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Chick-Fil-A and the New World Order
August 23, 2012 By Beginning and End
For Bible believing Christians, the Chick-Fil-A controversy is a sign of things to come.
The media has been buzzing with news of fast food chain Chick-Fil-A and their President Dan Cathy's statements to a Baptist newspaper regarding the restaurants Biblical principles and his belief in traditional marriage as defined by the Bible. As expected there was an immediate backlash from the media and gay activist groups who are accusing the restaurant chain of being anti-gay. But in the midst of the furor, the government has now gotten involved by threatening to keep Chick-Fil-A restaurants out of entire cities because of their President's religious beliefs. This is a big step down the path towards the end of religious liberty, the start of control of individual thought and what may eventually be the criminalization of Biblical Christianity.
In an interview with Baptist Press news, Chick-Fil-A President Dan Cathy explained that the company, founded by his father, a born again Christian, was operated based on Biblical principles:
"But as an organization we can operate on biblical principles. So that is what we claim to be. [We are] based on biblical principles, asking God and pleading with God to give us wisdom on decisions we make about people and the programs and partnerships we have. And He has blessed us."
When the company's support of marriage programs were brought up, Cathy then commented on his Christian beliefs regarding marriage:
"I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at (God) and say, 'We know better than You what constitutes a marriage.' "I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think we would have the audacity to redefine what marriage is all about," he said. (source)
Cathy's views are based on the Biblical definition of marriage as between a man and a woman. Jesus Christ, quoting the book of Genesis preached:
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. — Matthew 19:4-6
Notice in Cathy's remarks he did not mention the term 'gay marriage' or say 'homosexual' or any similar term. He merely expressed the Bible's definition of marriage. And yet this has sparked an outrage.
Government Officials Retaliate
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, pictured with President Obama, wants Chick-Fil-A to stay out of Chicago.
Some of the headlines expressing the outrage over Cathy's beliefs included: "Homophobic Chick-fil-A Deserves a Plague of Protest." The Miami Times wrote: "Even Miami's Chick-Fil-As Were Packed With Homophobes Today." Such biased, anti-Christian comments are becoming the norm in much of the mainstream media today. But what really took this to another level was that government officials started announcing regional boycotts of the restaurant chain.
"Chick-fil-A's values are not Chicago values. They're not respectful of our residents, our neighbors and our family members. And if you're gonna be part of the Chicago community, you should reflect Chicago values." – Chicago Mayor and Former Chief of Staff to President Obama, Rahm Emanuel.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel started a stream of government opposition to religious liberty with the above statement. What is odd is that Emanuel was Chief of Staff for President Obama when he opposed gay marriage (before the President "evolved" and reversed his position) so was the President also unwelcome in his home city? This represents a dangerous precedent as the mayor was basically boycotting a business because of the Biblical beliefs of its President. Chick-Fil-A did not refuse to serve gay customers. They have never been accused of discrimination in hiring of gays. There is no actual legal issue regarding homosexuals and Chick-Fil-A. It is just a case of a public official using his power to punish a company because of religious values.
And in a case of the usual religious bias we have detailed in other articles, Mayor Emmanuel is now working Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, widely known for his anti-semitic views (and opposition to gay marriage) to work as a police force in Chicago. The Nation of Islam, often accused of racism against many groups, apparently represents "Chicago values" enough to be employed directly by the Mayor himself. But for Christians, Biblical principles are not welcome. In addition to its rank hypocrisy, Emanuel's announcement was a step towards fascist control over the thoughts of citizens.
Although Emanuel later backed off an actual boycott, Chicago Alderman Proco Moreno wrote in the Chicago Tribune: "Because of [Mr. Cathy's] ignorance, I will deny Chick-Fil-A a permit to open a restaurant in my ward."
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino followed suit saying: "Chick-Fil-A doesn't belong in Boston,"We're an open city. We're a city at the forefront of inclusion."
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has also called on New York University to remove Chick Fil-A from its campus. "Chick-fil-A is not welcome in New York City as long as the company's president continues to uphold and promote his discriminatory views," (source)
Thought Crimes: A Threat to Liberty
George Orwell's novel 1984 predicted much of where society is headed today.
"The thought police would get him just the same. He had committed–would have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper–the essential crime that contained all others in itself. Thoughtcrime, they called it. Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you." – George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 1
The U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom to exercise religion. Yet government officials now feel fit to use their position and bully pulpit to declare which business should be allowed into their cities based on religious belief. What those who are for gay marriage and are boycotting Chick-Fil-A do not realize is that their liberties are being taken at the same time.
The novel 1984, quoted above, was about a future New World Order society in which all of society is controlled by a small tyrannical elite called "The Party" who answered to a shadowy ruler named "Big Brother." The elite control all of the news and information given to citizens, starting by completely revising history to suit their agenda. Propaganda is used to bring all of the masses into one line of thinking to ultimately control them and keep them submissive to the ruling class. Every citizen of one of the 3 nations left on the globe are completely tracked and observed via video cameras embedded in television screens in every home. All individual thought and ideas were outlawed as thought crimes. Was Orwell, who published the book in 1949, predicting a real version of the future? It seems that we are closer to thoughts and beliefs becoming criminalized with each passing day.
"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth." [This line summarized how The Party manipulates history by changing all documents]. Could a similar type of manipulation be taking place today? Let's examine history:
Here is President Obama, in 2008, during his campaign answering the question "define marriage":
Compare the President's statements to Cathy's. Was there any difference? No. They expressed the same sentiment based on their Christian belief. Yet where was the outrage at then-candidate Obama? Why was he not being called a bigot and a homophobe? Why were there no massive protests from the LGBT and gay rights community? Could it be that since the media did not sound alarms to tell society what to think, there was no subsequent outrage? Compare that to the present incident in which the media vented full anger at Chick-Fil-A. Now society, instructed by the media, is completely up in arms.
When Jesus was asked by His disciples: " Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?", His first response was "Take heed that no man deceive you." The end times will be marked by deception, specifically pointing to the government of a false Christ. And as expected when thoughts are controlled by the mass media, the majority of society will fight to defend what they have been told is "right".
Some people resorted to criminal acts to retaliate against Chick-Fil-A's "thoughtcrime."
