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Rally held in Lancaster
by The AV Times Staff • July 14, 2016
Marchers held signs and chanted, "Black lives matter!" and "No justice, no peace!" [Photo by LUIS MEZA]
LANCASTER – Hundreds of young adults gathered on Lancaster Boulevard Wednesday afternoon for a rally in response to the recent fatal police shootings of black men.
The event kicked off around 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, in front of the Los Angeles County Library at 601 West Lancaster Boulevard.
The group marched east on Lancaster Boulevard to the Lancaster Sheriff's Station, then marched south on Sierra Highway for about a block before heading back to Lancaster Boulevard.
Marchers held signs and chanted, "Black lives matter!" and "No justice, no peace!"
[LUIS MEZA]
"I'm out here standing for black lives," said attendee Cliff Ross. "In the year of 2015, over 1,200 people were killed by police. In 2016, over 600 people have been killed… I want to convey the message that black lives matter, that you should not be afraid of being gunned down by police and that this has to stop."
"I have three brothers, black males… To police they will look suspicious, and I want to make sure they could be safe out here in the world," said attendee Destiny Joseph. "All lives matters, they all do, but right now black lives need to be represented."
"As a person of color, I feel like it's part of my responsibility to stand in solidarity with other people of color, especially the black community, because I see the injustices that they face everyday," said Chloe, a marcher who gave only her first name.
The rally eventually ended at American Heroes Park, at 701 W. Kettering Avenue, where a few speakers addressed the crowd.
"Black people have been getting murdered for a long time. This is a movement so that our voices are heard," Evangela Cecil told the gathering. "We are not here to kill police, we are not here to kill anyone, except for the injustice that has been brought upon us as a people. We are here for our voices to be heard, it is enough."
Captain Pat Nelson from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Lancaster Station was at the rally; he stressed the importance of dialogue.
"It's the first step to understanding," Nelson told reporters. "Unfortunately, it seems that — sometimes driven by the media, sometimes driven by events — that dialogue is cut off, and we don't get an opportunity to discuss each other's points of view… Without doing that, you can't reach understanding."
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129 comments for "Rally held in Lancaster"
ProudMom says
White people get hit with rubber bullets, blacks get the real steel. True facts, my mom is no criminal at all, has worked for her employer with top security clearance for 15 years, works the swing shift, so she gets off work at 2am. She gets pulled over because her "lamp light" is out, even though she drives a Monte Carlo. Cop pulled her over and said "he thought she was someone else" she asked what name came up when he ran her plates? She even checked her lamp light when he mentioned it, and it was still working.
My cousin won a huge lawsuit against the city of Lancaster because the cops recorded them beating the crap out of him when he "resisted arrest". I guess being tasered 3 times while handcuffed is resisting. None the less, Judge saw the video, cops were only SUSPENDED and they paid him out.
Yes all lives matter, but being shot when white people are being talked down is bull. I am proud of every man and woman that was able to make it out, come together as one, and march against the madness we are faced to endure every damn day as a minority man/woman in America. And as said before until you walk a day in our shoes…shut the hell up and educate yourselves as to what's REALLY going on.
If a soldier can have restraint not to kill during WAR unless necessary, there are NO good or reasonable excuses for all the deaths in America these cops have cause. It is SICK that they are to protect and serve the communities that we lay our heads in. No parent should have to pray every time their child goes to school or work because of the color of their skin or their race.
and Joseff…whatever your name is…it's "mic" since you want to be Mr. spell check.
I have a dream says
Why do whites get shot,by cops, with real bullets, twice as much as blacks then?
Tim Scott says
Because there are nine times as many white people so a randomly fired bullet should hit them nine times as often…not just twice as often.
Good stat there IHAD, though it doesn't prove anything like what you thought that it proved.
The black guy who shot five cops in Dallas, cops blew up with a drone. The white guy who shot up a "black church" and killed nine…the cops bought him lunch.
Ok,so whites get shot by cops more.uh,thanks.
Whites commit less crime per population percentage then blacks do.so less crime,but shot by cops more.
Your family needs to watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0mtxXEGE8
Joseff says
Your the white mom from comments below! You came back with a story about your cousin. You correct me on the proper spelling of microphone when abbreviated. You still complain about injustice but say your cousin won a lawsuit. That bailiff in the corner of the court, was he white? The judge? You say march! Have you ever seen a black lives march that was peaceful? Dallas was peaceful until a radical homegrown terrorist shot it up claiming allegiance to black lives matter. So quick to fight for a battle you have no say in. What is the case number in the court system for that win? People usually believe things that can be proven! You are the exception for that statement. You believe what you're told.
It's Joseff, by the way. A Russian spelling of a middle eastern name. You are a self hating white mom that has to justify fighting when you could have just stayed silent and taken care of your offspring! Keep posting false facts about the biased number of police murders. You'll grow up one day and learn the wolves can wear a sheep's wool. Don't get fleeced. Drops the MIC
Jay Son says
Want to see real change Become a Sheriff
recruitmentinfo@lasd.org
Really? I met an LASD sergeant who serves down below. He got the "black treatment" from one of our fine local deputies at a routine traffic stop, pulled his badge and pulled rank and let the guy have it. BUT, he didn't report the guy, who no doubt took out his frustrations on the next black motorist he could find. Why no report? Because even a sergeant didn't feel like he had enough rank to buck the consequences of doing that. And you think joining up as a rookie someone can change the revolting culture of the LASD? Get real.
I'll admit that my efforts to cause change have been ineffective, and in some cases even misguided, but this "since we can't change them join them" idea is gross. Should we all go sign on with the KKK in hopes of producing organizational enlightenment?
I'm sure he wasn't doing anything wrong,just driving while black.so tired of these second hand made up,"i wasn't doing anything wrong"stories.what's next"hands up,don't shoot"was real?
Well, he was a sergeant in the LASD so I doubt he was doing anything really extraordinary so far as criminal activity goes, but one never knows. It was probably a routine traffic stop, which is a much different experience for black people.
Sometimes they really are "doing nothing". My son was underage, washing my mothers car, in MY driveway. Cops rolls by and decides to question my son about the car! "What is someone like you doing with a car like that? Where do you work/What type of work do you do?" My son's reply was "well I'm a minor and you shouldn't even be questioning me without my mom present, but if you really need to know, this is my Grandmothers car". That was uncalled for…period…even if it was his car, who is this man to question my son about how he obtained the car? Again, the people given badges to protect and serve us. Good thing I taught my kids about "civil rights" lord knows the schools don't.
Enough time to protest, but not enough time to go out and get a job!
Enough time to leave a nasty comment, but not enough to realize people are being murdered in the streets because of their-race regardless of employment status!
Working Joe says
It's amazing how oppressed these individuals are! Having to find time to protest out of a busy work schedule of thirty some hours a week must be exhausting! I work my tail end off catering to people all day long in a Fortune 500 department store and barely have time to sleep between shifts! These poor underprivileged humans must be exhausted getting those nice trendy clothes on after removing a suit and tie from a hard days work!
Just imagine how tired you would be if your "barely time" to sleep between shifts was routinely cut into when you had to spend half an hour kissing a cop's butt on your way to or from because you "match the description"…as long as "they all look alike" is applied, of course. Actually matching the description is, of course, not really required.
Chery says
Save your breath Tim. Working Joe is obviously part of the problem
Maybe we should try policing without regular guns. How about carrying guns that shoot rubber bullets and beanbags
Cops are human. They get scared. They make snap decisions without all the facts. It would give people a chance!
I know there are a lot of good cops that care about people. But the ones that don't are causing problems for
ALL of us.
If we're not all equal, then we need to change our constitution & bill of
You shouldn't have to be a certain color or religion or age or sex to be treated with respect due to each and every human being
It seems like we move 3 steps forward and 7 steps back
I work 65 hrs a week, I didn't know there was a March or I would have been there
I'm white, and I'm a mom – all lives matter
We need to stand up for each other cause it's right
You ARE a scared self hating minority that professes a 65 hour schedule all the while stating that you are a good mom. im sure having that little interaction with your kin is the best kind of start! you even have time to care about a race that you have no business speaking for! As a black male that wrote these original posts, i think you should remember your skin color before commenting on a racially fueled subject! i do fit your predetermined image, just a darker color.
Susan B says
ALL LIVES MATTER! White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Middle Eastern, Greek, French, Italian and so on.
pirrurris says
Working joe, iare you that stuppid seriously?
If we had a 90% black police force, and they went around and killed white innocent civilians, you too would find the time to protest against those thugs with badges.
However, since it is the other way around, who cares right?
People are sick and tired of police officers murdering innocent people, and not getting held accountable.
I guess "i are" that "stuppid". Check you figures and try your rant again. Hypothetical is not reality. If is a big variable in this equation. If you made any sense, I would argue. You don't, so that's it. You opened your mouth, inserted your foot. I wish the bad men you speak of walked off the job, then who would enforce your constitutional rights. *Drops mike Obama style.
Joseff,
Trust me, there are many people that are more than willing to replace those thugs with badges that are costing the tax payers millions in lawsuits every year.
If they are so afraid, of interacting with minorities, they should get out and make room for people that want to do the job.
Black guy getting ready for work says go for it! You have the solution! Now apply yourself! If not, remain your complacent self. I have to dodge police on the way to my job now, oh wait, no i don't. That ideology is that of a fairy tale, non-existent except within your sad little minds. White cops this, black lives that! Stifle yourself Edith! You are too young to know what real bigotry is! The fact that you can rant online safely from your room is testament to what i say.
If you didn't do anything, then why worry? I don't break the law, nothing has happened to me. If we could convince the youth to stop perpetuating a violent subculture, then maybe things will change and more black cops will become reality through the action of the black youth of America taking hold and seeking success. If that would happen. Until it does, realize that whites are hating your own race in hopes of letting a con artist, with nothing but leisure time, see that you have fallen for it.
