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Few Researchers Consider the Effect of Hearing Loss in Physician/Patient Communication, NYU Study Finds
by admin | Apr 30, 2017 | Hearing Loss
Few Researchers Consider the Effect of Hearing Loss in Physician/Patient Communication, NYU Study Finds April 5, 2017 | NYU Health and Medicine | See Original Here Of the 67 papers reviewed, only 16 (23.9%) included any mention of the effects that hearing loss can have on health care interactions. Doctors believe that communication with their patients is important, but most studies of physician/elderly patient communication do not mention that hearing loss may affect this interaction. The findings come from a review led by two NYU professors published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Many researchers have explored communication between doctors and their patients, but how many of them have considered the importance of hearing loss? To investigate this question, a team led by Dr. Joshua Chodosh of New York University School of Medicine and Dr. Jan Blustein, the NYU's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and the School of Medicine, reviewed the published medical literature on doctor-patient communication, selecting research studies that involved patients aged 60 years and older. Of the 67 papers included in their study, only 16 (23.9%) included any mention of hearing loss. In some cases (4 out of the 67), people with hearing loss were excluded from the study. Three of the studies reported on an association between hearing loss and quality of care. In only one study did the researchers offer patients some kind of hearing assistance to see whether it would improve communication. (It found that offering hearing assistance improved patients' understanding.) "Hearing loss has long been neglected in the medical community," said Chodosh. "As a geriatrician, I see many patients...
You're right, nobody listens to you — here's why
by admin | Jan 15, 2016 | Guest Writer, Uncategorized
You're right, nobody listens to you — here's why Jenna Goudreau | Jan. 14, 2016 | See Original Here We've become a nation of phone zombies with average attention spans of 8.25 seconds — less than a goldfish. The result? Already bad listening skills have gotten worse, and managers are no exception. According to ResourcefulManager.com, a website that offers advice and resources for managers, the average Fortune 500 manager scores a 2 out of 5 on listening abilities. There's a cost: errors, miscommunication, wasted time, and employee turnover. ResourcefulManager created the following infographic to highlight the growing problem. ResourcefulManager.com SEE ALSO: These 2 words could reveal if you're a bad listener NOW WATCH: 4 ways to make your workday more...
Are You Hearing This?
by admin | Jun 25, 2015 | - All -, Hearing Loss, Media Article
Are You Hearing This? Frank Lin's research ties hearing loss to dementia, with big implications for public health: Unbundled, accessible audiology services and reimbursement for audiologic rehabilitation could be key, he says, to battling cognitive decline associated with hearing loss. Haley Blum – The ASHA Leader, June 2015, Vol. 20, 50-57. doi:10.1044/leader.FTR3.20062015.50 VIEW ORIGINAL ARTICLE Spend some time listening to Frank Lin talk about dementia, and you'll never look at hearing loss the same way. Research by Lin and his team reveals a strong association between untreated hearing loss and the risk of cognitive decline and dementia in older adults—a link that poses big public health problems because of the aging population, says Lin, an associate professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, geriatric medicine, mental health, and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University. As many as 5 million Americans age 65 and older have Alzheimer's disease—just one specific type of dementia—and that number will increase significantly with current population trends, according to the National Institute on Aging, unless something's done to treat or prevent it. Lin's work focuses on three main questions surrounding the dementia-hearing loss link: What are the consequences of hearing loss (which affects about two-thirds of everyone older than 70) for older adults? Does treating hearing loss make a difference? And how do we address the issue from a big-picture, societal perspective? Lin, who will be the opening speaker at the research symposium during the ASHA 2015 Convention, spoke with the Leader about his work, the future of hearing health care and what that all means for older adults. Do we have any insights into the association...
Article Published – NJAPM Mediation News, Fall 2013
by admin | Oct 19, 2013 | - All -, Cognitive Depletion, Workplace
An article titled "The Dangers of Cognitive Depletion in Mediation," by Alan R. Ehrlich, CLP, was just published in the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM) Mediation News, Volume 18, Issue 1, Fall 2013. I've attached a copy of the article that you can download...
Seahawks Win – Fans Lose for Winning
by admin | Sep 17, 2013 | - All -, Hearing Loss, Workplace
This past Sunday evening (9/15/13) was a special evening in Seattle-town. The Seahawks overpowered their opponent while the fans succeeded in setting a record for the loudest stadium in the world. The old record was set at the Ali Sami Yen Sport Complex Turk Telekom Arena in Turkey during a soccer match in 2011 – where the crowd set a record by recording a noise level of 130.2dB. Seattle fans, not to be outdone, upped the level to 130.9dB – a truly ear-splitting record. But while the Seahawk fans, better known as the 12th Man, succeeded in making the most noise, many, if not all of them will suffer later on for their effort. Noise induced hearing loss is at epidemic levels in this country with one out of five Americans over the age of 12 having a hearing loss severe enough to cause difficulty in their communication. This incredible number, 20%, is the result of our extremely noisy society. Sensorineural hearing loss is caused by our ears being exposed to noises in excess of what our ears can handle. We might believe that our attendance at events where noise prevails (stadium events, rock concerts, noisy restaurants, etc.) won't hurt us, but the fact is that noise induced hearing loss – one of the primary components of sensorineural hearing loss category – builds up over time and is not reversible. Most people lose their hearing very slowly. So slowly in fact, that for most people, it takes almost a decade between when they begin to feel that they have a hearing loss until they decide that its time to...
Finding Quiet by Turning Up the Volume: People are Retreating into a World of Increasing Volume… Losing Their Hearing and More
by admin | Jun 23, 2013 | - All -, Education, Hearing Loss, Workplace
Our world is filed with noises, some invited, others not. Voices of conversation, babies crying, music and the warning sounds of car horns and alarms are invited. Externally, the sounds of buses, trucks, motorcycles and the broad low frequency hum of ever present office electronics are not. Multi-speaker televisions, stereos and conveniences devices have overtaken our homes. Our entertainment has become louder without our awareness but with our permission. Digital sound has allowed movie theaters to dramatically boost sound levels without distortion. Needless to say our beloved rock concerts use extreme volume to pump up the crowd and "drive the sound into our inner being" but in doing that they have become painfully loud. Even our "quiet-little-booth-in-the-corner" restaurant is no longer quiet. It seems that we can't escape from excessive noise, which can be problematic and distracting for anyone seeking a little quiet and solitude for concentration, creativity or rest. Where can we go to find a little quiet? Home? Library? How about the neighborhood park? Many people, it seems, have given up even looking. Instead of seeking quiet time, people are gravitating towards self-directed distraction. To block out the noise around us we plug-up our ears and turn up the volume. MP3 players, cell phones, personal video game players…. people of all ages use them, not only to keep themselves entertained, but to block out the surrounding noise. Fighting noise with our own self-chosen noise requires us to crank up the volume even louder than the noise we're trying to avoid. In general, it takes about 13 dB of additional volume to begin to block out the outside...
Listening to Learn in a Sea of Noise: The Insidious Effects of Classroom Acoustics on Student Performance
by admin | Mar 29, 2011 | - All -, Acoustics, Education, Guest Writer
There is no question that if a school had poorly lit classrooms that there would be an outcry and a demand to improve lighting so that children could clearly see to learn. Substandard classroom acoustics are not as obvious as the lighting analogy above although the effects of poor classroom listening may be even more significant than those caused by poor lighting. It is an assumption in education that children who are paying attention in the classroom will be able to easily hear what the teacher says, and thereby learn. For too many children, this assumption is untrue. Realities of Classroom Acoustics Appropriate acoustic treatment in classrooms costs 1%-5% of the typical construction budget of a new school – less than the landscaping. In general, providing appropriate classroom acoustics is not a considered a priority. National standards for classroom acoustics were established by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 2002. Research indicates that only 10%-30% of classrooms meet these standards In a national survey of schools almost 30% of classrooms were judged to be too noisy by educators. The students who are most challenged by excessive noise and reverberation are under the age of 13, especially those in kindergarten and first grade. The auditory physiology that allows humans to effectively listen in relatively noisy conditions does not mature until secondary school, with some aspects not maturing until the end of high school. Our youngest students are also those with immature language learning and lack the words needed to expertly fill in the blanks when a new word or word ending is missed. Because adults are so much better...
A Poem on Listening Disorders by Erin Anderson
by admin | Mar 13, 2011 | - All -, Auditory Processing, Guest Writer
I want so badly to be here now, to grab the moment and hold on. I promise I'm doing my best as I try to silence my loud thoughts. I want nothing more than to listen, to truly conceptualize the story you are telling. I strive to capture the power of your beautiful words. I have worked tirelessly to train my wandering eyes- but my mind is a beast I have failed to tame. I want you to know how deeply I long to be here with you, to pay you the attention you deserve. But my restless brain has chosen me as her travel companion, and she does not take kindly to rejection. written by Erin Anderson – posted with permission...
One In Five Children Have A Hearing Loss – So What?
by admin | Sep 20, 2010 | - All -, Education, Hearing Loss
There has been a lot of press recently about the study conducted by Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Collected data was studied on 2,929 adolescents who took part in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Study which ran from 1988 to 1994 and compared the results to the 1,771 teens who took part in the same survey from 2005 to 2006. Among the children (aged 12-19) in the first study, 14.9% showed demonstrable signs of a hearing loss, while in the latter group the percentage jumped to 19.5% – a 31% increase between the groups. Imagine, one out of every five of our children already has some level of hearing deficiency! This dramatic increase in hearing loss amongst our youngsters needs to be viewed as a real and growing threat to the educational vitality of our nation and considered as, and treated like a true public health epidemic. We take our hearing for granted. Hearing loss is, in most cases, a very slow, transitional process, slow enough for us to develop compensating behaviors which allows us to deny the problem: we move closer to the speaker; we increase the volume of the TV, radio, or our personal music player. We do these things to persuade ourselves that we can control the problem and that the 'loss' is not real. It's just that the volume needs adjusting. If we can just get the volume up to acceptable levels everything will be alright. We believe that we can live with hearing loss because everything we own, and all the people around us, have a volume control… huh?… what?… please...
Hearing and Listening Health Affect All of Our Children
by admin | Jun 9, 2010 | - All -, Education, Hearing Loss
Adopted or Not, Hearing Health and Listening Comprehension Affect Our Children There was a very interesting article posted on the ASHA Sphere Blog today. Written by Deborah Hwa-Froelich, PhD, CCC-SLP, the article titled Hearing Health and Development Following Adoption brings up a number of very important – and tightly linked – issues. How a small amount of fluid buildup in the middle ear can affect balance and hearing acuity. How, after seeking medical advice and completing impedance testing, she says that her results were in the low-normal range and that "most medical professionals would not treat a patient who exhibited these symptoms preferring to wait until the patient demonstrated consistent flat tympanograms or infection." But, without exhibiting either of these conditions, she had significantly reduced hearing acuity, especially in noisy environments like the classroom. She wonders how children can focus and learn when they have fluid in the middle ear. How children who have resided in orphanages around the world – who receive less than adequate medical care – may have untreated otitis media and become accustomed to the symptoms of ear pain, imbalance, and poor hearing acuity. And when parents who adopt these children they expect the child to exhibit and demonstrate certain behaviors of discomfort when the child is ill. However, because of the lack of attention to hearing health, the children do not show the typical symptoms of pain or lack of balance and thus the parents may not recognize – and then not seek – medical care. Many orphanages do not provide the social interaction that children need to learn which sounds are meaningful to...
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Since 1990, our members have developed over 3,900 affordable rental homes and created over 2,000 homeownership opportunities for individuals and families of low income in the Spokane area.
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Community Frameworks completed phase one of Valley Point townhomes and 32 units at 315 W Mission. They also began construction on 35 units that will be completed in 2017.
Catholic Charities built 175 units of low income housing at Buder Haven, St. Michaels Haven and Guadalupe Haven.
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I usually imagine ancient peoples confronted by a total solar eclipse as going completely off their rockers, sacrificing away to appease their angry deities who just upended their world. The tattooed priest with the gnarly ear spools and nose bones from Apocalypto usually comes to mind, holding up the heart of his sacrifice as the eclipse drives the people to madness. Not a pleasant scene.
Hollywood fiction aside, what is known about the Mayans and many civilizations before them is these humans possessed a deep understanding of astronomical cycles and rhythms and a close relationship with the sky above. This awareness was enshrined in monumental architecture and expressed in the beliefs that guided their day-to-day lives.
Among the remains of the Mayan city of Chichen Itza stands El Caracol, a rather large structure looking much like a modern observatory. The building's layout and the spiral staircase under the "dome" mark celestial events and the passing of the seasons, in particular risings and settings of sun and moon at the solstices and equinoxes. El Caracol also marks long and complex cycles in the rising and setting of Venus, an example of the sophistication of Mayan astronomy.
The Anasazi people of the American southwest built their structures aligned with the heavens as well, more or less a thousand years ago, co-existent with the Mayans of the Yucatan further south. The mysterious and beautiful Chaco Canyon in New Mexico was a religious center for the Anasazi, ceremonial kivas and structures of intricate design and architectural detail lining the low, sprawling canyon. Their Great Houses marked the cardinal points of the compass and the major astronomical events of their passing year, including long, repeating cycles in the rising and setting points of the moon. Massive buttes rise from the canyon floor and one of them, Fajada Butte, is home to the rock slabs and spiral markings of the famous Sun Dagger. Their intricate system of roads also work into this complex schematic of human ingenuity enshrining the wheel in the sky.
And to think, they did it all without any help from those pesky aliens.
The steady march of science in the centuries since Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler has given us modern folk a framework and concept of our place in the universe that our forebears could not have envisioned. Science and technology have produced instruments and insights of tremendous power. We have The Hubble. We have discovered a couple thousand planets orbiting other stars. We understand and can account for the intricate motions of moons, planets, stars and galaxies. We can predict eclipses of all types, whether they occurred under Mesopotamian skies of the third millennium BC or will occur when Kirk and Spock go where no one has gone before.
Us modern folk are not as concerned with solstices and equinoxes as those less modern, other than to know when to change our clocks (more likely, make sure GPS did it for us) and check our fire alarms. We do not rely upon these natural cycles to know when to plant or sow, prepare for the coming winter or gather offerings for the gods. We have, in large measure, lost touch with these universal rhythms and the clues they leave behind in the sky above. We do not rely upon them as much as we once did.
On Monday, August 21st, when you are enveloped in the moon's shadow and gaze up at the sun and moon aligned with you, earthly concerns will melt away for a few minutes and the universe will make sense and be draped in mystery. Perhaps we have more in common with Mr. Bone in the Nose than we thought.
And to think, all this without any sacrificin'.
Now we fumble in the darkness, Where once there was light, Roaming the land of the ancients.


