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Startup Scouts Program Wants To Nurture Early-Stage Entrepreneurs In Lebanon And Beyond
By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff July 18, 2018
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In an economy where access to basic infrastructure is restricted by various challenges, there are two likely responses from the nation's youth- they can either choose to believe that nothing will change, or be advocates for the mantra that together, change can be achieved. Recognizing this sentiment among its own population, and aiming to build positive entrepreneurial mindsets among its youth, Lebanon has launched a national initiative called the Startup Scouts.
Structured to be a training and support program for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs up to the age of 25, the program is open to innovators across Lebanon (and beyond), who want to create a solution for a problem they care about deeply. Organized by AltCity Impact and Pitchworthy, in strategic partnership with Summer of Innovation initiative and Alfa, Startup Scouts (according to its website) is backed by a team with "10 years of experience as active trainers and leaders in the startup ecosystem in Lebanon and EuroMENA."
Lebanon PM Saad Hariri launching the Startup Scouts program. Image credit: Alt City on Twitter.
Believing that youth across Lebanon "deserve the same right to high quality entrepreneurship education and support as someone in the city of Beirut, and that everyone across the MENA region deserve the same high quality entrepreneurship education and support as someone in London, Boston, or Silicon Valley," the program wants to create a platform to make the aforementioned statement a reality. As for its key mission, a note on the initiative reads: "The main emphasis of the program is to help young people across Lebanon get help with those critical foundations of their startups, and then to help them access other next stage opportunities, funding, and support."
Focused on spurring innovation to help solve key challenges facing Lebanon, the region, and the world, the program aims to support solutions in sectors including (but not limited to) education, healthcare, sustainability, and smart governance, among others. The initiative declares that it can help aspiring entrepreneurs in learning the critical technical and soft skills, can connect them to mentors, help them join a "community of change makers," and also provide access to tools to scale their business.
Launched on July 9 in Lebanon, in the presence of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Startup Scouts has an Open House session scheduled from July 16 to July 26 to provide those interested with more information on the program, and the applications to the training and support program close on July 28.
For more details on the program timeline, and the benefits you can expect from joining, visit the official page here.
Related: UK Lebanon Tech Hub Gets US$3.2 Million Boost To Accelerate Lebanese Tech Startups
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Discover the simple secret encoded in Yellow Sun's star-glyph: you are unconditional love, the stone of indestructible liberation. Radiate that knowing in all your thoughts and actions. Love all of creation. Join the dance of light, the fundamental constant of nature, and shine forth the clarity of your true essence. There is great power in simply identifying with the light:"As above, so below." You are in God, and God is in you.
As you express unconditional love, you become more than you previously perceived yourself to be. You become illumined, the full manifestation of your divinity. In the embrace of your humanity, accept yourself and others unconditionally. Magnify your full presence. Yellow Sun will come in myriad forms to assist you. Be limitless. Accept and understand the nature of judgement, fear, light and dark within yourself and others. Love and accept yourself and others as you are, freed from previous boundaries. You are the dawning of the solar age.As you move toward your core of light, you will find a clear-light awareness that is innately innocent. In this place, the mind is restored to it's original state of receptivity. Clarity and freedom become expressions of being, and bliss becomes the body. At this core of light, a new reality is born. From the union of the divine masculine and feminine is birthed the solar androgyny of cosmic consciousness.
Now we find ourselves in a great awakening. We have the opportunity to retrace our steps, to return to union with Original Cause. We who have deepened the illusion of seperation are now poised to retrieve what seemed to be lost forever. Through the gift of rebirth and ascension, we are reclaiming our original state of union with God. We are going home.The process of rebirth and ascension can be viewed simply as the raising of the vibratory rate of the Earth and her children. It is embodied in the state of consciousness that knows the self as divine. The circlet, or crown, is a symbol of recognizing and knowing that divine self. So the crown as a sacred tool is a universal symbol of the completion of a circle of self-empowerment and self-authority. Full ascension is the freedom to take your physical form with you to other planes and dimensions. In preparation for the ascension, there is an opening and clearing of your light seals and chakras. If you choose to walk this path, know that in the embodiment of your "I Am" self, you will learn to accept all things unconditionally, forgiving and releasing all judgements of yourself and others. The activation of solar mind and ascension is already in progress. In divine fusion, you are becoming the one body of the ascension.Open your heart as a flower to the Sun, and become the same love that holds universes together! Yellow Human is your Higher Self & Guide.
Yellow Human is the grail, the golden fleece, the philosopher's stone, the alchemical transmutation that turns baser materials into gold. It is the cornucopia, the paradox of emptiness and harvest, the still place that lies open and fallow, receiving the gifts.
Yellow Human offers you the gift of beginner's mind in the fullness of union. Be receptive. Yellow Human is preparing your circuits for transformation. Become empty, that your thirst may be quenched by the bounteous gifts poured from the chalice of the spiralling galaxies. Open and receive all that Yellow Human offers in the chalice of your own body.
Eb asks you to strengthen and clear your physical vessel in order to prepare for the expanded energies of higher mind. Your chalice of self is being purified through vibrational adjustments in the brain/body system. With this quickening, adjustments are made and your circuits of consciousness are naturally transformed. Often this process is accompanied by the sensation of being altered or "rewired". Higher centers of the brain and the light-sensitive pineal and pituitary glands are being activated to contain more light. This penetration brings you to a critical threshold, creating enormous change at the cellular level. It also activates soul memories and expands your concepts of reality.
