A litter of puppies have been rescued from an underground passage by police officers.
Five puppies that were hidden by their mother in an underground hideaway have been rescued by three police officers in Canada.
The owner noticed one of the puppies emerged from the tunnels on her own and seemed dehydrated and weak.
After a two-hour long dig, the puppies were found and rescued after being pulled from more than a metre below ground.
All of the puppies are doing well and were put into foster homes after a checkup from the vet.


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Q: can the jQuery UI automatically set the style? I use the .button() method to set the style of buttons and other input elements.
But when I use javascript to create any other button, I need to call the .button() method again.
Can the jQuery UI automatically set the style like the .live() method (it can automatically set the event).

A: Unfortunately, to my knowledge, this is not possible.
If you see yourself having to write .button() everywhere, consider writing a function to encapsulate that behaviour yourself.

A: I would say this little plugin will help you out:
http://brandonaaron.net/code/livequery/docs
But i have not had any chance of testing it with the latest jquery release.

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What I'm Doing at 20:11 in 2011... Ok, ok... I have to be honest here and say that I am not actually WITH these people at 8:11... but I am thinking about them. This is the Lemos family... and I took this picture tonight at dinner at Pizza Plus. This is Charlie's adoptive family... and we were more than happy to accept their invitation to join them at dinner tonight.
They gave me this great stuff Donald Duck that is dressed as the Easter Bunny. He dances around and sings a song, and when you pick him up by his ears, he gets mad and yells... "Put me down." It's adorable. I couldn't wait to get home and show it to Charlie. I've enclosed the link to the YouTube video below so you can see his reaction for yourself.


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Truly, it was a day to forget Maurizio Sarri and his side as they failed to bounce back from a 4-0 battering away to Bournemouth at the end of January.
Chelsea are now 5/4 (2.25) to finish in the top four but even if they fail to achieve that milestone, the Europa League could offer a viable alternative route to the Champions League next term. "I am worried about my team, I am worried about the performance but my job is always at risk so I am not worried about the club - you have to ask the club".
The result dropped Chelsea to sixth in the Premier League and raised fresh questions about Sarri's job security, but he was bullish about the prospect of an Abramovich phone call in a post-match interview with Sky Italia. You have to ask the club.
But rather than being furious with his counterpart, Sarri says he simply did not see the City manager as he made a beeline for the dressing room to digest a painful performance. At the beginning (of the season) it worked. "We need only to understand the reason why at the moment it is isn't working".
"He doesn't believe I'm bad when we lose and good when we win. At the moment we're playing another football".
It was Chelsea's heaviest defeat since losing 7-0 to Nottingham Forest in 1991.
"But we are still there, we can still go three points ahead of them if we win our game in hand". "I didn't see him at that moment, of course it's usual to shake", said the Chelsea manager. "This kind of person, these type of games, always helps to make our football better". He wants to try to do that.
Defender Azpilicueta, who was given a torrid time by two-goal City winger Raheem Sterling, said on the club's website, www.chelseafc.com: 'It's hard to find the words to describe my feeling after the game. Mine was hard too. The people expect that it immediately comes, it needs time.
The victory was City's third in the space of eight days since a surprise defeat at Newcastle, leaving Guardiola understandably delighted.
"Out of nothing", Sterling said, "he can put the ball in the top corner and players like this, you have got to cherish". "I'll go to say hello to him later, it was by chance".
A traditional map will still be shown at the bottom of your screen so you can have a bird's eye view of where you're headed. The announcement for the AR navigation system was made at the annual Google conference Google I/O 2018 last May.
Duke, Virginia Set for Top 5 Clash Saturday Three of the four road games are at AP Top 25 teams Virginia (No. 3), Louisville (No. 16) and Virginia Tech (No. 11)... Duke scored the first eight points on a pair of 3-pointers by Barrett sandwiching a steal and dunk by Williamson.
Bahrain blinks, but Hakeem al-Araibi should have never faced this ordeal Al-Araibi has said he was blindfolded and had his legs beaten while he was held in Bahrain previously. Bahrain has denied allegations of torture and said Mr Araibi is a fugitive who should be returned.
Disney teases new 'Aladdin' trailer, unveils Will Smith's 'Genie' avatar Well, for the time being, yes, as Aladdin is certainly shaping up to be another promising live-action remake from the studio. Well, they hadn't seen Smith as a blue Genie until a Sunday night Grammys commercial... and the internet is going bonkers.


A challenging contest is being rolled out by Microsoft for digital marketers.Contestants have to develop a forward looking online media marketing plan which will be judged by eminent panel of judges. The world class media marketing plan which also could be a combination of traditional tactics will be adjudged as the champion. The predominant condition is that you should have used Microsoft advertising solutions to develop your digital media marketing plan.
Winners of the contest will enjoy a VIP trip to Cannes 2012.
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Last date to register for the contest is March 31, 2012. If you are interested click the following link to enroll yourself ; digital media marketing plan contest .
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Plus, she shares her coping strategies and message for other women in our latest Uninterrupted podcast.
These might surprise you.
Samantha Wills On Why She Ignored Her Endometriosis Until She Nearly Broke
"I felt that all my internal organs had had a kebab skewer put through them."
"Any movement makes me feel like my ovaries are exploding."
Penny McNamee Opens Up About Dealing With Endometriosis And Infertility
"Infertility is such a painful and isolating experience and often we suffer in private."
"It got to a point where I thought 'I can't live life like this… I wouldn't want to get out of bed."
"The potentially devastating impact this condition can have on people's physical and mental health cannot be overstated."
Julianne Hough On Living With Endo And Her Hard-Earned Journey To Body Love
"I have always put it out there that it's going to be OK."
Jennifer Hawkins Opens Up About Suffering From A Heartbreaking Miscarriage
"I almost broke."
Alexa Chung Posts Hospital Selfie After Endometriosis Diagnosis
"I don't want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member, but here I am."
"This treatment may be able to help them get their lives back."
How Thessy Kouzoukas Lost 19kgs After Giving Birth
"I am not one of these women who 'bounce back' and look like I didn't grow a human."
Lena Dunham's Newest Tattoo Is An Homage To Dealing With A Hidden Illness
Although it's receiving mixed reviews.
Endometriosis Sufferers Are Sharing Photos Of Their Scars Online For The Most Inspiring Reason
"Sometimes were in the middle and I'm just like 'AH, stop!'"
Sophie Monk Shares Important Health Warning For All Women After Shock Diagnosis
The Bachelorette star shared the news from her hospital bed.
"It felt like a knife was going through my uterus."
Home And Away's Penny McNamee Shares Silent Struggle With Endometriosis
"It's not a comfortable topic to talk about, but I think that's the problem."
Fatigue Is A Commonly Under-Recognised Symptom Of Endometriosis, Study Says
The disease affects one in ten Australian women.
Eating Red Meat Could Raise Women's Endometriosis Risk, Study Says
Researchers say it may be an important modifiable risk factor.

