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Losing the leadership of the free world
Scott Gilmore: Thirty years ago, it was easy to believe when Reagan said that America was a 'beacon of freedom'. Nobody's buying it today.
By Scott Gilmore July 17, 2019
Reagan reading his last speech to the nation (Diana Walker/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
The counsellor to the president, Kellyanne Conway, stood on the lawn of the White House and spoke with reporters yesterday. When questioned about the president's latest racist statement she paused, looked at the journalist, narrowed her eyes and asked, "What's your ethnicity?"
Thirty years ago, some 200 feet from where Conway was standing, Ronald Reagan gave his final speech as president. It was his last day in office, and he marked it by bestowing two presidential Medals of Honor (in this bygone bipartisan era, one went to a Democratic politician, the other to a Republican secretary of state).
Reagan took advantage of the occasion to share his parting thoughts on what made America such a "great and special place in the world." It was a short address, and it is worth reading if you have a few minutes.
The first thing that stands out (to me as a Canadian) is how much easier it was then to claim the United States was a unique and "shining city on a hill." Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, before the first Gulf War, before Afghanistan, many people in the world shared Reagan's idealized vision of Americans as the "custodians of freedom for the world."
But since then freedom, thankfully, globalized. The Heritage Foundation now ranks Canada and 10 other nations as being more economically free than the United States. Reporters Without Borders judges over 30 other countries have more press freedom. By comparison, the democratic ideals of Canada and Europe are not handicapped by gerrymandering, money politics and voter suppression. Now, a person is more likely to be imprisoned in America than anywhere else on earth.
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In 1989, a president could claim (as Reagan did that day) that America was a unique "beacon of freedom and opportunity," and that "no country on Earth comes close." It was not only plausible then, it was a view widely shared everywhere in the western world. Now, when President Trump makes a similar boast, only his most passionate partisans believe it.
There is one particular claim in Reagan's speech, made as he described the exceptional nature of the United States, that is now especially jarring: "You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American."
Even then, the people of Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand would have rolled their eyes at that boast. And now, a majority of Germans and Frenchmen would likely raise an eyebrow, too.
But those lines are especially difficult to read in the midst of a week when the current president of the United States, and his party, are arguing foreign-born members of Congress should not criticize their new home.
In a series of tweets, the president attacked a group of democratic congresswomen and told them if they didn't love the United States they should "go home" (even though three of the women in question were born in America and the fourth had been a citizen longer than the First Lady). Conway followed up by calling the quartet the "dark underbelly of this country."
The new consensus on the right is that "Americans" are white and born there. Anyone else, even if they immigrated legally, even if they passed their citizenship exam and swore their oath of allegiance, even if they were elected by Americans to represent them in Washington, are simply guests who must know their place, and behave accordingly.
Reagan's Republican Party no longer exists (just as Jimmy Carter's party is mostly unrecognizable from today's Democratic Party). But one would have expected that at least the bedrock ideals of the right and the left would remain, just three decades later. You would think that the values a Republican president and icon thought were so important and definitive they would be the last he spoke before stepping down would endure in some form. But they haven't.
Reagan left office boasting that America led the world "because, unique among nations, we draw our people—our strength—from every country and every corner of the world." And now, his Republican predecessor openly mocks the notion.
Before leaving the podium and then the White House that day, President Reagan predicted that if the United States "…ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost." He was right. America does not lead the free world anymore. And in a country so deeply divided by partisan animosity, the president of the United States doesn't even lead most Americans anymore.
Reagan added that Americans "create the future, and the world follows us into tomorrow." No, you don't, not anymore. And, no, we don't, not anymore.
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COLORADO WILDFIRE FORCES PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES
posted May 22, 2017, 7:31 AM by PHS Warrior Beat
By: DeVon Hayes
According to FoxNews, "Authorities say a small wildfire burning in the mountains just outside the Colorado city of Boulder has forced people from their homes and is filling the sky with smoke."
They mentioned that, "Wind is pushing the flames early Sunday just a couple of miles from the downtown area. The fire was only 30 to 50 acres."
At 8:45 a.m. on sunday morning, "Shannon Cordingly of the Boulder Office of Emergency Management says it's unclear how many homes have been evacuated just west of the university town and how the flames ignited."
Also around this time, "The agency says there are no reports of injuries or buildings destroyed. Cordingly says if the fire keeps spreading, more evacuations are possible."
Seth Frankel, one of the residents who were warned that they might need to evacuate, said that that dead trees, "are exploding into a black plume that goes into the air."
By 10:20 that morning, "Authorities have made more than 1,000 calls to residents in and around Boulder, Colorado, ordering them to leave their homes as a wildfire burns in the mountains just west of the university town."
It was mentioned that it was still unclear exactly how many residents were evacuated because, "The calls could have gone to multiple people living in the same home and likely didn't include children."
Several aircrafts were dispersing water of the flames in an attempt to combat them. This is the latest information of this wildfire as of 10:20 on Sunday morning.
Edited by: RK
Uploaded on: 3/23/17
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/19/latest-1000-calls-for-colorado-wildfire-evacuations.html

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Vitória da Conquista – miasto w Brazylii w stanie Bahia.

Liczba mieszkańców w 2000 roku wynosiła 225 430.

