that they have to begin off their profession. This college has five universities regularly alluded to as Centers of Excellence that direct reviews in the fields of Business and PC, Engineering, Natural and Physical Sciences, Liberal expressions, Education and Health.
Lyon College is viewed as one of the best schools in United states for aesthetic sciences. This college is fundamentally a private, co-instructive one that has degrees growing over a span of four years. It is one of the most established school in the condition of Arkansas. As of late, this school has presented a Distance learning Master of Business Administration program in a joint effort with the University of Arkansas. This program is interested in individuals from a wide range of instructive foundations. Classes are held at night time so that those understudies who are working all day can go to them. Utilizing various guides like phone, Email and videoconferencing, there is steady association between the educators and the understudies. The course span is of two years.
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These different business schools and colleges are open passages for understudies who need to seek after genuine profession in business and administration.


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TOUCH: I hope they keep in touch this time.
TOUCH, short for the original undeniable charismatic homme(s).
Ok, this group has so much messed up history, i don't even know where to start. Not to mention that due to name being such a common word (touch) it is so difficult to find out information on them (and maybe due to the lack of it).
They started off as a 7-member group in Oct 2010, debuting with the song 'Me'. The thing about this group was that, there was much hype surrounding them as some of the members were already well-known adding on to the fact that many well-known people were involved in producing this group, including Brave Brothers. However, somehow, even with their amazing live performances and not-so-bad debut song, they missed their goal by a mile.
And this is where their long history of sad stories started. After promoting their second song 'Killin' Me', Da Bin (vocalist) and Min Seok(rapper) left. (Min Seok had health issues) With that, they became a 5-member group. Nevertheless, they made a comeback with their 2nd mini album 'Too hot to handle". Their comeback was scheduled to be on May 5th 2011 but was postponed due to one of the members having acute enteritis. The song they promoted from their 2nd mini album was 'Rockin' the club' which yet again received limited commercial success.
It's bad enough that a group has to change their line-up once, but the group experienced another loss when their then leader Han Jun (talk about leadership qualities) left to purse his own solo career. He was replaced by a new member Jae Wook. And then again in April 2012, Jun Yong enlisted into the army while Young Hun left the group due to personal reasons. They were replaced with Chul Min and Kang Hyun (maknae) for their recent comeback with their song 'Let's walk together'.
The MV is decent. It's quite a common style of MV where the 5 girls serenade one girl as seen in so many other MVs (e.g SHINEE – Replay). It's a happy song (with not too much agyeo -thank goodness)and the choreography is very well suited for this type of song. In fact, i think this is one of the better choreographies i've seen for this kind of song. On to the song itself, it's got the usual electronic music but instead of using it for a dance track (like they usually do), they turned it into a light-hearted song which is something different. I really like the song and for someone who doesn't usually like happy and cutsy song, it's saying a lot.
I think this year's line-up for TOUCH has potential. The vocalists have pretty unique voices (i am especially intrigued with Sun Woong's voice), and the rapper (also new member and maknae) does decent rapping, not to mention his boyish looks reminds me of Yoseob from BEAST (they kind of look similar actually).
Even though I really hope that they make something out of themselves this time round because i truly think they deserve a chance,especially the members who were around since debut. Think about how they must have felt when their members kept changing on top of struggling to make a name for themselves in the kpop scene. However, it is usually a very difficult task to start achieving significant commercial success after debuting for a few years with a constant change in line-up. Fans get disappointed and turned off even more if the members they liked leaves, and they have to get to know the new members again (if they even bother with the group by then) At the same time, even though their new concept is the norm for rookie groups, it is pretty much unheard of for a group that has debut to go from a manly and strong concept to a more cutsy one (like what TOUCH is doing). If it works on getting them new fans, good for them, but on the other hand, their older fans would be thrown off as they were fans because of their previous concept. I have already seen comments where fans disliked their new cutsy concept.
It's hard to say what's install for this boy group. After going through so much, i hope for the best for the sake of the two original members.


Mr. Chafe painted passionately, strictly with oils. Here you can enjoy the wide range of subject matter that Gary focused on. Many of these paintings are already in private collections, please contact Maya Chafe for more information on paintings or giclees available for purchase.


Nine Year 5 pupils visited the Emirates stadium this week to compete in the National Final of the Teen Tech design competition. The pupils succeeded in winning three different categories, best domestic building, environment friendly housing and mixed use building!
The project started some weeks ago when Year 5 worked with Year 7 mentors at Leighton Park School to design for a 'City of Tomorrow' and build it using mostly recycled materials.
St. Mary's pupils enjoyed workshops about cyber security, virtual reality design and model vehicle programming. A highlight was a tour of the stadium including special 'backstage' access to the changing rooms, the VIP area and a players' view of the pitch coming out from the tunnel.
TeenTech City of Tomorrow offers students the opportunity to apply their knowledge of science, technology and engineering to create their City of Tomorrow where no ideas are too big and everything is smarter, kinder and safer than before. The activity highlights career pathways in construction, engineering and technology and promotes good citizenship.


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40 Condos Set for Downtown Downers Grove Development
Forty condominiums are planned at Morningside Square, a development in Downers Grove.
Base prices range from about $210,000 to $370,000. Six plans are sized from 1,251 to 1,918 square feet.
Most plans have family rooms and breakfast rooms.
"It's the first new condominium building in downtown Downers Grove in more than 20 years," said David Strosberg, president of Morningside Builders LLC, the developer.
"We were very fortunate to acquire this exceptional site overlooking Centennial Park," he said.
Morningside Square, Main Street and Maple Avenue, Downers Grove. A sales center is open at 5225 Main St., one block north of the site. Morningside LLC, (630) 241-3131.

