Following the airing of dramatic video footage of a deadly attack at a Gaza market, on Wednesday evening Erin Burnett welcomed colleague John Vause for an investigation of the dangerous situation.
In the footage, ambulances race to the scene after an initial explosion, only to be greeted by another. The journalist filming the scene was seriously injured in the explosion, but his assistant promptly picked up the camera, and continued rolling, capturing further scenes of horror. The footage, much of it graphic, has been broadcast on Hamas Television.
Hamas officials say the market may have been crowded largely because civilians were under the impression a humanitarian ceasefire was in place. With 17 killed and 200 wounded, they were clearly, and sadly, mistaken.
Watch the above video to see the full depth of footage from the fatal explosions at the market in Gaza.
What carnage – thank you for making sure we americans see it.
Many of those criticizing Israel's bombardment of Gaza are apparently a little short on history lessons. During WWII American and British pilots dropped bombs on thousands of innocent German civilians. This was because Hitler refused to acknowledge that he could not win. The German High Command knew the war was lost even before D-Day, but in order to bring Germany to its knees thousands of innocent German women and children were sacrificed. The same thing is happening in Gaza simply because Hamas refuses to acknowledge Israel's right to exist. Hamas is using the deaths of women and children for propaganda purposes.
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CNN wasn't there in ER rooms and running on the street to show blood and people part of the Jews.
The cruelest act of so called human...!!!


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The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on September 07, 2017 was 91.201 BCM which is 58% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This percentage was at 55 for the week ending on August 31, 2017. The level of September 07, 2017 was 84% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 84% of storage of average of last ten years.
States having better storage than last year for corresponding period are Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Karnataka and Kerala. States having equal storage than last year for corresponding period is Punjab. States having lesser storage than last year for corresponding period are Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, AP&TG (Two combined projects in both states), Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.


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Explore the Salish Sea
A Nature Guide for Kids
Joseph K. Gaydos, Audrey DeLella Benedict
Filled with beautiful photography and engaging text, Explore the Salish Sea inspires children to explore the unique marine ecosystem that encompasses the coastal waters from Seattle's Puget Sound up to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Georgia Strait of British Columbia.
Discover the Salish Sea and learn about its vibrant ecosystem in this engaging non-fiction narrative that inspires outdoor exploration. Filled with full-color photography, this book covers wildlife habitats, geodiversity, intertidal and subtidal sea life, and highlights what is unique to this Pacific Northwest ecosystem.
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JOSEPH K. GAYDOS is chief scientist for the SeaDoc Society, a marine science and conservation program focused on the Salish Sea. He is a licensed wildlife veterinarian and has a PhD in wildlife health. For over a decade he has been studying the fish and wildlife of the Salish Sea.
AUDREY DELELLA BENEDICT is a biologist, writer, and passionate advocate for the conservation of the global ocean and Arctic and alpine environments the world over. She is founder and director of Cloud Ridge Naturalists, a nonprofit natural history educational organization now in its fourth decade. She is currently a member of the board of the SeaDoc Society and served for nearly a decade as a trustee for the Colorado chapter of The Nature Conservancy, from which she received the prestigious One Conservancy Award in 2003 for her work in Ecuador. Audrey splits her time between her home at 9,000 feet along the Colorado Front Range and her off-grid cottage on San Juan's Frost Island.|||JOSEPH K. GAYDOS is chief scientist for the SeaDoc Society, a marine science and conservation program focused on the Salish Sea. He is a licensed wildlife veterinarian and has a PhD in wildlife health. For over a decade he has been studying the fish and wildlife of the Salish Sea.
AUDREY DELELLA BENEDICT is a biologist, writer, and passionate advocate for the conservation of the global ocean and Arctic and alpine environments the world over. She is founder and director of Cloud Ridge Naturalists, a nonprofit natural history educational organization now in its fourth decade. She is currently a member of the board of the SeaDoc Society and served for nearly a decade as a trustee for the Colorado chapter of The Nature Conservancy, from which she received the prestigious One Conservancy Award in 2003 for her work in Ecuador. Audrey splits her time between her home at 9,000 feet along the Colorado Front Range and her off-grid cottage on San Juan's Frost Island.
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At least two people were arrested Wednesday at the Housing Opportunities Commission meeting, part of an ongoing protest over the status of graves under an HOC property in Bethesda.
Somerset Mayor Jeffrey Slavin was arrested. Slavin, who is president of Montgomery Community Media's board of directors, has since been released and was issued a citation for disorderly conduct. At last month's meeting, four protesters were arrested.
At the monthly HOC meeting, several people including Slavin and the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition protested against the commission in regards to the sacred Moses African Cemetery that allegedly lies underneath the HOC's Westward Towers parking lot. Officials claim to believe that hundreds of freed Africans, and perhaps thousands of enslaved Africans, were buried under the parking lot.
The protest consisted of peaceful singing.
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Great Western Railway's first Intercity Express Train has made its maiden voyage to Cornwall this morning, as part of a special test journey from London Paddington to Penzance.
Part of an expo event with Cornwall Council to showcase improved rail services for the south west, the Intercity Express Train (IET) (800 003 and 800 004) left London Paddington at 0533 and arrived at Penzance Station at 1101.
Transport minister, Paul Maynard, said: "We are upgrading our railways to deliver the biggest modernisation programme for over a century and the improvements that passengers have asked for.
"These new trains will offer greater capacity, reduced journey times and more reliable services from London to Penzance."
The new rolling stock replaces 40-year-old trains currently serving this key intercity route. Typical journey times from London to Penzance will improve by 14 minutes.
Sandra Rothwell, chief executive of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership, said: "Good connectivity is vital to business and the growth of our economy which is why we have made rail investment one of our top priorities.
"These fantastic new GWR trains, coupled with ongoing investment from the LEP and its partners in signalling, station upgrades and WiFi, will transform main line rail services in Cornwall with increased frequency, more comfort and faster journey times."
The 93 train fleet is fitted with bi-mode technology, allowing trains to use both diesel and electric power, and passengers to enjoy the benefits of new trains as soon as possible. Prior to entering service next summer, the train will now be made ready to begin testing on the network.
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Albertsons Hires Narayan Iyengar as SVP, Digital Marketing and e-commerce Selected
Albertsons Companies Hires Narayan Iyengar as SVP, Digital Marketing and e-commerce
Posted on: January 23rd, 2017
BOISE, ID – Jan 23, 2017 – Albertsons Companies today announced Narayan Iyengar has been selected as Senior Vice President, Digital Marketing and e-commerce. In this role, Iyengar will be responsible for leading all aspects of digital marketing including loyalty programs, shopper marketing and the overall digital presence, as well as the e-commerce business, including home delivery.
"As a company, we've made significant investments in the customer experience over the last two years, from new technology that originated in our Culinary Kitchens and Technical Center to our comprehensive data and analytics platforms," said Shane Sampson, Chief Marketing & Merchandising Officer. "E-Commerce, digital and social media channels hold unlimited potential for delivering the kind of personalized service our customers want. Narayan's expertise will enable us to deploy new service and marketing models to attract more shoppers and grow our business both in stores and online."
Iyengar's career spans nearly 20 years in e-commerce, digital and business transformation. He joins Albertsons Companies from the Walt Disney Company where, as the Vice President of e-commerce and Digital Travel Trade, he built, enhanced and optimized e-commerce capabilities across an eco-system spanning 20 websites and apps.
Prior to this, Iyengar was a leader in McKinsey's Digital and Business Technology group where he focused on helping global firms drive business value using technology. He started his career as a software engineer with IBM Global Services in 1996, as a part of the e-commerce team, and subsequently held several technology delivery and leadership roles in different firms.
"I am thrilled to be joining this great company at such a crucial time of digital-led change in the grocery industry," Iyengar said. "I was drawn to Albertsons Companies for its core values, culture and the people, and I look forward to working with Shane and the Albertsons Companies leadership team across all 14 divisions to enable and enhance their core business by using digital tools across more product lines to personalize the shopping experience for customers."
Iyengar's new role is effective immediately, and he will relocate to the Pleasanton office in the coming weeks.
Narayan Iyengar has an MBA in management from Columbia Business School in New York, where he was on the Dean's list, and an Engineering degree in Electronics & Communication from University of Mysore, India.
Albertsons Companies is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States, with both a strong local presence and national scale. The company operates stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia under 19 well-known banners including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen and Carrs. Albertsons Companies is dedicated to helping people across the country live better lives. In 2015 alone, with the help of generous customers, Albertsons Companies and the Albertsons Companies Foundation gave more than $270 million in food and financial support to the more than 2,300 communities they serve, improving the lives of millions of people in the areas of hunger relief, education, cancer research and treatment, programs for people with disabilities, and veterans outreach. Albertsons Companies is committed to making a meaningful difference, neighborhood by neighborhood.
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Exechopalpus is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. There are about five described species in Exechopalpus.

