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Skyrocketing statistics show vaccine EXEMPTIONS on the rise – the truth about vaccine dangers is spreading like wildfire
How on Earth could it be that 30 percent of California parents are going to all the trouble of getting medical exemptions from vaccines for their children, when the state's Government has all but enforced vaccines at gunpoint? At a few schools in Sonoma (wine country), over 50 percent of the kindergartners' parents got doctors to sign off on opt-out forms.
What do all these folks know that the panicked masses don't? Aren't chicken pox and measles like the kiss of death? Aren't swine flu and Zika virus still everywhere? How can all of these parents let their children go to elementary school without the HPV jab?
According to the lying mass media, infectious disease rates were "ticking up" in California just a few years back. That's conveniently when Senator Richard "Mercury Joker" Pan laid down the law and banned all personal and religious vaccine exemptions (while behind closed doors pressuring pediatricians to say no to medical exemptions too).
Santa Cruz, Nevada City, Berkeley, Arcata all had 30 percent "medical exemption" opt-out rates for kindergartners for 2017/2018 school year
All vaccines are harmful to your health, not just the unnecessary ones. Most parents have no clue that vaccinated children are most apt to spread the disease they just got injected with during the first two weeks, or more, after getting the "live" virus jabs, and that includes measles and the flu (shedding the injected live virus).
Yep. And they're mixed strains of genetically modified versions of the wild virus, so they are completely unpredictable, even if given alone. Now there are combo jabs being pushed into children's muscle tissue containing five or even six different infectious diseases at once, along with formaldehyde, mercury, aluminum, abortion cells, trace amounts of latex and peanut oil, eggs, dairy, bovine, eagle, dog, and chicken DNA. Next thing you know they'll be using African Green Monkey kidney cells and incurable wild pig diseases in childhood vaccination concoctions. Oh, wait, they already do.
Vaccine fanatics in California call it the "Hail Mary" of the vaccine "refusers" – but they're the ones praying "that the excipients" in those 60 vaccines they give their kids before age seven don't turn them into Autism Spectrum Disorder nightmares they might not "wake up" from.
Now the Supreme Court just halted the ban in New York keeping non-vaccinated kids from going out in public for 30 days, for fear they might spread the measles. The judge called it absurd, basically, and random, and said it's quite far from what could be classified as an epidemic.
The spike and fall of vaccination for California's children
Medical exemptions may be on the rise, but the Mercury Joker Pan succeeded in vaccinating over 12,000 California kids in four years that otherwise would have opted out using either religious exemption or personal exemption, that were legit before 2013 and 2016, respectively. Thanks to California Healthline for publishing the data, that also shows medical vaccine exemptions tripling in the past two years.
Completely ethical doctors are now being labeled as "unethical" by the sick-care industrial complex that's always backed up by the insidious American Medical Association, another racket that only allows chemical medicine in the USA to be called ethical. Oh the irony.
The problem with some doctors providing these medical exemptions is the burden of proof is on the patient, to prove (more) vaccines could cause (more) health damage. Well, with all the carcinogens and GMOs in food and personal care products, the vaccine toxins could just be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back, and in many cases, we're talking about newborn babies and infants, or living babies still in the womb.
So now the patient must bring medical proof from medical doctors who lose their reputation if they help patients sign forms that keep their children from being injected with known neurotoxins and genetically modified cells from other animals, including humans. That makes no sense at all, but it's not just vaccines they push, it's philosophy and power.
Still, mainstream media and all the "injectors" will sell you on some measles outbreak that's about to "rip through their schools" and decimate the vaccinated children. Wait, what? Do we need to have a discussion on mercury (listed as thimerosal to trick everybody) lowering immunity of children?
Where is the open forum of dozens of "pro-vax" scientists debating "live" on the air with Naturopathic Physicians about the pros and cons of what's in today's vaccine vials? How about that broadcast on every major network? That is, if the science is really behind vaccines. The natural health community will also bring statistics from the CDC regarding injuries and settlements as payouts to the tune of $4 billion. Can you say "slush fund" without gagging? Then we'll talk about ethics and the moral code of the AMA.
The FACT that vaccines can cause "run of the mill" allergies and asthma is less of concern than many severe autism cases, paralyzed children, and deaths
Most children with a decent immune system have no problem beating the measles and chickenpox, so really, the vaccine fanatics are picking the wrong disease to argue about in the first place. Why all the media hype and frenzy? That's because measles is just the litmus test. Once we all accept force vaccination laws, next comes swine, Zika, bird flu, Ebola and anthrax experimental "immunizations."
More than 4,000 kindergartners received medical exemptions to vaccines in California for the 2017-2018 school year. Just how many vaccinated children spread measles in California during that year we'll never know. Still, the blame will be cast on the non-vaccinated, because that's where the money and control lies, with having a good scapegoat. That's how Hitler used the Jews.
Stop believing in FAKE science and tune in to Vaccines.news for updates on millions more Americans opting out of one of the worst medical disgraces ever perpetuated on the masses.
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Medical TYRANNY: If you question vaccines in Australia, you could be thrown in prison for 10 YEARS
New York Supreme Court overturns Rockland County's "medical martial law" ban on unvaccinated children; medical fascist Ed Day rebuked by common sense
UPS partnering with drug giants to inject you with vaccines in your own home… pilot project a blueprint for nationwide vaccine mandates at gunpoint
How to recognize the early warning signs of Autism
04/03/2019 / By Robert Jonathan
Rockland County, New York, issues BAN on all unvaccinated children in public – "papers, please?"
Armed SWAT team violently storms family's home, kidnaps three children for not being vaccinated
MEDICAL MARTIAL LAW rolled out in New York; unvaccinated citizens banned from all public places, including schools, churches, malls, sidewalks, public transit and voting locations
Congressman Dr. Mark Green raises alarm over CDC fraud and health dangers of vaccine ingredients
Newsweek says vaccines have "no health risks," calls for "trust in science" – who are they even kidding?
Stunning: Vaccines cause 4 to 5 times WORSE outcomes for measles, scientific study reveals
Studies point to vaccines as a potential cause of childhood joint pain
Are Planned Parenthood aborted babies being used to make chicken pox vaccines?
More proof that vaccines are bad for you: Getting vaccinated makes you MORE likely to infect others
03/15/2019 / By Vicki Batts
Measles being spread by VACCINATED children, research confirms
Why the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is strongly opposed to mandatory vaccines
Why the vaccine industry REFUSES to conduct clinical trials using a genuine placebo control group
Here's what Big Pharma and the CDC acknowledge about the HARMFUL side effects of vaccines
Kids got 11 vaccines in 1986 and 53 in 2017… why? The answer is all about Big Pharma profits
6-in-1 vaccine KILLS 36 infants, reveals "confidential" document – do we need more proof that vaccines are harmful?


