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Jan. 6 panel requests interview from GOP leader Kevin McCarthy
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, pay their respects to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., during a memorial service in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol as Reid lies in state, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, in Washington. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)
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The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested an interview and records from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER
The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection requested an interview and records from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, as it continues to seek first-hand details from members of Congress on former President Donald Trump's actions on the day hundreds of his supporters brutally beat police, stormed the building and interrupted the certification of the 2020 election.
McCarthy issued a statement saying he would refuse to cooperate. He said the investigation was not legitimate and accused the panel of "abuse of power."
Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, Democratic chairman of the panel, requested that McCarthy, R-Calif., provide information to the nine-member panel regarding his conversations with Trump "before, during and after" the riot. The request also seeks information about McCarthy's communications with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in the days before the attack.
"We also must learn about how the President's plans for January 6th came together, and all the other ways he attempted to alter the results of the election," Thompson said in the letter. "For example, in advance of January 6th, you reportedly explained to Mark Meadows and the former President that objections to the certification of the electoral votes on January 6th 'was doomed to fail.'"
Without his cooperation, it remains unclear whether the panel will be able to gain testimony from McCarthy or any other congressional allies of Trump. While the committee has considered subpoenaing fellow lawmakers, that would be an extraordinary move and could run up against legal and political challenges.
Lawmakers are seeking a window into Trump's state of mind from an ally who has acknowledged repeated interactions with the then-president. The committee also wants to question McCarthy about communications with Trump and White House staff in the week after the violence, including a conversation with Trump that was reportedly heated.
The committee acknowledged the sensitive and unusual nature of its request as it proposed a meeting with McCarthy on either Feb. 3 or 4. "The Select Committee has tremendous respect for the prerogatives of Congress and the privacy of its Members," Thompson wrote. "At the same time, we have a solemn responsibility to investigate fully the facts and circumstances of these events.
Democrats have been seeking more information about McCarthy's communications with Trump since the former president's second impeachment trial last year. At one point in the trial, Democrats said they would try and call Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., as a witness because she had described a potentially pivotal call between the two men after hearing an account from McCarthy.
Herrera Beutler's statement said McCarthy told her he had asked Trump to publicly "call off the riot" and had said the violent mob was made up of Trump supporters, not far-left antifa members.
She said in the statement, "That's when, according to McCarthy, the president said, 'Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.'"
In the end, Democrats read a statement from Herrera Beutler into the record. Trump, who had just left office, was acquitted by the Senate.
McCarthy had initially criticized Trump's actions after the 2020 election, saying he "bears responsibility" for the deadly Jan. 6 attack, which remains the most serious domestic assault on the building in its history.
"The saddest day I have ever had" in Congress, McCarthy said the night of the attack, even as he went on to join 138 other House Republicans in voting to reject election results.
The latest request from the panel also puts McCarthy face-to-face with its vice-chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, whom he dumped from the No. 3 House leadership position last summer as her very public criticism of Trump's lies about his 2020 election loss reverberated through the Republican Party.
The GOP leader had counseled Cheney to stay on message, but as she continued to warn the party off Trump's falsehoods, McCarthy groomed a newly transformed Trump acolyte, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., as her replacement.
McCarthy is the third member of Congress the committee has reached out to for voluntary information. In the past few weeks, GOP Reps. Jim Jordan and Scott Perry were also contacted by the panel but have denied the requests to sit down with lawmakers or provide documents.
The panel, comprised of seven Democrats and two Republicans, has interviewed almost 350 people and issued public subpoenas to around 50 people and organizations as it seeks to create a comprehensive record of the Jan. 6 attack and the events leading up to it.
On Wednesday, former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany spoke to the panel virtually, according to a person familiar with the interview who requested anonymity to discuss it. The committee subpoenaed McEnany in November.
The committee says the extraordinary trove of material it has collected — 35,000 pages of records so far, including texts, emails and phone records from people close to Trump — is fleshing out critical details of the worst attack on the Capitol in two centuries, which played out on live television.
Thompson told The Associated Press in an interview last month that about 90% of the witnesses subpoenaed by the committee have cooperated despite the defiance of high-profile Trump allies like Meadows and Steve Bannon. Lawmakers said they have been effective at gathering information from other sources in part because they share a unity of purpose rarely seen in a congressional investigation.
Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.
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7Artisans unveils 25mm T1.05, 35mm T1.05, and 50mm T1.05 Cine Lenses
The 7Artisans has officially unveiled the Vision Cinema line of APS-C video lenses: 25mm T1.05, 35mm T1.05, and 50mm T1.05. The Cine lens models are of high quality and have minimal focus breathing. Lenses focus manually, and their aperture changes smoothly, without clicking. The focus and iris rings are serrated for operation with video accessories. Price and availability All three …
Sigma brings Fast Zoom 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN for APS-C Cameras
Sigma is bringing its first zoom lens, especially for mirrorless cameras with APS-C sensors with a usable zoom range of 27–75mm equivalent to small images. Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN contemporary lens makes it suitable for a wide range of photo and video recordings, ranging from landscape, portrait, and street photography to architectural recordings and reportage. With an image scale …
Sigma unveils 24mm F2 DG DN and 90mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary Lenses
Sigma has announced a pair of premium compact lenses: the 24mm F2 DG DN Contemporary and 90mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary with Sony E and Leica L mounts. The Sigma lenses are all-metal, equipped with aperture rings and weather protection. The 24mm F2 DG DN consists of 13 elements in 11 groups, including two aspherical, one FLD (low dispersion), and …
New 150-600mm f5-6.3 Sports Lens from Sigma for Sony E and Leica L
The specs of the Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports lens are not new. The Japanese lens manufacturer had already introduced two different versions of this at the Photokina 2014, the "Contemporary" and the "Sports" version. Now there is a new lens with identical light intensity and focal length range exclusively for mirrorless cameras with L-mount or Sony E-mount, …
TTartisan 7.5mm F2 Fisheye Lens for Mirrorless Cameras Introduced
