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Jason Chaffetz & Hakeem Jeffries
Compare the voting records of Jason Chaffetz and Hakeem Jeffries in 2017-18.
Represented Utah's 3rd Congressional District. This is his 5th term in the House.
Represented New York's 8th Congressional District. This is his 3rd term in the House.
Jason Chaffetz and Hakeem Jeffries are from different parties and disagreed on 79 percent of votes in the 115th Congress (2017-18).
But they didn't always disagree. Out of 282 votes in the 115th Congress, they agreed on 59 votes, including 9 major votes.
May 25, 2017 — Protecting Against Child Exploitation Act of 2017
Jan. 10, 2017 — Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act
Jan. 11, 2017 — Tested Ability to Leverage Exceptional National Talent Act


I love orthodontics. I love the challenge of creating healthy and beautiful smiles. I love the people I get to meet and interact with on a daily basis. I love taking care of my patients and giving them a smile that they can be proud about.
I've been blessed to have some fantastic people come before me. My Grandfather, Dr. Ben King, started the practice in 1953. He was an incredible orthodontist and an incredible man. My father, Dr. Jack King, followed in his example and together formed an awesome team. Their goal was to treat their patients to the highest standards of orthodontics and customer service and they did it with great passion.
Today, I am lucky to stand on the shoulders of giants and continue the same commitment to excellence in orthodontics initiated by these two great men.
I am proud to have grown up in Dayton, Ohio. I was fortunate to know I wanted to become an orthodontist at an early age. I attended The Ohio State University and received early admittance to Dental School because of my excellent undergraduate record. In addition to my regular dental school courses, I took additional externships in occlusion, studying how teeth should fit together for proper health. I also did extensive research on the genetics of cleft lip and palate.
After receiving my D.D.S. at O.S.U., I then gained acceptance to the Ivy League orthodontic residency at the University of Pennsylvania. I completed a three-year residency in orthodontics and received my Masters of Science in Oral Biology. During that time, I also took additional training in facial and dental esthetics and function and completed the two-year course at the Roth-Williams Advanced Education in Orthodontics Program.
Upon graduation from my residency, I joined my father in private practice in Dayton, Ohio. What an incredible privilege! Additionally, I was asked to be an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania where I traveled back to teach orthodontic residents. At this time, I also earned my Board Certification and became a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, which I am very proud of.
I've served on the Board of the Dayton Dental Society and have also been the youngest president of the Roth-Williams International Society of Orthodontics. I am a proud member of the Super Schulman Study Group, the American Dental Association, American Association of Orthodontists, Ohio Dental Association, and Dayton Dental Society.
My greatest achievement, though, is marrying the love of my life, Gwyn. She makes me a better person and a better orthodontist. She has also blessed me with the two greatest joys of my life, Vivian and Jack.


At about 12:55am, on Sunday, November 7, 2010, officers from Area B-3 (Mattapan) responded to a radio call for shots fired in the area of 64 Mascot Street. On arrival, officers located a male in his late teens suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound. The victim, suffering from life-threatening injuries, was transported to the Boston Medical Center where he was later pronounced. The victim has since been identified as Emmanuel Loissaint, 17, of Boston.
Two days later, at about 11:00am, on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, officers from Area B-3 (Mattapan) responded to a radio call for a body found in the rear of 63 Mascot Street. On arrival, officers located a 19 year-old male who was pronounced at the scene. The victim has been identified as Nervin Charlot, 19, of Boston. Upon locating the body, officers were unable to detect any obvious signs of trauma. In order to establish the cause and manner of death, an autopsy was conducted.
The preliminary autopsy report indicated that the victim sustained a gunshot to an area on the torso not immediately visible. As a result of these findings, as well as, the proximity of the victim located at 64 Mascot Street, investigators believe both victims are connected to the same incident.
Further, detectives are investigating the facts and circumstances as to why the second victim was undetected until Tuesday, November 9th.
The Boston Police Homicide Unit continues to actively investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding this incident. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Homicide Unit at (617) 343-4470.


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Q: innerText vs textContent - getting some errors on Firefox I'd getting some errors on my scripts here, in the first one I've declared a var text(); type to create a box with some text content.
var x=$('#x').text();

In my second .js I'm doing some handling on this var that ensure my text i'll have less char than max-length, here is:
var limitMaxLength = function(element) {
   var maxLength = $(element).data("max-length");
      if (maxLength) {
         $(element).on("keypress", function(event){
            if (event.target.innerText.length > maxLength || event.keyCode === 13) {
               event.preventDefault();
            }
      });
   }
};

So I having some issues on Firefox getting this error:
[TypeError: event.target.innerText is undefined]
In IE, Opera, Chrome and Safari my code works fine, i'm getting error only on Firefox.
*Sorry for my bad english.

A: innerText was a Microsoft Creation, left over from the days of old. Firefox decided not to support it in favour of the w3 compliant, textContent. However, IE8 & below do not support textContent, therefore, if you wish to support Legacy browsers, you're in a bit of a bind.
var text = elem.textContent || elem.innerText;

or
elem.innerHTML // eww, but it works, eh?

or, just ditch IE8 (easier said than done, especially at work)

A: innerText is not supported in FF.
You can fix the issue by using dynamic property names. At first, check which property is supported:
var textContent = ('textContent' in document) ? 'textContent' : 'innerText';

Define textContent as a global variable (or within the outmost scope), then you can use it like this:
var someText = elem[textContent];

This snippet gives you textContent if it's available, innerText otherwise. Notice also, that there's a small difference between these two properties.
A live demo at jsFiddle.
Though when you're using jQuery, why not just:
$(event.target).text()

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Thumbnail Feedback Need feedback on thumbnail
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I personally feel like there's too much going on in it and it doesn't really reveal much of a story about what the video is supposed to be about?
The ONLY thing I can get from it is the "lets smoke" which you'd never be able to see in thumbnail mode, which kinda gives me the impression this is a chill out vlog of some kind.
I'd remove the youtube logo, get rid of like and share, get rid of the snapchat logo, and what's that NLE Choppa got to do with things? is he a tennis player or something? You really need to tell us what the idea of the video is?
Just remember though, you don't want to be asking for likes and shares before someone has even clicked on the video. It gives a really bad impression and I think it might be why so many people struggle, they're desperate to grow, but the amount of begging in the thumbnail alone usually puts people off from watching.
I'd get rid of the majority of the right, and focus more on the actual purpose and topic of the video. If it's a chill out video around smoking a bit of green, then focus on that. Maybe have a BIG cloud the says "let's smoke and chill"
Hope that gives you a bit more to work with. Less is definitely more when it comes to thumbnails
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Red letters against a dark background is a big no-no in graphics. You simply can't read it. It's best to keep everything simple. If you removed everything other than "Let's Smoke," it would have been much more effective.
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Going to reinforce everything @Beanie Draws and @Damon have said. Its far too busy and having things like Like & Share, YouTube logo, and Snapchat logo in a thumbnail is very senseless. I will say the bleeding text is interesting though...

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The Strode Venturer is a thriller by British author Hammond Innes published in 1965.

