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The idea that Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address created a Public Trust impacting the General Public has been thoroughly examined and debunked, and along with it, the idea that the American Public was obligated to respond to his offer. The American Public was self-evidently not being addressed by FDR: the Municipal Citizens of the United States were being addressed and only the Municipal Citizens of the United States had cause to rebut his insane presumptions.
Now we come to the infamous Trading With the Enemy Act:
What do we observe? The enabling clause of the Trading With the Enemy Act reads: "Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled...."
This is an action being pursued by the Territorial United States of America.
By definition such an Act pertains to Territorial United States Citizens and to the operations of the British Territorial Government with respect to its obligations to provide for a mutual defense for our States and People. Nothing more or less.
The "citizens of the United States" being referenced are the same 14th Amendment "citizens of the United States" referenced in Territorial Corporate "constitution" adopted in 1868 --- The Constitution of the United States of America.
And who are these "citizens"? Black and other colored former plantation slaves owned as franchises of the Municipal United States Government ever since 1868. That is the ugly truth of the matter.
This same phrase can also more generally be applied to Citizens of the United States --- that is, to Officers of the Municipal Government of the United States and their Federal Civil Service Employees and Dependents.
Either way, the fact that that these are the people being addressed throughout the Trading With the Enemy Act is made explicit by the constant reference to "the" United States and less frequently "the" United States of America.
If this Act in any way referenced the American People or the State Citizens of this country, the Act would reference The United States and State Citizens. It doesn't, so we may safely presume that it has nothing whatsoever to do with us except to exempt us--- as it does under Title 50, Section 7 (c) and (e).
So all presumptions against us, against our "VESSELS" in commerce, should we have any, and against our "Vessels" in international trade, should we be engaged in any such activity, are exempt, pre-paid, not subject to seizure as enemies of any sort under any international law or rule of Admiralty, including the Law of Prizes.
Once again the Perpetrators have deliberately fostered a scam, a con game, in which they have arbitrarily "declared" war on each other.
Both the Territorial United States of America and the Municipal United States have "conferred" citizenship upon us without our knowledge or consent, for the purpose of trading upon our Good Names and Credit. These foreign Persons (Territorial) and PERSONS (Municipal) are used without our understanding or consent as tools to promote fraud, identity theft, inland piracy and usurpation against our lawful government.
This ruse allows both commercial corporations to declare commercial mercenary "war" on each other and pretend that average Americans who are minding their own business on the land and soil of their own country are "citizens" of their respective foreign commercial corporations, instead.
This set up allows the Territorial Government to attack and seize upon Municipal CITIZENS merely presumed to exist, and on the come around, allows Municipal CITIZENS to attack and seize upon any Territorial Legal Person.
The clueless Americans have no idea that their run amok Federal Subcontractors have designed this scam as a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" Doublespeak Con Game and a political identity theft scheme specifically forbidden by the Geneva Conventions.
When pressed to justify their presumptions both of these guilty commercial corporations claim (lamely) that these "citizenship franchises" they secretively conferred on us are "gifts" to us, but in reality, these "gift franchises" provide the perpetrators with an excuse to misapply the Trading With the Enemy Act.
The Territorial Government declared "war" against the Municipal "citizens of the United States" --- the PERSONS gifted to us by the Municipal Congress, and the Municipal Congress declared "war" by "necessity" against the Legal Persons conferred upon us by the Territorial Congress.
Thus by "accidentally-on-purpose" mistaking us as officers, employees, or dependents of the rival corporation, they have colluded together to pillage and plunder their employers --- the very people that they are under solemn oath and contract to protect and defend, and they have also used this jive to evade the restrictions and limitations of the Constitutions without which their "persons" cease to exist.
That is a point that needs to be brought home to these cretins: both United States Citizens and Citizens of the United States are Persons created by and under the the authority vested in the respective Constitutions owed to the States and People of this country. Without the Constitutions there are no United States Citizens, no citizens of the United States and no Citizens of the United States, either.
Without the American States and People, the Constitutions are vacated, and the foundations of both Federal political moieties cease to exist.
The Constitutions the Perpetrators are undermining and trying to escape are in fact their own meal tickets, the Source of their Persons, and the guarantee of their jobs.
Without the Constitutions all brands of US Citizen cease to exist, and like the dysfunctional and dishonest members of Congress, the most that Federal Civil Service and Military Employees can hope for is a bread line provided by the same people you have betrayed and dis-served and dishonored.
The Territorial Trading With the Enemy Act has nothing whatsoever to do with American State Citizens---and any supposition that it ever did is an outrage.
These foreign commercial corporations are not authorized to conscript, press-gang, volunteer, or confer any citizenship obligations on their employers, may not compel us to conduct business in any foreign jurisdiction, or compel us to be "licensed" to conduct business, get married, or do much of anything else that does not involve interstate transport and sale of firearms, tobacco and alcohol.
A Constitutional right owed to American State Citizens cannot be licensed. That includes all of our Natural and Unalienable Rights, the rights enumerated as part of the Bill of Rights, the right to conduct our private business, the right to travel freely wherever and whenever we wish, the right to speak our minds without duress, the right to our religious practices and beliefs without censor, and the right to own and enjoy our private property assets without any presumption against our Persons whatsoever.
The only "job" that the Territorial and Municipal Governments have is to provide essential government services under contract as stipulated by the Constitutions. They are not invited here to create mischief and work fraud schemes against their employers.
The misapplication of the Trading With the Enemy Act and the misuse of foreign PERSONS to work collusive constructive fraud against Americans is international crime in admiralty and commercial fraud of the worst kind.
This entire circumstance is an affront far worse than anything Iran has done, and deserves immediate, complete, absolute, and permanent correction by the Pope, the Queen, the Lord Mayor of London, the President of the United States, the United Nations Secretary General, and everyone else holding any kind of Office, Public or Private.
The United States = is unincorporated and represents the combined National Jurisdictions of the states of this country. Notice---- this is a Proper Name: The United States The word "The" is part of the Proper Name and it is styled and capitalized in exactly this way.
"the" United States = foreign Holy Roman Empire Municipal Corporation under contract to provide essential government services. It's a foreign municipal corporation acting as a subcontractor exercising specific delegated powers and obligated to work within the limitations clearly stipulated by The Constitution of the United States.
The United States of America = the unincorporated Federation of States holding the international jurisdiction owed to this country and the original Delegator of the Delegated Powers under which the Territorial Subcontractor doing business "in our name" as "the United States of America" functions. Again, notice that "The" is part of the Proper Name of the Federation of States.
The Territorial commercial corporation doing business as "the United States of America" is a foreign commercial corporation subcontractor exercising specific delegated powers and obligated to work within the limitations clearly stipulated by The Constitution of the United States of America as originally enacted.
Look as long and as hard as you like at the Trading With the Enemy Act and you will never see a reference to The United States nor to The United States of America. What you will see are plenty of references to our subcontractors and their citizens.
The only thing that the Trading With the Enemy Act can say about us is what it in fact does say about us ---- that we are exempt, totally, absolutely, without question and that our persons are also totally exempt.
So let this be Public Notice to the Pope, to the Queen, to the Lord Mayor of London, and to the President of the United States: the Trading With the Enemy Act has nothing to do with the American States and People.
If you can't read and understand what the Trading With the Enemy Act actually says, and who and what it pertains to, it's time to get out of the kitchen.
For the neophytes among us --- the Holy See sided with the Southern States of the Confederacy in the Civil War, while the British King sided with the Northern Confederate States. They have been playing mercenary games on our shores ever since, taking pot shots at each other on one hand and colluding with each other to defraud, pillage, and plunder the actual States of the Union on the other.
This is clearly nothing but immoral, illegal, and unlawful activity by commercial corporation subcontractors against their employers: the actual States of the Union never declared any "War" and didn't participate in the Mercenary Conflict known as the American Civil War.
So these criminals have been on our shores and on our backs, telling lies about us and misrepresenting us, purposefully misidentifying us, setting up constructive fraud schemes, falsifying public records, and working identity theft rackets against their employers while taking their paychecks from our pockets.
They have used Federal "Code" --- which is literally encoded --- to promote false legal presumptions, facilitate identity theft, and promote hypothecation of debt against assets that don't belong to them.
Let this serve as Public Notice and let service be Noted: that all assets of all Americans that have been seized upon by the United States Attorney General under false presumptions encouraged by the Trading With the Enemy Act are already claimed by the States and People of this country.
The United States Attorney General and Army General Staff are under demand to perform according to their obligations under The Constitution of the United States of America as originally enacted, by the Lawful Heirs and Landlords who have indisputable provenance, and who have never been subject to any aspect of the Trading With the Enemy Act.
A very serious mistake has been made by the Federal Subcontractors. A very profound Breach of Trust has occurred.
All land and titles, all property assets and interests naturally belonging to The United States of America, the member States of the Union, and the American People must be returned without further pretense or delay.
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This year we're mixing it up at IRCE, hosting an Innovation Theater at the FitForCommerce booth (#1701) Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th. At FitForCommerce it's our job to stay on top of new technologies and innovations, but keeping up with the latest and greatest takes time and resources – both of which are scarce for most retail organizations. In our recent Retail Executive Survey, we asked retailers about the things holding them back from innovating – budget, other priorities and lack of proven ROI tops the list with most.


