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Newspaper coverage of political scandals
2011 Journal of Politics study on partisan bias in how scandals are covered by U.S. news organizations.
by Christopher Olver | June 15, 2011 December 4, 2020 | ethics
by Christopher Olver, The Journalist's Resource

Newspaper coverage of political scandals

by Christopher Olver, The Journalist's Resource
June 15, 2011

Each American political season seems to bring with it a new round of scandals. Though critics of the media often complain about frivolousness and overkill, the content of the scandals often demands serious and significant coverage. However, judgments by news editors and reporters do influence the volume and treatment.

A 2011 study from Harvard University and the University of Pavia published in The Journal of Politics, "Newspaper Coverage of Political Scandals," used data from 32 political scandals and 200 newspapers over the past decade to determine any bias that newspapers with apparent political leanings employed in their coverage. The study did not distinguish between types of scandals -- for example, financial versus sex scandals -- nor did it take into account the prominence of the politician in question. The key measurement for bias is the volume of news coverage devoted to a scandal, something the researchers termed "agenda-setting."

The findings include:

Partisan-leaning editorial pages are strongly correlated with biases in the amount of reportorial coverage of scandals. Democratic-leaning newspapers devote significantly more attention to scandals involving Republican politicians than scandals involving Democrats, and Republican-leaning newspapers do the opposite. This apparent bias holds for scandals both local and national in origin.

On average, a news organization with a higher degree of editorial endorsements for one political party will devote 26% more reportorial news coverage to a scandal involving a member of the opposite party.

The partisan nature of the readership itself -- when newspapers are read in a primarily Democratic or Republican area -- only seems to have an effect on local scandals. Republican- or Democratic-leaning media give more coverage to scandals of the opposite party only when the politician is from the same state or congressional district where the newspaper is sold. This correlation between a partisan readership and news attention does not hold for out-of-state or national-level scandals.

Evidence suggests that newspapers with larger circulations "systematically give more space to scandals, irrespective of the political affiliation of those involved."

The study's authors caution that the findings merely prove correlations, and the results do not prove that ideology always drive news coverage decisions. However, they conclude that newspapers cover political scandals "in systematically biased ways [that] appear to depend on the partisan positions of their publishers, editors and readers."

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This article first appeared on The Journalist's Resource and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
Each American political season seems to bring with it a new round of scandals. Though critics of the media often complain about frivolousness and overkill, the content of the scandals often demands serious and significant coverage. However, judgments by news editors and reporters do influence the volume and treatment.
A 2011 study from Harvard University and the University of Pavia published in The Journal of Politics, "Newspaper Coverage of Political Scandals," used data from 32 political scandals and 200 newspapers over the past decade to determine any bias that newspapers with apparent political leanings employed in their coverage. The study did not distinguish between types of scandals — for example, financial versus sex scandals — nor did it take into account the prominence of the politician in question. The key measurement for bias is the volume of news coverage devoted to a scandal, something the researchers termed "agenda-setting."
The findings include:
Partisan-leaning editorial pages are strongly correlated with biases in the amount of reportorial coverage of scandals. Democratic-leaning newspapers devote significantly more attention to scandals involving Republican politicians than scandals involving Democrats, and Republican-leaning newspapers do the opposite. This apparent bias holds for scandals both local and national in origin.
On average, a news organization with a higher degree of editorial endorsements for one political party will devote 26% more reportorial news coverage to a scandal involving a member of the opposite party.
The partisan nature of the readership itself — when newspapers are read in a primarily Democratic or Republican area — only seems to have an effect on local scandals. Republican- or Democratic-leaning media give more coverage to scandals of the opposite party only when the politician is from the same state or congressional district where the newspaper is sold. This correlation between a partisan readership and news attention does not hold for out-of-state or national-level scandals.
Evidence suggests that newspapers with larger circulations "systematically give more space to scandals, irrespective of the political affiliation of those involved."
The study's authors caution that the findings merely prove correlations, and the results do not prove that ideology always drive news coverage decisions. However, they conclude that newspapers cover political scandals "in systematically biased ways [that] appear to depend on the partisan positions of their publishers, editors and readers."
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Christopher Olver

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Soldier-Geologist Maintains Helicopters in Iraq
March 29, 2018 | BY Army Staff Sgt. Leticia Samuels, 449th Theater Aviation Brigade
A torque wrench squeals as it secures the bolts of a forward support tube onto a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter engine in a maintenance shop here March 23.
Aircraft power plant repairer Army Spc. Kathleen Scanlon, who holds a doctorate in geology, uses a torque wrench to secure the bolts of a forward support tube onto an UH-60 Black Hawk engine in a maintenance shop at Camp Taji, Iraq, March 23, 2018. Aircraft power plant repairers supervise, inspect and perform maintenance on aircraft turbine engines and components ensuring airplanes and helicopters are safe and ready to fly. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leticia Samuels
Helicopter Mechanic, Geologist, Soldier
Photo By: Staff Sgt. Leticia Samuels
VIRIN: 180323-Z-ZK506-023
Army Spc. Kathleen Scanlon, an aircraft power plant repairer with the Rhode Island Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, works with her fellow soldiers to troubleshoot and correct maintenance issues for the 449th Combat Aviation Brigade's Black Hawks and CH-47 Chinooks flying in support of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve.
"In a typical day, I might start out by helping a maintenance test pilot and another aircraft power plant repairer conduct an engine wash on a Black Hawk," Scanlon said.
This ability of troubleshooting two very different aircraft contributes to just another day in the maintenance world for Scanlon. Aircraft power plant repairers supervise, inspect and perform maintenance on aircraft turbine engines and components ensuring airplanes and helicopters are safe and ready to fly.
Gaining Practical Mechanical Experience
"I joined hoping to become a pilot, but I chose to enlist as an aircraft power plant repairer instead of an officer candidate to guarantee that I'd be able to contribute to the aviation mission even if I never got the opportunity to fly," she said. "I never had a chance to take auto shop courses in school, so taking the enlisted route was also a way to gain the practical mechanical experience I'd always wanted."
Scanlon explained that during the pursuit of her doctorate degree in geology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, she came across awards of Army officers at the university that sparked her interest in aviation.
"I have always wanted to be a military aviator," she said. "Halfway through my degree program, I came across [now retired Army] Lt. Col. Bruce Crandall's Medal of Honor citation, describing his and Maj. Ed Freeman's 16 hours of flights carrying supplies to wounded soldiers from the Ia Drang Valley under heavy fire during the Vietnam War. That led me to reading more about medevac, and I learned that medevac was part of the aviation mission in the Rhode Island Army National Guard."
Scanlon said she enjoys the intricate details of aircraft, but she's also drawn to another vocation in her civilian career.
Planetary Geology
"Planetary geology is a very broad field of study, but my career so far has mostly focused on two things: glacio-volcanic landforms, which are landforms that resulted from lava coming into contact with ice on Mars and relating climate models for ancient Mars to the locations of ancient Martian lakes and rivers whose dried-out remnants we can observe today," Scanlon said.
Aircraft power plant repairer Army Spc. Kathleen Scanlon works on a UH-60 Black Hawk engine in a maintenance shop at Camp Taji, Iraq, March 23, 2018. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leticia Samuels
The doctor is in - to fix Army helicopters
She also said that she runs computer simulations that analyze weather on Mars four billion years ago, uses satellite photos to map lava flows and hikes across Western Australia to look for the oldest evidence of life on Earth further strengthening her research for life on Mars.
Joking Around
While Scanlon is only just approaching the two-year mark in her military career, she has already been a positive role model, sparking curiosity in her fellow soldiers.
The people she works with are her favorite part of being in the Army, she said. "Soldiers in D Company cheer each other's successes, take care of each other when something's wrong and have the sense of humor to make anything fun."
She explains how her companions joke around by saying things like "PAGING DR. SCANLON" across the flight line. They also will ask if she can build them a time machine to undo something their buddy just did; or joke that she must hero-worship Elon Musk, want to fistfight Elon Musk, or that she secretly is Elon Musk.
She also said they ask her great, insightful planetary science questions they'd been wondering about, such as "Does Jupiter have a rocky surface in the same sense Earth or Mars does?"
Scanlon explained that she enjoys the different sides of her jobs in and out of the Army.
"I grew up aspiring to be an astronaut," she said. "As far as I'm concerned, if I have a full-time job physically exploring remote places on Earth while exploring space with satellites and rovers, and a part-time job either maintaining or flying gorgeously complicated aircraft in the service of my country, I'm living the dream whether I ever make it to space or not."
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O Diretório Nacional de Polícia (em norueguês: Politidirektoratet) é uma agência governamental da Noruega subordinada ao Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública, que por sua vez dirige o Serviço Policial Norueguês (Politi- og lensmannsetaten, em norueguês). A direção é liderada pelo Comissário Nacional da Polícia (Politidirektør, em norueguês), que desde 2012 é chefiado por Odd Reidar Humlegård.

