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College aid for single parents
Unfortunately, many of the ads for single mother grants or single parent grants are not genuine, cost-free grant programs. Some of them lead to lists of financial aid programs that you can purchase, and others are simply scams aimed at taking money from those who most need the assistance. However, there are some authentic programs offering grants for single mothers and fathers, including those listed below. The Balance uses cookies to provide you with a great user experience.
Scholarships for Single Mothers
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According to the American Council on Education, more than half of this demographic were first generation college students and in the low-income bracket. Though students who are single parents may be fighting a seemingly uphill battle to fund their college experience, there are significant rewards in higher education. BLS data shows that graduates with a college degree, even those with just some college but no degree, make more than people with only a high school diploma. So, low income single parents stand to benefit financially in the long term from obtaining a college degree, but most do not have the funds to enroll. Many find financial assistance through scholarships and grants specifically created for their demographic. After all, it is always advisable for single moms and dads to maximize "free money" through scholarships and grants.
It's only four years to a better shot at job satisfaction and financial stability. College tuition can run a couple hundred thousand at a top private university. For most people, that price is a bit of a stretch. For most "nontraditional" students over the age of 25 who have to support themselves, that price, along with four years of studying instead of working, is even more of a stretch. For single parents, who are supporting a child, too, going back to school can be practically impossible. For single parents on welfare, who can lose their eligibility if they obtain school loans that are counted as income under certain regulations, it's often impossible.
In addition to childrearing, household responsibilities, and providing for the family, single mothers who want to go to college have a whole new list of responsibilities. For most of us, this is an impossible feat, but single moms always find a way to make it work. Considering how much it costs to raise a family, single mothers looking to go to college need financial aid. Luckily, countless organizations recognize that single parents need help paying for school. That is why a lot of college scholarships and grants were created specifically for single mothers.
Grants for children of single parents provide a means of furthering their education or job training through financial support. Grants differ from loans because they do not need to be paid back. However, Federal grants as well as nonprofit and private grants provide specialized assistance to children of single parents. The largest educational federal grant is the Pell Grant. According to U. Department of Education, "The Federal Pell Grant program provides financial aid money to students on a need-basis.
Grants for Single Mothers to go to College: Free Grants for Single Moms
Higher education is an extraordinary expense under the best circumstances, but single parents face even greater challenges paying for college. Often, mothers suspend their educational pursuits to address the needs of their children. When a mom is on her own, it becomes increasingly difficult for her to jump back in and complete her studies. Whether you are a first-time college student, or a single mother returning to school, there are public and private grants aimed at helping you succeed.
College Grant Opportunities for Single Moms
Single mothers comprise a growing segment of the college student body, so this non-traditional student group is starting to get more attention from organizations that offer scholarships. Educational trends are creating a greater need for financial support among college students who are returning to higher education — including single mothers. This important calculation represents the amount your family is expected to contribute to your education. This reference is maintained as a historical record, and as a resource, should SMART funding be offered in the future.
For many single parents, earning a college degree may seem like an insurmountable feat. Over a quarter of all undergraduate students in the U. Tuition can be expensive for any student, but for single parents, additional costs like child care and living expenses also factor into the price of higher education. But without a degree, single parents may struggle to find a fulfilling career that can support a family. Fortunately, many schools have created programs that bring college help for single mothers by offering benefits like year-round family housing, child care, and academic support.


