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Harris Would Mandate States Receive DOJ Approval for New Pro-Life Laws
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Haris Alic - May 28, 2019 4:35 PM
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is set to unveil a new policy which, if implemented, would require the Department of Justice to approve new state laws regarding abortion.
Harris, who served as attorney general of California before ascending to the Senate, will outline the plan in greater detail during an MSNBC town hall on Tuesday. The proposal, based in-part on the Voting Rights Act, would mandate "states and localities with a history" of restricting abortion to "pre-clear any new law" with the DOJ to ensure "it comports with Roe v. Wade."
"We are living through an all-out assault being waged on women's health and reproductive rights. From Alabama to Ohio, and Missouri to Georgia… Extreme politicians in state legislatures have been working to systematically chip away at Roe for decades," the Harris campaign said in a statement announcing the proposal.
Harris's proposal, which requires congressional approval, sets a wide criteria for the jurisdictions that would be subject to DOJ pre-clearance.
"States and localities will be subject to the pre-clearance requirement if they have a pattern of violating Roe v. Wade in the preceding 25 years," the campaign said. "Under the plan, any change with respect to abortion in a covered jurisdiction will remain legally unenforceable until DOJ determines it comports with the standards laid out by the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade … and the Women's Health Protection Act, which Harris co-sponsors in the Senate."
By using the Women's Health Protection Act along side Roe as the standard for DOJ pre-clearance, Harris's plan would ensure almost no future pro-life measure could be implemented. The act, previously introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and co-sponsored by Harris—along with nearly every other 2020 Democrat, is radically far-reaching. It invalidates any laws that "single out abortion providers with medically unnecessary requirements and restrictions, do not promote women's health or safety, and limit access to abortion," according to the liberal Center for Reproductive Rights. Effectively it would strike down prohibitions on abortion after 20 weeks, regulations protecting individuals or institutions from being forced to perform abortions, and laws preventing abortion on the basis of sex or fetal disability.
Harris's proposal comes in the wake of a slew of recently enacted pro-life laws by conservatives states such as Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri, among others.
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Haris Alic is a staff writer at the Washington Free Beacon. Prior to joining the staff, Haris worked in communications and government relations at various non-profits. Haris lives in Arlington, Virginia. His Twitter handle is @realHarisAlic. He can be reached at alic@freebeacon.com.


Taylor Swift is good at getting what she wants, and something she appears to want more than anything is a large, eclectic collection of living human accessories. Or, I mean, friends. But there appears to be one human being she desires who has resisted her gravitational pull, and that person is none other than Carol star Rooney Mara.
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom entertained kids at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.


First stills of Cecilia Cheung's comeback film All's Well, Ends Well 2011 — the fifth of a series of comedies shown during Chinese New Year. The first one titled Family's Happiness was released in 1992.
LOL! I love her cute raspy voice, but she's a horrible singer. OR should I say that they gave her bad material. Also, I just can't get into Cantonese music. It's not melodic enough I think Because the language is so staccato in itself if just doesn't lend itself well to music in my ears. I like some, but not a lot.
Wait, I'll show you a good Cantonese bit. Check by the end…. of the performance.
Very pretty songs. :) I think they do ballads well. I guess it's the pop that I've heard that is off putting.
It's a really bad movie hahaha.
LOL! That movie looks terrible! I've seen some bad Hong Kong films though. I usually stick with them and find at least SOMETHING to like!
you should check One Nite in Mongkok then, it's got Cecilia and Daniel Wu ;P it's kind of brutal.


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James Desmond Buckle (29 March 1910 – 25 October 1964) was a political activist, journalist, trade unionist and Communist born in the British colony of the Gold Coast (present-day Ghana). Described as "an African communist in Britain", he may have been the first African to join the British Communist Party.

Early life and family

James Desmond Buckle was born on 29 March 1910 to Vidal James Buckle and Ellen Konadu Buckle in Accra in the Gold Coast (present-day Ghana). Born into the local elite, Buckle's parents were both educated in Britain, and he received a very privileged childhood, even by British standards at the time. His father, Vidal James Buckle, was a wealthy lawyer and his mother, Ellen Konadu Buckle, was a member of the prominent Bannerman family. His mother was a descendant of James Bannerman, a British merchant who served as the Governor of the Gold Coast in the 1850s. Buckle's grandfather was Sir James Buckle, a well-to-do merchant who traded between Freetown in Sierra Leone and Accra in the Gold Coast. Sir James Buckle was married into the prominent Palmer family, whose descendants were of African origin in the West Indies. Desmond Buckle's ancestry traces back to the Sierra Leone Creole, who returned to West Africa after undergoing enslavement in the United States. Buckle was born the second of five children.

In 1920, his father died at the age of 33, when Desmond was just 10 years old. Following this, Ellen Buckle sent all her children to Britain to boarding-school. Desmond was sent to Truro College in Cornwall. During this time his relationship with his mother deteriorated, as he wished to complete his studies in the Gold Coast while his mother wished for him to study in Britain, a common practice for many wealthy families in the Gold Coast at the time. Desmond's younger brother's death of pneumonia in London was also a factor in Desmond's desire to return to the Gold Coast. His relationship with his family was essentially severed until the 1960s, in which he was reunited with them in London. Initially this rift was due to concerns over education, but later Desmond's affiliation with communism shocked his predominantly bourgeois family. At the age of 18 in 1928, Buckle began to study medicine at University College London but was unable to finish his studies due to a lack of financial support from the government and family.

Political activism

Buckle has been described by comrades as a "Lifelong fighter for colonial freedom" and was well renowned among African and West Indian revolutionaries. Despite not being well known in the public sphere, Buckle's activism was internationally recognised. At the time of Buckle's death, the then President of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe, sent a message to his funeral stating that Buckle was someone who "passionately believed in human freedom and devoted his life to its realization, not only in Africa but in all corners of the earth".