In the wake of the Chick-Fil-A controversy two different restaurants have been vandalized. In California, a man who was arrested for spray painting "taste like hate" on a Chick-Fil-A restaurant said:
"Everybody is entitled to free speech, but it seems like for the gay tribe, this is more of an issue of equal rights – human rights. I'm against what these people stand for, what this company stands for. They're trying to take away what little rights we already have." (source)
Notice that even though the man acknowledges that "everybody is entitled to free speech", he still felt the need to commit a criminal act in revenge against Chick-Fil-A. And all Cathy did was express the exact same position the President stated during his 2008 campaign as "trying to take away" his rights. Davidson College in North Carolina has suspended the Chick-Fil-A location on its campus. Gay rights advocates held homosexual "kiss-ins" in front of restaurant locations. Numerous celebrities, many of whom openly campaigned for President Obama, have spoken out in anger against Chick-Fil-A. All because now the media has "proclaimed" that openly supporting traditional, Biblical marriage is "hatred" and "bigotry." In 1984, a similar phenomenon is termed "blackwhite":
"…loyal willingness to say black is white when party discipline demands this. It also means the ability to believe that black is white, and more, to know black is white, and forget that one has ever believed the contrary." (Winston Smith in 1984).
Floyd Corkin's anger over Chick-Fil-A led him to attempted murder.
And in the worst incident to date, Floyd Corkins was arrested for entering the Family Research Council offices in Washington D.C. with a 9mm pistol, rounds of ammunition and shot a security guard in anger over the organizations "policies." Corkins as it was later reported, volunteered for LGBT groups and was carrying numerous Chik-Fil-A sandwiches. This is the power of thought control and how quickly people can be moved to irrational actions and even violence.
In the Bible, the Apostles faced immediate hostility from the local leadership when they proclaimed the name of Jesus Christ and pointed out sin in society:
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus..
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. Acts 4:8-18.
The Pharisees, who held the political power in the community, conspired to try to stop the Apostles from preaching the name of Jesus. Why? Because in Peter's preaching he convicted them of their sin, having earlier conspired to have the Romans execute Jesus unjustly. This is why society does not want to hear the Bible. They do not want to be reminded of their own sin and be threatened to lose their influence and control over their society. Biblical Christianity is the clear target. As society is becoming more indoctrinated and prepared for the true New World Order, which will be under the reign of the Antichrist, open hostility to Biblical Christianity is becoming the norm. But the New World Order is not going to stop there, it is going to demand full allegiance from all citizens and full thought control. The False Prophet, the religious leader who will be the "right hand man" to the Antichrist in the End Times, will spearhead the effort to bring the entire world into this New World Order control system:
And [the False Prophet] deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. – Revelation 13:14-15.
The Image of The Beast, some sort of Idol/Artificial Intelligence modeled after the Antichrist will be created and there will be mandatory worship for all citizens of the world under punishment of death. This is the ultimate road "thought crime" will go down. Clearly any praise to another god will not be tolerated. And with the Mark of the Beast used to track every person on the planet, enforcement will not be difficult. Do not be deceived.
High Profile Pastors Are Silent
Despite being on TV 5 days a week, megachurch "Pastor" Joyce Meyer was very silent on the Chick-Fil-A controversy.
With such a high profile controversy taking place, where are the big mega-church TV Christian pastors on this issue? Where are Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyers, Paula White, Steve Furtick or Benny Hinn? Why is T.D. Jakes not commenting on this? They all seem strangely silent. And in the case of mega-pastor Rick Warren (who as we have detailed, teaches many heresies), his one tweet in quasi-support of Chick-Fil-A was deleted shortly after it was posted. Did "The Party" get to him? Christians should be asking, why does a fast food company President have to take this stance when these pastors have a weekly audience of millions every week to stand for Biblical principles?
Rick Warren mysteriously deleted this tweet shortly after posting it.
Emboldened by President Obama's announcement that he "evolved" into supporting gay marriage, society is increasing in its intolerance of Christianity, all on the basis that they are being" inclusive." Does it seem like it will be long before anyone who believes the Biblical position against marriage will be deemed "unwanted" in certain areas? Fortunately, many Christians are not too concerned about that yet as they turned out in huge numbers for "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day" which was organized by former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee. Chick-Fil-A restaurants all over the country had lines that went out of the building and for blocks. Will Christians continue to stand for Biblical truths as society lashes out? Will you be able to endure the taunts, hatred and possible discrimination for believing the Bible? With God's grace and strength you can.
Many Christians came out in large numbers to support Chick-Fil-A across the country.
Continue in prayer for this company and its leaders in what is an unprecedented attack on an American business. And pray for Christians to not attack gays or the homosexual movement, but instead just share our faith and the Gospel, which is still our right. If you are not a Christian and support gay marriage realize that what is going on is bigger than one restaurant chain. It is a pretext to challenge your basic rights. And it is a set up for the true "Party" which will be headed by the Antichrist. Today the thoughtcrime could be speaking out in support of traditional marriage. Tomorrow it could be daring to say that Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven. And eventually it could be your required worship of the head of government or your life.
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in [Jesus'] name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. — Acts 5:27-29.
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Sparrow says
I never thought Christians would have to endure all this, thought the Rapture would of happened by now. Jesus said when these things BEGIN to happen, lift up your heads for your redemption draws nigh. Seems like these things have been happening for so many years now. Getting weary…..
Johnny says
Most Christians I know think the same way. They say, "why should I vote, I'm out of here soon so it doesn't matter to me who wins". Christ said to Occupy. Occupy means get up and do something until I come back, don't just sit around waiting. It's been said many different ways but needs to be said again. The only way Evil triumphs is for good Christians to do nothing. As for the Rapture, when Jesus said, "when these things begin to happen, lift up your heads for your redemption draws nigh". I believe he said this because he knew we would be in the middle of the storm, much like Peter when he walked on the water. As long as Peter kept his eyes on Jesus he walked on the water, when he looked down at the angry sea around him, he sank. The times are changing and we must keep our eyes on Jesus so we can walk and not follow the evil down into the pit. Before the end comes, there will be confusion, war, strife, hunger, starvation, and death. The Bible says, "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land". (2nd Chronicles 7:14) One of the wicked things I see is that a lot of Christians are sitting around waiting for the Rapture rather than taking care of what God has already given them. America – The land of milk and honey, of Freedom and Liberty. May God bless America and put us back on the track of Freedom and Liberty. We live like today is our last day, but we plan for a lifetime.