Plot
Geoffrey Bailey returns to London, leaving behind a career in the Royal Navy and a ruined marriage in Singapore. He becomes involved in the affairs of the Strode Shipping Company, the company which ruined his father's shipping firm,  with a job offer to locate the black sheep of the Strode clan, Peter Strode, who was last seen in Aden. Bailey eventually locates Peter Strode in Addu, in the southern Maldive Islands, where he is obsessed with helping the nascent Addu People's Republic against the Maldive government, and with relocating an uninhabited island in the southern Indian Ocean which is rich in manganese deposits which can both help the Adduan people and the financially failing Strode Shipping Company. However, the ruling Strode brothers have other plans, which do not necessarily include the return of either Peter Strode or Bailey to London. In addition to the dangers of volcanic islands and the unexplored ocean, Bailey must also face the dangers of boardroom politics and financial warfare in civilised London.

The Strode Venturer is notable for strong characterization and the exploration of such themes as family honour, the bounds of loyalty and man's relationship to nature, themes which would continue in Innes' later works.

Like many of Innes' novels, the hero faces all sorts of obstacles, which he has to overcome, including a family tragedy. The psychological characterization of the hero gives the book an added interest.

An adaptation of the book was broadcast in BBC radio 4's Saturday Night Theatre in 1974, with Martin Jarvis playing Peter Strode.

1965 British novels
British thriller novels
Novels by Hammond Innes
William Collins, Sons books
Novels set on islands
Novels set in the Indian Ocean

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I am guessing that most people reading this newsletter are thinking this is a peculiar topic for our Empowering Youth newsletter. Most Americans have a very clear picture of what an American "Beer Garden" looks like -- a place for adults to celebrate, drinking beer and laughing with their friends, typically temporarily set up at a summer festival or Octoberfest.
But during a recent family trip to Europe, we discovered the original German "Biergarten" which is supposedly the pattern for our American festival beer tents. We soon learned that this "Grandfather" of beer gardens is nothing like its American counterpart.
At our Munich hotel, the owner spoke no English and we only spoke German from a phrasebook, but we managed to get directions to a park and we understood that apparently there was to be a biergarten there as well. After a walk of several blocks, we started to see what must be the park, with various other couples and families walking into the park and bicyclists everywhere. We followed the flow of walkers and bikers toward a sign over the path that said "Aumeister Biergarten" and as we walked under the sign, we finally got it. The park WAS the biergarten.
Far from the Midwestern temporary festival tents filled with loud and drunken adults, here was a park-like setting with a canopy of trees, a building with food and beer (set up cafeteria style), about a hundred picnic tables filled with families and neighbors and friends, and to my children's delight, an AWESOME playground full of kids. And this was a normal weekday, so it was apparently a common place for families to dine after work.
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Aumeister Biergarten and made it our mission to find other biergartens during our travels. Although Aumeister was one of the more beautiful settings we encountered, the same apparent philosophy prevailed throughout: "We ALL have fun here." A German bar/restaurant near the train tracks had a swingset and teeter totter set out on their deck with the open-air tables. An Austrian "farm-restaurant" where farmers serve meals entirely from their own produce and livestock was set up with a swingset and sandbox. A French winecave for tourists to sample wines from the vineyard featured a swingset and basketball hoop right outside the door. Even an Italian lumberyard built a playground to display its wares and for children to enjoy. And we never saw a McDonalds that WASN'T a Playland as well.
The mainstream culture we experienced in Europe easily embraced this family-oriented philosophy demonstrated by the biergarten. This is what European families experienced everyday, not just during family vacations. Our hope is that America experiences a youth-centered future that will support the same philosophy. In the meantime, we will keep searching the Midwest, looking for signs of a "return to the biergarten".


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Grief. Not exactly the word that comes to mind for the general population when you think about Christmas. But, for too many, that's all Christmas is. Grief. Your family is not like the Norman Rockwell paintings, and Christmas makes the pain fresh. Do you really have to spend time with these people? AND, shop for them? Or, for too many I know, this Christmas brings the grief of the one who is not sitting at the table.
I hesitated to write this blog post. Who wants to be Debbie Downer for Christmas? But, my heart is too heavy to ignore it. Right now, I am in a season of watching too many wrestle under the weight of heavy burdens. I can't shake the thoughts of so many I know who have lost a parent or a spouse this year...and the thought of facing a holiday without them is nearly unbearable. Or, those I hold dear who are in the fight for their lives. And,their loved ones daily face the fear and anxiety that maybe this is their last Christmas together. Or, the sweet friend who courageously wakes daily, prepared to say goodbye, waiting for the inevitable.
Grief. I have walked that bumpy road. I have been buried by the agony of it. I have fallen asleep, tears wetting my face, wishing I wouldn't wake up to see the nightmare is too real. I have railed at the God of the Universe for the injustice of it all--telling Him exactly what I thought of Him.
And, I'm a living testimony of survival. When I say there is hope--believe me, I do not say it flippantly. If you have known me or my story in much detail, you know the pit where I lived for a long season. But, I hope you also know that God could handle my questions, my insults, my anger. Somewhere in the depths of my pain, even though I could not see it for years, God was revealing the depths of His love and sufficiency. I would not wish it on anyone. But, I pray for it for every loved one or acquaintance I know this Christmas who are buried in grief. I pray that you, too, will one day look back and realize the sweet, precious experience that came with your grief--the love of an Abba Father who will hold you as you yell and punch at Him, who will gently and daily sustain you, who feels the depths of your pain as His dearly loved children.
And, I pray that on December 26th, you realize hope. You see that you have survived your first Christmas. You think of a newborn baby--a Son, born to die--a death sentence given by His own Father. And, I pray that a tiny sliver of hope shines through it.
Sometimes, my husband will take a child ahead of us if we are running behind--and I'll let him know that I'll be there soon, following behind. As I age, I've begun to see how temporary this journey on Earth is. And, although someone I love has gone on ahead, I'll be there soon. That is the hope of believers who grief.


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Q: ABNewPersonViewController in a subview I am writing an iPad app that requires the user to enter names and addresses and would like to use ABNewPersonViewController as the interface.  The documentation says that this view controller should only be used from within a navigation controller.  Is there anyway I can use just the ABNewPersonViewController in a subview (with a navigation controller) without it taking over my whole screen?  I assume I can do this easily enough in a popover but I would prefer to have it integrated into my interface...  Thanks for any help you can provide!

A: Consider presenting your UINavigationViewController by presentModalViewController:animated: and change modalViewPresentationStyle to UIModalPresentationPageSheet.
See the reference : http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UIViewController_Class/Reference/Reference.html

A: Well, after much looking into this, it does not see that there is any way to use the address book UIs in a subview but they do work quite well in a popover view.  However, this popover needs to be exactly 320x460 pixels or some other number with the same aspect ratio for the "add photo" to work correctly (otherwise the photo is stretched).  In the popover's view controller viewDidLoad method I added:
self.picker = [[[ABNewPersonViewController alloc] init] autorelease];
self.picker.newPersonViewDelegate = self;
self.navigationController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.picker] autorelease];
self.navigationController.view.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, self.view.frame.size.width, self.view.frame.size.height);
[self.view addSubview:self.navigationController.view];

This seems to work fine.  Let me know if you know of something better.


