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EASTER ROUTE WRONG, HAMMER TIME, DANGEROUS FARTS, TOWN ELECTS CORPSE & DO RE MI
Posted in Culture, Family, Humor, Life, News, Politics, Random, Religion, Technology, video with tags archaeology, cellphones, Christ, Crucifixion, Dead mayor, easter, election, Gibson, Golgotha, Harry, Jerusalem, Jesus, Shimon, Stonebraker, Technology, The Passion, Viral Video on April 10, 2009 by mclassen
EASTER PILGRIMS TAKE WRONG ROAD
Author's note: So that we have the facts correct. This article is taken from a piece by Dalya Alberge published by the UK publication the Daily Mail. The actual article can be found here – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1168891/Pilgrims-tracing-steps-Jesus-going-WRONG-way-2-000-years-says-historian.html
For the best part of 2,000 years, pilgrims have flocked to Jerusalem to retrace Jesus's final steps. The Via Dolorosa, or 'Way of Suffering', took them from the Praetorium, where He was condemned to death by Pontius Pilate, to the site of the Crucifixion – or so they thought. Now, it seems they may have been walking in the wrong direction. A respected archaeologist claims that pilgrims have been starting from the wrong end of Jerusalem and that the locations of two of the holiest sites on the route are 'completely wrong'. Shimon Gibson, a Holy Land specialist, said the traditional start of the Via Dolorosa, north of the Old City, should be at the other end of the city. Since medieval times, Christians have assumed that the Praetorium, the starting point of the route and the Roman headquarters mentioned in the Gospels as the scene of Jesus's trial, was the Antonia Fortress which stood in the north of Jerusalem. But Professor Gibson said there was 'no historical basis whatsoever' for this being the site where Jesus was tried and condemned to death by the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. Little of the fortress's structure has survived but, having surveyed the remains of its rock-cut base in intricate detail, he concludes that it could not have been more than a military observation tower. He said archaeological excavations pointed to the site of the trial being 900 metres away at the remains of a large paved courtyard south-west of Jerusalem, south of the Jaffa Gate. It was situated between two fortification walls with an outer gate and an inner one leading to barracks where it is most likely that Jesus was held. The open courtyard contained a platform of around two square metres – details that 'correspond perfectly' with the Gospel of John's account of Pontius Pilate sitting on a judgment-seat at an elevated place. Professor Gibson, who is based at universities in Israel and America, said: 'The astonishing thing is that thousands of Christian travellers and pilgrims pass by this site without realising its significance.' Those who visit the Rock of Calvary ( or Golgotha) within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to pray at the traditional rock of the crucifixion are also at the wrong location, he believes. The professor's research, which will be published shortly in The Final Days of Jesus, shows that the site is too narrow to have accommodated one cross, let alone those of the two thieves crucified with Jesus. Professor Gibson believes the Crucifixion was some 20 metres from the traditionally accepted site, under an apse of the remains of the Church of the Martyrium. 'Pilgrims walk across this area… without realising its significance,' he said. Dr Mark Merrony, a specialist in archaeology of the Holy Land and editor of Minerva, the archaeological journal, said Professor Gibson's research matched details in the Gospel of John and other ancient writings. He added: 'This discovery provides a crucial insight into the final movements of Jesus and implies that the traditional Way of the Cross should be redefined. It seems likely that millions of pilgrims have been following an incorrect path of veneration.' But the Reverend Canon Bill Broughton of St George's, the Anglican cathedral in Jerusalem, said Professor Gibson's 'great work will embellish the [Christian] story and make it even more meaningful' but would not lead to the route being redrawn. He said: 'It's the Way of the Cross that we walk in terms of our faith and theology, not the archaeological evidence. 'Pilgrims of faith want the general pattern. It may not be exactly the same footsteps but, in reality, the place is sanctified by the presence of those who've been there and said their prayers.' The Right Rev Tom Wright, the Bishop of Durham, said: ' Archaeology is always open to questions from further research. The Church has nothing to worry about on that score. I always welcome fresh investigations.'
CELLPHONE MEETS HAMMER – RESULTS ARE SMASHING
One of my sources of extreme irritation in this technologically laden world is cellphones. It appears I am not alone. In Cheyenne, Wyoming, 13 year-old Dena Christoffersen found that out the hard way. She sent or received about 20,000 text messages over about a month, and her parents' phone plan didn't cover texting. Oops, guess that can't be good. Her father, Gregg Christoffersen, introduced her phone to a hammer after getting a phone bill for more than $4,750. Ouch, I'm betting that wasn't in the budget. Verison has said they will work with them to reduce the bill. Dena has been grounded until the end of the school year. I suspect even after her grounding is over, a new cellphone is not in her future any time soon. Maybe they should have gotten her a Playstation instead.
ASSAULT OVER FARTS
In Waco, Texas, I've always believed that town should be spelled Wacko, five men are having lunch in a motel room. One starts passing horrendous gas. I guess he'd never heard of Beano. What do you do? Move? Get some fresh air? Throw up your dinner? Well, Jose Braule Ramirez came up with a novel idea. He grabbed a knife and and threw it at him and stabbed the guy in the leg and then once in the chest for good measure. No knows what he hoped to accomplish by this but it seems he felt jail would smell better which is where he is currently having all his meals.