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Q: TextWatcher set min and max values im trying to make an imput to be limited to a range of numbers using the TextWatcher and force the min and max if user try to go out of range. Works almost as expected but on a delete, allowing a visually empty text. How can i avoid that?
inputVal.addTextChangedListener(object:TextWatcher{
        override fun beforeTextChanged(s: CharSequence, start: Int, count: Int, after: Int) {}
        override fun onTextChanged(s: CharSequence, start: Int, before: Int, count: Int) {}
        override fun afterTextChanged(s:Editable) {     //s=""
            var curVal = s.toString().toIntOrNull()?:5  //curVal=5
            if (curVal <  5){
                curVal = 5
                s.replace(0,s.length,"5")  <- problem here, not replacing cuz s.length=0
            }else if (curVal >50){
                curVal = 50
                s.replace(0,s.length,"50")
            }

            //some other things to do based on 'curVal'
        }})

update what i need is, for example, u have a '20' and adds a 0 (will be 200) transform it to a '50'; and if delete a 0 (being 2) force a 5 in the input.

A: If s will be empty, the curVal will be 5.
So it won't trigger any of the conditions.
Maybe try with:
if (curVal <=  5)

A: You can change as per your preference; we only need to use source and dest only.
source returns the new input entered in edittext or empty if pressed backspace
dest returns prev input which in buffer already
Let's say if I enter 6 first time in edittext source returns 6 and dest returns empty as no input in buffer for first time,
if enter 7 next then source will return 7 but dest will return 6. Using this we can check the limit.
class InputRangeFilter(val mMin: Int, val mMax: Int) : InputFilter {

        override fun filter(
            source: CharSequence?,
            start: Int,
            end: Int,
            dest: Spanned?,
            dstart: Int,
            dend: Int
        ): CharSequence? {

            val finalValue = (dest.toString().trim() + source.toString().trim()).toInt()

            return if (source?.isEmpty() == true && dest?.isEmpty() == true) {
                ""
            } else if (finalValue in (mMin + 1) until mMax) {
                null // keep original
            } else {
                if ((!TextUtils.isEmpty(source) && source.toString().trim().toInt() < mMin)
                    && finalValue < mMax
                ) {
                    if (source.toString().toInt() == 0) {
                        ""
                    } else {
                        source
                    }
                } else {
                    ""
                }
            }

        }

    }

Usage:
binding.edtText.filters = arrayOf(InputRangeFilter(5, 100))

A: Well, after testing i could make it work, here is the code:
class NumberWatcher(private val mMin: Int, private val mMax: Int)
:TextWatcher{
    override fun beforeTextChanged(s: CharSequence, start: Int, count: Int, after: Int) {}
    override fun onTextChanged(s: CharSequence, start: Int, before: Int, count: Int) {}
    override fun afterTextChanged(s:Editable) {
        Log.d("TextWatcher","Triggered '$s'")
        if (s.isEmpty() || s.toString().toInt() < mMin){
            s.replace(0, s.length, mMin.toString())
            return //will retrigger after the change, to avoid double excecution
        }else if (s.toString().toInt() > mMax){
            s.replace(0, s.length, mMax.toString())
            return //will retrigger after the change, to avoid double excecution
        }

        Log.d("TextWatcher","Do some things with '$s'")
        //do whatever
    }
}

usage:
editText.addTextChangedListener(NumberWatcher(5,50))

The log:
D/TextWatcher: Triggered '45'
D/TextWatcher: Do some things with '45'
D/TextWatcher: Triggered '4'
D/TextWatcher: Triggered '5'
D/TextWatcher: Do some things with '5'
D/TextWatcher: Triggered '95'
D/TextWatcher: Triggered '50'
D/TextWatcher: Do some things with '50'
D/TextWatcher: Triggered '0'
D/TextWatcher: Triggered '5'
D/TextWatcher: Do some things with '5'
D/TextWatcher: Triggered '35'
D/TextWatcher: Do some things with '35'
D/TextWatcher: Triggered ''
D/TextWatcher: Triggered '5'
D/TextWatcher: Do some things with '5'

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Black Swamp is much nicer than the name suggests. I don't know where that swamp is but it certainly isn't anywhere to be seen. This was a day for grasshoppers and daydreamers. Sand squeaks under your feet when you walk it is so happy to have you there and the light dances on the water merrily like little flying swimming grasshoppers on their way to the butterfly ball, or something like that.The toi toi almost lost precedence for a moment as I got lost in the scenario. They too, excited by the day, move down the east coast in their own peculiar way, but they must do it at night cause I don't see them moving. Or maybe it is so gradual and slow that you just don't notice, much like the turning of the earth.
wanted him to go shopping so I carried on alone again. Ahhh such a beautiful day. I had my sandwiches for lunch, then a quick surf with Dad before I drove west to do Mission 2 at sunset on my own. It was a busy day. But such a beautiful one.