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Konrad Kästner is an independent director and video artist. He comes from Leipzig, worked for several years as a researcher and assistant director for advertising films in South Africa and then studied filmmaking at the Konrad Wolf Academy of Film and Television in Potsdam Babelsberg. His film "Cathedrals" was awarded the Max Bresele Prize for politically relevant film and was shortlisted for the Academy Award 2015. He has directed video for numerous plays at the Theater Potsdam, the Kammerspiele of the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Theater Bielefeld, Theater Kiel, Theater Lübeck and the Halle (Saale) Opera, among others. He wrote and directed the investigative research plays "DER AUFTRAG" and "Die Möglichkeit" and directed Faust 2 at Theater Bielefeld.
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Keith Olbermann's New Anti-Hannity Attack Strategy
KEITH'S PHONY OLBERSTUNT
Ratings-Challenged Host Looks To Gain From Rival's Offer
*** Has A Fed-Up Left Begun To Turn Against Olbermann? ***
*** BREAKING: Boston Host Yanked Over Mexico / Swine Flu Remarks ***
Only in this ultra-partisan media environment could a liberal cable talker get away with pressing his rival in an overtly transparent and hypocritical manner. Aren't there any mainstream media insiders willing to question Keith Olbermann's motives?
This week's Olber-stunt has the ratings-challenged MSNBC host attempting to utilize an offer by Sean Hannity to be waterboarded in a benefit for a military charity. Used in overseas interrogations, waterboarding is considered by some to be an act of torture.
Because the FOX News Channel talker apparently isn't volunteering for his "torture" session fast enough, or in a sufficiently severe manner, Olbermann is on the warpath. That has the latter's elitist media pals eating of his hand.
In particular, the liberal women's site WOWOWOW has presented a one-sided view of Hannity as "chicken".
Today, in fact, TVNewser reports Olbermann has upped the rhetoric, saying he doubts Hannity "has the courage to even respond to this." This AP report on Olbermann's stunt doesn't even mention the fact that he's a direct timeslot competitor.
But the obvious question appears not to have been asked: why hasn't Olbermann himself volunteered to join Hannity in the waterboarding? If Hannity's aim is to prove that it isn't tortune while Olbermann believes that it is, why shouldn't the latter make his own case?
While he's at it, Olbermann can use his own waterboarding session to raise a potentially considerable amount for charity. So why is this a one-way street where only the conservative is subjected to discomfort?
From Olbermann's DailyKos diary:
But his offer the other night to Chuck Grodin to 'prove' that waterboardng [sic] isn't torture by allowing it to be done to him, is too important to pass up, because of the image it will certainly produce. No matter what he says afterwards or how he tries to laugh it off, Hannity's certitude will be smashed by Hannity's natural, human panic.
He doesn't have to become Dr. Sabin for more than ten seconds. And many, maybe most, of his viewers, will join him in the collective post-waterboarding lie that he never feared for his life. Regardless, the impact will be sufficient. If it changes the minds of one percent of his supporters, it will have been worth it. And think about the vast numbers of people who have no idea who he is, or who I am, or what this site is, who will know only that a boastful man literally had reality forced upon him.
Thus last night I made my offer to Hannity. He told Chuck he'd do it for families of the troops, and he'd let Chuck do it (Grodin demurred). Those were his only conditions. I'll add a few:
1. Hannity may be waterboarded live on his show. All I require is that a trustworthy outside observer be present to make sure the waterboarding is a legitimate recreation of what we did to detainees. Chuck Grodin is perfectly acceptable, or Hannity may nominate an alternate, but I must approve the identity of the observer.
2. Hannity may instead be waterboarded on tape if he prefers. In that event, I require that at least one non-Fox camera crew be permitted access to record all events, along with a trustworthy outside observer. Again, Grodin will be fine.
3. Hannity must identify the charity or charities, organization or organizations, to which he wants the donation made, so I can verify in advance that the money will indeed get to the families of American troops. The organization cannot be sponsored by, nor affiliated with, Hannity or his employers.
4. I will donate $1,000 (one thousand dollars) for every second of water-boarding Hannity endures. We will start the clock the moment the first water is poured on him. The clock will stop when Hannity confesses or begins to shout or scream on a prolonged basis, or the medical supervisor determines he is danger of organ failure.
5. If Hannity admits afterwards he was afraid for his life and that waterboarding is indeed torture, I will double my total contribution.
And I will repeat this offer each night on Countdown until he agrees or declines.
UPDATE, 12:54 PM EDT: I think we're going to have to have a simulated interrogator there. And yes, he's going to have to admit to something instead of just saying "stop."
6. A simulated interrogator will have to be present and vocal, insisting Hannity confesses.
7. Unlike those we waterboarded, Hannity need only admit to something factual to get the waterboarding to stop. He may choose among: "Obama is not a socialist," "Waterboarding is torture," or something else mutually agreeable between us.
Until Olbermann is willing to subject himself to the same kind of "torture", how does he deserve any response from Hannity?
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Why should Hannity respond to Keith Overbite? He's no one. He's hoping Hannity will throw him a bone to help his ratings.
By Anonymous, at 29 April, 2009 19:38
I don't think Olbermann's conditions are unreasonable. If Hannity didn't want to be waterboarded, he shouldn't have said so.
There is no legitimate nor rational reason for Hannity to dignify Olbermann's nonsense with any reply. Furthermore, Olbermann, being the challenger should go first. But Olbermann's always been a hypocrite, hasn't he? Yes he is.
By Carl, at 29 April, 2009 20:57
Olbie, the man with no audience.
By 10ksnooker, at 29 April, 2009 21:38
why should obermann volunteer himself? "he's challenging him, so he should go first" what kind of sense does that make?
Olbermann wants Hannity to do what he said he would. Olbermann thinks it IS torture, his point is to get Hannity to admit that it is torture, and scary. So Keith doesn't want to do it, because he doesn't want to be tortured.
Doesn't seem like there's much to ponder about Keith's actions.
By Alex, at 29 April, 2009 22:18
What is lost here is that Obermann is quite fine with waterboarding as long as it is someone like Hannity!
One of the primary arguments that those who are against torture put forth is that if we torture them they will be inclined to torture us. If fearing for one's life is torture, our enemies in jihad are torturing captives 24/7, while someone who is being waterboarded has a momentary survival panic, nothing more.
As a kid I was sometimes dunked in a poll by an older kid. Not pleasant, it did induce panic, but it wasn't torture.
By Franco, at 29 April, 2009 23:01
Brian your polishing the brass on the Titanic ... come into the light.
By Anonymous One, at 29 April, 2009 23:11
Olbermann isn't "quite fine" with waterboarding anyone Franco. He never expected, and still doesn't expect, Hannity to follow though on his boast because Hannity knows waterboarding is torture. That's the whole point.
By Franny, at 30 April, 2009 00:05
Alex if you think its torture because it's scary. I guess the police are using torture when they use the scared straight program.
I don't care stop interrogating terrorist I don't live in New York or LA.
By pf1, at 30 April, 2009 01:19
It is funny that Olberdork is OK with waterboarding Hannity, but not a known terrorist. Perhaps in HIS world, Hannity is more evil. No matter. I suggest hannity not answer this challenge ever. As is often the case, the ratings challenged have again overplayed their hand. If hannity doesn['t accept or reject Olby's offer, he will bring it up every day forever? Interesting. This has the makings of another "O'Franken Factor" stunt. Months from now, Olby will continue to bring up Hannity. It's funny this week. In July he'll look like a bigger dummy than he does now. If that's even possible.
While I hate to admit it ....
Olbermann is correct on this one.
Sean did say he would be
water boarded for charity.
Olbermann did not volunteer
to be water boarded... so no one
should expect him to be.
Sean has gotten very nasty at
times. I guess he is angry that
despite all his efforts. He failed
to have any impact on the
By phillip, at 30 April, 2009 07:26
Much like the old radio wars between shock jocks, this benefits both parties, Hannity is probably laughing, as is Olberman. Hannity gets free mentions and olberman gets free press.
Brian do you actually think this is "real"? This is about as real as pro-wrestling. Do you really think Olberman cares about Hannity either way? Get a grip Brian, this whole thing is schtick, both are laughing it up and downing drinks together. I worked with Hannity , he is not even as conservative as he sounds on the air, he is doing schtick, so is Olberman. GET A GRIP , Maloney.
This is about as real as when a pro-wrestler assaul,ts another wrestler and "seriously injures him"
Hannity is schtick, Rush really believes wht he says on the air, not the case with Hannity. He took a gimmick and rode it for all it's worth. He does not "hate libs" nor believe 80% of what he says on the radio or television. Hannity is friends with many of the evil "Hollywood libs" he attacks on his showm even Garaffalo. Yes conservatives, wool pulled over eyes, big time.
By consbuyschtick, at 30 April, 2009 09:18
Based on the consbuyschtick post; when hiring staff Hannity neither uses a lie detector or requires applicants to pass a spelling test!
By ttc, at 30 April, 2009 11:57
I suggest a compromise:
Hannity agrees to waterboarding for his past statements.
Olbermann agrees to forfeit back to the US Treasury his raise this year of $3,500,000 since GE/NBC/MSNBC received bailout money in excess of that amount, and Olbermann has said he thinks that employees at failing companies that receive federal bailout money should not receive additional compensation.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2009/04/29/worst-bailout-world-petition-hits-olbermann-hypocrisy
By Chromium, at 30 April, 2009 13:27
Olbermann considers waterboarding "torture" so there is no way he will do it. Why should anybody care about hannity and is OPNION on torture (including olbermann)
You either consider waterboarding torture or not. Plain and simple
and if olbermann is using this issue to gain viewers? that's pathetic
By Chris, at 30 April, 2009 20:45
I have this video along with many other liberal bias clips at my youtube site. The clips today and yesterday from Olbermann, Matthews and Schultz were almost unbelievable. I can't beleive that they get away with being on TV, much less walking to their vehicles unescorted.
A link to you youtube channel is located on my new blog site (I had to reformat and rename, but all of the posts and links reamin the same) at:
http://politicaldessert.wordpress.com
The link to my youtube channel is on the top right menu. I hope you enjoy some of the videos and maybe stop to check out my blog as well. Thanks!
By rghrdrgirl, at 01 May, 2009 03:37
I vote we take the water board and smack each host for MSLSD in the head till they wake up and get a clue.
By pf1, at 01 May, 2009 05:18
Brian, your dissemination is showing.
YOU KNOW that hannity told grodin he would be waterboarded for charity - assuming the money went to soldier's families.
YOU KNOW that Olbermann called Hannity out and literally put his money where his mouth is.
YOU KNOW Hannity hasn't followed through on his own words.
Twisting this into anything but what it is is a major FAIL on your part.
Hannity won't stand by his words.
THAT'S the story.
And you know it.
But then, you like to lie to further your own cause and bank account, just like Hannity.
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package main

import (
	"database/sql"
	"encoding/json"
	"time"

	"github.com/1and1/soma/internal/stmt"
	"github.com/1and1/soma/lib/proto"
)

func (tk *treeKeeper) orderDeploymentDetails() {

	var (
		computed *sql.Rows
		err      error
	)
	if computed, err = tk.stmt_GetComputed.Query(tk.repoId); err != nil {
		tk.log.Println("tk.stmt_GetComputed.Query(): ", err)
		tk.broken = true
		return
	}
	defer computed.Close()

deployments:
	for computed.Next() {
		var (
			chkInstanceId                 string
			currentChkInstanceConfigId    string
			currentDeploymentDetailsJSON  string
			previousChkInstanceConfigId   string
			previousVersion               string
			previousStatus                string
			previousDeploymentDetailsJSON string
			noPrevious                    bool
			tx                            *sql.Tx
		)
		err = computed.Scan(
			&chkInstanceId,
			&currentChkInstanceConfigId,
			&currentDeploymentDetailsJSON,
		)
		if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
			continue deployments
		} else if err != nil {
			tk.log.Println("tk.stmt_GetComputed.Query().Scan(): ", err)
			break deployments
		}

		// fetch previous deployment details for this check_instance_id
		err = tk.stmt_GetPrevious.QueryRow(chkInstanceId).Scan(
			&previousChkInstanceConfigId,
			&previousVersion,
			&previousStatus,
			&previousDeploymentDetailsJSON,
		)
		if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
			noPrevious = true
		} else if err != nil {
			tk.log.Println("tk.stmt_GetPrevious.QueryRow(): ", err)
			break deployments
		}

		/* there is no previous version of this check instance rolled
		 * out on a monitoring system
		 */
		if noPrevious {
			// open multi statement transaction
			txMap := map[string]*sql.Stmt{}
			if tx, err = tk.conn.Begin(); err != nil {
				tk.log.Println("TreeKeeper/Order sql.Begin: ", err)
				break deployments
			}

			// prepare statements within transaction
			for name, statement := range map[string]string{
				`UpdateStatus`:   stmt.TreekeeperUpdateConfigStatus,
				`UpdateInstance`: stmt.TreekeeperUpdateCheckInstance,
			} {
				if txMap[name], err = tx.Prepare(statement); err != nil {
					tk.log.Println(`treekeeper/order/tx`, err, stmt.Name(statement))
					tx.Rollback()
					break deployments
				}
			}