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If you are a smoker and are thinking of becoming pregnant, the first step you must take is to stop smoking. If you're like most smokers, you may have thought of or tried to quit before. However, if you are pregnant or trying to conceive, it is now necessary not only to think about your health but the health of your unborn child. Smoke can effect both child development and future growth.
About 13% of women in the United States smoke during pregnancy. This is a shocking number when you consider that there would be an estimated reduction of 10% in infant mortality, if these women had quit.
Cigarette smoke contains thousands of chemicals - some 2,500 chemicals have entered your baby's bloodstream with every puff of a cigarette. Nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide are the most dangerous and toxic to the fetus, affecting the most critical stages of development, while inside the womb.
Even if you do not smoke, the child may be affected by a mother who is often exposed to cigarette smoke. Passive smoking can be just as harmful to both mother and baby. A woman who smokes or is exposed to frequent second-hand smoke is more likely to have a baby born with low birth weight and stunted growth. The sooner a woman quits or stays away from passive smoking, the greater the chances of good health for her and her baby.
Smoking has been associated with a higher risk of ectopic pregnancy, which is when the embryo is implanted in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus. When this happens, medication must be taken to remove the embryo or in the worst case, the tube is removed surgically. Smoking can also increase the risk of stillbirth, pregnancy loss and vaginal bleeding, which is sometimes severe enough to harm the child.
Smoking during pregnancy can make the child develop more slowly, increasing the risk of low birth weight and the risk of preterm birth (the baby is delivered before 37 weeks of gestation) by 30%. You may also see an abnormality such as cleft lip, cleft palate or other congenital defects. Also, infants born to smoking mothers are more likely to die from SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), and can have a higher probability of developing asthma, behavioral problems and learning disabilities due to the slowdown in growth development.
It is clear that smoking during pregnancy - or being exposed to second-hand smoke,while pregnant can seriously affect you and your baby during pregnancy and early years of his life.
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If you are considering setting up home in Gran Canaria, then surely you would want to get the scoop from a professional expat writer who lives and works there, speaks the language, married a local girl and is raising kids on the island too?
Whether you're visiting Gran Canaria courtesy of picking up a last-minute bargain break or planning to relocate there, Going Local in Gran Canaria is the book for you.
Covering everything from places to see on your holiday to property advice and career opportunities, Going Local is much more than a travel guide. New residents will be delighted by its accessible, humorous style and the lowdown on what's hot and what's not, coming from British journalist and resident since 2004, Matthew Hirtes.
"The best thing about living in Gran Canaria is its sheer diversity," says Matthew, "from the surf of the Atlantic Ocean to the turf of the Tamadaba pine forest. I wanted to correct the lazy stereotype of Gran Canaria as a sunnier Blackpool and show the island in a fairer, truer light." Describing Arinaga beach as 'windier than a baked bean eater's consititution', Matthew has well and truly removed his rose-coloured sunglasses as he shares the reality of living on a Canary Island. "I've lived and breathed the place since we relocated from the UK, becoming an adopted native and investing in bricks and mortar to very much make the island our home," he concludes.
Going Local in Gran Canaria is available at all online bookstores including Amazon and there's a Kindle version too.


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Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor
Elizabeth 'Baby Doe' Tabor
Florence Phillips
Baby Doe Tabor, born Elizabeth McCourt in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was the fifth child in a line of fourteen children. Her father was a successful clothing store owner and civic figure in Oshkosh, but a succession of fires that wiped out his stores eventually depleted his wealth.
She was closest to her older brother James, whom she most nearly resembled and who first called her "Babe" or "Baby". She had a full social calendar, and rarely mentioned girl friends, but recorded extravagant compliments from admiring beaux, and wrote of her conquests. She was vital, with a strong constitution, charm and astuteness but with possessing a creamy complexion and striking beauty, displayed flirty behavior and vanity.
She first met William Harvey Doe, Jr. on the street and set her cap for him. Despite his mother's fierce opposition, Baby Doe and William were married June 17, 1877. She was twenty-two and he was one year older. They moved to Central City where he managed the Waterman Mine, a wedding gift from his father.
Eventually, there was trouble at the mine and William was forced to work as a laborer at another mine, but was fired. He was seen frequenting town saloons. The Does moved to Black Hawk into smaller and cheaper housing. William mortgaged the couple's assets when bills came due. It was rumored that William vanished when Elizabeth gave birth to their stillborn son. She and a friend Jake Sands, a kind admirer, suggested she move to Leadville with him and go into business in his new clothing store.
After learning William moved back to Denver, she went to get a divorce from him in March of 1880. She proceeded to move to Leadville. Topping 10,000 feet in elevation, the city is surrounded by Mounts Massive and Elbert. Leadville was called Cloud City. By 1880 it was Colorado's second largest city. Banks, hotels, newspapers and of course saloons filled the town. Half the men in town were in mining.
As Elizabeth explored the town, she learned about Leadville's former mayor and most favored son, Horace Tabor. The more she heard, the more she wanted to know. He and his wife Augusta and come to California Gulch, near Leadville in 1860 when it was a gold camp and returned in 1868 at the start of the silver boom. Wherever they lived, the Tabors ran a miner's store.
Horace was lucky at poker and even more so at mining. He acquired the Little Pittsburg mine that paid up to $10,000 a day. Later he sold that mine and bought a fleet of investments, including the Chrysolite and Matchless mines plus real estate, adding up to a $9 million dollar fortune. He established the Bank of Leadville and helped build an opera house and hotel.
Baby Doe had heard talk about Augusta, a prim and sharp-tongued New Englander who carped at her husband over the smallest of extravagance. One evening when she was waiting in the Clarendon lobby for Jake to finish work, she recognized Bill Bush, former proprietor of the Teller House in Central City. He told her Tabor had come to Leadville that evening for the grand opening of the Tabor Opera House. The next thing she knew, she was being introduced to Horace Tabor, and invited to dinner with him and her friend. She maintained she fell in love the minute their eyes met. A charming, outgoing man, he was at the crest of his career. They quickly became acquainted over dinner. He was forty-nine, and she was twenty-five. Soon, he was offering to pay off her debts to her friend Jake. When he moved her to a luxurious suite at the Clarendon, news of the affair spread like fire through both Leadville and Denver. He moved them to the Winsdor hotel upon returning to Denver, and thus tried to end his marriage to Augusta, who resisted the divorce. He procured a one-sided divorce, and Baby Doe and Horace were secretly married in September of 1882, but officially married later in March of 1883. Despite the fact they were legally married, Baby Doe was still shunned by supporters of Augusta, and she never did have a woman friend in Denver society.
In 1886 Tabor paid $54,000 for a pretentious mansion at Thirteenth and Sherman in Denver. During the silver panic of 1893, however, Tabor's financial empire collapsed; Horace soon died and she became a penniless widow. She grieved for the remainder of her life, and in 1935 friends found her frozen to death, her feet wrapped in rags, in a shed at the Matchless Mine in which she lived alone.
A kaleidoscope of legends surrounds the second wife of Horace Tabor, "Baby Doe," whose amazing rags-to-riches-to-rags life story was immortalized in an opera, The Ballad of Baby Doe. Because of her passion for a man who was already married, most of society shunned her. It was for her tenacity and pioneering spirit that she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.
From the book "Women of Consequence" by Jeanne Varnell
Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown
Merle Chambers