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Q: Xamarin iOS - how to play AES encrypted audio file using AVPlayer I am developing iOS app, I am able to play the .ism/manifest file using below code (refer commented url), but my file is AES encrypted which requires bearer token to decrypt it. could you please let me know how  to pass the bearer token to AVPlayer?
public override void ViewDidLoad()
    {
        base.ViewDidLoad();
        //var url = new NSUrl("https://amssamples.streaming.mediaservices.windows.net/91492735-c523-432b-ba01-faba6c2206a2/AzureMediaServicesPromo.ism/manifest(format=m//3u8-aapl)");
        var url = new NSUrl("https://amssamples.streaming.mediaservices.windows.net/830584f8-f0c8-4e41-968b-6538b9380aa5/TearsOfSteelTeaser.ism/manifest(format=m3u8-aapl)");
        audioPlayer = new AVPlayer();

        var keys = new object[] { "Authorization" };
        var objects = new object[] { "Bearer " + "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1cm46bWljcm9zb2Z0OmF6dXJlOm1lZGlhc2VydmljZXM6Y29udGVudGtleWlkZW50aWZpZXIiOiI5ZGRhMGJjYy01NmZiLTQxNDMtOWQzMi0zYWI5Y2M2ZWE4MGIiLCJpc3MiOiJodHRwOi8vdGVzdGFjcy5jb20vIiwiYXVkIjoidXJuOnRlc3QiLCJleHAiOjE3MTA4MDczODl9.lJXm5hmkp5ArRIAHqVJGefW2bcTzd91iZphoKDwa6w8" };
        var dictionnary = NSDictionary.FromObjectsAndKeys(objects, keys);
        AVUrlAsset asset = new AVUrlAsset(url, dictionnary);

        audioPlayer.ReplaceCurrentItemWithPlayerItem(new AVPlayerItem(asset));
        audioPlayer.Play();
    }


