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Four in 10 UC students do not have a consistent source of high-quality, nutritious food, survey says
UCLA student volunteers stock the shelves at UCLA's "food closet," in the Student Activities Center on campus.
By Teresa Watanabe and Shane Newell
UC Irvine student Chris Tafoya admits that he's often hungry and doesn't eat the nutritious foods he should.
On his worst days, the 20-year-old Los Angeles native said he would simply go to sleep early to quiet the hunger pangs.
Other times, he would eat instant ramen for breakfast, lunch and dinner. No matter that each serving is packed with sodium and fat; at less than 50 cents each, it was affordable for Tafoya, who has balked at asking his low-income relatives for help.
"Cup Noodles saved the day," Tafoya said.
His experience mirrors a new survey released Monday that finds four in 10 University of California students do not have a consistent source of high-quality, nutritious food.
The startling results from the survey of nearly 9,000 students, believed to be the nation's largest look ever at campus food security, found that 19% of respondents went hungry at times. An additional 23% were able to eat but lacked steady access to a good-quality, varied and nutritious diet.
UC President Janet Napolitano, in conjunction with the survey's release, announced a $3.3-million effort to expand the fight against campus malnutrition. Each campus will receive $151,000, adding to the $75,000 each received last year to build what officials say will be the nation's most comprehensive, systematic plan to tackle the problem.
Nationwide, 3 million college students lack steady access to nutritious food, according to a 2014 report by Feeding America, a national network of food banks. The 23-campus California State University system is also tackling the issue, recently releasing a survey of nearly 1,300 students, faculty and staff that estimated about one in four students experienced a shortage of nutritious food.
"Food security is a critical issue not only on college campuses, but throughout our country and the world," Napolitano said in a statement. "We undertook this survey, and are acting on its findings, because the university is serious about addressing real, long-term solutions to improve the well-being of our students."
The survey also showed that 57% of students across the 10-campus UC system experienced problems finding sufficient or healthful food for the first time in college. That finding reinforced earlier indications that some students may struggle because they don't understand how to manage their dollars or cook on a budget – skills they probably never learned at home or in school.
Among other findings:
Nearly half of undergraduates reported food problems, compared with 25% for graduate students.
Nearly one-third of those in need said they had difficulty studying because of hunger and no money for food.
About one-fourth said they had to choose between paying for food or educational and housing expenses.
Students without consistent access to quality food reported lower GPAs, averaging 3.1 compared with 3.4 for students without such problems.
The latest actions are part of UC's Global Food Initiative, launched in 2014 to marshal university research to help communities here and abroad gain greater access to healthful and sustainable food. Working groups have been formed system-wide and at individual campuses to share information and plot strategies to tackle problems.
Many campuses have organized food pantries, emergency funding and "Swipe Out Hunger" programs that allow university students to donate their excess dollars on meal plans to those in need. Other actions include helping register students for CalFresh, the state's nutrition assistance program and expanded public awareness campaigns about food resources. Several campuses are also working to help students over the long term.
UC Berkeley launched a class this past spring on how to cook healthful foods on a college budget and will bring "mobile kitchens" to dorms to teach additional students. The cooking lessons will be expanded system-wide, along with programs on money management, said Ruben Canedo, who serves on UC food security committees.
"Food pantries are emergency support, but they do not solve the problem of hunger and malnourishment among our students," Canedo said. "Our commitment is not just to name the challenge but to create an institutional model that does something about it."
He added that Berkeley is aiming to take the work one step further by addressing the link between hunger and other basic needs, particularly housing. He said that tuition increases since 2008 and high housing costs around most of the UC campuses have exacerbated students' inability to afford nutritious meals.
Dominick Suvonnasupa, a Thailand native and recent graduate of UC San Diego, said he budgeted just $650 a month for housing in a market that commands hundreds more. As a result, he ran short of money for food and cut back to two meals daily.
Both Suvonnasupa and Tafoya from UC Irvine spoke of the shame they felt and reluctance to seek help. It wasn't until Tafoya got a C in statistics – his first such grade in a college course – that he realized he needed to find help.
"I'm from a Latino household and if you're a man, you handle your business and you don't ask for handouts," Tafoya said. "But once it began to affect my grades, I thought. ...'I won't be a fool.'"
Tafoya visited the campus food pantry and was gratified to receive a bag stuffed with canned fruits and vegetables, muffin mix, fruit snacks and other goods. "It meant the world to me to know help is out there if you just put your pride aside," he said.
At UCLA, students opened a "food closet" in 2009 and have launched other projects, including a bulk-purchasing plan to sell organic food at lower prices and a partnership with a nonprofit to collect unused produce from farmers' markets for campus needs.
The food closet, tucked away in the Student Activities Center, offers such items as chicken noodle soup, peanut butter, tomato sauce and beans.
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Gabriel Brenner, a 21-year-old art major, stopped by Monday to pick up a jar of peanut butter. For about two months in his junior year, Brenner came to the closet five days a week.
Brenner said he wasn't shocked that more than 40% of UC students have experienced food insecurity. About the same proportion of students across the system are low-income and the first in their families to attend college.
"It's comforting to know that there's other people who are going through the same things that I have to go through relatively frequently," he said, "but [it's] also disappointing because they shouldn't have to do that, especially when they're coming to a world-renowned school like UCLA."
Rosalva Isidoro, 22, a senior studying English who is an intern at the food closet, said as many as 15 students at a time have lined up for food. She, too, has picked up oatmeal, fruit and bread – sometimes canned chicken as well.
"Without this resource, I would be struggling financially," she said. "Also, my health wouldn't be the same. I would be more stressed out about school."
UCLA's food closet keeps transactions anonymous with no questions asked. But the gratitude of visitors is evident in an open notebook kept in the closet.
"Thank you for helping me feed my daughter through such a difficult time," one note said. "Much love!"
Teresa.watanabe@latimes.com | @TeresaWatanabe
Shane.newell@latimes.com | @journoshane
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Justice Pakistan style
"On February 5, 1999, Amjad Masih was arrested on vagrancy charges in the Pakistani town of Jhang. While in police custody, he was accused of burning the Quran (Koran) and charged under Pakistan's blasphemy law. The Pakistan penal code states in Section 295B: 'Defiling of the Holy Koran. Whoever wilfully defiles, damages or desecrates a copy of the Holy Koran or of an extract therefrom or uses it in any derogatory manner or for any unlawful purpose shall be punishable with imprisonment for life.' These blasphemy laws were introduced in 1985, and continue today."
"Because these laws require only the testimony of one Muslim against another person, they have been misused to settle personal disputes and persecute minorities. President Pervez Musharraf had called for reform of these laws but withdrew his suggestion after it was met with threats of demonstrations by several Islamic organizations" (Prisoner Alert, February 20, 2006).
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Integration vs. diversity
There is a difference between "racial integration" and the ideology of "diversity." Racial integration is a view which seeks to bring individuals together—in jobs, education, neighborhoods, churches, etc.—regardless of race, skin color or nationality. Those who believe in racial integration believe that people should be judged, not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. They believe that discrimination on the basis of race is a terrible evil. I am wholeheartedly in agreement with the philosophy of racial integration.
The ideology of diversity, on the other hand, often goes beyond the ideals of racial integration in that advocates of diversity often emphasize race over the individual. Rather than seeking to bring people together regardless of race, the ideology of diversity seeks to integrate people precisely on the basis of race. The following are excerpts from an article by Peter Schwartz, who explains this difference:
"Unlike the valid policy of racial integration, "diversity" propagates all the evils inherent in racism. According to its proponents, we need "diversity" in order to be exposed to new perspectives on life."
According to an MIT newsletter, "We supposedly gain 'enrichment from the differences in viewpoint of minorities…Admissions should be based on race, the University of Michigan's vice president insists, because "learning in a diverse environment benefits all students, minority and majority alike."
"These circumlocutions…imply that people have worthwhile views to express because of their ethnicity, and that "diversity" enables us to encounter "black ideas," "Hispanic ideas," etc. What could be more repulsively racist than that? This is exactly the premise held by the South's slave-owners and by the Nazis' Storm Troopers."
"The core of racism is the notion that the individual is meaningless and that membership in the collective--the race--is the source of his identity and value."
"This philosophy is why racial division is growing at our colleges. The segregated dormitories, the segregated cafeterias, the segregated fraternities--these all exist, not in spite of the commitment to "diversity," but because of it."
"The value of a racially integrated student body or work force lies entirely in the individualism it implies. It implies that the students or workers were chosen objectively, with skin color ignored in favor of the standard of individual merit. But that is not what "diversity" advocates want. They sneer at the principle of "color-blindness." They want decisions on college or job applicants to be made exactly as the vilest of racists make them: by bloodline. They insist that whatever is a result of your own choices--your ideas, your character, your accomplishments--is to be dismissed, while that which is outside your control--the accident of skin color--is to define your life."
"We need to identify "diversity" for what it is: a malignant policy that harms everyone, because it is the very essence of racism." (Capitalism Magazine, December 2003):
Labels: Multiculturalism
White Supremacy, Neo-Nazis and KKK
Wednesday night on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 there was a segment on America's white supremacist groups. One expert reported that there are more than 800 Neo-Nazi, skin-head, KKK and other white supremacist groups in America. The segment showed a group pledging allegiance "with liberty and justice for all white men" and praying for "the white race." Some of these groups apparently think they are Christian.
I have always been puzzled about how some of these groups can actually think that their racist, anti-Semitic ideology has anything whatsoever to do with Christianity. First, one of the most courageous and influential leaders in all of early Christianity was a black man named Athanasius. And according to the New Testament, one of the earliest converts to Christianity was an Ethiopian who in all likelihood was black. In fact, a leader of one of the earliest churches in Christian history—an associate of St. Paul himself—was a man named "Niger," (meaning "black"), almost certainly a black man.
Second, the author of the New Testament book of Revelation reports a vision of a great crowd from "all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues," redeemed and standing before the throne of God. The author's vision of Christianity is not white—it is a thoroughly multi-cultural unity.