It won't change because the change that is a consensus can only come to fruition through the non idle lifestyles of the people protesting. They don't want to change. That IS their success, constant freetime and money to support their oppressors!
Tell The Truth says
You all know this 'movement' is simply a summer activity to give bread and circus to the masses, while the world burns. far more important issues are going on.
Ulrich perkins says
You lack empathy. That's sad.
Your lack of reasonable common sense to see BLM as nothing more than a Sorosa upheaval group that blurs focus off true corruption is 'sadder'
Ray says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEvMc-K8XHY
Chris Rock says it best, and read the quote from Dr. Martin luther king at the end. enough to be said.
Gowchong says
Very funny video, yet it makes a solid point. The quote about MLK at the end is questionable as I found sources that say he was NOT a Republican (from liberal sources of course) and sources that say he WAS a Republican (from conservative sources). Guess we'll never know the truth…
There is literally no common ground between the Republican Party of the 1950s and the Republican party of today, so the party preference of MLK, or anyone else, in the 1950s is a pretty insignificant point. I was raised a Republican and served faithfully under Ronald Reagan, but that doesn't mean that when the Republicans went round the bend I had to go with them.
Laughing says
Easy way to find out is to do research on voter records.
From what I have learned Mr. King was an independent. He voted with his mind, not along party lines. He voted for the people and subjects he felt were most honest to themselves and the public.
Mon says
Great SHARE, thank you Ray!
Bottom line is listen and do as ur told when being stopped by a cop if you have nothing to worry about. Easy as that! All of this can be prevented, why try to wrestle authority of you have nothing to worry about.
Just heard the story of a young black man in New York. Before the NYPD was forced to abandon stop and frisk this guy was stopped nine times. Every stop involved profanity. He was made to lie face down on the sidewalk while his armpits, butt crack, and genitals were probed. Nothing was ever found on him.
Out of nine stops he was never told "sorry for the inconvenience." He didn't keep count, but thinks that more often than not he was never told it would be okay to get up and was just left lying there, eventually figuring out they were gone for himself.
This happened before he was twenty.
If YOU did that to your own child you would be imprisoned, and rightly so.
If this happened to your kid I think almost any professional in the field would recommend at least some trauma therapy.
DOCUMENTED…the NYPD "stopped and frisked" more young black men in New York than there ARE young black men in New York. Meaning that at least some got stopped more than once, and for every one that didn't get stopped at all there's someone that took the extra stop.
This is the generation we have created.
These are the people you are telling they have "nothing to worry about."
Those are the kind of people that are committing crimes, that's why the they created stop and frisk laws. If they want to stop being treated like criminals, they need to stop committing crimes. Same reason cab drivers stoped picking up black people in NYC because they were getting robbed.
Kash says
Liz so let me get this straight….you're saying that a 12 year old child playing in the park with a toy gun is committing a crime and therefore deserves to die?
Who is talking about kids and toys? Ignorance…. Smh…..
People who have been paying attention are talking about it Liz. Cops shooting children playing with toy guns and of course facing no consequences has been part of the conversation of Black Lives Matter since it started. Where have you been?
For the record, the relatively few "stop and frisks" of white people yielded a far higher rate of return of contraband. Apparently THAT is the "kind of people" who were committing crimes.
Thankfully, I think most people are coming around to the idea that sorting people into "kinds" by color of skin is repugnant, since I certainly wouldn't want to be cast into the same "kind" as you.
J. says
stop with the " I'm black that's why you shot me $@# !! " the world doesn't owe you S#@.!!! laws are what separates us from animals. if you can be a law avoiding citizen you get what you deserve. plain n simple.!!
Miguel says
Listen and do as you are told?! When someone is reaching for a wallet and gets murdered "when he was doing what he was told" which was to show ID, why did he get murdered? People should walk a mile in a minority persons shoes for a day and then maybe you would experience the discriminatory acts for yourself. And, when someone is clearly not disobeying the law and gets frisked and accosted frequently just for being black, what is your answer to that? Evidently you assume that ALL black people commit crimes! I guess your ignorance is bliss… smh
ONLY GOD CAN HELP US says
Liz….LOL…you must not be a person of color…you are stopped because you're BLACK..you are told to shut up…you can remain still as a statueand they still will abuse you and kill you
John C Harrison -look him up, there is a video….stupid ignorant, like I said. And that's just 1 of thousands if not millions who try to overcome authority. People only post what they want the public to see.
DesertQueen says
1. Recent fatal police shootings of career criminals. Black, white, brown,, yellow, purple.
2. Resisting authority, disregarding orders, reaching for their guns and shot for it.
3. Taught at a young age to fight, resist, disrespect.
There's nothing to protest here except the slaughter of 5 decent family men doing their jobs.
TIMSCOTT4MAYOR says
Philando Castille wasn't a criminal neither was Sandra Bland. Also can you explain why this White guy was not shot? White Privilege? http://www.wfsb.com/story/32402878/man-arrested-for-pointing-gun-at-officer-in-branford
C.F. Somebody says
Sandra Bland killed herself, unless of course I can intrest you in a tinfoil hat.
After being arrested and incarcerated for pretty much nothing. If you are going to make a stand for "righteous law enforcement" I'd pick a different case.
As to whether she killed herself or not, that's what the obviously righteous police who investigated themselves arrived at, so no doubt that's what happened. It doesn't take a tin foil hat to say "there are no reliable facts in the matter."
Philandro was an armed robbery suspect, reaching for his gun, while the officer was screaming "I told you not to move your hands!"
Each officer has to make a life and death decision in half a second. I would always believe officers over the words of thugs and career criminals. Always.
There's no such thing as white privilege. According to the FBI, more whites are shot by police than blacks but blacks proportionately commit more crimes than whites.
The officers thought he was an armed robbery suspect. He was by all reports, a CCW holder who was licensed to have the weapon he had. The officer royally screwed himself when he shot.
Thats a lie no he was not he didnt even have a criminal record and he had a ccw. The cop told philando for his id and registration and that incompetent cop shot him. Its sick how YOU people are trying to criminalize this man. Name all these whites getting killed by police too DesertQueen I wanna hear em. And blacks committing more crimes is attributed to socio economic issues like poverty.
Poverty…. Yes, have you asked urself why? They choose to do crimes instead of going to go get an education or a job… So they cause their own Economic issues. How is that any one else's fault.
The police ASSUMED that he was an armed robbery suspect. I hope both of the cops get FIRED and charged with murder for shooting an innocent man. Why would Philandro shoot at cops in front of his 4 year old daughter and fiance/girlfriend? His girlfriend explained that he was licensed to carry a gun!! It is sad that some cops can hide behind badges and their authority as law enforcement and use extreme force to cause someone to lose his/her life.
They won't get fired, and won't get charged with murder becuase police investigate their own, and never find them guilty.
The Chiefs of police are not doing anything to get rid of their thugs with badges and nothing i going to change if they keep turning a bling eye to the problem.
Before we pass judgement, lets see the facts, all the facts.
Remember "Hands up, dont shoot"
Philando had robbed a store at gunpoint just days prior. Does that qualify as a criminal. He had no CCW and had a handgun on him. Hmmmmmm
Well, no. If you subscribe to "they all look alike" then someone who looked just like him had robbed a store at gunpoint. Fortunately, except for you and apparently far too many cops "they all look alike" has been recognized as a truly grotesque concept.
That is a bold face LIE. He was NOT A ROBBERY SUSPECT!
http://www.snopes.com/philando-castile-was-not-wanted-for-armed-robbery/
Philando was never a robbery suspect. I don't know who was spreading this lie. Thanks for the link.
Shane Falco says
Wanted for armed robbery? No.
Matching a suspect description and stopped for that? Yes.
Of course Falco is also one of those supporting "they all look alike" so "matched the description" works fine for him too. Nothing new there.
After reading a press release from the police about the shooting of Philando. I believe Philando had his gun in his lap and he kept moving his hands towards his gun. The officer had to tell Philando to not move his hands on several occasions. No officer will ask for a CCW or ID before securing any weapon. The officer had no choice but to shoot Philando after his commands were ignored. The officer knew he had a gun because it was in view of the officer.
It is unfortunate that this shooting happened. I don't think Philando had any intention to shoot the officer. His girlfriend was not entirely honest in her video on the events that took place. I don't trust her as to the true story of what had happened before the shooting.
*After reading a press release from the police*… that's the problem right there! smh
The department has a right to release their side of the story. All I see are lies and innuendo being said by the Black Lives Matter people. It is logical how it went down after seeing the officers side of the story. I believe this officers story on the events took place. Why people don't follow an officers commands while they have a gun pointed at them is very confusing to me. It happens all the time.
Actually, it doesn't "happen all the time." We see the results when something out of the ordinary happens. What does happen all the time is that black people are pulled over for no reason, offered a view up a gun barrel if they don't immediately go way out of their way to present as meek and docile a front as a human being can present, and then treated to abuses that most white people can't even imagine having to tolerate.
I use the screen name Tim Scott. There is a well known public figure named Tim Scott. He is regularly pulled over by DC police for the apparent crime of being a black man near the national capitol. Seven times, to date. He is threatened and abused like any black man…until he can get across that he is a member of THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
Black COPS, when they are out of uniform, are afraid of cops.
A black surgeon, who treated the casualties in Dallas, acknowledged that he feels abused when he encounters cops, which he frequently does because "a black man in a nice car" is apparently automatically a suspect of some sort.
The dismissal "well all these complainers are just criminals" is simplistic and demonstrably false…yet so many people accept it? Why?
WTF says
John, DesertQueen, Liz, WorkingJoe, TellTheTruth and those like you are going to twist reality and believe what you will and there is little hope of taking off any of your blinders. You "believe" he had his gun in his lap, but there was no gun in his lap in the video, but I imagine you'll say his girlfriend could have moved it before she started recording, but then why wouldn't the cop shoot the girlfriend for moving the gun???? FACTS I'm sure you or none of those who refuse to look at reality like you, don't have time to deal with.