With this expanded consciousness, your brain/body system is being cleared and fine-tuned so that you can create a sluiceway for the activation and acceleration of cosmic consciousness. This penetration of frequencies and its accompanying quickening is like upgrading the 'hard drive' of your biocomputer and activating the 'hidden chip,' the unused parts of your brain.This is the foundation and awakening of your light body, a body crafted from the expansion of interstellar light within every cell. This body exists in and out of time and space and is able to experience and communicate freely with other dimensions and times. This is the resonant body within those whom Jose Arguelles calls the Servant-Warriors: "those humans who fully realize the dream light body within the physical body and understand the circuitry of the human organism - who use the light body to navigate the electromagnetic waters which we call the universe."
The development of the light body involves strong interaction between Spirit and self as you prepare for entrance into the expanded chalice of Essence Self. In preparing this vessel, you enter into the rites of passage inherent to cosmic consciousness, and such rites eventually burst any false containers of self that cannot encompass the expanding chalice.
In meditation, expand to include all that you are. Then bring that feeling of expansion back into your physical self. In this process, you create a complex stability, opening a chalice of self that is fully rooted in human form. With this expansion, you are freed to explore within a new center that, paradoxically, seems to have to center. Yellow Human reveals the secret of being essence within form, everywhere and nowhere, "nothing" but present in all things.
The metaphor of the ever-expanding chalice is a powerful spiritual tool. This chalice represents the eternal container of light, ever filled with spirit's fire and nourishment. It is the metaphor that represents the form in which your full potential can manifest. Each stage in your journey feels like the final one, but each stage then opens to an expanded form, releasing you into the next stage of consciousness.
All the gifts of the macrocosm pour out of the universal cornucopia. With an open heart, empty yourself to be filled with the fruits of your true desire. Through the temple of your body, lift the chalice of your expanded self and declare that it is filled with truth and clarity. Feel the ecstatic union with your full potential as a human being.
Meditate on the cornucopia with you at its center. Lift the chalice of your self-generated energy vortex to greet the vortex that will descend from above. As an open vessel, prepare a place to receive Yellow Human's gifts. When you flow in unconditional love, all the fruits of the universe rush toward you for benediction.
Bathe in love's essence as a child splashing in a pool on a hot day. Connect with others in joyous union. Use the broom of Yellow Human to sweep your day clear of past experiences and the issues and obstacles of small mind. In the spirit of Yellow Human function on all frequencies and power bands. Your cup is filled with the nectar of sacramental union. Be fulfilled by the great harvest of love!
Red Dragon is your Subconscious Self and Hidden Helper.
Red Dragon represents the root source of life, the nurturance and support of primary being, and within it are found the primal waters of unity. This is where your deepest roots receive true nourishment. Red Dragon is the energy of form contained within the formlessness of the primordial sea.Primal trust means making choices with no guarantees, knowing that divine nurturance will provide what is needed for your journey. It means making choices moment by moment, implicitly trusting your innate steering mechanism of heart-knowing. Primal trust implies surrendering to the will of the divine self, letting go of what your ego deems to be control of the outcomes in your life. It means deeply trusting the processes that are at work within your present spiral of evolution.
The energy of Red Dragon asks you to embrace the depth of your receptivity. Perhaps you have been taught that it is better to give than to receive. Giving is a powerful way to learn how to receive, but it is not the whole picture. There is a circuit of completion in giving and receiving that happens within you and in your external world at the same time. If you trust unconditionally in the giving, you are not attached to how the gift is received. When you freely give, you fill your cup with sweet waters, which you can then offern innocently and purely to another. Know, on one level, that your gift is poured out universally regardless of how it appears to be received. However, when the gift comes from the ego, it is limited by expectations and conditions. Love just is. It is neither given nor taken; rather it is simply discovered and allowed.
The universe is an inseparable whole. Red Dragon represents the energy matrix lines that look like a web in the universe, through which all points are connected in time and space. This energetic web of communication is known as the 'crystal grid network.' It is a cauldron of creation, a potent field in which all things are not only possible but constantly being created. Within this grid, the linear causality of time and space has been freed into an open system in which all time and all space exist and interact simultaneously. This grid connects the larger holograms of reality with our own. Its energy lines connect all places, times and events - even those that are seemingly unrelated. All phenomena and all actions are part of this larger whole; it is the very foundation for telepathy and synchronicity. Red Dragon embodies unity, in which all things are one with the Source.
White Dog represents your Challenge and Gift. With maturity and awareness this challenge will turn into a Focus. This is what you desire to learn in this lifetime.Do you feel caught up in the emotional drama of life? White Dog asks you to take an honest look at repetitive or obsessive roles. The charged emotions in these roles are often associated with anger, fear, or jealousy. White Dog offers you a different experience of yourself - that of the objective 'witness' who can choose, rather than being drawn into charged emotional reactions. You can feel the liberation of observing your life from varied positions. At the same time, befriend the emotional, reactive part of yourself by examining its underlying issues and their emotional source.
All emotions hold the positive intent of assisting you in seeing the truth, receiving the teaching, and healing the root cause. Strong 'negative' emotions often come from hidden wounds and unresolved life experiences. Deep emotions may arise from a sense of separation and a desire for unity that may be misunderstood by the emotional body. Are you easily "unhinged" by feelings of possessiveness or jealousy? If so, learn how to take the position of "the other". Step inside the other's skin and see how it looks from his or her perspective. Then feel the release that comes from stepping out of your position and understanding from another's perspective.
Remember, you are always at choice. If you hold memories or wounds relating to unfinsihed emotional issues, you are being asked to interact with individuals, situations, or memories that still hold their charge. These issues are requesting healing and release. There is no blame, and there are no victims. Now is the time to clear these issues, to make way for new and liberating perceptions.
As you express who you truly are, your companions of destiny acknowledge your true essence, building the trust and connection that reveals your destiny.
