Benjamin Netanyahu, known as Bibi, is truly a magician. He shows the success of a campaign platform based on settlements, racism, apartheid and the denial of the fundamental human rights of the Palestinian people. He has spent the past few days of polling day making alarmingly racist and intransigent statements – as an election tactic, and it worked. This victory of Netanyahu also shows us the apartheid sickness of Israeli society. Such a result would not have been possible had the international community held Israel to account for its systematic violations of international law.
Just this past of election day, March 17, most polls indicated that his Likud party would likely receive around 21 seats in the Israeli Knesset, four seats less than Yitzhak (Bougie) Herzog's Zionist Camp (Labor Party's new name). Revelations of corruption at the Prime Minister's residence followed by a damning comptroller report about the real estate crisis, alongside industrial downsizing, union strikes, predictions of a weakening economy, a diplomatic stalemate, and increasing international isolation all seemed to indicate that Netanyahu was on his way out. But just when it seemed that the Zionist camp would replace the nationalist camp, the crafty campaigner began pulling rabbits out of his hat. Netanyahu's Likud Party is poised to control 30 seats in the 120-member Knesset. The Zionist Union placed second with 24 seats. A United list of Arab parties came in third with 13 seats.
That last statement – about Israel's 20 percent Palestinian population exercising their democratic right to vote – drew appalled criticism from international observers and Israeli centrists alike. The New York Times editorial railed against Netanyahu's last-minute electioneering, describing it as 'racist', 'desperate' and 'craven'.
Netanyahu built his political career in the 1990s in opposition to the Oslo Peace Process and the principle of trading 'land for peace' with the Palestinians, and his Likud party has traditionally rejected the principle of Palestinian statehood west of the Jordan River. That's why his Bar-Ilan speech in 2009, where he spoke for the first time of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, raised eyebrows — and, it must be said, wishful thinking — in Washington. Netanyahu said. 'In my vision of peace, in this small land of ours, two peoples live freely, side-by-side, in amity and mutual respect.' But now he has showed his true color.
The election did offer a genuine surprise with the rise of the Arab Joint List as the third-largest party of Israel. The Joint List is an alliance of four Arab Israeli parties: Raam (United Arab List), Ta'al (Arab Movement for Renewal), Balad (National Democratic Assembly) and Arab-Jewish party Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality). The Joint List's formation was forged to beat the newly hiked threshold for parliamentary representation which was widely perceived to be inimical to the preservation of Arab-Israeli parties. The Joint List elected Ayman Odeh, the charismatic leader of Hadash, as its new leader.
In the beginning the Arab Israeli vote went overwhelmingly to the Zionist parties. From 1990 onwards, however, the Arab Israel vote has veered towards Arab-Israeli parties with voter turnout of around 55 per cent on average in successive elections. But with little collective power these parties failed to make a dent in the general discriminatory thrust of Israeli politics. It was only during the administration of Yitzhak Rabin that the Arab-Israeli parties had some say in the peace process. Since then, Arab Israelis' ability to influence the mainstream politics has sharply declined. This process has accelerated under Netanyahu's administration. Against this background, the formation of the Joint List was widely welcomed among the disillusioned Arab Israelis. The result was a higher turnout which was accounted at 65 per cent. The Joint List benefited from this voter surge and grabbed 13 parliamentary seats.
Unsurprisingly, the Joint List has stirred the placid and consensual political waters of the Israeli politics. Ayman Odeh is a fresh face among leaders — a lawyer with considerable skills as a campaigner. The Joint List is advocating equality between Arabs and Israelis within the state of Israel. Ayman Odeh has already signalled his intention to organise Martin Luther King style march to demand greater equality between the Arabs and the Israelis and an end to discriminatory practices against the Arab Israeli population. In particular, the Joint List is focusing on rollback of the proposed Jewish state bill which seeks privileges for its Jewish citizens over the concept of equal citizenship.
The Joint List has staked out bold position on issues such as the Palestinian state and the inherent discriminatory practices of the Israeli state. It has called for end to occupation — actually used the word occupation, and an end to discrimination and formation of the Palestianian state.
Israel has occupied the West Bank for nearly 50 years now. It has maintained its military closure on Gaza for nearly a decade, with no indication that it is even considering a change in policy. This is not a sustainable situation. Almost 13 million people are living on territory controlled by Israel, but only 8 million have the right to vote. For decades, Israel has denied Palestinians their fundamental rights of freedom, equality, and self-determination through ethnic cleansing, colonization, racial discrimination, and military occupation. Despite abundant condemnation of Israeli policies by the UN, other international bodies, and preeminent human rights organizations, the world community has failed to hold Israel accountable and enforce compliance with basic principles of law. Israel's crimes have continued with impunity.
Now Netanyahu is sure to translate the elections results into a new mandate to further Israel's colonial goals in Palestine. This will be Benjamin Netanyahu's fourth and Israel's 34th government since its establishment in 1948 and the 11th coalition government since it entered the US-sponsored 'peace process' 24 years ago. With an average of a new government every two years, expect Israel to go to elections or/and establish another coalition by 2017. What shape that government takes depends on what comes next and how the United States and the Palestinians react to the new old reality.
So what the US president Barac Obama has to decide is whether or not he will allow Netanyahu to remain in charge of American policy for Israel-Palestine. The White House indicated that Israel would face consequences in the diplomatic arena for having repudiated the two-state solution. A few months ago, Haaretz reported on a leaked European Union document that specified sanctions to be imposed on Israel in the event it officially rejected negotiating a withdrawal from the West Bank and the establishment of a Palestinian state.
It is clear and ought to be obvious to all that Obama now as only two options. One is to wash his hands of the conflict in and over Palestine that became Israel and walk away from it. If he does this he will no doubt seek to cover up his complicity by default in Zionism's crimes by saying, as he has said on several occasions during his presidency, that he can't want peace more than the parties themselves. Obama's only other option is to say publicly to Israel that enough is enough and that America will now use its leverage to cause (or try to cause) Israel to end its defiance of international law. Theoretically, if there's truly a will, the world's superpower can certainly find a way to affect Israel's future choices. And when you add the issue of the negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme, there's certainly a strategic urgency to contain Israel's aggressive overreach in Palestine and the region. In reality, Obama will wash hands of the conflict and walk away from it. In the event he will deserve a place in history as the US president who gave Zionism the green light to take the region and possibly the whole world to hell.
The hard right coalition government that Benjamin Netanyahu will form will most certainly begin a charm offensive in an effort to regain the international support that the Israeli leader has lost in his attempts to scaremonger Israelis to vote for him. So Bibi has already showed is volte-face after two days of election. In an interview with MSNBC, Netanyahu appears to have begun to pivot: 'I don't want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution. But for that circumstances have to change.' At least the last part of this statement might be true. The circumstances that Netanyahu wants to change require demographic change as well as a substantial settlement increase. Not only is this used car salesman, Netanyahu, expected to try again to sell the same old worn out promises to the world, but he might even sweeten the deal with various issues. Any possible revisiting of the issue of Palestinian statehood now will be yet another attempt to fool the world community.
This is the experience of Israeli politics over the past few decades, Netanyahu is a natural extension of the move towards the right since the Israeli wars of 1967 and 1973 and its occupation and colonization of all of historic Palestine ever since. The rise of Likud to power in 1977 ushered in a new era of right wing coalitions that supported and deepened Israel's colonial project in Palestine with the exception of three labor centrist governments (Peres, Rabin, Barak) all of which, incidentally, built no less illegal settlements than their predecessors.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not going to be resolved by a simple play on words – by saying one thing and meaning another or by confidence-building measures and gestures. What is needed is concerted non-violent efforts that will include tangible pressures that make the occupying power of Israel end its 47-year illegal occupation. Palestinians must make the occupation as costly as possible to Israel. Suing Israel for its war crimes in the Hague must be coupled with an end to the security cooperation. The latter would result in the erosion of the Oslo Accords which divided Palestinian lands occupied in 1967.
The world community must censor Israel through the escalation of the boycott, divestment and sanctions until Israel ends its illegal occupation.