Work with the Gold Coast Students' Association

During the 1930s Buckle began to become involved in student and black political organizations, including the League of Coloured Peoples (LCP) and the Gold Coast Students' Association (GCSA). The GCSA was a West African student organization formed in London in the mid 1920s, alongside other West African student organisations such as the West African Students' Union (WASU). Through the GSCA, Buckle became heavily involved in the politics of the time. Buckle greatly opposed the Sedition placed upon the Gold Coast and supporting the views of African politicians arriving in Britain to oppose such restrictions. Buckle also supported the 1937–1938 Gold Coast "cocoa hold-up", in which a coalition of farmers on the Gold Coast refused to sell their cocoa produce to large trading firms. On occasion the GCSA was antagonistic to the WASU on various issues Buckle was involved in, such as the dispute over Aggrey House. At this time the GCSA viewed the WASU not as an organisation that represented West African students, but as one dominated by Nigerians. Buckle gave his support of Aggrey House, a hostel designed for African students, being part of the GCSA delegation that helped establish its rules in 1934. The WASU, on the contrary, saw the house as a means for the British Government to control African students. Buckle was a prominent member of the GCSA, being appointed as its secretary from 1936 to 1937 and its president in 1937–38. During this time Buckle's radicalism increased, with him proposing the notion "this Association refuses to fight for the British Empire" at a GCSA debate in October 1937. The next month Buckle was the primary opponent of the motion "that the salvation of the Gold Coast lies in close cooperation with the British Labour Party", showing his refusal to cooperate with British Imperialism.

Around this time, Buckle worked in collaboration with the Negro Welfare Association (NWA), a Black British organization founded in 1931, and was affiliated with the International Trade Union Committee of Negro Workers (ITUCNW) and the League Against Imperialism (LAI). The NWA helped organise field trips for black children, while also campaigning for trade unions in the Caribbean and opposing the colour bar in Britain. In December 1938, Buckle helped organize a joint meeting between the GCSA, the NWA, the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and the London Federation of Peace Councils titled "Colonies and Peace". The British historian Hakim Adi claims that it is likely that Buckle was exposed to communism and the CPGB through his work with the NWA. Buckle encouraged collaboration between the GCSA and the NWA, calling members of the GCSA to be more involved in the concerns of black people's welfare and asking for donations to the NWA. He also helped invite NWA secretary Arnold Ward to speak to the GSWA in April 1939.

Communism and the Communist Party of Great Britain

In July 1939 Buckle, was one of the major organizers on a conference called "African Peoples, Democracy and World Peace". This was organized by the NWA, CPGB and the Coloured Film Artistes Association. Around this time Buckle became "intellectually convinced" by the values of the Communist Party which he had joined in 1937.

Regardless of background, African students, like Buckle, were subject to being treated as second class citizens in Britain, often facing verbal racial abuse and discrimination. These experiences caused many African students to become radicalized, causing them to be inspired to organise against racism and colonialism. The Colonial Office referred to these radical tendencies as "subversive influences" and they were concerned that African and other colonial students would come under the influence of communists, who were some of the most vocal opponents of colonialism. To counter these influences, the Colonial Office held files on several West African students, including Buckle, and put them in contact with the Victoria League, an organization which looked to introduce said students to respectable families in Britain. The Colonial Office started to become concerned with Buckle's radical ideas in Aggrey House, which was described as a "center for subversion and definitely anti-allied propaganda". To suppress these movements, the closure of Aggrey House was proposed, resulting in Buckle leading a protest in opposition. From this, the Colonial Office concluded that Desmond Buckle and Peter Blackman were the cause of these problems and should be monitored. As a member of the CPGB, Buckle was a concern for the British Government.

Buckle worked as a journalist for the CPGB, specialising in African affairs and colonialism. This skills in writing were swiftly observed, and he was a member of the CPGB's Colonial Committee by 1943. In 1947 and 1949, he presented reports on Africa and the West Indies at conferences for the Communist Parties of nations under the British Empire. Buckle's reports were anti-capitalist and anti-colonialist, linking the hardships under colonialism with the international struggle against Capitalism. Regarding liberation, Buckle proposed that colonies striving for independence must dispose of monopolies in order to "advance to real freedom". In the 1949 conference, Buckle again critiques "monopoly capitalism" as being a major obstacle in the development of colonies. He also made clear the importance of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).

Buckle was a member of the CPGB's International Affairs Committee (IAC) and secretary of the Africa Committee, a subsect of the IAC. This subsect helped with anti-colonial movements in Africa and also working with Africans in Britain. From 1950 to 1954 he was the editor of the Africa Newsletter, the committee's journal. As a journalist in the CPGB Buckle also frequently made contributions to other journals of the CPGB such as the Daily Worker and Labour Monthly. Buckle remained in the CPGB for the rest of his life. Despite his separation from his family in West Africa, Buckle appeared to have found a new "home" and "family" in the international communist movement and the CPGB.

Other forms of activism

Buckle was also part of various anti-racist movements in Britain as well as being part of trade union and peace movements internationally, with connections to the Pan-African movement in Britain. Buckle was a member of the Committee for West Indian Affairs, a committee formed by Labour MPs David Adams and Ben Riley, in the wake of workers' struggles in the Caribbean. Buckle also worked with the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL), giving speeches at their conferences, focussing on colonial struggles in Africa and issues of racism in Britain. In 1949, Buckle was heavily involved with the NCCL's defence of 14 Africans who had been arrested for defending themselves against a racist attack in Deptford. Buckle's speech, at a conference organized by the NCCL and other local councils in Deptford, highlighted not only the physical violence placed upon Africans but also the "murder of the spirit" Africans face by being placed into hostile, racist environments. Buckle then goes on to say: "I feel that we should work legislation on the question; that discrimination against anyone because of his colour, race or creed should be punishable by law."

Post World War Two, Buckle's activism was mainly concerning trade union movements across the world and working towards international peace. In 1945, at the WFTU's founding in Paris, Buckle represented the Transvaal Council of Non-European Trade Unions, advocating for the involvement of Non-European workers in South Africa in the organisation. Following this, Buckle was part of the WFTU's general council. Buckle lead work in the Pan-African Trade Union Congress, facing resistance from the French Government in 1951. Buckle continued to represent the Non-Europeans of South Africa in Paris, Prague and Rome assemblies of the World Congress of Partisans for Peace in 1949. Buckle defended the exploited peoples in South Africa and publicly denounced the Apartheid regime that the then President of South Africa, Daniel François Malan, was running. Buckle accused Malan of crimes against humanity and labelled the regime as fascist and a danger to world peace. Buckle also pointed out the western involvement in such a system, highlighting the importance that Western control over African resources and materials was necessary to maintain Western Imperialism during the Cold War. Buckle therefore deemed world peace as essential to end such exploitation of African peoples, calling for the World Congress of Partisans for Peace to have a conference about achieving world peace, in London or Paris (the Capitals of the most powerful European nations at the time). Buckle was also a member of the Permanent Committee of the World Peace Congress and was elected to the presidium of the Second World Peace Congress, held in Warsaw in 1950.