TTartisan has introduced a new APS-C 7.5mm F2 manual fisheye lens for Sony E, Canon EOS-M, Fujifilm X, Nikon Z, L-mount, MFT and Canon RF mounts. The new Fish eye lens has a maximum aperture that reaches f2.0. In low-light environments such as starry sky, a larger aperture can bring less noise and improve image quality. The lens comes with …
Laowa 100mm f2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO now available for L-mount
Venus Optics has announced the Laowa 100mm f2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO L-mount full-frame lens. Previously, the lens was released for Canon RF, Nikon Z, Canon EF, Nikon F, and Sony E mounts. And recently for the Pentax K mount as well. This lens offers macro close-up capability up to 2: 1. The use of the apochromatic scheme made it …
Laowa 9mm F2.8 Zero-D Lens for L Mount
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Venus Optics has released its Laowa 9mm f2.8 Zero-D ultra wide angle lens for L mount. Previously, it was introduced for Fuji X, Sony E, EOS M, and DJI DL mounts. With a focal length of 9mm, it provides a 100 ° angle of view, which is quite interesting for large crop cameras such as the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera …
Venus Optics Laowa 15mm f4.5 Zero-D Shift for Pentax and Leica L
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Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG DN Art Lens for Sony E and Leica L Mount
Sigma launches new 35mm F1.4 DG DN Art Full Frame Lens for Sony E and L-mount mirrorless cameras. The Sigma lens consists of 9 blades and 15 elements in 11 groups, including special low dispersion (SLD) elements, ultra-low dispersion (ELD) elements, low F dispersion (FLD) elements, and aspherical elements, whereby optical aberrations have been reduced to the minimum and the …
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The "Anhui ChangGeng Optical Technology Company Limited", which sells its lenses under "Venus Optics" and the "Laowa" brand, has recently announced a new Laowa 4mm F2.8 Fish eye Lens for L-mount. The Venus Optics Laowa 4mm F2.8 Fisheye for L-Mount offers 210 degrees angle of view with a circular fisheye perspective. With two combined images, 360-degree panoramas can be created. …

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We live in a world where buying products and goods couldn't be easier and yet we are also surrounded by endless resources to complete projects and make things ourselves. As a middle school technology, engineering, and design teacher and avid maker/tinkerer, I enjoy and encourage the value in creating one of a kind DIY products while learning new skills and abilities.
Recently, I moved into a new home and found myself in the position of needing some new furniture. Now of course I could have bought some new or used things from countless sources, but I wanted custom furniture that fit my needs and constraints. This would have costed me a small fortune to order.
Now I am not a woodworking novice but would not I call myself a professional either. However, I set out to make some HGTV quality furniture in an amateurs maker space with some basic tools and a tight budget. Through this Instructable, I will guide you through the same process.
Before setting out to build your furniture, or any project for that matter, planning is key for success. As I said, I am far from an expert so I found myself browsing the internet for plans and project ideas. Instructables of course is filled with great tutorials and project ideas, as is Anna White's website in regards to furniture plans.
I also looked at some of the old, cheap, and falling apart furniture that I was replacing to get a sense of size and needs. For example, my old TV stand that I wanted to replace couldn't fit my server, stereo, and speakers in a concealed way and that was something I wanted to accomplish with my new piece.
It also helps to create your own sketches and cut list even if you find plans online. I found some plans for inspiration but I made my own modifications based on my budget and desires. By making your own cut list, or even some basic CAD renderings in something like Tinkercad, Fusion360, Sketchup, or OnShape, you get a better grasp of what materials you will needed which will set you up for more success (and savings).
There is not one way to complete any project. To make furniture in the best possible way, you would want to have access to an industrial materials processing lab with extensive machinery and resources. Now as that isn't an option for many of us, I wanted to share the minimum requirements, as well as some intermediate resources that would make the process easier.
When buying your tools, you have many brands to sort through. Some great entry-level brands are Ryobi, Black and Decker, Porter Cable, and Skill. Some higher quality and more durable brands are Dewalt, Bosch, Milwaukee, and Festool. Choose your tools based on you budget, and the demand (amount of times you need to use it).
The following tools are not necessarily needed, but would make completing a large-scale project much easier.
These are tools that a professional may use to streamline the process even more.
Selecting your materials depends on your project, budget, and resources. If you do not have access to surface planers or jointers like me, then you are going to want to purchase wood that is pre-cut rather than rough finished. Buying select Pine boards from Home Depot will cost more than buying rough-cut hardwoods from a lumber superstore, but its more accessible to most and cuts a lot of the initial work out that needs some heavier machinery.
I built this set of furniture out of an assortment of select pine from Home Depot, 1/2" birch plywood, and some of Home Depot's pre-laminated pine project panels for the tops. This is not how a pro would do it, but it was the best option for me based on my resources, budget, time, and other constraints.
In addition to wood, you will need screws, nails, glue, stain, paint, and other things needed for assembly and finishing (discussed in later steps).
The first is to make your cuts as you assemble. The pro is that it will be immediately apparent if something doesn't line up or fit and you can make adjustments as you go. The con is that this is a very slow process, and making adjustments as you work tends to take you away from your original plans which could be catastrophic.
The second is to make all your cuts, then assemble with minor tweaks and adjustments. The pro is that this is a more organized and quicker way to work. The con is that if something is off, you may discover that after you've run through all your materials. This method works very well if you have put a lot of time into your planning, which typically takes practice.
As you work, remember safety. All of the tools I listed in the previous step are dangerous and can cause serious harm or injury. Reading the manual isn't quite enough if its your first experience. Browse youtube and instructables for tutorials and make sure you feel comfortable using the tool while remaining aware of the danger. Always wear safety glasses and ear protection and never work completely alone. Make sure someone knows where you are and that you are working with machinery so they will check in.
Once you have your material cut down, it is time to assemble through joinery.
"Joinery is a part of woodworking that involves joining together pieces of timber or lumber, to produce more complex items. Some wood joints employ fasteners, bindings, or adhesives, while others use only wood elements"
Professionals create cuts and grooves that allow for wood to fit seamlessly together using nothing but some wood glue. Amateurs can rejoice to know that there are plenty of methods to fasten your boards together cleanly and with ease.
A popular tool is the Kreg Jig, one that creates pocket holes to fasten wood together using concealed and hidden screws. The Kreg Jig is easier, efficient, and cheap but made even stronger when combined with wood glue. I used pocket holes to assemble panels, drawers, shelves, and even attach the tops on my furniture.
Another great tool is the 18 gauge brad nailer. This is phenomenal for attaching trim, especially when you plan to paint the furniture which will conceal the nail holes. The brad nailer should not be used for structural demands, but can be strengthen when combined with glue.