TOWN ELECTS DEAD MAYOR TO FOURTH TERM
I'm always fascinated when things like this occur. Apparently, Winfield, Missouri re-elected their mayor about a month after he died of a heart attack. He was still a candidate because it was too late to print new ballots. I don't know why the couldn't have just drawn a line through his name. Intead he won overwhelmingly, which doesn't say much for the other candidate, by a margin of 206 votes to 23. Harry Stonebraker died of a heart attack back in March, but still remains Mayor. At least they won't have to listen to any long acceptance speeches. The only other person that I can think of that has experienced something like this is John Ashcroft when he lost his election to Mel Carnahan who had died in a plane crash. How do you explain something like that, "I lost to a dead man." It's got to hurt your ego. "I'm such a pathetic politician they liked the corpse better than me. " The aldermen said they would appoint someone to serve in the mayor's position. It was obvious no one wanted the live guy.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T SEEN THIS, IF IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU SMILE, NOTHING WILL.
PRE-SCHOOLER SHOOTS BEAVERS, 2009 YEAR OF… And MALDEN MUD RACE
Posted in Animals, Culture, Humor, Life, News, Politics, Random, Sports, Thoughts, Uncategorized with tags Astronomy, British, England, Essex, Malden Mud Race, Nathan Beavers, Natural fibers, Reconcilliation, UK on April 8, 2009 by mclassen
4 YEAR-OLD HUNTS BEAVERS
Who says babysitting isn't dangerous. Just ask the Beavers of Jackson, Ohio, Nathan Beavers that is. Nathan was babysitting with some friends when he accidentally stepped on the foot of a four-year-old. The rug rat got so mad that he went into a closet in the bedroom and pulled out a shotgun. He then proceeded to shoot Nathan with it. I bet this won't sit well on his resume. "Done some babysitting in the past but was shot by pre-schooler." Beavers was hospitalized with minor pellet wounds to his arm and side. Let this be a lesson, next time you volunteer to babysit, make sure you know where the weapons are.
2009, ALL THIS AND MORE
Let me see, why am I humming the words to Aquarius? "Peace will guide the planets and love will rule the stars " Oh yea, 2009 has been officially designated the International Year of Astronomy, the International Year of Reconciliation… and the International Year of Natural Fibres. So this means we'll have peace while watching the planets orbit, but we don't want people getting naked like they did in the sixties so lets make sure we have clothes in there and oh, by the way, we'll call it "natural fibres" so it's sounds more politically correct and environmentally sound. Who comes up with this crap. I bet somebody got paid to legislate this.
BRITISH MUD RACE
Apparently mud slinging in Parliament wasn't enough for these Brits. They decided to start their year out right by going for a wallow in an Essex mudhole. Officially dubbed the "Annual Malden Mud Race," this bit of winter insanity entails getting dressed up in strange costumes and then trying to race from one side of the mudhole to the other. I expect large quantities of alcohol are mandatory for this. Some 250 people braved sub-zero temperatures to scramble through 365m (1,200ft) of stinking mud. Stink is an understatement. "I work just around the corner from it, it stinks because of the bilge dropped out by ships basically sits on top of the mud (and I guess mixes) when the tide goes out," says Dave B, Chelmsford, of Essex. Lovely, makes you want to meet up these these guys at the pub afterwards. "That was hard. It was freezing out there. The mud got deep and I just had to crawl," said 23-year-old Vicki Sharman, the first woman to cross the finish line. The race, dubbed "the best hangover cure known," has been a firm fixture on the River Blackwater in Essex since the 1970s, raising thousands of pounds for charity. That's one batch of cash that probably needs laundering afterwards. This years event was attended by 10,000 smarter people as they were only spectators.


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UPDATED: Local EMS Ready to Assist as Hurricane Approaches
September 1st, 2019 by WCBC Radio
Hurricane Dorian has made a turn, and that has put four Allegany County emergency responders and an ambulance that were due to depart for Florida on Tuesday on hold. The request for help from Florida was withdrawn Saturday at noon. Emergency Services Director Jim Pyles says it's still possible for a deployment elsewhere.
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As Hurricane Dorian churns toward the east coast of Florida, the storm is projected to make landfall as a category 4 storm, teams in states north are preparing to deploy to aid with hurricane relief in the aftermath.
"Allegany County is sending four EMS providers and an ambulance as part of a Maryland Ambulance Strike Team to Florida," Allegany County Department of Emergency Services Deputy Director Roger Bennett said. "The teams, two advanced life support providers and two basic life support providers will be deployed for 15 days."
The official Emergency Management Assistance Compact request came early Friday, according to Bennett.
The EMAC request is a mutual aid agreement among states and territories of the United States. It enables states to share recourses during natural and man-made disasters. EMAC complements the national disaster response system.
"Our crew information, available equipment and resources are forwarded to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency and organized by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems," Bennett added. "Our teams will be part EMS units from jurisdictions across Maryland that will be leaving September 3."
"We are fortunate enough in this county to be able to provide assistance, both personnel and equipment to an area that has the potential for significant damage and injuries," Allegany County DES Director James Pyles said. "We will remain in close contact with the crews throughout the deployment."
