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Pregnant Woman In Florida Killed By Boyfriend Who Punched, Kicked, & Stomped On Her Stomach
The baby was delivered in a hospital where the mother who was 6-months pregnant, was being treated. The baby died moments later.
Trigger Warning: The story has graphic details of domestic violence that readers will find disturbing
A pregnant woman in Tampa Bay, Florida was beaten to death by her boyfriend. The beating was so severe that it led to the death of the child after her birth. A woman, who tried to intervene at the pleas from the victim, was also threatened with dire consequences by the man. She later told investigators that she saw the man punching his girlfriend and throwing her on the floor, before kicking her and stomping on her stomach. Jay Leonard Rodriguez, 49, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder after he was arrested. Prosecutors filed a motion to keep him in jail without the possibility of bail. The accused has a long history of problems with the law and spent the better part of the last two decades in prison for various offenses from armed robbery to the assault of another woman, reports Tampa Bay Times.
Tampa police arrested Jay Leonard Rodriguez after he allegedly killed a pregnant woman and her baby early Saturday morning. https://t.co/JN2wcUpZzM
— FOX 11 Los Angeles (@FOXLA) October 19, 2020
The lone witness to the incident, Jessica Gonzales, as per the court records, first heard the victim's screams one afternoon last month at around 3:25 p.m. She found the woman and her boyfriend in their bedroom and she saw Rodriguez punching the woman in the face with his fist as she entered their room. The victim "was cowering down to her knees" and screamed, "Help me" as per the motion. The victim was six months pregnant. "Ms. Gonzalez told the defendant to stop hitting her, but the defendant then balled up his fist and turned toward the witness. The defendant threatened Ms. Gonzalez with physical violence if she tried to get involved," the motion stated. Rodriguez then threw the victim to the tile floor, kicked her multiple times in the face and stomach. He also stomped her in the face and stomach, the motion added.
FL - Tampa mom-to-be was 6 months pregnant when attacked - she died, the baby was delivered but died shortly after; Jay Leonard Rodriguez faces two counts of second-degree murder and a charge of violating his probation. https://t.co/K3jDHmOzLd
— True Blue Warriors (@TruBluWarriors) October 18, 2020
Despite the woman having lost consciousness, Rodriguez continued to kick and punch her. Gonzalez finally called the cops while Rodriguez left the house. She performed CPR on the victim with instructions from the dispatcher after she saw she had trouble breathing. The victim was found by the police "severely bruised and swollen around her head" the motion stated. She was rushed to a hospital where they delivered a baby girl at 4:15 a.m. Around 10 minutes later, the woman died. The newborn died not long after that. An examination of the victim by the Hillsborough Medical Examiner's Office concluded she suffered a number of blunt impacts to her torse and head. She also had a "shoe tread impression" on her body which was evidence of the stomping.
Horrible! #AllLivesMatter
— President Elect Gump (@Pres_Elect_Gump) October 18, 2020
While Rodriguez admitted to getting into a physical altercation with the victim he said he had only grabbed her by the hair and face after she slapped him. According to jail records, the accused worked as a warehouseman for a food company and had widescale problems with the law prior. He was on probation for attempted armed robbery at the time of his arrest. His first stint in jail in the last two decades began from 2003 to 2013 for various offenses from armed robbery, aggravated assault, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, shooting into a building or vehicle, and fleeing from law enforcement. In 2013, he assaulted a woman who said Rodriguez had punched her body and head, pushed her into a table, and broke her furniture after he broke the front door of her house and threatened her life.
"Jay has stated to me no man is going to have me; that he was going to kill me," according to the woman. Around 11 months after his release in 2013, Rodriguez was arrested for trying to rob a restaurant and pleaded guilty to attempted armed robbery. He was sentenced to five years in state prison followed by 10 years of probation. He was released in 2019. Just three months later, he was arrested for charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and fleeing from law enforcement. He had got into a vehicle and accelerated toward pedestrians standing on a city easement and fled when a Tampa police officer tried to speak to him during the investigation. According to government figures, on average, "nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States."
It added, "1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner contact sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking with impacts such as injury..."
If you are being subjected to domestic abuse or know of anyone else who is, please visit The National Domestic Violence Hotline website or call 1-800-799-7233 or text LOVEIS to 22522.