Third, St. Paul believed that in Christ there should be no ethnic divisions. He wrote that in Christ there is no Jew or Gentile but that Christians are all one in Christ. He practiced what he preached by risking his life to bring the gospel of Jesus to people throughout the Roman empire regardless of their ethnic backgrounds.
Fourth, virtually all reputable Jesus scholars believe that Jesus, all of his first disciples and virtually the entire first generation of the Christian church were all Jewish! Although Christianity has a terrible and shameful history of abuses against Jews, it seems pretty stupid to claim to follow a Jewish God while hating Jews!
Finally, there is a story about Jesus in the Gospel of John which shows how radically NOT racist Jesus was. One day while Jesus was passing through Samaria on his way to Galilee, he stopped at a well and asked a Samaritan woman for a drink. She was amazed because, as the text says, Jews do not have things in common with Samaritans. This is usually explained by the fact that Samaritans were a "mixed race," i.e. not pure Jewish, but that's only the beginning of the story (if you have the patience to bear with me you'll find there is a point to this little history lesson).
When Jews were allowed to return home from their forced exile in Babylon in the fifth century BC, they began to rebuild Jerusalem and their temple. The primary obstacle was the Samaritans who did everything they could, including threats of violence, to stop the building projects. The racial tension between Jews and Samaritans, no doubt, increased significantly.
In the second century BC, Palestine was controlled by a ruthless Syrian king known as Antiochus Epiphanes. Antiochus is said to have enslaved or slaughtered 80,000 Jews and sacrificed a pig to a foreign god in the Jewish temple! He then sent soldiers into the countryside to force villagers to sacrifice to other gods…or die. The Samaritans generally sided with Antiochus. Whatever antagonism there had been between Jews and Samaritans turned to bitter hatred.
Finally, just a few years before Jesus began his ministry a group of Samaritans actually snuck into great Jewish temple in Jerusalem and scattered dead carcasses on the grounds, defiling the Temple area! While we may think of this as vandalism, pious Jews would have considered the defilement of their temple a nightmare which would have undoubtedly reminded them of the days of Antiochus. The flames of their hatred toward Samaritans were re-ignited.
In Jesus' time, therefore, many Jews would have insisted that they had every right in the world to hate Samaritans—not just for being a "mixed race," but for their anti-Jewish behavior as well. But according to the Gospels, Jesus didn't hate Samaritans. He reached out to them, befriended them and even ate with them (eating together had much more significance in that society than it does today).
Of course this is not the only story we could cite. For example, the Romans were certainly hated by many in Jesus' day, not just because they were "gentiles" (i.e. a differnt race), but because they were the conquering rulers of the Jewish homeland—and to pious Jews, it was not just the Jewish homeland, it was God's land! Many Jews passionately hated Romans and wanted them out at all costs. Yet, far from hating Romans, Jesus showed compassion on a Roman centurion! In fact, Jesus' final command to his followers was to make disciples of all nations.
Much more could be said, but the bottom line of this lengthy post is this: If you are anti-Semitic or white supremacist, you really need to stop deluding yourself into thinking that your ideology has anything at all to do with Christianity. White supremacy and Anti-Semitism are about as anti-Christ as one can get.
Labels: Racism
Public Prayer Protection Act
A bill has been introduced in congress that would protect the right of public prayer by elected officials. It is called the Public Prayer Protection Act of 2005 (H.R. 4364). The essence of the bill is copied below:
A BILL To protect the right of elected and appointed officials to express their religious beliefs through public prayer.
The Congress finds that--
(1) The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution was intended by our Founding Fathers to prohibit one religious denomination from enjoying the exclusive backing of government and to prohibit the Federal establishment of any type of religious uniformity or orthodoxy that rewards observers and punishes violators.
(2) The First Amendment guarantees the right of elected and appointed officials to express their religious beliefs through public prayer.
(3) The exercise of this right does not violate the Establishment Clause.
(4) The courts and the legislatures of the several States are in the best position to protect this right.
(5) Article III, Section 2, clause 2 of the United States Constitution expressly grants Congress the authority to define the appellate jurisdiction of the Federal court system.
`Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of certiorari, or otherwise, any matter that relates to the alleged establishment of religion involving an entity of the Federal Government or a State or local government, or an officer or agent of the Federal Government or a State or local government, acting in an official capacity, concerning the expression of public prayer by that entity, officer, or agent.'
If you are interested in supporting this bill, contact your representative.
Labels: Freedom of Religion
Breaking News: Abortion illegal in SD?
The information below is summarized from a U.S. Newswire article just posted. Just minutes ago the state senate of South Dakota passed a bill that would make it illegal to terminate a pregnancy except to save the mother's life. The bill now goes to the governor.
Leslee Unruh, founder of Alpha Center, said, "The overwhelming mass of research could be ignored no longer. Abortion hurts women. South Dakota's legislature heard the cry of those who have been harmed by abortion and passed this bill to protect women and children."
The South Dakota legislature had convened a task force which "collected over 3,500 pages of research and over 2,000 affidavits from women who have had an abortion…The Task Force found, 'that it is simply unrealistic to expect that a pregnant mother is capable of being involved in the termination of the life of her own child without risk of suffering significant psychological trauma and distress.' The task force also wrote, "it is clear that the CDC statistics do not include the vast majority of deaths due to abortions because they do not include deaths from suicide, deaths from physical complications from abortions, and deaths due to any of the cancers in which abortions may be a significant contributing factor."
"During the confirmation hearings of Justices Roberts and Alito, both stated that a judicial precedent can be overturned when new information is brought forward. The information gathered and summarized in the 70 page of the Task Force Report has never been presented in any court for consideration."
Labels: Abortion
NATO: Put up or shut up?
In a recent article (February 15, 2006) Ann Coulter made the following statements:
"…I believe we are legally required to be bombing Syria right now. And unlike the Quran's alleged prohibition on depictions of Muhammad, I've got documentation to back that up! "Muslims in Syria torched the Danish Embassy a few weeks ago, burning it to the ground. According to everyone, the Syrian government was behind the attack - the prime minister of Denmark, Condoleezza Rice and White House spokesman Scott McClellan. I think even the gals on "The View" have acknowledged that Damascus was behind this one. McClellan said: "We will hold Syria responsible for such violent demonstrations since they do not take place in that country without government knowledge and support." We are signatories to a treaty that requires us to do more than "hold Syria responsible" for this attack. Syria has staged a state-sponsored attack on our NATO partner on Danish soil, the Danish embassy. According to the terms of the NATO treaty, the United States and most of Europe have an obligation to go to war with Syria. Or is NATO - like the conventions of civilized behavior, personal hygiene and grooming - inapplicable when Muslims are involved? Liberals complain about "unilateral action," but under the terms of a treaty created by Dean Acheson and the Democrats, France, Germany, Spain and Greece are all obliged to go to war with us against Syria. Why, it's almost like a coalition! OK, Mr. Commie: Saddle up!"
Ms. Coulter always has an entertaining way of making her point—but she does have a good point. I'm not sure NATO should start bombing Syria without further ado, but I do have to wonder what good is NATO if they won't even respond to such an outrageous and unprovoked attack against a member country.
Labels: Radical Islam, Syria
Open letter to rioting Muslims
Do you have any idea how incredibly stupid you appear to the rest of the world? Day after day you rage against Christians, Jews, Israel, Denmark, the United States, and the entire western world. You injure and kill innocent people and destroy the property of those who had nothing to do with the cartoons; so listen carefully: The United States did not do it! Israel did not do it! The Danish government did not do it. In fact, in a free society there may not have been much they could have done to stop it.
The cartoons were published by some insensitive editors of a single Danish newspaper. But the nature, extent and timing of your acting-out--several months after the cartoons were actually published--leads many of us to conclude that your riots really have relatively little to do with Muhammad. Rather, you have simply misused and abused the name of Muhammad as an excuse to vent your irrational, narcissistic, hatred and rage on anyone and anything that happened to be in your way—and in the process you brought worldwide shame on your religion. Do you seriously think Muhammad would have approved?
By contrast, in Minnesota last weekend, a thousand Muslims exercised their right to free speech by staging a peaceful protest against the cartoons. Their protest was covered by the media and they made their voice heard, but, unlike you who are rioting, they did not bring shame and disgrace to Muhammad. (Note to peaceful Muslims: why are you so silent about these riots when your Muslim brothers and sisters do more to disgrace the name of your prophet than the Danish cartoonists themselves?)
The media and Saddam Tapes
On February 16, Recliner Commentaries reported that ABC News has obtained twelve hours of tapes recorded in high level meetings between Saddam Hussein and his advisors. Now we learn that our government has thousands tapes that were recorded in Saddam's palace. "Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, says the tapes are authentic and show that "Saddam had a fixation on weapons of mass destruction and he had a fixation on hiding what he was doing from the U.N. inspectors." Hoeckstra says there are more than 35,000 boxes of such tapes and documents that the U.S. government has not analyzed nor made public that should also be translated and studied on an urgent basis" (ABC News).
On Fox and Friends Sunday, General Paul Vallely, who has apparently heard some of the tapes, said that the Russians are seriously implicated in a plot to move Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to Syria before the war. Regardless of whether the general's accusations are true, all of this raises serious questions. For example, why hasn't ABC released transcripts of the tapes in their possession, and why is the media wasting its time on Cheney when they should be asking why the White House hasn't translated and released the rest of these tapes? Could it be that the liberal media is afraid that the tapes will show that President Bush was justified in going to war? Could it be that the Bush administration is afraid the tapes will provide ammo for further liberal attacks against the war? Either way, Americans have a right to know, so why is the media not pressing this issue?
Labels: The Media, War in Iraq
Religious Valentines censored
"Texas's family defender Kelly Shackelford hurried into court this week, determined to prevent the Katy School District from banning religious-themed Valentine's cards and favors. Students were being told they could not hand out Valentine materials that mentioned God. Five families from the Houston-area public school district sought and received a temporary restraining order against the policy that prohibited the sharing of cards and gifts that reflect their faith. Alliance Defense Fund senior legal counsel Mike Johnson charged the district's personnel with creating "an environment of intimidation and hostility toward Christian students…The effort to censor religious speech apparently has no limit" (WEA: Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin).