That is a question I am frequently asked from individuals all over the world, especially those living in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada who are familiar with our campaign.
The Commonwealth Freedom of Movement Organisation (CFMO), which I had the privilege of founding, has campaigned for freedom of movement between the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada since February 2015, and since we became internationally recognized, our support has continued to grow rapidly each and every day.
Over 160,000 people have signed our petition calling for free movement between these Commonwealth countries, and an independent poll of 206,000 people (conducted by CBC News in Canada) found that over 91.8% support our proposals.
Our campaign has also received the support of numerous politicians and diplomats across the world, and since the Brexit referendum, our website has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors each month, all eager to learn about what the future holds for free movement between the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
But why the fervor? Why the support from so many people over an issue that is not even on the political agenda of our national governments (yet)? Why should we, as citizens of four sovereign, independent nations, advocate such major reform within our immigration systems and introduce the most politically progressive project the world has ever seen?
Because it is the common-sense thing to do. Granted, that's just my opinion, but let me explain why.
In January 2011, I moved to Melbourne in Australia under the Working Holiday Visa (subclass 417) with the intention of beginning a new life, thousands of miles away from my home in South Wales, UK. Within 6 months of arriving, I was employed by the largest law firm in Australia with an apartment in Downtown Melbourne, a great circle of friends and a general sense of belonging in my new home.
Within 12 months of arriving in Melbourne, I was boarding a flight back to London. My visa was due to expire, and arduous immigration protocols in Australia made it virtually impossible for me to stay. I was taken away from everything I worked for, simply because of my citizenship.
I wish I could say this only happened to me, but throughout those 12 months, I saw too many Brits and Canadians say goodbye to a place they grew to love. They all spoke the national language, worked, paid taxes, and even volunteered with charities and non-profits, but none of that mattered. We were all born somewhere outside of Australia (through no fault of our own) and that was enough to send us packing.
Over one year later, I landed at Vancouver International Airport in Canada with the same intention of beginning a new life as I had 2 years earlier. As if history is repeating itself, I have a great job, an apartment in the Downtown district, a great circle of friends and a tremendous sense of belonging, but the options for staying here have been incredibly difficult. I began my application for permanent residency in October 2014, and to this date, I am still no closer to knowing whether I can stay permanently in Canada or not.
Since founding the CFMO, I have discovered that there are (unfortunately) thousands upon thousands of people in a similar situation to myself, many of whom are living under much more stressful circumstances.
I have spoken to countless people who are Canadian citizens, but cannot emigrate to Australia to be with their husbands, wives and children because the application fees for spousal sponsorship alone are in excess of $7,000 (excluding lawyer fees, administration fees and processing fees). Likewise, spouses are unable to emigrate to Canada for their loved ones and children because processing times for sponsorship applications are the longest in the world (currently 10 months for Australian applicants and 14 months for British applicants).
I have also spoken to New Zealanders unable to stay in the United Kingdom (even if they have families there) because they don't meet the new government requirements of earning over £35,000 per year to settle permanently, and likewise, I have personally met UK citizens who could not stay in New Zealand because their skills and qualifications were not applicable under the country's laborious "Expression of Interest" immigration protocols.
All of these people were law abiding, hard working individuals, yet they were all denied the opportunity to live in (and contribute to) a Commonwealth country of their choice.
But why should these restrictions exist between our countries? The European Union is made up of 28 member states, 508 million people, over 60 different languages and numerous cultures/backgrounds, yet each EU citizen has the right to live and work anywhere within this political region. And yet, citizens of our four independent nations who share the same Head of State, the same common-law legal system, the same western culture, the same respect for democracy and human rights, and even the same language are denied the countless political, social and economic opportunities that would occur from embracing free movement with each other.
I don't know about you, but I feel the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada are better than this, and we have far more potential in this world by working together than acting individually.
By forming a free movement agreement (similar to that of the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement currently operating between Australia and New Zealand), we will effectively create a single labour market servicing the world's third largest combined economy, with an accumulative GDP of $5.7 trillion.
Throughout this region of "CANZUK" nations, each of our citizens will be able to work and study freely while our businesses recruit the best talent, all without the cost, risk and often lengthy delays currently experienced through our arduous immigration controls. Business recruitment costs will tumble, employment opportunities will rise, and economic growth will be unprecedented within these nations.
And most importantly, parents, spouses and children will be reunited, free from the stress of separation, immigration fees and employment requirements that cause so many families to live thousands of miles apart. No longer will relationships be subject to challenging immigration policies based on each party's nationality or citizenship. Instead, families will be unified because of their shared Commonwealth ancestry and heritage, not because of what nation is printed on their passports.
The opportunities ahead of us are limitless. We have the chance to generate greater prosperity and greater relations between our four nations, and all it takes is the diplomatic cooperation of our governments to strive for a greater future for us and generations to come.
We have always stood together throughout history as the leading nations of the Commonwealth, and to this day, our citizens share cultural and historical ties that cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world.
Now that the UK has voted to leave the European Union, we can advance the ever-growing cultural, historical, economical and political connections that we already share through our Commonwealth ties, and embrace the countless economic and social benefits that free movement between the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada would bring.
If you ask me, it has always been the common-sense thing to do, and with our support base growing rapidly every day, we are closer than ever before to achieving this great initiative.


Gladys L. White, 95, of Chelmsford, passed away peacefully, Sunday, August 14, 2011, at the Lahey Clinic, after a brief illness.
Born in Brockton, she was the beloved daughter of the Elvin and Lucy (Wilds) Marshall and the widow of the late Donald P. White. Mrs. White was raised in Nova Scotia and had lived in the town of Digby for many years before moving to Summer Place in Chelmsford six years ago. She also resided in Lynn for many years where she raised her two daughters.
Mrs. White spent her life as a homemaker and was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and served as Worthy Matron of the Saint Mary's Chapter in Nova Scotia. She enjoyed spending time with her family, the many friends she had at Summer Place, handwork, reading, crossword puzzles, her church and Bible study and playing the piano. She will be lovingly remembered for her kindness and generosity.
She was the loving mother Judith A. Peck and her husband Robert A. of Billerica and Gail Lowe Giannetto and her husband Tony of Wakefield. Gladys was the beloved grandmother of Robert C. Peck of Tewksbury, Nancy E. Sousa and her husband Kenneth of Tyngsboro, Steven J. Peck of Dracut and Beth-Ann Lowe Marino. Mrs. White leaves four great-grandchildren; Kenneth and Matthew Sousa and Andrew and Abigail Peck. She also leaves her sister Rebecca of Belle Isle, Nova Scotia and her sister-in-law Charlotte White of Digby, and several nieces and nephews in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia.
A service of Christian Burial will be held at St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 14 Treble Cove Rd., Billerica, at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 26, 2011. In lieu of flowers, donations in Gladys' name may be made to St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 14 Treble Cove Road, Billerica, MA 01862 or Trinity Anglican Church, 109 Queen Street, Digby, Nova Scotia BOV 1AO, Canada. Arrangements are under the direction of the Nichols Funeral Home, Inc., 187 Middlesex Ave., Wilmington.
Please accept my sympathy for your loss. Your mother and my mother, Violet Menzia, were "tablemates" at Summer Place until Mom moved to Palm Manor last September; she passed away in November. I enjoyed having lunch and supper many times with your mother, and always enjoyed our conversations. She was a lovely lady, and Mom was blessed to have such a good friend and companion at mealtimes.


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Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, consumers have the right to dispute the negative records found in their credit reports. This can be done by sending a dispute letter to the credit bureau who issued the report. The Law requires credit reporting agencies to act upon consumer credit disputes by conducting an investigation on the issue.
Get your credit report. First, you need to personally check your report. Order a copy from each of the three major credit bureaus (Experian,Equifax,TransUnion).
Examine. Examine your report and check if there are unauthorized charges, false details or outdated remarks that affect your credit history.
Specify the items in dispute. Do not beat around the bush. Point out the exact item you are disputing. To be clearer, include a photocopy of your report with the items on dispute marked or encircled.
Send a separate letter for each error. If you find that there is more than one unauthorized or incorrect charges in your accounts, you must send out a separate dispute letter for each error.
On the other hand, if you are requesting corrections for the spelling of your name, address or other personal information, you may point out all these details in the same letter.
Make it personal. Sending out a dispute letter template to the bureaus may not get you the attention you deserve. To ensure that your letter will be taken seriously, it's best to write a personal letter.
Make it concise. Remember, it does not need to be long or elaborate. Your main goal for sending the letter is to point out the errors or charges that you want to be verified or corrected.
Know your rights. Keep in mind that you have the right to dispute. Credit bureaus are obligated to investigate your complaint and take the necessary action afterwards. The investigation can take up to 30 days so you will need to wait for the bureau's response.
Once the investigation has been completed, you will be sent an updated copy of your report for free. However, if the bureau finds that you have insufficient evidence or that your complaint is not valid, you will be informed about the result of the investigation.
If you do not receive any response from the credit bureau after 30 days, send them another letter, reminding them of their obligation to respond to your complaint. If this still fails, file a complaint to the FTC.
Need tips on how you can write your own credit dispute letter Here are some samples of what you can download.
I agree,. a dispute letter is of importance.. you need to do it personally to explain your side well. Make it simple and precise.. never forget to be courteous as well. Lots of complainants get emotional and carried away and sometimes they are forgetting that even if you are very angry about the situation you are in,it is still important to maintain your calm..