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Carolyn Robinson was born in April of 1948. Because of her blueness and what the doctors heard, they knew that Carolyn had a heart "condition," however her heart defect wasn't diagnosed until she was 10 years old. The heart-lung machine was developed and first used on a human in 1953. Carolyn's first and only catheterization was at 10 years of age. Her diagnosis was a VSD and Eisenmenger's syndrome. Carolyn's parents were told that surgery was impossible. Her body had actually made some changes that helped her, and any surgery would have ended Carolyn's life. As a child she had difficulty keeping up with other children. She was fortunate in that she didn't miss much. Carolyn couldn't participate in sports, but she wasn't a sports-minded kid. A few years ago, after an MRI, Carolyn was diagnosed with truncus arteriosus. Currently Carolyn is 66 years of age, and although it's still difficult for her to keep up, she does her best.
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Behind this blog and camera lens, you would see that I sometimes just wear yoga pants (And a tee, of course. I'm not that weird).
Behind this blog and camera lens, you would notice that I never clean my camera and that it desperately needs it, too.
Behind this blog and camera lens, you would see a girl who does not like the new Blogger interface format (or whatever it's called). It makes me feel like I'm in Facebook-land not wanting to switch over to Timeline. At least this interface is clean and simple. It has that going for it.
Behind this blog and camera lens, you would know that like to write in short sentences + fragments. My high school English teacher hated that about me but it's something I just. Can't. Stop.
Behind this blog and camera lens, you would see that my hair is most often in a messy bun + headband. You would also see that I cannot make my messy buns look messy. Just lopsided.
Behind this blog and lens, you would know that I have a tickle in my throat that I hope isn't a cold. Please, not before school starts!
Behind this blog and lens, you would notice how much I love baking. And where my sweet treats all end up, too.
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One simple wish from a 5 year old boy generated so much goodness. Indeed no hero too small.
Miles Scott, 5 years old and in remission of leukemia had a wish: to be Batman. So the Make A Wish Foundation turned San Francisco into Gotham City for a day on November 15.
Dressed up at Batman, he accompanied an older Batman around Gotham in the Batmobile to stop the Riddler and The Penguin from their dastardly deeds. Including rescuing a damsel in distress.
Make A Wish made things happen. Thousands turned up to watch the events and cheer Batkid on as he saved the day.
Tweets with the #SFBatkid hashtag made Tweetdeck one big blur of tweets. The photos, Vine videos and YouTube videos tugged at the heart strings, made me tear up and brought a lot of joy around the Internet and the world.
1. Make A Wish made use of social media to send out a call for volunteers. The response was tremendous. So while social media played a big, big role in making this happen, the beautiful lesson here is among all the constant negativity in the world, there are indeed good people on our Earth. Even the media — notorious for cashing in on their concentration on negatively spun stories and such — got in on the act.
2. Batkid inspired illustrations on Instagram. And they were quite detailed and DC style!
3. The importance and impact of cartoon characters. Little kids love them so much. This past Hallowe'en saw many, many, many Iron Mans, Captain Americas, Batmans, Spider-Man's, Supermans, etc… as per usual. It's important to keep this in mind when drawing stories.
Just this week I found myself realising how little I had known back when I was a kid watching Porky Pig cartoons that one day into the future I'd create a stuttering cartoon character for other people who stutter around the world. Batkid made me realise that part of my audience may be children just like Batkid. This confirmed my intension on making Franky Banky and his friends strong and positive role models.
4. People love helping others.
Thanks Batkid. You not only saved Gotham City today, but you made the world a little brighter.