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Staying with the theme of "The Thirteenth Tale" (http://1776books.blogspot.com/2009/07/thirteenth-tale-diane-setterfield.html), "The Little Stranger" is a Victorian, English thriller that drips with suspense. We are first introduced to our male narrator, Dr. Faraday, who will competently take us through the story. He is called to Hundreds Hall, which once sang with grandiosity and now is just wasting away, to check on a new patient. Dr. Faraday has a history at Hundreds, as his mother worked there as a maid many years before.
Mrs. Ayers and her two grown children, Caroline and Roderick, own Hundreds and have vastly different opinions of what should be done with it in its ruin. The suspense builds as unexplained happenings begin to abound in the house. Caroline's dog, who has always had the easiest temperament, bites a child. Marks that cannot be explained begin to appear on walls. Fires begin with no cause. These events occur as Dr. Faraday finds himself increasingly entwined with the Ayers family at Hundreds.
"The Little Stranger" is not one of those books that need to be read with the doors locked and the lights on. The reader feels that something is just not quite right and has an eerie sense of foreboding....something is going to happen at some time, but what? Waters keeps the reader guessing throughout as her characters slowly drift into what possibly could be madness.
Don't expect the author to answer all of your questions. If you want to feel satisfied, this is not the book for you. It is purely psychological, and you are left to your own devices to figure things out.


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Brexit 5: Boris's Brexit
By Laura McCarthy August 9, 2019 2:32 pm
Will he won't he?
The question on everyone's minds is of course whether Boris will call a snap general election, and if so when it'll be. While we're all asking ourselves this, of course, we think he will, and his situation and actions support that. He currently has a working majority of one, and he needs parliament not to be sitting in order to leave the EU without a deal and also without a crushing parliamentary defeat.
The Conservatives have hired a campaign guru and suspended civil servants' holiday between now and October 31st. But it's a fine balance for the Conservatives to deliver this successfully. Any election has to be after Brexit, to be able to nip the uncomfortably strong competition coming from the Brexit Party, but also as soon after as possible to ensure they capitalise on the 'success' of delivering Brexit, and conversations don't start about the state of domestic issues in the country. So, understandably, the press are predicting a November 1st election. Will the public buy it?
French border preparations
The UK government is assuming that French preparations for customs and regulatory checks will decrease any anticipated disruption in trade at the border should a No Deal Brexit go ahead. Originally, the government assumed that French authorities would manually check every lorry entering the country. The secret assessment, shared with industry via non-disclosure agreements, was improved to only 50-70 per cent of freight being stopped, due to new preparations made on the French side of the border. In the past few days the possible disruption to trade flow in the 'short straits' has been further downgraded to 40-60 per cent, which means emergency lorry parking on the M20 and at disused airfields would fill up within a fortnight, rather than the two days assumed last year. A government spokesperson has said that it is pushing on with all preparations for No Deal.
Legal action to prevent proroguing
A group of parliamentarians, including Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, SNP MP Joanna Cherry and former Conservative MP Heidi Allen have launched legal action aimed at preventing Prime Minister Boris Johnson from shutting down parliament to ensure a No Deal Brexit. Legal papers have been lodged at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, which is to be considered by a judge on whether the case can proceed. As most MPs at Westminster are opposed to a No Deal Brexit, there has been speculation that the Prime Minister could close parliament in the run-up to 31st October, proroguing parliament. The group of pro-Remain politicians have argued that shutting down parliament in this manner would be 'unlawful and unconstitutional' and would have 'irreversible, legal, constitutional and practical implications for the United Kingdom'. The Prime Minister has refused to rule out proroguing parliament, arguing that all options must be left on the table in order to ensure the EU referendum result is respected – hence snap election speculation.
UK food industry seeks no-deal waiver of competition law
The UK food industry, in the form of the Food and Drink Federation, has asked the government for a waiver of certain elements of competition law in the event of a no-deal Brexit to enable firms to overcome existing rules which prevent suppliers and retailers discussing supply or pricing.
Representing a wide range of food companies and trade associations, the FDF says that its members will need to co-ordinate and direct supplies with each other after a no-deal Brexit. The Federation asked for clarity from the government prior to the original leave date in March, but is yet to receive any guidance on competition law following any no-deal Brexit. While this had passed for Project Fear for a while, the mishandling of negotiations has now led the bookies to be taking bets on the rationing of food and fuel in the UK in the event of a no-deal. Do we think this is to make their millions out of whimpering middle-class remainers or arrogant they-say-they're-middle-class-but-they're-actually-all-rich Leavers?
Bank holiday or bank bust?
Brexiteer and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove has asked for a bank holiday the day after Brexit to delay a run on the pound. It's difficult to find a positive spin on this story, although it isn't too difficult to blame everyone else for why it's happening. This news is particularly pertinent after news that the UK economy has shrunk in the last quarter, and on the news the pound hit a 31-month low. So, we can all unthinkingly resume our their position on the battle lines of #becausebrexit or #despitebrexit.
The Whitehouse team are experts in the potential impact of Brexit, providing political consultancy and public affairs advice to a wide range of clients, not only in the United Kingdom, but also across the member states of the European Union. More information about our Brexit experience can be found here, or, if you have any questions, please contact our Chair, Chris Whitehouse, at chris.whitehouse@whitehouseconsulting.co.uk.


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Ulises Hernán de la Cruz Bernardo (* 8. Februar 1974 in Piquiucho) ist ein ehemaliger ecuadorianischer Fußballspieler.

