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Since Roe v. Wade and the legalization of abortion in 1973, the pro-life movement has not made it easy for women seeking access to an abortion clinic. An abortion escort is often needed to get past protesters. We'll hear firsthand what that's like. Now the battle over a woman's constitutional right has moved from the streets to red-state legislatures and President Trump is seizing the moment.
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La Conspiration d'Orion est un court métrage de fiction libre de droits diffusé sur l'Internet par Seb Janiak, qui avait réalisé des clips pour Laurent Voulzy et Daft Punk. Il se caractérise par un positionnement combinant le réalisme fantastique à la théorie du complot, sur un mode simili-réaliste à la manière de longs métrages comme Le Projet Blair Witch ou de Cloverfield, ou de séries comme X-Files : Aux frontières du réel. On y retrouve aussi l'idée de base de quelques films récents comme Men in Black ou Alien vs. Predator : le contact caché entre représentants de l'espèce humaine et civilisation(s) extraterrestre(s).

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Barksdale Air Force Base is evaluating a new smart card, known as a hardware token, on the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network, or SIPRNet.
"As we learned through the events of Wiki Leaks, we had a blind spot in protecting our classified networks," said Robert S. Jack II, Air Force Global Strike Command director of communications.
"So at the DoD and national level, we have a national strategy and program to implement a Public Key Infrastructure hardware based authentication system on the classified network - hence the SIPRNet token."
Air Force Global Strike Command, along with members from select units and combatant commands, began using the new smart cards, as participants in DoD's SIPRNet hardware token Initial Operational Test and Evaluation. Similar to the common access card, the SIPRNet token contains individual PKI certificates used for network logon, Web site authentication and secure e-mail.
Similarities between the CAC and SIPRNet tokens exist--both are hardware tokens, cryptographically bound to your identity, and the card format is an exact duplicate. The differences between the cards are very pronounced, but not obvious to the average user, other than the fact the SIPRNet token doesn't have a picture, name, grade or service component listed.
"The card was created to get us to a state of security on our classified network where we do a predominate amount of our command and control work in the business to fly, fight win, in a much more secure and sustainable fashion than the login ID and password," said Jack.
The new token also helps the communication squadron's help desk area because everyone will have password and not have to remember multiple passwords.
"Life will be much easier with this token because users only have to remember an eight digit pin and it is one that is not required to be changed or refreshed every 90 days," said Jack.
There have been 1607 SIPRNet tokens issued at Barksdale AFB, or roughly 63 percent of the base. Some users have discovered issues with the cards as the roll out continued.
"We are going through and finding all of the infant problems associated with a new program and technologies and we did find some glitches," said Jack.
"We found out that two of the technologies were like two ships passing in the night and not communicating, so we are working with the Air Force PKI and DoD program office to fix those."
The DoD-wide implementation date is December 2013, and AFGSC pushing hard to be the first MAJCOM to issue tokens to all its SIPRNet users, well ahead of the implementation date .
"I'm extremely proud to be part of AFGSC and the leadership here from [Lt.] General [Jim] Kowalski on down to the wings, they have been absolutely committed to doing this project," said Jack.
"They understand the operational imperative because cyber is a contested environment and you don't have to go any further than today's newspaper to read the latest and greatest exploits of things happening to people, like identity theft, intellectual property theft or cyber crime, happening to people in the wild, wild world of the web. Therefore, this is our approach to dealing with it. This program comes with great benefits to the users."
The SIPRNet token will roll out to the rest of the command in stages. F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., and Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., will be in the second phase of rollouts.
"It is very much aligned with the fundamental precepts of safe, secure and efficiency in the management and oversight of the nuclear enterprise," said Jack.
Bryan Bessette ""As we learned through the events of Wiki Leaks, we had a blind spot in protecting our classified networks,""
The weak leak in SIPR security is the human being that has a clearance and has legitimate access, not the mode of access. For example, how would this SIPR token defeated the Bradley Manning leak?


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Merseyrail is planning to procure its first construction framework to deliver improvements and new-build works across its estate and its stations in Merseyside.
The rail company said it was "costly" to continue to carry out an individual tender process for each of its construction projects, and as a result will look to set up a contractors' framework to speed up procurement and construction processes.
The framework will include a wide range of works, including defect repairs, refurbishments, structural repairs, and new-build stations.
Merseyrail plans to split the framework across three lots, with the largest covering projects worth more than £1m. This will typically be station design-and-build work, station enhancements, installation of lifts, and extensions to existing buildings.
The two smaller lots cover works up to £100,000, and works between £100,000 and £1m respectively.
Merseyrail added works for the two larger lots could include providing pre-fabricated pods to extend buildings in its estate.
The company has issued a prior information notice for the framework to sound out interested contractors, and expects to publish a tender for the £10m works package in March this year.

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Rupture Of Hydrosalpinx Into Broad Ligament During Hysterosalpingography
Parulekar SV
(Professor and Head. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, G.S.Medical college & KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India.)
Hysteroslpingography is one of the most commonly used methods of assessment of the uterus and fallopian tubes in evaluation of female infertility. Though considered safe, there are some complications of the procedure. Rupture of the hydrosalpinx into the broad ligament is a complication that is described here for the first time in the world literature.
Hysterosalpingography has been used for years in the assessment of female infertility.[1,2] It gives useful information on the uterine cavity and fallopian tubes. It is best carried out under image intensified fluoroscopic control, so that irradiation is minimized, and excessive injection of radiopaque dye or use of excessive force during injection can be avoided.[3] Either or both of these factors can lead to a rupture of a hydrosalpinx, in cases with bilateral tubal block. Radiologic appearance of a rupture of a hydrosalpinx into the broad ligament is presented here.
A 30 year old woman, married for 9 years, presented for management of her infertility. She had suffered from abdominal tuberculosis in the past, and had received antituberculous therapy. After completion of her treatment, she started undergoing valuation of her infertility. She presented to us with reports of her various tests, including hemogram, urinalysis, liver and renal function tests, serology for syphilis and HIV, and chest radiogram. These reports were normal. Hysterosalpingography was done by a radiologist. Its appearance is shown in figure 1.
Figure 1. Hysterosalpingography. The cervical canal and uterine cavity are normal in size and shape. Right fallopian tube is blocked in the ampullary portion. The left fallopian tube is convoluted and has a hydrosalpinx. There is loculated spill of the dye above and below the fallopian tube, around the hydrosalpinx.