Today Katie Kimball of Kitchen Stewardship and Kids Cook Real Food tells us how to start our babies and get our toddlers eating healthy food. Don't forget her free download – 10 Snacks your Preschooler Can Make Today! You can listen to this complete podcast episode on iTunes or SoundCloud.
Alyssa: Hello! Welcome to another episode of Ask the Doulas. I am Alyssa Veneklase, co-owner and postpartum doula. And today we're talking to Katie Kimball again of Kitchen Stewardship. Hi, Katie.
Katie: Hey, Alyssa. Thanks for having me!
Alyssa: Yeah! So we are going to talk today – we talked to you last time about having kids in the kitchen, but we want to kind of shift gears and talk about how to get good eating habits started early for our kids and then get some tips from you on how to do it, especially through those toddler years when they seem to be picky and hate everything you put in front of them. How do you deal with that?
Katie: Yes, we can do this!
Alyssa: I guess where would you tell a parent to start?
Katie: Well, so the big word that I've picked up – I have 4 kids, and so I've been a mom for 13 years; kind of been around the block with this. And I was so stressed about feeding my child when my first was a baby. I remember nearly karate-chopping my husband's uncle in the arm because he had some Cool-Whip on his finger and was going to offer it to my seven-month-old. I was like, "No! You can't! No!" Right, that was going to literally kill him. I'm not a fan of Cool-Whip, but I could have chilled out a little more. I did a great, really informative to me, interview with a naturopath who specializes in kids' nutrition a few years back, and she said, actually, the most current research shows that it's the most important for kids' palettes and mouths and bodies to be exposed to the widest variety of foods possible, even before six months, even before seven months, like when we're usually starting to feed at six months. So just allowing them to smell or just have little licks, little tastes, of everything you're eating. It's almost like an inoculation. It's almost like an inoculation to the world where they'll be less likely to get allergies. And here, again, 13 years ago when my youngest was a baby, we were told do NOT give them any highly-allergenic foods until after one; you know, no peanuts until after two. So we do what we can with what we know, but that's the most current research, actually, is that we just kind of need to expose them to all sorts of foods, and even up until 12 months, the function of the sitting-up kind of eating with a spoon or on a high chair tray is mostly just exposure and exploration. And so that takes a lot of pressure off Mom. It's not about calories. It's not about nutrition. They're getting that from the breastmilk or formula they're drinking.
Alyssa: Right. Yeah, I love the word "exploration" because, you know, around that four- to six-month mark, that's really all they're doing is exploring, and my daughter, before she wanted to eat solid foods, would lick, you know. I would give her little tastes of soup or whatever it was off my finger, and she would love it. And that's such a great tip for parents with babies. Just let them try it. See what happens. They're not chewing. They're not going to choke.
Katie: Yeah. So I'm not a huge proponent of baby food, especially the cereal, because there isn't much nourishment in that, so why are we pushing it so hard? But really just putting little mushy things or finger-food things on the tray and letting them explore. As long as everything is whole foods, I don't think you can go wrong. Now, no added sugars, of course, right? We don't want any food coloring, you know. But if it's little pieces of avocado and little pieces of ground beef or a bean, you know, a little black bean that you mush under your thumb so that it's not too round. There's so many soft foods that are just soft or that you can cook to be soft and the kids can just explore. So that's kind of a nice load off of a mom's mind that, chill. Chill is the word of the day when it comes to feeding your babies.
Alyssa: So what do you do, then, when it's like, oh, I've done such a great job; my kid will eat anything – and then they turn two, and what the heck happened?
Katie: Oh, my gosh. It happens to almost every family, and the good news is it's completely developmentally appropriate because at age two to three, the kids are realizing that they're separate from their parents, and, oh my goodness, they have opinions, you know, and they're really testing their boundaries. So they're trying to figure out where my will ends and where my parents' begins. So they're going to test that in every way they can, but especially when it comes to eating, sleeping, and pooping, because those are the things we cannot force them to do.
Katie: No matter how hard we try, much to parents' chagrin. And so again, the good news is you're really going to have to chill and realize that it's normal, totally normal for them to say no to something they used to like, even if they liked it yesterday. They may say no to it today. They might like it again tomorrow. And so I often tell parents who are in that phase, that picky eating phase from two to five, that you just have to be more stubborn and more persistent than your child until they turn six-ish.
Katie: It is tough, and I think the risk is if we give in, if we're like, "Oh, she doesn't like avocados or guacamole anymore, so I just won't serve it ever." Well, then she probably never would have come back around to it, or the chances would be slim. So our job as parents is just to continue to serve good, healthy foods. Obviously, you have to be eating good, healthy foods, but serving whole foods and a variety of fruits and vegetables and protein sources and expecting that they will change over time. I think in America, especially, unfortunately, we fall into this terrible rut of feeding kids what they like and then complaining that they're not eating better. And it's like, well, that's because your expectations are this teeny-tiny box of what they like, and they're not going to push out of that. So we've got to raise our expectations and realize, you know, that our 20-something year old child's palette is not going to be the same as our 3-year-old's, and so we're just going to continue to offer good things and feed them good things, and they can choose how much they eat and when they eat, as long as we're not letting them feast on junk food outside of meals. We can win. We can win after they're in, like, first grade. They come around to all the green things.
Alyssa: Yeah, that's good. It gives us hope, right?
Alyssa: And it's funny that you say "in America" because every time I go to a restaurant and you look at the kids' menu, there's always the same five options. It's mac and cheese. It's a hot dog. It's a hamburger. It's a cheeseburger. You know, and it's all unhealthy. They don't have any good options, so I end up having to split, like order one healthy meal and split it with my daughter, and it is really frustrating when you're trying to have your children eat healthy, but there's no healthy options on a kids' menu.
Katie: Yes, it's counter-cultural to feed our kids vegetables, so we have to be really ready, like we would anything for our kids, right? Ready to be the mama bear and put up the fight.
Alyssa: Right, right. And I have to ask all the time, "Do you have any vegetables that I could add instead of fries?" And they'll look at me, like, well, what kind of vegetables? Anything!
Katie: It's getting better. I have to say, the pendulum is swinging in the right direction, and it's very exciting to watch and to push it as hard as I can.
Alyssa: Well, you have created a PDF for us to help parents who maybe have had trouble with the process of getting their kids to eat healthy foods, and it's 10 Snacks Your Preschooler Can Make Today. Tell us where can we find it and what's on this, and maybe a couple of the ten snacks that are on there?
Katie: Sure thing. Well, you can download that for free. And the idea here is that one way to get kids to eat better – because, again, they're testing those boundaries – one way to get those young preschoolers to eat better is to get them involved because when they get involved, whether it's growing food, choosing it at the grocery store or farmer's market, planning a meal, preparing a meal, serving a meal – any involvement in any way helps them to feel connected to that food and they're much, much more likely to try it joyfully or at least be open and having a better attitude at the meal. So we want to get those kids in the kitchen, you know, using tools, and so we teach them simple things like using a butter knife to slice bananas or make ants on a log and different ways to slice cheese. There's actually a homemade gelatin in there that uses 100% grape juice, which is still not health food, but it's way better than Jello from the box. And it's really fun. It's a really fun activity for kids to make with an adult. So some of the recipes in there are things a three-year-old could do pretty much start to finish, and then some are kind of a half-and-half, like a fun thing for a kid to do with a parent.
Alyssa: Yeah, I think that's a great tool. You know, kids that age love to be involved, but in a sense, they're kind of followers. They like to do what their friends are doing. They want to do what you're doing, and if they know that you're cooking and they've helped, they see that as something that they want to take part in, and they will probably eat it or at least try it, right? They're more likely to try it.
Katie: Yeah, it totally increases your chances, and the pickier a child is – and some kids really have some processing issues where food maybe tastes so bold and vibrant to them that any new food is nearly terrifying because they're afraid that it will overwhelm their senses, and that's becoming more and more common, and it's okay. We can work within what our kids' bodies are telling us, and it's still, even with sensory processing disorder, the goal is still continual exposure. So a normal kid might need two or three or ten exposures to, let's say, broccoli. A kid who's processing the senses a little different might need 50 or 100. It's a little bit a longer game with them, and you have to be really patient. And that's not every kid. That's just the ones that are so picky. Their tags are itchy. They don't like any spicy foods, or maybe they like only really spicy foods. This is kind of a segue, but the ones who are saying my kid is way pickier than that – it's still the same process; it's just a long time and continuing to be patient and expose them.
Alyssa: Yeah, it's a lot of patience for the parents then.
Alyssa: Again, a daily struggle, right?
Alyssa: Is there anything that we didn't mention about tips for our toddlers?
Katie: Be consistent; keep the sugar out. Actually, the grandma training is something I like to talk to parents about. It's not only grandmas, but some other adults in our lives, and sometimes us, too; we just want to love our kids through suckers and popsicles, and so it's been my mission in life to train the grandma in our life who tries to do that that it's not depriving a child if they don't know what it is.
Katie: So candy is this secretive thing that my children have no idea exists, for as long as humanly possible, because if they don't know it exists, it's not a battle; it's not a struggle, and it's certainly not a deprivation. They just think raspberries are the most amazing thing ever encountered, right? So a bowl of raspberries is as good to them as a bowl of gummy bears. So that's a super thing, if you've got a really young child. Just keep all the junk food as an unknown in their world.
Alyssa: Yeah, I think that is a really hard thing. You know, we teach a grandparents' class for other reasons, but part of that is the struggle that this different generation doesn't understand that sugar is a bad thing. They learned that sugar just rots your teeth. They have no idea that it does all the other bad things that it does to us internally, and starting our kids off so young with sugar in everything – sugar cereals and candy and just everything. They don't get it, and it becomes a source of contention between the grandparents and the parents.
Katie: Totally, yeah. They think we're depriving our kids of the joy of life, right? And it's been fun, actually, watching my mother-in-law just see our kids. Like my third child literally asks for a bowl of feta cheese, like a container of feta cheese, to himself for his birthday from her. And it cracks her up, but I think she's finally getting it. Like, if you don't let them know that the craziness is out there, they're happy. They're still super happy, and you can give them love in many other ways other than sugar, including through food, like real, whole, healthy food.
Alyssa: That's great advice! Well, tell our listeners again how to find this PDF.
Katie: Yeah, so 10 Snacks Your Preschooler Can Make Today at our website. It's a free download, and we're so excited to share that with you.
Alyssa: I'm so excited to download it for my daughter and do it today!
Alyssa: All right, well, thanks for visiting us again. Hopefully we'll talk to you soon!
Katie: Absolutely. Thank you, Alyssa!
Alyssa: And you can always email us at info@goldcoastdoulas.com and find us on Facebook and Instagram. Remember, these moments are golden.


