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Miners Hall Museum announces "Who's Behind the Apron" exhibit
Miners Hall Museum hosts a new exhibit
Daniel Camp,
Posted: January 3, 2022 4:10 PM
by Daniel Camp
Behind the Apron
FRANKLIN, Kan. – Miners Hall Museum is proud to announce the 2022 First Quarterly Exhibit, "Who's Behind the Apron".
The exhibit opens on January 3 and continues through March 27, 2022.
This exhibit will include a beautiful variety of aprons from a wide array of professions.
The display will include photos and memories of uses of the apron and businesses where proprietors wore aprons.
Special monthly programs scheduled for this exhibit include:
January 16: "Sausage-Making Days" will be presented by Rudy & Charlene Widmar. Sausage making was about more than putting food on the table; it was a time for fellowship, friendship, drinking beer, playing cards, and much more.
February 27: "The Magic Behind the Apron" will be presented by Gary Pommier. This exhibit will feature welding and the magic that is created – encompassing the four states of matter, which is part of the magic.
March 27: "Grandma's Apron" will be presented by Nanette Krumsick. Learn about the many uses for aprons in the home and how aprons became a tool for the people wearing them.
The museum is open for viewing Monday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. Admission to the museum and the programs are free.


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An electronic auctioning platform has been unveiled by the Nigerian Customs Service with which cargoes that have been forfeited to the Federal Government could be sold to Nigerians through a transparent bidding process.
The e-auctioning exercise was performed at the Nigerian Customs headquarters by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) on Monday. Members of the e-auction committee present at the event included representatives from the Central Bank of Nigeria, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control among others.
Speaking at the exercise, Col. Ali described the launch of the platform as a game-changer for the service as it would bring about transparency and consistency in the disposal of seized vehicles back to the general public.


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UHY Haines Norton's Managing Director Grant Brownlee explains the IRD's increased focus on small businesses.
I recently had the opportunity to listen to an IRD policy maker explain what direction they are taking with their revenue collection policy. He indicated that pressure is regularly applied by Government Ministers on policy makers to find new ways of improving on and increasing the revenue received from taxpayers. The problem for the policy makers is that they have already done a fairly comprehensive job of establishing a very broad tax base in New Zealand, and they have already identified and targeted many of the high risk/high payback tax payers. The IRD appear to have a goal of getting around $7 back for every $1 of audit activity spend.
The message I got from the presenter was that there are two remaining areas they could target to achieve their revenue collection goals.
Firstly they have a major project underway where they are reviewing the effectiveness of the Tax Administration Act. We are expecting a re-write and major changes in the way taxes are collected with the aim of reducing the risk of bad debts and non-compliance. Already we have seen increased focus by the IRD on taxpayers who are behind in filing their tax returns. We have also noticed increased activity by the IRD in attempting to collect unpaid taxes. They appear to be more focused, more aggressive and more decisive. Clearly the government is looking for ways to get paid sooner and not be in a position where they are chasing old tax from people who have already spent it.
Secondly the IRD is likely to increase their focus on small businesses. They have already had a very close look at the very large corporates and the medium-sized businesses. Now all they have left is the smaller taxpayer.
A couple of areas where we have recently noticed increased activity are PAYE and FBT. In our view these are easy targets for two reasons. New Zealand has a fairly complex set of PAYE rules and it is easy to make an omission. For example, an employer providing subsidised accommodation to an employee must treat the value of the accommodation as salary and deduct PAYE from it. FBT rules around motor vehicles seem ridiculous to many, however if you are providing vehicles to anyone in the business we recommend that you take time to re-familiarise yourself with the compliance requirements. The IRD provides full details of the rules and exemptions, including calculations and case studies, on their website here. Some of our smaller clients have recently been targeted in the FBT area.
Finally, we have noticed that a recent tactic of the IRD is to make phone calls directly to our clients asking what appear to be harmless, casual questions. The IRD officers are then calling us as tax agents and asking the same questions. In one case recently an IRD officer asked my staff member, the client and then me the very same questions. Kiwis in small businesses tend to be fairly casual, particularly if they feel they have nothing to hide.
Please remember that where we are acting as your tax agent all IRD enquiries should be directed through us. If you receive any phone calls or correspondence you are within your rights to refer the IRD directly to your tax agent. IRD compliance officers have also been turning up unannounced at client premises. If this happens to you we would encourage you not to agree to the interruption but instead direct them to us in the first instance. When it comes to dealing with the IRD we recommend letting us handle it – it is not a good idea to try and do it yourself.
If you would like to discuss this article, or your tax or business matters, please contact Grant Brownlee at grantb@uhyhn.co.nz or phone (09) 839-0297.