The patient was explained that the tubes were most probably damaged due to tuberculosis as an extension of her abdominal tuberculosis. The poor prognosis of a tubal reconstructive surgery was explained to her. She was counselled to undergo either in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, or to adopt a child.
A hydrosalpinx is a distension of a fallopian tube due to block at its lateral end. That produces a retort-shaped swelling. A hysterosalpingography shows a retort-shaped shadow in such cases.[4,5] Since the fluid inside the hydrosalpinx is in an enclosed, space, forceful injection of any fluid into the uterine cavity and from there into the fallopian tube would result in excessive distension of the hydrosalpinx, if the other fallopian tube is blocked too. Such overdistension can be avoided by observing the uterus and fallopian tubes during the performance of the procedure under fluoroscopy. In the case presented, the right fallopian tube was blocked in the ampullary portion. The left fallopian tube had formed a moderate sized hydrosalpinx. Thus its walls were much thinner than tose of a normal tube. Forceful injection of the dye probably caused a rupture of the hydrosalpinx. If the rupture had occurred into the peritoneal cavity, the radiopaque dye would have escaped into the peritoneal cavity and would have spread, covering serosal surface of bowel. If it had ruptured intraperitoneally and peritubal adhesions were present, it would have produced a localized irregular shadow, the dye spreading into nonadherent parts between adherent surfaces. The localized shadow surrounding the hydrosalpinx is rounded, smooth surfaced and unilocular. Though a lateral film was not available, which would have shown forward and backward bulging of the shadow, it appears that it would have been so, since such a bulging would be unlikely to be confined only to the coronal plane. Actually such a phenomenon has been witnessed during laparoscopy and chromopertubation too (personal unplublished data), in which a spherical distension of the broad ligament by methylene blue had been seen. Since the dye had spread over a larger area (between two leaves of the broad ligament) and was probably mixed with the fluid in the hydrosalpinx which escaped along with the dye into the hydrosalpinx, the shadow cast by the loculated spill was less dense as compared to that cast by the hydrosalpinx. The site of the rupture must have been small, so that all contents of the hydrosalpinx did not escape into the broad ligament. Since the plates were obtained within a short time of the previous plates, the dye which had escaped into the broad ligament did not have time to spread out retroperitoneally.
Hysterosalpingography can cause rupture of a hydrosalpinx into the broad ligament due to force of injection of the dye. The radiological appearance of this complication is unique.
Albeṙt Mathieu. Hydrosalpinx—Its Visualization By Hysterosalpingography. Cal West Med 1931 Aug; 35(2): 73–78.
Simpson WL, Beitia LG, Mester J. Hysterosalpingography: a reemerging study. Radiographics. 2006;26 (2): 419-31.
Chalazonitis A, Tzovara I, Laspas F et-al. Hysterosalpingography: technique and applications. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 2009;38 (5): 199-205.
Ubeda B, Paraira M, Alert E et-al. Hysterosalpingography: spectrum of normal variants and nonpathologic findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2001;177 (1): 131-5.
Rezvani M, Shaaban AM. Fallopian tube disease in the nonpregnant patient. Radiographics 2011;31 (2): 527-48.
Parulekar SV. Rupture Of Hydrosalpinx Into Broad Ligament During Hysterosalpingography. JPGO JPGO 2015. Volume 2 Number 11. Available from: http://www.jpgo.org/2015/11/rupture-of-hydrosalpinx-into-broad.html


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Is New York City, Once the Greatest City in the World, "The Big Apple", now the Rotten Apple?
As a child and young adult, my parents, who were sophisticated and extremely well educated, exposed me to many things, including New York City. Every year my mother and father would spend a couple of weeks in the "Big Apple" and they took me with them (we stayed at the Plaza Hotel), eating in fabulous restaurants, seeing Broadway Shows, and attending sporting events. The eclectic atmosphere with many different cultures was fascinating. The City was alive with its own fabulous electricity and special soul. My mother and father took me to the Empire State Building, The Statue of Liberty, Madison Square Garden (where I saw Barnum & Bailey's, Ringling Brothers Circus (The Greatest Show on Earth). I saw innumerable Broadway Shows, and even ate at the fabulous Sardi's Restaurant where the critics would evaluate opening night performances. Later in life, my wife and I would spend several weeks in New York, doing the same things my parents exposed me to as a kid. We loved it and felt safe in the City.
After the folks in New York City experienced Democrat Mayor DeBlasio, the worst Mayor in United States history, who defunded the police, limited their abilities to do their jobs, increased taxes, and instituted draconian restrictions on businesses, combined with Governor Cuomo's elimination of cash bail, New York City became an open sewer of crime. Interestingly, many of my friends who actually live there – especially those in the high end areas of Manhattan (I used to call it the "Silk Stocking Area") – still defend the City as a great place to live. They haven't been assaulted, raped, robbed, or murdered yet, but give it time!
Folks, with the end of DeBlasio's absurd term as New York's crazy Mayor, there was/is hope of a revitalization of sorts, a reduction of crime, especially with the election of Democrat Eric Adams, who served the people of New York City as an NYPD officer, State Senator, Brooklyn Borough President. He's now the 110th Mayor of the City of New York and its 2nd Black mayor. Well folks, make no mistake, this guy is a liberal wolf in sheep's clothing who from my research, will talk the talk, but never walks the walk. I was absolutely appalled when he said he is willing to allow the 800,000 illegal aliens and non-citizens to vote in New York City elections.
When you combine this anti-American activity with the election of New York's new prosecutor Alvin Bragg who has
clearly stated, as I understand it, that he has no intention of prosecuting any crimes with the exception of rape and murder, New York City will denigrate into the most dangerous and uninhabitable municipality in America. Indeed, another, in my view, outrageous, beyond liberal, Black DA, who is quoted as saying – "These cases do not belong in criminal court. The punishments are disproportionately harsh, and fall disproportionately on the backs of people of color. … This is why I will not prosecute most petty offenses through the traditional criminal court system."
New York City and its people have no idea how bad it is going to get. If I was a criminal who wanted to mug, rob, and hurt people, I would head for New York City where I could operate with absolute impunity. This idiot, Alvin Bragg, has even said he won't prosecute an armed robber, as long as he doesn't shoot?!
Folks, New York City is no longer the Big Apple, it has become the Rotten Apple, and you could not pay me to go there for any reason. No matter where you live, you are in danger and very soon the residents there will realize how bad it really is and how bad it is going to get with its new hypocritical mayor, no cash bail, and an absolutely crazy prosecutor. I predict veritable, criminal anarchy in this once great city, which will eventually be controlled by liberal despots and non-Americans who no longer believe in apple pie and motherhood. As long as this absurd philosophy and liberal agenda continues in our major cities, controlled by incompetent, power hungry Democrats, the country our forefathers created for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness will no longer exist.