Species
These five species belong to the genus Exechopalpus:
 Exechopalpus dubitalis Malloch, 1930
 Exechopalpus fulvipes Malloch, 1930
 Exechopalpus nigripes Malloch, 1930
 Exechopalpus rufifemur Malloch, 1930
 Exechopalpus rufipalpus Macquart, 1847

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Home » News » Happy Birthday! Home and Away Celebrates 30th Anniversary!
Happy Birthday! Home and Away Celebrates 30th Anniversary!
In the history of Australian television, there has only been one other soap opera to reach such an anniversary. Joining its celebrated rival in the history books is Home and Away – the Seven Network's flagship drama. We, here at Back to the Bay, wish to reflect on how the show came to be, the hurdles that its hit and the eras that it's had, whilst asking the important question: why has Home and Away continued to endure whilst many other shows have floundered?
If someone told you that Home and Away was born out of a desire to buy an ice cream, you'd call them crazy, but in fact, that's how it all began.
Alan Bateman, the Head of Drama at the Seven Network, was driving through a country town in southern NSW during the mid-80s when he stopped into an ice cream shop to escape the heat and began a conversation with the locals about a new building on the town's main street that was causing controversy.
Pictured: The late Alan Bateman, creator of Home and Away.
"[It will be] a place for druggies, thieves and bludgers," one local said.
Alan thought it was a gaol, but when he learnt that it was actually a home for foster children, he had an idea. In fact, he recalled that it was like he was a cartoon character, and a light bulb illuminated above his head.
"I saw then the outline for a serial," Alan said in a 1989 interview.
"I had wanted to make a serial but I hate copycat television. I wanted to do something that really reflected the hopes, fears, challenges and ambience of young people in the 1980s. I believe young people are alienated to a certain extent nowadays. It is very tough growing up. They have to cope with unemployment and the family unit is a changing structure. Television shows were being written by middle-class, middle-aged people about what life used to be like, not what's happening in the eighties.
Soon thereafter, Network Ten acquired the rights to Neighbours and successfully rebooted it. From here, it became obvious that Alan needed a series to rival it – and the idea of Refuge resurfaced!
Alan had his idea. With a group of writers around him, he began researching foster children – those who had been abused, unwanted and abandoned. Soon, the basic premise of the show had been fleshed out – and it all surrounded Tom and Pippa Fletcher and their six foster children.
Pictured: Roger Oakley and Vanessa Downing as Tom and Pippa Fletcher.
However, like most series, there were some teething issues. The show had a pilot script written that was considered completely unworkable. So much so that the scriptwriter was paid in full, told thanks and goodbye, and Alan set out to find a replacement – he quickly asked Bevan Lee, the former Script Producer of Sons and Daughters, to take over.
"Having read the script, which was in my opinion appalling, I said that I could not doctor it – it was so fundamentally flawed I felt that I could only deliver them a better bad script if I used the original in any way," Bevan said in his 2004 BTTB Q&A.
After the three weeks, Bevan delivered the script of Home and Away. It was new and improved, with the biggest difference being that Bobby Simpson was the outsider who, despite initially a nemesis, is accepted into the family. In the original script, she had come to Summer Bay already an established member of the family.
Pictured: The original Fletcher family portrait from the Pilot (l-r: Carly, Sally, Tom, Bobby, Pippa, Lynn, Frank & Steven).
Despite the new script, the show could have been very different. The casting of Pippa Fletcher was one that wasn't taken lightly. Many hours went into finding the right actress, with a shortlist of five eventually drawn up—including the likes of Debra Lawrance, whose time as Pippa would eventually come in 1990.
In the end, Carol Willesee, the wife of Australia's most popular news anchor of the time Mike Willesee was chosen for the role. Producer John Holmes said that she had a big future in television.
The pilot began filming on a Monday in June 1987, but two days later a major problem arose. Yet to sign her contract, it transpired that Carol had underestimated the demands of a production schedule, hoping to work flexible office hours and be finished in time to pick her kids up from school. This was clearly not going to be feasible, and so John Holmes was forced to let Carol go and recast the role.
Carol's sudden dismissal made more noise in the media than her hiring did, and the Network then had the arduous task of replacing her overnight. If it wasn't for Vanessa Downing, another of the five shortlisted, who knows what would've happened.
Receiving a call late in the afternoon offering her the job, at 5:30 the next morning Vanessa was on-location at the Fletchers City Home in Rozelle, sat in the make-up chair reading the script for the first time. The existing scenes were reshot and the pilot finally came together, wrapping towards the end of July.
The movie-length pilot episode, written by Bevan Lee, debuted on the Seven Network at 6pm on Sunday, 17th January 1988.
Pictured: The original poster for the series.
Although the pilot was a success and had already led to the soap's commissioning by the Seven Network in October 1987, the series wasn't a ratings juggernaut to begin with.
Unlike Sons and Daughters and Neighbours, Home and Away was envisioned as a two-and-a-half hour weekly drama – meaning that all of the week's stories were resolved by Friday's episode, leaving no cliffhanger to bring audiences back the next week.
This foreign method proved fatal when the Network decided to axe the series.
"Six weeks in, the show was cancelled," Bevan recalled.
Pictured: Justine Clarke, Alex Papps and Nicolle Dickson as Roo, Frank and Bobby.
For many years, the show went from strength to strength, however in 1994, when John Holmes returned to the Seven Network (after an absence of five years), he found that the show was in dire straits.
"The week's major storyline was about Alf, Ailsa and Irene learning Scottish dancing," John told the Official Home and Away magazine in 2009.
"If that is the big story of the week, then that is a big problem.
He explained that they brought in a new team, which consisted of Ray Harding and Greg Haddrick, who told strong, fast-paced stories, and from then on, the show went from strength to strength, with the occasional shot in the foot to send ratings zooming.
For a full current cast list, please go to our dedicated Characters page, with all main profiles up to date as of June 2017.
After 6810 episodes (plus the Pilot episode), adding up to over 100 days of non-stop viewing, how can a show continue to be unique? What can viewers expect from such a big year? Well, we've got all your bases covered.
To avoid spoilers here, we've set up a 2018 Spoilers article, dedicated to summarising everything we know about the upcoming year. Be sure to check it out and remember that it is continually updated, so check back in every now and then for updates.
For an more in-depth look at some of the stats, be sure to check out our dedicated Births, Marriages and Deaths pages.
Over the years, there have been many changes behind the scenes as well. One of the most integral (and gruelling!) roles on the show is the Script Producer.
The Script Producer is traditionally the head of the in-house script department. Normally (and in the absence of a Script Executive), they are responsible for the creation of storylines and running the plotting room. The Script Producer takes the script after it's written and edited, and has the final say over the scripts before they are released to production.
We asked a selection of former Script Producers the integral question: Why do you believe that Home and Away has stood the test of time? Here's what they had to say.
Please note: the years listed are when the named person was in the Script Producer chair. For their other tenures, please refer to their dedicated profiles.
Pictured: Bevan Lee was a part of the original team that brought Home and Away to life.
When I sat down to write the opening telemovie, it was beyond my comprehension, and I suspect that of everyone else involved, that the show would still be a healthy part of the Australian television landscape thirty years later. I believe it has survived the test of time because everyone who has worked on it has believed in the worth and value of the show, the worth and value of connecting with an audience with honesty and without pretension. I also think its survival has been helped by the commitment of the creative staff to allow the show to change with the times and remain relevant to them. And it has survived primarily through the loyal devotion of our fans, many of them not even born when the show launched. What an awesome and humbling thought that is to me, as part of the original creation.
Home and Away has stood the test of time because the original premise was so well thought out. A quintessential Australian setting of a beach community, with a stable cast of adults taking in foster kids, allows a continual regeneration of young people coming of age. Summer Bay evokes holiday memories, with infinite story possibilities, and allows younger characters moving on to be a celebration, making way for the next chapter in the history of the Bay.
At an audience level – John Holmes always reminded us it's about a community that pulls together against threats from the outside, a place where you would want to live, where it's always summer. In terms of audience – it gives a sympathetic voice to people across a broad spectrum of its target audience – so different age groups can hear themselves reflected in the world. And in terms of industry – as a show it hasn't been shackled by too many production restraints – all the crew and cast work relentlessly to make something impossible happen every week that still reflects a certain familiar slice of Australian life in a small beachside town.
I feel there are five main reasons as to why the show has stood the test of time – (a) a brilliantly simple, story-generative central concept; (b) consistently strong casting/performances; (c) excellent storylines; (d) high production values; and (e) an ability to re-invent itself and keep current while still honouring its past.
Home and Away, for three decades now, has been a staple on television – not just around Australia, but around the world. Through determination, hard work and brilliant storytelling, the show has been able to flourish, developing into many different eras – not one more or less important than another.
We hope that you enjoy them as much as we've enjoyed making them.
Happy 30th birthday, Home and Away.
Home and Away returns on Monday, 29th January at 7pm on Channel Seven.