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Courting Chairs date back to Victorian times, and I wanted to create a version of this that brought the users through their first court to being married. Each lounge chair is set on a swivel with a singular leg connecting both chairs. The chairs can swivel from the courting position, all the way through to facing the same direction. They can even face away from each other, for those times, when you may not want to face your love.


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A local landmark for more than two centuries.
The history of Beehive Augusta Tavern mirrors that of Augusta—and the nation. Our building was constructed in 1796 on land granted to a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Over the decades, the building has been a private residence, a general store, and a pharmacy. It was also the office for the ferry to Boudes Landing, which you can still take or just watch from our windows today. During the Battle of Augusta in 1862, when townspeople fought hand-to-hand and house-to-house to keep Confederate troops from crossing the Ohio, the building was set on fire.
After the Great Flood of 1937, when towns along the Ohio were inundated in the midst of The Great Depression, our building, like all the rowhouses on our block, fell into disrepair and continued to deteriorate for decades. In the early 1970s, visionary Augustans saved the rowhouses from demolition and succeeded in listing them on the National Registry of Historic Sites, launching a Riverside Drive renaissance.
In 1985, local resident, Cuban native and classically trained opera singer Luciano "Sean" Moral bought the building and renovated it to house the first incarnation of The Beehive, a beloved Augusta institution for more than 25 years. In 2017, neighborhood residents Lance and Lalani Bates, who have longstanding family ties in Augusta, bought the building and renovated it, keeping as much of the original interior and structure as possible. They invite you to join them in making The Beehive's future as rich and storied as its past.
How We Got Our Name
You might think the restaurant got its name because the Beehive "hums" as a meeting place for our neighbors and as a destination for boaters and weekenders. In fact, the truth is more literal. Back in the mid-1980s, when the former owner was remodeling the building, he discovered a large beehive in the basement, and named the restaurant after it. It's a simple story—but enough to create a buzz for more than 30 years.

