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Tribute to Dr. Jesus A. Datumstaradmin22022-01-04T14:21:54-05:00
A U.S. based organization serving the needy of the Philippines since 2005
Tribute to our Founder, Dr. Jesus A. Datu
Dr. Jesus A. Datu was born on February 12, 1927 in San Vicente, Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines, son of Godofredo and Maxima (Angeles) Datu. Dr. Datu graduated from the University of Santo Tomas Medical School in 1954. He practiced general medicine and surgery in the Philippines. He worked for Operation Brotherhood in Laos from 1960-1962. From 1967-1970 he worked as a medical officer in Malaysia. He then immigrated to the United States with his wife Joan and two daughters in 1970.
Dr. Datu secured himself an internship and residency in Chicago, IL. After successfully completing his training, he pursued his career in radiology and became certified in Nuclear Medicine
From 1981-1992, he served as Commander in the United States Navy, stationed in Groton, CT, and Subic Bay Naval Base, Philippines. He was in Subic when the Mount Pinatubo volcano erupted, and was one of the last ones to leave. He joined the many medical missions sponsored by the U.S. Navy to disaster victims, and became active in serving the healthcare needs of the Aeta aboriginal tribes of the surrounding area.
Dr. Jesus Angeles Datu, Founder
He then founded the Love for Life Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the poor and needy of his homeland, the Philippines. He was a true humanitarian who was devoted to helping the poor and forgotten: his life was dedicated to helping those less fortunate.
Dr. Datu worked in the private sector as well, such as the Appalachian Regional Hospital, Hazard, KY. He was an active participant in the Connecticut Association of Philippine Physicians and the University of Santo Tomas Medical Alumni Association. He was a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He successfully helped his children through college and medical school.
He will be greatly missed by his family, friends, and the many people he has helped throughout his life.
Dr. Jesus A. Datu (center) with his wife, Joan Datu.
"Jess Datu gave his life as a medical doctor so that others may live. His monument will not be a statue, placed in some obscure location, but in the hearts of those he served and their offspring for future generations. They know that they are here today because of the loving care and skills of Dr. Jess Datu."
Dr. Jesus Datu
"With God's blessing and grace, his dream for the Filipino people will be realized."
"He is certainly one of the most extraordinary men I am honored to know."
"I will always remember his youthful enthusiasm when he speaks of his project, always with the positive attitude that somehow it will be done."
"He is a remarkable man who is unique among us whose life is driven by his passion to serve those who are ignored or forgotten by society."
"I will sorely miss him. A true gentleman, whose word is his bond."
"He is a pillar and a legend in our community."
"I remember my last meeting with him. At 10 pm, he picked up old clothes and shoes for the poor people of the Philippines."
"He had a big and generous heart."
"His interest in the welfare of the Aetas of Zambales will continue to inspire others to share the gift of life with the needy, his passion."
"A man with a big heart, full of humility, always with a smile on his face when you meet him."
"A great USThomasian"
"I will always remember him who shepherded our clans to be close to one another."
"I will surely miss him. A true gentleman, whose name will serve as an inspiration for us here (in the Philippines)."
"An incredible person and an inspiration to many."
"He was loved by everybody."
"Jess was one of the strongest pillars of the Filipino community in Connecticut. A bona-fide, big-hearted humanitarian, and a wonderful friend to me and many others…It was through him that we have many charitable projects in the Philippines, and most of them still ongoing."


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Sky News reported recently on the concerns raised by families in Fallujah, Iraq, where newborn babies appear to be suffering from increased rates of deformities since the 2004 Iraq war. They fear that exposure to chemicals used during the conflict may have caused this increase but the lack of detailed records makes this claim difficult to assess objectively.
In the light of this report The Fetal Medicine Foundation has decided to offer scholarships to obstetricians from Fallujah to receive training in London. The doctors will then return to Fallujah to improve the care of pregnant women and ultimately establish a recording system which may enable them to determine the underlying causes for the birth deformities.
The first doctor has already been trained in Fetal Medicine in London and returned to Iraq.


The Heartbeat of the new world economy is mobile according to the latest video by Erik Qualman, among others the author of Socialnomics. Globally mobiles are outnumbering the amount of people, which basically means that many of us are using more than one. We even seem to prefer an iPhone above babies, at least the iPhone growth rate is higher than the amount of newborns. We are tweeting mostly when we are on the way and buying decision take less time on mobile than they take when we shop through a desktop computer. If it wasn't obvious yet that you need a mobile strategy, it will for sure be after watching the movie!
Extending retail to mobile apps is hip!


You are at:Home»Acne Scars»Salicyclic Acid Products for Acne Scars: Effective or Not?
Salicyclic acid is a peeling agent that works by peeling of the epidermal layers of the skin. As a result, salicyclic acid reduces acne scars. It is a beta-hydroxy-acid, which is derived from plant hormones, especially willow tree and is recognized by U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Salicyclic acid has a variety of application in topical cosmetics and medicine for skin issues such as acne, acne scars, dandruff and warts. It is a common ingredient in acne treatments, but it is more readily used as salicyclic acid peels.
Can Salicyclic Acid Remove Acne Scars?
Salicyclic acid is an effective acne treatment ingredient used in acne breakout therapy and acne scar reduction. Topical salicyclic acid reduces the appearance of your acne scars by exfoliating your skin and removing dead skin cells from the outer layer of the skin, the epidermal.
The removal of dead skin cells from the skin reduces the appearance of acne scars and promotes the growth of collagen in the inner layer of the skin, dermal to produce new, less-blemished skin.
It deeply penetrates the underlying skin surface and removes any excess oils from oily, breakout prone and acne scared skin. It also helps in preventing post acne scarring by reducing the appearance of post breakout scars.
Salicyclic acid products are quite strong and penetrating. They are generally suitable for most type of skins, but it produce better outcomes on skin that is oily and prone to acne.
Usually, the salicyclic acid products contain 2% ingredient, which helps you get great results and exfoliates to relieve acne and breakouts. It is essential to follow the directions on the Salicyclic acid product before you start using it.
The dosage depends on the severity of the acne scars and the type of salicyclic acid you are using. It is recommended to use it on alternate days at the beginning of the treatment so that your skin is not overly dry. You need to use it for several weeks for significantly apparent results.
You should apply the products with cotton swab so that you only dab a percentage of the product directly on the acne scars before bed. You should avoid using your hands during application, as germs from your hands can aggravate the condition.
Over time, you will notice that your marks will become discolored and eventually eliminating the scar entirely.
It is important to ensure that salicyclic acid does not come into contact with your eyes, nose or mouth. In case it does, you should rinse the area under water for at least 15 minutes. Also, it should not be applied to areas where the skin is broken or irritated in any way.
Milder Salicyclic products are available over-the-counter without prescription, but it is wise to consult with your doctor to determine the appropriate strength and type of salicyclic acid product for your need. In addition, salicyclic acid can make your skin more sensitive to sunlight and should always be accompanied with a sunscreen.
In short, salicyclic acid is suitable for reduction and removal of acne scars as well as other types of marks. However, it produces better results on mild to moderate acne scars. In case of severe condition, more invasive procedures, such as laser therapy, should be considered.