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Bloomington city council OKs symbolic amendment supporting police, adopts 2021 budget on 7–1 vote
Dave Askins	Bloomington, City Council	 October 15, 2020 October 15, 2020 10 Minutes
On Wednesday night, Bloomington's city budget got just seven votes of support from the nine-member city council.
In the approved budget, general fund expenditures for 2021 decreased to around $95 million, from around $99 million in 2020.
Nothing significant changed from the time the budget was first proposed in mid-August. The budget assumes a new engineering department, but that will require some future legislative action by the council.
Over the objections of some councilmembers, the new transportation demand management (TDM) position will have the economic and sustainable development department as a home, instead of the planning and transportation department.
The number of budgeted sworn police officers stayed the same as in the mid-August proposal—100, which is down from the 105 that are authorized this year. But on Wednesday night, the theoretical maximum was explicitly set at 105 through an amendment to the police and firefighter salary ordinance.
Matt Flaherty, one of four first-term councilmembers, cast votes against the salary ordinance that covers most city employees and against the basic appropriation ordinance. Those are two of the six pieces of legislation that make up the annual budget package.
About his dissent, Flaherty said, "I don't feel like I've impacted this budget at all, in part because of the procedural shortcomings in how we approach budgeting and the fact that we don't have a defined structure for collaboration and compromise."
City council president Steve Volan was absent.
A highlight from the 2021 appropriation ordinance included a reduction in funding for sworn police officers, compared to 2020 budgeted numbers, from 105 to 100. The funding that would have paid for five police officers is allocated instead to non-sworn positions, which would be a mix of social workers, neighborhood resource specialists, and a data analyst.
A amendment sponsored by councilmembers Susan Sandberg and Sue Sgambelluri revised the salary ordinance covering police officers and firefighters to include a statement saying, "The maximum number of sworn officers within the Police Department for the year 2021 shall be set at 105."
Because the amendment to the salary ordinance did not change the dollar amounts of any appropriations—those are made in a separate ordinance—Sandberg called the amendment "largely symbolic." The amendment passed on a 5–3 vote, with Flaherty, Kate Rosenbarger and Isabel Piedmont-Smith dissenting.
Amendment on 105 police officers: Flexibility?
Normally, the police and firefighter salary ordinance does not specify the number of sworn officers. It just sets forth ranges and schedules for how officers are to be paid. And the appropriation ordinance does not break down departmental expenditures in enough detail to discern how many sworn officers are funded.
So the amendment proposed by Sgambelluri and Sandberg did not adjust upwards an existing figure from 100 to 105. Instead, the amendment added a novel section to the police and firefighter salary ordinance—one that gave an upper bound for the number of sworn officers.
Sgambelluri and Sandberg pitched the amendment as providing "flexibility." Sgambelluri said: "What it does do is provide administration and council with some flexibility as we think about staffing next year, I would agree with the mayor that we have some deeper questions to dive into. We have to acknowledge that our city is growing at the same time, we have to acknowledge that policing is changing."
The visual highlight of Sgambelluri's presentation of the amendment was a table showing historical staffing levels of different categories in the police department:
Estimate Civilian
(Non-Sworn) Dispatch Sworn
Officers Totals
2015 82,813 33 15 100 148
2017 83,636 33.5 25.5 100 159
2015-2021 6.77% 30.30% 153.33% 0.00% 22.30%
Some councilmembers who dissented on the amendment contended that by setting an upper bound of 105, it provided less flexibility than an ordinance that is silent on the question of how many sworn personnel are authorized.
About the amendment, Flaherty said, "It affects the budget not at all. And it actually reduces flexibility, if for some reason we really wanted to change things."
In late August, The Square Beacon asked the administration where the idea of an authorized number of sworn officers could be discerned in the budget documents approved by the city council—given that it's not specified in either the salary ordinance or the appropriation ordinance.
Based on the response from city attorney Mike Rouker, it's a matter of what number elected officials talked about and decided during the budget process.
It's the board of public safety that approves hires of police officers, Rouker said. He said, "The Board has always been very conscious of its role and has never entertained hiring more sworn personnel in the Police or Fire Departments than the City Council and Mayor (the elected officials in this equation) decided upon during the budget process."
Rouker added, "I think you have to get into some very unlikely scenarios to imagine a situation where the Board of Public Safety would go rogue and hire additional officers and/or firefighters against the explicit statements of our community's elected leaders."
Based on Rouker's assessment, even if the salary ordinance had not been amended to say the maximum number of sworn police officers is 105—leaving the ordinance without explicit wording about any upper bound—the maximum would still have been 100. That's the number of sworn officers the administration has said are funded in the appropriation ordinance.
So the amendment could be analyzed as adding an explicit upper bound that is higher than an implicit upper bound, thus in some sense increasing flexibility.
Amendment on 105 officers: Funding impact
About the fact that the amendment to the salary ordinance did not also appropriate the funds for the 105 officers, Piedmont-Smith said, "It won't do anything. I'm sorry. I mean…it kind of maybe makes the police feel better. But it's not going to actually do anything…If you want more police officers, then I think the issue is with the budget and not with the salary ordinance."
Paul Post, who's president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 88, the bargaining unit for BPD, confirmed during public commentary that he supported the amendment. He told the sponsors, "Thank you for bringing it up. I will relay it to my officers and we appreciate hearing it."
Flaherty said, "As noted, this amendment doesn't do anything, so I'll be voting no on it."
Amendment on 105 officers: Substance
Flaherty said that in addition to opposing the amendment on grounds of flexibility and its lack of impact on the budget, he was also against the idea of increasing the number of sworn officers to 105.
Some of the stresses that officers are under, Flaherty said, could be addressed with a recommendation from a recent study completed by the Novak Consulting Group. The recommendation is to alter the shift schedules, so that more officers are on shifts corresponding to those periods during the day with the highest call volumes.
Flaherty said that the amendment seemed like an effort to preserve the status quo, when significant changes are needed.
Flaherty said: "So what we need to be doing is looking at alternatives and looking at how to address the very substantial racial disparities and socio-economic disparities we have in this town, in Bloomington, based on our data. And simply replicating the status quo is not going to do that."