Putting glue on two pieces of wood and clamping them together works as well, but can often be difficult to keep flat or aligned. I suggest you combine glue with the Kreg screws or brad nails for the best result.
A mentor of mine once told me that "finishing is the easiest and fastest way to ruin a project". He said this because people often feel as though the project is over and rush through it which can take beautiful craftsmanship and make it look like garbage. Now theoretically you can almost always sand down your finish to take the project back to wood, but you may lose detail or quality and definitely lose time.
Before finishing, test fit all of your parts, shelves, tops, and drawers before beginning the finishing process. Now is the time to make adjustments if needed. As you test fit, and before you start to paint or stain, sanding is an incredibly important step. Sanding wood removes imperfections and defects, as well as allows your finish to stick while keeping your project smooth. Some sanding must be done by hand but other parts can be done using an electric palm sander for consistency and to save time. You should start with a low grit (80 or 100) and work your way up to a higher grit (220 or 300) before applying your finish.
Choosing whether to paint or stain your stain your project usually falls to personal preference, but there can be a few factors that may make your decision easier.
If it is a beautiful piece of wood, or an expensive hardwood, it would be a shame to paint over it. Consider a light oil or clear varnish instead.
If your project has gaps, cracks, holes, or other imperfections you want to cover up, use caulk or spackle to fill and then paint your project instead of stain.
Projects that are a combination of painted and stained is a timeless look and may be a good option if you combined budget saving manufacturing methods.
Now when actually applying your finish (paint, stain, oil, varnish, or whatever it may be) there are many methods and sciences to follow. People far more skilled than me have documented these methods on the internet and I suggest you flip through. From what I can tell, there is never one way to do it and when I personally try to get fancy or follow a scientific procedure I always end up spending lots of money and making a mess of it. See my simple, trusted, and true methods that I use below which haven't let me down yet.
I hope that this instructable has answered some questions you may have had, or just gave you that extra bit of inspiration needed to start your next project. There are countless and endless possibilities when making DIY projects and I hope you are as excited about that as I am.
I appreciate your support and feedback, as well as you sharing your own projects for me to get inspiration from. Be safe and happy making!


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'Hunger' Strikes
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The last time I went to a midnight screening of a movie was last century when David Lynch's Dune opened. I'd been a huge fan of the books since about twelve, so I had to get in line to see this. But it wasn't even a midnight screening, it was at midday, and the movie was such a mess that they had to tack an intro on the beginning and hand out a glossary of terms at the screening.
Unlike his fellow handsome hobbit, Tom Cruise, Hunger Games' Hutcherson has believable range of emotion and depth of performance.
This is not the case with The Hunger Games, which your faithful movie bitch caught last night at the Arclight Hollywood, where it was playing on all fourteen screens, plus the Cinerama Dome, and all were mostly sold out. Still, I managed to get one of my favorite seats in the middle of the handicapped section so that I could not only stretch my legs out, I could cross them like a proper intellectual reviewer on a PBS program or something.
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Let me immediately state that, despite the title, there will be no borderline pornographic body parts in this post. But just the fact I have willfully boxed PFC into a corner where I have to make that caveat is relevant to this article. I think.
First, take a look at this viral video currently eliciting belly laughs across the Interweb:
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It's a fake, of course. The bride sort of gives it away, but the drunk woman herself is also too alert; her face lacks the woozy, careless expression of someone who is no longer in control of her actions. In a way — in a convoluted, forced association sort of way — the video is representative of what I've been doing with the content of this blog.


The K'NEX Multi-track gear Green shown in the photo is a crown gear similar to the large yellow crown gear, but in addition it has a second ring of teeth. There are 82 teeth on the outer ring, and 64 teeth on the inner ring.
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What's the name of the song in Naruto that plays in episode 203 at 0:43?
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State of the Week: New York
Posted by Mango Tours on July 01, 2019
Take a bite out of "The Big Apple", one of America's most well-known states and just one of the busiest cities across the country. From the streets of Broadway to greenish hue of the Statue Liberty, it's fun to find out more of this amazing place and the many small things that make it whole.
Other title(s): New Amsterdam, New Orange, New York, The Empire State, The Excelsior State, The City of New York, The Mayor, Alderman, and Commonality of the City of New York, the Big Apple
Continent: North America
Capital: Albany
Most populous city: New York
Current political leader: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
Currency: United States Dollar (US$)
Major Religion(s): Christian, Judaism, Islamic, Buddhism
National Costume: gaucho, embellished dress
Famous landmarks: Liberty Statue, Central Park, Rockefeller Center, Empire State, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Broadway and the Theater District, Times Square, Brookyn Bridge, Wall Street, St. Patrick's Cathedral,
National Symbol: animal: beaver; bird: Eastern Bluebird
Movies filmed in Argentina: The Apartment, All About Eve, In the Cut, Age of Innocence, Birdman, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sex in the City, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, You've Got Mail, New York I Love You, Ghostbusters, When Harry Met Sally, Suits, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Luke Cage, Will & Grace
Famous people: Kerry Washington, Robert Downey, Jr. Jane Fonda, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken, Kyle Chandler, Michael Jordan, Alicia Keys, Donald Trump, David Rockerfeller
Climate: Generally, the climate of New York is humid with summers that are very hot and winters that are very cold as well. Because of its proximity to a coast and being on the edge of a continent cools down on winter and heats up in summer, the climate can be a bit unstable and can potentially alternate between good and bad weather constantly.
Popular festivals: Chinese New Year, Tribeca Film Festival, New Year's Eve, Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting, Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, New York Fashion Week, Pride Week, US Open, Nathan's Fourth of July Hotdog Eating Contest
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Have you tried a Mango Scoop? Not the luscious fruit the best of which is grown in the Philippines, or the ice cream that is a fave flavor of Filipinos. Mango Scoop is what arrives in your email inbox about 3 times a week if you're a friend, a customer, or just a watcher of bargain flights to the Philippines, Asia, and some European destinations. Mango Scoop is the attractive e-newsletter of Mango Tours, the latest of which (September 28 issue) lures you with tour packages to Thailand, a promo fare of $597 to the Philippines, and such interesting reads as hard-to-kill houseplants for frequent travelers, and technological advances in the travel industry. To interact with readers, the site asks you to share your travel stories on social media #MangoToursTakesYouThere. Read more from the original post at postivelyfilipino.com.