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Administration Getting Heat for Public Funds Going to Religious Groups That Discriminate in Hiring June 22, 2014 Paul Fidalgo
Administration Getting Heat for Public Funds Going to Religious Groups That Discriminate in Hiring
By Paul Fidalgo
President Obama signs in his version of "faith-based initiatives" in 2009
The Obama administration has disappointed secular activists on many an occasion (and, to be fair, it's also done right by us here and there), but there's probably no more overt snubbing of the secular agenda, such as it is, than the president's failure to act on this infamous campaign promise from 2008 regarding "faith-based initiatives," which I like to think of as "Zanesvillegate." (No one else calls it this.) Let's all say it together:
If you get a federal grant, you can't use that grant money to proselytize to the people you help and you can't discriminate against them — or against the people you hire — on the basis of their religion. Federal dollars that go directly to churches, temples and mosques can only be used on secular programs.
But the practice of discrimination in hiring still goes on without the administration doing a thing about it, all these years (and all of our complaints) later.
Last week, a huge coalition of 90 groups, including my own, the Center for Inquiry, signed on to a letter that aimed at a narrower example of this kind of abuse of federal funds. Recently unearthed is a 2007 Bush administration Justice Department memo that says, explicitly, that religious organizations getting federal money, in this case as part of the funds available through the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), can in fact prefer "co-religionists" in hiring and firing. That memo remains as a rule in effect to this day.
Especially galling is that this very subject, whether the VAWA funds could be used by groups who still want to discriminate based on religion, was specifically debated by Congress, and VAWA was passed with a prohibition on such discrimination. But the Bush-era memo is being used to override that part of the law.
So a good question is "why?" Who does the Obama administration still need to mollify by leaving this intact? So far, they're not saying.
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Massachusetts AG redefines "assault rifle" with predictable results
Jazz ShawPosted at 10:01 am on July 22, 2016
Normally when you see a change in a state's gun laws it comes in the form of a new, hotly debated bill which is passed by the legislature and then perhaps signed by the governor. Not so in the Bay State, however, where the Attorney General recently widely expanded a ban on so called "assault rifles" with the stroke of a pen. And it's got consumers flooding their local gun shops in response. (Boston Globe)
"Today is your LAST DAY to purchase a semi-automatic rifle in Massachusetts!" [Mass Firearms School] wrote in an e-mail blast to its customers.
The stores were responding to an order Healey issued to the state's 350 gun dealers telling them to immediately stop selling "duplicate" versions of common assault rifles like the AR-15, which she argues are illegal under the state's 1998 assault weapons ban.
The law bans duplicate weapons but has left it to gun manufacturers to define which weapons would fall into that category.
Manufacturers exploited that "loophole," she said, to produce assault rifles that had "small tweaks" but were functionally identical to the banned weapons. Some, for example, had no flash suppressor or featured a fixed instead of a folding stock.
This move has had customers, gun rights advocates and even legislators scrambling in response, primarily because the AG is dragging the state into uncharted waters in terms of gun control laws. There was already a ban on "assault rifles" in the state which everyone had grudgingly come to live with, but Attorney General Maura Healey has just rewritten the law on nothing more than her own whim.
Supposedly, the previous definition of "assault rifles" was based on various cosmetic fixtures and attachments, none of which alter the unerdlying functionality of the weapon system. These include items like flash suppressors or a folding stock. Shops selling semiautomatic rifles without such features were allowed to do business. But Healey's new unilateral directive states that any rifle with the same, "internal operating systems that are essentially the same as illegal assault weapons, or have key functional components that are interchangeable with those of banned weapons" will now be banned as well.
In case you didn't catch the implication of that statement, it means that essentially every semiautomatic rifle on the market is now banned.
This has had consumers lining up around the block to get their purchases in under the wire, as reported by AWR Hawkins at Breitbart.
WCVB reports that Four Seasons gun shop in Woburn sent out an email as soon as it learned of Healey's directive. The email said the store would not be able to sell AR-15s or other guns categorized as "assault weapons" after July 20. Bruce Sterling rushed to the gun store, saying, "It seemed like it made a lot of sense to come and get an AR-15 today."
The gun store ended up with "a line out the door."
As Hawkins goes on to note, there's some very real irony in this kerfuffle. There is little to no functional difference between what liberals refer to as "assault rifles" and any conventional semiautomatic hunting rifle. Yes, there are reasons to have flash suppressors or different designs of stocks and barrel lengths depending on your needs, but the underlying machinery of the weapons platform remains the same. Anti-gun rights groups are forced to base their entire argument on these largely cosmetic distinctions. In Massachusetts they based their original law on the importance of these "features" when it was written, but the Attorney General is now claiming that she has to replace the entire law because those distinctions apparently have no meaning.
Excuse me, Madam, but that's what we've been trying to tell you all along.
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Unite the Union Statement on London Pride
Equal and fair treatment both at work and in society is a key priority for our union, and we make it clear that we all have a duty to challenge discrimination, harassment and bullying whenever possible. Unite is proud to be a campaigning union and is proud of the work it has done over many years to support equality, particularly within the LGBT+ community.
Sadly, many Pride organisations have come to believe that Pride should be a 'party', or an opportunity to promote their 'brand', and balk at the idea that it should in any way have a 'political' aspect.