Councilmember Kate Rosenbarger was also against the idea of 105 sworn officers as opposed to the 100 that are budgeted for 2021. Rosenbarger said: "I think it's true that we have to challenge the status quo here. And instead of adding folks to fight crime, we need to be looking at the root causes of why folks get into the criminal justice system. And we need to be devoting our resources towards supportive services to help folks stay out of the system. So I think I think this first step in decreasing our number of sworn officers by five is the right step."
Councilmember Dave Rollo supported the amendment. He drew a distinction between Bloomington's police department and other departments across the country: "I'm very much aware of the problems with various police forces around the country. Ours is a model police force. I'm really proud of the sworn officers and what they have to do. I think they deserve the support of the community and the support of the council."
Rollo added, "They have my support. They're expertly trained, they're well disciplined. And I think that they're a model for other communities. And so I will commit to adding more sworn officers in the future."
Vice president of the city council, Jim Sims, who chaired the proceedings in Steve Volan's absence, supported the amendment. But Sims did not agree with Rollo's description of Bloomington's police force as a "model."
Sims said, "I do not feel that it is a 'model' police department. There are some things that we need to work on, and I think we have been working on. But what I think BPD is, is a very good police department, that can be improved and will be improved."
About the disparate arrest and incarceration rates locally, Sims said, "I'm gonna simply say: That is true and that is not acceptable. I will also say that through community work and involvement, I think those numbers have been improved over the years. So it is not acceptable."
Sims then widened his scope: "Now, I know we're talking about the budget. But let's look at a broader picture there. You know what else is not acceptable? It's not acceptable for me to be called a dumbass N-word while I'm getting gas this afternoon, because I chose to wear a mask. That is not acceptable. It is not acceptable for the disparate numbers and expulsions and suspensions that we have in our school system, right here in Monroe County—don't make them a bad school system. But those numbers are disparate."
Several councilmembers voted no or abstained in the straw polls they took two weeks ago on different elements of the budget.
Those votes in most cases were based on concerns about a lack of collaboration and cooperation from mayor John Hamilton on the creation of the budget. On Wednesday, some councilmembers repeated the same kind of sentiments, but wound up voting for the budget.
Controller Jeff Underwood pointed out that a failure to adopt the 2021 budget, would mean living with the previous year's property tax levy. That is, in 2021 Bloomington would have to make do with the same property tax levy as in 2020. [IC 36-4-7-11]
If attention is confined to just the general fund levy, a failure to adopt the budget would mean accepting just $23,384,919 compared to $24,292,466, which is $907,547 less.
Matt Flaherty was the only councilmember whose discontentedness with the budget process translated into a vote against the budget on Wednesday night.
Flaherty framed the issue in terms of his reasons for wanting to serve on the city council: "When I ran for council, I ran to try to effect change, change in line with the values that I campaigned on. To shift away meaningfully from the status quo and to really start to tackle some of these challenges in our adopted plans and goals more aggressively than we have been."
That's tied to the budget, Flaherty said: "For the council as the city's fiscal body, appropriations like the city budget are one of the ways that we can effect change in line with our policy priorities as elected officials."
But the budget process had not allowed him to have the kind of impact he wanted: "And I guess my disappointment is that I don't feel like I've impacted this budget at all, in part because of the procedural shortcomings in how we approach budgeting and the fact that we don't have a defined structure for collaboration and compromise. Of the six or seven specific items or changes that I've asked for, none were incorporated, or really meaningfully discussed."
Flaherty said he'd talked to mayor John Hamilton about his disappointment that the mayor's budget had not incorporated more of Flaherty's ideas. Flaherty said he disagreed with Hamilton's perspective that the budget generally reflects some of the broader priorities that Flaherty had talked about in the budget advance meeting in April.
Councilmember Ron Smith said, "It really is a good budget. Keeping the big picture, it is a good budget. It does address a lot of the things we think are important in reflecting the values that we have in Bloomington. And it's OK, too, that we disagree. It's fine. I think that's part of what democracy is all about."
Piedmont-Smith voted for the budget, but talked about her intent to work to improve the process: "I think there needs to be more transparency. I would appreciate hearing from the mayor between the budget advance and August, following up on the things that we said at the budget advance."
Piedmont-Smith added, "I think that we need some kind of mechanism to do a straw poll vote to say…five of us want this change, and to do that in a public setting." She wrapped up by saying, "I do intend to follow through and work with my council colleagues and with the mayor to improve this process for the future."
Sandberg said, "We always must keep the big picture in mind. And so in spite of my differences with what had been proposed, I will make it my responsibility to continue to work on those things throughout the year and throughout the next budget cycles. But I'm certainly not going to vote no on the budget as a whole."
Rollo gave the strongest expression of support by any councilmember. He said: "This is a fiscally sound budget, which it's our fiduciary responsibility to oversee. This administration still keeps to its commitments of infrastructure, social service funding and its commitment to climate."
Rollo praised the administration's record over the nearly five years of Hamilton's service, pointing to the work that's been done to solarize city buildings and to increase Jack Hopkins social services funding. Rollo said, "We get lost, I think, in the weeds, when we talk about specific things like $15,000, for gas masks for the police department….So I think I think this is a very good budget. I think it deserves our support."
Petition objecting to 2021 budget
In the public discussion leading up to the adoption of the 2021 budget, a petition organized by Donyel Byrd was submitted to the city. During public commentary at the Sept. 30 hearing, Byrd introduced herself as a social worker in Bloomington, but said she was not speaking on behalf of the entire profession or any employer.
Byrd described the petition that had been signed by over 150 people, which says they do not want to see the power and scope of policing increased in the way that's currently proposed. The new social worker positions are proposed to be embedded in the police department.
Under state law, if more than 10 people any ten or more taxpayers object to a budget, tax rate, or tax levy by filing an objection petition the city must adopt a finding concerning the objections in the petition.
So on Wednesday, in a separate vote, the council adopted a finding that read: "The council finds that it has received the document titled 'Letter opposing 2021 proposed police budge' and accompanying signature page and has duly considered the recommendations contained therein, as well as public comments provided at meetings related to the 2021 budget, while considering the 2021 budget tax rates and tax levy."
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She outlived her savings and can't afford to stay.
Update 1/12/2016: As of today, Rausch's GoFundMe page has reached it goal. Hopefully this means she will be able to stay in her home for one more year.
Last week, Carrie Rausch turned 108 years old. But the great grandmother of six from Columbus, Ohio doesn't have a lot to celebrate right now. Rausch recently outlived her savings and cannot afford the $40,000 for the next year of room and board at the assisted living facility she's called home for the last three years, since they don't accept Medicaid as a source of payment.