Na Noruega há apenas uma força policial. A organização policial norueguesa é largamente baseada no princípio de uma polícia integrada, isto é, todas as funções da polícia são coletadas em uma organização.

Ex-chefia (pr. 2018) es Odd Reidar Humlegård.

Ver também
 Política da Noruega

Bibliografia

Ligações externas

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Lightning causes weather delay of Michigan State-Penn State
By Kevin McGuireNov 4, 2017, 1:24 PM EDT
The Big Ten contest in East Lansing, Michigan between Michigan State and Penn State is getting an earlier break than expected. Midway through the second quarter, the game was forced to be interrupted with inclement weather bringing lightning to the area. The teams left the field for their respective locker rooms midway through the second quarter with Penn State leading the Spartans, 14-7.
This one could get interesting. Hope no one has plans for a while. #Weather pic.twitter.com/9BXcp4l8ji
— The Only Colors (@TheOnlyColors) November 4, 2017
The announcement of the weather delay came just before an official video review on a Michigan State incompletion could be ruled on. The pass was ruled incomplete as the Spartans appeared to be on the move.
At the weather break, Trace McSorley has passed for 193 yards and two touchdowns with one interception for Penn State, while Brian Lewerke has been effective through the air for the Spartans with 159 yards and a score. The running backs have not been able to get too much going, with LJ Scott leading the way with 18 rushing yards on five carries. Penn State's Saquon Barkley is once again not impressing in the rushing department with just one yard on three carries, however, Barkley completed a 20-yard pass to tight end Mike Gesicki and has caught a couple of passes for 13 yards.
Saquon Barkley throws it to Mike Gesicki for a first down. https://t.co/pFk0ze3oWT
— Kevin McGuire (@KevinOnCFB) November 4, 2017
Penn State's streak of not allowing a touchdown to be scored in the first quarter was snapped this week, a week after seeing its first quarter shutout streak come to an end against Ohio State.
Tags: Brian Lewerke, LJ Scott, Saquon Barkley, Trace McSorley, LJ Scott, Mike Gesicki, Saquon Barkley


It's always hard coming home from vacation. Emma was back to school today and has a little homework from being gone. Much to others disapproval I will always value travel and those memories together as a family over not missing school.


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'Gotham' Casts Nicholas D'Agosto as Harvey Dent Proving No Future Villains Are Off Limits
Jim Gordon is about to meet one of Gotham City's most formidable foes. Masters of Sex vet Nicholas D'Agosto joins FOX's hit series Gotham in the recurring role of a young version of Harvey Dent — though you probably know him better as the infamous villain, Two-Face. But it'll be quite some time before fans come face-to-face (pun very much intended) with that particular side of this character, who was most recently played by Aaron Eckhart in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. For now, however, he remains a do-gooder, who the series describes as the "handsome, warm and engaging" Assistant District Attorney, whose sunny disposition never falters, not even when dealing with the lowliest of Gotham's criminals.
Clearly, though, the show has big plans for this character, which explains why D'Agosto's deal also comes with a series regular option if Gotham gets picked up for a second season. And judging by how it's doing so far in the ratings department, I'd say the odds are definitely favorable.
The addition of Dent proves just how extensive Gotham is willing to dig into the DC Comics history. Other villains fans have already been introduced to include the likes of Edward Nigma (The Riddler), Oswald Cobblepot (Penguin), Selena Kyle (Catwoman), and even Ivy Pepper (Poison Ivy). And something tells me, they're only just getting started.
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Foreign Investment: Expropriation of Foreign Capital (3 of 5)
by Ludwig Von Mises | Sep 19, 2022
Foreign investment is made in the expectation that it will not be expropriated. Nobody would invest anything if he knew in advance that somebody would expropriate his investments. At the time when these foreign investments were made in the nineteenth century, and at the beginning of the twentieth century, there was no question of expropriation. […]
Foreign investment is made in the expectation that it will not be expropriated. Nobody would invest anything if he knew in advance that somebody would expropriate his investments. At the time when these foreign investments were made in the nineteenth century, and at the beginning of the twentieth century, there was no question of expropriation. From the beginning, some countries showed a certain hostility toward foreign capital, but for the most part they realized very well that they derived an enormous advantage from these foreign investments.
In some cases, these foreign investments were not made directly to foreign capitalists, but indirectly by loans to the foreign government. Then it was the government that used the money for investments. Such was, for instance, the case in Russia. For purely political reasons, the French invested in Russia, in the two decades preceding the First World War, about twenty billion gold francs, lending them chiefly to the Russian government. All the great enterprises of the Russian government–for instance, the railroad that connects Russia from the Ural Mountains, through the ice and snow of Siberia, to the Pacific-were built mostly with foreign capital lent to the Russian government. You will realize that the French did not assume that one day there would be a communist Russian government that would simply declare it would not pay the debts incurred by its predecessor, the tsarist government.
Starting with the First World War, there began a period of worldwide open warfare against foreign investments. Since there is no remedy to prevent a government from expropriating invested capital, there is practically no legal protection for foreign investments in the world today. The capitalists did not foresee this. If the capitalists of the capital exporting countries had realized it, all foreign investments would have come to an end forty or fifty years ago. But the capitalists did not believe that any country would be so unethical as to renege on a debt, to expropriate and confiscate foreign capital. With these acts, a new chapter began in the economic history of the world.
With the end of the great period in the nineteenth century when foreign capital helped to develop, in all parts of the world, modern methods of transportation, manufacturing, mining, and agriculture, there came a new era in which the governments and the political parties considered the foreign investor as an exploiter who should be expelled from the country.
In this anti-capitalist attitude the Russians were not the only sinners. Remember, for example, the expropriation of the American oil fields in Mexico, and all the things that have happened in this country (Argentina) which I have no need to discuss.
The situation in the world today, created by the system of expropriation of foreign capital, consists either of direct expropriation or of indirect expropriation through foreign exchange control or tax discrimination. This is mainly a problem of developing nations.
Take, for instance, the biggest of these nations: India. Under the British system, British capital-predominately British capital, but also capital of other European countries–was invested in India. And the British exported to India something else which also has to be mentioned in this connection; they exported into India modern methods of fighting contagious diseases. The result was a tremendous increase in the Indian population and a corresponding increase in the country's troubles. Facing such a worsening situation, India turned to expropriation as a means of dealing with its problems. But it was not always direct expropriation; the government harassed foreign capitalists, hampering them in their investments in such a way that these foreign investors were forced to sell out.
India could, of course, accumulate capital by another method: the domestic accumulation of capital. However, India is as hostile to the domestic accumulation of capital as it is to foreign capitalists. The Indian government says it wants to industrialize India, but what it really has in mind is to have socialist enterprises.
A few years ago the famous statesman Jawaharlal Nehru published a collection of his speeches. The book was published with the intention of making foreign investment in India more attractive. The Indian government is not opposed to foreign investment before it is invested. The hostility begins only when it is already invested. In this book–I am quoting literally from the book–Mr. Nehru said: "Of course, we want to socialize. But we are not opposed to private enterprise. We want to encourage in every way private enterprise. We want to promise the entrepreneurs who invest in our country, that we will not expropriate them nor socialize them for ten years, perhaps even for a longer time." And he thought this was an invitation to come to India!
This article is serialized from Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow, a book based on six lectures delivered in Buenos Aires in 1959 on Capitalism, Socialism, Interventionism, Inflation, Foreign Investment, and Politics and Ideas by the great 20th century economist who was too good to receive a Noble Prize: Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973). Copyright 1995 by Bettina Bien Greaves. All rights reserved.
Ludwig Von Mises (1881-1973) was the 20th century's foremost economist. He was the author of Human Action, Socialism, and a dozen other works.
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Foreign Investment: A Great Historical Event of the 19th Century (2 of 5)
In a free market, the prices of products tend to be governed by their costs of production.
In a free market, within the limit of his abilities, each person chooses that job which he believes offers him the best combination of money and nonmonetary considerations. In so doing, he simultaneously acts for his own maximum well-being and for that of the consumers who buy the ultimate products his labor helps to produce.
The prerequisite for more economic equality in the world is industrialization. And this is possible only through increased capital investment, increased capital accumulation. You may be astonished that I have not mentioned a measure which is considered a prime method...


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Welcome to D S Brody's blog of everything construction. Over the next couple of weeks we'll be attempting to, and hopefully successfully, posting pictures of work we've been doing. You'll find pictures of work our masonry crew is completing this season as well as pictures of the basements we've remodeled and the homes we've re-roofed and resided. We welcome all comments!