Karriere

Verein
Ulises de la Cruz wurde in Piquiucho, einem kleinen Dorf im Chota-Tal, das politisch zum Kanton Bolívar der Provinz Carchi gehört, geboren. Er besuchte zunächst eine Fußballschule in der armen Gegend seiner von Afro-Ecuadorianern bewohnten Heimat. Er spielte für Ecuadors Jugendnationalmannschaften und gab 1991 sein Debüt in der ecuadorianischen Meisterschaft für Deportivo Quito. 1995 wechselte er zum Barcelona SC Guayaquil nach Guayaquil, dem bedeutendsten Verein seines Heimatlandes. Hier konnte er sich aber nicht dauerhaft durchsetzen und wurde zurück 1996 an SD Aucas nach Quito ausgeliehen. Seine guten Leistungen dort sorgten für seinen Wechsel zum anderen Topclub Ecuadors, LDU Quito, mit der er 1998 und 1999 die ecuadorianische Meisterschaft gewann. 2000 war er kurz an Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte in Brasilien ausgeliehen. 2001 wechselte er nach Europa zu Hibernian Edinburgh nach Schottland. Nach einem Jahr wechselte er zu Aston Villa in die englische Premier League. Zur Saison 2006/07 wurde er dort ausgemustert und wechselte zum damaligen Aufsteiger FC Reading. Dort wurde sein Vertrag im Mai 2007 um ein Jahr verlängert, obwohl de la Cruz kein Stammspieler war. Nach der Saison 2007/08, in der Reading aus der Premier League abstieg und de la Cruz sechs Ligaspiele absolvierte, lief der Vertrag aus. Ein Wechsel zum FC Watford scheiterte und de la Cruz war zunächst vereinslos. Im März 2009 unterzeichnete er einen Ein-Monatsvertrag bei Birmingham City. In dieser kurzen Periode bestritt er ein Ligaspiel als Einwechselspieler. Er lehnte eine Vertragsverlängerung bis zum Saisonende ab. Stattdessen unterschrieb er Ende April 2009 bei Liga de Quito in seinem Heimatland einen Zwei-Jahres-Vertrag ab der Rückrunde der Saison 2009, die im Juli begann. Mit dem Klub gewann er die Copa Sudamericana 2009. Während der Abwehrspieler beim 5:1-Erfolg im Hinspiel gegen Fluminense Rio de Janeiro das 5:1 erzielte, flog er bei der 0:3-Niederlage im Rückspiel in der 18. Spielminute vom Platz. Durch den hohen Hinspielerfolg gewann LDU Quito den Pokal.

Nationalmannschaft
De la Cruz spielte bisher 98 Mal in der ecuadorianischen Nationalmannschaft und erzielte dabei fünf Tore (Stand: Juni 2008). Er nahm an der Weltmeisterschaft 2002 teil und kam dabei bei allen drei Gruppenspielen zum Einsatz. Bei der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006 in Deutschland erreichte er mit seiner Mannschaft das Achtelfinale und wurde in allen vier Parteien Ecuadors eingesetzt. Außerdem war er bei den Turnieren um die Copa América 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004 und 2007 im Kader Ecuadors.

Er unterhält eine Stiftung, die Projekte besonders für Kinder ihrer Heimatgemeinden finanziert. Unter anderem unterhält sie in de la Cruz' Heimatdorf einen medizinischen Posten mit Ärzten und Zahnärzten.

Statistik
 Teilnahme an der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2002 (3 Einsätze/1 Gelbe Karte)
 Teilnahme an der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006 (4 Einsätze)
 Teilnahme an den Turnieren um die Copa America 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007.

Titel
LDU Quito
 Ecuadorianischer Meister 1998, 1999
 Copa Sudamericana: 2009
 Recopa Sudamericana: 2009, 2010

Weblinks
 Karin Gabbert, Interview mit De la Cruz in der taz vom 20. Juni 2006
 Sarah Sturdey, Heroic Ulises on voyage of hope, Bericht über die Fundación Ulises de la Cruz im Daily Telegraph, 15. Februar 2007 (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Fußballnationalspieler (Ecuador)
Fußballspieler (Deportivo Quito)
Fußballspieler (Barcelona Sporting Club)
Fußballspieler (Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte)
Fußballspieler (LDU Quito)
Fußballspieler (Hibernian Edinburgh)
Fußballspieler (Aston Villa)
Fußballspieler (FC Reading)
Fußballspieler (Birmingham City)
Mitglied des Movimiento PAÍS
Copa-Sudamericana-Sieger
Teilnehmer an einer Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft (Ecuador)
Ecuadorianer
Geboren 1974
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Donald Trump has a new foe on his hands– black leader, author and talk show host Tavis Smiley.
Why does @ThisWeekABC w/ @GStephanopoulos allow a hater & racist like @tavissmiley to waste good airtime? @ABC can do much better than him!
On Tuesday, Smiley appeared on a local morning talk show "Good Day New York" with hosts Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly. Kelly is the son of former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly under Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Scotto asked Smiley about the burgeoning feud.
Kelly argued that Trump has made himself exceedingly accessible to everyone by frequently appearing on various shows.
Kelly fired back that Trump had been interviewed by CNN's Don Lemon, but Smiley had an answer for that too.
Smiley said he's ready to take on Trump one-on-one.
Watch the fiery interview below.