"We want to do everything we can for her but [my brother and I] can't come up with that kind of money," Rausch's daughter Susan Hatfield told PEOPLE.
Her family is hoping they can raise the money for her on GoFundMe, otherwise Rausch will have to move into a nursing home that accepts Medicaid. The family has raised nearly $12,000 from over 200 donors so far.
When Rausch moved into the assisted living facility when she was 105, Hatfield thought they had saved enough. "We never knew she'd live to 108," Hatfield told PEOPLE. Up until this point, Rausch covered her cost of living with her savings and the money from the sale of her house that she and her late husband built in 1935.
Hatfield reinforced that her mother's current home — Sunrise on the Scioto — is not the villain in this situation. The issue is that the Medicaid system in Ohio does not pay for room and board at any assisted living facility and Sunrise on the Scioto does not currently accept assisted living waivers from Medicaid.
Hatfield is worried that moving her mother into a Medicaid nursing home would take a toll on her mother who, despite her age, only needs a walker to get around, still enjoys attending family functions and still says "hi" to everyone she meets, according to the GoFundMe page.
"Moving her to a more medically-oriented facility would be traumatic and I think she'd end up becoming a lady who lays in bed all day," Hatfield told PEOPLE. "She's still very engaged with life: she doesn't watch things, she does them."
If raised, the $40,000 will be used exclusively for Rausch's room and board at her current home to cover one year of expenses.


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Q: Is there an appropriate weighted Sobolev space to include exponential map and projection map? Observe that given a non negative function
$\omega: \mathbb{R^2} \rightarrow [0, \infty)$, we can define the weighted
$L^{p}(\mathbb{R}^2, \omega) $ spaces. They are measurable functions
$f: \mathbb{R}^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that their weighted $L^p$
norm is finite i.e.,
$$ \int |f|^p  \omega d \mu  < \infty.  $$
Similarly, we can define the weighted Sobolev spaces
$W^{k,p}(\mathbb{R}^2, \omega)$. They are the completion with respect
to the weighted $L^p$ norm of the spaces  of $k$ times
differentiable functions that have finite weighted Sobolev $p$-norm.
Now consider the linear operator
$$ T: W^{k,p}(\mathbb{R}^2, \omega) \rightarrow W^{k-1,q}(\mathbb{R}^2, \omega)  $$
given by
$$ T(v(x,y)) := \frac{\partial v(x,y)}{ \partial x}.$$
My question is as follows: does there exist some weight $\omega(x,y)$
and integers $k$, $p$ and $q$
such that the following are true:
1) The functions $(x,y) \rightarrow x$, $(x,y) \rightarrow e^x$, $(x,y) \rightarrow y$ and  $(x,y) \rightarrow e^y$ all belong to
$W^{k,p}(\mathbb{R}^2, \omega)$ and $T$ maps into
$W^{k-1,q}(\mathbb{R}^2, \omega)$.
2) The map $T$ is a bounded linear operator.
3) The map $T$ is surjective.
My guess is that
$$ \omega(x,y) := e^{-(x^2+y^2)} $$
should do the trick, but I am not certain. The motivation for this question
is to show that a certain pde has a solution, via the Implicit Function
Theorem.
The map $T$ arises as the linearization of some non linear operator.
$\textbf{Remark:}$ If $\omega(x,y) \equiv 1$, then I believe condition 2)
will be satisfied for appropriate choices of $p$ and $q$. I believe this
follows from the Sobolev embedding theorem. However the exponential
function and projection maps are not part of the Sobolev spaces. Hence
I am considering weighted Sobolev spaces.

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Four University of Arizona Football Players Arrested
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The following article was written by Spencer Wingate.
The University of Arizona's student newspaper, the Arizona Daily, has reported the Tucson Police Department arrested four UA football players for their role in a brawl last weekend. Police reports cite sophomore cornerback Jourdon Grandon, offensive tackle Fabbians Ebbele, offensive lineman Eric Bender, and safety Jared Tevis were arrested on charges of trespassing. Grandon, Ebbele, and Bender were additionally charged with assault.
Police responded to an assault and burglary call in the early morning hours of March 2nd. Upon arrival, officers saw a white Lincoln Navigator speeding away from the home of five UA students. Police promptly pulled over the Navigator. Tevis, Robbins, Grandon, Ebbele, and junior defensive tackle Justin Washington were removed from the Navigator as police began to interview witnesses at the scene. Washington was not charged in the incident. Police determined the residents of the home were having a party and had invited Tevis to come. When Tevis arrived with four other men, they were asked to leave. Former UA safety Joshua Robbins, who drove the players to the party, then allegedly shoved a woman. She supposedly responded by slapping him and Robbins subsequently punched her. It is alleged that the football players left following the incident, but threatened they would come back. The men returned later with a large group of friends and stormed into the party causing a huge brawl. Witnesses stated Ebbele forcibly entered by punching everyone who came in his path. Grandon was allegedly seen punching females during the brawl.
The residents stated they wanted to press charges against the men. The players denied they were involved in the physical altercation, but were still charged. UA Athletic Director Greg Byrne said in a press release the school will be fully cooperative with police and disciplinary action will be handled accordingly.
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What's so Special about Siesta Key?
Easily accessible by one of two bridges connecting to the mainland of Sarasota, Siesta Key is an 8-mile long, crescent-shaped barrier island with four main areas – Siesta Beach, Crescent Beach, Turtle Beach, and Siesta Key Village.
Siesta Key is known for its absolutely gorgeous beaches. While the sand on most beaches is composed of a mix of quartz and other minerals that give it a coarser texture and a darker color, the sand on the beaches at Siesta Key is 99% quartz. This means it's always silky in texture and cool to the touch, even during the hottest days of the summer.
The Siesta Key area is filled with natural beauty along with plenty of dining and shopping options, as well as a variety of area attractions. Just minutes from the city of Sarasota, Siesta Key is a more intimate location to relax, while Sarasota offers a more high-energy vacation.
Getting Around Siesta Key
There are several ways visitors can get around Siesta Key.
Three open-air trolleys (including one that runs right by The Anchorage), run 7 days a week from 8 am until midnight between Turtle Beach to Siesta Village.
