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Bob Beckel Tears Into Jon Lovitz: 'Shut Your Mouth And Go Someplace Else, Because You're A Turncoat'
By Alex AlvarezApr 30th, 2012, 6:11 pm
On Monday evening's edition of The Five, the panel dove into the #duhrama surrounding former SNL castmember (and, more importantly, star of The Critic) Jon Lovitz over recent comments he made about President Barack Obama's supposed attitude towards the rich.
Lovitz, you may recall, launched into an expletive-laden diatribe against the "bullshit" that is the talk surrounding taxes and the wealthy:
RELATED: Actor Jon Lovitz Explodes At Obama: 'What A F**king A**hole'
This whole thing with Obama saying the rich don't pay their taxes is fucking bullshit. And I voted for the guy and I'm a Democrat. What a fucking asshole.
The rich don't pay their taxes? Let me tell you something, right. First they tell you–you're dead broke–This is the United States of America, you can do anything you want, go for it. So then you go for it, and then you make it, and everyone's like, "Fuck you."
Later, evidently taken aback over the response his original comments had garnered, Lovitz Tweeted the following: "Because I criticized the President, it's news? Last I checked, he's President, not King! This is America! Freedom of Speech. what's the bfd?"
"Yeah, he was wrong there. He doesn't read the New York Times because [Obama] is king. He just torched his career," laughed host Greg Gutfeld. "It's a very small fire, but you've got to give him credit; he's got guts." Gutfeld added that, while there is a market for people going off on President Obama, it's not something that's going to fly in Hollywood.
Bob Beckel, meanwhile, referred to Lovitz as an "overrated jerk," and thought Lovitz's characterization of the President as an "effing liar" rendered him an "effing jerk" who ought to "shut your mouth and go someplace else, because you're a turncoat." He then extended an invitation to the comedian to join him at the fat farm.
"If he's out of lockstep, the left hates him," Gutfeld observed.
"I thought it was ok if you're a comedian to say these outrageous…" began Eric Bolling, referring to the recent hubbub (indeed, "hubbub") surrounding HBO host Bill Maher comments about Sarah Palin.
"I'm a comedian," said Beckel. "So I just said that about him."
Dana Perino ventured that there are many people who feel the same way as Lovitz, but they keep their feelings bottled inside. Uncomedically.
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Zack Space, the Democratic candidate for State Auditor, recently received the endorsement of the Columbus Dispatch. The candidate that was cozy with ECOT did not get the Dispatch endorsement. The point here is not who was endorsed but the fact that ECOT is toxic to those that aided and abetted the fraud-ridden business operation.
Millions in tax money could have been saved and tens of thousands of school children could have been rescued from educational deprivation had ECOT been held accountable from the beginning.


Concordia defeated Augsburg 47-20 on Saturday in Moorhead. Cobber quarterback Griffin Neal had an outstanding game in the victory. Neal completed 19 of 21 passes for 281 yards and four touchdowns.
That sparked a Cobber offensive attack that amassed 430 yards.
Neal threw two touchdown passes to Mark Whiting, he also found Brandon Zylstra and Jon Baune for touchdown connections.
The Cobber defense also rose to the occasion, as they intercepted Augsburg quarterback Ayrton Scott three times.
Concordia (6-1) will play at Carleton. Augsburg (4-3) will host St. Thomas.
Carleton College was an amazing 12 of 17 on third down conversions in the game as they went on for a 42-37 victory over St. Olaf on Saturday.
It was the seventh straight loss for St. Olaf.
Carleton's Conner Lynch tossed three touchdown passes as did St. Olaf's Nate Penz as the two dueled.
Lynch's favorite target was Anthony Kemper he caught 12 passes for 176 yards and all three of the touchdowns to lead the offense for Carleton. Lynch also ran for 54 yards and a pair of scores.
On the other side, Joel Reinhardt caught eight passes for 211 yards and two scores.
Carleton (4-3) hosts Concordia next week. St. Olaf (1-7) is off next week they play at Bethel in two weeks.
Bethel outscored Gustavus 28-7 in the second half as they went on for a 41-17 victory on Saturday in Arden Hills.
Balance was the name of the attack for Bethel. Erik Peterson threw two touchdowns and ran for a third to lead the way for Bethel.
Mitch Hallstrom caught eight passes for 135 yards and two scores.
The Bethel defense also made some big plays as they intercepted three Mitch Hendricks passes. Two of those interceptions came from Landon Mathis as he had a big day to lead the Bethel defense.
Bethel (7-0) plays at Hamline next Saturday. Gustavus (4-3) is at St. John's next week.


Speech therapy is a treatment for individuals with speech and language disorders to gain the ability to communicate through speech and language. Speech disorder refers to difficulties in producing words and sounds, whereas a language disorder involves troubles in understanding words and putting together sentences and ideas for communication.
Difficulties in speech and language of children may caused by conditions such as cerebral palsy, autism, developmental delays and hearing impairments. Some children may have troubles in understanding language. Some children are unable to communicate effective due to difficulty with speech despite being able to understand language. Other challenges in other areas of communications like hand gestures and facial expressions are faced by children as well.
The three main areas that speech therapy focuses are comprehension, expression and articulation. For comprehension, the therapy helps children to understand people, places, things with names and complex language as well such as spoken directions, inferred meanings and humor in terms of both verbal and non-verbal language. Besides that, expressive communication are being worked on with the goals of communicating basic wants and needs and being understood through words, signs, pictures or a communication device. As for speech articulation, this form of speech therapy focuses on the sounds rather than the content to help a child to learn the sounds of a language. Speech therapists might use assistive devices such as augmentive and alternative communication (AAC) for any means of communication to assist with speech therapy. This includes using pictures, gestures, sign language, visual aids or speech-output devices like computers.
Speech therapy (or technically Speech Language Pathology) works on a child's understanding of language and their expression of thoughts and feelings with all of the cognitive aspects of communication, speech and language. Sessions for speech therapy comprise of modelling proper speech and using repetition exercise to improve speech and language.
While motivation can be a roadblock for children, speech games, flash cards, toys, hand puppets and reinforces of all sorts are used to keep sessions on track and encourage children to work harder. A play based approach or books stimulates communication and increase chances of special needs children with global language issues to develop language skills.During play activities, correct pronunciation, articulation and expression will be modelled by therapists to physically show a child how to move their mouths or tongue to create speech properly. In addition, speech therapists may work "inside the mouth" for articulation problems using popsicle sticks, fingers, whistles, straws and other items to help the child gain control over the muscles of the mouth, tongue and throat. For children with severe disabilities, speech therapists guide them through assistive technology, by learning how to use special communication devices, such as a computer with a voice synthesizer, or a special board covered with symbols of everyday objects and activities to which a child can point to express his or her wishes.
There are various ways to encourage speech production and they can accommodate other types of therapeutic systems. However, children who have early intervention will improve enough to not require intervention later in life. Hence, early intervention is the key for improvement as with most other therapies for special needs children.