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They say a dish's shape and form can change the way you taste and enjoy their flavors. Some people will say sandwiches taste better when they're cut into triangles. Other people prefer their potatoes boiled in wedges as opposed to being mashed up. In South Korea, however, it goes through a fun preparation method that is reminiscent of a curly fry on a stick. Tornado potatoes are a fun dish that originated from the Soul of Asia. In its most basic form, it's a potato on a stick that has been cut in a way that it resembles a corkscrew of starchy potato goodness. It's as simple as sticking a softened potato into an 18-inch skewer, slicing it spiral style, pulling it apart, and then frying it to a firm, french fry-like hardness. The fun thing about this potato-on-stick snack isn't just the shape itself. It can be seasoned with a variety of powders, sauces, or spices to really customize the flavor to your personal preferences. Cheese, sour cream, ranch dressing, cinnamon, or even a sprink…


A leading Arusha based tourism agency, the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) is pushing the government to declare poaching a national disaster.
The multi-billion-dollar tourism firms Chairman Willy Chambullo said mid this week in the region during the firms general meeting that the continued increase of illegal elephants and rhino killings results from the increased high ivory demand at the global market particularly, Asian countries.
Chambullo said his firm is pushing the state to declare poaching incidents a 'national disaster' in order to help halt such illegal practice on the country's natural tourism attractions. He said TATO wants to forge partnership with the government to help fight against illegal poaching.
The global ivory-poaching crisis has seen Tanzania's elephant numbers decline from an estimated 109,000 in 2009 to approximately between 35,000 and 60,000 by the end of last year.
"Tourism operators in the country are likely to close down their businesses if elephants and rhinos are all wiped out. This nature has prompted us to form a special committee to oversee an awareness and anti-poaching campaign amongst our members and the public at large" he said.
TATO awareness and anti-poaching campaign that was launched last year has organized several awareness and anti-poaching forums amongst youths and elderly throughout the country. The Chairman also disclosed that TATO was working on the modalities to form a marketing agency in partnership with the government based in foreign countries to oversee the country's tour operations in all alien countries.
Despite poaching challenges, the country tourism sector is said to earn the nation $1.7 billion last year alone from more than one million tourists. This direct earnings from tourism in the long value chain has continued to boost the country's economic growth.
Tanzania's tourism sector is also among the fastest growing sectors with great economic potential employing the majority of youths and acting as a stimulus to other sectors like agriculture.Other tourist countries in Africa with a higher record of tourists include Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and South Africa.


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An adhesive is any substance that bonds different materials together. This broad definition includes materials used in everything from hafted stone tools to monumental architecture. In addition, the combination of bonding, plasticity, and insolubility meant that some adhesives were exploited for waterproofing and sealing of materials, as self-adhering inlays and putties, and as paints, varnishes, and inks. Adhesives have a history of at least 200,000 years. Throughout (pre)history and around the world, people used materials, including bitumen/ asphalt, carbohydrate polymers such as starches and gums, natural rubbers, mortars, proteins (from casein, soy, blood, and animal connective tissue), insect and plant resins, and tars made from various barks and woods. Adhesives thus are very diverse and have widely varying properties: they can be tacky, pliable, elastic, brittle, water-resistant, fluid, viscous, clear, dark, and much more. They are a plastic avant la lettre. These properties can and were tweaked by mixing ingredients or by further processing. In the study of archaeological adhesives, their characterization is essential and this is best done with chemical and spectroscopic methods. When larger coherent samples as opposed to single finds are analyzed, adhesive studies can provide data on past technologies, socioeconomic organizations, and environments and raw material availability. Through sourcing and mapping of ingredients and adhesive end products, travel and transfer of materials and knowledge can be illuminated. Additionally, experimental reproductions provide data on technological aspects that otherwise are lost in the archaeological record. An archaeology of adhesives can reveal the transport networks, subsistence, mobility strategies, division of labor, and technological know-how that held societies together.
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April 1 Australia's biggest supermarket chain, Woolworths Group Ltd, said on Monday it would close 30 stores of discount department store chain BIG W over the next three years, along with two distribution centers.
SYDNEY Australian retailers suffered another bleak month in January, pointing to a tepid start for the new year after economic momentum slowed last quarter.
SYDNEY, March 7 Australian retailers suffered another bleak month in January, pointing to a tepid start for the new year after economic momentum slowed last quarter.
SYDNEY Australia's top central banker sounded sanguine about a sharp slowdown in the country's property market on Wednesday saying it was unlikely to derail momentum even as data showed the $1.3 trillion economy hit an airpocket last quarter.
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Swiss slopes buzz as those of neighbors sit idle in pandemic
JAMEY KEATEN
December 5, 2020, 2:20 AM ·4 min read
GENEVA (AP) — Two weeks after beating COVID-19, Thierry Salamin huffs as his ski boots crunch through Swiss snow near the Matterhorn peak, readying for a downhill run with his mood as bright as his blue and fluorescent yellow ski getup and the sun overhead.
The 31-year-old real estate agent from the southwestern Swiss region of Wallis can't believe he is skiing during a pandemic, let alone one that he personally endured — and which has driven a wedge between his country and its Alpine neighbors over where people can ski, and where they can't.
While the coronavirus resurgence has led Austria, France, and Italy to shut or severely restrict access to their ski stations this holiday season, Switzerland has kept its slopes open — a move that has fanned grumbling about an unlevel playing field when it comes to Alpine fun.
"It's true, we're privileged," said Salamin, enthusing about the "paradise" of the Zermatt slopes and gesturing over the ridgeline toward Italy. "It's too bad that people can't go skiing on the Italian side, because those slopes are magnificent."
The discord among countries during the worst pandemic in a century cuts across issues of health, business, economy, culture and wellbeing. But it also violates one of the key tenets that the World Health Organization promotes to help fight COVID-19: solidarity.
The Swiss say they're taking reasonable action to fight the coronavirus. As across much of Europe, infection counts in Switzerland spiked in late October and peaked at more than 10,000 per day on two occasions about a month ago — a high tally for the country of 8.5 million.
Authorities require masks in ski lifts and queues, and recommend hand hygiene and physical distancing measures. These seem only minor concessions to the hundreds of faithful skiers who gleefully turned out for a weekday jaunt on the Swiss slopes near the Matterhorn on Thursday.