Home » Why You Need a Curious Man?
The perfect man must have a good sense of humor, be honest, have strong morals, be goal-oriented, desire to have a family, and feature an inquisitive curiosity. Wait a minute, did I just say curiosity? That's not usually an important characteristic that most women are looking for. However, according to most research, it should be.
Intelligence– Psychological studies suggest that there is a correlation between higher IQ and a high level of curiosity. In other words, children who are curious about their surroundings, grow to be intelligent adults.
Happiness– Surveying 130 nations, researchers found that what truly makes a man happy, is learning and experiencing new things. It is agreed by most psychologists that this highly desired experience in life, is highly dependent on ones curiosity.
Health– Researchers followed 1,000 participants, age 65 to 86, for a five year period after rating their curiosity and health. What they found, was no matter how unhealthy an individual was, if their curiosity was high, they stood a much greater chance of living beyond the conclusion of the study.
Passion– The more curious a man is, the more likely he will be driven to find out more about you, and subsequently become more passionate about who you are. He will also be more passionate towards his career, hobbies, and family.
Past Relationships– In studies, curious men rated their level of satisfaction in past relationships higher than other men, and this is believed to be because of their innate interest in their partner.
A good man is one who is truly interested in you. Over the course of a first date, ask yourself these questions: Does he ask questions about your career, interests, dreams, desires, and hobbies? As you talk about yourself, does he seem to become even more interested, promoting further questioning? The curious man may also look for similarities between your life story and his, finding creative ways to relate and connect with you.
At the other end of the spectrum, is a type of man who may appear quite charming, but he will be much less interested in learning about you. You may find yourself asking all the questions, and will find the answers resembling not only a lack of curiosity ("I don't know", "I'll have to think about that"), but may also show signs of overt criticism, prejudice, and the inability to compromise ("My ex drove a BMW, if that tells you anything", "She wouldn't stick to my plan").
How to Recognize a Curious Man?
To find a curious man, you will need to become a curious woman. Despite what you may think, curiosity can be a learned trait, and it starts by gaining more interest in yourself. A curious man knows what he wants in life. He has dreams and goals, but is also flexible enough to alter those if the occasion requires. A curious man invests in his partner, supporting her career and goals. He should be playful and fun to be around. When a disagreement arises, he will collaborate with you, offering creative ideas about how you two can compromise.
So, the next time you're on a dinner date, and the guy reaches for the salt rather than investigating the house seasoning mix, he just might be telling you more about the future of your relationship than you realize.


I'm recording some debates and student speeches in class with my new video camera. I think that it will take a lot of editing to put together anything that looks like a "real" debate. However, there are some short segments that will make for good excerpts, I think. Here is Candy, telling a short anecdote about how her mother stole her money and went to Hong Kong.