March 8th is one of Novex's favorite days of the year because it is a day of recognition for women all over the world; International Women's Day. Our main focus is to make women feel and know how beautiful they are and there's no other day to celebrate more than today. Being a woman can be best described as independent, strong, and will powered. I know my Novex ladies are nodding their heads right now. It is the one-day of the year across the globe where all women can relate to their strength and weaknesses. But today we are not focusing on weaknesses, only the capability of improving and strengthening women's confidence and natural beauty and here's why… lets check out some Novex history!
CEO and founder of Novex Hair Care, Itmar Serpa, had a passion to emphasize a woman's beauty and full potential. Through his luxury line of hair products, he loved to see and understand women through out their progression in life.
Embelleze, a Brazilian hair care company is the mother brand of Novex. International Women's Day is particularly special to us because on March 8th, 1969, Embelleze was established in Rio De Janeiro. According to Embelleze, women are the gate of life, full of dreams and through natural beauty, identity is born (got that right). If that's not inspirational then I don't know what is. Embelleze along with Novex understand the power of women and that's why they have created such natural hair products to help strengthen, replenish, and grow hair in a very healthy, natural way, as graceful to the life of a woman. All of the Novex products are made with argan oil, bamboo, olive oil, Brazilian keratin, and Moroccan oils.
Since the Brazilian company's establishment in 1969, Embelleze and its subsidiaries distribute to over 23 million consumers in more than 30 countries around the world. Cheers to that!
Embelleze believes in promoting the importance of women to the development of mankind, through beauty. Therefore, International Women's Day is a great deal of importance to us and we want you to celebrate with us! Amplify your beauty by changing up your daily hairdo today and taking a risk. If you're a ponytail kind of chic, try letting it lose for a change and vise versa. Throw in a purple ribbon in your hair to celebrate your womanhood. Why purple? Purple, white and green were the original colors recognized as symbols of women's struggle. Purple was officially chosen because it stands for justice and dignity, directly relating to women's equality. And how unexpected that the creator of Novex is a man? That's how far women have come throughout history and full of respect that men too want to glorify our beauty and being.
Stand out and be proud on International Women's Day!
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Rock-Solid Living in A Quicksand World is a critical twenty first century Jesus conversation asking you to look back so you may have a future! Consider Jesus coaching of our culture as he tutors us on how how western civilization can benefit from following through, as we learn from his ancient historical gaze! Today acquire Jesus' time tested wisdom regarding how to blossom, bloom, produce, grow and experience authentic abundant life. Allow Jesus to help you discover how to become Jesus' very own transformed apprentice: Learn how to BE a God transformed Christ-Follower. Follow his lead as he shows you door number one and door number two. Learn what is behind each door, and then make your choice. One leads to authentic living. The other leads to collapse and destruction. I hope you choose life. Be on guard for the "Ultimate Terrorist!" Discover how to to win the spiritual war on terror. Discover Jesus laying the groundwork for you personally on how to make dangerous stumbling blocks into stepping stones that lead to a happy life. When the lightning flashes, the thunder crashes and the floods of life come, learn from the Master himself how to prevent the foundations of your life from becoming like quicksand. Follow Jesus backwards to an eternal future! Listen as he speaks and educates you, like no other human, with God's own authority. Hear him as he enlightens you how to choose the best leaders and how to avoid the worst. Grow in God's powerful grace by discovering the eternal Rabbi's four ways of hearing. Heal your broken spiritual eyes. Or at least let Jesus show you how to refocus them. Receive his words cautioning you to "WATCH OUT" for our modern day false prophets. Discover who they are, and avoid them. Join him as he describes his "Secret Service" and how you can actually be an agent of his "Secret Service." Learn about the earthly and heavenly dividends you will receive from having served in this capacity. Click on his plan for avoiding pseudo-spiritual leaders. Give him face time: Have ears to hear him as he warns about regressive so called progressive teachings that are making quicksand of our culture's foundations and wreaking havoc on our families. Learn from Jesus how to turn the five stumbling blocks into stepping stones. Enjoy the power of "The Golden Rule" he teaches juxtaposed to the divisive Political Correctness of our day that is governed by "big brother" elitist and opposed to our Creator. Have ears to hear Jesus pleading with you to, embrace his teachings. Why? Because, when the howling Category-5 hurricanes of life buffet you, your life's foundation can be made granite like by what you learn from him. And if you listen, learn and practice them, they will help protect your family and help keep you safe from the raging winds and destructive forces of life. Walk humbly with Jesus through this backwards journey through the Bible and discover Rock-Solid Living in a Quicksand world!