The Master of Science (MS) in Pastoral Counseling is a professional-level degree program. Experiences provide the foundation for pastoral counseling theory, scientific research, and clinical practice. In this context, students learn the different approaches and clinical techniques required for today's practitioners offering therapeutic services to individuals and groups. Also, an optional goal of this program is to help prepare students to be a Member of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC). Students graduating from the Master of Science in Pastoral Counseling Degree program will be prepared to do counseling through their ministry. This program also prepares students to move to advanced studies in related fields. Students planning to pursue further graduate study beyond the MS in Pastoral Counseling should maintain a 3.0 GPA.
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Large Crowd Turns out for Harmon Hall Ribbon Cutting
More than 200 people turned out for a ribbon cutting/grand opening ceremony at Lindenwood University's expanded and renovated Harmon Hall. Held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15, the ceremony officially opened the new home of the Lindenwood School of Business and Entrepreneurship.
The ribbon cutting included speeches by Grace Harmon (after whose family the building is named), Gary Shaw, Donald Paule, and Chairman Jim J. Shoemake of the Lindenwood Board of Directors, as well as Lindenwood President James D. Evans, St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann, and St. Charles Mayor Patti York.
Immediately following the ribbon cutting was an open house in the building with presentations on estate planning, the Lindenwood MBA program, and the university's Institute for the Study of Economics and the Environment.
At the culmination of the project, completed this fall, Harmon Hall was expanded to roughly twice its former size, and the remainder of the building was completely renovated. As much as the ceremony was a celebration of the building's opening and its new role as the home of Lindenwood's School of Business and Entrepreneurship, it is also a celebration of the business school's recent accreditation by the prestigious Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.


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Gilani says Afghanistan and Pakistan have to enhance coordination in the fight against terrorism.
KABUL: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, on Saturday, said the war against terrorism cannot be won without Pakistan's support and that Afghanistan and Pakistan have to enhance coordination in the fight against terrorism.
Gilani reached Kabul on a two day visit to Afghanistan Saturday morning and held a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Addressing a joint press conference after the meeting, Gilani said that Pakistan has paid a heavy price in the war against terrorism but is nonetheless determined to help Afghanistan to establish peace in the region.
Meanwhile, Karzia said Pakistan has been a gracious host for the Afghan refugees. He expressed hopes of Pakistan's cooperation with Afghanistan to achieve a better future.
Political, military leadership worried about Obama's Afghan end game, fearing it may be an abrupt pullout.
@Ashutosh: When and who said that War-on-terror is against Pakistan:S…what kind of statement have you made my friend? please make some sense out of it….War-on-terror is not against even Afghanistan. It is against those turbulent forces who are causing terror across the region.
I don't seem to understand what is being fed into the minds of young Indians by Indian media. Do you all think that if some in-spotlight terrorists have happened to reside in Pakistan then it means those are provided asylum by Pakistani State….:S what kind of non-sense is that?….
First of all, there no extra amount of extremists/terrorists in Pakistan which are not there in other countries, and if we see from the proportion of population, there would be more extremists in India than in Pakistan, would that make Indian state an official safe heaven for breeding of terrorist.?? No!….
Terrorists don't belong to any country, they just exist for the fulfillment of their agendas, that's it. Moreover 'Extremists' have a share of population in every country, and they create problems for the prosperity of that country from time to time, in some cases they happen to convert into 'terrorist' too, if they are not controlled in limits.
Pakistan's problem has been that, it has not been able to control the extremists very well for some years and they have become a bed-sore for its own. But most of the terrorists which are active in Pakistan have their strong bondages with the global terror organizations and they are being funded for a variety of agendas. They are acting as proxies of different big players around the globe, who don't want to see Pakistan as a strong, developed and prosperous country.
Before saying anything like "Pakistan is Breeding terrorists" or "Pakistan is a terrorist country", please take a while to use your heads and try to ask yourself, why would a country with an over 17 million population would choose to be a full-blown terrorist country? And which other country around the globe can be correctly classified as a 'terrorist-country'.
Very interesting question? Who this war is against? Well, what do you think?
But even before anyone should think anything let me invite everyone to find the answer to the question " WHO IS THE INVADER"?
Where they invaded? "Iraq and Afghanistan".
On what pretext in Iraq?" Weapons of Mass Destructin" . US Govt. and Intelligence agencies aceppted that They were wrong . There were none. It was a Planned invasion on fabricated facts.
Before that, came the invasion of Afghanistan. On What pretext? 9/11!!!!
It can be equally false . But they invaded a whole nation for one person. Again a false premesis.
In all this where Pakistan came into picture? Problem is that You Indians have your own screwed up logic which is not based on facts but bias against Pakistan.
It is obvious from all this Theater of Invasion after invasions, that the Invaders who should have been condemned as Terrorists, are now looking for a scapegoat to put the burden of their own failure on Pakistan.
Pl clean up the sources first and then you will be surprised first at the sources that lay in your west rather than east. Cant wait for your repayment with love your sources.
Have you fixed your own house? I don't see it fixed. I can see increasing terrorism by naxalites within and opening a Red Corridor. when you are going to fix that ? I don't see you have cleaned up the sources yet. when you are going to do that?
I had not mentioned Kashmir but since you have mentioned so you answer that too. I will pass it for now.
Now what kind of a screwed up logic is this that ? Quote " Nobody, nobody denies the most idiotic war in Iraq and Afganistan, The comments are about terrorist attacks in Pakistan and India. By the way what has India to do with the Afghan and Iraq wars".
If Afghan war is Idiotic then Invaders and Occupiers are TERRORIST? Do you Agree? Beacuse illegal occupation is State Terrorism. Do your Logic understand that simple thing? If not Debate is over. Because then I will send you to read UN charter which supports my position and By the way on which Your country also signed.
Having identified the real terrorists, now we can understand better what is happening in Pakistan and India. Nothing was happening before 2001 precisely. Therefore it has to do something with this invasion and act of terrorism. Afghanistan and Pakistan are the direct victims. Can not India be indirect victim? Can it be a possibility?


