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Real Local Road Trip
Road Trip Haldimand
Where to take the best photos
Interesting stops along the way
South Haldimand Lakeside Ride
Selkirk (Nanticoke & Fisherville)
Settled in the late 1700s, the quaint village of Selkirk, located near the shoreline of Lake Erie, is a great destination for a day touring the county. Just a short distance from Selkirk are the hamlets of Fisherville and Nanticoke.
The beautiful fields and proximity to the waterfront make for a relaxing visit.
History buffs and seekers of knowledge will love Wilson MacDonald Memorial School Museum, an 1872 red brick School Museum (open by appointment). Learn about their regularly changing exhibit currently on display
Historic Plaques & Monuments:
Visit the Nanticoke Community Centre, located at 38 Rainham Road, to view a plaque honouring a Norfolk volunteer militia, led by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Bostwick, for routing a band of American marauders who had terrorized the country in 1813. The Selkirk Park, at 17 Main Street West, features memorial gates celebrating the local men who served in the Great War 1914-1918.
The newly opened Fresh Market Kitchen in Selkirk uses locally sourced ingredients to make delicious meals to go. Pre-order fresh meals or drop in to pick up frozen store-made foods and locally crafted gifts. The Cabin Wellness Clinic in Fisherville is a great spot to pick up a variety of health products in addition to their spa, massage, and alternative & holistic services. Fisherville Hotel & Tavern is a local favourite for great food and craft beer, located in an 1853 hotel built for travelling salesmen.
Photo Op:
Waterfront Way Trail – park at the Waterfront Way Park at the lake (corner of Erie Street South and Lakeshore Road) and head north to connect to a 1km trail with a bridge over Stoney Creek.
Dunnville (Lowbanks & Port Maitland)
Dunnville is a charming community located along the Grand River on Highway #3. The revitalized downtown offers many unique shops and dining experiences.
Tuesday and Saturday mornings are Farmers Market days at the iconic Market building along the waterfront in the downtown core. The market has been in operation since 1860.
For many years Port Maitland was used as part of the Welland Canal's lock system. The remains of this lock are located on Feeder Canal Road. Travel a short distance further to Port Maitland East Park at 628 Feeder Canal Road and view the memorial cairn which commemorates the rich history of the Grand River Navel Depot, Feeder Canal and Lock, Commercial Fishing Industry and the Naval Depot Cemetery. On the west side of Dunnville, you can find a relief sculpture in Centennial Park (near Muddy). This sculpture was completed as part of the Centennial Park Fountain rehabilitation project in 2017. In Wingfield Park you can learn about the founding of Dunnville from the memorial plaque.
Flyer's Bakery and Café is known for its all-day breakfast and lunches with homemade soups and sandwiches on store-made bread. A great stop for deli favourites is Werger's European Delicatessen, then walk down memory lane at Sweet Retro-Spect and feel like a kid in a candy store all over again.
Muddy the Mudcat – you can't miss this fishy landmark in Centennial Park (Highway 3 and Robinson Road).
West Haldimand Loop
As Haldimand's largest town, incorporated in 1853, Caledonia boasts a large number of shops, restaurants, and trails.
Caledonia's historic sites include the old Town Hall, known as Edinburgh Square Heritage and Cultural Centre (open by appointment), which preserves and profiles the history of the community, along with the 112 year-old Grand Trunk Railway Station. The renovated Railway Station operates as a museum and the office of the Caledonia Regional Chamber of Commerce (temporarily closed to the public).
The Caledonia & Seneca Cenotaphs, located on Edinburgh Square, stand as a memorial to the men and women of Caledonia who made the ultimate sacrifice for King and Country.
Shopping at The Coach Pyramids – a unique women's boutique featuring Canadian clothing designers for sizes XS to 5XL. Jones Bakery is an iconic local favourite with sweet and savoury goods to satisfy your taste buds. Facets Jewellery offers an excellent selection of gifts and jewellery, including custom and distinct pieces.
Grab a selfie on the 1km Kinsmen Park Trail that hugs the Grand River and view the reconstructed Old Mill.
Hagersville is a bustling, community-oriented town. Home to the iconic Hewitt's Dairy, in operation since 1887, this local favourite produces a variety of dairy and goat milk products, including 60 flavours of ice cream that can be found at Hewitt's Dairy Bar just north of Hagersville on Highway 6.
Interesting facts, Hagersville was the birthplace of Neil Peart, drummer of the Canadian rock group Rush, and Jay Silverheels, who played Tonto in the 1950s television series The Lone Ranger.
Just outside of town, at 211 Army Camp Road, you will find a historic plaque honouring the No. 16 Service Flying Training School – RCAF Hagersville which trained twin and single-engine pilots from 1941-1945.
A new butcher shop, Jepson's Fresh Meats, featuring the finest cuts of beef and pork. Try their handmade sausage or their own unique steak spice. Dinger's Taps & Grill uses local fresh foods wherever possible to create a unique dining experience. In the mood for something sweet? Head to My Sweet Sweet World, a micro chocolate factory and retail facility with a focus on providing artisan, hand-crafted small batch quality chocolates.
The Grant Kett Memorial Park is a hidden gem in the community with a natural amphitheatre and striking views of the nearby quarry. The park is also the home of Hagersville Rocks summer concert (postponed to 2021).
Jarvis & Townsend
Jarvis is a quiet community featuring some intriguing brick architecture and unique downtown shops, located at the crossroads of Highways 3 and 6. It is home to Haldimand's first and only microbrewery – Concession Road Brewing.
Nearby Townsend features some stunning scenery with Nanticoke Creek flowing through the community and a pond in the village centre. The paved trail through the community offers great scenic walking trails and bird watching.
The No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School – RCAF Jarvis was used in WWII and operated five bombing ranges, a marine section and two gunnery ranges. Visit the historical plaque at Concession 2 Walpole (at the Imperial Oil Refinery) to learn more.
Luxe & Company is a one-stop-shop for all of your personal care needs equipped with Estheticians, salon, nail technicians, yoga, tattoo artistry, laser, and Botox, as well as a full-service café and MC's Outback takeout all under one roof. Michaud Toys is a local favourite, providing handmade wooden board games, perfect for gifts or the cottage; now open for curbside pickup. Nice Old Stuff is a great source for rustic antiques, country decor, architectural, and nautical salvage pieces for your home.
The restored Jarvis Train Station is now on the grounds of the Walpole Antique Farm Machinery Association and is a small museum (not currently open), but grab a selfie in front of this iconic building.
In the centre of the county, nestled on the banks of the Grand River, is Cayuga, home to the historic Cayuga Courthouse and the new Haldimand County Administration Building.
The Cayuga Library + Heritage Centre features historic exhibits and holds Haldimand County's archives for anyone interested in genealogy. Learn about Haldimand as well as the history and architecture of the courthouse. Ask about visiting the 1835 Nicholas Log Cabin, which is open by appointment. While visiting Cayuga, enjoy a picnic in the pavilion next to the river or take a relaxing stroll along the river's edge at Bob Baigent Park. An interesting fact – Harriet Tubman's nephew Lorne Barnes was once the town barber.
"Haldimand Grant" Plaque located on the grounds of the Cayuga Courthouse has details on the origin of Haldimand County.
Sweet treats at Cravings By Brittany – a bakery that showcases treats as beautiful as they are delicious – and Shoes on the Grand, featuring Reiker and other quality brand shoes. Towpath on the Grand Antiques offers unique vintage finds and The Blacksmith's Garden features garden accessories in cast metal for home and garden.
The Cayuga Grand Vista trail leads you across a rail bridge over the Grand River. This location is the best place to watch a sunset or just grab a few incredible pictures. Park at the Cayuga Courthouse (55 Munsee Street North).
Worth a short detour along Highway 3 is a Black Settlement Marker that is located in Canfield. More than 150 years ago, the tiny community of Canfield welcomed slaves who were fleeing from the United States through the Underground Railroad, providing a haven and freedom.
There are two historic plaques in the York. One is located at a scenic lookout and is dedicated to The Youngs – United Empire Loyalists.
The second one plaque is located on the grounds of St. John's Church, Highway 54 and Nelles Road. The plaque is in honour of the "Nelles Settlement" which contained about thirty families in 1828.
Do not travel if you feel sick.
Check the local Health Unit for travel restrictions or advisories.
Physical distance wherever possible and wear a mask in public.
Follow provincial protocols and announcements concerning travel and when and/or where to do so safely.