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'Who Cares' Prayer Group
Birmingham Church of England Statement of Entitlement
Our daily acts of collective worship play a vital role in the life of our school, giving pupils and staff the opportunity to come together as a community. As Deanery is a Church of England school, the acts of worship are mainly Christian in character. Each act of worship follows a pattern reflecting the Anglican tradition of gathering, engaging, responding and sending out. We aim for acts of worship to be invitational, reflective and engaging for all pupils and staff.
The topics covered follow the Christian calendar as well as linking to our school values to explore the big questions of life and respond to national and international events.
Our school values are:
Love, Grace, Joy, Faith, Hope and Peace
Collective Worship2 from Emma Jenkins on Vimeo.
We are a Deanery School for the 14 parish churches within the Deanery of Sutton Coldfield. These include:
St John's, Walmley
St Michael's, Boldmere
St Peter's, Maney Hill
St Cuthbert's, Castle Vale
St George's, Minworth
St Nicholas, Curdworth
St John the Baptist, Middleton
St Chad, Wishaw
All Saint's, Four Oaks
St James, Mere Green
St Columba's, Banners Gate
Holy Trinity, Sutton Coldfield
St Chad, Sutton Coldfield
Emmanuel, Wylde Green
We invite the clergy in to support our worship as well as other Christian organisations such as KidsUK the Four Oaks assembly team, our school parent prayer group and local choirs.
We often visit St John's in Walmley for services and celebration of the Christian calendar such as Christmas, Easter, Harvest and Mothering Sunday. Parents are very welcome to join us on those occasions. Beliefs and customs of other religious traditions are respected and valued and children from other faiths are welcome in the school. Parents have the right to withdraw their child from collective worship. If a parent wishes to consider this option, Mrs Luckett should be approached.
Click here to see an overview of our Collective Worship.
Collective Worship from ICT Deanery on Vimeo.