Deltatre has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Massive Interactive.
Combined, the entities are the largest independent OTT solution provider in the world. The move builds on Deltatre's record year, adding another best-in-class capability to its overall technology suite of services. It adds deeper operations in Asia and the South Pacific and expands the company into the entertainment industry. The deal is subject to customary approvals.
Massive's next-generation user interface and audience engagement technology add a valuable new dimension to Deltatre as end-user-experience (UX) has become a difference-making resource for digital media growth. Massive will operate as a division of Deltatre which will have 18 offices worldwide, and nearly 1000 full-time staff, at close. These pioneers in the Beyond TV movement will reach hundreds of millions of viewers via OTT network in sports, entertainment, communications, and aviation.
Massive's UX management console, 'AXIS', underpins sports and entertainment OTT streaming services for the BBC Worldwide, Bell Media, Channel 5, Telecine, Sony Pictures Television, DR and numerous other high-profile clients. It is a valuable addition to 'Amplify', Deltatre's sophisticated OTT platform and completes the most advanced end-to-end OTT product suite for all media. Amplify is currently serving the ATP's Tennis TV, NFL Game Pass Europe, Juventus Pass, FINA TV, and several others.
"This shift to OTT is accelerating throughout the world, and the ability to customize individual viewing experiences and create genuine consumer engagement is vital to the movement. Massive's next-generation user interface and audience engagement software are proven to drive ARPU," said Giampiero Rinaudo, Deltatre Co-Founder, and CEO. "The acquisition strengthens our leadership positions and expands us both globally and into important growth areas. Massive is a brilliant company and a fine addition for Deltatre."
"Deltatre is one of the most prominent and experienced technology companies in the world of live sport and therefore the ideal partner to help accelerate our global growth strategy," said Ron Downey, Massive Co-Founder, and CEO. "The integration of our targeted UX platform, Massive AXIS, with Deltatre's robust product portfolio will combine to offer our customers a highly scalable, quick-to-market solution that drives engagement and increase the profitability of over-the-top video services. We are also very impressed with Deltatre's people and culture and feel that we share the same values. By coming together, we are creating a business that will undoubtedly be the leading B2B vendor for live and OTT video platforms globally."
Gibson Dunn served as legal advisor for Deltatre and HSBC was the financial advisor. Massive's legal advisor was DLA Piper; its financial advisor is Raymond James.