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Broncos announce linebacker Chad Lewis will miss 6-8 weeks with a shoulder injury
Denver Broncos linebacker Chad Alexander Lewis (knee) will miss the next six weeks with an oblique injury, the team announced on Tuesday.
Lewis suffered the injury in practice on Sept. 15, but he had already missed the last two games.
He was expected to be cleared for practice and the team said he would be inactive against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
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How to avoid being fined by NFL for not standing up during anthem
The NFL is taking its social media crackdown one step further and instituting a new rule that prohibits players from standing for the anthem during the national anthem.
The rule, which was introduced last week, prohibits players who have not taken a knee or are not part of the protest from participating in the national flag-raising.
The league has a long history of protesting the flag-bearers, but this time around the league is trying to prevent the protests from being detrimental to players' health and well-being.
The NFL Players Association announced the rule change Thursday morning.
The players' union had opposed a similar rule in 2015, but the players ultimately agreed to the rule in an effort to prevent a repeat of the 2015 rule-change that required players to stand for the national anthems.
The decision to enforce the new rule was a difficult one.
The union said in a statement Thursday that it was a decision taken on the basis of feedback from all parties and that "the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and the players does not require us to follow this path."
The league had previously asked that players stand during the anthem in order to demonstrate the patriotism and unity of the country.
However, many players said the NFL should instead stand for an anthem that celebrates the American flag and the anthem-related events that occur in the United States.
NFL owners have been more outspoken about protesting the anthem, and in September, the league decided to re-enact a scene in which players kneel during the playing of the national song in an attempt to break the ice.
The new rule, while more subtle than the 2015 and 2018 rule-changes, still makes the players' protests more difficult to avoid.
Players will now be required to stand at least 5 yards from the sideline, with a line of about 30 yards separating the two.
The team in charge of the player will then signal the players to move to the middle of the field.
Players who don't comply with the new rules can be fined $25,000 or face a one-game suspension, which could be extended if they continue to participate in the protests.
"The owners have spoken, and the union has agreed to enforce this new rule," said Adam Schiff, a professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
"This new rule will likely be a distraction for the players.
The current protest will remain the same, and it will be even more difficult for the league to control and contain the protests."
The players association is also pushing for a rule that would prohibit players from being fined if they do not stand for anthem.
Under the new measure, if a player is fined for not sitting down during the protest, he or she will have to forfeit the next 10 regular-season games, the playoffs and the AFC title game, according to a league source.
The first player to miss a game would be the first to be suspended, according the source.
In the new regulation, the NFL says players will be fined up to $25 million for each offense, which will be divided between the league and the NFLPA, the union that represents players.
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AUSTRALIA 's first drone is ready to fly: News anchor
News anchor and former ABC TV host Julie Johnston is excited about the first drone she's used to fly to work, which she described as a "wonderful thing" that would "change everything".
Ms Johnston, who joined ABC Local as a reporter in 2017, has spent much of her career as an Australian, having spent three years as an intern in the US before landing her current job with the ABC.
In the past decade, she's spent more than $1.4 million in the United States, spending about $800,000 on US-made products.
She said she was excited about her first flight, saying she was "really happy to be flying it".
Ms Johnson said the aircraft, which is powered by an external battery, has been designed to allow her to operate from home in the country, which means she can't go to the office for work.
She also said she found the experience "really great".
"The first time I used the drone was a couple of months ago, and I'm not going to lie, it's really cool," Ms Johnston said.
"You can control the flight, the camera can be on you, and you can control everything in your environment."
It's really convenient, it works really well, it is super affordable, and it's a great technology.
"Ms Johnston said the drone's capabilities would allow her and her co-workers to work from home.
She added that the aircraft had helped her to better focus on the job."
The drone was really helpful to me because I can now concentrate more on my job and my career," she said.
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Guedry brings invaluable field experience to Total Recall and its parent company, Convergint Technologies. Guedry served the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for more than 25 years— working various assignments as a patrol officer, detective, and a commercial helicopter pilot and instructor—before achieving the ranks of patrol sergeant, detective sergeant, administrative lieutenant, detective lieutenant, and section commander. During his work with LVMPD, Gawain received a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and completed Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command.
Jensen: Why did you join Total Recall and Convergint Technologies?
Guendry: The first part of my career was spent in law enforcement, as that was my desired profession since I was a young child. For the last seven years of my policing career, I was fortunate to have been part of an incredible team of "technical" law enforcement professionals. We had many responsibilities related to electronic surveillance and technical solutions; however, what brought me the most sense of accomplishment was our team's role in designing and installing a citywide surveillance system for our city. After retiring, it did not take long for me to realize just how much I missed helping our community and serving others.
I researched opportunities in the private industry and quickly identified Total Recall Corp. and its parent company, Convergint Technologies, as leaders in public safety-based video surveillance solutions. They have been providing smart technologies to improve the capabilities of communities for years, they achieve their success through the collaborative efforts of teams of well-educated professionals, and they are companies founded on a core set of values and beliefs, fostering a unified culture of people committed to results.
In this role I can serve multiple communities at once by helping law enforcement and municipal leaders understand the ways public safety technology can improve quality of life for residents and tourists.
Jensen: What is your experience with video surveillance solutions for cities and governments?
Guendry: While working for law enforcement, my team was tasked with learning how to deploy surveillance technology within the city in which our agency had a geographical responsibility.
Early on, we decided to take a slow and methodical approach to the learning and technology deployment process. We sought the assistance of local academic partners; we developed surveys to understand the needs of our residents, business owners, and area-based first responders; we conducted meetings with governmental and nongovernmental leaders; and we talked to other municipalities who had deployed similar solutions.
Through this process, we gained a true understanding of what it meant to work together towards the shared goal of improving the quality of life for everyone who resided within, and visited, our community.
What excites me now is that I have found that the tenets of the process I learned are easily replicated across communities. Law enforcement and municipal leaders have a shared responsibility of protecting their citizens, protecting their businesses, and ensuring a safe environment for everyone to thrive.
I am fortunate to have first-hand experience in what it takes to successfully deploy video surveillance solutions within a municipality.
Jensen: What needs to law enforcement, cities and government have that differ from a regulation commercial business?
Guendry: A significant differentiator between government and business centers is the need for tax revenue as a primary funding source. Government leaders who had budgetary responsibilities during the economic downturn of 2008 and 2009 garnered an immediate and long-lasting education on the need to maximize value on capital and smaller line-item expenditures.
Having been in a management position with budgetary responsibilities during that time, I needed reliable and well-designed technological solutions so that I would not have to worry about replacing equipment before the life expectancy was achieved. Had my team and I not planned and this occurred, it would likely have resulted in a negative impact on other budgetary mandates, potentially reducing or eliminating our ability to meet other needs.
This was another reason I was excited to join the Total Recall team, as they understand the budgetary constraints facing governmental leaders. My colleagues have been dedicated to developing solutions that are built to last and engineered to provide results that can enhance the capabilities of an organization's human capital. Maximizing the value of every single tax dollar is critical to government leaders today.
Jensen: Do video surveillance systems for smaller cities differ from the needs of larger cities? How do Total Recall's Crimeeye products service the needs of cities big and small?
Guendry: I do not believe video surveillance needs differ based on the size of a city. All geographies experience crime and disorder, and you can calculate the resulting effect based on population size. While the quantifiable impact is realized through real crime data, it is achieved through the perception of safety by a community's residents, business owners, and tourists.
Given this, a community member or visitor that feels unsafe in a small city is no different than one who feels unsafe in a large city.
What matters is that governmental leaders identify technological solutions that are designed to last and meet their technical and financial objectives. It is also important they develop a strategic plan to remediate the concerns of those affected by the crime. The solutions can then be scaled based on need and financial capability. This should be the case regardless of a city's size.
Total Recall's CrimeEye is a perfect solution for both small and large cities. Given the team's experience with deploying citywide solutions across the country, and having recently been acquired by Convergint, the possibilities are endless. Total Recall's solutions can be deployed on a temporary, semi-permanent, and permanent basis and scaled to meet current and future objectives.
Jensen: What has changed over the years in security and video surveillance in particular for law enforcement, cities and municipalities?
Guendry: For me, a critical, emerging capability is the proliferation of private- and business-based surveillance systems, and the ability to foster public-private partnerships.
A key strategy espoused by the Department of Homeland Security, including many local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, is the hope that citizens will "say something when they see something." The premise behind that concept is a strategy designed around "force multiplication." In simple terms, the more of us that watch for suspicious behavior, the better chance a serious issue can be resolved before it occurs. The same concept is starting to be recognized with video surveillance.
As technology efficiencies are incorporated by citizens and businesses, their video surveillance capabilities can be leveraged by local governments and police departments to enhance an existing infrastructure. The key component is for municipalities and law enforcement to have a technology backbone through which the privateand public-based solutions can be added. Once that is in place, the ability to stretch a limited and valuable tax base can be expanded through partnerships.
Jensen: What re the key components of a video surveillance system for cities, municipalities and law enforcement?
Guendry: If a customer were to do their own research and/or talk with a manufacturer or integrator, they would more than likely learn that basic components would include cameras and hardware associated with collecting video feeds, networking components responsible for delivering the resulting video to a monitoring location, and computer servers and a software platform for storing and viewing surveillance imagery.
Because I have worked as a member of a law enforcement and have experience deploying and working with video surveillance solutions, there are a few additional essential elements I would recommend to help achieve citywide safety.
First, I believe an absolute key component in the design and implementation of a successful citywide surveillance solution is the use of an educated, committed and service-oriented professionals who have substantial experience in this type of work. Public safety surveillance solutions are deployed to improve citywide security and serve as a proactive means through which criminal violators can be apprehended and successfully prosecuted. This means any surveillance solution implemented should be capable of providing video when it counts. A team that is not exposed to the many complications that can develop within complex citywide deployments may not be capable of guaranteeing long-term project success.
Second, as simple as this sounds, is the oft-forgotten component of maintenance. Whether it's updating firmware, monitoring networking devices for connection issues, or simply cleaning camera domes due to inclement weather, a citywide solution requires a commitment to proactive maintenance to ensure effectiveness and reliability for the long term.
Finally, the third element is a commitment to understanding the needs of the community in which a video surveillance system is deployed. Through collaboration with key public and private stakeholders, potential concerns about privacy, evidence handling, and video monitoring can be addressed through the incorporation of policies and procedures.


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World Coming Down – płyta zespołu Type O Negative wydana w 1999 roku.

Lista utworów
 "Skip It" - 0:11
 "White Slavery" - 8:21
 "Sinus" - 0:53
 "Everyone I Love Is Dead" - 6:11
 "Who Will Save the Sane" - 6:41
 "Liver" - 1:42
 "World Coming Down" - 11:10
 "Creepy Green Light" - 6:56
 "Everything Dies" - 7:43
 "Lung" - 1:36
 "Pyretta Blaze" - 6:57
 "All Hallows Eve" - 8:35
 "Day Tripper / If I Needed Someone / I Want You (She's So Heavy) - 7:02

Twórcy
 Peter Steele - śpiew, gitara basowa
 Kenny Hickey - gitara prowadząca
 Josh Silver - instrumenty klawiszowe
 Johnny Kelly - perkusja

Przypisy

Albumy Type O Negative
Albumy muzyczne wydane w roku 1999
Albumy Roadrunner Records