Other ways to get around Siesta Key is Jonny's Original Rides, a service that connects Siesta key Village at the north end of the island to Turtle Beach on the south. It operates daily from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. These electric vehicles are easy to spot with their bright green stripes. Jonny's provides a fun, safe and eco-friendly trip for riders of all ages, whatever the season and weather. Operating like a taxi service, pick-up and drop-off services are on all three beaches on Siesta Key, along with the island's most popular destinations.
Jonny's also offers a delivery service for restaurants and they deliver groceries for Crescent Beach Grocery for a small fee.
Siesta Key Free Rides operates a fleet of six-seater electric vehicles that look like golf carts but have enough storage room to cart around coolers, shopping bags, and strollers.
Or, you can always walk. The Anchorage is within walking distance of a wide variety of shopping and restaurants.
Siesta Key Goes Hollywood
And if you like movies, the Siesta Key area has provided beautiful shooting locations for some of Hollywood's most popular films such as Great Expectations, The Greatest Show on Earth and Just Cause. And most recently it's the subject and shooting location for the MTV reality show of the same name.
Siesta Key History
Prior to the 20th century, Siesta Key used to be infested with mosquitoes, snakes, shrubs and wild boars. It wasn't a place a lot of people wanted to inhabit. But by the turn of the century, a few brave visitors with vision settled there. And things began to change.
In 1906 a man who went by Captain Roberts, along with his wife, converted their large boarding home into a hotel. They began hosting visitors from the north during the wintertime. The people who stayed at the hotel loved Mrs. Roberts' cooking so much that word began to spread. Soon, people from all over the country, including Hollywood celebrities and politicians, began staying there, just to taste her food.
Captain Roberts saw the success of their hotel and teamed up with two partners to form the Siesta Land Company. They soon mapped out the island and renamed it Siesta Key, which sounded a lot better than the area's previous names of Clam Island, Little Sarasota Island and Sarasota Key.
Harry Higel was one of the men with whom Captain Roberts partnered. Higel was mayor of Sarasota and had a vision for Siesta Key. As a developer, he wanted to make the area into a place filled with tourist attractions. He launched an aggressive advertising plan, dug three canals through the Siesta Village area, connecting them to the bay.
After development slowed down during and after the Great Depression, it picked back up in the '40s and '50s after a few well-known artists moved to the island. It also helped that architects Paul Randolph and Ralph Twitchell built a number of homes there, too.
Today, Siesta Key has a population of around 6,500 people and averages more than 350,000 visitors a year.


One of the most common questions that I get as a wood science consultant is, "if I send you a piece of wood from a building can you tell me how strong it is?" The answer is yes, I can tell you how strong it is, but it probably won't answer the real question: "what are the recommended allowable design values for the lumber and timbers in the structure?"
Design professionals commonly use the National Design Specification for Wood Construction (NDS) for wood engineering design. Provided in the NDS are the most current and acceptable practices and procedures for design using a variety of wood and wood-based products, including dimension lumber and timbers. The reference design values for the commercially important species and species groupings of dimension lumber and timbers are listed in several tables provided in the NDS Supplement - Design Values for Wood Construction. These are the current reference design values for dimension lumber and timbers and in most cases will likely apply to any modifications made to a structure. One common mistake in evaluating an older structure is to research the reference design values that were applicable at the time of construction. However, these historical values do not always apply to older structures due several modifications that have been implemented to the reference design values over the past few decades.
The first step for determining allowable design values is to determine the species of the lumber or timbers in the structure. This can be accomplished by removing a small splinter from an representative element that is only about 1" long and about 1/2" in cross section. Small, thin sections of the sample are removed using a razor blade and are then viewed using a light microscope to verify the species using a dichotomous key.
The next step is to have the material in the building inspected in-situ to determine the visual grade. The visual grade of the material is what ultimately determines the allowable design value. Dimension lumber is graded according to the National Grading Rule (NGR) for Dimension Lumber. Timbers are graded in a slightly different manner. The grade rules that apply to timbers are published by the grading agencies and depend on the species of the material. For example, southern pine timbers are graded according to the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau (SPIB), Douglas-fir timbers are graded according to the West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau (WCLIB) or the Western Wood Products Association (WWPA) and hardwoods are graded according to the Northeast Lumber Manufacturers Association (NeLMA). A qualified inspector is required to grade the material according to the applicable rules.
Split in timber reveals a 1:7 slope of grain resulting in a No.2 visual grade.
There are several characteristics used to determine a visual grade including; checks, knots, shake, splits, wane, pitch streaks, and warp. For purposes of strength, the two characteristics that are generally most import are knots and slope-of-grain. When grading knots, the size, location, and frequency are examined and measured. Slope-of-grain is the angle that the grain deviates along the length of the member and is measured as the distance along the length of the member that it takes the grain to deviate 1". For example, a slope-of-grain measurement of 1:8 indicates that the grain deviates 1" along 8" of length. Slope-of-grain is one of the most common characteristics that was often overlooked several years ago and is one of the more important strength reducing characteristics. Even in lumber and timbers that appear to be of high quality, "clear" wood, elements could in fact have steep slope-of-grain that results is a lower visual grade. In some instances slope-of-grain will be revealed by a check or split, as shown above. Alternatively an inspector must always be attentive to the grain and other characteristics on all the exposed surfaces of the element in a structure. If needed, the inspector may use a slope-of-grain indicator to mark the grain similar to a scribe and then measure the deviation to the determine the value.
Wide-face knot with distorted grain measuring 3 1/2" diameter in a 2x10, resulting in a No.2 visual grade.
In mills, visual graders examine a piece on all four sides along the entire length to determine the grade controlling characteristic, and ultimately, the visual grade. Grading in-situ cannot be performed in the same manner as that performed by a grader in a mill. In fact, it is generally not possible because only three sides of a piece are exposed. This occurs in beams and joists where columns generally have all sides, or surfaces, exposed. Anything less than three exposed surfaces along the length of a member means that the inspector must use their judgement, which requires a lot of experience. Also, if there is a film forming finish on the materials this can conceal important characteristics used for determining the visual grade. When this happens, a conservative approach to grading is often the best concept.
Photo shows painted timber with a depression in the coating that revealed a 1:6 slope of grain as a result of a split. The large split to the right of the ruler was the initial indicator for the presence of slope of grain. Rockefeller Hall. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Accessibility is a very important issue to consider. Scaffolding, lifts and staging may be required to have adequate access to inspect lumber and timbers in a building. The better the access, the better the field data and visual grading. If access is limited then the inspector will be forced to make conservative judgements for the appropriate visual grades.