I invite you to review the legislation I have introduced since taking office. Click any session for a complete list of bills I patroned that year: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
Our families already pay too much in taxes – on average, more than they spend on food, clothing, and shelter combined. In these economically trying times, higher taxes and fees would be particularly devastating. In the Senate, I have opposed higher taxes while looking for ways to reduce wasteful spending. If the Commonwealth cannot fund its top priorities, it has no business spending taxpayer dollars on other pet projects. I have been a consistent voice for a government that focuses on core services and lives within its means, and I will continue to be an advocate for maintaining the low taxes that have made Virginia consistently one of the best states in which to do business.
Education is one of the most basic responsibilities of government, and I will continue to make it one of my top priorities. I recognize that state government has an important role to play, but also know that the best decisions are made "on the ground" in our local school divisions and not by bureaucrats in Richmond. I believe that the Commonwealth has long spent too much money on central office administration of our schools and too little in the classroom, where it directly affects our students. I have been a leading proponent of providing local school divisions with the flexibility they need to put state education funding toward their most urgent priorities – not the pet projects of legislators or bureaucrats in Richmond.
Like other parts of Virginia, our region has sustained major growth and our roads are being stretched beyond capacity. In Richmond, I have fought to keep transportation spending equitable and efficient for the Valley. While opposing new taxes on Virginia's families and businesses, I have advocated dedicating a portion of future revenue growth to our Transportation Trust Fund (TTF). I have supported proposals that would permanently dedicate an additional ½ penny from the sales tax to the TTF as well as a majority of the revenue realized from the privatization of ABC sales and royalties from offshore drilling.
If we are to continue to provide quality services while keeping the tax burden low, we must be willing to challenge traditional notions about the way things have always been: why this program is needed, whether that program is an effective means of affecting its intended policy goal, if this service could be provided through the private sector, or that one should even exist at all.
I have worked to cut through the red tape, and I am proud to support government reform efforts ranging from the privatization of the state's liquor monopoly to the reform of our costly and outmoded state procurement policies. As your senator, I continue to work for real reform of state government, because I know that we have an obligation to spend taxpayer money wisely, and that is not a charge I take lightly.
As a member of the Senate of Virginia, I have worked hard to provide law enforcement and judges with the tools they need to put criminals behind bars and to enhance penalties for gangs and drug felons. My bills have targeted the drug dealers and internet predators that would prey on our children as well as those who pose threats to our families through domestic violence and by repeatedly violating the terms of protective orders.
Additionally, I have focused on the pervasive problem of human trafficking, which is one of the world's fastest-growing criminal enterprises, where children are kidnapped and forced into a life of slavery and prostitution. It is our responsibility to protect society's most vulnerable and there is a pressing need for legislation that addresses these heinous acts. The Commonwealth of Virginia is one of only two states that lack a comprehensive human trafficking statute, and the time to act is now.
As co-patron of legislation that would create a stand-alone human trafficking felony, I recognize the responsibility we have to protect society's most vulnerable. This stand-alone felony would give law enforcement and prosecutors the tools they need to go after these heinous offenders. We have made great strides in recent years in combating trafficking, but we must remain diligent in these efforts. I will continue to fight to keep our communities and families safe as your State Senator.
As co-patron of successful legislation defending the property rights of all Virginians against the Kelo-era expansion of government's eminent domain power to encompass such nebulous categories as economic development, I have been at the forefront of the property rights battle here in Virginia. I will continue to work to enshrine eminent domain reform in the Constitution of Virginia, standing with the people of this Commonwealth against governmental attempts to chip away at these rights.
I believe strongly in the preservation of our gun rights in Virginia and have worked hard to uphold these rights. As a sportsman myself, I seek to protect our rich tradition of gun ownership here in the Commonwealth.
I know that there is no one single answer to providing for our nation's long-term energy needs, and just as importantly, I know that it is not the responsibility of government to pick winners and losers. Virginia is poised to be a leader in energy production, and it is exciting to see the Commonwealth on the forefront of such advances as clean coal, wind energy, biomass research and production, and offshore drilling. I stand in strong support of Virginia's efforts to tap the significant oil deposits along Virginia's outer continental shelf in an environmentally sensitive manner, and I will work to ensure that Virginia continues to welcome these many and varied approaches to energy independence.
Deep faith and strong families are the foundation for our lives in the Shenandoah Valley. I have patroned legislation to require public libraries to install filtering software to protect families and children from exposure to pornographic material on library computers. I have also fought to punish internet predators who seek to victimize young children online. I believe in the sanctity of innocent human life and will stand strong to protect the rights of Virginians from those who would drive all references to God and faith from the public square. I will continue to work to promote our Valley Values for the preservation of our heritage and our children's futures.


From chapter 920 we learned that Lady Kozuki Toki ate the Toki Toki no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that enabled her to send herself and others forward in time.
Then why is it that Kinnemon and Kanjuro hasn't any type of knowledge or clue at all of devil fruits, attributing their powers instead to ninjitsu or "magic". We've now seen a range of different devil fruit powers in Wano yet Shinobu again emphasises the fact that the concept of devil fruits are not heard of among the wanoese as she, again, referred to her ability as a "demonic art power".
To me it's strange that if Toki in fact knew that these powers originated from devil fruits that she did not reveal this fact to anyone, let alone Kanjuro and Kinnemon who are close friends and allies of Oden. We must seriously be asking ourselves why she would be keeping them in the dark as to what the nature of devil fruits are and what the reasons for this could possibly be, likewise why it is that the Wano people don't know about devil fruits to begin with.
Toki can travel into the future but not the past, so it's not a farfetch idea that – as people already suspect – she may be from the Void Century and have used her power thus far to travel through time with memories of the Void Century and it's history fresh on her mind. The first time she used her power the Ancient Kingdom may have been on the verge of defeat and so Toki had no other choice but to bring all the secrets and the information of their civilisation with her to the future and pass that on lest she'd remain and be hunted down by the 20 kingdoms as was probably Joy Boy and the remaining factions at the very end of the conflict.
Hence, Toki is vital in that she is the one responsible for carrying on the legacy if worse comes to worst and the Ancient Kingdom and all it's history is destroyed along with it's advocates like Joy Boy and those of his ilk. Maybe she couldn't bring Joy Boy with her because he and his followers had unfinished business and duties to fulfill, perhaps because the war was not totally over and that there was a fighting chance left, however Toki had to escape in case they would actually suffer defeat. At the time Wano is an ally of the Ancient Kingdom and so Joy Boy figures it's best for her to travel some specific amount of time into the future in Wano where he must've reckoned it's the safest place for her to journey, perhaps because Wano was the last line of defence and refuge from the 20 kingdoms.
As of when she arrived in Wano, the future in which she arrived at may have been different from that of the past where Wano was a trusted ally to the Ancient Kingdom. When she arrived Wano's policy of isolation may have been in full force and so she couldn't receive any information from the outside world. Despite the lack of information as to the going-ons in the world, the wanoese inform her about this entity called the World Government which rule much of the outside world. Hence she could possibly put two and two together and realised that the World Government consists of the victors of the conflict, i.e. the 20 kingdoms, following the defeat of the Anceint Kingdom.
Naturally then she's hesitant about what to do and who to talk to lest there be actually informants from the World Government secreted in Wano. Naturally she tries to get an idea about how Wano has changed and what relationship and attitude it has to the World Government. I'm betting she learned that the ruler at the time has dealings with the World Government, trading goods and other necessitites, among which a major export from Wano are seastone weapons sold to the World Government as we've learned from Hawkins that seastone tools and items are produced in Wano, and of course we know that the Marines have a good amount of seastone weapons and implements in their disposal. She also learns that the current leadership has ousted the Kozuki family from leadership and persecuted them who as a result would've been forced to flee (she reckons they're hiding out at Zou) and as such the current leadership in Wano are on relatively good footing with the World Government although to it's people they give appearances of being neutral or totally independent from the outside world.
In this kind of environment she doesn't know who to trust and so as of right now she's working out her bearings. She can obiously not simply leave Wano because of the treacherous weather and the fearsome animals roaming around the country (plus the isolation policy used to enforce control over the popualtion). All she can do is bide her time and wait for the right time and the right people to show up for her to reveal herself.
We can also gather from the fact that as there are no myths or legends about devil fruits in Wano up to this point, we can safely assume that there have never been any knowledge of devil fruits around in Wano whatsoever. Well, actually that's a bit strange given the fact that devil fruits are assumed to have originated from the Ancient Kingdom who were allied with Wano (so we assume). Wano has thus far not been under the heel of the World Government as far as we know and so there should be no reason why if there was knowledge back in the days of devil fruits why this knowledge is now totally forgotten or lost, not even preserved in myths or legends. This is why I think that devil fruits may have been weapons used by the 20 kingdoms and somehow Toki ended up with a devil fruit by chance.
As the Void Century stretches back 800 years, she has also likely traveled forward in time on many seperate occasions. Hence, she's obviously not going to get any younger and so I think she "started out early"; she was but a young little girl the first time she used her power to travel forward in time. Toki's job is simply to pass on the legacy and hand down the knowledge of the Ancient Kingdom to someone she deems worthy, yet at no point do the necessary prerequisites for this materialise, thus all she's left to do is waiting for the times to and the tides to change something better. She bides her time and travels forward in time many times hoping that each time she finds herself in a new epoch that something new and better has come along.
While waiting for the right people to come along she's going to age just like everyone else, hence she must be very careful not to stay for too long and consequently age within a time period where she fears that her presence won't do much good in terms of advancing her mission (if there are no "like-minded people" to be found that she can entrust her secret to then she can't stay for too long but has to travel forward again an x numer of years hoping that time period holds more promise). Of course multiple journeys into the future in one place must've attracted some suspicion (hehe, this got me thinking of the Back Into the Future franchise) and so people must have noticed something strange about this, hence why there are "rumours" about her being from the past.
Back in the days when the World Government forces and other pirates tried to conquer Wano, Ryuuma led a mighty army that managed to counter any attempted inroads into Wano. This bolstered the reputation of Ryuma as the "god of swords" and gave Wano a fearsome reputation. From here on out Wano became more self-sufficient and cut off all ties with the outside world. Even if Ryuma was a good guy he wouldn't have cared whatever Lady Toki would've told him about the Void Century and Ancient Kingdom because no matter what he isn't going to care about taking up the struggle and try to reenact the ideals and values of the Ancient Kingdom of peace and unity among the races and all of that simoly because I don't think Ryuma wouldn't have cared about any of that as after all the horrors of the conquering hordes he's witnessed he doesn't want to have anything to do with any foreign people. All Ryuma cared about was building an army strong enough to repel any foreigners from ever daring to come to Wano in the first place, to protect Wano from any foreign influence; while the Ancient Kingdom worked to unite the races and the people of the world, Ryuma sought to isolate Wano entirely from the rest of the world. This is why I think he also did away with the leadership that were friendly with the World Government and replaced these with isolationist politicians. Thus, Toki realised that Ryuma wasn't the answer and so continued with her seemingly never-ending journeying through time.
Howerver, scroll forward time 700 something years and now the Kozuki clan has returned and regained power, though the shogun (the father of Oden that we haven't yet seen) is still holding onto the policy of isolation and self-sufficiency that was set by Ryumma. Despite this, Toki now realises that the time may be right to try to ingratiate herself with the Kozukis seeing that these are "her people" afterall with lineage stretching back to the Void Century. She marries Oden and has two children with him. She still can't reveal too much, though, fearing that that information could blow her cover (World Government may still have double agents planted in Wano she suspects) so she patiently waits. Oden sets sail with the Roger Pirates and he later returns bringing the good news of the "dawn": the history of the Void Century uncovered by the Roger Pirates.
This I think must've gotten her a little riled up from joy about the fact that the Roger Pirates are ushering in a new era that may lead to future generations discovering the true nature of the Void Century, and so now she feels more certain than ever to reveal everything about herself to Oden and about her past, spilling the beans on all the juicy information about the Void Centuty and Ancient Kingdom on top of that that he already discovered from travelling with the Roger Pirates. However, Toki is not really on her guard as I think someone overhears this conversation: that someone is a double agent working for Kaido.
That is why Kaido attacked Oden. I believe that Kaido was in fact not looking for Oden but was looking for Toki that day when he attacked and overthrew the Kozukis; which is why Kinemon said that Kaido was looking for (in quotation marks) "information" (a low key hint from Oda that he was looking for something else than what Kinemom is portraying it like).
Kaido proceeds to attack Wano, finds Oden and demand that he tells him where his wife is. Oden subsequently refuses and in anger Kaido kills Oden. If he really wanted to know something about Raftel it would've made more sense to keep him alive and extort the information out of him, threatening with murdering his family and so on like he probably did with Kamawatsu. However, Oden is just some guy who knows what the One Piece is, but Kaido has probably figured out that the One Piece is not the end-all-be-all and that there's something more that only someone with direct ancestry from the actual Void Century or Ancient Kingdom would know and be able to tell him. There is no reason why Kaido would kill Oden if he was the target all along. No, Oden wasn't the target; Toki was the real target. The "information" was not information he could get from Oden but information he could get from Toki.
Toki hid out in the castle and decided to travel forward in time with her two children. She deliberately set the castle on fire to prevent the enemy from reaching her. However, the Nine Scabbards managed to reach the castle before she set off and then we have Kinnemon talking about his wish to fullfill Oden's dream of opening up the borders". Upon seeing this Toki smiles, somehow this reminds her of Joy Boy's will most likely.
She could've decide to spirit herself away with nothing but herself and her kids. However, I think she decides to make an ultimate "bet" (a running theme in the the series) that these are the people that are going to continue the legacy of the Ancient Kingdom; this is what she's been waiting for for all these hundreds of years.
She ultimately sacrifices her life for the Nine Scabbards to live on. Her mission is now complete and the new dawn is finally in sight.