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Just to confirm above entry, received mine today (2/1/19) for Celestron 8" SCT and the central hole requires small amount of sanding/trimming to fit (365 highlight and offer this for Evolution but the issue appears to be extend to other Celestron 8" SCT). Not a major problem but Farpoint should address this at manufacture (365 do highlight this for 8" Evolution but mine is standard 8SE SCT).
This commlite was purchased for my Sony A5000 to use my Cannon Lenses.
Works well, Good Price and Very fast service!
Advantages: Can use Auto Focus and Apature control on selection of Lenses, but not all.
Good option rather than having to purchase expensive Sony Lenses if you already have canon lenses.
Disadvantages: AutoFocus is very slow, if available. Best solution is to use manual focus.
Not all Lenses Apature can be adjusted from the camera.
The disadvantages are out weighed by cost of Sony Lenses.
This is a drop-in replacement for the single-speed Crayford focuser on the 12" Sky Watcher Flex Tube Collapsible Dobsonian. Smoothness is exceptional, and should be a major improvement with eyepieces of 10mm or less. Zoltan at 365Astronomy had to hustle a bit to get the item for me, Shipping to my address in the US took about 9 days.
Fits snug and secure on my Celestron Nexstar 127 SLT. Tried it out on the day it arrived, and managed to see a few sunspots. Time to make the most of the long summer days.
Advantages: Easy on & off.
Secure & sturdy, and won't blow off.
Looks like it's easy to replace film if anything should happen.
Disadvantages: No case to safely store to avoid damaging film. Keeping it in shipping box.
Bought initially to use with my 15x70 binoculars, but is also used with my 4" refractor scope without any balancing issues.
Overall a very useful piece of kit which allows you to scroll the sky past your viewport with ease.
I bought one of these for a wide very fast wide field telescope I' m building. First of all let me say service was great. Package arrived in 6 days, which surprised me. I live in the US and I thought it would take longer. The product itself was also a surprise. I thought it was a little pricy but 2" accessories usually are. The quality of these prisms is superb. Worth every penny.
Not so practical today, but works quite well.
Disadvantages: Only one negative thing is that it doesn't completely fits on Celestron 8 second mirror because little bit small center hole. I had to file center opening to get lose fit.
Review of the Skywatcher Wifi Adapter.
Have no doubts , this works very well ! The app is very easy to use and yields accurate results. After setting up the mount for levelling and polar aligning, just switch on the power and a small green light will come on the unit. A really excellent bit of kit and really recommended.
Advantages: Wifi connection is fast and the gps gives near instant results.
It makes a change not having to enter the time and position in the handset.
Star alignment, followed by searching for targets is very easy, with a simple press on the home logo to get you back. User objects are entered by RA and Dec, best use a screen stylus here.
There are as many options as you need.
Disadvantages: Hoping that the best of the SAO will be added in the future.
The Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars are amazing, after a minor collimation the view is crystal clear, you can even make out jupiters moons and a glimpse of saturns ring and the view of the moon is breathtaking, these are fantastic value.
Bought as a replacement for my 1.25" Lunt and took a chance on this 2" kitted version of the Lacerta as it was a lot cheaper than the equivalent Lunt. I'm glad that I did, the contrast is much higher than previously. Much more detail is visible with regard to photosphere granulation and sunspots. Came to focus easily on my Skywatcher 120ED Equinox and makes the most of this scope's optics.
Disadvantages: rather heavy. - I cannot see the point of using a finder scope with straight through binoculars.
I firstly ordered the ADM version of this product for my Takahashi FD-100 DF. The base of the ADM does not fit onto the scope! I then got the dimensions of the FARPOINT version which were 1mm smaller than the ADM. This one is perfect, it makes packing away into the bag and setting up quick and repeatable. Nice piece of engineering. Thanks for your help Zoltan !
Advantages: Quick take down/set up.
Disadvantages: Stops me using the finder bracket as a handle.
I use this filter in front of my coma corrector, when imaging emission and planetary nebulae, using a modded dslr on 130 and 254mm dia Newtonian reflectors.
It has proven to be very effective in bringing out the blue-green OIII and H-beta lines in the supernova remnants.
Advantages: Because the bandwidth passed is slightly wider than true NB filters, it means that I can get imaging OIII/H-beta/H-alpha contrast in exposure times of say 90seconds, with stacks of only 90-100 minutes.
So, for DSLR OSC imaging of appropriate targets, you are done and dusted in a single night. All this for a fraction of the cost of the narrower bandwidth UHCs.
Disadvantages: Always remember that 2" filters are in fact typically 48mm in diameter, not 50.8 or 52mm.
So, when using the filter with a lens-DSLR combination, if the lens is a typical 52mm diameter then you will need a 52-48 step-down ring.
These are £2-£3 only, so no big deal, as long as you are prepped.
Like the Astronomik CLS clip, individual subs-exposures have colour tint - in the case of this product it is slightly purple in colour cast. Just take some flats to cancel out this colour cast.
It soon comes away on stacking in DSS or similar.
I bought this product for a friend for her birthday. The product came well boxed and presented. Unfortunately, the ring flash did not fit the Sony Alpha A5000. I only discovered this after the deadline for returns, however I contacted 365astronomy and they were extremely helpful. They researched what the issue was (i.e. that Sony have labelled this camera as part of the Alpha range even though it has different specs) and then very kindly offered to refund the product if it was returned. Excellent customer service and I will definitely use 365astronomy again.
This amazing little refractor is a great piece of kit. The optics are about the best you can get without spending huge amounts on an ED and the dual speed crayford focuser is incredibly smooth. The short focal length gives a glorious wide field view with very little distortion and I was amazed at some of the photographs I took using a stock DSLR.
Focuser does not have a T2 thread but as most DSLR to T2 adapters come with a 1.25" nosepiece, you don't really need it.
So really, there's no disadvantages to the scope!
I have owned a 25x100 observation binocular for over ten years but used very little. When I purchased them I also purchased the popular Horizon tripod as recommended by the supplier but it was woefully unsuitable for the task being unsteady and the plastic QR plate continuously flexing under the weight of the optics.
The difference is night and day. I'm 6'2" with a disabling spinal injury but this tripod is so comfortable to use. Most importantly it is rock steady with zero slop in the head. Previously I had to suffer wobbly images but this tripod has next to no vibration issues and handles my large bino with ease.all the way up to the Zenith.
My only regret is that I hadn't discovered the VT680 earlier.
Advantages: super smooth head, great height range, very sturdy construction.
Great guidescope! I am using this product with a Skywatcher 7.5inch Maksutov-Newtonian for deep sky and planetary imaging. Combo seems to work very well.


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Canyon Country is a neighborhood in the eastern part of the city of Santa Clarita, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It lies along the Santa Clara River between the Sierra Pelona Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains. It is the most populous of Santa Clarita's four neighborhoods.

History
The area was the ancestral homeland of the Tataviam people for over five hundred years, and other tribes before then, such as the Tongva, Kitanemuk, and Serrano people. After Spanish settlement, the valley became grazing lands of the Mission San Fernando Rey de España around 1790. In 1834, after Mexican independence, it became part of the Rancho San Francisco land grant centered on the confluence of the Santa Clara River and Castaic Creek.

In the 1880s, the rancho become the Newhall Ranch empire of Henry Newhall, from which his family started the Newhall Land and Farming Company after his death. In 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed, suddenly flooding and washing away settlements and people along the Santa Clara River section of present-day Santa Clarita not including Canyon Country. Canyon Country was originally to be called Solemint. It later absorbed the community to the west called Honby. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Newhall Land company's suburban developments transformed Canyon Country and the surrounding towns into a largely residential city.

In 1987, Canyon Country was one of four communities, along with Valencia, Newhall, and Saugus, that merged to create the city of Santa Clarita, California.

Geography
Canyon Country is located on the east side of Santa Clarita, along the Santa Clara River. It occupies roughly the portion of Santa Clarita east of Golden Valley Road, and is bordered by Saugus to the west and Newhall to the southwest. The Sierra Pelona Mountains lie north of the community, and the San Gabriel Mountains lie to the south and east. Both ranges are part of the Angeles National Forest.

Canyon Country lies primarily within ZIP codes 91351 and 91387. The boundary between the two ZIP codes mostly follows Sierra Highway - addresses west of or along the highway are in 91351, while addresses east of the highway are in 91387. ZIP codes 91321, 91350, and 91390 also include small portions of Canyon Country.

Due to its location adjacent to the mountainous Angeles National Forest, and its aridity (especially in summer), Canyon Country is susceptible to wildfires. The Buckweed Fire in October 2007 burned nearly  throughout Canyon Country and Agua Dulce. The Sand Fire took place in Canyon Country in July and August 2016 and burned nearly  of land.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census, the population of Canyon Country was 92,897. 41.7% of residents were Hispanic, 36.7% were non-Hispanic white, 13.9% were Asian American, 7.4% were African American, and 3.1% were Native American.

Education
Canyon Country elementary school students attend schools in Saugus Union School District and Sulphur Springs School District.

Middle and high school students in Canyon Country attend schools in William S. Hart Union High School District, in particular Sierra Vista and La Mesa Junior High Schools, and Canyon and Golden Valley High Schools.

Santa Clarita Christian School is located in Canyon Country. College of the Canyons has a satellite campus in Canyon Country in addition to its main campus in Valencia. Charter College has a campus in Canyon Country, one of three campuses in California (the others are in Lancaster and Oxnard).

Services
Canyon Country is served by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Los Angeles County Fire Department. The fire stations serving Canyon Country are 104, 107, 123, 128, 132, and 150.

Parks and recreation

Canyon Country is served by the park system of the city of Santa Clarita. Parks in Canyon Country include Canyon Country Park (the largest), North Oaks Park, Discovery Park, Todd Longshore Park, Fair Oaks Park, Oak Spring Canyon Park, and Begonias Lane Park. The city's newest park, Plum Canyon Park, is located in northern Canyon Country on the border with Saugus.

The George A. Caravalho Santa Clarita Sports Complex in far western Canyon Country includes a gymnasium with two indoor, full-sized basketball courts, four pickleball courts, two volleyball courts, two futsal courts, and four racquetball courts. The Sports Complex includes the City of Santa Clarita Activities Center (a.k.a. The Centre) which contains rooms for banquets and meetings. Adjacent to the Sports Complex is the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center, which includes three large swimming pools and several water slides; the Trek Bike Park of Santa Clarita (opened September 2020) covering 7 acres including BMX and mountain biking trails; and the Santa Clarita Skate Park. Many city-sponsored recreational programs are held at the Sports Complex and adjacent facilities. It is located along Centre Pointe Parkway just east of Golden Valley Road.

In popular culture
The house of The Crandall family used in the movie Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is located in this community. A home here was also featured in the climax of Real Genius, but it no longer exists.

See also
Sand Canyon (part of Canyon Country)
Lang Southern Pacific Station, a California Historic Landmark