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Valassis' Advo Acquisition May Tip Scales in Hispanic Direct Mail/FSI Landscape
By Editorial Staff @portada_online 07/17/2006
The acquisition of ADVO by Valassis for $1.3 billion creates a new print advertising behemoth by pairing the nation's largest direct mail media company (ADVO) with one of the country's largest newspaper-coupon distributors (Valassis). The deal also has interesting implications for the Hispanic market in which both companies have a relatively strong presence.
ADVO uses its weekly ShopWise shared mail program, which is distributed to approximately 60 million households nationwide, to target Hispanics. The Windsor, CT-based company uses census data to determine which neighborhoods have the highest Hispanic penetration. Advertisers – generally retailers or CPG companies – ask for around 80% Hispanic penetration. ADVO is building a model that takes into consideration geographic barriers, ethnicity and economic factors, and targets Hispanic households down to areas containing approximately 3,500 households (The average zip-code has 15,000 households). By targeting below the zip code level, ADVO can target the desired demographic more precisely.
To provide a more appealing advertising vehicle, publishers targeting Spanish-speaking audiences are adopting direct mail strategies while some direct mailers are adding editorial content to compete with publishers. Last year ADVO and TodoBebe, a producer of multimedia Spanish-language pregnancy and parenting content, partnered to do direct mail drops in several large Hispanic markets, including Los Angeles.
Not all ADVO's forays into the Hispanic market have been successful. In 2002 it rolled out "ShopWise Valores," a small Hispanic-focused program in the Houston area which was distributed to 128,000 households twice a month inside the ShopWise wrap. To promote ShopWise Valores, ADVO partnered with the Spanish Broadcasting Corporation. ShopWise Valores had mixed results, partly because it lacked a large Spanish-speaking sales force, and was suspended last year. ADVO has also published several studies about the behaviour of Hispanic shoppers and restaurant patrons.
FSI-Valassis's strength
Valassis main activity in the Hispanic market is through its newspaper insert program. The Hispanic Co-op Insert is delivered via Spanish-language newspapers in major Hispanic markets. The four-color, multi-page, free-standing booklet reaches over 4 million Spanish-speaking households.
Valassis also works on customized programs for the general and Hispanic markets. "Our Hispanic direct mail programs start with a few 100,000, for instance a section of Los Angeles, and can go into the millions," a Valassis executive recently told Portada®. "We have done programs for CPG companies, grocery retailers, automotive, and franchise food retailers," he said.
An expanding market
Direct mailers are increasingly searching for ways to get closer to Latino Homes. The US Army uses direct mail for roughly 25% of its Hispanic recruiting effort. According to Simmons Research, while the average consumer receives 350 pieces of English-language direct mail per year, Hispanic consumers receive only 35 pieces – or one-tenth as much. The scarcity of direct mail envelopes in Hispanic mailboxes tends to improve responsiveness. According to a study by NFO World Group, 59% of Hispanics reported making a purchase in the last 7-days based on a piece of printed ad mail, compared to 51% in the general market. This does not mean that direct mailers should expect a 59% response, but that 59% of respondents indicated that direct mail drove a purchase decision during a 7-day period. TV and radio had substantially lower response rates.
Both Hispanic-focused mail companies, such as Latin-Pak and Carmen's Cupones, and general market giants (ADVO, Harte Hanks, and Valassis) are optimizing their products in order to convince advertisers of their ability to target Hispanics. Retailers and CPG's are increasingly betting on coupons to reach Hispanics.
Harte Hanks, another direct mail giant, targets Hispanics via a monthly insert called "Pensando en Ti" (Thinking about you), which can be found inside the PennySaver weekly shopper in Southern California (1.1 million households) and in its flyer product in South Florida (400,000 households). "Pensando en Ti" can target customers down to a few mail carrier routes. Earlier this year, Harte Hanks expanded its Florida (Hispanic) Direct Mail product.
Author Editorial Staff @portada_online
Portada Staff
San Antonio-based Market Vision Adds Media Planning/Buying Department
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Gaza's plight matters to the world
Elizabeth Kucinich in Gaza (UNRWA USA)
Elizabeth Kucinich, The Hill, June 23, 2016
This month, U.S. congressmen, including Reps. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), were refused entry into the Gaza Strip at the Erez crossing while on a fact-finding mission in Israel-Palestine. Israeli authorities, without elaboration, claimed that their application had not met the criteria necessary to enter. Apparently elected U.S. congressmen inspecting American taxpayer-funded projects and reviewing U.S. aid to Palestinians in Gaza is not worthy criteria.
Bernie Sanders' representatives to the Democratic platform committee have brought the plight of the Palestinians into the national political debate. This could become a breakthrough moment, presaging policies that address the security of both Israelis and Palestinians as being mutually inclusive.
Some have suggested that the members of Congress may have been turned away from Gaza by Israel through the influence of the U.S. State Department, attempting to prevent Democratic members from elevating the issue of Israel-Palestine. Whatever the motivation, in that moment of rejection, those Congressmen experienced a small taste of the restrictions on freedom of movement that Palestinians live daily. For the Palestinians in Gaza, living under a blockade that just entered its 10th year, virtually all movement in and out is prohibited.
As I watched the Israeli military assault on Gaza in 2014, I was desperate to help. I looked to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, mandated with providing essential services for Palestine refugees, and joined the board of its nonprofit arm, UNRWA USA. Last spring, I traveled with UNWRA USA staff to the occupied Palestinian territory — the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip — to visit our projects, ascertain living conditions and witness for myself the political and economic situation. The trip was my first to Gaza. Had the other members of Congress been permitted to enter Gaza, they may have seen for themselves what I witnessed firsthand.
At Erez, the Israeli-controlled crossing into Gaza, I passed through chutes that resembled the herding bays that lead cattle into an abattoir — a standard feature of Israeli checkpoints throughout the occupied Palestinian territory. As we waited for our entry to be approved, young Israeli guards paraded around with automatic weapons.
Once in Gaza, I met Palestine refugees who had faced unimaginable tragedies, like Amal*, a mother who fled the war in Syria with her 13 children. After a perilous journey, they arrived in Gaza only to find themselves under Israeli fire a few weeks later. I met the Nasser family from northern Gaza, whose home had been destroyed in the 2014 assault. I heard their account of fleeing their home under the cover of darkness, petrified, with distraught children and a pregnant mother. When I met them, they were still living in a collective shelter in an UNRWA school with hundreds of other families, a full nine months later.
Two years after the latest Israeli assault, rebuilding in Gaza is going at a snail's pace. Over 12,600 houses had been completely destroyed, 6,500 severely damaged, and another 150,000 uninhabitable due to damage. Tens of thousands of people remain internally displaced as the lack of funds and Israeli restrictions on building materials hamper efforts to rebuild.
Three major Israeli assaults on Gaza in the last eight years have left their mark, and the scars are not just physical. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is visible throughout the communities I visited, and beyond. Eight-year-old Gazan children have already experienced three devastating military incursions. Children, living in constant fear, experience nightmares and bedwetting. According to the UNRWA, PTSD rates rose 100 percent in 2012 — 42 percent of patients were under the age of 9. The 2014 assault compounded their suffering. The UNRWA's community health program provides invaluable support to these children and their parents, through group and individual counseling. I sat on the floor and saw the relief that came to a group of children in an art therapy session held at the school that was serving as their shelter.
The Israeli military assaults may be periodical, but the blockade is a constant. This June, the illegal Israeli blockade on Gaza began its 10th year. Israel, with the help of Egypt, prevents all access to and from the Gaza Strip by sea and air, and the movement of people and goods in and out of the coastal enclave is restricted to just three crossings. The blockade means all food, water, energy, building supplies and medical supplies are controlled by Israel. Only Palestinian medical and humanitarian cases have a faint hope of leaving. The U.N. has repeatedly highlighted the illegality of the blockade as a form of collective punishment and called for it to be lifted, but to no avail.
Due to the blockade, Gaza has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. Eighty percent of the population relies on the UNRWA for humanitarian aid, and the agency will provide critical food assistance to an unprecedented 1 million Palestine refugees there this year. This food insecurity is entirely a man-made problem.
Gaza's economy is under complete Israeli control. This humanitarian crisis is being engineered. A trapped population witnesses the Gaza Strip undergo de-development and suffers from relentlessly mounting psychosocial pressures, while the international community picks up the tab.
In such an untenable situation, the UNRWA is quite literally a life-sustaining force. Its schools, health facilities, food assistance, and other services are a lifeline for Palestine refugees — not just in Gaza, but in the West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan and war-ravaged Syria.
Through the services it provides to Palestine refugees, the UNRWA is a beacon of hope for peace and stability in the region. Unfortunately, year after year, it struggles to meet its funding needs as donor countries grow less confident that their investments will not be blown up. As the international community's interest cools, the Palestinians' challenges grow.
And while the world debates the actions of the Israeli government, especially in Gaza, a humanitarian crisis of monumental proportions grows. Israel's legitimate security concerns are being undermined, not aided, by the illegal siege and blockade of Gaza, which is increasing the level of desperation among Gazans. Israel's government is unable to achieve a constructive reassessment of its position and is itself trapped in a loop of endless conflict.
It's time for friends of Israel in the international community to take concrete steps towards guiding Israel to ending the siege and blockade of Gaza, and the misery and suffering which the siege and blockade has brought to the 1.8 million Palestinians living there.
It would also behoove Israel to be diplomatic when hosting visiting members of the U.S. Congress that they rely upon for security and support.
Kucinich is a D.C.-based consultant dedicated to working to bring social, economic, health, agricultural and ecological systems into balance.
*Names have been changed for privacy considerations.
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United States Congressmen Demand Japan Return Abducted American Children
By Ken Connelly
WASHINGTON – Congressman James Moran (D-VA), along with two other representatives introduced House Resolution 1326, condemning Japan over its blatant disregard for human rights in the matter of parentally abducted children. For over 58 years, Japan has failed to return a single child detained unlawfully and in violation of United States courts.
The Resolution was introduced on May 5, 2010, Japan's national holiday of Children's Day. While President Obama and the State Department released a statement, congratulating Japan and recognizing the similar values both nations shared concerning their children, American parents of 269 children illegally retained in Japan and 10,000 Japanese parents were unable to celebrate with their alienated children.
A bipartisan coalition of Congressional Representatives and left-behind parents held a press conference outside of the Capitol building to promote and answer questions to American and international news organizations.
Representative Chris Smith said, "For 50 years we have seen all talk and no real action on the part of the Japanese government".
Representative Chris Smith a year earlier lead the fight to make Brazil recognize the sovereign rights of American abducted children held in their country. Due to Rep. Chris Smith and other legislator's hard work this past December 24, 2009, Sean Goldman was returned home to his father, David Goldman in New Jersey.
Actions speak louder than words. Representative James Moran wants to see Japan, a G7 nation, choose the honorable path and decide to return these criminally abducted children to their rightful homes. Representative Chris Smith made it clear, "this is not a custody issue"; the parents standing with him, had been granted full custody under the authority of United States law and was kidnapped by the other parent in an attempt to avoid court orders they originally agreed upon.
Under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the removal of children by any parent without the written consent of the other parent or a court order is a crime. Nearly every country that is a signer to the Hague Convention recognizes parental child stealing as a felony offense. Although Japan is not a signer to The Hague, under Japanese civil and criminal code, it is a punishable offense to steal children domestically and internationally.
Japan's centuries old family law system is a quagmire of confusion even for domestic divorce cases. Japan has attempted to remain ignorant of Western law, by pretending not see the issues raised in their own backyard. In Japan's view, if they have never been forced to address their own social concerns over the parent-child bond, then it doesn't exist. In the same respect, if the sky is not blue, it's not blue.
Due to Japan's family law system Navy Cmdr. Paul Toland hadn't seen his daughter for more than six years. Toland's only contact was last year when he flew 7,000 miles to see his daughter at a street intersection in Japan.
"She didn't run away, but was probably a little overwhelmed," said Toland, "At least now she knows that her father exists."
United States Navy veteran, Douglass Berg's children were stolen this past August 2009. Naoko Numakami, Berg's ex-wife told him she was going to Japan with her children only for a short vacation.
"I didn't know it would be a permanent vacation," said Berg, "I had no idea that once my children left there was no way to get my children back – that a great country like Japan would allow such acts to happen."
Japan has officially requested, and for years received the assistance of the United States for the return of Japanese children abducted by and held by The People's Republic of North Korea. The United States has never refused or denied help in facilitating the return of unlawfully abducted Japanese citizens.
The majority of children abducted to Japan do have at least one Japanese parent. In the case of William Lake, a Captain in the United States Merchant Marines, neither he nor his ex-wife are of Japanese origin. Lake's ex-wife, Nadezhda Shapovalova was granted a teaching position in Japan to teach English and her native Russian. As a result of the cancellation of the ex-wife's US passport Shapovalova's has lost her work visa. Despite her lack of legal status the Japanese refuse to recognize his court order granting him full custody of their daughter, Mary Victoria Lake and return her to the United States.
The nature of Lake's case questions Japan's need to seek qualified educators, over the sovereignty of Japan's allies in regards to child stealing.
Dr. Christopher Savoie is an American-Japanese citizen. His children were stolen to Japan despite abduction concerns raised during his divorce proceedings and ignored by a Tennessee Family Court Judge, who had previously been the mediator for Savoie and his ex-wife, Noriko Esaki.
Former abducted child and author, Ken Connelly stated concerns over the mental and emotional welfare of these abducted children. His own abduction lasted three years and resulted in the first interstate recovery and felony conviction in the United States.
"The effects of being kidnapped by my father have left deep scars upon me and my family", said Connelly, "Night terrors, speech difficulties, periods of insomnia, and eating difficulties began within in weeks of my kidnapping. I have learned to manage the physical symptoms of my childhood but the loss of trust in family and loved ones have remained central throughout my life. Sadly this is a common theme amongst parentally abducted children."
The Japanese embassy issued a statement on Wednesday stating, "It is aware and sympathetic to the plight of children and families who have been affected by the unfortunate child custody issues involving Japanese and American citizens."
Japan's statement stated the government is considering joining the 1980 Hague convention. However, this is not the first time Japan has issued similar past statements.