Network Management Control Technicians proactively monitor and maintain telecommunications networks. They resolve network systems' issues and improve and upgrade them so that it is optimally available at all times.
Technicians maintain the local area networks (LANs), including monitoring them daily for system failures. They execute data backups on a daily basis and keep tabs on network performance round-the-clock.
Network Control Technicians evaluate wiring problems and fix them. They monitor and maintain the reliability of the organization/clients telecommunication network, including analog and digital microwave, VSat, PL, and DSL, among others.
Technicians make use of software and hardware tools, such as Cisco, Juniper, Solarwinds, NEC, CW2K, Nortel, etc. to identify, assess and troubleshoot issues and detect causes disturbing network integrity. They regularly carry out testing and evaluation of all aspects of telecom network to incorporate voice, data, SCADA, and video.


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Climate Action Planning in City of Missoula, Part 1: Multistakeholder Enagement and Goal Setting
Posted on March 6, 2018 April 9, 2018 by Kale Roberts
Photo by Evan Lovley
From the ICLEI USA Climate Action Series this article was produced by Katelyn Manzer and Samuel Krasnobrod, graduates from the University of Colorado-Boulder. The below is based on their conversation with City of Missoula, MT, Energy Conservation Coordinator, Chase Jones. Throughout 2017, Manzer and Krasnobrod interned with ICLEI USA to conduct research on city-university collaboration, culminating in a "City-University Collaborations" webinar and website of case studies. Contact iclei-usa@iclei.org to explore city-university collaboration or climate action planning offerings for your community.
Surrounded by national forest, mountainous terrain, and nearby Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, the city of Missoula, MT, is not only unique because of its beautiful surrounding environment. The city also boasts a history in climate action planning dating back to 1996, when they joined the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign and the U.S. Conference of Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement. Today the city has ramped up such efforts in such a way that they have become a leader in reducing emissions and striving for greater city sustainability. Read on to hear some of what Chase Jones had to say about the city's climate action progress during an interview held in January 2018.
Can you tell us a bit about the progression of climate action planning throughout Missoula's history?
Chase Jones: I joined the City in 2008. Around this time, a group of graduate students from the Environmental Studies program at the University of Montana approached the Mayor inquiring about whether they could contribute a greenhouse gas emissions inventory for city municipal operations, as a semester project. The City engaged with that class and gave them the ICLEI tools (Clean Air and Climate Protection tool, or CACP, the precursor to the Web-based ClearPath tool) to complete this baseline emissions inventory for municipal operations.
This report included recommendations for how the city could follow up with climate action planning, one of these being that the city complete a climate action plan (CAP). This work was then presented to City Council and to the public, and was refined into the Missoula Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Analysis.
Around this same time, the city of Missoula received funding from an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG), which allowed more climate action planning. This really helped the city and our Mayor, John Engen, saw this as our opportunity to follow up on the recommendations outlined in the emissions inventory. We started this process by identifying groups within Missoula which were somewhat disparate in their work, but all of which were working toward a common goal.
What opportunities existed for multi-stakeholder engagement on climate action?
CJ: The Mayor and I saw opportunity in aligning and uniting various groups, and proceeded to gather representatives from each to create a Citizen Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Sustainability and a similar sub-committee of City Council members. Together, these representatives helped form the voluntary Citizens and Staff Task Force: a team which would formally help craft our CAP.
We started our climate action planning by understanding and highlighting our purpose for crafting a CAP. This provided a foundation of support for the adoption of the plan and helped us communicate with a broad audience in Missoula. Communicating with many stakeholders of our community is important because we want members of our community to be invested in this work. Not everybody may be enthused by acting on climate change but may be interested in saving money or in our government operating efficiently. So, discovering what excites different people helped us build support.
How did the city define an emissions-reduction target?
CJ: Our climate action planning process continued with specifying our goal, which became meeting carbon neutrality by 2025 for government operations. This aligned with a plan that the University of Montana had previously crafted, which specified a goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2020.
After establishing our goal, we determined strategies and tactics for reducing greenhouse gas emissions based on components of our operations which could most contribute to achieving our goal. These main units were categorized as fleet and facilities, internal policies and practices, and renewable energy and carbon offsets. These units provided a framework for focusing climate action efforts.
The Advisory Committee and Task Force then discussed ideas for moving forward from all contributors, studied similar plans from other cities, and refined actionable initiatives which were translated into what is now known as Missoula's Conservation and Climate Action Plan.
A special thank you to Chase Jones of Missoula, Montana for taking the time to be interviewed. If you have questions about this interview or want to receive resources for climate action planning, contact iclei-usa@iclei.org.
Katelyn Manzer received her Masters in the Policy and Management specialization of the Masters of the Environment Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Kate is interested in getting involved with sustainability efforts in ski towns and resorts, as skiing is when she feels she is most spiritually aligned with Superwoman. She has been excited to work with ICLEI USA on her capstone project and research, and looks forward to impacting university sustainability efforts worldwide through collaboration with local governments.
Samuel Krasnobrod received his Masters in the Policy and Management specialization of the Masters of the Environment Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has had experience in the field, lab, and as a statistical research assistant during his undergraduate career. Sam hopes to pursue a career that allows him the opportunity to explain complex policy decisions made in the sustainability field in a way that everyone can understand. He sees himself working for a private consulting firm or local government to achieve this goal.
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Q: Why is isNULL returning empty string in vbScript w/ Parameterized Query I am connecting to a database with this query -
myCMD.commandtext =  "select  customer_reviews.meta_title, customer_reviews.meta_description from customer_reviews inner join customers on customer_reviews.customer_id = customers.id where customers.id = ? limit 1"
myCMD.Parameters.Append myCMD.CreateParameter("@customerID", adInteger, adParamInput, 10, request("customer"))
set myRS = myCMD.execute
I then have this code:
if Not isNULL(myRS("meta_title")) or myRS("meta_title") <> ""  Then
page_meta_title = myRS("meta_title")
end if
if Not isNULL(myRS("meta_description")) or myRS("meta_description") <> ""  Then
page_meta_description = myRS("meta_description")
end if
Both fields have a string value. The parameter page_meta_title was populating fine, but page_meta_description was always returning an empty string - when I know it was not empty.
After looking at the database, I noticed that the first field was of type varChar with the second was of Text. I changed the Text datatype to varchar and it worked, returning a value to the parameter.
If my debugging is correct, does a field of type Text not work with isNULL?

A: It turned out when if I first added this -
myMetaTitle = myRS("meta_title").value
myMetaDescription = myRS("meta_description").value
myKeywords = myRS("meta_keywords").value