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Daryl Dixon's got the right idea
By Chris Post on February 3, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )
From the first moment he was seen onscreen the character of Daryl Dixon, played by Norman Reedus, has captivated fans of The Walking Dead. There are many factors that play into this appeal, but there is no denying his trademark crossbow plays a big pan in it.
But just how effective would a crossbow be in a zombie apocalypse scenario? Mark Sidelinger. a crossbow advocate and certified archery instmctor, said these hunting weapons have a history of use in warfare and should be a part of every zombie fighting squad's arsenal.
An advantage over a traditional long bow or modern recurve bow, is the short amount of time it takes to familiarize oneself with the operation of the crossbow, Sidelinger said, particularly if a veteran shooter is on hand to provide instruction.
"An individual with average talent, that follows instructions can become proficiently successful at using a crossbow for Zombies within an hour." he said. "This caveat is to keep your shots within a reasonable distance when first starting out practicing. then, as your skills improve, you can increase your shot zone."
Sidelinger said it is important to practice until your shots all fall within a group no more than 4-inches in diameter. This will ensure that you are capable of making consistent headshots.
Once a shooter's has the skills, the tools will do the rest of the work. Sidelinger said modern crossbows are more than capable of dispatching a zombie.
"With many of today's crossbows producing over 100 foot/pounds of kinetic energy, skull penetration is easily managed," he said. "I would suggest one of Easton's new Deadbolt crossbow arrows for this reason. A chisel-tipped broadhead produces bone-cnishing performance to the skull."
Like traditional bows. the crossbow does have a weakness: It is hard to shoot at moving targets.
"There is a significant level of skill necessary to shooting a moving zombie in the head. Depending on whether the zombie is a shuffler or a runner would determine the amount of lead, as well as the distance the shooter is from the zombie," Sidelinger said. "Crossbows are best suited for shooting at standing zombies."
This article appears in Issue 5 of Zombie Apocalypse Monthly's digital edition and can be read for free at http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/456057.
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In 2017 Belarusians will find out real unemployment rate
As of 2017, Belarus will publish data on the real unemployment levels based on sample surveys of households. Current methodology does not show the... | 29.08.16
Belarus in Focus 2011
Aleh Bartsevich, Wirtualna Polska (Poland)
The most popular dark joke of this year's season
This was the situation with the mother-in-law of Aleś Michalewicz - former presidential candidate. He was arrested right after the elections, on 19th of December. "On 31st of December, while we were preparing a Christmas dinner, they called my mother and said that they will search our flat immediately" – says Milana, Michalewicz"s wife. "They gave her a "choice": they can come right now or in the morning of the next day (1st January) - at 5 o"clock. She had chosen the first option – said Milana.
You were present on the square?You're fired! Mobile phone as evidence
Another means used to intimidate the society is the huge volume of summons for interrogation send by the militia and the KGB. In most cases these summons are sent to those, who took part in the mass demonstrations on Independence Square in the centre of Minsk. These demonstrations took place on 19th of December. "They asked me why I was on the square, who was there, what did I hear? They told me that they can easily take the phone billing from the local operators, so they can easily find out who took part in the demonstrations" – said Tacciana from Mogilev.
Militia and KGB were quite clear that the two major mobile telephone operators – Velcom and MTS will deliver all the phone billings on their request. "My cousin works at the national bank and just recently two persons from his team were fired. According to the data received from the telephone companies, their mobile phones were identified near the rally that took place on 19th of December" – said Denis, who works in one of the independent radio stations. During the last visit of the KGB at the radio"s editorial office, agents took all the equipment, even electrical lamps! "My cousin, who has not been on the Square and who is not interested in politics, won"t even call me after the recent events, we have contact only via my aunt. He"s afraid that he may lose his job" – said the journalist.
Those who were detained by the militia during the scattering of the demonstration are also being fired. Walancina Buśko, a lawyer from Hrodna, was participating in thedemonstrations. She was on Independence Square with her son. She has been sentenced to 10 days in prison. When she was rel eased, she found out that the national lawyer"s council have cancelled her licence and excluded her from their ranks. "I"ve been left with no possibility to work! No one would even listen to any of my arguments and explanations" – said the frustrated woman.
Specnaz caught Lukashenka's followers
Among more than 600 people detained on 19th of December in Minsk, dozens were just random walkers. They were detained near metro stations, at bus stops, near hotels or cafeterias. These places were very often quite distant to the place where the demonstrations took place.
Michail Piluta and Żanna Busiewa were going to the train station to pick up their little daughter, who was travelling on a night train on her way back from a trip to Poland. All of a sudden, three prison vans arrived and the bus stop swarmed with militia – riot squads, with helmets and armed with batons. "They started gathering all the people from the bus stop and they put them into vans. Two of them caught me and my husband. I started yelling that this is a mistake, a misunderstanding! And in return I was hit with a police baton" – said the battered woman. The law court/tribunal paid no attention to any of the explanations offered by the couple. Michaił, like most of the others who were detained, has been punished with 15 days in prison and Żanna has been fined.
Swiatłana Kalinkina, reporter of the "Narodnaja Wola" newspaper, described a situation, where a woman called their office. She was crying and asking for help. "My son has been caught by the OMON on his way back from training. We have nothing in common with the opposition, we were voting for Lukashenka!" – said the terrified mother. According to rough estimates made by human rights organisations, the militia and specnaz caught more than 80 random people during the evening, who weren"t part of the demonstration.
Blackmailed with a child
Those, who were leading the rally/demonstration are still held under arrest in the KGB"s prisons and are being subject to the most sophisticated forms of psychological pressure. The son of the former presidential candidate Andrej Sannikaw has been taken by the social welfare staff straight from the kindergarten. Iryna Chalip, the mother of the little boy, is also being held in prison. The grandparents are taking care of 3-year old Daniło. "Grandmother talked to the social care representatives. They told her to write an application, so that she could be a legal guardian of the child, but they also told her (just to scare the grandmother) that the whole process is very long and laborious. Daniła will stay with us and we won"t be sending him to the kindergarten any more" – said Iryna"s father, Uładzimir Chalip.
If the grandparents decide not to pursue the paper, which will allow them to have legal care over Daniła, the boy may be taken into orphanage. According to the charges raised against his parents, they can spend 15 years in prison.
Does Poland Really Know Belarus?
(Kiryl Kascian)
Speak loudly about what others only whisper
(Magdalena Bożko)
It's like Poles would speak in German
(Aleh Bartsevich)
Belarus schools: language of peasants or programmers?
(Mark Brüggemann)
We would easily win against Lukashenko...
(Lukasz Jasina, Tomasz Zawisko)