For more info see KWTX in Huston.
Labels: Education, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech
Saddam Hussein tapes
ABC News has obtained twelve hours of tapes recorded in high level meetings between Saddam Hussein and his advisors. They were initially recovered by the CIA, which turned them over to the FBI. ABC got them from a former UN weapons inspector, Bill Tierney, who translated them for the U.S. government. Below are some excerpts of the conversations from an ABC transcript and from last nights' "Nightline."
Saddam: "Terrorism is coming."
Saddam: "That in the future, there will be terrorism with weapons of mass destruction. I told them, in the future, what would prevent a booby-trapped car causing a nuclear explosion in Washington or a germ in or a chemical one?"
Saddam: "This is coming, this story is coming but not from Iraq."
Tariq Aziz: "It's so simple that any biologists can make a bottle of germs and drop it into a water tower and kill 100,000. This is not done by a state. No need to accuse a state. An individual can do it. Even an American in a house close to the White House."
Saddam: "The situation is a pity. Had I known that the war would end, we would have found them on Israel's head."
Hussein Kamel (Saddam's son-in-law): "We did not reveal all that we have. Not the type of weapons. Not the volume of the materials we imported. Not the volume of the production we told them about. Not the volume of news. None of this was correct."
Hussein Kamel: "As for the nuclear, sir, we say we have disclosed everything. But no. We have undeclared problems in nuclear, as well."
Hussein Kamel: "Sir, I go back to the question of whether we should reveal everything or continue to be silent. Sir, since the meeting has taken this direction, I would say it is in our interest not to reveal."
An aide to Saddam: "No matter how much time passes, the factories are in our minds. The factories are there. As for time, it's not on their side. They cannot break our will, which gets stronger day after day. We are ready, sir, at your disposal. If you say resume activity in any specific area, we're here and prepared."
Saddam: "With God's help, they will lose. They will lose the most-important thing. They lost the spiritual and human aspects. And God willing, you will win everything."
Saddam: "We have become more aware and more capable in our vision and in our faith."
Labels: Terrorism, War in Iraq
Discrimination ruled constitutional
Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided that it was not unconstitutional for the New York City Schools to discriminate against Christians! Attorney Michael Gaynor sums up the issue in an article, "Will Scotus use Skoros to straighten out Everson? Excerpts appear below:
"At issue is a school policy promulgated by the Chancellor's office that prohibits the display of Nativity scenes in New York City's schools during the Christmas season, but expressly permits and encourages these schools to display during certain religious holidays and seasonal observances the Jewish Menorah and the Islamic Star and Crescent. New York City officials claim that the goal of this policy is 'to promote understanding and respect for the diverse beliefs and customs relating to our community's observance of the winter holiday."
"In 2001…several New York City public schools, including one of the schools attended by Ms. Skoros' son, displayed the Jewish Menorah and the Islamic Star and Crescent, but not the Nativity scene. One public school principal issued a memo…encouraging teachers to bring to school 'religious symbols' that represent the Islamic and Jewish religions without mentioning Christianity. Catholic League president William Donohue made several attempts to get school officials to change their discriminatory policy, without success. School officials dismissed requests to display the Nativity scene and instead would only allow Christmas trees, a secular symbol not the equivalent of the religious symbols allowed for Jews and Muslims."
"Richard Thompson, Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, summarized his clients' objection as follows: 'The policy relegates Christians to second class citizens. Forcing schools to only allow secular symbols for Christmas while allowing religious symbols for other religions' holiday observances shows a callous indifference and hostility toward Christians during one of their holiest seasons. It is ironic that a religion enjoying the largest following in this nation is consigned by the City of New York to a least-favored status. It's a shame that we have reached a point in our Nation's history that 'respect for diverse beliefs and customs' has come to mean discrimination against Christians — at Christmas time no less."
"Mr. Thompson condemned the majority decision: 'Many federal courts are using the contrived endorsement test to cleanse America of Christianity. This unprincipled test allows judges to impose their ideological views under the pretext of constitutional interpretation. Thus, the majority opinion says it is legitimate to discriminate against Christians in the largest public school system in the country, with over one million students enrolled in its 1200 public schools and programs. This should be a wake-up call for Christians across this nation."
Labels: Freedom of Religion, Persecution
NSA wiretapping
Last Sunday on Fox and Friends weekend Republican Congressperson Heather Wilson was introduced as the first Republican to break ranks with other Republicans over the NSA scandal. She cited the wiretapping of Martin Luther King as an example of how the government could not be trusted with wiretapping or domestic spying without oversight.
I agree with Ms. Wilson and quite frankly I'm amazed at how many conservatives have jumped on the President's bandwagon on this issue. I wholeheartedly agree with wiretapping terrorists and I don't even think the government should have to get permission beforehand to do it, not even if Americans are involved. But there must be some kind of oversight—even if only after the fact as FISA allows—to ensure that wiretapping or spying on Americans is only done with probable cause and legitimate purposes, and not just for the purpose of keeping tabs on, or silencing political opponents. Conservatives need to ask themselves whether they would want John Kerry or Hillary Clinton to have the authority to do wiretapping on Americans without oversight. Who knows, one of them may be president some day (heaven help us!)
Labels: Homeland Security, NSA Wiretapping
U.S. Ports under new management
Later today, Dubai Ports World (DP World) is expected to finalize a $6.8 Billion purchase of a company that controls "significant operations" at ports in New York, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami, Philadelphia, and in New Jersey. DP World is based in the United Arab Emirates, a country which the State Department considerers to be a valuable ally in the war against terrorism, but was "an important operational and financial base" for the 911 hijackers. Nevertheless, the sale was apparently approved by the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment, a secretive government panel consisting of representatives from the departments of Treasury, Defense, Justice, Commerce, State and Homeland Security (Seattle Times).
Part of me says, "This deal has approval from Homeland Security—surely they know what they're doing." The other part of me says, "Are you crazy—like they knew what they were doing with Hurricane Katrina?!" Letting a middle-eastern Arab company take control of American sea ports appears, at least on the surface, to be a little like putting the proverbial fox in charge of the hen house.
Labels: Homeland Security, Terrorism
Vice President Cheney shoots Harry Whittington
The headline sounds like something out of the old west, but is true. The story has been confirmed by the White House. The Vice President was quail hunting Saturday when he turned to shoot a quail, but accidently shot a 78 year old lawyer named Harry Whittington. Mr. Whittington, a friend of Vice President Cheney, was sprayed with bird shot. Someone on the ranch was quoted as saying of Mr. Whittington, "It broke the skin, it knocked him silly."
Mr. Wittington is recovering in a hospital and is reported to be in good condition and in good spirits. For more information tune in to Jay Leno, David Letterman, or the Daily Show--I'm sure they couldn't possibly pass this one up.
Labels: Miscellaneous
Muslim and Christian fundamentalists
The following are excerpts of an e-mail sent out recently by the Family Research Council:
"Liberal columnists are constantly trying to link conservative Christians with Muslim fundamentalists, suggesting that we are engaged in a jihad against their enlightened ideas. The Rev. Don Wildmon of the American Family Association is denounced as a mullah whenever he leads a protest against some liberal outrage on television…."
"Notice, though, what Don Wildmon has not done. He hasn't burned NBC executives' homes, threatened them with death, or strapped explosives to a bicycle messenger. Look at Europe. There, Muslim protesters against an offensive Danish cartoon portrayal of Mohammed have burned flags, set fire to a Danish Embassy, praised mass murderers, and yelled "Freedom Go To H_ll!" Four people have died in the rioting. We will continue to speak out against the media's constant attempts to insult and degrade Christians and Christianity. But we will continue to use the means and methods of freedom - freedom that rests upon the foundation of Christianity."
Labels: Christianity, Fundamentalism, The Left
The Palestinian Authority it's the mask off?
The following are excerpts of a February 7, 2006 e-mail from World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty News & Analysis written by Elizabeth Kendal:
"A detailed and scholarly description of the suffering of Palestinian Christians can be found in a recently published work entitled: "Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society" by Prof. Justus Reid Weiner, under the auspices of the Jerusalem Centre for Public Affairs. (The monograph may be downloaded freely from this site, but it is also available through Amazon.)"
"As Weiner explains, the PA's promotion of Sharia (Islamic Law) immediately placed Christians in a precarious position, as Sharia does not afford them equality before the law. Escalating hardship and lawlessness, combined with the inequity of Sharia, makes Palestinian Christians exceedingly vulnerable, and their life increasingly unbearable."
"School curriculum in PA-run schools is infamous for its glorification of suicide bombers, its radical Islamic fundamentalism, its denial of Israel's right to exist, and its denigration of non-Muslims. As a pre-election Hamas video boasts, 'We succeeded, with Allah's grace, to raise an ideological generation that loves death like our enemies love life."
"Weirner describes the persecution of Christians as "diverse and widespread", adding that "institutionalised discrimination pervades virtually all realms of life and has become an inexorable part of Palestinian Christian existence".
In his monograph Prof. Weirner details the various forms this diverse, widespread, institutionalised discrimination and persecution takes. In summary, Christian communities and individuals suffer the following:
"Christians suffer economic hardship as Muslims boycott their businesses. Islamic militants have also forced some Christians to close their businesses. The practice of extortion of Christian businesses is so widespread that one Christian businessman interviewed told Prof. Weiner, "There isn't a Christian businessman exempt." He said that around 90 percent of Christian businesses in Bethlehem have been forced to close. Those that remain in business are paying protection money to militants."
"Christians in business in the Palestinian Territories are also harassed, beaten and robbed by PA police (Weiner cites examples). They are targeted simply because they are Christian. Refusal or inability to pay bribes can lead to torture and even death. These atrocities are committed with impunity."
"Prof. Weiner also explains that, in violation of international human rights norms, Palestinian Land Law prescribes the death penalty to anyone selling land to Jews. According to Weiner, Jerusalem's Arafat-appointed mufti, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri has issued a fatwa to the effect that death will be the penalty to anyone selling land to any non-Muslim. This law extends to Christians, so that they cannot sell land to each other."