DURHAM, N.C. - The International League scored four runs in the first two innings en route to a 7-3 win over the Pacific Coast League in front of 10,274 fans Wednesday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
In the 27th annual Triple-A All-Star Game, Buffalo's Liam Hendriks tossed two scoreless innings to kick off the game for the IL allowing just one hit and striking out four. Of the right-hander's 25 pitches, 19 went for strikes en route to the victory and MiLB.com Top Star honors for the IL.
Offensively the IL got to PCL starter Elih Villanueva of New Orleans early, as Durham's Wilson Betemit drove in two with a single in the first inning. In the second frame, Syracuse's Jhonatan Solano crushed a two-run homer over the Blue Monster in left field to double the IL's lead at 4-0.
The visitors got a run back in the sixth frame when Albuquerque's Joc Pederson launched a solo homer to right, but the IL came back with three runs in the bottom of the frame as Felix Perez of Louisville drove in two with a triple before he scored himself on a double by Syracuse's Steven Souza.
The PCL scored a run in both the eighth and ninth frames, but couldn't muster a comeback as the IL was victorious for the ninth time in the past 12 years. With the win, the International League earned home field advantage in the 2014 Triple-A National Championship Game.
Tacoma's Chris Taylor earned MiLB.com Top Star honors for the PCL, going 3-for-4 with two doubles. Jose Pirela of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre tallied a pair of hits, while Norfolk's Ivan De Jesus was the only other player to register a multi-hit game.
Of the four Durham Bulls represented, Betemit went 1-for-4 while Mikie Mahtook finished 0-for-4. Southpaw Mike Montgomery pitched a perfect third inning and right-hander Merrill Kelly recorded the game's final out.
The Bulls return to action Thursday when they kick off a four-game set on the road against the Gwinnett Braves. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m. at Coolray Field.


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Michael Bublé Posts Carpool Karaoke Video For New Single 'Nobody But Me'
Canadian singer, songwriter and actor
Michael Bublé is back, announcing his new album Nobody But Me and releasing the title track from the record earlier today (Aug 19).
And as eager fans rushed to listen to the Canadian crooner's new jam – which features a guest RAP verse – Michael, 40, also shared his excitement over the release of his brand new single.
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He shared a video with his 1.6m Instagram followers, alongside the caption: "A lot of work and love brought us to this moment! 1st time radio play! #proud #nobodybutme #carpoolkaraoke"
In the clip, the Grammy award-winning singer is sitting in his car with one his sons in the backseat and his wife, Luisana Lopilato, at the wheel.
He shares an introduction, saying: "There comes a time in every artist's life when they're lucky enough to hear their song played on the radio for the first time and this is the first time I've heard this played, so I wanted to share it with you!"
Michael then starts singing along to the upbeat tune as his wife head bangs (like a pro') in the driver's seat while his son, Noah, gently bops his head to the beat as a sure sign of his approval.
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Available to stream and download from August 20, the song was written by Michael alongside Alan Chang, Bryan Lipps, Erik Kertes and Jason Goldman, with production from Michael, Alan Chang, Jason Goldman and Johan Carlsson for MXM Productions.
As is the tradition with Bublé's albums, Nobody But Me mixes original material – including a duet with Meghan Trainor called Someday – with classic standards and ballads.
The album will be released on October 21 in digital, CD and vinyl formats, which are all available for pre-order now.


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Q: fix heap properity data structure in C I'm trying to write a function that restores the heap property . But all the time I come out bad results .
void fixHeap(int heapSize, struct Edge* edgeArray, int i){//edgeArray is our heap-array.
    int leftSon = leftSonIndex(i);
    int rightSon = rightSonIndex(i);
    int change;
    if((leftSon <= heapSize) && (edgeArray[i].cost < edgeArray[leftSon].cost)){
        change = leftSon;
    }else{
        change = i;
        if((rightSon <= heapSize) && (edgeArray[change].cost < edgeArray[rightSon].cost)){
            change = rightSon;
        }
    }

    if(change != i){
        swap(edgeArray, i, change);
        i = change;

        fixHeap(heapSize, edgeArray, i);
    }

}

A: The problem is that if you choose the leftSon as the change in the first if block, then you don't compare it with rightSon to check if rightSon > leftSon.
Hence your example would fail in cases like this -:
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This is how it should be -:
void fixHeap( int heapSize, struct Edge* edgeArray, int i ) //edgeArray is our heap-array.
{
    int leftSon = leftSonIndex( i );
    int rightSon = rightSonIndex( i );
    int change = i;

    if ( ( leftSon <= heapSize ) && ( edgeArray[change].cost < edgeArray[leftSon].cost ) )
    {
        change = leftSon;
    }
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    {
        change = rightSon;
    }
    if ( change != i )
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        fixHeap( heapSize, edgeArray, change );
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Lately, I have been meditating on the centuries old practice of praying collects (from the latin collecta— to gather). Traditionally, these prayers are written down, and they certainly can be used as such. But what has particularly peaked my interest is that they all have the same basic structure, and can be used as a helpful template for fashioning our own extemporaneous prayers.
Each collect revolves around a central petition which gives the prayer unity. Flowing to and from this petition, the prayer itself has 5 basic ingredients.
First comes the invocation in which God is named and hailed. This leads in turn to a description of some attribute, work, or promise of God that has particular relevance to the request we are about to make. Following directly from this we have the request itself, and after that it can be helpful to list the motivations behind our supplication. The collect concludes in the name of Christ with an amen.
Let's see if we can't generate some examples. As you read them, note the central request(s) in each collect and also how the preceding invocation and description of God prepares the supplicant to make this request in faith, hope, and love.
Grant, O Everlasting Father, who neither slumbers nor sleeps, that You would keep us this night as we rest. Watch over us, protect us from all evil and danger, and wake us refreshed in the morning ready to seek first Your Kingdom and Your righteousness in Christ, amen.
Teach me, O God of truth, that Your word which is living and active and sharper than any two edged sword, would search out the deepest recesses of my heart this day, in order that I might better know myself, and grow up in the grace and knowledge of Christ, in whose Name I pray, amen.
Grant, O Holy Father, who are of purer eyes than to behold evil, grant that You would restrain and curb the dark desires of my heart, enable me to lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles, and to run with endurance the race set before me, looking unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of my faith, so that I might live a life worthy of your Son in whose name I pray, amen.
Grant, Almighty God, that you who are my refuge and strength, and an ever present help in time of trouble, would help me this day to stand strong against the world, the flesh, and the devil. For surely greater is He that is in me than he who is in the world. I lay hold of You in the all prevailing Name of Jesus Christ, Your Son, amen.
Grant, most Merciful Heavenly Father, that you who open Your hand to satisfy the desires of every living thing, would stoop today to provide for the needs of my family according to your riches in grace by Christ Jesus, so that I might experience the truth of the Psalmists, "I have been young, and now I have am old, but I have never seen the righteous forsaken or his descendants begging bread." In Christ, I pray, amen.
Forgive, O God, my sins, for You know my folly, and my wrongs cannot be hidden from you. Have mercy upon me in Jesus name, create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me for your glory. For you hold the heart of every man in Your hand, and have assured me that you are ready and willing to turn my heart away from my sin so that I might live a life fully pleasing to you in Jesus Name.
Grant, O Lord God of Hosts, whose grace has appeared bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires, grant me grace to live soberly, righteously, and godly in Christ Jesus, looking for the blessed hope and appearing of His coming. So that I might be redeemed from every lawless deed, and be zealous for good deeds. For Christ's sake, I pray, amen!
Grant, O Shepherd of Israel, your flock, that you who know the end from the beginning, who has appointed the dwelling place of every creature under heaven, and who holds the life of each sparrow in Your hand—grant, O God, that you would lead and guide me as I consider the wisest course of action today in_____________. Help me to trust in the Lord with all my heart, to lean not on my own understanding, and in all of my ways to acknowledge you, and in your great mercy, make Your way straight before me in Christ, amen.
Grant, O God of Light, in whose light we see light, that as I read the Scriptures this morning— grant me to hear your voice, open my eyes to behold the glory of your Son, incline my heart towards you, and direct my feet in your ways, for Christ sake, amen.
1. Ask yourself: What do I want God to do for me? It is amazing how we start praying without getting clear on this important point.
2. Think: What names, attributes, works, or promises of God specifically relate to this request.
3. Why do I want God to answer this prayer? Do I have God glorifying motives behind this request? List them.
1. They deliver us from disconnected, thoughtless prayers.
2. They act on us to stir up our faith. The character, works, and promises of God are always the best food of faith.
3. In Scripture, God repeatedly records the example of people telling God why they want him to answer their prayers (Daniel 9:1-19). Evidently, such thoughtfulness glorifies Him.
In all of this, however, we do well to remember that our heavenly Father does not hear us because we pray well or properly. Getting the formula right is not the key. Our Father hears us only for Jesus' sake. All you need is Jesus for an audience with God. With that said, however, prayer is difficult, and like many things in life, having a well thought out structure helps. It does some of the heavy lifting for us and makes getting started that much easier. Be encouraged to pray, Christian, "The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry." (Psalm 34:15, NASB95). Your prayers are never in vain. Even when they don't change our circumstances, they have the wonderful habit of changing us, which is ever our greatest need before the face of God.