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Midweek round up - Wednesday 12th February 2014.
Midweek Round up.
Midweek player round up.
Schoolboys: Wales v Poland
Wales Under 15
The Wales Under 15 squad play their first two friendly internationals of the season in March when Poland are the visitors to North Wales.
Friday 14th February 2014
Young Guns: Weekly update - Friday 14th February.
Young Guns.
Latest weekly Young Guns update.
Huws Blues.
Holloway recall.
Bale targets.
Weekend round up - Saturday 9th February 2014
Weekend Round up.
Weekend player round up.
Bale doing well.
Vokes progress.
King Collins.
YG: Holloway deal.
Vokes reward.
YG: Parish hoping.
Wales away kit
New Wales away kit.
Crofts return.
Ledley regret.
Vokes aims.
Vokes hails staff.
FAW and Introbiz.
Matthews focused.
YG: Ray commits.
New away kit unveiled
Walsh stay.
Richards loan.
Ledley didn't want to leave.
Bale win.
New away kit
Young Guns: Weekly update - Friday 7th February.
Friday 7th February 2014
Midweek round up - Wednesday 5th February 2014.
JD Sports and the Football Association of Wales are delighted to announce the unveiling of the new adidas away kit .
Bale start.
Williams' home away from home.
Price left out.
Burns prepared to wait
Bradshaw urged.
Reid loan move.
Harrison cleared.
Ledley survival.
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month period is 12*1.5% = 18%. Compounded over the twelve month period, the gain is (1.015)^12 = 19.6%.
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Difference in promised yields between a default-free bond and a riskier bond.
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Funding roundup - week ending 1/30/15
Steven Loeb · January 30, 2015 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/3bae
Xenex, Iora Health, AutoBot, Beckon, CloudBees, UserTesting, Lootsie, Final, Nilas, Earnest, Ossia
Lootsie, a loyalty and rewards platform for mobile apps, raised $3.5 million in seed funding from Tim Kendall, Michael Liou and Brad Schwartz.
Credit card startup Final raised $1 million in seed funding from Ludlow Ventures, T5 Capital Partners and Y Combinator.
Fuse, a platform for creating apps on iOS and Android, raised $2.8 million in a funding round led by Northzone.
Pushbullet, a provider of cross-platform functionality solutions, raised a $1.5 million in seed funding from General Catalyst, SV Angel, Alexis Ohanian, Garry Tan and Paul Buchheit.
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Scout RFP, a cloud-based sourcing platform, raised $2.75 million in seed financing led by New Enterprise Associates, with participation from Google Ventures and Zapis Capital, and angel investors including Techammer & Tim O'Shaughnessy.
Dojo, an app that curates places to eat, drink and visit in London, raised an £800,000 seed round led by Playfair Capital, with participation from Saatchinvest and angel investors including Harry Briggs and Ross Bailey.
Israeli bitcoin startup Colu raised $2.5 million in seed funding led by Aleph and Spark Capital, with participation from BoxGroup and Bitcoin Opportunity Corp.
HelloTech, a provider of support for technology and electronics, raised $2.5 million in seed funding from a Upfront Ventures, Accel Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Amplify.LA, Ron Burkle, and other angels.
MaestroIQ, a recommendation engine for customer experience management, raised $1.75 million in seed funding from Foundation Capital, Eniac Ventures, Deep Fork Capital, KEC Ventures, First Round Capital, Jim Pallotta, and Crosslink Capital.
Xenex Disinfection Services, which uses UV room disinfection systems for healthcare facilities, raised a $25 million round from Brandon Point Industries Limited, Battery Ventures, Targeted Technology Fund II and RK Ventures.
AutoBot, a Beijing startup that makes diagnostic tools for cars, raised a $6 million Series A from Gobi Partners and ABC Capital.
Nilas, previously known as Inbox, a developer of an API for building email client apps, raised $8 million in a round led by Formation 8, with participation from Fuel Capital, SV Angel, Data Collective, Great Oaks and others.
Earnest, a student loan refinancing tool, raised a $17 million Series A round of funding led by Maveron, with participation from existing investors.
TeachMate365, a cloud-based teaching platform, raised $3 million in Series A funding from private investors.
Money Dashboard, a smart account aggregation service, raised a £2.5 million round led by Calculus Capital, along with Ariadne Capital, Par Equity, and The Scottish Investment Bank.
Meta, a developer of augmented reality glasses, raised $23 million in a Series A round led by Horizon Ventures, Tim Draper, BOE Optoelectronics, Garry Tan and Alexis Ohanian. Danhua Capital, Commodore Partners and Vegas Tech Fund also participated.
Personal data company Araxid Prime raised $12.5 million in Series A funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Columbia Capital.
International news aggregator Anews raised $2.7 million in funding from TMT Investments, Run Capital and 101Startup.
Roadie, an app that links drivers with people who need things delivered, raised $10 million in Series A funding from UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund,TomorrowVentures, Warren Stephens, Alan Schwartz, Jim McKelvey, the Mellon Group and Tom Noonan.
ENGAGE.cx, a customer relationship management platform, raised a $2.9M Series A led by David Trice and Eric Bleke, and supported by a hand-selected group of CRM and technology veterans.
Cargomatic, an app that instantly connects local shippers with local truckers, raised an $8 million dollar Series A funding round led by Canaan Partners, along with Volvo Group Venture Capital, Rob Estes, Morado Venture Partners, SV Angel, Sherpa Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, Structure Capital, Nicolas Berggruen, Scott Banister, Fritz Lanman, and Hank Vigil.
Social mobile shopping app Depop raised an $8 million Series A round led by Balderton Capital and Holtzbrinck Ventures.
Social content app Swipe raised $6.5 from Sherpa Ventures, First Round Capital, Lowercase Capital and Binary Capital.
Bench, a provider of virtual bookkeeping services, raised a $7 million Series A round led by Altos Ventures, with participation from Contour Venture Partners.
Koru, a talent marketplace focused on college graduates, raised a $8 million Series A financing round led by Maveron, with participation from City Light Capital,Trilogy Equity Partners, Battery Ventures and First Round.
MileIQ, a smart mileage tracker, raised $11 million in a round led by Trinity Ventures, with participation from CRV, Marc Benioff, SV Angel, and angel investors.
Android-based game console manufacturer OUYA raised $10 in a million funding round led by Alibaba.
Tripda, a ride-sharing platform, raised an $11 million Series A funding round from Rocket Internet and other investors.
Crossover Health, a provider of on-site health care for large employers, raised $15 million in funding from Norwest Venture Partners.
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Data analytics company Beckon raised a $13 million round of Series B funding led by Venrock, with participation from August Capital, Canaan Partners and El Dorado Ventures.
CloudBees, a continuous delivery company, raised a $23.5 million financing round led Lightspeed Venture Partners. Matrix Partners, Verizon Ventures and Blue Cloud Ventures also participated.
Israeli venture capital firm Singulariteam raised $102 million for a new fund from the founders of Tencent and Renren, along with Kenges Rakishev.
UserTesting, a user experience platform, raised $45.5 million in a round led by Accel Partners with participation from OpenView Venture Partners.
Techstars Ventures, the venture capital arm of the accelerator franchise, raised a $150 million seed and series A fund.
Ossia, the company behind Cota, a wireless power device, raised a $10 million round from KDDI.
APUS Group, a Beijing-based Android application development company, raised $100 million in a Series B round of funding led by Chengwei Capital, SIG and Qiming Venture Partners with participation from Redpoint Ventures and Northern Light Venture Capital.
Ele.me, a food delivery service based in Shanghai, raised $350 million in Series E funding from CITIC, Tencent, JD.com, Dianping.com, and Sequoia Capital.
Online currency exchange TransferWise raised a $58 million round from Andreessen Horowitz.
Everspin Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of discrete and embedded MRAM, raised $29 million in a Series B round from GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Western Digital Capital, New Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Sigma Partners, Epic Ventures, and DraperFisher Jurvetson.
FullContact, a suite of contact management solutions, raised $7 million from undisclosed investors.
Giphy, a visual search engine, raised a $17 million Series B financing round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from General Catalyst and current investors.
D-Wave Systems, a quantum computing company, raised $29 million in funding from a large institutional investor, among others.
Mobile marketing platform TUNE raised $27 million led by Icon Ventures, with participation from Performance Equity Management and Accel Partners.
Whistle, a provider of pet tech products and services, raised $15 million in a Series B round led by Nokia Growth Partners, with participation from Qualcomm, Melo7 Tech Partners LLC and Queensbridge Venture Partners.
Deliveroo, a food delivery service, raised a $25 million Series B investment round led by Accel Partners, with participation from Index Ventures, Hoxton Ventures and Hummingbird Ventures.
Datadog, a cloud service that helps customers monitor infrastructure and software, raised $31 million in a Series C funding round led by Index Ventures with participation from RTP Ventures, Openview Partners and "other equity holders."
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The Rise and Fall of the Iconic American Motel
Motels were once quite novel and quite respectable.
The idea of a smart place to rest for the night soon spread as the number of cars on the road increased. "Touring motorists" were encouraged by the ease of a motel and when the Motel Inn first opened they advertised that a weary traveler need not even approach the front desk: a clerk would register the patron from the vehicle.
Parking spaces and bungalows of the original Motel Inn. Via/ Library of Congress
Alternatives to the standard motel were cabins and KOAs, which offered far less (if any) amenities, unlike the modern motel. The hybrid of cabin and motel was soon a charming and popular compromise. So-called tourist homes were usually the only thing on offer for African American travelers, sometimes listed in the Jim Crow era Green Book, a guide of services and businesses they could actually use.
Clearwater, Florida. Via/ State Archives of Florida
Motels were seen as affordable luxury during the 1950s and 1960s. Via/ State Archives of Florida
Coastal Motel in Wells, Maine. Via/ Library of Congress
The English Motel, Amarillo, Texas, 1977. Via/ Library of Congress
Sadly, Heineman's dream to have a chain of motels up and down the West Coast never materialized. The Great Depression hit in 1929, stifling such frivolities as vacations or even car purchases for many, while Heineman eventually lost the motel to foreclosure. It remained a motel until the 1990s when, in great disrepair, the first motel ever was sold for use as office space before being torn down. Today only fragments of the buildings remain.
Interestingly, San Luis Obispo is also home to one of the kitschiest m/hotels in the whole country, with theme rooms decorated to frantic heights. The Madonna Inn was opened in 1958 and is part hotel, part motel, and all flash. We can't help but think that the area's long reputation for motel service and car-friendly accommodations had a role to play in the long-standing popularity of the Madonna Inn.
The Madonna Inn, 1978 Via/ Library of Congress
The dining room of the Madonna Inn decorated for Christmas, 2013. Via/ Library of Congress
Starlite motel in Cocoa Beach, Florida, 1960s. Via/ State Archives of Florida
Safari Motel coffee shop Ocean City Maryland in the 1960s. Via/ Flickr
Sadly, less ornate motels have not stood the test of time like the Madonna Inn. Viewed as sketchy, dangerous, and inferior to hotels or the new AirbnB, which lets bookers stay in everything from spare rooms to treehouses to empty apartments, motels are seen as a less enticing prospect today than they did in the era of motor tourism. Will these icons of American travel be around for much longer?