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Sullivan talks 'Bathroom Bill'
Thursday, April 14th, 2016 at 11:22 AM
By Dakota Palmer
On April 5, Dr. Stephen Sullivan, assistant professor in the English and Philosophy Department, gave a lecture at the Edinboro University/Porreco College Lecture Series titled "Transgender Rights and Bathroom Bills." During this lecture, Sullivan highlighted some key definitions such as transgender, cisgender and gender dysphoria. He also explained the main differences between sex and gender: sex is biological and anatomic. Gender is socially determined.
"I have been involved in gay rights issues for decades. I have gay relatives and friends and a general concern for social justice for disadvantaged minority groups," said Sullivan.
The main focus of his lecture was transgender bathroom bills. Many Conservatives throughout the nation have proposed bathroom bills that would prevent transgender people from using the bathroom of their choice.
In February, Charlotte, N.C. passed a local ordinance that granted protection to the members of the LGBT community in areas of public accommodation. This allowed transgender people to use the bathrooms of their preferred gender.
In March, North Carolina's state legislators passed the House Bill 2 (HB2), which is also known as the bathroom bill. This bill forbids any local governments from creating ordinances that grant protection to people based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Corporations and celebrities are speaking out against HB2, which could ultimately hurt economic growth in North Carolina. PayPal decided against building a global operations center in Charlotte, which would have brought 400 new jobs into the state.
"This decision reflects PayPal's deepest values and our strong belief that every person has the right to be treated equally and with dignity and respect," said President and CEO of PayPal, Dan Schulman.
Additionally, Coca-Cola is calling for the state to repeal the bill. Some national sports organizations have also said they might not hold sporting events in North Carolina anymore.
Musician Bruce Springsteen canceled a concert that was scheduled for April 10 in Greensboro, N.C. because of the anti-LGBT bill. In a statement released on his Facebook page, Springsteen said, "To my mind, it's an attempt by people who cannot stand the progress our country has made in recognizing the human rights of all of our citizens to overturn that progress."
He added that there is no rational basis for the concerns of trans women using women's restrooms. However, many anti-LGBT people have appealed to people's fears and have made members of society "frightened at the thought of trans women in women's bathrooms" Sullivan said.
"There is no rational basis for these concerns," Sullivan said. "The pattern of misconduct—it isn't there."
In 2015, the University of Toronto removed the gender-neutral bathrooms on the campus after male students were found recording the females showering.
"I think people make those incidents out to be more than they are. They exaggerate them, but incidents like these happen a lot less than people think," said junior Maddie Wickett.
"I've had instances where people on campus give me looks, but it doesn't phase me anymore because I'm not here to be a creep. It's a letdown that people are opposed to letting trans women use the restroom of their choice," said Wickett, a trans woman.
"If more people realize the differences between gender and sex and that I'm here to do the same thing they are, it's not an issue," she said.
Sullivan cited a study done by the Williams Institute of the University of California, Los Angeles that said trans women are in great danger if they go into men's restrooms.
"By passing these bathroom bills that prevent people from using restrooms, you're putting people in bathrooms who shouldn't be there. They're saying exactly the opposite of what they're doing and they don't know it," Wickett said.
Freshman Nathan Paprocki attended Sullivan's lecture because he had an interest in LGBT rights and "felt this lecture would provide some new information on the transgender community."
"I truly feel that no matter who you are, equal rights for all is a basic idea," Paprocki said. "I feel that because of this lecture, I understand the transsexual community a little more than what I did before attending the lecture. Society, as a whole, should be educated on transsexuals more than what we currently are."
Wickett believes that many Conservatives are so opposed to the issue of trans women in women's restrooms because of a lack of education.
"A lot of people hear the word 'transgender' and they don't know what it means. We're not making a very good effort to educate people about what it is," she added.
Sullivan ended his lecture by discussing the mental health of transgender people. According to an executive summary of "Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey," the sample of transgender people the authors used were four times more likely to make a household income of less than $10,000 a year. Also, 41 percent of the sample attempted suicide compared to 1.6 percent of the general population.
In addition to many other statistics, Sullivan read that 90 percent of the sample population experienced some type of harassment at their work place, and they experienced unemployment at double the rate of the general population.
"If that's not oppression, I don't know what oppression is," Sullivan said.
Wickett said she feels as though she gets overlooked by many people.
"I wish people knew that I am more normal than they probably think I am. I feel like so many people would look at someone who is trying to find themselves and say 'that person is trans' and that's the first thing that comes to mind," she said.
"I'm a student, a member of Greek life and part of the radio station at Edinboro—my gender doesn't rule my life."
Tags: campus life, campus news, lgbt


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Q: Unable to download file from Amazon S3 I am using following code to download an image from Amazon S3:
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            var options = {
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However, when I try to open this link in browser, I am getting following error:
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Query-string authentication version 4 requires the X-Amz-Algorithm, X-Amz-Credential, X-Amz-Signature, X-Amz-Date, X-Amz-SignedHeaders, and X-Amz-Expires parameters.
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I am unable to understand why this error, as the returned url has all the requisite query parameters. Can anyone please help??