			//
			if _, err = txMap[`UpdateStatus`].Exec(
				"awaiting_rollout",
				"rollout_in_progress",
				currentChkInstanceConfigId,
			); err != nil {
				goto bailout_noprev
			}

			if _, err = txMap[`UpdateInstance`].Exec(
				time.Now().UTC(),
				true,
				currentChkInstanceConfigId,
				chkInstanceId,
			); err != nil {
				goto bailout_noprev
			}

			if err = tx.Commit(); err != nil {
				goto bailout_noprev
			}
			continue deployments

		bailout_noprev:
			tx.Rollback()
			continue deployments
		}
		/* a previous version of this check instance was found
		 */
		curDetails := proto.Deployment{}
		prvDetails := proto.Deployment{}
		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(currentDeploymentDetailsJSON), &curDetails)
		if err != nil {
			tk.log.Printf("Error unmarshal/deploymentdetails %s: %s",
				currentChkInstanceConfigId,
				err.Error(),
			)
			err = nil
			continue deployments
		}
		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(previousDeploymentDetailsJSON), &prvDetails)
		if err != nil {
			tk.log.Printf("Error unmarshal/deploymentdetails %s: %s",
				previousChkInstanceConfigId,
				err.Error(),
			)
			err = nil
			continue deployments
		}

		if curDetails.DeepCompare(&prvDetails) {
			// there is no change in deployment details, thus no point
			// to sending the new deployment details as an update to the
			// monitoring systems
			tk.stmt_DelDuplicate.Exec(currentChkInstanceConfigId)
			continue deployments
		}

		// UPDATE config status
		// open multi statement transaction
		txMap := map[string]*sql.Stmt{}
		if tx, err = tk.conn.Begin(); err != nil {
			tk.log.Println("TreeKeeper/Order sql.Begin: ", err)
			break deployments
		}

		// prepare statements within transaction
		for name, statement := range map[string]string{
			`UpdateStatus`:   stmt.TreekeeperUpdateConfigStatus,
			`UpdateExisting`: stmt.TreekeeperUpdateExistingCheckInstance,
			`SetDependency`:  stmt.TreekeeperSetDependency,
		} {
			if txMap[name], err = tx.Prepare(statement); err != nil {
				tk.log.Println(`treekeeper/order/tx`, err, stmt.Name(statement))
				tx.Rollback()
				break deployments
			}
		}

		if _, err = txMap[`UpdateStatus`].Exec(
			"blocked",
			"awaiting_rollout",
			currentChkInstanceConfigId,
		); err != nil {
			goto bailout_withprev
		}
		if _, err = txMap[`UpdateExisting`].Exec(
			time.Now().UTC(),
			true,
			chkInstanceId,
		); err != nil {
			goto bailout_withprev
		}
		if _, err = txMap[`SetDependency`].Exec(
			currentChkInstanceConfigId,
			previousChkInstanceConfigId,
			"deprovisioned",
		); err != nil {
			goto bailout_withprev
		}

		if err = tx.Commit(); err != nil {
			goto bailout_withprev
		}
		continue deployments

	bailout_withprev:
		tx.Rollback()
		continue deployments
	}
	// mark the tree as broken to prevent further data processing
	if err != nil {
		tk.broken = true
	}
}

// vim: ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 noet fenc=utf-8 ffs=unix

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Chance Rides was offering sample trips on its Unicoaster 2.0 product during the IAAPA conference. Originally built as a circular flat ride, the product is now available as a fully engineered roller coaster. The powered vehicle moves along the track, while guests use a joystick to control what direction their seats face. The controls are dynamic: a slow push rotates the car slowly but a heavier push flips the seats over quickly.
The height minimum for the attraction is only 48 inches, which allows younger children to experience the attraction.
The track for the ride remains fairly flat, since it is not gravity powered, but is capable of achieving up to a 15% grade. Customers can dictate the track layout, and it can be built at any height. The ride's central PLC controls the attraction speed, which can be variable or set at a constant rate.
Also at the show, Chance Rides showcased the Electric C.P. Huntington, a lithium-ion battery powered locomotive. Designed for a full day of use, batteries are recharged while the train is in the station loading and unloading passengers. One mile of track reduces the battery charge by 10%, and it requires only 8 minutes to fully recharge. The train can hold up to 196 people, the same as the standard engine version.
According to Chance Rides, the zero-emissions model is popular with operators like zoos and conservation-minded attractions around the country.
For more information, visit Chance Rides.


Emil Rensing, former Chief Digital Officer for the Epix network, was arrested and charged with fraud. Rensing was in Manhattan at the time of his arrest. According to federal investigators, Rensing is alleged to have defrauded the network of at least $8 million over the five years he was employed there. According to the criminal complaint, Rensing used false identities and stolen identities to create fictitious vendors, which then billed Epix for services.
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Believe Over Hope
Hello Sheena 3:34
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Believe Over Hope is a contemporary worship and praise worship band that seeks to proclaim Jesus to the World through Godly Worship and Education. The band, which originates from Ghana, composes the songs for its own performances and also to enrich the body of Christ. The theme of the band's music focuses on James 5:20, exploring the Grace of Salvation, giving our lives to Jesus Christ our Lord and being made free to serve Him with all our heart. BOH Music expresses the appreciation and gratefulness to God for being saved and restored to God. It also iterates the call to be witnesses across the earth, seeking to point all to Jesus Christ for the Holy Spirit to restore them to the Almighty Father.
The latest album of the band is Hello Sheena (a Contemporary Pop album, 2020). Other albums of the band include Be the Best You Can Ever Be (an Instrumental album, 2020), Welcome Home (an Instrumental album, 2019), Who Am I (Worship album, 2018) and James 5:20 (maiden album, 2018). The band has four other singles.
The band's worship leader and director is Dr. Sheena Lovia Boateng and its music is executive produced by Prof. Richard Boateng. The music style is influenced by Contemporary RnB and Pop. The band's music is available on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Deezer, and other leading online streaming services.
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MGM & Mandalay Bay Questioned over Free Hotel Stay for Hero Security Guard
by Adam Last updated October 31, 2017
Hero security guard Jesus Campos has been staying in a free room at the Mandalay Bay since shortly after he was identified as the officer who was shot by Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock. What seems like a nice gesture, is actually being questioned by some as potential witness tampering by the hotel as the shooting remains an open investigation. The concerns arise around the fact that authorities have had trouble determining the exact timeline around Campos shooting – the story has gone back and forth as to whether he was shot before or after the horrible massacre began. MGM has disputed an account that has the security guard shot prior to the start of Paddock firing at the crowd.
Campos attorney says he accepted the room and appreciated the offer from MGM "because of the unwanted attention days after the event." MGM said the company was worried about Campo's security given the media attention at his home.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal has some interesting quotes from different attorneys regarding the free stay:
"There's a suspicion that they are trying to shape his testimony and don't want him to provide information to the public about the incident. Obviously, they want him to come out with a version of the timeline that's favorable to them" said Las Vegas attorney Will Kemp.
"We will certainly want to know the details of where he stayed, why he disappeared, who paid for his stay and, most importantly, what if anything he was told and by whom," sad one member of a team of lawyers suing MGM on behalf of victims. "It goes to the credibility of the witness, his bias and the ever-changing timeline we are being provided."
Mandalay Bay Letter to Guests: Ask Employees How They Are Doing, Offer Encouragement
Video – Entire 32nd Floor of Mandalay Bay off Limits
Future of the Shooter's Suite @ Mandalay Bay & MGM's Large Donation to Victims
Passengers Caught Having Oral Sex on Delta Flight, Just Met On-Board, 20 Year Age Gap
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Businesses benefit from government Kickstart scheme with next deadline looming
Companies befitting from the additional support of young individuals through the government's Kickstart scheme have expressed their thanks to the organising team at BATF. The Kickstart Scheme is a fully funded government initiative which creates high quality six-month work placements for 16 to 24 year-olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long-term unemployment.
As an approved gateway for the scheme, BATF has already organised more than 100 placements across companies in the jewellery and giftware sectors. Now the Federation is inviting more businesses to come forward to register their interest in the opportunity, which requires zero financial commitment from the business. The next BATF Kickstart deadline is Friday 28th May.
Imogen Owen, owner of a letterpress and lettering studio of the same name in Leicestershire said, "I've been thrilled with the Kickstart programme, I was a little trepidatious at first as it seemed like lots of paperwork and things to deal with, and I wasn't sure what to expect, but I've been very pleased."
Junaid Sheikh, director at Heaven Spring Ltd, wholesalers specialising in Himalayan Salt Products added, "The scheme has allowed us to get fresh new talent on board in order to take a proper look at our digital sales strategy, which is imperative these days for any business, thank you for your support."
Supporting businesses
Employers of all sizes can apply for funding which covers:
100 per cent of the National Minimum Wage (or the National Living Wage depending on the age of the participant) for 25 hours per week for a total of six months
Associated employer National Insurance contributions.
Employer minimum automatic enrolment contributions.
Employers receive up to £1500.00 funding per job placement. This is for setup costs and to support the young person develop their employability skills.
BATF is encouraging members of the National Association of Jewellers, Giftware Association, Surface Engineering Association, Jewellery Distributors Association and the British Travel goods and Accessories Association to apply for the scheme in order to support business activities with additional resource.
Supporting careers
The scheme is not only intended to work for the employer, but also the Kickstarter themselves offering young individuals the opportunity to develop skills, and experience being part of such a dynamic sector.
A Kickstart employee working with The Master Herbalist Ltd, makers of British fine herbal gifts and toiletries said, "I really appreciate the sense of purpose that this Kickstart placement has given me after a few months of, at times, disheartening job searching. It's great to know that I'm not only enjoying what I'm doing but also building up future skills and experience that will hopefully make it easier for me to find my next job when this placement comes to an end."
BATF report that the scheme so far has been well received by both businesses and candidates, creating many exciting opportunities in such an exciting and vibrant sector of British industry and equally attracting a high calibre of applicants for the various positions advertised.
Interested parties are encouraged to contact the Kickstart team at the Federation to discuss the opportunity in more detail and understand how the scheme can support your business and create an opportunity for a young person to get back into work.
Please complete the online application form no later than Friday 28th May, following this, BATF will submit your application to DWP for them to perform basic company checks. You will be informed as to whether your application has been successful in approximately four weeks.