Philando's gun was in his lap. On the same side as his wallet that he was reaching for. It is not a belt because Philando is wearing sweatpants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTY9BejGuLM
The suspect was described as "a black man with shoulder-length dreadlocks, who wore tan pants, tan shoes with white soles, a green jacket, a green baseball cap and glasses, the release says. He also had some of his hair pulled into a bun through the strap on the back of his hat and had a small mustache and facial hair on his chin."
That came directly from the store clerk and from the surveillance video. It's not a "they all look alike", it's a detailed description that matches Castille and thus reason for a stop.
CCW classes specifically teach you that when you carry a firearm, during a traffic stop you need to inform the officer while keeping your hands in plain view. Never ever reach for anything until instructed to by the officer. The girlfriend stated that he told the officer he had a gun and THEN started reaching for the ID. Her own words practically exonerate and corroborate the officer who can be heard saying "I told him not to reach for it. I told him to get his hand out".
Lastly, his girlfriend says on the video that there's some weed in the car. Her other Facebook videos show her smoking weed while driving with her child in the backseat. If Mr. Castille has a loaded firearm, permit or not, while driving around with some weed, that's a felony.
It may be the reason he was nervous and not completely compliant and trying to quickly get ID to get the officer on his way…quickly.
I'm so glad the officer was able to spot the color of his shoes as he drove by. Otherwise even Shane would have to admit that the reason he was stopped was because he was black.
Dreadlocks, green hat, green jacket, glasses.seems reasonable.all indentified from a distance
Anyone hear about the white men getting shot and killed by cops last week? There was twice as many as blacks.
You are clearly racist. The shootings of police were wrong and tragic. Doesn't make murder and abuse of blacks by police right.
Black people are not the only raced muurdered and also being killed by a cop is a small percentage. Do your research people! I am a colored women,I represent the human race. More black men kill each other on the streets then them being killed by cops. How about we all come together as a human race! #alllivesmatter stop segregation,stop with the wite and black.
You are a "colored" woman Brandy?!?! FYI, we are not in the 1960s anymore Brandy, you don't have to call the white man "Masta", you can stop searching for a water fountain or bathroom marked for the "coloreds" to use, #getyour uncle/auntieTOMassthe f—outahere!!!
Marcus flowers says
I'm proud of the people who protest and in proud of what our shierff Captian said , I'm disappointed in this comment section.
Coolcracker says
What a bunch of idiOts. Plenty of time for a ridiculous protest…no time to work.
Yas thank you. Although I have a job, I was there wearing red white and blue and waving my American flags. All lives matter. Especially police lives.
One thing I find disturbing about the Philando Castile incident is his girlfriends behavior. Instead of trying to put pressure on the wound and stop the bleeding, or using her belt as a tourniquet, she sat there and filmed it for facebook. That speaks volumes about a technology obsessed/addicted generation worried more about likes on social media than real life. I wouldn't want that woman as a girlfriend!
Well the officer did tell her not to move. If she would've done so she would've probably been shot too.
The cop was standing there with the gun in his hand, and just shot the person next to her multiple times for reaching for something. Would you move???????
Yeah but in the video they show that the police officer told her she couldn't move. And her hands had to stay where they were. Plus he was shot 3 times. She would need a lot of hands or material to help cut off circulation to those areas. Plus the cop had the gun pointed between her and the boyfriend .. She already knew he was going to die and she didn't want to. Plus she was in shock. Different people react differently and probably tried to hold it together for their daughter who witnessed all of that. I'm just saying.
Tm says
Thank-you!!! I am glad I am not the only one who realized that! Social media is over rated, too many people put it first, very sad!!Have the info on social media is a lie or fake!!
But in this case it was real, if incomplete. Wish there was earlier footage. From what I have heard he told the officer he had a gun, which combined with the officers already suspicious and not well trained mindset was a disaster.
I was told to simple hand the officers your ID, permit and registration and leave hands on steering wheel. No need to voice you have a gun, they will ask where it is once they see the permit. The permit tells them you are legal up to that point at least…
Looks like we are at that point. says
Time for those who can and havent already to save themselves, move to where there are fewest government assistance programs. Stay away from any built up urbanized areas. The more fancy it seems, the less attractive it should look for selection.
Down with blm says
To HELL WITH. The blm
. Get off of welfare and go get a damn job
When you're killing each other everyday.
Blacks killing blacks you people are a disgrace to each other
kimala carr says
You are a disgrace to mankind but I guess ignorance is bliss
So misinformed so ignorant. Wtf does welfare have to do with wanting [removed] justice overzealous trigger happy cops
july14 says
The problem is… Jobs are not easy to get, I think they need to make it a law to give people JOB. Our complaining about people getting $ 200.00 a month from welfare is insane. WOW, why dont you give them a job?? The system dont want them to go to work, because they want them in jail, so they can make $70,000.00 a year off each inmate. I bet they wouldn't be in jail if there was more opportunities, and JOBS!!.
Go to school get a degree, a career, not hard at all , people are lazy and are comfortable with that lifestyle, it's sad to see potential in people but no motivation….
Great. It's not hard at all. So, here's a question.
Just what do you think happens if everyone does it?
If everyone got a degree, got a "career" (however you are defining that so that it excludes all the people who just get up and go to work at jobs you think are beneath your contempt) where would society be?
Here's a hint…these beneath contempt mere jobs that aren't "a career" and thus are called 'just stepping stones' that really don't even need to pay someone enough to live…they outnumber these "real career" jobs TWO TO ONE. So just what happens if EVERYONE gets themselves qualified for that one third of the jobs, and agrees with you that all those "not really a career" jobs are just too contemptible to do?
Here's a dose of economic reality…the vast majority of the population actively needs those people doing those jobs that you think are beneath contempt far more than they actually need most of the people doing their "career" job. That's why there are so much more of those jobs. Not knowing what you do I can't say for sure, but there is a very good chance that you are far more expendable than the people behind the counter at Taco Bell, from my point of view.
Speak properly. No tattoos. Dress respectfully. Get educated. I haven't seen 10 people I could hire in my business.
Right, I so agree
Be equal says
White people tattoos or piercings facial piercings and I work at the welfare building there's more white people than anyone come in there
Mma says
Now come on they wouldn't work even if it was offered to them I rather be smoking blunt
It's not easy but there is jobs problem is no one wants to drive down below and you gotta look at it like this a job down below is a job out in the AV you not gonna find nothing
same song says
anybody trying to justify these murders is a complete idiot , [removed] outta here
Vin says
Was Rex there handing out his hit mailers that called African American US military veteran Johnathan Ervin a gang candidate?
Beach Bum says
The mayor of Lancaster rarely shows up for anything because he doesn't really love here. He lives at his beach mansion in Newport most of the time.
These people are complete morons. When law enforcement tells you to do something you do it, YOU DON'T RESIST. Nobody has ever avoided arrest by resisting. If you listen you will have your day in front of the judge.
Tiff says
Smh how ppl think u can have a video and still don't see nothing wrong grow up .
If they wasn't black and acting like that they will trying everything else before pulling out a gun but blacks get gun 1st it's right there for you to see .
Exactly ! If your told to do something by police , don't be a dick or try to be a bad ass…just comply. They tell you what to do for your safety and theirs. If you act like an ass or give them attitude ,you get what you deserve.
Lisa marie says
Shut up cracker go back to your cave where y'all came from 6000 years ago lmaoooo
Very mature response. Complaining about racism the using a racist slur. Well done.
No One Matters says
Is that Saltine,Ritz or Graham Cracker?
Well aren't you just dripping with class. Is name calling making you feel big? Because the road goes both ways, or should I go there and give back what you are giving?
Lisa Marie is the smartest says
You are a wonderful speaker. What an incredible way to articulate your point.
Well done, not a single person would question your intelligence after such a thought provoking statement.
This is exactly why racism won't end, cuz of comments like this, no matter what race, it continues everywhere cuz people don't really understand the " history" of it all …
Laa says
So Lisa Marie has to make a racial remark.
It's not right but Lisa Marie you must be Latino so hopefully you will be remove from California.
With the help of Trump
Yep, highly agree, just so happens that these particular cases involved black males, so of course people are outraged…..and there are many cases where it does involve another race or sex, but of course it's not in the news!!!! They leave those stories out!!!!
Well the FACT that UNARMED blacks are killed by police at a rate 20 times higher makes it easy to find "these particular cases…Again though I realize I am wasting my breathe because you are set in your views and don't have time for FACTS and LOGIC…
Christopher says
Like at that standoff at the Malheur wildlife refuge. Every one of those guys should have been shot, not just the one who drew on the FBI at the roadblock. You don't resist.
Wow , I can't believe how ignorant everyone is. If you haven't noticed the whole reason we are protesting is because innocent blacks are being killed for NO REASON not because a white person killed a black or whatever dumb ass thought yall have that have you motivated to be ignorant. It's clear yall want to justify the police actions like they are right and it is also clear that you hard to be a cold hearted , selfish individual. Let me guess , yall are voting for Trump right ? . Smh.
Innocent people of all colors are being killed by police, however the numbers aren't as high as the media would like you to think. Something around 4-5% of people shot by police are unarmed.
In some cases the police are right for shooting a person. If you fight with a cop while carrying a gun, things aren't going to end well. If you point a gun at a cop, things aren't going to end well. If you advance on a cop not complying and have your hands hidden, things aren't going to end well. All these things are well known yet people continue to do them and the people piss and moan about the results.
The cases like Walter Scott and Philando Castile, the officers need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law
this white guy pointed a gun at cops and wasnt shot, nor were the cliven bundy followers shot at. Why is that Jason? Seems whites can point guns at cops and get arrested and face their day in court but Blacks cannot.
Lmone says
Yes millions of black people are killed everyday by other black people…. Start in your own neighborhood before you call foul on the police. Use your brain people!!!


