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Q: how to set the background color of a qwidget using stylesheets? There is something about Qt stylesheets that I don't seem to understand. I would simply like to set the background color of a widget to white. But for some reason the background color actually only appears in my widget's children.
I've tried to add self.setAutoFillBackground(True) to my code, but without success.
I've also tried to palette solution from https://wiki.qt.io/How_to_Change_the_Background_Color_of_QWidget. It worked but only if I don't set a stylesheet, which is needed for the bottom border.
class TopLabelNewProject(qt.QWidget):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)

        layout = qt.QHBoxLayout(self)
        layout.setContentsMargins(40, 0, 32, 0)
        self.setLayout(layout)
        self.setFixedHeight(80)
        self.setStyleSheet("""
            background-color: white;
            border-bottom: 1px solid %s;
            """ % colors.gray)

        self.label = qt.QLabel("Dashboard")
        self.label.setStyleSheet("""
            QLabel {
                font: medium Ubuntu;
                font-size: 20px;
                color: %s;
            }""" % colors.gray_dark)
        layout.addWidget(self.label, alignment=qt.Qt.AlignLeft)

        self.newProjectButton = Buttons.DefaultButton("New project", self)
        layout.addWidget(self.newProjectButton, alignment=qt.Qt.AlignRight)

Note: the Buttons.DefaultButton is just a QPushButton with a custom stylesheet.
This is what I would like to achieve, a white header bar with a label and a button:

But only the label gets a white background.

A: Try it:
import sys
from PyQt5 import Qt as qt

class TopLabelNewProject(qt.QWidget):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)

        layout = qt.QHBoxLayout(self)
        layout.setContentsMargins(40, 0, 32, 0)
        self.setLayout(layout)
        self.setFixedHeight(80)

        self.label = qt.QLabel("Dashboard")

        layout.addWidget(self.label, alignment=qt.Qt.AlignLeft)

#        self.newProjectButton = Buttons.DefaultButton("New project", self)
        self.newProjectButton = qt.QPushButton("New project", self)
        layout.addWidget(self.newProjectButton, alignment=qt.Qt.AlignRight)

style = '''
QWidget {
    background-color: white;
}

QLabel {
    font: medium Ubuntu;
    font-size: 20px;
    color: #006325;
}

QPushButton {
    background-color: #006325;
    color: white;

    min-width:  70px;
    max-width:  70px;
    min-height: 70px;
    max-height: 70px;

    border-radius: 35px;
    border-width: 1px;
    border-color: #ae32a0;
    border-style: solid;
}
QPushButton:hover {
    background-color: #328930;
}
QPushButton:pressed {
    background-color: #80c342;
}

'''

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = qt.QApplication(sys.argv)

    app.setStyleSheet(style)

    ex = TopLabelNewProject()
    ex.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

A: First(change only one widget): Rightclick of the Widget, click "Change Stylesheet" and the Stylesheet window open, when you cange something inside the window you the widget will changed too.
Second(change all selected widget): Use the property window, mark all widget you want to change, click of the ... of the styleSheetrow. The styleSheet window open when you change now something all widget you selected will change.
Instert into Stylesheet:
QLabel <-- Elementname
{ ......  } <-- curly braces must be set around of the changes
background-color: Black; <--- set the Backgroundcolor
A full example:
    QLabel{
    border-style: outset;
    border-width: 2px;
    border-color: black;
    Background-color: rgb(255,247,191);
    color: black;
    }

For more information about the Sylesheet window read https://doc.qt.io/Qt-5/stylesheet-syntax.html
Friendly wishes sniffi