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Crude card game Cards Against Humanity just bought a piece of land to stop Trump's border wall
Cards Against Humanity just became a thorn in the side of President Donald Trump with its latest Christmas promotion. - photo by Herb Scribner
Cards Against Humanity the company behind the crude card game with the same name just became a thorn in the side of President Donald Trump.
The company, which promised to unveil six surprises in December for anyone who donated $15 to the startup card game, announced on Tuesday that the games creators want to block Trumps bid for a border wall by actually buying land along the U.S.-Mexico border.
"Donald Trump is a preposterous golem who is afraid of Mexicans. He is so afraid he wants to build a twenty-billion dollar wall that everyone knows will accomplish nothing. So we've purchased a plot of vacant land on the border and retained a law firm specializing in eminent domain to make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for that wall to get built," according to the website.
Those who donate to Cards Against Humanity will receive a map of the mysterious piece of land theyve purchased, a certificate that explains the companys promise to battle the border wall and more, according to the website.
The company also released a video that explained its intentions, The Hill reported.
The companys pledge comes as part of its Cards Against Humanity Saves America campaign.
The card game is similar to Apples to Apples, but, in this one, gamers take turns reading a suggestion card/question and answering it with wildly inappropriate responses, which are listed on a series of cards drawn each round, according to USA Today.
The company said its December surprises will help save America from "Injustice, lies, racism. The whole enchilada, according to USA Today.
Trump has made building a border wall a major talking point of his presidency.
Last month, multiple news outlets reported that eight prototypes for the wall had been built. The Associated Press said those prototypes would start undergoing testing.
Funding for the wall still remains in question.


Google Calendar is an application that synchronizes with your Android device and allows you access to all the events from your different Google Accounts.... However, there is a free application on Google Play store that enables ICal feeds on Android phones. Steps: Download and Install ICalSync application from here or we have attached the .APK file for you to directly install onto your phone.
The free Google Calendar app can give you quick access to your upcoming schedule on your Android phone but is capable of so much more -- from setting reminders and creating to-do lists to helping how to change a car loan into a lease Google Calendar Sync for Android has tabs that allow the users to switch between agenda views, day, the next four days, and week with the main area to display the current view. Click on a date to switch to different calendar sections. It has links to the other services of Google at the top of the screen. The links allow you to schedule an event and track spreadsheet and set off a quick email.
Google Calendar Android 6.0.8-220605953-release APK Download and Install. Get the official Google Calendar app designed to make the most of every day Get the official Google Calendar app designed to make the most of every day how to up your download speed on steam Now, login to your Google Calendar Account and see the option Other Calendars on the left sidebar of the Google Calendar Window. Click on Browse Interesting Calendars . Next window will show you all available calendar from Google, which includes Holidays, Sports and More other choices .
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Odisha students develop wheelchair that can run on solar power!
A group of students at the Swami Vivekananda National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research at Olatpur in Odisha have developed a solar-powered wheelchair.
The final year Bachelor of Physiotherapy students designed the wheelchair to ease the travel difficulties faced by the disabled. They saw that people with disabilities had a tough time coming to their university in navigating the wheels with their hands. This moved them to develop the device.