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- VUE DES ALPES (ALPS VIEW), engraved by J. Ouvrier.
Framed engraving, Late 18th Century, slightly yellowed, minor foxing.
Dimensions : 50 x 34,5 cm (19-1/2 x 13-1/2 in.).
- LE REVEIL DES ENFANTS (CHILDREN'S AWAKENING), engraved by J.B. Tilliard and Embrun.
Later print proof, yellowed. Ensemble of two framed engravings.
Dimensions : 48 x 37 cm (18-3/4 x 14-1/2 in.).


Is Rahul Gandhi on a mission to hire new candidates in Utter Pradesh?
Rahul Gandhi had trumped his political rivals in Uttar Pradesh by hitching a ride on a bike and sneaking into the tense Bhatta Parsaul village, hit by violent anti-land acquisition protests, in May 2011.
He does not want to let go of that advantage, as the Congress general secretary has been hand-picking candidates from Gautam Budh Nagar district.
Aspirants to the three assembly constituencies - Noida, Dadri and Jewar - in the western UP district were personally interviewed by Rahul. While Dr V.S. Chauhan has been chosen as the party candidate for Noida, the ticket from Jewar has been given to Thakur Dhirendra Singh - the man on whose bike Rahul rode pillion on his way to Bhatta Parsaul.
The party is yet to decide a candidate for the Dadri seat.
Rahul has interviewed former MLA Sameer Bhati, former party district president Ajay Chaudhary, district committee member Dr Mahendra Nagar, current district Congress committee president Vikram Bhati and two other party workers - Virendra Singh Guddu and Pitambar Sharma. Each candidate was reportedly given about five minutes.
Sources said Rahul is treading very cautiously in choosing a candidate from Dadri.
They also pointed out that a delayed decision could affect the party's prospects adversely. Dadri is an important seat.
The area is the stage for most of the land acquisition disputes. 'Dadri is the centre of farmer politics.
'The area has seen the maximum corruption in land allotments and acquisitions in past last five years of the BSP rule,' said Dushyant Nagar, a farmers' leader and a primary Congress worker.
Dadri is also the centre of OBC politics, as it is the house of one of the largest populations of Gujjars in the state.
Of the total 185 villages in the assembly segment, nearly 140 are dominated by Gujjars.
It also has a sizeable number of Thakur and Muslim voters. With Jats and Yadavs too a part of its population, Dadri represents a complete mix of UP's caste rainbow. Further, chief minister Mayawati's parental village Badalpur is situated in Dadri, and young Congress leader and IT & communications minister Sachin Pilot has his roots in the Vaidpura village.
Rahul's cautious approach in picking a candidate for Dadri could also be explained by the fact that voting patterns in the constituency affect the swing in the adjoining seats such as Noida, Jewar, Sikandrabad, Ghaziabad and Loni – all comprising a sizeable Gujjar population.
Apart from Dadri, the poll battle in Jewar has become interesting after Rahul picked Thakur Dhirendra as the Congress candidate from the seat. Dhirendra is being tipped as the Congress leader's 'blue-eyed boy' after he was rewarded for his daring bike ride - with Rahul riding as pillion - into Bhatta Parsaul on May 11, 2011.
Dhirendra's candidature was announced a month ago, underlining Rahul's clear choice for the seat.
'Our target is to uproot the anti-farmer BSP, which has looted the people, especially farmers. Had our issues been properly represented by the BSP representatives, the Bhatta-Parsaul massacre could have been prevented,' he said.
The Congress candidate said he was going among the people with development issues.
'There is an acute electricity problem in Jewar town.
The roads are in a very bad condition and unemployment among the youth is very high,' he said, adding quickly that land acquisition remains the biggest issue for the people of his constituency.
He wasted no time in thanking Rahul for his 'generous gesture'.
'It is only after Rahul ji came here that the people came to know about the plight of the farmers. Till then, it was a neglected community,' said Dhirendra, a graduate of St. John's College, Agra.
He did his seniors in history from Meerut University. Jewar, comprising Dankore and Jewar blocks, has around 2,87,000 voters.
Rajputs, with 18 per cent share, dominate the region, followed by Gujjars with 14 per cent and Jatavs (SC) 14 per cent. Muslims, Brahmins and Jats account for 13, 10 and 7 per cent voters, respectively.
Fifty-five-year old Abhay Singh Sandhu may pass off as another candidate trying his luck in the Punjab assembly polls, but for his lineage.
Nephew of the biggest political icon that the state has produced, martyr Bhagat Singh, Sandhu represents the newly-launched Manpreet Singh Badal-led People's Party of Punjab.
Sandhu's father Kulbir Singh was Bhagat Singh's youngest brother. Sandhu is contesting from Nawanshahr constituency, which before delimitation included Bhagat Singh's ancestral village - Khatkar Kalan.
A political greenhorn, and a reluctant electoral warrior, Sandhu is pitted against two women candidates belonging to the Congress and the Akali Dal.
The husbands of Sandhu's both rivals -- Akali Dal's Satinder Kaur Kariha and Congress' Gur Iqbal Kaur – had represented the seat earlier. Sandhu is quick to discount that he is solely relying on his lineage.
'I was pushed into the contest by Manpreet Badal, who launched his party from Khatkar Kalan, 10 months ago. He wanted that martyr's kin be given their due.
The constituency is dominated by Dalits who form the 30 per cent of the population. It also has sizeable number of NRIs, with posh houses and some dedicated Left voters.
The PPP is in alliance with the Left parties - CPI and the CPM - in Punjab.
Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of cricketerturned- politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, is questioned consistently for switching career – from that of a doctor to a politician.
By the virute of sharing a name - and now her profession with his celebrity husband - Kaur has been drawing considerable glare from the media and the people in her constituency.
However, unlike her husband, who draws more attention with his persona and funny one-liners - a recent one being 'elect an MLA, and you will get MP free' while campaigning for his wife - Kaur is at pains to project a serious image.
'I connect with people more easily.
'There is a gap when it comes to him (her husband), as people feel threatened because of his stature, being an MP and national leader.
'When I handled the parliamentary office, anyone could walk in and talk about his problems to me…even when I was working in a hospital; I would always be there for my patients. I was very sensitive towards them,' Kaur said.
For many, her entry was a foregone conclusion since she began handling her husband's parliamentary office and constituency two years ago, after she shifted from her home town Patiala to Amritsar.
But she begs to differ. 'My name first cropped up in the BJP's survey.
They found I had the capacity to win. But my husband and I declined the ticket saying it will lead to allegations of favouritism, but the party bosses insisted,' Kaur, who has been practising medicine for the past 23 years, said. She lists her previous work with various NGOs and her government job to silence her critics.
While Navjot Sidhu drums up support with his aggressive campaign style, his wife prefers the 'personal touch' as she believes in door-todoor campaigning.
Her two children - a son and a daughter - study in Delhi, and have been 'sceptical' of her foray into politics.
Dolly Bindra star of Bigg Boss 4, will campaign for Bahujan Samaj Party in Punjab.
'I have been promised a big post in the party and they want me to be an active member.
The ideology of the BSP has impressed me and Behenji is like my elder sister.
'This is why I have decided to enter politics and support Behenji,' Dolly told Mail Today.
Dolly arrived in Chandigarh on Monday morning to campaign for Manav Mehra, the BSP candidate from Mohali.
She also plans to meet BSP chief Mayawati.
'I will be in Punjab for as long as they want me to campaign there. If the party feels that I am needed in UP, I will gladly go there,' she said.