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Who is the Superpower, America or Israel?
Bernd Debusmann
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:07 UTC
Comment: The following article, by Reuters columnist Bernd Debusmann, gives one of the most clear and straightforward explanations of the real source of the Middle East problem that you're likely to find.
The Palestinian West Bank (surrounded by an Israeli wall) with illegal Israeli settlement areas in purple.
On February 18, the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. The vote raises a question: Who dominates in the alliance between America and Israel?
Judging from the extent to which one partner defies the will of the other, decade after decade, the world's only superpower is the weaker partner. When push comes to shove, American presidents tend to bow to Israeli wishes. Barack Obama is no exception, or he would not have instructed his ambassador at the United Nations to vote against a policy he himself stated clearly in the summer of 2009.
"The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements. This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace. It is time for these settlements to stop," he said in a much-lauded speech in Cairo.
Compare this with the text of the resolution that drew 14 votes in favor and died with the U.S. veto: "Israeli settlements established in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, are illegal and constitute a major obstacle to the achievement of a just, lasting and comprehensive peace."
Linguists may quibble over the difference between "illegal" and "illegitimate" but the substance of the two statements is pretty much the same. So why the veto? It followed an energetic campaign by the Israeli government and its allies in the United States to keep the issue out of the United Nations, seen by Israel as a reflexively anti-Israeli body.
Washington's ambassador at the U.N., Susan Rice, had a different explanation. Though the U.S. opposed settlements, she said, adopting that resolution would have risked hardening the positions of both sides in future negotiations. In other words, let's return to the parallel universe of the "peace process."
In that universe, American presidents make optimistic predictions detached from the realities on the ground. George W. Bush, early in 2009: "The peace agreement should happen and can happen by the end of the year." Obama, last September, held out the prospect of an agreement that would, by next year," lead to a new member of the United Nations - an independent state of Palestine, living in peace with Israel."
While the peace process has sputtered on, Israel has been building settlements in the territory of what would be a Palestinian state. Demands from nine successive U.S. administrations that these settlements - illegal under the Fourth Geneva convention - be stopped have been ignored.
Since the peace process began with the Oslo accord of 1993, the number of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank has risen from around 110,000 to more than 300,000. The government of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu refused to agree even to the extension of a temporary halt, despite an offer of jet fighters worth billion of dollars. American aid has been running at around $8.5 million a day for many years but obviously doesn't buy much influence.
The number of optimists who still believe in the "two-state solution" - an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel - has been shrinking as the number of settlements grew. The peace process ground to a halt when the Palestinians refused to negotiate as long as there was no halt to settlements.
The problem with America's role in the process (highlighted again by the February 18 veto) was spelled out with memorable clarity six years ago by Aaron David Miller, who worked in senior roles at the State Department for 25 years as a Middle East negotiator and adviser on Arab-Israeli affairs.
AMERICANS AS ISRAEL'S LAWYERS, NOT HONEST BROKERS
"For far too long," he wrote in an opinion piece in the Washington Post, "many American officials involved in Arab-Israeli peace-making have acted as Israel's attorney, catering for and coordinating with the Israelis at the expense of successful peace negotiations. If the United States wants to be an honest and effective broker...then surely it can have only one client: the pursuit of a solution that meets the requirements of both sides."
The obstacles to this are numerous and difficult, from a weak Palestinian leadership that does not represent all Palestinians to fractious Israeli politics that have moved farther and farther to the right and are now dominated by a government whose foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, is a settler himself.
But perhaps the most difficult obstacle to American peace-making lies in the United States - the "Israel, right or wrong" crowd and its pervasive influence in Congress. That the Middle East policy decks would be stacked against the Palestinians became clear even before the creation of Israel in 1948.
When President Harry Truman and his top diplomats in the Middle East discussed plans for the partition of Palestine in 1945, the experts warned against it and predicted it would result in foreign policy problems for the U.S. His answer: "I'm sorry, gentlemen, but I have to answer to hundreds of thousands who are anxious for the success of Zionism. I don't have hundreds of thousands of Arabs among my constituents."
No annual meeting of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee is complete without a senior member of the administration (Democratic or Republican) reminding the audience of the "unbreakable bond" between the U.S. and Israel, as evidenced by the fact that Truman recognized the state of Israel just 11 minutes after its declaration of independence. (His calculation about constituents is not part of the homage.)
So, if the peace process is really dead, as many experts now say, what's next? At the end of the 2007 Annapolis conference, one of a long string of peace summits that produced photo opportunities but no progress, then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had this to say: "If the day comes when the two-state solution collapses, and we face a South African-like struggle for equal voting rights...the State of Israel is finished.
"The Jewish organizations, which were our power base in America, will be the first to come out against us because they will say they cannot support a state that does not support democracy and equal voting rights for all its residents."
That rings even more true now, when Israel's Arab neighbors are ousting their dictators in mass movements for democracy, than it did then.
(You can contact the author at Debusmann@Reuters.com)
Appollynon · 2011-02-24T07:27:57Z
My Hope is that the popular uprisings and revolutions we are now witnessing across northern Africa and the Middle East will spread like a viral meme into every sector of society, in every country around the globe. If this happens in Israel, then the both the Arab and Jewish men and women of conscience will demand their basic human rights and fair/proportional representation in their government and demand an end to the pathological and genocidal policies of the small, but powerful group of Psychopaths who have used Zionism as a cover to mask the Genocide and ethnic cleansing of untold millions in both Palestine and globally! Viva the revolution!
Highland Fleet Lute · 2011-02-24T08:54:05Z
Revolutionaries are usually psychopaths.
GabR · 2011-02-24T09:20:06Z
I don't think that revolutionaries are usually psychopaths, but rather psychopaths infiltrate in revolutionary movements to twist and distort the original meaning and the original good intentions (when such intentions exist) of that group of people. So if people don't have knowledge about Ponerology, a new bunch of psychopaths will take over the revolution and will do their destructive job. I bet the PTB already have a new generation of psychopaths ready to take over the possible upcoming revolutions.
"psychopaths infiltrate in revolutionary movements to twist and distort the original meaning and the original good intentions"
Maybe so, but being as man as he is, is not the full shilling, none of his revolutions will be either. Revolution is often the last step of his previous folly and the first step of his next. Revolution has very little to do with evolution.
"As I have said before, man's chief delusion is his conviction that
he can do. All people think that they can do, all people want to do, and the first question all people ask is what they are to do. But actually nobody does anything and nobody can do anything. This is the first thing that must be understood. Everything happens. All that befalls a man, all that is done by him, all that comes from him -all this happens. And it happens in exactly the same way as rain falls as a result of a change in the temperature in the higher regions of the atmosphere or the surrounding clouds, as snow melts under the rays of the sun, as dust rises with the wind. Man is a machine. All his deeds, actions, words, thoughts, feelings, convictions, opinions, and habits are the results of external influences. Everything happens - popular movements, wars, revolutions, changes in government, all this happens. And it happens in exactly
the same way as everything happens in the life of the individual man. Man is born, lives, dies, builds houses, writes books, not as he wants to, but as it happens. Everything happens. Man does not love, hate, desire - all this happens. But no one will ever believe you if you tell him he can do nothing. This is
the most offensive and the most unpleasant thing you can tell people. It is particularly unpleasant and offensive because it is the truth, and nobody wants to hear the truth." - G.I. Gurdjieff
Xerxes · 2011-02-24T10:51:41Z
Israeli Final Solution?
So let me get this straight. Since the end of a "two-state solution" would be the end of Israel, the Israeli goal is to simply erradicate every Palestinian living in Israel? Creating an artificial divide between Israelis and Palestinians in the form of the "two-state solution" provides a "necessary political convenience". A convenience that justifies killing Palestinians without having to worry about support from the US disintegrating. For if there was not a "two-state" solution, the Israels, by killing Palestinians, would then be killing their own citizens.
That is the Israeli final solution? Jesus.
mallee · 2011-02-26T01:38:18Z
They killed him too didn't they?
szob · 2011-02-26T02:35:57Z
re: Israel Final Solution?
"They killed him too didn't they?"
So says the Bible, but can we trust it? What if it is yet another lie of those who wrote the Bible for the purpose of mass control?
harmongott · 2011-02-26T14:33:21Z
The problem with the fashion of calling the Bible's writers 'liars' is that these skeptics/debunkers assume they have some kind of superior hold on truth. Believing that their anti-Bible ideology is lie-free just makes it another tool in "mass control."
There's been many a civilisation that has disappeared from Earth's surface. There demise not always the same, famine, lose of resources and sudden...


