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Capoey
Capoey is an Indigenous Community on the Essequibo Coast.
The name Capoey was given by the Wapishana tribe and means "the moon is rising."
On Sunday August 28 the community hosted its first regatta.
Capoey has about 500 residents and is a quiet community and home to the Capoey Lake which is one of the largest on the Coast. The lake side is adorned with benabs.
The community has a nursery school and a primary school. Children attend secondary school at Abram's Zuil and Anna Regina.
The community also has churches and shops and is about to build a community hall. There are five lodges in the community where visitors can stay but booking is necessary.
Two years after the Great Flood (2005) the lake dried up (2007). Rice farmers use the lake to irrigate their fields. It is felt along with the usage by rice farmers and the El Niño weather, these contributed to the lake drying up. During that period, residents could have actually walked on the lake bed.
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Haley Says There Was Enough Time For A Spike Had Brown Not Scored
Had Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown not scored with 9 seconds left in Sunday's game against the Baltimore Ravens even I must admit that it would have been interesting to see if another play could have been gotten off before time expired.
Earlier this week, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger indicated during his weekly radio show that there would have likely been enough time to run a quarterback sneak. With that said, while offensive coordinator Todd Haley wouldn't say Thursday afternoon what play would have been run had Brown not pulled off his Immaculate Extension, he did indicate that Roethlisberger, at the very least, would have had enough time to get the offense lined up in order to spike the football in order to stop the clock before it hit all zeros.
"We've had some internal discussions but I won't let out what we said we were going to do," Haley said during his weekly talk with the local media. "We could have gotten a clock though for sure. We were all clustered in one area, it wasn't like a big play out in the field. I think we get it done easy, we'd get a stop with a second or two left."
So, is getting lined up in a hurry in order to spike the football something the Steelers offense practices during their seven-shots drill that takes place during practice? In a word, yes.
"We practice it," Haley said "I mean it's a big part of what we do from a two-minute standpoint. It's a double situation. It's a two-minute situation that we're in seven-shots and again, I think that the work that we've put in over the last couple of years, our guys thrive when they're in that situation."
Thankfully, we don't have to worry about what would or wouldn't have happened had Brown not scored on that quick pass from Roethlisberger. Additionally, we don't have to spend countless hours wondering why Ravens safety Eric Weddle wasn't flagged for face-masking Brown at the goal-line while attempting to keep him from scoring.
Sure, there will likely always be several "what-ifs" attached to the late touchdown by Brown, but none of them really matter at this point. Just enjoy the fact that Brown scored and in doing so made the Steelers the winners of not only the game, but the AFC North division as well.
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John and Shauna saw our presentation of a 2 story prairie style house at the Los Altos Design Review Commission (DRC) while waiting for their own project to be heard. Although their own two story design was approved that evening as well, they left the hearing feeling unsettled by the comments and questions posed by the Commissioners about their project's siting, massing, and floor plan.
A few days later, Shauna acted on these concerns and contacted our firm, asking us to take over for their architect and put forth an entirely new design. After confirming that they had already amicably parted ways with their previous architect and were willing to let us start from scratch, we agreed to come on board.
After briefly exploring multi-level plans (both fully above grade as well as options with basements), we landed on a single story plan that both pushed the house as far forward as it could be, while splaying the floor plan to follow the angle side property lines.
John and Shauna pointed us to some past projects we had done in the "contemporary ranch" style , and asked us to warm up and enrich the exterior with more natural materials. The resulting palette of stone, wood, stucco, metal roof, and clad wood windows strikes a fine balance between the clients' contemporary leanings and their traditional neighborhood of original ranch homes.
While pushing the house forward on their pie-shaped lot maximized their backyard area, it posed an aesthetic challenge for us in minimizing the available frontage for the street elevation, especially given the owners' request for an oversize two car garage. By pushing the garage out of plane with a tall stone entry feature and treating the side fences as architectural elements with stone banding, we were able to maximize the visual presence of the house despite the narrow frontage.


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5 edition of Shema Yisrael found in the catalog.
Shema Yisrael
the three portions of the Shema, including the bedtime Shema = [Seder ḳeri'at Shemaʻ u-ḳeri'at Shemaʻ ʻal ha-miṭah]
Published 1982 by Mesorah Publications in Brooklyn, N.Y .
Shema.,
Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts.,
Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts -- History and criticism.
Other titles Seder ḳeri'at Shemaʻ u-ḳeri'at Shemaʻ ʻal ha-miṭah., Ḳeri'at Shemaʻ ʻal ha-miṭah., Bedtime Shema.
Statement translation and commentary by Meir Zlotowitz ; an overview, "A declaration of faith by Nosson Scherman.
Series ArtScroll mesorah series
Contributions Zlotowitz, Meir., Scherman, Nosson.
LC Classifications BM670.S45 Z58 1982
Pagination 63 p. ;
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The University School of Jackson officially opened the doors to its new Academic Center with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, August 9, 2018.
Head of School Stuart Hirstein shares his excitement saying, "The USJ Academic Center was the fulfillment of a major goal of our strategic plan launched three years ago. Our new Director, Christy Glenn, is a trained professional who brings a love of helping children reach their fullest potential using what we know about brain research. We are extremely fortunate to have someone with Christy's background and expertise and are excited to be able to offer this valuable service at no added cost to our families. We look forward to watching students succeed and gain confidence at USJ and in life."
The Academic Center officially began the on-site development phase back in February and is now fully operational. The Center is dedicated to assisting students who require additional instruction outside their regular classroom setting. Christy Glenn and fellow instructors plan to use the latest research-proven instructional techniques to address a broad range of learning differences. As such, the Center functions as a valuable resource to all students, parents, and teachers in the USJ community.