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The young couple has been identified after they plunged from a cliff lookout above a beach in Portugal.
A Perth couple who died after falling from a lookout at a popular beach in Portugal while reportedly taking selfies has been identified.
The couple, who plunged 30 metres from the cliff, were identified by local media as Australian Michael Kearns, 33, and his British partner Louise Benson, 37.
They were reportedly taking photos at a wall overlooking the beach when they lost their balance and fell early Tuesday morning local time at Pescadores beach in the coastal town of Ericeira.
Their bodies were found at around 6.30am by a worker cleaning the beach at the popular surfing spot, around 30 kilometres from Lisbon.
Fishermen described a "scene of horror" to local media. They told the Journal de Noticias they at first thought the couple was sleeping on the beach, but realised they were dead after they approached.
Rui Pereira da Terra, the head of the rescue service in Cascais port, near Lisbon, said it appeared the couple was taking a selfie when the tragedy happened.
Emergency workers found a mobile phone on the wall where they were understood to have lost their balance.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told news.com.au it was providing consular assistance to the family of the Australian who died.
DFAT also said it was in contact with British authorities regarding the other person who died.
"The Department has been in contact with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding the other person who died in the incident," a DFAT spokeswoman said.
Mr Kearns was a fly-in, fly-out worker on Chevron's Wheatstone project in the Pilbara, according to Perth Now.
Mr Kearns' parents were notified of their son's death about 1am on Wednesday and were later visited by WA Police. His mother said they had left Australia in January to go travelling and had attended a friend's wedding in Portugal in recent weeks.
The couple, who lived in Perth, were keen divers. Ms Benson, from Bristol, worked with environmental non-profit Sea Shepherd Australia.
She had shared photos from Sri Lanka on Facebook in February.
It is believed the incident happened between 1am and 6am on Tuesday local time.
The Australian Embassy in Lisbon was notified about the death, the agency reported.
AFP reported this was not the first time tourists have fallen from the wall near the beach, known as Praia dos Pescadores or Fisherman's Beach, a popular spot surrounded by cliffs and a 40-metre high wall.
Locals had asked for security measures to be implemented.
The fishing town of Ericeira is a popular spot for surfers and holiday-makers, and is renowned for its seafood restaurants and night-life.