The Harmonic Wisdom of White Dog is affinity, the attraction of like vibrations or substances for one another. Such companions are drawn together by the same aligned force that draws iron filings to a magnet. Companions of destiny are drawn together to do work that is naturally harmonious.
Blue Storm is your Compliment - something that comes naturally to you.Blue Storm is the initiation by fire, the lightning path, the arrival of the thunderbeings who bring the final transformation. To the Maya, Blue Storm represents the storm, the thundercloud full of purifying rain, and the lightning that shatters any false structuring of reality. Blue Storm is the purification of the 'body temple' and the ignition of the light body. In these last years of a twenty-six-thousand-year Mayan grand cycle, Blue Storm comes to help you in the disintegration process that moves you from separation to ascension. This initiation by fire breaks any false containers of self that cannot withstand the flame of transmutation. Only your true identity will live through these fires, for you will be reborn in the heart of All That Is.
Allow Blue Storm's storm to purify and cleanse you.
Blue Storm catalyzes and prepares your nervous system and circuitry for complete transformation. It is the electromagnetic storm of transmutation, the clearing and quickening of your physical, mental, emotional, and etheric bodies. As you become aligned with the descending energies, and evolve in consciousness, you body's vibration is raised, becoming less 'dense'. Your new alignment ignites the quickening process that transmutes the shadows of the past, including experiences, judgements, thoughtforms, and old patterns that have held you back.
As you move into this new vibration, you may feel off balance. In this transformational shift, you will feel unusual quickenings on every level of your being. You will sense emotional and physical 'imbalances' and restructuring. Your issues will be catalyzed and brought out for you to address. By being present with your old patterns you have a unique opportunity to access the energy of Blue Storm, which is experienced as an inner transformational 'storm', a natural part of the process of vibrational shift and quickening.
Whether you are experiencing these changes consciously or unconsicously, the vibrational change is adjusting your energy pattern to accomodate the flow of the language of light. These new frequencies feed you on every level of your being. As your transformation progresses, you quickly become aware of the unconscious material you still need to process. No longer can you escape the effects of your belief systems. Fears and negative images can all be felt very quickly. The transformation is experienced as if it were happening 'from the inside out'. Things seem to 'cook' inside you.
Remember that you have chosen to take part in this rebirth, both on a planetary and a personal level - the planetary dream, the miracle on Earth, is what brought you here! You are becoming the living model of the new reality. As an emissary of the great change, you are a transformer of the collective myth. Riding the crest of the wave, you are travelling both outward and inward on your journey home - for yourself and for all those who will follow after you.
A simple catalyst for this catapulting force is the integration of duality within. The personal integration of shadow is what will create the miracle! Personal shadow is simply that which is separated from the full light of consciousness. By integrating shadow, you are freed from delusions of right or wrong, good and evil. Shadow provides an opportunity for you to bring in all of your expanded essence.
Consciousness is a structural metaphor that is calling for transformation. As your consciousness becomes crystallized, narrow, and complex, it invites the process of dissipaton to 'unravel' and break it free. As you travel the spiral vortex of light, expanding into ever-widening realms of truth, your crystallized energy breaks down and trasncends form. This process can be very intense, but if you embrace it, you can be transformed into a freed adventurer - a divine actor who can play any part without becoming attached to it.
Your Tone is Tone 12 - CrystalStability in expansion, greater constellation, union of polarity, framework of connectedness.
Twelve is the ray of Complex Stability, the foundation of self and the foundation of essence in union with the mystical truth of polarity. All things are interwoven in the dance of yin and yang. All parts make up a greater whole. Draw on the wisdom, strength, and stability you derive as a member of the greater coucil. No matter what your experience, there is a complex stability in the larger pattern that invites you to feel stable as you expand and evolve. Living in a world of polarities, yet knowing that all parts are one in the unified whole, creates the underlying framework of connectedness. The hologram of polarity is simply the structure, the loom upon which worlds and realities are woven.
Stability is a matter of perception. Find where you can openly flow and expand in the midst of seeming complexity. Utilize the relationships created by polarity to explore and expand any self-limiting construct. Open your perceptions. Through you, the mysterious balance of the cosmos is fulfilled.
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Finders, Keepers: Sunken Treasure Found Off Vero Beach, And $400 Million May Still Be Underwater
Shelley Hazen
In shallow waters about a dozen feet from Vero Beach, Florida, a sunken treasure tells a story of both tragedy and unimaginable wealth.
In late July, divers plucked $4.5 million worth of gold coins from a 300-year-old shipwreck. This discovery was made a mere month after another $1 million was uncovered at the site, WPBF reported.
And there is much more to be discovered.
On July 24, 1715, 11 ships left Havana, Cuba, for Spain. They contained "the queen's jewels," USA Today reported, a stash of jewelry and gold worth an unimaginable $400 million. Unfortunately, the fleet hit a hurricane on July 31, and it was all lost at sea. The booty has remained sunken ever since.
But much more was lost — 1,000 people died that day.
These days, Brent Brisben owns exclusive rights to search the sunken ships for its riches through his company 1715 Fleet-Queen's Jewels, WPBF added. It was his divers who made the amazing discovery last month.
"People love treasure stories. It resonates with everybody — every demographic, young and old, rich and poor. People freak out that we're literally 10-15 feet off the (Vero Beach) in 2-3 feet of water."
And it wasn't easy for them to unearth the huge sunken treasure that they did find; Bisden told CBS 12 that "there's no real rhyme and reason to how a hurricane destroys a wooden ship. Pieces of that ship floated for miles away."
After an extensive search, the team spotted more than 300 coins, and they just so happened to make the discovery on the 300th anniversary of the shipwreck, added co-captain of the group's ship, S/V Capitana, Jonah Martinez. He described the moment divers found the loot off Vero Beach and let their captain, Bisben, know.