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Note: You must ensure that you have static or previously resolved credentials if you call this method synchronously (with no callback), otherwise it may not properly sign the request. If you cannot guarantee this (you are using an asynchronous credential provider, i.e., EC2 IAM roles), you should always call this method with an asynchronous callback.

Try instead to retrieve the signed url inside the methods callback function.
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LCHSEMA Home
Lake County Indiana - CERT Program
Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.)
"The purpose of CERT is to provide citizens with the basic skills required to handle virtually all of their own needs and then to be able to respond to their community's needs in the aftermath of a disaster." said John Jones
"One of the most important functions of the CERT team during a disaster", Jones said, "will be managing and directing the untrained volunteers who arrive at a disaster scene and want to be of assistance. During the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, hundreds of thousands of volunteers appeared at disaster sites, police and fire departments, hospitals and Red Cross offices.
"While their help was needed," Jones said, " the trained emergency responders were needed to do the rescue work rather than to train those who wanted to help. The CERT team volunteers will help those untrained volunteers be productive while allowing the first responders to do their work."
Jones said the goal is to establish CERT teams in each of Michigan City's neighborhoods. "They'll be empowered to respond to disasters that affect their families and neighbors." he said. "We've received a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant to start these classes, and as additional funds are available, we'll develop more teams."
Lake County will be starting our CERT classes for the public soon. We are anticipating a good turn out for this program. We will be advertising in the local papers for class information. The classes will be limited to only 10 participants per class.
Jodi Richmond
Please contact our office for any questions at 219-755-3549.


