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Muslim Firsters and Israel Firsters
Daniel Greenfield January 31, 2012
If you were to suggest in a public forum that just possibly Israel's failure to reach a peace agreement with a terrorist organization, run by kleptomaniacs and homicidal maniacs, which still continues to applaud the murder of Israeli children, might possibly be due to the terrorists and not because of Israel, then according to the consensus of the left, you are an Israel Firster.
The paradigm of the Israel Firster only works if you assume that the America First position is to support Islamic terrorists. Even if we were to dismiss the threat of Islamic terrorism to the United States then a position sympathetic to the territorial claims of Islamic terrorists in Israel would still not be the America First position, it would be the Muslims First position.
The left which deploys names like Israel Firsters is certainly not calling for neutrality in the conflict, rather it would like us to side with the Muslim Brotherhood and the assorted Islamic terrorists scattered throughout the region. Arguably the United States has been doing this for some time already.
Obama stuck his finger in Prime Minister Netanyahu's chest, but bowed to the Saudi King. When he visited Turkey, he made no mention of the Turkish settlements in occupied Cyprus, but when Biden visited Israel, he threw a fit over a partial approval for a few houses in Jerusalem. The United States doesn't fund many terrorist groups, but the bulk of the funding that it allots to terrorists goes to terrorists operating in Israel and killing Israelis.
Last week the State Department put out a list of designated terrorist organization. That list includes the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. The Brigade has not only committed numerous atrocities against Israelis, it at one point threatened to launch terrorist attacks against America. The Brigade is the military arm of the Fatah group which controls the Palestinian Authority. The Authority is the beneficiary of an average of 600 million dollars a year in direct assistance, and indirectly through the UNRWA which has already received an initial 55 million dollars from the United States in 2012.
Terrorists who murder Israelis don't just indirectly benefit from American aid, that money is going to pay the salaries of convicted terrorists in Israeli prisons. Some of those terrorists received training and weapons from the United States. I would like to be able to say that this sort of thing is one of the innovations of the Hussein Administration, but it's an an artifact of two previous administrations.
This is usually how countries treat other countries that they are at war with. In this case it is an artifact, not of an Israel Firster policy, but of a Muslim Firster policy. There is no interpretation of Israel Firster that accommodates the United States arming and funding terrorists. But there is an extensive global policy of rewarding and appeasing Muslims.
Opponents of Israel often complain that they are being "silenced" in some intangible ways, but the United States government has certainly never criminalized criticism of Israel, however it continues to conduct discussions with the OIC, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, on ways to suppress and censor criticism of Islam. Nor has the Secretary of State suggested that critics of Israel should be subject to "peer pressure and shaming", which she has for critics of Islam.
American soldiers have been dying incessantly to protect Muslims for decades now. They died in Somalia to protect aid to Somali Muslims. They died in the Gulf War to liberate Kuwait and protect the Muslim holy sites of Mecca and Medina from Saddam Hussein. They died over Yugoslavia to build a state for the Muslim terrorists of the KLA. Thousands of American soldiers have died to protect Muslims from other Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In the last year alone, the United States has helped overthrow secular governments to make way for Muslim ones. When the Libyan ruler refused to resign, Obama sent in NATO jets to bomb his forces into submission so that the Al Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood affiliated Libyan Islamic Fighting Group could take power.
While the United States abandoned Iranian students protesting against an Islamist regime, it overthrew governments in Egypt and Tunisia to make way for Islamist takeovers. The Saudis got to use tanks in Bahrain, but Gaddafi was hunted down and killed for a genocide that never happened.
What do you call all that but a Muslim Firster foreign policy?
In The Audacity of Hope, a book title taken from a sermon of his vilely Anti-Semitic former Black Muslim mentor, Obama wrote, "I will stand with the Muslims." And he has done it.
Obama has stood with the Muslims in Cote d'Ivorie, where armed force was used to illegally seat a Muslim ruler against the ruling of the country's supreme court. He has stood with the Muslims in Kenya, where his cousin and his Muslim backers forcibly wrote Sharia Law into the Constitution. He has stood with the genocidal Muslims in Indonesia, not the Christian Papuans whose land is occupied and whose representatives are persecuted.
He has stood with Muslims against Denmark and its freedom of speech. He has stood with Muslims against France. He has stood with Muslims against Israel. If slapping down traditional allies on behalf of Muslims is not a Muslim Firster foreign policy, then what is?
The American flag may be burned, the Koran may not. Cartoons depicting Jews as monsters can run, cartoons depicting Mohammed cannot. Six year olds must be strip searched in airports, but the people who actually are a flight risk cannot be singled out in any way.
In Cairo, at Al Azhar University, the home of Egyptian Islamism, Obama boasted that his administration has gone to court to "punish" those who would refuse to accede to the Hijab's oppression of women. We have two new Muslim diplomatic posts. NASA is no longer able to actually reach space, its new chief mission is outreach to the Muslim world. While America is piggybacking on the Russian space program, NASA has gotten a Muslim chief scientist in order to better focus on its core mission of pandering to Islam.
If any other group had received this level of favoritism, this degree of pandering at the expense of everyone else, the outrage would have been boundless. But we dare not say anything. Those who offend Muslims are held responsible for the murder of American soldiers by Muslims. In this perverse moral landscape, to speak out against the bigotry and hate preached by the Koran is to be responsible for the atrocities that the bigots will commit in outrage that anyone has spoken ill of their genocidal text.
Meanwhile the Muslim Firsters keep chanting Israel Firster at anyone who doesn't agree that Israel is the worst country on the planet. Anything that gets in the way of the Muslim Firster foreign policy program is denounced in the most ruthlessly bigoted language possible, and when those who use it are called on it, they claim that there is a Jewish conspiracy to silence them.
This kind of obnoxious behavior has become routine. The consensus among Muslim Firsters is that Charles Freeman was a highly qualified candidate to head the National Intelligence Council, despite working at a front group for Saudi Arabia. In an interview, Freeman said that, "It is irresponsible not to question Israeli policy and to decide what is best for the American people." But no one is allowed to question Saudi policy or decide if the Saudi Muslim lobby and its countless affiliates should be deciding what is best for the American people.
Israeli policy is questioned non-stop. Hardly a week goes by without editorials in every newspaper complaining that Netanyahu hasn't spent enough time at the negotiating table with one half of an unelected Palestinian Authority government. When a bunch of lunatics held protests outside a girls school in a town in Israel that hardly anyone in the media had ever heard of before, there were a thousand news stories. When Saudi Arabia beheaded a woman for witchcraft, the story was quickly buried, along with her body. Unlike the Israeli school story, Hillary Clinton did not feel the need to comment on it. Not that the Saudis would listen. Masters don't pay attention to slaves.
The thirty-five Christians arrested in Saudi Arabia at a prayer service and then beaten and subjected to body cavity searches last month, are not an item for our foreign policy agenda. No matter how many American soldiers died, how many more were wounded and how many have gone on suffering from undiagonsed ailments in order to keep the House of Saud safe from Saddam. The thousands of Americans who died on September 11 because an opponent of the Saudi regime saw the presence of American forces in the holy land of Islam as an opportunity to declare a holy war against the United States are all part of the price we pay for the Muslim Firster agenda.