Then ran my conditional statements it worked regardless of varchar or text field

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As of January 1st of this year, New Hampshire repealed RSA:645:3. This was an antiquated and unenforced law which made adultery a class B misdemeanor. However, adultery remains a valid fault ground for divorce in New Hampshire. Now, an inquiry into such infidelity cannot be side-stepped by exercising the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, or "taking the 5th." Therefore, in the context of a divorce proceeding, the issue of adultery will remain a relevant topic for the foreseeable future.
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A quick note for New Hampshire- by way of legislative update, is that HB 1115 has passed and been signed by the Governor. Effective January 1, 2015, this new law makes clear that a Homestead Declaration filed by a unit owner does not afford any protection against an association's lien for unpaid condominium assessments.
As many in the Granite State are aware, we have joined forces with and have membership in the broader chapter known as CAI New England. Among other benefits, New Hampshire members will now enjoy the programs and events of CAI New England. One of the liveliest, most informative and well-attended events is the Annual "Expo". For the benefit of those who are new to the New England Chapter, I thought I'd discuss the expo, its importance and why it is so helpful for association members/board members to attend.
I note at the outset that the annual expo has, for many instances and locations, turned into the type of industry event that maintains all the hustle and bustle of a small city. Parking lots at hosting hotels tend to fill on expo day, as do the hallways, exhibit areas and seminar halls. With the addition of the State of New Hampshire in the New England Chapter, there is now an additional expo that occurs at a New Hampshire location. This year's "NH Expo", the first of its kind as part of CAI New England, was well-attended and enjoyed by all. I look forward to seeing the growth of the NH Expo and to one day seeing the "small city" that it might become. Since growth depends on New Hampshire members understanding the benefits associated with attendance, I will describe some of those benefits here.
First, the annual expo offers a virtually no-cost education. Attendees may select from multiple seminar offerings taught by industry leaders. Unit owners, whether members of the association or the governing board, may select a topic (or more than one) of interest and learn all they need to know. Most seminars also include ample question and answer time. This allows attendees to obtain some immediate and free advice on their pressing issues.
Next, the expo offers "one-stop" shopping. Regardless of what type of service your association may need, there is a vendor of this type (probably three of them) with a booth at the expo. This affords attendees the ability to comparison shop under one roof and at one time. Further, many organizations send high-ranking personnel and company owners to the expo. This allows attendees to meet and speak with the company leaders and to gauge the vendor(s) that represents the best fit for their community.
In addition, the expo offers attendees the opportunity to socialize and network with members of other condominium associations. At first blush, you may wonder such activity would be important to your association. The answer is that many associations face similar challenges. To the extent that you can speak with members of an association that have already tackled the issue you presently struggle with, you may learn a lot from their experience. Attendees may even serve as great references, to each other, relative to experiences with vendors providing services to condominium associations.
Membership in CAI provides the benefit of discounted rates to CAI-sponsored events. In addition, membership includes a subscription to Condo Media magazine. Each month, industry professional fill the pages of this magazine with articles relevant and helpful to associations.
On a light note, the expo is, in a way, a bit like a shopping spree for those interested in free giveaway merchandise. From light up bouncy balls, to foam toys and from plastic and rubber figures and shapes to key chains, noise makers and Frisbees, a parent can return from the expo a hero with a full bag of treasures to distribute. Giveaway items even benefit adults to the extent of flashlights, tiny tools, coffee mugs, eyeglass cleaners and the like. It is always fun to fill a bag while you make the rounds. I hope to see you more of you milling about the expos in the future!
Proper planning is one of the most efficient methods of increasing the possibility of achieving our goals. So, how does an association board engage in proper planning? One of the more useful tools is a reserve study. At the high end, such studies are accomplished utilizing engineering as well as accounting services so that an association's facilities may be accurately analyzed and future financial needs can be most accurately predicted. Such studies tend to be well worth the cost because they allow proper financial planning over the time span afforded by the life cycle of the association's facilities. This allows an association to build financial resources steadily and to avoid sudden, large increases in condo fees and, worse yet, special assessments.
Another element of proper association planning is budgeting. The association's budget leads to the unit owners' financial obligations for the year which, in turn, leads to the association's ability to conduct operations in a fiscally-responsible manner. Boards should be reasonable and realistic in creating the annual budget. Utilities tend to be on the rise. Similarly, vendors seem to charge more, not less, for their services as time marches on. In short, just as we experience on a personal level with our household budgets, association operations suffer an increasing "cost of living" pattern over time. Associations need to plan for this and make minor year-to-year adjustments in condo fees accordingly. The failure to do so typically results in an inability to meet financial demands. This manifests itself in underfunded reserves, special assessments and delayed maintenance projects. Smaller, consistent increases in the budget are more easily accepted by the unit owners association.
On the issue of maintenance projects, this is another area ripe for proper planning. Boards should avoid underestimating the time involved in setting specifications, collecting bids, selecting a vendor and negotiating a contract. This is especially true for projects requiring a particular season in order for vendor services to be performed. Beginning the process well in advance of the time for performance of services is the best way to ensure the project will begin and end on schedule.
Finally, a subject near and dear to me, legal matters. Although commonly misconceived as "crises" to be dealt with when an association's hand is forced, it is possible to lessen the blow of legal matters with proper planning. This can be achieved by creating and maintaining proper records with respect to troublesome events. Evidence (e.g. documents, communications, photographs, etc.) should be preserved before it is lost. Witnesses should be secured in a timely fashion and prior to the fading of memories. Sometimes, early consultation with legal counsel may allow an association to sidestep a legal dispute through strategic action and not merely "deal with" the problem when it "blows up". In such cases, the expense of strategic advice may be far less than the expense associated with even successful prosecution or defense of a lawsuit.
Here's to successful operations through proper planning!


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MaryClaire is a hall-mate and classmate of mine whose style I always admire. She strikes the perfect balance between looking put together and being comfortable! As soon as she walked into class in this outfit, I asked her if she would be willing to be featured on my blog.
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June 10, 2013 . Press Release
Lifespan-Extending Drug Given Late in Life Reverses Age-Related Heart Disease in Mice
Elderly mice suffering from age-related heart disease saw a significant improvement in cardiac function after being treated with the FDA-approved drug rapamycin for just three months. The research, led by a team of scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, shows how rapamycin impacts mammalian tissues, providing functional insights and possible benefits for a drug that has been shown to extend the lifespan of mice as much as 14 percent. There are implications for human health in the research appearing online in Aging Cell: heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., claiming nearly 600,000 lives per year.
Rapamycin is an immunosuppressant drug which can be used to help prevent organ rejection after transplantation. It is also included in treatment regimens for some cancers. In this study, rapamycin was added to the diets of mice that were 24 months old – the human equivalent of 70 to 75 years of age. Similar to humans, the aged mice exhibited enlarged hearts, a general thickening of the heart wall and a reduced efficiency in the hearts ability to pump blood.
The mice were examined with ultrasound echocardiography before and after the three-month treatment period - using metrics closely paralleling those used in humans. Buck Institute faculty Simon Melov, PhD, the senior author of the study, said age-related cardiac dysfunction was either slowed or reversed in the treated mice. "When we measured the efficiency of how the heart pumps blood, the treated mice showed a remarkable improvement from where they started. In contrast, the untreated mice saw a general decline in pumping efficiency at the end of the same three month period," he said. "This study provides the first evidence that age-related heart dysfunction can be improved even in late life via appropriate drug treatment," added Melov, who said the treated mice saw a reduction in heart size, reduced stress signaling in heart tissues and a reduction in inflammation.
Buck researchers, utilizing genome analysis tools, uncovered suites of related genes which rapamycin modulates in the heart. "Rapamycin affected the expression of genes involved in calcium regulation, mitochondrial metabolism, hypertrophy and inflammation," said Melov. "We also carried out behavioral assessments which showed the treated mice spent more time on running wheels than the mice who aged without intervention."
"Little has been known about the functional ramifications of rapamycin in mammalian tissues," said Buck Institute President and CEO Brian Kennedy, PhD, a co-author of the paper. "These findings are significant because we have no interest in simply extending lifespan without an accompanying improvement in the health and quality of life." He added, "It is particularly encouraging that, in this case, an already-approved drug that extends lifespan also improved function late in life."
Chronic treatment with rapamycin has been problematic in both humans and mice; the drug has the potential to cause deleterious metabolic side effects including weight gain and glucose insensitivity. Melov said in this study, the drug had only mild transient metabolic effects. Future studies will focus on better understanding the molecular targets that drive age-related heart dysfunction, and why rapamycin treatment is so beneficial to the aging hearts.
Contributors to the work:
Other Buck Institute researchers involved in the study include James Flynn, who wrote the manuscript, Monique O'Leary, Christopher Zambataro, Emmeline Academia, Michael Presley, Brittany Garrett, Artem Zykovich, Sean Mooney, and Pankaj Kapahi. Other researchers include Randy Strong, Department of Pharmacology and Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, UTHSC, San Antonio, TX; Clifford Rosen, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, ME; and Michael Nelson, Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. This work was supported by the following grants from the USA National Institutes of Health: PO1 AG025901, RO1 AG033373, 1U01-AG022307, T32AG000266 and partial support from the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation Network Grant, the Ellison Medical Foundation and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research.


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Q: Datagridview bind Comboboxcolumns to changing list I am trying to use a datagridview as userinput in a windows forms project. The user should be able to add new comboboxcolumns and also edit existing columns (changing, adding, deleting items).
For now I have a List of "Features"
public class Feature
{
    public Guid featureID { get; set; }
    public String name { get; set; }
    public List<Choice> choices { get; set; }
}

public class Choice
{
    public String choiceID { get; set; }
    public String name { get; set; }
}

The user is able to create new features and edit existing ones. The features are then added to a list.
For every List Item there should be a comboboxcolumn in a datagridview.
When the user adds a new Feature I create the Column with the following Code:
private void addColumnToTable(Feature ft)
    {
        String colName = "column" + ft.name;

        DataGridViewComboBoxColumn col = new DataGridViewComboBoxColumn();
        col.HeaderText = ft.name;
        col.Name = colName;
        col.DataSource = ft.choices;
        col.ValueMember = "choiceID";
        col.DisplayMember = "name";
        dataGridView1.Columns.Add(col);
    }

This works perfectly.
The user is now able to add input to the databoxcolumn.
Lets say the user selects an item in one column and later decides to delete or update the selected choice. Then I get an error, because the selected item doesn't exist anymore.
I don't want to delete the changed column and add it again, because I want the selection of unchanged Choices to be the same before and after the Feature edit.
How can I update existing columns? Is it possible to databind my featurelist to the datagridview to achieve the desired behaviour?
Thank you

A: In general, whenever you modify your ComboBox list options you should:

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*Nullify your Column.DataSource to invalidate the UI.

*Set your Column.DataSource to your modified list.