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I really really love this one. I would make another one right now if I had the time! I checked out some great quilting books at my library yesterday, and I think I found my next project. Now I can't stop thinking about it of course, and what it will look like/how I'll quilt it and all that total nonsense that keeps me awake at night. :) Hope you all have a great Thursday, don't you just love Thursdays? Its definitely my favorite day of the week.
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oh allison i LOVE it.
the quiting you did really gave it alot of character.
I love it too. The fabric and quilting is perfect. I was inspired by your blog to make a coin quilt of my own. I just finished the top this past weekend, but I haven't quilted it yet. There's a photo on my blog if you want to check it out!
That is adorable, I may have to make one myself! How did you get your crosses all so perfect?? I can't wait to see your next project!
It came out beautifully! I especially love the backing.
i really like the criss-cross pattern and cousin-dito, how did you get them so straight! you couldn't have measured, heaven forbid!!! :) it's adorable!
I really really love this one too! I also love that fabric you used for the backing. I really must make better progress on my coin quilt. I don't even have very many coins cut yet.
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So I'm not really the type of person to sit here and write a horrible blog post. I find that when sh*t happens, I like to turn the negative energy into something positive. I do this a lot when it comes to relationships and dating. When something goes extremely well, or extremely badly, writing poetry and spoken word is something I turn to, to express my emotions.
Which leads me to this post... As you can see from the title, this is a strongly opinionated post regarding my recent visit to Pontins: Camber Sands. I wrote this poem/spoken word piece to try and characterise how I felt about my unfortunate two night's stay. I read it to one of my close friends the other day and we both laughed about it. So I hope you can also find the humour in the whole experience and that it inspires you to take any of your own negativity and channel it into something you can laugh about one day!
The cold sweat of Pontins Camber Sands lingers like a bad dream.
Being trapped by the thousands of bodies that swarm its site.
The ironically uninviting rainbow sign is approached by the many cars that dare to grace the seventies waste dump.
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Half dressed children are like buy one-get one free in this place.
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and finding that they were all "closed for refurbishment".
The appealing flashing lights and intriguing sounds lure children in to discover their first taste at gambling.
PRIZES (a Poundshop toy circa 2003).
Evening entertainment allowed the most cynical and bitter "inner me" a chance to express her hate and outrage for the worst show on earth.
Wannabe West End Stars and talentless Children's Tv presenters were this week's line-up.
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Six-week- Sam was hopping all over like a Duracell bunny, not quite knowing any of the dances.
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All in all, after the worst food, worst sleep and worst two days of my recent memory.
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November 17th, 2017 | Written by Mireya Solis
The New Geopolitics of Trade in Asia
CHINA'S PRESIDENT XI: At APEC, he defended international trade as a win-win proposition and tool for development.
Trump delivered a full-throated articulation of America First at APEC.
Trump blamed trade deficits on previous US governments.
No Asia-Pacific nation has accepted Trump's invitation to negotiate bilaterally.
The APEC Leaders' summit meeting, which took place last week in Danang, Vietnam, crystallized the new geopolitics of trade in Asia. The leaders of the three largest economies in the world—the United States, China, and Japan—each redefined the roles their nation will play in sustaining, torpedoing, or adjusting the postwar trading order. Little is assured on how free trade and multilateral undertakings will fare as the three giants reposition themselves in their leadership bid. The only certainty ahead for us is that it will be a bumpy ride.
America First Flounders
Trade figured prominently in all of President Trump's stops during his first official visit to Asia. But the full-throated articulation of his "America First" trade policy was delivered in his speech for APEC's (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) CEO summit. To a forum whose mission is to promote closer economic links among 21 member economies, President Trump confirmed that under his watch, the United States will not ink any regional or multi-party trade agreement because—he argued—these agreements unduly tie the hands of the United States. The president roundly criticized the World Trade Organization, stating it treats the United States unfairly, and warned that rampant cheating by others (reflected in US trade deficits) will no longer be tolerated. Jaws surely dropped when Trump placed the blame not on the cheaters (who, after all, the president noted, were just looking after their citizens in taking advantage of the United States on trade) but on all previous US governments.
In the more evocative part of his speech, the president spoke of an Indo-Pacific dream built upon a series of bilateral trade agreements that the United States stands ready to negotiate with nations willing to embrace fair and reciprocal trade. By and large, this is a dream of one: No Indo-Pacific nation (with the potential exemption of Philippines) has accepted the entreaty to negotiate bilaterally. Two powerful deterrents to countries signing on to Trump's proposal are at work here: 1) countries see through the faulty proposition that trade deficits driven by macroeconomic forces can be wiped out quickly with trade negotiations, and 2) widespread understanding that multilateral deals promise larger economic gains by turbocharging global supply chains.
President Xi moved once again to occupy, rhetorically, the space the United States vacated as champion of multilateralism and free trade. Addressing the same audience right after President Trump, he delivered a starkly different message. He defended the value of international trade as a win-win proposition and tool for development, and portrayed globalization as an unstoppable yet moldable force that could be more inclusive and balanced. Without question, China's economic and political influence has expanded significantly with the successful launch of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Belt and Road Initiative. Through these initiatives, China is recycling capital surpluses to finance infrastructure in developing Asia with improvements to regional connectivity. But leadership in free trade may be China's last frontier because it hinges on the supply of a commodity in short supply in Xi's vision for China: liberalization. The 19th Party Congress did not set China on a path to become a free trader. On the contrary, it confirmed that the impetus for meaningful domestic reform has waned and the state's role in the economy is the North Star.
TPP, Back From The Dead?
The high drama at APEC's meeting came not courtesy of dueling American and Chinese scorecards on globalization but of the ups-and-downs in efforts led by Japan to resurrect the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact. Tensions were high when Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada did not attend the TPP 11 summit meeting, where leaders had already gathered to give their seal of approval to a broad agreement. A frenzy of last-minute negotiations ensued, and it was ultimately possible to reach an agreement on the core elements of a newly baptized Comprehensive and Progressive TPP (aka TPP 2.0).
In so doing, the 11 remaining nations achieved a remarkable feat: They maintained market access commitments intact with tariff liberalization to proceed as originally scheduled, and they limited the disciplines to be suspended (until and if the United States returns) to a list of 20. The thrust of these suspensions is to narrow down the operation of investor-state dispute settlement (by extracting investment agreements and investment authorizations) and to freeze the intellectual property rules the United States had advocated (on data protection for biologics, copyright extension, and the scope of patentability, for example). No sledgehammer was used to scrap entire chapters; on the contrary, the outcomes reveal a surgical approach to keep the agreement whole and maintain the level of ambition.
The TPP 2.0 is far from a done deal. The ministerial statement listed four pending issues: a cultural reservation for Canada, Malaysia's schedule on state-owned enterprises, a coal non-conforming measure for Brunei, and one article on trade sanctions for Vietnam. None of these appear to be insurmountable obstacles, but, although not listed in the ministerial statement, Canada has insisted on renegotiating auto rules of origin. In this way, Canada has emerged as the wild card in the final stretch for this trade deal.
The geopolitics of trade in Asia are in flux as the three major powers transition to new roles. A United States critical of multilateral and regional undertakings, unable to gain traction in bilateral trade negotiations, and eager to resort to unilateral enforcement as the main thrust of trade policy. A China that is knitting the region together through infrastructure finance and has vied for the title of champion of multilateralism, but comes woefully short in the supply of liberalization. And a Japan that is cutting its teeth in trade leadership by rescuing the TPP project, not out of a desire to displace the United States from its traditional role in regional economic diplomacy but instead to encourage its return.
Japan's leadership credentials will be greatly enhanced if it is able to successfully conclude negotiations among the diverse set of TPP nations to keep the highly ambitious trade agreement intact, even though the original magnet (the US economic and security heft) is not at play for the foreseeable future.
Mireya Solís is co-director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. This article originally appeared here.