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El Cuegle (Wesen), Characters, Season Six Characters, Deceased Characters
Isidoro Malpica
Actor: Carlos Sanz
Type: El Cuegle
Status: Deceased
Cause of death: Kicked over a staircase railing by Nick
Languages known: English
Isidoro Malpica was an El Cuegle who appeared in "El Cuegle".
"El Cuegle" Edit
Isidoro, starting to experience visions of an infant in Portland, searched an online social account full of pictures of the baby he was looking for, Auggie Maler. He then found the address of the Maler family and proceeded to go to the house to kidnap Auggie. While doing so, however, Haley Maler, Auggie's mom, went to check on Auggie after hearing him cry and walked right in on Isidoro standing over Auggie's crib. Isidoro woged and threw Haley into a dresser, causing her to hit her head, as he walked out of the room and left the house with the baby.
The next day, Isidoro looked at a newspaper clipping from an Idaho paper about a man who'd been arrested for murder, before experiencing another vision, this one noticeably more debilitating than the one he'd experienced the night before. He then walked over to Auggie, who was crying on his bed, and woged before he picked him up and tried to comfort him. In Spanish, he told Auggie that he knew he was sick and would get him medicine.
Isidoro went to a mini-mart to get the medicine for Auggie, but he experienced a very powerful vision that caused him to woge and collapse, knocking over several items on a store shelf. This drew attention from people in the store and a store employee, who went over to see if he was okay. Upon seeing his woged form, however, he jumped back in shock as Isidoro ran out with some medicine he'd taken.
Later back at Isidoro's apartment, Nick, Hank, and Wu tracked him down and burst in. He woged and engaged in a fight with the three detectives, but he was eventually overpowered and arrested, with Isidoro recognizing Nick to be a Grimm. Isidoro begged them not to take Auggie and tried to tell the detectives they didn't understand what was going on, but they took him back to the precinct and returned Auggie to his parents. At the precinct, Nick and Hank interrogated him, and Isidoro proceeded to tell them that he kidnapped and consumed babies to prevent them from doing great evil in the future, as he had the ability to see the future with his third eye. He told Nick and Hank that he could foresee that Auggie, on his nineteenth birthday, would kill his parents. Nick and Hank weren't totally buying his story, so Isidoro brought up the name Kenneth Slater, telling the detectives that he was a baby he'd kidnapped in Idaho but was too weak to go through with eating him, so he let him live and found out that last year, Slater killed 10 people. As Nick and Hank left, Isidoro begged them to let him go.
Left alone in the interrogation room, Isidoro's visions only continued to grow stronger, and he started convulsing and foaming at the mouth at the vision of Auggie, now grown up, shooting both of his parents. An officer standing guard outside went inside to check out what was going on, saw Isidoro convulsing, and promptly called for paramedics, but Isidoro then woged and, using his third arm, slammed the officer's head into a table, knocking him out. Isidoro then made his escape and went straight to the Malers' home to kidnap Auggie once again. He broke in just as Paul Maler was trying to lock all the doors, and he chased Haley, who was holding Auggie, upstairs. Haley managed to lock herself in a room, buying enough time for Nick and Hank to get to the home, as they suspected Isidoro was headed straight there. Nick and Hank made their way upstairs and briefly fought with Isidoro, before Nick kicked him over a staircase railing, sending him falling to his death. Before he died, he retracted and said, "The bears. The bears," alluding to the teddy bears on Auggie's blanket, which he had seen Auggie wrap around the gun he used to kill his parents in his prior vision of the future.
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But Department of Climate Change (DECC) hold-ups to key decisions, including the fixing of subsidies for new-build projects, are creating too much uncertainty.
A long-term Government commitment is crucial to securing the finance needed for many of the UK's biomass plants.
Trade body, the Renewable Energy Association, has claimed that many of those schemes could have been operational by now, if it hadn't been for a string of policy changes.
Meanwhile the Government's Energy Bill - which will shape UK electricity generation and investor decisions for decades to come - has gone to the House of Lords for scrutiny.
MGT Power signed a deal for their 300 megawatt project with a trio of Korean backers last autumn.
He said a team was working on the project with a key focus on investment.
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"The delays are the main factor.
DECC has placed a 400 megawatt cap on the total new-build biomass generating capacity to "robustly limit" new projects under the current Renewables Obligation subsidy system before March 2017.
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Gettysburg Revisited / Blog: Reimagining Gettysburg / Preservation and Entrepreneurship: The Ongoing Impact of Stephen Tyng Mather (Guest Blog Post)
Stephen T. Mather,
NPS photo
In 1914, Stephen Tyng Mather fired off an angry letter to Franklin Lane, secretary of the interior under President Woodrow Wilson. Mather had recently visited Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks and was angered by the neglect and commercial exploitation of these public lands.
This retired, 47-year-old multimillionaire had become famous for his creation of the "20 Mule Team Borax" advertising campaign, a word-of-mouth juggernaut that had turned a nondescript commodity into a ubiquitous household brand. Lane knew a good thing when he saw it and challenged Mather: come to Washington, D.C. for a year and lobby Congress for a National Parks Bureau.
At the time, America had 13 national parks and 18 national monuments split among (and mostly neglected by) the departments of War, Agriculture, and Interior. These 31 treasures had no uniform standards of operation. None were especially welcoming to visitors. Some were being decimated by mining and timber interests. And worse, there were no plans to rescue other endangered sites around the country.
Mather's job was to interest Congress in national parks, which meant interesting voters, which meant making the parks attractive and accessible—but without funding from Congress. One skeptical senator noted that "there are no votes in Yellowstone Park for the Republican or Democratic Party." Another opined that the federal government was not in the business of raising wild animals.
For Stephen Mather, success in lifting the fortunes of Borax turned out to be perfect practice for this seemingly impossible chicken-and-egg.
In his first 12 months, the new assistant secretary worked the corridors of Washington, traveled 30,000 miles, and hosted one of the most spectacular lobbying sessions in American history—19 politicians, businessmen, scientists, and the editor of "National Geographic" traveling together in the wilderness of America on foot, horseback, and automobile. The "Mather Mountain Party" visited Sequoia, the Giant Forest, Kern River Canyon, and Mount Whitney, which most of its members climbed. And each evening, around every campfire, Mather lobbied his captive explorers in support of a national park system.
Mather Mountain Party of 1915, NPS photo
"If he was out to make a convert," one participant said of Mather, "the subject never knew what hit him."
We know the ending to this remarkable story. Mather is the primary reason we have a National Park Service. His personal donations totaled some quarter-million dollars. He became its first director, spending 13 years at the helm. He laid the cornerstone of the preservation efforts that have come to define parks such as Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site.
I tell the story of Stephen Mather in my new book, "Innovation on Tap: Stories of Entrepreneurship from the Cotton Gin to Broadway's Hamilton." In all honesty, being associated with Gettysburg Foundation is one of the reasons I chose to research and feature Mather. His lessons still resonate: Public lands are precious. Preservation is hard work. Education is essential. Philanthropy is an entrepreneurial activity—and a contact sport. Friends are precious.
Stephen T. Mather, first
National Park Service Director,
There's something else worth knowing about Stephen Mather. He suffered throughout his life from what might be diagnosed today as manic depression. In fact, there were times when depression made it impossible for him to work. But he found, for reasons that science has only recently come to understand, that being in nature helped him to heal. That's one reason he spent so much time visiting our nascent national parks, why his indignation at their treatment was so keenly felt.
Mather's healing was rooted in the land. It is a notion that we fully embrace at Gettysburg, where the land speaks to each of us. For some it tells the story of battle, of courage and faith, of victory and of lost chances. For others it is a fragile ecosystem to be studied and protected. For still others it inspires poetry and art. And for some it is a place of contemplation and serenity, of reflection and healing.
Historian Wilfred McClay reminds us that America may be an idea, but it is also a nation "connected to a particular piece of real estate." It is a place, McClay adds, "with a venerable history created by men and women to whom our veneration is owed." Stephen Mather is one of those people. His entrepreneurial spirit, drive, and generosity inform our work at Gettysburg Foundation every day.
Eric B. Schultz
Chair, Gettysburg Foundation
Schultz's latest book, "Innovation on Tap: Stories of Entrepreneurship from the Cotton Gin to Broadway's Hamilton," is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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Potential boost for Sidmouth sea defences after change to funding eligibility
A 'bigger and better' Sidmouth sea defence scheme is back on the table after changes to the eligibility for funding from various bodies including the Environment Agency.
East Devon District Council revealed the news in a public meeting with the Sidmouth and East Beach Management Plan Project Advisory Group on Thursday, February 25.
It means Sidmouth could get the vital coastal defences it needs, better protecting the town from major storms and the East Beach cliffs from further erosion.
The advisory group voted overwhelmingly in favour of pausing the current working draft option to look again at alternatives that were previously felt to be unaffordable.
An urgent report is now set to go before the district council's Cabinet asking for councillors to decide whether they want to investigate options previously dismissed because of insufficient funding, including but not limited to offshore rock islands.
The current preferred option at Sidmouth is to invest around £9million in a coastal defence scheme which would involve beach replenishment, periodic beach recycling, a new rock groyne on East Beach and modifications to the River Sid training wall.
It would also include raising the height of the splash wall along the seafront slightly and topping it up with temporary storm barriers or strong glass panels when needed.
If the council's Cabinet agrees to investigate and test the feasibility of other options, it will take up to six months for engineers and specialist consultants to review and assess the alternatives.
Following the studies and investigations, a report would then be presented to the Sidmouth and East Beach Management Plan Project Advisory Group. Its members would be asked to recommend what the town would prefer to do – whether that would be to go ahead with the original preferred option or use the additional funding on a different option which may be more beneficial to Sidmouth's coastal defences.
The council's Cabinet will make the final decision on which option goes ahead.
What would the timescale be?
Time is an important factor. If the current preferred option gets the green light, construction could start within two years. There would also be a potential for the new extra funding to be used for future maintenance, ensuring the beach can be recycled/recharged.
However if a different and more expensive option is chosen, construction could take around four years to start.
The Cabinet will be recommended to agree that, if the chosen option incurs further delays to the project, a temporary structure could be placed at the base of the cliffs, to help protect the River Sid wall, low-lying properties in the town and the properties above Sidmouth's eroding cliffs.
Councillor Geoff Jung, East Devon District Council's portfolio holder for the coast, country and environment, said: "As the East Devon councillor responsible for coastal protection, I would like to thank the advisory group for their contributions and assistance in providing the guidance and help on how we are to proceed with the scheme to protect Sidmouth seafront and East Beach.
"The scheme that was originally underfunded and unpopular has now been provided with extra funding. This will enable an improved design that may overcome the more controversial elements of scheme.
"Although the beach and the cliffs are protected as a World Heritage site of the Jurassic Coast, it is hoped temporary time-limited permission will be able to satisfy the regulations and conditions of the designated site, so we are able to progress work not otherwise possible with a permanent scheme.
"Once the final scheme is finally approved the stone used in the temporary revetment could then be used elsewhere within the scheme."
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"THE scene of this world is changing," wrote the apostle Paul to fellow Christians living in the prestigious city of Corinth. (1 Cor. 7:31) Corinth was intellectually active, materially prosperous, and morally corrupt. Its population was a hodgepodge, largely made up of merchants and travelers who would stay a few days and leave, much like actors on a stage who enter from the wings to act their parts and then swiftly disappear until the next scene. The outward manner of life—"the scene"—in Corinth, with all of its glittering opulence, was transitory, in a state of change, constantly sliding by. Hence, Paul warned his brothers not to use the world to the full. Paul told them not to be engrossed in the world of earthly things. They will not last. The time left is too short for Christians to be clinging to the fickle schemes of humans. Therefore, Paul admonished: Live your life with "constant attendance upon the Lord without distraction."—1 Cor. 7:35.
Although Paul's words were penned more than 19 centuries ago, they still ring true. The present external form of the world is undergoing constant change. Like a passing scene in a stage play, material goods and hard-earned possessions can be here today and gone tomorrow. A flood, an earthquake, a hurricane, or any other natural disaster can upend a person's life in a flash. Long-held political and economic ideologies—often expressed in spilled blood—can shift overnight. For example, some three years ago, countries in Eastern Europe appeared stable. Then, suddenly, in November 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, and like dominoes tumbling across Eastern Europe, so fell beliefs that were staunchly held for decades.
However, Jehovah's Witnesses, although affected by such changing scenes, have always striven to live their lives in a manner that shows constant attendance upon the Lord. During the past service year, they had a peak of 4,472,787 publishers and devoted 1,024,910,434 hours to preaching the good news of Jehovah God's Kingdom in 229 lands and 69,558 congregations! What other religious organization did that?
But more than preach, they personally taught millions of people God's Word free of charge. Each month, on the average, they conducted 4,278,127 home Bible studies. What resulted from such evangelism? The number of those baptized in symbol of their dedication to Jehovah reached 301,002. Also, on the evening of April 17, 1992, the sacred celebration of the Memorial of the death of Jesus Christ was held. That night, the congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses around the world counted 11,431,171 in attendance.
Country after country had packed Kingdom Halls. For example, Zambia, with a peak of 80,460 publishers of the good news, rejoiced when 365,828 attended the Memorial—over 4 percent of the country's population! In Mexico the Memorial attendance was 1,283,203. Imagine, 9,000 congregations celebrated the Memorial there! And in Czechoslovakia, with a peak of 25,435 publishers, the Memorial was attended by a total of 54,082 persons. For the first time there, the Memorial was also held in three prisons, where 54 prisoners and their wardens were present. The officials at one prison expressed their appreciation for the pleasant and well prepared program, which included the singing of songs. In another town the brothers were very much surprised when not only a prisoner but also his warden came to the Kingdom Hall to observe the Memorial.
Brazil, with 332,050 publishers in March, had a total of 985,252 persons attend the Memorial. This was an increase of 87,513 over the attendance for the previous year. Young ones too are benefited by being at this special occasion.
In 1990, nine-year-old Paul was the only Witness in his school. His teacher noted his good conduct. But when she prayed in class, she noticed that he did not bow his head, and when she had each pupil in turn say a prayer, Paul asked to be excused. On Christendom's Good Friday, she had the class draw a picture of Jesus on the cross. However, since Paul drew him on a stake, she asked why. He explained, leaving her Bible literature to read, and invited her to the Memorial.
Paul also got permission to conduct a regular Bible study with his class. The 40-minute study was held weekly using the Bible and My Book of Bible Stories. The director of the school, secretaries, Paul's teacher, and others also attended. The next year, three other teachers asked to have the study held in their classes. This did not please the local priest. It irritated him to hear the children using God's name, Jehovah. He held a meeting with the parents and said that they and their children should not use the name. The parents complained to the teachers, who in turn talked to Paul.
"If God's name can't be used, then I can't continue with the studies," Paul said, reasoning that the sanctification of God's name was the most important part of the Lord's Prayer. With this explanation the study continued, and now, in 1992, there are five such classes, including a group of children with learning problems. The teachers are amazed because the children all listen quietly when they are taught about God's purposes, and they are less restless than in other classes.
Angola legalized the good work of the Witnesses on April 10, 1992. After decades of persecution and war, the publishers in that country rejoiced in a special way with expressions of gratitude to Jehovah for 'having crowned the year with his goodness.'—Ps. 65:11.
Over the years, missionaries assigned to this country were quickly deported. In the 1950's many Witnesses were imprisoned. Some were sentenced to 15 years or more in work camps; others were executed. Without letup, the Witnesses showed that they treasured their privilege to share the good news with others. How has their faithful service been rewarded?
The very month the work was registered, a new peak of 18,911 publishers was reached, which is a 30-percent increase over last year's average, and they reported 56,075 home Bible studies. Reports tell of interested people calling at the homes of the brothers to request a home Bible study. Congregations of 100 publishers or more have anywhere from 300 to 500 persons attend their public meetings. Favorable conditions shortly before legal recognition of the work allowed the brothers to hold their first district conventions—20 of them, with a combined peak attendance of 17,064 persons. What thrilling occasions they were!
Some congregations in Angola have little territory, thus requiring that Witnesses be alert to preach to everyone they meet. At one home the householder told a Witness that he was not interested, since he was a Catholic. The following week, while passing the same home, the brother noticed a lady standing in the doorway and seized the opportunity to speak with her. Her reply was the same as that of her husband, but she added a proverb: "A dog can't carry two bones," meaning that one cannot profess two religions at the same time. The next week he saw a girl standing in the doorway of the same home. Knowing that they were a religious family, he offered her the book Questions Young People Ask—Answers That Work. She listened attentively, accepted it, and agreed that the brother could return the following week. Unknown to him, the father was listening to the conversation in the next room. Several days later the father approached the brother on the street, telling him that his daughter had read the entire book and enjoyed it very much. He asked the brother to be sure to visit them as he had promised. Now the whole family is studying, as well as attending meetings.