Back in January of 2010, I wrote the following article as a thought experiment on whether Obama's "surge" in Afghanistan would succeed or fail. I bet on failure, which wasn't much of a reach. Why? It's not because U.S. troops weren't brave or dedicated. They sure didn't lack weaponry. What they lacked was the ability to enforce their will at a sustainable cost. They were strangers in a strange land, among strange people, and the mission they were given was simply beyond them. I tried to explain this with some role reversal. Eight years later, the Taliban and similar forces are even stronger than they were at the start of 2010. Surprised?
Consider the following thought experiment. Give the Afghan Taliban our technology and money, and have them journey thousands of miles to the densely forested hills and mountains of rural Pennsylvania, close to where I currently live. Who's going to prevail? The Afghans fighting a high-tech counterinsurgency campaign, or the PA locals fighting a low-tech campaign to defend their homes and way of life?
My money would be on my "hillbilly" (a term I use affectionately) neighbors who love to hunt, who know the terrain, and who are committed to liberty. My students, male and female, are generally tough, resourceful, love the outdoors, make their own beef jerky, cut and split their own wood, have plenty of guns and ammo and bows and knives and, well, you get the idea. Even in my classes, they're wearing camouflage pants, vests, and hats. They could go from college student to people's warrior before you could say Mao Zedong. And I doubt they'd spare much love for foreign fighters on their turf.
Now, consider an Afghan intelligence officer trying to understand rural PA culture, to blend in with the locals, to win hearts and minds. What are the chances this intelligence operative would be successful? If he speaks English, it's in a broken, heavily accented form, insensitive to local and regional variations. If he can't bargain with words, he might be able to bribe a few locals into helping him, but their allegiance will wane as the money runs out.
As this imaginary Afghan force seeks to gain control over the countryside, its members find themselves being picked off like so many whitetail deer. Using their drones and Hellfire missiles, they strike back at the PA rebels, only to mistake a raucous yet innocent biker rally for a conglomeration of insurgents. Among the dead bodies and twisted Harleys, a new spirit of resistance is born.
Now, if you've followed me in this thought experiment, why don't we get it? Why can't we see that the odds are stacked against us in Afghanistan? Why are we surprised that, by our own assessment, our intelligence in Afghanistan is still "clueless" after eight years and "ignorant of local economics and landowners, hazy about who the powerbrokers are and how they might be influenced … and disengaged from people in the best position to find answers"?
And why would we think that a surge of more "clueless" operatives would reverse the tide?
Would more Taliban forces deployed to the hills and valleys of PA win the hearts and minds of the locals?
I know the answer to that hypothetical: as the PA rebels might say, no friggin' way.
Afterthought (2018): I've done some hiking in the backwoods of Pennsylvania. It can be tough terrain. Heavily forested hills and valleys, rattlesnakes among the rocks (my wife walked past two of them, entwined), quite primitive in its own way. I pity a foreign army trying to force its agenda on Appalachia and the people who live there. My favorite t-shirt (sported by a native woman) read: "Hunting bucks, driving trucks: that's what makes me roll." Good luck pacifying her and her kin, foreigner.
The news out of Washington, D.C. is that another 4000 or so U.S. troops will be sent to help stabilize and reverse the "stalemate" in Afghanistan. The commitment, relatively small in the number of troops, is open-ended in duration, and of course the numbers could (and likely will) rise.
Back in 2009, I wrote the following article for TomDispatch.com, urging then-President Obama not to give in to the "urge to surge." Of course, America did surge in Afghanistan in 2009-10, but that surge, roughly ten times larger than the mini-surge of this moment, failed to alter the fundamentals on the ground. Indeed, the Taliban and related insurgent forces in Afghanistan have only grown stronger in the aftermath of the failed Obama surge.
Perhaps the new motto of the U.S. military should be: If at first you don't succeed, surge, surge again.


Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs [BG]' started by gimmeagig, Aug 7, 2012.
I have an older HD350 which I just converted to 2 ohm capability.
I recently bought two 4ohm Avatar 112 cabs and I wanted that amp to be able to drive those.
EBS sent me the kit and my local tech guy did the work.
The question I have is about the cooling fan. Is it supposed to always be on? My Eden WT550 has a temp sensor but when it's fan kicks in it sounds like a blowdryer.
Are there no HD350 owners here? I mainly want to know if the fan is on a sensor just to make sure my tech didn't forget anything.
If I remember correctly the HD350 fan is on all the time. Do not know about the fan being louder.


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PM clears 10 urgent files from London
Published : 04 Oct 2017, 16:31
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in London, digitally cleared 10 urgent files on Tuesday.
The premier reached the British capital of London on Tuesday morning local time (Bangladesh time afternoon) from Washington on her way back home wrapping up her 16-day official visit to the United States.
"The prime minister digitally disposed of 10 important electronic files (e-files) on Tuesday from London," PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS over phone from the British capital this morning.
During her stay in the United States, he said, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina digitally cleared a total of 61 e-files.
The press secretary said the prime minister earlier instructed her office to send all the important files to her during her stay in the USA and the United Kingdom.
"Following the directives, officials concerned at the Prime Minister's Office are emailing urgent files to the premier, taking the advantage of the digitization initiatives of the present government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina," he added.
The press secretary said during her stay in London, the prime minister is also keeping round-the-clock contact with her office in Dhaka and giving necessary directives to the officials concerned on different matters.
After staying in the British capital for three days, the prime minister will return home on October 7.
Sheikh Hasina reached New York on September 17 to join the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).
After attending the UN's annual event in New York, she travelled to the US capital on September 22.
After staying in Washington for a week, she was scheduled to return home on October 2 via London.
But the date was deferred as the prime minister underwent a gallbladder surgery at a Washington hospital on September 25.
Source: bss
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I've not had much luck in getting rid of blackheads! It's a combination of being super lazy and-, well to be frank that's it! I found this inexpensive little tub of Innisfree Jeju Volcanic Black Head Out Balm last year and decided to try it out.
It's a cleansing balm which states that it will absorb sebum and melt away blackheads. The more you massage, the more oil you produce for a deep cleanse. The recommended time for massage is 5 minutes.
The official site says that the Innisfree Jeju Volcanic Black Head Out Balm contains Jeju volcanic clusters which are 'stronger than technology' (wow really? technology?). It also contains red clay for clearing pores.
Here's what the balm looks like! It looks a bit like vaseline, but it is slightly more waxy.
And if you happen to be looking for it in the shops, this is what the outside box looks like.
For ingredient geeks here's the list for the black out balm!
Anyone hoping for miracles will be disappointed! I'm not 100% sold on it. For one thing, it's really messy and secondly you have to sit there for five minutes rubbing your nose. Who wants to do that? It won't get rid of blackheads totally. I do think it helps slightly to dislodge some if you try really hard but even then I find you will still need to force them out yourself (I don't really recommend that either!).
It's not a horrible product though. Rather than rely on it on its own, I use it in conjunction with pore strips.
But alas! My search continues for a better way of blackhead prevention! If you're still interested then you can buy this from the official site for £4.16!
Or if you're looking for a slightly more hygienic way of oiling up your noise then you can check out my review of Laneige's blackhead melting gel.
Better yet, if you have any recommendations let me know!