France's government is all but taking aim at Switzerland, which is not a member of the European Union, warning that any residents of France who come back from ski holidays could face virus tests and quarantine orders. The French move is aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, but it comes as some officials and business leaders in French Alpine towns have complained about unfair restrictions.
On Friday, amid such pressure, Swiss Health Minister Alain Berset announced a "hardening" of Switzerland's rules governing ski stations. Ski areas must now receive authorizations by the cantonal, or regional, authorities by Dec. 22 to continue operating.
His ministry said trains, gondolas and cable cars in ski areas will be limited to two-thirds of maximum capacity starting Wednesday. But the stepped-up restrictions are still fewer than in other countries.
Neighboring regions are seething. Just across the border from Zermatt, in Italy, the Valle d'Aosta regional council voted to defy the national government and open its ski lifts anyway, but the issue may get tied up in court.
Nicolas Rubin, mayor of the French town of Chatel, near the Swiss border, has had his city hall draped in Swiss flags to protest the directives from Paris. He told Swiss public television Wednesday he felt "no jealousy" toward Switzerland, saying Swiss officials had fully thought through their rules.
The European Union — which counts Austria, France and Italy as members — has stopped short of recommending a holiday season travel ban. But national authorities are taking precautions, leery of superspreading events like those earlier this year at ski resorts in those three countries that helped seed devastating outbreaks in Europe.
On Thursday, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte confirmed Italian ski lifts will remain closed through Jan. 7. France is still undecided, but looking at a mid-January restart at best. Austria will allow skiing to start on Dec. 24, but will limit the capacity of ski lifts until early January.
In Zermatt, this weekend — around the time of the start of the typical high winter season — could well be pivotal to see just how much the warnings from foreign politicians, and laments from wintertime business owners abroad, will register with would-be skiers.
"Tourism is our only income, it's our life," said Zermatt mayor Romy Biner-Hauser in an interview.
"Nobody wants to be a hotspot, nobody wants to be a super spreader," she said. "Where is the difference (between) doing outdoor activity ... (in) the sun, the fresh air, mountains, versus a shopping mall in a big city? And nobody has given me that answer so far."
Zermatt tourism officials, so far, are projecting a minimum 20% drop in overnight stays this year. Traditionally, about half of all visitors come from Switzerland, the other half from abroad — many from far away, not just neighboring countries.
"We hope so much that the government will not lock down again and we hope that people from other countries will be able to cross the borders," said Dave Preis, an Italian ski instructor at Zermatt. "It makes no sense to lock down the world. It means: 'Let's stop living.'"
Nadine Achoui-Lesage in Zermatt, Switzerland, Colleen Barry in Milan, Sylvie Corbet in Paris and Samuel Petrequin in Brussels contributed to this report.
State attorneys general are planning a third lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google, this one focused on the search and advertising giant's Play Store for Android phones, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Including a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit filed against Google in October, the possible new action would be the fourth government lawsuit brought against the Silicon Valley company since late 2020.
The NBC musical series, now airing season two on Tuesdays, stars Jane Levy as Zoey Clarke, a woman who realizes people's inner-most feelings by elaborate song and dance numbers that only she can see. Astin's Max is best friends with Zoey, and also in love with her. Astin was just coming off the final season of The CW's "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," also a musical series, where he took over in the final season as a love interest for Rachel Bloom's character.
Ariel Investments Sees 'Attractive Long-Term Growth' in FLIR Systems Inc. (FLIR)
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Walsh/Consigli completes $545 million patient pavilion at Vassar Brothers Medical Center
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Pet parents have spent more quality time than ever with their dogs and cats during the pandemic – including more than 11 million1 households in the U.S. that welcomed a new pet this past year. The increased time spent together has led to shifts in pet parent behaviors, as noted in the Mars Petcare, Pets in a Pandemic: BETTER CITIES FOR PETS 2020 Report. Many pet parents have tried new types and varieties of food for their dogs and cats which has contributed to growth in the wet food category. To meet this growing demand, Mars Petcare will invest $145 million to expand its manufacturing facility located in Fort Smith, Ark.
The global death toll from COIVID-19 topped 2 million Friday as vaccines developed at breakneck speed are being rolled out around the world in an all-out campaign to vanquish the threat. The milestone was reached just over a year after the coronavirus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The number of dead, compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Brussels, Mecca, Minsk or Vienna.
Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani said that the selloff in Dell shares—prompted by the departure of VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger—has gone too far.
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Creating a path for Black venture capitalists
Venture capital last summer began finally reckoning with its lack of Black investors, as part of the country's broader conversation on racial inequities.The big picture: The relative handful of existing Black venture capitalists were deluged with recruiting calls from brand-name firms, both to poach and to solicit introductions. But many felt there was a pipeline problem. Get smarter, faster with the news CEOs, entrepreneurs and top politicians read. Sign up for Axios Newsletters here. * Not a lack of qualified Black candidates, but too few Black professionals in traditional feeder industries (tech, banking, etc.) who viewed VC as a viable career path, or who had venture capitalists in their personal networks. A group called BLCK VC, in partnership with Anthemis and Lerer Hippeau, responded by creating what it called the NYC Path Program, described as an "on-road for Black professionals to discover jobs in venture capital." * More than 300 applications came in, with 21 selected for the debut cohort. * The eight-week program launched last October. On Thursday nights, a VC firm partner like Rebecca Kaden of USV or Nikhil Sachdev of Insight Partners would gave an overview of a different topic, such as early-stage due diligence vs. later-stage due diligence or post-investment responsibilities. Then, on Fridays, participants split into smaller groups with their mentor, typically a VC firm principal or senior associate. * Jillian Williams, a principal with Anthemis, says that many participants were surprised by how early-stage investing is much more qualitative than quantitative. * The program then created a "look book" to show firms that came calling for candidates, as the majority of participants came away with interest in the industry (some, of course, decided it wasn't for them).What next: BLCK VC is in the process of determining how the program will evolve. * Expectations are to host the program twice per year in New York, once in the spring and once in the fall, with broader geographic roll-0ut still being discussed. * Cohorts will be kept small so that individuals can more effectively engage with VCs and each other. She adds thatThe bottom line: The first step toward rectifying a problem is recognizing that there is a problem. Much of venture capital seems to have done so. The second step is launching and encouraging efforts like the Path Program, so that the industry doesn't backslide, once the socio-political spotlight dims.Be smart: sign up FREE for the most influential newsletter in America.


