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Local Trooper's Naval Officer Son Visits White House
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Vigo County—ISP Master Trooper Hans Nowak of the Putnamville Post, recently received news from his son that would make any father extremely proud. His son, US Naval Officer Lt. Hans A. Nowak II, was part of a contingent of officers invited to the White House by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. In part, to recognize Lt. Nowak as a Junior Officer of the Year for 2016.
In early April, the 12 officers who emerged from the rigorous JOOY (Junior Officer of the Year) process and their significant others spent a week in Washington, D.C., meeting senior military leaders at the Pentagon, congressmen at Capitol Hill, and the President and Vice President at the White House. "Having our wives with us was extremely important," said Lt. Nowak. "The sacrifice Nicole has made overshadows anything I have done." According to Lt. Nowak, Vice President Pence welcomed the group in the Roosevelt Room at the White House and showed his Hoosier Pride by immediately calling out for the couple from Indiana. "It was an honor meeting Vice President Pence. He was extremely welcoming." At that point, the JOOYs did not know they were going to meet the President. "We only thought we were going to meet the Vice President, but at the end of our talk with him, he said that the President was expecting us in the Oval Office. To say we were excited would be an understatement", stated Lt. Nowak. The JOOYs and their significant others were then invited into the Oval Office to meet and take pictures with President Trump. "I would not be where I am today without the sailors I have been honored to lead. They are the foundation for all my accomplishments and enabled me to meet the President. The experience was amazing. My sailors are amazing", commented Lt. Nowak."
What does it take to be selected as a Submarine Junior Officer of the Year (JOOY) from approximately 1,000 junior officers? According to Undersea Warfare Magazine, you need to have experienced leadership, keen intellect, and an unwavering tenacity outstanding enough to win the nomination from your submarine crew and endorsement from your submarine's commanding officer. Then you need to demonstrate complete mastery of nuclear power, mariner skills, and the tactical employment of your submarine. Finally, you need to be selected by your squadron commodore. Lt. Hans A. Nowak II, a native of Terre Haute, earned the title of JOOY for 2016. He and his wife Nicole, also a native of Terre Haute, were recently recognized for their service and sacrifice by being invited to the Oval Office to meet the President of the United States.
Lt. Nowak was born in Terre Haute, Indiana to Hans and Kristi Nowak. In 2008, he graduated from Terre Haute North Vigo High School and reported to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where he double majored in Applied Mathematics and Quantitative Economics. After earning his commission as a Nuclear Submarine Officer in 2012, he began his nuclear training in Charleston, SC. He attended Nuclear Power School, a graduate-level school focused on advanced nuclear power theory, and then completed a Submarine Officer Leadership School. After graduating at the top of his class, Lt. Nowak reported to the ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734).
While on USS TENNESSEE, Lt. Nowak served as the Chemistry and Radiological Controls Officer, Nuclear Reactor Plant Supervisor, Communications and Information Systems Officer, and Submarine Operations Supervisor. As the Chemistry and Radiological Controls Officer, he was responsible for the health of the nuclear reactor plant, people, and environment. As the Communications and Information Systems Officer, he was responsible for maintaining continuous, direct communications with the President of the United States and decoding nuclear launch orders to verify their authentication.
Lt. Nowak amassed numerous accomplishments and accompanying accolades in his professional career aboard USS TENNESSEE. In 2016 alone, Lt. Nowak received an award for excellence in project management, graduated at the top of his Nuclear Engineer Officer School class, certified as a Nuclear Engineer, received the 2016 Submarine Communications Award, improved the submarine in fourteen critical inspection areas, reduced recurring deficiencies in his divisions by 75%, received a Navy Achievement Medal, and completed two deployments, including the longest strategic deterrent patrol in history. His accolades in 2016 ultimately led him to be selected as USS TENNESSEE's JOOY (Junior Officer of the Year) and subsequently selected by the Commander of Submarine Squadron TWENTY as the JOOY for the entire strategic deterrent waterfront.
Lt. Nowak is married to Nicole Nowak of Terre Haute, Indiana. She graduated in 2011 from Butler University, where she majored in Chemistry and minored in Biology. Hans and Nicole Nowak were married in 2013 and both reside in Cambridge, Massachusetts with their identical twin boys Kaden and Kyan. There Lt. Nowak is teaching engineering courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is the head of Nuclear Programs for MIT, Harvard, and Tufts. He plans to attend graduate school while stationed in Cambridge.
Official White House photos attached. One being from left to right, Nicole Nowak, Lt. Hans Nowak II, and Vice President Mike Pence. The other photos are of the group of recognized officers with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
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So today I turned half of 90, not much you do as an adult for your birthday but alongside some Lego I got taken out for brunch by a friend to glorious underrated Forest Hill.
If its not enough that the South East London borough has the Horiman Museum it also is home to some of the capitals finest independent shops and cafes.
Canvas & Cream is not only a fantastic eatery but also is home to art in the C&C gallery, I'd be quite happy to get the train just to come here to be honest.
THE only haberdashery shop that also feels like something out of Bagpuss, Stag & Bow. This treasure trove of threads, fabric and pins also has art, gifts by local designers and runs courses. If you have a sewing machine or knitting needles you would be mad not to visit.
After getting your fill of threads from Stag & Bow I can highly recommend a coffee and cake in The Archie Parker - I didn't visit today because I was too full from early but I did pop into Sugar Mountain. This sweet treat of a place is 80's heaven I had no idea it was there until today! Ice cream sitting in a booth with an E.T. and Back to the Future posters what more could you ask for? oh yes a Metal Mickey annual to hand!
SE23 has a heck of a lot to offer, if you haven't taken a look then go! especially if you're on the orange line (you know the overground).


An album with a title that makes me think of my childhood art teacher Mr Buick, who would cause havoc if anyone walked on the grass outside the art department, Hearing him bark the phrase is deeply embedded in my memory. But this Italian German and English band based in London and recording in Hackney would know nothing of that torture.
Instead this album opens with the grinding heavy rock of She Likes It that sort of turns a Talking Heads riff into a rock monster of a tune full of lust and yearning for the girl that likes it.
To The Sky sounds a bit like Buckcherry but with lyrics that don't sound like they come from a self-help group as scouse singer Gerard Edwards really does seem to channel Josh Todd a good bit as the guitars go off around him.
Under The Skin slows things down a bit in a way that might cause some fans to whip out the lighters or these days the mobile phones as they get all windswept and anthemic as we find out just how she got under his skin and they reference the Scorpions most insidious global monster of a hit just before a really cool guitar solo from Marco Simoncelli as we all wave our arms from side to side.
It's Alright is yet another song with that title and not one of the songs it could have been. Yes it's a moody piece of slow heartbreak rock that would work well coming on before Buckcherry's Sorry.
Keep Off The Grass will have many of us reaching for the grass in defiance even if this song is more about paranoia brought on by a partner who doesn't come home when they should over some cool guitars that sound bluesier than most of the rest of the album.
We Are The Stars starts to slowly build so it can feel totally monumental as he goes full on windblown and epic in his claims to be the mountain as things goes right and wrong and it sort of sounds a bit Soundgarden at the slow end of things.
Higher Than Life is a good moody slice of uplifting rock claiming that together they are higher than life AAAHHH!! Ain't that sweet it really is a sweet song with a sort of familiar bass motif that runs through it.
Be Mine is a full on pleadingly slow beg for her to be his so that he can serenade her like he's Josh Todd but with fewer tattoo's and less cocaine mania so go on be his you know you want to as his Love's on the line.
Watching You Burn is more hard rocking seduction as they watch an argument unfold and they watch someone burn with anger pain and rejection over the guitars that are freaking out like a proper tantrum and the flames grow higher.
The album closes with Looking For Love that has the first really noticeable piano Hammond sound that I've heard even though it's featured on 5 songs I must listen harder as this song slowly builds as they want to finish with everyone hugging each other while waving lighters in the air with them which is a pretty good sentiment and nice way to end a cool album.