History texts studied by students in schools are an important field for drawing boundaries between nations, beliefs, ethnic groups and countries, sometimes causing disputes and protests. Even in the democratic and peaceful Nordic countries, history texts carry a message of authorized content knowledge and situated values. At the same time, they are meant to foster the critical mind, a skillfull eye and a tolerant spirit.In this volume, scholars from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden explore the question of "Us and the Others" in Nordic textbooks and educational media and focus on teachers' opinions and use of history texts, partly based on a survey among Nordic history teachers in elementary and secondary schools. The questions dealt with are of national identity and multiculturalism, sameness and difference, content and pedagogy, skills and values, goals of history education and teachers' situations. The scholars and teachers compare the educational and societal aims with the actual teaching materials at hand. The potentialities and limitations of textbooks and other educational media are investigated and discussed.
Kundenbewertungen für "Opening the Mind or Drawing Boundaries?"
Þorsteinn Helgason is Associate Professor for History Education at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik/Iceland.
Prof. Dr. Simone Lässig ist Direktorin des Deutschen Historischen Instituts Washington DC.


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Traversing Montana Yesterday
New post on Wordpress
ND to MT
Does html no longer work here? How do I post a link to my blog?
Yesterday's writing challenge: Open For Business
Each of us wrote down a single sentence on a piece of paper and put it in a hat, then a title on another piece and put that in a hat. We had to write a piece corresponding to the title we drew and using the sentence we drew. The sentence I drew is in bold.
She had never been the pretty one, always the clever one. The other girls flocked around the cheerleaders, but when the quarterback needed help with his science homework, it was her that he came to. Soon all the jocks were using her as a tutor. She charged them $10 an hour, except for the quarterback. He was her boyfriend. She, the plainest girl in class, had the cutest boyfriend. Sometimes, while struggling to explain something to him, she was reminded of that line from My Fair Lady: "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain." She loved the rain.
You are welcome. — 5
Nogales, Arizona and Sonora — 0
Somewhere in Utah or Nevada — 0
Yellowstone — 2
Traversing Montana Yesterday — 0
New post on Wordpress — 2
New User Agreement — 2
Yesterday's writing challenge: Open For Business — 0
I wish I could take credit. I yanked this from Tumblr ages ago. I thought there would come the perfect time to use it in a comment. That never happened. Hence the gratuitous post. As to whether…
She has many talents!
cynnerth
I didn't know she could do that!
Great shot! But where, when, who? She looks strikingly like The Serendipity Kid.
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Haha! That is great. Creative and ingenious.

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"Heavy Metal and Reflective" is a song recorded by American rapper Azealia Banks for her debut studio album Broke with Expensive Taste (2014). It was released as the second single from the album on July 28, 2014. Production of the song was handled by Lil Internet, who previously worked with Banks on her 2013 single "Yung Rapunxel", while writing came from Banks and James Strife. The track received generally mixed reviews from critics, who complimented the song's overall sound, but were critical of Banks' vocals. To promote "Heavy Metal and Reflective", Banks released a music video for the song on August 5, 2014, directed by Rob Soucy and Nick Ace, in which Banks escapes from being kidnapped and left in the desert, before leading a motorcycle gang through the terrain, arming herself with pit bulls.

Background
In 2011, it was reported that Banks was working on her debut studio album with British producer Paul Epworth, despite not being signed to a record label at the time. In January 2012, Banks signed a deal with Interscope and Polydor Records to work on new music, and a month later, she announced the title of the album to be Broke with Expensive Taste. "Heavy Metal and Reflective" was first announced in September 2013, when Banks posted the track listing of the album to her Instagram account. Approximately a year later, she handed a complete version of the album in to the labels. Banks initially thought it would receive favorable reception from the labels; however, the representatives told Banks that she had not recorded a "hit" single for the album. Ultimately, Banks ended the record deal with Interscope and Polydor in July 2014. "Heavy Metal and Reflective" was the first post-Interscope / Polydor track that Banks released, under her own new label, Azealia Banks Records. She later approached Jeff Kwatinetz and signed a contract with his company, Prospect Park, which ultimately led to the long-awaited release of Broke with Expensive Taste on November 7, 2014.

Throughout December 2014, Banks released a series of videos in which she gave a track-by-track commentary for all of the songs from Broke with Expensive Taste, and revealed how each song came to be, dubbed the '16 Days of Azealia'. During the commentary video for "Heavy Metal and Reflective", Banks revealed that the song was created during a four-day studio session based in London, in which she was with the track's producer, Lil Internet, as well as Machinedrum and her friends. She talked about how Lil Internet was "off in this other area", segregated from the rest of the group, for two days. He then emerged from his segregated space on the second day in the studio, with the instrumental for the track. Banks described her initial reaction to the song's production as "holy shit, this is crazy", and that the beat reminded her of past works of DMX, Ruff Ryders and Swizz Beatz. She also revealed that the track was originally titled "Street Angel".

Composition

"Heavy Metal and Reflective" is a song that runs for a duration of two minutes and thirty seconds. The track was produced by Lil Internet, who previously worked with Banks on her 2013 single "Yung Rapunxel". Kevipod from Direct Lyrics described the song's instrumental as "a hard-hitting, menacing beat courtesy of Lil Internet". Chris Coplan from Consequence of Sound commented that the song possessed a "combo of throbbing bass and sweat-soaked synths". Iyana Robertson, writing for Vibe, described the song's instrumental as a "a high-energy, twerk-yielding backdrop", going on to describe Banks' rapping in the song "[Banks] employs a complementing monotone to wield her sexual prowess".

Reception
The track received generally mixed reviews from critics. BET writer Dominique Zonyeé spoke on the track, calling it a "high energy, boastful song in which Azealia struts her stuff while reminding you that competitors have nothing on her". Chris Coplan from Consequence of Sound thought that the song had "the potential to a true club banger". Vanyaland writer Michael Marotta described the track as "brooding and menacing", going on to describe Banks' delivery, "Banks slices through her verses in a way that recalls the magic she first flashed on the still-lethal 2011 track '212'". In a positive review, Chris Thomas from HipHopWired complimented the track, writing "The Harlem native waxes poetics with a dexterous flow. Her rhymes are laden with braggadocios lines about her boss status". In a mixed review, Kevipod from Direct Lyrics complimented the song's instrumental, but was critical of Banks' vocals, writing "'Heavy Metal and Reflective' possesses a hard-hitting, menacing beat courtesy of Lil Internet and a lot of stale rapping by Azealia", while also commenting on the need for a more mainstream song from Banks' "if she really wants to put her career together again". Robbie Daw from Idolator gave the track a negative review, describing the song as "trap-lite trash", recommending that Banks spends more time "actually focus[ing] on not making shit music".