*Reset the ValueMember and DisplayMember - otherwise it'll bind to the whole object and not properties of the object.

currentColumn.DataSource = null;
currentColumn.DataSource = modifiedChoices; // List<Choice>
currentColumn.ValueMember = "choiceID";
currentColumn.DisplayMember = "name";

Now you have options - both of which are to nullify the invalid value(s):

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*Loop through the cells of that column.
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    if (row.Index != this.dataGridView1.NewRowIndex)
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"A lot can be said about the experience that the Ankara 2013 IP was for me. It took me absolutely by surprise !
On the first lectures we were warned about the amount on work the IP would involve, in the same sentence with the amount of joy we would find in it. I must admit I was, to say the least, sceptical about it. But in the last remaining days of the IP I came to realize that the professors were absolutely right: we loved it. We worked almost day and night (especially during the last few day – those 'clarity' days) and I loved every second of it.
It is difficult to compress in coherent sentences all the richness Ankara 2013 gave me: the opportunity to compare ideas with colleagues coming from different corners of the world, to build concepts – or at least draw first sketches – while constantly negotiating and disputing in a constructive manner, and the opportunity to benefit from the presence and guidance of exceptional tutors, people I only read about until coming to Ankara.
And on top of all this, I gained friends! Something spectacular happened while thinking and working and again thinking and working for 12 days, as we became a real team and as we became friends. The late nights dealing with the project, putting together a common effort to develop ideas, and the laughter that accompanied the work glued us one to the other. Different individuals, from different countries and different backgrounds, now friends, people that I now miss and look forward to meeting soon!
– The multi-cultural & multi-disciplinary teamwork brought distinctive perspectives to the forefront that enriched my experience and broadened my mind.
– I liked the openness of the research frame of the workshop providing us the freedom to develop new methodologies and analytical frames for spatial planning.
– I was amazed by the number of friends I made in less than two weeks. I think this was possible due to the humour in the studio that was set by the organizers and tutors.
– Pedagogically speaking, I learned to quickly organize my thoughts/ideas and read the local context by prioritizing the key factors for the issues of interest in a short span of time.
"For me, the most special thing in the IP experience was to share debate with people from different backgrounds and cultures. It was very enriching! And, of course, the very good vibrations between all of us after two weeks of hard work.
"There are many things that I liked about the IP in Ankara. One of the things that I liked most was the experience of working with such a diverse group of people in a team that became like my family for those short two weeks. I feel that I learned so much from all of them in academic but also in personal aspects. I hope you continue with this workshop for a long time, so more people can experience what we lived in Ankara. I will never forget it!
"First of all I have to say that it was an unforgettable experience for my curriculum vitae.It was definitely an incredible professional chance to improve our skills, because all of us had the opportunity to share opinions and to exchange our competences going forward together as a group and to implement the project.


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ChineseInvestors.com CEO Discusses Record Revenues with SmallCapVoice.com
April 23, 2019 10:10 ET | Source: SmallCapVoice.com; ChineseInvestors.com Inc.
AUSTIN, Texas, April 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SmallCapVoice.com Inc. and ChineseInvestors.com Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) ("CIIX" or the "Company"), the premier financial information website for Chinese-speaking investors, today announce that Company CEO Warren Wang is featured in a new audio interview at SmallCapVoice.com.
The interview can be heard at: https://www.smallcapvoice.com/4-18-19-smallcapvoice-interview-chineseinvestors-ciix/
Wang called in to SmallCapVoice.com to go over the factors and drivers behind the Company's recently announced record revenue. Total revenue for Q3FY2019 was $1,444,822, an increase of 81% compared to revenue of $796,304 for the same quarter in the prior year. Hemp and CBD sales revenues for Q3FY2019 were $1,061,318, an increase of 579% compared to $183,185 for the same quarter in the prior year. Subscription revenues were $229,220, an increase of 6% from $214,506 for the comparable quarter of 2018.
"These numbers show why we were so excited when speaking with SmallCapVoice.com in January. The growth across several business fronts we mentioned then is apparent in our financial results today," stated Wang. "I want to thank our shareholders for their interest and input for these interviews. Once again, we are thankful for the opportunity to share our story with our followers and the SmallCapVoice.com listening audience."
About SmallCapVoice.com Inc.
SmallCapVoice.com Inc. is a recognized corporate investor relations firm, with clients nationwide, known for its ability to help emerging growth companies build a following among retail and institutional investors. SmallCapVoice.com utilizes its stock newsletter to feature its daily stock picks, audio interviews, as well as its clients' financial news releases. SmallCapVoice.com also offers individual investors all the tools they need to make informed decisions about the stocks in which they are interested. Tools like stock charts, stock alerts, and Company Information Sheets can assist with investing in stocks that are traded on the OTC BB and Pink Sheets. To learn more about SmallCapVoice.com and its services, please visit http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/the-small-cap-daily-small-cap-newsletter/
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Founded in 1999, ChineseInvestors.com endeavors to be an innovative company providing: (a) real-time market commentary, analysis, and educational related services in Chinese language character sets (traditional and simplified); (b) advertising and public relation related support services; and (c) retail, online and direct sales of hemp-based products and other health related products. For more information visit ChineseInvestors.com
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This article is about the Virginia Woolf novel. For other uses, see The Wave (disambiguation) and Waves (disambiguation).
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The Waves is a 1931 novel by Virginia Woolf and is considered to be her most experimental work.[1] The book consists of soliloquies spoken by six characters Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny, and Louis.[2] Also important is Percival, the seventh character, though readers never hear him speak in his own voice. The soliloquies that span the characters' lives are broken up by nine brief third-person interludes detailing a coastal scene at varying stages in a day from sunrise to sunset.
As the six characters or "voices" speak, Woolf explores concepts of individuality, self and community. Each character is distinct, yet together they compose a gestalt about a silent central consciousness.[3]
In a 2015 poll conducted by BBC, The Waves was voted the 16th greatest British novel ever written.[4]
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The novel follows its six narrators from childhood through adulthood. Woolf is concerned with the individual consciousness and the ways in which multiple consciousnesses can weave together.
Bernard is a story-teller, always seeking some elusive and apt phrase. Some critics see Woolf's friend E. M. Forster as an inspiration for him.
Louis is an outsider who seeks acceptance and success. Some critics see in him aspects of T. S. Eliot, whom Woolf knew well.
Neville, who may be partly based on another of Woolf's friends, Lytton Strachey, seeks out a series of men, each of whom becomes the present object of his transcendent love.
Jinny is a socialite whose world view corresponds to her physical, corporeal beauty. There is evidence that she is based on Woolf's friend Mary Hutchinson.
Susan flees the city, preferring the countryside, where she grapples with the thrills and doubts of motherhood. Some aspects of Susan recall Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell.
Rhoda is riddled with self-doubt, anxiety and depression, always rejecting and indicting human compromise, always seeking out solitude. She echoes Shelley's poem "The Question". Rhoda resembles Virginia Woolf in some respects.
Percival, partly based on Woolf's brother, Thoby Stephen, is the miraculous but morally flawed hero of the other six. He dies midway through the novel, while engaged on an imperialist quest in India. Percival never speaks on his own in The Waves, but readers learn about him in detail as the other six characters repeatedly describe and reflect on him.
Style[edit]
The difficulty of assigning genre to this novel is complicated by the fact that The Waves blurs distinctions between prose and poetry, allowing the novel to flow between six not dissimilar interior monologues. The book similarly breaks down boundaries between people, and Woolf herself wrote in her Diary that the six were not meant to be separate "characters" at all, but rather facets of consciousness illuminating a sense of continuity. Even the term "novel" may not accurately describe the complex form of The Waves as is described in the literary biography of Woolf by Julia Briggs (An Inner Life, Allen Lane 2005). Woolf called it not a novel but a "playpoem".
The book explores the role of the "ethos of male education" in shaping public life, and includes scenes of some of the characters experiencing bullying during their first days at school.[5]
Marguerite Yourcenar translated The Waves into French over a period of ten months in 1937. She met Virginia Woolf during this period and wrote: "I do not believe I am committing an error ... when I put Virginia Woolf among the four or five great virtuosos of the English language and among the rare contemporary novelists whose work stands some chance of lasting more than ten years."
Although The Waves is not one of Virginia Woolf's most famous works, it is highly regarded. Literary scholar Frank N. Magill ranked it one of the 200 best books of all time in his reference book, Masterpieces of World Literature.[6] In The Independent, British author Amy Sackville wrote that "as a reader, as a writer, I constantly return, for the lyricism of it, the melancholy, the humanity."[7]
Theatre director Katie Mitchell, who adapted The Waves for the stage, called the work "entrancing […] Woolf's point is that the lasting and significant events in our lives are small and insignificant in the eyes of the outside world."[8]
In popular culture[edit]
1970s Glam Rock singer Steve Harley, the lead singer of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, wrote a song titled 'Riding The Waves (For Virginia Woolf)' as track five on his 1978 debut solo album 'Hobo with a Grin'. Woolf had long been an influence on Harley's music, and much of the lyrics of the song are taken from 'The Waves'.
Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi composed his first piano album, Le Onde, based on the novel.
^ Goldman, Jane. "From Mrs Dalloway to The Waves: New elegy and lyric experimentalism." The Cambridge Companion to Virginia Woolf. Ed. Susan Sellers. Second Edition, 2010. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p.49
^ Roe, Sue; Susan Sellers (2000-05-08). The Cambridge Companion to Virginia Woolf. Cambridge University Press. p. 308. ISBN 0-521-62548-3.
^ Klitgård, Ida. 2004. On the Horizon: A Poetics of the Sublime in Virginia Woolf's The Waves. Bethesda, MD: Academica Press.
^ "The 100 greatest British novels". BBC. December 7, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
^ Whitworth, Michael H. (2005-01-13). Virginia Woolf (Authors in Context). OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-160445-4.
^ Masterpieces of world literature. Magill, Frank N. (Frank Northen), 1907-1997. (1st ed.). New York: Harper & Row. 1989. ISBN 0-06-016144-2. OCLC 19672174. CS1 maint: others (link)
^ "Book Of A Lifetime: The Waves, By Virginia Woolf". The Independent. 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
^ Mitchell, Katie (November 11, 2006). "Breaking the waves". The Guardian. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
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"Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?"
A Grammatical Tribute to Professor Stephen A. Kaufman
Edited by Hélène M. Dallaire, Benjamin J. Noonan, and Jennifer E. Noonan
Where Shall Wisdom Be Found: A Grammatical Tribute to Professor Stephen A. Kaufman honors Stephen A. Kaufman, Professor Emeritus of Bible and Cognate Literature at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) and co-founder of the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon project, for his contributions to the world of Semitic studies and for his influence on young scholars of Bible and ancient Near Eastern studies. Professor Kaufman is a distinguished professor, internationally known expert and scholar, who for several decades guided the doctoral work of numerous graduate students in Hebrew and Cognate Studies at HUC-JIR (Cincinnati). A prolific author, editor, and innovator in the field of Semitic linguistics, Professor Kaufman challenged his students to delve deep into the study of Semitic languages in order to identify what the original authors intended to communicate in these ancient texts. Furthermore, he inspired countless scholars to reexamine the traditional interpretation of Semitic linguistic features and age-old seemingly unshakable paradigms of Akkadian, Ugaritic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and other Semitic languages.
Shaped by the expertise of Professor Kaufman, the scholars who contributed to this volume present recent developments in the study of the morphology, grammar, and syntax of Biblical Hebrew: nouns; adjectives; adverbs; definiteness; prepositions; tense, mood, and aspect; the verbal stems (binyanim); qatal; yiqtol;Â volitives; weqatal; wayyiqtol; participles; infinitives; conjunction and disjunction; Hebrew poetry; and Hebrew pedagogy. The volume is intended to serve as a scholarly resource for those interested in the morphological and syntactic features of Biblical Hebrew and as a textbook for advanced Biblical Hebrew classes in institutions of higher learning.
Professor Stephen A. Kaufman: A Professional Profile
Congratulatory Remarks from the Director of the Pines School of Graduate Studies, HUC-JIR
Words of Thanks and Tribute: A Colleague's Appreciation
Reflections on a Significant Scholar, Thought-Provoking Professor, and Honorable Man: A Student's Appreciation
Anecdotes in Gratitude of Stephen A. Kaufman: A Student's Appreciation
Publications of Stephen A. Kaufman
Nouns, Adjectives, and Adverbs Benjamin J. Noonan
Definiteness and the Definite Article Peter Bekins
Prepositions Brian A. Bompiani
Tense, Mood, and Aspect in the Biblical Hebrew Verbal System Christopher Jero
The Binyanim (Verbal Stems) Steven W. Boyd
The Perfect (qatal) Michael D. Matlock
The Imperfect (yiqtol) Grant Testut
Volitives Hélène Dallaire
weqatal Tarsee Li
wayyiqtol (The Narrative Preterite) Tarsee Li
The Participle Peter Bekins
The Infinitives Absolute and Construct Ting Wang and Benjamin J. Noonan
Conjunction and Disjunction Grant Testut
Biblical Hebrew Poetry Sung Jin Park
Teaching Methods for Biblical Hebrew Jennifer E. Noonan