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The Gallatin School of Individualized Study will host "Amphitryon," a comedic tale of disguised Roman gods meddling in the affairs of mortals, Feb. 5-15, at its Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts (1 Washington Place [at Broadway]).
Amphitryon, by the French playwright Molière (1622-1673), stretches from
slapstick comedy to poetry in offering a neoclassical adaptation of a Greek myth that poses questions about identity, power, injustice, and those who are "above the law."
Directed by Matthew Gregory, an associate faculty member at the Gallatin School, the play features a cast of Gallatin students.
The performance is free and open to the public, but tickets must be reserved in advance. For more information, please call 212.992.7762. Subways: N, R (8th Street); 6 (Astor Place)
Gregory has directed numerous productions at venues around New York, including NYU, Theater for the New City, the cell, and the Culture Project. He has performed at the Kennedy Center, the Saratoga Shakespeare Company, and Off-Broadway at the Mint Theater. Gregory's costume designs have been seen at the Juilliard School, the Wheeler Opera House, and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. He also worked as a costume artisan on various films, including "X-Men", "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", and "Charlie's Angels". He has been on the faculty at Adelphi University, SUNY Albany, Siena College and CUNY - Kingsborough. Gregory is also currently a faculty member of the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.
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Culture Traps - Part II: Unconscious Bias and "Disrupting Unemployment"
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Disruption does not translate into destruction. Disruption is change of economics. Disruption is change of scale. Disruption is new products and services that couldn't even exist in the absence of that new disruptive technology.
VINT CERF, co-inventor of the Internet.
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Bias is generally defined as a prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. In societies and organizations where hierarchy is rigorously respected and expected, people express freely their bias. In democratic societies, as well as in meritocratic organizations, where laws forbid certain types of discrimination, bias is repressed and therefore unconscious, showing up in more subtle ways. Unconscious bias is often used as an excuse, in the same way we excuse ourselves for behaving obnoxiously by saying "I'm sorry, I was drunk, I don't remember anything". It is actually very common for the unconscious bias to reveal itself precisely when we had a glass too much to drink (read here a true story, in which a tipsy lawyer female could simply not comprehend and accept that I am not a limo driver). In fact, Facebook research shows that "individuals and organizations that believe they are meritocratic often have the poorest outcomes."
Bias is essentially an automatic reaction, aimed to help us navigate the world in a faster way. In essence, bias has the purpose of confirming and validating our world view, as it creates a feeling of reassurance, and by that it directs us toward what is familiar and predictable. We all have our comfort zones, even those of us who like to believe we are "out of the box" thinkers. Within our own unconscious box -of different sizes and different shapes- we are all convinced we are just and free. In fact, globalization and technology easily reveal the boxes in which we've been hiding our biases until not long ago. Bias helps us select from the outside world the events, people, and places that match our values and belief-system which -surprise!- are based on exactly the same values and beliefs that we have absorbed, at an unconscious, emotional level, from the culture(s) in which we grew up.
Unconscious bias has profound social and business implications, specifically at the labor market level. John Hagel III is Co-chair of the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation and his research reveals how globalization has made unconscious bias one of the key challenges in matching labor supply and demand, with effects that go way beyond economics, deep into the social relations and politics:
Many workers have the necessary skills, yet aren't able to connect with the work requiring these skills because of powerful biases among potential employers - gender, ethnic and racial biases continue to make it difficult to connect the right workers with the right jobs.
If we go beyond the US to a global level, we see even more significant mismatches between labor supply and demand.There's a powerful generational imbalance, with more developed economies dealing with rapidly aging populations while the younger generations are increasingly concentrated in developing economies where work is in shorter supply. Parts of the world are mired in conflict and corruption, limiting the availability of work for those who need it. The symptoms of this global imbalance are manifest in increasing concern over the influx of refugees and illegal immigration in certain countries.
JOHN HAGEL III, Co-Chair, Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation
In the tech world, startup founders often talk with pride about how the product or service they have created with their buddies in some shabby San Francisco flat is disrupting such and such industry. Although "disruption is not destruction", at least in an initial phase it involves some sort of annihilation, which may create systemic, global challenges. Those are often overlooked by the disruptors, who usually think globally only in terms of their ROI. However, history proves that the biggest problems we have on Earth -poverty, wars, climate changing- are due to decades of complete lack of systemic, global awareness, a sort of cultural individualism that keeps us slaves of our own conscious and unconscious biases.
David Nordfors is a former co-founding executive director of the Center for Innovation and Communication at Stanford University, who also likes the concept of disruption. His idea, however, is to disrupt the disruption itself. Together with Vint Cerf (co-inventor of the Internet, its architecture and the core TCP/IP protocols), Nordfors founded the Innovation for Jobs Ecosystem, with the purpose of disrupting unemployment:
Efficiency is not the same as growth.
Efficiency is task-centered: we perform tasks more efficiently. We can automate everything and fire all the workers. Efficiency goes up. But since workers earn less without jobs, growth can go negative.
Growth on the other hand is people centered: we create more value for one another. We can automate everything and find new, better things for workers to do instead. Efficiency goes up. Growth goes up.
Bias is one of the reasons work relationships have not evolved much since the beginning of the industrialized era: organization is seen as a machine, with employees treated as its mere spare parts. Oil them with Carrot & Stick Policies, and the machine will keep going. Well, it turns out that the Real Machine is now replacing all these jobs. Some see this as a fatal disaster. I would argue that in fact this puts everyone -machines and humans- in the place where they belong: by replacing most of our jobs, machines are giving us the chance to regain our humanity and begin a new, 21st Century Enlightenment era.
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"A splendidly evocative account of a historic year—a year of tumult, of trauma, and of tragedy."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Charles Kaiser, the author of 1968 in America, has been a reporter at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek. He has also written for Vanity Fair, New York, and The Washington Post. He has taught journalism at Columbia and Princeton, and is the author of The Gay Metropolis, a history of gay life in New York City since 1940.
1968 was the year that defined the decade—Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, unprecedented antiwar riots disrupted the Democratic National Convention, and the Tet Offensive in Vietnam changed the course of the war. With this political unrest came a breakthrough of American counterculture into the mainstream led by students and protesters alongside the voices of Aretha Franklin, Simon and Garfunkel, and Bob Dylan.
Charles Kaiser's 1968 in America is widely recognized as one of the best historic accounts of the 1960s. Largely based on unpublished interviews and documents (including in-depth conversations with anti-war presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy and Dylan), this is compulsively readable popular history. Now, fifty years later, and with a new introduction by Hendrik Hertzberg, it is even more clear that this was a uniquely terrible, wonderful, and pivotal year in the story of America.
"A splendidly evocative account of a historic year–a year of tumult, of trauma, and of tragedy." –Arthur Scheslinger, Jr.


Reba McEntire, 16-time ACM Awards host, stopped by CBS This Morning a while ago to announce some of the nominations for the big night.
During the broadcast, and with the help of hosts Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell, McEntire announced that the Duo of the Year nominees are Brothers Osborne, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line, Locash, and Maddie & Tae, while Group of the Year are as follows: Lady Antebellum, LANCO, Little Big Town, Midland, Old Dominion.
She then revealed that Dierks Bentley, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, and Keith Urban are up for Male Artist of the Year, while Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, and Carrie Underwood are nominated for Female Artist of the Year.
She announced a few more categories during the commercial break on Facebook Live and Entertainment Tonight helped out by releasing the rest of the nominations, including for Album of the Year.
Album of the Year is one of the biggest awards of the night because it's not an award for just one song, it's an award for an artist's entire body of work.
Danica Patrick and Wilmer Valderama walked on stage together to present the ACM Award for Album of the Year. They revealed that the winner of the big award is none other than Kacy Musgraves!
The lone female Album of the Year nominee has been on a winning streak for her work on Golden Hour. She won Album of the Year at the CMA Awards, and also swept the Grammy Awards by winning Best Country Solo Performance for "Butterflies," Best Country Song for 'Space Cowboy," Best Country Album, and the biggest award of the night – Album of the Year.
It's no surprise that she took home one of the top awards tonight! Congratulations, Kacey!