"According to Weiner's research, violence against Christian women in the Palestinian Territories was rare before the PA took control. Christian women testify that before 1993, security was such that they could walk the streets in safety. However, after the PA took control, Christian women could be attacked with impunity. Weiner gives several reasons for the sharp rise in sexual violence against Christian women since the PA took control of the Palestinian Territories: the rise is Islamist attitudes (such as Muslim superiority and contempt of infidels); the denigration and relegation of Christians to dhimmi (second class citizen) status with limited rights and no equality before the law; combined with the PA's inaction, regardless of whether that is due to lack of authority or lack of will. Once again, Muslim criminals know they can rape Christian women without fear of retaliation or legal consequence."
"Weiner quotes Joseph Farah, a Lebanese-American Christan editor of the WorldNetDaily online, as saying of Christians under the PA, 'They are being driven out. They are being murdered. They are being raped. They are being systematically persecuted. They are being harassed. They are being intimidated.' Weiner reports that Palestinian Christians under PA authority are discriminated against '...in the field of education, the receipt of medical benefits, and other government aid'. A Lutheran pastor told Weiner, '...if food aid is brought in from Saudi Arabia, Christians are told that they are not entitled to receive any because they are not Muslims."
According to Prof. Weiner, PA security personnel frequently combine ignorance of the law with Islamist sentiment to become persecutors rather than protectors. Christians are often imprisoned on trumped up charges of collaborating with Israel. Apostates can expect to be punished mercilessly through torture in PA prisons."
Labels: Persecution, Radical Islam
Coretta Scott King funeral
At the funeral of Coretta Scott King yesterday, former President Jimmy Carter said: "The efforts of Martin and Coretta have changed America, they were not appreciated even at the highest level of government. It was difficult for them personally -- with the civil liberties of both husband and wife violated as they became the target of secret government wiretapping, other surveillance, and as you know, harassment from the FBI."
President Carter makes a valid point. If the executive branch of government can unilaterally decide which Americans to spy on without oversight or review from the legislative or judicial branches, eventual abuse is almost certain. Of course Mr. Carter, being a Democrat who wishes to score political points against a Republican president, didn't mention that this abuse against the Kings ocurred under a Democratic administration! But aside from that, was it really appropriate for Mr. Carter to turn a tribute to Ms. King into a political statement?
The danger of Islam
There are many on the left who believe that only a tiny percentage of Muslims are dangerous and violent. In light of 1) the large number of Iranians who recently demonstrated in support of their president who wants to eliminate Israel, 2) the seemingly unending number of Muslim insurgents killing innocent Iraqi's in order to enslave them again 3) the extensive nature of the riots by Muslims in France several weeks ago, 4) the recent Palestinian election of Hamas whose goal is the extermination of Israel, and 5 the tens-of-thousands of Muslims now rioting in numerous countries all over world—the idea that only a tiny percentage of Muslims are militant and violent is truly naïve. This idea is not only naïve, but also dangerous because it keeps some on the left from recognizing that Islam is one of the most serious threats to western civilization since the former Soviet Union. One difference, however, is that the former Soviet Union was hesitant to use their nuclear weapons because of potential US retaliation. When radical Muslim nations get nuclear weapons I doubt they will have such concerns.
Muhammad and cartoons
Yesterday, CNN and Fox News were reporting that Muslims around the world are becoming more and more violent over the Danish newspaper that published cartoons ridiculing Muhammad. In Lebanon alone, tens of Thousands of Muslims have been rioting, setting Danish and Norwegian embassies on fire.
I must admit that I've got mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I think it was cold and callous for this newspaper to publish such cartoons. I know that for true Christians, Jesus is more precious than anyone or anything in our lives, and many Muslims obviously feel the same way about Muhammad. To publicly ridicule Jesus or Muhammad is as hurtful as seeing someone humiliating your wife or children in public! Although I have certainly not been shy about criticizing Islam on this blog, there is a big difference between criticism and mockery.
But as much as I may like to have laws against disrespecting the name of God or ridiculing Jesus, I understand that in order for me to have the freedom to express my views, I must be willing to allow others the freedom to express their views, even if they attack my faith. What many don't seem to understand is that the alternative to freedom of speech is the tyranny of whoever has the most power.
Incidentally, when a painting—funded with tax dollars—was displayed that depicted a crucifix of Jesus dipped in urine, Christians were upset and angry but we weren't rioting and setting things on fire. Even today, there are no riots in the streets over the recent burning of numerous churches in Alabama, and while Muslims overseas burn Christian churches over the Danish cartoons (go figure), my Conservative Evangelical church (and many others I'm sure) prayed yesterday for the Muslim families whose loved ones died in the Red Sea ferry disaster. Those who try to equate Christian fundamentalists with Muslim fundamentalists are either demonstrating their ignorance of the facts or their hatred of Christian fundamentalists.
Labels: Freedom of Speech, Radical Islam
Coretta Scott King and Aiden
Yesterday, a great American, Coretta Scott King, passed away. No less tragic to me, however, was the death of another black person on the same day—my grandson, Aiden. Aiden died of premature birth at 22 weeks. He was 12 inches long, 1.25 pounds and fully formed—mouth, nose, ears, eyelids fingers, toes—a beautiful baby. He looked like he was sleeping peacefully as my daughter held him for a long time before tearfully saying goodbye. My son-in-law and daughter are now mourning their loss, as is the rest of our family. There is a movie in which a new mother holds her baby and says, "How can you love someone so much whom you just met?" With broken hearts, those are our sentiments exactly. Recliner Commentaries will return some time next week after the funeral.
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CDA Digital Signatures inside
HL7 has been working on an Implementation guide that explains how one would use a Digital Signature inside of a CDA document. This is an implementation of XML-Signature in Enveloped form.
This has completed a round of ballot and now enters 24 months of DSTU.
Signature, Enveloped -- The signature is over the XML content that contains the signature as an element. The content provides the root XML document element. Obviously, enveloped signatures must take care not to include their own value in the calculation of the SignatureValue.
Note, I can't find the current DSTU version of the text... When I find it I will provide a link.
The HL7 CDA Digital Signature Implementation Guide shows a model where the Digital Signature is treated as a blob that is then inserted into the CDA document. This means that it is restricted to only signing CDA documents. The advantage that this CDA internalized digital signature is that it is carried inside the CDA document throughout any transport that conveys the CDA document.
DSTU Publication Approvals
HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA® Release 2: Digital Signatures and Delegation of Rights, Release 1 for Structured Documents WG of SSD SD at Project Insight 1005 and TSC Tracker 3639 requested DSTU publication for 24 months. The Digital Signature and Delegation of Rights Implementation Guides provide a standardized method of applying Digital Signatures to CDA documents. The standard provides for multiple signers, signer's declaration of their role, declaration of purpose of the signature, long-term validation of the Digital Signatures and data validation of the signed content.
This Digital Signature is not a conflict with the IHE-DSG profile, but rather a different model. IHE-DSG profile is a standalone Digital-Signature that references a standalone document of any type. So the IHE-DSG profile can sign a CDA document, but can just as well sign a PDF or any other format of document. The limitation that the IHE-DSG profile has is that it can only sign by reference. This model has been extensively discussed in IHE and on my blog. See IHE-DSG profile,
IHE Does have a proposal that I am working on to add XML-Signature Enveloping.
In this case there would be one document that is an XML-Signature document, with the signed content inside of the document. In this way the content is carried inside the signature. The opposite of the CDA Enveloped DSTU. This method can Envelope ANY type of document, it is not restricted to CDA documents. It is also, like the CDA Enveloped DSTU, completely independent of Transport.
Signature, Enveloping - The signature is over content found within an Object element of the signature itself. The Object (or its content) is identified via a Reference (via a URI fragment identifier or transform).
Signature - Digital, Electronic
IHE - Privacy and Security Profiles - Document Digital Signature
Signing CDA Documents
Using both Document Encryption and Document Signature
Non-Repudiation is a very old art
FW: IHE IT Infrastructure "MHD" Technical Framework Supplement Published
IHE has updated the MHD profile. This is an administrative formality that should have been done almost 3 months ago. The text published is updated Volume 1, and totally erased volume 2. This removal of the Volume 2 text is a notice to developers that IHE is currently re-developing the technical profile. This technical work has been in progress for many months now, moving very slowly because of day-job and summer vacations by everyone who is helping.
The current status of the updating of MHD can be found on the IHE "MHD Status" page.
Associated with this is a formal "Hackathon" at the IHE-Connectathon where developers will be encouraged to work on MHD implementations. This is not called a Hackathon, but rather "New Directions". The goal is to improve and mature the MHD profile. The MHD profile is not well enough matured to be formally tested at IHE-Connectathon.
View the memo on the web.
IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework Supplement Published for Trial Implementation
The IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee has published the following supplement to the IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework for trial implementation as of October 14, 2014:
This profile may be available for testing at subsequent IHE Connectathons. The document is available for download at http://ihe.net/Technical_Frameworks/#IT. Comments on all documents are invited at any time and can be submitted at http://ihe.net/ITI_Public_Comments/.
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DJ Patil is perhaps the most influential data scientist in the world. Having been appointed by President Obama as the very first U.S. Chief Data Scientist, he was tasked with making the largest organization in history—the U.S. Federal Government—a data driven enterprise.
Working directly with the highest ranking officials in government, DJ's efforts led to the establishment of nearly 40 Chief Data Officer roles across a vast array of departments and programs. He helped establish new health care programs including the Precision Medicine Initiative and the Cancer Moonshot, new criminal justice reforms including the Data-Driven Justice and Police Data Initiatives that cover more than 94 million Americans, and led the policy efforts related to national data. Patil's experience in national security initiatives is extensive, and for his efforts was awarded by Secretary Carter the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service which the highest honor the department bestows on a civilian.
In the private sector, he led the product teams at RelateIQ which was acquired by Salesforce, was founding board member for Crisis Text Line which works to use new technologies to provide on demand mental and crisis support, and was a member of the venture firm Greylock Partners. He was also Chief Scientist, Chief Security Officer and Head of Analytics and Data Product Teams at the LinkedIn Corporation, where he co-coined the term "Data Scientist." He has also held a number of roles at Skype, PayPal, and eBay.
"DJ Patil's expertise on how to build a data-driven organization in unrivaled. As the first U.S. Chief Data Scientist, his efforts touched an incredible range of areas, from healthcare to national security to education reform and criminal justice."
Acclaimed data scientist DJ Patil details a new approach to solving problems in Data Jujitsu.