This ultimately comes down to a question of whether the government has grown to such a size that it can readily crush the whole of the First Amendment.
See this article for some more information on what I mean; I think you'll find it quite interesting, BaE.
http://warrior-soul-ministries.blogspot.com/2012/07/quotes-jefferson.html
Tambrin says
Be NOT weary in well doing, gentle Sparrow, for in due season we SHALL reap, if we faint not. (Gal. 6:9 KJV); and by the empowering and enabling of God's precious Holy Spirit we will be able to stand and endure as so many others before us: John the Baptist, Peter, Paul, Stephen, Jesus Christ of Nazareth!!!
Many prayers to ALL at Chick-Fil-A standing on sound doctrine and their supporters! To God be the Glory!!!
Wise says
THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR WORD! WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT IT?
WE HAVE TO STAND EVERYONE! WE CAN LET NOTHING SEPERATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD! I
King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
New International Version (©1984)
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
jameccia says
Amen to all. I feel the same as the others that left comments. The enemy is indeed busy. Working his lying wonders. Another thing, why do they compare themselves to blacks? Of all the groups of people that have been and that are discriminated against why blacks? No one can pick their color or race, but homosexuals can decide to be gay or not. Homosexuality is the sex act of two of the same sex . Can't you choose not to fornicates with someone, and if its forced its called rape? I guess I shouldn't say too much about homosexuals because clearly I don't understand their logic nor their Christian roles in the churches. Thumbs up B&E!
Edward says
You know, for the first time in my adult life, I am at a true crossroads. On one hand, we have a billionaire who has long done the bidding of other billionaires in his various political positions. It is clear to me that left to him, the working man will continue to struggle to make ends meet, if not worse. And on the other, we have a great orator who unfortunately supports two areas that, as a Catholic, I cannot support: abortion and gay marriage. I used to be someone who carped that if you didn't vote, then you had no right to complain and yet, I cannot help but wonder how these two candidates are truly the best possible choices that we as a people can have to lead us.
I can't support the ultra-rich, the elitist mindset that seeks to hold the masses down. I can't support murder and abomination, either.
Indeed, what would Jesus do? What would he recommend?
I salute Chick-fil-a for having the courage of their convictions. I have to wonder when gay rights and marriage goes mainstream in the next couple of decades, what will be the next abomination that is foisted on the public as being legitimate and deserving of "rights."
@Edward… this is a very intelligent comment you made. For the most part I think that is what tptb want us feel. Placing most Americans between a rock and a hard place. Either you give up your morals and values or give up to the elite's financial slavery system . I'm with you, I don't know if I'm even going to vote because its a lose, lose pick for me. Of all the millions of people in America, these are the only 2 that qualify? They (tptb) set it up like that with evil intentions.
Gak says
This comment is brilliant. The government has really gone down the drain, hasn't it?
Andrew J says
Actually, the truth is actually the flipside of what this anti-intellectual statement proposes. For any ignorant Born-Again Christian who may have actually read 1984, the New World Order smells much like the heinous scent of the conservative Christians who wish to topple over individual thought and choice of lifestyle by smothering the 'Jesus' truth on everybody. I have to ask myself, would I rather go to hell than go to heaven in trade for having the independence to speak, feel and admire whatever preferences this gorgeous, beautiful Earth has to offer? Yes. It's funny that this article never mentions "The winners write the history books". What is the biggest "history book" out there, apparently? The Holy Bible. I am not saying that I do not believe in morals, or kindness to your neighbor or treating each other like you would want to be treated. What I am against is fascist threat by the obvious "winners", and to have the freedom to openly oppose beliefs you may not believe in. It's tough to put this down because I am a Born-Again Christian, but I am in recovery. Mental poison, baby. It drove me to drugs.
>Implying all Christians are trying to force their beliefs on people
>Implying all people trying to force their beliefs on people are Christians
"I am a Born-Again Christian, but I am in recovery"
I'm not sure if that was supposed to be a wise-crack, but I didn't get it.
Plus, the Holy Bible is DEFINITELY not considered a history book by most people. What history books (the textbooks in schools and most "scientific fact" textbooks) teach is that the world is who knows how many billions of years old and that we evolved from apes.
I think you're mixing all "Christians" into the same pot, even though there is no decided worldly definition for "Christian" and people assume whoever says he is a Christian is definitely a Christian.
"conservative Christians who wish to topple over individual thought and choice of lifestyle by smothering the 'Jesus' truth on everybody"
I don't remember the last time I saw Creationism textbooks forcing kids to believe them if they want to pass their class.
If you think evangelizing is the same as "smothering" I think you need a vocabulary lesson.
Also, please realize the danger of whatever drugs you are doing. Your body is God's beautiful creation and you shouldn't be destroying it.
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Cases of child abuse by parents or adults give society goose bumps or a lump in the throat out of sadness and outrage. A child was habitually beaten by the father and left for dead by the mother. An undernourished girl was caught stealing snacks from a mom and pop shop and was discovered to have been mistreated like an abandoned dog by her parents.
Society is outraged by and worries about acts of child abuse which speak to its own imperfections, but as usual dares not to go one layer deeper to confront the even more uncomfortable truth ― rapes of children by their parents.
These cases are even more complicated because those involved ― perpetrator fathers, condoning mothers and raped children ― often conspire to keep silent, which enable the crimes to go on for longer and the damage, psychological and physical, to go deeper.
About 500 cases of rapes by parents have been reported every year. According to the Supreme Prosecutor's Office, in 2012, about 466 such cases were reported with 254 arraigned. In 2013, it was 502 for 305; in 2014, 564 for 276; in 2015, 520 for 252 and by June this year, it was 232 for 114.
The Seoul Daily, a Korean newspaper, cited one case in its Aug. 14 report about a 14-year-old girl, identified as Ji-yeon, who had been habitually raped by her father since 2009 when she was seven. Her father continued his heinous crime as he realized his daughter kept silent out of shame and didn't know what to do. "My father told me not to tell mom because, if I did, they would divorce and our family would break apart," she was quoted as telling prosecutors. Ji-yeon summoned her courage and posted her story on line, prompting police investigations. Her father was arrested early this month and Ji-yeon was sent to a public shelter.