References

External links

Neighborhoods in Santa Clarita, California


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A major change to family law could see divorcing couples spared tens of thousands of dirhams in lawyers' fees, legal figures have said.
As The National reported this week, non-Muslim couples will be able to get married and divorced through churches of their own faith, rather than Abu Dhabi courts and Sharia.
Couples will be able to have one of their religious leaders carry out mediation out of court, after which they reconcile or divorce. The court's only involvement is to record and make the outcome official.
The option not to go through civil courts under sharia is expected to have a significant effect on the legal sector.
"Firstly, court fees will be eliminated and secondly, you won't need a lawyer," said Barney Almazar, a director at the legal practice Gulf Law.
It typically costs each party involved about Dh30,000 to hire a lawyer but the costs can be much higher, depending on the length and complexity of each case.
Another saving, Mr Almazar said, is for legalisation and translation.
"If you get married, you have to go to the embassy and get the certificate stamped and then to the ministry of foreign affairs and then to the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department," he said.
As reported on Sunday, judicial officials have been meeting with Christian leaders but there are plans to involve other faiths soon, including the Hindu and Sikh leaders.
"The church covers the cost of counselling and mediation," said Pastor Joseph Faragalla, head of the Abu Dhabi Arabic Evangelical Church, when asked about the costs of the process. It is expected a small fee of several hundred dirhams is paid to the court for the divorce finalising process.
At the start of the potential divorce, couples will be asked to sign a document stating whether they chose the Abu Dhabi civil court process under sharia, the laws of their home country, or the mediation process that will be provided by places of worship.
"The advantage of using arbitration to settle family disputes [through the church] is that the couple does not need to hire a lawyer," said Hesham Elrafei, a lawyer and advisor to the Abu Dhabi government.
"The arbitrator has plenty of space and flexibility to settle the dispute without being limited nor trapped by the rigidity of legal provisions, putting the family and the kids' best interests first."
As the judicial authority and church leaders said this week, they are keen not to make divorce easier, but wish to seize the opportunity to save marriages. But regardless the option to divorce remains. The new option is an alternative to mandatory mediation sessions with court counsellors, often conducted in Arabic with translators present, which is unexpected for many couples.
"In addition to the cost-efficient factor, it's also quicker. While family disputes before a normal court can last up to three years of legal battle, family arbitration cases can be settled in a few months, especially that the decision is final and the parties cannot appeal it," he said.
"This does not only save the couple money and time, but also protects their kids from the negative impact of the long and stressful litigation fights."
A further advantage is privacy, he suggested.
"If you go to court it's a public proceeding," Mr Elrafei said.
Last month, a personal affairs court was established for non-Muslims which includes a registry that allows expatriates to state where their assets go when they die.
Until then, Abu Dhabi had no way of registering wills drafted in the UAE or an expat's home country.
"Abu Dhabi is leading the Middle East when it comes to judicial innovation. International best practices are increasingly turning to private, faith-based dispute resolution to arbitrate their disputes rather than the normal courts," Mr Elrafei said.