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Marika (also spelled MARIKA) is a Canadian recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, and TV show host. MARIKA has had two top 40 radio singles in Canada, as well as songs placed with Elise Estrada, Elin Universal Music Group Germany, and Korea's Lee Hyori with "My Life" M-NET and Kim Bo Kyung. She also has songs placed on several seasons of America's Next Top Model, MTV and her single "ANGEL" was featured on the Lifetime network's original movie Sins of the Mother. MARIKA performed back in Medicine Hat for the 2010 Winter Olympics Torch relay where she shared the stage with County Superstar Terri Clark. The pair were chosen to perform because of their Medicine Hat roots. MARIKA was also recognized as Virgin 95.3 CKZZ-FM Best of BC artist as a result of her single release in 2011 – "Soldier". MARIKA released in 2004 an album called Untitled Chances, followed by radio singles in 2006 and 2007 "Christmas Came Early", "You Know I Will", and "Radio". "You Know I Will" got MARIKA nominated as best new artist in the Urban Category at the Canadian Radio Music Awards in 2007. Her album Unstoppable released in 2013 won the GMA Covenant awards Pop album of the Year, and she also recently was a featured singer on the new Hallmark TV channel's original series Signed, Sealed, Delivered which was executive produced by Martha Williamson who wrote and produced Touched by an Angel. She also shared the stage with Grammy and Dove award winners Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Juno award winner Brian Doerksen on their one time only United Tour. In December 2013, she wrote "This Christmas Time" produced by 604 Records producer Colin Janz, which was released to radio across Canada and parts of the US and garnered national airplay. Marika was born in San Fernando, Trinidad, raised in England and Medicine Hat, Alberta. She currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.

References
 Langley Advance Times
 Light Magazine BC
 International doctor recognized  Women of Excellence Award
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 94.5 Virgin Radio | Vancouver's #1 Hit Music Station
 Idol winner Avila, Plaskett among Canadian Radio Music Awards nominees CBC News. 16 January 2007

External links
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 CEO Emerton Records

Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to the United Kingdom
British emigrants to Canada
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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People from Medicine Hat
People from San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
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Do you make New Year's resolutions? Are they always the same? Are you looking to improve your knowledge of technology and its many uses? Why not update your old, same resolutions with tech-inspiration?
It always amazes me how quickly December rolls around once summer is over. It seems like the holidays, New Year's included, are accelerated once the leaves are gone and the days are shorter.
Along with the traditions of Chanukah, Christmas and all that December brings, there always come the dreaded New Year's resolutions. So many people shun this tradition, and many others make the same calorie-adjusting resolutions year after year.
If you're looking to truly make a positive change, and avoid the cliché of broken resolutions, why not take a look at a new theme? Technology is always evolving, now quicker than ever.
While very few people have all their ducks in a row when it comes to their own personal use of tech conveniences, some of them see the opportunity as the clock strikes midnight on January 1 as a way to tackle the data overload.
A lot of people enjoy comfort zones, myself included, when it comes to technology and innovation. I've put off projects simply because I was content with the status quo, despite knowing a more efficient method existed.
Why not use this year's resolution to choose one task that you've been avoiding and upgrade your lifestyle?
Are you tired of managing your schedule with a traditional agenda? Would you benefit from a shared calendar that you can synchronize with family members? Read about the best time management apps and see if you can save paper while you're at it.
Are you forever running to the store to get one last thing because you have forgotten to write a grocery list? Would you like to save money by planning your meals around coupons and specials?
Read about shopping apps designed to manage your list, seek out the best prices and keep you on track for spending.
If you're really looking to upgrade your daily chores, research some smart home gadgets like Google Home Mini or Alexa. You can manage your thermostat remotely as to avoid heating your home while you're out, without freezing the plants and pipes!
For those of you that are indeed going to make fitness-inspired resolutions, and know that somewhere back in your mind they might not last, try learning how to manage health, diet and activity with a smart phone.
There are endless free apps designed for fitness and health, with everybody's personal needs catered to.
There's yoga, pilates, weights, cardio, walking, running, stretching, nutrition, motivation – everything under the sun, that can be used as a compliment to an existing regimen or used to inspire good health.
If you're not a smart phone user, read about activity and fitness trackers that are independent of smart phones. The technology doesn't have to replace the social side of exercise; it can be used to encourage you with social media and other features.
If you can honestly say that all your digital pictures, address book contacts, personal files, family budget, shopping lists and every other bit of daily data is organized and up to date, you can stop reading now.
If not, use your 2019 resolution to kick those tasks out of the park! Organize your pics and share online albums with family members who are far away.
Learn a new budgeting app that will expose unnecessary spending and help you take one extra trip next year. Master your smart phone and cancel that LAN line.
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In addition to its acclaimed collections, the Ackland Art Museum is also deeply committed to education and to this end offers a variety of educational programs that that enhance learning for both adults and children, as well as events related to the exhibition, community, and university topics.
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Great Quote... It sums up the state of the country today, and often.
Indeed, indeed - their power is in numbers and that is where it ends.
And THAT my friends is why we are in the mess we are in. When we are ready as individuals to start thinking and reasoning ourselves, then we will see some progress.
Yes Reston ... don't bother to educate yourself. Cling to your stupidity and never let it go, maintain it at all cost.
Ever tried arguing with a Liberal (Socialist)? They're incapable of complete thoughts and will defend their unfounded, illogical position as though it were Gospel. Sadly the average Conservative is just as well programmed to perpetuate a system that no longer works.
J Carlton, if you ever run for president, you have my vote.
Again I see this quote as a "I'm superior to you mentality, a mentality that leads to totalitarianism." Some called Hitler a genius who knew all the answers, burned all the books of the ignorant and searching ones, the philosphers, thinkers, liberals, etc. Often we need to approach things with a long term rather than short term view. In the long term I suggest that the ignorant and searching ones win and the short term smart asses (like Hitler) lose.
I agree on this country being full of ignorant people. Thank God their are people out there who are smart enough to realize this, otherwise we'd be in eve more trouble.
We are already in "even more trouble" and we need far more/better people to get us out. So, thank God there are people out there who realize it. Pray God, there are enuff of us to get us out of the trouble we are in!
So true. Don't confuse ignorance with those still searching for answers -- the ignorant do not search, they ignore.
Just remember that ALL of those uninformed people "out there" believe themselves to be intelligent, and they think they know what's going on. Read, HOW THE WORLD REALLY WORKS......the neo-cons have a ton of people duped into believing the Repubs are conservative....hahahaha SAVE Ron Paul, we are devoid of conservatives in our government, and that includes the 8 years of HELL in "the good ol boy's club" that Bush drug us through! (and I voted for him, TWICE, like an idiot!) True, those seeking the truth, even when they do not yet posses it are not included.....the campaign against the truth has been bought and sold to most Americans, anyone searching will find the brutal ugly truth that America ain't what most of us thought she was.......and then we shall do what is needed to restore our liberties, which are nearly gone. I don't feel this is an insult to anyone.......at any time any of us, and all of us, can choose to have a conversation that will lead to the truth coming out.......IF they are an ignoramus, they will NOT have that conversation, instead, they will shut you up, call you a quack, a "conspiracy theorist", and a commie, a liberal, a frog, etc, then leave in a red faced huff believing themselves the "intelligent" one.
You gotta love his name.......van loon......hahahaha ~ LOVE IT! 5 stars for his great name!
Hendrik van Loon truly must have been thinking about and referring to people just like Waffler, Smith when he made this statement.
Ignorance was not progressing fast enough in Amerika so common core was introduced. Ignorance in Amerika is highly invested into by the occupying statist theocracy infesting this land. The ignorant will not give up their dole, their religion (socialism), or their slavery thus, frontal attempts to enlighten are considered worse than poison.
The quote sounds like a definition of cognitive dissidents to me.
One could also say it is directed at people like Waffler which I noted gave a resounding thumbs down to the quotation, struck a little too close to home for his taste. ;) Lol!


