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Musicians unite in defence of artistic freedom Music Freedom Day 2016
1 March 2016, Copenhagen | Artists will perform live in Pakistan, Hungary, Senegal, Sweden, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Norway on Music Freedom Day, 3 March 2016, in defence of artistic freedom.
Starting in Peshawar, one of the most dangerous places in the world for musicians, Music Freedom Day activities will be marked in many countries with concerts, seminars, film screenings, radio programmes and newspaper articles on the subject of freedom of expression for musicians.
Established by Freemuse in 2007, the annual Music Freedom Day is a powerful, united manifestation to support persecuted, prosecuted and imprisoned musicians, many of whose only crime has been to have spoken up against authorities and insist on the right to express themselves through their music.
There are many reasons to focus on the right to freedom of musical expression. As an example, just this week, on 29 February 2016, three Iranian artists were each sentenced to three years in prison, three years of probation and a hefty fine for the production and promotion of underground music.
"Music Freedom Day is dedicated to freedom of musical expression, which is not only a right for musicians to create and perform, but also a right for audiences to attend and enjoy concerts. Iran is violating these rights," says Ole Reitov, Freemuse Executive Director.
Attacks on music affect entire societies. Musicians and songwriters are being killed, persecuted and imprisoned more than any other artists. In 2015 Freemuse documented 309 cases of censorship and attacks on music and musicians. Audiences who want to experience live music are also more at risk.
"This year, Music Freedom Day especially commemorates the victims of the attack at the Bataclan Club in Paris in November 2015," Reitov said.
The horrible attacks in Paris are a harsh reminder that groups inspired by religious fundamentalism are willing to make use of the most brutal violence to stop music. The Taleban made a total ban on music in Afghanistan in the 1990's, the jihadist group MUJAO copied this in Mali in 2012 and several websites promote ideas of music being "haram" or the "tool of the devil".
In the lead-up to Music Freedom Day, Freemuse has compiled a playlist of banned songs on Spotify and presents a music video for a unique track with a group of today's most powerful Arab and Iranian revolutionary artists joining together to cover Fela Kuti's most powerful political song: 'Zombie'. Several of the artists featured in the video will perform live during Music Freedom Day in Harstad, Norway.
A special audio track featuring Mali's Songhoy Blues with special guests is available to broadcasters worldwide upon request. Recorded by Mark LeVine, the group has made a new version of one of Fela Kuti's most famous grooves 'Shakara', with new lyrics written by the band riffing off the original's condemnation of the rich Nigerians who showed off their wealth as so many suffered in grinding poverty. Songhoy Blues' version of 'Shakara' takes Fela's Afrobeat in a new, Malian-driven direction.
Songhoy Blues is also featured in the documentary 'They Will Have To Kill Us First – Malian Music in Exile', which will be released in the USA as part of Music Freedom Day.
If you're a broadcaster and would like to feature the exclusive Songhoy Blues track, please contact Freemuse at the information below.
For more information on events: www.musicfreedomday.org
Freemuse compiled list of banned songs on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/freemuse.org/playlist/3g46kuZXoXBKYdQfgBPhFP
Music Freedom Day video – 'From Zombies to Revolutionaries': http://freemuse.org/archives/11746
Read Freemuse's Art Under Threat report on attacks on artistic freedom, including – Music the most attacked art form: http://freemuse.org/archives/11751#music
Dwayne Mamo, Freemuse Web Journalist
Email: dwayne.mamo@freemuse.org
Freemuse is an independent international membership organisation advocating and defending artistic freedom. Freemuse runs freemuse.org and artsfreedom.org and has Special Consultative Status with United Nations since 2012. Established in 1998, Freemuse is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Copyright © 2016 Freemuse, All rights reserved.

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Republic Services, Inc. today reported that revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2007 increased 3.9 percent to $796.0 million compared to $766.2 million for the same period in 2006. Net income for the three months ended December 31, 2007 was $82.1 million, or $0.44 per diluted share, compared to net income of $66.9 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, for the same period in 2006. The Company's income before income taxes for the three months ended December 31, 2007 included a $12.5 million pre-tax gain ($5.0 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, net of tax) related to the sale of the Company's compost, mulch, and soil business in Texas.
Operating income for the three months ended December 31, 2007 was $139.9 million, or 17.6 percent of revenue, compared to operating income of $129.7 million, or 16.9 percent of revenue, for the same period last year.
Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2007 increased 3.4 percent to $3,176.2 million from $3,070.6 million for the comparable period in 2006. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $290.2 million, or $1.51 per diluted share, compared to $279.6 million, or $1.39 per diluted share, for 2006. The Company's income before income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2007 includes $54.9 million of pre-tax charges ($33.8 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, net of tax) related to estimated increases in costs to remediate landfills in Ohio and California. The Company's income before income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2007 also includes a $12.5 million pre-tax gain ($5.0 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, net of tax) related to the sale of the Company's compost, mulch, and soil business in Texas. Net income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 included a $5.1 million tax benefit related to the resolution of various income tax matters.
Operating income for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $536.0 million, or 16.9 percent of revenue, compared to operating income of $519.5 million, or 16.9 percent of revenue, for 2006. Excluding the $54.2 million of operating expenses included in the charges for the costs to remediate two of the Company's landfills in Ohio and California, operating income for the year ended December 31, 2007 would have been $590.2 million, or 18.6 percent of revenue.
James E. O'Connor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Republic Services, Inc. stated, "In 2007, we experienced another record-setting year. Revenue grew 3.4 percent for the full year. Operating margins improved 70 basis points during the fourth quarter to 17.6 percent. Our employees did an excellent job of executing our business plan during 2007. It was our team focus that allowed the Company - in spite of weaker residential construction - to exceed our goals for earnings per share and free cash flow for the year."
Republic Services also announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share for shareholders of record on April 1, 2008. The dividend will be paid on April 15, 2008.
During 2007, Republic repurchased 11.1 million shares, or 5.7 percent, of Company stock for a total of $362.8 million.
Separately, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved an additional $250 million common stock repurchase program. At December 31, 2007, the Company had $136 million remaining under its existing share repurchase program which was approved in July 2007. Combined, the Company has the authority to repurchase $386 million of its common stock. The Company expects this combined authorization to be fully utilized by mid-2009.
Republic Services' objectives for 2008 remain consistent with previous years and once again focus on enhancing shareholder value through the generation and efficient use of free cash flow. The Company remains committed to implementing a broad-based pricing initiative across all lines of service to recover increasing costs. The Company anticipates using free cash flow to repurchase common stock under its stock repurchase programs and to pay regular quarterly dividends. Republic's guidance is based on current economic conditions and does not assume any deterioration or improvement in the overall economy in 2008.
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expected to be down .5 to 1.5 percent.
spending of approximately $325 million.
Republic Services, Inc. is a leading provider of solid waste collection, transfer, and disposal services in the United States. The Company's operating units are focused on providing solid waste services for commercial, industrial, municipal, and residential customers.
The following information should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto appearing in the Company's Form 10-K as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006. It should also be read in conjunction with the Company's Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto appearing in the Company's Form 10-Q as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2007.
In January 2007, the Company's Board of Directors approved a 3-for-2 stock split effective on March 16, 2007, to stockholders of record as of March 5, 2007. The Company distributed approximately 64.5 million shares from treasury stock to effect the stock split. The Company's shares of treasury stock, earnings per share and weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding have been retroactively adjusted for all periods to reflect the stock split.