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Shinobi Ninja Free FrostWire Mixtape 2015
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Put Hip Hop, Reggae, awesome Metal Guitars and Bass lines, a bit of 311 + Limp Bizkit + Video Game Culture, graphic design, New York City Urban Culture from a group of talented artsts with a disregard for the rules and you have yourself one hell of a band called Shinobi Ninja.
Shinobi Ninja is an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The band is known for high-energy performances and eclectic sound, blending music genres such as Hip Hop, Punk, Funk, Metal, Reggae, Electronic, and Rock.
On this Mixtape Shinobi Ninja is sharing 5 great free tracks, including 2 hit-tracks from their 2014 album "Escape from New York" ("What If Times" and "Gloom Doom") and "Honey Trap" from their 2015 album "Artistic Visions"
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Follow the Shinobi Ninjas on Instagram: @alienlex @djaxispowers @edarababyg @kidshreddi @tdavesn @doobiedukesims
TRACKS ON THIS MIXTAPE
01. Honey Trap
Album: Artistic Visions (2015)
CD – iTunes
02. What If Times
Album: Escape From New York (2014)
03. Gloom Doom
04. Rock Hood
Album: Rock Hood / NBA 2K12 Soundtrack (2011)
05. Slow Mourning
Album: Rock Hood (2011)
BAND ORIGINS
Prior to joining the band, Edara Johnson was a professional dancer, performing for such artists as Rihanna, Santigold, Jason Derulo, Ricky Martin, Mylène Farmer, Cassie, P. Diddy, LL Cool J, Nelly, and Daddy Yankee.In 2006, she made an appearance in the video "Long Way To Go" by Cassie.
Meanwhile, Hrdina and both Machinists were in a band called Stalley & The Wax Machine, which broke up in early 2008. Shinobi Ninja formed shortly afterward. Several members of the band met at a rehearsal and recording studio in The Film Center Building called Progressive Music in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. D.A., Simone, and M. Machinist worked at the studio, and Johnson took vocal classes there.
In 2010, their original bass player Simone left the band, and Alien Lex replaced him.
Of the 6 members of the band only Duke Sims & Alien Lex are original from Brooklyn, both being born and raised in Bensonhurst. Lead Singer Baby G is from Lawrence, Massachusetts. The Twins Mike & Dave are from Piermont, New York. Axis Powers is originally from Toronto, Canada.
Baby G — Vocals
Alien Lex — Bass Guitar
Terminator Dave — Drums
DJ Axis Powers — Turntables
Kid Shreddi aka Maniak Mike — Guitar
(D.A.),Doobie aka Duke Sims — Vocals, Guitar
The band has performed alongside a variety of artists, including Tom Morello, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Robert Glasper & Erykah Badu, Black Sheep, Das EFX, The Black Keys, Das Racist, Azealia Banks, Schoolly D, Dinco D, AFI, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Linkin Park, Slightly Stoopid, Fishbone, Dumpstaphunk, John Brown's Body, Collie Buddz, Chiddy Bang, The Memorials, Thomas Pridgen, Trust Company, Mike Posner, Young Dirty Bastard, Angelo Moore, Green Jelly, Dog Fashion Disco, DJ Skribble, Saigon Kick, Smif-n-Wessun, John Forté, Homeboy Sandman, Bad Rabbits, Beebs & Her Money Makers, Sadat X, M-1, Les Nubians, Tokyo Police Club, Cage, and Rise Against.
MEDIA AND APPEARANCES
On January 28, 2010, the band released "Shinobi Ninja Attacks!", a Nintendo-style video game album for iPhone, iPod, and iPad. The game was featured in the Apple Store's "Hot New Games" section and downloaded over 10,000 times. They are the first independent band to release an app based on their likeness and music.
Baby G was featured as the coach in an episode of MTV's MADE (TV Series), which premiered in October 11, 2010.
In February 2011, the band placed second in the "Artist On The Verge" at The New Music Seminar (NMS) in Los Angeles. Former winners include artists such as Nirvana, Madonna, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
"Stop" was featured in the third episode ("El Diablo") of the American television drama series The Killing, which aired on April 10, 2011 on AMC. "El Diablo" was watched by 2.56 million viewers.
The video game NBA 2K12, released October 4, 2011, features the Shinobi Ninja song "Rock Hood". As of April 2012, sales had reached 4 million units.
"Rock Hood" is featured in the video game Tap Tap Revenge 3. The franchise has combined sales of over thirty-five million as of September 2009, making it one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time.
A Haunted House 2 Soundtrack album, released April 2014 for the American comedy horror film. The song "Amped To 12" by Shinobi Ninja was written specifically for the film and is the only song to play during the film as well as playing as soon as the film cuts to credits.
On April 26th, 2015, the song "What If Times" won the award for Best Video at The MOVE Music Video Awards.
On July 12, 2009, the band played the Afropunk Festival on a block in Brooklyn, NY opening for John Forté.
In 2010 & 2011 the band played Summerfest opening for Slightly Stoopid (2010) & Rise Against (2011).
On August 6, 2011, the band played the first ever 311 Pow Wow Festival with Sublime, Deftones, Mix Master Mike, and G Love, amongst others.
On July 28, 2012, the band played the opening set at the first ever Catalpa Festival on Randall's Island.
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Another Palestinian Dies Outside the Temple Walls (Revelation 11)
Palestinian shot by Israeli soldier during Gaza protest dies from wounds
The New Arab & agencies
Protests have been held every Friday on the Gaza border [Getty]
Date of publication: 3 February, 2019
A protest on the Gaza border last week has seen a Palestinian killed by an Israeli soldier.
A Palestinian who was shot by Israeli soldiers during a protest on the Gaza border earlier this week has died from gunshot wounds, the enclave's health ministry said on Sunday.
Ahmed Abu Jamal, 30, was wounded after being shot in Beit Lahiya in the north of Gaza on 29 January, a health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.
More than 30 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire Friday.
Weekly protests on the Gaza border have seen Israeli troops firing into crowds killing at least 247 Palestinians and severely injuring hundreds.
Protests began in March as residents demanded an end to the Israeli siege on Gaza and the right for Palestinians to return to their homes lost since Israel's creation in 1948.
At least 247 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza since March 30, the majority during border protests but also by tank fire and air strikes.
Two Israeli soldiers have been killed during the same period.
Gaza's humanitarian situation has steadily worsened with homes and infrastructure – such as schools and hospitals – still not repaired following Israel's brutal war against Hamas in the land strip in 2014 which left over 2,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, dead.
Between 15 to 28 January, Israel killed three Palestinians – including a minor – and demolished 20 Palestinian-owned buildings in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to Maan news and the UN.
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Iran Is Trump's Iraq
Trump Is Doing the Same Thing on Iran That George W. Bush Did on Iraq
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National Security Adviser John Bolton with President Trump. Photo: Oliver Contreras/The Washington Post/Getty Images
Last week, intelligence officials testified publicly that Iran has not resumed its efforts to acquire a nuclear weapon. The next day, President Trump called these officials "extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran," and advised, "Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!"
The first-blush response to this presidential outburst was to dump it in the same category as Trump's other public eruption against members of his government who undercut his preferred narratives with inconvenient facts. That response is probably correct: this Trump tantrum is probably like all the other Trump tantrums. But there is another possible meaning to this episode: Trump's rejection of intelligence assessments of Iran's weapons of mass destruction capabilities eerily echoes the Bush administration's rejection of Iraq's WMD capabilities a decade and a half earlier.
Shortly after their testimony, the intelligence officials were summoned to the Oval office for a photographed session in which they publicly smoothed over their breach with the president, and (according to Trump) assured him that their remarks had been misconstrued, despite having been delivered in public and broadcast in their entirety. Yet Trump's interview broadcast Sunday with Margaret Brennan on CBS made clear how little little headway they made in regaining his trust.
Trump told Brennan he plans to maintain troops in Iraq because, "I want to be able to watch Iran … We're going to keep watching and we're going to keep seeing and if there's trouble, if somebody is looking to do nuclear weapons or other things, we're going to know it before they do." But would he accept the assessments that he received? No, Trump replied, he wouldn't.
His reason for rejecting this intelligence was consistent. Trump is unable to separate the question, Do I like Iran's government and its foreign policy? from the question Is Iran building a nuclear weapon? Tell Trump that Iran is abiding by its nuclear commitment, and what he hears you saying is, "Iran is a lovely state run by wonderful people."
If that account of Trump's thinking sounds too simplistic, just look at his answers:
I'm not going to stop [intelligence officials] from testifying. They said they were mischaracterized — maybe they were maybe they weren't, I don't really know — but I can tell you this, I want them to have their own opinion and I want them to give me their opinion. But, when I look at Iran, I look at Iran as a nation that has caused tremendous problems …
My intelligence people, if they said in fact that Iran is a wonderful kindergarten, I disagree with them 100 percent. It is a vicious country that kills many people …
So when my intelligence people tell me how wonderful Iran is — if you don't mind, I'm going to just go by my own counsel.
In fact, intelligence officials did not deny Iran has caused problems. They simply asserted facts about its nuclear weapons. Trump cannot hear those facts without translating it into Iran being comprehensively "wonderful."
Even more remarkably, Trump explained that intelligence assessments could not be trusted because they had failed in the run-up to the Iraq war:
MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to move on here but I should say your intel chiefs do say Iran's abiding by that nuclear deal. I know you think it's a bad deal, but—
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I disagree with them. I'm — I'm — by the way—
MARGARET BRENNAN: You disagree with that assessment?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: —I have intel people, but that doesn't mean I have to agree. President Bush had intel people that said Saddam Hussein—
MARGARET BRENNAN: Sure.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: —in Iraq had nuclear weapons — had all sorts of weapons of mass destruction. Guess what? Those intel people didn't know what the hell they were doing, and they got us tied up in a war that we should have never been in.
Trump's understanding of this history is almost perfectly backwards. U.S. intelligence officials never said Iraq "had nuclear weapons," or even anything close to that. They did overstate Iraqi weapons capabilities. But — crucially — the Bush administration also pressured intelligence agencies to inflate their findings, as John Judis and Spencer Ackerman reported in 2003, and administration officials overstated the intelligence that was produced, as the Senate Intelligence Committee found in 2008.
The backdrop to this episode does have some important differences with the current moment. The Bush administration had been plunged into an adrenal panic by the 9/11 attacks. Its rush toward war was largely choreographed by Dick Cheney, a skilled bureaucratic operator, and enjoyed broad public legitimacy created by the national unity bestowed upon Bush by the surprise attack. None of these conditions apply to the easily distracted, childlike, and deeply unpopular sitting president.
And while Cheney has departed the scene, National Security Council director John Bolton has assumed a somewhat parallel role. An ultrahawk with a long record of punishing subordinates who undermine the factual basis for his preferred policies, Bolton has emerged as Trump's most influential foreign policy adviser. Bolton in 2015 insisted that Iran was racing toward a nuclear weapon. ("Even absent palpable proof, like a nuclear test, Iran's steady progress toward nuclear weapons has long been evident.") He likewise concluded that diplomacy could never work ("The inescapable conclusion is that Iran will not negotiate away its nuclear program") and that "only military action" could stop it.
As Trump has grown alienated from his national security apparatus, Bolton appears to be the one remaining official who has retained a measure of his trust. And while he may not have a Cheney-like ability to manipulate the president, Bolton does benefit from a near vacuum in rival power sources.
Other parallels leap out between Trump's view of Iran and Bush's view of Iraq. Bush and Cheney rejected skeptical intelligence about Iraq's weapons in part because, like Trump with Iran, they conflated their assessment of Iraq's overall foreign policy behavior with its weapons capability. They assumed that a dictator who had repeatedly attacked his neighbors must be intent on weapons of mass destruction. Like Trump, they nurtured their thinking in a conservative movement bubble that dismissed bureaucratic expertise as a biased liberal elite. They couldn't distinguish their strategic goals from the facts that might be brought to bear upon them.
Trump's apparent conclusion from Bush's Iraq debacle is that a president who has a gut-level suspicion of a Middle Eastern regional power should disregard all intelligence that complicates his hawkish impulses. If there is any chance history repeats itself, it is because Trump has turned the lesson of history upside down.
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The Iraqi Horn is Angered by Trump
Iraq angered by Trump idea to watch Iran from US base
▪	04 February 2019 Middle East
About 5,000 US troops are in Iraq to train, advise and assist Iraqi security forces
Iraq's President Barham Saleh has rebuked Donald Trump over his comments that he wanted to maintain a US military presence there to watch Iran.
Mr Trump told CBS on Sunday he intended to keep an "incredible" base being used by US troops to combat the jihadist group Islamic State "because I want to be looking a little bit at Iran".
Mr Saleh said on Monday that the US had not asked Iraq's permission to do so.
It should stick to fighting terrorism and not pursue other agendas, he added.
There are an 5,000 estimated US military personnel in Iraq authorised to train, advise and assist Iraqi security forces in their fight against IS, which has not fully controlled any territory in the country for more than a year.
In the CBS interview Mr Trump defended his recent decision to withdraw the 2,000 US troops deployed in neighbouring Syria to support a Kurdish-led militia alliance seeking to capture the last pocket of IS territory there.
He said the troops would soon be moving to the huge Al Asad Airbase in Iraq's Anbar province and that their new tasks would include protecting Israel and keeping an eye on Iran, which his administration has accused of being the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism and of wanting to acquire nuclear weapons.
"We spent a fortune on building this incredible base. We might as well keep it," he said. "And one of the reasons I want to keep it is because I want to be looking a little bit at Iran because Iran is a real problem."
When asked if the troops stationed in Iraq could be used to strike Iran, Mr Trump responded: "All I want to do is be able to watch."
He added: "If there's trouble, if somebody is looking to do nuclear weapons or other things, we're going to know it before they do."
However, the remarks caused a stir in Iraq, which is a close ally of Iran.
"Don't overburden Iraq with your own issues," President Saleh told a forum in Baghdad on Monday. "The US is a major power… but do not pursue your own policy priorities. We live here."
Mr Saleh noted that under 2008 US-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement, Washington had agreed not to use Iraq "as a launching or transit point for attacks against other countries".
He added: "Any action taken outside this framework is unacceptable."
The BBC's Paul Adams says this poses a problem for the government in Baghdad and could complicate delicate negotiations over US use of the Al Asad Airbase.
Those negotiations, he adds, have been based on the premise that Al Asad would be used to continue the fight against IS. It is something Mr Trump referred to when he visited the base in December.
But our correspondent says the US president's latest references to Iran and the need to protect Israel point to a very different set of priorities, which is causing unease in Baghdad.
Iraqi politicians allied to Iran or the influential Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, a long-time adversary of the US who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq, have for weeks been calling on the government to remove of all foreign troops from the country.
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New York Subways at the Sixth Seal (Revelation 6)
 How vulnerable are NYC's underwater subway tunnels to flooding?
Ashley Fetters
New York City is full of peculiar phenomena—rickety fire escapes; 100-year-old subway tunnels; air conditioners propped perilously into window frames—that can strike fear into the heart of even the toughest city denizen. But should they? Every month, writer Ashley Fetters will be exploring—and debunking—these New York-specific fears, letting you know what you should actually worry about, and what anxieties you can simply let slip away.
The 25-minute subway commute from Crown Heights to the Financial District on the 2/3 line is, in my experience, a surprisingly peaceful start to the workday—save for one 3,100-foot stretch between the Clark Street and Wall Street stations, where for three minutes I sit wondering what the probability is that I will soon die a torturous, claustrophobic drowning death right here in this subway car.
The Clark Street Tunnel, opened in 1916, is one of approximately a dozen tunnels that escort MTA passengers from one borough to the next underwater—and just about all of them, with the exception of the 1989 addition of the 63rd Street F train tunnel, were constructed between 1900 and 1936.
Each day, thousands of New Yorkers venture across the East River and back again through these tubes buried deep in the riverbed, some of which are nearing or even past their 100th birthdays. Are they wrong to ponder their own mortality while picturing one of these watery catacombs suddenly springing a leak?
Mostly yes, they are, says Michael Horodniceanu, the former president of MTA Capital Construction and current principal of Urban Advisory Group. First, it's important to remember that the subway tunnel is built under the riverbed, not just in the river—so what immediately surrounds the tunnel isn't water but some 25 feet of soil. "There's a lot of dirt on top of it," Horodniceanu says. "It's well into the bed of the bottom of the channel."
And second, as Angus Kress Gillespie, author of Crossing Under the Hudson: The Story of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels, points out, New York's underwater subway tunnels are designed to withstand some leaking. And withstand it they do: Pumps placed below the floor of the tunnel, he says, are always running, always diverting water seepage into the sewers. (Horodniceanu says the amount of water these pumps divert into the sewer system each day numbers in the thousands of gallons.)
Additionally, MTA crews routinely repair the grouting and caulking, and often inject a substance into the walls that creates a waterproof membrane outside the tunnel—which keeps water out of the tunnel and relieves any water pressure acting on its walls. New tunnels, Horodniceanu points out, are even built with an outside waterproofing membrane that works like an umbrella: Water goes around it, it falls to the sides, and then it gets channeled into a pumping station and pumped out.
Of course, the classic New York nightmare scenario isn't just a cute little trickle finding its way in. The anxiety daydream usually involves something sinister, or seismic. The good news, however, is that while an earthquake or explosion would indeed be bad for many reasons, it likely wouldn't result in the frantic flooding horror scene that plays out in some commuters' imaginations.
The Montague Tube, which sustained severe damage during Hurricane Sandy.
MTA New York City Transit / Marc A. Hermann
Horodniceanu assures me that tunnels built more recently are "built to withstand a seismic event." The older tunnels, however—like, um, the Clark Street Tunnel—"were not seismically retrofitted, let me put it that way," Horodniceanu says. "But the way they were built is in such a way that I do not believe an earthquake would affect them." They aren't deep enough in the ground, anyway, he says, to be too intensely affected by a seismic event. (The MTA did not respond to a request for comment.)
One of the only real threats to tunnel infrastructure, Horodniceanu adds, is extreme weather. Hurricane Sandy, for example, caused flooding in the tunnels, which "created problems with the infrastructure." He continues, "The tunnels have to be rebuilt as a result of saltwater corroding the infrastructure."
Still, he points out, hurricanes don't exactly happen with no warning. So while Hurricane Sandy did cause major trauma to the tunnels, train traffic could be stopped with ample time to keep passengers out of harm's way. In 2012, Governor Andrew Cuomo directed all the MTA's mass transit services to shut down at 7 p.m. the night before Hurricane Sandy was expected to hit New York City.
And Gillespie, for his part, doubts even an explosion would result in sudden, dangerous flooding. A subway tunnel is not a closed system, he points out; it's like a pipe that's open at both ends. "The force of a blast would go forwards and backwards out the exit," he says.
So the subway-train version of that terrifying Holland Tunnel flood scene in Sylvester Stallone's Daylight is … unrealistic, right?
"Yeah," Gillespie laughs. "Yeah. It is."
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Trump WILL Start a War With Iran
Joe Scarborough Says Trump Wants to 'Start a War With Iran'
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough is not a foreign policy genius, but he attempts to play one on TV. Less than one week after saying that Trump was turning over Syria to the Russians and the Iranians, the Morning Joe co-host flipped 180 degrees and said that Donald Trump and National Security Advisor John Bolton want to invade Iran.
Morning Joe speculated last Wednesday that the reason behind Trump's rhetoric and policy towards Russia is softer and more conciliatory than the intelligence chiefs, is because Vladimir Putin must have something on him. Now, the reasoning behind Trump's bucking of the intel chiefs is not because he is a foreign asset, but because he and Bolton are setting the stage for war with Iran. Scarborough postulated that, "It really does seem like in the larger context here is that Donald Trump and John Bolton want to invade Iran. They want to start a war with Iran and they're very angry that his intel chiefs aren't giving him the excuse."
Former George W. Bush White House Aide and MSNBC political analyst Elise Jordan at least attempted to provide some more sophisticated analysis and substantive criticism by citing how relations with Iraq would be affected if certain Iraqi factions believe that bases currently used by American forces against ISIS were to be used against Iran. She did say that beating the war drums with Iran and echoing "Bolton's MO" is something Trump feels he can go back to when he is under "any other kind of pressure."
Foreign affairs can be a complicated business, but Morning Joe has a simple formula: anything that Trump does that is more dovish than what Morning Joe believes is proof he's a foreign asset, while anything more hawkish is proof he's a jingoistic warmonger.
Here is a transcript for the February 4 show:
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Well you know, it's also so disturbing Alice that the President of the United States would suggest on national television that the intel chiefs, the CIA Director was suggesting the people running Iran were like kindergartners. Her response to a question of were they abiding by the treaty was simple and strait forward, or the agreement? The answer was a straightforward "Yes, they were." That was it. It really does seem like in the larger context here is that Donald Trump and John Bolton want to invade Iran. They want to start a war with Iran and they're very angry that his intel chiefs aren't giving him the excuse, which makes it very ironic that he brings up WMDs and Iraq, because there you had the intel chiefs saying "Yes, go ahead. They have weapons of mass destruction." Now you have the intel chiefs saying "Hold back" and yet this President and John Bolton seem hell bent of provoking a war with Iran.
ELISE JORDAN: Well, Donald Trump seems to want to have the Iran war drum when he feels any other kind of pressure, he can go back to that and harken whatever Bolton's MO is with you know, a more aggressive posture with Iran. It's quite scary actually and I think that it's to the detriment of our strategy against ISIS and there's been a lot of hysteria in my opinion over the Syria withdrawal just because we can reconstitute and attack ISIS from Iraq. However, you look at what Donald Trump just said yesterday in the interview with Margaret Brennan and that's going to make Iraqi political factions really anxious, especially Muqtada al-Sadr's alliance and so they are not going to like this one bit and so if we want to stay in Iraq and we want to be able to use those bases, those air bases to go after ISIS than maybe Donald Trump needs to think about that in his diplomacy in the region.
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Trump Finally Gets Educated on the Shi'a Horn
Trump says he wants to keep troops in Iraq to "watch" Iran
Marisa Fernandez7 hours ago
President Trump told CBS' "Face the Nation" in an interview released Sunday that he wants to keep an unspecified number of U.S. troops in Iraq to "watch Iran," calling it "a vicious country that kills many people."
The backdrop: The nation's top intelligence chiefs released an assessment last week stating that Iran had remained compliant with its nuclear deal and was not currently working to develop nuclear capabilities. Trump, who also advocated against "endless wars" in the "Face the Nation" interview, fired back on Twitter, calling his intelligence heads "extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran" and urging them to "go back to school!"