Buckle continued his journalism working for the Czechoslovak News Agency, as well as the Telegraph Agenecy of the Soviet Union (TASS), focusing his journalism on sport and African affairs. He also wrote for several East German journals: Tägliche Rundshau, Neue Berliner Illustrieterte and Zeit im Bild. Buckle also worked closely with American musician and political activist Paul Robeson. Buckle worked as Robeson's secretary during Robeson's four-month spell in Britain in 1949.

Death

Buckle died of stomach cancer at St George's Hospital in London, aged 54, and his ashes were buried at Highgate Cemetery.

Publications

 Imperialist Terror in Kenya, published by World News (1952)
 Africa in Ferment, published by The Trinity Trust (1953)
 "Africa in Ferment" by Desmond Buckle, pp. 19–22, Labour Monthly, January 1953
 "Civil Liberty in the Empire", Labour Monthly (1941)
"North Africa Shakes France", Labour Monthly, April 1958, pp. 175–179
"Colour Bar." World News and Views, November 1942, pp. 453–454

References

Ghanaian communists
Ghanaian emigrants to the United Kingdom
1910 births
1964 deaths
Alumni of University College London
People of Sierra Leone Creole descent

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New Study: 76% of "Child" Refugees are Actually Adults
Adult refugees are lying about their age to be granted asylum by their naive new host countries. You know it, I know it. These sprightly men would rather lie about their age to sashay into Germany or France instead of staying in their home countries to fight ISIS and what not. As adult males used to do. But even suggesting some of these men are lying about their age is seen as "racist" or "Islamaphobic." Since ad hominem attacks have replaced actual arguments. Well, there's a new study showing 76% of questionable refugee cases are actually adults pretending to be minors. Told you so.
A large majority of asylum seekers who have undergone age tests in Sweden are likely over the age of 18, the government has announced, citing examinations of wisdom teeth and knee joints.
But maybe they self-identify as minors. Sweden is so age-phobic.
The Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine (Rättsmedicinalverket) announced on Tuesday that it recently conducted 581 forensic exams on asylum seekers whose ages were unclear.
The tests found that 76 percent (442) of the test results "suggest that the person examined is 18 years or older."
The testing, unveiled by the Swedish government in September 2016, was implemented after authorities expressed doubt about the accurate age of around 70 percent of unaccompanied "minors" who said they were between 15 and 17 years old, the Local reported at the time.
It's "ISLAM-O-PHOBIC" to make this claim. Now there's numbers and a study to back it up? Probably still ISLAM-O-PHOBIC!!!
Doesn't make it any less true. Especially when one takes a critical look at some of the crimes these "children" have committed against actual children (see Adult Muslim Refugees Harass High School Girls. And Nobody Stops Them… and Want Asylum in Sweden? Easy. Just Lie About Your Age).
Had a country like Sweden vetted these "minors" entering their country, rather than just believing every syllable spoken from their lying mouths, perhaps Sweden wouldn't have a rampant rape rate, uncontrollable Islamic crime, and a crumbling culture. Alas, virtue signaling and multiculturalism won out. The Swedish people, who are entitled to a little security provided by the government, lost. #RefugeesWelcomeToRapeOurNation just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Methinks Sweden will not learn from this mistake, but Lord do I hope I'm wrong.
Perhaps the truth of these refugees is why so many in America pay only lip service to their aid...

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Medical Astrology is a science which helps forecasting diseases through someone's birth chart. It provides proper solutions so that there should be minimum effect of diseases on human body. Every planet governs a specific human body part. Strength and weakness of corresponding body parts are dependent on auspicious and inauspicious planetary effects of stars according to their ruling effects on different body parts. E g. Strong position of Mercury would result in healthy and beautiful skin and the weaker one leads to skin disorders, problem in pancreas, eczema etc.
Practitioner of this science is known as 'Medical Astrologer' who holds a vast knowledge and understanding of human anatomy and morphology and is well aware with fundamentals of human body parts divided under twelve houses of natal chart. One best practiced 'Medical Astrologer' has the capability to forecast the effect of the diseases along with exact timing and their proper solutions in advance to stay protected. Impact of the forecasted chronic diseases can be reduced to minimum after following the recommended Vedic solutions.
Few Chronic diseases, which have no solutions even in medical science, can be cured with the help of 'Medical Astrology'. This science helps finding the proper root cause of the problem after thorough studying someone's natal chart which plays an important role in curing such uncurable disorder. Solutions can be in the form of Gemstones, Rudraksha, Color therapy, Performing Yagyas, Ayurvedic medicines, Vastu etc.
To sum up, it is advised to approach someone who you can trust and the one recommended by someone who is benefitted. Above all, faith matters a lot in whatever one look forward to.
In Medical Astrology Characteristics are given for houses/signs and planets, in connection to health of a person.
Sagittarius – high blood pressure, liver disorder and most often suffer from cirrhosis, arteries, blood, hips, liver, thighs., hardening of the arteries also known as Atherosclerosis, diseases affecting coronary arteries.
Aquarius – nervous disorders, varicose veins, hypertension and heart problems, cramps, allergies, .
Pisces – bunions, bone spurs and heal bruising/ pain, forgetfulness, Swelling, allergic reaction to drugs, psychosomatic illness.
Sun – sun-stroke, heart eyes, blood circulation, spinal cord, right eye in males and left eye in females.
Moon – pneumonia, cold breast related diseases, kidneys, stomach, and uterus related problems, mania, motions, left eye in males, right eye in females.
Mars – nose, forehead, muscles, male reproductive organs, piles, hemorrhage, injuries, burns, cuts, fevers, accidents, electric shock, suicidal tendencies.
Mercury – nerves, digestive system, lungs, speech related problems, mouth, tongue, hands, epilepsy.
Jupiter – obesity, liver, diabetes, blood vessels, right ear, thigh, buttocks, problems due to excess-eating.
Venus – genetical disorders, azoospermia, throat, neck, cheeks, skin, venereal diseases and reproductive organs.
Saturn – week bones weakness, bony appearance, teeth, knees, joints, rheumatism, chronic diseases, asthma, lung-related diseases, tuberculosis, and skin-related diseases.
Rahu – poisoning, Rahu is considered as equal to Saturn in Vedic astrology. rahu gives leprosy, cancer, diseases to spleen, snake bite, bite of poisonous insects and creatures.
Ketu – blood Pressure, Ketu is considered as equal to mars in Vedic astrology. ketu gives hypertensions, lunacy, allergies and infectious diseases. It would be difficult to diagnose disease by medical equipment if Ketu involves.
One can consult with our Medical Astrologer Prashant Kapoor to get their health analysis report along with solutions.