In today's technology-driven world, one could make the argument that all businesses should have a website. Surprisingly, 44% of small business owners reported they don't have a website, in a recent study by Capital One. Half of all small business owners have yet to create a website which is the first major hurdle of creating a digital marketing strategy. If you want to stay competitive, check out the top 12 website benefits for small businesses in 2018 below.
When was the last time you saw someone actually use a Yellow Pages book to find a company's contact information? People now Google a company and call within seconds directly from the page. If your website can't be found, customers cannot contact you and will choose your competitors.
Before the internet, the return on investment from marketing campaigns was limited in comparison to today's age. An example of this would be when a company pays for an advertisement in a newspaper. The ROI on this marketing technique is limited in relation to the amount of people who read that day's paper. With the internet, one great social media campaign has the chance to reach billions of people. For example, Budweiser's "Dilly Dilly" campaign managed to receive over 2 million YouTube views in just 2 months! That's over 30k views per day!
If you do all your business offline, you limit your availability significantly. The benefit of having a website is customers can contact you at anytime. For example, I have a customer contact form which you can use to reach out to me to get your new website project started today!
Creating a quality website with a strategic SEO (search engine optimization) plan, allows your site to show up in search engine results page (SERP). An example of this could be if someone searches for, "pizza in Crown Point, Indiana." If you've built your website with proper SEO Best Practices, then you're likely to show up on the first page. This would result in more leads or in this situation, more pies sold out the door! If you're still confused about SEO, check out this article by Moz, What is SEO?.
Having a website allows businesses to understand their customers' behavior through data collection. Creating website analytics gives companies the opportunity to make informed decisions based on users' interaction with the site. It also allows businesses the ability to make improvements to their business strategy to increase customer leads. We consider website analytics to be one of the most important website benefits for small businesses.
According to Standford Web Credibility Research, 75% of consumers admit that they judge a business' credibility based on their website design. Therefore, it's important to create a website which is aesthetically pleasing while still being user-friendly across all devices.
Having a company website allows customers access to your contact information or social media accounts. You can also utilize your social media accounts to communicate with your customers and resolve any issues they may have had with your product or service.
The importance of telling your story and growing your brand are more important than they've ever been. Successful brand stories build emotional connections and have the ability to drive long term sales strategies. The key is to differentiate your business from the competition and one proven way is through building relationships with your customers.
According to Yahoo Small Business, 90% of consumers say online reviews impact buying decisions. In addition, unbiased online reviews are free advertising! Legitimate customer reviews are more likely to increase conversions or sales. For small business owners or freelancers, it's important to have a website that Yelp or Google can link to.
Once a business establishes its website, it offers the opportunity to take advantage of new marketing channels such as: social media, paid advertising, email campaigns and more. Without a website, the majority of these channels are useless.
Most consumers assume that all businesses have a website. This point sounds like an obvious website benefit for small businesses, but we think it's important to call out. If a quick Google search doesn't find what they're looking for, your competitors are likely to win the sale. It's not uncommon for competitors to take advantage of your offline only approach by paying for ads when your company is searched. Let's be honest, no one wants to be that company.
Many companies utilize their website to create a resource center where customers can easily access resources. Some of the many include: brochures, contracts, agreements, policies, menus and other various documentation.
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Our spare room is no longer occupied and we've decided to try and turn it into a work / study space for ourselves. Well more for the OH as he needs a decent area to get study done which involves a lot of drawing so we need somewhere we can spread our stuff out and not be distracted.
I'm hoping to stick with the grey colour scheme we have in the living room, more so because we have a load of ti left over and I can't see it go to waste but also because its a really bright shade and wold brighten up the room loads. Dark colours won't work in there as there is only the one small window which doesn't let in a lot of light at certain times of the day. I love the idea of VELUX windows and if I had free reign to do as I please I would definitely get those put in. They can be jazzed up with blinds which would be great for adding a bit of character to the room.
I love the look of this office, you can right through the underneath of the desk which gives no space for clutter to gather. All files are lined up neatly at the back too. I had plenty of filing boxes and folders ready to go anyway.
How amazing are those built ins? Built ins are the way forward for me, they give so much storage space while freeing up more floor space in the room. The drawing board would be ideal for the OH as he is currently studying architecture, would make a big difference from leaning over the kitchen table! I'm hoping to source one second hand for him but no luck yet.
I need one of these for my iMac too, I haven't seen them in the shops so will probably have to order them online but it will be a great way of keeping the desk op tidy.
As you can tell my theme is more neat and tidy than anything else! Have you got a work space in your home? I'd love some more inspiration.


Zakat Receiver - Person in debt.
One of the legal receiver of property zakat is the person who is in debt. My question in particular: My brother is on debt right now (Mortgage debt). Can I get him my property zakat to him to reduced/finish the mortgage debt? If not...as I believe, prophet said " you family/relative member have more right on your zakat than anybody else". Please advice.


I know I've been back from the show for ages...but the orders have been keeping me on my toes. My expectations were exceeded at the show. With my move coming up this summer, I just wanted a little bit of wholesale to tie me over till the next show. Well, I ended up with 27 orders instead! So, imagine me working like mad to get them all filled.
I was told that I would be crazy to drive out to Edmonton in February since weather is so unpredictable on the prairies. Well, weather did turn out to be on my side...had a wonderful drive out there and back. If it was a week later, I'd be stuck in some god forsaken town in the middle of the flatlands in a snowstorm!
I'm over half way done with my orders at the moment and working hard to fill the rest for the end of this month. Now, this is all happening while I'm trying to get our home ready for sale! Cannot wait till my husband finally lives with us full time again. When I had our son, I don't think I imagined being a single mom during the week. Hard to juggle family, household and business by yourself most of the time. Especially in the winter when there's a couple feet of snow outside to be shovelled and it's NOT on the weekends! That is the one thing I will not miss leaving Winnipeg.
Anyways, am enclosing a couple of pictures of my wholesale set up which is a 5' x 10' booth. It's great doing wholesale show setups, it's about half the time it takes me to set up a retail sales booth which takes upwards to 6 hours. I was pleased with this set up, it was clean and simple. The buyers can see all the items available to them and it was easy to order. I've learned alot throughout the wholesale shows I've done to find what works or not in selling. Display is of the utmost importance and having everything organized in categories is helpful for the buyers also.
The one big perk from this show is one of my favourite galleries that sell my work, Made in Canada in Edmonton are now proud owners of 2 of my teapots (the frog and the 'genie' style one). It's so nice to know they've gone to good homes.