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Wealth Trust & Estate Planning
How to Establish a Blind Trust
Amy Fontinelle
Amy Fontinelle has more than 15 years of experience covering personal finance—insurance, home ownership, retirement planning, financial aid, budgeting, and credit cards—as well corporate finance and accounting, economics, and investing. In addition to Investopedia, she has written for Forbes Advisor, The Motley Fool, Credible, and Insider and is the managing editor of an economics journal. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis.
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A blind trust is a type of living trust in which the grantor and beneficiary have no control over or knowledge of the assets in the trust or how they're being managed. A third-party trustee, who can be an individual or an institution, has full control of the trust assets and does not communicate with the grantor or beneficiary about what is being bought and sold within the trust. A blind trust can be revocable, meaning the grantor can change it later, or irrevocable, meaning it can't be modified or terminated.
At first, the idea of putting assets into a trust and then relinquishing all knowledge and control of those assets might sound crazy. But in a few situations, this arrangement makes perfect sense. In this article, we'll discuss why someone might want to establish a blind trust and how to do it.
How a Blind Trust Works
To avoid potential conflicts of interest, a federal official might set up a blind trust to manage private assets that they, their spouse, and dependent children own. Since a perceived or real conflict of interest could arise if that official is involved in legislation that affects their investments, placing those assets in a blind trust, especially an irrevocable one, is supposed to allow the official to act impartially and in the best interests of constituents. The official's supervisory ethics entity must approve the blind trust and the choice of trustee. Federal law doesn't require federal officials to use blind trusts, but it does regulate how they establish and maintain them.
A blind trust is a living trust where a trustee controls the assets without the grantor and beneficiary.
Blind trusts can be revocable or irrevocable.
A blind trust can eliminate any conflicts of interest.
Another situation where a blind trust is useful: when a corporate executive wants to avoid illegal insider trading. The executive can place all the company shares they own into the blind trust, thus giving complete control and knowledge over when and how much of the stock is sold to a trustee. This strategy removes the restrictions on when the stock can be sold since it's no longer held by an insider, which can result in better investment outcomes. The trustee can manage the assets to improve the executive's asset diversification and risk profile and does not have to worry about the window periods or blackout periods that affect insiders.
However, while you might read a lot about blind trusts during political campaigns, "not many politicians or wealthy individuals and families use them," says Eric Schaefer, a financial planner and investment advisor with Evermay Wealth Management, an independent financial advisory firm serving high net worth families in the Washington, D.C., area. "Not only do you give up the control and transparency of assets placed in trust, these vehicles can cost tens of thousands of dollars to set up," he says. They also have high maintenance expenses.
Reasons to Establish a Blind Trust
Basically, a blind trust is supposed to eliminate any real or perceived conflicts of interest.
Blind trusts "are most prevalent within the political community, but can be quite valuable in other situations as well," says Schaefer. "Other uses might be to avoid any conflicts of interest. This is a very obvious reason for politicians, but retiring or retired business owners and executives who retain large amounts of company stock may be interested in politics, charitable work or board membership that requires them to act objectively," he says. "The trust may also come in handy when influential individuals have access to insider information and want to shield themselves from any question of wrongdoing for investment account transactions."
Another circumstance that inspires people to set up blind trusts: suddenly coming into a large, unexpected sum of money and wanting to keep the matter private. For example, savvy lottery winners in the United States have used blind trusts to prevent investment hucksters and money-grubbing relatives from trying to snag a piece of their sudden wealth.
Establishing a blind trust basically involves drawing up a document that the grantor signs to give full power of attorney over the trust assets to an independent, third-party trustee (In contrast, with a regular, revocable living trust, the trust settlor can designate himself or herself as the trustee and continue to control the assets.) But it's not a DIY project; it requires a lawyer's assistance.
"There are state and federal laws regarding the creation of blind trusts, so it's important to visit an attorney who has expertise in this area," says Richard Gotterer, CFP, managing director and senior financial advisor with Calamos Wealth Management, an independent wealth management firm in Miami. "During the drafting phase of the trust, you have the ability to provide input such as what the investment objective of the trust will be. For example, should it be invested for growth, income or capital preservation? You have the ability to provide a range for the asset allocation and you have the ability to name the beneficiaries of the trust," he says.
After that, you cease communication with the trustee and have no further knowledge of how the trust's assets are being handled.
Choosing the right trustee is imperative. Not only do you need someone who is honest and investment savvy, but if you're trying to separate yourself from your investments, you also need someone with whom you don't have a close relationship—not a friend or relative, in other words. In some cases, even a longtime financial adviser or attorney might be considered too close.
In the case of lottery winnings, you could hire an attorney to set up your trust, appoint them as trustee and ask the trustee to redeem your winning ticket anonymously on your behalf. Depending on the requirements of the lottery you win, establishing a blind trust might allow you to access your winnings without the media or other busybodies learning who you are.
Blind trusts create a layer of separation between the grantor's assets and professional or political activities that helps to eliminate real or perceived conflicts of interest and accusations of wrongdoing. Individuals who receive a windfall can also use them to maintain financial privacy. But if you're thinking about establishing a blind trust, you need to carefully consider whether the benefits of independence and removal of oversight outweigh the drawbacks of loss of control and information, especially if the blind trust will be irrevocable.
National Conference of State Legislatures. "Blind Trusts." Accessed June 17, 2021.
Annuity. "Blind Trust." Accessed June 17, 2021.
The Law Dictionary. "What is a Blind Trust and How Does it Work for Lottery Winners?" Accessed June 17, 2021.
U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics. "Qualified Blind Trusts," Page 21. Accessed June 17, 2021.
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Should You Set up a Revocable Living Trust?
What Is an Irrevocable Trust?
An irrevocable trust cannot be modified, amended or terminated without the permission of the grantor's named beneficiary or beneficiaries.
Beneficiary of Trust
A beneficiary of trust is the individual or group of people chosen to benefit from trust assets and the income they generate.
What Is an Account in Trust?
An account in trust is a type of financial account opened by one person for the benefit of another.
What Is a Blind Trust
With a blind trust, the trustees have full discretion over the assets, and the trust beneficiaries have no knowledge of the holdings of the trust.
What Is a Testamentary Trust?
A testamentary trust is a legal entity that manages the assets of a deceased person in accordance with instructions in the person's will.
What Is a Fiduciary?
A fiduciary is a person or organization that acts on behalf of a person or persons and is legally bound to act solely in their best interests.