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Participating States > Denmark > 2019
Denmark regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Denmark's hate crime laws are comprised of a general penalty-enhancement provision. Reported data include discrimination and hate speech offences, although these can be partially disaggregated. Hate crime data are collected by the Danish National Police and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Hate crime statistics are regularly published. Denmark conducts annual victimization surveys to measure unreported hate crime.
The Danish National Police has monitored hate crimes since November 2015. Monitoring activities provide knowledge about the extent of hate crimes and developments in the area, and enables the accurate processing of cases.
The Danish National Police has national hate crime registration guidelines. When recording a crime, a police officer has to register case details, as well as a short description of the case. While bias motivation is not recorded, search keys are used to track hate crimes in the electronic police case management system (POLSAS). Search keys are attached to relevant cases and are used as the foundation for searches and analyses across data.
Police officers identify hate crimes by interviewing the victim and/or witnesses. They also take the crime scene into account. Police officers ask open questions about the victims' (and witnesses') perception of the motive. Police officers must also be aware of physical characteristics of the victim and the offender. If the victim suspects they were subjected to a hate crime, police officers must take this into account. If police officers suspect a hate crime, even though the victim has not mentioned it themselves, they must try to get the victim to elaborate. Police officers must be unprejudiced and make the victim feel as comfortable as possible.
All criminal cases are registered in the Danish Police case management system, POLSAS. The Danish National Police includes cases that are:
1. Motivated by racism, including bias against: a. nationality/ethnicity; b. race/skin colour; and c. other;
2. Motivated by bias against religious beliefs, including: a. Christianity; b. Judaism; c. Islam; d. Buddhism; e. Hinduism; and f. other religious beliefs and congregations;
3. Motivated by bias against sexual orientation, including: a. homosexuality; b. transvestism (and transsexual); and c. other. The subcategory "transvestism" includes victims who have been targeted because of their gender identity and/or their gender expression.
The Danish National Police also monitors "incidents without charges and other investigative measures" with a bias motivation. In addition, the Danish National Police monitors hate speech, which is a criminal offence according to section 266b of the penal code.
The Ministry of Justice conducts an annual victimization survey. In this survey, victims who report that they were subjected to violence are asked whether they think the violence was motivated by, for example, racism or sexual orientation. From 2020, the victimization surveys will be more comprehensive in relation to hate crimes. A question about a possible hate motive will be included in sections on vandalism and crimes committed online, while religion will be added to the list of possible bias motives.
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2017 446 Not available Not available
The hate crimes presented below include incidents without charges and other investigative measures that had a bias motivation. It also includes 100 incidents of hate speech, which falls outside of the OSCE's definition of hate crime but could not be disaggregated.
In October 2019, when Denmark released its hate crime data for 2018, the Danish National Police also launched an awareness-raising campaign called "Stop the Hate". The campaign consisted of informative postcards distributed to Denmark's 12 police districts and disseminated by police officers during police exhibitions. The postcards were also distributed free-of-charge in restaurants, cafes, theatres and cinemas across the country over a two-week period. The purpose of the postcards was to encourage hate crime victims to report the incidents to the police. A video was also developed as part of the campaign.
Racism and xenophobia, Bias against Muslims, Bias against other groups - Sexual orientation or gender identity
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Conclusions on the Implementation of the Recommendations in Respect of Denmark."
ODIHR observes that Denmark has not reported to ODIHR the number of prosecuted and sentenced hate crime cases.


A fierce competitor, a coaching mastermind and an eccentric figure known for his talk of Martians and marshmallows - there is no one like Kevin Sheedy and, according to fellow luminary Kevin Bartlett, no one more deserving of AFL Legend status.
The former Essendon and GWS coach was named the AFL's 28th official Legend at the annual Hall of Fame function in Melbourne on Tuesday night.
Sheedy excelled as a player with Richmond but made his biggest impact on the game as a four-time premiership coach during an astonishing 27-year reign at the Bombers.
"Only two people in the world did 27 years: Nelson Mandela and myself," a deadpan Sheedy said in his acceptance speech.
Sheedy's longevity was due in part to his tactical nous, shaped by an unconventional mind most famously manifested when he criticised umpires with obscure references to "Martians" or labelled two rival executives "marshmallows".
"Kevin was never conventional," Bartlett said.
"He was innovative, he was a risk-taker and he moved players about like chess pieces."
Derisively labelled a "bloody back-pocket plumber" by then-Richmond coach Tom Hafey, Sheedy played 251 games for the Tigers between 1967-79, winning three premierships, and was named in the club's team of the century.
But it was as a coach that Sheedy found the greatest fulfilment.
Sheedy went on to lead Greater Western Sydney during their inaugural season, famously imploring his young charges during a pre-game speech to never let themselves be dominated.
"I don't believe anyone has made a greater contribution to the game of Australian rules football than Kevin Sheedy," Bartlett said, noting that Sheedy had been motivated to coach the Giants by his desire to grow the game.
The timing of Sheedy's elevation, just days before the annual Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round gets underway, is fitting given his strong promotion of Aboriginal players.
Sheedy championed the establishment of the annual Dreamtime at the 'G clash between Essendon and Richmond, as well as the Bombers' Anzac Day match against Collingwood and the burgeoning Country Game against Geelong.
More than 85,000 fans are expected to flock to the MCG on Saturday night for this year's Dreamtime match, which includes celebrations of indigenous culture and The Long Walk for reconciliation led by Bombers great Michael Long.
The honouring of Sheedy with the AFL's highest status capped off a night in which six former greats of the game, including Geelong premiership hero Matthew Scarlett, were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Former Western Bulldogs coach and Hawthorn premiership player Terry Wallace, ex-Melbourne power forward David Neitz, former Carlton skipper Wayne Johnston and West Australian greats Bernie Naylor and Mel Whinnen were the other inductees.


Mustafa is 12 years old and has a job. It all started with a switch. A Nintendo Switch that is — and my refusal to buy one. Also my refusal to buy him an iPhone, a pair of Timberland boots and a MacBook Air laptop.
I may have pushed him over the edge and into gainful employment when I also refused to let him use birthday and Eid money to fulfil his consumerist wishes.
"That money is for college or university. Or maybe a house for when you're older. The way real estate prices are going, you need to start saving now," I tell him.
"What if I get a job?" he asks.
"Sure, whatever." As if he's going to get a job. I know my son, and he values his precious free time too much. The only way he would get a job is if I dragged him to a temp agency myself.
I really need to stop underestimating his motivation where tech toys are concerned.
The next day, he tells me about an ad in the weekly community paper, advertising a job for flyer delivery. He wants to apply. After a few days of cajoling, I email Stephen Shum, district rep of Metroland Media, for more information. (Full disclosure: Torstar, which owns this newspaper, owns Metroland).
Stephen emailed me back and scheduled an interview for Mustafa. He also let Ibrahim, who decided he couldn't sit idly by while his brother made mad cash money, tag along.
"You don't get a job just for the money. It's a big responsibility," I explain to Ibrahim. But he is busy calculating how many months of work it will take him to fulfil his wish list.
"I have an idea. How about you buy us the Switch now, and we will pay you back?" Ibrahim asks.
After I stop laughing, I tell him he can sit in on the interview. Some hard work might teach him the value of money, or at least give him something to do during the summer.
The flyer carrier job requires employees to first sort stacks of local flyers and insert them into the weekly community paper. Individual papers are then bundled with rubber bands, or placed in plastic bags if it's raining or snowing. They deliver the paper according to a detailed route map.
Mustafa signs up for two routes — 148 houses in total — and the Merchant Brothers Flyer Delivery is open for business.
The first week, a wall of flyers and papers are delivered to our house. Mustafa and Ibrahim haul the lot to the basement and start sorting. It takes them more than three hours to get through the pile. The next day they load up a wagon, fill water bottles and slather on sunscreen for the delivery process. It is hot and tiring work, and my husband follows at a discreet distance, to make sure they are OK. It takes them two hours to finish.
The next week, the entire process, including delivery, takes four hours and it's my turn to follow at a distance. This is their job, and I want them to understand how it feels to work hard for the things you want.
"So what do you think?" I ask Mustafa after three weeks.
I ask Ibrahim about his first job.
"It's very hard. Much harder than I thought," he says.
Helping my kids learn the value of hard work and money? That's a parenting double mic drop. But mostly I'm proud of their tenacity. I know whatever my sons buy with their hard earned cash will be meaningful, as well as entertaining. I guess I can live with that.