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Home Editorial Child marriage & newly found reasons behind!
Child marriage & newly found reasons behind!
Roton Malo:
Despite regular global publicity and the presence of strict acts in countries against early marriage, the field-level scenario has not changed much since frequent stories of secretly arranged marriage get global population puzzled regarding the secret reasons behind the child marriage.
Very common reason comes to every mind behind child marriage is poverty but does that really represent the real new secrecy of it? Law enforcers, local representatives, development workers, journalists and parents have new points to be noted with concern.
The field level experience during preventing child marriage bid, writing and working against it, local level government high officials, law enforcers, local representatives, development workers, journalists as well parents have pointed some new reasons behind child marriage in Bangladesh.
Global Scenario of Child Marriage
According to unicef, 1 in 5 women was married before their 18th birthday globally and 650 million girls and women alive today were married before their 18th birthday.
The UN organization also reveals that 12 million girls are married off in their childhood ever year globally. In the world, South Asia alone is home to the 40 percent of the global burden (285mn or 44%) of child bribes. Sub-Saharan Africa stands at second position with (115mn or 18%) of child brides.
When the topic comes to the fore, we think of poor countries first, but child marriage occurs in developed countries with high-income as well. The unicef shows that the majority of all 50 States in the USA have an exception in law that allows children to marry before the age of 18. Meanwhile, in the European Union, only four countries tolerate no exceptions to the minimum age of 18 for marriage as of 2017.
Global Commitment to End Child Marriage
Countries across the globe committed to end early marriage by 2030 though the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Earlier in 2015, UN Member States initiated to adopt the SDGs: a set of 17 goals set out global development priorities between now and 2030. According to the SDGs target 5.3, governments pledged to "eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilations" by 2030.
A total of 193 countries agreed to end child marriage by 2030 under the SDGs and it will not be achieved without ending child marriage. But are the global countries on the right track to end child marriage or do the global population truly believe the SDGs target number 5.3? That's a million-dollar question since still child marriage takes place in every minute somewhere in the globe.
Child Marriage Scenario in Bangladesh
The UN organization Unicef says Bangladesh has the highest prevalence of child marriage in South Asia and ranks among 10 countries in the world. The organization suggested an accelerated action to end child marriage in Bangladesh by 2030.
The largest deltaic nation is home to 38 million child brides. Of them, 13 million married before age 15. 51% percent of young women in Bangladesh were married before their 18th birthday. Married girls are over four times more likely to be out of school than unmarried girls. While, nearly 5 in 10 child brides gave birth before age 18, and 8 in 10 gave birth before age 20.
A vibe against child marriage is everywhere and the practice of child marriage is also less common today than before, but each and every day, the national media publishes news of secret child marriage arrangement being informed and prevented by the law enforcers, government officials. The most common solution goes to an understanding and promise not to marry off the girl child before 18. Thus, the story of child marriage arrangement ends and new stories come up! New stories continue to come to the fore without ending.
The government, INGOs, local NGOs, local representatives and many more have been working relentlessly with a noble intention to stop child marriage, but the change looks taking place very slow seemingly to be late achievement by the targeted year.
COVID-19 Pandemic & Child Marriage
Bangladesh introduced an Act called "Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2017" and strongly taking various steps to end child marriage. Child Marriage Prevention Committees have been formed centrally and in root level of the country's administrative area. Government officials and local government have been empowered to take immediate actions against child marriage under the Act. There are punishments for contracting child marriage while the honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pledged to end marriage under the age of 15 by 2021 and for those under the age of 18 by 2041.
Despite all these positive steps and actions, Bangladesh has witnessed a 13% increase in child marriage during COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 which is the highest rate of child marriage in the country in the last 25 years. Bangladesh-based international NGO Brac revealed the information and said the coronavirus has massively affected societies and economies, pushing many into extreme poverty.
According to a survey conducted by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MFJ), a total of 13,886 child marriages took place in 84 upazilas of 21 districts in Bangladesh during seven months of the ongoing pandemic in 2020.
Unknown Facts Found Behind Child Marriage Today
Today, the most common reason comes to every mind for child marriage seemed to be poverty in Bangladesh but does that really represent the secrecy behind it? Does that represent the secret stories of child marriage arrangements taking place in Bangladesh? Members of local administrations, law enforcers, local representatives, development workers, and journalists have other points to be noted with concern.
Commonly Known Causes of Child Marriage
Most of the field-level government representatives, journalists, development workers stated some common reasons behind child marriage are poverty, corruption of marriage registrar, social insecurity, lack of employment, exploitation, lack of income, big families to feed, gender inequality, cultural and religious beliefs, dowry, lack of education and awareness.
Newly Found Reasons Behind Child Marriage
Besides all the known reasons, there are some few uncommon reasons behind child marriage. Rapid socio-psychological change of adolescent girls with easy & available gadgets at hand, parents' sense of insecurity while going to and from school, presence of abusive teachers at classroom, faster physical growth of girls thanks to food habits and lifestyle have been added to the list of secret reasons behind child marriage with the existing ones. On the other hand, the economical scars due to the ongoing pandemic have added a new point to the new list of reasons behind child marriage.
Psycho-social Change of Girl Children
Sonia Akhter, 16, pseudo name, a tenth-grader girl updated her marital status on her Facebook profile as 'married' during COVID-19 pandemic. The abrupt change of a bright girl's marital status made her teacher stunned. Sonia chose her house tutor as husband in Gopalganj as a free girl and updated her marital status on social media. Her solvent parents were not happy but did take no strong steps against their new son-in-law to avoid social issues and a notion of security of their daughter's future. Girls' psycho-social change is vivid in the society which is well-accepted too.
Terrible Desires of New Richman in Society
Sometime it's not about the girl child's matter, but the negative and ill attitude of newly rich people mostly people returned home with huge foreign currency. They desire of marrying a very young girl (Kochi Meye reads in Bengali) seemed to be very unusual but has become a common phenomenon. Their wealth and foreign currency allure the parents to marry off underaged children in search of socio-economical security. Girl children fall prey to such elements in the society frequently.
Protecting a girl's chastity major concern than child marriage
The nation has achieved tremendous success in educational inclusion of girl children. However, the new challenge arises for girl children on the way to & from school. Parents frequently hear complaints over eve teasing that make them hurry to marry off their girls faster. Parents think of their girl children as burden and they become furious to maintain family honor. A girl child's advent to puberty makes their parents worry of protecting their chastity that becomes a major barricade to stopping child marriage. Marrying off a girl child becomes more important to protect her chastity than maintaining 18-year age restriction.
Mobile Apps and Changes in Lifestyle
Now not poverty alone is the reason behind child marriage, but some neo-cultures of various mobile apps-based lifestyles have become another issue of concern. Girl children are being focused through social media apps like- TikTok, Youtube, Facebook live, and others. A girl child tends to be elder and behaves like elders which literally changes her psycho-social status in her surroundings. The day-to-day thinking of girl child is changing by the trendy things at hand through android mobile which lessen the control of parents on their children.
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Wrong Publicity of Religious Idealism
Religious scriptures say nothing wrong but the people speak of those mingle their own thoughts and feelings that misguide people with sober and pious hearts. Child marriage occurs and secretly arranged by guardians, pious people since they believe the wrong message of wrongly explained scriptures. Parents who arrange child marriage in Bangladesh frequently give lame excuse of religious scriptures that were wrongly explained.
Matchmakers Active in Villages
Marriage Matchmakers (Ghatak reads in Bengali) are very active in rural areas and have vulture eye on every rising girl child. The matchmakers provoke parents frequently and allure them to marry off their under-aged girl child to earn money both from parents and wealthy aged bridegrooms. On the other hand, aged wealthy bridegrooms are always ready to spend money to meet their ill desires of marrying girl child.
Reasons Are Not the Same today as Before
These reasons of child marriage were not the same 20 years back from now, and those are not the same today while it won't be the same 20 years later from now! So, will it really change by 2030 or 2041? Will there be there any necessity to decrease the age of calling a girl as child? Those questions are at the policy makers' hand.
Actions Suggested to Stop Child Marriage
 More open discussion within family and classroom regarding child marriage.
 Parents' knowledge and vigilance on their children's movement, attitudes, and gadgets they use.
 Strict implementation of The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2017.
 More control on the newly introduced mobile apps to protect children from moral degradation.
 Not to force children to understand but let them understand freely the negative impacts of child marriage.
 More care for both boys and girl children to let them connected them within the family and values.
 Inspiring both cultural and religious practices within society and family.
 More holistic and concerted efforts to end child marriage by rising individual-level awareness.
 Career oriented education from primary, intermediate level.
 Restraining rural matchmakers from arranging child marriage etc.
Bangladesh Needs to Have More efforts
Bangladesh government is very active successful in economic, social, technological transformation including an exemplary infrastructural development and the country has become a role model of positive changes in the world. Bangladesh has a target to end child marriage by 2041 which is supposed to be achieved by 2030 according to SDGs target. The progress must be at least eight times faster than before to meet the national target, and 17 times faster to meet the SDGs target.
Writer Roton Malo is a freelance journalist and development worker. He is working at The Leprosy Mission International-Bangladesh (TLMI-B). Contact Email: rotonmalo@gmail.com
Muksudpur Upazila Nirhabi Officer & Executive Magistrate Md Jobayer Rahman Rashed; Senior Journalist PR Biswas, Mijanur Rahman Manik & Shahidul Islam Nirob; Gobara Union Parishad Chairman Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, Gopalganj Sadar; Development Official Swapan Singh, Area Program Manager, World Vision Bangladesh & Rajkumar Mondol, Program Manager, World Concern contributed to the article by sharing their field-level experiences.
The article has been published first by Dhaka Courier on 9 July 2021 on its 52nd Issue in Bangladesh.
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MINSK – Belarus is showcasing its products, science and technology solutions at the 13th International Agriculture Show SIAM 2018 running in Meknes (Morocco) on 24-28 April, BelTA has learned from the National Center for Marketing and Price Study at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, which is an organizer of Belarus' national exposition in Morocco.
SIAM is the largest platform to connect distributors, manufacturers, investors and officials from Arab, European and African countries with their Moroccan partners. The Belarusian exposition features the companies affiliated with Belarus' Industry Ministry (MTZ, Gomselmash, Bobruiskagromash, Lidselmash, MAZ, Amkodor, BMZ), the enterprises of the Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim (Belshina, Grogno-Azot), organizations of the Belarusian State Committee of Science and Technology, the National Academy of Sciences and the Education Ministry.
Participating in SIAM and related conferences and business forums provides an opportunity to establish direct business contacts with Moroccan companies and agricultural enterprises. Crown Prince of Morocco Moulay Hassan attended the Belarusian exposition during the SIAM opening ceremony. The Gomselmash farm machines and agricultural technologies presented by Belarus' National Academy of Science are the most popular with visitors.
Held annually since 2006, SIAM Expo is divided into two main parts, international and sectoral. The event is the largest agriculture fair in the Maghreb region (northwest Africa), organized under the patronage of the King of Morocco Mohammed VI and with the support of the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries. This year, the expo was attended by more than 20 countries including Belarus, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Turkey, Russia and Netherlands as the honorable guest. The expo takes more than 181,000 square meters and is visited by more than 1 million people.