"I said, we're in shallow waters and a storm is coming. We hit it. He said, 'Is the boat ok?' I said, 'Yeah, but we found a few gold coins.' He was a little bit busy and he goes 'I don't have time for this.'"
$4.5M worth of gold coins salvaged from shipwreck off Vero Beach http://t.co/WTQN361NKH pic.twitter.com/XPk21zzSDu
— WPTV (@WPTV) August 20, 2015
ICYMI! Divers strike gold again; 2nd discovery off #TreasureCoast. $4.5M worth to be exact! http://t.co/PROCHiCelP pic.twitter.com/dhPrwH2YXF
— WPBF 25 News (@WPBF25News) August 20, 2015
This latest treasure found at Vero Beach has proven so lucrative thanks to a coin called Royals. Together, these make up much of the find's value; only nine were among with the rest of the booty. Each are valued at $300,000 and are so special because they were made especially for the King of Spain, Phillip V. These nine Royals comprise 30 percent of all those known to exist worldwide.
Remarkably, Bisben and his crew will get to keep some of the loot. The family who found a stash last month are subcontractors of Brent's group and were able to keep theirs, too. The state of Florida technically owns the plunder, but keeps 20 percent for display in museums. The rest goes to the discoverers.
And the group will keep looking for the rest of the "queen's jewels," which, right now, are just waiting to be unearthed off the coast of Florida.
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London terror attack: Witnesses share horrific tales of strikes
London | Published: June 4, 2017 12:21:35 PM
"We saw a woman with blood, about 20 metres from the bridge. I saw her lying down on the floor."
People leave the area after an incident near London Bridge. (Reuters)
Horrified witnesses of the terror attacks at two central London landmarks today narrated tales of the gruesome events that unfolded when three knife-wielding men mowed down people and launched a stabbing spree when many were out for dinner or drinks in restaurants and pubs.
Bethany Atkin, a journalist, was at Boro Bistro at small restaurant which sits under a small bridge on Borough High Street.
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"We were sitting outside under umbrellas underneath the bridge and there was a shower of rubble that landed on the umbrellas, a van had crashed into the bridge.
"We stood up, everyone was moving, I saw a man who was bleeding. I don't know how he was injured. We ran into the restaurant and tried to find a safe place but there wasn't one," Atkin, who works for the Guardian newspaper, said. Running back outside, Atkin said he saw another casualty.
"We saw a woman with blood, about 20 metres from the bridge. I saw her lying down on the floor."
A witness called Mark told the BBC Radio 5 Live programme he saw a van hit a group of people on the bridge.
"It knocked a person about 20ft in the air. Within my line of sight there must have been about five or six people on the ground. They looked either dead or dying," he said.
Police boats were searching the Thames River – apparently looking for people who may have been thrown off the bridge.
BBC reporter Holly Jones, who was on the bridge at the time of the attack, said a van driven by a man was "probably travelling at about 80km an hour" before it hit a number of people.
"He swerved right round me and then hit about five or six people. He hit about two people in front of me and then three behind," she said.
"I'd say there are about four severely injured people. They all have paramedics assisting them at the moment."
Speaking to the Press Association, Will Orton described being in a pub in the area and seeing people coming running inside.
"We didn't really know what was going on. We thought maybe there was a fight or something outside. And then there were almost hundreds of people coming inside," he said.
"The bouncers did a really good job, they shut the doors and locked everyone in. There was panic – it seemed like it was literally outside the door. People were coming inside and saying they had witnessed people being stabbed."
Alex Shellum told Fairfax Media that he was at the Mudlark pub underneath London Bridge at about 10 pm when a woman entered bleeding from the neck.
"At around 10:00 pm an injured woman came into the pub seeking assistance. It appeared that her throat had been cut."
Another witness in the Mudlark, 54-year-old Jeff Whitsey, said the woman, in her 20s, staggered into the pub, aided by her friends. She was clearly seriously injured.
"It was a very deep cut. There was blood everywhere… blood was spurting out. It was awful. Absolutely awful."
Gerard Vowls, 47, had been watching the Champions League final at the Ship pub in Borough. He was at the start of the south side of London Bridge and saw a woman being stabbed by three men 10 or 15 times.
"She was going, 'Help me, help me' and I couldn't do nothing," he said. "I want to know if this girl is still alive. I've been walking around for an hour and a half crying my eyes out. I don't know what to do."
Vowls said he was throwing chairs, glasses and bottles at the attackers in a bid to stop them.
Men brandishing knives reportedly jumped from a van that crashed near Brindisa restaurant and began stabbing people.
"They literally just started kicking them, punching them, they took out knives. It was a rampage really," one man told the BBC. The group of attackers headed towards Southwark Cathedral.
"Throughout the whole way across the bridge, there were people littered across bleeding. People were trying to help each other," the witness said.
Owen Evans, 39, was in The Wheatsheaf pub nearby on Stoney Street, with friends when shooting broke out.
"I was in the back of the pub. A wave of about 30 people ran in and tried to get into the cellar or cupboard. Then there were shots outside. They didn't seem real – like a kid letting off firecrackers. We saw police lights and everyone got down under a table. People turned tables over," he said.
The attack comes almost two weeks after 22 people died in a suicide bombing at a concert in Manchester. In March, five people died in London when a car was driven at pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and a police officer was stabbed outside Parliament.
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Home News Brief Conviction Overturned in Zetas' US Horse Racing Case
Conviction Overturned in Zetas' US Horse Racing Case
Jose Treviño and his winning racehorse
A US appeals court has overturned a conviction and ordered a retrial for US citizens accused of laundering drug profits for Mexico's Zetas through racehorses, in a case that illustrates the challenges in breaking down transnational money laundering networks.