It's hard to know exactly how many rapes by family members occur every year. The actual number can be twice as many as reported or can be far more than that. Experts call for a preventive measure against this elusive crime by stiffening the current penalty ― the minimum seven years' imprisonment for raping those aged 16 or under ― to 20 years as in France or life as in Switzerland. Also desirable is to make it possible to penalize them even without the consent of the victims.
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Date: March 8, 2018 March 8, 2018 | Joanne Clark
On March 8th, International Women's Day ( #IWD2018 ), we are being challenged to commit to a "gender parity mindset" via progressive action on how we will press for progress (#PressforProgress ).
In our article Women in Science @ the Ludmer Centre, we highlighted some of the challenges and funding obstacles women confront in the pursuit of STEM careers. We are proud that the representation of women among STEM researchers and staff at the Ludmer Centre is around 40% of the staff compared to 22% in the general STEM workforce. Parity is our goal and one of the reasons why the Ludmer Centre is championing the younger early career scientists, particularly women, who are advancing our research.
In honor of International Women's Day and pressing for progress we ask three of our researchers about their most challenging experiences and what advice they would give to young women seeking a career in STEM. Read our profiles (follow link in right-hand box) on these phenomenal women and then check out their advice below, and be inspired.
Part 5 of our series on Women in Science @ the Ludmer Centre. From 11 February to 8 March 2018, meet the phenomenal women who lead our research.
I. Women in Science @ the Ludmer Centre
II. Meet Dr Celia Greenwood
III. Meet Dr Patricia Pelufo Silveira
IV. Meet Dr Lindsay Lewis
V. Women Entering STEM, Our Advice
As a woman, what was the most difficult or challenging moment in your career and how did you navigate it?
Dr Celia Greenwood: I worked part-time for about 5 years while my son was young. It was impossible for me to manage a full-time academic career and be the kind of parent that I wanted to be. I was extremely lucky to have had an employer and environment where this was possible (the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto).
Dr Patricia Pelufo Silveira: My career infancy coincided with my two daughters' infancy, and their history is often intermixed in a deep way. My girls gave their first steps in front of registration desks of conferences, while my lab in Brazil was also giving its first steps: my students starting to produce nice papers, winning prizes at national and international levels. But, the most challenging was to be recognized as a scientific leader at the local level. Being young, female, and a mother of two is often regarded as incompatible to simultaneously being a highly productive scientist, and you simply do not receive recognition for it. I think that the keys to navigating through it are persistence and patience.
Dr Lindsay Lewis: Learning to accept that I did not wish to become a PI. There is a culture in academia that places far too much emphasis on becoming a PI. Graduate students and postdocs are often trained with only this view in mind, despite the statistic that only a small percentage of those trainees will go on to obtain a faculty position; or even if they do, they may be forced to move to and settle in some location that they never desired to live (and in particular during the years during which they may wish to start a family). The competition is fierce; an excess of PhDs is produced for a limited number of positions, with increasingly tight funding. Regardless, alternative career skills are rarely nurtured. And it's rare (at least in my original field) to see permanent research positions available.
I used to be very hard on myself; I feared I wasn't driven enough (to become a PI), or that I wasn't smart enough (to come up with creative research ideas). I know that I am not the only woman to have experienced "imposter syndrome." It took me many years to realize that it is the system that is broken, and not me. There is incredible value in conducting research at the intermediate level (between the PIs and the trainees). I was never specifically trained in the work that I eventually ended up falling into; I saw a niche that needed someone to fill it, and so I did my best to make myself into that person.
As the mother of a young child, I now also deeply appreciate that I generally don't have to work outside the 9-5 window (as a PI often does).
What advice would you give to women looking to pursue academic careers in the STEM field?
Dr Celia Greenwood: "Look for good mentors, and then make sure to benefit from them. I have had some wonderful mentors along the way, from the professor who suggested that I consider statistics as a career (David Wolfson, still professor at McGill), through my supervisors while in training, and on to my many, many excellent colleagues today. Second piece of advice: learn to be strategic in when you say yes and when you say no, although I have never succeeded in learning this."
Dr Patricia Pelufo Silveira: Do not be afraid of the word "impossible". Do not be scared to be a pioneer. If you have kids, keep in mind that feeling empowered sets a much better example for them than feeling guilty. And live close to your office and your kids' school!
Dr Lindsay Lewis: First piece of advice: I have found that, despite my best intentions, it is impossible to be "excellent" at multiple domains of life (as a scientist, a mother, a spouse, a friend, at health / fitness, etc.). I have had to come to terms with the notion that I can either be excellent at 1-2 things, or "good enough" (by my standards) at many (but not all) things. For now, especially while my daughter is still young, it has to be the latter. And that is okay. Second piece of advice: in seeking mentors, look for those who are in early career stages (postdocs, research associates, PIs [Primary Investigators] in the first few years). These are the people who will sit down by your side and teach you, hands-on. These are the people with the most drive to rise to success with you. Don't be overly impressed by senior PIs with big names. They won't have the time to impart skills hands-on, and they have already proven themselves.
Follow one of the Ludmer Centre's social media platforms to learn about their research.
Want to help advance our research?
A key component of the Ludmer Centre's focus is the fostering of transdisciplinary big-data environments in which neuroscientists and computer scientists are encouraged to integrate and develop multidisciplinary research approaches. Team members like Dr Lewis are crucial to this process.
Contact us to find out how you can help advance our research:
Joanne Clark, Administrative Director, Ludmer Centre
Cell # +1 514 265 3408 | E joanne.clark@mcgill.ca
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Good Wednesday morning. Republicans are preparing to hear from snowmen, Mickey Mouse and others at the CNN/YouTube debate in St. Petersburg tonight. Before the gathering, here's what Washington is watching:
-- Congress is still out of session, but President Bush meets again with Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas in connection with the Annapolis conference, and Condoleezza Rice sits in. The conference has yielded no massive breakthroughs yet, but Olmert and Abbas agreed to keep talking, at the very least. And apparently even Barack Obama is getting involved in the talks.