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When it comes to travel, the more the merrier! If you're looking to travel on a budget or want accommodation that's a little more swanky than what you usually go for, then travelling as a group is a great way to save some pennies! That's why I'm often on the lookout for fantastic group holiday offers that depart from several airports across Ireland, so you'll be guaranteed to find something no matter what your tastes!
Group travel – something for everyone!
Maybe there's a birthday coming up and you want a way to make it truly unforgettable. Or perhaps you all just fancy a bit of fun in the sun and book a trip away? Whatever your reasons or tastes, I make sure to give you all that information you need and that I pick out a wide range of group holiday deals so that everyone can enjoy some time away with their nearest and dearest.
Sometimes it will be a city break to destinations such as Amsterdam or Berlin – places whose incredible nightlife and huge number of sights make them the perfect choice when travelling as a group. Or it could even just be an all-inclusive week away in the sun with your big family with that extra-special touch. After all, why stay in a hotel when you could be staying in a private rental property? Travelling in larger groups means that you'll be well suited for staying in accommodation that would otherwise be too expensive as a couple, since you'll be splitting the costs between you all. Keep your eyes peeled and you'll be surprised by how a luxurious getaway really doesn't have to cost you the world!
How about a staycation?? Getting a good group holiday deal in Ireland is actually not very difficult. You don't have to organise any flights and everybody can book their own trip to get to the place. You just need to find the right spot! Pick something that is not too remote and see that the ratio between how long you stay and how convenient it is to reach makes sense. A night in Dublin, when you're all from close-by makes sense, but if you decide to drive across the whole country for just a night, then I might reconsider. I would definitely use Airbnb for finding suitable accommodation, but also Sykescottages is a great website to book a good group holiday deal. It's totally up you then, simply insert the number of people and take your pick.
Now when it comes to leaving Ireland, things get a little more complicated, but how to best book flights for a group I'll tell you below. I'm a big fan of city breaks for groups and escaping with your friends to discover a new place sounds like heaven to me. However, try to keep the group still small. Amsterdam on a Saturday is crowded enough, so you don't want to travel with 14 of your friends to the Dutch capital only to spend time on keeping everyone together or arguing where to go for dinner. Also, taking a short coffee break can become a real challenge… If you can't help it and want to travel with a really big group then maybe consider a sunny destinations and go on holiday where you can laze around the pool or at the beach all day and take small, well-organised trips whenever you want to. This keeps the stress out of the holiday and even smaller groups can decide to rent a car a visit the nearby town, without everyone voting for it.
Ok, what's the focus of a hen night? Party! So be sure to pick a destination where there is a good nightlife and avoid a Monday to Wednesday trip. Even if you could save a lot of money. You won't have the best chances on finding an open club then… Since partying is your main thing, you also shouldn't go over the top with the location, especially if you only plan on going for 2 nights. Hopping over to the UK for a hen night is always a great idea, and destinations like Newcastle and Liverpool have the perfect bachelor party atmosphere. If you rather want to stay on your island, then Belfast is the place to be for a hen night. It's relatively cheap and you save yourself another flight to book :) An absolute must is booking choosing your restaurants for dinner and ordering a table well in advance. There is nothing worse than entering a restaurant and get sent away cause they are full.
Now, family gathering usually get out of hand when it comes to the number of attendees. Since among the guests there will also be a lot of elderly people it is probably best to choose a larger hotel than an Airbnb. You can't really beat the service of a hotel and the fact that you can quickly go down to the restaurant for breakfast in the morning, instead of having to provide a good Irish fry to 40 people… The hotels usually have enough space to give you an extra breakfast and dinner room.
When it comes to family gatherings be sure to book a hotel of a suitable size well in advance. Probably a year, as you also need to find a date that suits everyone. Also keep in mind that all the family members need to get to the location, so choose a hotel that is super convenient to reach.
You are in charge of organising this group holiday? And you don't know where to start when it comes to booking flights for the whole group? Well, you could simply send the flight details to everyone so that each one books his/her own flight. If you are a smaller group, it makes sense however, to collect the flight costs upfront and make a group booking. Gather all the information you need to know from the passengers, so that you don't end up interrupting the booking every 20 minutes. You will also most likely save on booking fees when you place a group booking instead of each person booking his or her own flight.
Just be sure to keep checking back on blog often! I normally come across cheap group holidays very regularly, so I'll be guaranteed to find something that'll suit your needs.


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House of Representatives Approves GPO's Funding Request for 2013
WASHINGTON, DC—June 11, 2012—The House of Representatives approved the Fiscal Year 2013 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill on June 8, 2012. The bill includes funding for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), which has been appropriated $122.5 million, representing a 3-percent reduction from GPO's request submitted to the House in February.
GPO requested no increase over the level of funding the agency received for FY 2012 due to savings garnered from cost-cutting activities last year as well as projected workload changes for FY 2013. The organization's funding is provided through three separate accounts in the annual Legislative Branch Appropriations bill:
• The Congressional Printing and Binding Appropriation covers the cost of information products in digital and print formats that GPO produces for Congress. About 70 percent of this cost is for preparing the electronic files used for both digital access and printing. The House approved GPO's full request for this account: $83.6 million.
• The Salaries and Expenses Appropriation of the Superintendent of Documents primarily covers the cost of the Federal Depository Library Program, which works in partnership with 1,200 libraries nationwide to provide public access to Federal Government information in digital and print formats. The House approved GPO's full request for this account: $34.7 million.
• For GPO's Revolving Fund, the House approved $4.1 million for IT investment and facility improvements. While the approved amount represents a reduction of $3.7 million from GPO's request, it includes funds to assist the continued development of GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys), which provides no-fee digital access to more than 680,000 congressional and Federal agency titles, as well as other essential projects.
"GPO is working work hard to cut costs during this tight economic climate," said Acting Public Printer Davita Vance-Cooks. "I appreciate the support GPO received from the members and staffs of the House Appropriations Committee as our expert employees continue to transform this agency into the digital information platform for the Federal Government and the supplier of secure Federal credentials."
About the GPO
GPO is the Federal Government's primary resource for producing, procuring, cataloging, indexing, authenticating, disseminating, and preserving the official information products of the U.S. Government in both digital and tangible formats. GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies. In addition to publication sales, GPO provides for permanent public access to Federal Government information at no charge through GPO's Federal Digital System (www.fdsys.gov) and through partnerships with approximately 1,220 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program.
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Jennifer Angus is a professor in the Design Studies department at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She received her education at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (BFA) and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA). Jennifer has exhibited her work internationally including Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and Spain. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council and Wisconsin Arts Board grants. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison she has received annual grants from the Graduate School as well a Vilas Associate Award, the Emily Mead Baldwin-Bascom Professorship in the Creative Arts and most recently a Romnes Fellowship. Her exhibition "A Terrible Beauty" at the Textile Museum of Canada was selected as "Exhibition of the Year" by the Ontario Association of Art Galleries in 2006
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Pa. attorney general candidate from Allegheny finds lots of support in Philly
Katie Colaneri
Pennsylvania Sen. Anthony Williams and other Philadelphia political and religious leaders endorse Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala for Pennsylvania attorney general. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania attorney general Stephen Zappala is bringing people together in Philadelphia.
Take his new ad, which features Mayor Jim Kenney and Kenney's primary rival, state Sen. Tony Williams, sitting on a stoop.
"When we ran for mayor, we didn't agree on everything," Williams says.
"I'll say," replies Kenney with a laugh.
Finally something these two can agree on: They're both endorsing Zappala.
Political races in Pennsylvania often pit the eastern half of the state against the western half, so how did a district attorney from Pittsburgh gain significant support in Philadelphia?
Kenney spokesman Marty O'Rourke said the mayor is supporting Zappala because of his experience.
Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro, the front-runner in the race, endorsed Kenney in the general election, but "in this case, the judgment was we need someone with that type of prosecutorial experience," O'Rourke said. Zappala has served as Allegheny County's top prosecutor since 1998. Shapiro, who is also an attorney, has spent much of his career in government.
O'Rourke said the mayor's endorsement has nothing to do with John Dougherty, the powerful Philadelphia union leader who helped get Kenney elected and who is backing Zappala.
Dougherty, business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98, said their two families go way back.
"The Doughertys and Zappalas have known each other for years," he said. "I've known Steve, God, every bit of 20 years."
Zappala's father, Stephen Sr. — a former chief justice of the state Supreme Court — backed Dougherty's brother, Kevin in his successful run for the high court last year and appeared in an ad supporting his candidacy.
"We worked hard together in a state that's not accustomed to electing Democrats," Dougherty said.
Another Philly Democrat behind Zappala is U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, the local party chairman who said he has known his family for about 30 years.
Brady said other than his personal connection to Zappala, supporting candidates from the other side of the state helps garner more votes.
"A reason why Pittsburgh and Allegheny County out there comes out to vote, they have one of their own and that's how we've been winning elections," he said.
Shapiro has his share of Philadelphia endorsements, including Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke, as well as former mayor and former Gov. Ed Rendell. President Barack Obama also recently took the rare step of endorsing a candidate in a local race and announced he was backing Shapiro.
Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli is also running in the Democratic primary on April 26.
Pa. lawmakers, workers link minimum wage fight to MLK's push for equality
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A Review of The Moral Case for FossilFuels, Alex Epstein (2014, 256 pages), as published in Alternatives Journal, December, 2015, by Andrew Welch.
Alex Epstein wants to shake up the way that we think about fossil fuels and challenge what behaviours we consider moral and immoral. In his book The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, he proposes reframing the conflict of environmentalists versus the hydrocarbon industry. It's not a question of fossil fuel usage being good or bad – it's a question of what standard of value we are using to judge it. I agree.
The author is a self-labeled humanist – a term he uses to describe someone who "treats the rest of nature as something to use for his benefit; the nonhumanist treats the rest of nature as something that must be served." What may at first appear to be conceit actually makes sense if we look deep enough inside the value system of most humans. He argues that we should all hold human life as our one and only standard of value.
I believe this is a must-read book for environmentalists and climate change activists, but it won't be an easy read. Firstly, it's hard to read anything that contradicts your strongly-held beliefs; however, questioning those beliefs is essential to gaining a truly balanced perspective. Secondly, Epstein clearly targets an audience on the totally opposite end of the spectrum, opening with 'proving' that all the so-called 'experts' preaching the supposed detrimental impacts of rampant fossil fuel consumption are dead wrong and always have been. (The ironic single-quotes and sneering italics are his frequent literary devices, not mine.) Thirdly, although he conveniently lists the most common logical fallacies that surface in this debate, he happily (and frustratingly) employs each one in his own arguments.
The book is highly critical of mainstream thought leaders because they're always preaching the costs of fossil fuels and never the benefits. This is quite true, and while the reason might be not so much a bias as a tacit acceptance that such benefits go without saying, if we don't consciously consider them, it may well skew our perspective. Fossil fuels have made near-miraculous contributions to our standard of living in the last two centuries, and anyone who says we should stop using them needs to have their arguments seriously questioned. Fair enough.
Accepting that there are errors and bias on both sides, I'd rather review the essence of his argument – that being, in his words: "Mankind's use of fossil fuels is supremely virtuous – because human life is the standard of value, and because using fossil fuels transforms our environment to make it wonderful for human life." And consequently, we should burn more, not less.
The problem is the standard he has chosen to judge our morality as a species. He may be a humanist, but his goodness indicators are entirely quantitative measures: More people, living more years, earning more money, to buy more stuff – all good. For example, the only scale he uses (repeatedly) to measure safety is number of deaths (including life expectancy and infant mortality) – never health. Happiness? Quality of life versus standard of living? Those he avoids entirely. By his singular measure of success, a planet with 120 billion extravagant consumers, living 150 years each should be a stunningly better place for all (all humans, that is). It's a deeply-flawed more-is-always-better approach for an author who claims to be writing about morality.
In The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, Alex Epstein reframes the fossil fuel debate correctly (as a value question), but, with Ayn Rand as his muse, he employs a highly questionable perspective for his big picture: ethical egoism. Still, I think this book should be on every environmentalist's bookshelf, if for no other reason than Stephen Covey's "Seek first to understand, then to be understood."