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This story is so strange that I have to do my usual high octane speculations about it. Ms. K.B. and Mr. V.T. and Mr. F.L.M. all shared this story, and with all the strangeness going on in the southern hemisphere, from missing Argentine submarines to Israelis buying up land in Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, I have to wonder just what is going on. Here's the two versions of the story, though we'll be concentrating on The Guardian's version for reasons that will become apparent:
What files? Thousands of govt papers on Falklands & Troubles vanish from National Archives
Government admits 'losing' thousands of papers from National Archives
Now, if one looks at the Guardian's version of this story, a number of questions arise:
Thousands of government papers detailing some of the most controversial episodes in 20th-century British history have vanished after civil servants removed them from the country's National Archives and then reported them as lost.
Documents concerning the Falklands war, Northern Ireland's Troubles and the infamous Zinoviev letter – in which MI6 officers plotted to bring about the downfall of the first Labour government – are all said to have been misplaced.
Other missing files concern the British colonial administration in Palestine, tests on polio vaccines and long-running territorial disputes between the UK and Argentina.
Almost 1,000 files, each thought to contain dozens of papers, are affected. In most instances the entire file is said to have been mislaid after being removed from public view at the archives and taken back to Whitehall. (Emphasis added)
Shades of the JFK files… If you're like me, any time a government reports that it is missing files, it means that said government, for whatever reason, is hiding something. The idea of simply "losing" or mislaying files doesn't wash in my book. But then the story takes a weird twist:
The Foreign Office subsequently told the National Archives that the papers taken were nowhere to be found.
After being questioned by the Guardian, it said it had managed to locate most of the papers and return them to the archives. A couple, however, are still missing. The FO declined to say why it had taken the papers, or whether it had copies.
Other files the National Archives has listed as "misplaced while on loan to government department" include one concerning the activities of the Communist party of Great Britain at the height of the cold war; another detailing the way in which the British government took possession of Russian government funds held in British banks after the 1917 revolution; an assessment for government ministers on the security situation in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s; and three files about defence agreements between the UK and newly independent Malaya in the late 1950s, shortly before the two countries went to war with Indonesia.
The disappearances highlight the ease with which government departments can commandeer official papers long after they have been declassified and made available to historians and the public at the archives at Kew, south-west London. (Emphasis added)
In other words, these files were already public, and then removed from view, and most of them then returned.
Given the recurrence of references to "territorial disputes with Argentina", the Falklands war, and British administration, I cannot help but wonder if this sudden "removal and return" might somehow be related to the strange story that emerged at the end of last year about Israeli real estate purchases in southern Argentina, the missing Argentine submarine, and so on. Why remove and then return documents? Something must have caused some concerns, and of all the things being listed, the Argentine aspect of the documents missing seems to be a thread winding through it all. Indeed, if one were concerned that some sensitive detail might have escaped the censors vetting documents for declassification, one might create false leads and trails by removing documents relating to Zinoviev, or Northern Ireland, and so on. (The confiscation and seizure of Russian assets after the Bolshevik revolution – given the current state of emerging financial warfare between the West and that country, does have relevance.) Given the associations of southern Argentina with prominent post-war Nazi installations in that part of that country, the visits of US presidents to the same region, the presence of the Chinese there, Israel's presence there raises eyebrows, and surely would cause British intelligence and security to make "discrete inquiries".
This may be, of course, a "nothing story," but documents are not removed, and then partially returned, with some reason. My bet is that it has something to do with what is going on down there, and with some very old stories dating from the end of the war, and possibly with missing Argentine submarines and new Israeli real estate interests in the region.
Posted on January 8, 2018 Categories Antarctica, NewsTags Antarctica, Argentina, Britain, British Archives, Classified Documents, Cover up, Falklands War, Israel, Missing Submarine, Nazis, The GuardianLeave a comment on Key Documents Removed From British Archives
Claire Bernish
St. Louis, MO — St. Louis County Police have made headlines for highly questionable conduct on the job, as newly obtained public records reveal officers slacking en masse for cell phone time, sleeping on the clock, failing to perform required duties — including basic patrolling — and even taping over a security camera, in regular apparent attempts to conceal all of the aforementioned … if not more.
Documents, video, and other materials obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch catalogue a number of similar incidents in which police tasked with patrolling Metro stations and protecting commuters instead slacked off en masse behind closed doors — and, at least once, away from the camera's watchful eye — even refusing to cooperate with transit officers.
"For the past several months," the Post-Dispatch reports, "Metro officers have been unable to enforce laws, even for skipping fares, on the transit lines in the county, under legal threat from both county Police Chief Jon Belmar and St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch. Those county officials allege that the Metro officers — all of whom have Class A peace officer licenses through the state of Missouri — lack the proper legal authority to enforce the law.
"But the county police officers who are supposed to keep transit lines safe have been found hiding away in security offices rather than patrolling trains and platforms, according to the records kept by Metro. Maintaining those records has become more difficult in the past few months as the dispute between the county and Metro has intensified. Last year, the county officers patrolling Metro stopped using a radio channel that the Metro officers could also monitor. And for the past few months, county police have stopped sharing duty logs with Metro."
As the Post-Dispatch points out, St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger had only recently doubled the number of officers assigned to patrol Metro transit stations to quash an upswell in violence; but publicly available records show socializing and sleeping — rather than public safety — tops police officers' priorities lists.
"I don't see how any of this is serving the public interest or public safety," Metro Department of Public Safety Chief Richard Zott told the news outlet after learning it had obtained the damning records.
While this appears superficially an issue correctable through disciplinary actions against the culpable officers, the broader topic of enforcing the law in St. Louis' busy transit stations — a bureaucratic, jurisdictional conundrum held stagnant with red tape — has pitted St. Louis County Police against Metro officers, as officials parse out which police can legally police.
St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar and St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch contend the State of Missouri Class A peace officer licenses possessed by every Metro officer do not grant proper authority to enforce the law.
Indeed, Metro officers haven't enforced any laws for months now — having been rendered impotent of that power for the duration of the bureaucratic fracas — which led to the doubling of county police in transit hubs. And now, as the Post-Dispatch evidences plainly, too many cops policing even less enthusiastically than before the issue became one in the first place.
Under a memorandum of understanding signed by political officials in response to shootings and other violent criminal activity rampant on the area's light rail platforms, St. Louis County oversees all officers working the transit system — sort of.
"We have no idea what they do or where they go," Zott, Metro public safety chief, of the county police who ostensibly should be supervising the Metro peace officers under his control.
To wit, and displaying pettiness usually reserved for grade schoolers, county and Metro officers not only aren't patrolling, they're no longer communicating — an obvious obstacle for carrying out duties, as well as for recordkeeping. Continues the Post-Dispatch,
"Maintaining those records has become more difficult in the past few months as the dispute between the county and Metro has intensified. Last year, the county officers patrolling Metro stopped using a radio channel that the Metro officers could also monitor. And for the past few months, county police have stopped sharing duty logs with Metro […]
"Metro operates 46 miles of light rail and 79 bus routes in its territory, which spans St. Louis County, the city of St. Louis, and St. Clair County in Illinois. The records obtained by the Post-Dispatch raised the most serious questions about St. Louis County police officers assigned to Metro."
In the incident from July 4, logs indicate between five and 12 officers sporadically mulling about in the North Hanley security office between 5:52 p.m. and 9:48 p.m., followed by an officer taping the envelope over the camera at 11:11 p.m. — with the covering remaining in place slightly longer than one hour.
Similar activities — including the approximate hour around midnight where an officer taped paper over the security camera — repeated the following night, according to records reviewed by the Post-Dispatch.
That camera came to be installed at the Hanley station for the safety of all patrolling officers after a Metro customer accused an officer of accosting him on the platform and roughly pushing him into the security office in 2014, the Post-Dispatch notes, adding,
"Metro Public Safety Detective Daniel Donahue, who reviewed the footage requested by the Post-Dispatch, said that unlike the cameras on platforms, the camera in the North Hanley security office isn't regularly monitored. But if complaints are made, officers pull the footage. It is in those circumstances that Metro officials discovered at least eight instances of the camera being covered."
Zott first viewed officer misbehavior on video in December 2015, when an information technology employee of Metro reported to supervisors a county police officer napping on the job in the Hanley office — and further investigation revealed the pesky camera had been purposefully covered at the time.
Appalled, the safety chief captured a screenshot of a county cop covering the camera and sent the image to Melies with the caption, "Really? I'm at a loss."
He never received a response.
But that isn't even the worst of the embarrassingly errant conduct — particularly given this interdepartmental grudge match takes place as a backdrop to the spike in violent crime around the St. Louis Metro transit system.
In fact, the same evening last month two armed assailants robbed and beat a 14-year-old boy, one keen public safety officer noticed all county officers absent from the platform they should have been patrolling.
Upon cursory investigation, the Metro officer found his county counterparts — not patrolling the platform or responding to an incident — but lounging inside Hanley's notorious security office, up to five St. Louis County officers at one time, "feet kicked up on a desk," "texting or using their phone apps," and not at all "engaged in any police duties," a second Metro officer wrote to Zott the following day.
Further, he continued writing…
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Posted on July 27, 2017 Categories Big Government, Corruption & Fraud, News, Police StateTags Big Government, Corruption, Cover up, Police Misconduct, Police StateLeave a comment on Cops Recorded Brazenly Covering Up Camera to Hide Their Corruption
Book Review: A.D. After Disclosure by Richard Dolan & Bryce Zabel | #SmartReads
A.D. After Disclosure – When The Government Finally Reveals The Truth About Alien Contact by Richard Dolan & Bryce Zabel is a book for tomorrow, a book for the future. A.D. is a book that seeks to investigate the possible outcomes of what the nascent stages of a post-disclosure will look like.
The book is based on the following premise:
"Most people now reject the theory that all sightings can be explained away as weather balloons, swamp gas, flares, ball lighting, or mass hallucination. Instead, they have settled on one conclusion: Some UFOs appear to be intelligently controlled physical craft of some kind from some place that is not here."[1]
With that premise firmly established, Dolan & Zabel seek to answer the following questions: Whenever secrecy on UFOs and alien contact ends, what will take place? How will the world, and governments, react? How will commerce, business, religions, et al, all react?
Countless scenarios and implications abound, and that is why a book like this was not only needed, but carried out. Now, in attempt to prepare the world for what could ensue post-disclosure, the authors leave no stone unturned in the ramifications that will follow 'the day'. Sifting through everything from the possible events beginning in the initial day and forward, the authors bring about rather sensible and grounded speculations on what that process will be like.
Going back in time a bit, the authors also seek to reconstruct how entire secrecy structure began, how it remains in place, and what the cover-up looks like. From there, points for, and points against disclosure are analyzed by the authors as they attempt to engineer the mentality that those pulling the strings have on this trenchant issue. Covered also are moments in UFOlogy where it seemed like truth waves might have been made, and possible disclosure could have ensued, but ultimately failed. Thankfully, the book doesn't just stop there.
More importantly, also ruminated upon are the who 'they' are, and the how. Additionally, the Breakaway Civilization is examined in a couple of instances, as they are in large part somewhat responsible for this searing secrecy that's taken place since the late 40's and early 50's.
The blaring blowback that'll take place post-disclosure is covered from nigh every angle. Everything from panic, fear, truth commissions, changes in the energy paradigm, legal issues, media, economics, psychology, pop culture, and more, are all given at least a cursory glance as to how they might integrate into the whole avalanche of issues that will develop.