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According to FOXnews, actor George Hamilton reveals in his new autobiographical book Don't Mind if I do (Touch Stone, 2008) that he slept with his stepmother when he was only twelve.
"When I was very young, twelve, I had a relationship with my stepmother," he told the ladies of the View on Thursday.
The tanned star released his memoir Don't Mind If I Do on Tuesday which includes the revelation that he slept with the wife of his father, bandleader George "Spike" Hamilton.
"It actually went on for a short period of time when I was twelve and then strangely enough when I was of age, and I was an actor in Hollywood, I met her again and she was as beautiful as ever and we had a sort of follow-up," Hamilton said.
The star of "The Godfather Part III" and "Zorro, The Gay Blade" said that his stepmother was about 28 or 30 at the time of the first sexual encounter.
"My father never knew about it, and it was a very strange thing. But it was very normal, in a strange — she didn't make me feel bad about it," Hamilton said on the program. "It wasn't dirty."
Hamilton said that his stepmother called it "cuddling" and he didn't feel abnormal about it.
"I was molested?" he said. "Damn, I'm down for it again."


If you are a golfer who wants to travel, you will discover a lot of exciting golfing courses with among the many golfing holiday renting in France. Whether you intend to golfing of them costing only one lessons or luxury cruise the French Riviera to many different locations and tutorials, there are many golfing tutorials in France to suit your style and spending plan.
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The PROLASA fruit juice production unit is in full swing under the direction of Jérôme Ntimugura. Three types of fruit juices are being produced, bottled and sold now on Idjwi. We are looking for sales outlets and we are starting to do some marketing.
Right now we have three different juices for sale -- pineapple, passion fruit and Japanese prune. Others are planned in the future.
The PROLASA Juice factory will buy fruit from local producers, offer employment and provide fruit juices to the people of North and South Kivu.
The PROLASA Development Department is rapidly expanding! Land has been purchased in Kalenge on the Island of Idjwi for the PROLASA Industrial Campus. A new hydroelectric system has been built which is now generating 10 Megawatts / Hour. This will provide the needed electricity for the industrial campus.
There is a concrete canal that leads from the water source to the penstock intake.
This grillwork keep branches and leave from entering the penstock.
The penstock has a 100 metre drop and allows the generator to deliver 10 Megawatts / Hour of electricity.
We are currently producing three types of fruit juices -- pineapple juice, passion fruit juice and Japanese prune juice. These are bottled and labelled on site and are available for sale on the island of Idjwi.
We currently have 5,000 hens for egg production. Our eggs are sold on the Island of Idjwi.
A guest house is being built at the Kalenge Industrial Campus so that anyone who would like to come and help us with this project will have a place to stay.
The Pygmies (Batwa) are the original inhabitants of the island of Idjwi and indeed of the entire equatorial forest zone of Central Africa. They are a hunter-gatherer people who have traditionally lived a nomadic life in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo and surrounding countries.
The Pygmies have been treated as inferiors and even as non-humans by other people groups who have come in contact with them. As late as the early 1900s, Pygmies were rounded up and sent to various zoos around the world where they were displayed in cages. At the World's Fair in the United States in 1907 it is reported that there were Pygmy children on exhibit in a cage.
There are about 500,000 Pygmies liviing in the equatorial forests of Central Africa. There land is being used for various mining and commercial interest and they are slowly being chased out of the forests. They are being threatened with extinction. On the Island of Idjwi, there are between 1000 and 2000 Pygmies.
Since the population of the island has increased from 50,000 people in 1986 to almost 300,000 in 2016, the entire island has been deforested. Now these people have no place to call home and they have been forced to become squatters wherever they can put up their temporary homes. They are often beaten and chased off the land where they have put up their homes, usually in the middle of the night. They have no land on which to grow food and since there are no more forests, their ability to hunt and gather food is virtually gone. They have no income, few possessions, no security, no opportunity to improve their lives. Their children do not go to school because they have no money to pay for their school fees, buy uniforms and school supplies. They have no health care because once again they cannot afford to pay for it.
Their housing is simple and temporary. It is usually built with bamboo and mud and the roof is made of leaves that they collect. There are usually just two rooms in the houses -- one with a three-stone fire where they cook what little food they have and another small room where they sleep on the ground. They do not have any blankets. They put ferns on the ground and they cover themselves with their simple clothes.
The first phase of the PROLASA Pygmy Project is not complete. We have created the Association of the Indigenous Peoples of Idjwi. This non-profit organization will be the official organization for the Pygmy People. We have received ministerial approval from all of the various ministries concerned and we have developed a constitution and bylaws which outline how this organization will function.
The second phase of the PROLASA Pygmy Project is now underway. We are collecting the necessary funds to buy three plots of land -- one in the northern part of Idjwi, one in the central part and a third plot in the southern part of Idjwi. This land will belong to the Indigenous Peoples of Idjwi Association and it will allow these people to build better, more permanent homes without the fear of being chased away, beaten and marginalized. We are looking at three plots of land and during the first two weeks of May, we will take photographs of these plots of land and post the asking price for this land. We currently have $10,000 CAD raised towards a total cost of about $125,000 CAD. As soon as we have raised the amount for the first plot, it will be purchased. If anyone would like to donate to this project and help save the Pygmy Population of Idjwi, Canadian donations can be made to PROLASA Canada by cheque, PayPal, credit card or e-transfer. A CRA receipt will be issued for these donations. US donations can be made to International Children's Care -- www.forhiskids.org. The donation should be marked as PROLASA Pygmy Project and an IRS receipt will be issued by ICC for these donations.
Once the three plots of land have been purchased, we will move on to Phase III. This phase will be the construction of a Community Centre on each of the plots of land. This community centre will serve as a school, a health centre, an adult literacy training centre and it will be the focal point of the Pygmy People in that area.
Students from the University of Idjwi's Faculty of Engineering and Construction will work with the Pygmy People and help them construct homes that will be more solid and protect them from the elements. Around each of these homes there will be the space to cultivate vegetables, plant fruit trees such as avocadoes, bananas, papayas, and grow a variety of vegetables.
Once the Community Centres are constructed, schools for the children will be opening in conjunction with the University Faculty of Education, health clinics will begin in conjunction with the Faculty of Public Health, Medicine and Nursing and these services will be provided to the Pygmy People.
Phase V will include the development of trades, commercial activities such as: brick making, fishing, agriculture, bee-keeping, animal husbandry etc. These will give the Pygmy People an opportunity to generate income and in that way to better integrate into the local population. These will be done in cooperation with the PROLASA Industrial Campus and the Faculty of Agronomy at the University.
We have had an exceptional year gathering and sending a container, receiving new orphans at the PATMOS orphanage and renewing wonderful relationships. Dr. Barry Wecker and Alberta have had the pleasure of being in Africa; where Desire and Barry were able to catch up on some Prolasa business. This meeting was very informative because they met new orphans that were added to the PATMOS orphanage. These children are young and require more calories and nutritional support. One of the most nutritional food sources for these young children has been to attain some milk.
In order to have a Holstein Cow safely delivered to the orphanage where it would continue to be productive and healthy costs 500.00 per cow, plus transportation cost. Due to some very generous donations we have been able to attain 2 cows and they have been ordered for the orphanage. The cows will have to be walked from Uganda to the Congo and then taken by boat in order to reach their destination. This may seem to be an extraordinary measure; however, after careful research it has been found that when these cows are driven over the bumpy and mud covered roads they become sick and often die within the first month. This also causes the cow to be unproductive with milk; therefore, to protect the investment, it is best to have the cows hand delivered. When the healthy Holstein cows arrive they will be healthy and ready to produce the much needed nourishment for everyone in the village.