A case in point is the experience of Felicia from Nigeria. Her marriage problems caused her to separate from her mate, Jimmy. Leaving her young child in the care of her parents, she moved to Switzerland. In Geneva she hoped to make a fresh start in life, but alas, as a foreigner seeking asylum, finding a job and a place to stay was much more difficult than she had imagined. One day at work, she talked about her problems to another refugee who was already studying the Bible with the Witnesses. She told Felicia about the wonderful things she was learning from the Bible and how doing God's will solves many problems. Felicia agreed to a Bible study, and eight months later she became an unbaptized publisher. By then she had started to worry about her family situation and confided in a congregation elder.
In the meantime, her husband, to whom she was still legally married, had also arrived in Switzerland and was very impressed by the changes he noticed in the personality of his runaway wife. He too agreed to a Bible study with a brother in the town where he lived. Felicia was baptized in November 1991, only 11 months after she began studying. Immediately she started to serve as an auxiliary pioneer, while her husband became an unbaptized publisher and enrolled in the Theocratic Ministry School in his congregation. At that time they were still separated, but now they were both thinking in the same way and wanted to reunite and raise their son together in a Christian family. So Jimmy and Felicia presented to the elders of the congregation the proof of their legal marriage and declared that they wanted to renew their relationship as husband and wife, to avoid bringing reproach on Jehovah's name and the Christian congregation. Jimmy was baptized at the 1992 "Light Bearers" District Convention in Geneva, and the couple are planning to return to Nigeria, resolved to raise their son according to Christian principles.
Sweden is a country that has been open to refugees. The congregations have met the challenge to preach to the refugees in their own language. The results have been wonderful. For example, out of the 11 district conventions held this past summer, only 5 were in Swedish; the others were in Arabic, English, Finnish, Greek, Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish. At the English-language district convention, 696 were present, and they were from 77 different nations. The witnessing work has also started in the Persian and Russian languages.
During the last few months, upwards of 50,000 refugees from the former Yugoslavia arrived in Sweden. The congregations that speak the Serbo-Croatian language have concentrated on witnessing to these refugees, and they are having excellent results. The meetings have anywhere from 75 to over 100 refugees attending. And after only four or five months of study, some of those attending have progressed to dedication and baptism.
IN THE days of Claudius, a first-century emperor of Rome, a great famine ravaged the land. Christians in the congregation of Syrian Antioch "determined, each of them according as anyone could afford it, to send a relief ministration to the brothers dwelling in Judea." (Acts 11:28, 29) Barnabas and Saul delivered the relief funds to the elder body in Judea, who had the responsibility to administer the needed help. This is the first recorded instance when relief on such a large scale was provided by the Christian congregation. In a similar manner today, when Witnesses living in one part of the world learn that their brothers in another area are in great need, they willingly contribute what they can. With swift organized precision, a relief ministration swings into action. Consider the following examples.
At the end of 1991, the Governing Body invited seven branches of the Watch Tower Society in Western Europe to provide food and clothing for their needy brothers in Eastern Europe.* What happened when the Witnesses in Sweden first learned of the need? Truck after truck rolled in from congregations far and near. Even after the Sweden branch was filled to capacity with clothing and other goods, more and more materials kept coming, making it necessary to rent a hall outside the branch complex to hold all the donated items. Brothers and sisters from nearby congregations came to help. An average of 35 volunteers worked at sorting and packing clothing until 15 semitrailers were ready to start rumbling toward their destinations. Another three semitrailers trucked more than 51 tons of foodstuffs to Russia.
Within just days of the announcement, the food provisions, divided up into 750 boxes, each containing about 44 pounds [20 kg] of basic food products, such as flour, cooking oil, canned meat, and dried milk, were ready for the first truck shipment—destination St. Petersburg, Russia. On December 19, 1991, with all customs papers translated into Russian and in good order, the first truck passed through border checkpoints without any problems. The Witnesses in St. Petersburg were anxiously awaiting the shipment and were already prepared to reload the cargo onto smaller vehicles for delivery to different distribution centers, from which the food could be quickly given to those in need. What a reception when the truck arrived! The waiting, happy brothers heartily embraced their Swedish brothers.
For the donation of clothing, congregations searched their closets for neat and clean items. Others went out and bought new clothes. One Witness went to a men's store to buy five suits. This aroused the merchant's curiosity. When the reason was explained to him, he donated five more suits. Another brother went to buy several packages of socks, gloves, and similar items at an outlet and explained the reason for such a large purchase. The owner compassionately offered him a consignment of 30 new suits for the price of 2. Hardly able to contain himself, the brother quickly accepted. Another brother brought a huge pile of clothes to the dry cleaner and told him what was being done. The owner then gave him all the clothing that customers had never claimed. When the owner of a sporting goods store heard that the consignments were to go directly to the ones in need, he picked a hundred pairs of brand-new winter shoes and boots from the shelves as a donation.
The sorting organization was set into gear. A group of ten sisters with a good eye for quality sorted the clothes into men's, women's, and children's collections. Ten other sisters deftly packed the sorted items into cartons. A team of hefty brothers taped the cartons shut and stacked them on pallets, ready for shipment by truck. Altogether, 1,400 cubic feet [40 cu m] of clothing and shoes were packed daily.
The Witnesses in the Netherlands and Switzerland had the privilege of participating in this relief work too. Brothers in the Netherlands contributed 52 tons of food, together with 11 truckloads of clothing, and those in Switzerland prepared 600 food parcels weighing a total of 12 tons. What about the children? When the Witnesses in Ukraine received 72 tons of clothing, they discovered that the parcels containing children's wear included toys donated by Witness children for their unknown little friends. Also, quite a few chocolate bars had found their way between the layers of clothing.
Thus, during the winter of 1991/92, the relief ministration consisted of 400 tons of foodstuffs and large amounts of clothing for men, women, and children. These were distributed to practically all parts of the territory of the former Soviet Union, as far as Irkutsk, in Siberia, and Khabarovsk, near Japan.
Generous donations of food and clothing by the Witnesses in South Africa and Portugal made it possible to send relief ministrations and greatly needed literature supplies to Angola. Why the need?
Angola suffered a severe drought in 1990, which caused the death of thousands of people and destroyed that country's harvest. In some places the brothers hesitated to share in the public ministry because of insufficient clothing. Fellow Witnesses in South Africa saw to it that 25 tons of relief provisions were safely shipped and evenly distributed to their brothers in Angola. Because the country has been torn by a prolonged civil war, there continued to be a need for clothing. The congregations of Greater Lisbon in Portugal were invited to donate clothes to the Witnesses in Angola, and the response was marvelous. From March 1991 to August 1992, seven 20-foot [6 m] containers packed with clothing, food, and literature were shipped out—a total of 75 tons!
The Witnesses were not immune to Hurricane Andrew's fury—3,500 of them were left homeless because 1,120 of their homes were damaged, 150 beyond repair. Ten Kingdom Halls were damaged too. The Governing Body reacted at once. They appointed a relief committee to operate out of an Assembly Hall 40 miles [60 km] north of the Florida disaster zone and immediately made funds available for the purchase of emergency items. As the hurricane winds were diminishing, Witness workers from outside the disaster area started pouring in to help. By Saturday, August 29, the amount of building materials delivered to the Assembly Hall weighed in at 305 tons. By the next day, Sunday, some 70 tractor-trailer loads of supplies had arrived. "About 3,000 Witness volunteers from across the country have converged on the disaster area, first to help their own, then to help others," reported the Miami Herald of August 31.
To illustrate the speed of the Witnesses' relief effort, consider what happened shortly after the winds abated. Two carloads of non-Witnesses drove to city hall in one stricken area to offer their help. The police escorted them to the only people who were organized for the repair work—Jehovah's Witnesses.
Surely, the above gives evidence that Jehovah's Witnesses are displaying the same spirit of compassion and solidarity that was manifested by the early Christian congregation. (Acts 4:32) Therefore, we have good reason to feel grateful to Jehovah God that in this time of the end, he not only supplies receptive humans earth wide with spiritual nourishment but also maintains a worldwide brotherhood that can quickly join together and in times of need supply material things. This gives us a strong feeling of security and confidence for the future, when the whole world will be inhabited by one loving brotherhood.
"DO NOT loiter at your business. Be aglow with the spirit. Slave for Jehovah." (Rom. 12:11) The 12,068 ministers, all part of a special religious order, serving at Bethel homes around the world have taken those words of the apostle Paul to heart. They refuse to let the changing world scene distract them from their Christian ministry. Their zeal for the Lord's business stays at the boiling point. The work accomplished by the 4,520 family members at world headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, at nearby Watchtower Farms, and at the Watchtower Educational Center at Patterson, New York, typifies the effort that all Bethelites put forth in slaving for Jehovah. The following are just some of the developments at world headquarters.
New laundry and dry-cleaning facilities were installed on the eighth floor of the 360 Furman Street building in September and November of 1991. These premises provide a pleasant environment for the personnel who handle 25 tons of soiled items each week for the more than 3,000 members of the Brooklyn headquarters staff.
Hospital Information Services (HIS), located at 25 Columbia Heights, assists the worldwide brotherhood in holding to their firm resolve not to violate God's clearly stated law on the use of blood. (Acts 15:29) In many ways the last few years have seen dramatic changes in the attitudes and practices of a number of doctors and medical centers all over the world.
Among the changes are bloodless medicine and surgery centers. From just a handful of helpful doctors who kindly worked with the Witnesses in the past, HIS has now developed a listing of 27,420 cooperative physicians in the lands of 64 branches where 854 Hospital Liaison Committees function. This has been due in great part to the good work done by the 4,300 elders who make up these committees.
In the 30 Columbia Heights office building, the Construction Office is coordinating branch construction projects in some 50 lands, from Antigua to Zimbabwe. And the Legal Department is pleased that "articles in our magazines on child custody and the needs of children of divorce have received favorable attention among attorneys, social workers, and psychologists." One sister involved in a custody dispute was surprised to find that the family court mediator now regularly uses the October 22, 1988, issue of Awake! featuring the subject "Child Custody—A Painful Issue" to assist her clients in working out differences. The mediator appreciated the neutral position the article took and felt it was beneficial for all parents in that position.
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Watchtower Farms serves as the central location for the production and distribution of food to the U.S. Bethel family. This is also the temporary location of the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead, where brothers and sisters from around the world receive training for missionary work. Additionally, it houses the printing operations for the Watchtower and Awake! magazines for distribution throughout the United States.
Through the Society's worldwide multilanguage computer system, the Computer Department at Watchtower Farms is now supporting the composition, translation, and publication of Bible literature in three more languages than the 208 of the previous year. Another outstanding development was the release to the public of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References on Diskette. This diskette version of the New World Translation will allow computer users to carry out research in the Bible quickly.
Construction on the Watchtower Educational Center has zoomed forward with surprising speed. Nine buildings are already completed, as well as the wastewater and water treatment utilities. Currently, nine buildings are under construction, and work on four more will begin during the course of the year. More than 800 brothers and sisters form the work force on the project each day. This center will become the eventual location of Gilead School. The Governing Body also announced that a number of Brooklyn departments associated with the worldwide educational work will be transferred to the Educational Center.
DURING the 1992 service year, 14 classes of the Ministerial Training School were held in ten countries. For the first time, the school was conducted in Australia, Mexico, Nigeria, and Sweden. This opened up opportunities for more brothers to receive special training. In expressing their appreciation, students from Australia and New Zealand who attended the first class in Sydney said they were deeply moved by the quality and scope of the course. Members of the first class in Mexico stated that they were drawn closer to Jehovah and his organization as a result of their studies. From Nigeria the class letter affirmed the resolve of the students to improve the quality of their ministry and service now that they appreciate more fully the many facets of Jehovah's provisions. The school in Sweden was conducted in English, and the class consisted of single elders and ministerial servants from Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. They recognize more than ever the need to have all aspects of their lives, including their congregation teaching and shepherding as well as their field ministry, based on God's Word.
In all countries where the school was held, the brothers expressed their determination to shoulder properly their congregation and other responsibilities within Jehovah's advancing organization. Graduates of this school are now serving in more than 50 lands. They have been appointed to handle responsibilities in congregations, branches, and circuits as well as in the missionary field.
"HAPPY is the people whose God is Jehovah!" (Ps. 144:15) Jehovah's Witnesses feel that way worldwide. Where there is a new branch building, there is special cause for rejoicing. Because Jehovah's people have refused to be deceived by the world's changing scene, Jehovah has blessed them with growth.
June 13, 1992, started out as an unusually warm summer day in Vantaa, Finland. Branch office expansion had been going on for 15 months. Dedication time had now arrived! The 99 members of the Bethel family, over 100 temporary construction workers, and all the traveling overseers in the country were invited. A total of 559 persons gathered together in the Kingdom Hall, in the dining room, and in other areas of the new facilities to hear the dedication program.
Since the Bethel Home was first constructed, it has been enlarged seven times. Robert Tracy, who visited Scandinavia as the zone overseer, said the following in his dedication talk: "In Sweden, your next-door neighbor, they said that in Finland you are always building." The original area has a modern printing plant, a bindery, a mailing department, offices, and residences. The new five-story wing of 77,000 square feet [7,200 sq m] consists of 39 Bethel rooms, also health-care facilities, saunas, and storage areas. This new addition is the largest that has ever been made to the branch facility. The entire complex now has 232,000 square feet [21,600 sq m] of space.
Finland is a neighbor of Russia, and for decades it was a gateway between the Western world and the former Soviet Union. So, besides producing literature in Finnish, the Finland branch also prints The Watchtower in Estonian and, in addition, publications in Lithuanian and Latvian. The 18,316 publishers in Finland are so happy that Jehovah has now rewarded his servants with such privileges in supporting his work in Eastern Europe. The new addition to the Bethel Home is a great blessing, and it will benefit all of Jehovah's Witnesses in that area.
On February 8, 1992, Thailand had good reason for rejoicing—their new Bethel Home was dedicated. It was the culmination of over two years of hard work. Why were these new facilities necessary?
The first Bethel Home in Thailand was established in 1947, when 31 publishers of the good news served in the entire country. That leased building also housed missionaries. In 1962, when the number of publishers had increased to over 300, the staff of three Bethel workers and some missionaries moved into a newly constructed building owned by the Society. During the next 25 years, the number of publishers tripled, and the Bethel family increased to 16 members. Since expansion in that residential area of Bangkok was not possible, the Governing Body recommended that the Branch Committee look for new property. Finally, in 1987, after a long search, the brothers located a suitable piece of land in a newly developed suburb of the city.
Before construction could start, the 1.5-acre [0.6 ha] lot had to be elevated by more than three feet [1 m] to prevent flooding during the rainy season. Then there was the construction of the two-story building that was to have a total floor area of some 32,000 square feet [3,000 sq m], including a large Kingdom Hall. A 1,200-foot-long [370 m] perimeter wall also needed to be erected; it was to consist of some 1,200 precast concrete panels resting on 145 piles, each 18 feet long [6 m]. Who was going to do all that work? Would there be enough volunteers from among the some 900 publishers to form a "construction family" and to give sufficient support to the project to complete it without much outside help? The previous Bethel and missionary home had been constructed entirely by a commercial firm.
The response to invitations sent out in 1987 to the 33 congregations throughout the country was very gratifying. Volunteers with special skills were few in number, but many brothers and sisters 'offered themselves willingly,' freely contributing their time and energies, ready to learn new skills right on the work site. (Ps. 110:3) It was estimated that during the two years of construction, the publishers in the eight congregations in the greater Bangkok area spent, on the average, about seven hours each month on construction. Still, the time they spent in field service was hardly affected. Vital—and much appreciated—was the help received from 37 international volunteers, who came from four countries.
Dedication day was truly a joyful and memorable occasion for all the 427 invited guests. Among them were representatives from six branches in the Asia-Pacific region. In his dedication discourse, the zone overseer, Brother H. V. Mouritz, pointed out that throughout history Jehovah has always provided what was necessary for his people to carry out his work and worship. As the program came to a close, all present felt greatly encouraged to carry on the preaching work with renewed vigor.
In another mark of growth, two branches in the West Indies were dedicated by Governing Body members in 1992: the Leeward Islands branch, on February 2, by Milton G. Henschel and the Bahamas branch, on February 8, by John E. Barr.
See the March 15, 1992, issue of The Watchtower for a report from Denmark.