Unite acknowledges the need for Pride to be a celebration, but of our communities and identities and therefore we believe that there must be an equal emphasis on campaigning. Pride must give a voice to those members of the LGBT+ community who cannot speak for themselves, to campaign for all the rights still missing both at home and abroad.
We appreciate that big events such as London, Manchester, Brighton Pride etc., require massive financial investment. That is not disputed. However, the commercialisation of many Pride events has led to what was a protest movement being subsumed into the commercial mainstream as the multinationals try to co-opt the 'hipness' of LGBT+ society and the power of the 'pink pound' for their own commercial gain. The messages of protest, resistance and solidarity with marginalised members of the LGBT+ community across the globe has been watered down to the point of almost vanishing from many events completely.
On its website Pride in London says that it exists "to continue to fight for true equality and challenge prejudices that the LGBT+ community still sadly face on a daily basis."
They say that their mission is to "be fully inclusive of all sections of the LGBT+ community, free at the point of access"; and to "provide a celebration of LGBT+ life and a platform to continue the fight for equality and to challenge prejudice".
However, over the past few years we have witnessed that the views of LGBT+ community organisations, including LGBT+ trade unionists, are being side-lined in favour of offering large corporations, many of whom have dubious records on supporting LGBT+ rights, the chance to participate in one of the UK's largest advertising jamborees. The fact that you need to pay to participate in this march is in itself, questionable. LGBT+ people and supporters should be able to join Pride freely as it marches through London, as was customary. London Pride has in our opinion become too closely linked to corporate advertising. Some companies have made genuine advancements in the workplace and extending their support at Pride is welcome, but not at the expense of the diverse voice of LGBT+ communities.
Therefore, Unite will not be attending London Pride in 2018, and urge the organisers to reach out and engage more with LGBT+ community organisations and LGBT+ trade unionists to address the concerns raised. We look forward to being able to participate in future years.
Pride is an important celebration of LGBT+ people and the achievements made towards total equality the world over, however it must never be forgotten that the Pride movement began as a campaign and protest to challenge exclusion, oppression and inequality. From its inception, Pride was political, and it is important that it remains so today.
Unite will participate in more regional community-based Pride events supporting local LGBT+ communities across the UK and will also be increasing its support for UK Black Pride.
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Q: How to measure a app's startup time from cli? i am trying to time the startup time for apps from cli . time app -e true this command seems to work for some apps but for others it says Unknown option -e . is there a standard way of doing this which works for all the apps ?

A: You can try the following approach using Bash; those using Zsh can probably adapt, but I am unsure how redirection and process-substitution works there...
The approach assumes your app will spit out some meaningful log/status message; we use "Listening on port 8080" and "Shutdown complete!" as start-up and shutdown markers, respectively:
START_MARKER="Listening on port 8080"

STOP_MARKER="Shutdown complete!"

(
    sleep 2
    echo "Not ready..."
    sleep 2
    echo "Not ready..."
    sleep 2
    echo "$START_MARKER"
    sleep 2
    echo "The application has not exited"
    sleep 2
    echo "It's now busy doing work"
    sleep 2
    echo "It's still busy doing work"
    sleep 2
    echo "$STOP_MARKER"
    sleep 2
    echo "Some phantom message (just for illustration)"
) | tee \
    >(time read < <(grep -q "$START_MARKER"); cat > /dev/null) \
    >(time read < <(grep -q "$STOP_MARKER" ); cat > /dev/null)

It should be obvious how to extend this to capture elapsed time from invocation to some other logged milestone.
Note the cat > /dev/nulls, which are necessary to keep the pipe going; without it, tee will stop consuming stdin and the whole pipe will terminate prematurely.

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Survey Reveals How Handy Americans Really Are
As a homeowner, all those tasks your landlord used to do—and your parents did before them—are now on your shoulders. You've either got to figure out how to do them yourself or pay someone else to do them. Either way, it would help if you knew how to do a few things around the house. But do you?
The truth is, many homeowners don't have a clue about how to fix household issues themselves, even if it's something as simple as draining a water heater or restoring power after blowing a fuse. If you don't know your way around a toolbox, well, at least you're not alone.
In fact, we surveyed Americans to find out how handy they are when it comes to things around the house and got the following answers.
Millennials think they're the handiest generation, rating themselves a 3.8 out of 5.
Nearly 3 in 4 said they've had to either abandon a project or call in a professional.
Millennials were the most likely to abandon a project or call a professional (77%), while baby boomers (63%) were least likely.
How Handy Are Americans?
Americans consider themselves pretty handy. Of those we surveyed, 19% reported that they were extremely handy. On average, Americans gave themselves a 3.7 out of 5 handiness rating, with men (3.8) considering themselves to be slightly handier than women (3.6).
Millennials think they're the handiest generation, checking in at 3.8, while baby boomers think they're the least at 3.5.
Most respondents (43%) picked up their home improvement knowledge from their parents. Their partners were a distant second at 18%, followed by the internet at 16%. Others looked for help elsewhere, including how-to books, trial and error and even their first boss.
But even though most Americans trusted their parents to show them the ropes, they tend to get their home improvement inspiration elsewhere. More than three in four turn to social media and 82% even said they were satisfied with the result of a project they tried after seeing it on social media. In our survey, 85% said they enjoy home improvement shows on TV.