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NOVEMBER 2015 - Researchers from the University of Alberta and the University of Waterloo are the latest recipients of three grants totalling more than $88,000 from the Innovation Fund of the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy.
"CFP is very excited to help fund these research initiatives because we think they have the potential to have broad application across the profession of pharmacy," says Dayle Acorn, Executive Director for the Foundation.
The University of Alberta's Christine Hughes and her research team will examine how pharmacists provide patient care services using the pharmacy services framework in Alberta. Working with the Alberta Pharmacists Association, researchers will explore relationships between real-life community pharmacy practice and the development and implementation of care plans. The hope is that study findings will inform policy makers interested in reimbursement frameworks as well as professional organizations looking for ways to support pharmacists' practice change.
Tejal Patel, Assistant Professor at U of W, is investigating the use of pharmacist interventions to reduce polypharmacy and high-risk medication use among the frail elderly in the primary care setting. With pharmacists being increasingly integrated into primary care practices, this study will highlight pharmacists' potential to improve care and outcomes among the most vulnerable of in our population.
Sherilyn Houle, an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo, is leading a team of researchers to investigate the clinical effectiveness and patient satisfaction of a pharmacist-managed travel medicine clinic under a pharmacist's expanded scope of practice. While previous research has looked at patient satisfaction, clinical appropriateness and acceptance of recommendations provided with pharmacist travel consultations, none of these were within the context of the pharmacist being an independent prescriber of these therapies.


Sarah Militano heard the news last Friday and came home with an idea on a new way to spend their sports-watching dollars.
Her husband Marshall had already beat her to the punch.
Marshall Militano and his wife, Sarah, secured 'Lopes basketball season tickets once they heard Dan Majerle was named head coach.
Marshall and Sarah are new basketball season ticket holders at Grand Canyon University, jumping on the Antelopes' bandwagon after Dan Majerle was hired as head coach of the men's team.
"When we heard Dan Majerle, oh wow, we just found another place to go watch basketball," said Marshall, noting they had previously been season ticket holders for the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury. "My friend George Smith bought two tickets as well, right next to us.
The Militanos of the West Valley are not alone in their new-found interest in GCU.
James Hall, box office supervisor at GCU Arena, said they received about 20 new season ticket inquiries the first day after the Majerle announcement. "And we got a lot of employees who had reserved seats last year who called to make sure they could renew," Hall said.
The Militanos were not just casual fans of the Suns and Mercury. They were avid supporters of the teams, serving on advisory boards and attending town hall meetings. But they became disgruntled with the direction the Suns have taken since Jerry Colangelo sold the team, players like Steve Nash and Grant Hill were not re-signed, and a coach like Majerle was not retained.
They've also taken notice of Grand Canyon University, and said they like what they see.
"We see your name everywhere," Marshall said. "I'm in education and my wife is in education, so we see children and talk to parents. Grand Canyon's name always comes up. You see the growth, the name recognition and the development.
Neither has ever been to a game at GCU Arena, but they do like college basketball. And the price – $200 for a season ticket in their section – couldn't be beat.
"We've been spending thousands on the Suns and Mercury," Marshall said. "We actually wanted courtside seats (at GCU) but there is a little bit of a waiting list for those. If the opportunity arose, we would take that.


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Q: Do not allow Firebase node listing TL;DR;
users can't read/write at root/chat-rooms/
users can read/write at root/chat-rooms/guid-id
Full version:
I have the following Firebase structure:
root > chat-rooms > room-id-guid (1000+) > messages under each room-id-guid
I don't want my users to authenticate with user/pass; as long as you can get into the room through the UI (links are generated on the server, and only a couple of rooms are available to any given user), you can read/write.
What I don't want is for users to be able to list all of the room-id-guids (e.g. through the developer console) and read/write to the room bypassing the UI.
Is this possible?

A: To accomplish this, simply disable reading at the root or list-level of your Firebase, but permit reading at the specific room level:
{
  ".read": "false",
  ".write": "false",
  "chat-rooms": {
    "$guid": {
      ".read": "true"
    }
  }
}

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Hi. I hope someone can help me. I've been struggling with something weird trying to compile the HelloWorld tutorial.
I tried restarting the language server.
But the error still occurs. Despite this, the completion still works.
So I try to build, using Ctrl + Shift + B.
Even though the black window's there and the application cursor doesn't even appear.
But if I go out and try to test it from the cmd it does work!
So, I don't know, what's going on? How can I fix the build?
The cache error appears again.
When I compile the Html5, the app deploys normally into the web browser.
The ApplicationMain not found error happens when you haven't built for the selected target yet (see https://github.com/openfl/lime-vscode-extension/issues/44). As the warning says, it doesn't meant that completion won't work, just that it will be slower than it could be.
Hi Gama11.~ Thank you for answering. Modifying the settings.json makes it work.
As it could be annoying to modify the file for every project, I tried downgrading Lime and OpenFl.


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Q: Question about an exercise concerning empty coproduct The question below is taken from Arrows, Structures and Functors by Arbib and Manes.
Can someone tell me if my solution is correct or if I am wrong, what am I not understanding or misinterpreting about the question.  Also, I read online that the empty coproduct (coproduct indexed by the empty set) is the same as an initial object in $C$ (denotes category).  I don't know what that means since I am still a beginner in category theory and the book I am using have not talked about initial or terminal objects.

The interesting thing about general definitions is that they are often more general than you realize.  Consider what happens to $\prod_{i\in I}A_i$ and $\coprod_{i\in I}A_i$ when $I=\emptyset$,
$$\prod A_i=\{f|f:\emptyset \rightarrow \emptyset\}$$ and so have exactly one element.
What is the empty coproduct?

Attempt solution.
Is the question asking if $I=\emptyset$ and set $A_\emptyset=\emptyset$, then what is $A\sqcup A$?.  In this case if we let $A'=\{(\emptyset,1)|\emptyset\in A\}$, then $A'\sqcup A'=\{(\emptyset,1)\}\cup\{(\emptyset,1)\}=\{(\emptyset,1)\}=\emptyset$
Thank you in advance

A: The universal property of the coproduct of indexed sets $\{A_i\}_{i\in I}$ is this:

"The" coproduct: $$\bigsqcup_{i\in I}A_i$$Is any set $\mathcal{A}$ with maps $\iota_i:A_i\hookrightarrow\mathcal{A}$ for all $i$, such that:

For any set $X$ and family of functions $A_i\overset{f_i}{\longrightarrow}X$, there is a unique function: $$\large\mathcal{A}=\bigsqcup_{i\in I}A_i\overset{\langle f_i\rangle}{\longrightarrow}X$$Such that: $$\langle f_i\rangle\circ\iota_j=f_j:A_j\to X,\quad\forall j\in I$$

So now let $I=\emptyset$. This is the meaning of 'empty coproduct'. What happens? We need to find a set $\mathcal{A}$ and... no functions at all, since there are no $A_i$... such that for every family of functions $f_i:A_i\to X$ - there is only one, the 'empty' family, existing for every set $X$ uniquely - we get a unique function $\mathcal{A}\to X$ for which... oh, there are no functions $f_i,\iota_i$ to test the composition on!
We see that the universal property massively reduces to the following:

For every set $X$, there is a unique function $\mathcal{A}\to X$

The only solution to this in $\mathsf{Set}$ is $\mathcal{A}:=\emptyset$.