Commercially, the single achieved minor success in the UK. The song peaked at number 40 on the UK Indie Chart, and number 10 on the UK Indie Breakers Chart.

Promotion

Music video
Banks initially announced the track's release via a tweet of a video still from the song's music video, on July 18, 2014. In the still, Banks was seen standing under the sun, sporting a black jumpsuit adorned with flames on the chest and matching 3D flames on the sleeve. Critics called the release date bold, as the video was scheduled to drop a mere twenty-four hours after that of rapper Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda". The music video was released on August 5, 2014, and was directed by Rob Soucy and Nick Ace. In the video, Banks escapes from being kidnapped and left in the desert, before leading a motorcycle gang through the terrain, arming herself with pit bulls.

Live performances
On April 10, 2015, Banks performed "Heavy Metal and Reflective" during her set at the Coachella Festival. Rap-Up commented that the audience's "energy was consistently high" during the performance.

Track listing

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Broke with Expensive Taste liner notes.

Locations
 Recorded at Music Box Studios (London, UK)
 Mixed at The Fortress of Amplitude studios (Los Angeles, California)

Personnel
 Vocals – Azealia Banks
 Songwriting – Azealia Banks, James Strife, Julian Wodsworth
 Production – Lil Internet
 Engineering – Rick McRae
 Recording – Rick McRae
 Mixing – Rob Kinelski
 Mixing assistant – David Baker

Charts

Release history

References

External links

2012 songs
2014 singles
Azealia Banks songs
Songs written by Azealia Banks

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'Fox & Friends' co-host warns 'they might as well just split the country right in half' after Vince Vaughn-Donald Trump exchange
Todd Garrin
Yahoo TV January 14, 2020
If social media's treatment of Vince Vaughn is an indicator of the state of the union, the co-hosts of Fox & Friends think we might be in trouble.
Vaughn raised eyebrows after footage of him having a conversation with President Donald Trump during Monday's College Football National Championship game was posted online by former Deadspin editor and writer Timothy Burke.
I'm very sorry to have to share this video with you. All of it, every part of it. pic.twitter.com/ELMbDHZbZq
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 14, 2020
Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy said the backlash over the interaction exposed the country's deep divide.
"Unless America talks to the other side and we can just talk to each other ... they might as well just split the country right in half, right down the Mississippi," said Doocy.
He also suggested that anyone in Vaughn's position would have spoken to Trump.
"If you're in the same box at an event or something like that and the president's right over there or you're sitting next to him — who wouldn't talk to him?" he added.
Co-host Brian Kilmeade echoed Doocy's explanation of the exchange, saying "If the president of the United States gave me the opportunity to say 'hi' I'm going to do that."
Fellow panelist Ainsley Earhardt noted, "It doesn't mean you have to vote for him, it doesn't mean you have to agree with everything they say — he's the president of the United States!"
Viewers weighed in on Twitter, with some saying they were thrilled to see the seemingly friendly interaction between Vaughn and Trump:
I love ❤ Vince Vaughn. He is a great actor/comedian and wonderful man! Proud of my nation and it's wonderful people!
— patriot 🦊 fox (@maryfox73531980) January 14, 2020
@foxandfriends I'm buying 5 copies of"Wedding Crashers" to give to my friends. What Vince Vaughn did is called civility. We need more of it.
— Bill waits (@Billwaits1) January 14, 2020
This just makes me like Vince Vaughn even more. God bless him.
— Mia Cardenas (@arenbean) January 14, 2020
But others didn't have such positive things to say about the actor:
Nobody cares about Vince Vaughn it's just funny that he's hanging out with the president because he's an irrelevant hack, this isn't hard to understand.
— Casey Taylor (@CTWritePretty) January 14, 2020
Calm down people. Vince Vaughn was just doing research for his upcoming role as a piece of crap.
— Abraham (@TruthfulBurns) January 14, 2020
I had to stop and think, 'who's that?' when I saw "Vince Vaughn" trending. I couldn't care less about him. https://t.co/RDfdkqtzgv
— Placeholder for cool name TBA 🏳🌈 (@TachiMine) January 14, 2020
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I KNOW you know the importance of water, that it is vital to our survival. You're smart. You know how much you should be drinking, so I ask you this: Why aren't you drinking enough? Is it because you don't like the taste of plain, boring water?
Drinking juice, sports drinks and 'mineral flavor drinks' is something you should be cautioned on. They are high in processed sugars and instead of nourishing the body, can actually be depleting it.
By far the most popular addition to water.
Balances the acidity / PH levels in the body.
A slight twist on the old lemon favourite.
For a twist on the twist, combine both lemon & lime slices.
A glass full of fruity flavour without the harmful added sugars.
Add frozen berries in place of ice cubes.
Swap out the raspberries for your favourite berry.
Kick it up a notch by adding lemon slices with the raspberry.
The perfect addition with just a hint of flavour.
There is nothing better than a few mint leaves, fresh from the garden, floating in your glass.
Freeze them in ice cubes for an entertainment bonus.
For the water adventurer. This surprising flavour of this herb is a nice change from the other traditional ingredients.
Scrunch up or pinch the leaves before adding to the water for an extra burst of flavour.
Combine it with any of the above options for yet another twist.
A good digestive aid. Helps with nausea and morning sickness.
Other health properties include: Reduces inflammation and boosts the immune system.


Well off the beaten path, but worth a few nights of peace and solitude. Went in July and the weather was cool in the 80's most of the time, cooling to the upper 40's at night. Isolated at the end of a road in the edge of the Monzano Mountains, it is fully treed with great shade. Good place for an RV or tent. Nice hiking (easy) trails. Flush toilets but no showers. Dump station. Very nice facility.
Pretty open sites (less than a dozen) which are on some pretty rough desert/mountain terrain.
Loved the smells of camping near the ponderosa pines. Clean facilities, not very crowded. Felt like we had the place to ourselves! Good hiking trails near the campsites!
We didn't plan to stay here but had some RV problems on the way down to Arizona. The hosts were very friendly and helpful and it was actually a super clean campsite and very well maintained. Little noisy because of the interstate but that would really be my only complaint.
Although there was no camping at all in the park. There was beautiful scenic trails. Lots of rock climbing opportunities and spectacular views and photo oppurtunities. My family had a blast and spent the whole day hiking and discovering our newest adventure.
This is a very neat place and new mexico is just neat in general. Great service too.
New canyon campground very rocky good for climbing.
The Fourth of July Campground provides a starting point for hiking 4th of July Canyon, which is a must-do for anyone in NM in the fall.
The campground itself is pretty standard: gravel pad, fire ring and a picnic table. The sites are a little close together, so don't expect too much privacy. We found one that had a flat spot up the hill a bit so we almost felt like we were alone, but the neighbors barking dogs when I went to the bathroom in the AM brought me quickly back to reality.


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The Messengers is an American supernatural mystery drama television series that aired on The CW during the 2014–15 season. The series was officially picked up on May 8, 2014, and premiered on April 17, 2015. The series was cancelled by the CW on May 7, 2015, but aired all of its episodes, and concluded on July 24, 2015.