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This Week in USA Shooting: Airgun Athletes Head to Europe, IPC Shooting World Cup Season Starts
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This week in USA Shooting
Airgun Athletes to Compete in Austria and Germany
Thirteen USA Shooting airgun athletes are on their way to Innsbruck, Austria to compete in the Meyton Cup January 22 – 26. The Meyton Cup will welcome 240 shooters from 18 countries for competition in the Air Rifle and Pistol disciplines.
Following the competition in Innsbruck, those athletes plus Matt Emmons (Browns Mills, New Jersey) will head to Munich, Germany to compete in the International Competition Munich (IWK) January 28-30. This match is perhaps better known as the Bavarian Airgun Championships because it serves as the Airgun Championships for the German state of Bavaria. It is historically one of the most strongly-contested events outside of the European World Cups and often features world-record level performances virtually every year.
USA Shooting athletes for this match were selected by National Team coaches, with results from the Winter Airgun Championships in December weighing heavily on team selection. Director of Operations and National Rifle Coach Dave Johnson also noted that these matches are also a great opportunity to train up-and-coming talent. Several athletes who were selected to compete declined their appointments to train for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Smallbore, which will take place April 1 – 8 in Fort Benning, Georgia.
Leading the pistol contingent will be Air Pistol National Champion Will Brown (Twin Falls, Idaho, pictured) who was also the top finisher at Winter Airgun, putting up two world-class Qualification scores over the three-day match. Also showing consistent strong performances throughout the Winter Airgun match was second-place finisher James Henderson (U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit/Midland, Georgia) who will also be competing.
The top-three finishers on the Women's side in Winter Airgun will also compete in Austria and Germany: Courtney Anthony (Lexington, Nebraska), Alexis Lagan (Salt Lake City, Utah) and Lydia Paterson (Kansas City, Kansas). Paterson made her first international Open Final appearance when she finished in eighth place at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Munich last year, earning the lone Women's Air Pistol Olympic quota.
Youth will lead the rifle competitors as 20-year-old Ivan Roe (Manhattan, Montana) and 17-year-old Rhiann Travis (Poolville, Texas) make their Bavarian Airgun Championships debut. These Junior athletes both finished in third-place overall at Winter Airgun.
They'll also be joined by Air Rifle National Champion Dempster Christenson (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) and National Championship silver medalist Ryan Anderson (Wasilla, Alaska).
Rounding out the roster will be rifle athletes Will Shaner (Colorado Springs, Colorado) and Elizabeth Marsh (Searcy, Arkansas), as well as pistol athletes Alex Chichkov (Temple Terrace, Florida) and 2012 Olympian Nick Mowrer (Butte, Montana).
IPC Shooting World Cup Season Kicks Off in Al Ain
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting season kicks off Saturday in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, with competition concluding on January 27.
The United States will be represented by two rifle athletes at this match: McKenna Dahl (Arlington, Washington) and Jazmin Almlie-Ryan (Houston, Texas, pictured). Both women will compete in the R4 (Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2) and R5 (Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2) events.
At the last IPC Shooting World Cup of 2015, Almlie-Ryan won gold in the R5 event. Both athletes have earned Paralympic Games quotas. Almlie-Ryan was recently featured in the USA Shooting News Year in Review – read more about her story here: http://content.yudu.com/A3y7u5/YearinReview2015/resources/46.htm.
Follow results from the Meyton Cup here: http://www.tlsb.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=266&Itemid=114.
Follow live results from the Bavarian Airgun Championships and the IPC Shooting World Cup here: http://results.sius.com/Championships.aspx.


Genuine Red Coral has been polished into shiny beads in these Sterling Silver earrings. Each earring has a smaller round bead of Red Coral and a larger oval bead below . The Coral is accented with antiqued Sterling Silver beads. The earrings are constructed with a Sterling Silver post in the center. Each earring hang from Sterling Silver French hooks.
NOTE: due to the nature of natural Red Coral, the exact colour and striations in each pair of earrings will vary. Your earrings will be entirely unique!
Approx Dimensions (WxHxD): 12mm x 28mm x 4mm : 1/2" x 1-1/8" x 1/8"


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Direttore dal 1893 della collezione di uccelli di Ercole Turati presso il Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, è chiamato per diretto incarico del Ministro della pubblica istruzione a insegnare Storia naturale al Liceo Gioberti di Torino.

È autore di testi specialistici e monografici sull'ornitologia.

Bibliografia
G. Martorelli, Osservazioni sui mammiferi ed uccelli fatte in Sardegna, Pistoia, Cino, 1884
G. Martorelli, Le forme e le simmetrie delle macchie nel piumaggio, Milano, Bernardoni, 1898
G. Martorelli, Gli uccelli d'Italia, Milano, Cogliati, 1906

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Mr. William Johnson leaves to cherish his memories and celebrate his life his loving children, Cecilia "Duck", William "String Bean" (Carolyn), Nathan "JD Plumsy", Velta "Fat Lottie", and Glenda "Busy Love" (Otha); a mighty and great host of nieces (one), nephews (two), grandchildren (nineteen), great-grandchildren (fifty-three), great-great grandchildren (sixty), and many close friends.
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PSU Volleyball Finishes at #3
by: Jaime Baker
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women's volleyball team picked up the No. 3 ranking in the final American Volleyball Coaches Association Poll of 2017, as released by the organization's office on Monday afternoon.
The Nittany Lions finished with a 33-2 record, and a nation-leading 94.3-winning percentage, after reaching the NCAA Semifinals for the 13th time in program history.
As a team, Penn State finished 2017 with a national-best .339 hitting percentage and finished fourth in the nation with 3.05 blocks per set. Haleigh Washington (Colorado Springs, Co.) highlighted both of those categories for the Nittany Lions as Washington finished with the top hitting percentage in 2017 at .492 while finishing ninth in blocks per set at 1.50.
Simone Lee, Penn State's lone representative on the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team, finished 2017 with a Big Ten-best 547.5 points, for 4.45 points per set. She also finished with a career-high .317 hitting percentage for the season.
Washington and Lee were both 2017 AVCA First Team All-Americans.
Kendall White, a Second Team All-American who started every match at libero, will one of three returning starters for Penn State for 2018, as she joins middle blocker Tori Gorrell, 110 of 123 sets played, and setter Bryanna Weiskircher, who played in all 123 set.
Penn State finished the season with six American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America honorees, a Big Ten Championship, nine Academic All-Big Ten selections, and eight Penn State graduates.
by Mary Margaret Johnson / Jan 19, 2021
The Buffalo Bills are back in the AFC Championship for the first time since 1994!
The Bills will face the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday night, but the status of Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes is still up the air after Mahomes was placed in concussion protocol during Sunday's Divisional Round game against the Browns.
Bills prepare for both Chiefs QBs with Patrick Mahomes status up in the air
by Heather Prusak / Jan 18, 2021
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) - All of the attention is on the status of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes leading up to Sunday's AFC Championship game.
Mahomes left their divisional round game against the Browns in the third quarter with a concussion and did not return. Right now he's in the concussion protocol and Chiefs head coach Andy Reid didn't have much of an update on Monday.


This unique bottle is covered in leather with a woven leather belt around the bottle's neck. The cork stopper is also covered in leather, which completes the look. On one side the leather is decorated and has a bronze-plated casting of a lion's head with a ring held in its mouth.
The bottle is very interesting and is quite unique compared to the normal scene of crystal decanters and antique Depression era glass bottles. This item would make a great decoration in your liquor cabinet or on your shelf and is sure to spur conversation at your next gathering. Conversation is guaranteed if you use it to pour liquor at your next party!