Carter helped replace a secular government in Iran with an Islamist terror state. The United States has been protecting the Gulf oil clans for most of the 20th century despite the domestic brutality of their slave states and the covert war they have been conducting against us. Now Obama has turned half of North Africa into an Islamist paradise. And the Muslim Firsters still aren't happy.
They want Israel and they want Europe on a platter. They want to eliminate freedom of speech and silence anyone who speaks out about the countless dead and the destruction of free nations that will follow if they get their way.
After decades of the Muslim Firster agenda, we are under siege. There is hardly a nation in the free world that isn't scrambling to study Israeli anti-terrorism techniques, because they are all becoming Israel. France has its own Intifada. Oslo is dangerous enough that the American embassy has to put out an advisory. London is swiftly becoming Londonistan. The end of the last states that might have been described as Muslim and secular is swiftly approaching. And still the Muslim Firsters haven't had enough, but maybe it's time that the rest of us have had enough of them.
If they want to condemn a Pro-Israel bias in American foreign policy, then let's take a long honest look at whom American foreign policy really helps and which group it puts first.
Posted by: Daniel Greenfield at January 31, 2012
David 1/2/12
You hit another one out of the park Daniel! I wish you had a show on prime-time where your articles could be read. Thank you!
Anonymous 1/2/12
Bravo! A truly magnificent column that deserves to be picked up and disseminated by the media at large.
As an America Firster who fully supports Israel I would say that our so-called elites have stood common sense on its head for too long in accomodating and sweeping under the rug things that cannot be accomodated or ignored. Really masterful piece.
Edward Cline 1/2/12
This article does yeoman's work in pointing out and underscoring all the essentials of the issues. The past four presidents have all contributed to the "Muslim-Firsters" policy, but Obama more than any of the others. His administration is the climax of Progressism. He ought to be charged with treason and removed from office before he causes more destruction. Evil reigns when men do noting about it, or turn their heads from it, because they were taught to turn their heads, told it was none of their business, that they weren't qualified to grasp policy. Think again, liberals and Marxists: Men like Daniel are onto you.
This column stands out like a bright light in a sea of darkness and confusion.
When you recite the litany of evil actions taken by Husein and other American presidents it becomes very clear that this country is being led by traitors to the people.
vincent 1/2/12
This one went of 'facebook.' Excellent!!
Leah 1/2/12
Excellent work, Daniel! it's needs to be screamed from the rafters. I, too wish you had a prime time spot....
Keliata 1/2/12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16845841
Wait for it: within 24 hours Israeli agents will be blamed for this. You heard it here first...
Greg RN 1/2/12
Please forgive me for my last Post, just seeing Obama's finger in Netanyahu's chest and bowing to the Saudi made me sick to my stomach, I had to walk up the mountain to clear my head, but there was a Doe that neither saw me or smelled me or heard me, but She knew I was there, I shot two of her offspring this season, She just knew, and snorted. Recently I was made aware Alinsky's book was actually dedicated to Lucifer. Imagine that. Kind of puts things in perspective. You just Know.
Daniel Greenfield 1/2/12
I understand, that said I think it's obvious why I removed it.
Tabris 2/2/12
@everybody
It is very clear; if you look at B.O. behavior you can determine with a relative accurate probability that he is a Muslim in disguise, no matter what he claims himself to be. So pandering to the Muslims is natural for him, that is where his heart is and he cannot hide it, it seeps out in his actions and speech.
The last administrations however had to pander to the Muslims because they are sitting on the oil and without oil western society as we know it would collapse. Even if we elected a republican president he would still have to pander to the Muslims until we are oil independent. So we can only become self-ruling of the Muslim pressure if we start reducing the oil consumption while increasing domestic oil production.
The American consumer can have a huge impact on the oil consumption part of the equation by buying more fuel efficient, hybrid or better yet totally electric cars. Pretty soon you will see that this would be a smart move to take anyway because the pot in the middle east is boiling and will explode sooner than later. When that happens we are lucky if the gasoline price stays under $10.
Daniel. Your insights are spot on and well presented. Now a bit of gloominess if you don't mind.
If Israel attacks Iran Jews living in America should expect recriminations and ugliness directed squarely at them. The cost of oil-and the pain suffered by Americans at the pump and grocery will chum the waters for large segments of the Left and Right.
Even if Israel sits docile as her blood enemy builds nukes-this Obama administration will skillfully and artfully castigate the Israels-and by extension, American Jews.
I refuse to be a victim. The righteous will support Israel....and they may be in small numbers.
Thanks for your fine efforts.
My take is this.
Forget Israel.
Forget Iran.
Forget Muslims, and Jews, and Christians who want to kill each other.
America First.
It's time we quit adding to global instability by trying to prevent or suppress it.
http://fooledbyrandomness.com/ForeignAffairs.pdf
That's fine, minus the part where Muslims want to kill us and apathy is no solution.
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I've been experimenting this week with Procion MX textile dyes. I put a few different yarns in a dye bath and I'm amazed at the colour variation from the same batch! The superwash merino sucked up the dye and is almost black in places, while the silk blend is pale and much bluer.
The wool and bamboo blend has the most balanced shade and I'm very pleased with how it turned out. If you like the look of it too, check the site next week for a very special opportunity to win some!
The Procion dyes are really easy to use and require no additional chemicals on animal fibres other than citric acid or vinegar to lower the PH. They're available from DT Crafts, I followed their simple instructions.
Very interesting to see the different results!
I've been looking for a supplier of these Procion dyes for a while, thank you for mentioning this! Can't wait to get those and my most recent order of undyed wools and yarns now. The differences in shading in yours is very instructive. Basically, if I don't get the colour I want then just try in a different yarn? I heard that leaving silk (hm, or was it a different fibre?) in red dye for a veeeery long time might just give you an eggplant shade? Fascinating!
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Aug. 13, 2021 -- New research suggests that exercising, even a little, may significantly reduce the risk of death for people who have had a stroke.
In a large Canadian study of stroke survivors living in the community, researchers found that those who spent 3 to 4 hours per week walking or gardening, or biking 2 to 3 hours per week, had a 54% lower risk of death from any cause.
And risk began to go down with any amount of exercise over zero, they noted.
"We know that physical activity is important from studies of the general population when it comes to reducing cardiovascular events, heart attacks, and stroke, but stroke [patients] are a special group of individuals who generally have a lower level of physical activity due to potentially persistent disability," said lead study author Raed A. Joundi, MD, of the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.
"If we can identify a relatively low-cost and easy intervention like physical activity to improve health and reduce the risk of death for stroke survivors, it would be important."
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Velehentor - "Sak-Yelga" [2005]
Artist: Velehentor
Title: Сак-Елга
Genre: Dark Ambient, Industrial, Noise
Сак-Елга
Гной Земли
Since I have mentioned the projects of Anton "121" Shafarostov (Velehentor, Nuclear Winter, Closing The Eternity) quite a few times on my blog, it'd be natural to post at least one of his works - even if I think he's more of a musical critic rather than a musician.