A three-judge panel at a Federal Appeals Court in New Orleans has overturned the money laundering conviction of horse trainer Eusevio Maldonado Huitron, stating that prosecutors failed to demonstrate his intentional involvement in illegal activities.
While the judges did not dispute that the horse stables where Maldonado worked were used to launder money for Mexico's Zetas cartel, they argued that there was no evidence to indicate Maldonado had taken part in anything but training the horses bought with drug money.
The ruling also called for a retrial in the case of Francisco Colorado Cessa, who prosecutors alleged had founded a company with a loan from a Zetas member and purchased horses on behalf of the cartel with illicit funds.
The judges made the decision based on the instructions given to the jury by the trial judge, who told them they must consider the defendant guilty of money laundering if they believed there was a commingling of legal money from his business with illegal funds. However, the new ruling states, this is incorrect, and the jury should have been instructed that although they could come to that conclusion, they could also decide otherwise — that the mixing of legal and illegal revenues was not a deliberate attempt to launder money.
The convictions of the two other men involved in the trial, Fernando Garcia Solis and Jose Treviño Morales, the brother of Zetas leaders Z40 and Z42, were upheld.
The story of how the Zetas infiltrated the world of US horse racing to launder their drug trade profits has become one of the most infamous cases exposing the US business interests of Mexican cartels.
However, with this latest ruling, it is now also an example of just how difficult it is to prosecute money laundering cases. Even after prosecutors had firmly established that the business was used to disguise criminal profits, proving that all of the front men involved were aware of its illegal purpose has proved much more complicated.
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Tackling organized crime by going after its financial assets can be one of the most effective ways of targeting networks, as it hits crime bosses where it hurts them most — in their pockets. However, unpicking criminal business interests from legal ones is a long, complicated process that, as in this case, can be derailed by uncertainties.
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NDP offers opposition help in crafting bills, but no promise to pass them
Rob Shaw
Oct 18, 2017 • Last Updated October 18, 2017 • 3 minute read
Premier John Horgan, right, and Green Leader Andrew Weaver. Photo by CHAD HIPOLITO /THE CANADIAN PRESS
VICTORIA — The NDP government wants to help opposition MLAs draft their own bills in B.C.'s minority legislature, but isn't promising to pass any of that work into law — including a proposal by the Greens to approve ride-hailing promptly.
Premier John Horgan said Wednesday he hopes that giving the Liberals and Greens free assistance from government legislative drafters will encourage them to collaborate on topics and work together to amend and improve legislation.
"The whole objective of forming a new government this summer and working with the Green caucus and, I'm hopeful once the Liberals find their feet and figure themselves out, working (with) the thoughtful members of that caucus, we can bring forward legislation that makes B.C. better," Horgan told reporters. "That's my intention."
The party with the majority of seats in the legislature has historically pushed through its own laws over the objection of the opposition. But the NDP's minority government, which is propped up by the three Green MLAs, barely has the votes to stay in power. And Horgan has long professed a desire to be more collaborative.
The NDP's first big test for its collaborative approach to other parties will come Thursday when Green leader Andrew Weaver introduces his bill to authorize ride-for-hire companies like Uber and Lyft.
The Green proposal clashes with the NDP's slow approach to the issue. The NDP promised during the election to protect the jobs of traditional taxi drivers, and won the support of thousands of cabbies in key Metro Vancouver ridings. The NDP announced this week it will not meet a promise to allow ride-hailing in 2017 and will instead study how to protect the traditional taxi sector until late 2018.
The Liberals support ride-hailing. Theoretically, the combined force of the Greens and Liberals could pass Weaver's ride-for-hire bill into law by a vote of 44 to 41. But the government could also avoid that scenario by simply refusing to call the bill for a vote.
Horgan admitted Wednesday he'll likely take that route to prevent Weaver's ride-hailing bill from passage.
"I don't believe a private member's bill would address the myriad of concerns that this issue brings to the public in terms of safety, in terms of ensuring existing industry has some sense they are competing fairly," said Horgan.
Weaver scoffed at the NDP's argument that ride-hailing is so complicated it can only be done by government. "It's not rocket science," he said. The NDP has added unneeded complexity by trying to reform taxis at the same time, added Weaver.
Weaver suggested the NDP send his bill to a legislative committee, which could debate the issue of ride-hailing, taxis and gather input from the public and companies. "Democracy at its best would be to call this for discussion and debate," he said.
The Green bill on ride-hailing did not go through the government's new offer of legislative drafting help for opposition parties.
Attorney General David Eby said the goal of the service is to improve the quality of opposition amendments and bills that might pass into law given the votes in a minority parliament.
"The idea came from recognition of the fact we're in a minority parliament and no one party controls the votes in the legislature," he said.
"And so if amendments were going to be coming forward that were going to pass in the house because there were a majority of votes that weren't the government's votes, we wanted to make sure the language in the amendments … met minimum standards in terms of being comprehensible to judges and the public about what it was meant to do.
"Legislative drafting is an art. There's a great deal of work that goes into B.C. statutes to make sure they're consistent and we wanted to make sure the opposition had access to the drafters so if they put forward an amendment that had a decent chance of passing it would fit into the statute and not be derailed because of some kind of technical problem."
Liberal critic Andrew Wilkinson said he's skeptical of the sincerity of the NDP offer.
"This is clearly designed to make the Greens feel as if they are actively involved in putting together real legislation," he said. "The catch is the proposal does not provide policy support or subject matter legal advice."
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New York, 2012, 1st edition. 427 pages; 33 black and white photographs. One of the original twenty climbers who lived the Golden Age of Yosemite climbing in the 1950s and 1960s has created a most remarkable book. Joe Fitschen acknowledges that Steve Roper's book Camp 4 is the definitive chronicle of all the major climbs in Yosemite during this period, so Joe decided to do something else, much broader, and deeper.