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In her paintings, Cyndie Belhumeur merges geometric and organic shapes with brightly colored overlay effects. She applies this creative approach to both illustration and graphic design. She created her first large-scale mural with MU in 2015 after having learned the rudiments of the art as assistant-muralist in 2014.


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AC's Jazz in the Park Series Concludes Sept. 9
ATLANTIC CITY – Legendary saxophonist Tim Warfield and guest star, Terrell Stafford, will perform in the final concert of Atlantic City's Jazz in the Park Series at Brown's Park on Bacharack and Martin Luther King boulevards from 6:30-8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 9.
Organized by the Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation and Atlantic City's Third Ward Councilman, Kaleem Shabazz, the events mark the 2021 comeback of Atlantic City's premier summer concert series. Chicken Bone Beach also hosted the city's first Juneteenth celebration concert this June.
An assistant professor and coordinator of the graduate program in Jazz Music at Temple University, Warfield has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Issac Hayes, and Christian McBride, among other jazz greats.
The latest concert took place Aug. 19 with the Edgardo Cintron Band, led by percussionist and Grammy-nominated recording artist Edgardo Cintron.
With support from the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) and from sponsors Comcast, the Atlantic City Community Fund, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and the City of Atlantic City (CDBG), this series brings the community together through music.
With thanks to Atlantic City, CRDA, and other sponsors, Chicken Bone Beach CEO, Henrietta Shelton notes that the organization is "excited to bring such talented and decorated artists to the local community. Jazz is an art form that speaks to people of all ages from all walks of life. We want everyone to enjoy it and are excited to host events that promote unity and bring people together."
Chicken Bone Beach's mission is to create pride in the city's Black heritage and promote family values and unity in Atlantic County. It seeks to educate local youth, community members, and tourists about the original American art form—jazz–and to celebrate the rich and dynamic African American history during the era of when Black and Brown residents could only use a single beach at Missouri in Atlantic City, and residents began to refer to it by the nickname "Chicken Bone Beach."
"Our goal is to continue to provide opportunities for youth and great music to the people of Atlantic City and the surrounding area," says Chicken Bone Beach Program Director, Maurice Hayman. "These events are free to everyone and have been created to generate awareness of and support for youth programs and other services offered through the Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation, Inc."
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When she takes the helm at the historic estate and cultural destination later this spring, it will be a return of sorts. Like two other directors before her, she's a graduate of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, co-sponsored with the University of Delaware.
Cadou says it was in this program, almost 25 years ago, that she had a stroke of insight that inspires her work to this day. She was laying under a 17th century table, shining a flashlight at its underside.
"As I did so I recognized that I was looking at an object from early America that provided a window into the individuals who cut down the trees, the people who sat around this table, and the conversations that they had," says Cadou.
Winterthur is well known for its collection of historic objects and architecture, but its gardens have also gained esteem. The Greater Philadelphia Gardens, including Winterthur, Longwood and Bartram's Garden, were recently found by consulting firm Econsult Solutions to contribute over $250 million a year to the area's tourism industry.
Mount Vernon, where Cadou currently works, is a historic estate and tourist attraction much like Winterthur. Cadou says her ability to see Mount Vernon as a "whole place," which includes heritage-breed livestock, historic buildings and antique objects, will translate to her leadership at Winterthur.
Cadou curated an exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC in 2003. She's written several publications on Mount Vernon, the Washingtons and Winterthur. She's currently pursuing an MBA from Ohio University College of Business.
Cadou replaces current director and CEO David Roselle. The former University of Delaware president plans to retire in June after a decade at Winterthur.
Winterthur Museum has set an annual fundraising record.
For the first time in its history, the Wilmington institution has surpassed $12 million in a fiscal year.
Winterthur received more than 12,000 gifts from nearly 11,000 donors.
Winterthur has received a grant of just over $148,000 to digitally map its garden and scan historic estate maps.
The two-year Collections Stewardship grant given by the Institute of Museum and Library Services will enable Winterthur to complete work begun in 2014.
In January of last year, Winterthur received a grant of $15,000 from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust to begin converting paper and digital maps into a geographic information system framework.