The Company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes" ("the Interpretation") effective January 1, 2007, as required. As a result of adopting the Interpretation, the Company recorded a $5.6 million cumulative adjustment to decrease retained earnings.
During the first quarter of 2007, the Company recorded $4.2 million of additional income taxes related to the resolution of various income tax matters. During the second quarter of 2007, the Company recorded a $5.0 million reduction in income taxes related to the resolution of various income tax matters, which effectively closes the Internal Revenue Service's audits of the Company's consolidated tax returns for fiscal years 2001 through 2004. The Company expects its effective tax rate for 2008 to be approximately 38.5%.
During the first quarter of 2007, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $22.0 million ($13.5 million, or $.07 per diluted share, net of tax), related to estimated costs the Company believed would be required to comply with Final Findings and Orders ("F&Os") issued by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency ("OEPA") in response to environmental conditions at the Company's Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility ("Countywide") in East Sparta, Ohio. The Company also incurred approximately $3.3 million of additional amortization and depletion expense during 2007 associated with a reduction of estimated remaining available airspace at this landfill as a result of the OEPA's F&Os.
The Company has complied with and will continue to comply with the F&Os. However, while there are indications that the reaction is beginning to subside, the Company nevertheless agreed with the OEPA to take certain additional remedial actions at Countywide, including creating multiple barriers in the landfill to further isolate the reaction. Consequently, the Company recorded an additional pre-tax charge of $23.3 million ($14.4 million, or $.08 per diluted share, net of tax) during the three months ended September 30, 2007. The majority of these additional costs will be paid during fiscal 2008. While the Company is vigorously pursuing financial contributions from third parties for its costs to comply with the F&Os and the additional remedial actions, the Company has not recorded any receivables for potential recoveries.
Also during the third quarter of 2007, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $9.6 million ($5.9 million, or $.03 per diluted share, net of tax) associated with an increase in estimated leachate disposal costs and costs to upgrade onsite equipment that captures and treats leachate at the Company's closed disposal facility in Contra Costa County, California. These additional remediation costs are attributable to a consent agreement with the California Department of Toxic Substance Control. The majority of these additional costs will be paid during fiscal 2008.
It is reasonably possible that the Company will need to adjust the charges noted above to reflect the effects of new or additional information, to the extent that such information impacts the costs, timing or duration of the required actions. Future changes in the Company's estimates of the costs, timing or duration of the required actions could have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
During the three months ended December 31, 2007, the Company divested of its compost, mulch and soil business in Texas and recorded a pre-tax gain of $12.5 million ($5.0 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, net of tax) on the sale.
The Company believes that the presentation of operating income before depreciation, amortization, depletion and accretion is useful to investors because it provides important information concerning the Company's operating performance exclusive of certain non-cash costs. Operating income before depreciation, amortization, depletion and accretion demonstrates the Company's ability to execute its financial strategy which includes reinvesting in existing capital assets to ensure a high level of customer service, investing in capital assets to facilitate growth in the Company's customer base and services provided, pursuing strategic acquisitions that augment the Company's existing business platform, repurchasing shares of common stock at prices that provide value to the Company's shareholders, paying cash dividends, maintaining the Company's investment grade rating and minimizing debt. This measure has material limitations. Although depreciation, amortization, depletion and accretion are considered operating costs in accordance with GAAP, they represent the allocation of non-cash costs generally associated with long-lived assets acquired or constructed in prior years.
The change in cash provided by operating activities during the periods presented is primarily due to the payment of $83.0 million for income taxes made during the year ended December 31, 2006 related to fiscal 2005 that had been deferred as a result of an Internal Revenue Service notice issued in response to Hurricane Katrina.
The adjustments noted above do not affect either the Company's net change in cash and cash equivalents as reflected in its consolidated statements of cash flows or its free cash flow.
The Company believes that the presentation of free cash flow provides useful information regarding the Company's recurring cash provided by operating activities after expenditures for property and equipment, net of proceeds from sales of property and equipment. It also demonstrates the Company's ability to execute its financial strategy as previously discussed and is a key metric used by the Company to determine compensation. The presentation of free cash flow has material limitations. Free cash flow does not represent the Company's cash flow available for discretionary expenditures because it excludes certain expenditures that are required or that the Company has committed to such as debt service requirements and dividend payments. The Company's definition of free cash flow may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies.
Capital expenditures include $3.0 million and $2.7 million of capitalized interest for the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
As of December 31, 2007, accounts receivable were $298.2 million, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $14.7 million, resulting in days sales outstanding of approximately 33.8 (or 20.0 net of deferred revenue). In the second quarter of 2007, the Company recorded a $4.3 million reduction to its allowance for doubtful accounts as a result of the Company refining its estimate of its allowance for doubtful accounts based on its historical collection experience.
During the three months ended December 31, 2007, the Company paid $70.7 million to repurchase 2.1 million shares of its common stock. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2007, the Company repurchased a total of 11.1 million shares of its common stock for $362.8 million. As of December 31, 2007, the Company was authorized to repurchase up to an additional $136.4 million of its common stock under its existing stock repurchase program. In January 2008, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional $250 million of Company stock. Combined, Republic has the authority to repurchase $386.4 million of its common stock.
In October 2007, the Company paid a cash dividend of $31.8 million to shareholders of record as of October 1, 2007. As of December 31, 2007, the Company recorded a dividend payable of $31.6 million to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 2, 2008, which has been paid. In January 2008, the Company's Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.17 per share payable to shareholders of record as of April 1, 2008.
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WBAY TV: John received WBAY-TV Channel 2 Green Bay on skip reception from Sheridan, Wyoming. The on air ID photo of this 927 mile DX is from 1969.
WBAY TV Channel 2 Green Bay 927 mile skip reception in Sheridan, Wyoming - 1969.
WEAU TV: WEAU-TV Channel 13 Eau Claire came on the air in 1953. John's very first exposure to TV was in 1953 watching WEAU-TV while visiting his aunt and uncle as a young child. Their cafe, "The Roost," was located in front of the TV station which was located at 1907 South Hastings Way. Their tower was replaced in 1956 with a 1,000 foot tower. While WEAU-TV Channel 13 operates from a 2,000 foot tower in Fairchild, the 1,000 foot tower is used for WQOW-TV Channel 18. The 1000 foot tower can be seen for many miles around. A very impressive landmark. The two photos of the WEAU TV studios are from 1990. The last photo is the very first tower photo taken by John. WEAU's towers behind The Roost as seen in 1957.
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You look forward to the moment you can hug a friend, and maybe you find yourself spending too many hours of the day thinking about him or her... Could you be falling in love?
Don't run away from this feeling for longer and face it. The doubts and insecurities about what that other person can feel, start worrying you.
All are clear symptoms that you must speak to them about it. If the relationship is strong, there is no risk of it going wrong.
On the contrary, you have nothing to lose and much to gain. The two of you get along perfectly well, it's time for you to be happy in a dream relationship, Scorpio. You will have to be brave! The stars support you.
Things are going a little better in your finances. Thanks to the cosmos you have a job that sustains you, you like it more or less, it's the one that feeds you.
In general, the domestic economy overcomes the hole and some bad mistakes of the past are corrected.
To promote this economic rebound, cancel today all the services and subscriptions that you aren't really using in your life. It's time to purge what is left over.