If you aren't satisfied with e.g. "the empty family of functions", consider that this is no more or less weird than the notion of 'empty function'.  Note that we can also extend the notion of coproduct to $I=\emptyset$ in another natural way. For any set $I$, we could define the coproduct of the $A_i$ to be the colimit of the functor $\mathfrak{D}(I)\to\mathsf{Set}$ that assigns $i\mapsto A_i$, $\mathrm{id}\to\mathrm{id}$, where $\mathfrak{D}(I)$ is the discrete category on the elements of $I$.
This definition agrees with the usual one for nonempty $I$, and for $I=\emptyset$ it gives us the same answer $\mathcal{A}=\emptyset$, as $\mathfrak{D}(I)$ is empty and the colimit of any empty diagram is the initial object of that category, when it exists, by similar reasoning (the universal property reduces).
If you haven't learn about (co)limits of diagrams yet, you may ignore the above.


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Why China is still spirited away by the movie magic of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki
Rather than wait for the weekend, Shanghai data analyst Wang Guyue decided to take a day off work to go to the movies.
The 35-year-old chose a time when her son would be at school because she "wanted to enjoy the movie quietly by herself".
As she settled in to see the movie she first saw 18 years ago on a pirated DVD, Wang noticed that all the other people in the cinema were adults like her.
They were all there to see Spirited Away, a Japanese animated film produced in 2001 but only officially released in mainland China last month. Until now, the Oscar-winning movie has only been available illegally but it and others from Studio Ghibli, the production house co-founded by filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, influenced a generation of Chinese viewers, connecting the two countries through some tumultuous diplomatic times.
Fans rushed to theatres, earning the movie over 300 million yuan (US$43.7 million) in the first week of its release on June 21.
Wang first watched the movie as a high school student with several friends squeezed in front of a small computer screen, their minds captivated by 10-year-old Chihiro's adventures in what appears to be an abandoned amusement park.
"The movie was a real masterpiece. The colour, the illustration, the imagination, the music. Everything was flawless," she said.
Wang immediately became a fan and followed Miyazaki's other movies over the years, her favourite being Ponyo.
Sitting in the theatre, Wang still appreciated what originally attracted her to Miyazaki's works but this time realised she was also touched by many small moments that made characters to human.
"When I was a little girl I was so focused on the plot of parents being turned to pigs that I cried," she said.
"The movie touched me on a different level [this time] … I saw what a courageous girl Chihiro was and how kindness, no matter how trivial, from others can make a big difference."
"When Zeniba gave Chihiro the hairband woven … by her friends and said magic could not produce this, the script was so beautiful I just felt like crying."
Mainland audience eager for big screen debut of Spirited Away
The movie's official mainland release has been a long time coming.
Miyazaki is an admirer of traditional Chinese paintings and the early work of Shanghai Animation Film Studio, including Havoc in Heaven and L ittle Tadpoles Look for Mama. He visited China and the studio in 1984, but people reportedly only wanted to discuss how animators were paid.
His movies were not released officially on the mainland until My Neighbour Totoro premiered last year, three decades after it was made.
Spirited Away took in over 300 million yuan (US$43.7 million) in the first week of its release in China. Photo: EPA-EFE
In the intervening years, pirated DVDs, downloads and online discussions of his movies created a large fan base for Miyazaki in China, with his popularity cutting across age groups. Fans discuss his works in online chat rooms and hundreds of articles have been written about the movies.
For Yoki Yang, a 19-year-old student from Communication University of Zhejiang, the movies are a bond with her mother, something they sometimes discuss in their phone calls with each other.
Her mother bought a collection of Miyazaki's works when Yang was in kindergarten would watch them by herself in the family home in Kunming, Yunnan province.
Over time, Yang also watched the movies and began identifying with the characters.
"I learned to be accountable, to be independent, to be kind and to be a better self on my own," Yang said. "I feel I am growing with Chihiro."
Yang Xiaolin, director of Tongji University's Institute of Film Studies in Shanghai, said the movies' appeal remained broad despite the ups and downs in relations between China and Japan.
Yang Xiaolin said the popularity was in part because Beijing appreciated the anti-war message in Miyazaki's movies and allowed his work to be discussed publicly, if not encouraged, even without an official release.
He also said Miyazaki's messages about universal themes such as courage, friendship, loyalty, and respect for nature, were woven quietly into his films.
"Most of the movies are about the personal growth of young children. Sometimes these children are very lonely without their parents, just like in the movie My Neighbour Totoro, taking audiences back to their childhood," he said.
"Some movies depict universal feelings and values, like environmental protection, reconciling with your parents and working hard. They are easily accepted by everyone and make the movies a commercial success with high artistic standards."
A visitor sits at a cinema's hall as a trailer for Spirited Away shown on a big screen in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Lin Lian, a human resources specialist in Jinjiang, Fujian province, also finds inspiration in the movies for her professional life.
Lin first saw a pirated download of Spirited Away with friends when she was a middle school student. She watched the film another five times after she started work – relating to different things each time.
At first it was just a fantasy film, but then Lin started to work as a junior clerk and related to Chihiro, who was assigned to do the dirtiest jobs in the bathhouse for the gods.
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After Lin specialised in human resource, the film changed to become more about the need to firmly "resist temptations and value more important things such as professionalism".
When she watched the film in the theatre late last month to "pay back Miyazaki a movie ticket", something different came to her.
"We can live a simpler life and be truer to ourselves just like children," Lin said. "I know I will watch the film again every few years. Perhaps I will take away something totally different then."
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WASHINGTON — The House Republican leadership faces a Thursday deadline to decide if it will continue to defend laws that limit veterans benefits to opposite-sex couples in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling striking down a similar provision in the Defense of Marriage Act.
"We're reviewing the impact of the Supreme Court's decision, and don't have any announcement to make at this time," House Speaker John Boehner's spokesman, Michael Steel, told BuzzFeed on Wednesday when asked if the defense of the veterans' statutes would continue.
The day after the Supreme Court ruled in Edie Windsor's challenge to Section 3 of DOMA that the federal definition of marriage that excluded gay couples in DOMA is unconstitutional, Judge Richard Stearns asked the parties in another lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts and addressing the rights of service members and veterans and their spouses, to give "any reasons why judgment should not enter for plaintiffs in this case."
The plaintiffs in the Massachusetts case, filed by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and Chadbourne &Park, argued in a Wednesday filing in the case that the decision in Windsor's case controls the outcome in their case and that Stearns should decide in their favor.
In addition to challenging DOMA, the plaintiffs — led by Maj. Shannon McLaughlin, a judge advocate general in Massachusetts Army National Guard, and her wife, Casey — challenge two statutes in Title 38 of the U.S. Code regarding veterans' benefits that define "spouse" as "a person of the opposite sex."
As with Section 3 of DOMA, which Attorney General Eric Holder announced in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner in February 2011 that the government would no longer be defending in court challenges because the administration had decided the statute is unconstitutional, Holder informed Boehner in February 2012 that the Justice Department would be not be defending the challenged provisions in Title 38.
"The language of the Title 38 provisions is identical in material respects to the language of Section 3 of DOMA: Those provisions, like Section 3, define the term 'spouse' (or 'surviving spouse') as 'a person of the opposite sex,'" Holder wrote in the Feb. 17, 2012, letter.
In the Wednesday filing in the Massachusetts case, the plaintiffs argue that Windsor "is plainly dispositive," noting that "the same logic that required DOMA to be invalidated applies with equal force to the definitional provisions for the term 'spouse' and phrase 'surviving spouse,' as used in [Title 38]."
Since the February 2011 letter, the House Republican leadership, through its control of the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, defended Section 3 of DOMA. It continued with that defense as to the veterans' provisions, in the Massachusetts case and in a similar case brought in federal court in California by the Southern Poverty Law Center on behalf of Tracey and Maggie Cooper-Harris.
Stearns' request in the Massachusetts case contained a 21-day deadline, which is Thursday. Neither the Justice Department nor BLAG have yet responded to his request.
Update - 1:25 p.m., EST: A spokesman for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, one of the two Democrats on BLAG, asked Boehner to stop the defense in a statement to BuzzFeed.
"Now that the Supreme Court has spoken, it's time for Speaker Boehner to stop spending scarce taxpayer dollars defending discrimination. The Court was clear: The federal government must respect all marriages equally and fully. Rather than trying to delay justice for particular married gay and lesbian couples and their families, House Republicans should be working with their Democratic colleagues in Congress and the Administration to bring federal government into compliance with Court's ruling as quickly as possible," Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said in a statement.