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Q: jquery's .removeclass removes the class but not the class attribute basiclly i add and remove classes to certian elements but i need them to return to their original state after removal
example:
before adding:

after adding:

after using .removeClass:

i want to get rid of that empty class tag

$("#example").addClass("removethis")
$("#example").removeClass("removethis")

this is the example tag inspect me

after running the snipper if we look at the "a" tag we see this
this is the example tag inspect me

how would i remove that empty tag

A: You could use the removeAttr("class") function jQuery also offers.
The example would be something like:
$("#example").removeAttr("class");

The only problem here is that if the element has other classes they would all be removed.
If you were to verify if the element has other classes you could do this:
var classes = $("#example").attr("class").trim();
var classesArray = classes.split(" ");

if(classesArray.length == 0) {
   $("#example").removeAttr("class");
}

This could be done in fewer lines, but I am making it explicit in order to make it clearer.
The first line would result in a string containing all classes that's previously trimmed just in case to avoid white spaces.
The second line converts that string in an array of string elements using the space as separator. It might not be perfect, depending on what you use case is.
If you check the length of that array and it's zero that means you have no classes and you can remove the attribute.

A: Ok, so ignoring the use case for this and just focusing on the ability to do so, this could be done like the following.

var $example = $("#example").addClass("removethis");
$example.removeClass("removethis");

if (!$example.prop('classList').length) $example.removeAttr('class');

this is the example tag inspect me

You can check the length of the classList property and if it is empty, remove the attribute entirely.

A: You can check for empty class and remove the attribute while using removeClass like,
$("#example").removeClass("removethis").filter('[class=""]').removeAttr('class');

And the snippet as follows,

$("#example").addClass("removethis")
$("#example").removeClass("removethis").filter('[class=""]').removeAttr('class');

this is the example tag inspect me

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Q: javascript not executed with setTimeout but does with button click event I am trying to view a video stream from an IP camera in a web page, when the stream can be played I want it to start automatically. Trying to do that with a timer,  try to play and if that fails, try again.
The timer (timeout) doesn't seem to do that, however if I  execute the script using a button, it does.  What am I missing?
see the code below.
thanks,
Ron
PS: I commented out the setTimeout functions,  to make the button work.
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <body>
    <script  type="text/javascript">

    function playVid() {
    var videoElem = document.getElementById("IPcamerastream");
    var playPromise = videoElem.play();

    // In browsers that don't yet support this functionality playPromise won't be defined.
    if (playPromise !== undefined) {
       playPromise.then(function() {
         // Automatic playback started!
         videoElem.controls = true;
          }).catch(function(error) {
          // Automatic playback failed.
    //      setTimeout(playVid, 1000);
          });
       }
    }

    //setTimeout(playVid, 1000);
    </script>
    <button onclick="playVid()" type="button">Play Video</button><BR>
    <video id="IPcamerastream" src="http://192.168.2.8:8080" width="960" height="540"></video>
    </body>
    </html>

A: Look into the features of the video html5 tag:(https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_video.asp)
one of the optional attributes is autoplay (Specifies that the video will start playing as soon as it is ready) so there is no need to set timeout.
<video id="IPcamerastream" src="http://192.168.2.8:8080" width="960" height="540" autoplay></video>

A: Move your script below the video element, and you should not need the timeout at all, because the element will already be initialized when the script is executed. So document.getElementById should resolve the element right away.
Using timers will introduce race conditions. If anything, you should add a listener to the DOMContentLoaded event.

A: Welcome Ron,
This is a well formatted question, but target browser info could also assist in helping you resolve your issue. Please consider adding it in future!
As for your problem, you tell us that you wish the video to autoplay, I'm assuming on page load?
I've also removed the duplicate source paste.
In this case, you only call playVid() from within the promise erroring out. The initial call is bound to the button click event.
In short, only clicking the button will initiate the playVid() function.
You need to add an event listener for DOM readiness and call playVid() within that. Otherwise, it's only being called when you click your button!

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (event) => {
    //the event occurred
    playVid();
});

You can also use the autoplay HTML option in the video tag.
lang-html
 <video {...} autoplay />

A: I had an almost similar problem ، when I received the video stream in a webrtc project, the video would not be displayed without clicking a button.
if you want to play automatically received stream video, you should add "muted" in the video tag.