Yesterday was brisk but clear, with only a predominant, but never unruly breeze for most of the day. I slept in, so did the dogs; the truck tires cracking and popping the ice work on the road into camp just before 11. I was fine with that as in looking at the forecast earlier from the comforts of home we would've been talking single digit mercury levels before that and I didn't think any birds would be eager to get down and start to sashay around either. To much of my chagrin, most of this season has been "Over / Under Setters", abandoning our namesake as being the play on words it once had with just two dogs has long been over for sometime.
The double gun flavor here to a degree has been out of my control, I'm very much a firm believer of the old saying "Beware the man with one gun, he likely knows how to use it." and being of umpteenth generation of true Pennsylvania Dutch blue-collar, no frills practicality and linage… which has been solidified by five kids; a cabinet with a slew of double guns not even a option. (Unless they were theirs of course… 😉 ) So to cap this meandering rant, the Baker Gun & Forging stock's crack has separated again and it's probably time to just restock it. Which rolls back around to the no-frills practicality paradigm, we all know how much it costs to have a stock fitted, I'm not a metal-to-wood fitting craftsman and the gun was a blue-collar, no-frills model back in 1916, and the cost to re-stock would be about double the gun is worth (maybe that's why they're called double guns… it was extortion scheme all along). So I've been toting a perfectly good 26″ 20ga Fausti-manufactured over/under produced for a US manufacturer not it the shotgun business; a nice little grouse wand in its own right. Why not sell it/trade it for a side x side? – Because we all know when you buy a new gun and go to sell/trade it, you're gonna take a bath on it.
So back to the day. Blaze (Long Gone Boston X a cracky Pennstar female) was pulled out of his box first, straight to the tailgate and flopped on his side, his pads getting a generous helping of Musher's Secret applied. Nothing annoys me more (or probably the dogs too) when they're stopping to know at those hard-packed snowballs that form on their feet. Next was a bell, e-collar, and stupid orange vest. For a few snowy hunts this year, and our trip "north", we've been using and testing SportDOG's TEK 2.0 LT GPS System. We didn't have it so the orange vest was used to help me find predominantly white dogs standing birds in the snow an easier task because without it, it can be a downright chore. Upon release he took a brief moment to flop on his back and snake his way through the inch of snow on the ground before running down the road and diving into the cover.
We worked our way down through a 70 acre section that has always been referred to as The Slashings, it has continually offered the best opportunities for dogs but has probably past its prime as the last two years hash't been too great. Blaze ran, I walked. No tracks, no tracks, no tracks and it continued at least when I was in it with him. Much of the time I was out walking the main road, a liberty that can be taken with an older dog. (If it's done with a younger developing dog, they're just taught to run the path of least resistance along with you and that leads to a yo-yo'er… runs out, runs back, runs out etc.) Blaze would pop out occasionally and cross over onto the other side of the logging road which was mostly commanded by white pines and short laurel.
It was his second or third crossover into that he stopped, I saw him stop. I walked in behind, snapped a photo and proceeded. As I walked in closer I saw a bird pop out from behind a small fallen tree, on foot, and skirted around the base of a white pine, Blaze saw him too. Blaze took a quick step forward which started a short chain reaction, beginning with a booming "Whoa!" from me which achieved my intent but also began a flurry of wings from the bird. It went up left to right in the open and it wasn't a snap shot situation which meant I was in trouble. I think I got to "lead it!"s off in my head before I touched off and watched it fold. Blaze remained standing, probably in shock I hit the thing, which being still new at this All Age game was a good thing to have despite that step he'd taken. I was able to walk over and pick the bird up and give it a gentle shake in face and a pat or two before tapping his head to release him. One bird contact, one in the bag.
Popinjay or "Pop" was pulled next. Pop is by Impact Player out of Elektra. He went through the same preparation progression as Blaze, same dumb vest, etc. He got a louder bell as the wind picked up a little and he'll push the limits yet stay forward, a nice combo. We ran a different course, it was more of a prospecting run more than anything else. A course that took us through heavy, wind-breaking pines to sunny southern facing ridge sides. Not a bird, not even a bump from one on a limb. There was quite a bit of traversing on this one and provided good insight into were he's at physically right now as spring trials are not so far off. No birds, it'll be noted and next time he'll get to run on whatever is perceived as prime real estate for where we're at that particular outing.
Next was the two pups. Annie's pride and joy, actually probably neither anymore as that motherly instinct has long wore off now that they've been separated in their own kennels for months and now just two of the gang like all the rest. As Pop was getting debriefed on the tailgate (un-belled, etc.), I noticed a puddle on the rubber mat in the bed and a dripping from the rear off the dog topper. I had my suspicions. Pop was packed away and the designated puppy box was opened. The thinning cedar shavings pushed aside to reveal a very wet rubber mat that is normally black but took on sort of a brownish color. Irritated, "Who did this?" I muttered. The pups just danced and carried on in celebration that their time had come. I'd thought of closing the door and locking it back up hoping to convey some sort of lesson or message, but I knew they haven't had enough trips under their belt yet to even consider they might be able to put 2 and 2 together. They're still young enough too that I should've aired them out quick when we arrived.
So I grabbed one by the scruff and set on the ground, followed by the next. They rooted and tore around with their soiled undersides and tails as I dug for their collars and two appropriate bells in the gear bag. I managed to get both one them with limited hand contact to their coating of shame. We ran the same cover Blaze went through, not looking for birds really, just getting accustomed to running in the woods and keeping them in front, not to the sides much. They ran together for much of it and before breaching off more and more as time went on. The purpose of these two were field trial prospects. The ultimate goal being one of these kept on permanently as such. The female pup caught my more, just a tad more animated overall. We've been calling her "Breeze". The male held his own just fine in that regard but he's clearly carrying more weight than needed, which in turn has brought about them being fed separately now. He had kind of taken on the name "Gus" by default as we had to call and refer to him as something, nobody really crazy about it, but "Hoot" has since came and stuck.
We all loaded up and drove out past the entrance gate towards home but for one more stop, Annie was up. Annie is one female removed from Long Gone Madison and Annie's dam, Long Gone Zeena, is a nice one too. From what I've seen, Annie seems to be a combination of those two, or I see similarities in both. Same progression as Blaze and Pop, paw wax, bell, e-collar and dumb vest. Vests are too much like dress up for me but I do appreciate them A.)- in the snow and B.)- for Annie post litter… her underside can take a beating in short laurel. We traversed an adjacent camp's logging road that branches at the same main road our camp's does, it's a y-intersection. We have a good relationship, they trap (all foot-holds) coyotes and bobcats (permits permitting) on ours and I hunt an occasional piece of ground on theirs. Today was one of those days.
We neared the top on the ridge and really cut into it bringing it back down to the bottom again. The heart of it about 100 yards wide by 350 yards long, Annie had it covered. We're back at the main road and about 100 yard behind where the truck was parked she dropped down into a bottom flat which drops down further into a gully cut by a mountain brook that starts there as well. I heard here bell's tempo change and saw her tail really whirling before stopping briefly. She was birdie but a little unsure or unsatisfied, perhaps just not a deep enough drag of bird for her snout. She intensely moved forward closer. Whirrrl. (a poor choice describe a grouse flush and I'll take suggestions.) a bump. She got a "Whoa!" from me and a collar correction which its severity wouldn't equate to any more than an ear-flick to us… unpleasant but not unnerving. The bird was in a seep below a few white pines, bare ground, no food, but some fresh water that doesn't have a swift current on the ledges like the brook does… easy drinking for a fowl. I tapped her head and we continued.
No more contacts in this stretch, it was too sparse this time of year but the whole bottom was out of the wind. We climbed back out on the road again, this time about 500 yards in from of the truck. Annie climbed the bank above the road and got into the heavy combination of towering white pines and mid-height hemlocks there… hemlocks which had branches the whole way to the ground. With snow and bitter cold, there's usually birds in the bottoms of those. What happen next is hard to recount. She was somewhere above and I heard a bird go out, it sounded like it was in a tree as they weren't to far away at that time. I was pretty sure she heard it as well as she stopped. As I walked up not 15 feet from where I began a flushed a bird out of a smaller hemlock and watched it sail up and disappear into the white pines, Annie stood. I walked up, with no more birds popping up, released her and knew the day had come to an end.
I was glad to of been able to find the mark on the one bird we had a handled chance at as the numbers weren't much in our favor.


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It works fine for me expcept refresh icon. Refresh icon is not displaying not even any square boxes.
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The refresh icon was part of Font Awesome 4.
In Font Awesome 5 you can use the sync icon instead. It looks the same as the refesh icon did but has a new name.
https://fontawesome.com/icons/sync?style=solid
The HTML for the solid sync icon would be:
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You might find it helpful to use their shim or a kit when upgrading because quite a few things changed between versions:
https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/setup/upgrading-from-version-4


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Bud & Alley's Enhances
Posted on Mar 01, 2017 in Bud & Alley's , Expansion , March-April 2017
Bud & Alley's expansion project will add dining space, an elevator to its rooftop deck and restrooms on both of its two stories. Image rendering by Dhiru Thadani
Banging hammers and buzzing saws — those have been welcome sounds to Dave Rauschkolb, owner of Bud & Alley's Waterfront Restaurant. "It harkens back to the beginning, when we had architects and builders, electricians and plumbers working together on the budding town of Seaside. The natural gathering place was Bud & Alley's after a hard day's work to share a meal afterward," he remembers of Seaside's early days of construction. "Some elements of Seaside were designed on napkins in the bar. That's why we put this butcher paper on the tables, so architects could sketch designs on the paper while they're eating. I've seen (Seaside founder) Robert Davis sketch any number of designs over the decades on butcher paper. It's just awesome."
Rauschkolb announced that beginning in 2017, his group of restaurants — Bud & Alley's, the Pizza Bar and the Taco Bar — will engage in an enhancement project to be completed in spring 2018.
Bud & Alley's, Seaside's first beach-front restaurant and bar known for its casual fine dining, is one of the most notable historic landmarks in town, as well as in all of the 30A community. Celebrating its 31st year in business, the restaurant is South Walton's longest established restaurant.
Beginning as a small waterfront restaurant and bar in 1986, Bud & Alley's evolved over the years as small additions were gradually made to the original building. In 1987, the rear herb garden area was bricked and a stage was built. A few years later, a small open porch was enclosed and the iconic gazebo designed by David Mohney was added. In 1994, a new building was added to house the kitchen and rooftop bar. The roof deck was expanded by adding an open-air sky deck in 2009. After buying out his 20-year business partner, Scott Witcowski in 2006, Rauschkolb opened the Taco Bar. A few years later, the beachside Pizza Bar was opened.
His most recent addition, a new beach access, is the next step in the yearlong enhancement project for the restaurant group. "I had always wanted a beach access, and met with Robert Davis and architect Dhiru Thadani to design something that would lead directly off the Bud & Alley's gazebo and right onto the beach," he says. "When the building project is complete, this new access will directly connect all the way to Scenic 30A as the others do."
The beach access is meant to enhance the experience for guests, making it easy to go to the beach or come up and get a drink or snack and go back down to the beach. "Having that intimate connection to the beach is phenomenal especially considering Dhiru's design provides for sitting steps, adding an interactive arrangement for guests to relax together and take in the amazing views," Rauschkolb adds. "Dhiru told me he designed the sitting steps for romance, with the design allowing for two people to sit shoulder to shoulder, touching while taking in the breathtaking views. I just love that."
The enhancement project, which will be done in phases, will be the first building project to realize the vision for Seaside's central beach. The project includes moving the Taco Bar and the Pizza Bar to the more central location along the road adjacent to the north wall of the historic Bud & Alley's building. The Pizza Bar and Taco Bar will both be roadside walk-up eateries with outdoor seating and a long bar. The project also will include an additional 850 square feet attached to the existing Bud & Alley's roof-deck. The new building will have an elevator to the roof-deck and a two-story restroom facility to service the roof-deck customers. Rauschkolb says he struggled to find the right words to call the project. "Enhancement project says it all," he says. "The best part is that we're not taking anything away, only adding to and refining the Bud & Alley's experience."
And by managing the project in such a way as to allow all Bud & Alley's restaurants to remain open throughout construction, they hope to keep operations as seamless as possible.
Thadani, a Seaside Prize recipient, will be master planner for the project. "It was natural progression for me to hire Dhiru," Rauschkolb says. "I've known him for many years and have a high degree of respect for him. Dhiru's connection and influence to Seaside for the past 30+ years runs deep and I am so pleased to have his steady, creative hand guiding this enhancement project."
Due to its historic significance, the original Bud & Alley's building will not change.
"I place a high degree of importance on retaining the historical elements of Bud & Alley's," he says. "I wouldn't have it any other way, and Robert Davis agrees."
Rauschkolb has enjoyed witnessing Seaside's changes over the years. "It's been a dynamic process, always growing in a thoughtful, well planned and sometimes organic way," he says. "I have always liked the funkiness of Seaside. And Bud & Alley's structure has certainly retained that. For a building that has been added to in so many ways it sure works well. Each space has its own identity and proper proportion. It just works.
"Dhiru has worked with Robert Davis to create an absolutely beautiful master plan for the south side. And Bud & Alley's being the first project to be completed in this process makes sense," Rauschkolb says. "I'm as excited now as I was 31 years ago when I first saw Robert Davis' vision for the future town of Seaside. All these years of being in Seaside and having the privilege to be a part of it and have a voice in that vision has been a gift for me … and I can say with confidence the best is yet to come."
Visit Bud & Alley's online.