-- On the Hill, Senate Republicans have set leadership elections for December 6, according to an email sent to GOP members and obtained by Roll Call. The race to replace Trent Lott as Minority Whip is all but over, as Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl has the contest all but wrapped up, The Hill reports. Kyl has not officially declared his candidacy, but he and supporters are making calls to Republican senators and appear to have secured the votes necessary to win while avoiding attracting a challenger. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Burr and Lamar Alexander are running for Kyl's conference chair post, while Jim DeMint is considering a race. Conference Vice Chair John Cornyn will seek Hutchison's Policy Committee slot, while Jeff Sessions will run to replace Cornyn as Conference Vice Chair.
-- Out on the trail, candidates are making mistakes. Or at least they're being accused of mistakes, and no one's innocent until proven guilty in a campaign. Did Mitt Romney tell a Pakistani supporter that he would not consider hiring Muslims for high-level policymaking positions? Mansoor Ijaz says Romney did, at a campaign stop in Las Vegas. Two others from the fundraiser back up Ijaz's claim, TPM reports. Romney's camp is pushing back hard on the report and the candidate himself denied saying he would not appoint Muslims, but Ijaz is not backing down. Downside for Romney? Not in a Republican primary, Cenk Uygur opines.
-- Mike Huckabee is not mistake-proof, either. The AP this morning shed light on a treasure trove of goodies for opposition researchers: 436 pages of documents on Huckabee's interactions with his state's Ethics Commission. Huckabee accepted 314 gifts with a total value of more than $150,000, according to the commission, and 16 complaints were filed, leading to five violations. On taxes, Huckabee's record is less altruistic than he asserts. And on immigration, he was not the hard-liner some supporters would like to make him out to be. Telling quote from Arkansas Ethics Commission director Graham Sloan: "People are starting to contact us and they're saying, 'We want everything on Mike Huckabee.'"
-- Nor is Barack Obama clean as a whistle. Obama's HOPEFUND PAC has given donations to elected officials backing his campaign in several early states, a move Hillary Clinton's campaign said was in violation of federal election law. Sure, a campaign wants to spread the wealth to their backers, but it looks bad when New Hampshire State Sen. Jacalyn Cilley gets a $1,000 donation just six days before announcing her support for Obama. The Clinton camp, by the way, was not Obama's only Democratic rival to spread a recent Washington Post story around, looking for takers. Ironically, as the LA Times reports, Obama's PAC violates the candidate's pledge not to take money from other PACs and federal lobbyists: It has done both. We don't think campaign finance stories attract an audience any wider than the Beltway (anyone who pays that much attention to politics, the theory goes, has already made up their mind), but the issue could strip Obama of one issue on which he and Clinton actually differed.
-- And for Rudy Giuliani, the Empire State Pride Agenda has bad news on the question of whether he's a gay rights supporter. The group has released "The Giuliani Files," detailing the ex-Mayor's backing for gay rights between 1994 and 2001. Those efforts included backing a hate-crimes bill, signing a domestic partnership law and addressing the group's annual dinner in 2001. Try explaining those positions to voters in South Carolina. (By the way, a must-read on the aborted Clinton-Giuliani Senate race in 2000, in which Adam Nagourney writes the two picked up many of the political skills they're showing off today).
-- Finally today, should Mitt Romney give "the speech" outlining his Mormon faith? Here's one influential voice Romney might want to listen to: Orrin Hatch, Utah's senior senator, Romney backer and a fellow Mormon. Hatch thinks Romney would do well to give a speech, according to the Associated Press. The campaign told AP that a speech "dealing with faith and values" is still being considered. New York Times' Michael Luo sees the Mormon issue as hurting Romney in Iowa while fueling Mike Huckabee's rise. Huckabee manager Chip Saltsman, though, says his candidate has no intention of bringing up Romney's faith, and will only discuss his own.
-- Reason To Buy A Bigger Suitcase Of The Day: More proof that, while Iowa and New Hampshire are critical for top candidates in both parties, this thing is going to continue at least through Super Tuesday: Obama is spending heavily in February 5 states, The Fix notes, with offices in 13 states including the newest one in Fargo, North Dakota. The campaign says they'll even send some poor souls to Alaska to campaign there. Clinton has five offices in just four states, though five more are opening soon.
-- Today On The Trail: A very slow day on the campaign trail. Joe Biden and Dennis Kucinich address College Convention 2008 in Manchester, after Biden and Chris Dodd address the Iowa Association of Counties in Des Moines. Hillary Clinton talks about health care in Ankeny, Iowa, near Des Moines. And only John McCain holds events before the debate, with a town hall at Clemson and a party with supporters in St. Pete.
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Hard Mode Release for The Binding of Isaac PC Version
News 5/7/2015 at 10:00 PM by Christopher Metz 0
New content on 'Afterbirth' may also amp up the difficulty a bit.
Those that own the original The Binding of Isaac DLC, 'Wrath of the Lamb', can now update it with a newly added hard mode. Thank the one man on the dev team, Florian Himsl, for his hard work to increase the game's replay value even further. Also, we have some new info on The Binding of Isaac Rebirth's upcoming DLC!
PC players will be happy to know that the game just got even harder. According to Edmund McMillen, Himsl's ultimate goal for the hard mode was "to make the most challenging and trolly version of Isaac ever... and i think he succeeded in doing so." If a real challenge is what you want, go hog wild with the new update to Wrath of the Lamb.
"Now I won't say I think this mode is the most balanced thing in the world, because it is not, even in the slightest, but as an optional mode for an old game I thought, what the hell. I'm sure there are more than enough sadists out there who like to be toyed with.
Honestly though, there are more than a few additions Himsl added that I think are quite interesting. And even though the hard mode isn't for everyone, I think any Isaac fan will get a kick out of just how randomly ridiculous some of the new additions are."
Mac versions of The Binding of Isaac will be able to obtain the update next week.
Additionally, we received a bit of news regarding 'Afterbirth', The Binding of Isaac Rebirth's upcoming DLC. McMillen commented that the DLC will add alternate versions of the game's underground chambers, such as levels that have been set on fire. With these new variations, the Burning Basement/Cellar levels will add more flaming foes and fire pits to increase the difficulty in new ways. However, because of the difficulty increases in these alternate levels, much greater rewards can be obtained within them. As McMillen put it, "These new alt levels will act as 'champion' variations of levels, making things slightly harder but also raising the possibility of more reward."