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Hunting for Wildlife Population Control and Ethical Eating?
By Free From Harm Staff Writers | January 14, 2015 | Categories Common Justifications for Eating Animals
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This post is part of an ongoing series called Most Common Justifications for Eating Animals where we seek to provide answers and resources to better address these justifications.
Is hunting animals morally superior to buying them in the store?
We so often hear from hunters who make the case that while factory farming is wrong, there is nothing unethical about eating animals who have been hunted in the wild. After all, the reasoning goes, the animals live a completely natural life just as nature intended, and die more quickly, and with less fear and pain than they would experience with other predators.
But all of this begs the question of necessity. Most North Americans and Europeans (and many others) who hunt do not do so because they have to in order to survive. Most of these hunters shop at grocery stores for at least some portion of their food, stores where they have access to dried beans, nuts, grains, produce and other nutritious plant proteins. In such cases, hunting animals for food is unnecessary, and, like farming animals, constitutes the infliction of violence and death on animals we have no need to harm at all.
As Brian Luke writes in Brutal: Manhood and the Exploitation of Animals,
"North American men do not hunt out of necessity; they typically do not hunt to protect people or animals, nor to keep themselves or their families from going hungry. Rather, they pursue hunting for its own sake, as a sport. This point is obscured by the fact that many hunters consume the flesh of their kills with their families, thus giving the appearance that hunting is a subsistence tactic. A close reading of the hunting literature, however, reveals that hunters eat the flesh of their kills as an ex post facto attempt at morally legitimating an activity they pursue for its own sake. The hunter often portrays himself as providing for his family through a successful kill and 'harvest.' This posture seeks to ritually reestablish a stereotypical masculine provider role less available now than may once have been. In reality hunting today is typically not a source of provision but actually drains family resources. Deer hunters, for example, spend on average twenty dollars per pound of venison, once all the costs of equipment, licenses,transportation, unsuccessful hunts, and so forth are calculated."
Hunting as population control or conservation?
"Hunting is necessary for population control." This is the main defense from the hunting establishment that the public has come to widely believe. This false narrative frame hunting, not as sport or leisure, but as essential conservation work, based on an appeal to fear, warning that wildlife populations will spiral out of control and become a nuisance to communities without their intervention. This may explain why even as the hunting population has been steadily declining in recent years, the other 95% representing the non-hunting public still passively supports hunting, believing it to be a necessary evil.
The reality is that there are thousands of "state game farms" across the country artificially breeding animals like deer and pheasants, quail and partridges in the hundreds of thousands and releasing them into hunting ranges. In Wisconsin alone the state currently registers 372 "deer farms," according to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. And when a disease outbreak occurs on these farms, entire herds are "depopulated."
Also in Wisconsin, DNR officials explained to us that a recent $1.7 million investment in a pheasant hatchery will allow them to supply 75,000 birds a year to game farms across the state. These birds who have been raised in captivity are so tame they will often freeze when approached by hunters or predators and are unprepared for the dangers posed by cars. Game farms typically teach novice hunters to kick these birds to force them into flight and then shoot them as they fly off, as you can see repeatedly in this video from the U.S. Open Pheasant Championship.
The population control argument is especially common as a justification for hunting deer. But as Doris Lin writes in, What Will Happen to Animals If Everyone Goes Vegan?
"Hunters sometimes argue that if they were to stop hunting, the deer population would explode. This is a false argument, because if hunting were to stop, we would also stop the practices that increase the deer population. State wildlife management agencies artificially boost the deer population in order to increase recreational hunting opportunities for hunters. By clearcutting forests, planting deer-preferred plants and requiring tenant farmers to leave a certain amount of their crops unharvested in order to feed the deer, the agencies are creating the edge habitat that is preferred by deer and also feeding the deer. If we stop hunting, we would also stop these tactics that increase the deer population."
And in Scientific Arguments Against Hunting, Lin writes,
"Big "game" animals like white-tailed deer and black bears rarely exceed their biological carrying capacity – the maximum number of individuals the ecosystem will support without threatening other species. If they exceed that number, a lack of food will kill the weakest individuals, and will also cause the pregnant females to resorb embryos and have fewer offspring. The strongest will survive and the population will become healthier.
Unlike nature, hunters select the small and the weak to survive — reverse evolution. Instead of targeting the young, old, or sick individuals, hunters kill the largest, strongest males. Because hunters prefer large males with big horns, bighorn sheep in Alberta, Canada are now smaller, with smaller horns, compared to thirty years ago. And because hunters prefer to kill elephants with tusks, the African and Asian elephants that have a genetic mutation that leaves them tuskless are now dominating those populations."
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Obajana plant truck drivers protest alleged 'unfair treatment'
Obajana cement plant
By Gbenga Odogun
Trailer drivers working at the Obajana cement factory, Kogi State, have been protesting alleged "unfair treatment" by the management of the company.
The protesters were said to have blocked the only access road leading to Kabba since the early hours of Monday.
The drivers used their trucks to block major entry routes to Obajana factory site of Dangote, as many of the drivers were seen demonstrating despite heavy security presence.
The angry truck drivers were demanding for the removal of the management over unhealthy industry practices against them.
Speaking with our correspondent on the side-lines of the protest in confidence, one of the drivers said the officers had penchant for inflicting financial injuries on the drivers and alleged illegal deductions from their salaries for flimsy excuses ranging from repairs of vehicles and damage to bags of cement.
He noted that the action of the management had affected the financial situations of drivers, adding that some of them were now indebted to the company to the tune of up to a million naira.
He said, "The drivers are treated like nobody in Obajana. Sometimes we have to effect repairs on the trucks with our money to keep our job. They hardly give us enough fuel. These are parts of the problems we are facing here."
They also alleged that drivers were arrested for no reason and humiliated because they were drivers, noting that the drivers wanted these issues addressed without further delay
Another driver who also pleaded anonymity, said "Poor working conditions, poor remuneration, inhuman treatment of staff are some of the reasons for the protests" and demanded the removal of Head of Transportation, Alhaji Babangida, aka Obama.
Security council orders Obajana plant reopening
Obajana acquisition followed due process, Dangote insists
He also complained that only N5,000 was given to drivers on a long journey from which they were to repair tyres and mechanical faults.
He added that the workers wanted change and hoped that their matter would be treated with the urgency it required.
Men from the Kogi Police Command and the army had cleared the road by Monday afternoon, when our correspondent visited, to enable motorists and commuters to access the road.
It was gathered that there had been no loading at the company in the last 24 hours as the company had been grounded as a result of the protest.
However, the Head of Corporate Communications, Dangote Group, Tony Chiejina, told our correspondent in a telephone conversation on Tuesday that the truck drivers were angry over the company's decision to install anti-theft devices on the trucks.
"They are demanding the removal of such devices to enable them continue to steal fuel from the truck when they are to deliver cements.
"I have never heard of anywhere staff will get angry for installing anti-theft devices to prevent fraud and losses to the company.
"They have been adequately taken care of in terms of remuneration and so the company cannot and will not allow them to continue to steal from the company," Chiejina added.