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Francine Blake
Born in Montreal, Canada, Francine Blake majored in Classical Studies at college and studied Fine Art at l Ecole des Beaux Arts de Montreal. She has always sought knowledge, and spent twenty years studying ancient wisdom in a school of self-development brought to the West in 1917 by George Gurdjieff.
Introduced to crop circles in 1987, Francine was immediately attracted to them, recognizing many of the symbols she had been studying. She joined the Centre for Crop Circle Studies (CCCS) in 1991, and in 1992 moved to Wiltshire with her family to be closer to the phenomenon. In 1995, she started the Wiltshire Crop Circle Study Group (WCCSG), where she was elected coordinator, a post she still occupies.
She edits The Spiral, the monthly newsletter for the WCCSG, and designs and produces an annual Crop Circle Calendar. She lectures extensively and has given many interviews on radio and television. She lives in the Pewsey Vale near Alton Barnes the most active area for crop circles in the world (and lots of megaliths) where she studies the phenomenon full time.
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Taking a cue from China and Italy's vertical forests, Noida has started setting up vertical gardens in a major step to help curb pollution and enhance aesthetics of the city.
Taking a cue from China and Italy's vertical forests, Noida has started setting up vertical gardens in a major step to help curb pollution and enhance aesthetics of the city. A vertical garden grows upward (vertically) using a trellis or other support system, rather than on the ground (horizontally). The technique, famous around the world, has also found favour in Indian cities such as Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Kochi.
Here, these gardens would come up on pillars under the metro rail corridors, elevated roads, flyovers and drains, among other places in the city, Noida Authority officials said. The authority has already come up with vertical gardens at its office in Sector 6, besides one under the Sector 15 flyover – the entry point of the city if one comes from Delhi by road.
"There are six metro pillars in Sector 15 and we are targeting to complete the work on them by August 15. There are six pillars each in Sector 16 and 18. They are in the process of tenders and we will finalise it in the month of August only," Noida Authority General Manager Rajeev Tyagi said.
He said, "Initially we have beautified Noida's entry point – Sector 14 A entry road from Delhi where Udyog Marg begins – so that it gives a 'Smart City' look. There is also a vertical garden inside the authority's office building." He said once the work on these 18 metro pillars is over by August 31, the authority plans to cover all drains and expand the project in other areas of the city.
"We will cover city drains like the Shahdara Drain on the Udyog Marg with these vertical gardens. This will act as view cutter, help cut down pollution, purify air, and oxygen is obvious," Tyagi said. "Our next target will be all flyovers across Noida, we will try to give a green cover to all spaces available. We are getting a good response from citizens also," he said.


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Emotional Storytelling: What are the qualities of a great story?
People connect to emotionally relevant stories. They are more likely to remember the experience because of it, and it can be done in just six words. Yet most businesses don't leverage storytelling in their marketing.
"For sale: baby shoes, never worn". - Earnest Hemingway.
Six words that pierce the heart of any person with an ounce of compassion.
How is it that Hemingway was able to startle more emotion in me with just six words than any branded corporate video I've ever seen?
If you're not familiar with the Hemingway Challenge, the story goes: Ernest Hemingway was put to a contest to write a story in just six words. The result is what he considered to be his masterpiece.
We've often used the Hemingway Challenge to help businesses cut through the jargon and get straight to the point of their brand story.
Here's ours:
Beautiful films that make things happen.
Back to the story, it's so good because everyone can relate. That's the differentiation. The loss of innocence. A life that could have been. A pain we all fear.
There's also the clever delivery. It's a twist ending, even if it's in just six words. It's a story that subverts expectations and leaves us a little dumbfounded.
We are so enamored by stories. And yet when it comes to businesses, most shy away from storytelling. They focus on their strengths and never on their fears or vulnerabilities, why is that?
My guess is that business professionals fear a loss of competitive advantage if they're to show weakness.
However, it's in that vulnerability that people, aka human beings, can relate. And as Hemingway has proven, relatability is a key component to emotionally effective storytelling.
Storytelling is good for the brain.
The brain loves multi-sensory experiences.
Stories that reach past logic and touch the emotional facets of the mind are more likely to be remembered.
Oxytocin, the "feel good" hormone, is shown to increase when we are experiencing empathy.
Empathy occurs when we transport ourselves into the lived experiences of another-- in fact scientists even call this phenomenon, "transportation", and have correlated it with people who are experiencing a story told through an individual's experience.
Therefore, finding a compelling emotional context to inspire your desired outcome is likely going to be rooted in personal storytelling.
If you want someone to take an action like donate, or purchase, or to call your sales rep, utilizing a story with relevance and emotional context will be much more effective.
So how do you tell an emotionally compelling and relative story?
Now, I don't personally subscribe to the notion that there are only a certain number of stories in the world, but there are some very effective and time-tested frameworks.
Framework #1 - The Hero's Journey.
This is one of the most overused narrative frameworks in western storytelling... because it works.
Most movies, TV shows, books, and even TED talks follow this structure.
The hero's journey follows a single individual (the hero), living in a broken world.
Some irreversible change in their life (the inciting incident) will embark them on a journey to defeat an enemy (the monster).
As they face increasingly challenging trials, they eventually fail (the sacrifice) and must discard something important to overcome their own imperfections (rebirth, or revelation) to finally defeat the monster and usher society into a brave new world.
Often this hero is guided by a wise old sage.
The reason this framework is so effective is because it very quickly builds empathy towards an individual. The hero in a broken world is often someone we can relate to through their struggles and unfair disadvantages, because we know what they must feel like through our own shared experiences.
Seeing the hero try and fail is an exciting emotional experience, with rising and falling circumstances that trigger those tasty oxytocin hits.
Defeating the monster requires a revelation, a learning, a lesson that we as the story listener can use for our own growth.
The hero's journey is incredibly effective at leaving audiences feeling satisfied with the experience, and their time spent is rewarded at a deep emotional level.
Hollywood uses this all the time.
I'll bet you anything that this is the formula to just about every single one of your favorite movies.
Here's a couple of quick examples of the Hero's Journey in action:
Star Wars:
Luke Skywalker lives on a boring old farm (hero in a broken world).
The empire kills his family in search of important secrets. (Inciting incident).
Luke must learn the way of The Force (trials) to stop Darth Vader (monster) from reigning over the Galaxy.
He is guided by Obi Wan Kenobi (wise old sage).
Upon narrowly escaping the Death Star, Luke actually leads Vader right to the secret Rebel base, and they will be destroyed in 20 minutes (the sacrifice).
Luke decides to let go of technology and turns off his targeting computer, relying solely on The Force (the revelation).
The Death Star is destroyed and everyone except for Chewbacca gets a medal (brave new world, albeit slightly racist).
The Matrix:
Neo is a computer hacker with a boring job (hero in a broken world).
He is offered a red pill that will transport him out of reality itself (inciting incident).
He must learn to understand the Matrix and its rules in order to fight the Agents (trials).
Morpheus (the sage) is caught and to save him Neo must sacrifice himself (the sacrifice).
Trinity kisses Neo and he is miraculously reborn (rebirth) and can now read and manipulate the Matrix (brave new world).
Bulls on parade!
The Dark Knight:
Batman feels he's no longer the hero that Gotham City needs (hero in a broken world).
The Joker challenges Batman to reveal himself, or else innocent people will die (inciting incident).
Batman must spring the Joker's well laid traps in order to stop him (trials).
The Joker corrupts Harvey Dent, leading to his death. Batman decides to take the blame for Harvey's crimes to protect Harvey's legacy. (Sacrifice).
"He's not the hero we need, but the hero we deserve." (Rebirth).
Michael Cain is the old sage.
You might be wondering how this can be applied in a brand storytelling context.
Many advertisers like to position their client as the hero and themselves as the wise old sage. An example could look like:
Your client (hero) has been working for the same company for years. They've recently gotten married and have a child on the way, their salary won't cut it any longer and they need a raise (inciting incident).
You are a career coach (wise old sage), and you have the tools and resources (trials) the client will need to confidently talk to their boss (the monster). Through effective training, they can let go of their insecurities (sacrifice), and earn that raise for a nominal monthly coaching fee.
In this scenario, the career coach can utilize this exact storyline as a marketing tool. They can take out ads that tell this story. They can post testimonials of similar situations. They can corner the market on new parents seeking raises.
Framework #2 - And, But, Therefore.
While the hero's journey is incredibly effective, it is way overused.
The demand for comprehensive insight into complex themes of growth and sacrifice and rebirth may be a bit much for a simpler story.
So another effective framework is: and, but, therefore (ABT).
Here, we cap the point of a story with simple tangental redirections (but & therefore).
This keeps the story concise, while still driving a sense of discovery and revelation that leads the listener to a satisfied conclusion.
Most un-trained storytellers can get stuck in the "and, and, and" vortex of storytelling.
We've all been trapped with that one stranger at a cocktail party endlessly blabbering on, saying the same thing over and over. Hemingway would be rolling in his grave.
Don't be that person. Here's how:
Make a point.
Add some context. (And)
Throw in a curve-ball. (But)
Come to a conclusion. (Therefore)
I saw a mechanic running a promotion for a $50 oil change. I thought this was a great deal and I was excited to save some money. (And)
When I got there, they told me that the price is only valid if I commit to a full tune-up. Bringing my total cost to well over $175. The whole experience left me feeling ripped off. (But)
So that's why when I post prices, I'm honest as up front about the true cost of my services so that customers can rest assured that what they see is what they get. (Therefore)
Framework # 3: X but also Y.
This framework is great for internalizing tension and building empathy around personal experiences.
Your behaviours are predicated around one marker, but they're also sometimes around another, and these two characteristics can be conflicting.
Walter White is a struggling school chemistry teacher (X), but also a dangerous drug king pin (Y).
Tony Soprano is a crime family overlord (X), but also struggles with anxiety and mental health requiring therapy (Y).
Don Draper is a smooth-talking marketing and sales genius (X), but is also living a secret life as an imposter (Y).
This quick and easy framework can help create relatable scenarios for your storytelling that people can find compelling, just by adding one layer of dimension to your character's motivations.
It's a great way for building empathy around your personal brand.
If you're a sales agent that's also experiencing social anxiety. Share your experiences.
Or if you're a fashion designer that's also environmentally conscious, how do you confront issues around sustainability in your industry?
Talk about the challenges of these interconnections. Doing so will greatly improve people's awareness of your passions over only talking about your upcycled t-shirts.
These three frameworks can go the distance for adding empathy and emotion to your business's storytelling.
Whether it's a long and arduous story that can utilize the hero's journey.
Or if it's a smaller experience that can be tightened up with and, but, therefore.
Or if it's a personal outlook on your passions that can shed light on showing vulnerability through x but also y.
There are many more frameworks to choose from, and I'll likely write about them in the future. But for now, you can see that even these three can add so much emotional flavor to your messaging.
So take the time to improve people's experiences with your business by using these frameworks, and let me know how it goes.
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Why was it wrong for Saul to offer a sacrifice?
KJV - 9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. 10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
In the passage in question, of King Saul offering sacrifices to the LORD, the Levitical priesthood was in place. Under the system which was given to the Israelites, only the priests were authorized by God to make these offerings. Furthermore, Saul had been commanded to wait for Samuel to arrive to offer the sacrifices. This was the first of such violations recorded in Scripture. The second occurs in 1 Sam 15:2-9. He had been commanded to "utterly destroy" Agag and the Amalekites. Scripture shows that not only did Saul spare Agag, he kept the best of the flocks.
On a side note it was a descendant of Agag, Haman, that caused Esther so much trouble.
Very good question with lessons of great importance during our current age, I humbly submit that the short answer is it simply that wasn't in his job directions or authority.
In His message to the Hebrews (Leviticus) He set forth first what He wanted and how it was to be done, and then second who (tribe or class of people) were to have responsibility for executing the task in the precise order as directed.
Saul's transgression was that he was moved to act by fear as he saw his men scattering from the battlefield. Instead of waiting on the Lord in faith, he crossed over a separation, stealing the responsibility and authority of another.
Gods separation between a king (people) and the priesthood was in operation. One might be corrupted and fail, but the other may hold fast to His Word, but if we look backward in scripture there is a mystery to be found (a prophecy picture).
Melchizedek of Salem (Jerusalum) is both a king and a priest and Abram paid tithes to Melchizedek (which He received) and in turn administered "bread and wine" to Abram.
These distinctives supersede the previous separation of kingship and priesthood enforced throughout the Old Testament.
I submit: Let us hold to God's perfect plan (though viewed currently as quite unfashionable) and not be moved by the narcissistic coercive sight of a polite caterwauling mob.