You've been on the path of good health for some time, moderating your habits and implementing new activities that bring you higher welfare rates. Congratulations.
The help of the people around you will continue to be invaluable. They encourage you in those days when you feel faint. Don't get away from them by any means, Scorpio.
Encourage greater energy flow to expose yourself moderately in the sun. It would be great if you organized a little walk in the countryside with your people.
Too much time in the city or in the urban centers, makes you disconnect from yourself, although you keep maintaining consistency in your health routines.


What's scarier than water? Did you see Titanic, Open Water, Jaws, Moana? I mean, come on. They say that it's a life-giving force and that you need it to live, blah blah blah, but it's basically a tasteless, tidal wave-making, storm-brewing killer. Entrepreneur Mike Cessario took that idea and put it to work, marketing the thirst-murdering, cool kid-drinking, alpine water in a can: Liquid Death.
…one West Coast agency creative-turned-entrepreneur, Mike Cessario, is hoping consumers' love of cans and brands that sound like heavy-metal musical acts can be combined to sell something else: mountain water from the Austrian Alps. The name of his company? Liquid Death.
While the edgy, hip, water-in-a-can isn't available for purchase yet, Connie Loizos from TechCrunch gives you all of the details behind the Liquid Death brand.


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Senate Backs Big Boost in VA's $270 Billion Budget
Last week, Senate appropriators supported the White House on plans for another considerable boost for theDepartment of Veterans Affairs funding next year.
According to an article published by MilitaryTimes.com, "If approved by the full House and Senate later this year, the legislation would boost discretionary spending for Veterans Affairs by nearly 9 percent (to about $113 billion) and raise total department spending to nearly $270 billion next year, the largest in history…$13.1 billion would be set aside for veterans mental health care services, $2.4 billion for expanded telehealth services [and] another $2.5 billion would be set aside for the implementation of VA's new electronic medical records overhaul plan."
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VA Expedites Compensation for Select Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits
Earlier this week, the Department of Veterans Affairs expedited disability compensation claims for veterans who developed certain conditions as a direct result of exposure to burn pits.
According to an published by Stars and Stripes, "The VA announced it will now process disability claims for those conditions on a presumptive basis, which lowers the amount of evidence that veterans must provide in order to receive benefits. The change applies to veterans who served from Aug. 2, 1990, to now in the Southwest Asia theater of operations, which includes Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the neutral zone between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the airspace above these locations. It also applies to veterans who served in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Syria or Djibouti from Sept. 19, 2001, to now. To qualify, the conditions must have manifested within 10 years of a veteran's deployment."
VA to Require COVID Vaccination for all Healthcare Workers
This week, the Department of Veterans Affairs leaders announced that all Title 38 employees who work in VA health facilities (incl. physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, etc.) will need to be fully vaccinated by mid-September or lose their jobs.
According to an article published by MilitaryTimes.com, "Officials said the move is designed "to keep the veterans [VA] serves safe]." The mandate has been discussed as a possibility in recent weeks, but the recent nationwide surges in the Delta variant of the virus pushed leaders to enact the change now." VA Secretary Denis McDonough stated, "Whenever a veteran or VA employee sets foot in a VA facility, they deserve to know that we have done everything in our power to protect them from COVID-19…With this mandate, we can once again make and keep that fundamental promise."
VA Promises New Approach to Electronic Health Record System
After federal watchdogs and employees aired their concerns about the new electronic health record system, the Department of Veterans Affairs stated that they will ensure a new approach to the massive project.
According to an article published by Stars and Stripes, "VA Secretary Denis McDonough testified Wednesday before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee about the challenges and the department's plan moving forward. Shortly after becoming secretary in February, McDonough paused the project and ordered a 12-week internal review. The review revealed patient safety problems, escalating costs, a lack of productivity and ineffective training on the new system for health care providers, among other issues…McDonough vowed there would be a "surge of activity" in the coming weeks and months to correct the problems."
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New Electronic Health Record System Underestimated by Billions
Another audit report by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (OIG) confirmed that the electronic health records modernization system (EHRM) was underestimated by billions of dollars.
According to a report by Connecting Vets, "The OIG found the estimate of about $4.3 billion for information technology upgrades was not reliable, and a lack of complete documentation made it difficult to determine the accuracy of estimates…VA announced a strategic review of the EHRM program in March. This is the second OIG report this year examining VA's development and reporting of cost estimates for infrastructure upgrades needed to support the EHRM program…The OIG also determined that VA did not report to Congress other, critical program-related IT infrastructure upgrade costs totaling about $2.5 billion, thus underreporting the program life-cycle costs by a significant amount."
Author: Michael Brown
New VA Electronic Records System Continues to be Delayed
Earlier this year the Department of Veterans Affairs announced a full review of the department's $16 billion electronic medical records overhaul and stated that the review would not delay the rollout of the new system. However, the review has already caused delays and has left VA hospitals wondering when the new system will be implemented.
According to an article published by Military Times, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said "We're very close to finalizing the next steps, including changes to the deployment effort to ensure that we come in on time, on budget and, most importantly, provide the best care for our veterans and the best experience for providers," and continued by saying that the VA needs a few more weeks to make recommendations and changes.
VA Promises to Continue Telephonic and Online Appointments
Veterans Affairs has recently announced that they will continue to offer telehealth and online medical appointments, even after the pandemic. However, they'll need Congress to help ensure that.
According to an article published by MilitaryTimes, "During an appearance before the Senate Appropriations Committee, VA Secretary Denis McDonough noted that online video appointments between department physicians and patients are about 18 times higher now than at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020…But McDonough noted there has been reluctance to embrace the change among some staffers accustomed to in-person meetings, something he said he will work to address."
Officials Say VA Benefits Backlog Only Fixed by Late 2022
Although backlogged disability claims for veterans have decreased by 10 percent in recent weeks, they will likely only return to pre-2020 levels by late 2022.
According to an article published by Military Times, "[Veterans officials] warned that number could grow again if Congress passes pending legislation granting new disability benefits to tens of thousands of veterans exposed to burn pits while serving overseas in the recent wars. As of this week, about 191,000 disability claims were considered backlogged, meaning they have been pending for four months or more. That's down from a peak of about 210,000 cases earlier this spring, but still well above the roughly 70,000 backlogged cases in early 2020, before the coronavirus pandemic began."
New Disability Benefits Plan Unveiled for Veterans with Toxic Exposure
This week, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., released an extensive plan to extend disability benefits to all veterans who are affected by toxic exposure.
According to an article published by Stars and Stripes, "The legislation, titled the Comprehensive and Overdue Support for Troops of War Act of 2021, would create a fast track to Department of Veterans Affairs benefits for veterans who served overseas during the past 31 years and developed a respiratory illness or cancer. It would automatically grant eligibility for VA health care to about 3.5 million veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. In addition, it would reform the VA's current process of handling claims of toxic exposure."
Thousands of 'Blue Water' Navy Claims Reviewed for Retroactive Compensation
The VA is reviewing about 60,000 claims from Vietnam War veterans with service-related exposure to Agent Orange. Some of these cases could be eligible for retroactive compensation.