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Hate preacher Anjem Choudary to attend Brick Lane anti-alcohol march
by Adam Barnett
East London Advertiser
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Islamist firebrand Anjem Choudary will attend a march against the drinking and sale of alcohol in Brick Lane tomorrow, the Advertiser can reveal.
The infamous leader of the group al-Muhajiroun said he hopes the rally will help convince Muslims and non-Muslims to "cut out alcohol from society altogether".
The march on Friday by The Sharia Project, a group based in Waltham Forest with members in Whitechapel, will protest the drinking and sale of alcohol by Muslims in east London, which it says is sinful under Islamic law.
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My best ideas come from hanging with my family. The power of their positivity, fueled by laughter and music, has inspired me since I was a kid. Having that, along with the layers of pain and struggle we've gone through, has kept us close and provided me with motivation to try and make other people feel good.
I had a high school friend who attempted to commit suicide. At the time I was recording underground hip-hop music. I wrote a song and recorded it for him. He would always bring it up and tell me how much it meant to him. That it helped him so much. That was 20 years ago, and he's still alive and well. I'm not saying my song is what kept him wanting to live, but when it comes to a human life, every little bit counts.
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Chile has won a second straight Copa America title, beating out favorite Argentina on penalty kicks after a 0-0 tie. Lionel Messi put his kick over the crossbar while Chile's Francisco Silva secured the win.
Chile upset favorites Argentina with a penalty shootout victory in the Copa America Centenario final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday.
"La Roja" retained its title in the world's oldest continental soccer competition by beating Argentina 4- 2 on penalty kicks.
The final in East Rutherford went into extra-time after the match finished 0 - 0 after 90 minutes.
Lionel Messi missed his shot in the penalty shootout, putting his kick over the crossbar. Francisco Silva converted Chile's final shot, securing them the title.
The rough game saw eight yellow cards and two ejections.
Both sides were reduced to 10 men in the first half after Chile's Marcelo Diaz and Argentina's Marcos Rojo were given red cards.
Over 82,000 fans packed into the stadium for the final match.
Argentina last won the Copa America in 1993 and has lost three finals in two years. The team also lost the World Cup final in 2014 against Germany.
For the South American tournament's 100th anniversary, Copa America expanded its championship to 16 nations and held the event in the United States.
Argentina were set to play in Jerusalem ahead of the World Cup in Russia. But the game has been called off after a top Palestinian soccer official called on Arabs to burn Messi posters if Saturday's match went ahead.