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stated on April 23, 2020 in Facebook post:
Says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers "wants to force residents to fund Planned Parenthood abortion business."
A Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc. clinic on South 7th Street in Milwaukee prepares to open in the morning on March 17, 2017. (Michael Sears / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.)
By Haley BeMiller April 30, 2020
Planned Parenthood abortion funding, business claim makes a point but goes too far
If Your Time is short
In 2019, Gov. Tony Evers attempted to expand funding for groups like Planned Parenthood that provide abortion services, but the proposal didn't get through the budget process.
If it had passed, taxpayers still wouldn't be footing the bill for abortions except in rare cases.
The Facebook post also calls Planned Parenthood an abortion business, which is an exaggeration.
See the sources for this fact-check
In 2018, Gov. Tony Evers campaigned on a promise to restore funding for Planned Parenthood.
It's an issue that has taken a backseat in the past year, since the Republican-controlled Legislature quashed an expansion of the Affordable Care Act in the state's biennial budget, essentially nixing Evers' Healthy Women, Healthy Babies initiatives.
Among other measures, the proposal would have provided state funding to organizations such as Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion services.
Evers' initiative prompted a Feb. 21, 2019 article from the anti-abortion website LifeNews.com headlined "Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Wants to Force Residents to Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Business."
So, why are we talking about a year-old article now?
It gained new life on Facebook after a April 23, 2020 post in a "Recall Tony Evers" Facebook group that has been shared more than 300 times.
The post was flagged as part of Facebook's efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)
Evers' proposal would have allocated funding to Planned Parenthood. But Wisconsin law prevents state or local tax dollars from being used to subsidize abortions, except in rare circumstances.
Let's see how the claim holds up.
What Evers' proposal would have done
In 2019, Evers introduced a number of initiatives geared toward women and children's health as part of his proposed budget.
Nearly $28 million would have gone toward services such as cancer screenings, sexually-transmitted infection testing and other policies related to pregnancies and births. The bill would have routed federal funds from the family planning and women's health block grant programs to Planned Parenthood and other entities.
The proposal also would have allowed the health-care providers to share "nondirective" information about pregnancy termination as part of family planning services. Generally speaking, that means they could discuss the option.
One important note: Wisconsin generally can't use state or federal tax dollars to pay for abortions. And that wouldn't have changed under Evers' proposal.
State law only permits money going toward abortions when a woman is a victim of sexual assault or incest, or if the abortion is necessary to save her life. Funding is also permitted if the woman has a preexisting health condition and the procedure would "prevent grave, long-lasting physical health damage to the woman."
stated on January 3, 2021 in a statement
"Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state."
By Eric Litke • January 4, 2021
Wisconsin's policy mirrors the Hyde Amendment, which bars the use of federal funding for abortions in most cases. A 2005 study from the Guttmacher Institute showed 4% of women had an abortion because of health concerns, while less than 0.5% were victims of rape. That suggests exceptions to the policy are not common.
So, Evers' proposal would have restored funding — cut under former Gov. Scott Walker — that went to Planned Parenthood, which provides abortions.
But the money never made it into the final budget, and even if it had, it would have generally been barred from paying for abortions.
What does Planned Parenthood do?
Another part of the claim labeled Planned Parenthood an abortion business. That caught our eye.
According to Planned Parenthood's 2018-2019 annual report, the organization's health centers performed 345,672 abortions from October 2017 to September 2018 — the most recent data available. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin reported just over 4,600 abortions for the 2017-2018 fiscal year.
In Wisconsin, Planned Parenthood also provided around 105,000 sexually-transmitted infection tests, 5,300 cervical cancer screenings, 13,000 pregnancy tests and 860 breast exams.
Nationwide, patients visited Planned Parenthood for contraception, prenatal services, and preventative care like pap tests or HPV vaccinations. Testing for STIs and HIV accounted for half of all services provided.
Abortions comprised 3.5% of those services.
Even at that rate, Planned Parenthood is still the largest provider of abortions in the United States. But to call it an abortion business is a stretch, as the organization provides other services far more often.
A Facebook post links to a 2019 article that claimed Evers "wants to force residents to fund Planned Parenthood abortion business."
Evers tried and failed to restore funding for entities like Planned Parenthood that also provide abortion services. But even if the measure had passed, under state and federal law the money generally couldn't have gone to pay for abortions.
Finally, it's an exaggeration to call Planned Parenthood an abortion business, when abortions make up a small portion of the services offered.
A statement is Mostly False when it contains some element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.
That fits here.
Funding in doubt after Republicans ax ACA funding, PolitiFact Wisconsin, May 28, 2019.
Gov. Evers Announces "Healthy Women, Healthy Babies" Initiatives in State Budget, Governor Tony Evers, Feb. 21, 2019.
Annual Report 2018-2019, Planned Parenthood, accessed April 27, 2020.
Fiscal year 2017/18, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, accessed April 27, 2020.
Glenn Grothman says Planned Parenthood is leading abortion provider, PolitiFact Wisconsin, May 25, 2017.
Reasons U.S. Women Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives, Guttmacher Institute, accessed April 29, 2020.
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stated on January 4, 2021 media interviews:
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Robin Vos
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"We passed one of the first (COVID-19) bills in the entire country, empowering Gov. Evers to act."
By Haley BeMiller • November 25, 2020
stated on November 10, 2020 interviews:
On the need for a smooth transition for the president-elect
stated on November 4, 2020 a Facebook post:
"Seven Milwaukee wards report more 2020 presidential votes than registered voters."
By Haley BeMiller • November 5, 2020
"Wisconsin took a break, and when they returned, Biden coincidentally came back ahead by 100k."
stated on October 21, 2020 a presentation:
"Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve."
By Haley BeMiller • October 23, 2020
Glenn Grothman
stated on October 4, 2020 Newsletter:
Says the U.S. House's COVID-19 relief bill, advanced by Democrats, "strips states of their right to administer elections."
By Haley BeMiller • October 9, 2020
stated on August 31, 2020 Media briefing:
Says video shows Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha, "was trying to get away from them" ... "fell, and then they violently attacked him."
By Haley BeMiller • September 1, 2020
Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2020 Twitter:
In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people."
stated on August 24, 2020 Facebook post:
"Police training in Wisconsin is 21 weeks. A cosmetology license takes 40 weeks."
By Haley BeMiller • August 27, 2020
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 20, 2020 News release:
Kanye West's access to Wisconsin's ballot was "denied by liberals."
Bryan Steil
stated on July 30, 2020 a tweet:
"3.8% of Wisconsin's coronavirus funding has been spent."
By Haley BeMiller • August 7, 2020
stated on August 5, 2020 a tweet:
"The GOP lawyer who helped Kanye West get on the ballot in Wisconsin is actively working for Donald Trump's campaign."
Wisconsin state Senate Democrats
stated on July 24, 2020 a news release:
Say Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have done nothing "while neighboring states like Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan have already implemented safety precautions like requiring individuals to wear masks."
By Haley BeMiller • July 31, 2020
stated on July 7, 2020 a tweet:
Says "Democratic Mayors in some of Wisconsin's largest cities closed voting locations in April to cause chaos."
stated on January 7, 2021 in Facebook post:
"Antifa is the culprit" in the Capitol riot.
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Go to Security Profile –> SSH –> options and enable it.
I've been working some time with Veeam Backup & Replication and I'm very pleased about it.
Notice that Veeam already sees the previous installation. Hit Yes to upgrade.
Check that the correct paths are displayed.
This settings should be fine if you've done a default installation. I did.
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I ran into some problems usingthe VC Client Update Manager. After checking the .ZIP update file it came with an error.
I install my ESXi servers with a pre-compiled version with ESXi with SSH access already enabled. But for the people who don't, this is how you enable (unsupported!) SSH access to ESXi.
Press ALT-F1 and type unsupported (you don't see what you type) and hit enter.
Search for #ssh (2 lines) and remove the #. Save the file using :wq and restart the server.
This is just a quick note to describe how you can easily change the vlan ID of the service console in ESX.
A WWPN (World Wide Port Name) is physically assigned to a part in a Fibre Channel device, such as a FC HBA or SAN. It is the equivalent of the MAC address in the Ethernet protocol as it is supposed to be a unique identifier in the netwok.
The WWN's are administred by the IEEE like the MAC Address is. The first few octets are assigned to a manafacturer, the rest is arbitrary.
The WWNN (World Wide Node Name) is a World Wide Name assigned to a node in a Fibre Channel fabric. It is valid for the same WWNN to be seen on many different ports on the netwerk.
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Republicans clash over next Speaker of the House amid slim majority
by: Alexandra Limon
WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – On Capitol Hill, Republicans have been fighting among themselves and have not managed to reach an agreement that guarantees leader Kevin McCarthy will become Speaker of the House.
House Republicans are openly clashing over who should lead the party in the next Congress.
"It is clear that they want a gun to Kevin's head," Rep. Crenshaw (R-TX) said.
Crenshaw is ripping into the House Freedom Caucus for trying to prevent McCarthy from becoming Speaker of the House unless he meets their demands.
"It's this thinking like they're more special than everyone else. All of us who worked really, really hard to get these numbers, to get people elected, to raise money for them, this group didn't do that," Crenshaw said.
The Conservative Freedom Caucus wants to reinstate a rule that would allow them to recall the Speaker of the House if they are unhappy with his work.
McCarthy's party has only a slim majority in the next Congress, but he says he's still confident the party will unite.
"I think people are in a much better place and I think we'll all find a place to get together," Rep. McCarthy (R-CA) said.
While it's unlikely he could get the needed votes, Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says he's also on the ballot.
"I'm trying to get every vote that I possibly can right now on January 3 and expect that Democrats will come together," Rep. Jeffries (D-NY) said.
And Jeffries is not ready to help Republicans.
"They have to organize on the Republican side, let's see what happens on January 3," Jeffries said.
But if McCarthy fails to become speaker, it may also be possible for Republicans and Democrats to vote together and select a more moderate Republican.
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Time Out's City Index: the most fun cities
Where's the party at? We surveyed 20,000 people to find out...
By Guy Parsons | Posted: Thursday November 17 2016
In our City Index, our readers rated their cities for six key characteristics...
• Dynamism - how vibrant and exciting life there feels.
• Inspiration - and whether the city feels like a pleasant or difficult place to live.
• Food & drink - if the city is somewhere you can eat well (and not too expensively!).
• Community - whether local neighbourhoods were rated highly.
• Sociability - and whether the city felt welcoming or isolating.
• Affordability - whether people could generally get by OK.
Scores for each category were ultimately combined to give each city an overall City Index score – here's how they did!
The best cities for good times
© Pedro Lastra, Unsplash
Chicago, 60.1 points
Chicago claimed the top spot in our inaugural index with high scores across the board – they came #1 in our Food and Drink, Community and Affordability dimensions and didn't finish lower than fifth in any of the others. Here's exactly what makes Chicago so great.
© Aral Tasher, Unsplash
Melbourne, 59.3 points
This Australian jewel can often be found near the top of the charts in certain other 'liveable city' lists – and ours is no exception.
74% of Melbournians strongly agreed they 'loved' living there, the most of any city by far.
© John Sting
Lisbon, 55.6 points
Our highest ranked European city, Lisbon topped the Sociability dimension of our index.
Lisboetas didn't just rank the city highly for making friends and finding love, they're the most likely to know their neighbours and bump into friends serendipitously, making them the least likely to describe the city as 'lonely' or 'overwhelming.'
© Jon Flobrant
New York, 53.3 points
People here are straight-up thrilled to be living there, even if they're super-stressed. NYC came top of our Dynamism index, and New Yorkers were the most likely to agree there's always something new to do, that the city is 'on the up', that they love exploring the area, and find it energising and exciting. They also go on more nights out – 6.4 times a month – than anyone else.
All that's more than enough to give the city a high overall ranking despite lower scores for affordability, it being a 'difficult' place to live, and only 4 percent of singles describing dating there as 'fun.'
Madrid, 51.4 points
Much like Lisbon, the people of Madrid gave their city high scores for Sociability and Inspiration.
They're less likely to work overtime than any of our other cities, leaving more time for going dancing, which funnily enough they happen to do more than anywhere else.
Mexico City, 50.8 points
Mexico City came third in our Food & Drink dimension, and DF residents were the most likely to agree it wasn't expensive to eat well in their city – but it was also the city with the most people saying it could feel unsafe at night.
They also ranked their city the best to make new friends in – and it happens to be the place where most people have taken a new lover recently.
Sâo Paulo, 50.7 points
Sâo Paulo came only second to New York for how exciting and invigorating people find the city, and they also gave the bars and restaurants great marks too.
But like New York, all the urban buzz comes at a price – people here were the most likely to describe city life as 'overwhelming.' Just as well they socialise with their friends and colleagues more than any other city in our survey.
© Nick Jio
Los Angeles, 48.4 points
Angelenos put their city at #4 on our Dynamism dimension, but their ranking was brought down a little with lower scores for Affordability and Sociability.
True to stereotypes, people in Los Angeles were also the most likely to count calories...
© Camille Minouflet, Unsplash
Barcelona, 46.6 points
Barcelona gets high marks for Community and Inspiration.
We think Barcelona's got some great restaurants, but it finished dead last in our Food & Drink category – maybe why the people here go out the least (four times a month) compared to any other city. That said, they are the most likely to have a drink over lunch.
They also work the fewest hours, yet somehow still find the time to have had the most amorous encounters in the workplace.
© Johan Mouchet, Unsplash
London, 45.3 points
London gets middling rankings across the board – and rather poor ratings for Affordability and Sociability.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Londoners are the most likely to describe the city as 'sometimes feeling lonely' and the least likely to bump into someone they know by chance.
They were the second most likely to have been to the pub this week (after Paris) and most likely to have been hungover!
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Hong Kong, 41.6 points
Hong Kong got its highest ratings for affordability.
People here are also most likely to head out to dine out at one of their great restaurants, be on the hunt for a new romantic partner, and to have never met their neighbours.
© Martin Sanchez, Miami
Miami, 41.4 points
Life's a beach in Miami.
The people here have more friends on social media, are the most likely to have taken drugs recently or to have had a threesome, and also the most likely to send bad food back at a restaurant.
We'll leave it to you to infer the mysterious connection between the four.
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Tokyo, 41.2 points
The cultured folks of Tokyo visit museums and galleries more often than kindred spirits in other cities, and go on the most nights out (joint first with NYC at 6.4 times a month!)
As befits the land of the rising sun, Tokyoites are most likely to have stayed up until sunrise recently – although not in the romantic sense, since they're also getting laid the least.
© Sebastian Pichler, Unsplash
Singapore, 40.2 points
The safest city in our index, with only one percent of Singaporeans saying it can feel unsafe at night.
© John Towner, Unsplash
Paris, 39.8 points
Parisians go out to bars and pubs the most, and, not coincidentally, also regularly connect with friends in real life.
They might give their city comparatively low scores, but then again, they're also having the most sex and the most likely to hook up on the first date, so there you have it. Oui, chef!
© Frances Gunn, Unsplash
Sydney, 39.6 points
Sydneysiders have an average of 16 good friends in their city, three more than the typical city in our survey.
They might have given their city iffy marks overall, but we can reveal Sydney's survey-takers came near the top for workplace flings (#1), one-night stands (#1), hangovers (joint #1 with London) and drug use (#3).
© Christoph Schulz, Unsplash
Dubai, 37.6 points
Dubai is the best city for the absent-minded – 30 percent of people here said they'd expect a lost wallet to be returned with cash still inside, versus 3 percent of people elsewhere.
They've also made most of their friends through work (33 percent versus 19 percent elsewhere) perhaps because they also work longer hours than people in any other city (46.5 hours a week, on average).
© Paweł Szymankiewicz
Kuala Lumpur, 36.8 points
Kuala Lumpur is the city where people were most likely to say they've made a new friend recently. And in general, only Sāo Paulo socialises with friends more often!
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How did your city do? Find out here!
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This American Olympic gold medalist also fought in the Battle of Britain
Miguel Ortiz
Posted On June 27, 2021 23:05:00
Oil painting of Fiske landing his stricken Hurricane. (Painting by John Howard Worsley/Tangmere Military Aviation Museum)
William Meade Lindsley Fiske III was born in Chicago in 1911. The son of a wealthy New England banker, Fiske attended school in Chicago before moving to France in 1924. It was there that he developed his love of winter sports; especially bobsled.
At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, 16-year-old Fiske drove the five-man U.S. bobsled team to its first Olympic win and became the youngest gold medalist in any winter sport, a record that stood until 1992. In the following years, he also took up European motorsport and participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in 1931. At the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Fiske earned his second gold medal for bobsledding as the driver of the U.S. four-man team.
He was invited to lead the U.S. bobsled team at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Germany, but declined. It is speculated that Fiske declined because of his disapproval of German politics at the time. This sentiment towards Hitler's Nazi regime would explain Fiske's determination to join the war effort in the coming years.
At the outbreak of WWII, Fiske was working as a banker at the London office of the New York-based bank, Dillon, Reed Co. With an interest in his safety, the bank recalled Fiske to their New York headquarters. However, on August 30, 1939, Fiske returned to England with a colleague in order to join the war effort. Fiske's colleague was a member of No. 61 (County of London) Auxiliary Air Force Squadron and inspired him to join the RAF.
Fiske's passport. (Scanned copy from the Royal Air Force Museum)
Because of America's declared neutrality at the time, Fiske pretended to be Canadian in order to join the Royal Air Force Reserve. Having "duly pledged his life and loyalty to the King, George VI," Fiske wrote in his diary, "I believe I can lay claim to being the first U.S. citizen to join the RAF in England after the outbreak of hostilities." He was promoted to Pilot Officer on March 23, 1940 and began his flight training, after which he joined No. 601 Squadron RAF on July 12.
Flying the Hawker Hurricane, Fiske flew his first patrols with the squadron on July 20. As the Battle of Britain raged on, Fiske continued to fly combat missions against the onslaught of German bombers. On August 16, No. 601 Squadron was scrambled to intercept a formation of Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers. Although the squadron shot down eight of the enemy bombers, Fiske's Hurricane was hit in its fuel tank and caught fire.
Fiske's official RAF Reserve portrait. (US Air Force archived photo)
Despite his aircraft being damaged and his hands and ankles being burned, Fiske refused to bail out of his aircraft. Instead, he nursed his knackered Hurricane back to the airfield and landed safely. Ambulance attendants rushed out and extracted Fiske from his plane shortly before its fuel tank exploded. He was taken to Royal West Sussex Hospital where he was treated for his wounds. Tragically, Fiske died 2 days later from surgical shock. He was buried on August 20 with both a Union Jack and Stars and Stripes draped over his coffin.
On July 4, 1941, a plaque honoring Fiske was unveiled at St. Paul's Cathedral in London which reads, "An American citizen who died that England might live." Additionally, in 2008, a stained glass window depicting Fiske's Hurricane and an American flag was dedicated at Boxgrove Priory where he is buried. Fiske's legacy is not forgotten, however, in his home country.
The stained glass tribute to Fiske's memory. (Photo by the Boxgrove Priory/ Wikimedia Commons)
The United States Bobsled and Skeleton Foundation created the Billy Fiske Memorial Trophy as a tribute to the fallen pilot. The trophy is awarded to the national champion four-man bobsled team each year. Additionally, a line in the 2001 film Pearl Harbor is rumored to be a reference to Fiske. In it, U.S. Army Air Corps pilot Capt. Rafe McCawley (played by Ben Affleck), travels to England to fly with the RAF prior to America's entry into the war. Showing McCawley the plane that he'll be flying, the RAF commander remarks on the bravery of the plane's previous pilot. "Good chap. Didn't die till he'd landed and shut down his engine." Finally, Fiske can be credited with the development of the popular Aspen Ski Resort. Along with his friend, Ted Ryan, Fiske opened up a ski lodge and built the first ski lift in Aspen in 1937. After the war, others would continue their work and develop Aspen into the world-famous skiing destination it is today.
Although Fiske didn't shoot down any enemy planes, his determination to fight against the Nazis served as an inspiration for other Americans to join the RAF and eventually form the famous Eagle Squadrons. Despite his privileged upbringing and successful life in sports and banking, Fiske's unwavering conviction led him to fight and die for the sake of freedom. Echoing the words of Winston Churchill, Fiske is one of the few who was owed so much by so many during the Battle of Britain.
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Сан-Ільдефонсо, офіційна назва — муніципалітет Сан-Ільдефонсо (тагальська: Bayan ng San Ildefonso) — муніципалітет 1-го класу в провінції Булакан, Філіппіни. За даними перепису 2020 року, населення становить 115 713 осіб.