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By 2045, Vietnam wants to have five metropolises of international stature
The government's action plan to achieve Resolution No.06-NQ/TW of the Politburo on planning, building, management, and sustainable development of urban areas in Vietnam until 2030, with a vision to 2045, calls for the establishment of five vibrant urban metropolises by 2045.
Tran Quoc Thai, director of the Urban Development Agency within the Ministry of Construction, stated on November 16 at the seminar "Policies for Urban Development in Vietnam" that one of the major groups of solutions identified in this resolution is to improve policies and procedures to facilitate the urbanisation, planning, construction, management, and sustainable urban development processes.
At the seminar, the National Assembly Law Committee revealed that Vietnam has more than 860 metropolitan areas, and its urbanisation rate is over 40 per cent. The urban economy has risen at a rapid pace, contributing more than 70 per cent of Vietnam's GDP, with the proportion predicted to reach 85 per cent by 2030.
According to a significant number of planners and architects attending the seminar, rapid urbanisation, rising income societal inequalities between rural and urban areas, informal expansion, a lack of basic infrastructure and services, and a shortage of affordable housing have resulted in a variety of problems.
Dr. Nguyen Quang, deputy director of UN-Habitat, said that the complex social issues developing in urban areas demand "a larger strategy, more vertical and horizontal coordination, and relationships to innovation."
Quang said, "Urbanisation and sustainable urban growth do not occur by chance, but by strategy." The national urban policy should prioritise "practical priorities" such as the formulation and construction of a sustainable urban framework in both form and density via a compact urban model, the connection of cities via transport corridors, and the promotion of centralised production to take advantage of economies of scale.
The urban policy promotes intersectoral policy coherence regarding cities through the articulation of shared development visions and objectives. The urban policy should play a significant role in national development policies and goals. "In particular, a human rights-based approach, social protection measures, and excellent multi-level governance with an emphasis on participation and inclusion are required," Quang said.
According to Quang, if Vietnam is to establish cities of international stature, the national urban policy must "decentralise more explicitly to local authorities" in urban planning/management and provide circumstances for the creation of efficient instruments to govern urban growth.
Vietnam has implemented several efforts to address environmental issues and enhance the urban infrastructure for many years. Herve Conan, head of the French Development Agency in Vietnam, said on October 22 while working with Nguyen Thanh Nghi, Minister of Construction, that urban management and development connected with the endurance and adaptability of cities to climate change offer many issues in Vietnam.
According to Conan, Vietnam is one of the most vulnerable nations to the effects of climate change owing to its geographical characteristics, with frequent droughts, floods, and coastline retreats increasing its susceptibility.
> Law revisions necessary to clarify foreign property rights (18/11/2022)
> Clarity crucial for residential property sale to foreigners (18/11/2022)
> Dong Nai Province calls for investment in housing for workers (17/11/2022)
> F.I.T Group and Banyan Tree sign agreement for tourism project in Ninh Thuan (17/11/2022)
> Real estate market in state of limbo (15/11/2022)


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Keep up to date with the latest news from CoolLogic and other members of the Horizon Energy Group.
CoolLogic is proud to announce the establishment of our new Bay of Plenty operational base.
Most of us welcome hot weather, but when it is too hot for too long there are health risks. Currently, New Zealand is experiencing hotter than usual weather and it is important to make sure that the hot weather does not harm you or anyone you know.
With the summer holidays around the corner, and warmer than usual temperatures, we can all do our part to save water and prevent unnecessary waste. Here are 10 tips to help save water.
Horizon Networks is pleased to announce the expansion of the electric vehicle (EV) fast charging highway in the Eastern Bay of Plenty following its successful application in round 2 of the Low Emissions Vehicles Contestable Fund.
CoolLogic is pleased to announce its exclusive distributor agreement for the right to sell and distribute Storex B.V. products in New Zealand.
Heating equipment is a leading cause of home fire deaths. Some simple steps can prevent most heating-related fires from happening.
While we're probably aware of major power outages in the Eastern Bay of Plenty region, we rely on our Retailers to inform us of minor ones.
A large complex low pressure system over the Tasman Sea moves onto New Zealand on Thursday, then across the country during Friday and early Saturday, followed by a ridge of high pressure on Sunday. The weather system will bring rain over much of the country from Thursday to Saturday.
Trees in windy or stormy conditions can cause power cuts. Let us work together to keep the power on. Your power supply may be disrupted when trees or branches break, damaging poles, power lines, or other structures.
Since Horizon Energy Group's acquisition of ElectriNET in 2016, we have been active in ensuring the great work our ElectriNET team has done in the community continues and we have put our full support behind them.
Black ice can be very dangerous, so it is important to know what it is and how you should react if you have an encounter. Read more for tips that may help if you are caught in areas of black ice.