According to an article published by Stripes.com, "These former sailors served aboard ships in the open waters off the coast of Vietnam and have long contended they were exposed to chemical herbicides through the ships' water systems. The dioxin-laden herbicides have been found to cause respiratory cancers, Parkinson's disease and heart disease, as well as other conditions. Congress passed legislation in 2019 that entitled these veterans, known as "Blue Water" Navy veterans, to government benefits. The U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California decided in November that the VA must reevaluate claims from veterans who were rejected."


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7 Let's Know about her Body Shape, Height, Weight, and Social Media
Briar Nolet Wiki, Age, Ethnicity, and Education
Briar Anne Nolet, a Canadian dancer, and actress landed on earth on 27th December 1998 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She was born to her father, Alan Nolet, who is a former gymnast world champion, and mother, Tamara Nolet. As a sibling, she grew up along with her younger sister named Abbey Nolet who is also a budding dancer.
As of 2020, she is 22 years old and belongs to the zodiac sign Capricorn. By nationality, she belongs to Canadian nationality and her ethnicity is white. Talking about her educational background, she graduated from the Holy Trinity Catholic School.
Career Journey:
Anne started her career in 2014 with her debut TV Show on the Family Channel series, The Next Step in the role of Richelle.
Similarly, she was also passionate about dancing at the age of seven. As a result, she auditioned for the first season of the NBC dance series, World of Dance in 2017.
Briar Nolet's TV Show, The Next Step
Briar couldn't make it to the top in 2017 so again in 2017, she competed in the third season of World of Dance and finished the show in 5th
Moreover, she has made her appearances in movies including Let It Snow, Blood Hunters, and Isabelle Dances Into Spotlight.
Who is she dating now? Personal Life; Past Affairs
Briar Nolet's Boyfriend Myles Erlick
Regarding her love life, she has been dating The Next Step co-star Myles Erlick since 2015. However, there is no record of her past affairs over the internet. Therefore, the love birds have completed their 5 years of togetherness and still more to go.
What awards has she won till date?
Anne is a Canadian dancer and actress who began her career in the year 2014. Moreover, she is working hard to improve her skills and bring the best version of herself. Speaking of her awards and nominations, she hasn't won any particular awards or nominations so far. But we hope she wins one soon.
Has she involved in any rumors or controversy?
She has never involved herself in any kind of rumor and controversy. In other words, she has maintained a better and clear image in the media.
How much is her Wealth & Salary today?
Nolet is a Canadian dancer & actress who makes a decent amount of money from her profession. According to the sources, Briar Nolet has an estimated net worth of about $400 thousand as of 2020. However, the information about her salary is under review.
Let's Know about her Body Shape, Height, Weight, and Social Media
The Canadian dancer & actress, Briar Nolet stands at the height of 5 feet & 3 inches or 1.6 m and weighs 43 kg or 95 lbs. Likewise, she owns a perfect figure with a body measurement of 30-23-33 inches.
Briar Nolet flaunting her abs
Furthermore, she looks amazingly beautiful with her blonde hair and a pair of grey-green eyes. Likewise, Briar holds 784k followers on Instagram, 73k followers on Facebook, and 83.5k subscribers on YouTube.
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Today, once again, it is May 4th, and the real warsies (name with which Star Wars fans are known) know that it is a holiday to express their love for one of the most important film franchises of history. Dress up as one of your favorite characters, watch your movies, meet other enthusiasts like them and go out to the streets to shout Happy Star Wars Day! May the Fourth be with you!
Heart fans of the incredible universe created 40 years ago by George Lucas, know that today is the Star Wars Day and are clear that this is one of the funniest celebrations that have emerged thanks to the film industry. Those who still do not know what we mean, many want to know that May 4 is Star Wars Day, a great party dedicated entirely to those films about warriors with lightsabers, space outlaws, rebellious princesses, peculiar creatures and intimidating villains dressed in black, who marked a before and after in the way of telling stories of science fiction, just as they revolutionized cinema.
On May 25, 1977, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope – 93% was released, a tape that was not expected much and subsequently marked the beginning of the long road of a franchise that has gone beyond the seventh art to get to television, video games, books and comics, as well as all kinds of collectibles. That first installment was followed by another seven (counting the spin-off of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – 85% ), and others will follow. Over the years, the galactic franchise has conquered millions of people throughout the world, so it is not unusual for you to have your day, but how did it come about?
There are two versions about the origin of Star Wars Day, both are equally peculiar, but there is one that is the most accepted by the warsies, and according to this, while George Lucas was interviewed for a German television, he was asked to say the emblematic phrase "May the Force Be with You" ("May the Force be with you") and when translating it, due to the pronunciation of the person who said it, the result was "Am 4. Mai sind wir bei Ihnen" ("We will be with you on May 4 ") and the fans took advantage of this situation to turn this bumpy phrase into" May the 4th Be With You ". Subsequently, it was adopted on May 4 as the Star Wars Day.
The second version of how Star Wars Day came about says that in 1979, when Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and began to hold office on May 4. She was congratulated by members of the Conservative Party in the London Evening News with a message that read "May the Fourth Be With You, Maggie. Congratulations. "From this greeting, fans took advantage of" May the Fourth Be With You "sounded like" May the Force Be With You," which supposedly gave rise to" May the 4th Be With You ".
When the internet allowed fans from around the world to connect with each other, May 4 quickly became a significant tradition each year, and fans, both online and offline, proclaimed it on Star Wars Day. While the idea of May the 4th was not Lucasfilm, the studio has completely accepted the spirit of fanaticism that makes the day so unique. More and more official sponsors offer liquidations, gifts, and exclusive products, as well as parties and other activities to celebrate the day.
From there, and recently, Star Wars fans have made their day of May 4, a day that has given the opportunity to Lucasfilm to give back to the community that honors a galaxy very far away. Since 2012, Lucasfim encourages the activities of May the 4th through its official website and its social networks. Regardless of which of the two versions is true or that someone has invented merely one day to celebrate Star Wars, it is good that there is a commemorative date for the iconic film franchise, which is very important within pop culture and it has given many joys to those who have adopted it as something more than science fiction movies.
Today is a good day to get closer to that galaxy very far away, to celebrate and be part of one of the various activities that take place around the world.


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Many Canadians understandably chafe under the designation of "hewers of wood and drawers of water." Yet geography it what it is and our country is blessed with energy resources, minerals, forests, arable land, and fisheries. This richness of natural resources should and does not constrain the developmental vision of Canada. For instance, counter to any expectation or intuition, the Canadian based Cirque du Soleil has become one of the world's foremost exemplars of nouveau cirque, almost single-handedly transforming the fast-vanishing circus tradition from a fading and tawdry showcase to a leading vehicle for the imaginative performing arts -- who would have imagined it? Properly employed natural resources can not only be an enormous asset, but can also pave the way for a robust, diverse, and resilient Canadian economy.
Onto the scene arrives a striking new study entitled The nine habits of highly effective resource economies: Lessons for Canada published by the Canadian International Council (CIC). Well-researched and clearly and effectively written by Madeline Drohan, the Canadian correspondent for The Economist, it points out what Drohan feels are nine key opportunities to leverage the resource economy of Canada to become a resource superpower. A closer reading of these also reveals that in almost all instances federal and provincial governments are largely missing the boat to a sustainable resource economy and attendant prosperity, if not paddling hard against the current of what other successful countries have learned.
In this, the first of several articles that examine the implications of CIC report, I'll focus on Habit # 1: Save Your Money (Think Sovereign Wealth Fund).