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import com.jme3.system.Timer;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import org.lwjgl.Sys;

/**
 * Timer handles the system's time related functionality. This
 * allows the calculation of the framerate. To keep the framerate calculation
 * accurate, a call to update each frame is required. Timer is a
 * singleton object and must be created via the getTimer method.
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 * @author Mark Powell
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public class LwjglTimer extends Timer {
    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(LwjglTimer.class
            .getName());

    //frame rate parameters.
    private long oldTime;
    private long startTime;

    private float lastTPF, lastFPS;

    private final static long LWJGL_TIMER_RES = Sys.getTimerResolution();
    private final static float INV_LWJGL_TIMER_RES = ( 1f / LWJGL_TIMER_RES );

    public final static long LWJGL_TIME_TO_NANOS = (1000000000 / LWJGL_TIMER_RES);

    /**
     * Constructor builds a Timer object. All values will be
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    public LwjglTimer() {
        reset();
        logger.log(Level.FINE, "Timer resolution: {0} ticks per second", LWJGL_TIMER_RES);
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        String string = super.toString();
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[prMac.com] Dunedin, Florida - Auman Software, LLC announces the upcoming release of handPaint 5.0 for iOS, on Friday, May 17, 2013. Use your device's camera to snap a picture, then the snapshot becomes your subject. Magically "sketch" the photo's subject using one of handPaint's many tools (magic brush, neon marker, sketch pen, or magic pencil) to create hand drawn effects with photo quality precision.
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Crush enough graham crackers to obtain 1 1/4 cups. Melt butter and add to crackers along with sugar. Press evenly over entire surface of a 9-inch pie tin.
Place in oven for about 15 minutes. About halfway during baking, press crust evenly flat as it will rise. Bake until golden crisp and set aside.
In a non-reactive saucepan bring to boil lemon juice and first listed 1/2 cup sugar.
In a separate bowl whisk eggs until very smooth, add remaining sugar and whisk vigorously until well blended.
Remove from heat and pour into bowl. Once temperature of curd drops below 130°F, add butter and stir smooth. If butter does not completely dissolve after a few minutes, place the mixture in a microwave oven for 5-10 seconds.
For meringue whip egg whites, sugar, and salt over a pot of low simmering water. Using a hand held whip, whip to 165°F. Remove from heat and continue whipping using a machine until meringue is thick and fluffy. While meringue is whipping, add tea powder. For a deeper tea flavor add 1 extra teaspoon.
Spread meringue onto pie and place back in refrigerator.
NOTE: This amazingly delicious and very creamy curd requires following the recipe and directions correctly. If not cooked properly the curd will not sufficiently set. Do not top pie with crème Chantilly instead of meringue as the curd is too tart. However it will be balanced perfectly with the sweetness of meringue.