Welcome to the weekly audio podcast for Calvary Church in Clearwater, Florida. The episodes in this podcast include the messages and sermon series from our Sunday worship services. Listen to Pastor Willy Rice and other guest speakers as they share spiritual truths from the Bible on how to grow in your relationship with God and find real meaning in life. For more information about Calvary Church, please visit us online at www.calvary.us.
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Return of Value and Results of EGM
June 11, 2013 at 6:50 AM EDT
RNS Number : 7725G
RESULTS OF EGM
Computacenter plc (the "Company") announces that, at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held earlier today to approve, among other things, the Return of Value, Share Capital Consolidation and amendments to the Company's Articles of Association, each of the ordinary and special resolutions put to Shareholders was duly passed.
Proxy appointments were validly made in respect of 116,888,347 Existing Ordinary Shares; being 75.94 per cent. of the issued share capital of 153,931,830 Existing Ordinary Shares. All the resolutions were passed at the meeting on a show of hands, however, a summary of the proxy votes received by the Company prior to the meeting was as follows:
Votes for and discretionary
Votes against
Votes withheld
1. Return of Value, Share Capital Consolidation and amendments to the Articles of Association
2. To authorise the Directors to allot New Ordinary Shares
3. To disapply pre-emption rights
4. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of New Ordinary Shares
The Record Date for the Return of Value and Share Capital Consolidation is 5.00 p.m. today, 11 June 2013. The latest time and date for dealings in Existing Ordinary Shares will also be 5.00 p.m. on 11 June 2013.
All definitions used in the Circular to Shareholders dated 24 May 2013 apply to this announcement.
To view the Circular, please visit the Group's website at www.computacenter.com. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, Computacenter plc confirms that a copy of the Circular has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism. The Circular is available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
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LancasterChorale, professional chamber choir, will present two educational out reach concerts, Feb. 16 and Feb. 17.
The first performance will be Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theatre at 769 East Long Street in Columbus.
Tickets for the performance, only available through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com, are $31.50 plus fees for adults and $10 at the door only for students and military in uniform.
Guest collaborators include the Columbus Academy Camerata chorus, Columbus Chamber Singers, and the Santa Maria Choir of the Columbus Children's Choir, for the Feb. 16 show.
The second performance will be Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. at Fairfield Union High School at 6673 Cincinnati-Zanesville Road NE in Lancaster.
Tickets are for the Lancaster performance are $30.00 for adults, with senior tickets at $25. For reduced-priced tickets, order online at www.lancasterchorale.com. Tickets may be obtained by calling 740-687-5855 or e-mailing Officemanager@lancasterchorale.com.
Guest collaborators performance include the Lancaster-Fairfield Youth Choir, Logan High School Chamber Singers, and Fairfield Union High School Assembly Singers, for the Feb. 17 show.
This is the first time the LancasterChorale will present this concert titled, "Voices United."


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Suspected home-invasion robbers fatally shot in…
Suspected home-invasion robbers fatally shot in Brentwood
By George Kelly | gkelly@bayareanewsgroup.com and Rick Hurd | rhurd@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
BRENTWOOD — A double fatal shooting at a house near a middle school appears to be a case of self-defense, police said Thursday.
Man shot Dec. 29 in North Oakland dies
The two men who died apparently had a gun when they entered the home about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, Brentwood police Lt. Walter O'Grodnick said. Police, pending notification of relatives, would only identify them Thursday evening as Antioch residents in their thirties.
The shooter lived at the home in the 200 block of Birch Street and he was detained, then released, O'Grodnick said.
"The preliminary information shows it to be a home-invasion robbery," O'Grodnick said. "Two suspects. One with a firearm. They presented a threat, and the shooting was prompted in self-defense."
The home is 100 yards from Edna Hill Middle School.
One bullet also pierced a gas meter on the side of the home, and Pacific Gas & Electric crews responded, along with eight firefighters and a battalion chief, Battalion Chief Ross Macumber of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District said.
Neighbor Reggie Nichols said Thursday morning that he heard two shots, followed by a flurry of gunfire.
"I'm ticked off, because this kind of stuff doesn't happen around here," Nichols said. "It's a good neighborhood. It's been a really long time since something like this."
Brentwood police were investigating the fatal shooting of two men Wednesday night at a home in the 200 block of Birch Street. (Rick Hurd/Staff)
It was the first time in more than five years that Brentwood — a city with lower crime rates than many in East Contra Costa — has seen a slaying. The city's most recent killing was in March 2012, and was ruled a murder-suicide involving a married couple.
Nichols said he saw a strange car near the corner of Second and Birch streets that took off after the shooting.
Brentwood police are handling the investigation and would not comment any further. Anyone with information should call the department's investigative division at 925-809-7911 or Detective Eric Huesman at 925-809-7735.
Staff writer Nate Gartrell contributed to this report. Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.
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No. 317 Polish Fighter Squadron
No. 317 "Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron
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22 February 1941 – 18 December 1946
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Dywizjon Myśliwski "Wileński"
Stanisław Skalski
Władysław Gnyś
JH (Feb 1941 – Dec 1946)
No. 317 "Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron (Polish language: 317 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Wileński" ) was a Polish fighter squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom in 1941. It was one of several Polish fighter squadrons fighting alongside the Royal Air Force during World War II.