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Cet article propose un portrait de l'ancienne région du Limousin à travers ses représentants et traditions politiques. Le Limousin est avant 2016 et son intégration à la région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, l'une des 22 régions métropolitaines en France, composée de trois départements que sont la Corrèze, la Creuse et la Haute-Vienne.

Portrait politique

Traditions politiques

La région a été marquée par des mouvements de révolte et d'expression populaires (expérience de la Commune de Limoges en 1871, Grèves ouvrières de Limoges en 1905, Résistance du Maquis du Limousin) et un syndicalisme actif (création de la CGT à Limoges en 1895) qui lui donnent une coloration politique encore visible aujourd'hui en filigrane, largement orientée à gauche, en particulier l'ouest de la région, quand l'est rural et plus montagneux est plus orienté à droite.

Les événements historiques et sociaux sont largement mobilisés dans le discours mémoriel, identitaire et politique régional, notamment autour des notions de « terre », de « martyre » et de « résistance ». Le Limousin renvoie communément une image de région de conquêtes, résistances et expérimentations sociales et de fortes solidarités de classes et de destins, certainement motivées par l'isolement et la dépréciation du territoire.

Il s'agit ainsi d'une des rares régions de France métropolitaine à avoir toujours majoritairement voté à gauche tout au long de la Cinquième République, étant la seule à avoir été toujours dirigée par une majorité de gauche au Conseil régional. Le Parti socialiste y occupe une position hégémonique, en dépit de bons scores de la droite républicaine sous l'influence de Jacques Chirac, député de Corrèze puis président de la République, et de la gauche radicale (« communisme rural » typique des régions déchristianisées de l'ouest du Massif central), notamment sur le plateau de Millevaches et communisme urbain dans les anciens pôles industriels ouvriers que sont Limoges, Tulle ou Saint-Junien. Le destin présidentiel de François Hollande, également élu corrézien, a considérablement mais ponctuellement amoindri l'influence de la droite républicaine en Limousin, qui conserve des fiefs, en Haute-Corrèze et en Creuse notamment, voire en conquiert au gré des difficultés rencontrées par la gauche à l'échelle nationale.

Histoire politique

Conseil régional

Le Conseil régional du Limousin est composé de 43 membres, est dirigé par une majorité de gauche et présidé depuis  par Gérard Vandenbroucke.

Pour la mandature 2010-2015, l'assemblée régionale s'est organisée en 5 groupes politiques :
 Groupe socialiste (20 conseillers, majorité)
 Groupe UMP et apparentés (10 conseillers, opposition)
 Groupe Limousin terre de gauche (6 conseillers, opposition)
 Groupe Europe Écologie - Les Verts (4 conseillers, majorité)
 Groupe ADS-MEL (2 conseillers, majorité)

Le Limousin est la seule région française à n'avoir jamais connu d'alternance, toujours dirigée par la gauche.

Conseils départementaux
La région du Limousin est divisée en 3 départements: la Creuse, la Corrèze et la Haute-Vienne.

Circonscriptions
Le Limousin compte au total 6 circonscriptions : 3 dans la Haute-Vienne, 2 en Corrèze et 1 en Creuse. Elle en comptait 9 jusqu'au redécoupage des circonscriptions législatives françaises de 2010, qui a fait perdre une circonscription à chacun des trois départements.

Terre de gauche, la « vague bleue » consécutive à la réélection de Jacques Chirac 2002 avait entraîné l'élection de 4 députés de droite (UMP) contre seulement 2 en 1997. Le « ressac rose » de 2007 permet à 2 de ces circonscriptions (les mêmes qu'en 1997), de repasser à gauche. La réduction du nombre de députés à 6 et la victoire de la gauche à l'élection présidentielle en 2012 occasionnant la disparition de la circonscription de Haute-Corrèze, dite « Chiraquie », et la défaite de Jean Auclair en Creuse, permet au Limousin d'être seulement représenté par des élus socialistes.

Élection présidentielle et législative de 2012

Municipalités
Couleur politique des communes limousines peuplées de plus de  habitants en 2014, après les élections municipales françaises de 2001, de 2008 et de 2014 :

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Dominique Danthieux, Le département rouge - République, socialisme et communisme en Haute-Vienne (1895-1940), Limoges, PULIM, 2005.
 Mémoire Ouvrière en Limousin, Utopies en Limousin. De Boussac à Tarnac, histoires d'autres possibles, Les Ardents Éditeurs, 2014.
 Éric Moratille, Contribution à l'analyse du comportement politique en Limousin - Le cas des cantons de Bugeat et de Treignac (1870-1989), Limoges, PULIM, 2009.
 Robert Savy, Émergence d'une région : le cas du Limousin (1986-2004), Éditions L'Harmattan, 2010.
 Jean Tricard, Philippe Grandcoing, Robert Chanaud (dir.), Le Limousin, pays et identités. Enquêtes d'histoire (de l'Antiquité au XXIe siècle), Limoges, Pulim, 2006, 579 p.
 Laurent Bourdelas, Histoire de Limoges, Geste Editions, 2014.

Articles connexes
 Conseil régional du Limousin

Liens externes
 « Comment peut-on être limousin ?... », selon le politologue Christian Moulinard, France 3 Limousin, .

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