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It's a really exciting time for Bradford, a city with the right ingredients to provide investors, developers and occupiers with a recipe for success.
Bradford is diverse in more ways than one. From its people to its business community, this diversity has been harnessed over recent years to create a city of dynamism, opportunity and positivity. From a personal perspective, it's an absolute privilege to be involved, alongside my local authority colleagues, in continuing to drive forward this positive momentum.
It's the perfect time to take an interest in Bradford city centre. We boast a number of well- established cultural assets of international acclaim, such as the National Media Museum, which is soon to be renamed the National Science and Media Museum with a new £1.8m interactive Wonderlab exhibit exploring the science behind light, sound and images.
Established jewels in the crown of Leeds City Region such as this and Cartwright Hall, home to The David Hockney Gallery from July, sit alongside exciting new schemes that have captured the public's imagination.
It is important to recognise the scale of investment that has been made in Bradford over recent years in sectors including commerce, education and retail. Close to £1bn of public and private investment has enabled a new headquarters to be built for FTSE 100 company Provident Financial; the construction of the award-winning City Park, as well as other major public realm improvements; and The Broadway shopping centre to be opened. Furthermore, 25,000 sq ft of independent upmarket bars and eateries housed in Sunbridge Wells - an underground network of buildings that run underneath the main streets of the city centre – have recently opened to much positive acclaim.
Importantly, a real sense of entrepreneurialism is thriving in Bradford, with hundreds of newly established small independent businesses complementing these larger developments.
And there is more to come. Over the coming year Meyer Bergman will open The Light cinema and British Land will take its leisure complex forward. Network Rail continues to progress plans for the redevelopment of the city's two train stations while Bradford Council will make significant investment in further public realm improvements. Additionally, a number of existing holdings provide opportunities for further retail, office and residential developments.
We must also not forget the important partnership role the public and private sectors have in working together to drive forward development and value. For example, as an ambitious local authority Bradford Council has plans to bring forward a further business park in the city's pioneering Baildon Business Park later this year that will offer around 160,000 sq ft of new space capable of being tailored to meet bespoke requirements.
All this means that as a city on the up, it is the perfect time for investors and occupiers to play their part in the next chapter of Bradford's growth story and, importantly, do so while having the opportunity to maximise their return on investment over the medium to long term.