One other aspect of the game that will be changed are the stats of the super secret unlockable character in Rebirth, The Lost. This ghost character who begins the game with no heath, can pick up an items, and is in permanent fly mode is one of McMillen's favorites, but the developer feels like the character is a bit underpowered for the amount of effort it takes to obtain him. That being said, he's looking to a Reddit thread to ask fans what sort of buffs should be added to The Lost; possibly some Spectral Tears or increased movement speed? Go suggest some right now!
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The migrant crisis has been an ongoing humanitarian crisis for over 2 years, from the beginning of 2015 when acknowledgement was given to the mass number of civilians fleeing from war torn countries. Yet in 2017, the crisis is getting worse and the death toll keeps on rising.
This was a true story for Alan Kurdi, the small boy who died in the Mediterranean Sea, whose tiny lifeless body washed up on a beach. You probably saw his picture in your newspaper or online. He was a refugee. He was also only 3 years old. Imagine seeing your child's dead body on the front page of every newspaper.
A refugee is someone who has fled their country due to war, risk to their life or because they are being persecuted based on factors like religion, race, gender. These people are leaving behind their homes, their culture, their lives, for somewhere they've never even visited. All they know is that they have a chance of survival there.
Much of the news is biased against these unfortunate souls, spouting purely negative propaganda. The Daily Mail at the start of the crisis for example- they both demonise and exploit these people. One minute they are bombarding us with emotive sob stories, the next inciting hate. None of this is helpful. What we need is an accurate representation of the truth about what refugees endure.
In our cosy homes and comfortable beds, we have no concept of what refugees are suffering on a day to day basis. Most people are criminally uneducated about refugees. Many are too blinded by prejudice or propaganda to acknowledge that refugees are striving to rebuild their entire lives. They can't "go back to their own country" – as you frequently hear far right idiots say. If they could, they wouldn't be here in the first place! Many embark on their journey with no money, no possessions and only hope that someone somewhere will see them not as a problem but as fellow human beings in desperate need of help.
Populism can be considered for some of the blame for the lack of empathy among society towards migrants. It's a trend emerging within the political world and there is no denying that it exists. If we take countries such as France, the Netherlands, and Indonesia, we can see that populism is emerging in the world and seeping everywhere. Right wing populism is being used to push politician's agendas on how 'our nation' should be and what 'our people' look, act, and think like. Many migrants have been met with hostility and are left feeling unwelcome.
We can turn this around and help migrants in many ways. You can donate through various charities such as UNICEF, Red Cross, whatever takes your fancy. Donating supplies and protesting are other ideas which can benefit migrants immensely. Most of us reading this have a roof over our heads. We have food, clothes, the latest technology. These migrants are facing violence, hunger and cold temperatures on a daily basis. People are being targeted, sexually assaulted and trafficked while our governments are turning away.
Now don't get me wrong; many countries are doing something. Turkey and Pakistan just to mention a couple. Turkey has over 1.6 million refugees, while Pakistan took in 1.5 million. However, in the wider scope, the World Economic Forum state that over 59.5 million people were forcibly displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence, or human rights violations by the end of 2014. You can imagine the number this has most likely risen by 2017.
Not everyone agrees with taking in migrants of course, but to those who do, remember. These are humans, just like me and you. It is up to people like us to educate the ignorant, and to make a difference in these people's lives.
The majority of migrants are running away and seeking protection in our countries for a reason – protection from danger and famine in war torn countries. Remember Atticus Finches' quote – we will never understand a person until we can experience what they have.


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Updated Covid Vaccination Policy for Entry into Paul Hall Center, Union Hiring Halls
Editor's note: The following news item was sent to the hiring halls and posted on the SIU website in late October.
Effective immediately, the COVID vaccine will no longer be a requirement to enter a hiring hall or to attend classes at the Paul Hall Center. Apprentices are, however, still required to be vaccinated in order to be assigned to apprentice positions. If anyone else is not fully vaccinated (meaning the original vaccines and any available booster shots), either by choice or by an approved medical or religious exemption, you are required to be masked at all times while indoors on the properties.
In a memo to SIU vice presidents and the halls, SIU Secretary-Treasurer David Heindel wrote, "We still strongly recommend and encourage all members to be fully protected from the virus." He noted that while the vaccines don't provide complete immunity, they have "been consistently shown to lessen the effects of the illness and keep us out of the hospital or worse. With that in mind, we will continue to provide benefits for the COVID vaccine(s) and booster vaccine(s)." For more information, Seafarers are encouraged to contact their respective port agents.
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DemoCurmudgeon: "BernieCare" single payer vs Republican Rube Goldberg free market based health care model.
"BernieCare" single payer vs Republican Rube Goldberg free market based health care model.
It's interesting to note that the government already "pays about half of the nation's health care bills." That said, Sen. Bernie Sanders wants to go all the way, with an all inclusive government run system.
Real Freedom and liberty: It's easy to sell this too, which begs the question why Democrats don't run with this; No more surprise bills in the mail, no more paperwork, every doctor is your doctor, every hospital is your hospital, and dental is finally included. Say goodbye to outrageously high long term care insurance policies. A yearly premium for someone making $40,000 equals about one monthly premium in our current system.
(It puts) the $3.2 trillion-a-year U.S. health care system in the hands of the federal government, with states acting as administrative subcontractors.
1. Eliminate such things as insurance premiums, deductibles and copays. In their place would be taxes ... a new 2.2 percent "health care income tax," with higher rates for upper-income earners.
2. Sanders would incorporate Medicare and Medicaid into the new system, promising that patients would have no gaps in coverage.
3. You could go to the doctor or spend two weeks in the hospital and not worry about getting a bill.
4. No insurance premiums, deductibles, cost-sharing or copays, even for brand-name medications. Gone would be worries about being penalized for seeing an out-of-network doctor.