Even when Americans don't consider themselves handy, it doesn't stop them from trying and succeeding: 85% said they enjoy doing home improvement projects, and more than one in four have never had to abandon a project or ask for professional help. Moreover, nine in 10 say they're comfortable in home improvement stores.
Do People See Home Projects Through?
Despite the confidence level of our respondents, they were willing to admit there were times when DIY tasks got the better of them. In fact, nearly three in four said they've had to either abandon a project or call in a local handyperson.
Men are more likely to throw in the towel than women (77% vs. 68%, respectively). Millennials were the most likely to give up at 77%, while baby boomers were least likely at 63%.
What Projects Are Americans Most Comfortable Completing?
People are most likely to unclog a toilet or drain or build a piece of furniture themselves, according to our results. However, they're likely to hand off projects that require a bit more work, like mowing the lawn or mounting a TV on the wall. Respondents were likely to leave the more difficult jobs to professionals: installing wood floors, replacing an entire toilet and retiling a shower.
Changing a lightbulb topped the list of projects people in our survey most often said they'd succeeded in doing on their own.
Other common success stories were:
Building a piece of "assembly-required" furniture
Unclogging a drain
Changing the batteries in a smoke alarm
Unclogging a toilet
Projects people are most likely to try again include hanging a picture or piece of art, hanging curtains, using a pressure washer and steam cleaning a carpet.
And since you need tools to do many of these projects, here are the ones Americans are most likely to have in their toolkits. Pretty much the basics.
What Home Projects Do People Avoid?
Some of the simplest tasks wind up being a sore spot for all ages. Nearly two in five millennials (35%) said they have never changed a lightbulb, and 24% of Gen Z said they wouldn't even try to change one again.
There are plenty of ways to find a stud in the wall, but nearly one in five Gen Xers said they wouldn't attempt to do it again.
A lot of baby boomers must have breathed a sigh of relief when they saw ads that boasted "no assembly required" because one in five of them won't try to build an "assembly-required" piece of furniture again.
But most of the projects people are least likely to do successfully on their own are fairly involved and labor-intensive: replacing an entire toilet, retiling a shower, removing a popcorn ceiling, draining a water heater and installing wood floors.
Projects they're least likely to try again, however, are less complex: changing a lightbulb, finding a stud, unclogging a toilet, changing the batteries in a smoke alarm or replacing the air filter on an HVAC unit. Better to leave those to the pros next time.
Fortunately, there are professionals out there who are ready and willing to do various jobs, whether you're talking about more involved work like updating your home's electrical system or more general handyperson services.
But our survey showed that the American do-it-yourself confidence is alive and well, even if we do occasionally admit defeat and find someone else to fix that leaky pipe.
Between August 13 and August 28, 2021, we surveyed 2,084 homeowners about how handy they are using Amazon's Mechanical Turk service. Of the respondents, 60% were male and 40% were female; all respondents were 18 or older, with the average age being 39.
Feel free to use this data and research with proper attribution linking to this study. When you do, please give credit and link to https://www.homeadvisor.com/.
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This past summer I was privileged to work with the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador to learn about and document one mode of transportation that helped develop our province, the make and break engine. This winter, I continue my research into historically important methods of transportation and development in our province by taking an indepth look at Canada's only heritage animal: the Newfoundland Pony.
The Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Newfoundland Pony Society are coming together this winter to try to get a better picture of how many of these heritage animals are left in our province. A census will begin to be completed over a twelve week period which will attempt to create a database of all the ponies in the province.
By conducting oral interviews and recording details of ponies, we hope to identify ponies that may have been mistaken for horses or other equine types. This will be done by recording physical features of ponies and comparing them to guidelines set forth by the Newfoundland Pony Society. The hope is that there will be ponies which have not been identified as such and with this comes the promise of there being a larger population than currently known. This would add to the overall population of the pony type.
The reasoning for this project is really quite simple. Worldwide, the current Newfoundland Pony population is thought to be around 400 ponies and only 250 of these ponies have reproductive capabilities. This number is down from around 12,000 in the 1970s! With the threat of extinction on the horizon it is important for us to recognize all animals which may be of the Newfoundland Pony type. This project will hopefully identify animals who have not been previously documented so that a population can be better determined. This project could help secure the future of the Newfoundland Pony.
Max (Maximus of the Avalons' Lucky Seven) is owned by Peter Halley of Spirit of NL. He is a 10 years old, 14.2 hands high, and weighs approximately 800lbs. Max is a radical changer, referring to the fact that his coat changed in color from the time he was born (as a bay) throughout the seasons for his first five years of life, and is now settled with a beautiful light grey coat.
This work also hopes to bring awareness to the plight of the Newfoundland Pony. Many Newfoundlanders and Labradorians do not realize that the Newfoundland Pony exists, or, if they recognize the name, they mistakenly liken it to the much smaller miniature pony types. The knowledge of the Newfoundland Pony is held with the older generations but it is due time that our heritage animal be recognized across our province for the animal that it is. The oral history project, which will be conducted simultaneously with the census, hopes to document the memories of Newfoundland Ponies on our island throughout our history so that future generations can understand the relationship between our provinces development and these noble animals.