Plot
A mysterious object plummets to Earth, sending out a shock wave that causes five strangers to die, only to miraculously come back to life moments later. The members of the group are Vera (Shantel VanSanten), a struggling radio-astronomer living in New Mexico who is searching for her missing son; Erin (Sofia Black-D'Elia), a young mother in Tucson, Arizona, who is desperate to protect her seven-year-old daughter Amy from her abusive policeman ex-husband; Peter (Joel Courtney), a troubled high school student and orphan in Little Rock, Arkansas; Raul (J. D. Pardo), a federal agent in Mexico who is looking to escape his dangerous and violent undercover assignment; and Joshua (Jon Fletcher), a charismatic second-generation televangelist in Houston, Texas.

Most mysterious of all is the figure known only as The Man (Diogo Morgado), who offers Vera the location of her abducted son if she will help him with one morally complicated task. The task puts her on a collision course with Rose (Anna Diop), a nurse in Houston who has been in a coma for seven years, after being shot by an unknown hitman. Drawn together by fate and biblical prophecy, "The Messengers" soon learn that they now have supernatural gifts which might be the only hope for preventing the impending Rapture.

Cast and characters

The Messengers
The main characters of the series are the Messengers (real term: "Angels of the Apocalypse"), a group of ordinary humans chosen by God to determine if humanity is worth saving. They are hit by an energy wave from the meteorite that brought The Man to earth, which causes them to die for a few minutes. Then they awaken with strange supernatural abilities denominated as "gifts". However, their gifts have side-effects on their bodies unless the seven true Messengers are united.

Shantel VanSanten as Vera Buckley
An emotionally and financially struggling radio-astronomer who is searching for her missing son, Michael, who was kidnapped seven years earlier. After finding out her ex-boyfriend (and Michael's father), Leo Travers, carries a genetic disease, which was the reason he broke up with her, Vera decides to tell him about their kidnapped son's existence, rekindling their relationship.
Gift: spirit-walking; side-effect: If her spirit doesn't return to her body in a short time, her body dies.
J. D. Pardo as Raul Garcia
A former drug courier who became a US Federal agent to bring down the Mexican drug cartel he worked for. It is soon revealed that the detective who arrested him was the one who betrayed him to the same drug cartel. After failing to save his brother, Raul is trying to make amends with his niece, Nadia; both are initially unaware that they are biological father and daughter, but as the series progresses they learn the truth.
Gift: mind-reading and telepathy; side-effect: headaches.
Joel Courtney as Peter Moore
A troubled high school student and orphan with previous suicidal tendencies. After developing his ability, he kills one of his tormentors in self-defense and ends up on the run. When he meets the other Messengers, Peter learns the meaning of having a family and wants to make amends with his last foster parents, David and Melissa Cooper. He also develops an interest in Raul's niece, Nadia.
Gift: super strength; side-effect: emotional instability.
Jon Fletcher as Joshua Silburn Jr.
A second-generation televangelist preacher and recovered addict who struggles to find his place in the world. After he realized that his wife cheated on him with his own father (Silburn, Snr.) which makes him the possible father of her baby, Joshua leaves in anger and meets the rest of the Messengers on the way. By the end, he is the only one aware of Erin's daughter, Amy and her true self as the Antichrist.
Gift: Having psychic visions of the future; side-effect: seizures.
Sofia Black-D'Elia as Erin Calder
A young woman trying to make a new life for herself and daughter after fleeing from her abusive and controlling husband, who is a policeman, but what she doesn't know is that her own daughter is in fact the new Antichrist, the Devil's daughter. She develops an interest in Raul.
Gift: physical healing; side-effect: deterioration in her body.
Jessika Van as Koa Lin
An orphaned grifter from Hong Kong who learned everything from her father, who was murdered when she was young. She joins the team during the time they are facing the Abaddon hacker so she can regain her lost money.
Gift: shape-shifting; side-effect: losing her own memories in turn.
Winston Duke as Zahir Zakaria
A journalist from Mali who is determined to seek justice after the Plowman brothers' agricultural experiment goes wrong in a West African village.
Gift: electricity manipulation; side-effect: unknown.

The Messengers' allies
Craig Frank as Alan Harris
Vera's assistant astronomer who was oblivious to Vera's powers and of the other Messengers as well, but is convinced that a government conspiracy is behind the recent events. However, after learning the truth from Vera, Alan became a trusted ally for the team. He has a crush on Vera.
Jennifer Griffin as Eliza Shepard
A former Messenger from a previous generation. She has been watching over the new team's activities, and she has her suspicions about Rose's activity and intentions (by deducing she is a Horseman). She is later killed by the Fairburns under the Devil's orders because she refused to tell him how the antichrist can be destroyed.
Former gift: visions (currently Joshua's gift).
Brittany O'Grady as Nadia Garcia
Raul's daughter, who she blames for her legal father's (Raul's brother, Cesar) death, especially after she found out that Raul was having an affair with her mother, Gabriela.
Justin Bruening as Leo Travers
A research scientist who dated Vera while they were attending the same university and is Michael's father. However, after being diagnosed with Huntington's disease, he broke off his relationship with Vera by claiming he'd met someone else and was unaware of his son's existence. Seven years later, he is reunited with Vera and confesses the truth about the break-up, as well as learning about their kidnapped son, leading them to rekindle their relationship.
Zeb Sanders as Michael Buckley-Travers / Brian Fairburn
Originally known as the archangel who led God's armies against Satan in ancient times, he was sent to Earth by God and ended up being reincarnated as Vera and Leo's son, who was kidnapped by The Man years ago and then given to the Fairburn family.

Army of Hell
Diogo Morgado as "The Man"
The Devil incarnate, who attempts to stop the Messengers. He cannot physically harm or kill any Messenger (or any other human being) by himself, which leads to him using and manipulating other people to try to carry out his wishes. He considers himself an admirer of the Horsemen's work, but competes with Rose Arvale (Horseman of Death) for the seals and the power of the meteorite in which the Devil was sent to Earth. The Man is also responsible for taking Vera's son, Michael, to Saint Monica.
Madison Dellamea as Amy Calder
Erin's daughter who grew up in a broken home with her parents constantly fighting before separating. She draws paintings about future events, pretending to be unconscious about what she does. What no one knows, as it is shown in the penultimate episode, is since her birth, Amy has been chosen to become the next Antichrist whose future is to cause the "lake of fire" on Earth.
Lane Garrison as Ronnie
A paranoid, abusive and stalking policeman who is Erin's ex-husband and Amy's human father. Despite recognizing his time hurting his family, he still desperately tries to be reunited with them, even if he has to use drastic methods.
Victor Slezak as Joshua Silburn Sr.
A first-generation televangelist and the father of Joshua Jr. He secretly has violent and aggressive behavior towards his son's wife, with whom he had an affair.
Miguel Martinez as "El Jefe"
A drug lord linked to Raul Garcia's past, who also has business with The Man.
Jason Dohring and Elizabeth Bogush as Jeff and Kay Fairburn
A couple who lost a child and made a deal with The Man to adopt Michael, who was kidnapped from his biological mother, Vera.