SIGNED on the half title page BY JOE FITSCHEN.
What Fitschen has done is to go beyond Yosemite to tell us in a personal way of all the Yosemite and non-Yosemite climbs that these remarkable climbers did. So we hear of their forays to Tahquitz Rock in Southern California, their pioneering ascents in the (mostly Utah) Southwest desert, especially the grand tower climbs, Longs Peak in Colorado, and even trips to Alaska. He also recalls the personalities of that colorful group. His partners and friends included Royal Robbins of course, Gary Hemming, Layton Kor, Chuck Pratt, Bill 'Dolt' Feuerer, Allen Steck, Steve Roper, Tom Frost, Yvon Chouinard, Gerry Gallwas, Warren Harding, TM Herbert, Mark Powell, Wayne Merry, Mike Sherrick, Don Wilson, Chuck Wilts plus many others.
Fitschen was on numerous historic climbs, perhaps most famously the second ascent of the Nose. He also did the second ascent of the regular route on Half Dome, the first one day ascent of the Steck Salathe route on Sentinal Rock with Royal Robbins, the Royal Arches Direct, and numerous routes on the Cathedral Rocks, all in Yosemite. What characterized these climbs is that already on just the second ascent, these men created the format of all subsequent climbs, the one burst, dispensing with siege tactics ascent. This was a big and unanticipated change in tactics, as nobody really knew what they were creating, or even what significance they had in the world of climbing or beyond. They reduce the time on climbs, in many cases from several days to one day.
It was a happy time of finding the right style and ethics of climbing, along with developing the actual techniques, as well as the gear. I don't know if this pattern of fast evolution exists in other sports, but it certainly did then, in rock climbing in Yosemite Valley and the American West. It is really America's gift to the climbing world, high standard rock climbing on big walls.
Fitschen was a meteor, climbing for a number of years, and then leaving to teach in a Northern California College. He spent occasional summers guiding rock climbing in Yosemite and the Tetons. Now he is retired (to New York City!), and luckily for us, decided to tell his stories in a book, and not in a paperback or E-book, but in a real honest-to-God hardcover book with a real dust jacket, with original art on the cover!
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Joseph finds out Mary is pregnant and starts to think about his options until the angel sets things straight.
King Herod is disturbed at the news from the magi.
John the Baptist, who prepares the way for Jesus, surprises everyone with his message.
Zechariah is startled and gripped with fear as the angel of the Lord appears.
Mary was troubled at the news from the angel Gabriel.
The shepherds were terrified as the glory of the Lord shone bright.
At every turn, nearly every person who encounters the unfolding of God's redemptive story is simply overwhelmed with surprise and wonder.
As I continued reading, my 3 year old son Zion stopped me on the page describing Christ on the cross. "Dad, WAIT. Jesus died? Why did He do that?" As I answered, his response was simply wide-eyed wonder.
I hate admitting this, but after decades of knowing Jesus, years and years of going to church and hearing the story, and many Christmases spent serving in the church – my eyes are unwont to wonder. The story is no longer surprising, because I know what happens.
I have a feeling this could be you too. I talked to one of our CPC speakers this week and she is overseeing 37 Christmas Eve services this week. Thirty. Seven. And in your church as a result of your hard work this week, many will hear the story, but sometimes the repetition leads us to the make the Gospel and the Christ-child just another character in a long list of characters we look forward to seeing at Christmas alongside Buddy the Elf, the Grinch, Rudolph, Frosty, or Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye.
My prayer is that in the moments of ministry you find time to read the opening chapters of the Gospels and you are filled with holy wonder, that the Holy Spirit awakens your heart to see the story anew, and you will worship Christ the Lord afresh.


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Rutgers University Gets Out the Vote: Going Big in the Big Ten and Beyond
Elizabeth C. Matto, Associate Research Professor at Rutgers University, is a guest contributor for the RAISE the Vote Campaign. The views expressed in the posts and articles featured in the RAISE the Vote campaign are those of the authors and contributors alone and do not represent the views of APSA
Like others in the discipline, much of my career in higher education has involved leading campus efforts to register and mobilize students for elections. On the Rutgers University-New Brunswick campus, these efforts have centered around our RU Voting project, a nonpartisan University-supported resource providing students all the information and inspiration they need to get to the polls on Election Day. The 2018 election was a turning point though – marking a purposeful, evidence-driven, campus-wide collaboration to equip and encourage our students to be informed and active citizens.
Spurred by such regional and national competitions as the Big Ten Voting Challenge and the ALL IN Democracy Challenge, our campus was motivated and united in ways we'd never been around student voter engagement. Given the size of the student body and the geographic distribution of the campus, such collaboration and administrative partnership is critical. Thankfully, our efforts paid off with turnout rates on our campus increasing 31% percentage points between 2014-2018, earning us regional and national recognition. As campuses around the country take stock and prepare for 2020, I'm happy to share the ways in which Rutgers University-New Brunswick has applied research and best practices to foster student democratic engagement.
Given its layout and organizational structure, there are significant challenges associated with crafting and disseminating a unified student voter engagement message and mobilization strategy on our campus.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick is a large urban campus with an enrollment of nearly 50,000 students.[1] Approximately 16,000 of our students live in residence life but many students either commute or live in off-campus housing near the campus. Rutgers University-New Brunswick is quite disbursed geographically, spreading into three separate municipalities[2] and consisting effectively of various "campus communities".[3] Of the 7 polling locations that serve Rutgers students, 3 are in campus facilities and the remaining polling sites are located in schools or churches in the area – one of which is inaccessible via Rutgers transportation system. Given this context, campus-wide collaboration and administrative partnership is a necessity.