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Sabrina, 20, Tucson, Ariz. Why are there 14-year-olds rolling at Coachella? Electric Daisy Carnival is only 18 and older because three years ago a girl who was 15 died. [EDM shows] should be 18 and up. So many people are literally just kids doing drugs! I think festivals just want your money, they want you to go crazy. They don't want you to die, but they like audiences that are [on drugs.] I've not taken drugs at shows and it's been great. People need to know where they get their drugs. People will just go in a tent and say "Who has drugs?!"You shouldn't buy off randos and should be smart.
Artha, 19, Los AngelesAt Hard Summer it's not hard to [bring drugs in]. They'll grab your bra or pat you down. At EDC, they go through all of your stuff. Sometimes people will skip the line if they recognize a specific security guard —97% of the time people get in with everything. I don't think security people care that much at EDC. You'll see people selling things, and there isn't a big concern over whether or not someone's OK. The first day at EDC at midnight I saw a guy pulled out on a stretcher and then I heard that someone died there that night. It was really scary because it was my first time. You'll pass girls who have their eyes rolling back in their heads;that's not OK. The fact that I didn't see security at the second biggest [EDM] show in America is a problem. I don't think EDM could survive without the connection to drugs but it's such a big part of it, and it's an unfortunate part.
*Michael, 20, DenverMy friends and I have already done [many drugs] before, so we're over it. When I go into a show, it's about seeing the actual artist. But younger kids are riskier —the people who are dying at these shows are younger. I went to this Halloween show called Something Wicked in Houston, and multiple people were collapsing and on stretchers. It was one of those "whoa"moments. When I first started going to EDM shows, it was called electronica. It was a concert that's now become a party. People come and aren't even looking at the stage. I don't think there's anything to stop people from doing drugs, but there can be a better conversation about informing people. People are going to do [drugs], and you're only hearing about people getting hurt after it happens.
*Jack, 23, San Jose, Calif.I have taken MDMA at events. I take it to enhance my experience. Most of the decorations and crazy lights are (in my opinion) meant to be enjoyed by both sober and non-sober people. Anyone who has taken MDMA can attest how great a light show is and how extra-special those fireworks look at EDC while rolling. But no one wants to see a 15-year-old rolling balls being really sloppy, that's just wrong. Just because you don't "feel it after taking two pills"doesn't mean you should take two more. The biggest issue is that people don't know what they are taking. There are test kits available and they are really easy to use. People should know what MDMA or any other drug does to your body.
Millie, 20, CaliforniaAT EDC I saw a girl on a stretcher and I got scared, then I heard two had people died that night. When the lights go on after a show you'll look and see all the smushed pills in baggies on the floor. People can sneak in anything. Most security guards who are younger, they like the kids. They'll probably see it and let it slide. Everybody judges these shows before they come to them, though. The vibes around them are so good. I've met people I never thought I would meet at these shows. People look up to the DJs and they should tell the audience to be safe, don't be stupid, before they play.
Christian, 21, Santa MonicaIt's hard to blame the youth for all these overdoses and accidents happening because that stuff happens every day. I do think now that I am 21 and the scene is turning very young it's up to us veterans to show them the way: to always take care of your fellow humans and be very responsible but also enjoy the time you have too. Venues can do their part too, by educating [fans] more and having water stations at EDM-related events. The artists aren't really speaking up how they should be. I believe that shows and drugs can co-exist and we can improve that by public service announcements and by educating with testing kits and always having a friend with you when tripping. That is what the DJs should be sponsoring.
John, 25, Los AngelesI take drugs sometimes. I do it because it's an enjoyable combination, especially when other people are doing it too. But I do a good job of controlling myself. The only drugs I do contain MDMA. I haven't had any negative experiences aside from not being able to sleep for a couple hours. Kids under 18 should not be doing drugs, period. They don't have a sense of control and it's more likely to cause long-term damage while they're developing. But people like to do what they're told not to. The drugs ARE there and they aren't going anywhere. Another thing that would help is less-strict drugs laws —[which are] obviously not happening —so things are manufactured better.
Sammy, 21, San FranciscoI feel like [drugs at shows] is an inevitability that we all should manage as a community. Sharing water, information, testing kits, and just human caring can be the difference between a fiasco and a show that goes perfectly smoothly. I think there are more artists coming out as very much against drug use at shows, which is both a good and bad thing. I would like to think that taking a harm-reduction point of view (basically acknowledging that there will be some people who choose to do it and educating those folks how to do it in the safest manner) would be the most realistic. I would be beyond shocked if MDMA use disappeared, since it's so tied to the past of this scene. The artists that come out against drug use and kind of wave their finger at it bother me, since something tells me that they probably engaged in this at some point in their career. So why make it seem as though they are above it?
Justin, 22, Los AngelesI'm a huge advocate for shows that are 18 and over. With a certain age comes responsibility. I'm not condoning the use of drugs, but there should be risk reduction. There are testing kits online people could use to find out what they're taking. They cost like, $10. I think security is present [at shows] but they're just chill. At EDC I would ask people I saw lying on the ground if they were doing OK, but I wish security was doing that, not me. I'd like to think that EDM shows are safer as opposed to other shows, like punk, where people also get injured. People blow up EDM and say it's an irresponsible scene.
Stephanie, 25, Portland, Ore.My first-ever EDM show I went to in 2011 I took Molly for the first time. I had never used any other drug besides smoking marijuana. The first time was an unexplainable experience —felt as if there was no worry in my life. I've taken Molly/Ecstasy since, at raves, but I don't enjoy rolling. I can sometimes get mild anxiety or overstimulation from drugs. I truly enjoy the music and don't feel I need drugs to be fun or enjoy the experience. I am not judgmental to people who do. Now I go to many of these events and am the only sober one in my group. Not everyone abuses drugs. Not everyone goes for the girls, drugs, and the party. EDM is the most accepting scene I've ever been a part of. I feel at home at raves.
*Name has been changed.
Read more: http://buzzfeed.com/hazelcills/drugs-at-edm-shows
http://twitter.com/#!/JKrollie/status/188798691472195584
Some thanks from the city of Houston:
Images from Houston's parade for Iraq war veterans http://t.co/ylBcrRGu #News #Events
—Greg ♘(@westernagent) April 8, 2012
Hart: To Iraq war veterans: Thank you: Hart: To Iraq war veterans: Thank you Houston Chronicle Copyright 20…http://t.co/luMZXhy9
—Patti Kilday Hart (@pattihart) April 7, 2012
Proud of Houston!! Welcome home parade held for Iraq war vets | News –Home http://t.co/t85HiRk2
—Zombies Rock (@ZombiesRock) April 8, 2012
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/04/08/houston-welcomes-home-iraqi-war-veterans/
Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York has moved to attempt to head off some of the same alleged problems that have caused protests at Yale and the University of Missouri:
Some students at Ithaca are trying to force college President Tom Rochon to step down like University of Missouri's Tim Wolfe:
A "die in"? Hard to admire that, especially on Veterans Day when we're honoring real heroes.
At how many more colleges will students attempt to oust their university presidents (not to mention faculty) in such a way? Stay tuned.
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2015/11/11/this-is-a-childs-tactic-mizzou-style-protest-spills-over-to-ithaca-college-photos-vine/
Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans at an Iraq War veterans march in 2008 in Denver. Michael Francis McElroy/Zuma Press / MCT
WASHINGTON — On the eve of American military intervention in Syria, the once-robust antiwar movement has stayed curiously silent.
Activists who turned out thousands of protesters during the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq say they've been unable to effectively organize or raise money since the end of the Bush years, and that newer causes like drones have seized the space on the left once occupied by opposition to conventional warfare. And some acknowledge that the energy has leaked out of the movement because a Democrat is now in office. Though some groups have organized online petitions and some real-life protests, the antiwar crowd that was on fire before the war in Iraq has made hardly a dent in the conversation surrounding Syria.
"Well, the most incredibly depressing thing was that most of the groups that existed before don't exist anymore," said Medea Benjamin, the founder of Code Pink. "That's the number one problem, is that the antiwar movement is a shadow of its former self under the Bush years."
Benjamin pointed to groups like United for Peace and Justice, a Communist Party-connected group, as examples: "They're down to a couple of volunteers," she said.
Code Pink itself, despite being one of the most visible protest groups in the U.S. today, has felt the pinch.
"Even Code Pink, which had 300 local groups, just has a tiny portion still functioning," Benjamin said. "So when something like this happens, we don't have the infrastructure to rally people."
Some activists argue that it's mostly an issue of money and membership, and not an indication that the left supports Syria intervention.