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George Lucas created some of the most recognizable and iconic vehicles in Hollywood cinema when Star Wars debuted in 1977. The ships and vehicles from the original trilogy are all iconic in their own right, but some stand above the rest as fan favorites, whether it's because of their shape, armament, or key scenes they were featured in.
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The series is constantly introducing new ship designs into the lore, but it's hard to top the originals. These were the ships that changed an entire genre, breathing new life into science fiction, and demanding that everyone else step up to a much higher level of quality, in order to follow suit.
Updated on December 29th, 2021 by Derek Draven: The original Star Wars trilogy introduced audiences to so many amazing ships, and a few more deserve mention for how iconic they became. Many of these ships originally had very little in the way of backstory, but fan enthusiasm and the imaginations of various writers helped flesh them out over time. As such, they've become as legendary as the Star Wars name itself, and have helped expand the legacy of the franchise down through the last 40+ years.
The Nebulon-B was featured heavily in Return of the Jedi as one of the principal ships during the Battle of Endor, against the dreaded second Death Star. Its distinctly odd shape and twin-compartment design made it instantly recognizable for fans of the Star Wars saga.
Despite its appearance, the frigate was capable of holding its own in battles against starfighters, which made it quite versatile in a fight. It was also used as a medical frigate during the Battle of Endor, one of the most enduring scenes of Return of the Jedi, to this day.
The Imperials utilized the Lambda shuttle as a cargo and carrying vessel, but it also ferried high-ranking dignitaries like Darth Vader, and even Emperor Palpatine, about the galaxy. Designed by Sienar Fleet Systems, a popular military contractor with the Galactic Empire, the Lambda shuttle was of an especially unique design.
Lambda shuttles were equipped with a hyperdrive mechanism and consisted of a three-wing design. The side wings would fold up to clear the way for landing, and deploy when the ship cleared a shuttle bay. They also had deflector shields, short-range sensors, and were equipped with blaster and laser cannons for protection.
The Y-Wing might look slow and clunky, but it was instrumental in many of the Rebellion's campaigns against the Galactic Empire. They were designed by Koenasyr Manufacturing during the Clone Wars but were later retrofitted after the conflict had ended, particularly when the Rebellion was founded.
These ships were designed specifically as bombers, and as such, usually required an escort of X-Wings or A-Wings in order to reach their targets. They did possess defensive weaponry, but it was largely wasted against the Empire's extremely fast and nimble TIE fighters, which found the Y-Wing to be easy prey.
Though it featured less prominently in the films, the Super Star Destroyer was considered a nightmare in space, thanks to its colossal size. As such, only a handful of them were made, including Darth Vader's personal command ship, the Executor. In contrast to its regular Star Destroyer brethren, the ship sported a much darker and more ominous paint job.
The size difference between the ship, and a regular Star Destroyer was astronomical, and as such, they were regarded just as much as propaganda tools, as they were effective mobile command centers. Going up against a Super Star Destroyer was considered an act of suicide, though Admiral Ackbar's decision to concentrate all fire on one of them during the Battle of Endor helped save the day.
When the Empire began using TIE fighters, the Rebellion found themselves outclassed against a ship with superior agility and speed. To compensate, they began using A-Wings, which were just as fast, and extremely nimble in combat. They were developed by Kuat Systems Engineering and found action as far back as 18 years before the Battle of Yavin.
The A-Wing came in several different variants and was used as an escort craft, attack craft, and reconnaissance craft, making them highly versatile. They became symbols of the Rebellion in their own right and went on to see action in the days of the New Republic, following Palpatine's demise.
The Star Destroyer is one of the most easily recognizable ships in all of Star Wars, thanks largely to the post-opening credits sequence of the original film. Developed by Kuat Drive Yards during the Clone Wars, the earliest Venator-class destroyers would serve as the groundwork for the signature Imperial successor.
A key fact about Star Destroyers was their use as a weapon of terror across the galaxy, thanks to its heavy armaments, which were capable of obliterating entire cities from orbit. They were also extremely fast, despite their huge size, and could be used as transports, or attack vessels in combat.
The CR90 was considered a mainstay of the Rebellion, thanks to some solid engineering by the Corellian Engineering Corporation. It saw heavy use on Alderaan, where it was used by Bail Organa and his representatives as transport vessels. It was also the ship that escaped the Battle of Scarif and bought Princess Leia time to hide the Death Star's original plans in R2-D2.
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The ship was not heavily armed for combat, but it did see action primarily as a support vessel during many operations against the Empire. It saw use during the Clone Wars but was later kept on hand as a key vessel in the anti-Imperial campaign that followed.
The original TIE fighter was considered a low-cost success within the Empire, but Sienar Fleet Systems also created several variants with a bit more firepower and defensive capabilities. One of these was the TIE Interceptor, notably different from its stock TIE variant in several ways.
The most obvious difference was the inclusion of four sharp wing panels, each one housing a laser cannon. It was faster than a TIE fighter, thanks to upgraded twin-ion engines (TIE), and its upgraded weaponry was far more punishing. Yet, the Empire's design philosophy prohibited the use of a hyperdrive mechanism, or a shield generator, in order to keep it fast.
The B-Wing is one of the strangest ships in the Star Wars universe, and many fans still have trouble figuring out what the design philosophy was behind its creation. Developed by Slayn & Korpil, the ship was first designed by a Mon Calamari engineer, the B-Wing was meant as an attack dog against larger capital ships.
As such, it suffered in a dogfight scenario, making it welcome prey for TIE fighters, but its heavy weaponry and distinct design made it very effective against larger craft. Unfortunately, it was also a very high-maintenance ship that required significant costs in order to stay active.
The Twin Ion Engine (TIE) fighter was the Empire's primary attack ship, boasting impressive speed capabilities and agility that made them hard to target in a fight. As such, they were considered just as much a tool of psychological warfare, as they were a combat vessel. One key technical fact about TIE Fighter design revolves around the Empire's attitude regarding the expendability of soldiers in combat.
As such, they have no shield generator or a hyperdrive motivator. This was bad news for the pilots, who rarely lived long during their careers. Besides its distinctive design, the TIE Fighter was also capable of scaring the enemy, thanks in large part to its high-pitched engine howl.
Jango Fett relied on a modified Firespray-31 attack craft which he named "Slave I" in all of his dealings, and the ship was remarkably effective. It served him as a bounty hunter until his death, at which point his young "son" Boba Fett claimed ownership of it, and made it his go-to vessel.
Slave I was the perfect ship for a bounty hunter, thanks in large part to its ability to stay under the radar. When it came time to fight, the ship was nimble enough to win out, and was loaded for war. it featured twin ion cannons, proton torpedo launchers, and deadly seismic charges that could obliterate a squadron caught in the blast radius.
In the first Star Wars film, Darth Vader piloted his own personal TIE variant during the Battle of Yavin, which he used to take down multiple Rebels making a run on the Death Star's exhaust port. It was a heavily modified prototype designed for his specific use as leader of Black Squadron.
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The biggest, and most noticeable differences between Vader's X1 and a regular TIE Fighter was the inclusion of a shield generator, and a hyperdrive motivator. It could also carry cluster missiles, it sported a much tougher hull, and it also had a life support system. This made it the running quarterback of the TIE Fighter line.
This gigantic orbital space weapons platform continues to be one of the most iconic designs in Star Wars, right to this day. The Death Star was the Empire's most ambitious weapon of mass destruction, intended to strike fear into the heart of the galaxy, and keep the Empire's systems in line.
As such, it became an immediate target for the Rebellion, which saw it as the ultimate embodiment of a fascist dictatorship. The Death Star was enormous, capable of obliterating an entire planet and could travel via hyperspace. One particularly interesting Death Star fact involves its real-world costs, which would measure in the octillions.
Incom Corporation's finest product was by far the X-Wing, one of the most iconic Star Wars ships ever created. It was the symbol of the Rebellion; a ship capable of holding its own in dogfights, acting as beefy enforcers during a brawl, and capable of harassing capital ships with a high degree of success.
The X-Wing was so named due to the ship's S-foil design, which allow the two wings to split into four during combat. When deployed, the four laser cannons could fire in a variety of modes, depending on the situation. It also had a shield generator, and a hyperdrive motivator, making it an effective long-range transport vessel.
Han Solo's infamous bucket of bolts continues to be the most recognizable ship in Star Wars, thanks to its signature design, notorious reputation, and a ton of excellent scenes it was featured in. It is essentially nothing more than a heavily modified YT-1300f light freighter used by Han Solo and Chewbacca during their smuggling runs.
However, the Millennium Falcon would go on to make a name for itself, thanks to its participation in the Battle of Yavin, and the Battle of Endor. It was considered one of the fastest ships in the galaxy, though its reliability was considered poor, and often broke down at the worst of times. Still, it did manage to prove that it was not just a hunk of junk, on several key occasions.
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Hang Him!: Terrorist Dylann Roof Sentenced To Death
Dylann Roof is a white supremacist terrorist who deserve his punishment.
AFRICANGLOBE – Dylann Roof, the terrorist convicted in the assault on Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, that left a total of 12 victims, killing nine of them, was sentenced to death on Tuesday.
Jurors began deliberating Tuesday over whether Roof, 22, should get the death penalty or life in prison for his crimes. It took two hours for the 12 jurors to come to their unanimous decision. If they all were unable to agree, a life sentence would have been automatically imposed.
"We want to express our sympathy to all of the families who were so grievously hurt by Dylann Roof's actions. Today's sentencing decision means that this case will not be over for a very long time," Roof's defense said in a statement. "We are sorry that, despite our best efforts, the legal proceedings have shed so little light on the reasons for this tragedy."
Formal sentencing will be Wednesday morning, where families will have opportunity to speak openly in court. Roof has asked judge to appoint new defense team to file motion for retrial.
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott thanked jurors for their service in a statement posted to Twitter, and said Roof was "rightly sentenced to death."
Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement that the verdict will hold Roof accountable for his actions.
"No verdict can bring back the nine we lost that day at Mother Emanuel. And no verdict can heal the wounds of the five church members who survived the attack or the souls of those who lost loved ones to Roof's callous hand. But we hope that the completion of the prosecution provides the people of Charleston – and the people of our nation – with a measure of closure," she said.
In his closing arguments to the jury, Roof, who is acting as his own attorney, continued to refuse to ask to be allowed to live.
Roof walked to the podium less than 10 feet from the jury box with a yellow sheet of paper. He put it down and looked past jurors for about 30 seconds before beginning to read off the page.
Every juror looked directly at Roof as he spoke for about five minutes. A few nodded as he reminded them that they said during jury selection they could fairly weigh the factors of his case. Only one of them, he noted, had to disagree to spare his life.
"I have the right to ask you to give me a life sentence, but I'm not sure what good it would do anyway," he said.
He gave a closing argument of about five minutes on Tuesday, saying at one point he felt like he had to commit the slayings, and "I still feel like I had to do it."
Roof did not explain his actions to jurors, saying only that "anyone who hates anything in their mind has a good reason for it." In his FBI confession, Roof said he hoped the massacre would bring back segregation or start a race war.
Roof paused several times, but jurors never took their eyes off him. After one of the pauses, he abruptly said, "That's all," quickly gathered his sheet of paper and walked back to the defense table.
Jurors began their deliberations early Tuesday afternoon. After a few hours, they raised several questions about his potential imprisonment.
The jury on Tuesday asked U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel for clarification on some of the mitigating factors they're being asked to consider, including if Roof could safely be confined if he were sentenced to life in prison. The judge told jurors to re-read the instructions he provided them to figure out what that means.
Jurors also asked to re-watch a speech by the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was one of the nine people Roof killed during a Bible study in 2015.
Prosecutors said earlier Tuesday he should be executed because he had a "hateful heart" and the young white male targeted the Black church in a racially motivated attack.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Richardson told jurors on Roof's crimes more than meet the standards they'll consider for a possible death sentence.
Richardson said the way Roof mercilessly gunned down the Black parishioners at Emanuel AME Church, coupled with his lack of remorse, mean he should receive the harshest sentence available.
Richardson also reviewed emotional testimony jurors have heard about each of the victims and the voids created by their deaths.
In a courtroom a mile from the slayings, the same jury last month convicted Roof of 33 federal crimes, including hate crimes and obstruction of religion. After a holiday break, jurors returned last week to court, where for four days prosecutors laid out their case for why Roof should be executed. The government called nearly two dozen friends and relatives who shared cherished memories and opined about a future without a mother, father, sister or brother.
They shed tears and their voices shook, but none of them said whether Roof should face the death penalty or life in prison for gunning down the church members. That will be left up to the jury, with nine white and three Black members.
Jurors got the case after closing arguments finished from prosecutors and Roof, who had represented himself during sentencing but had put up no fight for his life. He didn't call any witnesses, present any evidence and had not asked for mercy.
He did try to limit the amount of heart-wrenching testimony the jurors heard, but with only little success.
Survivor Jennifer Pinckney talked about the life of her husband, church pastor and state Sen. Clementa Pinckney. She spoke about the harrowing minutes she spent huddled underneath a desk with her youngest daughter as shots rang out in the next room, unsure if the shooter was coming her way.
In the hours that followed, the mother had to somehow explain the death to her two daughters.
"I sat in front of the girls, and I basically told them that something had happened," she said. "I think that that's the hardest thing that I've ever had to do."
The Rev. Anthony Thompson cried as he described a conversation with his wife, Myra, about their future plans to move and pursue studies and careers in the church.
"She was my world, and she was gone," he said.
Survivor Felicia Sanders, who gave powerful testimony during the guilt phase of Roof's trial, wrapped up prosecutors' case last Wednesday, talking about her creative 26-year-old son, the youngest victim, and his commitment to his faith and Emanuel.
"That night they were getting basic instruction before leaving Earth," Sanders said. "I did not know that was going to be the life of them."
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A loft means different things to different people. For some it is a huge open space where their imagination can go wild. For others it's a snug little sleeping loft that makes good use of all the space in a small home or cabin. However you visualize a loft, now you can make your own in HomeByMe. Let's get started.