Title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 6.
I arrived.  And in plenty good enough time, too.
"Is that a marvel?  Let them come."
humble posture while they pass.  You are a peasant, you know."
"A humbler attitude, my lord the king--and quick!  Duck your head!
"It is wisdom; none can gainsay it.  Let us go on, Sir Boss.
He kept his word.  He did the best he could, but I've seen better.
could, but what of that?  He didn't improve a bit that I could see.
thou art.  But prophecy is greater than magic.  Merlin is a prophet."
I saw I had made a blunder.  I must get back my lost ground.
"True.  Does Merlin possess it?"
"But what are these in comparison with me?  They are nothing."
started for us.  Not a moment must be lost.  I started for _them_.
to pieces at the first hut we stop at.  Pray try to walk like this."
"Then must I try again.  I will call him villein."
"Ah--so.  Then peradventure I should call him goodman."
thereto what cheer ye have, withal.  Now 'tis right."
Nay, but me no buts, offer me no objections.  I will have the thing.
again.  No answer.  I pushed the door softly open and looked in.
"Have mercy!" she pleaded.  "All is taken, nothing is left."
eyes fixed upon me.  I could see how emaciated she was.
Church's curse.  Let me help you."
past the king on my way to the brook.  It was ten yards away.
open and a strong light flooded her face.  Smallpox!
"King, it must not be.  You must go."
"Abide," said the king, "and give the woman to eat.  I will go."
"We will be careful.  We will not wake him."
till this day.  Think how long that is to love and suffer together.
of our condition in Britain escape it.  It is the old, weary tale.
down.  Our three grown sons ran frightened to report the crime.
--against the Church and the Church's ways.  It was ten days ago.
to her sheltering arms.  She had recognized the death-rattle.
True again.  The step was coming toward us--straight toward the hut.
must fly!  And--but they answer not.  Mother! father!--"
"What is it?  What is there for one to be troubled about?"
it seemed to be writhing, but it was not.  It was a grewsome sight.
I told the king we must cut him down.  The king at once objected.
reason.  When the lightning cometh again--there, look abroad."
They are past thanking you.  Come--it is unprofitable to tarry here."
"Poor lads, they are lost.  And good lads they were, too."
still and let those men get away.  They've done a righteous deed."
I take it.  You would not tell anybody I said them?"
"I?  I would be drawn asunder by wild horses first."
innocent poor people.  That old baron got only what he deserved.
--which was two days' wages.  Other things were in proportion.
gratifying.  We were progressing, that was sure.
"Oh, it is wastefulness!  It may not be, brother, it may not be.
might die before you got enough of it.  That will please Jones."
could read it.  He could, and was proud to show that he could.
got that, not the government.  We furnished them for nothing.


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Q: C# if directive Can I write in code to set the variable to true or false depending on a button I pressed? See example below.
If not, what other ways are there to achieve similar effects? I have already marked the codes for different modes using directives and only want developers to have the option of switching the modes, but now I wish to give the user the option of switching between the modes. The choice of the mode will only be given at the start of the program, and user is not allowed to switch the mode. To switch the mode, he can only restart the program again.
If cannot use directives, what is the fastest way can I use? (note: the statements are all around the solution)
In pseduocode of what I wish to achieve:
void button_click(...){
    if(!CONDITION)
        CONDITION = true;
    else
        CONDITION = false;
}

...
#if CONDITION
   //mode X with addtional steps
#endif

A: You are using a preprocessor directive and trying to set it from code which defeats the purpose, even if it were to be possible (I'm pretty sure you can't). Why not use a regular boolean field as a flag ?
private bool Condition {get; set;}

A: This is not possible. The if statement is executed at run time, but preprocessor directives like #IF are executed at compile time. You need to decide at compile time how to build the code, and somewhere in your project (say in the project's properties) or at the top of the source file, set CONDITION to whatever you need it to be for that given build.
If this really needs to be a runtime decision, then you need to include all the possible code paths and decide at runtime which one to take.

A: If your asking if you can conditional compile something based upon a condition in your code the answer is no.  The complier must know at compile time what to include in your assembly.  You can almost certainly achieve what you are attempting with out conditional compilation however what are you attempting to do?

A: The '#IF' directive is used for conditional compilation, which means it looks for tokens defined at compile time and literally compiles or does not compile particular code.  This means the non-compiled code is not part of your program and cannot be used at runtime.  You will need to modify your code to use normal flags rather than conditional compilation if you want to change behavior at runtime.  That said, you may want to consider a deeper design review, as adding new branching functionality based on configuration flags can lead to messy code very quickly.

A: These directives provide the ability to conditionally skip sections of source files, to report error and warning conditions, and to delineate distinct regions of source code
You cannot change them at runtime.

A: The #IF directive is a preprocessor option and will have no meaning once you compile the code so you can't use these to control program flow after compilation.
As for your other options, you should be able to convert them to class-level variables rather easily but, on the negative side, your code will be littered with if CONDITION ... else ... statements that could end up being a pain in the butt to manage.
Another more OOP-friendly option, is to implement the State pattern.  You could encapsulate the behavior of each "Condition" into its own State and toggle between them in the pattern.  This could be overkill for two states (most likely is).
Another reference:  http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/PatternState.aspx

A: #IF is determined at compile time, and you want to change it at runtime. It is impossible.