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Mars on Earth: The NASA Haughton-Mars Project, Part 1
By Pascal Lee
Posted Sunday, June 9, 2002
A thousand miles or so from the Earth's North pole lies our planet's largest uninhabited island, Devon Island. To the Inuit of Nunavut in this part of the Canadian high Arctic, the island is known as Taallujutit Qikiktagna or Jaw Bone Island. Devon Island is home to one of the highest-latitude impact structures known on Earth, Haughton Crater. At 20 kilometers in diameter the crater formed 23 million years ago, at the beginning of the Miocene, when an asteroid or a comet collided with our planet. [More information]
Every summer since 1997, I have journeyed to Devon Island with colleagues and students from many horizons to study the natural wonders of Earth - and Mars, by comparison. We also test out new technologies and strategies that will help us explore Mars and other reaches of space in the future, with both robots and humans. Our research project is called the NASA Haughton-Mars Project or HMP.
Little imagination is required to believe oneself on Mars when exploring Devon Island. Many features and sites there are strikingly reminiscent of the Martian landscape, from barren rocky blockfields to intricate valley networks, from precipitous winding canyons to recent gully systems on their slopes. We come here to understand whether this resemblance is merely a coincidence or whether there are common underlying causes. Did some of the processes that shaped Devon Island also operate on Mars?
It is hard to tell when Devon Island became an island, but the rocks that form the landmass today are mostly ancient seabed material ranging from 570 to 35 millions years in age. The sediments (mostly carbonates) are resting on an even older crystalline basement 2.5 billion years old. Taking this into account, the Haughton impact was a recent event. During the Miocene, the region's climate was much warmer than it is today. Boreal forests of conifers and birch trees covered the land. Giant rabbits and small ancestral rhinos roamed. Local streams and lakes teemed with fish.
All of this changed in an instant.
The object that struck Devon Island was perhaps 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) in diameter. Coming in at cosmic speeds, the impactor delivered a pulse of energy equivalent to 100 million kilotons of TNT. In so doing, it produced a blinding flash of light followed by a monumental air blast that flattened the surroundings, obliterating almost all life several hundred kilometers around. As the impactor itself blended into the target rocks and vanished as a superheated gas, a colossal shock wave expanded into the subsurface. Rocks were crushed, melted, vaporized, and ejected. Soon, a gaping crater 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) wide and 1.7 kilometers (1 mile) deep appeared, only to shallow out moments later as its unstable walls collapsed inwards. As the dust cleared, a smoldering hole filled with a vast pool of chunky molten carbonates appeared. Haughton Crater was born. [More information]
Airborne synthetic aperture radar image of Haughton Crater
In Search of Mars Analogs
My own interest in Haughton Crater began while I was still in graduate school at Cornell University's Department of Astronomy. I wondered if it would be possible to find an impact crater on Earth in a Mars-like setting - one that could serve as a "Mars analog" for scientific studies and exploration research. Mars analogs are settings on Earth where environmental conditions, geologic features, biological attributes, or combinations thereof offer opportunities for comparisons with possible counterparts on Mars and for partial simulations of Martian conditions.
Haughton Crater is the only impact structure on Earth set in a true polar desert, a place that is cold, dry, windy, barren, rocky, dusty, ultraviolet light-drenched (in the summer), and almost unvegetated. Mars today is indeed also a frigid desert bathing in intense UV with many impact craters on its surface. But the average temperature on Devon Island is only - 17 degrees Celsius (1.4 degrees Fahrenheit), versus - 60 degrees Celsius (- 76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Mars. Conditions on Devon, while extreme by terrestrial standards, are thus far from being as harsh as on Mars. But they are a step in the right direction, and so the site was worth exploring for its Mars analog potential.
To be sure, no place on Earth is truly like Mars. Antarctica is the coldest and driest continent on our planet and remains in many ways of unique value to Mars analog studies. But no positively identified impact structure is known to exist there. Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Utah, Iceland, the Atacama Desert, the Altiplano, the Negev, the Sahara, the Gobi, and the Tibetan Plateau, to name but a few classic sites, all present Mars analog aspects. However none of these locations possess the full gamut of Martian characteristics.
Mars analogs can be found above Earth as well at an altitude of 100,000 feet (36,000 m) where the ambient atmospheric pressure (~ 10 mbars) and substantial UV radiation are somewhat similar to Mars. But other elements of the Martian surface environment are missing up there. Thus, a comprehensive Mars analog program is ultimately one that must identify and access not just one setting, but a variety.
The NASA Haughton-Mars Project
General view of the NASA HMP Base Camp, with "Tent City" in the foreground and "Downtown" in the middle ground. The prominent rock feature beyond Downtown is known as "The Fortress". In the distance, on Haynes Ridge, is the Mars Society's Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station.
Early research efforts at Haughton focused on studies of the crater itself with investigations into a possible Mars analog angle remaining unexplored. I approached Chris McKay at NASA Ames Research Center to do just that. With his visionary support, I obtained in 1997 a grant from the National Research Council to visit Haughton Crater. As a result, a four-person team traveled to Devon Island in August of that year. Comprising this initial field party were James W. Rice, Jr. (at that time based at NASA Ames, now at Arizona State University), John W. Schutt (chief field guide for the U.S. Antarctic Search for Meteorites program), Aaron Zent (NASA Ames), and myself. The site proved interesting beyond our wildest dreams. Not just one, but several features were found that might serve as potential Mars analogs.
This initial reconnaissance trip led to what is today the NASA Haughton-Mars Project, an international interdisciplinary field research project comprising both a science and an exploration program. The HMP science program focuses on learning more about Mars and the Earth, impact cratering on planets, and life in extreme environments. Astrobiology might be the best term summing up the focus of our science studies at Haughton. The HMP exploration program, built around the science program, seeks to develop new technologies, strategies, and experience with human factors that will help plan the future exploration of Mars (and other planets too) by both robots and humans.
The HMP, now in its sixth year and with five consecutive field seasons in the Arctic, continues its research activities on Devon Island. The project draws its core funding from NASA but is actually a collaborative government-private joint venture with substantial support (almost half) contributed from non-NASA sources. It should be added that NASA-funded research on the HMP is not specific to preparing a human mission to Mars. While the science program has a strong Mars flavor, the exploration program is generic in its applicability to planetary and space exploration.
The HMP is managed by the SETI Institute, my home institution and the largest private space research organization in the world. Co-investigators and other participants from a wide variety of government agencies in the U.S., Canada, and other countries, universities and research institutions, private industrial partners, corporations, space interest groups (including the NSS) and exploration societies contribute each year to the project's field activities. [HMP-2001 Supporting, Consulting, Collaborating, Licensing, or Participant Home Institutions]
Each summer, tens of researchers, students, support staff and visiting media join in on field activities. At any given time only 30 people or so are admitted at the field site. A core team of ten individuals spends the entire summer on Devon Island while other co-Investigators and visitors rotate in and out for shorter stays.
High school students from the local Inuit communities of Grise Fiord, Pond Inlet, and Resolute Bay are hired each summer to participate in field activities. College students from both the U.S. and Canada are also offered opportunities to participate in the HMP�s science and exploration research programs. Logistical support is sought in part from the Polar Continental Shelf Project of Natural Resources Canada, while a research license is issued by the Nunavut Research Institute.