Objectives: Mastectomy as a treatment for breast cancer can disturb marital satisfaction of many couples. In this way, existential anxieties stemming from this potentially deleterious event, and inefficient responses to them, could be mediating. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation method based on existential approach and Olson's marital enrichment model on marital satisfaction of women who had undergone mastectomy and their husbands .
Methods: In this study, a single subject research design is used. The study population comprised couples who had referred to Radiotherapy department of Imam Hussein hospital in Tehran, that among them three couples whose average age was 20 to 50 years old, wife's had undergone mastectomy, tumor has not spread to other parts of the body, and had no prior history of psychiatric disorders before cancer, were selected through purposeful sampling and Intervention in 12 sessions of 90 minutes once a week, has been designed to suit their specific needs. The level of couple's marital satisfaction was evaluated using Dyadic Adjustment Scale.
Results: Comparing couple's scores on the diagram during 9 time measurement (3 times baseline, 4 times during intervention, and 2 times follow up assessment) and calculating recovery percentage, represent increasing in score of marital adjustment scale.
Discussion: So it seems that, this kind of an eclectic couple therapy, by considering couples existential anxiety, has been promoted their marital satisfaction. Explanations are given in discussion part .


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Bonnaroo Lineup 2011: Arcade Fire, Eminem, and More Grammy Nominees
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Updated Apr. 24, 2017 4:35PM ET / Published Feb. 15, 2011 8:33AM ET
After the Grammys received the most viewers in a decade, it's no surprise that many of the musicians who graced the stage as performers and winners at Sunday's Grammy Awards will soon be heading down south for the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, announced today. Eminem, Buffalo Springfield (featuring Neil Young), and the Grammys' big winner, Arcade Fire, will perform at the 10th anniversary festival alongside the Strokes, Lil' Wayne, Mumford & Sons, the Black Keys, My Morning Jacket, and many more acclaimed acts. Bonnaroo will take place in Manchester, Tenn. from June 9 to June 12.