The first concept to understand about natural resources is that that they ought not to 'belong' to anyone, or rather that they belong to everyone. And properly speaking not, just to humans, who have acquired the power and hence assumed the responsibility for managing them, but to all sentient beings. The living creatures of this earth are our co-denizens and we should (if we are moral beings) acknowledge that they have a right to their own existence in the natural world, quite apart from human desires to employ and exploit it. As such we should consider ourselves stewards of the natural world.
The second point to grasp about non-renewable natural resources (and this CIC report draws examples principally from the energy, mining, and forestry sectors) is that they don't, properly speaking, belong to the contemporaneous "us" at all. Fossil fuels and minerals are a one-time special. When they have been exploited, that's it, they're gone. As such, they are part of a trust that we need to use sparingly and wisely, bequeathing as much as possible to future generations. To make a run on this bank today leaving nothing for our children's children's children would be the height of intergenerational irresponsibility.
Yet these two fundamental ethical principles of natural resource management are routinely and wantonly ignored -- if they are even acknowledged at all -- by political administrations in Canada (and in other jurisdictions as well). Their natural and logical corollary should be to regard natural resources as capital assets, and when such assets are monetized through extraction and processing, they should then be invested rather than spent. Drohan quotes former Liberal industry, international trade, and foreign affairs minister David Emerson on this point: "We are mismanaging our fiscal position because we're using the monetization of an asset, which should be an intergenerational asset, to maintain a high-level of ongoing permanent expenditure."
What's wrong with this? Just about everything. In the case of petroleum revenues in Canada (chiefly from Alberta), this has certainly made a substantial contribution (54 percent of the manufacturing employment loss) to the development of Dutch Disease [the appreciation of a currency based on revenues from one economic sector (usually a natural resource) so as to undermine the international competitiveness of other aspects of the economy (for example manufacturing and tourism)], a situation I discussed in some detail in Dutch disease denial: Inflation, politics, and tar. It squanders what should be a wisely invested asset, appreciating in value, available for strategic initiatives (see below), on economically distorting and useless measures such as (in the case of Alberta) the elimination of a provincial sales tax. And all of this is given salience by the inescapable fact that non-renewable resources will eventually -- by definition -- run out. If you have not saved for the rainy day when boom turns to bust (and there are many reasons this may come to pass, from resource depletion, to market fluctuations, to technological change that diminishes the demand for the resource) then you are up the proverbial creek without a financial paddle.
The CIC report points out that every Canadian province and territory (save for Prince Edward Island) derives significant revenues from energy, mining, and forestry resources (a sizeable proportion of which are non-renewable in the case of energy and minerals). So how does Canada rate internationally in terms of establishing sovereign wealth funds? Drohan quotes Jock Finlayson of the Business Council of British Columbia: "Most economists would argue that at least a portion of non-renewable resource revenues should be saved. Here, Canada's record can only be described as lamentable."
A comparison with Norway is particularly germane for Canada. The Petroleum Fund of Norway (now called the Government Pension Fund of Norway) was established in 1990 as a financial vehicle for oil revenues from its North Sea oil reserves. All the countries oil revenues flow into the fund and the only permitted expenses are financial transactions related to petroleum activities. The only draw on the account is to balance the state's non-oil budget deficit which can be no more than 4 percent of the fund's return on investment. By making sizeable investments outside the country (and there is an Ethical Council which determines what such investments will be, excluding, for example, companies that manufacture arms and sell tobacco), currency appreciation has been kept to a minimum and the country has avoided Dutch Disease. The government has resisted raiding the fund for short-term objectives and despite the name "pension fund" no political decisions have been made as to how its assets may be used in the future and it has no formal pension liabilities. With a current (2012) value of US $617 billion (one percent of global equity markets) the Government Pension Fund of Norway is now one of the largest of its kind in the world, and the largest stock owner in Europe.
The parallels with Alberta are striking. In 1976 the Alberta provincial government established the Heritage Savings Trust Fund, and for a decade 30 per cent of province's oil and gas revenues went to the fund. Contributions, however, ceased in 1987. Since then the province has been a) spending oil revenues like a drunken sailor on infrastructure and other programs; b) has been drawing interest out of the fund and plowing it into general revenues; and c) has no policy directed at investing resource revenues in foreign assets. In other words, the Alberta government has done everything in its power to inflate the value of the Canadian currency, and the fund's current value is only $15 billion, 2.4 percent the value of Norway's, which was established 14 years later. Rather than a colossal nest egg, the Alberta government has scarcely more than a goose egg.
The province of Quebec has also made a modest step in this direction with its Generations Fund established in 2006 into which funds drawn from hydroelectric royalties, sales of electricity outside of Quebec, and hydraulic power leases have been deposited. Its current value is $4.3 billion. No other province has a sovereign wealth fund, nor does the Canadian government. Drohan points out that non-renewable resources such as potash and uranium on Saskatchewan, offshore oil and gas in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, coal in British Columbia, and nickel in Manitoba make substantial contributions to the economies of those provinces, but none have bothered to save for a rainy day.
Rick van der Ploeg, the Research Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies at Oxford University in the UK has investigated economic mechanisms of managing the windfall profits of natural resources, most notably the failures of many governments to save a sufficiently high proportion of such revenues, and the impact this has had to their economies. The "resource curse" (a wide-ranging set of economic, social, and environmental problems beyond simple Dutch Disease) is a well-known affliction that affects many jurisdictions that develop natural resources. The resource curse causes a strong and significant negative effect on the per capita growth of the GDP of jurisdictions that have a booming resource sector. This malady is so well investigated that it is quantifiable: if the ratio of resource exports to GDP increases by 10 percent, the per capita GDP shrinks by 0.77-1.1 percent annually. The key here is that nations with a good institutional infrastructure benefit from resource exports, whereas those with poor infrastructure are adversely affected.
3. A Parking or Absorption Fund is an economic vessel into which funds that one would like to target for investment or development can be "parked" until such time as economic or other infrastructure can be developed to intelligently "absorb" the funds. This is like a sponge that can hold funds on a pro tem basis so as not to rush an expenditure beyond the ability of the economy to wisely absorb it.
The CIC report recommends that the Canadian federal government (remember that the Canadian constitution specifies that provincial governments have jurisdiction over resources), "end the practice it began in 2007 of allowing resource firms to deduct for federal income tax purposes the monies paid to provincial governments in the form of resource royalties and set those funds aside for a national [sovereignty] fund."
On October 12, 2012 Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver simply nixed the suggestion (No sovereign wealth fund for Canada's resources, says Oliver) maintaining, "If we aren't receiving those hundreds of billions of dollars, we would not be able to afford the same level of health care and same level of education and other programs. This is a crucial issue and to the extent that money is diverted from those programs, it's not available for those programs." This is, however, a transparent shell game, since the Harper Conservative government has gouged huge income streams out of federal revenues in corporate income tax cuts and cuts to the GST. Thus, rather than employing the sound economic measures proposed by Drohan, van der Ploeg, and others to deal with the fallout of Dutch Disease and the resources curse, Harper, Oliver, and company do just the opposite -- a situation guaranteed to exacerbate current economic imbalances.
The CIC report maintains that "the political will is lacking" in Canada to implement sound economic measures related to the management of resource revenues. However, as is clear from Oliver's response, the situation is even worse. A political will exists -- to do precisely the wrong thing.