Four Horsemen
Every generation there are four people who commit a grievous sin and are assigned to become the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Rose Arvale, the Horseman of Death, is the leader of the current generation, and they want to use The Man's meteorite as their ultimate weapon for the end of humanity. In contrast to the angel Messengers, the Horsemen immediately become aware of their powers upon a seal being broken as well as their destiny, and about each other's identity. It is also implied that all four of them are telepathic (only to each other) and can read each other's minds.
Anna Diop as Rose Arvale
A former nurse whose experience during war turned her into a cold-blood murderer with psychotic tendencies. Back from war, she started killing ill patients as an act of mercy while having an affair with a married doctor until he ended the affair to return to his wife. Feeling jealous, Rose killed the doctor's wife and kept her ring as a souvenir, completing her transformation into the Horseman of Death. Rose then decided to pose as and become the de facto leader of the Messengers as a ruse to find the other Horsemen of the Apocalypse with their help. She shelters the Messengers at a foreclosed house and uses a local eatery/bar entitled "The Last Supper Bar-Grill" as their base of operations. After she shows her true colors by killing Joshua, he is later resurrected by the Devil himself.
Abilities: use of dark magic; speaking and understanding any language (e.g. the language of the dead)
Lauren Bowles as Cindy Richards
Chosen as the Horseman of War, she is a Senator with an immense resentment against Afghanistan after her son was killed while serving in the Armed Forces.
Sam Littlefield as Leland Schiller
Chosen as the Horseman of Pestilence, he is the leader of a hacking group called "Abaddon", who wants revenge against an insurance company for denying medical treatment for his ill mother. His plan (which involved killing many innocent people) was stopped once by the Messengers, but he was later released from prison by Rose so he could choose to complete his plan, thus breaking his seal.
Riley Smith as Mark Plowman
Chosen as the Horseman of Famine, he is initially one of the chairmen of an agricultural company. He cares about the field and his workers, unlike his charismatic and unscrupulous brother Vincent, towards whom he a harbors deep resentment. It turns out that both brothers were set up as potential Horsemen of Famine, but Mark is chosen in the end when he kills his brother out of that resentment and thus (like the other three Horsemen) instantly loses his humanity and joins the Horsemen's cause.

Others

Robb Moon as the patron of the "Last Supper Bar and Grill".
Lexi Atkins as Alice, a student who attends Peter's school.
Katy Rowe as Charlotte Silburn, Joshua Jr.'s wife who is pregnant with his child despite having a short affair with her father-in-law, Joshua Snr.
Bernardo Saracino as Cesar Garcia, Raul's brother, Gabriela's husband and Nadia's legal father.
Loren Escandon as Gabriela Garcia, Cesar's widowed wife who has an extramarital affair with his brother Raul, conceiving their daughter Nadia.
Navid Negahban as the Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Senator Richards' target during her attempted assassination.
Hannah Marshall as Hope Silburn, Joshua Jr.'s sister whose father discarded her after she came out as a lesbian.
Roberta Isgreen as Margaret Schiller, Leland's late mother.
J.B. Tuttle and Fawnda McMahan as Dave and Melissa Cooper, Peter's last foster family who later returned him to Social Services because of his suicidal tendencies, but they are still in contact with him.
Jamie Bamber as Vincent Plowman, the co-chairman of Plowman Family Farms and the younger brother of Mark Plowman. He is described as unapologetic and aggressive; he is the favorite son which may uproot his ambitious plans.
Jodi Lynn Thomas as Anne Moore, Peter's biological mother who lived in psychiatric hospital until she killed herself for not having her son with her.
Jack O'Donnell as Dr. Simon, the lead scientist in charge of the Black Site Laboratory. He is one of the people in charge of investigating the Devil's meteorite, but he and his workers feel threatened by the Four Horsemen.
Toby Azeem as one of the Patient in Houston hospital in the awakening episode

Episodes

Reception

Critical reception
The Messengers has received mixed reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the show a rating of 47% based on 17 reviews with an average rating of 5.6 out of 10. The site's consensus reads: "The Messengers flashes bursts of potential, but ultimately sags beneath derivative, muddled storytelling". Metacritic gave the show a score of 56 out of 100, based on 15 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Release
The Messengers was scheduled to premiere on April 10, 2015, but was moved back a week to April 17, 2015. In Australia, the series premiered on FOX8 on June 3, 2015.

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Angle to Key West: Learning to Walk (6/1)
June 23, 2013 June 23, 2013 • Out of Order
Assateague, MD – June 1, 2013
"I've seen you three times on this trip!" Megan said. "That has to be a record."
"Well, the whole trip's just an excuse to paddle around you in a circle," I said. "So you'll keep making me cookies."
She laughed. We sat on the beach in Assateague watching the waves. They crashed on top of each other, racing into the steep beach, spitting foam and roaring. They had a nasty edge to them, sharp with the power of an ocean behind them, like they might swallow me alive if I got too close. I looked out and felt grateful for the sheltered bay hiding across a half-mile of sand and pines.
"And it's not a record," I said. "I've seen your parents three times too."
I remember when Megan picked me up at the airport in Minneapolis. I'd called her to see if her parents would let me ship gear to their house.
"I'm going to be up there to meet my nephew, Rylan!" she said. "He's only a few weeks old!"
I met him too, a tiny face surrounded by blankets, his whole hand smaller than my pinkie, his eyes staring out at this fantastic, new world he found himself in.
A day after I arrived in Minneapolis, Megan and I picked up the boat in a giant warehouse on the west side of the city. I remember cutting away bubble-wrap and cardboard taped to the yellow hull. It felt like opening a birthday present. We brought the boat to her parent's house and laid it out in the lawn. The unscratched plastic looked bright and clean against the green grass.
"Just get me to Key West," I said to the boat.
A month later Megan met me in Ely for the 4th of July. We watched the parade, ate hamburgers, and cheered on fireworks across a lake.
"I put a few more scratches on her since you last saw her," I said.
"She looks good," Megan said.
"How's Rylan?" I asked.
"He's getting bigger!" she said.
We sat by Moose Lake in the Boundary Waters and figured out how I could carry the kayak using straps and a wetsuit. Then I sent half my equipment back to her parent's house with her. Lighter load, new technique, and I had hope again. By the time I reached Grand Portage's eight and a half miles, I'd honed portaging into a routine. Gear, straps, boat, pack, go. The last portage like that brought me to the Mississippi River nine months ago.
A group of kids spilled onto the beach in Assateague. They chased the edge of waves back and forth, laughing when one raced fast enough to catch their ankles. The wind kicked up spray and the sun dropped in the sky. We walked back to camp to make venison brats that she'd gotten from her dad.
"Tastes like Minnesota," I joked.
Back in the tent, Megan showed me pictures of her trip to Southeast Asia last winter while I was somewhere on the Mississippi. Temples emerging from jungles, golden Buddhas sat smiling and content, sapphire oceans begged for swimmers. When we ran out of shrines and flicked past the last wall of Angkor Wat, a picture of a kid popped on the screen. He stood on two feet, smiling, and reaching out to steady himself on a chair.
"Is that Rylan?" I asked.
Megan laughed.
"Yea," she said. "He's almost walking now."
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4 thoughts on "Angle to Key West: Learning to Walk (6/1)"
Children are so often the markers of time passing. A year ago you began paddling this trip. The 4th of July is again coming up. Where will you be? The US? Canada? With great friends like Megan? Sweet that she could come to see you. Life is good when you have friends like that.
Megan sounds like a really cool friend!
Megan is one really cool person all around!
I am a really cool friend. Daniel, I think you should remind me of that more often. 😉
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From a distance, six separate plumes of smoke. State Troopers blocking Highways 71 and 21 heading east, both at 95. Trailers of horses heading west. A tent city of insurance companies set up to assist those who have lost homes or other property.
In Bastrop proper, there are no plumes of smoke. Instead, it hovers hangs over Bastrop so thick it looks like you're about to drive into a thunderstorm. In all other directions, the sky is clear and blue.
In Bastrop, the clouds are coming from the six hundred homes and thousands of acres of pines that the fire devours. You can't escape the smell – it clings to you like a bad memory. And the fire trucks, police and other officials scurry about from one site to another, always running, always trying to stay ahead of the next blaze.
That's Bastrop, Texas today, two full days after the first fires started thanks to the high winds of Tropical Storm Lee, which brought Texas not a drop of rain but turned the state into a convection oven. Having spent so much time there over the past decade or so, I just had to drive into town today to see it for myself. And although I was far from the fires themselves (and thankfully so), it was impossible not to feel the sense of loss and desperation of the community.
Living in Webberville for ten years, a small town closer to Bastrop than Austin, I drove into Bastrop more times than I can count. Besides shopping at the box stores, I used to frequent Kimas Tejas Nursery, a fantastic organic nursery east of the roadblocks. My former boss lived in a cute little house along Hwy 71, and I found my dog Orion at a rest stop in the middle of the pine forest at the edge of Bastrop State Park.
Oh, the park. It's an amazing oasis of tall, thick pines – what is also known as the "lost pines" because they exist in the middle of an area known more for its scrubby ash junipers and oaks, mesquite and yaupon holly.
comprehend 600 Bastrop families without their homes. Some of these people are my friends, my coworkers. I can only imagine how hard it must be for them to keep going when not only their home, but their entire neighborhood, is gone. And to those in surrounding areas who have to wait to see if it's their turn next. The panic, the loss – you just can't escape it in Bastrop today.
And even as that fire rages on, other fires keep sprouting up all over the region, as if the devil himself has a grudge against central Texas and is personally scattering sparks across the area.
My heart goes out to the people who have lost family members to these fires; to those whose homes or businesses are gone; to the firefighters and police working tirelessly in the heat to keep the fires under control and people out of harm's way; to the livestock and wildlife whose lives have been lost because in a fire like that, there's just nowhere to go.
Living in Texas, I never thought I would live so close to a forest fire. I never imagined a forest fire in the middle of a city.
It's a good reminder that everything we have can be gone in a flash – and to be ready for the day they knock on your door and say, you have five minutes to get out of your home. What would you do? What would I do? I hope I never have to find out.