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Georgia pushing real hard to take the title from Florida
April 30, 2020 August 13, 2020 ~ dannyhong	~ Leave a comment
In news that just about anyone probably could have seen coming, Bubba Kemp went ahead and lifted the shelter-in-place order for Georgia, save for the obvious exceptions of people with any sort of immunocompromised circumstances (or the morbidly obese, for some reason). I'm actually amazed that Bubba has (or more realistically, someone in his office has) enough common sense to have any exceptions at all, since he's doing his very best to kill as many Georgians as possible, it seems.
In spite of the fact that coronavirus is going absolutely nowhere, hasn't slowed one bit, and has statistically reached the point where more Americans have died from coronavirus, than Americans killed in the Vietnam War (over 50,000). Also in spite of the fact that his lord, savior and god-king, the Baked Potato in Charge has publicly lambasted him numerous times by name at this point, I'm getting the sense that Bubba's good ol' boy pride is kicking in at this point, and despite the fact that he has no dignity to begin with based on how much teat-suckling he's done to the Potato administration, I think he's making a gamble to demonstrate what little cojones he's got by continuing to double and triple down on his choices to kill Georgians.
The latter is actually very amusing to me, and I love the optics of Bubba acting like a kid who's mom is pissed at him, and trying so hard to drag in straw men arguments and deflect as much criticism as he possibly can. All while the Baked Potato in Charge continues to rain haymakers on him from Washington, continuously using his full name to draw emphasis in front of cameras of national networks, deliberately making sure that everyone knows who the country's biggest clown is right now and how it's not himself.
I have this escalating fantasy that this pathetic feud is actually making Georgia Republicans disenchanted, or at least very confused on whom to support, between the head cheese of the state, or their god-king in the Baked Potato, and it's going to be like a lion in a herd of gazelle, where they don't know who to throw their allegiances to in future elections, become overwhelmed, and then don't act at all, allowing all the gazelle to escape safely, which in this analogy means defeat for the clowns. But politics is anything but prone to fantasy, so even in spite of this, I can't imagine racist Beckys and Trents still won't vote red just because they don't know how to do anything else.
Anyway, in news that kind of came out nowhere on the other hand, Bubba Kemp's office has decided that it's no longer necessary for teenagers to take road tests anymore in order to acquire their drivers licenses. Obviously, this is a frightening decision, that further feeds the narrative that Bubba is really trying his best to kill Georgians, because the last thing the state needs on top of coronavirus, are 15 and 16-year olds being given drivers licenses without formal testing, and hitting the roads.
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Among others, fuck the Lakers
Of the numerous things that has pushed me from disenchanted to faith broken with America has been the recent events of how the Personal Paycheck Program, or what most people know as "the small business relief" program, was abused like a child on a Lifetime network special, and ultimately ran out of money, leaving countless small business owners across America dead in the water.
For clarification, what had happened was that a ton of notable, recognizable and most importantly, large businesses, began declaring themselves as small businesses, and began applying for the PPP loans left and right, and the next thing we know is that companies such as Ruths Chris Steakhouse, Shake Shack, Ritz Carlton hotels and W Hotels, among countless large businesses were receiving millions of dollars in relief loans, and eventually the entire PPP program literally ran out of money and said fuck it and fuck you to the rest of all the applicants that were actual small businesses whom the program really was designed for.
Basically, they all gamed the system because America is not the smartest kid in the class in spite of what Americans might believe, and the criteria and literature behind the loan qualifications had more holes than a Baked Potato in Charge Twitter rant, and big businesses were more than happy to capitalize. Most franchised businesses began applying as individual applicants to qualify and then suddenly Potbelly Sandwich Shop has amassed $10M in loans despite the fact that they're literally a publicly traded company, while the local sub shop in your neighborhood can't even get a form letter of rejection, because the US Postal Service is under fire, and there's no money for fucking postage.
However, among the elites that have received PPP money, one of the ones that ticked a nerve with me was the Los Angeles Lakers basketball organization, which received $4.6M in loans from the program.
The Lakers, an NBA team, which like most professional sport teams, practically prints money, applied for, and received money reserved for small businesses.
Fuck the Lakers. They're literally a franchise valued at over $3 billion dollars, and they've got the audacity to cry poor and apply for a PPP loan? To say bullshit on this is about an understatement as saying coronavirus is just a really bad flu.
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The KBO should really just tell ESPN to fuck off
It's no shock that in the midst of a global pandemic, ESPN is getting starved out when it comes to having live content. They can't broadcast NBA, they can't broadcast MLB. They can't even broadcast minor league variants of either. No hockey, no spring football scrimmages, there's not even any collegiate soccer, baseball or even fucking ultimate frisbee or Quiddich to show.
And with no sports to talk about, their excessive lineup of talking head shows have no real reason to air, although they're still managing to squeeze out a regular schedule of circle-jerking/talking about the NFL, justifying my nickname for ESPN being NFL Network Ocho.
In fact, ESPN has gotten so desperate for content, that they've even resulted in broadcasting basically YouTube clips of things such as competitive Tetris, among other eSports, mixed in between a cavalcade of "classic" games, in an attempt to draw any sort of ratings.
It goes without saying that no matter how much original content ESPN can produce, they're still nothing without there being any actual sports to broadcast or at least talk about. Once The Last Dance airs its last episode, there's really going to be nothing left for anyone to have any reason to tune into ESPN afterward.
Luckily for them, there are actual great countries out there in the world, like Korea and Taiwan, who have withstood their own coronavirus onslaughts and are way more on the mend and road to recovery than America is. And among the things returning to normalcy for them is live baseball, with the Korean Baseball Organization and the Chinese Professional Baseball League both announcing that they are going to be starting their baseball seasons in May; granted, they're going to be empty stadiums at first, but it stands to believe that as things improve, fans will eventually be allowed in. But it's certainly more progress than suggesting all MLB personnel go into a bio-dome in Phoenix and play a condensed season in one city over four months.
So over the last few weeks, there's been intermittent news about how ESPN has reached out to both the KBO and the CBPL, and testing the waters to see there was any interest in making arrangements to have Korean and/or Taiwanese baseball broadcast globally (really just America). To no surprise, both are definitely interested, why wouldn't they want to have their product draw interest overseas, and perhaps earn some respect that's typically reserved for glorious Nippon-anything because America is full of filthy weeaboos.
However, a massive speed bump in negotiations has basically been the fact that ESPN doesn't want to pay anything for the rights to internationally broadcast KBO, claiming that they should really just be grateful that they're being given the opportunity to gain exposure outside of their native country.
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Well, she wasn't entirely wrong
lol: A Susan goes to Wal-Mart, sees an nWo wrestling t-shirt, blasts Wal-Mart on social media for supporting global elites trying to push for a literal new world order
I guess she didn't see the WWE logo on the very picture she took, or more likely she didn't take the two seconds to verify what the logo was if she didn't recognize it in the first place.
Either way, this story made my day, and it's not often that I'm put in a position where I have to take the side of Wal-Mart, but when the day is over Susan/Becky/Karen culture is worse than the corporate disgust of even Wal-Mart.
This was a classic case of a Susan who goes around looking for things to SJW about, and hoping to be the first one to do such. And once she found something that she thought she could get her teeth into, she doesn't even try to do a little background research about it before going off on Facebook about her conspiracy theories of global elites on top of attempting to shame big business despite the fact that she herself was apparently shopping at a Wal-Mart.
And naturally because the internet lives for little else than the opportunities to point out when other people are wrong, it didn't take long for the Susan to become the target of all sorts of laughter and ridicule once it was realized that she was flagrantly mistaking a professional wrestling t-shirt for propaganda for the Illuminati.
But let's play devil's advocate here a little bit; Susan wasn't entirely wrong with her remarks of:
global elites pushing for the nWo (New World Order) which includes one world leader, one world religion, one world currency and one world government
…as long as it was kept within the appropriate context: of professional wrestling.
I mean seriously, look at those assholes (above). Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall (sorry, it was hard to find a decent image that didn't include at least one scrub like Sean Waltman), if it were truly up to them, they really would have pushed for such an agenda. Undoubtedly, Hogan would love to be the one world leader [of professional wrestling] and he's already declared himself to be God before [not just god of professional wrestling, or A god, but just straight up God god with a capital G]. Nash and Hall are two of the greediest motherfuckers in the history of the industry, so they'd obviously be all about one world currency, especially if it meant they got to have more of it than anyone else, and would probably be supportive of whatever one world government would help expedite that collection of money.
So Susan wasn't totally wrong with her conspiracy theory, she just went a little overboard with its boundaries, and it was just unfortunate that she happened to do it on social media, where once it makes it onto the internet, it didn't matter that she deleted the post later, there's always going to be at least one prick who will have screen grabbed it and chronicled it forever, and then it becomes fodder for some rando brogger.
One of the most important things that I've learned as a first-time dad is that whenever you feel like you're getting a grasp of raising a baby, behaviors will inevitably change and then you're back into a position of knowing nothing all over again, and feeling helpless when your baby is reduced to crying and finding great difficulty at what may be causing your child distress.
When my baby is crying, it could be a variety of things that could be causing it; might be hunger, even if it might be improbably because she ate a full feed just 80 minutes ago, but a growth spurt could be in play, meaning she'll want to eat pretty much every single hour. Maybe it's indigestion, to which there are only a few things that can actually bring her relief, like pressing her up against the warm body of a parent, or medicinally with gripe water or newborn anti-gas drops. Maybe she needs to be burped more. Maybe she's cranky because she needs to take a nap. Lately, she's become cognizant to the discomfort of having a soiled diaper, something that hadn't been the case in the first five weeks. And sometimes, she just wants to be held by mom or dad.
The point is, there have been numerous times where I feel like I've identified a behavioral pattern, only to rely upon the knowledge of yesterday for today's problems, and find out that everything has changed all over again, and then I'm left feeling dumbfounded and useless that I can't figure out how to bring comfort to my own child.
I never once discounted the difficulty of parenting, for the first time much less, but as I expected it would be, parenting is not easy. This does not deter me in the least bit, but I am just confirming that it's about as difficult, and occasionally frustrating as I imagined it would be. There's nothing like changing a diaper, only for the kid to rip a wet fart and soil it seconds after being put on, only for an after shock to hit two minutes later, and make me throw my hands up at the frustrating of changing three diapers in the span of 120 seconds.
Ultimately I wouldn't change a thing, and I'll change a trillion diapers if I have to in order to raise my little girl right, but damn can I at least say there are times when I just have to say, what the fuck man?
This is what is called "poor optics"
Since really March, when coronavirus really began taking off and running wild across the globe, a lot of massive events have been cancelled, understandably. The 2020 Olympics postponed until next year, the NBA and MLB have suspended their seasons indefinitely and it doesn't look like either is going to resume at all this calendar year. The city of Las Vegas pretty much shut down, as did both Disney World and Disneyland.
Basically, anything that encouraged any sort of mass gathering of human beings has been cancelled, with great justification. Major events such as SXSW and recently San Diego Comic-Con have cancelled. Hell, even non major events, but still capable of drawing people out of their homes have shuttered up, as they don't want to have the blood of anyone dying from contracting coronavirus at their events from happening. Momo-con in Atlanta, a massive Memorial Day convention has cancelled, among all sorts of fun runs, shows and concerts.
As disappointed as I'd be, the Peachtree Road Race is probably going to be cancelled at some point soon, because it's the world's largest 10K run, that draws 65,000 runners to Atlanta every July 4th.
One of the biggest questions among some people in my little world was "what about Dragon*Con?" Seeing as how it falls on Labor Day every year, there stood to be some hope that it might still happen, since we were still several months away from it at that point. But at the same time, America has literally been the worst country on the planet at handling coronavirus, with idiots who not only don't adhere to social distancing and staying home, but proudly defy the one scientifically proven way to combat the pandemic, and go outside and amass in groups to protest, being suggested of what to do.
Even if we're still several months away from Dragon*Con, the world as a whole is even further away from any sort of vaccine or drug that can help suppress the spread or effects of coronavirus. I think it goes without saying that an event that draws nearly 75,000 people in the tightest possible quarters, should probably be cancelled.
Nope, as of right now, Dragon*Con is still a go. Four months from now, still anticipating 75,000 attendees crammed like sardines within a three-block radius in Downtown Atlanta with no known vaccine or inoculation in sight.
So much for that whole flattening of the curve thing. It only took the convention nearly a decade to successfully scrub a known pedophile off of their board, but somewhere within it is basically another Bubba Kemp who insists on keeping the convention on schedule despite the fact that nearly every known other major event and gathering of people have been cancelled or postponed.
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I'm sorry, but America sucks
Throughout the entire Baked Potato administration, and no matter just how laughable and embarrassing the United States have conducted themselves over the last decade, I've always maintained that I still had faith in my country. I know patriotism seems kind of lame, but I do think it's important to be proud of one's home, and no matter how much America has tested my resolve, I've never been one to denounce it, because I live here, and I do think it's a place capable of greatness.
But I just can't do it anymore. America sucks.
We are a sad country full of the majority of the worst humans on the planet. Corrupt all the way to the core of the groups of people entrusted to run the country responsibly and with the best interests of the people, and not themselves. Corporations, investors and the wealthy run the country, and it's a disgusting circle-jerk of millionaires and billionaires protecting and padding their own interests at the expense of everyone else, and because it's the people up top doing it, they literally cannot be policed or stopped.
A population that lacks rudimentary education and is incapable of free will and independent thinking and are so easily swayed and influenced by fake information on the social media platforms that are their greatest stimuli. A risk-averse nation fueled by fear and hatred, where everyone hates each other because they can't agree on things instead of trying to communicate and understand one another.
I saw something on the internet where an American reached out to people outside of America to learn of what the perception of America is on the outside, and predictably it was a laugh track of people from other countries talking about how sad and pathetic we are. We're a first-world country that's performing like a third-world country, and how dangerous it is that we've become a third-world country that still thinks they're first-world. But one thing hit the hardest; a remark about how America was the Florida of the entire world. Definitely wince-worthy, but not at all inaccurate.
We suck right now, and there doesn't look like there's much hope that it's ever going to get better any time soon.