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Ruda Landman
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Ruda Landman's birthplace in the dry and dusty town of Keimoes, in the Northern Cape, is a far cry from where her family's humble beginnings started in the lush and fertile valleys of Europe. From the Persecution of her family in France in the 1600's, her ancestry consists of a kaleidoscope of French refugees as well as Dutch and German Immigrants.
When the French Huguenots arrived at the Cape in 1688 as a closely linked group, in contrast to the Germans, they all lived together in Drakenstein, although they never constituted a completely united bloc; a number of Dutch farms were interspersed among them. Until May 1702 they had their own French minister, Pierre Simond, and until February 1723 a French reader and schoolmaster, Paul Roux. The Huguenots clung to their language for fifteen to twenty years; in 1703 only slightly more than one fifth of the adult French colonists were sufficiently conversant with Dutch to understand a sermon in Dutch properly, and many children as yet knew little or no Dutch at all. The joint opposition of the farmers toward W. A. van der Stel shortly afterwards brought the French more and more into contact with their Dutch neighbours; as a result of social intercourse and intermarriage they soon adopted the language and customs of their new country. Forty years after the arrival of the Huguenots, the French language had almost died out and Dutch was the preferred tongue.
In South Africa we are extremely lucky to have such superb and dedicated family historians, as well as exquisite records in our Archives, which begin prior to Jan Van Riebeeck landing at the Cape. Jan's diary of his voyage to South Africa is documented and stored in the Cape Town Archives.
This mammoth task of tracing Ruda's family tree in record time, was compiled to find out how far back the Wahl family and its branches can be traced as well as how many sets of grandparents can be found. Click here to see her family tree.
The Wahl Family
Daniel Hendrik Wahl was born circa 1850 and research has proven that there is no legitimate documentation to prove his parentage. On the 17th February 1874, Daniel Hendrik applied for a special marriage license to marry Maria Catherina Reynecke.
Photographer of the Paarl: Daniel Hendrik Wahl's Insolvent Estate (In further documentation, and finding the Liquidation and Distribution account, it is noted that Daniel was known as the "Photographer of the Paarl and Wheelwright of Paarl" in 1883) Click here to see image
And in another image one section of the document refers to the surname as "de Wahl" and not "Wahl", which meant that one would now have to search under the many variants of including de Wahl, Waal and de Waal. Mr D.H Wahl's Insolvent Estate.Further documentation also mentions the "widow Reynecke" Elisabeth Wilhelmina Reynecke, which was his mother in law, as well as a Constant Wahl and Adam J Wahl who thus far cannot be linked to this immediate family as no parentage exists for Daniel. It is assumed that the two men mentioned are possibly brothers as they fit well with other documentation of the same period.
Unfortunately the common problem with variants of name spelling has been a classic example of the "brick wall" scenario, which has been encountered here thus the time limit on this research has been halted. The original Wahl Family whom Daniel Hendrik would have descended is (1) Johan(n) Christia(a)n Wahl, from Strelitz in Mecklenburg (Germany). Arrives here in 1752 as a soldier. Citizen in 1756. Married 10th September 1757 to Christina Gerrits, daughter of Herman Gerrits (2 children) or (2) Johan(n) Coenraad or Conrad Wahl, from Wildungen (Germany). Arrives here in 1774 as a soldier. Citizen in 1780. Died 15th October 1814. Married 12th November 1780 to Catharina Hilledonda van Dyk (7 children). Motto: Factis non verbis.
Most family pedigrees of this extent can take many years to complete and I have managed to go back 10 generations in two weeks. A lineage and direct relation to South African actress Charlize Theron has also been illustrated and Ruda finds herself as the 5th cousin to this Hollywood star. See how Ruda and Charlize are related.


Choosing a beard comb may seem like an easy task, right?
You may be using your significant other's plastic comb?
Yes, an ordinary plastic comb will do ok, but it won't perform as well as a beard specific comb. Using a beard comb properly, regularly, can stimulate the follicles, in turn helping facial hair growth.
3. The space between the teeth.
Many combs that can be bought off the shelf for much cheapness are exactly that, cheap. Made from plastic, from a mould that will probably have ragged edges that will catch your facial hair.
This will potentially damage your beard.
We prefer natural products, like wood. Sandalwood being one of the favourites for a beard comb. Sandalwood is our preferred material, it's smooth, natural, it has very unique patterns, it also smells amazing and absorbs a little amount of beard oil. This helps the beard comb glide through the beard and it takes on some of the scent from the oil, what's not to like?
There are a few shapes of teeth available, this is where you need to be careful. Some have square edges, if these are not finished properly, the edges can tear your facial hair and cut or weaken it. Our comb has cylinder like teeth with rounded edges, designed to glide with through your beard with no snagging.
Beard combs distribute beard oil/beard balm evenly and leave it feeling soft and fuller looking.
We chose to give our beard comb long teeth to ensure full coverage, control and distribution.
Believe it or not, the space between the teeth is critical. Too wide and you won't distribute the hair evenly. Too narrow and you will tug the facial hair, because facial hair is thicker and curlier than head hair, an ordinary comb is not recommended, this is why you need a beard comb with ample spacing.
Does size matter? In this case, yes. You want to have a beard comb that is able to fit in your pocket. For that reason, we kept it small! If you are like us and live in Scotland, we are exposed to the elements and wind everyday. Carrying a beard comb is just part of our routine now, going for a spin on the bike or walking to work, your beard will probably be a mess when you arrive. Luckily you have that pocket sized beard comb.
1. After washing your beard in the shower/bath (we recommend Braw Beard Wash), gently towel-dry your beard.
2. Apply some of your favourite beard oil and beard butter to your facial hair.
3. Gently start to comb your facial hair with the grain (from root to tip). Start gently so you don't pull on any tangled hair too hard.
4. Continue to comb until your beard is smooth and snag-free. It should be an enjoyable process.
Using a beard comb with also exfoliate the skin underneath the beard, which will remove dead skin cells and clear blocked pores which could be potentially hampering hair growth.
The long wooden teeth can encourage hair growth by gently massaging the skin, which will increase blood flow to the hair follicles.
Do you have kinks in your beard? Using a beard comb as part of your daily routine will help to train and straighten your beard, making it appear longer.
At Braw Beard we recommend choosing wisely when it comes to a beard comb. As mentioned, there are many options to choose from.
We spent a long time getting one that we felt confident about. It had to be natural, a comfortable shape, the perfect teeth spacing and size that would be easy to carry around.
We are proud to have achieved that and enjoy using it in our daily routine.
I hope you have enjoyed reading this article and start using a beard comb in your daily routine.
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La stazione di Sant'Antonio è una stazione ferroviaria situata nel comune di Sant'Antonio di Gallura lungo la ferrovia Sassari-Tempio-Palau, utilizzata esclusivamente per i servizi turistici legati al Trenino Verde.

Storia

La stazione fu realizzata ad alcuni chilometri di distanza dall'abitato di Sant'Antonio di Gallura tra la fine degli anni venti ed i primi anni trenta, in coincidenza coi lavori di costruzione della ferrovia tra Sassari e Palau portati avanti dalla Ferrovie Settentrionali Sarde, che della linea e della stazione fu anche il primo gestore. Le FSS inaugurarono la stazione il 18 gennaio 1932, in coincidenza con l'apertura al traffico dell'ultima parte della ferrovia tra Luras e Palau. La titolarità dello scalo e della linea passò in seguito alle Strade Ferrate Sarde nel 1933, a cui subentrarono le Ferrovie della Sardegna nel 1989.