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The most challenging workout helps develop explosive movement for advanced manoeuvres on the board incorporating power and rotation alongside a solid upper body and core. It helps to absorb high impact falls and unexpected movement when snowboarding, giving your body less chance of being injured, or the ability to prevent further damage to an injury that already exists. It utilizes the proprioceptive system, integrates static exercise for prolonged time in the one position and incorporates all of your stabilizers which help support all of your major muscles.
Start with a 5 minute complete body warm-up (skip, jog, cycle, jumping jacks etc).
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Nick Kroll created 'Big Mouth' as a coming-of-age, binge-worthy Netflix series (Image via The Tempest)
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Netflix's 'Big Mouth' Is Simultaneously Problematic and Informative
On one hand, the show seems to have a whitewashed cast, but on the other, it covers important adolescent issues.
By Grace John, Rutgers University
Looking for a good coming-of-age show to binge? Do you want to be able to explain puberty to your younger siblings? Are you seeking to simultaneously laugh and cry about life and its craziness? Well, look no further than "Big Mouth," Nick Kroll's pride and joy on Netflix.
"Big Mouth" is no average, run-of-the-mill show. It's filled with saucy innuendos, painfully awkward situations and, best of all, real-life problems for teenagers and adults alike. Alongside the show's unique qualities is the killer all-star cast, which includes Nick Kroll himself, John Mulaney, Maya Rudolph and Jordan Peele, just to name a few. Despite all the positive reinforcement the show has so far, the public has criticized it for being a problematic program.
Many viewers have pointed out their particular distaste for the fact that comedian and actress Jenny Slate, who is a white woman, plays a black character named Missy. The accusations come from the idea that Netflix is once again whitewashing one of their casts.
Another issue surrounds some of the jokes and scenarios the show chooses to portray. Co-creator Andrew Goldberg, best known for writing "Family Guy," is not afraid to lay on jokes and situations that push the boundaries of television controversy.
Considering the abundance of crude language and imagery in the show, it is hard to believe that Netflix would find an issue with anything Goldberg and Kroll could conjure into existence. However, it has happened with "Big Mouth."
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Unfortunately for Goldberg, one particular joke did not fly with Netflix. He recounts, "There's only one thing that Netflix felt was too gross, and it was a very well-rendered, graphic shot of a thermometer coming out of a pee hole. And even that, we were 50 – 50 on whether or not we liked it. They were like, 'We don't think so,' and we were like, 'Yeah, we don't think so either.'"
While that grotesque scene did not make the cut, a different one did. In Episode 7, titled "Requiem for a Wet Dream," Hormone Monster engages in oral sex with a decapitated head in a particularly disturbing scene.
In comparison to the rest of the show, which is quite mild, the unsettling scene is a standout moment that had many questioning the morale of the show. However, they callback the scene at the end of the episode, in a way of breaking the fourth wall through a conversation between the Hormone Monster and the character Andrew.
Hormone Monster asked if the scene was taking it too far, in which Andrew responds that yes, it made him uncomfortable, even though he likes "f—ed up s— like that." They both recount that at the time, it seemed funny — in direct reference to the writers themselves — but overall, it probably wasn't the best course of action for the level of comedy for the show.
Despite the criticisms of the show, "Big Mouth" has also notoriously covered a longstanding issue that audiences across the board can relate to: puberty. That said, the show covers many issues, such as gay panic, sexual awakenings, relationship struggles — between both teenagers and grown adults — and just coming to terms with your body through such a disorientating time period.
Fans recognize 'Big Mouth' as a show that tackles the difficult discussions surrounding puberty (Image via Netflix)
A personal fan favorite is an episode titled "Am I Gay?" in which protagonist Andrew questions his sexuality after getting a boner for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in a movie trailer. At this point in the show, the viewers have only seen Andrew's sexual reaction toward females, so his reaction to Johnson throws everyone for a loop.
Subsequently, Andrew projects his inquiry onto the resident ghost of Nick's house, Duke Ellington, who then calls on the spirits of famous deceased homosexuals, including the infamous Freddy Mercury. After a very catchy and explorative song titled "Totally Gay," Andrew decides that he is gay, and, furthermore, could potentially be in love with his best friend Nick.
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The episode covers the basics of what society has dubbed "gay panic," including the initial denial and confusion, the experimentation and the conflict. "Big Mouth" deals with it relatively well, reflecting two sides: the support of homosexuality and the typical "disgust" toward it.
Additionally, Nick's reaction to Andrew's potential feelings toward him goes against the typical masculine trope; instead of reacting with disgust and rage, he, in fact, kisses Andrew in an effort to help him decide whether or not he's attracted to boys. His security and assurance in his own sexuality did not hinder him from helping his friend figure out his own, which was a particularly heartwarming scene in the show.
Another common theme amongst the characters in "Big Mouth" is masturbation, with some characters being seasoned veterans and some just starting to discover their bodies. That said, the show is very sex-positive and effectively educates viewers about masturbation and sex in general.
In fact, Jessi has an episode in which she literally discovers her own sex organs — voiced by the wonderful Kristen Wigg. The show went in depth on the topic, encouraging exploration and even correcting common misconceptions about its anatomy.
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Also, "Big Mouth" features your typical middle school relationships — which are usually born out of pressure when interacting with a person of the opposite sex — and the expected maturity afterward. Nick and Jessi's brief relationship is a perfect example of that, especially because the show portrays it to discuss the awkwardness of first relationships.
Furthermore, the adults in the show have their fair share of the spotlight. Jessi's mom is actually a culprit of the gay panic as well, hiding in an affair with another woman, despite her crumbling marriage and commitment to her daughter. In addition, Nick's parents are very open about their sexual love life and never hesitate to offer love and advice to their children no matter the circumstance.
Overall, "Big Mouth" is the show viewers did not know they needed to watch. The cartoon gets real about the good and the bad of life, and it's accompanied by characters and personalities that will conjure laughs and tears.
Netflix has scheduled Season 2 to release later in 2018.
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It is interesting that you point to the one incident. All my life the holy spirit has guided me at many different times. I had a near death experience when I was younger and since that time I seem to be tuned into people and events. So remember that the holy spirit is available every day if you but listen.


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onions, parsley, potatoes, radishes, rutabagas, scallions, spinach, sprouts, squashes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, turnips, watercress, yams, zucchini, veggie burgers are an option if you are not allergic to soy.
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I am a mother with a full-time job outside of the home. It is not that I'm necessarily at the office long hours of the day, but, I'm in a leadership position at my work, and often have to be available to emails and calls even if sitting on my couch. There are expectations, decisions, and paperwork on my plate at all times. There are new policies to be read, meetings to attend, and staff work to be approved. I know that my work in child welfare is a ministry and I'm extremely blessed to work for a Christian agency, but I feel pulled in so many directions most of the time. I often wonder if my work in helping other families distracts me from taking care of my own.
With this in mind, I have a confession to make: I daydream about being a stay-at-home mother. I imagine waking up after getting a restful long night of sleep, greeting my lovelies in the best "Snow White-Princessy" kind of voice while wearing fluffy house-shoes, and whipping up fresh made biscuits (not from a can). I imagine sending my son off to school without the rush of madness in the morning. I imagine my daughter attending preschool just one day per week instead of forty hours per week.
In my dreamland of non-salaried motherhood, my house is spotless (ALL of the time), the yard is sculpted to perfection, there are no laundry piles, toys are sorted by color, shape, or function, pets are always well-groomed, husband is also always well-groomed, meals are diverse and over-the-top healthy, and every sock is matched with the other. My home looks like most of the fantastic homes on the ever-popular, yet, intimidating website Pinterest. In my dreamland, there are lunch dates with friends, salon treatments, and a personal trainer. There's cycling during the day, hanging out in a coffee shop with my laptop, baking cookies with the kids, shopping trips with my daughter, play dates at the park, more church activities, and volunteering at the local hospital.
In this dream, I'm always in a good mood, never stressed, and feel constantly "in the moment" with my children and husband. I don't have to worry about budgets other than my own, and I don't have to read new policies. I don't have to say yes or no to employees, and my focus is only on home life….
Okay, so I know that all mom's work regardless of employment. I know (or at least have learned vicariously) that it is difficult to stay home full-time with young children. My friends who do not have employment outside of the home struggle with finding time for themselves, mounds of laundry, bored kids, fighting siblings, and feeling overwhelmed.
Motherhood is hard regardless of receiving a paycheck or not. Motherhood is all-encompassing. We are never really "off the clock". We don't get to call in sick to our kids, or take vacation days. We are love-givers, nutritionists, chefs, boo-boo healers, life coaches, fashion advisers, groomers, interior designers, friend creators, manicurists, pedicurists, personal bankers, and housekeepers. We are dictionaries, spiritual advisers, encyclopedias, social skills teachers, and tutors. We are warriors, protectors, and commanders. We also know that we wouldn't have it any other way.
I guess, then, that we are all the same. Employed outside of the home or not, we all probably dream of waking up and greeting our little ones like a Disney Princess, making fresh made biscuits not from a can, and wearing matching socks.