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Humphrey-McKeown – 'Passing Shadows'
by Skope • May 1, 2017
Humphrey-McKeown have been pushing themselves since early 2016, where writing began to unfold, followed by a recording process that took place that late summer into the fall of around May through December time frame. During this time the album came together as 12-tracks, going on to be titled "Tapestry of Shadows". But what does this album mean, well besides putting in so much effort as it was for it, the band has gone on to release a glimpse into it with a song called "Passing Shadows". The genre that this band goes for is a mixture of folk, rock, with those mixed together as contemporary folk rock. But before getting into detail about the track and music style, let us get some more details out there. Did we forget to mention that this band is not your regular based act of 4 or 5 members, nor is it a trio act, it is a duo act. Yes this is made up of just two people, Heather Humphrey and Tom McKeown.
Buy – https://www.amazon.com/Passing-Shadows/dp/B01N80QK2Z
That said and out of the way "Passing Shadows", takes the genres enlisted before and enhances them. The song is indeed folk rock it's made up of entirely that type of genre alone. The song sounding a lot like country but it is not. It is folk rock, having those guitars, drums, bass, as well as a fiddle with vocal chords to boot. But there are two sets of vocal chords, one done by Heather and the other by Tom. Each sharing their own abilities and aspect of the music that goes with this song. The two do their own thing, throughout the song though. Each having their own skill and mind set with musical abilities. Heather's style is calm and collected. While Tom's vocal chords are more laid back and progressive. Each of the vocal chord sets play off one another, while they may not be singing together at the same time, each one plays off one another as one ends and the other begins if you will.
The genre and instrumental work done for this song is rather catchy and upbeat. While the song may not be one for everyone it is still a song that can be heard at least once. The song is one of those you could possibly hear played within a fantasy film or television program. It just has that essence to it, with its folk rock style sense, it surely has the ability to embrace that environment if it hit that source wave.
As such, the song that is "Passing Shadows" ends up being a song that sounds interesting enough to the ear. It has the moments of being catchy and upbeat. Offering so much more as well. Like it is able to flow freely throughout its time frame, able to draw in the listener, having the song expand to be one that can even be danceable. If not that then perhaps Humphrey-McKeown, is just one of those bands, that just has that sense to create, doing what they love to do with the music, building it as it comes along.
http://hm-music.com/
https://www.facebook.com/HumphreyMcKeown
By: Natalie Perez – www.nataliezworld.com – natalieannnperez@gmail.com
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House of Pancakes has been nominated not once, not twice, but three times for this Liebster Award. I never got around to posting it at the time of first nomination, so I best get to it.
Nominated by skcaga6 on August 14, 2017 at this website.
Q: If you could be a fly on the wall in anybody else's SimLit, which one would you pick and why?
A: Currently, I would be a fly on the wall in No Stars Over Uptown because Thu and Axel are a hot mess, in a good way.
Q: What has been the most shocking thing you have read in a SimLit story?
A: Read No Stars Over Uptown and you'll know this answer.
Q: Who is your favorite townie?
A: Unfortunately, I don't have a favorite.
Q: If you could hook your SimSelfie up with any character from any story or a townie, who would it be?
A: I would have to say a Pruett from the Pruett Family Legacy.
Q: What was the worst thing you have done to any of your sims?
A: Forced a Sim to die by drowning (in The Sims 3 version).
Q: If you had a million dollars, what is the first thing you would do?
Q: If you woke up tomorrow morning and your skin was permanently bright orange, what would your first thought be?
Q: What was the first concert you ever attended?
A: Shamefully, an American Idol Tour concert. Regretted it ever since.
Q: What was the first movie you ever saw at the theater?
A: Really? You expect me to remember…..over 30something years ago? Ha, ha! You're funny!
Q: If you were attacked by zombies and could only defend yourself using the closest object on your right side, would you survive?
A: Well, it's a door. So I might have a small chance.
Nominated by superkyle221 on September 20, 2017 at this website.
Q: What is a song that you hate, and why?
A: Anything Justin Bieber. Because it's by Justin Bieber.
Q: If you could meet one person who died more than 150 years ago, who would it be?
A: My great, great, great, x 147 more greats grandparents!
A: When does a monkey have a trunk? When a suitcase just won't do!
Q: What is something you've done that you're super proud of?
A: Living life by my own standards.
Q: If you could have any job in the world, would it involve dogs?
Q: Who is your favorite literary character? Why?
A: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes!
Q: What is one trope that you never want to see ever again, in any medium?
Q: When is the last time you looked up at the sky to watch the stars?
A: My simselfie just did it the other day. Does that count?
Q: What is one thing that you wish somebody would ask you?
Q: Imagine a magician who can only do five small tricks, but they all use real magic (eg he or she can really pull a rabbit out of a hat, he can find any card you pick, he can really pull a coin from behind your ear, etc.). Knowing this, is she or he more or less impressive than Chuck Norris?
A: Chuck Norris would kick your arse for asking such a question. Does that answer the question?
Q: What sound does hope make?
Nominated by merelyafreshmen (a.k.a. Pax) on September 20, 2017 at this website.
Q: What was the last thing you created?
A: In my Sims game, a redesigned restaurant for….House of Pancakes!
Q: What company do you wish would go out of business? Why?
A: Truthfully? Twitter! Everyone should know why and agree!
Q: What's the most interesting sounding word?
Q: What conspiracy theories do you actually believe?
A: The big bang theory. Ha, ha! I don't really have one.
Q: What was the last thing you dressed up as for Halloween? When was it?
A: Halloween 2016 – A Jedi Knight!
A: Dragons. Dinosaurs aren't real!
A: Ocean. Mountains aren't re….are too pointy!
Q: What food looks delicious but you can't stand the taste of?
A: Hard to say. Every food that looked delicious I have tried and liked.
Q: If you could change your name to anything, what would it be and why?
Q: Do you read for content (i.e. the plot) or language?
A: Normally it was the plot until I read No Stars Over Uptown.
Q: What do you have on your fridge door?
A: Magnets and a picture of my cat!
If you were confronted by a vampire and werewolf, which one would you let bite you? You can't say both!
What is your favorite movie trilogy or movie that has at least a sequel?
If you pick a season that would be all year round…would you pick winter, spring, summer, or fall? Why?
If you were magically able to turn one of your Sims from your story into a real life person and they would have the personality and traits you gave them in your story, which character would it be?
Have you ever played the original Sims version (The Sims 1)?
Have you made an attempt to recreate yourself into a sim selfie?
Have you made an attempt to recreate your real home into a sim home?
Maxis just gave you the power to to tell them what the next Pack (Expansion, Game, or Stuff….your choice) will be. What would you have them design next?


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57th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition Imagining Florida: History and Myth in the Sunshine State
Michael Smith: Excuse me!?!...I'm looking for the "Fountain of Youth"
Nov. 13, 2018-Mar. 24, 2019
For over thirty-five years Michael Smith has explored the tragicomic qualities of American culture through the lens of his performance personae "Mike," a quintessential Everyman. In live performances, television, puppet shows, video, photography, installations, and drawings, Smith and his alter-ego have echoed popular culture and mass media in ways that are both wry and profound.
For this exhibition, Smith has taken up the theme of aging, an obsession in our youth-oriented culture, stereotypically associated with Florida as a haven for retirees. In a series of photographs, Smith's "Mike" is a hapless tourist trying to navigate the Fountain of Youth State Archeological Park in Saint Augustine, Florida, a city founded in 1565.
After visiting the old world in St. Augustine, he moves on to KidZania, a child-oriented theme park see what is new with the youth of today. The installation also features a video of a ballet choreographed by Stephen Mills, with sound by Mayo Thompson, and performed by apprentices from Ballet Austin, in which "Mike" tries to keep up with the contemporary moves of the young dancers. Another video shows "Mike," searching his pockets for glasses, keys, and earbuds in a one-man lost-and-found.
The entire exhibition has the ambience of a medieval hall with its tapestry about the legend of the Fountain of Youth, and series of hanging pennants with patterns from the memory game, Sudoku.
Smith's work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as well as many other international venues. He recently created a tattoo studio serving clients over 65 for the prestigious once-in-a decade exhibition, Münster Sculpture Project.
Michael Smith, Excuse Me!?!...I'm Looking for the "Fountain of Youth," 2015, Production still. Courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali, New York, NY. Photo credit: Michael P. Garza.


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Pamela Taylor Turner
Adam K. Beckett Project
Pamela Taylor Turner is an Associate Professor in the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University's department of Kinetic Imaging. Her scholarly work focuses on an expanded inquiry into independent animation in the United States, following connections to visual effects and new media practices. The interdisciplinary nature of animation is integral to her creative work which is situated in (re)connection of human/non-human/natural environment through imaginative use of emerging technology and animated expression.
She has presented her extensive research on the abstract animated films of Adam K. Beckett at REDCAT in Los Angeles, the National Gallery of Art in D.C., and at numerous conferences and film venues. The late Adam Beckett was a pioneering animator whose independent work in the 1970s influenced a generation of animators. His innovative process led to his role as head of animation of the first Star Wars movie.
Pamela currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Society for Animation Studies and is a member of the iotaCenter Board of Directors. She teaches animation and media arts history and practice.
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Pamela Turner has taught studio and lecture courses in new media, photography, and animation in Virginia Commonwealth University's School of the Arts, beginning in 1995.
Her animation has been exhibited both nationally and internationally at galleries and film festivals, including the Ajijic Festival Internacional de Cine 2000, Ajijic, Mexico; Nashville Independent Film Festival; Worldfest Houston; and the Mill Valley Film Festival. Awards for her animation "Falling Back to Earth: Tomatillo" (2000) include a Director's Citation at the 21st Annual Black Maria Film and Video Festival, a Gold Award in Experimental Video and Film Animation at Worldfest Houston, and the CiNY (Cinewomen New York) Award for Outstanding Filmmaking in Animation. "Between Frames", won an award for Experimental Short and Best Editing and has screened at the BAC 39th International Film and Video Festival, in Brooklyn, NY, and Madcat Women's International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA.
She has presented papers at conferences including the Society for Animation Studies annual conference and Siggraph. She is the founding faculty sponsor for the Student Siggraph Chapter at VCU.
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The purposes of these visits are two-fold. First, they will enable us to know the candidates better.
we have invited are capable of undertaking the many challenging tasks awaiting our next president.
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professional associations. She is co-founder of the Higher Education Leadership Foundation.
Perkinston, MS. Dr. Walters has over 24 years of experience in community college leadership.
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Two years ago we were celebrating Declan's half birthday. Now this dapper little dude is a proud big brother. Meet Lila, a tiny girl version of her handsome older brother. From snuggles, to giggles, to tiny little toes, this session is nothing short of heartwarming. Thank you guys for letting me capture your sweet little family! Here are some of my favorites from our fun day together.