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CoCoRaHS: The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network
The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) involves thousands of people of all ages in the observation and study of weather, climate and water resources. In CoCoRaHS, citizens of all ages help measure and report rain, hail and snow from their own homes, schools and businesses. These data are then efficiently collected via the internet, archived in a national database, and made immediately available to participants, scientists and the general public showing the fascinating patterns of precipitation from each passing storm (see http://www.cocorahs.org).
The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) involves thousands of people of all ages in the observation and study of weather, climate and water resources. In CoCoRaHS, citizens of all ages help measure and report rain, hail and snow from their own homes, schools and businesses. These data are then efficiently collected via the internet, archived in a national database, and made immediately available to participants, scientists and the general public showing the fascinating patterns of precipitation from each passing storm (see http://www.cocorahs.org). The measurement of precipitation and the patterns, variations and impacts that result, open the door to creative study of our environment. It is the "lowest common denominator" of hydroclimatic exploration. In this project, data from the CoCoRaHS citizen science network will be shared with and utilized by NOAA partners to help monitor drought, to help detect local severe storms, to alert local authorities to developing flash flood situations, to provide "ground truth" for NOAA and NASA remote sensing technologies, and to provide verification for both local and national weather and climate forecast products.
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Updating your social platform: How long has it been?
I have preached here before on the importance of having an author's platform which includes online and in real life. But how many do? How many feel it is a good idea but never get around to it? From my experience from the people in my writing circle in this area very few do regardless of the reasons.
But to the few that do how often do you go back and check your sites?I try to do a health check on my various sites every three months. Do I do it? No, not always. But it is a vital tool in your kit to not only have a platform but a healthy one.
You might not have updated your books. You might have a different bio that you are using now. You might not like the style or theme you are using and want a change. You just might want something different since it is a new year.
But that is not the only reason. If you don't keep your platform healthy and active that can affect your presence. How many times have you gone to a site and see that it is outdated? Or worse that it has no new information to share with you? Perhaps you been to a site and see that links or videos are no longer working. Maybe there was a glitch in the system and your site now is not how you had it.
Yes, life has a way of getting in the way that can slow us down. My family just suffered a huge emotional lost and I have not been around. But as I made my rounds I fixed things here and there, spruce up other things and showed I was active.
It is time-consuming to go over all of our author's platform but it is well worth it for you, your books and your brand.
I believe my computer and printer are both female. Yes, I know. But give me a few minutes to explain why.
Whenever my computer acts up, in any and all way, I end up being frustrated or ticked off. Afterwards I will go over the things I have learned on how to fix a computer. I have an amazing computer talented person in this house to help me. But I always give it a try just in case it is something small that I can figure out to not feel stupid when he fixes it and it is something small.
When that fails I ask for help. And it never fails to amaze me how he will sit down at my desktop and just figure it out and sometimes quickly. Grateful? Yes. Annoyed? Yes.
For example I have problems with my printer. It doesn't always print when I ask it to. Sometimes it takes minutes and sometimes it never even prints unless I turn it off and on a number of times. My talented one will sit in my chair print a random page and viola it prints to which I get the look.
My computer one day kept shutting off or freezing up. I rebooted, That didn't solve it. I updated the software and all that. Nothing. I searched online, which is such a terrible idea for this subject matter, and still nothing.
He either haa the magic touch, and with computers he does, or my computer and printer are frankly and obviously females. It won't work for me but always works for him.


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I'm using the latest available android version (2.0.7).
Level one, the platform that would take you to the queen viva.
First Dome of Darkness, the platform that would take you to the blue gem.
These are both moving platforms activated by switches.
I just tried it on PC (win10 x64), it happens too!
I have the same issue too.


KING OF JORDAN WANTS FULL DIVORCE FROM THE PALESTINIANS……. – The Tundra Tabloids…….
KING OF JORDAN WANTS FULL DIVORCE FROM THE PALESTINIANS…….
So unpopular with the Arabs that everybody wants to divest themselves from them, not just the Jews!
But will the barely Arabic speaking Hashmite -who's throne is a direct result of Western politics after WWI- be successful? What will he do with all the Arabs in his kingdom that call themselves…palestinians, or as I like to call them, fakestinians?
Analysis: Jordanian King Abdullah wishes to finish what his late father King Hussein began – full separation from the Palestinians.
King Abdullah is seeking to complete the divorce proceedings between Jordan and the Palestinians which his late father, King Hussein, began in 1988.
The separation began in July that year, a few months after the eruption of the first intifada.
King Hussein realized back then that it was not in the interest of his kingdom to maintain a linkage to the West Bank, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
His biggest fear was that the intifada would spill over into Jordan, where the Palestinian majority would rise against his monarchy.
By cutting off Jordan's legal and administrative ties with the West Bank, King Hussein signaled his desire to part from the Palestinians living there. Jordanians and Palestinians at the time hailed the decision as a positive step toward the Palestinians establishing a state of their own.
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The entire world wants to cut these slugs off.
Except for Obwana and Hillary Clinton.
It will be tricky. Palestinians are in a majority. How will he defend against that? Get rid of some; of what use are you then? Probably more going on than meets the eye?
King Hussein showed how to deal with Fakestinians in September 1970, "Black September", PLO gunmen were expelled en masse from his kingdom into Lebanon. When snipers on a building shot at his troops, the problem was dealt with by pumping tank shells into the ground floor until the building fell down.
The King of Jordan has always been popular among those who identified as Jordanians. Many of these Jordanians are ethnic Palestinians.
The problem came in the 1970's when Yasser Arafat, playing the never-ending game of Arab empire-building, got the big idea that HE and the Palestinians were the rightful rulers of Jordan. This effort on Arafat's part failed and caused untold misery for Palestinian Arab refugees.
Today, like it or not, most Palestinian Arabs (those with half a brain) are citizens of Jordan and carry a Jordanian passport. This includes many in the PA administered territories.
For some reason, the PLO and the King of Jordan never got along. OTOH, the King always had to cope with the Ikhwan who have long made up a significant portion of the Jordanian Parlaiment.
Thus, one has to wonder if the King is ultimately trying to give the PA some lee-way in the West Bank. Jordan's parlaiment is filled with Ikhwan members. Strengthening ties to the WB only helps HAMAS and weakens the PA.
While the King has always been able to cope with his domestic Ikhwan, the pressures of HAMAS to wage war against Israel is a serious inconvenience to the King. Regardless of what the King of Jordan says about Israel, he knows his position as Jordan's leader depends on maintaining peace with Israel and assistance from the United States. Cut off any leg on that three-legged stool and life gets very messy.