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Earlier in the week we asked you which hosting companies you thought were the best and offered the best combination of price to features, bandwidth, storage, and customer support. You came back with over 300 nominations for over a hundred companies, but sadly we only have room for the top five.
The poll is closed and the votes are counted! To see which of the contenders you crowned as the champion, head over to our weekly hive five followup post to find out who won, and discuss your thoughts on the winner!
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You can host your web site or photo gallery with Linode, but unlike other traditional hosting companies that offer shared hosting solutions, Linode offers Virtual Private Server hosting (VPS) where you spin up a virtual server with the memory, disk space, and file transfer that you need for whatever application you're building or web site you're hosting. Some users even use their Linode servers as remote desktop replacements, others use it as private, cloud-based application servers, and others use them to host their webapps, developed applications, and blogs. You get full SSH and root access on your servers, guaranteed resources, and your choice of linux distro on the servers you purchase. Prices vary depending on the type of server you're looking for and the resources you want it to have, but start at $19.95/mo. You can check out all Linode's offerings here.
A Small Orange hosting reminds me a bit of what some of our other contenders were like earlier in their lives—homegrown hosting companies with a serious focus on customer service rather than size and scale. With A Small Orange, you can get a variety of plans with different bandwidth and disk space options that also feature unlimited databases, unlimited email addresses, unlimited subdomains, and more for as low as $35/yr ($2.91/mo). Few of their plans offer the same kind of unlimited disk and bandwidth options you'll see from the big guys, but A Small Orange makes up for it with plans to suit every budget and every need, detailed stats, bit-by-bit upgrades for people who have needs that fall between plans, and more. Plus, A Small Orange is committed to real, quality customer support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can see all of A Small Orange's plans here.
Now that you've seen the top five, it's time to put them to an all out vote to decide the winner.
Honorable mentions this week include Rackspace, which handles both personal and enterprise hosting and platform services (backed by "fanatical support!") and Nearly Free Speech, a contender in our last look at personal web hosts, who offers exceptional hosting plans for as low as $0.25 and promises to only make you pay for what you use. Finally, we should at least mention InMotion Hosting, which mobilized quite the effort to get their customers to vote for them.
Have something to say about the nominees that we missed? Did your favorite not get enough nominations to be included? Remember, the top five are based on your most popular nominations from the call for contenders thread from earlier in the week. Share your thoughts in the comments below.


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## Current Release

The current version of StructureMap will always be available on [Nuget](https://www.nuget.org/packages/structuremap/). See the <[linkto:release-notes]> for more information.

## Supported Platforms

The original `StructureMap.dll` has been broken up into a couple pieces. The main assembly will be targeting PCL compliance thanks to the diligent efforts of [Frank Quednau](https://twitter.com/fquednau), and that means that anything to do with ASP.Net or falls outside of the PCL core has been devolved into separate assemblies and eventually into different Nuget packages. This means that StructureMap 3.* will *theoretically* support WP8 and other versions of .Net for the very first time.

At this point StructureMap 3.* has been used on .Net 4, 4.5, WP8, and WP8.1. Nobody in the core StructureMap team is currently working with Xamarin mobile runtimes, but we are interested in verifying StructureMap on new platforms if any volunteers are interested in helping us out.

## Binaries

Binaries of StructureMap are available via [NuGet](http://www.nuget.org/packages/structuremap/):