As with the coming of every new year, we all look forward with anticipation of what the new year will bring. For marketing service providers, 2013 seems like it could be an exceptionally exciting year with new advances in technology and the ever growing integration of marketing communications across multiple platforms.
It's not uncommon to see various blog posts predicting what will be big in 2013. But in my opinion, one of the best compilations of forthcoming trends was blogged by Matt Graham on the SourceLink blog. While I cannot take credit for any of these thoughts, I was so interested by all of the posts that I thought it best to share his insights instead of creating my own (with permission from SourceLink, of course). It is my guess that these trends will resonate especially with print and marketing services providers. These trends will not only challenge marketers, but will provide new opportunities to incorporate some creativity and take advantage of marketing channels, variable data, and emerging technology. So here are the trends, according to Matt Graham, to be on the lookout for and to take advantage of in 2013!
Display becomes addressable – New targeting tools allow for online display targeting that is closer to direct mail.
Direct marketing becomes conversation – Direct marketing is no longer one-way advertising but now must be able to respond to interested consumers and support two-way conversation.
Smartphones and tablets pass PCs – As more and more people begin to own and use tablets and PCs to access online information, websites and mobile content will become optimized for various screen sizes to increase the viewing experience.
Social becomes measurable – This is a big advantage for any Social Media Manager! New tools allow for a better measurement of ROI from social media marketing.
Hyperpersonalization: the use of big data – The options here are overwhelming when you consider the amount of data being collected and the number of channels available for communication.
Digital Mailboxes take root – the digital mailbox replaces email in-boxes while direct marketing and advertising quickly follow suit.
Channel convergence becomes real – Marketing channel crossover continues and increases as users expect to have seamless conversations across multiple platforms.
Digital couponing and payments sway consumer decisions – Direct marketing allows for marketers to target coupons to relevant prospects and stimulate purchase decisions.
Direct mail survives, but not standalone – Direct mail will still be utilized. However, volume and expenditures will continue to decrease as integration of direct mail and online initiatives becomes more prevalent.
Big Data – Big Data is everywhere and the topic of many a white paper in 2012. The trend increases in 2013 as marketers learn how to organize and capitalize from data.
If you clicked through to all of the articles, this is certainly more than enough reading to get you excited for 2013! May the new year bring you success… Happy Marketing!
I am wondering what a typical invoice from a Marketing Service Provider would look like for each of these 10 Categories? Would it bundled into a campaign cost? Would it be in a subscription recurring charge? For some of these trends, I have a tough time translating the trend into a billable product/service offering.
I'd have to say it depends ultimately on the services provided, but would lean more towards the end of an invoice taking the form of either a campaign or project cost based on specific goals and outcomes (i.e. launching a new product). One thing to remember is that many of these trends are not standalone and, instead, would be combined for a complete direct mail, mobile and email campaign, by way of example. For instance, a marketing service provider may create and manage one integrated campaign for a client that sends messages across a variety of platforms and allows users to interface with the company using multiple platforms – thereby combining #2, 3, 7, and 9. Maybe there is also a social media component in this campaign – so add #4. Maybe the ultimate goal of the campaign is to move the end customer to purchase, and the MSP creates an option for digital payment, #8. I don't think an MSP would charge for each individual trend above, but would use all of the trends to create an integrated, successful campaign.