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Liam Smith vs Liam Williams rematch set to be confirmed after deal reached
Pair will get the chance to set the record straight after April's controversial showdown
Elliot Foster
Liam Smith will fight Liam Williams in a rematch in the near future.
The super-welterweights clashed in a controversial showdown in April, with 'Beefy' coming out on top after the fight was stopped at the end of round 10.
The pair will now renew their rivalry in the coming months after Frank Warren, the promoter of the pair, confirmed that a deal had been reached for the return.
Warren told Boxing News recently that he wanted to make the second fight between the pair on a date to be confirmed in September.
Liam Smith celebrates victory over Liam Williams
And it was announced, after Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez's one-sided shutout victory against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, that the Smith vs. Williams rematch will be an official eliminator for the WBO world super-welterweight title, which is soon to become vacant after it was disclosed that Canelo will face Gennady Golovkin in a huge middleweight clash on September 16 for the Kazakh's world middleweight titles.
Smith is a previous holder of the title and lost it last September, when he was stopped inside nine rounds by 'Canelo' in Texas.
The official Twitter account of Hall of Fame promoter Warren revealed that further details regarding the rematch will be made public in due course.
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Q: What tech to use to build a very basic hotel booking type web-app? I'm a newbie.  :(
I've taken about 4 Java courses and written some simple apps.  As part of a class, I wrote a order purchasing application with JDBC  and JSP pages/servlets.  The bummer about all this is that there wasn't much info in the class on using eclipse & such and it seems there are more efficient and modern ways of doing this now.
I want to keep learning and since my ski club has a need to streamline it's booking process (currently email), I thought I would see if I could write an application to do this.   I think the right way to do this would be to write something that could support a webservices type interface, so I could eventually (maybe I'm getting ahead of myself) write a mobile app as well.   I'm getting a bit confused by all the choices out there though as I don't understand well how the different layers fit together and what the best place is to start.   So, to summarize:
1) Beginner level Java - would like to continue using it.
2) Want to build a simple hotel booking type app.
3) Would like a webservices (SOAP?) like interface to the front end
4) Open-source tools
FWIW: I'll be doing this on a macbook but could also do a linux VM.  I also have my own hosted domain and mysql db I could setup there for testing.
I'd like it if someone could recommend an approach for me.  Perhaps some tutorials or an online class that would get me closer to getting started?  Pretend you are me.  :)
Thanks!

A: Your plan seems pretty good.
I think this makes sense.

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*MySQL if you want to use a SQL DB

*JSP/Servlets for the front-end; probably only JSP

*JDBC and Hibernate for accessing the DB (unless you want to use a NoSQL DB like e.g. MongoDB); maybe only Hibernate really as you don't want to mess with the low-level JDBC API

*MongoDB Java driver if you want to use MongoDB instead of a SQL DB

*Tomcat to run your JSPs

*I would suggest RESTful web services over SOAP web services, if you really need to use web services; REST is easier to implement and more lightweight

I guess that would be sufficient.

A: Use Spring ROO. It is good for an entry-level website and it doesn't required in-depth knowledge of all technologies enlisted. As you learn more you can replace components with your own.
http://projects.spring.io/spring-roo/

A: I would suggest -
UI - JSP, HTML , CSS
 Database - You said you already have MySQL, which should be good for your use case.
 Java Framework - Spring framework. This will give you out of the box support for rest service. Using spring will help you adhere to some good design principles without having to know them. As a newbie I would highly recommend to go with spring. I am not a big fan of SOAP. Unless that is imposed as a constraint I would not recommend SOAP.