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Chapter Four: The Body
In "Chapter Four: The Body" of Stranger Things 1, I missed some things in the first go around of this airing. First, Mike loses faith in Eleven when Will's body turns up. Second, there is a festering jurisdictional issue between the Indiana state and local Hawkins authorities in regards to an autopsy of Will Byers. As well, Chief Hopper uses police brutality in order to get the truth from a state trooper. Finally, there are a few other story lines, which I missed on the first go of this episode.
To start, Mike loses faith in Eleven when Will turns up dead. Angerily, Mike says, "Please stop that. Are you deaf? I thought we were friends, you know? Friends tell each other the truth, and they definitely don't lie to each other. You made me think Will was ok. That he was still, that he was still out there. But he wasn't. He wasn't. Maybe you thought you were helping, but you weren't. You hurt me. Do you understand? What you did sucks. Lucas was right about you. All along."
It's "Chapter Four: The Body" where state/local jurisdictions clash in the autospy of Will Byers. We learn of this fight when Patty and Chief Hopper have a discussion. This is how the whole jurisdictional battle plays out.
According to Patty, a stale clerk at the Hawkins Coroner's Office, a state coroner claimed jurisdiction over the atopsy of Will Byers and did it when a local cornoner wants to conduct it.
"I thought you knew. Those men from state. They sent Gary home last night," as Chief Hopper replies, "So who did the autopsy?"
Because of the state/local jurisidiction issue, Chief Hopper becomes suspicious of the whole autopsy process on Will Byers. He can't understand why a local citizen would get a state autopsy from a state official when it is clearly in the jurisidiction of the local Hawkins coroner to conduct such an autopsy. Chief Hopper wonders why the state officials are meddling in local affairs of Hawkins citizens like in the case of autopsies.
Also, during this segment, we learn of Joyce's past mental health issues. Jonathan explains to Chief Hopper, quietly, "Yeah, she's had anxiety problems in the past."
This broadcast sees Steve with a messed up set of prioorities. Nancy tells Steve saying, "I don't understand. Barb is missing, and you are worried about your dad?"
Once again, in this airing, the Uncanny X-Men find their way into Stranger Things.
"Somehow she's channelling him," Mikes says to Dustin. "Like professor X," repies Dustin.
Meanwhile, Gary, the local Hawkins coroner, draws a comparison between Will Byer's autopsy and that of John F. Kennedy, which he tells to Chief Hopper.
"It was about six of them, I'd say. Yes sir, never seen that many troopers come with a body before. They claimed jurisidiction. Kicked me out. It all seemed over the top to me, considering. Considering this was Will Byers and and not John F. Kennedy."
Elsewhere, Nancy is judged by her mother.
"You and Steve were talking…It does matter," yells an adament Karen. "We slept together. Is that what you want to know. It doesn't matter… No, it is all bullshit. It has nothing to do with Barb. And she is missing, and something terrible happened to her. I know it. I know it. And no one is listening to me," cries an upset Nancy.
Meanwhile, as he's doing some undercover detective work at a local bar, Chief Hopper celebrates his dead daughter's past spelling bee win as a front to get the truth from a lying state trooper. "So that quarry. That's state run where they found that boy, huh?.. Well, that's funny, cause I know for a fact that it's run by the Satler company, Frank Satler, decent guy, still has a couple operational quarries up in Roane. So why you lying to me, man?"
That being said, Chief Hopper uses police brutality on the state trooper. Hopper demands from the state trooper, saying, "Who told you to be out there? What were you doing out there?"
Moreover, Chief Hopper wants to know who the state trooper is working for. As he beats up the trooper, he yells, "Who do you work for? The NSA? Hawkins Lab?"
Eventually, Chief Hopper heads to the hospital where they are keeping Will Byer's body. A state trooper is guarding it and tells Chief Hopper: "Hey, you can't be back here." After attempting to lie to the state trooper, Chief Hopper has to knock him out in order to go see Will Byer's body.
In conclusion, I missed lots in this episode, which I only picked up in the second review. I totally missed that jurisidictional spat between local and state authorities in the background of this episode. Also, I missed the part where Chief Hopper goes to a bar in order to scope out the truth about Will's body from an unsuspecting state trooper. These are just some things I missed in watching this episode on the first run.


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Theo Saevecke (ur. 22 marca 1911 w Hamburgu, zm. 16 grudnia 2000) – niemiecki oficer, zbrodniarz wojenny.

W czasie II wojny światowej w 1942 roku w stopniu SS-Hauptsturmführer – Specjalny Przedstawiciel SD w Libii i Tunezji; od września 1943 w Mediolanie, jako szef Gestapo popełnił szereg zbrodni (uzyskał przydomek "rzeźnik z Mediolanu").

Po wojnie pracownik zachodnioniemieckiej policji kryminalnej.

W 1998 roku został przez włoski sąd wojskowy skazany zaocznie na karę dożywotniego pozbawienia wolności za zbrodnie popełnione w czasie II wojny światowej.

Zmarł jako emeryt w 2000 roku.

Bibliografia

 Dieter Schenk, Auf dem rechten Auge blind. Die braunen Wurzeln des BKA, wyd. Kiepenheuer und Witsch, .

Członkowie SS
Funkcjonariusze Gestapo
Niemieccy zbrodniarze wojenni w okresie II wojny światowej
Niemieccy policjanci
Urodzeni w 1911
Zmarli w 2000
Ludzie urodzeni w Hamburgu


Happy to announce I am officially a Huffington Post blogger/writer!
A very big thank you to everyone who reads this blog, comments on the posts, subscribes to The Baba 'Hood feed, enjoys (and hopefully gets a laugh from) my misadventures as a parent and as a person and overall supports this little journey of mine…know that it doesn't go unnoticed or unappreciated.
A giant thanks to G and the kids and the rest of my crew for allowing me to share our stories (and awkward photos) and a special shout-out to www.beckyhasbeenblogging.com for the kick in the pants I needed to get back in the writing saddle and for the encouragement to hang on for the ride.
Next Post #2 = More HuffPost Love!
WOOT-WOOT! Congratulations! P.S.: I would love an autographed copy of the book!!!!!