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Remember when the progressive gunman attacked the Family Research Council?
10/02/2015 Wintery Knight	1 Comment
Goodness Without God: is it possible?
Let's walk down memory lane and remember what happens when "non-religious" people who don't like "organized religion" get hold of guns and decide to act on their non-religious convictions. In this case, the shooter was a gay activist who was a great admirer of Friedrich Nietzche, the atheist philosopher who proclaimed the death of God.
The Daily Caller reports.
The man accused of opening fire and shooting a security guard at the conservative Family Research Council headquarters last August plead guilty to three charges in a D.C. federal court Wednesday.
Floyd Lee Corkins, II of Herndon, Virginia entered guilty pleas to a federal weapons charge as well as a local terrorism charge and a charge of assault with intent to kill, according to news reports.
The Washington Post reports that, according to the plea agreement Corkins signed, he told FBI agents on the day of the shooting that he "intended to kill as many people as possible" and planned to "smother Chick-fil-A sandwiches in their faces."
Investigators found additional magazines and 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches in his backpack on the day of the shooting.
Following the guilty plea the FRC issued a statement placing a large portion of the blame for the shooting at the feet of the liberal Southern Poverty Law Center, which had listed FRC as a hate group. FRC noted that prosecutors discovered Corkins identified his targets on the SPLC's website.
"The day after Floyd Corkins came into the FRC headquarter and opened fire wounding one of our team members, I stated that while Corkins was responsible for the shooting, he had been given a license to perpetrate this act of violence by groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center which has systematically and recklessly labeled every organization with which they disagree as a 'hate group,'" FRC president Tony Perkins said in a statement, which went on to demand that SPLC stop attacking organizations that have a different opinion on gay rights.
The shooting happened shortly after Chick-fil-A made headlines over the company president's disagreement with gay marriage.
Why does anyone think that people on the secular left are tolerant?
Gunman says he was acting on anti-white views that he learned in college
Floyd Lee Corkins II is a left-winger, admired atheist philosopher Nietzche
Even after Family Research Council shooting, leftists continue "hate" rhetoric
The mainstream media's biased coverage of the Family Research Council shooting
Southern Poverty Law Center called the Family Research Council "hate group"
Human Rights Campaign calls the Family Research Council "hate group"
Family Research Council shooting suspect volunteered at gay community center
White House and left-wing media take hours to comment on FRC shooting
Shooting at Family Research Council being investigated as domestic terrorism
Zeitgeist conspiracy movie had profound impact on Jared Loughner
Atheist who shot Gabrielle Giffords read Communist Manifesto, liked flag burning
Suicidal Florida school board gunman was a progressive atheist
Eco-terrorist who shot up Discovery Channel building is a Darwinist
Harvard-educated evolutionist arrested for multiple-victim school shooting
The link between Darwinism, nihilism and public school shootings
Democrats attacking campaign offices with guns and explosives
Pro-abortion thugs arrested at McGill University pro-life event
Pro-abortion shooter murders two people
Pro-lifer dodges SUV driven by pro-abortionist
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Gay activist Dan Savage: abortion should be mandatory for the next 30 years
11/07/2013 Wintery Knight	9 Comments
Gay activist Dan Savage thinks that we should murder every single child born on the planet for the next 30 years, against the will of the parents, in every single country in the world.
The Daily Caller explains what happened. (H/T Mysterious Wes)
Self-styled anti-bullying advocate Dan Savage told a giggling and applauding audience in Australia that "abortion should be mandatory for 30 years" on Monday during a panel discussion on Christianity, marriage and sex.
Savage made his remarks during a program titled "Q&A, Adventures in Democracy" broadcasted from the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on Monday in response to the question: "Which so-called dangerous idea do you each think would have the greatest potential to change the world for the better if it were implemented?"
"Population control: There's too many goddam people on the planet," Savage said as the audience burst into applause at his predictable response. "You know, I'm pro-choice. I believe that women should have a right to control their bodies. Sometimes in my darker moments, I'm anti-choice. I think abortion should be mandatory for about 30 years."
Savage, creator of the "It Gets Better" viral video anti-suicide crusade on behalf of gay teens, takes a hateful, violent pro-death position toward everyone who irritates him, from unborn babies to hapless Green Party candidates standing in the way of total Democratic domination.
"I wish [Republicans] were all f***ing dead," he said on liberal comedian Bill Maher's HBO show "Real Time" in 2011 during the debt-ceiling brouhaha.
Back in 2006, Savage called for the barbaric murder of a Green Party candidate, angered by the threat of third-party candidates to spoil the Democratic Senate victory of Bob Casey.
"Carl Romanelli should be dragged behind a pickup truck until there's nothing left but the rope," Savage told the Daily Pennsylvanian, alluding to the 1998 torture and death of hate crime victim James Byrd, Jr.
Voters thinking of casting a ballot for Romanelli should be "beaten," said Savage, who had previously used the beating death of 21-year-old gay teen Matthew Shepard as blog post fodder.
Remember, this is just what he says in public. Can you imagine what his real views are?
The Obama administration is a big fan of Dan Savage:
President Barack Obama himself supports Savage's "It Gets Better" campaign, devoting a page of WhiteHouse.gov to it as a civil rights issue.
Obama appears to share Savage's view on abortion as well: During his tenure in the Illinois state legislature, Obama spoke and voted against a version of the "Born Alive Infants Protection Act," which would have made it illegal to kill a living, breathing, defenseless child that survived an abortion.
It's very important to take a close look at what gay activists say and do. Below are a couple of examples of what gay activists do.
From the leftist Washington Post.
A satellite church affiliated with controversial Seattle pastor Mark Driscoll was vandalized early Tuesday (April 24) and a group calling itself the "Angry Queers" has reportedly taken responsibility.
Stained glass and other windows were broken at the Mars Hill Church, according to a post on the Facebook page of Pastor Tim Smith.
"Neighbors of the church reported seeing several young adults in black masks throwing large rocks into the windows," a church news release said. "Police stated that a bank in the area was also vandalized in the same way and that they believe the vandalism was planned ahead of time, most likely by an activist group."
On Tuesday, KPTV FOX 12 reported it had received an email from someone using the name "Angry Queers" and claiming responsibility.
Mars Hill Portland opened last October. During the first service, protesters gathered in front of the church and yelled obscenities at worshipers to speak out against the church's stance on homosexuality.
Here's part of the e-mail written by the gay activists responsible for the attack:
The e-mail, which is peppered with foul language, berates the Q Center, a local LGBT activist organization, for engaging in a dialogue with the Mars Hill's leadership. "What we have to say to the Q Center is this: F—K YOU, you don't represent us. You are disgusting traitors who prioritize social peace and the bourgeois aspirations of rich white cis gay people over the more pressing survival needs of more marginalized queers."
"F—k dialog with people who want us dead," the e-mail read. "The only dialog we need with scum like Mars Hill is hammers through their windows."
"We hope this small act of vengeance will strike some fear into the hearts of all of Mars Hill's pastors, and warm the hearts of our friends and comrades (known or unknown). It may not get better, but we can certainly get even," it concludes.
You can read about a few more examples of gay activism here and a more recent example of gay activism here.