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Q: CSS issues Nav Buttons Hi I have some CSS issues
My problem is that my nav bar buttons are changing simply by moving the CSS code in the style sheet.
I also cant seem to get my border-right to work only on the  :firstchild as it count to both first and lastchild
Here is an example of my issue with the style sheet code blocks moving that's affecting the results.
All the same code but different output:
http://jsfiddle.net/kyF3m/6/
http://jsfiddle.net/PsX27/
and I also recieve the following error with making my border-right work on the :firstchild (only)

As mentioned I do have
li:last-child {
    border-right: 0px;
    position: relative;
    padding: 15px;
    padding-right: 20px;
    padding-left: 12px;
    top: 10px;
}

li:first-child {
    padding: 37px;
    padding-bottom: 12px;
    position: relative;
    top: 10px;
    width: 150px;
    right: 25px;
    margin-left: -15px;
    border-right: #525252 1px solid;
}

but it appears that it isn't working on this page.

A: Your structure was itself. you cannot use a a directly under ul. i have changed the approach a bit but the desired output has been achieved and will not change in any condition.
Link to fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/PsX27/50/
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CSS:
ul {
    list-style: none;
    padding:0;
    margin:0;
    text-indent:0;
    position: relative;
    background-color: transparent;
    font-family:'Lobster', cursive;
}
#Nav {
    height: 45px;
    width: 240px;
    margin-top: 0px;
    background-color: #242424;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 15px;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 15px;
}
li {
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
    text-align: center;
    background-color: transparent;
    cursor: pointer;
}
li a{
    display:inline-block;
    color: #808080;
    padding:11px 21px;
    text-decoration:none;
    border-right: #525252 1px solid;
}

li:last-child a{
    border-right:none;
}

li a:hover {
    color: #20a7b0;
}

A: What about that?

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Your Reviews

and
#wrapper > ul{
    display: inline-block; /*Size to content*/
    height: 45px;
    list-style: none;
    background-color: #242424;
    font-family: 'Lobster', cursive;
    padding: 0; /*essential*/

    -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 15px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 15px;
    -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 15px;
    -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 15px;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 15px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 15px;
}
#wrapper > ul > li{
    display: inline-block;
    line-height: 45px;
    padding-left: 25px;
    padding-right: 25px;
    border-right: #525252 1px solid;
}

#wrapper > ul > li:last-child {
        border-right: 0px;
}
#wrapper > ul > li > a:hover{
    color: #20a7b0;
}

What you looking for?
EDIT:
#wrapper > ul > li > a{
    color: #808080;
}

I forgot this, sry

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ul li{border-right:1px solid #ddd !important;}
just apply these css n your code. take the main class of navigation and apply these css

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Cisco SG500X-48-K9-NA Small Business 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch 48Ports Rack-Mountable
SG500X-48-K9-NA
The Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switches are a new line of stackable managed Ethernet switches that provide the advanced capabilities you need to support a more demanding network environment, at an affordable price. These switches provide 24 or 48 ports of Fast Ethernet and 24 to 52 ports of Gigabit Ethernet connectivity with optional 10 Gigabit uplinks, providing a solid foundation for your current business applications, as well as those you are planning for the future. At the same time, these switches are easy to deploy and manage, without a large IT staff.
48 x 10/100/1000 + 4 x 10 Gigabit SFP+
Cisco 500 Series switches are designed to protect your technology investment as your business grows. Unlike switches that claim to be stackable but have elements which are administered and troubleshot separately, the Cisco 500 Series provides true stacking capability, allowing you to configure, manage, and troubleshoot multiple physical switches as a single device and more easily expand your network. The Cisco 500 Series switch offer models which are fanless making it one of the industry's first in stackable switches, thereby delivering increased reliability, power efficiency, and minimizing noise.
A true stack delivers a unified data and control plane, in addition to management plane, providing flexibility, scalability, and ease of use since the stack of units operate as a single entity constituting all the ports of the stack members. The switches also protect your technology investment with an enhanced warranty, dedicated technical support, and the ability to upgrade equipment in the future and receive credit for your Cisco 500 Series switch. Overall, the Cisco 500 Series provides the ideal technology foundation for a growing business.
Easy Deployment and Use Cisco
500 Series switches are designed to be easy to use and manage by small businesses or the partners that serve them. They feature:
Simple-to-use graphical interfaces reduce the time required to deploy, troubleshoot, and manage the network and allow you to support sophisticated capabilities without increasing IT head count.
You can manage the switches as individual devices or use Cisco Configuration Assistant (CCA) to discover, configure, and manage all Cisco devices in the network.
The switches also support Textview, a full command-line interface (CLI) option for partners that prefer it.
Using Auto Smartports intelligence, the switch can detect a network device connected to any port and automatically configure the optimal security, quality of service (QoS), and availability on that port.
Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) discovers Cisco devices and allows devices to share critical configuration information, simplifying network setup and integration.
Support for Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows you to set up and manage your switches and other Cisco devices remotely from a network management station, improving IT workflow and mass configurations.
The Cisco FindIT utility, which works through a simple toolbar on the user's web browser, discovers Cisco devices in the network and displays basic information, such as serial numbers and IP addresses, to aid in configuration and deployment. (For more information, and to download this free utility, please visit www.cisco.com/go/findit.)
High Reliability and Resiliency
In a growing business where 24x7 availability is critical, you need to assure that employees can always access the data and resources they need. In these environments, stackable switches can play an important role in eliminating downtime and improving network resiliency. For example, if a switch within a Cisco 500 Series stack fails, another switch immediately takes over, keeping your network up and running. You can also replace individual devices in the stack without taking your network offline or affecting employee productivity.
The Cisco 500X models provide an additional layer of resiliency with support for the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP). VRRP lets you extend the same resiliency that stacking provides for individual switches to complete network domains. By running VRRP between two stacks, you can instantly cut over from one stack to another in the event of a problem, and continue operating even after a failure.
The Cisco 500 Series also supports dual images, allowing you to perform software upgrades without having to take the network offline or worry about the network going down during the upgrade.
Simplified IT Operation
Cisco 500 Series switches help optimize your IT operations with built-in features that simplify and streamline day-to-day network operation:
True stacking allows you to troubleshoot, configure, and manage multiple physical switches as a single entity.
Unlike other stacking switches that require uniform configurations, the Cisco 500 Series allows you to mix Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet models in a single stack, providing total flexibility without sacrificing manageability.
Cisco switches use common chipsets/software across all switching portfolios, so all Cisco switches within a category support the same feature set – making it easier to manage and support all switches across the network.
True Stacking
Some switches claim to support stacking but in practice support only "clustering" – meaning that each switch must still be managed and configured individually. Cisco 500 Series switches provide true stacking capability, allowing you to configure, manage, and troubleshoot all switches in a stack as a single unit, with a single IP address.
A true stack delivers a unified data and control plane, in addition to management plane, providing flexibility, scalability, and ease of use since the stack of units operate as a single entity constituting all the ports of the stack members. This capability can radically reduce complexity in a growing network environment while improving the resiliency and availability of network applications. True stacking also provides other cost savings and administrative benefits through features such as cross-stack QoS, VLANs, and port mirroring, which clustered switches can't support.
Strong Security
Cisco 500 Series switches provide the advanced security features you need to protect your business data and keep unauthorized users off the network:
Embedded Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption protects management data traveling to and from the switch.
Extensive access control lists (ACLs) restrict sensitive portions of the network to keep out unauthorized users and guard against network attacks.
Guest VLANs let you provide Internet connectivity to nonemployee users while isolating critical business services from guest traffic.
Support for advanced network security applications such as IEEE 802.1X port security tightly limits access to specific segments of your network. © 2011–2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 4 of 16 Data Sheet
Advanced defense mechanisms, including dynamic Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) inspection, IP Source Guard, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) snooping, detect and block deliberate network attacks. Combinations of these protocols are also referred to as IPMB (IP-MACport binding)
Time based VLANs restrict access to the network during predesignated times, such as business hours.
Uniform MAC address-based security can be applied automatically to mobile users as they roam between wireless access points.
Secure Core Technology (SCT) helps ensure that the switch is able to process management traffic in the face of a denial of service attack.
Private VLAN Edge (PVE) provides Layer 2 isolation between devices on the same VLAN.
Storm control can be applied to broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast traffic.
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He said one couple he talked to saw their tax bill increase by $1,600 from last year. "From my district, I've got pages and pages of signatures saying, 'Please help us,'" he added.
Members of the House Aging Committee – many of whom are seniors – said they're sympathetic.
Sindy Barker lives at Carol Woods Retirement Community in Chapel Hill, where she said the change is a major concern as residents file their taxes. Barker hasn't done hers yet, but she expects she'll be paying more because she and her husband sometimes spend $9,000 a year on prescription drugs alone.
But he contrasted his effort with legislation that passed the House last week and would give certain companies incentives or tax breaks in the name of job creation.
The incentives bill, called N.C. Competes, increases the cap on incentives for new jobs by $22.5 million, and it extends a jet fuel tax break for American Airlines estimated to cost the state $10 million a year. It passed the House last week and is awaiting a hearing in the Senate rules committee.
"I argued against our incentives bill because I'd rather help our senior citizens," Catlin said.
Catlin's position underscores a tension developing in this legislative session as lawmakers face questions about the tax overhaul. Which groups, if any, will get their tax break back? Companies say they could take jobs elsewhere without incentives. Seniors tend to vote in higher numbers than other age groups.
Seniors aren't the only group that wants the medical deduction back. Rep. Beverly Earle, a Charlotte Democrat, said parents of children with costly disabilities should also get a break. "I'd hate to pit one group against another as we go forward," she said.
Several legislators asked about the cost of allowing taxpayers of all ages to take the deduction, particularly if their medical expenses are uniquely high. That estimate wasn't available Wednesday.
The Aging Committee won't take a vote until next week at the earliest. If it approves, the bill would go to the Finance Committee before the full House would vote. It's unclear whether the bill would get support in the Senate, where Republicans have been less supportive of tax breaks.
At least one senior group is becoming more political after the tax change. Barker's group, the N.C. Continuing Care Residents Association, is forming a legislative committee.
"They feel like we ought to have been watching," she said.