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How Much Would The TY BRITANNIA BEANIE BEAR Be Valued At Now?
Rosie Normanton answered
The TY Britannia Beanie Bear in mint condition is currently being sold for around 30 to 40 US dollars. The higher price band will be for collectors as the bear has been placed in display cases and cabinets.
The origin of the TY logo for the TY Bear collection dates all the way back to 1986, when Mr. TY Warner began the craft of making the collectable bears. Since then the range has expanded and have become a favorite for collectors.
Collectors enjoy these particular soft toys due to the unique nature of each individual bear. For example, most types of bear have:
A tag with their name on
Their own birthday
An accompanying poem that is specific to that particular type of bear
However, the larger versions of the bears (known as buddies) only contain a sentence within their tag.
The Britannia Beanie Bear is particularly exclusive as it is no longer being manufactured in the UK. This means there are now only a certain number of them still in circulation.
If you are looking to buy or sell a TY Britannia Beanie Bear the best place to start would be on the online auction websites. There you can review for yourself what kind of price range is being offered and use that to establish your own price range.
Depending on the condition of the bear, it could sell for anything between $4 all the way up to $40.
These cute little stuffed beanie toys are only worth about ten bucks on Internet auction sites, such as the ubiquitous eBay.com. Since most Beanie Babies cost at least that much when you buy them new, this particular Beanie Baby isn't really gaining a tremendous amount of resale value on the open market. In fact, it may actually be worth somewhat less than it was purchased for. However, this could change as time passes - especially if there are less of these bears for sale on the Internet.
Rarity defines value
With toys, rarity or exclusivity often defines resale value - how many Beanie Babies of the Britannia style have been produced will always impact their resale monetary value. If they made a ton of these things, they probably won't ever be worth a lot of money - that's just the way the system works.
Toy Crazes
Of course, collecting toys isn't just about potential resale value - sometimes, it's about the cuteness or novelty factor of the toy. Some toys, including Beanie Babies, have been part of international "toy crazes" that made people do almost anything to get their hands on the collectibles. Some examples of toy crazes include the Cabbage Patch Dolls phenomenon of the Eighties, and the 80s era, Rubik's Cube popularity craze. Every generation has its crazes - from silly pet rocks to toy wagons to computer games.
Condition matters
What shape a toy is in matters a lot - if you're selling something as new (with tags on), it can't be raggedy or too "well-loved" looking. If you're selling something as gently used or second hand, you should produce realistic photos that depict the actual condition of the item - otherwise, you're going to get some complaints when the Beanie Baby is delivered, and doesn't quite meet expectations.
If you're buying, it's always better to see an item if you can, but checking buyer feedback can also be a helpful way to avoid getting scammed.
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1 make sure they still have tags. You'll have to get a book my grandmother has several of them. It has...
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Come to The Place to Meet for business or leisure travelers at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Little Rock, located off Interstate 630 in a flourishing business community in Little Rock, Arkansas. Think of us as your personal retreat offering the finest customer service. Visit businesses including Baptist Health Medical Center, Fidelity Information Services, Molex, the Arkansas Cancer Research Center, Cooper Cameron, and more. Shop at quaint stores and sample delicious dining all within walking distance of the hotel. Admire the exhibits at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum. Watch contemporary artists perform at Alltel Arena. Browse through the outdoor venue at Pleasant Ridge Town Center. Purchase the perfect souvenir at the upscale shops at Midtowne Little Rock. Stay at this newly renovated hotel furnished with contemporary decor in each of the 244 guest rooms, 11 suites, and an executive club level floor. Enjoy our luxurious bedding, pillow top mattresses, 32 inch LCD flat screen TVs, and CD players with MP3 plugs. Catch the live act while dining at Rocks Bar, or enjoy a more intimate dining experience at Cafe 201. Take a coffee break at Latte Da Coffee Bar before heading to our indoor /outdoor heated pool. Take advantage of our business center and stay fit in our exercise room. Explore all this capital city has to offer during your stay at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Little Rock. This hotel is committed to providing accessible facilities under the American Disabilities Act. If your accessibility needs are not met, please contact the Hotel Manager on Duty. Should you require additional information regarding accessible facilities for guests with disabilities, please call 1-800-Holiday (U. S. and Canada) or contact the hotel directly. For the hearing impaired, TDD service is available at 1-800-238-5544 within the U. S. and Canada.


Fast Forward To Hell……. is a 1987 label comp from Metalworks featuring thrash and speed metal bands from England and Germany. Seven bands, ten songs, and a whole lot of speed and power. High points include Angel Dust's "Legions of Destruction" and Necronomicon's "Possessed By Evil". The recording quality is variable – a few tracks sound more like demos that were recorded in someone's practice space, though most are at least adequate.
I'll definitely be on the lookout for albums by these German bands when I'm in Berlin this summer. Looks like most of the Germans have had their 1980s albums re-released in the last few years, so while I'll try for OG pressings it looks like I should have some luck one way or the other.
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When John Loury and Mike Sutton moved back from Buffalo to start their own analytics company, they had a business concept and an implementation strategy, but not much else for their enterprise.
They didn't even have desks.
They've come a long way in three years, however.
On January 12 they celebrated their third anniversary at Cause + Effect Strategy and Marketing (CESM) by closing the office to savor a dynamic 2017 of client growth and rising revenue.
The growth spike of 72 percent from Year 2 to Year 3 has far exceeded expectations. The firm added 13 new clients, bringing the total to 33, and expanded work with seven existing clients. They are crunching data for a variety of entities— from Xerox (where they're one of the company's very few business development partners nationwide) to the University of Rochester to politicians running for office—and then telling them what those numbers mean.
The Henrietta-based company has found a niche because of what its marketing and data analysts do. They don't just count clicks on a Facebook ad or measure viewership for a TV spot. Those numbers don't provide tangible proof that anyone bought the product.
"A post could get 500 likes, but how many sales did it get?" said the 34-year-old Loury, who grew up in Irondequoit.
Instead, Cause + Effect Strategy and Marketing unifies data from social media, Google, customer relationships and even responses from email campaigns and presents meaningful information that tells clients who is buying their product and what traits are known about those customers, Loury said.
For politicians, that bottom line is what candidate voters will support.
"We're helping candidates understand potential voters and what's important to them," Loury said.
The 2017 growth provided a sound financial foundation for CESM, but also signaled a transformation into business adulthood. Potential clients don't brush them aside because the born-on date says Jan. 12, 2015.
Now CESM, with 11 employees and plans to add two more before the third quarter of 2018, simply has new ideas that work.