One salient component examined is also the CIA and the mainstream media's role in making sure true investigations and news doesn't break to the masses. Of course, this shouldn't be surprising since the mainstream media has been in bed with the CIA, as per Operation Mockingbird.
The authors note that:
"Some of this information came out during the 1970s, when the CIA admitted to having paid relationships with more than 400 mainstream American journalists. Consider the possibilities available to any person or group covertly employing 400 journalists. Although the CIA claimed it ended such relationships, it tacitly acknowledged the need to cultivate them in cases of national security…Former CIA Chief William Colby, a cold man who made his mark during the murderous Project Phoenix, who rose to the top of the Agency during the 1970s, and whose life ended in a boating "accident" on Potomac in 1995, once told a confident that every major media was covered by the long reach of the CIA."[2]
Such are some of the reasons why this information has never been given a fair shot. Of course, denial and ridicule became the M.O. du jour of the establishment of anybody that even dared question the subject of UFOs and anything paranormal.
After Disclosure also covers what type of political instability will ensue post-disclosure given how governments all over the world will be facing the wrath of the populace for having covered up such a subject up for decades. The fury won't stop there, however. Academicians who didn't take the subject seriously and even ridiculed people, as well as psychologists who didn't take individuals allegations of disturbing incidents will also have to contend with an angry populace once the truth comes out full throttle.
Whenever the day comes, an endless tsunami of questions that will result. Especially given how very solid evidence has been declassified in the past shows the US Government is taking this situation very seriously, and has for decades. Some of these include: 1949 FBI Memo, the 1954 Maxwell AFB Emergency Report, the 1947 Twining Memo, the 1966 Intrusion at Minot Air Force Base, the 1976 Tehran Encounter, the 1967 Malmstrom AFB Incident, and many more documents. These are all public record.
As individuals can gather, this subject, regarding whomever is behind the phenomena, is being taken extremely serious, as it should. The problem of the public is being told one thing, while behind the scenes something more ominous is manifesting.
That said, this book really extends the breadth and scope of the analysis of a post-disclosure world in salient ways. It is a book that should be regarded seriously, just as the rest of Dolan's work, if for no other reason than there is immense growing evidence that keeps suggesting something is amiss. The odds that "nothing" is taking place keeps gravitating to zero with every new account from a reliable witness that comes forth. The world has no reason to think this is ever going to stop. At least not anytime soon.
As humanity seeps again into space in the coming decades, more and more strange events will happen. In fact, we can already see how much NASA loves to whitewash documents and talk nonsense once anything of note happens. NASA will surely have to answer for a lot, especially if what individuals like Donna Hare, who was a former Disclosure Project witness, says is true."
As Dolan notes in his Secret Space Program & Breakaway Civilization book:
"She had a secret clearance during the early 1970s for NASA subcontractor Philco Ford, and was shown a satellite image of a distinct UFO. It was explained to her that this technician's job was to airbrush any evidence of UFOs out of photographs for NASA before they were made public. She also learned from other employees at the Johnson Space Center that some of the astronauts had seen extraterrestrial craft on the Moon. This was in the 1970s, after the moon landings had taken place. In Hare's words, "I believe there were three such craft on the Moon when they landed."[3]
With such evidence amassing, the more complex this charged subject becomes. Be that as it may, we mustn't pretend that the comptrollers will just disclose for no reason. As the authors state, their hand will have to be forced somehow. There is no 'right' time. But when it happens, be prepared. But have no fear.
Sometime in the future, the day will come that some government will have to admit the truth in respects to extraterrestrial life being factual. Whenever that day comes, hysteria, panic, and speculation will fill the airwaves of all media on the planet. When that happens, do you want to know what to expect, or not? If you do, get this book. That way, whenever whatever incident takes place happens, you will at least be ahead of the curve, and prepared for some of the probable circumstances that will follow. This is NOT said to cause fear, but to bring awareness of an issue that will change mankind forever.
More than anything, this book is a call to action, for everyone who has ever taken this subject seriously, or who has thought about it at length. The transformation that will take place of the planet [culturally, geopolitically, psychologically, emotionally, etc.] is something that should be thoroughly ruminated upon and discussed at length, even if it goes beyond people's comfort zones.
Whenever a paradigm shift is about to take place, most individuals can't see, or come to terms with what's about to happen. Thankfully, according to some polls most people believe in life out there, so a massive paradigm shift of 'life out there' should come as no surprise to many. Still, though, if humanity is to be a responsible race, and transition into the Space Age that is to come in the coming decades, it has to take subjects such as this seriously. This book helps greatly in that effort, because all the evidence points to humans not being alone.
If you've ever had a curious bone in your body about this subject, ruminate deeply upon getting this book. It really does provide the firmest ground upon which an individual may stand in such a tumultuous subject. The sooner individuals prepare for what's the come, the easier the transition will be.
[1] Richard Dolan & Bryce Zabel, A.D. After Disclosure – When The Government Finally Reveals The Truth About Alien Contact, pp. 17-18.
[2] Ibid., p. 57.
[3] Richard Dolan, The Secret Space Program & Breakaway Civilization, pp. 13-14.
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Thousands of people now have non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma due to glyphosate (Roundup) exposure, warns legal firm that's suing Monsanto
Source: NaturalNews.com
Vicki Batts
Will Monsanto finally get what they deserve for their crimes against humanity? The Miller Firm hopes to bring the corporate giant to their knees by pursuing a lawsuit that shows Roundup can cause non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
And perhaps, in their pursuance of this litigation, the EPA will be taken down, too.
Email evidence indicates that not only did Monsanto help write the so-called cancer studies on Roundup, but that EPA officials colluded to keep reports on glyphosate's carcinogenic status in favor of the industry. Former EPA scientist Marion Copley's heartbreaking email not only illustrates the cancer-causing capacity, but that the EPA is riddled with corruption and greed.
Copley's letter describes a host of ways in which glyphosate can cause cancer:
Endocrine disruption
Free radical formation and inhibition of free radical-scavenging enzymes
Genotoxicity — which is key in cancer onset
Inhibition of certain DNA repairing enzymes
Inhibiting the absorption of essential nutrients
Renal and pancreatic damage that may lead to cancer
Destruction of gut bacteria and suppression of the immune system
"Any one of these mechanisms alone listed can cause tumors, but glyphosate causes all of them simultaneously. It is essentially certain that glyphosate causes cancer. With all of the evidence listed above, the CARC category should be changed to 'probable human carcinogen,'" Copley states. Copley passed away in 2014, before the IARC finally did come to reach this conclusion.
And as The Miller Firm notes, recent independent studies have shown that farm workers exposed to glyphosate or Roundup are at least twice as likely to develop lymphoma. Monsanto is, at the very least, guilty of engaging in deceptive marketing tactics by making claims that their deadly herbicide is "safer than table salt" and "practically non-toxic." Worse still, several scientists have gone to federal prisons for falsifying data on the toxicity of glyphosate. According to The Miller Firm, the issues with Roundup's safety testing date back to 1976. In spite of this, Monsanto has spent the last few decades convincing the public that glyphosate is totally safe.
Farm workers are particularly susceptible to the adverse health effects of glyphosate exposure. The Miller Firm has launched their lawsuit against Monsanto and taken aim at the EPA as well, citing that farmers were intentionally led to believe the cancer-causing chemical was safe — and if they had known the product was toxic, they'd have at least have known of the risks and been able to better protect themselves and further minimize contact with the herbicide.
The legal team also notes that Marion Copley's letter points to corruption and collusion occurring between Monsanto and the EPA to protect glyphosate from being exposed as toxic.
"For once in your life, listen to me and don't play your political conniving games with the science to favor the registrants. For once do the right thing and don't make decisions based on how it affects your bonus. You and Anna Lowit intimidated staff on CARC and changed MI ARC and IIASPOC final reports to favor industry. The CARC category should be changed to "probable human carcinogen," Copley writes in her email to fellow EPA scientist Jess Roland.
Court documents have continued to point to a not-so-innocent relationship between Roland and Monsanto. UPI reports that emails between Roland and Monsanto scientist Dr. William Heydens reveal that Heydens offered to write a 2013 report on glyphosate for the EPA. Roland purportedly then used the reports to conclude glyphosate should not be classified as carcinogenic.
Emails have also shown that Monsanto sought Roland out to stop the Agency of Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR) — another federal agency — from investigating glyphosate further. A conversation relayed to coworkers by Monsanto regulatory affairs manager, Dan Jenkins shows that Rowland said,"If I can kill this I should get a medal."
Bloomberg reports that the ATDSR never did publish a toxicological profile on the substance.
All signs point to one thing: both the EPA and Monsanto know glyphosate is toxic and carcinogenic, but they're doing whatever they can to keep that fact under wraps.
Will The Miller Firm be able to convince the courts to mete out the appropriate punishment in the face of such corruption? One can only hope.
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Posted on March 24, 2017 Categories Big Biotech, Cancer, Corruption & Fraud, Monsanto, News, ToxinsTags Cancer, Collusion, Corruption, Cover up, EPA, Glyphosate, Monsanto, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Round Up2 Comments on Thousands of people now have non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma due to glyphosate (Roundup) exposure, warns legal firm that's suing Monsanto
Monsanto caught colluding with EPA in Roundup cancer cover-up
Is the day we've all been waiting for finally on the horizon? Monsanto and the EPA have been caught red-handed in the midst of a legal controversy. Unsealed court documents have shown that not only is the EPA severely lacking in the standards department, but that the federal agency colluded with one of the nation's most menacing companies, Monsanto. And in doing so, the EPA helped to keep Monsanto's star product, Roundup, on store shelves and safe from being reviewed for its cancer-causing effects.
Court documents show that the EPA declared that Roundup was safe for use without ever testing the entire formulation's effects, and instead relied on the industry testing done on just the key active ingredient, glyphosate.
As you can see in the graphic below, not only does the EPA not require testing of the actual product in its entirety, Monsanto itself as not conducted any studies on the chronic carcinogenic studies related to Roundup's formulation. While this alone is certainly more than enough cause for concern — both about Roundup's safety and the EPA's apparent lack of integrity — this revelation is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.
(source: Zerohedge)
Recently, former EPA official Jess Rowland has come under fire for his collusion with Monsanto. The industry giant even reached out to Rowland to garner his assistance in putting the brakes on an investigation of glyphosate that was being pioneered by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
"If I can kill this I should get a medal," Rowland said to a Monsanto employee, who then relayed the conversation to coworkers via email.
Another damning email shows that Monsanto executive William Heydens even conspired to "ghostwrite" a paper on glyphosate's safety. Heydens claimed that having the company write their own research on key areas of the product's safety would be "less expensive" and "more palatable." It also appears that they were preparing for what may come of the IARC's report on glyphosate, and how they would go about defending themselves. See below:
Heydens also noted that this same practice of ghostwriting and getting "independent" researchers to "sign their names" on studies is how they'd handled research on glyphosate's safety in the past. And as NPR explains, while that earlier paper that is mentioned in the email did note that Monsanto helped to "assemble" the information, no Monsanto employees are noted as co-authors.
While the EPA contends that glyphosate is safe, the World Health Organization and numerous independent studies on the chemical's safety seem to disagree. The WHO made tremendous waves when they declared that glyphosate was a probable carcinogen, and several independent investigations of the product's safety have shown that it's linked to liver damage, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, digestive disorders and other ailments.
Monsanto, of course, has wasted no time defending their product and themselves. Scott Partridge, Monsanto's vice president of global strategy, has reportedly said that it would be "remarkable" if the corporate giant was capable of manipulating the EPA under the Obama administration.
This comment surely must have been in jest, as the EPA's corruption runs deep; impervious to the rules of reality, the EPA has continuously proven itself to either be an agency of sheer ineptitude or great deception — look no further than the Gold King Mine spill for proof of that.
Regardless, Partridge — like any corporate talking head — maintains that glyphosate is completely safe, and cites the EPA's assessment as proof. But as the emails show, the EPA's assessment is little more than a regurgitated form of Monsanto's data. So, who's really calling the shots here?