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Wake Up Americans: It's Time to Get Off the Work Treadmill /
Wake Up Americans: It's Time to Get Off the Work Treadmill
A few years ago, after finding-my way through an incredible jumble of bicycles outside her building, I met with a University of Amsterdam professor who studies work-life balance. She recounted a conversation she'd just had with the manager of the Dutch division of an American company who had come to Holland from the United States two years earlier:
Professor: Do you notice a difference between the approach to work time and free time here compared to the United States?
Manager: Yes, it dawned on me my second week on the job. It was a Friday evening, eight o'clock, and we had an important shipment to get out on Monday. I called my assistant at home, and told her to call some of the workers to get some things done on the weekend in preparation.
Professor: What did she say?
Manager: She said she didn't work on weekends, and didn't expect to be called at home when she wasn't working.
Professor: And what did you say?
Manager: I said, "Well, excuse me, but I'm the new manager here, and we're a company that competes in the global economy, and we have an important shipment to get out, and we appreciate employees who are team players." She said, "OK, I can do what you ask of me, but under Dutch law, you have to pay me double time for unscheduled, overtime, weekend work. And if I call these people, they'll just get mad at me for interrupting their family time. Don't worry, we'll come in Monday, work hard, and get the job done."
Professor: What did you say then?
Manager: I said, "Oh, forget it!" I hung up the phone in frustration and stewed all weekend.
Professor: And then what happened?
Manager: They came in Monday and got the job done. They work very hard when they're working so everything was fine. And that's how it's been ever since. I've gotten to like it that way because now even I have a life.
Less work, more life. It's a tradeoff that a lot of American workers might appreciate. Pollsters find time stress a constant complaint among Americans. Until the current recession, Americans were working some of the longest hours in the industrial world.
Conservatives say this is all voluntary: Americans just like to work a lot. But Gallup's daily survey finds them 20 percent happier on weekends than on workdays--what a surprise! And when Americans rank the pleasure their daily activities bring, working ends up second from the bottom (socializing after work is second from the top!), more pleasurable only than that mother of all downers, the morning commute.
By contrast, the Netherlands boasts the world's shortest working hours. Dutch workers put in 400 fewer annual hours on the job than American workers do. And yet, the Dutch economy has been very productive. Unemployment (at 5.8 percent) is much lower than in the United States, while the Netherlands boasts a positive trade balance and strong personal savings. A Gallup survey ranks the Dutch third in the world in life satisfaction, behind only the Danes and Finns, and well ahead of Americans.
The Dutch have been reducing time on the job through work-sharing policies since the 1982 Wassenaar Agreement, when labor unions agreed to modify wage demands in return for more time. Their Working Hours Adjustment Act (2000) requires that employers allow workers to cut their hours to part-time while keeping their jobs, hourly pay, health care, and pro-rated benefits.
Anmarie Widener, a health researcher and part-time instructor at Georgetown University, was impressed by the Dutch devotion to time for family and recreation she witnessed while getting her Ph.D. in the Netherlands. Her dissertation compares life satisfaction among Dutch and American parents. Not surprisingly, she says, "My polling showed that in almost every area of life, Dutch parents are substantially more satisfied than their American counterparts." And so are their children. A 2007 UNICEF study ranked children's welfare in the Netherlands as the highest in the world. By contrast, the United States was twenty of twenty-one wealthy countries studied, barely edging out the United Kingdom.
Work sharing may be all the more important in times like the present. Economist Dean Baker argues that any further economic stimuli should include Kurzarbeit, or "short work," a German policy that encourages employers to reduce hours rather than lay workers off when times are tight. Instead of cutting 20 percent of the workforce, a German company might reduce each worker's load by a day. Unemployment benefits kick in for the reduced work time, so workers earn roughly 90 percent of their former incomes for 80 percent of the work.
Other countries have followed suit--the French believe in "working less so all can work."
Here in the United States, a bill sponsored by Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island, and Representative Rosa DeLauro, Democrat of Connecticut, would allow federal unemployment benefits to be used to top up salaries of reduced-hour workers in the United States. When the bill was discussed in Barney Frank's House Financial Services Committee, not only did Dean Baker testify in favor but so did Kevin Hassett, an economist with the conservative American Enterprise Institute.
Hassett pointed out that even though the Germans' economy tanked like ours did in 2008, their unemployment rate hasn't risen--thanks to Kurzarbeit. The law allows companies to retain workers instead of having to rehire later, he said. It's good for them, good for the workers, and doesn't really cost any more than traditional unemployment payments. It's a win, win, win. Nonetheless, not a single Republican has supported the bill and not all Democrats do either, so it remains in limbo.
Shorter working hours--the roses of "Bread and Roses" fame--are part of a long and progressive American tradition. A famous Dorothea Lange photo from 1937 shows a National Association of Manufacturers billboard on a hardware store. It reads: WORLD'S SHORTEST WORKING HOURS--THERE'S NO WAY LIKE THE AMERICAN WAY! A bill passed the U.S. Senate in 1933 that would have made the official workweek only thirty hours long. Presidents from FDR to Richard Nixon called for reducing working hours.
In our time, feminist and women's groups, including MomsRising.org and the National Partnership for Women and Families, have led the way in promoting work-life balance policies, demanding paid family leave, paid sick days, and flexible hours. Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida has introduced a bill calling for mandatory paid vacations, guaranteed by law in almost every country. The United States joins Burma and a handful of others that don't offer this basic benefit.
As Juliet Schor makes clear in her new book, Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth, shorter work time also makes environmental sense. Planetary restraints and climate change require us to reduce our consumption of resources. Demands for quick extraction of resources lead to catastrophes like the oil volcano beneath the Gulf of Mexico.
As productivity increases, we seem faced with a choice between environmental disaster or massive unemployment. Unless, of course, we slow down by reducing working hours and sharing the work. Half a century of economic growth has not increased our happiness. More free time might well do so. It will certainly improve our health.
Americans will exercise more, sleep more, garden more, volunteer more, spend more time with friends and family, and drive less. We need full employment, but not by returning to the unhealthy overwork of recent decades. As Derek Bok puts it in his new book, The Politics of Happiness:
"If it turns out to be true that rising incomes have failed to make Americans happier, as much of the recent research suggests, what is the point of working such long hours and risking environmental disaster in order to keep on doubling and redoubling our gross domestic product?"
Progressives would do well to advocate reduced working hours instead of demanding unsustainable growth. Suzy Ross, who teaches at San Jose State University, told me that when her co-workers found that they would have to take furlough days and commensurate pay cuts in response to California's budget crisis, they all responded in anger. Now, she says, they appreciate the extra two days off each month, and few want to give them up, though they could use the money.
Reducing work hours and sharing available work is essential for our families, health, economic security, and the environment. It's time to get on with it.