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DC Mayor Embraces Report Calling for Removal of Washington Monument
By Andrew Kerr
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Tuesday she looks forward to advancing the recommendations made in a report that urged her to remove, relocate, or contextualize the Washington Monument because of its "disqualifying" history.
District of Columbia Facilities and Commemorative Expressions (DCFACES) said in a report Monday that it was tasked with evaluating whether statues and memorials in the city should be removed or contextualized if the historical figures they represent participated in "slavery, systemic racism, mistreatment of, or actions that suppressed equality for, persons of color, women and LGBTQ communities and violation of the DC Human Right Act."
The working group recommended that Bowser, a Democrat, use her position on the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission to support the removal or contextualization of the Christopher Columbus Fountain, the Benjamin Franklin statue, the Andrew Jackson statue, and the Jefferson Memorial.
Bowser said she looked forward to "reviewing and advancing" the recommendations made in the working group's report in a tweet Tuesday.
This July, I tasked the DCFACES Working Group with evaluating public spaces to ensure the namesake's legacy is consistent with #DCValues.
They have delivered the report, and I look forward to reviewing and advancing their recommendations.
Learn more: https://t.co/VpUZf4HcZB pic.twitter.com/tj889EQmdD
— Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) September 1, 2020
DCFACES also urged the city to identify a diverse cast of candidates to honor in the city with statues, noting that 70 percent of the statues and memorials in the nation's capital are named after white men.
"Priority should be placed on ensuring future assets, especially and including those recommended for renaming by this Working Group, include more women, people of color and LGBTQ Washingtonians," the report read.
The working group also recommended that at least 21 public schools named after figures such as James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, Francis Scott Key, and Woodrow Wilson be renamed.
DCFACES identified a total of 153 assets, ranging from public schools, recreation centers, bridges, neighborhoods, and monuments, named after "persons of concern."
"Across the country, communities are reflecting upon the systemic racism which has been engrained in our culture through policies and expressions impacting African Americans and other groups subject to discrimination," Beverly Perry, DCFACES co-chair and senior adviser, said in a statement Tuesday. "This week we delivered recommendations to assure our assets in contemporary DC reflect concurrent DC values."
Richard Reyes-Gavilan, DCFACES co-chair and D.C. Public Library executive director, said the "vast majority of the people we heard from agreed that the District should take action on public namesakes that are inconsistent with our DC Values."
"And one thing was clear: DC residents consider being the namesake of a public asset a high honor that should be reserved for esteemed persons with legacies that make DC proud," Reyes-Gavilan added.
This article has been republished with permission from The Daily Signal.
Wikimedia Commons-Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Andrew Kerr is an investigative reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation.
It might be time to rethink the notion of D.C. city government.
Zwolle1836
9/4/2020 - 8:33 PM
If it weren't such a pain, it might be time to move the nation's capital - statues, history and all. Maybe fill the swamp with alligators, and let nature take its course.
imbvl
If they're going to rename the Washington Monument, they're obviously going to have to rename the city, too. Who is the most prominent, female, Black, LGBTQ person?
rferris
I am beginning to seriously dislike many mayors of our cities.....they might as well work for America's enemies.
San Francisco School Board Votes to Paint Over George Washington Mural
Joshua Nelson
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Federico N. Fernández
What Ivy League Professors Could Learn from George Washington


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elections, history, politics, strategy
Worry Now, Worry After the Election!
I can't kid you, there's a lot to worry about. To begin with, I'm worried that Mrs Clinton might stumble and fall before November 8. A Trump presidency would be a disaster for working people! But I'm also worried about what both major candidates are going to do after November 8.
Voting for More War?
Mrs Clinton's saber rattling toward Russia during the debates reminds me that she's a hawk and has always been a hawk on foreign affairs. She keeps asserting that Russia is working against her election and threatening them with cyber war. She also wants to escalate the war in Syria with a "no-fly" zone. If she shot down a Russian plane in Syria, wouldn't there be hell to pay? They have nukes! Those of us who would like to see fewer hostilities and less war are likely to be very uncomfortable during her presidency.
Voting for Unfair Trade Deals?
It's good that Mrs Clinton says she won't push the Trans Pacific Partnership unfair trade deal. Mr Trump doesn't believe she will stick to opposing it, and I don't believe either one of them would. I can still remember when candidate Obama was going to fix NAFTA and oppose other unfair trade, now all of us have to worry that President Obama will try an end-run during the lame duck Congress. He's already working on it!
Unfair trade deals are essential to the big money guys, and few politicians would even try to resist them. Obama doesn't, and he has a lot more of my respect than either Mrs Clinton or Mr Trump!
Voting for an Openly Fascist Movement in America?
The pundits and newspersons seem to think Mr Trump is stupid. They think he is throwing away his political chances by bashing immigrants, encouraging violence at his meetings, skipping over facts to appeal to emotions, catering to the crudest kind of people, claiming the entire electoral process is "rigged," and, especially, refusing to abide by the decision of the voters after the election (unless he wins).
I'm hoping that stupidity explains his political actions, but I don't honestly think we can count on it. Like most analysts, Mr Trump already knows he isn't likely to win over the Electoral College. I think he's going to try to start an openly fascist movement, the first one since the 1930s in America.
Trump is already a skillful media person, far more skillful than the hate radio manipulators like Rush Limbaugh that have already gained considerable following. He's already floated the rumor that he may be starting his own television network. We have to assume it would be even less truthful and more sensationalist than Fox News!
A billionaire with his own television network and millions of followers from among the most volatile and least sensible ranks of people could create an anti-worker movement that would dwarf the fascists now operating in Europe. And don't give me "It can't happen here" because it can and has before.
So let's get worried together, and start figuring out what we're going to do about it!
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Józef Orlewski herbu Cielątkowa – podwojewodzi lwowski w latach 1767-1793, podczaszy czerski w 1768 roku, podstoli czerski w 1756 roku.

Był elektorem Stanisława Augusta Poniatowskiego z ziemi czerskiej w 1764 roku.

Bibliografia
 Akt elekcyi Roku Tysiąć Siedemset Sześćdziesiątego Czwartego, Miesiąca Sierpnia, Dnia dwudziestego siódmego, s. 90.
 Rodzina, herbarz szlachty polskiej, t. XII, Warszawa 1915, s. 380.

Członkowie stanu rycerskiego I Rzeczypospolitej
Elektorzy Stanisława Augusta Poniatowskiego
Elektorzy władców Polski (ziemia czerska)
Józef Orlewski
Podczaszowie czerscy
Podstolowie czerscy
Podwojewodziowie lwowscy
Urzędnicy ziemscy I Rzeczypospolitej


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 * @property int $id
 * @property string $name
 * @property int $enabled
 * @property int $rcost
 * @property int $scost
 * @property integer $creator_id
 * @property string $created_at
 * @property string $updated_at
 *
 * Связи:
 * @property Profiles $creator
 * @property Requests[] $requests
 * @property Service[] $services
 */
abstract class PriorityBase extends \yii\db\ActiveRecord
{
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public static function tableName(): string
    {
        return '{{%prioritys}}';
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function attributeLabels(): array
    {
        return [
            'id' => Yii::t('app', '#'),
            'name' => Yii::t('app', 'Приоритет'),
            'enabled' => Yii::t('app', 'Активен'),
            'rcost' => Yii::t('app', 'Значение реакции'),
            'scost' => Yii::t('app', 'Значение решения'),
            'creator_id' => Yii::t('app', 'Добавил'),
            'created_at' => Yii::t('app', 'Создан'),
            'updated_at' => Yii::t('app', 'Обновлен'),

            'creator' => Yii::t('app', 'Добавил'),
        ];
    }

    /**
     * @return ActiveQuery
     */
    public function getCreator(): ActiveQuery
    {
        return $this->hasOne(Profiles::class, ['uid' => 'creator_id']);
    }

    /**
     * @return ActiveQuery
     */
    public function getRequests(): ActiveQuery
    {
        return $this->hasMany(Requests::class, ['priority_id' => 'id']);
    }

    /**
     * @return ActiveQuery
     */
    public function getServices(): ActiveQuery
    {
        return $this->hasMany(Service::class, ['priority_id' => 'id']);
    }
}

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Could this March 12 sunset have been an omen for an unusual upcoming day?
March 13 began with an early-morning walk to town… I spotted the first Peruvian Meadowlark for the year, then stopped and admired a smooth-billed ani. The black and white stilts, herons, ibis and egrets are perennial bonuses!
Some days the walk is muddy; other days it's dry and dusty. There are always interesting fora and fauna waiting to be discovered!
Grabbing a drink and banana bread on the run, I hopped in a collectivo pickup bound for El Matal….