"Among the long-standing peace and disarmament groups that we work with, everybody is angry and pissed about what seems to be an imminent attack," said Kevin Martin, the executive director of Peace Action. "Public opinion is not supporting it either. But you're not going to see hundreds of thousands of people in the street."
"I don't think me or Medea or anyone else should be defensive about that," Martin said. "We don't push a button and get hundreds of thousands of people in the streets."
Martin blamed the anemic response among peace groups to Syria on the economy, noting that all nonprofits are struggling — not just protest groups.
Plus, Martin said, the energy on the left has been focused on drones and civil liberties, which "doesn't rise to the level of an obviously unjust war where hundreds of thousands of people are being killed because of a belligerent president."
Though Benjamin and Martin both say the fact that Obama is a Democrat is not to blame, other antiwar stalwarts suspect the energy fizzled out when a Republican antagonist was no longer in office.
"The Democrats are missing in action because of course the president is a Democrat," said David Swanson, a longtime antiwar activist and author of War Is a Lie and When the World Outlawed War, who works with Roots Action, a progressive nonprofit. "That's the biggest factor, I think. What's tamping down the activism is partisanship."
"This started in 2007 when it was time to focus on electing a Democratic president and the Democrats forgot about the wars," Swanson said. "We've been struggling ever since to get back to where we were in 2006."
Swanson also blamed the apathy on the left on a belief that intervening in Syria is a humanitarian mission, whereas with Iraq the sales pitch was defense-related.
"The war in Syria is incredibly unpopular according to the polls, but there are some who support it because they believe it's philanthropy," he said.
Swanson sees hope for the antiwar cause in the fact that most Americans oppose intervening in Syria, according to polling.
"It's a major accomplishment to have a majority telling pollsters no from the start, not a year into it," he said.
There are glimmers of life: Code Pink is protesting the imminent attack in Syria during today's March on Washington, and Roots Action and other groups have marshaled online activists into signing petitions.
"Those of us still working on this have been mobilizing," Benjamin said. "The online protests are proliferating. There's petitions to Obama, there's calls for Congress to get involved — so many groups from Code Pink to Win Without War to Just Foreign Policy — all have put out calls saying no war in Syria."
But mostly, the movement has been left for dead even by those who were once leading figures in it.
"What antiwar movement?" former Congressman Dennis Kucinich asked when called for comment on Wednesday.
"What antiwar groups?" said Justin Raimondo, longtime editor of Antiwar.com.
In Raimondo's view, the movement hasn't exactly disappeared as much as been reborn among young libertarians who have taken up the mantle from the previous generation of baby-boomer leftist peace activists.
"The antiwar actions of the Bush years were basically energized by the extreme left, the Old Left Marxists," Raimondo said. "But they are getting on in years, and they aren't recruiting many young people (yet), so the various antiwar coalitions have far less components."
Read more: http://buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/antiwar-left-stays-quiet-on-syria
29. Thomas DeCoud
twitpic.com
You can tell he practiced this one.
28. Cam Newton
Starring in Superman: The Quest For TDs. (Yeah, that's a Superman IV joke.)
27. E.J. Manuel
Simple, effective.
26. James Laurinaitis
Only when you sack Superman (a.k.a. Cam Newton) can you mock his signature move.
25. Knowshon Moreno
Rock, paper, TOUCHDOWN. (Moreno wins.)
24. Jimmy Graham
When a slam dunk becomes a seismic event.
I don't know, but I've been told / A first down for Moreno.
22. Mike Tolbert
Please, Mike. Not in front of the kids.
21. T.Y. Hilton
Thank you, T.Y.
20. Joseph Fauria
Did this dance have to end? Sadly, yes.
19. Nickell Robey
Heads-up football, though not as Roger Goodell intended.
18. J.J. Watt
Would Dikembe Mutombo have made a good lineman?
17. Nick Hayden
Starting the car, maybe? No idea what this is.
16. Calvin Johnson
Jason Miller / Getty / Via buzzfeed.com
To see this in motion would've probably melted your brain. Best to keep it to still photography.
15. Philip Rivers
Like, who is he even talking to?
14. Mike Glennon
Just pure, goofy joy.
13. Chris Long
On Veterans Day, you salute the troops. True fact.
12. Matthew Stafford
It just gets weirder (and better) the more you watch.
11. Lance Moore
He could've done this for hours had no one intervened.
10. Muhammad Wilkerson
Someone's thinking of Hawaii and the Pro Bowl.
9. Steve Smith
STEVE SMITH EATS OPPOSING CORNERBACKS FOR BREAKFAST*.
possibly lunch — could be a soup/half-sandwich combo.
8. Brian Robison
Hook, line, and GOT 'EM.
7. Tavon Austin
Best TerRio dance of the season, bar none.
6. Philip Rivers
The best part is when he gets to the sideline and has absolutely no idea what to do next. It's mad and glorious.
5. Andre Brown &Brandon Jacobs
When an immovable object meets a misguided celebratory force.
4. Brandon Mebane
DO NOT STARE INTO THE NAVEL-Y ABYSS. MOVING ALONG NOW.
3. Joseph Fauria
Night fever, night fever / Fauria know how to do it!
2. Ricky Jean-Francois
This would be No. 1, except that the Colts were down 21 points when Jean-Francois practically acted out a seizure to celebrate this sack. Still, points for pure, flailing-limbed poetry.
1. David Wilson
We never saw it coming. We never saw it again. (He later left this game with a neck injury.) All hail David Wilson, who back-to-back-flipped his way into our hearts.
Read more: http://buzzfeed.com/erikmalinowski/the-29-most-creative-nfl-celebration-dances-of-2013
http://twitter.com/#!/rafsanchez/status/399951939443519488
We've already seen some pretty awful Veterans Day tweets, but this one is disgusting in a different way:
http://twitter.com/#!/randizuckerberg/status/399940834290065408
Really, Randi? Like, really???
http://twitter.com/#!/pettybooshwah/status/399948967389057024
"Gauche"is putting it politely.
http://twitter.com/#!/totallyslutsky/status/399945479376896000http://twitter.com/#!/20committee/status/399949959513899008http://twitter.com/#!/LisaMcIntire/status/399944849446543362http://twitter.com/#!/dansinker/status/399947420454236160http://twitter.com/#!/leyawn/status/399947223569412096http://twitter.com/#!/lovenice74/status/399955796337119232http://twitter.com/#!/dogwalkblog/status/399946008605782016
(Hat tip: @AaronWorthing)
http://twitter.com/#!/MikeIsaac/status/399957832692269057
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/11/11/good-grief-check-out-randi-zuckerbergs-ridiculous-veterans-day-tweet/
Trigger warning: What follows is a story of sexual assault;it is not graphic but may affect some readers.
At the age of 18, Ruth Moore eagerly joined the Navy, only to be raped twice by her supervisor two and a half months into her first assignment. She writes that this assault "result[ed] in a life filled with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, insomnia, migraines, a sexually transmitted disease, miscarriages, suicide attempts, homelessness, an end to [her] marriage, and terror [she has] lived with ever since."
What's worse? The Department of Veterans Affairs repeatedly denied her disability benefits for PTSD that she was entitled to by law, and it wouldn't correct its errors, even when they were first addressed over 19 years ago, in 1993.
The VA has the authority to make a simple regulatory change so that Military Sexual Trauma survivors aren't held to a higher standard of proof than other veterans with PTSD. Please sign Ruth's petition asking the VA to revise its policy immediately. Ensure that all regional offices follow the same standards when processing MST and PTSD claims so that veterans like Ruth do not have to live the rest of their lives in pain —or worse, take their own lives.
Read more: http://upworthy.com/photo-i-wont-be-silent-any-longer
In November, we celebrate our military men and women with Veterans Day. But what about the rest of the year, as our men and women in uniform commit to a delicate balancing act between staying true to their service and staying true to themselves? Artist Devin Mitchell, an art student at ASU, looks into this balance in a project, called the Veteran Art Project, that seeks to glimpse at the person beneath the uniform and give a sense of humanity to our sometimes misunderstood military.
Credit: Veteran Art Project
Read more: http://www.wimp.com/revealuniform/
Damien Loverso
I was stuck in rush hour traffic when my engine sputtered and my car came to a stop. I've always hated driving in the city, but there I was, halfway through a four-way stop, blocking traffic. I immediately began to panic.
He was small, thin and rugged, clothed in torn jeans and a black leather jacket. His hair was long and silver, covered by a bandana that looked like the American flag.
If he hadn't offered to help me that day, I might not have noticed the dog tags around his neck or the pain his eyes.
He Was Homeless
As children, we're taught to be cautious of strangers. As women, we're taught that this idea applies especially to men we don't know. So, it was easy to ignore him before, as I often passed him standing on the side of the road.
I had seen him. I even read the sign he was holding. It said:
Anything you have to give. God bless you.
I did my best not to give my attention so I wouldn't feel guilty for not helping. But, when he approached my window and softly knocked to get my attention, guilty was exactly how I felt.
His name was Ron. "But all my friends call me Lieutenant," he said as he introduced himself and diverted the oncoming traffic.
At first, I wanted to tell him I was sorry that I hadn't stopped when I saw him before. But I didn't.
I greeted him warmly and thanked him for coming to help me. Then, we began to move my vehicle to a more convenient location. He pushed and I steered. He insisted. Soon, I was safely parked at a nearby McDonald's.
As I shook his hand and thanked him again, I noticed he didn't have his sign anymore — he must have left it. I asked if I could buy him some dinner. It was the least I could do for his help.
At first, he declined: "It's okay, ma'am. I stay here some nights. They're good to me at this one," he said as he looked toward the ground.
I insisted. I didn't expect to sit and eat with him, but I did. He insisted. As we sat together that day, I learned a different side of war.
He Was Married
"Nineteen years!" he said proudly as he reflected. His wife died six years ago while he was deployed. I listened quietly as he told me what happened.