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Gather round' and let me tell you a story about a designer named Phil.
01: the hero of the story is not a hero...yet
like no tomorrow
Think of a guy who lives in his mom's basement. Now think of a guy who has a GPA of 2.5 and was going no where in life. That was Phil a student at Langara College. Rather than study for midterms and finals, he'd rather play League of Legends and whatever hip MMORPG that was the rage. Phil had a dream...to find a purpose (and get good at it) and figure out his place in the world.
So Phil does some research
and becomes an art student
02: useful degrees
Becoming a not so starving millennial artist
If you want to make a lot of money in the world, become an artist. The transition from general studies to arts was a no brainer. Why study for a statistics exam or pull your brains out for a calculus quiz when you can throw slabs of plaster into a pile and call it art?
Fine arts are also a great way to boost your GPA. Anyway, Phil took some high-level courses in industrial design, graphic & media design. A taste of the design processwakened Phil's inner abilities. Phil even had the opportunity to work at Langara College as a graphic designer for a while.
And so Phil graduates...
and goes back to school.
03: more school, but determined
Leveling up
After realizing that a fine arts degree doesn't make you nearly as wealthy as Jeff Bezos, the hero went back to school. Out of a (forced) whim from a loving individual, Phil applied to Emily Carr University's Interaction design program (and got in!). It was here that Phil trained his awakened abilities in the following: experience design (qualitative & quantitative research, user interviews, workshops, wireframing, prototyping), human interaction design, graphic design, augmented reality design, product design, and brand identity and strategy.
It was during this phase of life where the hero had the amazing opportunity to work as a freelance web designer. He's had clients from marketing to medical businesses. SEO, web accessibility, requirements gathering (building a design brief), presentations, HTML + CSS, content strategy, and maintaining good client relationships were important skills our hero had to develop.
In 2019, Phil had the opportunity to work with Vancouver Startup Week, an organization devoted to assisting entrepreneurs, investors, and startup businesses connect. At VSW, Phil helped out as a graphic designer. Under their guidance, has further developed skills such as: teamwork, adhering to and improving brand style guides, working with cross-teams (ie: stakeholders, developers, marketers, and copywriters), and implementing an org's vision into graphical collateral.
"Where is Phil today?"
04: The story isn't finished yet
Livin' out a purpose
You can find Phil working as a product designer in the construction industry. Phil has worked with both B2B and SaaS software. He has worked on software that involve IoT building automation and 4D simulation software. He specializes working in agile teams shipping features from kickoff to production working with multiple stakeholders, developers, PMs, and QAs to ensure mouthwatering software experiences for the end user.
05: A new frontier
Its your turn
The story doesn't have to end here. Are you someone who is looking for a story-driven designer for your project? Are you a fellow designer and just want to talk? Slide a Direct (e)Mail to Phil. Maybe he can help you out.