Summer time is great for going on nature walks with the kids. On a recent hike, we found this piece of wood and decided to make an easy geoboard with it. The kids had fun practicing their fine motor skills using a kid size hammer and nails and stretching rubber bands across them to create cool geometric patterns.
If your kids are old enough to handle a hammer, let them try their hand at hammering nails in various places on the board. My son who is 4 was able to do this with my supervision.
Once the nails are in place, let the kids have fun stretching rubber bands across them, making cool geometric configurations.
Have you ever made a geoboard?
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Preparing for an interview is an arduous process. You can only prepare so much for what you think they will ask. The interview begins before the questions even begin. From the time you enter the building to when you exit, the interview is happening. They are observing your body language and much more to determine if you will be a good fit for their company.
First impressions are crucial in an interview, but so is how you answer their questions. Each answer to every question that is relentlessly hurled at you impacts the final decision. Are you confident in your response? Is your answer honest? Do you struggle in your responses? Interviewers are looking for these signs along with your answer. But what about the question that often asked and could have an effect on the hiring process, are you willing to relocate?
If you have no issue with relocating for this position, it would be very beneficial to ask the interviewer questions as well. Asking these questions will reassure that you are able to move for the position.
Relocating for a job is a major life change. There are many questions left unanswered that could cause you to debate whether you are willing to move for a position. How long will you be there? Is this a company I want to have a long career with? Will I be able to advance my career with positions? All of these questions would have anyone on the fence about relocating for a job. So can you can you answer maybe?
Moving is not always that ideal situation. Though this job opportunity might be exactly what you are looking for, moving still does not get you excited. Most companies will ask if you are willing to relocate to gauge your interest in the position. This question could be a major factor in determining if you are hired. This is where honesty is important. Lying in an interview is bad for all parties involved.
This will help you stay on track while staying honest with the interviewer. They will see that you are willing to do what it takes to be a part of the team and would like to further your career at this location.
4) How do you say no?
Sometimes moving is just not an option. Several reasons could cause a need for you to stay in this area. But if you say no will it cause you to lose this job opportunity? In some cases it just might. But there is a way to say no without insinuating you don't want the job.
"This is a great opportunity for my career and would love to be a part of the team here. I enjoy this area and think it is where I would like to further my career, especially with this company." This could be a great answer that states that moving is not something that you would like to do, but you are sincere about wanting the job. Being honest can get you far with a potential employer.
Any answers along these lines will make them forget about you and move on to the next candidate. Some of the best advice that I have ever heard states, "It is not necessarily what you say but how you say it that is more important." This is definitely true during an interview when you are answering certain questions.
Author: Caleb McElveen is a media relations specialist for allied.com.