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Manchester United are reportedly close to signing Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba for a fee said to be around £100M this summer as manager Jose Mourinho bolsters a side to finally win the Premier League title after a barren few seasons.
The Red Devils have struggled in the English top flight since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, but Mourinho has set his stall out from the off since being appointed as Louis van Gaal's successor. Pogba is a player who has been on United's radar ever since they let him go, but as the Frenchman left on a free there's no buyback clause on his contract.
The Juventus midfielder has impressed for France during this summer's European Championships, and has been identified as a player who could be the best midfielder in the world in the future. However, such talent with the room for even more development meant Pogba's former club would be priced out of a move.
However, the lucrative funds for Premier League sides, coupled with Manchester United's profit made through commercial income and merchandise means they can afford one marquee signing that breaks the transfer record. Gareth Bale's £85M switch to Real Madrid is a world record, but Pogba's proposed £100M move will surpass that.
William Hill are giving odds of 1/2 for Juventus' Paul Pogba to join Manchester United this summer, in a deal that will break the transfer record and send shockwaves through Europe.


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1 minute read 4/9/2018 | 08:01pm
Harry Kane has scored twice in four Premier League appearances for Tottenham Hotspur this season, which is not exactly worrying form.
Indeed, the centre-forward ended his long August drought by scoring against Fulham last month, and also netted in the 3-0 win at Manchester United last Monday.
Kane was off-colour in Tottenham's 2-1 defeat at Watford on Sunday afternoon, however, with the England captain struggling to make his mark at Vicarage Road.
The 25-year-old won the Golden Boot at the 2018 World Cup, but it would be fair to say that his form was indifferent in the latter stages of the tournament.
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And a number of Tottenham fans have claimed that there is something not right with Kane.
The striker netted an incredible 41 goals in all competitions for Spurs last term, and the fact that he has already registered twice this season means that his goalscoring form is not a concern for the moment.
However, it seems that those who watch him on a weekly basis feel that Kane is currently finding it difficult to hit full speed.
A selection of the Twitter reaction from the Tottenham fans can be seen below:
Not been the same player since his last injury. He's a guaranteed starter it seems even when half fit. He's a great player but we have recklessly gambled everything since 2015 on him staying fit and in form.
— Chris Sadler (@TottenhamH1970) September 3, 2018
spot on again, there's something not right with him he has to be injured
— Dan Jones (@Dan125Jones) September 3, 2018
It just takes time to get back to speed. He is also a slow starter in August due to body shape.
— Spurs lover (@spursdab) September 3, 2018
I don't know what it is but he doesn't look right!
— Steve Freeman (@Steve_Devon58) September 3, 2018
Maybe he's just knackered, carried the national team in the summer Sonny away, Dele not at his best, Ericsen not being that great
— Anton martin (@Antonmartin70) September 3, 2018
Something is not quite right with him since the end of last season.
— MintyBloke (@Mintybloke) September 3, 2018
Since his injury against Bournemouth he just isn´t the same Harry 🙁
— Michal Němeček (@8Nemis8) September 3, 2018
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A Bridge Over "Power"
revlmftblog1 Do Your Own Theology, ethics, political thoughts March 6, 2014 8 Minutes
Last night, I was reading The Nation (THE best magazine ever, in my opinion — I come back to it all the time) and I came across an article on online feminism and the fact that it has apparently gotten nasty between radical feminists online. A few weeks ago, a client and I got into it regarding authority. I was saying that I, as therapist, had power in the relationship by nature of my role. Further, while I knew of people who had taken advantage of their clients,it was my job not to. She argued that I didn't have power, that's we were collaborating on her treatment and, while she also knew people who abused power, she didn't have to believe a damn thing I said if she didn't want to. Oddly, we both believe the same thing, because there is nothing so misunderstood, controversial, and divisive as power — for liberals and conservatives. We use the same word and mean totally different things by it. All of this got me to thinking about conflicts between me, my liberal friends, and my conservative ones.
Power, in the conservative political world, is a good thing and we all have it. We can all rise above our circumstances if we just believe in ourselves enough. Freedom gives us that, and government doesn't allow us freedom, so it dis-empowers, even –if its motives are good.
Power, in the liberal political world, is different altogether. For liberals, the world is sexist, racist, homophobic, classist, ageist and so on. We might have individual freedom and the moral responsibility for standing up for ourselves, and others, but the world/ the "system" is the problem, and government must act to protect people from the -isms by making more laws.
My "guru" in the psychological world, Virginia Satir, didn't deal with political and societal power issues in the sense that it wasn't her frame of reference. She doesn't subscribe to a particular world view, so the lens of "power" and "dis-empowered" isn't a given. She (and I) are much more "reality based" in her approach. If the way you're living is working for you, fine. If it's not, it's "dis-functional" (a word she coined) and you need to do something about it. She believes a non-hierarchical approach is healthiest in systems, like couples, families, and societies and is about breaking those down when she can and when it applies. In short, there may be hierarchies, but you don't have to subscribe to them and it's not healthy to do so in any case.
Jesus, my religious and spiritual inspiration, is quite clear about power — "You are not to lord it over others", he says in the gospel of Matthew, Chapter 20: 25 Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve…"
All of this is to say that some people will always want power over others, some people believe they have no power in their lives. Some people feel oppressed, some don't. Some people feel they don't oppress others, some do. In the words of the songs, "people everywhere/just want to be free" (the Rascals, in the 1960's) and "everybody wants to be/closer to free" (the Bodeans, in the 1980's).
Here's where it gets tricky: What if you don't see oppression and you are (supposedly?) oppressed?. Does seeing it mean believing it? Does denying it mean not believing it has any power in your life? If you don't believe you are oppressed, are you?
If you're one of those "in power", supposedly, the same questions apply. If you don't believe in lording it over others, are you anyway? Is "white privilege" the same thing as "being racist"? Is "male privilege" the same thing as "being sexist"? It depends on who you ask.
The reality is this: we live in separate worlds and we can't know each others' experience until we experience it with them or through them in some way — like literature or art. Years ago, when my friend Greg Coles and I went to a yacht club for lunch (he's Black, I'm White, He's richer than I — he chose the place), we were ignored for the 45 minutes until we left after Greg tried to get their attention. When I was growing up, people didn't think women needed as much money as men. Why should they? Today, we fight the battles over whether LGBT people have the right to be included in every facet of society. As someone who grew up poor, many of my peers later in life had no idea what it was like and saw me as having more power than they did. I saw myself as poor.
So, yes, racism actually does exist. You can still get pulled over for Driving While Black. Sexism still exists — women still make less money than men do for equal work, generally. Homophobia still exists. Ask gay couples who go to Jamaica or Olympians in Russia. Classism still exists, but is seldom, if ever, acknowledged. If you never bounce a check in your life because you have a thousand dollars in the bank, you pay less than someone who bounces a check so they can get milk.
Actual political oppression has always existed. The Romans in Jesus' time oppressed the Jews and everybody else. Within the Jewish world, a woman with no husband had no power to vote or make a "legitimate" living. At the same time, as Monty Python's Life of Brian points out, there was also "progress" in the areas conquered by Rome — roads, running water, etc. Does that mean the people were less oppressed? I don't know. I bet some felt like they were and some didn't. I bet some Romans believed they were doing the right thing while others had reservations about expanding the empire. In any case, I bet that you were more likely to be happy with the status quo/less likely to see yourself as an oppressor if you were a Roman and less likely to like the status quo/more likely to see yourself as oppressed if you were one of the annexed or conquered communities.