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És la història d'un jove jugador a qui agrada passar el seu temps lliure jugant al pòquer amb els seus amics i decideix inscriure's un dia sobre un torneig en línia. Gràcies a les seves capacitats, aconsegueix ser classificat per a la final que serà retransmesa en directe per la televisió. Com a conseqüència d'aquest pas televisiu, un antic jugador de pòquer es fixa en ell, malgrat la seva eliminació. Li proposarà un "deal", li ensenyarà com millorar, i li pagarà les inscripcions per als torneigs, a canvi de repartir en parts iguales els guanys.

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 Bret Harrison: Alex Stillman
 Burt Reynolds: Tommy Vinson
 Shannon Elizabeth: Michelle
 Charles Durning: Charlie Adler
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Monuments Man
The Monuments Men were a group of men and women from thirteen nations with expertise as museum directors, curators, art scholars and educators, artists, architects, and archivists. The Monuments Men job description was to save priceless works of art which had been part of Europe's cultural heritage for generations.
The Americans joined with a team called the "American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments." This team was headed by United States Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts and was termed the 'Roberts Commission.' They specifically worked to identify and return works of art plundered by the Germans.
Lowell's own member was Dale Vinton Ford, born in 1919 to Roye and Laura Andrews Ford. He attended the Bennett one room school and then Lowell High School, graduating in 1937. He developed a love for furniture design and graduated first in his class from Kendall School of Design in Grand Rapids. Following his degree in architecture from the University of Michigan, Ford returned to Kendall as an instructor and assistant to the school's President in 1940. By the time of his enlistment in 1942, he had risen to the post of Head of the Furniture Department at Kendall.
After his enlistment in September of 1942, he was commissioned as a Strategic Camouflage Officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in early 1943. He served primarily in North Africa but was also deployed to Brazil, Corsica, France, Germany and Austria. In Algiers, Ford was at the center of a 1943 counter-intelligence project designed to trick the Germans into believing the Allied landings would take place at Calais rather than Normandy. Ford's architectural experience was essential to the detailed design and construction of the plot's central stratagem.
The first restitution out of Heilbronn contained seventy-three cases of stained glass from Strasbourg Cathedral in France, which had been removed for safekeeping before the war and subsequently looted by the Nazis. Direct orders from General Dwight D. Eisenhower made the carefully orchestrated return of this important cultural treasure a first priority as a gesture of good faith between the United States and France. The five-truck convoy arranged to ferry the windows home departed Heilbronn in mid-September 1945. Upon the windows' reinstallation, the people of Strasbourg celebrated in the streets, for their colorful treasures had returned home intact. Ford was cited by the Roberts Commission for his part in this return.
In addition, Lt Ford and his staff found the entire library of Heidelberg University, a gold eighteenth century communion cup from the middle Baden region, French art, masterpieces by Rubens and Cranach, a self-portrait by Rembrandt, and fourteenth and fifteenth century Madonnas.
Ford described this assignment as "the greatest lost and found operation the world has ever known, involving multi billions of dollars".
Following this, in 1946, he was appointed Chief Monuments and Fine Arts Officer for Wurttenburg, Germany. He had the opportunity to teach the German authorities how the United States viewed German owned cultural objects. "It has never been our policy to look upon cultural and historical objects as prizes of war. We do not believe such actions are morally correct or acceptable. Our task is to correct the policy which has used objects of pure cultural nature as part of war indemnity."
Later that year, while still in Germany he accepted the position of President of Kendall School of Design and returned home. Later he became Chief of Design for both the John Widdicomb Company and the William A. Berkeley Furniture Company. In 1963 he established his own furniture design and consultation business, Dale Ford Design Associates.
He continued serving his country and fellow veterans by working as design consultant with the United Veterans Council during the planning stages of the World War II Memorial in Veterans' Memorial Park. He worked with Fred Ruppel in designing the eagle on the center pylon.
Not only did Dale Ford save the art of Europe, he worked to save art in his home state. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, the Kent County Council of Historic Preservation and the Heritage Hill Association.
Because of all of his accomplishments, he was named a life-time honorary member of the Kendall School of Design Board of Directors and was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award by the school.
When he passed away in 1979, he was buried in the Alton Cemetery. The Dale V. Ford Memorial of Kendall School of Design was the recipient of many expressions of affection and respect.


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