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Can Mao Collectivise Half a Billion Farmers?
Source: The Reporter, 1 December 1955. Scanned and prepared for the Marxist Internet Archive by Paul Flewers.
A few weeks ago, on 11 October, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to embark firmly upon the collectivisation of farming. The decision was taken after an internal controversy which had been resolved by Mao Tse-tung in an address delivered to party secretaries on 31 July but kept secret until well along in October. This decision is a momentous event, and its consequences will occupy China, Asia and the world at large for decades to come. China's 'second revolution' has begun. By its scale alone it dwarfs even the Soviet collectivisation of the early 1930s.
The Prodigious Schedule: A few plain figures indicate the magnitude of the task Mao's government has set itself. Since the land reform of 1950-52 China has had about 110 million small farms, with a farming population of over 500 million, five times as numerous as the Soviet peasantry before collectivisation. Our imagination, accustomed to the European or the American scale of social developments, staggers when we consider that this enormous segment of humanity is to be collectivised, and to have its conditions of existence completely revolutionised within this decade.
By June 1955, 17 million small holdings (with a population of about 75 million) had already been merged in 650,000 cooperative farms. But the tempo is to be speeded up. Before the fall of 1956 another 16 or 17 million small holdings are to be similarly merged. By the spring of 1958 not less than one-half of the peasantry – 250 million people on 55 million holdings – are to have been transferred from private to cooperative farming, and within the following two years up to 1960, collectivisation is to embrace the whole of the peasantry.
What induces or compels the Chinese Communist Party to embark upon this prodigious and immensely risky undertaking?
Mao Tse-tung has set out some of the reasons, and they are familiar from the Russian experience. China's supplies of food and raw materials, he said, are highly inadequate, especially if China is to carry out its plans of industrialisation and also support its swelling industrial and urban population. The primitive and backward mode of farming characteristic of the present tiny small holdings does not lend itself to a great increase in agricultural output. As in Russia in the 1920s, a cleavage has developed within the peasantry between the minority of wealthy peasants – 'wealthy' by Chinese standards – and the vast majority of the poor. The government is increasingly dependent on the wealthy farmers for the supply of raw materials and of food to the towns, and in this unwelcome dependence it senses a potential threat both to itself and to its newly socialised industry.
Mao spoke also about the strain imposed by a dense and rapidly growing population on the limited resources of cultivated land. China has at present only half an acre of tilled land per inhabitant, and in the southern provinces not more than one-fifth or one-sixth of an acre. Plans are laid for the opening up and colonisation of about 75 million acres of virgin soil by the mid-1960s. But this can be no more than a palliative in a country like China, whose population increases in a single decade by more than 100 million, or the equivalent of the combined populations of Great Britain and France. Rapid mechanisation and modernisation of agriculture – which to Marxists imply large-scale farming – are a matter of life and death.
The Horrible Example: Mao has repeatedly referred to the experience and the success of Soviet collectivisation, but his speech shows that he is haunted by the nightmares of that experience. He well remembers the Russian peasants' bitter resistance to collectivisation, the great slaughter of cattle, the disastrous Russian harvests and famines, and the tense and bloody antagonism between Stalin's government and the peasantry. He is evidently anxious to avoid a repetition of such calamities in his country, and has launched collectivisation in a spirit very different from Stalin's. Daring though Mao's scheme is, he is extremely prudent about the manner of its execution, and he is moderate in tone. He does not call for the 'liquidation of the kulaks as a class'. He insists, on the contrary, that the wealthy peasants must be permitted to carry on just as they did before.
He speaks in fact about the 'cooperative farm' with all its connotations. In almost every passage of his address he dwells on the principle of voluntary collectivisation. The peasant should join the cooperatives without compulsion, and he must also be completely free to contract out of it, says Mao.
The size of the Chinese cooperative farm is to be much smaller than that of the Russian kolkhoz. As a rule it is to contain only about twenty-five small holdings, so that the peasant will not feel lost and submerged in it. Collectivisation is to proceed through three stages. At first, 'brigades of mutual assistance' are to be formed. In these the peasants are to help each other to till their fields, without surrendering any of their possessions. Next will come the 'semi-socialist cooperatives'. At this stage the peasant is expected to surrender his plot of land to the cooperative, but he is to retain ownership of cattle, agricultural implements, etc. These are to become the property of the 'full-fledged socialist cooperative' which is to be formed at the last stage, and even then the peasants are to be allowed to possess private vegetable gardens or small orchards.
These gradations are supposed to smooth the transition for the peasants. By 1960, when the whole peasantry is to be collectivised, the 'semi-socialist' rather than the 'fully socialist' cooperative will predominate. Stalin began his collectivist drive by hitting the peasant on the head and confiscating his cattle and agricultural implements. Mao's much subtler design resembles schemes once advanced in Russia by anti-Stalinist groups, with whom Mao saw eye to eye in the 1920s.
Carrot or Stick? But will Mao be able to carry out so gigantic a revolution bloodlessly and with the peasantry's consent? The great weakness of his scheme is that, like Stalin, he is trying to collectivise farming before the technical equipment – the tractors and modern implements necessary for large-scale farming – is available. This equipment, he says, cannot become available in sufficient quantities before the 1960s, when industrialisation will have progressed under China's third and fourth Five-Year Plans. Thus, he concludes, it will take from twenty to twenty-five years before the socialisation of farming is completed and consolidated.
During most of that time, however, China's agriculture will of necessity forfeit some of the advantages of small-scale farming, but will enjoy only very few of the advantages of large-scale farming. Will the peasants become restive in the meantime? And will Mao, despite his present prudence, attempt to break their resistance in the Stalinist manner by means of forcible collectivisation?
These questions have indeed been raised in the inner councils of the Chinese Communist Party. Mao himself says that he has had to deal with two groups of opposition. One group, like that of Bukharin and Rykov in Russia, has been fearful of the undertaking, and has urged a much slower tempo of collectivisation – Bukharin's 'snail's pace'. The other group has pressed Mao to adopt the Stalinist method right away, and has argued that collectivisation is a surgical operation which cannot be carried out in instalments. The mere threat of it, this group holds, is sure to antagonise the peasants and to throw the country into turmoil. Consequently, the quicker and the more ruthlessly the job is done, the better. Mao has rejected this advice. It remains to be seen whether his own scheme will work.
'Softly, Softly...' The collectivisation drive is bound to have far-reaching consequences in the international field. These can only be briefly indicated. China will need vast quantities of farming machinery. Russia and East Germany will be able to meet only a fraction of the demand. It used to be said that if every Chinese decided to wear shirts one inch longer, that would be enough to keep Lancashire's cotton industry employed for years. China's demand for agricultural machinery could keep the world's manufacturers of such machinery busy for a very long time to come. If ever there can be such a thing as an inexhaustible market, here it is – in theory. But to what extent, in practice, can China pay for imports? Could it obtain agricultural machinery from the West on credit? Peking's rulers probably do not have many illusions on this score. But it would be surprising if they did not try to sound out Western countries and make some fairly big deals in the next few years.
The developments in China are bound to have tremendous repercussions throughout Asia. If, through bloody suppression, Mao's government were to alienate the peasantry, whose support has so far been the main source of its strength, then Communist China would cease to exercise its present fascination on neighbouring nations, and its prestige would slump throughout Asia. If, on the other hand, gradual and bloodless collectivisation were to prove possible, then China's attraction would be immensely enhanced. In any case, for about twenty years all the country's energies will be absorbed in the domestic upheaval, just as Russia's were in the 1930s. For this reason caution and prudence are most likely to govern China's foreign policy during this long and critical period.