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Undoubtedly, there are few better jobs on this planet (apart from thrashing a Mercedes around Singapore as a Formula 1 driver) than being a valet for one of the Riviera's prime casinos. Or any casino in Europe, really.
Driving some of the world's most beautiful exotics and getting tipped in the hundreds is something only us car enthusiasts, and cash-lovers, can lust over. But sometimes, even valets are faced with vehicles they'd rather not drive.
We've seen some wonderful marketing schemes over the years, and Volvo has been in the thick of it recently with its safety tech videos, but this takes the cake. After this poor chap (on what seems to be his first day on the job) drives away in a few polished bodied supercars including a McLaren and a Cobra, a Volvo Truck rocks up to the party, and the valet had a mild internal panic attack.
The prank was filmed by Henry-Alex Rubin (of Murderball, Girl, Interrupted fame) to promote Volvo Truck's upcoming film and latest transmission, dubbed iShift.
It's 12-speed, dual-pedal system does away with the clutch, and thanks to a little embedded microprocessor, monitors drive-killing environmental conditions such as road angle, vehicle speed, torque requirements and incredibly, even air resistance, adjusting accordingly. This gives the driver less to do, gives the truck and its load a smoother overall drive, and lowers fuel consumption which pleases the boss.


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Last Sunday will remain memorable in the hearts of invited guests who converged on the prestigious Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos for the wedding ceremony of Bosun Ariyo and his dashing beau, Amarachi Sampson-Orji.
The high-octane event, which paraded a crop of high-flying guests from all walks of life, literally shut down activities in the highbrow neighbourhood.
The atmosphere inside the spacious hall of the upscale Balmoral Events Centre, which was soaked in luxury with fascinating ribbons, was mind-blowing.
The handsome groom dazzled in two lovely outfits for his big day.
Bosun rocked a Gianni Versace set complemented with a pair of Givenchy shoes. For his second outfit, he dazzled in a Gucci set accentuated with a pair of Ferragamo shoes.
The pretty bride was a cynosure of all eyes in her breathtaking wedding gown.
Bosun, who obtained a B.A Honours in Business Administration from the Superieur De Formation Professionnelle (ISFOP-BENIN), has been involved in petroleum trading, ship brokerage and civil construction.
He has received many laurels for his impressive career in the corporate sector. He is presently the co-owner of Gartner Callaway Group.
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The classy wedding party, which was replete with first-class entertainment and refreshment, was perfectly anchored by comedian AY.
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Ottawa announces up to $488M for coast guard vessels
Defence Minister Peter MacKay says Ottawa will spend up to $488 million on new vessels for the coast guard.
The Canadian Press · Posted: Jun 26, 2013 9:56 AM AT | Last Updated: June 27, 2013
The Coast Guard CCGS Pierre Radisson is seen as the sun rises on the Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba August 24, 2012. (Adrian Wyld/Reuters)
The federal government's decision to spend up to $488 million for the construction of new coast guard vessels takes care of an "urgent" need to replace the agency's aging fleet of smaller boats, says an expert.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced Wednesday that Ottawa will fund construction of 18 to 21 new vessels of varying types as part of the national shipbuilding procurement strategy.
Although its only a tiny slice of the $33-billion strategy, the replacements are badly needed and long overdue, said Ken Hansen, a resident research fellow at Dalhousie University's centre for foreign policy studies in Halifax.
"The focus over recent years has been on the big ticket items," Hansen said in an interview, mentioning Arctic patrol vessels as an example. "But the small vessels are in equally dire need of replacement. ... The need was extreme, urgent."
Hansen said the coast guard's current vessels, some of which have an average age of 33 years at sea, are unreliable and costly to repair.
The new boats will be used for a range of purposes, such as search and rescue, marine and fishery research, conservation and for protection patrols and navigation, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans said.
MacKay said the vessels will be available for competitive bids by Canadian shipyards that were not selected to build vessels as part of the shipbuilding procurement strategy. Shipyards in Halifax and Vancouver were the successful bidders to build the next generation of navy ships.
MacKay said the program for coast guard vessels will boosts jobs at small- and medium-sized shipyards across the country.
"Shipyards that really weren't in a position to bid for the larger work, that is the vessels for the Canadian Forces, the navy and the ice breaker, this brings them into the national shipbuilding procurement strategy," said MacKay.
New ships years away from completion
The Canadian Coast Guard's fleet has needed updating for more than a decade, and it will likely be at least another decade before the boats cut through Canadian waters, despite Ottawa's prediction that they will be built over the next seven years, said Hansen.
"That is probably optimistic," said Hansen. "There will be requests for bids, then there will be the design process and contract awards. It takes time. These things will not happen overnight."
But the alternative, buying foreign vessels, would strip Canadian shipyards of the work, he said, and would make the project more logistically complicated when the new boats need repairs.
"This is definitely a good news story for Canadian shipyards, it's just going to take some time before the effects of it trickle down and you see people being employed and ships being built."
Replacing the coast guard's smaller vessels is not a particularly politically charged issue and as a result, it has been pushed aside over the years by the federal government, said Hansen.
"If we get a new government, this could be a pipe dream still because it won't resonate politically with whatever party takes over," he said.
"But the clock keeps ticking and the clock doesn't respect federal spending plans."
Coast Guard closures could overload Halifax centre