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Posted on March 24, 2017 March 24, 2017 Categories Big Biotech, Cancer, EPA, Monsanto, NewsTags Big Biotec, Cancer, Corruption, Cover up, EPA, Glyphosate, Monsanto, Round UpLeave a comment on Monsanto caught colluding with EPA in Roundup cancer cover-up
California government buried the truth about cell phone radiation causing brain cancer… FULL TEXT of once-secret document reveals how EMFs penetrate "deeper into a child's brain"
Source: Mike Adams
A once-secret document detailing links between cell phones and brain cancer has been released by order of a California court. Entitled, "Cell Phones and Health," the document was demanded in a lawsuit filed by Joel Moskowitz, Ph.D., director of the Center for Family and Community Health at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health.
Click here to read the full document, copied to Natural News servers.
"I would like this document to see the light of day because it will inform the public that there is concern within the California Department of Public Health that cellphone radiation is a risk, and it will provide them with some information about how to reduce those risks," Moskowitz told a local CBS affiliate.
The document says that "long-term cell phone use may increase the risk of brain cancer and other health problems" and admits that "cell phone EMFs can affect nearby cells and tissues." In a special warning section about children, it also explains that "EMFs can pass deeper into a child's brain than an adult's."
EMF stands for ElectroMagnetic Field. Follow more news about EMF at EMF.news. According to the document, there's no evidence that EMF blocking devices for cell phones actually work, by the way. (I haven't personally tested any in my lab, so I can't say whether this is true or false, but from a commonsense scientific point of view, if they really blocked EMF signals from the phone, the phone would no longer be able to make calls because it couldn't communicate with cell towers.)
California government deliberately hid this information from the public
The California government actively hid this document from the public for at least seven years, likely under pressure from industry lobbyists who have long sought to conceal the evidence of harm caused by cell phone radiation. In the same way that biotech companies seek to conceal the harm of GMOs… and pesticides manufacturers conceal the harm of pesticides… and vaccine promoters conceal the harm of mercury in vaccines, the cell phone industry doesn't want any evidence linking EMFs and brain cancer to see the light of day.
In truth, your brain is under a massive chemical, electromagnetic and propaganda assault on a daily basis. Some of the many attacks on your brain include:
– Brain-damaging fluoride in the public water supply
– Mercury preservatives in flu shots
– Pesticides in non-organic food products
– EMFs from mobile phones
– WiFi broadcast signals
– Fake news media propaganda
– Brain-altering medications such as antidepressants
Follow more news about brain health at Brain.news.
Read the full text of the once-secret California document on cell phones and EMFs
Here's the full text of the California document, now posted at Natural News:
http://www.naturalnews.com/files/CDPH-Cell-Phone-April-2014.pdf
Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control / California Department of Public Health
Cell Phones and Health
Cell phones, like other electronic devices, emit a kind of energy called radiofrequency EMFs (electromagnetic fields). Health officials are concerned about possible health effects from cell phone EMFs because some recent studies suggest that long-term cell phone use may increase the risk of brain cancer and other health problems. For those concerned about possible health problems, this fact sheet provides information about how to lower exposure to EMFs from cell phones.
What do we know about cell phones and health?
Several studies have found that people with certain kinds of brain cancer were more likely to have used cell phones for 10 years or more. Most of the cancers were on the same side of the head that people usually held their phones. Although the chance of developing brain cancer is very small, these studies suggest that regular cell phone use increases the risk of developing some kinds of brain cancer. Some studies have also linked exposure to EMFs from cell phones to fertility problems. As more studies are done and we learn more about possible risks for cancer and other health problems linked to cell phone use, the recommendations on this fact sheet may change.
What are EMFs?
EMFs are types of radiation. They are created by all electronic devices. Some devices, such as watches, create weak EMFs that are considered harmless. Others, like X-ray machines, generate very strong EMFs that can damage cells and tissues, and cause cancer and other health effects. This is why we try to only use X-rays when necessary. Cell phones make relatively weak EMFs, somewhat less than those from microwave ovens, but because they are used frequently and kept close to the head and body, cell phone EMFs can affect nearby cells and tissues.
EMF exposure from cell phones
Your exposure to cell phone EMFs depends mostly on your distance from the phone, the strength of the EMF, and how long and how often you use the phone. The farther away the phone is from your body, the lower the exposure. Your cell phone produces stronger EMFs at the start of a call, when it is trying to connect to a cell tower, and also when only one or two bars are showing. Your phone also emits stronger EMFs when used in a moving car, bus, or train, as the phone switches connections from one cell tower to another. Finally, some phones produce stronger EMFs than others.
What can I do to reduce my exposures to EMFs from cell phones?
To lower your exposure to EMFs from cell phones:
Increase the distance between you and your phone by:
Using the speaker phone.
Sending text messages.
Use a headset and carry your phone away from your body. EMFs from wireless (Bluetooth) and wired headsets are usually weaker than those from a cell phone.
Keep your phone away from your body. A cell phone that is on can emit EMFs even when it is not being used. Do not sleep with your cell phone near you or carry it in a pocket or directly on your body unless the phone is turned off.
Limit your cell phone use when reception is weak or increase the distance between you and the phone. When your phone shows only one or two bars, it is emitting stronger EMFs than when three, four, or five bars are showing.
Reduce the amount of time spent talking on a cell phone.
Keep cell phone calls short, even when using a wireless or wired headset.
Use speaker phone mode or a corded phone for longer conversations.
Corded phones produce very weak EMFs.
Take off your headset when you're not on a call. Wireless and wired headsets emit EMFs even when you are not using your phone.
Do not rely on devices that claim to shield or neutralize EMFs from cell phones. These devices have not been shown to reduce exposures.
What about cell phone EMFs and children?
EMFs can pass deeper into a child's brain than an adult's. Also, the brain is still developing through the teen years, which may make children and teens more sensitive to EMF exposures. For these reasons, parents may want to limit their child's cell phone use to texting, important calls, and emergencies. Pregnant women, children, and teens can also follow the tips for reducing exposure listed above.
For more information about EMF exposures and cell phones, please send an email to: cellinfo@cdph.ca.gov
Document released pursuant to Moskowitz v. CDPH, Sac. Super. Ct. No. 34-2016-80002358
Read More At: NaturalNews,.com
Posted on March 4, 2017 March 4, 2017 Categories Big Government, Big Tech, Cancer, Corruption & Fraud, NewsTags Big Government, Big Tech, California, Cancer, Cell Phones, Children, Cover up, Electromagnetic Fields, EMFs, radiationLeave a comment on California government buried the truth about cell phone radiation causing brain cancer… FULL TEXT of once-secret document reveals how EMFs penetrate "deeper into a child's brain"
TSA caught in massive $100 million cocaine cover-up
Jayson Veley
The debate between liberty and security is one that the American people have been having for centuries. Indeed, Ben Franklin once famously said, "those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." But in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, many Americans – certainly not all, but many – are starting to come to terms with forfeiting a bit of their liberty in exchange for safety.
This is the case in the security lines at airports, where TSA agents at times go as far as groping travelers to ensure that those passing through don't have any bad intentions. As a result, the Transportation Security Administration has been the subject of debate for quite some time now. Mostly the controversy has revolved around civil liberties and privacy rights, but now a new TSA controversy has surfaced – and it's a criminal offense. (RELATED: Read about how congress is expanding the TSA to alternative forms of transportation)
In a case that analyzed the infiltration of the TSA by transnational criminal organizations, 12 current and former agents as well as other airport staff members have been charged with assisting in the transport of over 20 tons of cocaine over nearly two decades, a quantity that is worth over $100 million.
Between the years 1988 and 2016, these TSA agents have successfully smuggled 40,000 pounds of the drug through Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan into the U.S., according to the Department of Justice.
The official press release from the DOJ described how six TSA agents "allegedly smuggled multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine while employed as TSA Officers at the San Juan airport. Their full-time responsibilities were to provide security and baggage screening for checked and carry-on luggage that was to be placed on outbound flights from the LMMIA." The report went on to say that these employees smuggled the cocaine straight through the TSA X-Ray machines and onto the airplanes without ever raising any suspicions.
Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, said, "these arrests demonstrate the success of the AirTAT initiative, which has successfully allocated a dedicated group of state and federal law enforcement officers, whose mission is to ensure that our airports are not used in the drug traffickers' illicit businesses." Of course, it's a good thing that these drug traffickers were caught but it's a shame that it had been going on for two decades before they were brought to justice.
The DOJ statement went on to describe the criminal nature of TSA agent Javier Ortiz, an employee of Airport Aviation Services. Ortiz would specifically target suitcases that he knew contained cocaine and place them through the X-Ray machine himself, often paying fellow TSA agents to look the other way. Ortiz would then take the suitcases to their designated flights, avoiding K-9 units that would be able to detect the drugs that were hidden inside. Once he had the bags loaded onto the plane, Ortiz would simply call the drug trafficking organization he was affiliated with and give them the all clear.
Jose Baquero, the federal security director for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, said in a press release, "This investigation was initiated by TSA as part of its efforts to address employee misconduct and specific insider threat vulnerabilities. TSA has zero tolerance for employees engaged in criminal activity to facilitate contraband smuggling."
If the defendants are convicted, they face anywhere from ten years to life in prison.
The most unfortunate thing about this case is the fact that the TSA was engaged in the very thing it claims it tries to prevent. Even though it was only a handful of rogue employees, it still does a tremendous disservice to the agency as a whole. If you can't even trust the gatekeepers, then who exactly can you trust? (RELATED: You won't believe what TSA agents did to this blind and deaf teenage girl).
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At the start of the year I was getting over 350 emails. A day. I'd wake up in the morning to over 150, skim through to try to find any important ones, but would rarely make much headway before new ones arrived. I'd keep some unread to read when I had time – which never happened. I'd miss so many important emails because I was drowning in junk. My inbox had thousands of emails just sat there, being added to every day.
What's the problem with this? I find 95% email are a huge waste of time – they take time away from the important things I need to be doing and are an added stress. And of course, make it so easy to miss those important emails.
I took out the best part of a day to go through my inboxes, one by one. I have a few different email addresses, so it was not a fun task. But luckily, you'll only have to put this level of effort in once, it will be easier from this point forward.
I was on so many mailing lists, the great ones were missed amongst the ones I have no idea why I was being sent. I made it a point from then on to unsubscribe to every pointless mailing list that was sending me emails. This is now only about 5 a day that I need to keep doing this for (initially it was hundreds each day). I'm now only subscribed to about 20 mailing lists for companies I'm really interested in. Those mailing lists for curtains, home studying, leaflet printing in London, cruises for the over 60's – bye bye!
A lot of the companies and platforms I use were sending me notifications by email. Every time I was mentioned in a tweet, Twitter would email me. Every time I logged onto facebook from a new browser, another email. Every time someone joined a meetup group – sure, send me an email. I systematically went through and disabled all of these notifications – it's resulted in a huge drop in emails.
I used to keep my emails in my inbox – now I keep my inbox as close to zero as I can – and have set up some meaningful folders, that I can organise my correspondence into.
I have a lot of different emails, which I use differently. I have an email address along the lines of spam-me-here@gmail.com (not the actual email address ;-)) that I make sure is the only one I use for newsletters and competitions. I have my business email address and I have another that I only give out to friends. This makes it so much easier to be organised.
I love this one – I get so many emails every day that are hundreds and hundreds of words long. I used to read an email like this, and feel I'd need to park it and reply with an equally long response when I got time – which never happened. Now I send a maximum of three sentences back. It means I can reply far quicker, instead of never getting round to it – a far better compromise I think.
I get so many emails very similar in nature – I spend some time setting up templates that would answer the most common emails. This means I can very quickly copy and paste – and get the response out.
I'd love to hear the state of your inbox right now? Do you have any good tips for keeping on top of it?