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When it comes to electricians Winsford residents are lucky as they have access to one of the most respected electrical contractors in the area. They are A&P Electrical UK Ltd., and their online reviews speak volumes for the quality of work they produce for all their customers. Whether you are looking for a domestic electrician or one for your business, forget the Internet search term electricians Winsford and head straight the website belonging to A&P Electrical UK Ltd.
Why A&P Electrical UK Ltd?
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Whether you need one electrician to do a small wiring job, such as installing wall lights, or a squad to complete a large scale commercial job, A&P Electrical UK Ltd fit the bill. From fitting smoke alarms to complete rewires no job is too big or too small. Check out the reviews on their website to see for yourself the diversity of clientèle who are so pleased with the work done for them by A&P Electrical UK Ltd they are singing their praises.
The contacts page on the website gives you several options for contacting A&P Electrical UK Ltd to get a great quote. We have done the work for you and saved you all the time and frustration of looking online for electricians Winsford by leading directly to the best in the business. You don't take risks with electricity, and therefore shouldn't take risks with your electricians. Contact A&P Electrical UK Ltd and kill two birds with one stone; top quality work and complete peace of mind as far as safety is concerned.
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What is the correct way to use Circlip Pliers?


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namespace MauticPlugin\MauticSocialBundle\Command;

class MonitorTwitterMentionsCommand extends MonitorTwitterBaseCommand
{
    protected function configure()
    {
        $this->setName('social:monitor:twitter:mentions')
            ->setDescription('Searches for mentioned tweets');

        parent::configure();
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    /*
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    public function getTweets($monitor)
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        // monitor params
        $params = $monitor->getProperties();

        // stats
        $stats = $monitor->getStats();

        if (!array_key_exists('handle', $params)) {
            $this->output->writeln('no handle was found!');
            exit();
        }

        // build mentions url
        $mentionsUrl = $this->twitter->getApiUrl('search/tweets');

        $query = $this->buildTwitterSearchQuery(
            array(
                '@'.$params['handle']
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        // @todo set up count to be configurable
        $requestQuery = array(
            'q'     => $query,
            'count' => $this->queryCount
        );

        // if we have a max id string use it here
        if (is_array($stats) && array_key_exists('max_id_str', $stats) && $stats['max_id_str']) {
            $requestQuery['since_id'] = $stats['max_id_str'];
        }

        $results = $this->twitter->makeRequest($mentionsUrl, $requestQuery);