His voice cracked and his eyes filled with tears as he came to the end of his story by saying,
A soldier isn't supposed to lose a wife;a wife loses her soldier in war. It kills me every single day.
Lt. Ron was honorably discharged two years later. He has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He was living with his only son after he returned home from his service, but 10 months before I met the Lieutenant, he lost his son, too.
He has no family and has been living on the street for eight months.
As I left McDonald's that day, I didn't ignore the opportunity to give back to someone who gave and sacrificed so much for so many. I opened my wallet, and I gave all that was in it. I wish I could have given him more.
He's Not the Only One
According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Policy and Planning, in 2009, studies reflected the number of living veterans to be 23,440,000.
Do you know how many of those veterans are receiving benefits and help through the government and country they served to protect? 8,493,700. In other words, less than half of the men and women who have sacrificed, suffered and served our country get benefits.
Remember The Homeless
Our veterans aren't the only ones who are hungry and freezing this holiday season. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, 19 out of every 10,000 people are homeless. Thirty-five percent of homeless individuals remain unsheltered.
Remember our veterans. Remember them as you sit down to your holiday feasts, hang your lights and adorn your trees. All of our veterans have sacrificed and all of our soldiers who are still serving will be veterans one day. Many have served, many have given and many are still fighting.
Remember our children. Remember them as you sip your coffee, zip your jacket and tighten your scarf. Remember them as you warm your hands by the fire this winter and watch your children's faces light up as they open their gifts on Christmas morning.
We do not do enough. We do not give enough. This holiday season, may we rise together to change it.
Little is much when love is present.
Here's how you can give back right now: Network For Good, Wounded Warrior Project, Mercury Housing, VeteransMatter.Org, Red Cross, NoKidHungry.org.
Read more: http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/homeless-holidays/865277/
House Republicans Face Decision On Fighting Gay Veterans' Spousal Benefits
by - August 31, 2016
The plaintiffs in the Massachusetts case, filed by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and Chadbourne & Park, argued in a Wednesday filing in the case that the decision in Windsor's case controls the outcome in their case and that Stearns should decide in their favor.
Update – 1:25 p.m., EST: A spokesman for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, one of the two Democrats on BLAG, asked Boehner to stop the defense in a statement to BuzzFeed.
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This Is What Twentysomethings Actually Feel About Drug Use At EDM Shows
Sabrina, 20, Tucson, Ariz. Why are there 14-year-olds rolling at Coachella? Electric Daisy Carnival is only 18 and older because three years ago a girl who was 15 died. [EDM shows] should be 18 and up. So many people are literally just kids doing drugs! I think festivals just want your money, they want you to go crazy. They don't want you to die, but they like audiences that are [on drugs.] I've not taken drugs at shows and it's been great. People need to know where they get their drugs. People will just go in a tent and say "Who has drugs?!" You shouldn't buy off randos and should be smart.
Artha, 19, Los AngelesAt Hard Summer it's not hard to [bring drugs in]. They'll grab your bra or pat you down. At EDC, they go through all of your stuff. Sometimes people will skip the line if they recognize a specific security guard — 97% of the time people get in with everything. I don't think security people care that much at EDC. You'll see people selling things, and there isn't a big concern over whether or not someone's OK. The first day at EDC at midnight I saw a guy pulled out on a stretcher and then I heard that someone died there that night. It was really scary because it was my first time. You'll pass girls who have their eyes rolling back in their heads; that's not OK. The fact that I didn't see security at the second biggest [EDM] show in America is a problem. I don't think EDM could survive without the connection to drugs but it's such a big part of it, and it's an unfortunate part.
*Michael, 20, DenverMy friends and I have already done [many drugs] before, so we're over it. When I go into a show, it's about seeing the actual artist. But younger kids are riskier — the people who are dying at these shows are younger. I went to this Halloween show called Something Wicked in Houston, and multiple people were collapsing and on stretchers. It was one of those "whoa" moments. When I first started going to EDM shows, it was called electronica. It was a concert that's now become a party. People come and aren't even looking at the stage. I don't think there's anything to stop people from doing drugs, but there can be a better conversation about informing people. People are going to do [drugs], and you're only hearing about people getting hurt after it happens.
*Jack, 23, San Jose, Calif.I have taken MDMA at events. I take it to enhance my experience. Most of the decorations and crazy lights are (in my opinion) meant to be enjoyed by both sober and non-sober people. Anyone who has taken MDMA can attest how great a light show is and how extra-special those fireworks look at EDC while rolling. But no one wants to see a 15-year-old rolling balls being really sloppy, that's just wrong. Just because you don't "feel it after taking two pills" doesn't mean you should take two more. The biggest issue is that people don't know what they are taking. There are test kits available and they are really easy to use. People should know what MDMA or any other drug does to your body.
John, 25, Los AngelesI take drugs sometimes. I do it because it's an enjoyable combination, especially when other people are doing it too. But I do a good job of controlling myself. The only drugs I do contain MDMA. I haven't had any negative experiences aside from not being able to sleep for a couple hours. Kids under 18 should not be doing drugs, period. They don't have a sense of control and it's more likely to cause long-term damage while they're developing. But people like to do what they're told not to. The drugs ARE there and they aren't going anywhere. Another thing that would help is less-strict drugs laws — [which are] obviously not happening — so things are manufactured better.
Stephanie, 25, Portland, Ore.My first-ever EDM show I went to in 2011 I took Molly for the first time. I had never used any other drug besides smoking marijuana. The first time was an unexplainable experience — felt as if there was no worry in my life. I've taken Molly/Ecstasy since, at raves, but I don't enjoy rolling. I can sometimes get mild anxiety or overstimulation from drugs. I truly enjoy the music and don't feel I need drugs to be fun or enjoy the experience. I am not judgmental to people who do. Now I go to many of these events and am the only sober one in my group. Not everyone abuses drugs. Not everyone goes for the girls, drugs, and the party. EDM is the most accepting scene I've ever been a part of. I feel at home at raves.
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Houston welcomes home Iraqi war veterans
— Greg ♘ (@westernagent) April 8, 2012
Hart: To Iraq war veterans: Thank you: Hart: To Iraq war veterans: Thank you Houston Chronicle Copyright 20… http://t.co/luMZXhy9
— Patti Kilday Hart (@pattihart) April 7, 2012
Proud of Houston!! Welcome home parade held for Iraq war vets | News – Home http://t.co/t85HiRk2
— Zombies Rock (@ZombiesRock) April 8, 2012
'This is a child's tactic': Mizzou-style protest spills over to Ithaca College [photos, Vine]
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Antiwar Left Stays Quiet On Syria
The 29 Most Creative NFL Celebrations Of 2013
5. Andre Brown & Brandon Jacobs
'Good grief': Check out Randi Zuckerberg's ridiculous Veterans Day tweet
"Gauche" is putting it politely.
http://twitter.com/#!/totallyslutsky/status/399945479376896000
http://twitter.com/#!/20committee/status/399949959513899008
http://twitter.com/#!/LisaMcIntire/status/399944849446543362
http://twitter.com/#!/dansinker/status/399947420454236160
http://twitter.com/#!/leyawn/status/399947223569412096
http://twitter.com/#!/lovenice74/status/399955796337119232
http://twitter.com/#!/dogwalkblog/status/399946008605782016
PHOTO: 'I Won't Be Silent Any Longer'
Trigger warning: What follows is a story of sexual assault; it is not graphic but may affect some readers.
At the age of 18, Ruth Moore eagerly joined the Navy, only to be raped twice by her supervisor two and a half months into her first assignment. She writes that this assault "result[ed] in a life filled with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, insomnia, migraines, a sexually transmitted disease, miscarriages, suicide attempts, homelessness, an end to [her] marriage, and terror [she has] lived with ever since."
What's worse? The Department of Veterans Affairs repeatedly denied her disability benefits for PTSD that she was entitled to by law, and it wouldn't correct its errors, even when they were first addressed over 19 years ago, in 1993.
The VA has the authority to make a simple regulatory change so that Military Sexual Trauma survivors aren't held to a higher standard of proof than other veterans with PTSD. Please sign Ruth's petition asking the VA to revise its policy immediately. Ensure that all regional offices follow the same standards when processing MST and PTSD claims so that veterans like Ruth do not have to live the rest of their lives in pain — or worse, take their own lives.
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Photos that reveal the men and women behind the uniform.
Be Generous This Holiday Season — Especially To The Homeless
A soldier isn't supposed to lose a wife; a wife loses her soldier in war. It kills me every single day.
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The U.S. produced a record 11.0 million barrels of crude oil per day (mb/d) in September.
API - The American Petroleum Institute's latest monthly statistical report shows the U.S. produced a record 11.0 million barrels of crude oil per day (mb/d) in September. U.S. liquid fuels production grew 2.2 mb/d year-over-year (y/y), and the U.S. met virtually all global oil demand growth. As supply increased, crude oil inventories also rose in September but remained nearly 14 percent below those of September 2017.