Velehentor was founded in 1998, initially as a dark ambient side project by the members of Valhalla - one of the very first black metal bands to come from the Urals region (formed in 1996 in Ekaterinburg). A.Shafarostov was the vocalist/keyboardist of Valhalla, and was known under the moniker "Satt" back then. In 1998, Velehentor recorded their first live demo cassette, consisting of 3 untitled track, each over 10 minutes long. Valhalla broke up in 2000, and Velehentor became Anton's solo project after that. While his another solo project, Closing The Eternity, is mostly pure cosmic ambient/drone, Velehentor offers a wider range of genres: from minimalistic dark ambient (mostly earlier releases) to power electronics and industrial noise. The latest release from Velehentor up to date is a short EP called "Ceremonial Death" (2011).
As far as I know, Anton now is a high-ranked official in Ekaterinburg, and isn't very active as a musician anymore - maybe because of a lack of free time, maybe because he doesn't want his public career to be associated with his underground works... who knows? At least he still writes reviews for his webzine "Twilight Shadows", and that's my favourite part of his creative output - I love the sarcastic style of his reviews, as well as his extensive knowledge of underground black metal and music in general. I think he easily could start an avant-garde black metal project on the level of Arcturus or Ved Buens Ende, if he wanted to - but alas, he doesn't like progressive black metal, and most of his releases are quite minimalistic (be it metal, ambient, or noise).
"Саг-Елга" is a bit more varied than Velehentor's early releases, though - it's a mix of dark ambient and industrial/noise, with some spoken word vocals (which makes it one of the very few Velehentor/Closing The Eternity releases that aren't purely instrumental). As opposed to Valhalla, whose music was said to be influenced by "the dark aspects of Urals' nature", this cassette by Velehentor is rather influenсed by Urals' "anti-nature" (if I may say so). The ideology of Velehentor is generally based on the standard "anti-human / anti-life" black metal ideas, and this particular album is inspired by numerous industrial and environmental disasters that happened in the Urals region. The cover photo shows the vicinity of Karabash, a town on the Sak-Yelga river in South Urals which is known for very high levels of pollution caused by a copper smelting plant. From what I've seen on the photos from there, it's literally a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie came true. I also live not far from a very polluted industrial zone (Dzerzhinsk), but it's nothing compared to Karabash:
(the last photo is taken from a gallery which you can view here; photographer - Ilya Yakovlev, model - nich_ya)
Автор: Alexander на 11:59 PM 0 коммент.
Ярлыки: ambient, industrial, noise, Russia
Vergeltung - "System Overload" [2008]
Artist: Vergeltung
Title: System Overload
Genre: Industrial Black Metal
Spatial Cold
Arzamas-16
Electromagnetic Impulse
Gravitational Phantom of Deceased Nova
Interstellar Voidblast
Victims of Technology
One of the most professional and talented Russian industrial metal projects, Vergeltung, was formed in St.Petersburg in 2005 (metal-archives.com says 2002, but it's most likely incorrect). "System Overload" is their debut album, released by CD-Maximum in 2008. It was produced by Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69, Axxis, Krokus, Angra) and recorded in a Swedish studio "Cutting Room", so the quality of production is up to the best Western European standards. The music of Vergeltung is quite complex (of course not to the extent of causing a sensory overload, but it isn't "easy listening" either), so even the most demanding fans of avant-garde/industrial metal probably won't be disappointed.
Out of 9 tracks prestented on there (+ a short intro and a lengthy noisy outro, which is pretty much a filler track), my favourites are "Stalingrad" and "System Overload". Most of the tracks are instrumental, since the band doesn't have a proper vocalist - although there are some distorted vocals (or more like recitation) performed by their keyboardist. All the lyrics were witten by 121 (a member of Velehentor, Nuclear Winter, Closing The Eternity and several other projects, and a cult personality in Russian industrial & extreme metal underground). As you can guess from the song names, the main themes of this album are quite natural for a Russian industrial metal project: 2nd World War, the Cold War, the USSR's technological advances and the exploration of space. As it was stated by the band members themselves: "...social collapse, civilization's demise, global war and universal cataclysm; humanity's self destruction and non-existence - all that shape the concept of VERGELTUNG's work. The very name of the band embodies the cruel truth about the technology progress driven by the development of arms that bring mass destruction and death. It's not a secret that first rockets were built not to explore space and travel to the moon but rather to attack England and the US".
They've released a follow-up album, titled "Exploration of Space", in 2012, but it isn't as good as their debut. It isn't easy to buy "System Overload" on CD, and it isn't available on bandcamp either, so I hope it'd be OK to post it here:
Автор: Alexander на 7:53 PM 0 коммент.
Ярлыки: industrial black metal, Russia
I created this blog mostly because I wanted to practise my English skills, and to showcase the industrial, gothic, punk, metal, neofolk and progressive rock scene of Russia/ex-USSR and Eastern Europe (especially Hungary) in the meanwhile.
As you can see, this blog doesn't take itself seriously enough, but I hope I'm doing good enough with my reviews even if my proficiency in English is limited. Along with the aforementioned stuff from Eastern Europe, I occasionally post some classic and rare albums that aren't to be missed, and generally whatever I want. Other categories of note:
* finno-ugric rarities - various music (including pop) in minor Finno-Ugric languages which I'm interested in because of my heritage. The music from Hungary, Finland and Estonia can be found under the respective categories;
* lo-fi - various poorly recorded demos from before 2000 that are of historical importance. Most of these demos come from the USSR era, so you might want to check out the USSR category as well.
As of now, I try to post only music that has already been made free by the artists themselves, or the rare old releases that are out of print. But if you're an artist and would like me to remove the download links of your work, just contact me using the form below.
Sorry, I don't do reviews by request, I don't have the time. Moreover, I think the bands that feel the need to advertise themselves by sending their demos to as many blogs as possible are usually just plain boring. If you want to contact me for any other reason, use the contact form below.
It should be obvious enough that reviewing anything on here doesn't equals endorsement of artists' personal views. This especially concerns neofolk and martial industrial. It'd be fair enough to say that I have the same approach to the political and religious topics in these genres as Laibach do.
Many of the female musicians featured on my blog are amateur models, and in many cases their modelling work is no less interesting than their music. Right now I'm working on giving it a separate section of the blog (just in case if anyone wants my review to be only about their music and not their looks). The work is in progress, check back later if you're interested.
The title of my blog comes from a song by The Kovenant (album "SETI", 2003).
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Home / News / News / Crimean Tatars, together with Ukrainians and other ethnicities, continue to courageously defend our country
Crimean Tatars, together with Ukrainians and other ethnicities, continue to courageously defend our country
For more than ten months, a full-scale war has been going on, which Russia started on the territory of Ukraine. All the inhabitants of our country were forced to radically change their lives, but, in spite of everything, we continue to defend and resist.
Different athnicities are fighting for our country, and of course, the indigenous Crimean Tatar people, who experienced a lot of suffering at the hands of the occupier before February 24, 2022, take an active part in the war against Russia.
So, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, a separate special unit Crimea was formed from among the Crimean Tatars in the ranks of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, which now protects the Ukrainian land in Bakhmut, took part in successful special operations in the south of the country and other hot spots.
The quantitative composition of Crimea subdivision is constantly growing, residents of the temporarily occupied Crimea and other athnicities are joining the subdivision.
Very soon Crimea will be de-occupied, and it is the Crimean Tatars who will take an active part in its liberation.
Two flags – one victory!
Glory to Ukraine!