And of course, we can't forget the prominent gay activist Floyd Corkins, who was convicted of domestic terrorism for his attack on the Family Research Council.
The Human Rights Campaign, a very large and influential gay rights group favored by Democrats, joins the SPLC and the convicted domestic terrorist Floyd Corkins in condemning the FRC as a "hate group". Gay activists continued to condemn the FRC after the terrorist attack had occurred.
You can read more about the views of Floyd Corkins here, and note this:
Corkins told the FBI he found the FRC building as his target using a "hate map" on the website of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The SPLC refuses to acknowledge any responsibility for the shooting. SPLC still lists FRC as a hate group and continues to maintain a map to FRC's office building on the SPLC website.
Now read this quotation from Dan Savage:
Dan Savage often speaks on college campuses and on television as a liberal commentator. He often makes controversial remarks, such as saying that Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, in opposing homosexual behavior, contributes to gay suicide.
On Sept. 27, 2012, Savage told a student audience at Winona State University, "[E]very dead gay kid is a victory for the Family Research Council. They argue that the gay lifestyle is sick and sinful and dangerous and they point to the suicide rate, and then they turn around and do everything in their power to make sure that suicide rate does not come down and to drive it up."
"Tony Perkins sits on a pile of dead gay kids every day when he goes to work — and he calls himself a Christian," said Savage. "I don't understand how real Christians let that little f–ker get away with that."
What does the FRC do? They put out research papers showing the importance of mothers and fathers to children. That's what gay activists consider to be "hate". It's very important to understand what gay activists actually say. I have no doubt that if you ask gay activists like Dan Savage and Floyd Corkins whether they are tolerant people, they would say "of course we are tolerant". So you have to look for yourself at what they say, and what they do, and judge for yourself whether they are as tolerant as they want you to believe.
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Department of Defense training manual labels Founding Fathers as "extremists"
08/27/2013 Wintery Knight	Leave a comment
The Daily Caller reports. (H/T Dad)
A Department of Defense teaching guide meant to fight extremism advises students that rather than "dressing in sheets" modern-day radicals "will talk of individual liberties, states' rights, and how to make the world a better place," and describes 18th-century American patriots seeking freedom from the British as belonging to "extremist ideologies."
The guide comes from documents obtained by Judicial Watch and is authored by the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, a DoD-funded diversity training center.
Under a section titled "extremist ideologies," the document states, "In U.S. history, there are many examples of extremist ideologies and movements. The colonists who sought to free themselves from British rule and the Confederate states who sought to secede from the Northern states are just two examples."
Besides a brief reference to 9/11 and another to the Sudanese civil war, the guide makes no mention of Islamic extremism.
The guide also repeatedly tells readers to use the Southern Poverty Law Center as a resource in identifying hate groups. The SPLC has previously come under fire for its leftist bias and tendency to identify conservative organizations such as the American Family Association as hate groups.
In August 2012, an attempted terrorist attack occurred at the Family Research Council, another conservative organization the SPLC has branded a hate group. FRC president Tony Perkins said the SPLC's designation prompted the attack, stating the gunman "was given a license to shoot … by organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center."
In a statement, Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton slammed the Department of Defense documents for what he described as their bias against conservatives.
"The Obama administration has a nasty habit of equating basic conservative values with terrorism. And now, in a document full of claptrap, its Defense Department suggests that the Founding Fathers, and many conservative Americans, would not be welcome in today's military," said Fitton. "And it is striking that some the language in this new document echoes the IRS targeting language of conservative and Tea Party investigations. After reviewing this document, one can't help but worry for the future and morale of our nation's armed forces."
The Elusive Wapiti lists some of the factors in the document which are linked to extremists like the Founding Fathers, and then comments:
I suppose it's a marker of my supposed extremism that the Left exhibits most or all of these so-called "extremist traits". For isn't it the very operative definition of a Liberalist as one who engages in Alinskyite fix-it-freeze-it-polarize-it ad hominem attacks against his/her opponents, who makes sweeping generalizations of their ideological adversaries, who makes repeated assertions unsupported by facts, sometimes long after their assertions have been debunked, who view their adversaries as evil rather than merely misinformed, who'd readily resort to intimidation and sloganeering rather than rational discourse, who assume they're morally superior to all those unevolved knuckle-draggers in flyover territory, and who themselves are in thrall to Malthusian apocalyptic dogma (overpopulation, environmentalism, anthropogenic global warming)?
If I didn't know any better, I'd say this training manual joins other documents shown to DoD personnel, characteristic of a consistent, maybe even extremist, anti-Right worldview, as little more than a cynical attempt at projection…to deflect criticism away from one's behaviors by accusing your opponents of doing exactly what you yourself do.
Todd Starnes, who follows the persecution of Christians in the military, commented on this story over at Fox News.
It's not the first time the military has been caught using training materials that depict conservatives and Christians as extremists.
In April Fox News obtained an email sent by a lieutenant colonel at Fort Campbell to three dozen subordinates warning them to be on the lookout for any soldiers who might be members of "domestic hate groups" like the FRC and the American Family Association.
"When we see behaviors that are inconsistent with Army Values – don't just walk by – do the right thing and address the concern before it becomes a problem," the email advised.
At the time the Army denied there was any attack on Christians or those who hold religious beliefs.
"The notion that the Army is taking an anti-religion or anti-Christian stance is contrary to any of our policies, doctrines and regulations," an Army spokesman told Fox News at the time.
However, in a separate incident, an Army training instructor listed Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as examples of religious extremism – along with Al Qaeda and Hamas.
The same Army spokesman said the training session was an "isolated incident not condoned by the Department of the Army."
Fitton told Fox News the military seems to be having a lot of isolated incidents and it appears the Pentagon is sending a message to Christians.
"They are putting out the not-welcome sign to conservative Christians," Fitton said. "They are trying to make the military an unwelcome place for conservative Christians."
So the person who wrote this is citing the Southern Poverty Law Center, which was a source of information for the homosexual activist Floyd Lee Corkins II who tried to shoot up the Family Research Council think tank. Isn't it ironic that the author of an anti-conservative document is citing the same source that supplied the information used by a convicted domestic terrorist who attacked a conservative organization with guns? I find that ironic. I also find it ironic that the military is so politically correct that it is trying to label what a real domestic terrorist like Nidal Hasan did as "workplace violence". I find that ironic. Ironic and perplexing. So, Congressman Paul Ryan advocates for small government, and he's an extremist domestic terrorist, but Floyd Corkins and Nidal Hasan don't even get a mention in a DOD training manual.