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KCL Action Palestine protests Israel Soc Speaker on Strand
Samuel Chadwick
Last night, tensions were high outside Strand as KCL Action Palestine (KCLAP) protested the presence of Eyal Dror, a retired Colonel in the IDF. He was invited by KCL Israel Society to talk about about Israel's humanitarian action in Syria.
According to a protester, who wishes to remain anonymous, "the IDF routinely commits war crimes, routinely kills civilians and as students at King's we believe this goes against our community values."
The protest taking place outside Strand
Members of KCLAP allegedly had their tickets to the event cancelled and were refused entry. Asrah, the only KCLAP member to enter, silently listened alongside an unnamed student wearing a hijab. After the event, a member of the Israel Society said that he hoped they felt welcome. The unnamed student then asked why she had seen her name highlighted on the list of attendees. She was told that people's names were highlighted if they were either a part of KCL Action Palestine or if they seemed to be a threat. When it was pointed out that she was a first-year student and not part of KCLAP, the Israeli Society member confessed to confusing her with someone else.
Similarly, Maria, a student from Syria, had her ticket confirmed by Eventbrite and received a follow-up email later in the afternoon disclosing the location of the event. However, upon reaching the Macadam building, she was refused entry. She was told by KCL event security staff that her name was not on the list. She suspected that this was because of her Arab surname, since she had no record of involvement in past anti-Israel protests and was not a part of KCLAP. Maria felt that if the Israel Society truly wished to promote dialogue, they would not have denied her entry.
Regarding the issue of ticket cancellations, KCL Israel Society said: "There were 5 student tickets that were cancelled for security purposes. Fearing for the safety of the Israel Society's committee, the speaker, and the event attendees, we had no choice but to cancel 5 tickets of students that had planned to shut the event down at any cost. The decision to cancel these tickets was based on concrete leaked information from the KCLAP. It showed their intentions to disrupt and shut down the event whilst violating our right to freedom of speech. There were many members of KCLAP that booked tickets and did not have them cancelled because we chose to promote dialogue over chaos.
"The event might have been a tremendous success but we still have a lot of work to do to fight antisemitism, discrimination, bigotry and hate off campus."
Meanwhile, five security guards were posted outside the Macadam building, where the event was taking place. A small group of protesters managed to get inside but were refused entry. They stayed outside the room and protested at the start of the talk, chanting and banging, but were led away.
Outside the building, the protest was in full swing. According to an eyewitness, David Collier and a Zionist activist were draped in Israeli flags outside the Macadam Building, and were disrespectful when protesters of Palestinian descent were sharing their stories. As protesters requested not to be filmed, an unknown man pushed Collier and attempted to grab his camera, described by another eyewitness as a "dumb ass move".
The scuffle was broken by both protesters and King's security guards who "rushed to his aid and in pursuit of his attacker". Soon after, two police vans arrived at the Strand.
I was just attacked, my camera was grabbed (not damaged) police on their way. Arms and hands sore but otherwise OK. Tripod broken. All this at British University. Can you imagine how much worse this will all be if Corbyn wins.
— David Collier (@mishtal) November 18, 2019
Tweet by David Collier about the protest
To Roar, Collier said: "Yes, my camera was grabbed violently – the person who attacked me tried to take it off me. He failed, but I hurt both my arms and hands whilst trying to maintain a grip on it.
"I film because I am a journalist and that is what we do. I also need to film. It is an added layer of security. It is not safe for Jews – there were two physical attacks last night, one on the person holding a flag, one on me – luckily the camera caught both attacks as the perpetrators are visible in the footage.
"I was interested in filming this protest because it highlights the absurdity of these anti-Israel protestors. The person inside the hall has saved 1000s of Syrian lives."
Meanwhile, tensions were running high at Strand. The crowd of about thirty Action Palestine protesters were faced by a smaller group of people who claimed to be with the Israel Society. A few police officers placed themselves in between the two groups.
On the topic of the protest, a self-described liberal Jewish student said: "The protest sought to intimidate pro-Israel voices and deny freedom of speech, on the unrelated topic of an amazing humanitarian operation which saved thousands of lives. It was scary to be subject to such vitriol, as they began banging on the door of the lecture theatre. Why can't they encourage dialogue, not division? It seemed they were more concerned with being anti-Israel than having solidarity with the suffering of Syrians."
Conversely, a protester of Palestinian descent emphasised recent IDF airstrikes on the West Bank [Roar can confirm that the last Israeli air strike in the West Bank was in August, 2018]. According to him, humanitarian work, even in the "annexed" Golan Heights, was to be welcomed. However, he added: "but it doesn't mean they're [IDF] an ethical army… you can't use that to try to cover up the killing that's happening."
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At the time of the Book of 1 Corinthians, the church at Corinth had many different problems. Paul patiently gave his advice in detail about each problem in turn. However, it seems to us that the church's problems had one simple solution: its members needed to learn to obey Christ. In his letter, Paul was constantly urging them to do that. It would have dealt with so many of their troubles. As Paul explains in 2 Corinthians 2:9, that was the reason for his letter. They had to learn to obey Christ.
That was a hard lesson for the church at Corinth. They loved the freedom that God had given to them. However, they had not really understood that freedom*. They had heard about the wonderful things that God had prepared for them*. However, they did not want to wait for these things. Some of them did not even think that there is any life after death*. They believed that they could have these wonderful things now*.
It seemed strange to them that Paul, as a free man and a Christian, would give up his rights to serve other people*. However, Paul was urging them, too, not to think about their own interests, but about Christ*. By his death, Christ had bought them, so that they were free to serve God properly*. That kind of freedom might not impress other people, but it is real.
God really is working in the lives of Christians; Christ really is living in them*. God really will bring about what he has promised to them*. Most of the church members at Corinth genuinely wanted to serve God properly. They had already changed their attitudes and they began to obey Christ. However, some of them were refusing to obey Christ. Paul hoped that they would change their attitudes before his arrival at Corinth. If not, Paul was ready to deal strictly with them.


Population of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean was 156 inhabitants in 2007. You will find below a series of charts and statistical curves of population census of the town of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean.
Population of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean was 131 inhabitants in 1999, 114 inhabitants in 1990, 136 inhabitants in 1982, 148 inhabitants in 1975 and 181 inhabitants in 1968.
Area of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean is 23,62 km² and has a population density of 6,60 inhabs/km².
Must see: housing of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean, the road map of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean, the photos of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean, the map of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean.
Population of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean was 156 inhabitants in 2007, 131 inhabitants in 1999, 114 inhabitants in 1990, 136 inhabitants in 1982, 148 inhabitants in 1975 and 181 inhabitants in 1968.
This population Census of the town of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean was made without duplicated data, which means that each Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean resident that have ties to another municipality is counted only once for the two municipalities.
This curve shows the history of the population of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean from 1968 to 2007 in cubic interpolation. This provides more precisely the population of the municipality of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean the years where no census has been taken.
- From 1982 and 1990 : 9 births and 19 deaths.
- From 1975 and 1982 : 4 births and 30 deaths.
- From 1968 and 1975 : 2 births and 28 deaths.