I'm a huge fan of the Latest In Beauty boxes and always get the beauty boxes that capture my attention. I find that Latest In Beauty have the best contents, are the best value and you really get decent sized products that allow you to properly sample each one. I've heard about the 'build your own' boxes before, but never looked to much into it until a couple of months ago when a few boxes appeared on instagram and quickly caught my attention.
There priced between £8.99 to £16.99, which makes it super affordable for anyone. There's 3 boxes to choose from with box 1 being 3 products, box 2, 6, and box 3, 9. I went for box 3 - there's so many great products and it's easy to make it to 9, plus it feels like I'm getting much better value for money doing it in bulk, especially since it's something I treat myself to every now and again and not every couple of weeks or so.
It's clear to see just how amazing the contents are and there's more products to choose from, so you're sure to find something that suits your own taste. The value of the box is exceptional at £16.99 (excluding P&P). So exceptional that I've decide to gift me a Birthday/Easter treat and ordered a second one. The contents of this box is worth over £76.
Will you be building your own box? Build yours here.


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#include "qscriptextenumeration_p.h"

#include "qscriptengine_p.h"
#include "qscriptvalueimpl_p.h"
#include "qscriptcontext_p.h"
#include "qscriptmember_p.h"
#include "qscriptobject_p.h"
#include "qscriptvalueiteratorimpl_p.h"

#include <QtDebug>

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

namespace QScript { namespace Ext {

EnumerationClassData::EnumerationClassData(QScriptClassInfo *classInfo):
    m_classInfo(classInfo)
{
}

EnumerationClassData::~EnumerationClassData()
{
}

void EnumerationClassData::mark(const QScriptValueImpl &object, int generation)
{
    Q_ASSERT(object.isValid());

    QScriptEnginePrivate *eng = object.engine();

    if (Enumeration::Instance *instance = Enumeration::Instance::get(object, classInfo())) {
        eng->markObject(instance->object, generation);
        if (instance->it)
            eng->markObject(instance->it->object(), generation);
    }
}

Enumeration::Enumeration(QScriptEnginePrivate *eng):
    Ecma::Core(eng, QLatin1String("Enumeration"), QScriptClassInfo::EnumerationType)
{
    classInfo()->setData(new EnumerationClassData(classInfo()));

    newEnumeration(&publicPrototype, eng->newArray());

    eng->newConstructor(&ctor, this, publicPrototype);

    addPrototypeFunction(QLatin1String("toFront"), method_toFront, 0);
    addPrototypeFunction(QLatin1String("hasNext"), method_hasNext, 0);
    addPrototypeFunction(QLatin1String("next"), method_next, 0);
}

Enumeration::~Enumeration()
{
}

Enumeration::Instance *Enumeration::Instance::get(const QScriptValueImpl &object, QScriptClassInfo *klass)
{
    if (! klass || klass == object.classInfo())
        return static_cast<Instance*> (object.objectData());

    return 0;
}

void Enumeration::execute(QScriptContextPrivate *context)
{
    if (context->argumentCount() > 0) {
        newEnumeration(&context->m_result, context->argument(0));
    } else {
        context->throwError(QScriptContext::TypeError,
                            QLatin1String("Enumeration.execute"));
    }
}

void Enumeration::newEnumeration(QScriptValueImpl *result, const QScriptValueImpl &object)
{
    Instance *instance = new Instance();
    instance->object = object;
    if (object.isObject()) {
        instance->it = new QScriptValueIteratorImpl(object);
        instance->it->setIgnoresDontEnum(false);
        instance->it->setEnumeratePrototype(true);
    } else {
        instance->it = 0;
    }
    engine()->newObject(result, publicPrototype, classInfo());
    result->setObjectData(instance);
}

QScriptValueImpl Enumeration::method_toFront(QScriptContextPrivate *context, QScriptEnginePrivate *eng, QScriptClassInfo *classInfo)
{
    if (Instance *instance = Instance::get(context->thisObject(), classInfo)) {
        if (instance->it)
            instance->it->toFront();
        return eng->undefinedValue();
    } else {
        return context->throwError(QScriptContext::TypeError,
                                   QLatin1String("Enumeration.toFront"));
    }
}

QScriptValueImpl Enumeration::method_hasNext(QScriptContextPrivate *context, QScriptEnginePrivate *, QScriptClassInfo *classInfo)
{
    Instance *instance = Instance::get(context->thisObject(), classInfo);
    if (!instance) {
        return context->throwError(QScriptContext::TypeError,
                                   QLatin1String("Enumeration.hasNext"));
    }

    QScriptValueImpl v;
    instance->hasNext(context, &v);
    return v;
}

QScriptValueImpl Enumeration::method_next(QScriptContextPrivate *context, QScriptEnginePrivate *, QScriptClassInfo *classInfo)
{
    Instance *instance = Instance::get(context->thisObject(), classInfo);
    if (!instance) {
        return context->throwError(QScriptContext::TypeError,
                                   QLatin1String("Enumeration.next"));
    }

    QScriptValueImpl v;
    instance->next(context, &v);
    return v;
}

Enumeration::Instance::~Instance()
{
    if (it) {
        delete it;
        it = 0;
    }
}

void Enumeration::Instance::toFront()
{
    if (it)
        it->toFront();
}

void Enumeration::Instance::hasNext(QScriptContextPrivate *, QScriptValueImpl *result)
{
    *result = QScriptValueImpl(it && it->hasNext());
}

void Enumeration::Instance::next(QScriptContextPrivate *context, QScriptValueImpl *result)
{
    QScriptEnginePrivate *eng = context->engine();
    Q_ASSERT(it != 0);
    it->next();
    QScript::Member *member = it->member();
    if (member->isObjectProperty() || member->nameId())
        eng->newNameId(result, member->nameId());

    else if (member->isNativeProperty() && !member->nameId())
        *result = QScriptValueImpl(uint(member->id()));

    else
        *result = eng->undefinedValue();
}

} } // namespace QScript::Ext

QT_END_NAMESPACE


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"Here's the thing about gentrification. The upside is that there is more police presence, better…"
Here's the thing about gentrification.
The upside is that there is more police presence, better public schools, your trash will get picked up, but there's a downside. I'm not going to make a generalization. But, in many cases, when people move in they have this Christopher Columbus syndrome. There's a great tradition [and] heritage in Harlem, Fort Greene and Bed-Stuy. You just can't come in and blow up the spot like you been there forever.
My father is a great jazz musician, Bill Lee. Did the scores for She's Gotta Have It, School Daze, Do the Right Thing, and Mo Better Blues. He's been playing music in our home [in Fort Greene] since 1969. Now, some neighbor moved in, they're calling the cops on my father saying he's playing his music too loud. That's some bullshit.
No one has ever complained, since 1969, about my father playing his jazz music. Now, this new person moves in, they calling the cops? The cops laugh at them! It's that type of attitude man. That's not making good neighbors. That's not coming in the neighborhood being humble.
Mount Morris Park in Harlem. For years, brothers have played African drums on Sunday morning. Now…they're gone. That's disrespectful.
You go to Fort Greene today, it's unrecognizable. Bed-Stuy do or die. Harlem. Lower East Side. DC's not Chocolate City anymore.
Everybody in the Lower East Side, they moved to Williamsburg. Particularly, my Puerto Rican brother and sisters, they can't afford Williamsburg anymore because of hipsters. They moved to Bushwick; pretty soon Bushwick is going to be like Williamsburg. After Coney Island there is nowhere else. After the beach at Coney Island, it's the motherfucking Atlantic Ocean!
- Spike Lee (via dreamsactualized)
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Claire Huangci recently won the Concours Geza Anda 2018, where, in addition to 1st prize, she also received the Mozart Prize, supported by the Musikkollegium Winterthur.
Chopin's music gave Claire Huangci her artistic breakthrough when she won first prizes at the Chopin Competitions in Darmstadt in 2009, as well as in Miami in 2010. She has since proved her great versatility with an unusually broad repertoire, which includes a large number of contemporary works. Claire Huangci has performed in solo recitals and as a partner with international orchestras such as the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (under Sir Roger Norrington), Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich, Münchner Kammerorchester, China Philharmonic Orchestra and Vancouver, Santa Fe and Moscow Radio Symphonies at international concert venues that include the Carnegie Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus, Konzerthaus Berlin, Gasteig Munich, Gewandhaus Leipzig, la Salle Cortot, Oji Hall Tokyo and the Symphony Hall in Osaka. She has also made guest appearances at festivals such as the Kissinger Sommer, Verbier Festival, Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival and the Schwetzinger SWR Festival. The highlight of the 2017/18 season was her recital debut at the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie; she will also went on major tours to China with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under Cornelius Meister (performing Schubert and Kabalewsky) and to Sweden with the Nordlands Operan Symphony under Elim Chan.


WMLUG members will meet in Grand Rapids at Don & Jess Wilson's home on Saturday, January 16th, from 12:00pm till 3:00pm or so. Members and guests will share creations, talk about upcoming events and general Lego related conversation. The club will provide lunch (tacos) and beverages.
Where: Wyoming, MI 49509 – Email club for exact address.
When: Saturday, January 14th, 2017 – 12:00pm till approximately 3:00pm.