Lisa Kudrow gives 20's advice. Says she's glad she was fired from 'Frasier'.
"Smelly cat, smelly cat; what are they feeding you?" Nobody likes advice but what if its advice by Phoebe Buffay? In 2010, Lisa Kudrow, who plays the character Phoebe in the hit sitcom, F.R.I.E.N.D.S, gave the commencement speech to the undergraduates at her Alma matter, Vassar. A little-known fact is that Lisa was fired from the other hit show 'Frasier'.
She reassured students that another door always opens when one does. She talked about how she continued to give auditions till she became the second person to be cast in a pilot episode, "Friends Like Us" which later became F.R.I.E.N.D.S. She said she was glad she got fired from Frasier and that she didn't get Saturday Night Live because they were like guideposts. After getting fired, she went to a party where she hit on a guy way out of her league, because she felt she had nothing to lose. That man is now her husband of 15 years.
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I wouldn't normally spend more than $100 on a knife, even a serious chef's knife, but I think gift certificates are designed to allow people to purchase things they wouldn't otherwise. Right? Anyone?
So this 8-inch chef's knife by Shun was well over $100, but I had accumulated more than that in Sur La Table gift cards, and they were burning a hole in pocket. My knife guy, whose name I don't know but who has sold me several knives over the last two years, told me that he's started using his Shuns exclusively, eschewing the Wüsthofs he used to care for (and sell) so passionately. I imagine this guy to have an apartment full of knives that he buys at cost, spending his lonely nights sharpening and polishing them. And that's exactly the kind of knife guy I can trust.
When I told him I had a gift card and I wanted to buy a great chef's knife, he took down every 8-inch model he had: Global, Henckels, Wüsthof, and a few varieties of Shun (there are at least four, at various price points). I'm not as crazy about the look of these as everyone else seems to be, although they are beautiful. But this knife has such a good feel in my enormous hand. It's solid, hefty, and balanced, and it doesn't have any bells and whistles on the handle that force me to hold it a certain way. Simple handles seem to work best for giants such as myself, and after careful consideration and extended discussion with the knifemonger, I purchased the Shun.
It's extremely sharp. Comically so. I asked him if it was very sharp out of the box, and he told me that it's as sharp as it could ever be. You can practically cut through an onion with just the weight of the knife. I'm actually a little afraid of it. You should see how it dwarfs the other knives on my magnetic rack, even my big Global cleaver. And it's comfortable. If all goes well between us, and I suspect it will, there may be more Shuns in my future. But only as gifts, because you'd have to be slightly crazy to spend this much on a knife for yourself without at least a special occasion to justify it.
That is just a beautiful, beautiful thing. I am insanely jealous. I do have a relationship with my 8" Wusthof which is close, personal, and probably unhealthy. But I lust after other knives from time to time, and this one, is, well, very, very attractive.
So big, it doesn't fit in the frame!
Thanks for drooling, everyone! I say you can never have too much money or too many knives.


City council is finalizing details of a merger between Edmonton's two conference centres — the Expo and the Shaw — that could save Northlands from collapse, but won't shelter taxpayers from its $47-million outstanding debt.
"Eyes wide open, we know there is going to continue to be a cost to the community," said Mayor Don Iveson, promising to release details about the deal before the October municipal election, as soon as negotiations are finalized.
Council debated its next moves in private Tuesday, along with a new business strategy from Northlands that could see it take on agricultural innovation and promotion for the region.
But the clock is ticking for Northlands, because it won't be able to pay staff much longer. It had a $5.5-million reserve entering 2017. That will be down to $2 million by December.
"That was part of our message today. It was 'What do you want? Because then we can put the business plan together,' " said Tim Reid, Northlands' chief executive, saying he needs certainty for the 788 full-time employee whose jobs have been on the line for the last seven years.
Northlands' new vision includes a community food hub and research innovation centre on the current Northlands campus, plus expanding activities around Farmfair International. It's still unclear how those activities would be financed, but removing the Expo Centre, Coliseum and horse-racing track would clear the books.
Horse-racing is already scheduled to move to a new track near the airport next year. A city plan to redevelop the Coliseum into a Hockey Canada centre of excellence is on hold while city officials write a redevelopment plan for the whole area.
The city has already allowed Northlands to defer debt payments from the latest Expo Centre renovation since last September.
Running the Shaw and Expo centres together — either under the Edmonton Economic Development Corp. or a new conference, convention and trade authority — will reduce costs and increase their effectiveness, said Iveson. But that won't be enough to make them profitable on their own.
Northlands was left with a bleak balance sheet after the Edmonton Oilers moved to Rogers Place downtown. But its roots are as an agricultural society; it held its first agricultural fair in 1879.
Reid said Farmfair International had 160,000 head of cattle on site last year, and owners who've been coming from South America for years. Last year, they had representatives from Europe, Australia and China as well.
"That mechanism is a great model for us that provides incredible economic lift in the agriculture industry," said Reid, who said Northlands would love to build on that outside beef.
Ideally, Farmfair continues to be a showcase event in the city, but also a hub for innovation and the development of new technology. That would be both during the event and with a presence on the Northlands campus year-round, building on their existing bee-keeping program.
In that way, they'd closely follow Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition model, which reinvented itself after the Blue Jays moved to the SkyDome.
In private, council was also scheduled to get updates on the city charter, Edmonton transit service to the airport, regional planning, an effort to address regional commuting and the annexation on Edmonton's south boundary.
Iveson said he hopes there will be an announcement regarding annexation Friday. The two parties agreed on the basic land exchange, but are still working out details around supporting and governing the Edmonton International Airport.