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import logging
import json
from webob import Response
from ryu.app.wsgi import ControllerBase
from ryu.app.wsgi import WSGIApplication

LOG = logging.getLogger('DLController')

# REST command template
def rest_command(func):
    def _rest_command(*args, **kwargs):
        try:
            msg = func(*args, **kwargs)
            return Response(content_type='application/json',
                            body=json.dumps(msg))

        except SyntaxError as e:
            details = e.msg
        except (ValueError, NameError) as e:
            details = e.message
        except IndexError as e:
            details = e.args[0]

        msg = {'result': 'failure',
               'details': details}
        return Response(body=json.dumps(msg))

    return _rest_command

class DLController(ControllerBase):

    def __init__(self, req, link, data, **config):
        super(DLController, self).__init__(req, link, data, **config)
        self.ryu_app = data

    @rest_command
    def list_all_apps(self, req, **_kwargs):
        return self.ryu_app.list_all_apps()

    @rest_command
    def list_installed_app(self, req, **_kwargs):
        return self.ryu_app.list_installed_apps()

    @rest_command
    def report_brick(self, req, **_kwargs):
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    @rest_command
    def install_app(self, req, **_kwargs):
        body = json.loads(req.body)
        path = body['path']

        self.ryu_app.install_app(path)
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    @rest_command
    def uninstall_app(self, req, **_kwargs):
        body = json.loads(req.body)
        path = body['path']

        self.ryu_app.uninstall_app(path)
        return {'result': 'ok'}

    @rest_command
    def list_switches(self, req, **_kwargs):
        return self.ryu_app.list_switches()

    @rest_command
    def list_links(self, req, **_kwargs):
        return self.ryu_app.list_links()

    @rest_command
    def list_hosts(self, req, **_kwargs):
        return self.ryu_app.list_hosts()

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Q: Problema con date en php y phpmyadmin Tengo un problema para almacenar la hora en mi base de datos, tengo un formulario desde donde se envía una serie de datos pero por alguna razón la fecha no se inserta o solo quedan en ceros.