The iPad is an wonderful gadget. It enables you to variety, record your self, draw factors, and generally what ever you want. Sadly although, you can not genuinely max out its usefulness unless you have some standard understanding about it. Hold reading for fantastic iPad ideas.
Hold an eye on the apps presently operating on your device. Several of the apps the iPad runs are in a position to keep in the background when you are carrying out other factors. Double clicking the Property button will let you know almost everything that is presently operating. A bar shows up close to the bottom of the screen that will list presently active apps. Click the residence button when or do a downward a single finger swipe to close the bar.
TIP! The iPad's iOS supports folders now. To commence, just tap and hold the tap on your preferred application, wait for it to jiggle, then drag the app to a diverse icon and release.
The factory setting for previewing an e-mail shows you two lines ahead of opening it. If you would rather see a lot more ahead of you open it, there is an alternative. Just pay a visit to SETTINGS and tap MAIL. Go to Mail, Contacts, and Calendar to adjust Preview Mail Possibilities to add a lot more lines.
TIP! You can use VPN to access a server remotely. This can be activated from the network tab below settings.
Utilizing shortcuts tends to make it easier to send messages. For instance, if you tap your space bar two occasions when you are typing a sentence, each a space and a period will be added at the finish of your sentence. You can save time by carrying out these factors automatically alternatively of manually, so that you can effortlessly send messages to a lot more of your close friends.
There is a safeguard to losing your iPad in spot. Go to your Settings and tap on iCloud. Fill in your ID when prompted, which will log your technique into the database. Now if you shed your iPad, all you require to do to locate it is go to iCloud.com.
TIP! You do not have to tap the camera roll icon that is in the bottom-left of your screen to see a video or photo you have just taken. Rather, swipe correct and your image is there.
Considering that an iPad is a substantial investment, it is sensible to supply suitable care for it. Screen protectors for the iPad are fairly well-liked. The screen is protected from harm by a thin film of plastic. Anytime you clean the screen of your iPad, use a soft cloth that has been lightly dampened with water. Do not use window or household cleaners on the iPad.
When setting up FaceTime on your iPad, make positive that your e-mail and telephone quantity is right. The iPad, by default, consists of the initial e-mail you utilized for installation, but it is feasible to add other individuals. If you have numerous emails or numbers, every a single can be recognized by FaceTime.
TIP! Modify the settings in your inbox so you are in a position to see a lot more than a couple of lines in an e-mail. In your Settings menu, click on Mail, and then locate the Preview setting.
You can copy and paste effortlessly. Just hold the text and pick Pick. Subsequent, pick copy and go into the field that you want the text. An alternative to paste will then come up on your screen. In order to copy and paste an whole paragraph, 4 taps will be required.
It is quite straightforward to switch among apps with out wasting time going to the residence screen. Double click the Property button, and they seem in an immediate at the quite bottom of whichever screen you are presently on. That a single trick saves you time so you do not require to scroll by means of almost everything to locate what you require.
TIP! You need to know what type of care an iPad demands. A single vital tip is to in no way leave your iPad in a spot that could result in it to succumb to intense climate situations.
Do you hate not realizing precisely exactly where hyperlinked words lead? There is a basic repair to this dilemma. Considering that hovering more than a word is not feasible, you are going to require to press and hold the hyperlinked word. The URL represented by the hyperlink will magically seem.
You need to activate the auto brightness characteristics to increase the duration of your battery. Your device is in a position to sense the strength of the lighting in any offered area and adjust itself to match your lighting demands. This setting will extend the battery life of your iPad. Find this setting in the location that is labeled "Brightness & Wallpaper".
TIP! Do you get annoyed by the battery charge icon on your iPad's screen? If, so you can turn it off. At the outset, access the Settings Menu.
Just tap twice on the residence icon to see what apps are operating. Just click the app you are interested in, and you will be there ahead of you know it. Do this once again if you want to get back to exactly where you initially had been.
Have ever necessary to take a screenshot? It is even less difficult than you picture. Just press the Property button. Subsequent pick the SLEEP/WAKE button. Following a flash prompt, the screenshot will be saved and you can retailer it exactly where you want. Screenshots save automatically.
TIP! There is a fast way to access your apps that are operating. Just double-tap the residence button, and your operating apps will immediately seem on the bottom of your screen.
You can effortlessly copy text on your iPad. Often it is difficult to copy an whole paragraph with that strategy. Tap the editable text you have selected four occasions and the whole paragraph will be copied. You can use this in each the URL bar of Safari and other apps.
TIP! If you are virtually often connected to the world wide web in a single way or an additional, then do not overlook the cloud function of the iPad. This is fantastic to retailer information with out taking a lot of space on the difficult drive of your iPad.
Place parental controls in spot on your iPad. Go to settings, go below Common and then go to Restrictions. In the menu that seems, tap "allow restrictions." This will decrease the possibilities that your youngster will appear at inappropriate material. This can consist of sites, on-line shows and videos that are adult in nature.
Get a lot more out of your iPad's battery with a couple of straightforward tricks. Do not leave it out in the heat. Also, decrease the brightness when you do not call for it. Allow the quite handy airplane mode anytime feasible. Maintaining Push disabled also assists. Then just verify calendars and e-mail manually.
TIP! Most men and women know about accessing the iTunes retailer with their iPads, but they are not conscious of all the added characteristics. For instance, iTunes U.
If your volume buttons are not functioning, go to the Settings menus, and pick Common/Sounds. Be positive that Modify With Buttons has been chosen so almost everything operates as you want. The volume slider that is also right here will aid you fine-tune the volume.
If you are utilizing the Safari internet browser and want to return to the starting of a web page, just click the leading of the title window. A lot of men and women scroll up, but scrolling can be time consuming. Bear in mind this tip so that you do not waste any time you could use carrying out some thing a lot more intriguing than scrolling.
TIP! Make your screen significantly less vibrant in order to extend the life of your iPad's battery. This is genuinely crucial if you anticipate something crucial such as a message or e-mail.
Clear your history if you program to let somebody else use your Safari app. You would hate to commence the browser only to reveal some thing you would not want other individuals to see. Just go to Google and let that be the final visited web page.
You will locate your iPad to be a lot more valuable right after reading the details right here. Just use what you find out and the iPad will astound you. Assisting other individuals with the understanding you have also will aid your self.
TIP! Do you locate reading e-books on the iPad hurts your eyes? This can be fixed by lowering the screen's brightness as you study. You can access your brightness settings by going to the settings menu, or in the app itself.
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Q: What current trends don't you like?
This is a good question! Full disclosure: I'll admit that trends usually take awhile to grow on me simply because I'm inundated with people all doing the same thing. As a creative person that just sounds like a major "no-no."
Bacon in/on everything. I can't tell you how many times I get dessert recipes where the secret ingredient is bacon (not to mention everything else from pizza to martinis). It's time to come up with something new and a little more healthful.
The "Selfie." Admittedly, I don't expect this one to go away but a girl can dream. They scare me a little, though, because people are taking them while driving now. Yikes!
Animated GIFS. These would not have been annoying except that they seem to have taken on a new life entirely in the past few months. Now they are everywhere including news websites.
Readers, what trends could you do without?