Each Summer since 1999, United States Marine Corps C-130s crews have successfully supported the NASA Haughton-Mars Project with critical paradrops of field gear and supplies on Devon Island.
Substantial logistical support is also provided by the United States Marine Corps who view the HMP in part as a valuable training opportunity. Since 1999, Marine C-130 crews have supported the NASA HMP with the successful transportation and delivery of tens of tons of mission critical cargo including all manner of expeditionary gear, research equipment, exploration vehicles, and field supplies. This is done via the airborne delivery of parachute-equipped cargo pallets. These "paradrops" on Devon are among the highest latitude drops ever performed by the Marines and are often done under extreme conditions. Twin Otter cargo airplanes chartered from local flight operators are also used to fly cargo and personnel from the hamlet of Resolute Bay (on Cornwallis Island) to the HMP Base Camp and back.
Ground Ice: An Enabler of Human Exploration
As you traverse Haughton Crater you can rove over thick deposits of fused fragmentary debris produced by the impact event. Inside the crater you can encounter ancient lakebeds deposited shortly after the crater was formed. Outside the crater, vast stretches of rocky terrain extend for miles, interrupted only by occasional valleys and steep-walled canyons. Everywhere the ground is laced with subsurface ice.
While rocks on Mars may have a different composition from those found on Devon (carbonates have yet to be unambiguously detected on Mars), the physical properties of impact deposits at Haughton might still provide a valuable analog. It is possible that the distribution of ground-ice in these deposits could help us seek out ground-ice in impact-derived materials on Mars. To date, our ground-penetrating radar surveys and shallow excavations at Haughton Crater reveal that such substrates can hold massive amounts of ice - sometimes more than 80 percent by volume.
The ground-ice on Devon Island and indeed across the high Arctic represents an important repository of freshwater and, as suggested by known examples from Siberia, might even trap a biological record covering several million years. Recent neutron spectrometry data from the Mars Odyssey spacecraft provide startling possible evidence that ground-ice is abundantly present at shallow depth in the Martian subsurface (within the top few meters), particularly at high latitudes. While the findings of the orbiter�s science team remain preliminary, it appears that ground-ice might also be found at shallow depth at low latitudes in specific areas. If confirmed, this could have important implications both for the search for life on Mars and for planning future human endeavors on the planet. Our studies of ground-ice on Devon could help plan for these exciting activities.
Two HMP field scientists explore the diversity of terrain types at Haughton Crater near Lake Sapphire, the largest lake present inside the structure today.
Ancient Hot Springs and Lakes
In addition to subsurface ice deposits, Haughton Crater also offers remnant signatures of ancient hydrothermal activity - evidence for which was only recently uncovered by our HMP team. These hot spring features were powered by the tremendous amount of heat dumped into the surrounding rocks at the time of impact. While the impact-induced hydrothermal activity has long ceased, the hydrothermal sites are preserved in almost pristine condition, having been spared substantial weathering due to the increasingly frigid climate that has prevailed in the Arctic since the Miocene.
Understanding the nature, evolution, location, and preserved record of impact-induced hydrothermal activity at Haughton Crater helps us assess the biological potential of similar sites on Mars as well as on other planets. Impact-induced hot springs would have been places where liquid water and warmth would have coexisted, if only for short periods. As such, they are places where life, perhaps imported from elsewhere, might have gained a foothold and thrived.
Haughton Crater also once contained a lake - or, to be more precise - a network of water bodies whose shapes evolved over the course of time. These bodies of water formed very shortly after the crater's formation and may have lasted only a few million years. Although the lake waters are long gone, sediments were laid down that are beautifully preserved. These paleolakebeds represent the only sedimentary record of the Miocene preserved on our planet in the Arctic. As such, they provide us with a unique view of what conditions in the Arctic were like 23 million years ago.
It is within Haughton Crater's ancient lakebeds that our colleague Leo Hickey of Yale University and his collaborators found the remains of Miocene plants and animals. The remains are almost intact. Bone has not been transformed into stone (petrified), but is still bone. Similarly, wood found in the lakebeds is still wood. In addition, the fine, silty layers that serve as a detailed climatological record of conditions within the crater, are hardly disturbed. These findings in the Arctic offer the hope that craters on Mars might preserve well-preserved paleoenvironmental records as well.
Using Haughton Crater To Reveal Ancient Martian Climate
Taken in a broad context, the overall amount of erosion we find at Haughton Crater might be telling us something important about Mars. In spite of Haughton�s young age compared with that of many similar-size craters on Mars, it is far less well preserved than its Martian counterparts, most of which are probably between 2.5 and 3.8 billion years old. At the very least, the cumulative effect of erosion on Mars in the past 2.5 billion years appears to have been less than that experienced by Haughton in the Arctic over the past 23 million years.
Thus, average erosion rates have probably been over 100 slower on Mars than in the Arctic on Earth. This would lead one to expect that if Mars was ever wet and warm at any point over the past 2.5 billion years at least, it was probably not so for very long. Otherwise, more erosion would be in evidence on Mars.
Gully system on Devon Island [ltop] similar in morphology, scale, and context (they form preferentially along the cold, north-facing walls of valleys) to some of the recent gully systems reported on Mars [bottom].
Water and ice on Mars
Many features outside of Haughton Crater itself are also contributing to solving, and sometimes deepening, the mysteries that Mars presents to us.
Networks of channels found on Devon Island bear similarities to the so-called Martian small valley networks. On Mars, most of these features date back to the end of the "Heavy Bombardment" (a period of high impact rates early in the history of the solar system). Some of these features are also found on more recent Martian terrains such as the flanks of relatively young volcanoes.
The classical interpretation of the Martian small valley networks is that they are the result of liquid water runoff flowing across the Martian surface. This is thought to have occurred not in the form of gigantic floods (as in the case of the Martian outflow channels), but rather, as more modest trickles. The small valley networks are thought to have formed from the action of either localized rainfall, groundwater or ground-ice release, or from various forms of mud flows. All of these interpretations require a fairly warm climate on Mars for liquid water to flow (without freezing) over distances of tens to hundreds of kilometers.
The surface of Devon Island has been carved by a multitude of small valley networks that bear an uncanny resemblance, including in their bizarreness, to the many small valley networks on Mars. Curiously, when you consider the classical explanations for Martian small valley networks, the Devon Island networks formed neither by rainfall, groundwater or ground-ice release, or mud flow. Rather, they were formed by the melting of vast ice covers that once occupied the land above the material exposed at the surface today.
Given what we see on Devon Island, is it possible then that the many small valley networks on Mars were actually formed under a frigid climate rather than under a warm and wet one? Might Mars have been cold climatically throughout most its history, with liquid water at most a local and transient phenomenon at the surface?
While not settling the mystery of past climates on Mars, our work on Devon Island is offering new interpretations for many of the planet's so-called "fluvial" landforms. Our research suggests that surface ice deposits on Mars may have played a much greater role throughout Martian history than has been suspected in the past.
There are many other features on Devon Island with eerily similar counterparts on Mars, including vast canyons and small gullies. In the end, it is perhaps not any single parallel that should impress, but the convergence of so many in a single small area of our planet. Without loosing sight of the fact that no single Mars analog on Earth can be considered ideal (it depends a lot on what one wants to study), Devon Island has come to be described by many as, and granted with much exaggeration, "Mars on Earth".
Continued in Part 2
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