Do you think this person has ever read a book by someone like Thomas Sowell or a Robert George or a Mark Levin? I think that they probably went through their entire education without ever reading a single thing written by an intelligent conservative. They probably can't even name an intelligent conservative. But they still got a job in the government, working at taxpayers' expense. I think that we should really reform the government-run public school system that produces people like this DOD writer, so that we can get students graduating with a higher degree of open-mindedness, tolerance and critical thinking. It probably wouldn't hurt if we steered more students toward math and science instead of the liberal arts areas, which are more vulnerable to this sort of fact-free demonization of conservatives.
Democrats and pro-abortion groups target pro-lifers in FBI and DOJ training
Defense Department brands evangelical Christians and Catholics as "extremists"
Department of Homeland Security to counter global warming threat
Has political correctness made the FBI impotent against real terrorist threats?
Department of Homeland Security brands Tea Party conservatives as terrorists
Gay activist who attempted mass shooting at Family Research Council pleads guilty
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IRS official who targeted Tea Party groups now a director in Obamacare administration
ABC News reports.
The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation.
Sarah Hall Ingram served as commissioner of the office responsible for tax-exempt organizations between 2009 and 2012. But Ingram has since left that part of the IRS and is now the director of the IRS' Affordable Care Act office, the IRS confirmed to ABC News today.
Her successor, Joseph Grant, is taking the fall for misdeeds at the scandal-plagued unit between 2010 and 2012. During at least part of that time, Grant served as deputy commissioner of the tax-exempt unit.
Grant announced today that he would retire June 3, despite being appointed as commissioner of the tax-exempt office May 8, a week ago.
As the House voted to fully repeal the Affordable Care Act Thursday evening, House Speaker John Boehner expressed "serious concerns" that the IRS is empowered as the law's chief enforcer.
"Fully repealing ObamaCare will help us build a stronger, healthier economy, and will clear the way for patient-centered reforms that lower health care costs and protect jobs," Boehner, R-Ohio, said.
"Obamacare empowers the agency that just violated the public's trust by secretly targeting conservative groups," Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., added. "Even by Washington's standards, that's unacceptable."
Sen. John Cornyn even introduced a bill, the "Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013," which would prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury, or any delegate, including the IRS, from enforcing the Affordable Care Act.
"Now more than ever, we need to prevent the IRS from having any role in Americans' health care," Cornyn, R-Texas, stated. "I do not support Obamacare, and after the events of last week, I cannot support giving the IRS any more responsibility or taxpayer dollars to implement a broken law."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell also reacted to the revelation late Thursday, stating the news was "stunning, just stunning."
More here from Guy Benson, who linked to this story. He reports that Sarah Hall Ingram received more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded bonuses while working at the IRS.
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IRS gave confidential documents from conservative groups to liberal group ProPublica
The IRS also held up tax-exemption applications of conservative groups.
A newly obtained watchdog report described how the "inappropriate" IRS program that flagged conservative groups for extra scrutiny led to massive delays, with some organizations stuck waiting years to find out about their applications.
The findings were contained in a highly anticipated and highly critical inspector general's report, obtained by Fox News, on a practice that IRS officials first acknowledged on Friday.
The report revealed that the program began as far back as 2010. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration concluded that it was the result of "ineffective management" and "inappropriate criteria" which must be corrected.
Describing the impact of the IRS program, the report said the flawed criteria led to Tea Party and other groups being singled out and subjected to "substantial delays." More than 80 percent of the cases it reviewed were left open more than one year, and some were left in limbo for more than three years.
[…]The internal investigation found that the "inappropriate criteria" — which led to the IRS asking Tea Party and other groups about their donors and making other intrusive requests — was allowed to stay in place for more than 18 months. During that time, conservative groups had their applications put on hold for months, even years.
What did the IRS do with these applications and donor lists?
Breitbart.com explains what happened next:
The progressive-leaning investigative journalism group ProPublica says the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) office that targeted and harassed conservative tax-exempt groups during the 2012 election cycle gave the progressive group nine confidential applications of conservative groups whose tax-exempt status was pending.
The commendable admission lends further evidence to the lengths the IRS went during an election cycle to silence tea party and limited government voices.
ProPublica says the documents the IRS gave them were "not supposed to be made public":
The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year… In response to a request for the applications for 67 different nonprofits last November, the Cincinnati office of the IRS sent ProPublica applications or documentation for 31 groups. Nine of those applications had not yet been approved—meaning they were not supposed to be made public. (We made six of those public, after redacting their financial information, deeming that they were newsworthy.)
The group says that "no unapproved applications from liberal groups were sent to ProPublica."
The National Organization for Marriage had their donor list leaked by someone in the IRS.
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) today released documents showing that their confidential U.S. tax return containing private donor information came directly from the Internal Revenue Service and was provided to NOM's political opponents, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Joe Solmonese, president of the HRC, is a national co-chair of President Obama's reelection campaign.
"The American people are entitled to know how a confidential tax return containing private donor information filed exclusively with the Internal Revenue Service has been given to our political opponents whose leader also happens to be co-chairing President Obama's reelection committee," said NOM President Brian Brown. "It is shocking that a political ally of President Obama's would come to possess and then publicly release a confidential tax return that came directly from the Internal Revenue Service. We demand to know who is responsible for this criminal act and what the Administration is going to do to get to the bottom of it."
On March 30, 2012, the Huffington Post published NOM's confidential 2008 tax return filed with the IRS, which it said came from the Human Rights Campaign. The HRC has said on its own site the documents came from a "whistleblower." However, NOM has determined that the documents came directly from the Internal Revenue Service.
The Human Rights Campaign was one of the groups that denounced the Family Research Council as a "hate group". This is the same Family Research Council that was attacked by a gun-wielding gay activist named Floyd Lee Corkins II. The crime was prosecuted as an act of domestic terrorism, and Corkins was convicted. The Human Rights Campaign has gotten people fired for disagreeing with same-sex marriage.
Remember that everything that the IRS was doing was not paid for with money that they themselves earned themselves by providing useful products and services. The IRS gets money by culling it from profitable private sector businesses and their employees, through compulsory confiscation of earned income. Should we be paying them to do this? Is this good value for the money?
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Q: Django Admin Model ArrayField Change Delimiter My model looks like this:
from django.contrib.postgres.fields import ArrayField
class Trigger(models.Model):
    solutions = ArrayField(models.TextField(blank=True, null=True), blank=True, null=True, help_text='some helpful text')