We have some great Marine Life photos to share with you this month.
You can also read about Maldivian sharks … mindless eating machines, or shy & timid creatures ?
2 March 2010 – In a move lauded by the Pew Environment Group the Maldives today declared its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), 90,000 square kilometers of the Indian Ocean, as a shark sanctuary free from all shark fishing and also banned all imports and exports of shark fins.


Made in a cauldron according to tradition, as does its ancestor, the authentic cube from Marseille, this liquid soap is elaborated with vegetable oils from Provence. This soap gently cleanses the skin. Presented in a glass pump bottle with a sleek and colorful design, it will look great in your kitchen or bathroom, and can be refilled with the corresponding refill bottle.
The iconic design on the glass bottles is often spotted in home decor design photos, showing the sleek Savon Liquide Marseille Extra Pur on one side and EP Compagnie de Provence on the other (EP for Extra Pur - which it is!).
Aqua (Water), Potassium Cocoate, Glycerin, Parfum (Fragrance), Hydroxyethylcellulose, Polyglyceryl-3 Caprylate, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Benzyl Salicylate, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Potassium Olivate, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Tocopherol, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil.
Keep one near every sink! Still made in a cauldron according to longtime tradition, this legendary Marseille soap is made with vegetable oils and naturally glycerined. Biodegradable, it's guaranteed free of artificial coloring and animal fats.
Love the liquid soap and the fact that it came with a safety seal for shipping.
Best soap on the market in my opinion! Have been purchasing it for at least five years; often give it as gifts as well.
Merchant Response:We tend to agree - thank you!
ConsNeed to clean dispenser ends frequently.
One note about the packaging: The shrink-wrap plastic used to keep the product from leaking also deforms the soap pumper, forcing the plastic pumper into a downward-facing position. An unintended consequence is that the pumper then forever drips, especially immediately after one has used the product.
My husband and I love the fragrance of this soap. It's not too feminine and very pleasant. The soap cleans without drying your skin. The bottle is gorgeous as well.
Moisturizer definitely doesn't dry and vegan!!!
I love it's smell so nice and make me feel so clean while my dry skin become moisture!
I've used the orange scented Savon de Marseille soap before, and I really liked it. But I love the smell of violets so I was thrilled to find their violet scented soap on Vickery! In fact, Savon de Marseilles soap is the only one my very picky daughter will use in her home.
I've been using Savon de Marseille for years. It washes away clean; doesn't leave any sort of residue on my hands. The scents are fantastic, and the packaging is gorgeous.
ProsGreat soap. Great scents. Great packaging.
Excellent produce and good timeline for delivery.
I have bought 4 different scents. In the end, not only myself but other men who have tried the Fig prefer it over the others. My wife liked the orange blossom in the kitchen, but in my opinion, the Fig is the best scent. This hand soap has a noticeably smoother texture to it than cheap grocery store soap. One squirt will suffice, so it lasts a while. The Fig scent remains well after washing your hands and it has a very unique scent. My buddy liked the Fig so much, he asked me for a bottle for Christmas.
Prosfantastic odor that lasts for a nice long time. extremely smooth texture. one squirt will be enough.