5. Long-term care would be covered, whether in a nursing facility or one's own home.
6. Most dental care would be covered, too.
7. For drugmakers, the single-payer system means government-set prices, a reality they must endure in other countries.
WHAT ABOUT INSURERS? Economic changes, new technologies, and globalization have disrupted many industries. People in the United States have learned to live with fast-paced change, even if they don't like it. Under Sanders' plan insurers would be relegated to selling supplemental coverage for services not covered under the single-payer plan. States could hire them to help administer coverage. But hundreds of thousands of jobs would disappear. Billions of dollars in shareholder equity would evaporate. Sanders has proposed a transition plan for workers displaced by the conversion to single-payer. That plan, too, would have to be paid for with taxes.
1. Administrative savings would come from doing away with layers of insurance company bureaucracy. Those would be offset somewhat because the government bureaucracy would grow.
2. As with Medicaid, states would be expected to cover part of the cost of new system. How much remains to be determined.
Medicare itself would be restructured, providing beneficiaries with a fixed payment for a private insurance plan of their choice. His proposal relies largely on tax-sheltered personal accounts, 'Health Empowerment Accounts," opened for every citizen at birth, to promote patient choice, and foster competition among private insurers ... The tax-sheltered accounts would be paired with high-deductible major medical insurance. Routine costs could be covered from the accounts, which would build up balances with time. Carson would also gradually increase the Medicare eligibility age to 70 from the current age of 65.
I included Carson's Medicare plan because it's similar to the "free market" GOP vision for health care in general, and the "market oriented" systems in Singapore and Switzerland, which is god awful. Singapore takes a whopping 20% out of your paycheck to pay for in patient health care, but not outpatient, which you pay for on your own. Ouch!
Remember, Bernie Sanders' plan takes only 2.2% out of your paycheck.
Socialized medicine saves money, relative to the American system. Switzerland and Singapore provide powerful examples of how market-oriented health care systems are more cost-efficient than socialized ones.
In Switzerland, there are no government-run insurance plans, no "public options" ... the Swiss get subsidies, much like "premium support" proposals for Medicare reform or the ACA exchanges, from which Swiss citizens buy health care from private insurers. The subsidies are scaled up or down based on income. Switzerland is high on the league tables in terms of government health spending ... combining high-deductible insurance with health savings accounts for routine expenditures.
THE SINGAPORE MIRACLE?: Singapore has the most market-oriented system in the world. Singapore's comparable (if not higher) health outcomes, and spends an absurdly low amount on health care relative to the West. The key to the Singapore system is mandatory health savings accounts ... like our Social Security system, Singapore takes mandatory deductions from workers' paychecks--around 20 percent of wages--and deposits them into health savings accounts called Medisave. Medisave accounts are used mostly for inpatient expenses, but ... Singaporeans are expected to pay most of their outpatient expenses with non-Medisave cash.
On top of Medisave, Singapore has a government-run catastrophic insurance program called Medishield. Singaporeans can opt out of that plan and buy private catastrophic insurance. Premiums for Medishield can be paid for using the Medisave health savings accounts.
Then there is Medifund, a safety-net program for the bottom 10 percent of income earners, and Eldershield, a private insurance program for long-term care for those with old age-related disabilities. On top of these government-sponsored programs, Singaporeans can buy supplemental insurance for things like outpatient expenses.
It incorporates the central idea behind free-market health care: that health-care spending is most efficient when that spending is executed by individual patients, rather than third parties. It's easy to waste other people's money. But if that money is your own, you are going to try your best to spend it wisely.
Singapore, of course, isn't a democracy--which allows the government to install sweeping changes that wouldn't be realistic here.
Check out this ridiculously biased Cato Institute report on universal care vs market based: 2008 paper by Michael Tanner.) The report points to 4 arguments against single payer, and two of them are the same; long lines and rationing. Really, we don't have waiting periods here to see a specialist, and people that can't pay or are dropped for preexisting conditions isn't rationing?
At 103% debt to GDP, rising interest rates, an added 1.2 trillion in spending, and over 200 trillion in unfunded liabilities...why not?
Like I said, progressives won't be happy until they've destroyed this entire country.
Perhaps you missed the payroll tax to pay for it? But then paying more for ever increasing premiums seems to be a wise use of your money, right?
You see our obligations (debt) and treat them like something we don't need. Coasting and freeloading through life may be your life, but I grew up, raised a family, and became responsible. What's your excuse? Who wants to destroy the American way of life? Projection much?
You want more debt? Be my guest. But do it on an individual level and stop dragging the rest of us into it if you're so responsible. Obviously you have no clue about how markets work, economics, finance, or anything else that exists in the real world.
The "American way of life" (whatever that is) does not guarantee you happiness nor does it guarantee you healthcare.
And if you think a 2.2% payroll tax will pay for this, or that we need more debt even though we are the largest debtor nation in the history of the world...you should be locked up in the nut house!
If you really grew up, you would stop looking to the government to solve all your problems.
The hilarity of your last sentence is YUUUGGGE! The fact that you trust greedheaded and umaccountable insurance companies over elected officials that you vote for is the mark of a SUCKER.
Economic stability and higher wages are other major positives that single-payer would give, and be a significant money saver for businesses and government, reducing deficits in the real world. The fact that you don't understand this is why you're spewing talking points from your Mom's basement instead of being someone worth a damn...and with a name!
Listen and learn something. I dare you.


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Q: Read image from s3 server and process it from rails I have a image in s3 bucket and url to access it.
I want to read the image from the s3 and to create a thumbnail icon and push the thumbnail_icon to s3.
If the image is in local, I can read the image and convert it to StringIO. After that I can push the StringIO to create thumbnail image in s3:
item = File.read(url)
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how can I open remote file and process it?
File.open(remote_url) returns No such file or directory
with OpenURI I can read the file. But I couldn't convert it to StringIO
response = open(remote_url) #Tempfile
data_io = StringIO.new(response)
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What am I missing ?

A: The StringIO initialize method expects a string as the only parameter. The object you are giving it is a Tempfile. Try this:
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Lala Kent and Randall Emmett shared a dish made for lovers at the most romantic restaurant in Los Angeles.
Lala Kent got engaged to her beau Randall Emmett over Labor Day weekend — and the celebration is still going strong. The Vanderpump Rules pal shared a clip on her Instagram Stories showing what appeared to be a scene from the most romantic restaurant in Los Angeles.