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Christian Kern, född 4 januari 1966 i Wien, är en österrikisk affärsman och tidigare politiker. Han var Österrikes förbundskansler från den 17 maj 2016 till 18 december 2017. Kern tog över som förbundskansler efter att Werner Faymann avgick från posten den 9 maj 2016 efter låga opinionssiffror för sitt parti. Kern blev även Socialdemokraternas partiledare i juni 2016 men avgick i september 2018. Han ersattes då av Pamela Rendi-Wagner.

Kern var tidigare ekonomijournalist och 2010–2016 chef för de statliga järnvägarna ÖBB. I oktober 2018 aviserade han att han slutade som politiker.

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The 23rd of Muharram is the Urus Mubarak of Syedi Hasanpeer Shaheed. Mawlaya Hasanpeer Saheb was a great Aalim in the early days of Da'wat in India, before the period of Satar. He was in the lineage of Mawlaya Abdullah, one of the first two Dai's sent by Mustansir Imam to India.
Syedna Taher Saifuddin narrates in his Risalah Khaza'inu Imamil Muttaqeen (1372H, p. 306) that the ruler in Patan at the time of Syedi Hasanpeer Shaheed was Feershah. On one occasion Feershah received 3 gold statues of identical heads inlaid with jewels as a gift from the Byzantine emperor. The Emperor sent a message along with the gift asking at what price Feershah valued the three headsand whether there was any difference between the three. The king and his courtiers were perplexed as the three heads looked exactly the same. Due to a previous encounter in which Feershah had been impressed with Syedi Hasanpeer's knowledge, he called upon him to solve the mystery of the three seemingly identical gold heads.
Syedi Hasanpeer examined the heads and called for some water. He poured water down the ear of the first head and it flowed out of its mouth. Syedi Hasanpeer said that this is the head of an imbecile (ihmaq) – he slanders those who give him wise counsel. He can keep no secret or confidence. He simply repeats what he hears without any consideration – whether true or false. He then poured water in the ear of the second head and it readily flowed out of the other ear. Syedi Hasanpeer said that this is the head of an incompetent ignoramus (jaahil). He retains nothing of what he hears. Last, he poured water in the ear of the third head and it flowed down straight through its neck. He receives and digests the wisdom and knowledge that is given to him. He safeguards this knowledge and draws upon it in his life. Syedi Hasanpeer revealed that this is the head of a learned and virtuous man (Saalih Adeeb). He added that this head's digestion of the water is like a precious red ruby that is worthy of being in the treasury of a king and like a 'good piece of land – that receiving the water of divine knowledge - its vegetation comes forth by permission of its Lord' (with reference to the Qur'anic ayat quoted above from Surat al-A'raaf:58).
Feershah was impressed. He told his courtiers that, "Syedi Hasanpeer is truly a man of God (waliyullah)". Many in the ruler's court felt jealous and conspired to eventually assassinate Syedi Hasanpeer.
We must wonder – how much of the wisdom that we have received from our hudaat – from Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Syedna Burhanuddin and Syedna Qutbuddin— have we retained? At a time when the words spoken by Syedna Taher Saifuddin have been forgotten (or have flowed out of the other ear!) and when people repeat whatever they hear without consideration (from the ear directly to the mouth)…may our 'head' be one that listens and digests the wise counsel that it receives. May we take 'ibrat and learn from the stories of the Anbiya' and of the times gone past. May these lessons shape our thought, belief and action in the present day.
We also pray that may Allah Ta'ala grant us the ne'mat of the ziarat of Syedi Hasanpeer. Syedna Burhanuddin RA visited Denmal many times for ziarat and on the last trip during Shehrullah, Syedna Qutbuddin was due to stay back in Mumbai but at the last minute, Syedna Burhanuddin said "bhai bhi saathe aawi jaaw.".
The nazaraat of Syedna Burhanuddin RA continue to flow to those who are learned and virtuous. Clearly, they do not flow to those who simply utter and repeat what they hear without consideration.
The qasida written by Syedi Abdul Qadir Hakimuddin RA and the salaam written by Shz. Dr. Tahera baisaheba in the shaan of Syedi Hasanpeer Shaheed has been uploaded on Fatemidawat.com. Mumineen are urged to recite these on Urus Mubarak day.