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SB 500 Luxus - 1935
Advanced two-stroke
The unrivaled champion of the two-stroke engine since 1928, DKW offered a top-of-the-range 500 with a power unit of this type. In 1934, the SB succeeded the short-lived Block 500, of which 300 units were made in 1933. It shared the same basic principle of a modern, unit-construction engine with air-cooling. This simplification – compared with earlier water-cooled models – illustrated DKW's mastery over thermal expansion.
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The adoption of Schnürle scavenging – and the consequent abandonment of the sensitive deflector pistons – was a far from negligible element in this important step forward.
An Advanced Roadster
The SB 500 was among one of the most advanced mounts of its day, particularly with its pedal selector gear shift. The Luxus model was distinguished from the base version by its comprehensive electric equipment – which included a dynastart and twin headlamps – as well as by its high level of finish. It weighed 33 lb more than the standard machine and was a first-rate roadster that was even rivaled by BMW and NSU. In all, 6300 SB 500s were built by 1936, when a new SB 500 with a longer frame and less-rounded tank replaced it. Around 13,300 examples of this second version were produced, proving that even in pre-WWII days, two-strokes could be taken seriously as top-quality machines. In 1939, the SB series was eventually replaced by the NZ, which was equipped with rear suspension.
Engine: 494cc (68x68mm) air-cooled twin-cylinder; flywheel magneto
Power Rating: 15 hp @ 4000 rpm
Valves: two-stroke; ports controlled by piston skirt
Fuel System: carburetor
Transmission: 3-speed, chain final drive
Suspension: girder forks (front); rigid (rear)
Brakes: drum (front & rear)
Wheels: 3.25x19 inch (front & rear)
A real high-performance flagship model, the SB 500 enhanced the image of two-strokes. In 1939 (inset), a second series SB 500 was the 500, 000th motorcycle made by DKW.
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Auditor-General questions ATO tax avoidance taskforce effectiveness
Overall revenue raised by the ATO nearly doubled in 2016-17 with the establishment of the tax avoidance taskforce but a comprehensive methodology to track its effectiveness was missing, says the national auditor.
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02 Jan 2020 — 2 min read
The Australian National Audit Office's (ANAO) performance audit report has found that the ATO cannot conclusively demonstrate that the Tax Avoidance Taskforce has met the revenue and resourcing commitments set out in the 2016-17 budget.
In the 2016-17 budget, the ATO was provided $679 million over four years from 1 July 2016 to enhance its compliance activities through the establishment and operation of the Tax Avoidance Taskforce.
The Taskforce was forecast to raise an additional $3.7 billion in tax liabilities while also providing other benefits, such as deterring taxpayers from future tax avoidance.
In 2016-17, the ATO raised $6.3 billion in liabilities and $6.5 billion in the following year, compared to $3.3 billion in 2015-16.
According to the ANAO, the ATO attributed a considerable portion of this revenue to the taskforce, reporting that it had raised $5.5 billion in the first two years – which was nearly 150 per cent of the total four-year budget commitment of $3.7 billion.
However, the national auditor contends that the accuracy of this attribution is questionable due to a lack in comprehensive methodology to attribute resources between the taskforce and business-as-usual activities.
"The lack of a comprehensive methodology to attribute resources to the taskforce has meant that it is unclear whether overall resourcing has been consistent with budget estimates," said the Auditor-General.
"Without accurate attribution or a baseline comparator, the exact amount raised by the taskforce cannot be verified."
While the ATO has agreed to develop a framework or set of principles to support accurate monitoring of actual costs and revenues of compliance measures, it argues that there is a clear methodological difference of opinion between the ANAO and the ATO on how the ATO attributes results and expenses to government-funded initiatives, particularly large and integrated initiatives such as the taskforce.
"Since its inception in 2016, it has been clear that the taskforce is not a separate program but a combination of effort across various business areas of the ATO to tackle tax avoidance," said the ATO in its formal response.
"The ATO has been very clear from the start on the methodologies it would use in attributing revenue outcomes and expenditure for the taskforce.
"The methodologies were built on the basis of the collective efforts across the office and are reviewed and updated annually to ensure they are appropriate and reflective of the funding levels and organisational structures each year."
In closing, the ANAO also called for all Australian government entities the need to be able to demonstrate both the additional outcomes from budget funding measures and the continued achievement of outcomes from business-as-usual or "base" activities.
"Budget funding measures represent a commitment to government and the Parliament. Approval of the funding is granted based on the expenditure and outcomes set out in the budget papers," said the ANAO.
"Entities must be able to measure and demonstrate the extent to which they have met these commitments.
"This and other recent audits have shown that some entities appear to treat budget measures as a supplementary source of ongoing departmental funding, rather than as a separate funding mechanism with conditions attached that are closely linked to the approved basis of the funding."
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14 May THE MISSING MDC OFFICIALS
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Government must respect civil and political rights of all Zimbabwean citizens. The Zimbabwe Peace Project is deeply concerned about the current reports that three opposition party officials, MDC Youth Assembly Vice Chairperson Cecilia Chimbiri, Secretary for Policy and Harare West legislator, Joanna Mamombe and Youth Deputy Organising Secretary, Netsai Marova, have gone missing after being reportedly arrested at a police roadblock on Wednesday.
The officials, who were part of a group of MDC supporters who staged a flash demonstration against hunger during lockdown in Warren Park, are yet to be located and the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), which is due to represent them, has so far made futile attempts to establish where they are detained.With government silent on the matter, the incident raises profound concerns that this could be just another suspected state sanctioned enforced disappearance of dissenting voices, given the country's record of unsolved cases of missing activists.
In addition, the incident can only serve to further polarise an already agitated society and may result in deepened conflict as the country grapples with multiple problems, among them, political volatility, economic meltdown, and the COVID-19 pandemic.In essence of this, ZPP calls on government to immediately establish and publicise where the three missing activists are, and if they are to be charged for any criminal offence, this should be done within the set out procedures, and not in a clandestine and unconstitutional manner.The constitution is clear on the procedures to be followed during an arrest and these include the law enforcement's obligation to treat suspects with respect and to be brought before a court of law within 48 hours.
Government should be duly reminded that the constitution guarantees that every Zimbabwean citizen has the right to security of person according to Section 52 and the right to make political choices freely, form, join and participate in the activities of a political party or organisation of their choice and campaign freely and peacefully for a political party or cause.


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This two-bedroom property is located within a short walk of the beach at Kessingland.
It offers bright, contemporary accommodation over two floors.
Perfect for couples, friends and families looking for a seaside retreat and an ideal base for exploring both the Suffolk and Norfolk Coastline.
Enter through the sun trap garden, a lovely, private outside space for enjoying alfresco dining.
As you enter through the main door of the property you will be instantly impressed by the spacious living area to the back of the property.
The stairs lead up from the main living room to two bedrooms and the family bathroom.
The master bedroom enjoys access to a small balcony, an ideal space for a morning coffee in the sunshine while planning your day.
In just a few minutes you can be in the centre of Kessingland village.
The village has a quiet promenade with restaurant, pub, café and a children's play area.
Africa Alive is close by, and for younger families, Pleasurewood Hills Theme park is located just a short drive away.
The property is ideal for visiting Southwold, Minsmere, Aldeburgh and nearby traditional seaside town of Lowestoft.
This really is a perfect base for exploring the East Coast and everything this wonderful area has to offer.
Two bedrooms: 1 x double, 1 x twin. Bathroom with bath, shower over, basin and WC. Open-plan living area with kitchen, dining area and sitting area.


Gatlinburg is called the "gateway to the Smoky Mountains". Parkway is the main road running through the downtown Gatlinburg. From one end of Parkway to another you'll find attractions and activities of every kind - from mini golf and bumper cars to museums, restaurants and distilleries. There is also a Space needle, Ripley's Odditorium, shopping, and Aerial Tram station. The newest attraction - Anakeesta on the Parkway - is coming summer of 2017.
The Big Pigeon and several other regional rivers are minutes away, and local rafting outfitters can help you book an expedition and make sure you get all the gear you need. There is a whitewater thrill waiting for you whether you are 5 or 85 year of age. A great summertime activity for the family and groups of friends.
The Island in Pigeon Forge is your one stop for family fun all night and day! This shopping and entertainment complex with more than 60 retail and specialty shops, lots of restaurants, eateries, rides and games, dancing fountains, live music, attractions and more. And of course, there is the Great Smoky Mountains Wheel! Towering 200 feet-tall LED illuminated Ferris Wheel is the centerpiece to the Island in Pigeon Forge, it stands as one of the tallest attractions in the Southeast!
Want to escape from the usual tourist traps, and do something different? Want to have a family outing the kids won't forget? Want everyone in your group do a new activity together, or just a chance to try horseback riding in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge? There are several stables in the area, located just a short drive from Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and our cabins. Choose one to visit and enjoy the whole experience: the scenic views, the wildlife, the beautiful horses and spending time together, surrounded by nature. In addition to horse back riding, some stables offer additional family-friendly activities. Click for more or check links below.
Catch a fun and budget friendly trolley ride! Gatlinburg now has 20 trolleys servicing approximately 50 miles in and around Gatlinburg and surrounding areas. Park and Ride by the City Hall. During summer months, there are also connections to Pigeon Forge Trolley Routes. Nearest Trolley stops to our cabins are along Arts and Crafts Loop (Yellow trolley - seasonal). We always suggest park-n-ride (free parking) at the City Hall on E Parkway and catching Blue trolley to town to avoid having to deal with in-town parking. Gatlinburg trolley also offers GPS trolley locator so you always know when your ride is on the way.
Have some winter fun! There are ski/snowboard runs and even a terrain park. In addition, there is snow tubing and indoor skating rink. You don't have to be a skier or a snowboarder to enjoy some fun rides down the hill - there are mountain coaster and alpine slide for snow-less thrills too! Add to that shops, Wilderness encounter and plenty activities for the little ones. Take Aerial Tram to Ober and back and enjoy the views.
Want to explore the underground world? Forbidden Caverns under the English Mountain, located in Sevier county, Tennessee is one of America's most spectacular caverns. Visitors are provided with an entertaining and educational tour past sparkling formations. Open Apr - Nov. On the way there or back, stop at English Mountain Trout Farm and Grill. You can catch your own trout, or you can have owners do it. Blackened (our favorite), lemon peppered or fried - it may be the freshest tastiest trout you ever had.
At 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is the highest point in Tennessee, and the third highest mountain east of the Mississippi. Although Clingmans Dome Observation Tower is open year-round, the road leading to it is closed from December 1 through March 31, and whenever weather conditions require. It's seven miles to the end of Clingmans Dome Road and there are scenic pullouts with endless views of ridges and valleys along the way. The road ends in a large parking area from which a 0.5 mile trail leads to the summit. The trail is paved but steep, and leads to an observation tower on top.
This Gatlinburg's newest attraction offers a unique outdoor mountain experience for all ages. Begin with a scenic 12-minute ride from Downtown Gatlinburg to the summit of Anakeesta mountain on the quad chair or enclosed 6 person gondola cabin. Arrive at Firefly Village, a treehouse-themed village featuring local crafts, retail and casual dining options. Take a scenic tree canopy walk which includes 16 hanging bridges more than 40-60 feet in the air, soar through the trees on dual-racing zip lines, fly on the high-speed single rail mountain coaster (coming Fall of 2017); climb through the Anakeesta Treehouse Village playground or simply sit back and enjoy the breathtaking views of Mt. LeConte and the sparkling lights of Downtown Gatlinburg.
River tubing - a ton of summer splashing fun!
There are several outfitters that offer river tubing, River Romp being closest to our cabins. It if on the way if you are driving through Sevierville. This is a ton of summer family fun! What can be better than splashy trip down the river to cool down on a hot summer day? Suitable for virtually all ages 2 and up. Seasonally open in summer months. reservations are not required but recommended.
Dollywood theme park does not need introduction as it is well known in and out of the state of Tennessee. We like Dollywood's warm, relaxed and less hurried atmosphere, nature setting, an of course, the Dollywood Express train ride. We have traveled to Alaska in 2015 and took a ride on a White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad train from Skagway, Alaska to White Pass. The narrow gauge railroad was built 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush. Dollywood Express # 70 was built in 1938, and operated on the White Pass until 1963. She was sold to Silver Dollar City TN in 1977, and became known as Cinderella, was undergoing a rebuild and in 2010 went back in service. How's that for a historic connection?