In America today, it's much the same among liberals and conservatives. I wonder if people like Clarence Thomas or Herman Cain are oppressed simply because they don't acknowledge racism. I find it hard to believe that a gay man or a lesbian running the halls of power on the White House staff is really all that oppressed, and I find it easy to believe that any person on the White House staff is in power. And yet, they are both true in different forms and to different degrees. There are some who would say that the very existence of Barack Obama as President of the United States means that he is no longer oppressed and that racism no longer exists. See? That one's in the most powerful position in the world, so he can't be oppressed", goes the logic. Furthermore, "because The Most Powerful Man In The World is Black, they have an ally in power and racism can no longer exist", they say. If there is one thing that this administration has taught us, it is that even The Most Powerful Man In The World can be held back by racism. How else do we explain the unprecedented gridlock in Washington? I don't know that any other President was called a "sub-human mongrel".
(A brief detour here: Is "authority" necessarily the same thing as "power over"? Obama's got authority, clearly, as the President. Does he have power? Yes, of course. Does he have power over anybody? That remains to be seen, if he doesn't take it. Caring people, people with a conscience, try not to "lord it over" others. Hitler had both oppressive power and authority. Hitler would have killed Ted Nugent before the sentence about "mongrel" was complete and no one would have questioned him about it. Obama's Secret Service detail "had words with" Nugent. Did they rob him of his free speech? Maybe, but he's still a free man, and he can still speak.)
I have two white male friends who believe what I believe — that real authority is the antithesis of oppressive power. My minister growing up, Bob Kyte, once told me that "the only power we (ministers) have is trust". A colleague in therapy-land, Will Foremaker, once said "a relationship can either be about power or it can be about love. It can't be both". Both of these men have power as politically defined, by nature of their jobs, by nature of the their gender and sexual orientation, and yet both men are about as egalitarian as they can be. Are they racist, sexist, homophobic, ageist, classist, or the new one in the news this week, "transphobic"? By some far-left standards, yes. By some far-right standards, no. The more important question is this: "Are they jerks?" and the unequivocal answer is "no". They both have authority in certain circumstances, but they don't abuse it. Their having power over themselves means that they don't need it over others and this is the thing that liberals don't get in their power analysis. At the same time, this is the thing that makes conservatives cringe because "good" conservatives know this. Power-analysis liberals get into these dysfunctional battles about "who's the most oppressed?" as though "being oppressed" gives you power in some way. In this way, we eat our young. Feminism has suffered because there are mean feminists and nobody wants to be mean, so women distance themselves from the label. The fact of the matter is that there were feminists who were feminists who didn't like men and there were feminists who liked being strong women. The second group is alot more fun to be around, while the first kept everybody — men and women — away. It seems to me that this first group are still around, still arrogant, and creating the "toxic environment" that the Nation article talked about.
It is this way, by the way, for any liberal group. Conservatives don't go there. For them, if they're not trying to be racist or sexist or homophobic, they aren't.What I learned in seminary is this: labels like "sexist" and "racist" and "homophobic" mean nothing to our souls if everybody is racist, sexist, and living in a homophobic society. Some people internalize their oppression (and are thus racist to themselves and others externalize it (and are racist to others). If that's the case, the answer to the statement, "You're a racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobe" is "Yes, but I'm trying not to be". Anybody who is trying to be is a jerk, but most people aren't trying to be. They aren't jerks — and that is where the bridge can be built among people of left or right persuasions and within each camp.
We shouldn't waste our time on whether the -isms exist. They most certainly do, in all of us. We shouldn't be wasting our time on who but ourselves is a racist, sexist, etc. Nor should we be wasting our time fighting over who's most oppressed, because it doesn't matter. The important thing is who is being a jerk and who is not, who is intentionally being a jerk and who is not. The important thing is that we look at ourselves honestly, take responsibility for ourselves and our actions and do what we can to fight those people who are jerks to others — intentionally so. If you are doing that, labels don't matter to me. Conservative or Liberal mean nothing. Nice and trying mean everything.
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It's difficult for users of platforms like Facebook and Instagram to balance what their friends and family see of their lives on social media.
Children don't want their grandparents and parents to embarrass them by writing essay-length comments on their posts. Likewise, grandparents and parents don't want to see their offspring passed out on a Thailand footpath after a heavy night of drinking.
A Wanaka-based tech start-up with some notable investors is seeking to address this market with an app called Kin2Kin, which connects families in a private network.
The developer, Digital Emotions, says Kin2Kin is designed for families with grandparents, busy parents, and kids too young for Facebook.
The free app is a blend between photo sharing site Instagram and private messaging apps like WhatsApp — users post photos, which are then presented in a vertical feed format but in a closed environment.
The idea for the app came to Digital Emotions founder Hamish McGregor when he saw his father struggling to juggle interactions with his grandkids. Sending up-to-date photos and setting aside time for Skype was a struggle for all parties.
He says grandparents want two things in a social media app – privacy and simplicity.
Kin2Kin has been beta tested over the past 12 months by 1500 users across desktop, iOS and Android devices.
Mr McGregor says Kin2Kin is a different proposition to mainstream social media apps. For example, the average Facebook network for a single person is about 300 people while Kin2Kin's is 18.
The app was publicly launched just last week and Mr McGregor says the international addressable market is large, particularly as elderly populations increase.
He says Kin2Kin has a retention rate of 40% and on average people use the app once every four days, which is "far higher" than benchmarks set for successful apps.
Digital Emotions employs seven people and raised $1.5 million early last year (pre-money valuation of $6.5 million), bringing some high-profile names on board: Movac co-counder and early Trade Me investor Mark Richter, Colenso BBDO and Rodd & Gunn founder Gary Gwynne, Capital IQ co-founder Steve Turner, Paymark/Semble chief executive Mark Rushworth, GoHealthy and Gourmet Burger Kitchen UK co-founder Greg Driscoll and Eftpos founder Peter Marshall.
Mr McGregor, a former investment banker at Deustche Bank and Morgan Stanley, says Kin2Kin won't be monetised for at least two years as it builds a user base and can prove to be "sticky." Investors are happy with that, he says.
Digital Emotions has been working with a number of community groups to refine the app and see how it can be used. These include groups assisting the elderly with technology, youth groups, and organisations dealing with family and parenting.
Opportunities for revenue generation include photo albums (grandparents printing out photos) and digital gifts, such as kitty contributions for anniversaries.
Campaigns could cost more than $1 million.
A New Zealand entrepreneur gives his spin on the acquisition, and the new internet bubble.


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What is amigurumi? Why, it's your new crochet obsession, of course.
Amigurumi is the art of crocheting or knitting toys. Like so many good things, it's imported from Japan. Ami means crocheted or knitted, while nuigurumi means stuffed toy. Put them together, and you have amigurumi!
That's the word. But what does it mean? Amigurumi tend to share some characteristics. They're usually super-cute. Like, really, really cute.
Amigurumi tend to have oversized heads, and exaggerated features. On the technical side, they're mostly crocheted in spirals (this avoids 'jogs' or seams), and tend to be made in bits and sewn up later.
That's the word, and what it means. But why make amigurumi?
Let's loop back to the beginning: when you say 'what is amigurumi,' I say, 'they're super-cute.' That should be (almost!) enough reason for anyone.