These hard working, diligent, and strong ponies are often fondly remembered by their owners. These animals helped improve the livelihood of many people in our province throughout the ages and were seen as an indispensable part of life until the introduction of modern technology. Used for many work purposes, such as drafting and carting, as well as recreational travel, either being hitched to a sled or being rode, these animals created opportunities for people that would have been impossible otherwise - hauling wood through the forest in the winter or seeking medical attention in a nearby town. Capturing the memories created during such work and outings will provide an indepth history of how the Newfoundland Pony has been utilized in our past and give an indication of how important these animals have been throughout our development.
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When it comes to content marketing, video has become incredibly powerful. A great way to harness the power of video content and combine it with the reach of social media is to use Facebook Live to market your real estate business. Here are five great ways to use Facebook Live for realtors.
People lead busy lives. Between work and family obligations, home buyers can often find it challenging to attend open houses for the properties they're interested in because dates and times don't align with their schedules. That's why using Facebook Live to create a virtual open house tour that anyone can watch is such an excellent way to provide convenience for prospective clients.
Nothing generates interest in a property quite like a live walk-through, especially if you provide commentary throughout the broadcast. Pointing out architectural elements, noting when and where renovations have taken place, and simply offering detailed information about the home and neighborhood adds even more value to these virtual tours. It's a perfect example of how using Facebook Live for realtors can help grow your business.
Using live video can go farther than just showcasing properties, though. Offering viewers a tour of local neighborhood attractions not only provides great value to viewers but also helps to build your own reputation as a realtor that can speak with knowledge and authority about that neighborhood, and that aids in developing trust — the kind of trust that can make a difference between a buyer's decision to submit an offer or not.
You can showcase any number of neighborhood elements. Popular choices are playgrounds and parks, shopping districts, restaurants and bars, or schools and libraries. Pick a beautiful, sunny day that's not too hot, too cold, or too windy to ensure you have the perfect backdrop to your Facebook Live video. Help these neighborhoods tell their stories and you'll be generating real interest in nearby properties.
A realtor's social media channel should be filled with valuable insights into what it takes to be a homeowner, and using Facebook Live for realtors provides opportunities to create video content that offers insider information on any number of topics related to that. Spending time bringing other experts in to share their knowledge accomplishes this — while also showing how well connected you are.
Interview experts on different facets of the home buying process, such as a mortgage broker. Discuss local market conditions with an economist. Talk to a home stager and watch them work. Remember that you're not always directly selling on social media but providing entertainment and education to your followers as well!
You can showcase the strength of your relationships with local businesses by partnering with them and then documenting the partnership on video. Sponsor a giveaway or raffle where you pick the winner live on video, profile a hot new restaurant, solicit donations for your local food pantry — whatever you think will show your viewers how connected you are to local businesses and organizations.
Your happy, successful clients are your best resource. Interview them on Facebook Live and tell their story together about how, together, you found the perfect home for their needs. Fill these stories with drama and excitement — highlight complications, but make sure these stories all have happy endings! Doing so helps cement your reputation as a smart and effective real estate professional that can help anyone find their own dream home.


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Militarism: Revolutionary mothering and Rosie the Riveter
Judy Deutsch / March 1, 2017 / 7 min readSyndicated
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Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in California, June 1942. Photo by Alfred T. Palmer/Wikimedia Commons.
The women who mobilized the January global protest against Trump are upping the ante with plans for a one-day women's general strike. They focus on many appalling injustices and on the violence ignored by "lean-in feminism": "women in the formal labor market, women working in the sphere of social reproduction and care, and unemployed and precarious working women. … the violence of the market, of debt, of capitalist property relations, and of the state; the violence of discriminatory policies against lesbian, trans and queer women; the violence of state criminalization of migratory movements; the violence of mass incarceration; and the institutional violence against women's bodies through abortion bans and lack of access to free healthcare and free abortion." There are plans for further women's actions as part of broad coalitions in the next few months.
Motherhood perhaps fits into the above category "sphere of social reproduction and care." In these times, motherhood is very contentious. Every single human was born of a mother, and all infants need a mothering person or they will fail to thrive and might even die. In a collection of essays by women of color in Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, Malkia A. Cyril writes that mothers in particular are projected "as spokespeople for a conservative vision of family, labor relations, and wages, and were often the most virulent opponents of immigrant rights or restorative justice policies…. anti-feminist female leaders (the Ann Coulters, the Sarah Palins) who continue to re-define feminism and the vision of motherhood in its most destructive and hierarchical forms" [p. 34]. At the opposite pole, the feminist movement has largely focused on women being able to work outside the home, to earn comparable pay as men, and to have access to contraception, abortions, and to daycare. Contributors to the book write that their responsibilities as mothers are often ignored on the progressive and activism sides.
A varied history of motherhood
"Equal attention must be paid to the human right to become a mother, and the concomitant and enabling right to parent our children in safe and healthy environments….in the face of sub rosa race- and class-based policies of population control and manipulation." For centuries, under slavery and colonialism, women of color have had an entirely different motherhood history than white women. Harriet Washington and Andrea Smith document more recent "medical apartheid": how Black and Indigenous women were used for obstetric/gynecological medical experiments, and they continue to be the focus of eugenics and populationist programs.