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Anti-religious advocacy group
People for the American Way Action Fund (PFAWAF) is a 527 political organization which advocates for politicians and policies on behalf of People for the American Way (PFAW),[1] a left-of-center advocacy group that originated as a project of the Tides Foundation.
Throughout the 1990s, PFAWAF actively advocated for anti-discrimination laws, opposed constitutional and legislative efforts backed by religious groups, and opposed conservative judicial nominations. The organization's activity decreased in the early 2000s. [2]
In 1988, People for the American Way Action Fund wrote a disparaging report on Bernard Siegan, a controversial legal theorist nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by then-President Ronald Reagan. Siegan was staunchly opposed by Democrats in the U.S. Senate for his libertarian views, and his confirmation was eventually blocked by the Senate. [3]
In the early 1990s, PFAWAF advocated for laws meant to protect LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, particularly the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). The organization supported several campaigns against local legislative efforts which sought to defend the rights of businesses to fire employees based on their sexuality, particularly in Tampa, Florida. [4]
In 1991, PFAWAF campaigned against the re-election of U.S. Senator Jessie Helms (R-NC), who led Senate opposition to the Americans with Disabilities Act. [5] That same year, PFAWAF president Arthur Krupp testified before the U.S. Senate to oppose the nomination of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for his views towards workplace discrimination and abortion. [6]
In 1994, PFAWAF co-drafted a bill with the Media Access Project which proposed to reserve 20% of internet bandwidth for nonprofit and governmental use. Former U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) went on to propose a revised version of the bill. [7]
In the mid-1990s, PFAWAF rallied local support to combat supposed "right-wing takeover(s)" of public schools. The organization accused the Family Defense Council and Concerned Parents for Educational Accountability, two conservative religious organizations, of running "stealth campaigns" coordinated by televangelist Pat Robertson to elect school-board members in New York City. [8]
Also in the mid-1990s, PFAWAF joined Protect Our Children, a coalition of over 90 left-of-center advocacy groups which opposed a an amendment to Colorado's state constitution which sought to protect the rights of parents against alleged state intrusions on matters of education, healthcare, and other issues. [9]
In 1995, PFAWAF joined the Digital Future Coalition, an alliance of 27 groups opposed to the intellectual property rights reforms proposed in President Bill Clinton's "White Paper on Intellectual Property and the NII." The coalition accused the reforms of strengthening digital copyright protection in favor of large content producers at the expense of the general public. [10]
In January 1996, PFAWAF launched the "Expose the Right!" campaign to advocate against what it viewed as far-right religious advocacy and to dissuade Republican presidential candidates from embracing the most conservative wing of their party. [11]
In 1997, PFAWAF opposed a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution proposed by former U.S. Representative Ernest Istook (R-OK) which would guarantee anti-discrimination protections for religious individuals and affirm the rights of religious people to express their beliefs and traditions within government institutions. [12]
In 1999, PFAWAF joined the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA), a left-of-center education advocacy group. [13]
In 2018, PFAWAF supported at least two Texas candidates for the U.S. House of Representative. The organization donated $1,000 to Elizabeth Markowitz (D-TX)'s campaign. Markowitz was the sole Democrat running for House District 28 in Texas, losing to U.S. Representative Gary Gates (R-TX) in the general election. [14] PFAWAF also donated $2,000 to Travis Boldt (D-TX), who lost to U.S. Representative Ed Thompson (R-TX). [15]
People for the American Way Action Fund engaged in lobbying in 2001, 2003, and 2004, during which the organization spent $30,000, $280,000, and $45,000 respectively. After 2001, PFAWAF made all of its expenditures to the Strategic Consulting Group, a Democratic Party-aligned lobbying firm. [16]
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Our first moving day and we break camp in good time as it is the longest ride of the trip covering nearly 50kms. We ride across rolling open plains and the game generally becomes more plentiful as we approach the greater Mara ecosystem. We should see herds of zebra, topi, giraffe, wildebeest, gazelle and there is a good chance of seeing elephant and buffalo as well. We reach our camp on the edge of the Masai Game Reserve, on the Olare Orok lugga late in the afternoon. From camp we are likely to hear lion and hyena at night and the abundance of game is apparent everywhere. Overnight Olare Orok.
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Which tarot deck does Persona use?
Which tarot deck does Persona use? While most Major Arcana in the Persona series are derived from the traditional 22-card deck, alternative and nontraditional Arcanas are also used, usually with the same numbers as their traditional equivalent, such as the Jester Arcana and the Fool Arcana both numbered as "0," or no numbers in the case of the Faith and
What Major Arcana card is number 3? The Empress (III) is the third trump or Major Arcana card in traditional Tarot decks. It is used in Tarot card games as well as divination.
What is arcana Persona 5? As they are known for their wisdom and strong character, the arcana is known as a symbol for education and act as an authority. Good characters that represent the Hierophant includes Ryotaro Dojima in Persona 4 and Sojiro Sakura in Persona 5.
What is the 16 Major Arcana? The Tower (XVI) (most common modern name) is the 16th trump or Major Arcana card in most Italian-suited Tarot decks. It has been used in Tarot cards since the 15th century as well as in divination since the mid-19th century.
Which tarot deck does Persona use? – Additional Questions
What is the 12 Major Arcana card?
The Hanged Man (XII) is the twelfth Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination.
What is the most powerful card in Tarot?
In almost all tarot games, the Fool is one of the most valuable cards.
As excuse.
As lowest trump.
As highest trump.
As excuse and highest trump.
As excuse and wild card.
How many Major Arcana is there?
It consists of 78 cards divided into two groups: the major arcana, which has 22 cards, also known as trumps, and the minor arcana, which has 56 cards.
What does the justice mean in love?
If you have treated others with integrity and kindness and not been treated well in return in relationships, Justice in a love tarot reading can indicate that this imbalance is about to be corrected with the loving partner you deserve coming into your life.
What is your Major Arcana?
The Major Arcana are the named or numbered cards in a cartomantic tarot pack, the name being originally given by occultists to the trump cards of a normal tarot pack used for playing card games.
What are the symbols on the Wheel of Fortune card?
In some decks, such as the Waite, the wheel is also inscribed with additional alchemical symbols representing the four elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water (which are also said to be represented throughout the Tarot by the four "suits" of Pentacles or Discs, Wands, Swords, and Cups respectively.
What is the 1st tarot card?
The Magician (I), also known as The Magus or The Juggler, is the first trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing and divination; in the English-speaking world, the divination meaning is much better known.
How can I clean my Tarot cards without sage?
Different ways to cleanse your tarot deck
Use sacred smoke.
Place a selenite stone (or black tourmaline or clear quartz) on the deck.
Put them out on under a New Moon.
Stick the cards in a bowl of salt.
Chaotic shuffle.
The sort and shuffle.
You can also book a tarot reading or tarot tutoring session with me.
What does the star mean in Tarot?
The Star represents: New hopes and splendid revelations of the future, insight, inspiration, courage and enlightenment of the spiritual self. Body and mind and converging towards the light at the end of a dark time(s).
What does Moon mean in tarot?
The moon tarot card upright meaning
Generally, when the moon tarot card appears upright in a reading, Naude says, it is a reminder to move through change and life transitions with ease and grace rather than fear and resistance—hence why it may pop up more when you're experiencing a lot of change.
When a tarot card is upside down?
When you pull a reversed tarot card—which you can do intentionally by flipping the deck upside down and selecting or can happen by chance—it essentially means that you're missing some of the energy of that card's turned-right-side-up meaning.