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Sunday Football Watch Guide
One of the advantages of the Eagles having played on Thursday night, aside from their 10-day layoff to prepare for the Dallas Cowboys, is that they get to sit back on Sunday and just watch some football.
So, what games should Eagles fans pay attention to?
Washington Redskins at New York Giants, 1 PM
At 7-4, the Giants trail the Eagles by a half-game. Sure they're favored at home against a 5-6 Washington Redskins team, but any game within the NFC East is guaranteed to be hotly contested. Donovan McNabb can do the Eagles a favor if he can steal one in East Rutherford, and he's got plenty of motivation himself as he sets out to prove that he can be Mike Shanahan's quarterback of the future. The Giants will be without their top two wideouts, which should help a Redskins defense that is allowing over 400 yards per game.
Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions, 1 PM
After their defeat of the Eagles, the Bears lead the Eagles by a half-game and own any tiebreaker, so the Eagles will have to finish a game ahead of the Bears to top them in any playoff seeding. This seems like a mismatch on paper with the Lions set to start Drew Stanton, but the Lions have been dangerous, if not inconsistent, at home. Hopefully, the Bears are looking ahead to next week's game against the New England Patriots and for the Lions to steal one.
* New Orleans Saints at Cincinnati Bengals, 1 PM*
The Bengals have been one of the more disappointing teams in the league in 2010, but perhaps a 10-day buildup to prepare helps them against the Saints, who are a half-game ahead of the Eagles. The NFC South is pretty stacked at the top, but the more losses for the Saints, the better.
San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers, 1 PM
The Packers are another team who will have a tiebreaker advantage over the Eagles come the regular season close because of their Week 1 victory at Lincoln Financial Field. Like the Bears, they're also a half-game up on Andy Reid's crew. The Packers will be plenty motivated after last week's loss to the Atlanta Falcons as they welcome in the 49ers. Here's another chance for an old Eagle to help out his former team as Brian Westbrook takes over the reins at the No. 1 running back after Frank Gore's season-ending injury.
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 4:15 PM
Who to root for in this one, the 9-2 Falcons or the 7-4 Bucs? The vote here is for Josh Freeman and the home team since the Falcons are the current leader at the top of the NFC. The Eagles also hold the tiebreaker over the Falcons thanks to their Kevin Kolb-led victory over the Falcons in Week 6. Matt Ryan and the Falcons haven't lost a game since. They're undefeated at home though, so perhaps a division road game will be the recipe for a dropped game.
Dallas Cowboys at Indianapolis Colts, 4:15 PM
This one isn't about playoff implications for the Eagles, but rather for getting the scouting report on next week's opponent. Rest assured this is the game the Eagles coaching staff will be watching. The Cowboys' level of play has been much improved since Jason Garrett took over as the interim head coach but they're still way out of the playoff race. Regardless, they'll be plenty motivated next week to play spoiler against the heated rival Eagles.
Enjoy the couch, Eagles fans.
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Morning Roundup: It's Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII
Feast on a full recap of everything from Sunday's NFC Championship victory.
Bring on the Chiefs!
The Philadelphia Eagles will meet the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, February 12th at 6:30 PM.
Nick Sirianni, Jalen Hurts rise to the occasion and are Super Bowl bound
The head coach's message all year has been that the most important game is the next one. Now, the next one is Super Bowl LVII.
Haason Reddick sets physical tone for Eagles defense in NFC Championship triumph
The All-Pro edge rusher for all intents and purpose knocked Brock Purdy out of the game and was involved in two takeaways.
On Location and the Eagles announce the sale of Official Super Bowl LVII Fan Packages
Eagles fans can join their team in Glendale, Arizona by purchasing verified ticket and experience packages.
Game Recap: Eagles 31, 49ers 7
THE EAGLES ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!
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All 22 Eagles starters are healthy for the NFC Championship game!
How to watch, stream | 49ers vs. Eagles
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Eagles elevate Anthony Harris for Sunday's NFC Championship Game
The veteran safety is no stranger to playing at Lincoln Financial Field in the NFC Championship Game.
A house divided: How a 49ers fan wound up raising an Eagles fan
The Hill family lives near San Francisco and will be in attendance for Sunday's NFC Championship. But there's plenty of father-son trash-talking.


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Q: Deserialise json form string I have a dynamic build form, buildt from a textfile so I don't know the names of the variables in advance. I have serialized the form and the values to a json string:
"PersonId=aasd&Gender=Kvinna&Education=sd&RelativeDementia=Ja&Apoe4=Vet+ej&
SystolicBT=asd&HypertoniaTreatment=Nej&FPColesterol=asd&PersonLength=asdas
&PersonWeight=dasd&PersonBMI=asd&AbdominalCircumference=adsasd
&KnownDiabetesMellitus=Ja&HadTIAStroke=Ja
&KnownHeartDisease=Ja
&IsCurrentlySmoking=Ja&IsExperiencingStress=Nej
&KnownDepression=Ja%2C+tidigare+behandlad&PhysicallyActive=Ja"

with this method:
$(document).on("click", "#btnsubmit", function() {
    $.ajax({
        url: "/Home/RiskScore",
        type: "post",
        data: { "testData": $("form").serialize() },
        success: function(result) {
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and now I want to deserialize it so that I can show the values and the name for each value on the next page. I have tried a lot of different variations of code but have not succeded.
Hope you can help!
Thanks

A: You haven't got JSON data, it's standard URL encoded notation. If you want to access that on the server side you can loop over the post data. ASP.NET automatically parses this format into the Request.Form collection.
foreach(string key in Request.Form.AllKeys)
    Response.Write(Request.Form[key]);

You also need to change the AJAX to:
data: $("form").serialize(),

The reason for this is because you don't want the testData identifier, you just want the raw POST data as the data property.

A: You can use serializeArray method to get form values as name-value pairs:
var nameValues = $("form").serializeArray();
for(var i = 0; i < nameValues.length; i++){
    console.log(nameValues[i].name);
    console.log(nameValues[i].value);
}

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Automating Key Components of Finite Element Research
Short stem femoral implants have a smaller contact area with the femur than long stem implants. To better understand peak stresses and areas of stress shielding, researchers at the University of Leuven and University Hospital of Brussels wanted to use finite element analysis to assess performance across a representative study population.
Case presented by Amelie Sas, MSc, Pim Pellikaan, MSc, and Prof. Harry van Lenthe from the Biomechanics Section, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Leuven, Belgium, and Prof. Thierry Scheerlinck from the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Brussels, Belgium
Assess short stem implant performance
In total hip replacement surgery, most traditional designs of femur components have a long stem. Short hip stems have only recently been introduced, and these are presumed to reduce proximal stress shielding compared to traditional, long stems. However, due to their smaller contact area with the bone, high peak stresses and areas of stress shielding could appear in the proximal femur, especially in the presence of atypical bone geometries.
Researchers at the University of Leuven and the University Hospital of Brussels wanted to better understand this aspect by virtually implanting a commercially available calcar-guided short stem implant (Optimys from Mathys AG, Bettlach, Germany) in a series of bones with deviating proximal geometry, and by performing finite element analyses.
To investigate the performance of short stem implants across a wide range of femurs, a large number of finite element models had to be created. As this is time-consuming and labor-intensive work, it introduced the need for an automated methodology that would allow the team to assess the implant's performance.
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To generate accurate surface and volume meshes, create the necessary assemblies, and assign material properties based on the medical image data in an automated way, the team turned to the Python scripting and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) capabilities in the Mimics Innovation Suite.
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To select the femurs to be used in the study, the neck-shaft angle (NSA), neck length (NL), and anteversion (AV) were determined three-dimensionally from a CT dataset of 96 segmented femurs. The 12 most extreme and six 'average' femurs from this dataset were selected (18 femurs). Then, the CAD design files of the implant were automatically sized and aligned to restore the anatomical hip rotation center. The stem size and position were manually corrected by an orthopedic surgeon where needed to achieve the optimal biomechanics for each femur (Figure 2).
After making the virtual osteotomy cut (Figure 3), finite element models were constructed using a non-manifold assembly approach (Figure 4). Material properties were estimated from the CT dataset and loads representing walking and stair climbing were applied in Abaqus. Stress shielding was evaluated by the change in average strain energy density pre- and post-operatively in three different regions (calcar, mid stem, tip), with each being subdivided in four quarters (medial, lateral, anterior, posterior) (Figure 5).
As well as allowing the researchers to avoid repetitive tasks, and devote time to more value-added tasks, automating the workflow also meant the team could study a larger study population than in previous work.
A better understanding of stress shielding across a representative study population
Stress shielding was greatest in the calcar-medial zone (zone 1M in Figure 5), with a sharp reduction in strain energy density. This effect decreased towards the distal zones. Stress shielding was lowest in the 'average' femurs, while femurs with atypical geometries generally showed higher levels of stress shielding.
The neck shaft angle was the most influential parameter for the amount of stress shielding in the bone, while an abnormal anteversion angle had almost no detrimental effect on stress shielding.
Further, stress shielding was generally lower in femurs where the load transfer between implant and bone was located proximally, whereas the femurs with the highest levels of stress shielding had a particularly large stress concentration at the tip of the stem.
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