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Elderly woman trips and falls in road, then fatally struck by car in Queens
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MIDDLE VILLAGE, Queens (WABC) -- An elderly woman was killed after she was struck by a car while crossing the street in Middle Village, Queens Wednesday.
According to the NYPD, a 2014 Ford Escape, driven by a 25-year-old man, was stopped at a stop light, three to four car lengths from the intersection of 75 Street, when the pedestrian crossed, mid-block, in front of his vehicle.
Unbeknownst to the driver, the victim then tripped and fell while in front of his vehicle as the light turned green.
The driver then ran over the pedestrian and continued south on Metropolitan Avenue until he was alerted to the fact that he struck the woman.
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Thinking Difference with Heidegger and Levinas: Truth and Justice
English | ISBN: 143847881X | 2020 | 294 pages | PDF | 1103 KB
Highlights the extent to which the two thinkers share a common philosophical framework, while also demonstrating how Levinas shifts the orientation of philosophical thinking from truth to justice.
Tracing the relationship between truth and justice as articulated by Heidegger and Levinas, Rozemund Uljée presents the relation between the two thinkers as a subtle, profound, and complex rapport, which includes both their proximity and radical difference. This rapport is conceived not as a confrontation, but rather as a transformation, as Levinas's notion of justice does not renounce Heidegger's account of truth and its deployment. shows how the ethical relation transforms the essence and task of philosophy in its entirety, since it shifts the orientation of philosophy and the task of thinking from its concern with truth as ground or foundation to a question of justice. As a result, philosophy is no longer riveted to Being and its truth, but answers to the call for justice and must be conceived of as infinite commencement, where its impossibility to totalize meaning ensures that it remains open to the alterity of transcendence.
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Working on a soundtrack may have cramped 0PN's style, but he still comes up with a vivid, grimey and sometimes disorienting cinematic portrait.
Few musicians move quite like Oneohtrix Point Never. Those who listen to 0PN, otherwise known as Daniel Lopatin, are probably accustomed to his habit of taking bizarre leaps and turns into unexpected twists of mood, of rhythm and of timbre.
With his new Cannes Soundtrack Award-winning work for the Safdie brothers' Good Time, Oneohtrix Point Never ventures into film scoring, and his penchant for the dramatic remains intact - though to anyone familiar with his discography this probably doesn't come as a surprise.
On Good Time, Oneohtrix Point Never has constructed a narcotic dreamscape peppered with nightmarish, high-octane chase scenes. It's chock-full of Oneohtrix Point Never staples, from distorted, monstrous vocal manipulations to robust synth loops. It's a very focused release, in contrast to the magnificent and sprawling Garden of Delete. While GoD is meticulously constructed and stunningly over-produced with all its supporting material and hype, Good Time sees 0PN on a different tangent, creating supporting material for someone else's work. Much of the soundtrack is expectedly 0PN in the sound design, though 'The Pure and the Damned' (with Iggy Pop) signals the furthest Lopatin has strayed from the rest of his output.
The perpetual, adrenalin-pumping and sweaty nature of the soundtrack becomes somewhat tiresome, perhaps because it lacks structure. Many of the tracks clock in at two to three minutes, and they feel largely underdeveloped musically. The music functions as a soundtrack, but less so on its own. Robust layers of sound do not make up for the loss of structural freedom to run in any which way, as heard on Garden of Delete or R Plus Seven, and even more ambient-veering material, such as that on Replica. Though the release is full of expertly crafted timbres and exciting moments, it doesn't come to fully inhabit what all this material could achieve. The exciting moments drift off and become fragments that serve a functional, cinematic purpose rather than a musically meaningful one.
The release opens with 'Good Time', with dark and grand swathes of sound. It's beautifully constructed, and in the latter half vividly recalls typical Hollywood action. Disorienting delays give way to a rapid-chase synthline that conjures images of cinematic tropes - think swarming helicopters, dizzying cinematography, all coloured with dark and murky lighting. A more nuanced, whining synth melody delicately features on top.
While Garden of Delete evidenced that Lopatin was capable of taking pop tropes, among a wide array of materials, and twisting them into new, unexpected forms, 'Bail Bonds' evidences a less thrilling, more straightforward, adoption of them. The shift into rock drums feels like a cheesy move musically and comes across as a boyish act of musical self-indulgence. Though the narcotic descent into time-warped, distorted, echoing vocals is reminiscent of some of his stunning work in GoD, 'Bail Bonds' doesn't come across as exciting material from 0PN.
Reverb-drenched 'Hospital Escape / Access-A-Ride' is saturated with the same palette as the rest of the release, though its slow, creeping synthlines don't quite work without the visual element. 'Romance Apocalypse' is musically interesting but being only two minutes long, doesn't evolve into a fully developed piece of music.
'Acid Hits' marks a return to Oneohtrix Point Never's grimey grandeur, and is gripping and substantial. 'Leaving the Park' also offers some the most melodically and harmonically interesting material on the release, moving gradually with constantly evolving timbres.
Inevitably much of my criticisms revolve around the fact that Good Time was not written as its own album. It is texturally rich and full of beautiful motifs, but it feels slightly hollow - a series of fragments, rather than a substantial, fully fledged record to sink one's teeth into. Still, saturated with noise, grime and adrenalin, 0PN paints a vivid cinematic portrait of restlessness and thrill.


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Personer
 Manolo Blahnik (1942–), en spansk modeskapare och självbetitlat klädmärke
 Manolo Blahnik (1952–), en percussionist från Puerto Rico
 Manolo Poulot (1974–), en kubansk judoutövare
 Manolo Valdés (1942–), en spansk målare och skulptör
 Manolo Escobar (1931–2013), en spansk sångare
 Manolo Gabbiadini (1991–), en italiensk fotbollsspelare
 Felix Manalo (1886–1963), blev skickad att predika om Iglesia ni Cristo
 Manolo Sánchez Delgado (1990) – en spansk fotbollsspelare