How many tarot cards do you draw?
For beginner readers, Howe recommends two basic spreads, a three-card pull and the Celtic Cross. The former is where three cards are drawn from the deck to represent the past, present, and future or mind, body, and spirit of the person being read.
Do you pronounce the T in tarot?
The correct pronunciation of tarot in English slightly varies depending on usage of British English or American English. In any case, the "t" in tarot is never pronounced. In British English, tarot is pronounced as tah-row, while in American English tarot is pronounced as teh-row.
Does the order of tarot cards matter?
Remember, there is no hierarchy of tarot decks, so be sure to choose whichever deck truly tantalizes your soul. The Rider-Waite Tarot Deck is a wonderful first deck because so many future decks are based on its iconic illustrations.
Can you teach yourself to read tarot cards?
If you're set on really learning the ins and outs of tarot, Labyrinthos is the app to get. It offers easy to understand readings, lessons, and quizzes to get you on your feet, and you can even create custom spreads for when you're ready to go a little deeper with your practice.
What should you not ask tarot?
Questions not to ask in tarot card readings
Questions you don't really want answered.
Questions that already have answers.
When you're going to die.
Questions about other people.
Medical-type questions.
The same question, over and over again.
Yes-or-no questions.
Future-predicting questions.
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Florida high school students walk out in support of second amendment, right to own guns
Caroline Glenn
Florida Today
MELBOURNE, Fla. — A group of students from Rockledge High School in Brevard County, Fla., briefly walked out of class Friday to show their support for the Second Amendment.
About 75 students, according to a head count by school administrators, walked onto the school's track carrying the American flag and signs that said "guns don't kill people, people kill people" and "I support the right to bear arms." The event lasted about 20 minutes and then students returned to class.
The demonstration was organized by Chloe Deaton, a sophomore, and Anna Delaney, a junior, who are part of Rockledge High's Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Academy.
Deaton — who was wearing a T-shirt that read, "my rights don't end where your feelings begin" — said the event was meant to clear misconceptions about the Second Amendment, not support or oppose any particular political stances.
After the playing of the national anthem and "God Bless America" over the loudspeakers, she told the group of students, "We were built on certain rights and that was one of the original rights, that we should have the right to bear arms."
Delaney read a quote from former President Ronald Reagan, who at a 1983 banquet for the National Rifle Association said, "The Constitution does not say that government shall decree the right to keep and bear arms. The Constitution says '... the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.'"
The walkout comes after the National Student Walkout on March 14, when students from 2,800 schools across the United States walked out of class for 17 minutes to protest gun violence. That event came one month after the shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stone Douglas High School that left 17 dead.
At least 15 schools in Brevard had walkouts, including Rockledge High School, where students stood on the football field to form a heart.
Deaton said it was important to make sure other students' voices were heard. Some students who participated in Friday's Second Amendment walkout wore camouflage clothing and President Trump's "Make America Great Again" hats. They carried "don't tread on me" flags and black-and-blue-striped American flags that are often used to show support for law enforcement.
"It's all over the news right now that all students hate guns. I wanted to show that not all students feel that way," said Zachary Schneider, a junior at Rockledge.
More:High schoolers still like their guns, even after Parkland
Although organizers said the event was not endorsing any specific political beliefs, many students who participated said they do not support a new law that raised the legal age to purchase guns, and would support a marshal program to train and arm school staff to respond during an active shooter situation.
More:Trump change on minimum age for buying a gun is the latest example of his policy zigzags
"I finally got old enough to buy my own ammunition and my own guns, and I lost it again," Schneider said, referring to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act.
The Safety Act, which was signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott in response to the shooting in Parkland, raised the legal age to purchase guns from a licensed dealer from 18 to 21; puts in place a three-day waiting period to purchase long rifles and other long guns; and bans the sale and possession of bump stocks, devices that make a semi-automatic weapon shoot nearly as fast as a fully automatic weapon.
The law also implements regulations to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill.
The Safety Act did not ban assault-style weapons, like the AR-15 Nikolas Cruz used to kill 14 students and three adults at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day, ignoring a call from some of the shooting's survivors.
Daniel Howard, a freshman, compared banning some types of guns to banning spoons because they make people fat, cars because they make people drive drunk or pencils because they make people misspell words.
Event organizers and participants said they were disappointed the student walkouts on March 14, marking a month since the Parkland shooting, turned political. Deaton said the original purpose of the student walkouts was to honor the victims of the shooting, but parents and social media warped the message to support gun control.
"In the beginning, it started as a memorial to the Parkland students. And that's how it should have stayed," Deaton said.
Walkouts in Washington, D.C., and the March for Our Lives event March 24 was organized by some of the Parkland students who survived the shooting.
Emma Gonzalez and David Hogg — Marjory Stoneman Douglas students who have become the face of the movement for safer schools and tighter gun laws — have specifically called for a ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines.
More:Parkland student Emma Gonzalez has more followers than NRA days after joining Twitter
More:Parkland's David Hogg to McCain: 'Why do you take so much money from the NRA?'
Unlike many of the students who turned out to march across the Eau Gallie Causeway as part of the local March for Our Lives rally in Melbourne, students at the Second Amendment Rockledge walkout on Friday said they support implementing a marshal plan to train and arm school staff.
"If they (school staff) are capable, we should allow it. They're just going to tell us to hide during a school shooting?" John King, a junior, said in disbelief.
"I personally believe it's a good idea, as long as they're trained and have the knowledge," Delaney added.
Under the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, the state provided $67 million for local sheriff's offices to develop programs to provide training to school districts, if local school boards approve the program.
Before the law was passed, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey proposed a similar program to the School Board that would train anonymous school employees who volunteer and allow them to carry a gun in a concealed holster on their hip. The School Board has not taken a stance on the proposal yet.
More:Guns in school: It's not just an idea. Here's how some states are already doing it
Vickie Hickey, principal of Rockledge High School, said the school treated Friday's event exactly like it treated the walkouts that took place March 14. She said both events were completely student-driven.
Follow Caroline Glenn on Twitter: @bycarolineglenn


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In 2009, I was surprised to read on a post by Jessica Livingston (here) that for 102 start-ups, only 7 were founded by a woman . . . All the more amazing that the women were already more numerous on Internet.
My frustration and my insatiable curiosity in information urged me to look farther. I thought (and still think) that it is not because a woman is not visible that she does not exist. Then the idea to list them appeared like 1 and 1 is 2, in order to demonstrate that they was much more female start-ups than questionings let believe.
By the way, the commentaries following Livingston's post are very interesting too.
So, I began to create a French List – as I am living in France – which has quickly grown. In 2009 and 2010, and despite the happy appearance of women 2.0 (in 2006), I was still reading some questions here and there about the lack of female CEO in technologies or female founders. I was more than ever decided to prove the contrary: this list of international Female Start-ups (i-FeSt) is made for that.
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