              Fecha y hora de Inicio:

                <input type="date" id="fecha1" name="fecha1">

              Fecha y hora de Término:

                <input type="date" id="fecha2" name="fecha2">

Ahí están los inputs que tengo en el formulario ya que todo lo demas funciona correctamente.
function agregar() {
global $db, $_POST, $_FILES;

$uniqid = uniqid();
$filename = $uniqid . basename($_FILES["cupon_imagen"]["name"]);
$target_file = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] .'/admin-kupom/content/cupones/'. $filename;
$filename = 'http://www.kupomcity.com/admin-kupom/content/cupones/' . $filename;

$destacado = 0;
if ($_POST['destacado'] == 1) {
  $destacado = 1;
}

if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["cupon_imagen"]["tmp_name"], $target_file))
{
  $sql = "INSERT INTO cupones (
    id_comercio,
    destacado,
    cantidad,
    image,
    titulo,
    texto,
    duracion,
    created_by,
    created_at,
    fecha_termino
  ) VALUES (
    :id_comercio,
    :destacado,
    :cantidad,
    :image,
    :titulo,
    :texto,
    :duracion,
    :id_usuario,
    :data1,
    :data2
  )";

  $stmt = $db->prepare($sql);
  $stmt->bindParam(':id_comercio', $_POST['id_comercio'], PDO::PARAM_INT);
  $stmt->bindParam(':destacado', $destacado, PDO::PARAM_STR);
  $stmt->bindParam(':data1', $_POST['fecha1'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
  $stmt->bindParam(':data2', $_POST['fecha2'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
  $stmt->bindParam(':cantidad', $_POST['cantidad'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
  $stmt->bindParam(':image', $filename, PDO::PARAM_STR);
  $stmt->bindParam(':titulo', $_POST['titulo'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
  $stmt->bindParam(':texto', $_POST['texto'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
  $stmt->bindParam(':duracion', $_POST['duracion'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
  $stmt->bindParam(':id_usuario', $_SESSION['user']['id'], PDO::PARAM_INT);
  $stmt->execute();
  return true;
} else {
  return false;
}

}
Aquí esta mi función para insertar la información a la base de datos, no se que esta mal o que me falta para que me inserte las fechas en la base de datos.
Los campos son del tipo date en mi tabla de base de datos.

A: Prueba con esto:
$nuevafecha = date( "Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime(str_replace("(Hora de verano romance)", "", $fecha)));

La hora que coge el input date está en este formato:
Sun Jul 02 2017 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (Hora de verano romance)
Con la función de arriba la convertimos en formato Date para la base de datos.

A: Muy buenas estimado. Si quiere poner para el formulario, solo tendrías que añadir esto para PHP, lo que hace para el form, como veo que es datetime:
<input type="text" name="fecha" value="<?php date_default_timezone_set('America/Santiago'); echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s');?>">

date_default_timezone_set('America/Santiago') se puede cambiar por el país correspondiente, digamos 'Europe/Berlin' de alemania, capital: berlín.
Dejo este link para que puedas comprender Listado de zonas horarias admitidas
Espero que te haya ayudado! Un saludo

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Today started off with lots of excitement about the Online Bake Sale for Haiti . I was so excited I forgot to eat breakfast!
I did remember coffee – with soy creamer.
Since I still didnt' have a stove or sink by lunchtime, I just heated up a frozen meal – Organic Bistro Ginger Chicken.
Organic Bistro makes some of my favorite frozen meals. You actually get to eat real food with them and you don't feel terrible after eating them.
I liked how the chicken pieces were all nice pieces of meat. No "questionable" pieces like you get in some meals. The pilaf was nice and light, as was the sauce. I liked the mix of ingredients – beans, carrots, edamame with the rice pilaf.
I had a light snack of a wee bit of Stonyfield Oikos and a Zac and Omega Apple Bar.
Bailey got a little snack too.
My kitchen is actually pretty far from complete, but at least we have a floor and countertops now! Additionally, today our contractor stopped by and installed our sink and put our stove back up. I took advantage of the stove being reconnected and sink being installed to fiiiiinally cook something at home. Boy have I missed cooking!
With all the work I had to do after my "real-work" for the bake sale, I wanted to make something simple. I went with chili. Turkey chili that is.
I used this recipe (click) I found on AllRecipes.com. It called for diced tomatoes, but I heard somewhere (maybe Food TV?) that they use the best tomatoes for the whole canned tomatoes and the slightly not as pristine ones in the diced (since they'll be cut up and you won't notice imperfections).
So, I used some canned whole tomatoes in my recipe.
I also subbed turkey for ground beef.
I figured since our bread would be a bit decadent, that I should go light on the chili with the turkey.
I swung by Great Harvest today to get our weekly bread. I just LOVE going there. I love sampling new breads and treats and picking up my freshly baked bread. Today, I picked up some spelt and a loaf of their garlic cheddar. Since it's hubby's b-day week, I figured he'd like the cheesy bread.
Bowl one – topped with shredded cheese.
So good! It tasted so much lighter than traditional beef chili. The cheesey-garlic toast went perfectly (though I did miss my cornbread I usually make). The bread was nice and toasty on the outside and chewy on the inside…mmm. Perfect-o!
Oh, home-cooked-food, how I've missed you!
Which type of chili do you prefer: beef, turkey, tofu, or veggie?
« Kitchen Updates – Tile + Countertops!
I'm happy your kitchen is almost complete. Mine is still under construction but at least I can cook in it.
Your chili looks great. I like beef chili and turkey chili.
So excited about the winner of my baked goods. YAY! It was a great bake sale.