Lo scalo venne utilizzato per i servizi di trasporto pubblico sino al 16 giugno 1997, data in cui il tronco tra Nulvi e Palau della linea, in cui l'impianto è compreso, venne chiuso al traffico ordinario restando in uso esclusivamente per i servizi turistici del Trenino Verde. Dal 2010 la stazione è gestita dall'ARST.

Strutture e impianti

Situata a nord-ovest del centro abitato di Sant'Antonio di Gallura, non lontana dal lago Liscia, la stazione di Sant'Antonio presenta caratteristiche di scalo passante, ed è dotata complessivamente di tre binari a scartamento da 950 mm, di cui il primo di corsa ed il secondo passante dotati di banchine e attrezzati per la ricezione di treni viaggiatori.

Sempre dal binario uno ha origine anche un tronchino che termina dinanzi al dismesso scalo merci della stazione, composto da un piano caricatore e da un magazzino merci. Quest'ultimo è adiacente all'edificio principale della stazione, il fabbricato viaggiatori, una costruzione (chiusa al pubblico) a due piani a pianta quadrata con tetto a falde in laterizi e due luci sul lato binari. A est del fabbricato viaggiatori è situato un piccolo edificio che ospita le ritirate dell'impianto, mentre all'altezza degli scambi in uscita dalla stazione in direzione Palau è presente una casa cantoniera dismessa. L'impianto è impresenziato.

Movimento

Servita in passato dai treni per il servizio di trasporto pubblico delle varie concessionarie ferroviarie che hanno gestito la linea, la stazione dal giugno 1997 è utilizzata esclusivamente per le relazioni turistiche del Trenino Verde, effettuate a partire dal 2010 a cura dell'ARST.

Servizi
La stazione è dotata di servizi igienici, sebbene di norma non siano a disposizione dell'utenza.
  Servizi igienici

Note

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Ferrovia Sassari-Tempio-Palau
 Sant'Antonio di Gallura
 Trenino Verde