In Canada the residential programs and the "Sixties scoop" stole tens of thousands of First Nations children from their families – and the Liberal government still vacillates about reparation. Women in power participate in horrendous cruelty against mothers and children. In the U.S., former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright infamously said that "The price [of 500,000 Iraqi child deaths] is worth it." Israeli Member of the Knesset Ayelet Shaked has called for the slaughter of Palestinian mothers as they give birth to "little snakes." The words of former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir: "We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us." Under India's prime minister Indira Gandhi, millions of men and women were forcefully sterilized.
Mothers as a group have organized successfully on behalf of their children. American mothers in racialized and poor communities have opposed austerity cutbacks by protesting school and library closings. Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, assassinated in 2006, wrote that The Party of Soldiers' Mothers in Russia saved the lives of thousands of conscripts and new recruits. They persuaded Gorbachev to release 176,000 soldiers, and Yeltsin to pardon 500 soldiers, and they forced an amnesty for all who had participated on either side in the First Chechen War. In Argentina Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo persisted in protesting their children's disappearance under the military junta. During the Cold War, mothers played a key role in stopping atmospheric nuclear weapons testing. Elizabeth Penashue and Innu people have long taken the lead in protesting NATO low overflights in the Arctic that terrify their children.
Wars are now fought mainly against civilians. Corporate personhood is protected, but real people are gratuitously slaughtered and known only as a statistic. In a report just released by the UN, Afghan child casualties rose 24% since 2015. The illegal U.S. military raid on Yemen last week resulted in as many as 20 women and children being killed. It is not possible to obtain reliable information about the effect of depleted uranium on women's fertility and birth defects in war zones like Iraq and Gaza. In War and Peace, Tolstoy wrote of the profound suffering caused by war, about a young woman's grief upon losing her husband and of a mother's despair at the loss of her son. "The mother's wounded spirit could not heal. Petya's death had torn from her half her life. When the news of Petya's death had come she had been a fresh and vigorous woman of fifty, but a month later she left her room a listless old woman taking no interest in life."
Militarism: Organized political violence
Militarism is broadly the practices, institutions, political economy, and ideology of organized political violence. Nurit Peled-Elhanan is an Israeli mother who lost her daughter to suicide terrorism. Her father was General-become-peace activist Matti Peled, and her mother refused to occupy the home confiscated from a Palestinian family during the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. She is an educator and works indefatigably against militarism. As a parent in a Jewish/Palestinian bereavement group, she was stunned when several Israeli-Jewish mothers suddenly turned from reconciliation to blind nationalism when they heard the seductive drumbeat of war. One mother gushed about "how handsome he [her son] was in uniform … to serve Ehud Olmert and Amir Peretz's display of masculinity." She writes that in Israel, "children are educated to fear, most of all, the fruits of the Muslim womb. Therefore when they become soldiers they see nothing wrong in killing Palestinian children…. This is not a maternal voice, but of a distorted, lost, confused, and sick motherhood. A good mother cannot find consolation or comfort in the death of children of another mother…" She writes of minds infected by parents, teachers and leaders, who convince them that the others are not as human as we are, and therefore killing them is not real killing; it has other legitimating names such as "cleansing," "purifying," "punishment," "operation," "mission," "campaign" and "war."
A Black Rosie the Riveter was featured on the cover of the New Yorker magazine. The original picture of white Rosie frequently appears as an image of women's equality as a laborer. The real Rosie worked at the Willow Run Bomber Plant which produced over 8,600 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers during World War II. The plant at that time was owned and run by Henry Ford who was known to be anti-Semitic, anti-union, and who hired women only under duress. There is currently a campaign to renovate the plant for the "new home of the Yankee Air Museum." The website extols the women who filled "the many roles left behind by men who went to fight overseas. These women riveted, welded, kept the railroads running, conducted street cars, typed and filed, sewed parachutes, and even played pro baseball!" All this is presumably more productive and challenging than bringing up children. With the advent of a large class of American women earning money and becoming consumers, the representations of motherhood shifted. Being a mother meant being "tied down," and innumerable products came on the market to "free" women – ready made meals, baby formulas, and a range of appliances and baby equipment. The large upsurge in car sales was not due to population growth but to white women from suburbs entering the work force and needing cars to get to work.
The revolutionary mothers write that mothering and revolution are messy – there are no pat formulas or management regimes. The focus is more on needs than rights. "Against the rallying cry for freedom, I propose to embed revolutionary struggle in a politics of necessity and responsibility…. There will be no liberation without us knowing how to depend on each other, how to be encumbered with and responsible for each other" [p. 57]. In this un-capitalistic book, there is no mention of costs, because people's lives and relationships cannot be quantified and priced. How does one cost the killing of a human being, as if military budgets can compare with the cost of providing food and water, homes, toilets, healthcare?
This brief exploration suggests that among the salient regressive individual and group pulls are militarism and nationalism. Violence is preventable and is not hard-wired in human nature. At issue is survival, necessitating responsible human relationships as articulated by revolutionary mothers.
Judith Deutsch is a columnist for Canadian Dimension Magazine, former president of Science for Peace, and a psychoanalyst by profession.
This article originally appeared on SocialistProject.ca.