Reference that could be helpful - http://docs.spring.io/docs/Spring-MVC-step-by-step/

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Black: Has a white lightning 'bib' on chest and white paws.
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A small cat, Grey / Blue all over.
Jasper a 4yr old neutered & chipped DSH male.
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Add standard Best‑in‑Class cargo width between the wheel wells Based on WardsAuto Large Van segmentation. and the lowest step-in height in its class, Based on WardsAuto Large Van segmentation. and you get a work van with Best‑in‑Class cargo versatility. Based on WardsAuto Large Van segmentation.
The 2019 Ram ProMaster® interior offers countless configuration options.
The 2019 Ram ProMaster® interior offers countless configuration options. It starts with a choice of 3 wheelbases, 4 body lengths, 2 roof heights and 3 weight classes.
Your seating choices include the standard bucket seats and 3 available seating set‑ups: premium driver's suspension bucket seat, 3‑occupant bench seating, and driver and passenger swivel seating.
With so many features to choose from, it will be easy to build the work van right for you.
Connect with business contacts while on the go with the Uconnect® 3 multimedia centre.
Connect with business contacts while on the go with the Uconnect® 3 multimedia centre. This standard system features a 5‑inch, full‑colour touchscreen, hands‑free communication with Bluetooth® streaming audio Driving while distracted can result in loss of vehicle control. Only use mobile phones and other devices, even with voice commands, when it is safe to do so. Voice commands of phone require a Bluetooth compatible phone. and Voice Command, making your ProMaster an office on the move. Even better, it allows you to keep your eyes focused ahead and both hands on the wheel – as it should be.
Uconnect 3 also includes a media hub with an auxiliary input jack and USB port to connect your devices.
Available SiriusXM satellite radio Requires SiriusXM radio subscriptions governed by SIRIUS terms and conditions available at siriusxm.ca. beams more than 120 channels into your Ram ProMaster®.
Available SiriusXM satellite radio Requires SiriusXM radio subscriptions governed by SIRIUS terms and conditions available at siriusxm.ca. beams more than 120 channels into your Ram ProMaster®. Wherever you go, you have your choice of music, sports, news, talk radio and comedy, all commercial-free. All this plus a tremendous choice of Canadian content is yours with a 1‑year subscription.
Stay on track, on time and in your client's good books.
Stay on track, on time, and in your client's good books. With the available Uconnect® 3 NAV multimedia centre featuring GPS Never program while driving. GPS mapping and available 3D navigation may not be detailed or available in all areas or reflect current road regulations. navigation, getting to where you need to go is a lot easier thanks to audible turn‑by‑turn directions that can be safely controlled using the voice‑command feature.
The 2019 Ram ProMaster® is designed to easily integrate auxiliary equipment or upfits.
The 2019 Ram ProMaster® is designed to easily integrate auxiliary equipment or upfits. Contributing to its impressive adaptability, all ProMaster models are equipped with 2 auxiliary switches located in the central switchbank, ready to be assigned to future electrical connections or customer upfits.
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The Ram ProMaster® work van's modular 3‑piece front fascia has a new look for 2019.
The Ram ProMaster® work van's modular 3‑piece front fascia has a new look for 2019. A new silver grille is standard on all models, featuring a new "RAM" badge.
The cost‑saving benefit of the fascia's modular design is stronger than ever. In the event of an accident or damage of any sort, each individual piece can be serviced on its own, reducing cost and downtime.
The wide‑opening rear doors make it easy to load and unload your Ram ProMaster®.
The wide‑opening rear doors make it easy to load and unload your Ram ProMaster®. When they swing open a full 260o, they fold nearly flat against the ProMaster exterior. Detents at 90o and 180o help hold the door in place when you don't need to open them quite so far.
The ProMaster Cutaway and Chassis Cab models provide outstanding quality and adaptability.
The ProMaster Cutaway and Chassis Cab models provide outstanding quality and versatility. Available in the 3500 series, both models benefit from a lightweight but tough unibody architecture and can be easily adapted for your business needs. Factor in the upfit‑friendly flat frame surface, which allows for a variety of configurations, and they make perfect economical sense.
The smart design of the ProMaster exterior helps ensure a safe and productive workday.
The smart design of the ProMaster exterior helps ensure a safe and productive workday. The wide and tall windshield provides an excellent view, while the roof‑mounted clearance lamps and optional fog lamps enhance the van's visibility.
Outside rearview mirrors are large for good rearward vision and fold away to prevent damage.
New features for 2019 include a standard silver grille with "RAM" badge, and standard black trim for the front and rear bumpers and along the sides.
The Ram ProMaster® offers greater towing strength for 2019.
The Ram ProMaster® Cargo Van offers greater towing strength for 2019. The maximum towing capacity is now an outstanding 6,800 lb (3,804 kg). It also offers an impressive payload capacity of up to 4,680 lb (2,124 kg). It all adds up to a cargo van that can haul and tow at the same time.
The Class‑Exclusive front‑wheel drive Based on WardsAuto Large Van segmentation. system offers multiple benefits.
The Class‑Exclusive front‑wheel drive Based on WardsAuto Large Van segmentation. system offers multiple benefits. It ensures outstanding handling and greater traction in wet and snowy driving conditions. It also supports its Best-in-Class turning radius, Based on WardsAuto Large Van segmentation. providing nimble manoeuvrability on crowded city streets and job sites.
With no need for a drive-shaft and differential, you also get more cargo space, contributing to the ProMaster's Best-in-Class standard cargo capacity Based on WardsAuto Large Van segmentation. and load floor height, Based on WardsAuto Large Van segmentation. plus a flat, continuous load floor.
The purpose-built ProMaster delivers exceptional capability to benefit your bottom line.
The purpose‑built ProMaster delivers exceptional capability to benefit your bottom line.
The front‑wheel-drive set-up combined with its lightweight chassis helps improve drivability, while its Best‑in‑Class standard cargo capacity, Based on WardsAuto Large Van segmentation. which includes a flat‑load floor and greatest width between the wheel wells, creates more usable space.
When you're navigating traffic‑packed streets, cramped loading docks or narrow back alleys, Best‑in‑Class turning diameter of 11.1 metres (36.3 ft) Based on WardsAuto Large Van segmentation. will help you get in and out quickly.
Take charge of your on-site power needs.
Take charge of your on‑site power needs. The standard 180‑amp alternator in the 2019 Ram ProMaster® Cargo Van provides the power needed to meet the demands created by upfits, such as motor homes or emergency vehicles or from operating power tools.
If your work requires greater power needs, the 220‑amp alternator is included with the Chassis Cab and Cutaway models, and is available on Cargo and Window Van models.
Delivers 280 hp and 260 lb‑ft of torque, and is paired with a 6‑speed automatic transmission with standard Tow/Haul mode.
When it comes to 2019 Ram ProMaster® performance, safety is always job number one.
When it comes to 2019 Ram ProMaster® performance, safety is always job number one. Every model is loaded with reactive and active safety technology to protect and secure you during your workday.
It starts with standard 4‑wheel antilock disc brakes and an advanced air bag system featuring 6 air bags designed to protect the driver and passengers. Standard active safety technology includes Electronic Stability Control (ESC), No system can repeal the laws of physics or overcome careless driving actions. Performance is limited by available traction, which snow, ice and other conditions can affect. When the warning lamp flashes, the driver needs to use less throttle and adapt speed and driving behaviour to prevailing road conditions. a computerized system designed to detect and help prevent a loss of traction.
Get a second set of eyes looking out for you when you're backing up.
The ParkView® Rear Back-Up Camera, This is a driver convenience system, not a substitute for active driver involvement. The driver must remain aware of their surroundings and be prepared to take corrective action to avoid collisions. standard on Cargo Van models, displays the area directly behind you when you shift into reverse. It also features static gridlines to help guide you.
The Park-Sense® Rear Park Assist System, This is a driver convenience system, not a substitute for active driver involvement. The driver must remain aware of their surroundings and be prepared to take corrective action to avoid collisions. available exclusively on Cargo Van models, uses sensors in the front and rear bumpers to detect and warn you about any obstacles near you.
Keeping your tires properly inflated is the safe and economical thing to do.
Keeping your tires properly inflated is the safe and economical thing to do. The Tire Pressure Monitoring Display in the 2019 Ram ProMaster® can help with this. When a tire goes below the recommended level, a warning light will appear in the instrument cluster. From there, you can take immediate action.
Best‑in‑Class standard cargo capacity up to 13,110 L (463 cu ft) Based on WardsAuto Large Van segmentation.
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) No system can repeal the laws of physics or overcome careless driving actions. Performance is limited by available traction, which snow, ice and other conditions can affect. When the warning lamp flashes, the driver needs to use less throttle and adapt speed and driving behaviour to prevailing road conditions.


LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS: Invites the governor to address a joint session of the legislature on Monday, April 8, 2019, at 1:00 p.m.
INDIAN AFFAIRS: Recognizes the Apalachee Indians' Talimali Band as a tribe in the state of Louisiana.
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Tom Kelly on his accomplishments in the newspaper industry.
ATTORNEYS: Requests the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana State Bar Association review rules governing solicitation advertising by attorneys.
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Procter & Gamble Fabric Care Manufacturing Alexandria Plant in Pineville, Louisiana upon the celebration of their 50th Anniversary.
LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS: Resolves that a committee be appointed to notify the House of Representatives that the Senate has convened and organized and is prepared to transact business.
LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS: Resolves that a committee be appointed to act with a similar house committee to notify the governor that the legislature has convened and organized and is prepared to receive his communications.
COMMENDATIONS: Commends David Hankins upon his retirement as executive director of the Louisiana Baptist Convention.
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Northwestern State University chapter of the Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor Society on receiving the Order of the Torch Award.


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Jerry Tuskan (2014)
Jerry is recognized for distinguished research on the genetic basis of tree growth and development, including leading the international efforts to sequence, assemble, and annotate the genomes of poplar and eucalyptus bioenergy feedstocks.
Mike Simpson (2014)
Since 2001, Mike Simpson has been a group leader for the Nanofabrication Research Laboratory and theme leader in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences. His research focus includes noise biology, nano-enabled synthetic biology and controlled synthesis and directed assembly of carbon nanostructures.
Budhendra L Bhaduri (2011)
For his role in conceiving, designing, and implementing novel geocomputational methods to help solve a wide variety of national and global problems in energy, the environment, and national security.
Sheng Dai (2011)
For pioneering studies of the functionality of mesoporous oxides and carbons for real-world applications, ionic liquids for chemical separation and materials synthesis, and catalysis by nanomaterials.
Tony A Gabriel (2001)
For his internationally recognized accomplishments in high-energy physics, radiation transport, and detector and neutron target research and development.
James M. Corum (1992)
For playing a substantial and lead role in developing and establishing the structural design methodology that is vital to safe and reliable nuclear power, including the development of high-temperature design analysis methods and code rules that are used worldwide.
Eric Hirst (1985)
For pioneering work on energy conservation, including development of energy demand models, data bases, and analyses of energy use trends, which has contributed to federal and state energy policies and programs and to demand-side planning by electric utilities.
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December 22, 2016 January 5, 2017 / Stephen McMahon
Jesus is our King, our Lord and he demands complete allegiance from every part of our lives. Daily refinement is necessary to grow in His image. We all need to take a step back to consider where we've come from and where we're going. Even though we have been extremely blessed, the American Church is no different.
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Where she went wrong
Pledging allegiance to America is how I started every day in my fundamentally Baptist Christian school. It's how we and many other churches start our VBS ceremonies. After pledging allegiance to America, we would then pledge allegiance to the Christian flag. The Christian pledge was spotty, at best, as most didn't even know the words. "I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag and to the savior whose kingdom it stands, one brotherhood, uniting all mankind in sacrifice and love." Synchrotizing the Gospel with anything is heretical and blasphemous, and the American church has done just that. Consider how similar the pledges of allegiance are to each other. Would early Christians living in a roman state have a roman flag flying right next to their Christian flag, even above or in place of it? The flags being held on the same plain leaves us to believe they are one and the same. This syncretistic mindset has led the church, and in many ways, the world, to believe Christianity and America go hand in hand. This ultimately has led to a major identity crisis for Christians and the American church. With all the politics and hot-button issues surrounding Christianity and the government, the battle for the American dreamer is at an all-time high. The church must recognize this identity crisis and choose this day whom they will pledge their allegiance to. A house divided cannot stand.
Patriotism: an emotional attachment to a nation, which an individual recognizes as their homeland. In its most raw and basic form, it's an "okay" thing, and there is nothing wrong with enjoying the many benefits and freedoms our country offers us. Although, how we attain these freedoms is another issue and will be addressed later. Where churches and Christians have gone wrong is in their worship and allegiance to this country and actively supporting its agendas and policies over Christ's. This sort of mindset is idolatry, and goes beyond the original definition of patriotism and will be referred to in this paper as Nationalism.
The establishment of this country has been viewed as biblical and blessed, even ordained by God. The goal of manifest destiny has led to the exploration, infiltration, and colonization of North America. It follows the pattern of every nation, or emerging nation before it. It was started by rebellion against the British government and is reminiscent of intertestamental Jews looking for religious freedom from oppression from the Roman state. It then led to the need for a new home, not in England, but a whole new piece of real estate. The accidental discovery of America was the outlet these revolutionaries were looking for. Declarations of war were declared on any and all who stood in the way of manifest destiny. Violence as well as disease brought by Europeans decimated the estimated eighteen million people living in North America by 80-90%. Mass genocide of these people, created in God's image (not to mention the lives of the British, French, and other European lost in the wars) is what paved the way for the joys and freedoms where our country finds its pride. The murder of millions of innocent people as our foundation for this country, led by a rebellion, is completely absent from the minds of many nationalistic Christians. After all, we are a "nation under God" supporting liberty and justice for all …
We're not too different from the 1st century Jews who crucified the Messiah
Although it is true that many of the founding fathers were religious, and even "Christian," the way this revolution went about does not reflect the life of Christ and the message He spread of His kingdom. As mentioned previously, it more closely imitates the ideas and actions of the Jews before Jesus. The revolutionaries in Israel were marked by the sword. One of the lead figures during this time was Judas Maccabeus. He was given the nickname "the Hammer." He and his Hasmonean followers were rebelling against Rome, shedding blood, and taking matters into their own hands (see I, II Maccabeus). Looking back on these men, we see their folly and their pride is driven by good intentions for religious and political freedom. God had been promising a messiah that would free them, but their lack of patience and submission to God led to violent actions of taking matters into their own hands. When Jesus comes on the scene, you see this clash continue with the major religious sects and the general population of the nation as a whole. The kingdom he introduces is one of peace and love that is marked by sacrifice and submission, none of which reflect the methods of empires before or after him. The culmination of Jesus' message of loving your enemies/oppressors is found at his death on a Roman cross. The sword stained with blood is a symbol of victory for the captor and death for the victim. Jesus' kingdom is literally an upside down kingdom in the sense that He turned the sword upside down and used it as a cross, and covered it with His own blood to free the hearts of men.
The similarities to the Jews at this time are uncanny when compared to the establishment of America (except that America has had more "success" in their revolution). Fast forward to modern America, the methods and agendas are still the same although the religious motivation has subsided. Jesus' message of the kingdom is the same then and always; love your neighbor and your enemy as yourself. This extreme call to love even those who persecute you is a tall order and is still misinterpreted today in the nationalistic church. Ideologies of America, concerning safety, security, success, freedom and our rights has permeated the American church. The priority of these ideas and standards are common among many Nationalistic Christians. These ideas are considered separate from religion. In fact, many of them are prerequisites to the ability to practice religion in America. This belief has led to the separation of church and state, which is fine for America (or many secular nations for that matter), but the issue is in the church, which also subscribes to these ideologies. For the Nationalistic church, this means politics and Christianity are separate. This is evident in the lifestyle of Nationalistic Christians in their routine Sunday participation in the kingdom of God (as it is understood by them). The days between Sundays look no different than the people of the country in which they dwell. Activist groups and humanitarian efforts to benefit the needy are participated in by all sorts of people (not exclusively Christians). Jesus calls his people to be different not only in the extraoridnary, but in the ordinary as well.
The America where I knew
Consider some of our major political issues and trending topics in our present time; illegal immigrants, terrorists, abortion, war, money, refugees, healthcare, food, poverty, etc. This list is by no means exhaustive, but absolutely worth noting. Growing up in a conservative (republican) background, I learned to hate many of these major issues and the people involved because of my underlying allegiance to America and her freedom:
I was taught that …
Terrorists are faceless, heartless, evil people (which arguably so, are) that needed to be eradicated to ensure our safety.
Illegal immigrants are leeches that take away our jobs and our ability to provide for our families and ruin our economy.
Money is to be saved for a cushion in case we need it or should be invested with a profitable return.
Concerning food, "If you don't work, you don't eat."
Poverty, these people are druggies that chose that life for themselves. None of these thoughts mirror the kingdom our Lord came to enact.
Indeed, the call to participate in His kingdom is the tallest order when viewed in this light. Jesus says to love our enemies, clothe those in need, and to feed the hungry. This really starts hitting home when two planes bring the world trade centers to the ground and demonstrate their ability to encroach on our safety in our everyday lives.
The typical response seen throughout history is to declare war and to make our world safe again, this follows the same pattern seen all throughout history. The end goal is peace, but through the means is by bloodshed. What is the key to true lasting peace? What did Jesus really mean when He says, "love your enemies?"
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This, one of the most majestic views of the Grand Tetons is from a sharp bend in the Snake River. From the riverbank we look upon the distinctive Mount Moran and surrounding countryside. As I painted here, on location, moose and elk grazed across the river to my left.
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