Staging for access into the Highland Presbyterian Church roof system. Photo courtesy of Senler, Campbell and Associates, Inc. Staging installed by Schaeffer General Contracting Services. GEM Engineering also provided materials testing consulting.
There are some important issues that also need to be taken into account when inspecting dimension lumber and timbers in buildings which include: identifying areas with wood decay, insect attack, mechanical damage, or improper modifications. If wood decay is found, then the allowable properties do not apply to those areas due to the significant effect that wood decay has on allowable properties. Wood decay can be further examined with a resistance drill or increment cores can be removed and examined microscopically. The same applies to areas with insect attack. Termite damage can be quite extensive, whereas carpenter ants are generally isolated. In some cases there are large notches removed from members for plumbing which result in cross sectional loss. Some members can be mechanically damage, such as from fork lifts. In extreme cases, some members are already exhibiting failures. All of these issues need to be identified and documented by the inspector as well.
In summary, determining the design values of dimension lumber and timbers in structures is fairly straight forward process but requires an experienced individual with knowledge of the grading rules for dimension lumber and timbers as well as the experience of in-situ grading. The wood species of the elements need to be determined, which can often include different species for different elements. The elements need to be visually graded and inspected so that the appropriate reference design values can be determined and reported to the engineer. Once determined, the engineer can then apply all the applicable adjustment factors in the NDS to the reference design values. Quite often destructive testing of lumber and timbers is unnecessary in older structures as long as any areas exhibiting wood decay, insect attack, mechanical damage, modifications or failures are properly documented and handled appropriately.


British Isles Grooming Association - Who are BIGA?
So who are BIGA and why be a member?
A team of industry experts has been assembled to pull together an initial working structure for the association. The rest is in your hands! As a not for profit association all money received will be put straight back into the industry!
Within an ever changing industry groomers need a voice. BIGA are a member of the CFSG (canine and feline sector group) and are able to attend meetings when changes are taking place. Being able to voice the concerns and needs of groomers when industry changes come about is essential to ensure that we have an industry that we enjoy being a part of. Groomers speaking for groomers.
The aim is to create an interactive support network for professional commercial pet groomers in the British Isles (that includes England, Scotland, Wales, N.Ireland, Ireland). A community of like-minded professionals. A support network for beginners and the experienced alike. A hub of friendly helpful advice, training and education, professional and career development. The sharing of news and events and more. PLUS, loads of social interaction and fun.
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Is there something you could bring to the table – with your skills and experience (it doesn't have to be related to pet grooming) ?
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Perhaps you've got a great idea to help us all get better connected, something that encourages greater professionalism within our profession ?
This is your opportunity to help give shape, in these early days, to BIGA. This is your association and we're already starting to hear some exciting ideas. At the very least, sign up to BIGA NEWS so you don't miss out !
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Pepper is a spice, but can it also be a name?
Thanks to Deka for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day.
Pepper: Spicy
Pepper is perfectly edible, a name that fits with Olive and Clementine.
The spice takes its name from the Greek peperi, which comes from Sanskrit, or maybe an older language. Peperi became piper in Latin, and eventually the English word we know today.
It's been applied to the vegetable since at least the 1500s. All spicy foods were assumed to be related, and so the spice and the veggie came to share a name – even though that's all they have in common.
Pepper: Boy Name
In 1937, five boys were given the name – the first year it registered on Social Security Administration lists.
If you saw 2015's Little Boy, set during World War II, it included a 7 year old boy by the name, with an older brother called London. Both names are possible, if not likely.
But how did the name get its start? The Five Little Peppers is a children's book series, first published in 1881. Dr. Pepper, the soft drink, was first served in 1885 – though it isn't clear how the beverage acquired its name. There are tons of other uses: a professional baseball team in the 1910s, a card game, a 1936 movie with a female character by the name.
By the 1950s, it was in use in small numbers for boys and girls.
Pepper: Potts
In 1963, Marvel Comics gave us Virginia Potts – nicknamed Pepper. She's the capable assistant and sometimes love interest of Tony Stark – a.k.a. Iron Man. Eventually, Miss Potts becomes CEO of Stark Industries and a super hero, too.
Both happen in the current Avengers film series, with Gwyneth Paltrow playing the part.
Pepper: Officer
The comic book character wasn't enough to convince parents to give the name to their daughters.
Instead, it took a small screen police officer. Angie Dickinson starred in Police Woman on NBC from 1974 through 1978. She's Sergeant Pepper – clever, right? – Anderson.
The police woman was part of an undercover squad, taking on all sorts of roles to make the arrest.
Leanne, Patricia, and Lisa were all as legal names for the character at different points.
But it was her nickname that was used 99% of the time, and in 1975 and 1976, more than 100 newborn girls were named Pepper, too.
Pepper: Annie
In 1977, there came yet another reason to see this as a possible girl's name: Annie.
The comic strip turned hit Broadway musical gave the name to one of Annie's fellow orphans, a bossy 12 year old girl. Pepper the orphan has appeared 1977 through the 2014 silver screen reboot starring Quvenzhané Wallis.
Pepper: People
A handful of others have worn the name, including (male) musician Pepper J. Keenan. But this name has been trending female since Police Woman.
In 2013, 153 newborn girls were given the name, and in 2014, 157. That's a huge rise – in 2008, there were a mere 30 newborn girls called Pepper.
It's tempting to credit a mix of Annie and Iron Man for the name's success, but I suspect it has more to do with the meteoric rise of Harper and Piper.
Worried that the name is too cute? It could be short for many a longer name, including the ever so stylish Penelope.
Odds are that we'll hear more of this name in the next few years, though it's hard to say if Pepper can join Olive in the Top 1000, or if it will stay on the fringes.
What do you think of Pepper? Does it work as a given name, or is it more of a nickname?
More names you might like:
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Lainy P says
I LOVE Penelope nn Pepper!!
Panya says
When I was little, friends of my family had a daughter around my age whose full name was Pepper Aṇn Suḷt. I looked her up on Facebook recently to make sure that I didn't imagine her [I didn't, she's friends with my cousin], and found that she's not the only one with the name!
So whenever I hear anyone talk about using Pepper as a name, I think of her, then the Disney cartoon Pepper Ann [which I loved], and now of Nathan Lane's recurring character Pepper on Modern Family.
Not to mention Sa(i)ge, Savory, and Rosemary, three more herbal names!
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One week from kicking off Super Bowl 52 and the 2018 Players Tailgate in Minneapolis! We're heading back to two years ago; Super Bowl 50, between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers.