Our efforts for the 2018 election revolved around three core goals: making good use of scholarly research and evidence-based best practices and National Study of Learning and Voter Engagement (NSLVE) data regarding our students' registration and turnout rates; leveraging existing voter engagement efforts on campus; and building a campus-wide coalition of faculty, staff, and students to organize and execute an effective and broadly-felt voter education and mobilization strategy.
Like many campuses, NSLVE has provided essential student registration and voting data, providing benchmarks for our campus.
To be sure, these data have informed our efforts. For example, through our campus reports, we learned that our registration rates were comparatively strong but that getting our registered students to the polls was our greatest hurdle. We also learned that very small numbers of students were taking advantage of New Jersey's Vote-by-Mail option – a particularly useful option for students busy on Election Day. This research as well as the growing body of research on effective campus registration and mobilization tactics guided our every move as we prepared for 2018.
For example, through our campus reports, we learned that our registration rates were comparatively strong but that getting our registered students to the polls was our greatest hurdle.
Thankfully, our campus was not starting from scratch in 2018, and our RU Voting effort served as a central pillar around which to build our student engagement efforts. The centerpiece of RU Voting is our website, a Rutgers-specific one-stop-shop for students who want to get registered and to the polls on Election Day. For years, it has served as a central hub and students have been directed to the RU Voting website in campus-wide emails reminders and through common student portals. With our complementary on-the-ground mobilization efforts, RU Voting then served as a model in our 2018 planning.
Visit ruvoting.rutgers.edu.
What made 2018 different though was the collaboration between RU Voting and the Division of Student Affairs along with NJPIRG Students, a longstanding force on our campus.
Kicking off our efforts with a Civic Engagement Summit in the spring 2018, we worked collaboratively to form a coalition of faculty, staff, and student groups; craft a civic action plan and campus calendar; hold in-person and virtual meetings throughout the summer and fall of 2018; design a set of graphic images to ensure a consistent message; disseminate these messages broadly through students centers, residence life, dining services, and more; and organize and administer high-profile pre-Election Day parties and "Parties at the Polls" that included day-long shuttles to inaccessible polling locations.
The combination of putting research into practice, building upon existing structures, and collaboration was transformative for our campus – not only for the 2018 election but as we look ahead to the future.
The combination of putting research into practice, building upon existing structures, and collaboration was transformative for our campus – not only for the 2018 election but as we look ahead to the future. Our collaborative efforts resulted not only in dramatically higher turnout rates and recognition from our peers, but an increased appreciation of the critical importance of fostering a campus culture conducive to student engagement. As Nancy Thomas and Margaret Brown assert in Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines, political learning must extend beyond Election Day and take place 365 days a year. Inspired by the increased engagement of our students and the heightened recognition paid to democratic learning by our campus, we look forward to vigorous and effective student voter engagement for elections to come.
[1] The AAU/Big Ten campus reporting considers all Rutgers Biomedical students as Rutgers University-New Brunswick students.
[2] New Brunswick, North Brunswick, Piscataway.
[3] Busch, College Avenue, Cook, Douglass, and Livingston
Elizabeth C. Matto is an Associate Research Professor at Rutgers University's Eagleton Institute of Politics and Director of the Institute's Center for Youth Political Participation. She earned her doctorate in American Politics at the George Washington University. As director of the Center for Youth Political Participation, Matto leads research as well as educational and public service efforts to support the political learning and engagement of high school and college students and civic action among young adults. She edits the web-based companion to the American Political Science Association's publications Teaching Civic Engagement: From Student to Active Citizen and Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines, a resource for educators who want to include political learning techniques into their curriculum. She also is the lead editor on the text Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines (2017). In 2016, Matto was awarded the Craig L. Brians Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research & Mentorship by the American Political Science Association. In May of 2017, Matto was named APSA's Member of the Month. She has served as co-chair of the program committee for APSA's Teaching & Learning Conference and the Political Science Education division for the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.
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Every now and then you find a truly great movie that is so remarkable that you simply must tell others about it. This elegant film by writer-director Christian Vuissa conveys a fundamental principle of spiritual enlightenment that transcends theological dogma.
The teenage protagonist negotiates the rough waters of female adolescence with the unorthodox guidance of an aging mentor. She realizes ethical and moral truths by observing his consistent practices of selfless giving. Embracing these tenants in her daily life opens the door to her personal fulfillment.
This is more of a coming to enlightenment than a coming of age film. The presentation is generally nonsectarian, and should be appropriate for viewers of any religious persuasion, and particularly those of no religious persuasion.
How this brings you more to life: If you are seeking inspiration to live a life of purpose, you will find value in this movie.


I did it! Zero to 3 min hover in 30 minutes.
I finally hovered my HBFP v2 tonight. I did not have a set of training gear, however the carport here is slick concrete so I went for it.
Initially I just went out there to set the potential (never got it spot on, got lazy and used 2 or 3 clicks of trim but will fix it later) but once I got the tail on, I decided to just push it up..a little bit at a time. Then a little more. Etc.
After a while, not sure how long, I was able to keep it in the air in a 15'x15' space for a few seconds. Then I got up to 1 minute. By the end I was up to 3 minutes. Heck yeah! This is better than a cup of coffee in the morning!
There was a very slight breeze.
Eventually it would start to pendulum and I would have to correct it quickly and set it down....But.. (forgive the shout) I NEVER DAMAGED IT EVEN SLIGHTLY!
One whole battery through my little bee, most of it 3' off the ground, and it's undamaged. I'm very happy I must say. I know I can do this now. All the months on the simulator, all the videos, the days of setup and fiddling till it was balanced..all worth it. All paid off.