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CU Buffs too sloppy to beat Rams
Karl Gehring/Denver Post
CU's Nate Tomlinson goes up for a shot.
By Ryan Thorburn |
FORT COLLINS — After Colorado upset No. 5 Texas in February, the student body rushed the court at the Coors Events Center.
Tad Boyle didn't mind the celebration but said he looked forward to a day when an opposing crowd stormed out of their seats after upsetting the Buffs.
"That's when you know you've arrived," Boyle explained.
Unranked CU has not arrived yet. The program is making strides but still hasn't made an NCAA Tournament since 2003.
And yet the Buffs' maddening 65-64 loss to Colorado State on Wednesday cued an Occupy Moby Arena postgame demonstration on the floor.
The scene was not unique as the CSU student body also rushed the court in 2009 following the Rams' 77-62 victory over Jeff Bzdelik's last CU team.
"Good for them. That's an exciting part of college basketball, and if they want to do that I have no problem with that," Boyle said. "What I want to do is to inspire our guys. We showed a film of their students storming the court two years ago when they beat Colorado. Tried to inspire them with, 'Hey, this is what we want to prevent.'
"But we weren't good enough to prevent it."
The Buffs (4-3) were their own worst enemy in enemy territory.
CU shot 37.5 percent from the field, missed 16 free throws and turned the ball over 15 times.
The head coach had to take a deep breath and measure his words carefully before answering questions about the performance outside the visitors' locker room.
"I want to credit Colorado State. Credit those kids. But in my mind, as the Colorado basketball coach, we beat ourselves," Boyle said. "And when your team beats yourself, you have to look internally. And that's what we'll do. We'll learn from it and grow from it."
Despite all of the self-destruction, if Nate Tomlinson's shot at the buzzer didn't rim out the Buffs would have escaped with a road win even more improbable than last week's 76-73 overtime victory at Air Force when CU was badly outplayed.
Instead, Dorian Green's jumper with 10.2 seconds left proved to be the difference.
"I start calling timeout, yelling, 'Timeout! Timeout!'" CSU head coach Tim Miles said of the frantic sequence. "Thank God nobody hears me. Best coaching move I made all night, I pulled my hands down. Dorian made a great play."
Moments before Green's heroics, Tomlinson stole an in-bounds pass and laid the ball in to give CU a 64-63 lead. That was after the Rams had to burn two timeouts to avoid five-second calls.
"We had timeouts thankfully. I just didn't want to turn the ball over, and we ended up turning it over," Green said. "I think I kind of missed people that were open, but we had extra timeouts and it's better to be on the safe side."
Austin Dufault sparked a late comeback for the Buffs with a pair of 3-pointers in the final 1:17. The senior's clutch jumper from behind the arc with 21.4 seconds left cut an 11-point second-half deficit to 63-62.
"We're a tough team. We're not smart at all times, but we're very young and we have a lot of new faces around," Tomlinson said. "We're not executing well all the time, but we're really tough and guys are going to compete every day. That's never going to change."
True freshman Spencer Dinwiddie led the Buffs with 16 points. Dufault (13 points) and Tomlinson (11 points) also scored in double figures.
On the other end of the spectrum, Andre Roberson struggled offensively outside of Boulder again with one point and 12 rebounds. Leading scorer Carlon Brown (nine points on 3-for-13 shooting) also had a forgettable night and was not even on the floor for CU's final possession.
"Look at the stat sheet," Boyle said. "We shoot 36 percent from the field, we go 13-for-29 from the free throw line, we turn the ball over 15 times … my question is: How are we in the game?"
CU did outrebound the Rams 44-31, but only converted 16 offensive rebounds into three second-chance points. Wes Eikmeier (19 points) was the only CSU player in double figures.
The Buffs trailed 32-25 at the intermission after missing 10 free throws (6-for-16) and shooting 32 percent from the field (8-for-25) before the break.
The Rams (5-2), fueled by six early CU turnovers, went on an 8-0 run midway through the first half to seize the momentum and a 15-7 lead. Shane Harris-Tunks finished a three-point play to end CU's 4:36 scoring drought (6:38 without a field goal) and begin a 7-0 answer by the visitors.
Dinwiddie hit a 3-pointer to tie the score 19-19, and Brown added another 3-pointer to give the Buffs a 22-19 lead with 4:27 remaining.
It would be the last field goal of the first half for CU.
The Buffs, who had a season-low seven turnovers during the 70-68 victory over Georgia on Monday, committed nine turnovers in the first half.
The second half ended with many of the 6,481 fans in attendance mobbing Miles and the Rams on their home court.
"It's tough," Tomlinson said of the atmosphere. "But it's definitely not Lawrence, Kansas, or anything like that."
Colorado State 65, Colorado 64
FG FT Reb
COLORADO Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS
Dufault 29 5-8 1-2 2-3 1 2 13
Tomlinson 33 3-9 3-4 0-2 2 1 11
Roberson 33 0-2 1-7 4-12 3 4 1
Dinwiddie 30 6-10 2-6 3-8 1 2 16
Brown 29 3-13 1-2 2-6 1 2 9
Booker 23 2-9 2-3 1-3 1 1 6
Harris-Tunks 8 1-2 1-1 0-1 1 2 3
Chen 4 0-0 0-2 1-1 0 0 0
Adams 11 1-4 2-2 0-2 0 2 5
Totals 200 21-57 13-29 16-44 10 16 64
Percentages: FG .368, FT .448.
3-Point Goals: 9-20, .450 (Dufault 2-2, Dinwiddie 2-3, Tomlinson 2-5, Brown 2-6, Adams 1-2, Booker 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 6.
Blocked Shots: 3 (Chen, Dinwiddie, Roberson).
Turnovers: 15 (Roberson 5, Booker 3, Brown 2, Harris-Tunks 2, Tomlinson, Dufault, Dinwiddie).
Steals: 7 (Tomlinson 3, Harris-Tunks 2, Roberson, Booker).
Technical Fouls: Tomlinson.
COLORADO STATE (65)
COLORADO ST. Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS
Bell 20 4-6 0-0 0-2 0 5 8
G Smith 26 3-8 1-3 0-3 3 2 8
Eikmeier 36 7-15 2-2 0-0 1 1 19
Carr 28 1-6 4-6 1-3 2 3 7
Green 34 3-8 2-3 1-9 3 3 9
Williams 10 1-2 0-0 1-3 0 1 2
Sabas 19 3-4 0-0 0-1 2 1 7
D Smith 27 2-3 1-2 0-6 1 3 5
Totals 200 24-52 10-16 5-31 12 19 65
3-Point Goals: 7-15, .467 (Eikmeier 3-5, G. Smith 1-1, Sabas 1-2, Green 1-3, Carr 1-4).
Blocked Shots: 2 (D. Smith, Eikmeier).
Turnovers: 15 (Bell 4, G. Smith 4, Eikmeier 3, Sabas 2, Carr, Green).
Steals: 9 (Eikmeier 3, D. Smith 3, Carr 2, Green).
Technical Fouls: None.
Colorado 25 39–64
Colorado St. 32 33–65
A — 6,481.
Officials — Mike Littlewood, Rick Batsell, Bill Kennedy.
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The Great Expedition
Gingerline
Secret location on the Victoria Line
Immersive theatre has never been more popular with large events punctuating the mainstream consciousness and ardent fans tracking down the niche, experimental and often site-specific.
To concentrate on reviewing Gingerline's latest adventure as a piece of immersive theatre, however, is to potentially mislead and definitely do the culinary aspect a disservice. This is very much an immersive experience with food, music, dance and projections all part of the whole, intertwined almost seamlessly.
Created by Suzannah Montfort and Kerry Adamson, Gingerline describes itself as a "bunch of food and drink enthusiasts whose goal is simply to create the ultimate dining experience". Hosted in secret locations across London, their operation is a clandestine one. For this experience, all budding aeronauts received a text message with directions to the venue on the day of the event.
With so much mystery, what can be revealed in a review? Well, The Grand Expedition whisks eager explorers on a journey beyond the clouds. Billed as a "floating, feeding, falling dream", the general feeling is that you've entered a pop-up storybook—projections illustrated by hand, larger-than-life characters and an easy camaraderie with the equally intrigued diners sharing your table.
With the style of seating and gentle interactive moments, Gingerline creates a briefly genuine cohort of adventurers for the evening; if you're happy to surrender to the unknown, it's hugely enjoyable. If you want to enjoy your five-course feast uninterrupted, then immersive events in general are probably not for you.
The immaculately themed food appears at regular intervals served by a combination of performers and staff and, aside from the colourful flavours, part of the fun is sharing with your table, taking turns to ladle, pour and spread. It's a social experience as much as an immersive one and, after a few drinks, the prospect of dancing around a prop campfire seems perfectly natural.
The versatile performers work tirelessly to establish mood through a combination of choreographed dance, comedy and interactive routines. With make-up sketched upon their faces, they represent characters and without dialogue spend the performance communicating with the audience and each other in a secret language, hugely assisted by vibrant body language. Like Pixar's Minions they are an excitable and likeable force.
Entertaining and delicious, The Grand Expedition is a carefully curated evening. Whilst it doesn't push any theatrical boundaries in terms of script or staging (and at occasionally the performers do look like they are filling time between courses), for those seeking an intriguing experience, this fits the bill.
Reviewer: Amy Yorston