This allows me to enter a list of solutions separated by a comma by default. For example: I can enter in that textfield:
1. watch out for dust.,
2. keep away from furry animals.,

This does create a list of  two separate string items. However, if a solution text itself contains a comma, for example:
1. cockroaches, polens and molds might be harmful.

This will create two separate solution lines, because of the existence of a comma in that sentence.
How do I tell django to use a different delimiter than comma as it would be almost certainly a part of sentences. How can I use a separator like '|'? I looked inside the arrayfield class, but it doesn't allow any separator.

A: Some relevant documentation:

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*https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#arrayfield

*https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/contrib/postgres/forms/#simplearrayfield
If you're using built in forms on the admin site, or using a ModelForm without customising any fields then the field is probably automatically using the SimpleArrayField form field.  It looks like you can override the delimiter character.  The documentation states this caveat:

The field does not support escaping of the delimiter, so be careful in cases where the delimiter is a valid character in the underlying field. The delimiter does not need to be only one character.

Anyways, you could do this by providing a custom form like this...
# forms.py

from django import forms
from .models import Trigger

class TriggerForm(forms.ModelForm):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields['solutions'].delimiter = '|'  # Or whichever other character you want.

    class Meta:
        model = Trigger
        fields = '__all__'

And if this is for use in the admin site...
# admin.py

from django.contrib import admin
from .forms import TriggerForm
from .models import Trigger

@admin.register(Trigger)
class TriggerAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    form = TriggerForm

A: Slightly cleaner solution (without overriding the __init__ in the Form class) would be to just specify the field on the form.
from django.contrib.postgres.forms import SimpleArrayField
from django import forms
from django.forms.fields import CharField
from django.forms.widgets import Textarea

class TriggerForm(forms.ModelForm):
    solutions = SimpleArrayField(CharField(), delimiter='|', widget=Textarea())

This way you can easily choose to go with, for example SplitArrayField or specify different widget for the field.