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4-H program launches army career
By Julie Zeeb | jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com | Red Bluff Daily News
PUBLISHED: January 5, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: May 16, 2018 at 9:51 a.m.
Former Corning resident Victoria "Tori" Miralda was promoted to Colonel in the Army in August.
The 1986 Mercy High School graduate now holds the title of United States Army Space and Missile Defense Future Warfare Center Capabilities Director.
Miralda says she owes much to adult volunteers in Tehama County, especially the Rocketry Program in 4-H led by Tom Miles.
In an effort to give back, the former All-Star spoke over the holidays with 4-H members about her life and where 4-H had taken her.
Under the direction of Miles in rocketry and Bill and Linda Spaletta in the swine and guide dog programs, Miralda, the daughter of Donna Miralda Norell and Greg Norell, thrived, she said.
She was a part of 4-H from the time she was 9, Miralda said.
Not only was Miralda able to learn skills she has used in pursuing higher education and her job, but about mentoring and giving back to the community.
"4-H is all about service," Miralda said.
"Mercy High School was a part of that, but 4-H laid the groundwork.
That was 30-plus years ago and look at the seeds they planted.
I don't use rockets, but I certainly use the same capabilities."
4-H her get into West Point because the school looks at community service, she said.
Miralda went on to get a Bachelors of Science at West Point and a Masters of Science in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Masters in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University.
During her work on her degrees, Miralda said she was able to use some of her knowledge from working with dogs in 4-H while on a research team looking at Post Traumatic Stress Disorder treatment through the use of animals.
She has earned numerous awards including the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Sr. Army Parachutist Badge and Master Space Badge.
"I've lived all over the world and we are blessed to live here," Miralda said.
"I loved Colorado, but every place has its own beauty, unique things to do and cultural customs."
Miralda is stationed in Huntsville, Ala. and said it is a neat, historical location.
In her job, she gets to look at how satellites communicate and how they are used in space.
Initially assigned elsewhere, Miralda ended up going into Functional Area Space Operations at Space and Missile Defense Command at the Red Stone Arsenal in Huntsville.
Her journey to get there started with an injury during a bad night jump at Fort Bragg North Carolina, she said.
"It allows me to specialize and to still contribute to bringing technology to the forces," Miralda said. "It's an area I liked in graduate school work and I've always been interested in understanding technology and figuring out how to bring the (armed) forces navigation, imagery, intelligence, GPS, missile warning and space force enhancement.
It's challenging and there's always new ways and a leading edge on things like launching satellites at a reduced cost."
While in 4-H, she was lucky to attend the 4-H leadership conference at UC Davis and the National Conference in Washington D.C., Miralda said.
"It opened my eyes to government," she said.
Miralda said everyone has responsibilities and she is excited to do something that she is passionate about and that is for her country, but she wouldn't be where she is without the adults who gave up their time to mentor her.
"The time they spent in 4-H was an investment and it is well worth it," Miralda said.
"No one pays them to do it, but it builds a strong community."
Staff Writer Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115, or at jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com
Follow Julie on Twitter @DN_Zeeb
Corrected by the DN
Julie Zeeb | Reporter
Julie Zeeb is a North State native and covers the county and education beats for the Red Bluff Daily News. She has been with the Daily News since she started freelancing for the paper in July 2007 and lived in Tehama County since 2009.
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Simone Biles' Mom Sends Gymnast Daughter Sweet Tweets of Encouragement Ahead of Olympic Competition
By Joyce Chen
Her No. 1 fan! Simone Biles' mom, Nellie Biles, sent her daughter a few sweet tweets of encouragement ahead of her Olympic gymnastics competition on Sunday, August 7.
U.S. gymnast Simone Biles practices on the uneven bars of the women's Artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Arena on August 4, 2016, ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
The first-time Olympic athlete was set to compete for the qualification session in hopes of qualifying for the team, all-around, beam, floor and vault finals on a world stage, and her mom knew just the right words to say.
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"Long terms goal is here/embrace the experience and have fun," Nellie tweeted. "I love you – Mom."
In response, the 19-year-old gymnast retweeted her mom's message and shared a few words of her own. "Mom I am ready – your words give me comfort – I love you," she wrote.
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This isn't the first time that Nellie has sent her daughter words of support from afar. In July, the proud mom tweeted words of encouragement to Simone several times.
@Simone_Biles: Do not forget to let each tomorrow be better than today-Day2- focus and have fun -Mom
— Nellie Biles (@BilesNellie) July 10, 2016
@Simone_Biles : So incredibly proud of you- keep reaching for your dreams-Mom
@Simone_Biles Watching you leave for the Olympics today- your good luck charm FAITH & CONFIDENCE – love Mom
@Simone_Biles @Salto_Coach: If you have faith as small as a mustard seed nothing will be impossible for you-love you Mom
On Friday, August 5, Simone got a very special greeting from Kim Kardashian, who recorded a message of encouragement to the athlete, and the pair had a cute exchange online.
"Hey, Simone!" the 35-year-old reality star says in the clip, which NBC Olympics shared on its Twitter account. "It's Kim Kardashian West, and I just wanted to wish you the best of luck in the Olympics. We're all rooting for you back at home."
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Simone replied with an excited tweet of thanks, and noted that she's "obsessed with North!" Ever the responsive social media user, Kardashian wrote back, "She just started gymnastics! Maybe she can show you some moves?"


On 30 June 2012, more than 15,000 people turned up at Hong Lim Park to support the freedom to love and the sense of warmth, community and camaraderie was palpable.
Feelings of hope, joy, patriotism (as the helicopters flew by with the Singapore flag) and an anticipation for the future bubbled up within me.
Looking out at the sea of pink reminded me that together, we can strive towards a more inclusive Singapore.
For those of you who couldn't be there, I hope these photos and video will help give you a better feel of our first-ever night Pink Dot 2012. Enjoy!
For more photos and info, visit Pink Dot SG!