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Kirby's Rainbow Resort > Games > Kirby Magic Mirror
System: GameBoy Advance
Publisher: Hal Laboratory
Developer: Hal Laboratory / Flagship
Released: April 15th 2004 (Japan)
Genre: Platform/Puzzle
Instruction Booklet
Walkthoughs/FAQs
Tips and Codes
Mini-Bosses
Level Guide
Cartridge Art
The second Kirby game to be released on GameBoy Advance, Kirby Magic Mirror (Title likely to change) is one of the most unique and different Kirby games so far. The story involves a sort of parallel universe in which some evil force has gained entrance to the normal universe and things are just all over flip flopped. Meta Knight has a strong role in the game, as you learn later that your quest entails actually to some extent helping him.
The neatest and newest feature - Kirby has a cell phone and can call on his friends when he needs help in a predicament!
There are 9 areas in the game, and you must go about unlocking each area by reaching them through certain paths. For example, in Area 2, you can easily access Area 9. While out of order, it adds to the challenge and difficulty of the game. Some rooms will only allow you to go in one direction, and this can be difficult finding your way around until you find the Area Map. Once the map is found, you can work out the maze and set out to visit every room. For people looking for the quickest ending, can just find the maps and seek out the bosses. For those of us who enjoy that 100% notch on our game saves, you'll find a heap of items to find and collect. Spray cans, CD players and music scores (opens the sound test) and life-extending hearts are not only cool to pick up, they add to your percent rating.
While keeping the Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland feel, Magic Mirror goes beyond with many room levels, enemies, abilities and bosses. Some old foes, but a lot of new. As for abilities, there are a lot of the Adventure/Nightmare abilities but a quite a few cool ones as well. Missile, Angel, Magic, Shrink and Smash Bros. are a few, and not to mention the Super Star ability - Cook! The bosses are fresh - all new except two! A first for a Kirby game. As for the mini-bosses, there are three you'll recognize and four new ones.
The graphics are exceptional, as was Nightmare, but the elements and themes in each Area gives the game a seamless and colorful feel.
There is one main Area (Rainbow Route) which after completing each area, you will come back to. You also have the ability to use your cell phone to call on a warp star to take you back to this main room should you meet a unpleasant situation. You also have to your advantage, three eager and hyper friends who will help if you just give them a call. There are some situations you may need them, and others just for an extra hand. They can be extremely helpful, or missing in action. This does not mean the game is 4 player however, you'll find they are CPU controlled with a mind(s) of their own.
For the avid Kirby fan who picks up a Kirby game and absorbs it quickly, this game is probably second to Super Star in difficulty and playability. The levels have a Great Cave Offensive feel, yet it is definitely much harder in terms of being a maze. For experienced players, this game might be comfortable and surprising for Kirby, who has picked up a notorious rap in the past for having somewhat unchallenging titles.
As for extras, there are three mini-games accessible from the menu, and unfortunately not stumbled upon in the game itself. The closest 'mini-game' in the actual game is the goals, which also aren't given to you easily - you must seek them out!
The mini-games are similar in style to Kirby games of the past. One game has four hungry puffballs surrounded by a gourmet platter, and once the platter cover is removed, the fastest player to inhale gets the apples (or bombs!). Very similar to Quick draw. Another game is the surfing game, which is challenging and similar to Air Grind. Last but not least is Gigaton Punch, similar to yep, Megaton Punch from Superstar.
...and if you can figure out how, you'll get the Arena in which you can face off which every mini-boss and boss in the game. Not too easy!
Other extras include (when you find them) picking up color sprays to color your playing Kirby with, the musical scores to unlock the sound test and the heart meters to make your gameplay vitality increase.
Kirby Magic Mirror is fun and very challenging. Maybe more challenging than you are used to, but finally it's a portable Kirby game that you won't beat in one sitting (unless that sitting happens to exceed a high number of hours). While the Kirby series was feared to be loosing it's touch, this game swerved it right back on track with all the elements of a Kirby game that won't disappoint!
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Paralympics: Singapore's Yip Pin Xiu on reaching goals despite circumstances
The pool transformed Yip Pin Xiu in such a profound way that even after taking a year off, she found her focus again. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
Yip Pin Xiu, who won gold and silver at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics but finished fourth in both her events in London, is Singapore's brightest medal prospect in Rio. "I don't think I'm extraordinary," she said. "I'm just like every normal Singaporean."ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
Singapore is sending 13 athletes to the Sept 7-18 Rio Paralympics. The Straits Times takes a look at several of these representatives - how they manage to rise above their disabilities and how they train to compete with fellow Paralympians, as well as their hopes and aspirations
Sep 6, 2016, 5:00 am SGT
http://str.sg/4pff
Chua Siang Yee
siangyee@sph.com.sg
The pool transformed Yip Pin Xiu in such a profound way that even after taking a year off, she found her focus again
Every time Yip Pin Xiu's coach Mick Massey lowers her into the pool before a race, she knows she is swimming for something greater than herself.
Once upon a time, swimming changed her. Competing all over the globe transformed her into a poised and outgoing woman, a world away from the shy schoolgirl in leg braces who had staples thrown at her because she looked different.
But now Yip, who has muscular dystrophy, is changing her sport instead, shifting mindsets with her feats in the water.
"If I were doing it for myself, I wouldn't have continued this long," the 24-year-old told The Straits Times.
Yip Pin Xiu, who won gold and silver at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics but finished fourth in both her events in London, is Singapore's brightest medal prospect in Rio. "I don't think I'm extraordinary," she said. "I'm just like every normal Singaporean." ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
"But I want to show Singaporeans that as long as you set your mind on something, regardless of your circumstances, you can find opportunities along the way and you can reach your goal.
"I don't think I'm extraordinary. I'm just like every normal Singaporean."
Yet, normal Singaporeans do not break world records twice in three days, as Yip did in May at the International Paralympic Council Swimming European Open Championships.
Normal Singaporeans do not win a gold and a silver medal on their Paralympics debut, as she did in 2008.
By parting water faster than most, she set in motion ripples that still reverberate today.
In 2008, her performances in Beijing ignited a debate about cash prizes for para athletes, which led to the rewards being doubled eventually.
At last year's Asean Para Games, she made Singaporeans rethink the idea of disadvantage when, thrown into a race with competitors more mobile than her, she decimated the world record while winning the race.
But what makes Yip, currently The Straits Times Athlete of the Year, shrug off her achievements with typical self-deprecation was the manner in which competitive swimming nearly slipped from her grasp - ironically, when she was on top of the world.
DRIVEN TO COMPETE
I don't like losing... it can be about the stupidest things, like wanting to be the first to press the lift button. I just have a competitive streak in me.
YIP PIN XIU, explaining why her innate competitive desire also plays a part in her non-competitive life away from the pool.
After the high of her Beijing triumphs, she took a year off racing to focus on school, to live a life she had given up, one where she had more time to spend with family and friends. She trained only four times a week, compared with the 12 she was clocking previously.
Her grades went up but so did her times. Personal bests were beyond reach. The early morning training sessions, routine for elite swimmers who train twice daily, became a slog she loathed.
"It was really hard to get back (into the pool) because after you experience not having to wake up at 5am, it's difficult to want to put yourself back into the routine," said Yip, who was previously coached by former Singapore swim star Ang Peng Siong.
"That's why I feel like my struggles are very real, that any other Singaporean can face this. It's not like a struggle that only a Paralympian or an Olympian can face."
She wondered if swimming was worth the trouble. Four years ago, she could grip the backstroke start bar. Now, she has to be anchored by Massey. Her body, ravaged by her condition, would be sapped by training. Before, she would still have energy at night. Now, she just wants to sleep.
Facts on the sport
Swimming, one of eight sports competed at the inaugural Paralympics at Rome 1960, is also the sport which gave Singapore its first Paralympic gold, when Yip Pin Xiu won the the 50m backstroke S3 at Beijing 2008. She also won a silver (50m freestyle S3).
For the Rio Games, there are 152 medal events with 620 participating athletes.
Physical (1-10), visual (11-13) and intellectual (14) - the lower the number, the more severe the impairment.
Team Singapore at Rio Games
• Yip Pin Xiu (50m, 100m backstroke S2)
• Theresa Goh (50m, 100m, 200m freestyle S5, 100m breaststroke SB4).
In the end, it was Yip's competitive drive that saw her claw her way back into the game.
"I don't like losing. Maybe you can call it a need for speed. It can be about the stupidest things, like wanting to be the first to press the lift button. I just have a competitive streak in me, and as long as I set my mind on something, I want it," she said.
"I know that I cannot snooze, go back to bed and say I don't want to do this, because training is part of the journey and with every single session I know it brings me nearer to my goal."
She made her comeback late in 2010, resuming training at least 12 times a week. She qualified for the London Paralympics after only a year of training, but, agonisingly, finished fourth in both her events.
Which is why this year's Games in Rio de Janeiro, which come after a full four years of preparation, mean more to Yip, especially since she is unsure whether she will attempt to qualify for the next edition in Tokyo.
Medals are definitely on her agenda but she wants more. "From a kid who didn't know much about para sports, to eventually becoming a Paralympian... I want to tell people that if you want it bad enough you can get there somehow," said Yip.
"I just hope that my actions are able to (inspire) other Singaporeans."
Few would dispute that they already have.
Yip Pin Xiu on how she wants to inspire Singaporeans with her swims: http://str.sg/4ppX
Syahidah Alim on how she picked up archery: http://str.sg/4cCh
Gemma Rose Foo on how horse riding has given her a sense of freedom and purpose in life: http://str.sg/4pZd
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 06, 2016, with the headline 'Winning so much more than medals'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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Hear Hunter Hayes' New Song 'You Should Be Loved'
Courtney Carr
Hunter Hayes has shared with fans a new song that mixes a whole bunch of different styles into one cohesive track. Press play above to listen to "You Should Be Loved."
"You Should Be Loved," written by Hayes, Sam Ellis and Blair Daly, is reminiscent of the 1950s, with its doo-wop melody and optimistic, romantic lyrics. The song finds Hayes wanting to be the one to love a girl like she deserves, saving her from a lackluster relationship.
"Diamond eyes and beauty like I've never seen before / You should be shining like a star instead of crying like you are / Held by a man who don't know what he has," Hayes sings in "You Should Be Loved." In the slow-but-powerful chorus, he spells it out for the girl in question: "You should be loved, loved, loved, loved, loved / You should be missed by somebody / Kissed by somebody / Loved by somebody / Like me."
The Shadowboxers lend their voices to "You Should Be Loved," adding to the song's retro vibe. As reported by Rolling Stone, Hayes admits that he was anxious to ask the group to collaborate: "When I want to collaborate with someone, I'm kind of nervous to ask because I don't want to hear no," he says.
"You Should Be Loved" is available on iTunes.
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Juárez, officially Heroica Ciudad Juárez, city (1990 pop. 789,522) Chihuahua state, N Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite El Paso , Tex. Connected with the United States by three international bridges, it is a shipping point and highway and rail terminus. It is also the commercial and processing center for the surrounding cotton-growing area. Except for the river valley, under intense cultivation southeast of the city, Juárez is hemmed in by desert. It has experienced extremely rapid population growth and has been a favored location for the placement of maquiladoras , foreign-owned manufacturing plants that finish goods for sale in the United States.
Developing (1659) as the focal point for Spanish colonial expansion to the north, it was originally called El Paso del Norte and included settlements on both sides of the river, until they were split by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), which ended the Mexican War . In 1888 the name of the Mexican town was changed to honor Benito Juárez , who made it his capital when exiled from central Mexico. The city was captured by Pascual Orozco and Francisco Villa in the early days of the revolution in 1910. From 2008 to 2011 the city was notorious as the most deadly scene of Mexico's drug-related violence.
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Goa, India, an Indian beach haven, was once a hippie sanctuary thanks to its laid back attitude about rules and life. And while Goa is still delightfully carefree, thanks to an infusion of Indian, Portuguese and a variety of other cultures, it has become a rather swank and lively vacation destination. The town thrives on their tourism, so expect to be greeted by happy, helpful locals everywhere you go. The blue skies, flowing waterfalls, green palm trees, white sand, and dark blue ocean combine to create a visually stunning environment. Ancient temples, mosques, plantations and other architectural masterpieces provide a cultural-infused break from beach lounging, but since Goa's beaches are their crowning jewel, you may not want to ever leave them.
The western beaches region of Goa hosts 1.5 million people. Although Goa is India's smallest populated area and is the smallest state, it may pack one of the biggest punches when it comes to tourism and summer parties. Unique mixes of Indian and Portuguese architecture and culture attracts double the population in annual visitors. Goa seems to be the ideal bucket-list-hammock-swaying-dream getaway for most people in the daily grind from big cities as well as travelers just passing through India. The Airport in Goa provides a smooth landing from almost any major city in India for a quick getaway. Rent a motorbike and cruise the shorelines stopping off at popular or hidden beaches. Goa has plenty of options from tiki hut style beach bungalows ranging from a few US dollars a night, to luxurious hotels with all the amenities you can imagine. Whatever your fancy, be sure to sip on fresh cut coconut and lay on a straw mat out on the golden sands as you enjoy the tides of the Arabian Sea, the richness of the sun, and the ever so slight cool sea breeze on your skin.
I spent one hectic month in India, but the weekend I went to Goa was a highlight. The beaches are pristine. The water and sun are warm, the cocktails are delicious, the food is to die for... Once you go, you'll never want to leave. Tucked just behind the beaches is a small strip full of market goods. For the deep pocketed tourists, there are more souvenirs than you can imagine. Whether you want to walk through shops, sip cocktails, or work on the perfect tan, Goa has got it all. Plus, it is full of other tourists so you are bound to make some good friends. If you're lucky, you might even run into a cow or two on the beach.
explore. You don't need a lot of money, but will certainly had many adventures.
Introduction : This is also known as the Ibiza for the poor ,the homeland of the hippies , the root of flower power and all that jazz , Goa is a very different Indian city , Goa is an ancient Portuguese colony and its mostly of Christian origin , filled with magnificent beaches spread across from the north to the south of the state you can experience a wide range of beaches from calm serene to I want to jet ski paraglide with most of the Indian nation kind of beaches , the nightlife is very vivacious and so is their football culture unlike for Indian state to like any other sport than Cricket.
Known as the Queen of beaches it is one of the most famous beaches of Goa attracting millions of tourists every year. Plenty of water rides, adventure sports and other beach activities are available.
An exciting way to discover the Goa jungle is a canyoning trip.
Experienced operators are available in Goa to give you training until you learn the techniques.