Завдяки постійному розширенню Столичного регіону муніципалітет тепер є частиною забудованої території Маніли, що робить Сан-Ільдефонсо її північною частиною.

Сан-Ільдефонсо знаходиться за 43 кілометри (27 миль) від Малолоса та за 66 кілометрів (41 милю) від Маніли.

Історія

Перші жителі назвали це місто Булаком через рясні дерева капок (у народній мові «булак»), які росли на пагорбі, де зараз місто.

Тоді Булак був районом Сан-Рафаель. Там було лише близько 3000 жителів. Першими мешканцями були люди з сусідніх міст і провінцій, які вважали за краще оселятися в цьому місці через хороші сільськогосподарські перспективи.

Коли прийшли іспанці, назву Булак було змінено на Асьєнда Сан-Хуан-де-Діос, оскільки монахи заволоділи 15 500 гектарами пасовищ і сільськогосподарських угідь. Людям сказали платити данину. Доходи від оренди були використані для фінансування роботи лікарні Сан-Хуан-де-Діос у Манілі. Іспанські монахи, незважаючи на вороже ставлення до філіппінців, захоплювалися красою природних пейзажів.

У міру зростання населення каплиця була побудована під парафіяльною юрисдикцією Сан-Рафаель. У 1809 році отець Хуан дела Роса був названий першим філіппінським священиком міста. Він обіймав посаду до 1811 року. Він відповідав за зміну імені Булак на Сан-Ільдефонсо на честь Альфонса XII, тодішнього короля Іспанії, і Сан-Ільдефонсо, його покровителя. До того часу, коли йому дали цю назву, був створений трибунал, який остаточно зробив його містом у 1877 році. Між 1905 і 1906 роками Сан-Ільдефонсо було об'єднано з Сан-Мігелем через його низький дохід і нездатність фінансувати свої витрати на роботу місцевого уряду.

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Барангаї

Сан-Ільдефонсо політично поділяється на 36 барангаїв (6 міських, 30 сільських).

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