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Jenni Huynh currently serves as UNAVSA's External Vice President. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Houston with a Bachelors of Arts in Liberal Studies and a pre-medicine option in pursuit of becoming a neurosurgeon. Along her career journey, she discovered that medicine was not her calling, more so, her true passion. Thus, Jenni packed her bags and relocated to the Pacific Northwest to Eugene, Oregon, where she earned her Masters of Architecture and now works for Kirksey Architecture in Houston, Texas as an Architectural Designer. Read more about Jenni's career journey and the first installment of the Professional Confessions series.
Olyvia Chac: Tell me about yourself? Where are you from?
Jenni Huynh: I was originally born in Utah and moved around a bit, [from] California, Georgia, Indiana, Utah, and Toronto, Canada but primarily lived in Utah. I moved to Houston for undergrad [and] used to want to be a neurosurgeon.
OC: You originally majored in medicine during your undergrad studies?
JH: I don't share this often but I had a sister that passed away from SIDs or Sudden Infant Syndrome. My parents didn't know when I was born if I was going to survive but I did and from this experience, I immediately knew I wanted to go into medicine. I felt lucky because I had been fortunate enough to live.
OC: So what was an event or moment during your undergrad days that affirmed your calling to be an architect?
JH: My first time experiencing a building was when I went to the [Salt Lake] atrium and was memorized by the structure and the curves of the space. I didn't realize what the profession was and what I wanted to be… I realized when I wanted to be an architect when I went to Salt Lake [City's] library [that] was designed by Moshe Safdie.
OC: How did you make the transition and why did you choose architecture? What was the most appealing or "sexiest" thing you saw when it came to architecture?
JH: Architecture is really the best of both worlds when it comes to creatives and concrete or logic/technical. People usually see [architecture] as some abstract and some fancy building but it's more than that… 95% of people/humans spend their time indoors, so how can a building really be healthy for a person? How can it aid in the healing process for sick patients? This is in [respects to hospitals as a major type of building that] is designed. How can a building shape the experience of everyone occupying it?
On route in Ethiopia and passing the various styles of architecture of homes.
OC: Your path to architecture also stemmed from a trip abroad? Which country did you visit?
JH: I traveled to Vietnam 4 years ago and I was not happy with the living situation that I saw. I was there for my grandmother's 1 year death anniversary…I wasn't too keen on coming back home for something like that but I heard so much about my grandmother and stories about her… I was conscious of the sustainability and terms of materials for the housing situation and how accidents could happen that threatened my grandfather's living situation.
OC: Vietnam is definitely still a developing country and I also had the opportunity to learn more about one of your passion projects turned thesis from your time in Ethiopia?
JH: My best friend Adamma was assigned there for Peace Corps and as I was visiting, thought I should make the most use of my stay and document and interview people while I was there… so I went there knowing I'd design something. I've always wanted to visit Africa so it was perfect… I interviewed people in their houses with my friend translating in Ethiopian and asked them "what would you fix if you could get 100 burr (money/currency)" and "what housing, what modifications would you make?". . . It was just a side project of mine while I was abroad.
OC: Just a tangent of a question, but who is your favorite architect and why?
JH: Diebedo Francis Kere who is based in Europe. His work and firm has always done and [built buildings] for a community that is in need… He designed a school made with clay pots and when the light hits the school… the lighting was amazing… and the community of the village were the ones who aided in assembling and putting together the building… I [adore this] quote from Diebedo: "It's much more meaningful when people help themselves." These people were integral to the bettering of their community, he simply gave them the medium.
"Habitat 67" designed by Architect, Moshe Safdie.
OC: Where are you now in your career?
JH: As you know, I graduated from University of Oregon and moved back to Houston, Texas. I work for Kirksey Architecture as an [Architectural Designer] and they have over 155 employees… we're coming up on our 50th anniversary. We design anything from chemo labs, health clinics, and laboratories to veterinarian clinics.
OC: So as an Architectural Designer, what are you some of your focus areas or types of infrastructure you are most interested in terms of architecture?
JH: My focus is housing and neighborhood/city planning for underdeveloped countries. I'm also interested in passive heating and cooling systems as well as environmentally conscious building materials (I.e. rammed earth, timber, etc).
OC: Do have any advice or words of wisdom to share with someone who may be looking to transition to a new career path?
JH: It's okay not to know what to do, the first step is just to talk about it. Speak your dream into existence and the rest will fall into place. Talking about it makes it more real and keeps yourself accountable to keep forging your new journey. Find someone who has done or is doing what you want to do, even if it's similar – it's worth gathering information. Lastly, whatever you want to do – do it now. We always talk about "someday" and unless you mean the song by The Strokes, someday will not come. That day is today and it is so okay to be scared beyond belief. Know you're not alone and that I'm with you. "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." – Martin Luther King, Jr.
When she isn't designing in her studio, Jenni is on an architecture adventure with friends where she talks their ear off about the coolest design facts or traveling around to different regions within UNAVSA. She hopes to move back to the Rocky mountains one day, but until then…grab a coffee with her if you're ever visiting Houston!