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American Trucks magazine fans are by now well aware of the high regard I hold for LMC Truck. Their high-quality wares, friendly well versed staff, and fantastic service have over the years made them my go-to source for the majority of my classic truck restoration needs (as a matter of fact, my '57 small-window actually sports more LMC Truck components than it does General Motors). That said, when they asked if I might pen the background story on the company's pride and joy, the '67 Chevy C10 which graced the cover of LMC Trucks' very first truck parts and accessory catalog. I was truly humbled and I hope I'm able to provide you and the folks at LMC Truck an enjoyable and accurate look at this beautifully restored classic pickup.
When Long Motor Corporation decided to enter the American Truck market back in 1993, they began searching for a truck to photograph for the company's first catalog. The truck they eventually found and purchased was a 1967 Chevy C10 long bed. Little did they know that the workhorse they'd chosen would be the truck that would represent the history of the company.
In 1993 the truck, now known as Lowla, began a journey that would take her from temporary storage in a corner of an LMC warehouse, to a mule used for testing and test-fitting new LMC Truck components, and finally to the state of restored perfection showcased in the pages of their expansive Chevrolet truck catalogs to this day. Needless to say, in a process that has spanned 20 years she's been a cherished representative that has done her part in helping grow LMC Truck into the largest supplier of truck restoration parts and accessories in the nation.
The Chevy C10 was an extremely popular truck back in her birth year of 1967, but Lowla was never an ordinary C10. Born with a little more muscle under the hood than average, and equipped with a drum brake system, she quickly earned the nickname "death sled." Despite her brakes, she quickly became an employee favorite; her powerful engine's distinctive rumble let everyone know whenever she left the LMC Truck warehouse and the rubber she left on the road was proof of her torque.
Fast forwarding to 2013, the folks at LMC Truck decided to transform their aging classic into a genuine showpiece. The crew brought the old truck out of retirement. A Name the Truck contest was held, and "Lowla" was selected from thousands of entries submitted by LMC Truck customers.
To begin Lowla's restoration, LMC Truck looked to none other than my pal Stacey David, host of the TV series "GearZ" on Speed TV. The goal was to turn Lowla from a good looking but aging parts truck into an eye catching showpiece. Stacey suggested they convert her from a long bed to short bed. And while long beds were more common, short beds do look cooler, so they agreed to tackle that modification during her restoration.
Before Lowla was sent off for her makeover with Stacey, she underwent a few minor adjustments from LMC Truck's research staff which included lowering her a few inches improving her stance dropping her stance and swapping her original drum brakes for discs. Lowla then went on to star in two episodes of "GearZ", where Stacey chopped and shortened the frame, moved her fuel tank from the cab to behind the rearend, and added a fresh cargo bed assembly (from LMC Truck of course) transforming her into a short bed.
After her initial modifications Lowla was then shipped off to Max and Margaret David at Possum Holler Garage in Sawdust, Tennessee. There Lowla was expertly dissembled and stripped. Next, everything which needed replacement was and what wasn't replaced was massaged into pristine shape. Next she received a sparkling, glass-smooth paint job. After exiting the spray booth she was treated to a host of fresh new parts from LMC Truck's extensive inventory.
Lowla's television career is not over yet. She recently arrived in Florida for a visit to the set of "All Girl Garage." Jesse Combs, Bogi, and Cristy Lee will put the finishing touches on Lowla in a show airing on Velocity network on September 21, 2013. After that her next stop is the set of "Truck U" for a series of tech tip features airing on the Great American Country channel from September through November 2013. Among the upgrades tackled there will be the installation new door panels and trim; seat reupholstery; and the installation of the brand new LMC Truck Exclusive LED Digital Dash (which, by the way, will be released to the market and ready for sale on September 14, 2013). Finally, in all her restored glory, Lowla will star alongside Courtney Hansen for an episode of "PowerBlock" set to air on Spike TV in January 2014.
Lowla's story is but one joined by seventeen other LMC Truck customers' trucks and stories that you'll find featured here in the pages of American Truck magazine. And keep in mind, Lowla's restoration is just one of perhaps thousands of truck restoration stories around the country, and whether it is your daily driver or a truck that has been in your family for years just remember, LMC Truck's passion is "keeping 'em on the road.


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Anytime (well, almost any time) you use a fat, be it butter, lard, other oils etc., substitute one of our Extra Virgin or flavoured Olive Oils. Using an acid like lemon or lime juice or a wine vinegar, consider how one of our balsamic vinegars (sweet or savoury) might elevate the dish!
This page will present a few easy techniques and flavours we enjoy as well as some standard recipes for staples in the kitchen and won't relate directly to our flavours, as you can put together HUNDREDS of combinations – get creative!
Put the oil and vinegar in a container with a lid and shake until emulsified, or use a whisk in a small bowl until combined. Adjust the ratio to your taste – some like it with more oil, some more vinegar. As for quantities, we recommend 1T of each oil & vinegar per person for a dinner-sized salad.
Combine the sea salt and garlic in the bottom of your salad bowl. Crush the garlic into the salt with the back of a spoon until it makes a smooth paste. Add the olive oil and lemon juice, stir together. Pile your salad greens and toppings on and toss, toss, toss!
Put a small container (one you can get a butter knife into) of Extra Virgin Olive Oil in the fridge. When it solidifies, you will be able to spread it over bread or toast just like butter – only better! Don't leave it sitting out on the counter, mind, or it will liquefy again and you'll be drizzling instead.
This simple, delectable dish will woo you away from butter and sour cream for life.
2. Put it on a plate and crack it open. Immediately douse it with a liberal helping of your finest Extra Virgin (we're not talking drizzles, but glugs here!), plus a pinch of salt and a couple of turns of the pepper mill.
Note: Use only the best extra virgin for this. Any faults in the oil will only be emphasized by the heat of the potato.
This is not a recipe but a trick that will at first astonish, then quickly win you over. Simply air-pop the popcorn, then while it's still very hot, toss it with a tablespoon or two of olive oil, along with sea salt. Play around with some of our flavoured oils (favourites of ours are Persian Lime, Chipotle, Dill, and Butter), or stay pure with an Extra Virgin.