        return $results;
    }

    public function getNetworkName()
    {
        return 'twitter';
    }
}

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So My Husband Is Richer Than Zimbabwean 'Millionaire' KitKat
Posted on June 29, 2021 June 29, 2021 by Mary-Tamar was Jean
One thing I've learnt about life on social media is that no matter what you see, no matter how one portrays themselves to the world, there is another reality that is normally far from the perfect picture being presented. This week I learnt that one of Zimbabwe's richest personalities (well on social media anyway) is currently in hospital with Covid and is actually in need of donations to foot a medical bill which is about £12k.
He was the best friend of the late controversial Zimbabwean millionaire Genius 'Ginimbi' Kadungure. His name is Nomatter Zinyengere, known on social media as KitKat or Sophisticated Hustler on Instagram.
He lives a flamboyant lifestyle of expensive flashy cars, expensive designer clothing and expensive hotel suites etc. When you go on his Instagram, you leave with one word, 'RICH'. Well that's clearly the image he gives to the world, so he has a lot of followers as you can imagine, as King Solomon said people love rich people so he's obviously envied.
But a few days ago I was quite shocked by this rich guy. On my Facebook timeline I kept seeing stories about him being in hospital with Covid and his friends trying to raise donations for him to foot a bill. I have to be honest I found this disturbing, because the bill is only £12k or so. For someone wealthy I'm sorry to say that is not a lot of money, that's peanuts. I see his Zimbabwean fans on social media arguing that KitKat is actually rich and has so much money apparently, but his friends want to help out because he shouldn't pay for his own medical expenses. According to the logic of many Zimbabweans supporting KitKat, this is the right thing to do, because it shows he has amazing friends willing to support him when in time of need.
I do hope KitKat makes it, and gets the money he desperately needs to save his life. I lost my dear Papa to this plague, he was here one minute the next he was gone. So I sympathise because Covid is a deadly pestilence. But I can't help but wonder that what is the point of KitKat having money, if he has any at all, if it can't serve him in times like these that he has to resort to being a beggar. I believe that money is supposed to serve you, not the other way round. Like King Solomon said, "Money answers all things."
The fact that some of his so called friends are leaking the money begging chat for KitKat shows that some of the people being asked for these donations are not happy to donate, hence they leaked the chat to the media. The reason why this is even news is because this man poses as an extremely wealthy man, so it is truly shocking that he is in want of just £12k. We are talking millionaire status here.
What's also interesting is that the "rich friends" as Zimbabweans call them are donating very small money considering the amount needed to foot the bill. It's really embarrassing to say the least because the rich friends supposed to be donating the money actually don't even have it, judging by the list of the donations.
One of the closest friends of KitKat, who poses as a wealthy millionaires of Africa and is known for wearing the most expensive apparel the world has to offer only donated a pitiful £1k. If you put into perspective how these people present as very wealthy, £1k is not a lot of money at all. Surely just one rich friend of KitKat should even cover the whole bill, instead of going around asking for donations and shaming their friend.
Just a few months ago there was a story circulating on social media that Pokello Nare, the rich friend of KitKat was caught red handed on social media that she posted a fake bag and she lied that it was an original designer handbag.
Popular African Socialite Pokello Nare has been exposed in the past for wearing fake designer apparel.
I was truly shocked and showed my husband and he was like, "Baby I always tell you, these people buy all these fake labels from Dubai. The way they obsess over the labels tells you it's all fake, because it's all for show."
I remember my husband once telling me that Pokello wears fake labels and I was like no way. But he was proved right in the end.
These conversations makes me miss my best friend Charlotte, she was white and from a very wealthy family, but she was a black sheep of the family and loved being around black people as she believed true Hebrews were actually black. So we really connected in such a powerful way. I've never had a friend like her. We laughed a lot about the madness of both black people and white people. Our friendship was so raw and real because she could say anything about black people and I could say anything about white people, we spent our time literally bitching and snitching on each other's race, it was so sad but so funny, because we were both race conscious and critical thinkers. She used to say she's a black woman trapped in a white woman's body and because I obviously hate the mentality of black people so I would be telling her that being black is not all it's cracked up to be, as we have serious issues as a race and people. She said I was her Queen and pledged to serve me, we were both single mothers, and had our fair share of fights, but we were so real with each other. Sadly time happened, and I found a man and we drifted apart.
Charlotte was the bested friend I ever had.
She would laugh at black people and say things like "Black people are so obsessed with showing off designer labels." She would say to me, "Why are labels such a big deal to show off?" She had a black boyfriend who was working as a butler and he was trying so hard to impress her with wearing Gucci clothes and she found it annoying. Unfortunately Charlotte was so right about this one.
As black people, once we get a little money we like to show off with designer labels, yet in reality we won't have any wealth. I have to admit when my darling husband started making money, like making real money, I found it a little overwhelming and I put on my black ass and damn showed off, especially because we had suffered so much with homelessness and stuff. I had way too many enemies to show off to, including my mother who has wished poverty on me. But I have to say now money doesn't faze me, I'm kinda used to it, lol, so I don't need to show off.
This kind of money was shocking to me at first but now it's normal to see £30k in cash, and besides I wanted to prove a point to my mother that her curses became the opposite, God opened the floodgates of heaven.
My husband was like "brag baby brag, show your mother the bag."
My Lord Husband wanted me to show off the bag.
I remember saying to the King, " Baby I hate posing in money." He was like "You have to do this. It will silence your mother's curses, she said you can never hold 2k in your hands, show her have over 20k in your bag right now."
Well my husband is very wise, it was Notorious B.I.G who said sometimes you have to be as bad as the baddest to defend yourself and your territory.
I had to be all BLACK and ghetto fabulous to defend my territory against my mother and black people who wish poverty on me. And it so worked, none of them can hurl any poverty curses on me again.
Well that season of being Ghetto Fabulous Jean was fun but now I'm back to being good old Lady Mary-Tamar, I would rather show off with my expensive cast iron pot and my sweet chickens, than show off with money and Gucci. I would rather show off with my puppy in the woods than show off in front of a Range Rover.
Now back to black people bragging with designer labels and lifestyle on social media, yesterday my daughter was telling me about a young black woman she follows on Instagram who was exposed for posing in 1st class for social media, when she was actually taking the flight in economy. The thing is we are now living in a fake world where people go out of their way to present a lifestyle on social media they don't live in real life. Sadly we then compare ourselves to these people who are living fake lives, and become depressed or see ourselves as complete failures yet half the time we are actually living better fulfilling lives than the popular socialites we see on social media.
Talking about my Lord husband, today I sent him a screenshot and told him that guess what baby you are actually richer than this guy, because my husband whom Zimbabweans often mock for "not being rich" and claiming that if you are rich you show the Lamborghinis and Gucci, actually has way more than 12k in his account at least. My husband who doesn't pose in front of a Lamborghini, who spends his time cooking me okra stew on a fire pit in our small cottage backyard has more wealth than a man who poses as a multi millionaire on social media.
My husband is way richer than them…
Not only is my husband worth more than a million in assets, but he is not in a position to ask people to donate £12k to him, he told me when we were homeless that he will never ever be a beggar. If anything he's so kind to his staff, always being so generous and sometimes paying them in advance.
My husband is way wealthier than famous rich Zimbabweans.
This morning I appreciated the King so much, because his approach to building wealth mesmerises me. My husband drives no Lamborghini, he has a driver who drives him around. Years ago he had a near fatal accident and was lucky to survive so he hates driving. When I want to go shopping he makes his driver take me. He is very old fashioned like that. He's been promising me a brand new white Range Rover for a while, but I'm not even that bothered about it because I so enjoy my simple life of hiking and taking long walks.
Surely if you go on KitKat's wife's Instagram, then you go on my Instagram, the rich one will obviously be KitKat's wife. If you go on KitKat's social media and go on my husband's social media, KitKat is obviously seen as more richer. My husband's social media is about how he spends his time and money renovating his properties so they can generate more money for him, KitKat's social media is about how much designers he has and posing with celebrities, yet today he doesn't have £12k to his name and the wealthiest African celebrities can't help him.
My Lord husband's social media is actually about how he generates his wealth through running an empire of serviced apartments.
KitKat's social media is about his celebrity connections and flashy lifestyle.
I'm not writing this essay to shame KitKat, but this story is a sharp reminder that not everything we see on social media is what it seems to be, no matter how convincing. And once we put information out there, journalists like myself love a good story. That said, I have a feeling KitKat may beat Covid, because sometimes it takes you very fast, the longer you linger on it may mean you have a chance of beating it. I think if it was taking him he will be gone by now. I hope when he comes out he will learn his lesson to brag less and actually build wealth that will make a difference to his life when he actually needs money.
But something tells me he won't learn, he will probably try so hard to do damage control, deny the reports and pose in front of yet more luxurious cars to prove a sad point, when in reality his pockets are actually empty…
The Genesis of the Revelation By
Mary-Tamar was Jean
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British Cactus and Succulent Society
Cambridge & District Branch
Some pictures from recent shows
2021 Autumn Show: View or download the schedule and entry form
We resumed meetings from August 2021, as below. Please wear masks in the hall.
The British Cactus & Succulent Society (BCSS) has around 100 branches throughout the country. The Cambridge & District Branch meets on the second Wednesday of each month (except February) in the Memorial Hall, Woollards Lane, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB22 5LZ.
Here is a map which should open in a new window. Use the controls on the map if you want more of an overview of how to get there.
The Cambridge Branch was formed in 1947, and usually attracts up to 40 people to its monthly meetings. It is one of the branches grouped together in Zone 6 of the BCSS.
The meetings start at 7pm, but the first half-hour is just an opportunity to talk to others, stage show plants, and search the sales table for bargains, so you needn't arrive until 7.30pm. As a guide, the meetings sometimes go on until 10pm, but might finish earlier.
Everyone is welcome at the meetings (including non-members). Most meetings have a visiting speaker, often illustrated with slides (or increasingly digital presentations), or sometimes with plants. Also there are:
a monthly competitive show with about 14 classes. Awards are presented at the Annual General Meeting.
a plant sales table, to which anyone may bring their spare plants for sale. The Branch takes a commission on sales - check how this works if you are thinking of bringing some plants.
sales of pots and other sundries.
coffee, tea, and biscuits, served during the interval in the talk.
a library, from which members may borrow books.
two shows each year. Pictures from recent shows
Do come to one of our meetings. Just come along, or if you want further information then email our Secretary, Paul Edwards sec.cambs.bcss@gmail.com. If you want, you can join or request a membership leaflet online. Note that, like other branches, the Cambridge Branch has to be self-financing, and does not receive any money from your subscription to the British Cactus & Succulent Society. Entrance to our meetings costs £1.50, and you can also contribute to our fund-raising by buying a raffle ticket.
POSTPONED - Annual General Meeting
Although the main purpose of the meeting is to review the year 2020 and elect committee and officers for 2021, once the business is over we move to the more important matter of consuming lots of food and drink!
Wednesday 11th August
Welcome back meeting - plant display and social evening
Martin Edwards - Texas, and the hunt for the elusive Epithelantha
Note change from the originally planned talk/speaker.
Wednesday 13th October
Autumn Cactus & Succulent Show held at our usual meeting venue, Memorial Hall, Woollards Lane, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB22 5LZ. Usual meeting time.
The Autumn Show is a chance to exhibit and admire those plants with a later growing season, which aren't at their best in summer, but the usual cacti are still included as well. All BCSS members are encouraged to enter.
A picture of one of the trophies - click for more pictures.
View or download the schedule and entry form.
Rodney Sims - Sundry succulents
Members' Open Forum
Perhaps more details nearer the time about what this will consist of, but definitely no visiting speaker, so a chance for the branch members to talk about plants, cultivation, etc. Perhaps there will be a quiz too.
Expected first speaker-meeting of 2022
Details (and the rest of the 2022 programme) to follow.
Other Cactus & Succulent Resources
Clarke Brunt's Cactus and Succulent Page
British Cactus & Succulent Society page.
BCSS Zone 6 page for details of all the branches in Zone 6 of the BCSS.
Cactus and Succulent Plant Mall, which includes a vast amount of information with links to many other sites.
Richard Hodgkiss' Succulent Plant Page
BCSS Field Number Database A search engine for field collection numbers and collectors, compiled by Ralph Martin.
[ Clarke Brunt's Home Page | Clarke Brunt's Cactus & Succulent Page ]
Author: Clarke Brunt (clarke.brunt@viridis.net)
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This week is a good time to dig through your drawer of thousands of postcards and mail a card that's been sitting around for a while. Or, if you don't have a giant mail drawer like mine, dig out a postcard that you meant to mail from a trip, but that made its way home with you instead. Nobody cares if the card wasn't sent from the location; they'll just be glad to hear from you.
We spent last weekend in Nashville, Tennessee, a city I'd wanted to visit for a few decades. I made it home with more than two dozen postcards, including two that I'd written, addressed, and stamped in a cafe by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
I also made it home with a few new records, including this one by one of my favorite humans, Chuck Mead, who lives in Nashville and is from my hometown (Lawrence, Kansas).
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Journalists Acting Badly
June 30, 2011 garciamedialife 3 comments
Mark Halprin, Chris Hansen
Rough day for a pair of high profile media people. NBC's "To Catch a Predator" correspondent has been caught on camera allegedly engaged in an affair with a mistress 20 years his junior. Political author and analyst, Mark Halprin gets suspended for a vulgar on-air reference to the President.
Chris Hansen, whose "Predator" segments on NBC's Dateline have been widely criticized for questionable ethical practices, apparently has some 'splainin' to do, at the very least, to his 54 year-old wife and two kids. I'm thinking here that he may have just lost the moral high ground.
The sordid details uncovered by no less than the National Enquirer, can be found here .
An example of the kind of ethical questions that have been swirling around the "Predator" segments is here .
As for current Time magazine political guru/former ABC News Political Director/MSNBC contributor, Mark Halprin- it was an unfortunate use of a couple of words on the Morning Joe show that got him in hot water.
Here's how TV Newser explains the incident:
It wasn't off the cuff. In fact, Halperin asked if the control room had the "7-second delay button" ready. Apparently, they didn't because this is what went out over the air:
"I thought he was kind of a dick yesterday," said Halperin, referring to Obama's "posturing" during his news conference.
Joe Scarborough jumped in saying: "Delay that. Delay that. What are you doing? I can't believe … I was joking. Don't do that. Did we delay that? Did that work?"
"I hit it. I hope it worked," said Alex, the producer, from the control room.
The conversation with Joe, Mika, Willie and Harold Ford Jr. continued for another 10 minutes, as the show tried to figure out if the delay, where Halperin's use of the word would be 'bleeped,' had worked.
It didn't.
17 minutes after he said it, Halperin apologized: "Joking aside, this is an absolute apology. I became part of the joke. It's no excuse. I shouldn't have said it. I apologize to the president and the viewers who heard me say that."
Halprin has been indefinitely suspended by MSNBC and has since issued a lengthier apology in which he admits he deserves the suspension.
All in all, a special summer day in which the importance of the 7-second delay and control of the middle-aged libido have been underscored for all.
Categories: Media Tags: 7-Second Delay, Chris Hansen, Dateline, Mark Halprin, MSNBC, To Catch a Predator