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The squadron was formed at RAF Acklington on 22 February 1941[1] and reached operational readiness on 24 April 1941. it was equipped with Hurricane Mk.Is until July when it received Mk.IIs. The squadron moved south in June and received Spitfires in October. As with most Fighter Command squadrons it alternated its operations between offensive sweeps from bases in the south and defensive duties whilst based in the north and midlands. In June 1943 the squadron was allocated to the 2nd Tactical Air Force and moved to RAF Heston. During the build up to the invasion of Normandy the squadron carried out offensive sweeps in preparation for the landings. After the invasion they conducted ground attack operations in support of Allied ground forces, moving to the continent in August. The squadron arrived in Belgium in October 1944 and Germany in April 1945, remaining there as part of the occupation forces until disbanding as a Polish fighter unit on 3 January 1947 (it had earlier disbanded as a RAF fighter unit at RAF Hethel on 18 December 1946).[1]
Mar 1941 Apr 1941 S/Ldr C.J. Mount British Officer
Apr 1941 Jun 1941 S/Ldr A.N. Cole British Officer
Jun 1941 Aug 1941 Maj. Stanisław Brzezina Polish co-commander since formation
Aug 1941 Mar 1942 Kpt. Henryk Szczęsny, KW, VM
Mar 1942 May 1942 Kpt. Piotr Ozyra
May 1942 Nov 1942 Kpt. Stanisław Skalski
Nov 1942 May 1943 Kpt. Zbigniew Czajkowski
May 1943 Dec 1943 Kpt. Franciszek Kornicki
Dec 1943 Jan 1944 Kpt. Rutkowski
Jan 1944 Aug 1944 Kpt. Włodzimierz Miksa
Aug 1944 Aug 1944 Kpt. Władysław Gnyś
Aug 1944 May 1945 Kpt. Marian Chełmecki
May 1945 Oct 1945 Kpt. Paweł Niemiec
Oct 1945 Dec 1946 Kpt. Marian Trzebiński
Feb 1941 Jul 1941 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
Jul 1941 Oct 1941 Hawker Hurricane Mks.IIa, IIb
Oct 1941 Sep 1943 Supermarine Spitfire Mks.Vb, Vc
Sep 1943 May 1945 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXe, LF.IXe
May 1945 Dec 1946 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Halley 1988, p. 366.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Rawlings 1978, p. 404.
↑ Jefford 2001, p. 88.
Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
Jefford, Wing Commander C.G., MBE,BA,RAF (Retd). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
Józefiak, Stanislaw. God, Honour and Country: A True Story. Nottingham, UK: S. Józefiak, 1997. ISBN 0-9530146-0-6.
Rawlings, John D.R. Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald & Jane's (Publishers)Ltd., 1969 (revised edition 1976, reprinted 1978). ISBN 0-354-01028-X.
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A festive holiday special, hosted by Tituss Burgess, featuring teams from around the world transported to a magical snowy village, Snowdome, and thrown into a spirited competition to compete for the title of Best in Snow. With the help of Snowdome's finest carvers, teams will transform their 10-foot, 20-ton blocks of snow into beautiful creations inspired by Pixar, Marvel, Walt Disney Animation, Walt Disney Studios and The Muppets Studio. The teams will take family favorites such as Moana, Coco and The Lion King, and bring the characters to life in a way you've never seen before in snow. Spectacular snow sculptures and lively musical performances from Tituss Burgess, Kermit the Frog and DCappella make this an action-packed winter event for the entire family.
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Reviewed by RosanaBotafogo 9 / 10
Beautiful, I cried...
It features teams from around the world competing for the title of Best in Snow, turning blocks of snow into creations inspired by Pixar, Marvel, Walt Disney Animation, Walt Disney Studios and The Muppets Studios.
How beautiful, the animation is just perfect, used in an introductory way for the snow sculpture competition, I don't even like these reallities very much, but I was simply in love, how can a giant block of snow weighing 20 tons become a work of art, it can't , it seems impossible, because everything is very delicate, fragile, simple, unimaginable, the creativity, the union, the talent, pure art, total passion in the icy designs... It was even emotional, I cried at times, with the winning team (for the which I was rooting for) reporting on the construction of the work, beautiful, I cried...
Reviewed by philworthington 3 / 10
Just weird
If this was just a straight show about snow carving this could have been interesting, but it's just a mess!
Good points: The carvings are nice.
Bad points: The 'mayor' is incredibly annoying and weird, unfunny, and sort of putting on an accent - but really only when he says the word 'competition.' Maybe the guy playing the character is well-known in America, but from this performance I wouldn't be in a rush to see his other work.
The teams themselves aren't expert snow carvers, so they're really just following instructions from the real experts they have there to help them. The experts also blatantly decided the designs well in advance, so it's less of a team competition and more of a 'snow by numbers' deal.
The show spends most of the screen time on things that are not snow carving. Interviewing the teams is a good 50% of the show, and then you have the judges chatting and saying basically nothing.
One of the two judges seems to basically be there because he used to be the president's chef (and ice carved in his spare time). I guess by that token I am fully qualified to judge because I also work in a totally unrelated field, but I occasionally build snowmen.
Plus there are other random elements that add nothing to the show, such as an animated portion that I guess is supposed to hearken back to the Rankin Bass animations? Those shows are basically unknown outside of the US, so that falls flat for me too, but it also just wasted screen time.
Kermit also felt like a waste of screen time, although I do love Kermit usually he was just anothe distraction. Plus they also didn't bother getting the regular Kermit voice, so he didn't even sound right.
Overall it feels like the producers just threw in everything they could think of that might signify 'Christmas' (to an American audience at least.) It was trite, over-produced, fake and annoying - but the sculptures themselves were fine.
Reviewed by TheBeardedWonder 6 / 10
We never see them building!
This show had a ton of potential - it's got Titus as the host and is a fun family competition idea! All they had to do was make it like that Xmas light challenge show, that's it.
Instead we see almost NONE of the actual details about them building it. A few seconds here or there, but nobody walks around and specifically interviews the team about their plan or how they're going to do it.
By the end we have basically no idea how these are built still. We saw them pouring water on it in the background tk keep it frozen, but they never talked about it or showed it front and center.
Why are the final products displayed at night when we can barely see it? All we get glimpses of are where Disney has specifically lit it up in blue and purple. It seems like they didn't quite come out like they wanted, so they worked around it by not showing them building it in great detail and then showed it at night.
This should have been a home run, instead it's a single at best...


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STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
Remember the Curaçaon left-wing populist politicians who flocked to Venezuela on Chávez's plane to praise his 'revolución'? Remember how they, together with some union leaders and opinion makers spoke wonders about Chavismo? Still clearly I remember how in 2011 a Member of Parliament of Curaçao picked up the Venezuelan Consul-general and did a 360° spin with her in the Parliament building just before the opening ceremonies of a new Parliamentary year. Yes, love was still in the air. Do these people who sanctified the 'Venezuelan model' owe us an explanation today? Just about all of the earlier disciples of Chavismo here in Curaçao have maintained a conspicuous silence in the face of the Venezuelan tragedy. Those who do speak up, rather than apologize for the Chávez-Maduro dictatorship, blame collapsing oil prices for the country's fate. However these charlatans fail to explain why fellow OPEC member Indonesia has not seen similar unrests, but surprisingly fortified its young democracy during the same period Venezuela took a turn for the worse.