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New NI Play looks to 'Trump' climate change
New play, Mothers Out Front, uses comedy to explore the serious issue of climate change.
Lorna McKay
Award-winning theatre company, Sole Purpose Productions, is bringing their new play Mothers Out Front about climate change to a number of venues across the Northern Ireland later this month.
Written by Edie Shillue, a writer, academic and social campaigner, who has worked on global social issues for 20 years and works closely with asylum seekers and the immigrant community in Northern Ireland, the play uses comedy to explore the serious issue of climate change.
Mothers Out Front tells the story of three women from Northern Ireland who, after years of 'thinking globally and acting locally', are fed up with being ignored and go to a protest at a global economic summit in Dublin.
One of the women takes a wrong turn and decides to singlehandedly change the protest.
She kidnaps the American President, determined to exchange him for a different type of ransom.
This tragicomedy asks the question "how far would you go to save the only planet you ever had".
Ms Shillue said: "This story will look familiar to many people, as three Irish women try to get all of us to listen to their warnings about the future.
"There's nothing they won't do to get us all to #listentoyourmother.
"I also hope that people take the time afterwards to ask questions about how they can better understand climate change and what they can do to help those among us who are climate defenders."
The play's director, Patricia Byrne, Artistic Director of Sole Purpose Productions, said: "We need to raise awareness of climate change as much as possible.
"Working with such a great cast and production team will certainly get the message out there in a dynamic and impactful way. I am grateful to our funders – the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for their support and dedication."
The play can be seen May 15 and 16 at Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast; May 19 at An Coire, Maghera; May 21 and 22 at The Derry Playhouse; May 29 at Strule Arts Centre, Omagh; and The Alley Theatre, Strabane on May 30.
Each performance will be followed by a quest and answer session with members of Zero Waste North West and the writer.
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Yesterday after much planning I finally had the pleasure of visiting the studio of "Little Street" – a new Tel Avivian brand that recently caught my attention. Lital Peles David, the woman behind the brand, took some time to explain the vision behind the new collection and how she got into fashion in the first place.
While Lital was studying for her masters in child's psychology she realized that fashion is a bit more than just a hobby for her. Right then and there she she decided to leave psychology behind and started procuring a career in fashion and enrolled to a fashion design degree.
"The current collection wasn't an easy one" says Lital, "I had to shut down to the outside world to create it, I didn't want to be exposed to too many inspirations or references. It was important that this collection really comes from within so I tried to isolate myself in my own little bubble".
Lital and her clients appreciate layers but as the Israeli summer gets cruel (very hot that is), it's hard to wrap up in them. Lital created garments such as t-shirts, dresses and light cardigans all in which the layers are already sewn in, like this yellow top above.
The black and white element of her designs is essential to her; each season she infuses the collection with a different vibrant color as a contrast to her favorite monochromatic palette.
The brush stoke effect is a connecting point of this collection and can be seen on almost every garment, and I now got the t-shirt version of it.
For more on Little Street, visit the Facebook page, or the boutique on Baalei HaMelacha Street 5, Tel Aviv.


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Columbia County, WI is located between Baraboo and Beaver Dam in the center part of the state along the Wisconsin River. Columbia is known for its views, recreation, farms, resorts, Amish communities and has Paradise Marsh State Wildlife Area, Madison Audubon's Goose Pond Sanctuary, The Famous Wisconsin Dells tourist hot spot for the Midwest plus a couple communities including; Portage, Pardeeville Dekorra, Lodi and The Dells. It's surrounded by 7 other Counties; Adams, Marquette, Green Lake, Dodge, Dane, Sauk and Juneau. On this site you can search for Waterfront Restaurants, Steakhouse, Seafood, Diners, Cafes, Fast Food, Pizzerias, Eat Stands, Barbecues, Buffets, Coffee Houses, Bars & Grills, Pubs, Taverns, Family Style, Burger Joint, Ethnic Restaurants, Casual Dining, Food Truck Services, Other Restaurants; Greek, Italian, Mexican and more... located in this county listed by a real estate agents.
Dane County, WI is located between Portage and Janesville on the south center part of the state along the Wisconsin River and touches Lake Koshkonong. Dane is known for the home of the Capital and has Governor Nelson State Park, Warner Park, Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Waubesa, Lake Kegonsa plus a couple communities including; Madison, Deforest, Sun Prairie, Fitchburg, Mount Horeb, Stoughton, Waunakee and Oregon. It's surrounded by 7 other Counties; Sauk, Columbia, Dodge, Jefferson, Rock, Green and Iowa.
Dodge County, WI is located between Madison and Fond Du Lac on the eastern middle part of the state just south of Winnebago Lake and west of Lake Michigan. Dodge is known for its parks, biking, bird watching, shopping, fishing which has Beaver Dam Lake State Wildlife Area, Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area, Ledge Park, Brandt-Quirk Park, Fox Lake, Beaver Dam Lake, Sinissippi Lake plus a couple communities including; Waupun, Beaver Dam, Horicon, Mayville, Rubicon and Richwood. It's surrounded by 7 other Counties; Green Lake, Fond Du Lac, Washington, Waukesha, Jefferson, Dane and Columbia. On this site you can search for Waterfront Restaurants, Steakhouse, Seafood, Diners, Cafes, Fast Food, Pizzerias, Eat Stands, Barbecues, Buffets, Coffee Houses, Bars & Grills, Pubs, Taverns, Family Style, Burger Joint, Ethnic Restaurants, Casual Dining, Food Truck Services, Other Restaurants; Greek, Italian, Mexican and more... located in this county listed by a real estate agents.
Green County, WI is located between Janesville and Dodgeville on the south middle part of the state along the Illinois border. Green is known its biking, breweries, festivals, green rolling hills, 120 foot clock tower which also has New Glarus Woods State Park, Albany Wildlife Area, Oliver Prairie State Natural Area, Browntown-Cadiz Springs State Recreational Area plus a couple communities including; New Glarus, Brodhead, Monroe and Juda. It's surrounded by 4 other Counties; Lafayette, Iowa, Dane and Rock.
Jefferson County, WI is located between Madison and Waukesha in south eastern part of the state along Lake Koshkonong. Jefferson is known for farming, farmers markets, car shows, green country side, area parks, hunting, fishing which also has Madison Audubon'€™s Faville Grove Sanctuary, Glacial Drumlin State, Rock Lake, Rock River, Lake Ripley plus a couple communities including; Palmyra, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Johnson Creek, Lake Mills, Ixonia, Waterloo, Watertown and part of Whitewater. It's surrounded by 5 other Counties; Dodge, Waukesha, Walworth, Rock and Dane. On this site you can search for Waterfront Restaurants, Steakhouse, Seafood, Diners, Cafes, Fast Food, Pizzerias, Eat Stands, Barbecues, Buffets, Coffee Houses, Bars & Grills, Pubs, Taverns, Family Style, Burger Joint, Ethnic Restaurants, Casual Dining, Food Truck Services, Other Restaurants; Greek, Italian, Mexican and more... located in this county listed by a real estate agents.
Rock County, WI is located between Monroe and Delavan in the south middle part of the state along Illinois border with both the Rock River and Sugar River flowing through it. Rock is known for its museums, history, parks, Ice Age Trail, biking, horseback riding, nature trails, hiking, river fishing, golf courses, boating, canoeing which also has Tails & Trails Dog Park, Magnolia Bluff Park, Rockport Park, Kessler Railroad Prairie State Natural Area, Sweet Allyn Park, Avon Bottoms State Natural Area, borders Lake Koshkonong, Turtle Creek plus a couple communities including; Evansville, Fulton, Edgerton, Milton, Johnstown, Beloit and Janesville. It's surrounded by 4 other Counties; Green, Dane, Jefferson and Walworth.
Buying a restaurant can be quiet challenging but not as much as running the day to day operations. There are lots of purchasing decisions to make like do you buy a vacant lot and build the restaurant of your dreams OR do you purchase a preexisting building with an established restaurant with regular patrons. Southwest Wisconsin has lots of small towns with a wide variety of restaurants everything from the cafes to the waterfront diners with a signature menu serving the locals and out of town tourists. No matter what Southern Wisconsin you choose there will be lots of stuff to do including hiring staff, picking out equipment, choosing the right supplies and vendors, making sure your patrons have stuff to do as the spend money in your place of business.