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Norway not recognizing illegal "referendum"
by Nadarajah Sethurupan | @ | February 21, 2017 1:22 pm
Latvia does not recognize the "independence" of Nagorno-Karabakh and the "referendum" which is held there, Latvian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Juris Maklakovs told Trend on February 20.
The so-called "constitutional referendum" is held on February 20 in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, which is now ruled by a puppet regime controlled by Armenia.
Maklakovs stressed that Latvia supports territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group on the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Norwegian Embassy in Baku also said on February 20 that Norway recognizes neither the "independence" of Nagorno-Karabakh nor the "referendum" held there.
Earlier, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry as well as the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair states, namely Russia, the U.S. and France, have also confirmed that they will not recognize the "referendum" in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Azerbaijani MP Bakhtiyar Sadigov, in turn, urged international organizations to react to the illegal "referendum" in Nagorno-Karabakh.
"By not reacting to the conduction of illegal "referendum" by Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, international organizations harm their prestige," he told Trend on February 20.
Sadigov said the "referendum" is designed for the domestic audience of Armenia and it has no legal force.
The MP added that international organizations have always applied double standards towards the issue.
"The four resolutions on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which were adopted by the UN Security Council, are still not implemented. And this organization does not respond to it," the MP said.
He also noted that the OSCE Minsk Group and the co-chair countries undertook mediation in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by peaceful means, but failed to achieve any results so far.
Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a fragile ceasefire in 1994. Since the war, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.
While the OSCE Minsk Group acted as the only mediator in resolution of the conflict, the occupation of the territory of the sovereign State with its internationally recognized boundaries has been left out of due attention of the international community for years.
Armenia ignores four UN Security Council resolutions on immediate withdrawal from the occupied territory of Azerbaijan, thus keeping tension high in the region.
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En el Tour de França de 2010, 97a edició del Tour de França, hi van prendre part vint-i-dos equips.

En virtut d'un acord signat el 2008 hi havia 16 equips que tenien assegurada la seva presència al Tour 2010:
 Equips ProTour: AG2R La Mondiale, , , Euskaltel-Euskadi, La Française des Jeux, Footon-Servetto, Lampre-Farnese Vini, Liquigas-Doimo, Omega Pharma-Lotto, Quick Step, , Team HTC-Columbia, Team Milram i Team Saxo Bank.
 Equips continentals professionals: BBox Bouygues Telecom i Cofidis.

Sis altres equips foren convidats a prendre-hi part el 30 març de 2010:

 Equips ProTour: Team RadioShack, Team Sky, Team Katusha i Garmin-Transitions
 Equips continentals professionals: BMC Racing Team i Cervélo TestTeam.

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Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter Trailer (Exclusive Trailer)
Published on February 5, 2015 by Deb
The new trailer for 'Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter' starring Rinko Kikuchi as a woman whose obsession with the movie 'Fargo' draws her into a dangerous adventure. Have you heard about the real-life story, and what do you think of this trailer?
Kumiko is a frustrated Office Lady whose imagination transcends the confines of her mundane life. Kumiko becomes obsessed with a mysterious, battered VHS tape of a popular film she's mistaken for a documentary, fixating on a scene where a suitcase of stolen cash is buried in the desolate, frozen landscape of North Dakota. Believing this treasure to be real, she leaves behind Tokyo and her beloved rabbit Bunzo to recover it – and finds herself on a dangerous adventure unlike anything she's seen in the movies.
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is a 2014 American drama film co-written and directed by David Zellner. The film stars Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Shirley Venard, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, and Kanako Higashi.
The story is based around the urban legend surrounding the death of Takako Konishi. It was reported in the media that she had died trying to find the treasure depicted in the 1996 film Fargo. In actuality, she committed suicide.
The film received largely positive reviews upon its premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 100% rating based on reviews from 18 critics, with an average score of 7.9/10. Metacritic gives the film a score of 86 based on reviews from 5 critics, indicating "Universal acclaim".
Scott Foundas, in his review for Variety, gave the film a positive review by saying that "A beguiling fable of buried treasure and movie-fed obsession" and added that "At every turn, we can sense what's going on behind Kumiko's doleful, downcast eyes; Kikuchi pulls us deeply into her world." Todd McCarthy in his review for The Hollywood Reporter called the film "A work of rigorously disciplined eccentricity, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is at once entirely accessible and yet appealing only to a rarified crowd ready to key into its narrow-bandwidth sense of humor." Eric Kohn of Indiewire praised the film and said that "Striking a complex tone of tragedy and uplift at the same time, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter both celebrates the escapist power of personal fantasies and bears witness to their dangerous extremes. It's the rare case of a story that's inspirational and devastating at once." David Ehrlich of Film.com gave the film 9.1 out of 10 and said that "Less of an homage to Fargo than the next appendage of the same exquisite corpse, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter plays like a dryly hilarious riff on Don't Look Now" but ultimately said that "[it's] One of the best films to ever premiere at Sundance."
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Designed and implemented an interface for administering insurance conditions and terms documents. Took over responsibility for a portal where partners can register and manage bugs, requirements, and other types of issues. Issues were stored as work items within Team Foundation Server. New functions included reporting and viewing of hierarchical work items as well as improving the web design.
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Tag: Music's Greatest Mysteries
AXS TV Greenlights Investigative Doc-Series 'Music's Greatest Mysteries'
Was Elvis Presley a government informant? Is Avril Lavigne really dead? A new online TV series aims to find out. AXS TV has greenlighted documentary series "Music's Greatest Mysteries," which claims to shine a light on the unique and enigmatic stories that shaped the history of music. The series is in production and is slated to debut in the fourth quarter of this year.
Spanning a wide variety of eras and genres — from Hip Hop and Rockabilly, to Country and Grunge — the series investigates the infamous myths and larger-than-life personalities, which have come to define the music industry throughout the decades.
The series presents a fresh perspective on stories both well known and slightly more obscure, unearthing hidden gems and long-forgotten lore with the help of music icons and noted experts. Blending commentary with archive footage, the series features six episodes in its inaugural season, searching for the answers to intriguing questions such as: "Why did Michael Jackson and Prince feud?," "The conspiracies of backmasking," "The myths of KISS" and "Friends in Low Places," among other topics.
Not only are the series' themes meshed in history, but so are the interview locations. Music venues such as The Bluebird Café in Nashville and Antone's in Austin, Texas, will be woven into the stories.
"[The series] promises to reveal new tales to even the most seasoned music fans," Sarah Weidman, head of original programming, development and multi-platform content for AXS TV, said in a statement.
Formerly owned by Dallas Mavericks owner and "Shark Tank" veteran Mark Cuban, AXS TV was acquired last year by Anthem Sports and Entertainment. The deal also included HDNet Movies Networks.
"Music's Greatest Mysteries" is jointly produced by Texas Crew Productions and Hideout Pictures, with Chip Rives, David Karabinas, Brad Bernstein, Shannon Houchins and Trevor O'Neil serving as executive producers.
Author Erik GruenwedelPosted on September 3, 2020 September 10, 2020 Categories Digital, News, TVTags AXS TV, Mark Cuban, Music's Greatest MysteriesLeave a comment on AXS TV Greenlights Investigative Doc-Series 'Music's Greatest Mysteries'