I like to look festive during the holidays. Can someone over 40 wear shimmer makeup without looking silly?
Absolutely! When applied sparingly, glimmery products add a lovely glow that's flattering to women of our age. My rule of thumb: Wear shimmer makeup on only one facial feature during the day and no more than two at night.
For eyes and cheeks, use shimmery powders. They last longer and won't smear like liquids and creams. To give eyes a natural look, smear a bone or white shadow with subtle sparkle on your lower lids and brow bone. For more drama, apply a soft pink, lilac, or sky blue shadow if you're fair skinned, rose or gold for medium skin tones, and copper or bronze for dark complexions. Try Prescriptives Magic Eye Shadow Effects ($25; prescriptives.com) or Wet n Wild Mega Shimmer Dust ($3; drugstores). On your face, lightly sweep powder across the apples of your cheeks, the bridge of your nose, and your chin. Try The Body Shop Brush-On Beads ($18.50; the bodyshop.com) or Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick Compact ($38; bobbibrowncosmetics.com). A shimmery gloss on lips creates the illusion of a fuller pout. For day, pick a shade similar to your natural lip color; at night, go one or two tones darker. Try Clarins Gloss Appeal ($19; clarins.com) or Pantina Butter Plumpin' Gloss ($6; drugstores).


India and Norway are embroiled in a diplomatic row after Norwegian social workers took two young Indian children into care because they slept with their parents and their mother fed them with her fingers – both widespread and normal in India.
The parents were told the children will remain in foster care in Norway until they are 18 and that they will only have occasional contact with them.
Norwegian officials have so far resisted calls for the children to be reunited with their grandparents in India pending an inquiry, and now India's external affairs minister has called for the children to be repatriated.
The case has provoked an outcry in India, where mothers constantly push food into their toddlers' mouths and children often sleep in their parents' bed until they are six or seven.
Sushma Swaraj, parliamentary leader of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, suggested the decision betrayed an ignorance of Indian culture.
"I do not know the logic behind the Norwegian laws. One thing is clear – they do not know the Indian culture and sensibilities. The snatching of two little kids from their parents in Norway is shocking. I cannot imagine what parents and kids must be going through," she said.
"If feeding a child by hand or a child sleeping with parents is an offence, then all Indian parents including me are guilty of this. The first principle of parenting is that a child should sleep with parents to instil in the child a sense of security."
She said Indians took their parenting lessons from the story of Lord Ganesh, the elephant-headed God, whose human head was turned to ashes by a rival as he was being held in his mother's arms.
"We Indian mothers cannot sleep with our back to our kids," she added.
Norwegian child protection officers in Stavanger regarded these practices as evidence that their mother and father were unfit parents and took them into care last May after the elder child, exhibited behavioural problems in school.
They began visiting the family last year after their four year old son began behaving 'erratically' in class for an hour each week. They decided the children's mother, Sagarika Chakraborty was suffering from 'depression', was 'tired' and had little 'patience.' She was 'overfeeding' the children and they were concerned that the boy Abhigyan, aged three, was sleeping with his father.
The father, Anurup Bhattarcharya, a senior geoscientist, told a television channel he had appealed to the Indian government to requisition Norway's King to intervene, because Norwegian officials were unsympathetic. "The children's mother is mentally fit. The day's are passing quickly and we ask the government to speed up the process to get back our kids," he said.
The mother's father Manotosh Chakraborty last night told The Daily Telegraph the decision to take the children into care was "cruel". "The way the parents were caring about their children is perfectly normal as per our social norms. In fact that's how we brought up their mother," he said.
The head of Stavanger's Child Welfare Services, Gunnar Toresen, denied cultural differences were a factor in its decision. "I most strongly deny that this case in any way is based on cultural prejudice or misinterpretation. I am unable to give any comments regarding the particular grounds in this case because of our duty of confidentiality."


81 Pinatas is a project that is part of A Lot Initiative, a collaboration with The Arts Council for Long Beach and The National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Grant. A Lot's Mission is to activate vacant lots throughout Long Beach with Arts and Cultural events. 81 Pinatas is one of many projects that will be taking place as part of A Lot.
This project is also about bringing community together to create new shared cultural traditions within the city while paying homage to the rich cultural traditions that make up our identity as residents of Long Beach. I began the project by researching the some of the more "stereotypical" traditions that most residents in the community are familiar with. I chose the Pinata and the fortune cookie as my area of focus. During my research I found it interesting that the Pinata actually originated from China and the fortune cookie originated in the United States. The project will consist of creating 81 Pinatas, each an interpretation of one of each of the chapters of the Tao de Ching, an ancient Chinese sacred text. I chose this work because like the Pinata and the fortune cookie its origin and history is shrouded in mystery.
This project starts with several pinata making workshops at various locations within the city with residents of the surrounding community. Participants will each get one chapter of the Tao de Ching and create their 3 dimensional interpretation of the chapter. I will also have collection stations throughout the city where Long Beach residents can anonymously write their never before told "secrets" in 140 characters or less. My goal is to collect several thousand of these "secrets" and have them placed inside fortune cookies. The fortune cookies will be put inside the pinatas which will be hung and broken on Saturday, September 21st in the Downtown A Lot location on Pine Avenue between 6th and 7th Street.
Contact Lisa Desmidt to arrange a supply donation. email: LisaDesmidt(at)yahoo(dot)com.
We will be documenting the entire process of the project, and interviewing the members of the community who help create the pinatas. After the project completion we will create a book with all of the images and interviews. You can reserve a copy in advance we will only sell a limited number of books.
Collection Stations for "Secrets" in 140 characters or less.
remember 140 characters or less only!!


I agree so much with you! The music element in this book made me appreciate it even more. I'm glad you enjoyed it and I can't wait to find out what else Hannah Harrington comes up with.
I loved this book! Great review. I got to read it early in Austalia last year (for some reason it was released earlier there).