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Duke Nukem 3D: World Tour Music Lawsuit Settled
In 2019, composer Bobby Prince announced that he was taking Gearbox and Valve to court over his music being used in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour without him receiving any compensation. Over a year later and this chapter has finally closed, with Gearbox and Bobby Prince coming to an agreement.
Bobby Prince stated, "There's been a lot of interest about my lawsuit and Gearbox. I'm glad to announce today that the matter with Gearbox is resolved. After productive discussions, we have reached an agreement that allows my music and sound effects to remain in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour. I appreciate Randy Pitchford and Gearbox for all their collaboration, partnership, and understanding. I'm thankful that we can put this behind us and move forward."
For once in 2020, there's a happy ending to this story. Whilst the two parties have not disclosed what the settlement entails or what they agreed to, it's safe to assume from Bobby's statement that he has been or is being compensated.
The entire mix-up with 3D: World Tour came about after Gearbox bought the rights to the franchise from 3D Realms in 2010 with the former company failing to ensure that the license to Prince's work was included in the deal. This meant that he did not receive any royalties for the use of his music or sound effects.
Given Duke Nukem's extensive (and growing) history with lawsuits, it's unlikely that this will be the last time our blonde, sunglass-donning red-shirt ends up in legal trouble. Hopefully, going forward beyond 2020, it's a little less frequent. Nonetheless, Bobby Prince and co all seem to be content with the resolution, as Pitchford claimed that, after a "thorough review," they dismissed their claims.
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"December 6, 1838--January 16, 1903: Mrs. Edwin Rice, one of the most respected and highly esteemed ladies of Kings, died at her home at that place at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon, January 16, after an illness of about two years. Miss Emma Eyster was born December 6, 1838, in Northumberland County, Penn., and came west with her parents in 1847; the family settled in White Rock Township, Ogle County. She was united in marriage to Edwin Rice on December 16, 1862. Two children were born to them, Dora E. Rice and Cyrus A. Rice. Mr. Rice died three years ago last September. Besides her children, Mrs. Rice leaves five brothers and sisters, as follows: Charles Eyster, Cyrus Eyster of Holcomb; Mrs. Anna Stowell of Rockford; Mrs. Eli Chaney of Paines Point; and Bert Eyster of Kings. Mrs. Rice was a kind and loving mother, a true and affectionate wife and a good neighbor, and her demise is deeply deplored throughout this section. The funeral was held from the Kings M.E. Church at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, a large number of relatives, friends and neighbors being present. The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful, the casket being covered with roses and carnations."


Amid the enduring economic crisis, European governments are looking for new ways to fill empty coffers, and once unappealing mining projects are becoming far more attractive. One massive strip-mining project in Romania has divided the country.
This week, I would like to change our astral exercise up a bit and introduce a visualization intended to aid in the manifestation of disclosure.
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Plot Synopsis: A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of Chinese and Russian soldiers.
Plot Synopsis: The story revolves around a (black) blacksmith who forges weapons for the inhabitants of a village in feudal China. They are forced to defend themselves, and before you know it, everybody is kung fu fighting.
Plot Synopsis: The Disney animated film Reboot Ralph was previously known as Joe Jump. That story was about a low-bit video game character from the early 1980s who ends up in the high-bit world of modern videogames.
Plot Synopsis: James Bond's (Daniel Craig) loyalty to M (Judi Dench) is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
Plot Synopsis: Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a little spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vronsky who is met at the Moscow station by her son. Col. Vronsky looks very dashing in his uniform and it's love at first sight when he looks at Anna and their eyes meet. Back in St. Petersburg they keep running into each other at parties. Since she has a husband and small son, they must be very discreet if they are going to see each other alone.
Plot Synopsis: Twiligth Breaking Dawn 2, part 2 of Breakign Dawn the last opus of the Twilight saga.
Plot Synopsis: The young Pi Patel, precocious son of a zookeeper, is the lone survivor of a sunken freighter and winds up sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra, an orangutan and a hungry Bengal tiger.
Plot Synopsis: When an evil spirit called Pitch becomes bent upon taking over the world by inspiring fear in the hearts of kids everywhere, a group of our greatest heroes–Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and Jack Frost–band together for the first time, determined to stand in Pitch's way. More than a collection of storybook subjects, the Guardians are also a band of superheroes, who possess their own special powers. Now joined in opposition of a common foe, the Guardians heed the call and combine their powers to defeat Pitch and protect the world from his campaign of fear.
Plot Synopsis: After spending four years in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his mother and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Plot Synopsis: Hitchcock is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and partner Alma Reville. The film takes place during the making of Psycho.
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The Cromwell (Tank Cruiser Mk VIII Cromwell A27M) first saw action in the Battle of Normandy in June 1944 and was one of the most successful cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in the Second World War. It combined and balanced a dual-purpose gun, high speed from a Rolls-Royce Meteor engine, good mobility, a low profile and efficient armour. Between the end of 1943 and 1945 about 1070 were produced.


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//
// TreeViewFilter.cs
//
// Author:
//       Vsevolod Kukol <sevo@sevo.org>
//
// Copyright (c) 2014 Vsevolod Kukol
//
// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
//
// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
//
// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
// THE SOFTWARE.
using System;
using Xwt;

namespace Samples
{
	public class TreeViewFilter: VBox
	{
		int valueCount;
		DataField<string> text = new DataField<string> ();
		DataField<bool> check = new DataField<bool>();
		DataField<string> action = new DataField<string> ();
		DataField<string> position = new DataField<string> ();

		public TreeViewFilter ()
		{
			TreeView view = new TreeView ();
			TreeView fview = new TreeView ();
			TreeStore store = new TreeStore (check, text, action, position);

			var checkCellView = new CheckBoxCellView (check) { Editable = true };
			view.Columns.Add ("Item", text);
			view.Columns.Add ("Check", checkCellView);
			view.Columns.Add ("State", new TextCellView (check));
			view.Columns.Add ("Pos", position);
			view.Columns.Add ("Action", action);

			var checkCellView2 = new CheckBoxCellView (check) { Editable = true };
			fview.Columns.Add ("Item", text);
			fview.Columns.Add ("Check", checkCellView2);
			fview.Columns.Add ("State", new TextCellView (check));
			fview.Columns.Add ("Pos", position);
			fview.Columns.Add ("Action", action);

			store.AddNode ().SetValue (text, "Value 1").SetValue(position, "1");
			store.AddNode ().SetValue (text, "Value 2").SetValue(position, "2").AddChild ()
				.SetValue (text, "Value 3").SetValue(position, "2.2");
			store.AddNode ().SetValue (text, "Value 4").SetValue(position, "3").AddChild ()
				.SetValue (text, "Value 5").SetValue(position, "3.3");
			valueCount = 6;

			TreeStoreFilter filter = new TreeStoreFilter (store);

			checkCellView.Toggled += (object sender, WidgetEventArgs e) => {
				if (view.CurrentEventRow == null) {
					MessageDialog.ShowError("CurrentEventRow is null. This is not supposed to happen");
				}
				else {
					var newstate = !store.GetNavigatorAt(view.CurrentEventRow).GetValue (check);
					string saction = newstate ? "Checked" : "Unchecked";
					store.GetNavigatorAt(view.CurrentEventRow).SetValue(action, saction);
					store.GetNavigatorAt(view.CurrentEventRow).SetValue (check, newstate);
					e.Handled = true;
				}
			};

			checkCellView2.Toggled += (object sender, WidgetEventArgs e) => {
				if (fview.CurrentEventRow == null) {
					MessageDialog.ShowError("CurrentEventRow is null. This is not supposed to happen");
				}
				else {
					var newstate = !store.GetNavigatorAt(filter.ConvertPositionToChildPosition (fview.CurrentEventRow)).GetValue (check);
					string saction = newstate ? "Checked" : "Unchecked";
					store.GetNavigatorAt(filter.ConvertPositionToChildPosition (fview.CurrentEventRow)).SetValue(action, saction);
					store.GetNavigatorAt(filter.ConvertPositionToChildPosition (fview.CurrentEventRow)).SetValue (check, newstate);
					e.Handled = true;
				}
			};

			var chkFilter = new CheckBox ("Checked");
			chkFilter.AllowMixed = true;
			chkFilter.State = CheckBoxState.Mixed;
			chkFilter.Toggled += (sender, e) => filter.Refilter ();

			var txtFilter = new TextEntry ();
			txtFilter.Changed += (sender, e) => filter.Refilter ();

			filter.FilterFunction = delegate(TreePosition arg)
			{
				var checkedval = store.GetNavigatorAt (arg).GetValue (check);

				if (chkFilter.State == CheckBoxState.On && !checkedval)
					return true;
				if (chkFilter.State == CheckBoxState.Off && checkedval)
					return true;

				var val = store.GetNavigatorAt (arg).GetValue (text);
				if (val == null)
					return false;
				return !val.ToUpper ().Contains (txtFilter.Text.ToUpper ());
			};

			var filterBox = new HBox ();
			filterBox.PackStart (new Label("Filter:"));
			filterBox.PackStart (chkFilter);
			filterBox.PackStart (txtFilter, true);

			view.DataSource = store;
			fview.DataSource = filter;