It was smooth, no weird vibration. It seemed to lift off with no effort, very nice. I'm super glad I took the time to learn to set it up and do it right. I'm 100% sure I would be unhappy right now if I flew it "out of the box."
Thanks NuttCaze, Thanks forum members who gave me such great links.
I never learn to hover on 15'x15'. Because I don't have a patient to do that. Really want to do FF.
but someday I have to anyway.
Gues you are very talented.
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JOHN 14:6 NKJ 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
The Bible is clear. Jesus did not lie. There is no salvation or access into Heaven without receiving Jesus Christ.
ACTS 4:12 NIV 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
The Bible clearly teaches there is only one name by which people can be saved. That name is not Buddha, Confucius, or Mohammed, but the Lord Jesus Christ.


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Reporter's Notes: The past and future of the World Cup
On November 26, local time, in the second round of Group D of the World Cup group match, the match between France and Denmark was about to start, and fans entered the 974 stadium in costumes. Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan China News Service, Doha, November 26 (Reporter Bian Liqun) When he came to the 974 stadium, the first thing he did was to find the recording pen left in the press conference hall in the previous game.
On November 26, local time, in the second round of Group D of the World Cup group match, the match between France and Denmark was about to start, and fans entered the 974 stadium in costumes.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
China News Service, Doha, November 26 (Reporter Bian Liqun) When he came to the 974 Stadium, the first thing he did was to find the recording pen left in the press conference hall in the previous game.
At the post-match press conference two days ago, perhaps because Ronaldo was excited to attend, I made a low-level mistake-after the conference, I forgot to take the recording pen on the chair next to me, and left the conference room directly .
Two days later, I came here to look for it, and was told by the staff that the missing voice recorder was not found.
The picture shows French player Mbappe scoring the second goal.
It is a pity that my work partner who has run many competitions with me and recorded all kinds of stories is lost like this.
But staying in the press conference room after the World Cup with Ronaldo present is a good end.
Perhaps, this recorder will still be used in some corner of the world.
Mbappe celebrates a goal.
If the old ones don't go, the new ones won't come.
The same is true in the World Cup. The Qatar World Cup, which has entered the second round of the group stage, is profoundly explaining that some teams have become the past, and some teams are in the present or the future.
For example, Germany, Belgium, and Croatia seem to have become "past".
Football in England, Brazil, including Japan, which has already blossomed, is experiencing the "now".
The Spanish team, which began to show its prominence after 2000, represents the future.
Crowd around to celebrate goals for France.
The French team is an alternative existence. As the defending champions, they have both the past, the present and the future, breaking the curse of the defending champions.
Mbappe, who scored twice against the Danish team, is the biggest contributor to helping the French team advance to the group stage with two consecutive victories.
Of course, the same young Chuameni, Konate, Upamecano and other players have provided this French team with a steady stream of motivation.
They have not experienced the glory of the last French team, but they have the ability to add another Hercules Cup to this French team.
Germany goalkeeper Neuer.
The German team, which won the 2014 World Cup champion, does not have the general conditions of the French team.
Although there are also a group of "post-90s" players, plus the "post-80s" Muller and Neuer, they are no longer what they were back then.
Compared with France, Brazil, England and other favorites to win the championship, the competitiveness of players in the same age group of the German team is not dominant.
Also become the past, and the Belgian team.
De Bruyne even bluntly stated in previous interviews: "The team lineup is too old and has no chance to win the championship. The new players are not as good as the 2018 World Cup."
This is one of the main reasons why the Italian team did not qualify for the World Cup.
Winning the European Cup last year seems to have exhausted the last strength of veterans such as Bonucci and Jorginho.
Defending champions France became the first team in this World Cup to qualify from the group stage.
The picture shows the French team holding hands to greet the audience after the game.
Of course, world football always goes in circles. When Germany won the championship in 2014, Brazil, England and Spain were "the past".
Now they are all at the peak or have a bright future.
This is by no means a victory of the moment, it is more of a victory over the past 10, 20 years, but now it is bearing fruit.
If you are lucky enough, it will further amaze the world.
Those who always miss the past are destined to live in disappointment.
The next step is always more important.
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Man Arrested For Having Sex With A Dog Before Killing It (Photos)
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Man Arrested For Alleged Bestiality
A middle-aged Kenyan man identified as Boniface Mutuku Munyao has been arraigned before a Kangundo Magistrate's Court for allegedly having sex with a female dog before killing it.
Munyao from Kangundo in Machakos County of Kenya was arraigned on Thursday January 9, for the alleged act of bestiality.
Naija News understands the suspect was arrested after neighbours complained of hearing strange noises from the dog during the night.
The suspect reportedly last had sexual intercourse with the dog on Wednesday, January 8, after which he strangled the animal with a rope.
The neighbours were said to have broken into Munyao's house after a foul smell emanated from the building on Thursday, January 9 and found used condoms and the dog's carcass in his house which prompted them to call in the Police.
The area chief, Bethwel Kingele who also established the claim against the man said; "He was found having sex with the dog after some neighbours noticed a foul smell in the abandoned homestead which belongs to his grandmother.
"In his own confession, the man said he 'defiled' the dog for several days and later strangled the animal to death using a rope. Dozens of used condoms were also recovered from the scene.
"That is a very shameful and an ungodly act which we cannot tolerate in society. Those claiming the man is of unsound mind should also tell us why he decided to use condoms on the dog."
The suspect, Munyao was reported to be under the influence of hard drugs while engaging in the unnatural act.
He, however, denied the allegation and charges against him after being arraigned before Magistrate D. Orimba.
The case was thereafter adjourned till January 22 for mention and the suspect granted Ksh100, 000 cash bail.
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