Have you ever wanted to be just like Alice in Alice in Wonderland and learn secrets from chatty flowers? Unfortunately, most of us don't have a potion to drink to make us tiny, nor a garden of gossiping flowers available for us. If you want to get as close as you can get in real life, you should learn how to make giant flowers.
You don't have to plant sunflowers and wait for them to grow tall to have some giant living flowers in your life, though we obviously encourage it! Who doesn't love sunflowers? Even if you do have time to plant flowers, consider making time for these oversized paper flowers too.
Giant paper flowers are sure to make a splash at your Alice in Wonderland-themed tea party, or even if you are looking for a backdrop for your wedding photo-booth. These oversized paper flowers will make any room feel dreamy and beautiful!
Decide how many flowers you are making: The first step of making giant paper flowers is deciding how many you want, because this determines how many cups you will need. Once you have your cups, fill them with cement and let the cement harden.
Cut the stucco corner: Cut the stucco corner in the desired stem lengths. They don't all have to be the same size – in fact, it's actually pretty cool to have some variation.
Make the base of your oversized paper flower: Mold the wires you just cut around the cement-filled cup as a base.
Cover the wire: Tape the wire for a smooth surface, then cover the wire and tape with green tissue paper.
Make the leaf base: Cut the tie wire into the desired length and twist it together to create the base of the leaf. Save the leftover wire so you can use it to attach the leaf to the stem later!
Add tissue paper: Cut the green tissue paper into leaf shapes and glue it to the wire leaf base you just created.
Add the leaves to the stem: With the extra tie wire, poke the leaf into the stem.
Cut the petals: Using whatever color tissue paper you want the actual flower to be, cut "petals" in varying sizes.
Form the flower petals: Using the smallest petals you cut from tissue paper, form a bouquet. Tape the bottom of the bouquet together. Add the next size up petals until you get your desired flower size.
Add in the details: To make the center of the oversized paper flower, cut circles out of a different colored tissue paper. Scrunch the edges up and glue a few layers together. Glue the moss to the center of the tissue paper and attach it to the center of the flower petals you created.
Attach the flower to the stem: Using zip ties, connect the giant paper flower to your stem.
Voila! Just like that, you have a garden of giant paper flowers to wander around in. Of course, if you are making these flowers for a party and are looking for some real, regular-sized flowers for balance, the folks over at The Bouqs Co. are here to help!