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European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
(CPT)
CPT/Inf(2016)10-part
Situation of life-sentenced prisoners
Extract from the 25th General Report of the CPT,
Preliminary remarks
In the 11th General Report on its activities in 2000, the CPT briefly addressed the issue of
life-sentenced and other long-term prisoners. In particular, it expressed concern that such prisoners
were often not provided with appropriate material conditions, activities and human contact, and that
they were frequently subjected to special restrictions likely to exacerbate the deleterious effects of
their long-term imprisonment. The Committee considers that the time is ripe to review the situation
of life-sentenced prisoners in Europe based upon the experience it has built up on visits over the last
15 years and taking also into consideration developments at the European and universal levels,
notably Recommendation Rec (2003) 23 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on
the management by prison administrations of life sentence and other long-term prisoners.1
For the CPT, a life sentence is an indeterminate sentence imposed by a court in the
immediate aftermath of a conviction for a criminal offence which requires the prisoner to be kept in
prison either for the remainder of his or her natural life or until release by a judicial, quasi-judicial,
executive or administrative process which adjudges the prisoner to no longer present a risk to the
public at large. The minimum period required to be served before a prisoner may first benefit from
conditional release varies from country to country, the lowest being 12 years (e.g. Denmark and
Finland) and 15 years (e.g. Austria, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland) and the highest being 40 years
(e.g. Turkey, in the case of certain multiple crimes). The majority of countries imposing life
sentences have a minimum period of between 20 and 30 years. In the United Kingdom jurisdictions,
the minimum period to be served in prison is determined at the time of sentence by the trial judge;
the law does not provide for an absolute minimum period in this regard. Several other countries
(e.g. Bulgaria, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands and, for certain crimes, Hungary, the Slovak
Republic and Turkey) do not have a system of conditional release in respect of life-sentenced
prisoners, so that life may literally mean life (see also paragraph 73). On the other hand, it is
noteworthy that a number of Council of Europe member states do not have life sentences on the
statute book.2 Instead, for the most serious crimes they have long determinate sentences usually
ranging from 20 to 40 years.
See also the European Prison Rules (2006) and the recently revised United Nations Standard Minimum Rules
on the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules - 2015).
For example, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia
and Spain. Further, in practice, life sentences have never been imposed in Iceland and Liechtenstein.
CPT (2016) Situation of life-sentenced prisoners
Detention - general
Guidelines/Standards/ Recommendations/Opinions
Extract from the 25th General Report of the CPT of 2016 (CPT/Inf(2016)10-part)
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