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Global Israel
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Israeli Palestinian Conflict History – Manufacturing Palestine and the Palestinians
history of Israel
Israeli are called settlers, occupiers and much worse. While the Palestinian Authority incites violence against Israelis, the media brings legitimacy to the terror.
The world is divided between people who believe Israel is the home of the Jewish people and people who believe Jews have invaded the land and forcibly expelled the true Palestinian people. Who is correct?
Let's learn the truth about the history of the Israeli Palestinian conflict:
Media outlets such as CNN, BBC, CBS and many others have been telling a tragic story about Palestinians who were forced out of their homeland and into a harsh life in which they are refugees living under brutal oppression. The oppressors are the vicious Zionists, the many thousands of Jews who manufactured a story about a Holocaust in order to inhabit Palestinian land. The claim is that the Zionists have no claim to the land, having abandoned it over 2000 years ago. Bear in mind, there are those who say the Jewish people have no link to "Palestine" at all. These same people often refer to the Holocaust as the "holohaux" and who portray Hitler as a hero. When confronted by archaeological proof about the Jewish connection to Israel, they say that the Jews of today are not the same as the Jewish people who lived over 2000 years ago. Where are those Jews? Dead. Assimilated. The answers vary.
We deal with these false stories every day. We hear messages of hate and horrible anti-Semitism. We are called settlers, occupiers and much worse. While the Palestinian Authority incites violence against Israelis, the media brings legitimacy to the terror.
The Origin of Palestine
First and foremost, the land is Israel. Not Palestine. Let's be clear about that.
There are claims that the land was never called Palestine. That's not true. For a period of time, it was called Palestine. In this video, you will learn about the origin of Palestine – where the name came from and how the Arab nations originally responded to the name. We'll give you a hint… they despised it!
Inventing the Palestinian People
Now you understand the origin of the name Palestine. You know that really the land is rightfully named Israel and it is the homeland of the Jewish people. There's still a problem though. Who are the Palestinians then? If they aren't native to Israel, where are they from?
Here's the answer.
Misplaced Sympathy for the Palestinians
There is one final thing to address. If you watched both of the above videos, you now know that Arabs rushed to Israel in order to claim the land before the Jewish people could fully return to claim it. This means that when a significant number of Jews came into the land, there were Arabs already living there.
There are many claims which tell you that the Jews forcibly expelled the Arabs. The supposed event is called the "Nakba," which means "catastrophe."
What happened to the Arabs who were living in the land? Where did they go and what made them leave?
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Q: Using redux data in the useEffect hooks I am now trying to call an API using data from the redux store.
Let say I got 2 API calls, Api A and Api B Inside the parent component I already called the API A and save the data inside the redux already.
Now I am in another component. I need to call Api B. But API B has a params, which I will get from API A. So Inside the Second component, I am using useEffect hook to call the data.
To get the params from the redux, I am using useSelector Hook.
Inside the second component, UseEffect Hook is something like this:
useEffect(() => {
      let splitText = cartList?.OrderDTO?.DeliveryCountry;
      let deliveryAddressId = splitText?.split(',');
      if (cartList.OrderDTO?.DeliveryCountry !== '') {
        dispatch(getShippingMethodById(token.access_token, deliveryAddressId));
      } else {
        dispatch(
          getShippingMethodById(
            token.access_token,
            cartList.OrderDTO?.CustomerAddressId,
          ),
    }
}, []);

So in the useEffect hook, I got the deliveryAddressId from redux. To draw in data from the redux into component, I am using useSelector hook
let cartList = useSelector((state) => state.productReducer.cartList);

The problem is that I always get undefined for cartlist when ever I tried to access it inside the useEffect hook
So the dispatch called are always getting undefined. So What can I do to make this hooks works?