The Denver Broncos walked away Super Bowl 50 champions, 24-10 winners over the Carolina Panthers. And in a season that saw turmoil following injury, former Indianapolis Colt Peyton Manning walked away with his second Super Bowl victory, in what would be his final game of his career.
"All I know is, I'm going to go out tonight and drink a lot of beer…drink a lot of Budweiser," Manning said to CBS Sports analyst Jim Nantz when asked about pondering retirement.
Despite being Manning's final game as a player, it was the Broncos defense that stepped up and dominated the game. Broncos linebacker Von Miller, who would go on to be named Super Bowl 50 MVP, recorded six tackles, 2.5 sacks and a forced fumble, which ended up leading to the game-clinching touchdown for the Broncos.
Carolina Panthers quarterback and league MVP Cam Newton, who had been phenomenal all season, struggled in Super Bowl 50, garnering only 265 yards and one interception on 18-of-41 passing. Newton was hurried over 20 times in the game, being hit 10 times and sacked 7 times.
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U.S.-based ride-sharing giant Uber is reportedly investigating two Instagram videos that showed inappropriate contact between drivers and passengers.
According to CBC News, one video reportedly showed what appeared to be a woman Uber passenger dancing and singing before an Uber driver reached into the back seat to spank the dancing passenger.
CBC News reported that the video was removed by 6ixbuzztv after Uber launched an investigation.
A separate video, posted in October 2018, allegedly showed a woman sitting in the passenger leaning over and kissing an Uber driver on the lips.
CBC News reported that both incidents allegedly took place in London, and each video garnered over 300,000 views.
MobileSyrup does not have access to the 6ixbuzztv page, as it's a private account, and was unable to verify the footage.
"Additionally, Uber has a support team available 24/7 to monitor the feedback of trips," said Uber, in an email to MobileSyrup.
"As our community guidelines make clear, you shouldn't touch or flirt with other people in the car," reads an excerpt from Uber's community guidelines website.


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By default this generates warnings but without a specific error code, so I wouldn't know how to apply the --warnaserror compiler option.
When adding a case to a discriminated union, for example, this would be useful to make sure no cases of consuming that DU were missed.  Admittedly the compiler warnings can be used for that purpose, but it would be harder to inadvertently ignore errors.


So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless. So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun. For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.


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Srinagar/New Delhi: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah asserted on Tuesday that he was put under house arrest and in an emotional outburst asked if the government after dividing Jammu and Kashmir, "will divide hearts too". In his first remarks since the government on Monday revoked provisions of Article 370 to take away state's special status, and proposed that the state be bifurcated into the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, Abdullah said a "dictatorial" authority has been invoked and not a "democratic" one. Also Read – NRC in Assam to be released: list to finalize if a person is Indian or Foreigner Advertise With Us Talking to TV channels in Srinagar, Abdullah contested Home Minister Amit Shah's assertion in Parliament that he was neither under detention nor arrest and was at his home of his own will. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said he "broke the door" to come out and speak to the media. "I heard the statement of the home minister of India that Farooq Abdullah is free and is staying in the house out of his own will. Also Read – Subramanian Swamy cross-examined in National Herald case Advertise With Us I thought how can he be lying when a DSP has been placed outside my house and no one can come in and no one can go out," he told Times Now TV channel. Responding to NCP's Supriya Sule in Lok Sabha, Union Home minister Amit Shah said,"he (Abdullah) is neither under detention nor under arrest. He is at his home on his own will." When Sule wondered whether the National conference leader was unwell, Shah said it was up to the doctors to say. Advertise With Us "I can't carry out the treatment, it was up to doctors," he said. Abdullah broke down while speaking to NDTV about the government's decision and said,"they divided regions, will they divide hearts too? Will they divide Hindus and Muslims? I thought my India was for all, everyone who believes in secular, unity." "For 70 years we have fought the battle and today we are supposed to be the culprits," he said. The Articles 370 and 35A were guaranteed by the government of India, he asserted. "Dictatorial authority has been invoked and not a democratic authority that we thought they will invoke. I don't know how many have been arrested. Nobody is allowed to come in or go out, we are under house arrest," he said. Abdullah, 81, said he knows only of his son Omar Abdullah and another former CM Mehbooba Mufti's arrest that too through the media. "There is no written order but we have been placed under house arrest. We believe in law, we are not stone pelters or killers. We have never used the path of gun. We have always used Mahatma Gandhi's way…Why was this done? What was the need," he said. "If it (the developments in J&K) is going according to the Constitution why the home minister could not wait when the matter is with the Supreme Court of India. Article 370 is not a presidential order, it is a constitutional guarantee," Abdullah said.
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Throwback Thursday is a popular trend on social media. It involves the sharing of old photos, combining our narcissistic tendencies with nostalgia.
We are also coming up to the month of June, the traditional time for brides and weddings.
I am a big fan of the former. I love seeing friends' and acquaintances' glimpses of the past, and also get a big kick out of family photos of the way we were. Remembering is fun and if you have no memory of the moment, it's still entertaining to see how people looked, the styles and fads. The images occasionally offer an opportunity to see a loved one long gone as well.
Being a bit of a romantic, however, means I also happen to be a big fan of weddings. While we know when watching the starry-eyed couple exchange vows that their chance of making it is barely 50%, I am ever hopeful. Pushing cynicism out the church door I, along with other idealists, share with the newlyweds the joy of the occasion and the belief that love can conquer all.


The long-awaited Special Session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church in St. Louis, Mo., has finished its work. The three days were very painful for people who attended or watched at home via livestream. The pain inflicted upon our LGBTQI members, friends and families was intense. But there was also pain in seeing the deep divide among the delegates. Likewise, many of us feel this doesn't reflect the United Methodist Church's doctrine on grace.
General Conference maintains language on ordination of LGBTQI persons, same-gender marriages in The United Methodist Church.
More than a dozen youth and leaders traveled to St. Louis to experience the Special Session of General Conference firsthand.
After approving the Traditional Plan in the morning, General Conference delegates spent the afternoon debating and ultimately voting against the One Church Plan and the Simple Plan.
Aurora District Superintendent Rev. Jeffry Bross and his 81-year-old father, Rev. Billy Bross, a retired pastor from the Wisconsin Annual Conference, are observing the historic Special Session of General Conference in St. Louis.
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This staff paper has ten staves, and it is the size I use when I compose at the piano. Your older students will prefer it to the 8 stave paper I posted yesterday. The left margin is wider so students can put it in a binder.