The Luftwaffe's heavy fighters of the Second World War may have lacked the agility to take on the Spitfires and Hurricanes of the RAF, but their range, firepower and adaptability ensured they saw continuous service throughout the war.
They are also without doubt, amongst the most distinctive aircraft of the conflict and always a popular subject for modellers.
I'm from Australia and I ordered this kit, and was happy to collect it in thee mail. It was a fantastic kit, but the cockpit didn't fit so, after many tries, I took it out. Other than that great kit.
A - Messerschmitt Bf 110 C, flown by Helmut Florenz, Staffel II/Zerstorergeschwader 1, Northern France, 1940-41.
B - Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-3, 235th Squadriglia Regia Aeronautica, Lonate Pozzolo, Italy, Early 1943.


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Is it enough to make this picky monkey happy after finishing these rounds? Have any suggestion if you want to plunge into the space to prove your good skills? For more information on The Bullrun, see: Play your way from fart jokes straight to nauseatingly snarky robots, and laugh yourself stupid. I never realized what "spanking the monkey" implied when I was younger. Each hit scores points! Monkey Go Happy Tales.
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Anyone can learn Reiki and apply it immediately after your attunement and receptivity towards Reiki. A Reiki practitioner channels energy to another organism. In the first degree, the practitioner does this through her/his hands; in the second degree, through pure mental visualization. Nobody can exactly say, how the healing takes place, or can influence it. For us, that does not matter. We are merely the 'channel' for it.
Learning Reiki can completely change your life in a positive direction.
An average Reiki course at Arati Healing Center lasts roughly 4 to 5 hours per day. In each course, there will between 1 and 4 students taking part (depending on availability), and a certificate will be provided at the end of the course.
I value each individual as important, and therefore I will do my best to schedule a course if someone has the desire to learn Reiki.
Only after completing Step 2 you are registered and we are able to book you.
None of the dates work for you? Send us a message and lets try to find another time for you.
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The course fee has to be paid at the start of a course or program.
Payment in cash only. No credit cards.
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For all students who have taken part in any Reiki course at ARATI HEALING CENTER in the past, you are very welcome to join any upcoming Reiki course (up to your previously taken level) without any charge.
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In late seventies there was revolutionary change in process of withering. Natural withering was replaced by forced Air device. Such device consisted of one axial flow fan, ducting with air controlling damper and a long tunnel covered with wire mesh. In total the piece was called a Withering Trough.
The axial flow fans 36" to 56" diameter are popularly in use. According to its air delivery measured in C.F.M. The standard length of the tunnel (trough) is made - generally 60' to 100' long.
KETCO" prefabricated In standard Withering Troughs the Axial fan which is inscribed in a steel-casing and the ducting is fabricated out of steel plates but the material used for making the trough is either bricks & cement or timber & ply wood, in different tea growing areas.
Here, the materials used are mild steel angles & galvanised iron sheets. The whole trough is prefabricated in the workshop and delivered to the site for erection. Each unit can be assembled and made ready to use in a couple of hours.
Technical Data & Standard Sizes:
48" Fan/7.5 H.P. 6' x 90 RFT. trough
48" Fan/ 5 H.P. 6' x 80 RFT trough
N.B: Two fans are used to make 12' wide troughs of specified length. Controlled troughs are also available with fabricated covers.
R.P.M 960
Floor Area 6' x 100' Max
Height 3' 9" max. open trough
Width 6'


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/*global chai:false*/
/*global $:false*/
require('../test_helper.js');
require('../../src/app/util.js');

describe('Utilities', function(){
  describe('#forceProtocol(protocol, uri)', function(){
    it('should return uri with protocol prefix for uri without protocol', function(){
      var newUri = $.espacoGuerra.util.forceProtocol('ws', 'localhost');
      chai.assert.equal('ws://localhost', newUri);
    });
    it('should return uri with protocol prefix for uri with same protocol', function(){
      var newUri = $.espacoGuerra.util.forceProtocol('ws', 'ws://localhost');
      chai.assert.equal('ws://localhost', newUri);
    });
    it('should return uri with protocol prefix for uri with other protocol', function(){
      var newUri = $.espacoGuerra.util.forceProtocol('ws', 'http://localhost');
      chai.assert.equal('ws://localhost', newUri);
    });
  });
});

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È anche conosciuto per i suoi remix per artisti come Annie, Daft Punk, Klaxons, The Rapture, Cut Copy, Revl9n e Label-Mate Uffie. Sebastian è di origini serbo-francesi e ha iniziato la sua produzione all'età di 15 anni, con due membri della band rap Cercle Vicieux. È cresciuto a Parigi e a Belgrado da una madre single.

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