Specifically, the clip showed twinkling lights peeking out from behind her husband to be, and closeups of a gorgeous dessert she shared with her date: a heart-shaped chocolate cake, topped with a classic red rose, presented on a silver platter on which "auguri" (best wishes in Italian) is written in chocolate, along with the couple's first names.
Looks familiar to Lala's, right? That's Il Cielo's heart-shaped flourless chocolate cake, layered with dark chocolate mousse and fresh raspberries, and presented on a platter with a message in chocolate script.
And while it's a popular opinion, but not scientifically proven that Il Cielo is the most romantic restaurant in Los Angeles, consider this snap of the alfresco dining space, decked with lush greenery and strung above with those famous twinkling white lights.
Fun fact, which I overheard on my anniversary visit, and happened to be seated next to the table with the restaurant's owner, so naturally I eavesdropped: The restaurant's outdoor seating also happens to have a view of the tallest lit palm tree in Los Angeles, with white lights snaking to the top and towering over the truly romantic scene.


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Union Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,148 at the 2010 census.

Geography
Union Township is located in the southeastern corner of Adams County. It is bordered by York County (West Manheim Township) to the east and by Carroll County, Maryland, to the south. Germany Township and the borough of Littlestown border Union Township to the southwest, Mount Pleasant Township is to the northwest, and Conewago Township is to the northeast.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which  is land and , or 0.18%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,989 people, 1,074 households, and 891 families residing in the township.  The population density was 171.2 people per square mile (66.1/km).  There were 1,112 housing units at an average density of 63.7/sq mi (24.6/km).  The racial makeup of the township was 98.33% White, 0.07% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.13% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.84% of the population.

There were 1,074 households, out of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.7% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.0% were non-families. 13.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $47,619, and the median income for a family was $51,845. Males had a median income of $37,727 versus $24,028 for females. The per capita income for the township was $19,506.  About 2.0% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 0.8% of those age 65 or over.

Environmental issues
Keystone Sanitation Landfill is located on a ridge of 40 acres of former farmland. From 1966 until 1990, it accepted municipal and industrial wastes and construction debris. The site leached volatile organic compounds and heavy metals, and runoff went in all directions into the ground- and surface water, affecting 2,300 people living in a three-mile radius. EPA added the landfill to the superfund list in July 1987. From 1990-1997, cleanup consisted of extraction and treatment of on-site groundwater, installation of an impermeable cap, a landfill gas collection system, construction of a fence, and water monitoring. In 1999, 34 residences in  proximity received whole-house treatment units, and groundwater was also extracted off-site. In May 2003, a landfill gas extraction system was added. Because flow rates were too low, 14 additional landfill gas wells were installed in November 2010.

In September 1993, EPA tried to recover approximately $1.4 million of clean up costs in litigation, which as of 2015 was still stayed, pending court-ordered settlement negotiations. The three owners of the landfill, Waste Management Inc., the Keystone Sanitation Company, and Anna and Kenneth Noel refused to participate in clean up and in 2000, EPA fined them $250,000.

References

Populated places established in 1735
Townships in Adams County, Pennsylvania
Townships in Pennsylvania
Superfund sites in Pennsylvania
1735 establishments in Pennsylvania

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Home Campus LDS youth see additions to pamphlets
LDS youth see additions to pamphlets
By icommtest
Has The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' standards for the youth changed?
No, but the For the Strength of Youth booklet was dated on December 17, 2011, for the first time since 2001.
New sections and subject treatment reflect the increased and differing challenges youth face today.
Since 1965, For the Strength of Youth has helped youth worldwide know what is expected of them.
Since its original publication, it has been dated and revised nine times to match each generation.
One major change includes guidance in listening to music. Readers are encouraged to be courteous to people around them by keeping their music at a reasonable volume and removing earphones when others are trying to talk.
Youth are also encouraged to avoid late night or overnight activities without adult servision, which is when temptation can be strongest.
Michael McKellar, bishop of the BYU-Idaho YSA 6th Ward, said he felt that, in today's society, the Church's youth are confused when new issues pop with technological advances, and they have trouble determining if it's okay to engage in certain activities.
"The content remains the same, but the application of those principles change over the years and the Church wants to make sure that youth of this current time understand what that means," McKellar said.
JeaNette G. Smith of Jacksonville, Fla., a licensed LDS marriage therapist, mental health counselor and author of several dating books, talked about differences she noticed between the old and new pamphlet on the "dating" section.
One major change she noticed in the new pamphlet was more emphasis on casual dating.
Smith said she felt in the past there has been confusion among youth about when it's all right to date seriously.
"I think now it's just a huge relief," Smith said. "It makes so much more sense. There's not all the pressure, not all the heartache, not all the drama."
The entire edition of the 2012 "For The Strength of Youth" pamphlet, complete with videos, pictures and counsel from general authorities, can be found at www.lds.org.
In addition to the online version, the pamphlet is available in several languages such as Italian, German, French, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese.
These pamphlets can be mailed to almost any country in the world including Iraq, Afghanistan and Egypt. It can also be downloaded online or on mobile devices.
For the Strength of Youth
LDS Church standards
LDS youth pamphlets
Zachary Lee
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Hand knitted garments аrе extremely expensive tо purchase ѕо уоu ѕhоuld bе able tо reduce thе cost significantly regarding hand knitwear simply bу producing іt уоurѕеlf.
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This graph represents our energy resources in 2006. There's been a lot of fracking since then, and a lot more discoveries, so it would probably be different today, but not all that much. It is, however, a good visual to illustrate the utter absurdity of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez's assumptions about eliminating fossil fuels and replacing them with "renewables." Eliminate the Nuclear energy, the Natural Gas., the Petroleum, and Coal. Ignore the Hydro because that will not grow — and O-C assumes that tiny pink 2.4% can not only power our industrial society, but also all the high-speed rail she has in mind to replace all the automobiles and airplanes she plans to eliminate.
Lots of worried talk about the "greenhouse gasses" in the atmosphere, but the primary "greenhouse gas" is water vapor – clouds. The carbon dioxide is the same stuff we exhale –a natural fertilizer for plants. The slight rise in the amount of CO² is greening the Earth and helping to feed its most poverty stricken peoples.


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