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That's how attorney Tracy Roy describes some of her immigrant clients.
"There's a lot of fear," said Roy, who covers immigration cases at Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid.
This week's U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding President Donald Trump's travel ban is just the latest in a long series of actions that have hindered and slowed the immigration process for many.
"I've never seen it this bad — ever," said Laura Tripiciano, a local attorney who has worked on immigration cases for nearly two decades.
"There's just so much dysfunction," she said.
Locally, the changes impact members of the Somali community hoping to reunite with spouses and minor children.
This week, Tripiciano had to explain the latest Supreme Court decision to a client who is trying to bring her 13-year-old daughter to the United States.
"She couldn't grasp what the travel ban was about and why it would apply to a 13-year-old-girl," Tripiciano said.
The uncertainty takes a toll, Roy said.
"It's so much stress," she said. She sees her clients experiencing ill health effects from long-term stress, mentally and physically.
Many of the clients Tripiciano and Roy help are citizens or permanent residents. That means they've lived in the U.S. at least six years.
"What I see are a lot of single moms, struggling to make ends meet, where if their husbands were allowed to come here, they could get a job and help financially with the family," Tripiciano said.
Tripiciano has also seen more people seeking citizenship in the past year.
"They're worried with their green card, if that's not going to keep them safe with the increased enforcement from ICE," Tripiciano said, referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The majority of her family-based cases will now likely include a need for a travel ban waiver, Tripiciano said. She was at 30 cases and counting this week.
"So many of my clients have been stuck in limbo, waiting for the Supreme Court to make a decision," Tripiciano said. "Now I'm trying to put together stronger waiver cases."
Hardship for the person living in the U.S. because their relative isn't here.
Hardship for the person waiting to come to the U.S., why it's a hardship to not come to the U.S.
Show that person is not going to be a threat to the security of the U.S. This is in addition to the regular background checks potential immigrants and refugees go through before being approved to come to the U.S.
But very few waivers have been approved, Tripiciano said.
In Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's dissent, he said the State Department only approved two waivers for the ban out of 6,555 eligible applications in the first month. That's about 0.03 percent of applications.
Within the first four months, they approved 430 waivers, Breyer added.
"That number ... when compared with the number of pre-proclamation visitors, accounts for a minuscule percentage of those likely eligible for visas," he writes, in categories including people requiring medical treatment, students, family members and others.
Some lawyers have been able to successfully show the first two, but get stuck on the third: showing the applicant is no threat to national security, Tripiciano said.
She's considered showing school grades, volunteer work or letters from community leaders. But it is essentially trying to prove a negative.
"What other evidence is there to provide?" Tripiciano said. "There hasn't been a whole lot of guidance ... in what embassies want to see."
Hardship can come in many forms, but there are barriers to documenting it.
Financial hardship is common. Local child care shortages and low wages make it difficult to find employment or provide for families.
Cases of medical hardship are usually strongest, Tripiciano said. For example, an immigrant may suffer from a medical issue that can't be treated where they live.
It can also be a health hardship on the person living in the U.S., where the stress of separation is worsening their health. Or the separation deprives them of potential caregiver or breadwinner.
Hardship could also be emotional. But it's difficult to find mental health professionals to document the damage. There's a shortage of providers, in general. It's even harder to find mental health professionals who speak Somali or know enough about the culture. There is also a stigma in the Somali community for people with mental health issues.
"I was trying to explain today to a client, to convince her to visit a counselor and a therapist to document the hardship, whether that would be trouble sleeping, depression, additional stressors and worrying about your relative back home," Tripiciano said. "Culturally, that's hard."
The one thing many people don't understand about immigration is just how long the process can take.
"Anything in immigration is really slow," Roy said.
For instance, with one program, applications being processed now were first applied for in the mid-1990s, Roy said.
"It shouldn't take that long," Tripiciano said.
Even for applications to bring a spouse or minor child to the U.S., it can take about a year to process, Roy said.
"I had a couple who literally had their immigration interview last July and are still waiting for a decision. They've been waiting for a year ... on a marriage to a U.S. citizen," Tripiciano said. "Yesterday, I looked at a case, it's been 22 months — that's almost two years — to do an application."
Why does it take so long? A complicated combination of bureaucracy, politics and logistics.
Options for legal entry are diminishing, Roy said. At the same time, there aren't any new immigration options being created.
Congress caps the number of each type of visa granted each year.
For instance, only 10,000 visas for crime victims cooperating with police are granted each year. But 100,000 people applied.
Legislators have the power to change the caps, but action is unlikely.
While people wait, they're sometimes unable to work legally, get a Minnesota driver's license or take other necessary actions to support their family.
There's not a lot lawyers can to do speed up the process, other than make a few calls inquiring about an application's status, or asking U.S. senators to intervene.
"These clients keep asking, 'What can we do?' I tell them, 'We've done everything,' " Tripiciano said.
But Roy and Tripiciano do what they can. Sometimes that means fixing problems in a client's daily life, such as settling a housing or employment issue. Or they help clients plan for an uncertain future.
Roy helps clients set up guardians for their minor children, in case the parents are deported. She also supplies as much information as possible on people's rights and what to do in an emergency.
Now, when clients ask Tripiciano what more they can do to get their application through, she says this: "Are you registered to vote? You need to vote," Tripiciano said.
She stresses they need to vote in local elections as well as state and federal ones.
For people who aren't citizens and are unable to vote, she encourages them to tell their citizen friends to vote or to get involved with a candidate's campaign.
"That's how things are going to change," Tripiciano said.


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Italian Military of World War Two
Death of the Italian pilot Francesco Volpi, 1914-2019. 236 missions during WWII.
Thread starter Sid Guttridge
Sid Guttridge
On 6 January he Daily Telegraph published an obituary of Francesco Volpi.
He had been born under Austro-Hungarian rule in 1914. He learnt to fly in 1935 on a Ca.100 biplane and at one point his commanding officer was Italo Balbo.
At the outbreak of war he was serving with the airline Ala Litoria, which performed commercial and transport duties as far away as South America and Ethiopia. (Whether Volpi flew that far is unclear). He then joined the bomber force.
"In 1941....he was posted to Russia with the 246th Squadron, equipped with three-engined Savoia-Marchetti SM79s and 81s. The following year he was awarded the Bronze Medal for Valour.
He was also given the Iron Cross after flying a group of high-ranking German officers into Stalingrad, then encircled by the Soviets. Volpi vividly recalled landing under fire on a makeshiftt airstrip.
He returned to Italy with more than 20 metal splinters in his body and would fly a total of 236 operational missionms during the war.
Volpi subsequently served in the Mediterranean, tracking British ships off North Africa and later became involved in a secret scheme for a long-range bomber attack on New York. This was forestalled by the Italian forces' exit from the war.
He managed to avoid being rounded up by the Germans at Vicenza station after swapping clothes with a railwayman."
At the time of his death in November 2019, he was believed to be the oldest person still holding a valid pilot's licence. He flew a dual control aircraft every year on his birthday until the year before his death at 105.
It strikes me that a pilot who survived 236 bomber missions in Italy's wartime air force must have been both highly skilled and incredibly lucky!
Does anyone know anything about the proposed Italian air raid on New York?
Sid.