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The Uighurs: Coda
Newt Gingrich talking to Chris Wallace on Fox News (h/t):
"WALLACE: Well, let me get -- let' take one example, the Chinese Uighurs, Chinese Muslims...
GINGRICH: Right.
WALLACE: ... who were arrested in Afghanistan, brought to this country. The Pentagon says they're not enemy combatants. At least one federal judge has said they're not a threat. But if they go back to China, they're going to be prosecuted.
GINGRICH: Why is that our problem? I mean, why -- what -- if the -- if the -- what -- what is it -- why are we protecting these guys? Why does it become an American problem?
WALLACE: So what, send them to China and...
GINGRICH: Send them to China. If a third country wants to receive them, send them to a third country. But setting this precedent that if you get picked up by Americans -- I mean, the Somalian who was recently brought here who's a pirate -- I mean, if you get picked up by the Americans, you show up in the United States, a lawyer files an amicus brief on your behalf for free, a year later you have citizenship because, after all, how can we not give you citizenship since you're now here, and in between our taxpayers pay for you -- this is, I think -- verges on insanity."
Obviously, we can't send them back to China. They would be tortured or killed there, and knowing that, we are forbidden under international law to send them there.
The Uighurs became our problem when we imprisoned them. We were the ones who set up a system whereby we paid bounties to people for turning in foreign fighters. We were also the ones who decided (pdf),against decades of precedent, not to hold Article 5 Tribunals to determine which of the people we captured were actually combatants and which were not. That is: we set up a system in which people had incentives to turn in the innocent, and then we decided that we could dismantle our normal systems for telling the innocent from the guilty.
We have kept these men in jail for seven and a half years. They have wives and families who spent (pdf) the first four years of their imprisonment not knowing whether they were dead or alive. Some of them have children they have never met -- children who are seven years old now. If this is not our problem, I do not know what is.
I was brought up to believe that when I made a mistake, I should admit it and try to do whatever I could to make it right. I think this is true of me, and I think that it is true of my country. We should not let innocent people languish in prison just because we are afraid, despite all evidence to the contrary, that they might do something bad. It's foolish -- it's not as though no one will be able to keep track of the Uighurs if they are released. But more than that, it's cowardly and ignoble.
I would hope that my country is better than that. I hope that we have the minimal decency not to allow ourselves to be convinced by demagogues that we should be afraid to admit our mistakes and try to make things right. I would hope that we would actually investigate charges that people were "trained mass killers instructed by the same terrorists responsible for killing 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001" before we decided to let them rot in jail for no good reason.
I'd hope we would have the grace to do this even if the person making the charges wasn't someone who blamed liberals for a murder in which a woman cut another woman's abdomen open and stole her unborn child.
And I would hope that politicians would show some leadership and remind us that we are better than this. (Here I want to give a shout-out to Rep. James Moran, who has been very strong on this issue.) We do not have to be at the mercy of our most groundless fears. We do not have to let bullies like Newt Gingrich or blowhards like Jonah Goldberg dictate the terms of debate.
We can be better than that.
My main motivation for doing this is just the thought: the Uighurs are innocent, and they deserve better than this. But it's also worth noting what rides on this, and what is, I suspect, motivating some of the politicians who are using the Uighurs to score political points.
Barack Obama wants to close Guantanamo. To do so, he needs to find countries to take some of the detainees in. Many countries are quite understandably asking: if the United States won't take them in, why should we?
The Uighurs are the most obviously innocent of all the detainees. Uighur communities have offered to take them in and help them resettle. There are a lot of things in their favor. If Republicans block their release in this country, they can block the release of any detainee in this country. And if they do that, then the task of closing Guantanamo down will become much, much more difficult, perhaps impossible.
We should not let that happen without a fight.
Posted by hilzoy at 12:16 AM in Torture and Detention | Permalink
"why are we protecting these guys?"
It takes a special kind of guy to characterize holding somebody for years without any legal recourse as "protecting these guys".
That's our Newtie.
"If Republicans block their release in this country, they can block the release of any detainee in this country."
Republicans don't have to lift a finger. Harry freaking Reid has got their back.
Thanks for keeping this on the front burner hilzoy.
Posted by: russell | May 20, 2009 at 12:24 AM
"I would hope that my country is better than that."
Is naive the opposite cynical or just more respectable in your circle of friends.
Posted by: R | May 20, 2009 at 12:34 AM
"If Republicans block their release…"
Republicans can't really block much of anything right now. You can blame them for a lot – but this is now on Obama and Democrats. Obama can release them any day he wants to. It's Democrats who just decided not to fund the closing of Gitmo.
Democrats wanted to be in charge – they are now in charge. Gitmo, renditions, military tribunals, FISA – lots of change going on huh?
Posted by: OCSteve | May 20, 2009 at 07:09 AM
I've been reading different commentaries on this issue in an attempt to get some understanding of what the possibilities are for just disposition in the detainee cases. There is much support for outright release of those who appear to have no connections to terrorist activities. There is much politically based objection and/or reservation to outright release in the United States. But why, in all the world, has there not been third party countries willing to take these detainees? For those detainees where there remains evidence of real connections to terrorist ventures, I fail to see why Guantanamo Bay is not a suitable place for their detention.
Posted by: GoodOleBoy | May 20, 2009 at 08:08 AM
But why, in all the world, has there not been third party countries willing to take these detainees?
Albania took some, a few years back.
i'd link, but... i don't think that's possible anymore. you can google it.
Posted by: cleek | May 20, 2009 at 09:43 AM
So we are forbidden by international law to return these guys to China for torture and execution. So what? Why would anyone think Newt (or others of his ilk) give a damn about international law? I just cannot see how anyone would expect that argument, accurate as it is, to have any impact.
Posted by: wj | May 20, 2009 at 09:52 AM
"I was brought up to believe that when I made a mistake, I should admit it and try to do whatever I could to make it right. I think this is true of me, and I think that it is true of my country."
My feelings exactly.
Posted by: Point | May 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM
GoodOleBoy: China does not want them released. Apparently, Canada came close to taking them a few years ago, but got worried about what might happen to a Canadian who is in Chinese custody. They brought a lot of pressure on Albania after Albania took in five of them, and tried very hard, and almost successfully, to block Sweden from granting asylum to one of those five.
But look: we are the ones who screwed up. Other countries wonder: if the US isn't willing to do this, why should we?
Look, hilzoy has laid out a great defense case. She has given them the benefit of every doubt and attacked every element of the prosecution case. Unfortunately, governments are charged with the protection of their citizens so they ask another question: just what were the Uighurs doing in a military camp in Afghanistan, under the supervision of a high ranking al Queda operative? Hilzoy says that they are "innocent": what's the "innocent" explanation for that?
Well, there isn't any(hilzoy doesn't even try to offer one, and neither have the Uighurs or their attorneys). The only rational explanation is that there were there to be trained as militants, with the purpose that they would go back to China to join in the independence struggle.
Now, the good thing about that is that the Uighurs probably had no problems with the USA; their beef is with China.It may just be then that its OK to release them in the USA. But let's understand that it would be risky. These Uighurs aren't just poor little lambs who have gone astray: they were up to no good when caught. If anything happens if they are released, its the Obama administration that will take the blame.
It's foolish -- it's not as though no one will be able to keep track of the Uighurs if they are released.
Uh, hilzoy, we are not very good at keeping track of people. I can think of nineteen foreigners that we didn't keep track of very well, and how THAT turned out .
Posted by: stonetools | May 20, 2009 at 02:59 PM
The German government openly admits the same: Taking them could offend China and that could be bad for the economy => We don't want them.
The second reason is of course that this should be the US' problem.
(The main reason why Germany has been asked in the first place is that there is a Uighur community in Germany).
stonetools: "just what were the Uighurs doing in a military camp in Afghanistan, under the supervision of a high ranking al Queda operative? "
Can you provide evidence of this as the S government couldn't
Posted by: John Miller | May 20, 2009 at 04:19 PM
Well, there isn't any(hilzoy doesn't even try to offer one, and neither have the Uighurs or their attorneys).
Um, yes she has. Have you been reading this series?
Uh, hilzoy, we are not very good at keeping track of people. I can think of nineteen foreigners that we didn't keep track of very well, and how THAT turned out.
But we weren't exactly trying to track them now were we? It's more than a bit disingenuous to evoke pre-9/11 apathy when discussing possible courses of action now.
Posted by: Eric Martin | May 20, 2009 at 04:23 PM
I'm an immigration attorney who handles asylum cases. Not only would it be illegal for the USA to send these people back to China without a hearing should they set foot on US soil; virtually every statement that Gingrich utters about how our asylum system actually works is a grotesque mischaracterization, or outright lie.
His ignorance and demagoguery are stunning. I am repulsed and disgusted by this man.
Posted by: Redhand | May 20, 2009 at 04:34 PM
Can somebody, anybody please stuff Newt back into his packing crate and ship him to longterm storage?
He was unbelievably weird and combative on TDS last night, although I thought Stewart did a decent job of holding his have-it-both-ways rhetoric in the light for all to see and hopefully mock.
The Pelosi-CIA "coup" the Republicans have glommed onto seems far too feeble for all their coordinated pot-banging.
Posted by: Trollhattan | May 20, 2009 at 07:13 PM
a lawyer files an amicus brief on your behalf for free, a year later you have citizenship because, after all, how can we not give you citizenship since you're now here
I'll be the second immigration attorney on this thread to raise the point that Newt doesn't seem to know the first thing about immigration law. I'll keep that in mind if he weighs in later this year on immigration reform.
No one gets citizenship a year after they first arrive ... also, you have to be granted permanent resident status first as an intermediate step. You can't do that if you've been convicted of even relatively minor crimes like shoplifting or turnstile jumping. If the Uighurs committed any crimes more serious than shoplifting, then they can be tried and convicted like anyone else, and then deported. Even if they apply for and are granted asylum, they could be deported if convicted of certain crimes or shown to pose a security threat, unless they could prove to a rigorous standard that they would be tortured if sent back to China.
It's a more complicated picture than the one Newt puts forward, but it's what we've come to expect with the contempt for human rights and basic factual accuracy that he and his party have become known for. My sense is that many of the Uighur detainees would be more of an asset to this country than Newt.
Posted by: Dave Bennion | May 20, 2009 at 11:48 PM
"But why, in all the world, has there not been third party countries willing to take these detainees?"
It helps to know what you're talking about: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/guantanamo-bay_detainees.htm
[...] On January 17, 2009, DoD announced the transfer of six detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Four detainees were transferred to Iraq, one to Algeria and one to Afghanistan
On December 16, 2008, DoD announced the transfer of three detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Bosnia and Herzegovina
On November 25, 2008, DoD announced the transfer of Salim Hamdan from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Yemen
On November 10, 2008, DoD announced the transfer of two detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Algeria
On November 4, 2008, DoD announced the return of one detainee from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Somaliland.
On October 8, 2008, DoD announced the transfer of two detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. One detainee was transferred to Algeria and one detainee was transfered to Sudan.
On September 02, 2008, DoD announced the transfer of three detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Two detainees were transferred to Afghanistan and one detainee was transferred to Pakistan.
On August 26, 2008, DoD announced the transfer of two detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Algeria
On July 28, 2008, DoD announced the tranfer of three detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; one detainee was transferred to Afghanistan, one detainee to the United Arab Emirates, and one detainee to Qatar
On July 02, 2008, DoD announced the transfer of two detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Algeria
On May 2, 2008, DoD announced the transfer of nine detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Five detainees were transferred to Afghanistan, three to Sudan and one to Morocco.
On March 14, 2008, DoD announced that it had custody of Muhammad Rahim al-Afghani, a high-level member of al-Qaida captured in the War on Terror,previously held in CIA custody, and had placed him under control of the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
On December 28, 2007, DoD announced the transfer of ten detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Saudi Arabia.
On December 20, 2007, DoD announced the transfer of three detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the United Kingdom.
On December 12, 2007, DoD announced the transfer of fifteen detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Thirteen detainees were transferred to Afghanistan and two to Sudan.
On November 10, 2007, DoD announced the transfer of fourteen detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Saudi Arabia.
On November 04, 2007, DoD announced the transfer of eleven detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Eight detainees were transferred to Afghanistan, and three to Jordan.
End quote.
I'm ceasing quoting only for reasons of length; if you read the list there, you'll read of another hundred-plus detainees, in specific detail, listing each country, date, and number of detainees, who have been taken by other countries.
So in other words: wtf are you talking about? And why don't you bother to simply look up the facts? Googling two words: "guantanamo" and "released" gets you that link as the first hit.
Another reader has quoted a couple of dozen press releases listing transfers of a couple of hundred Guantanamo captives. However, with only a few exceptions, these were NOT transfers to third countries. They were repatriations to their countries of citizenship.
The UK has taken back eight foreigners who had previously had legal residency permission. This is what is meant by a "transfer to a third country".
Eight of the former captives who were determined in 2004 to be innocent men were transferred to Albania. That was a "transfers to a third country". Sweden is going to grant Asylum to one of the Uyghurs in Albania, because he has relatives there. Boumediene is going to be granted asylum in France, where he has relatives.
Until recently the eight men accepted by Albania, and the eight men accepted by the UK were the only men sent to third countries.
In answer to why America's allies haven't accepted more of the captives the USA "cleared for release or transfer". One reason is that the USA didn't say: "We cleared these 100 men for release or transfer, and any free, democratic, country, where they will be safe, can have them, without conditions.
The USA approached its allies secretly, one at a time, and would only allow their transfer under draconian and onerous conditions. The negotiation the UK went through to get its eight residents back were frustrating, and dragged on for years. A couple of years ago they leaked the conditions the USA was trying to insist on. The UK could not have back Bisher Al Rawi, the former resident they really wanted, unles sthey were willing to take all eight. AND they had to agree to either imprison the men, or to subject them to round the clock surveillance.
Posted by: arcticredrivera | May 21, 2009 at 01:01 AM
"In answer to why America's allies haven't accepted more of the captives the USA "cleared for release or transfer". One reason is that the USA didn't say: "We cleared these 100 men for release or transfer, and any free, democratic, country, where they will be safe, can have them, without conditions."
Exactly. If they really wanted to solve this, they could add "We're so sorry for destroying your life, here's a large monetary settlement, and please consider not suing us so we won't have to threaten your new home country".
Posted by: windy | May 21, 2009 at 03:26 AM
Duh, Gary. I was asking about the Uighurs in the post topic, not about others who have been released.