The legacy of the Venezuelan model reads like a to-do list on how to become a failed State. Today Venezuela has the highest inflation in the world, 678.60% while its economy will contract in 2017 with 11% (Forbes). Our southern neighbors have climbed the ladders of Transparency International lists as the only country in the Americas among the world's 10 most corrupt. The country's economic crisis takes heavy toll on public health, with infant death rate up 30%, maternal mortality up 65%, and malaria cases up 76% in 2016 according to statistics published by the Venezuelan government. Currently more than 450 investigations into human rights violations have been opened and there are 444 political prisoners in Venezuela according to Luis Almagro, secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS).
If there was anything left of Venezuela's democracy it was taken away by the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, who held a fraudulent election last weekend creating a new Constituent Assembly consisting of 545 seats, all filled with candidates hand-picked by Maduro's party. The Constituent Assembly is empowered to rewrite Venezuela's constitution, expel members of the opposition from the current National Assembly, and consolidate all executive powers. To add insult to injury, Mr. Maduro had the two most important opposition leaders arrested and sent to a military prison.
What should we do? I hope that the world sends a clear message that the results of last week's elections are not going to be recognized. As many as 40 countries, including the European Union on behalf of its members (i.e. also The Kingdom of the Netherlands) have already announced they will not accept the Constituent Assembly. I'm unsure at this moment whether the Venezuelan people should be slapped with sanctions that could worsen their already dire situation. History also teaches us that while dictators can be removed from abroad, it is impossible to impose democracy from abroad. The end of dictatorship in Venezuela will depend on internal Venezuelan pressure. The best way to keep the pressure on Caracas is for other countries to decisively act in defense of democracy. Precisely because the world has allowed the situation to deteriorate incrementally, but consistently, we are at the point where we are today. Very disappointing was the fact that a few weeks ago fellow Caribbean nations St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica and St. Kitts and Nevis voted against the OAS resolution to condemn Maduro's intentions to convene a Constituent Assembly that would have required a 23-vote majority to become mandatory. I guess these islands' love for cheap Venezuelan oil trumped doing something about a full-blown humanitarian crisis.
When it comes to Venezuela, Curaçao has always remained neutral and has abided by the non-intervention rule. Yet non-intervention should not be used to simply do nothing. I believe that the Government in Willemstad should express its regret that more than 100 people have died in the most recent unrests; its deep concern about the detention of two opposition leaders by Venezuelan authorities after Sunday's elections; urging the Government in Caracas to immediately release all those being held for exercising their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly; appeal to all parties to refrain from the use of violence and voice its desire for a democratic solution. I also make a similar appeal to our local non-governmental organizations because democracy is a matter of all of us, not only the government. I know that we have strong historical, economical and often family ties with Venezuela. That's a fact. However, these relationships should never be at the expense of the human suffering that is taking place in Venezuela owing to the fact that some people want to quell democracy.
Author alexdavidrosariaPosted on August 4, 2017 August 4, 2017
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George Lichtveld says:
I do agree 100% with mr. Rosaria, it is about time that also Curacao also takes a stand in this most despicable way the Venezuelan government is treating its own people.
Asi se habla Sr. Alex Rosaria.
Denize says:
We should never be afraid of denouncing those who are victims of these crimes against democracy. Thanks for caring.
Well said. Chavismo is disaster.
I have a lot of respect for you Mr. Rosaria. I appreciate that you speak your mind about the chaos in Venezuela.
josejfaria1966 says:
Well said Mr. Rosaria. I agree that doing nothing is not an option nor voting only not to jeopardize the continuing of getting cheap oil. The Venezuelan neighbors have the most to lose if a full blown civil war starts.
Venezuela has taken a tur for the worse. Hopefully Maduro will see that accumulation ofower and the dictatorship that he so much is longing for, will not make the situation of the millions of ordinary people who are suffering every day any better.
Nicaise says:
Bon artíkulo. Hopi bon skibí. Bo tin rason den bo ponensianan. Nos no por keda skonde tras di neutralidat
Axora says:
Good story, Yes, where are these politicians who were so much in love with Chavez?
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Psychotherapy is a process in which a trained professional enters a relationship with a client sitting in a room talking. The client is encouraged more to focus on underlying thoughts, feelings and motivations. Therapists stand back more from the present behavior and encourage the client to dig deeper to explore any change, self-awareness and understanding.
2. How do I know if I need psychotherapy?
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Pascal Thorne named General Manager of the House Harbour IGA Co-op
Pascal Thorne officially becomes the general manager of the House Harbour IGA Co-op.
He had already been acting in this position since June 2022, following the departure of Christina Arseneau.
Initially hired as a butcher nearly twenty years ago, he explains that he climbed the ladder one by one and developed an interest in administrative management.
Thorne signed a three-year agreement with the board of directors.
He says he felt the support of employees and management after his appointment was announced, giving him confidence for the future.
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Like many Magdalen businesses and organizations, the food market is struggling with a lack of manpower, especially during the summer season.
The Co-op is still doing quite well and employs about 50 people, says Mr. Thorne, adding that additional hiring per department would be welcome.
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Kahnawake, November 27, 2018 – Quebec Native Women (QNW) is proud to announce the success of the first edition of the QNW Otehiminan Award, which recognizes the outstanding contributions of young Indigenous women to their community. It was awarded to two inspiring young women at a conference dinner celebrating QNW's 45 years.
A young Huron-Wendat woman, Sandrine Filiatrault currently lives in Montreal for her medical studies. In her first year of study, she decided to become a member of the GISA (Groupe d'intérêt en santé Autochtone) academic group. In addition to going to Uashat, Mingan, Natashquan and Pakua Shipi as part of this project, she decided by herself to set up the project with Pessamit, which took place in October, but this time involving Laval University to make this project more long-lasting. Through her participation in GISA, Sandrine also organized a conference on Indigenous Cultural Competence, which welcomes more than 150 people annually and covers topics ranging from Aboriginal law to medicinal plants.
Lisa-Marie grew up in Wemotaci and works at the Kiuna Institute as a student life animator for the cultural component. She develops activity programs to preserve the culture. She is a very involved and active woman in the society. She founded the Opoho Center, a housing and support service for the academic success of Atikamekw students in Trois-Rivières. Lisa-Marie also participates in a research project on language preservation with the University of Montreal, where she translates children's books into Atikamekw to help preserve the language, an essential part of the identity.
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