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Sat 16 Nov, 2019 12:46 am
Crowd erupts in laughter as Jim Jordan humiliated at impeachment hearing.
BREAKING: The crowd just erupted in laughter as Jim Jordan humiliated himself at Trump's impeachment hearing.
glitterbag
@Real Music,
Yeah, Jim Jordan is a fantastic addition to these hearings......
@glitterbag,
Jim Jordan is essentially a circus clown who is attempting to turn this serious impeachment hearing into a circus.
I am thankful that flunky Jim Jordan haven't been allowed to succeed at his "Bozo the Clown" tactics.
Yeah. I'm honestly glad he showed up.
@roger,
I agree with you Roger.....Initially I was pissed that they slipped in a doofus.....but I forgot what a big doofus ass-hat he is.......
oralloy
@farmerman,
farmerman wrote:
Itd be best if Trump would just xercise a big portion of STFU
Witch hunters don't like it when their intended victims try to defend themselves.
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@revelette3,
revelette3 wrote:
Guess it's a generational thing, I never wear white after labor day either. My kids roll their eyes when I mention they have on white after that day.
I just grab the first thing that is clean without paying any attention at all to what color it is, no matter what time of year it is.
If the weather is unusually hot or cold, I'll pay attention to how heavy a garment is, but that's about all I'll pay attention to.
The whole "white after Labor Day" thing is actually pretty silly according to this:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12424/why-cant-you-wear-white-after-labor-day
What gets me is the total brushing away of the whole Mueller report and it's findings (even if he was craven not to judge it) of collusion and obstructions of justice.
Given the Democrats' history of fabricating obstruction charges against innocent people, why should anyone pay any attention to their accusations?
Now we have a jury who has convicted someone in connection with Trump campaign for lying about those very things.
Hopefully the President will see fit to pardon him.
It still burns me up that Trump got away with it.
No one can present a sound case that Mr. Trump did anything wrong. But people can present a sound case that Bill Clinton committed multiple counts of obstruction and conspiracy to obstruct.
Does it burn you up that Bill Clinton got such a light penalty for his crime spree?
To make matters worse, because he got away with it, right away he sets about trying to get another country to interfere with our elections by bribing and blackmailing the new leader of the country into announcing on TV an investigation on the Biden's and the whole conspiracy deep state thing they keep trying to push people into believing. I believe he cared less about the investigation than just the announcement.
There is nothing wrong with investigating Democratic wrongdoing.
Democrats want to be above the law, but they aren't.
MontereyJack
@oralloy,
It's pretty clear by now that trump's interest in Ukraine had nothing to do with corruption there but everything to do with abuse of power on his part for purely personal political gain.
Never been a witch hunt. Trump and his lackeys have repeatedly been shown to be guilty.
blatham
As someone on twitter remarked, Schiff ought to have suggested to Jordan that he head for the showers.
Give me money that's what I want
National Rifle Association chief executive Wayne LaPierre, who pushed past scattered calls for his resignation earlier this year amid allegations of misspending, received a 57 percent pay raise in 2018 that boosted his overall compensation to $2.15 million, according to the nonprofit group's latest tax filings.
He's a domestic weapons dealer. It would be such a pity if bullets slammed into his torso rather than some black kid jaywalking.
@blatham,
Yeah, a frikkin tragedy.
oralloy wrote:
There were republicans who saw, and stated that he didn't help himself when he attacked the witness during her questioning. Hell, Stevie Wonder could see that.
@MontereyJack,
MontereyJack wrote:
Never been a witch hunt.
That is incorrect. When progressives abuse the law to harm people who disagree with their demented ideology, that's a witch hunt.
Trump and his lackeys have repeatedly been shown to be guilty.
Mr. Trump certainly hasn't been shown to be guilty of anything.
Given the Democrats' history of framing innocent people for imaginary crimes (note Scooter Libby), there is no reason to believe that any of Trump's associates are actually guilty of what they've been accused of either.
You are also making a pretty serious logic error. Even if it had actually been true that Mr. Trump was guilty of wrongdoing, it would still be a witch hunt for progressives to abuse their power to conduct investigations against people who disagree with them.
Democrats would like it if it were actually an abuse of power to investigate their crimes. They've wanted to be above the law for a long time now.
It's a good thing for the rest of us that it's not.
izzythepush
Saw this in the shops today, lots of fart based children's games around now. Only to be expected when you've got a president named after anal gas.
revelette3
WASHINGTON — An official from the United States Embassy in Kiev confirmed to House impeachment investigators on Friday that he had overheard a call between President Trump and a top American diplomat in July in which the president asked whether Ukraine was going to move forward with an investigation he wanted.
The official, David Holmes, testified privately that he was at a restaurant in Kiev, Ukraine's capital, when he overheard Mr. Trump on a cellphone call loudly asking Gordon D. Sondland, the American ambassador to the European Union, if Ukraine's president had agreed to conduct an investigation into one of his leading political rivals. Mr. Sondland, who had just come from a meeting with top Ukrainian officials and the country's president, replied in the affirmative.
"So, he's going to do the investigation?" Mr. Trump asked, according to a copy of Mr. Holmes's opening statement posted by CNN and confirmed by The New York Times.
Mr. Sondland, a wealthy hotelier and political donor turned ambassador, told Mr. Trump that President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine "loves your ass," and would conduct the investigation and do "anything you ask him to," according to Mr. Holmes's statement.
After the call ended, Mr. Holmes asked if it was true that the president did not care about Ukraine. Mr. Sondland, he testified, agreed. According to Mr. Holmes's account, the ambassador said Mr. Trump cared only about the "big stuff." Mr. Holmes noted Ukraine had "big stuff" going on, like a war with Russia.
But Mr. Sondland had something else in mind. He told Mr. Holmes he meant "'big stuff' that benefits the president," like the "Biden investigation" that his lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani was pushing for, because it affected him personally.
The account could prove significant as Democrats continue to build an impeachment case against Mr. Trump. It illustrates how preoccupied he was with persuading Ukraine's president to go along with his demand that the country commit publicly to investigating former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., a leading political rival, and how he actively used his power and the instruments of American foreign policy to see that it happened.
It adds significant new detail to a conversation that was first revealed on Wednesday during public testimony by Mr. Holmes's boss, William B. Taylor Jr., the top American envoy in Ukraine. Mr. Taylor said then that he had only recently learned of the episode from Mr. Holmes. And it raised the possibility that Mr. Holmes could be called to testify publicly in the impeachment inquiry and presented Democrats with new leads to track down even as they conduct a string of high-profile public hearings with other witnesses.
Mr. Holmes, a career Foreign Service officer who is the political counselor in the American Embassy in Kiev, said he had been following the impeachment inquiry from afar in recent weeks and came to understand only belatedly that he had pertinent information to share. He testified under subpoena by the House Intelligence Committee after the State Department directed him not to appear, according to an official working on the inquiry.
"I came to realize I had firsthand knowledge regarding certain events on July 26 that had not otherwise been reported, and that those events potentially bore on the question of whether the president did, in fact, have knowledge that those officials were using the levers of our diplomatic power to induce the new Ukrainian president to announce the opening of a particular criminal investigation," he testified.
Mr. Holmes's account of the relationship between the two countries in his opening statement was broader, though, and closely resembles that offered by other top officials who have offered public and private testimony to the House.
He described how Mr. Sondland and two other American officials — Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Kurt D. Volker, the United States special envoy to Ukraine — styled themselves as the "Three Amigos" and took charge of Ukraine policy within the administration. On the outside, Mr. Giuliani exercised significant influence over what they did.
"Beginning in March 2019, the situation in the embassy and in Ukraine changed dramatically," Mr. Holmes said, according to his statement. "Specifically, our diplomatic policy that had been focused on supporting Ukrainian democratic reform and resistance to Russian aggression became overshadowed by a political agenda being promoted by Rudy Giuliani and a cadre of officials operating with a direct channel to the White House."
The conversation between Mr. Trump and Mr. Sondland took place on July 26, one day after Mr. Trump personally pressed Mr. Zelensky in a now-famous phone call to investigate Mr. Biden and his son Hunter Biden, as well as unproven allegations that Ukraine conspired with Democrats to interfere in the 2016 election. Mr. Trump specifically wanted an investigation into unsubstantiated corruption allegations related to Hunter Biden's work for a Ukrainian energy firm, Burisma Holdings.
Mr. Sondland did not mention the episode to investigators last month when he answered their questions in private. He will almost certainly be asked about it next week when he appears for public testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.
He has already revised his initial testimony once, admitting to the panel last week that he told a top Ukrainian official that the country would probably not receive a package of nearly $400 million in security assistance Mr. Trump froze in July unless it committed publicly to the investigations Mr. Trump sought. And Republicans have argued that he may be overstating his access to and influence with the president.
On Thursday, two people familiar with the matter said that a second embassy official, Suriya Jayanti, also overheard the call and could corroborate Mr. Holmes's account. It is unclear if investigators will also call her to testify. On Friday, Mr. Holmes indicated there was a third person present who would have overheard it, as well.
Mr. Holmes told investigators that he did not take notes during the conversation, but said he immediately told other embassy officials about it.
The conversation took place not long after Mr. Sondland had met directly with Mr. Zelensky and other officials. Mr. Holmes's account gave hints that Mr. Trump's request may have been on Mr. Zelensky's mind, but it does not indicate what, if anything, he or his aides may have communicated to Mr. Sondland. In the meeting, Mr. Holmes recalled, Mr. Zelensky said that Mr. Trump had raised "some very sensitive issues" "three times" on the call — issues the Ukrainian leader noted they would have to follow up on in person.
Mr. Holmes described sitting on the terrace of a Kiev restaurant a little while later during lunch with Mr. Sondland, sharing a bottle of wine, when Mr. Sondland called Mr. Trump. The president was speaking so loudly, he said, that Mr. Sondland held the phone away from his ear and Mr. Holmes and others could hear Mr. Trump's voice.
In addition to discussing the investigations, Mr. Trump and Mr. Sondland discussed ASAP Rocky, an American rapper imprisoned in Sweden at the time on charges of assault. Mr. Sondland told the president the rapper "should have pled guilty," according to Mr. Holmes's written statement.
Mr. Sondland then advised Mr. Trump that he should "let him get sentenced, play the racism card, give him a ticker-tape when he comes home," Mr. Holmes testified. The ambassador added that Sweden "should have released him on your word," and added, referring to an American reality show celebrity family pressing for Mr. Trump's help in the case, "you can tell the Kardashians you tried."
Mr. Sondland noted after the call that the president was in a "bad mood."
Mr. Holmes's account included other potentially significant details new to investigators about Trump administration officials using a White House meeting and the frozen military assistance as leverage for what Mr. Trump wanted. He testified that Mr. Taylor told him at the time about a June 28 call with him, the "Three Amigos" and Mr. Zelensky in which "it was made clear that some action on a Burisma/Biden investigation was a precondition for an Oval Office meeting."
Mr. Taylor described the same call in his testimony, saying that Mr. Sondland had said he "wanted to make sure no one was transcribing or monitoring" the call. But Mr. Taylor did not say that investigations or preconditions had been discussed.
"It is important to understand that a White House visit was critical to President Zelensky," Mr. Holmes said. "He needed to demonstrate U.S. support at the highest levels both to advance his ambitious anti-corruption agenda at home and to encourage Russian President Putin to take seriously President Zelensky's peace efforts."
By late summer, Mr. Holmes testified, he had a "clear impression" that a hold on the military aid was also "likely intended by the president either to express dissatisfaction that the Ukrainians had not yet agreed to the Burisma/Biden investigations or as an effort to increase the pressure on them to do so."
Mr. Holmes also described frustrations among American officials.
At one point, he said, Mr. Sondland vented: "Dammit, Rudy. Every time Rudy gets involved he goes and f—s everything up."
He said that John R. Bolton, the president's former national security adviser, openly discussed strategies for marginalizing Mr. Giuliani on a trip to Kiev during the summer. Mr. Holmes testified that he also complained about Mr. Sondland's "expansive interpretation of his mandate." And he recalled Mr. Bolton saying that a hold on the security assistance would be lifted only if Mr. Zelensky could "favorably impress" during a face-to-face meeting scheduled for early September. The meeting never happened.
Other witnesses have described similar concerns by Mr. Bolton, and investigators would like to speak with him, but he has declined to appear given White House orders not to.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/15/us/politics/trump-ambassador-sondland-ukraine-call.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
coldjoint
Hearsay. Again. The presidents makes foreign policy. No one cares if State Dept. people disagree. That is not their job. Their job is to carry out the policy the president wants. That simple.
"Everywhere She Went Turned Bad," Says Man with Six Bankruptcies
"She started off in Somalia, how did that go?" tweeted the man, who paid twenty-five million dollars to settle fraud charges against a fake university bearing his name.
hightor
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