A: You should add cartList to your dependency array, so the useEffect hook watches for updates to that piece of state. As it is written now, the useEffect only runs on the first render, where cartList is probably undefined.
React - useEffect Docs
useEffect(() => {
      let splitText = cartList?.OrderDTO?.DeliveryCountry;
      let deliveryAddressId = splitText?.split(',');
      if (cartList.OrderDTO?.DeliveryCountry !== '') {
        dispatch(getShippingMethodById(token.access_token, deliveryAddressId));
      } else {
        dispatch(
          getShippingMethodById(
            token.access_token,
            cartList.OrderDTO?.CustomerAddressId,
          ),
    }
}, [cartList]); // Add 'cartList' to your dependency array here

A: Solution is that you add cartList inside the dependency array.
useEffect(() => {
  // All your logic inside
}, [cartList]);

I don't have info about the complete parent-child component structure, but from what I understood with the error I can explain the issue.
You are using [], for useEffect dependency, which means the callback inside useEffect will be triggered only once when the component mounts.
It is possible that when your component mounted, the API call in the parent was not complete, and you have still have undefined in store for cartList.

To check this hypothesis you can add console.log in API response and
inside the useEffect.

What else you can do?
You can not render the child component until you have data from the API call.
Why adding cartList in the dependency array fixed the issue?

By dependency array inside useEffect, your useEffect call back will be
called whenever the values in the dependency array change + on the
mount.

So, at the time of mount of the child component, useEffect's callback will trigger (cartList as undefined), then when the API call is successful and after that data is pushed in state, your child component will rerender and will retrigger the callback inside useEffect with the actual(which you got from API and pushed in store) cartList data.

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Q: Make text background transparent My problem is I have created a website using an online website creator for free. The only way to edit my website is through the builder. They have provided me a <head> tag where I can copy paste code to change.
In my web page I want to make my text background transparent. I.e. make background same as my website background. Thank you for help.

A: Inside your head tag, find a style tag and add this on a new line.
#content {background-color:transparent}

If you can't find a style tag, create one:
<style>
  #content {background-color:transparent}
</style>

A: I think its better if you use 'rgba' color mode.
r red
g geen
b blue
a alpha (opacity)
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in the given image the color is"#d10f0f"
You can write it in css
background-color:#d10f0f;

aslo in rgba
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The documentation and approval process are very simple for government employees.
India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has different types of personal loan products in its lineup. Under the Xpress Credit scheme, it offers a special interest rate for defense personnel in the country. The maximum interest rate for defense, paramilitary, and Indian coast guard personnel is restricted to 12.55% p.a. For other applicants, this may be up to 15.05% p.a.
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The documentation process is easy, and it can be done online.
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Axis Bank is one of the most popular banks in the private banking industry. The personal loan product offered by the bank is available for salaried employees working in the government as well as private sectors. The approval process is quite easy for government employees who earn at least Rs.15,000 per month.
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The bank offers a flexible repayment process with multiple modes of payment.
Most banks in the market provide personal loans for all salaried employees. For government employees, the process is much easier. Employees working in any public sector unit (PSU) can benefit from the loans offered to government employees. In addition to central and state government departments, employees of government schools and colleges can also avail these loans.
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Banks also have specific income criteria for borrowers. In most cases, borrowers must earn at least Rs.15,000 per month. Some banks provide certain relaxation in this criterion if the salary account of the government employee is in that particular bank.
The applicant must not have too many obligations with respect to other loans and liabilities. It is necessary that the take-home salary of the applicant must not be less than 30% of the gross income after paying for all loan EMIs.
The employment tenure of the individual is also considered by banks before providing loans. For government employees who are employed in the job for at least one year, there will not be any issue in getting a loan. However, people who have just entered the government service may check with the bank about their lending policy.
You need to check out the interest rates and charges from multiple lenders before narrowing down on a particular loan product. By researching the products in the market, you can find the best personal loan suitable for your emergency needs.
Government employees who have their salary account with the lending bank can avail additional discounts on their loans. You may check with your bank regarding the offers available for you.
Pre-approved loans are offered only to customers of a bank. These loans are approved instantly, and they are disbursed within a few hours. If you need the loan urgently, you may check for the availability of pre-approved loans.
The charges imposed on personal loans vary from one bank to another. In addition to the interest rate, you must also focus on these charges to minimise the cost of getting a loan.
Before you choose the loan tenure, you need to check whether the EMI amount fits within your monthly budget. If the EMI is too high, you may have trouble repaying the loan on time. Plan your budget and choose the loan tenure accordingly.
Visit the official website of the lender and check out the information provided about personal loans. Most lenders provide an online application process to help their customers. You can simply fill out the details and wait for the bank to get back to you.
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You may also use the services of a third-party aggregator like BankBazaar to apply for the loan. You can use the BankBazaar mobile app to keep track of your application.
1. What is the loan tenure available for personal loans?
The loan tenure typically varies from 12 months to 60 months. You can choose the desired loan tenure based on how much you can afford to pay in installments every month.
2. How much time do banks take to process personal loans?
With the advent of technology, it is now very easy to get your personal loan approval. Most banks provide their approval within just a few hours. The loan amount will be disbursed within just one or two days in most cases.
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Most banks provide personal loans to individuals who are still employed. Hence, it could be a little difficult for retired employees to get personal loans. You may check with the lender with your requirement to know your eligibility for obtaining a personal loan.
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Washington State Transfer Wide Receiver De'Zhaun Stribling Commits to Oklahoma State
By Pete Mundo
Oklahoma State is looking for help in the transfer portal and has received a solid addition at wide receiver in Washington State transfer De'Zhaun Stribling.
This came just minutes after Oklahoma State also added Western Michigan running back Sean Tyler in the transfer portal earlier in the day on Monday.
Here was his post on social media.
Excited to be a Cowboy! #DAT #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/bM8roC1bm0
— De'Zhaun Stribling (@Dezhaunthegreat) December 12, 2022
Stribling caught 51 passes for 602 yards and five touchdowns as a sophomore this past season. He also caught five touchdowns as a freshman in 2021.
The Hawaii native was a three-star prospect in the 2021 class and chose an offer from Washington State out of high school over offers from Hawaii, Wake Forest and San Diego State. He was an All-State selection as a high school senior, catching 64 passes for 872 yards and nine touchdowns.
Stribling picked Oklahoma State over Utah this week and joins a wide receivers room with ryson Green, Jaden Bray, Brennan Presley, John Paul Richardson, Talyn Shettron and Stephon Johnson. At 6'3", 204 pounds, Stribling is a big target for whoever is quarterbacking the Cowboys during the 2023 season.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys finished the season 7-5 after a 5-1 start and will play Wisconsin in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in a few weeks.
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