			Label la = new Label ();

			view.SetDragDropTarget (DragDropAction.All, TransferDataType.Text);
			view.SetDragSource (DragDropAction.All, TransferDataType.Text);

			view.DragDrop += delegate(object sender, DragEventArgs e) {
				TreePosition node;
				RowDropPosition pos;
				view.GetDropTargetRow (e.Position.X, e.Position.Y, out pos, out node);
				var nav = store.GetNavigatorAt (node);
				var dest = nav.GetValue (text);

				string loc = String.Empty;
				if (pos == RowDropPosition.Before)
					nav.MoveNext();
				else if (pos == RowDropPosition.After)
					nav.MovePrevious();
				else
					nav.MoveToParent();
				loc = pos + " \"" + nav.GetValue (text) + "\"";
				la.Text = "Dropped \"" + e.Data.Text + "\" into \"" + dest + "\" " + loc;
				e.Success = true;
			};
			view.DragOver += delegate(object sender, DragOverEventArgs e) {
				TreePosition node;
				RowDropPosition pos;
				view.GetDropTargetRow (e.Position.X, e.Position.Y, out pos, out node);
				if (pos == RowDropPosition.Into)
					e.AllowedAction = DragDropAction.None;
				else
					e.AllowedAction = e.Action;
			};
			view.DragStarted += delegate(object sender, DragStartedEventArgs e) {
				var val = store.GetNavigatorAt (view.SelectedRow).GetValue (text);
				e.DragOperation.Data.AddValue (val);
				e.DragOperation.SetDragImage (StockIcons.Add, 0, 0);
				e.DragOperation.Finished += delegate(object s, DragFinishedEventArgs args) {
					Console.WriteLine ("D:" + args.DeleteSource);
				};
			};
			view.RowExpanding += delegate(object sender, TreeViewRowEventArgs e) {
				var val = store.GetNavigatorAt (e.Position).GetValue (text);
				Console.WriteLine("Expanding: " + val);
			};
			view.RowExpanded += delegate(object sender, TreeViewRowEventArgs e) {
				var val = store.GetNavigatorAt (e.Position).GetValue (text);
				Console.WriteLine("Expanded: " + val);
			};
			view.RowCollapsing += delegate(object sender, TreeViewRowEventArgs e) {
				var val = store.GetNavigatorAt (e.Position).GetValue (text);
				Console.WriteLine("Collapsing: " + val);
			};
			view.RowCollapsed += delegate(object sender, TreeViewRowEventArgs e) {
				var val = store.GetNavigatorAt (e.Position).GetValue (text);
				Console.WriteLine("Collapsed: " + val);
			};
			Button addButton = new Button ("Add");
			addButton.Clicked += delegate(object sender, EventArgs e) {
				TreeNavigator n;
				if (view.SelectedRow != null)
					n = store.AddNode (view.SelectedRow);
				else
					n = store.AddNode ();
				n.SetValue (text, "Value " + valueCount++);
				view.ScrollToRow (n.CurrentPosition);
			};

			Button removeButton = new Button ("Remove Selection");
			removeButton.Clicked += delegate(object sender, EventArgs e) {
				foreach (TreePosition row in view.SelectedRows) {
					store.GetNavigatorAt (row).Remove ();
				}
			};

			PackStart (view, true);
			PackStart (la);
			PackStart (removeButton);
			PackStart (addButton);
			PackStart (fview, true);

			PackStart (filterBox);

			var label = new Label ();
			PackStart (label);

			view.RowExpanded += (sender, e) => label.Text = "Row expanded: " + store.GetNavigatorAt (e.Position).GetValue (text);
		}

		void HandleDragOver (object sender, DragOverEventArgs e)
		{
			e.AllowedAction = e.Action;
		}
	}

}


The place we will be into is 7000 square meters and at the same days there will be an International canine show with over 2000 dogs, a cat show, a fish show and bird show.
As rodents are something new in Greece we would like to invite you and your members to participate with your pets in the rodent show and invite any possible willing to come judges.
The show in our section includes rats, gerbils, chinchillas, mice, degus, fat tailed gerbils, hamsters, rabbits (even though not rodents), etc.


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Speciation Rates Decline through Time in Individual-Based Models of Speciation and Extinction
Author(s): Wang, Shaopeng; Chen, Anping; Fang, Jingyun; Pacala, Stephen W.
To refer to this page use: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1j13v
Abstract: A well-documented pattern in the fossil record is a longterm decline in the origination rate of new taxa after diversity rebounds from a mass extinction. The mechanisms for this pattern remain elusive. In this article, we investigate the macroevolutionary predictions of an individual-based birth-death model (BDI model) where speciation and extinction rates emerge from population dynamics. We start with the simplest neutral model in which every individual has the same per capita rates of birth, death, and speciation. Although the prediction of the simplest neutral model agrees qualitatively with the fossil pattern, the predicted decline in perspecies speciation rates is too fast to explain the long-term trend in fossil data. We thus consider models with variation among species in per capita rates of speciation and a suite of alternative assumptions about the heritability of speciation rate. The results show that interspecific variation in per capita speciation rate can induce differences among species in their ability to resist extinction because a low speciation rate confers a small but important demographic advantage. As a consequence, the model predicts an appropriately slow temporal decline in speciation rates, which provides a mechanistic explanation for the fossil pattern.
Publication Date: Sep-2013
Citation: Wang, Shaopeng, Chen, Anping, Fang, Jingyun, Pacala, Stephen W. (2013). Speciation Rates Decline through Time in Individual-Based Models of Speciation and Extinction. The American Naturalist, 182 (3), E83 - E93. doi:10.1086/671184
Pages: E83 - E93
Journal/Proceeding Title: The American Naturalist
All Ecology and Evolutionary Biology


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Q: Inserting input field to chat popup I am trying to learn by creating a chat bar. I have created a side nav bar with users and once I click the chat pop up box will open at the bottom. I want to add input field to that chatbox.
I tried to add the input field but I just got half success; it just gets added to the body not at the bottom of the chat box.
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    position:absolute;
    left: 0px;
    bottom: 10px;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: inherit;
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    height: 200px;
    overflow-y: scroll;
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Iraq's president hit back at Donald Trump Monday for saying US troops should stay in Iraq to keep an eye on neighboring Iran, saying the USA leader did not ask for Iraq's permission to do so.
Trump was answering questions on his commitment to reduce USA military presence in the Middle East.
Some areas of drizzle are possible today, but a much better chance for rain comes late tonight and throughout the today Monday. As cold air moves in Wednesday night into Thursday morning any precipitation transitions to snow albeit not much accumulation.
"We have to protect other things that we have", Trump told CBS on Sunday, but said the troops will be "coming back in a matter of time". "The US is a major power ... but do not pursue your own policy priorities, we live here". "We're going to have a strong border".
"If the USA is perceived as being in Iraq not exclusively to assist the Iraqi forces in [the] fight against ISIS, it will strengthen the hand of those who oppose the U.S. presence", said David Witty, a retired United States special forces colonel.
Trump also said he plans to transfer some of the American troops stationed in Syria to Iraq.
Trump is in an ongoing feud with the U.S. intelligence community, which last week warned IS can quickly rebuild into a cohesive force in any vacuum left in the war-torn country. Abdullah said that, despite this, the partial withdrawal of USA -led foreign forces would not spell the end of the world for Afghanistan.


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Should Public Records Law Be Changed?
Chris Lundy
BERKELEY – The Open Public Records Act provides for transparency in government by allowing people to see official documents. However, municipal clerks from around the state say it's time to amend the law.
The Municipal Clerks' Association of New Jersey is calling for a study commission to review the law. The Association noted that while the law does a lot of good, it can be abused and misused. It has had unintended consequences, soaking up a lot of time for employees, and incurring additional costs for taxpayers.
Berkeley Township Clerk Beverly Carle said that the township employees get "overburdened with requests" through the Open Public Records Act (OPRA).
By way of background, Berkeley officials received and responded to 629 OPRA requests in 2017, 927 in 2018, and 1,100 requests as of Dec. 1, 2019. This has resulted in approximately 275 hours of work by township staff, and a yearly average of 190 hours for the previous two years, Carle said.
The Township Council passed a resolution asking for the 18-year-old law to be studied so that it can be amended to modern standards.
"Due to the often conflicting case law and Government Record Council decisions, as well as the unique characteristics of OPRA requests, the Township must often rely on the municipal attorney to review certain OPRA requests, resulting in additional fees of approximately $26,856 in response to OPRA requests in 2017 and 2018 and currently has spent $62,937 in response to OPRA requests in 2019," Berkeley's resolution read.
The Clerks Association provided a model resolution to its members, asking governing bodies throughout the state to pass this resolution. Jackson is another local town that has done so.
The resolution states, in part: "with limited exceptions OPRA has not been amended to address the clear and apparent advancement in technology that has changed the way government records are created, stored, and/or transmitted; the various interpretive decisions; privacy concerns; abuse for commercial gain; and/or the ever increasing cost to taxpayers."
The state's clerks are asking for a study by a commission comprised of mayors, clerks, department heads, citizens, members of the media, and experts on privacy and open government. At the end of the study, this commission would make recommendations on changes to the law.
The sample resolution also states that towns have "labored under a well-intended law that has spiraled out of control, due to the volume and nature of requests, the cost to taxpayers in responding to the requests, and the potential liability in having to pay disproportionate prevailing party attorney's fees should the requests turn into litigated matters, as well as the liability in determining which documents shall be released, with or without redaction, while attempting to maintain individual privacy."
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