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// License: Boost Software License   See LICENSE.txt for the full license.
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Tech Industry Leaders Call Out Israel's "Chaotic" Handling of Covid-19 Procurement Crisis
Lemonade's Shai Wininger and Appsflyer's Oren Kaniel accuse the Israeli Health Ministry sidelining the import of necessary medical supplies
Shai Wininger
Oren Kaniel
Israeli tech leaders are fuming at what they describe as the government's mishandling of the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. Several tech leaders who have contributed their time and networks to help the fight against coronavirus, mostly in the import of protective equipment and testing kits, now claim that the Health Ministry has failed to adjust to crisis mode. The ministry must adjust purchase and operation methods at this time when countries battle over limited resources.
In a blunt post to his Facebook page Friday, Shai Wininger, co-founder of online insurance company Lemonade Inc., criticized Israel's Defense and Health Ministries, saying that their "purchase departments are operating chaotically, spinning their wheels, while making no headway. While other countries are buying up emergency equipment, here we are haggling over nickels and dimes."
Shai Wininger. Photo: PR
Wininger recently announced that he was abandoning his activities at Lemonade in order to try and aid the state in battling the coronavirus outbreak, placing special focus on procuring medical equipment.
Oren Kaniel, CEO and co-founder of marketing analytics company AppsFlyer Ltd., also posted a furious post last week addressed to Moshe Bar-Siman-Tov, director-general of the Israeli health ministry. "For several weeks we have been trying to import tens of thousands of kits to test for coronavirus antibodies," Kaniel wrote. "The tests can indicate whether people have been infected and now immune. It is the same kits that are being used in China. Results are provided within 30 minutes that can relieve people from quarantine. Many citizens are stuck at home because there are no testing kits available. Why wont your ministry allow us to import the kits?"
AppsFlyer CEO Oren Kaniel Photo: Courtesy of AppsFlyer
Speaking to Calcalist on Monday, Wininger said that the frustration was mostly aimed at the bureaucracy. "Power struggles are emerging," Whiniger said. "The health ministry is being run by clerks in a centralized manner that is simply unfit for the modern age. The defense ministry is adept at managing crises, but perhaps not necessarily at purchasing medical equipment. The finance ministry meanwhile is trying to pinch their pennies. We have an impossible triangle with each side pulling in a different direction," he said, adding that "It is important to note that there are amazing, dedicated and good-willed people in the field trying to help, but they are being blocked by the system."
Both Wininger and Kaniel have business ties in China. In a Monday interview, Kaniel told Calcalist about his attempts to import the serological test kits."We have a Chinese team of 70 peolpe that I've been in talks with since January. I asked them to find me a test kit manufacturer. We put aside tens of thousands of inexpensive kits and are trying to ship them over, but it has not been easy. Soon the Chinese authorities will block exports of such products and announce they are keeping them for their own people."
"We need to wake up. The world is in the midst of a purchasing war. Everyone is chasing after a limited supply of medical equipment in China and other countries," Wininger said. "When you are at war, you must act quickly, cleverly, decisively and aggressively. In order to succeed in procuring the equipment that everyone is after, you need teams on the ground, in China, circulating among the various factories and able to pay, in cash, and outbid other countries. We need a fleet of cargo planes waiting on runways to bring the equipment here, he said. "What is actually going on is that you have a team of clerks sitting behind desks in Israel and arguing over prices to save a few pennies, offering no more than 20% down payments, raising difficulties by demanding the filing of endless forms, requiring the approval of seven different officials which takes days and then express surprise when other countries snatch up the deals from under our noses. The U.S., European countries, and Gulf states are spending billions in cash using guerilla tactics. They don't wait for anything. They arrive with suitcases full of money and load their purchases onto trucks immediately."
Recently, Wininger said, he attempted to help procure one of the hottest commodities out there: surgical gloves. "Israel needs more than 100 million gloves," he said. "We were able, through a group of entrepreneurs who work with me, tirelessly and on a volunteer basis, to use our contacts to negotiate significant agreements ensuring the purchase of 80% of Israel's required supply of gloves for the next year. That was five days ago. Since then, half of the supply was bought up by others, while we are stuck in one of the purchase approval stages: a doctor's approval, the health ministry's approval, defense ministry approval, finance ministry approval, and finally: the approval of (hospital services company) Sarel, which will probably never come because they have their own agenda. The entire system is paralyzed due to bureaucracy, lack of central management by someone familiar with modern practices and the prevailing fear of an investigation committee that is sure to be appointed to look into the failures," Wininger said. "I have been in contact with various hospital administrators as well as doctors and nurses who are begging for protective equipment. Doctors are purchasing protective gear independently because the hospitals are refusing to supply them. If we are able to protect a doctor who treats dozens of people a day and thousands a month, the impact is exponential."
Medical gloves factory in Malaysia. Photo: Reuters
Another senior businessman who is also involved in procurement efforts but asked to remain anonymous, told Calcalist he sees things a bit differently than Wininger and Kaniel. "The health ministry is unprepared to cope with emergencies. The only body capable of meeting this type of challenge is the defense ministry, which is currently running operations with professional guidance by the health ministry, and the process is running far better," he said. "When we got started there was a big mess since the health ministry people didn't know how to work at the pace and intensity needed and since the purchase people were monitoring every cent and afraid of an investigative committee. Management was unsynchronized and haphazard with each agency operating independently resulting in total chaos."
"When we got started," that person said, "we operated opposite each agency individually, mapping out needs and attempting to find new suppliers. We tried to ascertain which of the manufacturers was lying and which was telling the truth, a difficult task when working at a fast pace, because the market was flooded with cheats and would-be middlemen. Last week, for example, there were eight deals to purchase N95 face masks that fell through because the suppliers lied about having access to them. Even if you are able to find a relevant supplier the procurement process is very long and convoluted at a time when what is needed is a rapid and aggressive process, in which you are willing to put up 100% of the money upfront, since the competition is so stiff. The standard procurement agencies simply don't know how to cope in such a market. These are huge challenges and even though I'm furious at the system, you must be aware of the vast complications."
Calcalist spoke this week with several senior health ministry officials who said, on condition of anonymity, that they were aware of the challenges the existing system poses, but stressed that they were able to import enough medical equipment to meet most of the current demand. The officials added that soon all production of necessary medical equipment will be relocated to Israel.
Responding to Calcalist's request for a comment, a spokesperson for the health ministry said: "The Ministry of Health receives hundreds of requests. We listen to everybody, conduct public discussions and recommend the appropriate policy to the government. We do it all by coordinating with other agencies including the Mossad, the Ministry of Defense, The Israel Defense Forces, The Internal Security Agency, the Israel Police and various health sector agencies.


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