Amigurumi can celebrate a fandom, make concrete an inside joke or favourite hobby, or they can simply be made for the joy of making. Playing with pretty colours, soft textures, to make a simple thing designed to bring joy. It's wonderful.
Oh, and they make great gifts too.
May the Fourth be with you! I crocheter this wee Darth Vader for my sister in law a while back. No pattern – I just faked it – but I did blog about it at the time!
I first crocheted a little Dr Zoidberg five years ago! I must have made ten of these cuties in my time. Thanks for the memories, Facebook.
Best of all, amigurumi (can be) really cheap to make. Sure, you can buy a whole load of new yarn, and speciality, hand-painted eyes, but you can also use scraps of yarn and create the cutest little thing for (almost) nothing!
Amiguru.me is my personal knitting and crochet website… and more. I have rounded up lots of free Amigurumi patterns, if you're looking for somewhere to start. But the idea behind this site is more than just free patterns.
The idea behind Amiguru.me is you shouldn't need a pattern. It's easy to crochet a circle. Once you've done that, pop some eyes on and embroider a mouth to make an adorable character. The same theory applies to all crochet shapes.
Check out the pics on this how to crochet a bowl shape post if you don't believe me.


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Vista del Mar began as the Jewish Orphan's Home – 1906
The Jewish Orphan's Home of Southern California
The founding of a home in Los Angeles for Jewish orphans began as a project of B'nai B'rith Lodge #487 in 1906.
By 1908, the project was incorporated under the name, The Jewish Orphan's Home of Southern California.
Jewish Homes for Orphans
Fine Old Residence Secured for Their Abode
Organization Just Formed to Direct Affairs
Seventy-Five Children Will Share in Benefits
— Los Angeles Times, October 8, 1908
American Flag Waves
Jewish Orphans' Home Dedicated with Impressive Ceremonies as Step in Good Wo
— Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1908
"With impressive ceremonies, the Jewish Orphans' Home of Southern California was dedicated yesterday afternoon. The building is on Macy Street, and at present has about seventeen inmates. There are accommodations for fifty children."
— Marco R. Newmark, B'nai B'rith Messenger, January 29, 1909
Boyle Heights "Temporary Home"
Six months after its opening, The Jewish Orphan's Home was destroyed by fire.
Fortunately, there were no injuries to children or adults.
A temporary home was found in Boyle Heights.
Harris Newmark then donated 16 acres in the Montebello/Huntington Park area for a new home along with a $10,000 endowment.
The next location was in the city at 137 West Adams at the site of the former Paige Military Academy.
Orphans playing at Huntington Park
The Jewish Orphan's Home moved west again, this time to a former ranch in West Los Angeles called Vista del Mar.
Original administration building, Vista del Mar
A foster care program was added in 1921.
Vista del Mar became the official name of the organization, in 1923.
More and more services were added as the years went by, including care for asthmatic children, aid for refugee children from World War II, and an adoption department.
Orphan Health Cottage "Population," Vista del Mar
Today Vista del Mar is known as Vista del Mar Child and Family Services and is located at 3200 Motor Avenue, Los Angeles. [(310) 836-1223]
Confirmation at Vista del Mar, c. late 1940's
Chanukah at Vista Del Mar, c. 1940's
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Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles Began as The Hebrew Benevolent Society – 1854
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Order of Masons Lodge #42, Los Angeles, began in 1853
The International Order of B'nai B'rith in Early Los Angeles – 1874
Sinai Temple of Los Angeles began in 1906
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center began as The Kaspare Cohn Hospital – 1902
The City of Hope Began as The Jewish Consumptive Relief Association – 1912


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Watch: Moon Knight Crew Video Confirms Production Has Wrapped
Scott Campbell Oct 4, 2021 5:00 am Oct 4, 2021 5:00 am
Marvel Studios always maintains a veil of secrecy around its in-development projects, but Moon Knight is being kept under tighter lock and key than most. The Disney Plus series started shooting towards the end of April, but we still don't know who the majority of announced cast members are playing.
Ethan Hawke teased he's basing his mystery villain on Waco leader David Koresh, but he didn't give a name, while Gaspard Ulliel hasn't even been confirmed as part of the ensemble despite being listed as Anton Mogart on his talent agency's website. Oscar Isaac will play man of many personalities Marc Spector, and that's all we know for sure.
However, a new set video to have made its way to Reddit confirms that principal photography has wrapped after the crew returned from a brief stint in Jordan to Moon Knight's Budapest home base, which you can see below.
Film crew wrapped their location in Wadi Rum (Jordan) after a one-week shoot. Someone sent me this video from a crew person who returned to Budapest and had this waiting for them. from MoonKnight
It might be a little too early, but there's a slight chance we could see either an official image or some footage from Moon Knight at next month's Disney Plus Day to tease what has the potential to be one of the MCU's most distinctive projects to date.
Isaac has already called the show groundbreaking, while it's set to tackle some serious subject matter, and the notion of a violent antihero suffering from dissociative identity disorder is uncharted territory for the comic book franchise.


"A powerful, fast actioned thriller, The Greenland Breach just pulled me in. I couldn't put it down. Although written in French and partly based in France the novel translated superbly into English.
This is a political eco-thriller incorporating the greed of conglomerates and those abusing their power. The ice caps of Greenland are breaking up and will cause havoc in Northern Europe, Canada and the USA. However, the despair and destruction of many peoples' lives and livelihoods not to mention the ongoing damage to the Earth is of little consequence to those who are only interested in money.
Enter the Fermatown Team, consisting of John Spencer Larivière; an ex French intelligence officer, Victoire his wife and Luc, the whiz kid on computers and technology. John had received injuries whilst in active service but remains a very strong athletic force. Victoire has a past which threatens to overtake her and Luc, the bisexual with such an adorable character. They are pitted against all sides but who is telling the truth.


The final phase of the Chicago Riverwalk opened to the public this weekend, completing a project that connects the city's downtown area to a previously neglected industrial waterfront. For decades or perhaps even centuries, this sort of prime real estate has been similarly misused and disused in cities all around the world, given over to factories, shipyards, power plants and other facilities that don't exactly encourage public interaction with the shore, but the Riverwalk is part of a movement that's taking them back.
The Chicago Riverwalk development is a 1.5-mile promenade for pedestrians and bicycles that runs alongside the Chicago River, helmed by Sasaki and Ross Barney Architects. The first and second phases have been open since last year, attracting thousands of visitors to the south bank to patronize restaurants, bars and shops, and take water taxis to other spots along the river.
The clean modern design, which sets off the city's historic Beaux Arts architecture to its greatest advantage, won an annual design excellence award from the American Institute of Architects, which noted that the Riverwalk "has become the city's backyard patio." The promenade features an expansive stepped section planted with trees, effectively creating stadium seating from which to enjoy the water.
It also crosses both over and under several of the city's bridges, so you can take a continuous riverside walk without ever encountering motor vehicle traffic. Recreation areas, gardens ,lawns and sculptural accents give it the feel of one big park, and some of the gardens float upon the surface of the water.
Many Chicago residents may be less than enthralled with their mayor, Rahm Emanuel, but his signature public works project seems to be going over pretty well, and it's a valuable contribution to the urban landscape. The city has already ensured that its lakefront is open to the public rather than being claimed by big businesses and wealthy landowners, and it's refreshing to see the river get the same treatment.