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Q: Como uma especialização é implementada em um banco? No meu modelo de ER e no diagrama criei uma especialização para uma entidade denominada clientes, onde relaciona-se com as entidades físico e jurídico provenientes dessa especialização. Eu simplesmente crio as relações entre essas tabelas como se fosse um relacionamento normal ou tem algo mais que devo fazer na implementação?

A: Depende da necessidade mas essencialmente é isso mesmo. Tem os dados básicos na tabela da pessoa e os dados específicos na tabela do tipo de relação (imagino que terá outras além de clientes, caso contrário não faz muito sentido). A relação se dá por um ID da pessoa no cliente ou com um ID do cliente na pessoa (teria que ter uma coluna para cada tipo de relação ou algum truque mais elaborado). Se tem algo mais a fazer não posso dizer, depende da necessidade específica não explicitada.

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How to Calculate the Gross Margin in Managerial Accounting
Gross Profit Margin
By John Freedman
The Importance of Revenue Variances
Relevant & Alternative Costs in Management Accounting
Flexible Budgets & Overhead Analysis Solutions in Managerial Accounting
How to Minimize Margins on an Inkjet
The Pros & Cons of Variable Costing Accounting
Managerial accountants examine margin calculations to prepare financial statements for decision makers, to make quick estimates on the efficiency of manufacturing processes and to compare performance over time. Understanding how gross margin and contribution margin, two common margins in managerial accounting are calculated, can help you use these metrics to evaluate the performance of your business.
Gross Margin vs. Contribution Margin
In managerial accounting, two types of margins are generally calculated. Gross margin, revenue less cost of goods sold, is used when preparing a traditional income statement. Contribution margin, revenue less variable costs, is used when preparing a contribution margin income statement. These two types of income statements, and their associated margins, have different purposes. Traditional income statements are in a format that is accessible to external users and are required for financial reporting. Contribution margin income statements are often used for internal decision making and are managerial accounting specific.
In both the contribution margin format and traditional format calculation, the manager will start by calculating revenue. Revenue used in margin calculations is net revenue, which is defined as gross sales less returns. Generally accepted accounting principles require that revenue is recognized only under strict criteria. First, there must be persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists. Second, delivery must have occurred or services must have been rendered. Third, the sales price must be fixed or determinable. Lastly, collectibility must be reasonably assured. Once these criteria are met, the sale may be recorded as revenue.
Under the traditional format, the company then calculates the cost of goods sold. This is the cost of the goods sold in the current period. This may not be the same as the cost of the goods manufactured in the period. Cost of goods sold is calculated using a cost-flow assumption and examining the change in inventory. For example, if a company uses the FIFO, or first-in first-out cost flow assumption, then the company should assume that the first item into inventory is the first to leave. Therefore, if inventory decreases by 400 units, the cost of those units in total is the cost of the 400 units that have been in inventory the longest, regardless of the actual physical units that were sold.
Variable Costs
Under the contribution margin approach, managers will calculate variable costs after aggregating revenues. Variable costs are all costs, whether related to manufacturing or not, that change as production or sales increase or decrease. Variable costs stay the same per unit, but change in total. For example, a candlestick maker may pay $1 per pound for wax to make candles. This is a variable cost as the more candles that are made and sold, the higher the cost in total.
Managerial Accounting: Ray H. Garrison, et al.
John Freedman's articles specialize in management and financial responsibility. He is a certified public accountant, graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in business administration and has been writing since 1998. His career includes public company auditing and work with the campus recruiting team for his alma mater.
How to Calculate Net Income in Managerial Accounting
Sales Volume as a Measure of Activity of a Flexible Budget
The Differences Between Fundamental Accounting Concepts & Underlying Accounting Concepts
How to Create a Break Even Analysis
How to Calculate the Annual Break Even of Units and Revenue
What Is the Difference Between Operating Margin and Gross Manufacturing Margin?
Revenue Vs. Total Cost Vs. Variable Cost
What Is CVP in a Company?
Arguments for Variable Costing in Managerial Decision Making
1 How to Calculate Net Income in Managerial Accounting
2 Sales Volume as a Measure of Activity of a Flexible Budget
3 The Differences Between Fundamental Accounting Concepts & Underlying Accounting Concepts
4 How to Create a Break Even Analysis


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Q: SQL - How to reorder a select query that uses the limit constraint I have the following sql statement that is working properly.
SELECT * FROM table WHERE name IS NULL ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 20;

The query basically orders the table on date desc, and selects the 20 last records for which the field 'name' is null. The problem is that the query that is retrieved is ordered on date desc. It's logic of course... But what I would like, is that the 'output' is ordered on date asc. Thank you in advance for you replies. Cheers. Marc

A: Try this:
SELECT * FROM (
    <your query>
)
ORDER BY date

Note: some SQL dialects require naming the subquery even if that name is not really used, for example:
SELECT * FROM (
    <your query>
) T
ORDER BY date

A: Use your query inside another query and order the outer query, which shall apply order again.


I've entitled this podcast "Milestones ".
"The three most important decisions you will make in life are who you are going to marry, what career you will pursue and what fraternity you will join", so said the fraternity spokesman on campus my freshman year. This just sounds so absolutely absurd to me at this stage of my life. I suppose it might be of some sort of a milestone in a person's life but hardly one of the top three. I doubt it would make it into one of the top three hundred. It even surprises me that I can still recall the assertion. I think it is because I thought it was so ridiculous at that time. It stayed with me.
Real milestones are important. They keep us grounded, focused and give us a sense of movement. Childhood is filled with milestones that we can recall all the days of our lives. Things like the first day at school, getting a driver's license, graduating from High School, going off to college, our first job in some field that would end up being a career, our marriage or marriages, the birth of our children, sending them off to school or sending them off to college.
This podcast serves as one of my milestones: Episode 513. The first one was published in 2007 and one has been published almost every week since. I'm not sure how valuable they are but I do know that some folks like them. The intend was to encourage others to think about what they are doing with their lives. Some listeners have contacted me and expressed appreciation.


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Beautiful scented roses in the gardens of the 'Bramble Patch'.
Sign at the Wallangarra Pub, just had to take a photo.
A field of wonderful pink and white cosmos flowers, Stanthorpe, and it's for sale too!
What great photos from your trip. I particularly love the little craft cottage. It sounds like you had a terrific break.
Beautiful roses, they must smell so good! Love the good humor, a barking dog, stinker dog and bloody parrots, I wonder how they all really look like! Nice picture of you among the flowers!


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Q: What sets the resolution of an analog resistive sensor? When I read about film or silicon strain gauges their data-sheets mentions about their resolution.
But in analog world what sets the resolution? For example if you vary a potentiometer the output voltage changes accordingly so one can say there is relation between the rotation and the output voltage which would be a continous function not quantized.
Can you give an example which would explain the resolution concept for strain-gauge?

A: If we define resolution of an analog measurement as the smallest change which can be detected, there are some limiting factors. In this case, we're talking about change in strain, not the resulting change in resistance, though obviously they are related.
For the sensor itself, there are factors such as temperature coefficent, hysteresis, 1/f noise (drift) and Johnson-Nyquist (white) noise. The white noise effect can be mitigated by reducing the bandwidth, but then 1/f noise becomes more important, so even if you have no constraint on the time to take a measurement you can't reduce the noise effect without limit.
To the extent you can know the temperature (and to the extent that it's consistent over the element) and you know the strain history you may be able to compensate partially for some of those factors.

A: The resolution is determined by the instrument used to measure the effective resistance.
A given resistive sensor would be characterized by its precision (the repeatibility of measurements under identical conditions) and its accuracy (how well the change in resistance truly reflects the change in strain). Over the range of measurements you could also talk about the linearity of the sensor.

A: If you are talking about strain gauges, then the problem has to be expanded also to the application. Strain gauges are used in weighing scales, pressure transducers,...they are glued on piece of metal.
Things may differ if you use some alloy vs other alloy due to different temperature coeficients, moreover the metal body doesn't always return to it's initial position when unloaded, it has some hysteresis.
Many constraints putted together makes a weighing scale to have a finite number of counts/resolution. It's not just a property of strain gauge.
Most legal to trade scales are C3000 standard, meaning 3000 count over full scale.