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The VBP+ program has its roots in the on-farm food safety (OFFS) program, formerly Verified Beef Production (VBP), the only OFFS program for beef producers reviewed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
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VBP+ certified operations adhere to strict program requirements and are audited under a third party audit process.
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66 Facts About Kentucky
Kentucky has been a long-standing major center of the tobacco industry.
Today, Kentucky's economy has expanded to importance in non-agricuIturaI sectors, including auto manufacturing, energy fuel production, and medical facilities.
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The vast majority of them moved to Kentucky, pushing the Kispoko east and war broke out with the Tutelo that pushed them deeper into Appalachia, where they merged with the Saponi and Moneton.
Kentucky was one of the border states during the American Civil War, and it remained neutral within the Union.
Kentucky remained officially "neutral" throughout the war due to the Southern Unionists sympathies of a majority of the Commonwealth's citizens who were split between the struggle of Kentucky's sister Southern States fully in the Confederate States of America and a continued loyalty to the Unionist cause that was prevalent in other areas of the South such as in East Tennessee, West Virginia, Western North Carolina, and others.
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Kentucky has a non-contiguous part known as Kentucky Bend, at the far west corner of the state.
Kentucky can be divided into five primary regions: the Cumberland Plateau in the east, which contains much of the historic coal mines; the north-central Bluegrass region, where the major cities and the capital are located; the south-central and western Pennyroyal Plateau; the Western Coal Fields; and the far-west Jackson Purchase.
Kentucky has four distinct seasons, with substantial variations in the severity of summer and winter.
In general, Kentucky has relatively hot, humid, rainy summers, and moderately cold and rainy winters.
Kentucky has more navigable miles of water than any other state in the union, other than Alaska.
Kentucky has both the largest artificial lake east of the Mississippi in water volume and surface area (Kentucky Lake).
Kentucky has an expansive park system, which includes one national park, two National Recreation Areas, two National Historic Parks, two national forests, two National Wildlife Refuges, 45 state parks, 37, 896 acres of state forest, and 82 wildlife management areas.
Kentucky has been part of two of the most successful wildlife reintroduction projects in United States history.
Kentucky is subdivided into 120 counties, the largest being Pike County at 787.
Two other fast-growing urban areas in Kentucky are the Bowling Green area and the "Tri-Cities Region" of southeastern Kentucky, comprising Somerset, London and Corbin.
In northeast Kentucky, the greater Ashland area is an important transportation, manufacturing, and medical center.
Kentucky's population has grown during every decade since records have been kept.
Since 1900, rural Kentucky counties have had a net loss of more than a million people to migration, while urban areas have experienced a slight net gain.
Some mining communities in far Southeastern Kentucky have populations that are between five and 10 percent African-American.
In southern Kentucky, earthworms are called redworms, a burlap bag is known as a tow sack or the Southern grass sack, and green beans are called snap beans.
The Baptist Seminary of Kentucky is located on the campus of Georgetown College in Georgetown.
Early in its history, Kentucky gained recognition for its excellent farming conditions.
Today Kentucky's economy has expanded to importance in non-agricultural terms as well, especially in auto manufacturing, energy fuel production, and medical facilities.
Kentucky has historically been a major coal producer, but the coal industry has been in decline since the 1980s, and the number of people employed in the coal industry there dropped by more than half between 2011 and 2015.
One such investment was L'Oreal in Northern Kentucky, which added 200 jobs on top of the 280 already in existing facilities in Florence and Walton.
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Kentucky contains two of the twenty U S Federal Penitentiaries: USP Big Sandy and USP McCreary (in the south in McCreary County in the Daniel Boone National Forest).
In 2014 Kentucky was found to be the most affordable U S state in which to live.
Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky imposed a tax on intangible personal property held by a taxpayer on January1 of each year.
The resulting "Unbridled Spirit" brand was the result of a $500, 000 contract with New West, a Kentucky-based public relations advertising and marketing firm, to develop a viable brand and tag line.
Kentucky has been the site of much educational reform over the past two decades.
Years later, Kentucky has shown progress, but most agree that further reform is needed.
Kentucky is served by six major Interstate highways, seven parkways, and six bypasses and spurs (I-165, I-169, I-264, I-265, I-275, and I-471).
The Northern Kentucky area is served by the Cardinal at Cincinnati Union Terminal.
Kentucky is one of four U S states to officially use the term commonwealth.
Kentucky is one of only five states that elect their state officials in odd-numbered years.
Kentucky holds elections for these offices every four years in the years preceding Presidential election years.
Thus, Kentucky held gubernatorial elections in 2011, 2015 and 2019.
Kentucky is one of the 32 states in the United States that sanctions the death penalty for certain murders defined as heinous.
Kentucky has been on the front lines of the debate over displaying the Ten Commandments on public property.
Kentucky has been known to have unusually high political candidacy age laws, especially compared to surrounding states.
Since the late 1990s, Kentucky has supported Republican candidates for most federal political offices, and, more recently, for state-level office as well.
Kentucky was part of the Democratic Solid South in the second half of the nineteenth century and through the majority of the twentieth century.
From 1964 through 2004, Kentucky voted for the eventual winner of the election for President of the United States; however, in the 2008 election the state lost its bellwether status.
Elliott County, Kentucky is notable for having held the longest streak of any county in the United States voting Democratic.
Kentucky is one of the most anti-abortion states in the United States.
Kentucky culture is generally considered to be firmly Southern; it is unique in that it is influenced by the Midwest and Southern Appalachia, blending with the native upper Southern culture in certain areas of the state.
Kentucky is more similar to the Upland South in terms of ancestry that is predominantly American.
Nevertheless, during the 19th century, Kentucky did receive a substantial number of German immigrants, who settled mostly in the Midwest and parts of the Upper South, along the Ohio River primarily in Louisville, Covington and Newport.
Kentucky was a slave state, and black people once comprised over one-quarter of its population; however, it lacked the cotton plantation system though it did support significant and large scale tobacco plantation systems in the western and central parts of the state more similar to the plantations developed in Virginia and North Carolina than those in the Deep South, and never had the same high percentage of African Americans as most other slave states.
Kentucky adopted the Jim Crow system of racial segregation in most public spheres after the Civil War.
However, in 1908 Kentucky enacted the Day Law, "An Act to Prohibit White and Colored Persons from Attending the Same School", which Berea College unsuccessfully challenged at the US Supreme Court in 1908; in 1948, Lyman T Johnson filed suit for admission to the University of Kentucky; as a result in the summer of 1949, nearly thirty African American students entered UK graduate and professional programs.
Kentucky integrated its schools after the 1954 Brown v Board of Education verdict, later adopting the first state civil rights act in the South in 1966.
The biggest day in American horse racing, the Kentucky Derby, is preceded by the two-week Derby Festival in Louisville.
Kentucky was home to Mildred and Patty Hill, the Louisville sisters credited with composing the tune to the ditty Happy Birthday to You in 1893; Loretta Lynn, Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson of the Backstreet Boys, and Billy Ray Cyrus (Flatwoods).
Kentucky is home to famed jazz musician and pioneer, Lionel Hampton.
Kentucky has played a major role in Southern and American literature, producing works that often celebrate the working class, rural life, nature, and explore issues of class, extractive economy, and family.
Kentucky's cuisine is generally similar to and is a part of traditional southern cooking, although in some areas of the state it can blend elements of both the South and Midwest, mixing Midwestern with the native Southern cuisine of the area.
One original Kentucky dish is called the Hot Brown, a dish normally layered in this order: toasted bread, turkey, bacon, tomatoes and topped with mornay sauce.
Also, Western Kentucky is known for its own regional style of Southern barbecue.
Harland Sanders, a Kentucky colonel, originated Kentucky Fried Chicken at his service station in North Corbin, though the first franchised KFC was located in South Salt Lake, Utah.
Kentucky is the home of several sports teams such as Minor League Baseball's Triple-A Louisville Bats and High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods.
Kentucky Wildcats are particularly notable, leading all DivisionI programs in all-time wins, win percentage, NCAA tournament appearances, and being second only to UCLA in NCAA championships.
Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville on the first Saturday in May The Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville has hosted several editions of the PGA Championship, Senior PGA Championship and Ryder Cup since the 1990s.
Distinction of being named a Kentucky colonel is the highest title of honor bestowed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Commissions for Kentucky colonels are given by the Governor and the Secretary of State to individuals in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments and outstanding service to a community, state or the nation.
Kentucky colonels are commissioned for life and act officially as the state's goodwill ambassadors.