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Zygmunt Latoszewski (1902 in Poznań – 1995 in Warsaw) was a Polish conductor, theater director, and music teacher. He was a conductor and director of many of Polish operas and philharmonics.

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1902 births
1995 deaths
Polish conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
20th-century conductors (music)
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The shell itself with its patterns initially scared me, but I must say, the actual snail underneath with the sauce was absolutely exquisite. It's definitely a must try dish in Vietnam!
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The Illinois PGA elects its president every two years, and the most recent changing of the guard on Nov. 19 was much different than all the previous ones.
When Jim Miller took over the reins from Mark Labiak the section gained an unusual new leader. Rarely has the Illinois PGA had a president from a club outside of the Chicago area. Miller is in his 14th season as head professional at Bloomington Country Club, which is located in central Illinois.
And that's not all. Miller is also continuing a family tradition. His father Hal was the Illinois PGA president from 1982-83, when he was in the midst of a long and successful run at Evanston Golf Club in Skokie.
The Miller & Miller scenario begins at Evanston, where Hal entered the golf business as a caddie. He later worked there on the practice range and as a starter before becoming an assistant professional under the legendary player and teacher Johnny Revolta in 1960.
Hal spent seven seasons as a Revolta assistant, then became the head professional in 1966 following Revolta's retirement. Hal was the head man there for 35 years before retiring on Dec. 31, 2001. Now 82, he's an honorary member of the club that he served in one capacity or another for about 50 years. Selected into the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame in 2007, he also remains involved with the Illinois PGA as a regular rules official at its tournaments.
A Glenview resident, Hal and wife Kathleen are the parents of five children, all of whom worked at Evanston in one capacity or another while growing up. Jim is the only one who followed Hal into the golf industry.
Jim, 52, graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1990, then spent three years as an assistant at Sunset Ridge Country Club, in Northfield, and another at Indian Hill Club, in Winnetka, before Hal had an opening on his staff at Evanston. Jim eventually succeeded Hal as the club's head professional and held that job for five years.
Jim did. When an opening developed at Bloomington he applied, was hired and has found a good job fit. Their four children are Parker, now 21; Katie, now 19; Ashley, now 17; and Bailey, now 14.
Bloomington, which has 330 golf members, was agreeable to Jim's need for more family time. A good enough player to qualify for two national PGA Professional Championships and become the runner-up in the 1995 Illinois PGA Match Play Championship, Miller is focused on a broader range of duties now.
State Women's Amateur five times.
Miller inadvertently played a role in hurting Bloomington's chances to bring an Illinois Open back downstate. He was the Illinois PGA's Opens Committee chairman when the decision was made to alter the format of the event in hopes of expanding the field and increasing the entries. The Glen Club, in Glenview, became the permanent site for the finals and a nearby club was needed as the alternate site each year. Bloomington was too far away to fit the bill, but Miller is happy with the format change made in the section's premier event.
An Illinois PGA board member for three years while at Evanston, Miller dropped off the board when he made the move to Bloomington but he ran and was re-elected in 2009 and was elected an officer in 2015, when he ran for the secretary's position. That started his progression to the presidency. He was secretary in 2015-16 and vice president in 2017-18. Now he takes on the responsibility of leading an organization with about 800 members.
The Illinois PGA presidency is much different than when his father was in charge. The Illinois PGA had an executive director (Ken Boyce) at that time but no long-term headquarters and only two assistants for Boyce. Now executive director Carrie Williams heads a staff that has at least three times that number when summer interns are factored in and a long-term home base at The Glen Club.
Diversity and inclusion is a top business initiative of the Illinois PGA Board and the goal is to meet or exceed the national standard. But that's not his only chore, of course.


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"DINK" is an acronym that stands for "double income, no kids" or "dual income, no kids". It describes a couple without children living together while both partners are receiving an income; because both of their wages are coming into the same household, they are free to live more comfortably than couples who live together and spend their money on raising their children. The term was coined at the height of yuppie culture in the 1980s. The Great Recession solidified this social trend, as more couples waited longer to have children or chose not to have children at all.

Disadvantages
Households without children in the United States aren't eligible for many government subsidies. For example, households with children in the United States receive tax credits such as the child tax credit.

Variations
"DINKY" means "double income, no kids yet", implying that the couple in question is childless only temporarily and intends to have children later, rather than eschewing having children entirely. The British radio sitcom Double Income, No Kids Yet bore this name.

"GINK" means "green inclinations, no kids", referring to those who choose not to have children for environmental reasons.

"DINKWAD" means "Double income, no kids, with a dog"

"DINKWADACS" means "Double income, no kids, with dogs and cats"

Some marketers have proposed "yappie" ("young affluent parent", adapted from "yuppie") as a term to describe similar couples who do have children.

See also

 Childlessness
 Doug, a TV series featuring recurring characters Bud and Tippi Dink, their surname being a reference to the acronym
 Fairly OddParents, a TV series on which the next door neighbor characters 'The Dinklebergs' are also named in reference to the acronym, being a childless couple who can afford many luxuries
 Emerging adulthood
 FIRE movement
 Total fertility rate
 Voluntary childlessness

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1980s neologisms
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