A: Here is a system-analysis for 100 microvolt sensor, into 90dB gain low-noise (3-stage) amplifier, into 10 Hertz RC low pass filter, into 32-bit Analog Digital Converter. The amplifier produces 3 volts PP into the 5vPP ADC.
The right-hand numbers tell the resolution story:
---- total noise 4.94 milliVolts RMS (all uncalibratable errors, causing Code Spread in the ADC output binary code)
---- thermal noise 140 microVolts RMS (dominated by first opamp), with lower left plot showing how that opamp and the Rg (resistor to ground) dominate
---- ADC quantization noise 336 picoVolts RMS
---- Power Supply noise: 4.94 millivolt RMS (60 and 120 Hz; see the table in lower-right corner)
What is the limit to resolution? The power-supply-rejection of the first operational-amplifier (which the tool set to 80dB at low frequencies).


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Greta finally had her first day of school today!
Nora accompanied the big kids up to the bus stop.
It was different being home again without them. Very quiet… Nice and relaxing! But I did miss them!
Nora and I had some extended cuddle time, a nice long relaxing bathies and a couple of walks up the street to see the big kids on and off of the bus. She did have a couple of long naps today that allowed me to put some semblance to our disastrous garage!
I will write more tomorrow! Goodnight for me and hopefully good morning to you as you are reading this!
I haven't posted in a while here myself as life at our house is crazy busy a well. Greta looks just like her momma. Hope they have a great year.
I can't believe how big Nora is getting. She is filling out and so alert!
My miracle baby just started her senior year of high school. Yay!!!! So we have been shopping and getting everything ready. Next we are picking out a car for her. Not that her life is smooth sailing by any means but not to shabby after being told she would not live. And if she did she would never walk or talk.
I have a feeling great things are in store for Nora too!
GRETA LOOKED SO PRETTY FOR HER FIRST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL. GAVIN LOOKED QUITE HANDSOME, AS HE AND GRETA TAKES SUCH GOOD PICTURES. THE 3 OF THEM LOOKED REALLY NICE TOGETHER. HOPE GRETA'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS A GOOD ONE. LITTLE NORA'S PICTURES TODAY ARE SO GOOD. SHE TAKES SUCH BEAUTIFUL PICTURES. I BET IT WAS A QUITE HOUSE FOR YOU TODAY, ESPECIALLY SINCE NORA TOOK TWO GOOD NAPS. HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP, AND WAKE UP TOMORROW TO ANOTHER GOOD DAY. LOVE YOU ALL. PRAYING FOR ALL THE FAMILY EVERY DAY. GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS.
All of your children are soooooo precious! Love Greta's outfit!!
What beautiful children. They look so happy! So glad Greta is feeling better! Love all the pictures.


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Masset RCMP receive 44 calls in one week
A total of 44 calls for service were made to the Masset RCMP this past week, says Cpl. Andrew Baylis. Files of note are listed below.On Aug. 13, RCMP received a report of a Helijet helicopter that had lost power as it neared the landing pad at Langara Island Fishing Lodge on Langara Island. The helicopter pilot was forced to make a controlled landing on the water, which activated the helicopter's emergency floatation devices. The helicopter floated and the pilot and passenger were uninjured and boarded a boat. Unfortunately one of the floatation devices failed, due to an air leak, and the helicopter eventually capsized and partially submerged, but was still held afloat by the other floatation device. The helicopter was tied to a nearby structure and booms were placed around the helicopter to secure it. No fuel leaks were reported and salvage of the helicopter was authorized by the Transport Safety Board of Canada, which is investigating the cause of this incident.On Aug. 14, RCMP responded to a report of a disturbance on Collison Avenue. Police attended and found an intoxicated man yelling at another man. The intoxicated man was accusing the other man of hitting him with his vehicle. The intoxicated man had damaged the vehicle by breaking off the shift lever and denting the hood by slamming his fist down on it. The police examined the vehicle, spoke with a witness and determined there was no evidence supporting the intoxicated man's claims of being hit by the vehicle. The intoxicated man was arrested for Mischief Under $5,000 for the damage he caused to the vehicle and was lodged in detachment cells until he was sober. The victim did not wish to pursue charges and is working with the other man to restore the damage done.On Aug. 15, RCMP received a complaint of a broken window at the Masset court house. The culprit used a piece of wood to break the first pane of the two-pane glass. This incident is still under investigation.On Aug. 17, RCMP responded to a report of Mischief to a vehicle that had occurred on Hemlock Crescent sometime the night before. Shells were smashed on the vehicle causing scratches to the paint. This incident is still under investigation.On Aug. 18, RCMP responded to the report of a found toddler that was wandering unattended on Trumpeter Drive. The toddler was being looked after by a grandparent, when he wandered out of the yard and was found by a passerby. The Ministry of Family and Child Services will be looking into this matter.On Aug. 18, RCMP responded to a report of an intoxicated man refusing to leave the Mile Zero Pub. Police attended and found that Robinson Russ had attended the pub intoxicated and refused to leave when asked. Mr. Russ was later located, arrested and charged with breaching conditions of an undertaking, that condition being not to consume liquor.During this past week, the Masset RCMP responded to nine reports of individuals who were intoxicated in a public place.The Masset RCMP requests that if anyone has information on the above incidents or other illegal activities in our communities to please contact the RCMP at 250-626-3991 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously? at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online at www.bccrimestoppers.com
Northern Gateway deadline Aug. 31
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It all began almost sixty years ago with Michael Einhorn's father, Fred, and a butcher shop. In 1952, Fred Einhorn moved from New York to open up "Tropical Kosher Meat Market". The market was located in Miami Beach, on the popular Washington Avenue. He was a pioneer in providing his neighboring areas with premium kosher meats. Michael, owner of Kosher Kingdom, started working with his father at the young age of fourteen. Michael spent his holidays and vacations from school behind the counter, becoming an expert butcher. Tropical Kosher Meat Market eventually became Freddy's Kosher Meats. In 1979, Michael decided to open Rubendales Kosher Meat Market, located in the suburbs of Miami. Michael would be the first one in and the last one out everyday for the following twenty five years.
As the customers who kept a Kosher household headed north, Michael had to seek a new location for the business. The City of Aventura was Mike's next stop. In 1999, Mike had found a new home with approximately 1500 square feet and which was located in the heart of Aventura. Kosher Kingdom was born and business was booming!
In 2002, Kosher Kingdom expanded their store to provide their customers with a more enjoyable shopping experience. This led to an increase of space for new grocery items and widened isles for the customers. In 2004, another adjacent space became available, and again, Mike expanded to 8000 square feet. The most recent addition was in 2008, which added a state of the art bakery department. This 1000 square feet of space has provided customers with a wider range of baked goods and fresh challahs rolling out all day long.
That small butcher shop launched the idea of creating a complete kosher market which provides everything of which a Jewish household could dream. With fifty years of experience, Michael knew exactly what was needed in creating the ultimate Kosher Supermarket. Kosher Kingdom opened its doors in 1999. It has expanded 4 times and is over 10000 square feet. The Kingdom is a family owned and operated business, which is part of its charm. The food will make you feel as though you are always in your Bubbie's kitchen. It includes a full service catering department, an infamous deli counter with delicious prepared foods, butcher shop, dairy section, produce, bakery, and a fully stocked wine cellar. Our newest addition is the "Pizza King". Welcome to our family!
We are not just another market. Our family takes great pride in serving you the highest quality kosher products possible - See you at the market soon!


If you are one of those who have never been to the gym, yet think it's a tafreeh spot for youngsters these days, you might as well reconsider. Where many out there are dedicated towards burning all those calories every day and making some muscle shuscle, majority just simply hates going there. A part of it is because of the laziness, yes, but most of it is because of the company you get over there that is actually so intriguing you can put it into categories!
These people tend to show way too much skin or body shape when they're at the gym, even if sirf khawateen hi tou hain wahan, a lot of people would get distracted by you if you aren't dressed properly. Then there are those who just cover up way too much for gym hours. How do you even manage to exercise wearing baggy jeans with a bomber jacket that's all zipped up? How do you even breathe?
So is there this one specific person at the gym who makes all the sounds in the world while working out? Yep, that certainly is the grunter. No matter how giant or tiny his body is, this very person would lift weights and you will definitely hear that 'Hayeeee' or 'Oyeee' with each and every single lift. It seriously sounds as if they are going through labor! No exaggerations here.
Don't even get us wrong here, these people can even leave Mr. Trump behind when it comes to making constipated faces. Even though they won't make a sound, their face says it all about how the exercise they are doing is just a bit too much for them to handle. They push themselves just way too hard.
These ladies would walk into the gym with an 'I woke up like this' attitude but flawless makeup and you would be surprised when it would not even melt with all that heat during gym sessions. Yes, these are the women who give you the serious kinda beauty complexes that make you question your very own existence.
The name says it all now, doesn't it? These people are usually men who contribute a fair amount to the grungy smell of the underground gym itself. And they make you question, did he just workout or walk straight out of a shower session? Also, the gym equipment that this guy uses is all the stuff you would potentially like to stay away from because these dudes just aren't habitual of toweling off their machines once they are done using them. Eeekh!
You know who these are! These people go to gym for the sake of their Instagram feed. They'll be wearing all the brightest and nicest gym gear and would always have their phones with them. Although the front camera does all the job for them, they might as well ask you to take a picture of them while they pose for that much needed candid gym picture. The kind of hashtags under their photos are unbelievable and their Snapchat story might as well be all the inspiration you need to never leave the gym for eternity.
No matter what kind of people approach to the gym-land at least they do! Haven't planned on taking up a workout session at the nearest gym yet? Well, you better do now, you might just be missing a lot of entertainment and inspiration side by side.