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Premiere: The Jaws of Brooklyn Unleash Their "Fever" with Hot Soul & Heated Passion
The Jaws of Brooklyn © Abraham Rowe
Empowering and emotionally charged, The Jaws of Brooklyn's searing anthem "Fever" is a rebel yell for women everywhere – a dynamic upheaval subverting gender norms to be unapologetically loud and true to oneself.
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Stream: "Fever" – The Jaws of Brooklyn
No, I'm not you're "dear," but I'm willing to be your desire…
A soulful sonic canon full of fiery passion, The Jaws of Brooklyn's new single is a beautifully expressive and radiantly dramatic outpouring of heated sentiment. Empowering and emotionally charged, the searing anthem "Fever" is a rebel yell for women everywhere – a dynamic upheaval subverting gender norms to be unapologetically loud and true to oneself, whoever and however that may be.
Fever – The Jaws of Brooklyn
Now what have we here
A woman who's looking to start a fire
And no I'm not your dear
But I'm willing to be your desire
Pull the tape of my mouth
Sit right here won't you stay for awhile
Open up those ears
Don't make me have to run a mile
Atwood Magazine is proud to be premiering "Fever," the lead single off The Jaws of Brooklyn's forthcoming debut album, The Shoals (due out in early 2022). The Seattle-based band of Lindsay Love, Zia Uddin, Paul Christofferson, and Bryan Cohen traveled down to Alabama's Sun Drop Sound (the studio owned by John Paul White and Alabama Shakes keyboardist Ben Tanner) to craft a record that full of hot and searing sun-soaked soul – music that is true to the band's roots and passions, as well as the greater Alabama Shoals region, whose legendary musical history includes (and is far from limited to) the likes of Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and even The Rolling Stones.
Jaws of Brooklyn © Valentina Gonzalez
It's hard to know if The Jaws of Brooklyn are a rock band with a soul problem, or a soul band with a rock problem; they bleed brightly of both worlds, coming alive in a deeply emphatic, feverish (excuse the wordplay) song that can't help but wash over, under, and through the ears. Vocalist Lindsay Love sings hot on the mic, reaching a… fever pitch… in a chorus that is both incredibly vulnerable, and yet so full of stunning strength:
You got me all shook up and I'm ready to fly
So come on, come on, come on baby – Yeah let's get high
Don't fight the fever
Make me a believer
Oooh baby, you give me fever
"'Fever' is a song about exploring all of the facets of being a woman that have historically been frowned upon by society," Love tells Atwood Magazine. "Touching on the experiences of feminine rage, sexuality, and unabashed self-expression, the song is a proverbial middle finger to the structures that continue to only define women through the perspective of the male gaze. It serves as a rebellious anthem that aims to dispel the one-dimensional, docile and subordinate archetypes and expectations of previous generations by taking up space as a woman who's looking to start a fire – unapologetically whole and unfiltered."
The Jaws of Brooklyn © Valentina Gonzalez
Is it you that I hear
Making noise, no point
Smoking without a fire
Keep your wishes
You're looking a little tired
Pull the wool off your eyes
Quiet baby
There ain't no time liars
Don't act surprised
I'm a woman who's looking to start a fire
"Fever" is unabashedly grandiose – uncompromising in both vision and scope. As Love sings, "I'm a woman who's looking to start a fire." She doesn't want to simmer down or have someone temper her feelings; she wants to let them out in the biggest way possible. In this way, "Fever" is a freeing embrace as the band release and revel in feelings that are often held in and tampered down around polite company, whether for social etiquette's sake or any other reason. Leaning into our true selves – being mad when we're mad, sad when we're sad, even happy when we're happy – surely must be the healthiest way. Why deny our feelings, if we're in a safe space where we can safely channel them?
We deserve to all be in the same space as "Fever," but alas the world and its inhabitants are still by and large catching up. Nevertheless, The Jaws of Brooklyn's music is both inspiring and inspired: An energizing, driving, and meaningful explosion that hits hard and cuts deep. Be angry if you want to be angry; let it flow through you – as Emperor Palpatine would say – this time, courtesy of the enriching, smoldering soul of The Jaws of Brooklyn. Theirs is an especially tantalizing seductive grit, and we can't wait to hear more from them soon.
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