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Do you wanna buy a used car? Are you confused about what to look for and get to know? If so, make sure to perform these 7 things when purchasing a used vehicle.
Luckily for you, there are a lot of websites that let you find out whether you are purchasing the car from a private seller or dealer. It's also possible to find out specifics regarding the car's mileage and condition that will help you get accurate prices. Focus on the particular area (city, province, or country) as well as the model and year. For example, check out the used autos in Buford if you live in Georgia, and find the best deals online.
Yes, this is an additional cost (from $50 to $100), but it's worth it.
A thorough test drive can tell you many important things about the particular car. So, take the automobile on a test both on the highway and small local roads you are familiar with in order to see how it performs. Make sure to test it at higher speeds and entrance ramps.
Do not hesitate to ask for the car's VIN (vehicle identification number). Then, get a vehicle history report (through Autocheck or Carfax) to find out some important facts related to the car, such as if it had any flood damage or a traffic collision, whether it possesses a salvage title, and so on.
Whether you are purchasing from an individual seller or a dealership, be sure to consider all the costs included. It includes some fees you have to pay when purchasing a used car, such as documentation fees, registration fee, and sales tax.
Do you know that about four million used vehicles listed for sale in the US come with a safety related recall that is not fixed? Therefore, it's a good idea to consult the NHTSA and find out if the car you're looking for has been recorded in their database.
Used low-mileage cars, as well as automobiles only a few years old, are likely to be covered under a warranty yet. If an automobile is more than five years old, it's very likely that it is no longer under the manufacturer's warranty. if so, you may want to go for an extended warranty. That means you will need to transfer that third-party warranty to your name.
Make sure to apply these seven things when shopping a used car. If anything does not feel "right," do not shy away from walking away. There are always other cars out there.