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Wayne Rooney's son Kai gets over England's World Cup disappointment... with a kickabout on Ipanema beach
England have been eliminated at the group stage of the 2014 World Cup
Three Lions lost their opening two games 2-1 to Italy and Uruguay
Wayne Rooney's family visited with son Kai enjoying a beach kickabout
Rooney scored his first ever goal at the World Cup against Uruguay
By David Kent for MailOnline
England may have been severely disappointing at the World Cup in Brazil, but that didn't stop Wayne Rooney's son Kai from reliving his dad's only highlight on Ipanema beach.
Although Rooney Snr. managed to score his first ever goal at the tournament, England were defeated 2-1 by a Luis Suarez-inspired Uruguay on Thursday. And, their fate was sealed the next day when Costa Rica beat Italy making it impossible for England to qualify from Group D.
Despite being seen crying during the defeat to Uruguay, four-year-old Kai had obviously moved on from the disappointment as he enjoyed a kickabout on the beach watched by his mother Coleen.
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Chip off the old back: Wayne Rooney's son Kai enjoys a kickabout on Ipanema beach
Mum's the word: Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen helps the four-year-old choose an ice cream
One for the future? Kai Rooney showed some of his father's skills as he played on the beach in Rio
Head's up: Kai Rooney only has eyes for the ball as an England fan strolls past on Ipanema beach
The Rooney family, including youngest son Klay, have travelled to Brazil to support Wayne and will be saddened to leave disappointed, despite seeing the Manchester United striker end his World Cup drought.
England ins and outs: Who should stay or go following their... Paul Scholes: Don't blame Steven Gerrard... England's... England stars on brink of World Cup exit mocked up as The... Wayne Rooney's son Kai can't hold back the tears as daddy's...
Gary Cahill says England's defeat to Uruguay was the lowest...
Duck broken! Wayne Rooney scored his first ever goal at a World Cup during the 2-1 defeat to Uruguay
Consolation: At least the Rooney family were able to see Wayne score, despite England's early exit
Under-fire: Wayne Rooney was heavily criticised for his displays during the tournament
Moments after the game Rooney's wife Coleen took to her Twitter account to say: 'Gutted with the score, but so pleased @WayneRooney scored and his boys were here to see it!!'
Rooney has been heavily criticised for his performances in Brazil, despite arriving at the tournament in better condition than he has done in the past.
There were calls for him to be dropped from the starting XI after England lost 2-1 to Italy in their opening game and, although he was more effective in a central role against Uruguay, many fans were still left unimpressed.
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US becomes first nation to cross 10 million Covid-19 cases
Published at 10:36 am November 9th, 2020
A large mask hangs on the face of a lion statue standing outside of the main branch of the New York Public Library in the Manhattan borough of New York City, US, July 1, 2020 Reuters
The grim milestone came on the same day as global coronavirus cases exceeded 50 million
The United States became the first nation worldwide since the pandemic began to surpass 10 million coronavirus infections, according to a Reuters tally on Sunday, as the third wave of the Covid-19 virus surges across the nation.
The grim milestone came on the same day as global coronavirus cases exceeded 50 million.
The United States has reported about a million cases in the past 10 days, the highest rate of infections since the nation reported its first novel coronavirus case in Washington state 293 days ago.
The country reported a record 131,420 Covid-19 cases on Saturday and has reported over 100,000 infections four times in the past seven days, according to a Reuters tally.
The US latest reported a seven-day average of 105,600 daily cases, ramped up by at least 29%, is more than the combined average for India and France, two of the worst affected countries in Asia and Europe.
More than 237,000 Americans have died of Covid-19 since the illness caused by the coronavirus first emerged in China late last year.
The daily average of reported new deaths in the United States accounts for one in every 11 deaths reported worldwide each day, according to a Reuters analysis.
The number of reported deaths nationwide climbed by more than 1,000 for a fifth consecutive day on Saturday, a trend last seen in mid-August, according to a Reuters tally.
Health experts say deaths tend to increase four to six weeks after a surge in infections.
US President-elect Joe Biden, who spent much of his election campaign criticizing President Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic, pledged on Saturday to make tackling the pandemic a top priority.
Biden will announce a 12-member task force on Monday to deal with the pandemic that will be led by former surgeon general Vivek Murthy and former Food and Drug Administration commissioner David Kessler. The coronavirus task force will be charged with developing a blueprint for containing the disease once Biden takes office in January.
The Midwest remains the hardest-hit region based on the most cases per capita with North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska the top five worst-affected US states.
Illinois emerged as the new epicenter in the Midwest, with the state reporting over 60,000 Covid-19 infections in the last seven days, the highest in the country, according to Reuters data. The state reported more than 12,454 new cases on Saturday, the highest single-day number so far.
Texas, which accounts for 10% of total US cases, is the hardest-hit state and became the first to surpass a million coronavirus cases in the United States on Saturday.
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According to a Reuters analysis, the South region comprises nearly 43% of all the cases in the United States since the pandemic began, with nearly 4.3 million cases in the region alone, followed by the Midwest, West, and Northeast.
New York, with over 33,000 fatalities, remains the state with the highest number of deaths and accounts for about 14% of total US deaths.
The United States performed about 10.5 million coronavirus tests in the first seven days of November, of which 6.22% came back positive, compared with 6.17% the prior seven-days, according to data from The Covid Tracking Project, a volunteer-run effort to track the outbreak.
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