Miasta w stanie Bahia
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Murcia: Chocolate from the monks and a visit to La Morenica
The Chocolate de la Luz can once again be purchased from monks in the mountains outside Murcia
Here's an enjoyable morning out which is suitable for those who enjoy a spot of sightseeing and a good view, as well as for those who enjoy a not too taxing walk with good views, up in the regional Park of El Valle y Carrascoy which covers the mountainside behind the city of Murcia.
Driving up into this wooded area visitors arrive first at the Sanctuary of La Fuensanta, which is well worth stopping off to look inside the sanctuary, taking particular note of the fabulous painted Cúpula, the work of Pedro Flores, showing a characterful Romería with the Virgen de la Fuensanta who normally resides in the sanctuary. She descends down into the city below twice a year, accompanied by thousands of people who walk the 7km either into, or back from, the centre of Murcia. Anyone can join in and it really is an enjoyable experience.
The sanctuary is surrounded by gardens and woodlands and also has a terraced café with fabulous views right across Murcia City and the valley below.
After a coffee, drive out of the back of the sanctuary and head up the hill for 1.7 kilometres. Walking this is also a popular option: 1.7 kilometres each way through the woods surrounding the sanctuary.
On the right, after 1.7km, you'll arrive at the hermitage of La Luz, which has a new tourist attraction: the brotherhood of the Hermanos de la Luz has returned to its centuries-old tradition of selling chocolate after a break of 46 years.
The origins of the "Chocolate de la Luz" date back to 1429, when the Concejo (Town Hall) of Murcia granted permission to Pedro Busquete, one of the monks who lived in the hillside, to use the "Agua de Fuensanta" spring water. This effectively allowed the religious community to stay in the area, and approximately a hundred years later the monks were allowed to build their first small chapel. In the 18th century, by which time they were well established in the Iglesia del Eremitorio, they were allowed to sell brooms, honey, olives, bread and chocolate, which they made by hand.
At that time the monks used the fruit of the carob tree, which they ground and cooked according to their own recipe to produce what was known as "poor man's chocolate". Little by little, though, they adapted their recipe to include cocoa instead of carob beans, and eventually they produced the best known chocolate in Murcia.
In 1969, however, EU requirements regarding the modernization and standardization of production processes found the Brotherhood short of the funds needed in order to do so, and production stopped. When the last surviving Brother died approximately ten years ago the Iglesia del Eremitorio was taken over by Colombian monks belonging to the Order of Guadalupe who adopted the Brotherhood of La Luz, and the new occupants of the Monastery and the Church have now decided to resume their practice of selling chocloate.
The new Chocolate de la Luz, which is sold in two varieties (dark and with milk) is not the same as the old artisan recipe, and is now made outside of the monastery using artisan techniques, but even so it is a revival of the historic tradition which existed within the regional park of El Valle and Carrascoy.
The chocolate can be bought from the Monastery during the opening hours of 10.00 to 13.30 and 15.00 to 20.00.
Regardless of buying products to support the monastery, this area is a wonderful place to spend a morning out and those with energy to spare can carry on for another couple of hundred metres and reach the Centro de Visitantes La Luz, where they can visit the exhibition inside the centre explaining the hugely significant relevance of this site, which was occupied two and a half thousand years ago by the Iberians.
They built an important sanctuary here dedicated to the Earth Goddess Demeter, where they could ask for favours to be granted: good crops, healthy livestock and children.
Visitors to the centre can visit the exhibition, then climb to the top of the site and enjoy a meal, snack or drink in another restaurant with a fabulous view.
There are plenty of walks to enjoy around here and the area is very popular with Murcian city dwellers, so if you fancy a bit of chocolate made by the monjs or just want to enjoy a morning in this beautiful location looking over the city, then head for the hills on the outskirts of Murcia and the park of El Valle y Carrascoy.
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Imagine a slipper that will not bunch in the heels, increases your arch and fits perfectly to each dancer's foot. Grishko has captured all of these qualities to create on perfect slipper, model 6, the Performance.
The unique design features a small piece of elastic sewn in between the soles of the shoe, enabling the canvas to stretch and mould to the foot perfectly and naturally enhancing the look of the arch.
Other design aspects include elastic drawstring for a perfect fit, an extra emollient pad to reduce heel pressure and a completely flat metatarsal area that is without any excess material and absolutely no lumps or bumps.
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Тафлупрост — лекарственный препарат для лечения  глаукомы и глазной гипертензии. Одобрен для применения: США (2012)

Механизм действия
аналог простагландина F2α.

Показания
открытоугольная глаукома или глазная гипертензия.

Противопоказания
Противопоказаний нет.

Способ применения
Глазные капли. 1 капля - 1 раз в день в вечернее время.

Беременность
Женщины детородного возраста во время лечения должны использовать методы контрацепции.

Примечания

Офтальмологические средства
Другие гормоны и их аналоги
Простагландины


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Willy André Petersson, född 11 september 1990 i Olofström, är en svensk ishockeyspelare som spelar för HV71 i SHL.

Petersson är en offensivt präglad spelartyp som håller Mats Sundin som förebild. Liksom sin idol är han målfarlig och kan göra det oväntade med pucken.

Spelarkarriär
Petersson har fått sin hockeyfostran i Tingsryds AIF, men 2006 togs han till HV71:s ungdomslag.

2007 spelade han TV-pucken för Småland där han totalt gjorde 17 poäng (varav 8 mål) på 8 matcher, vann poängligan och tilldelades det prestigefyllda Sven Tumbas stipendium som går till turneringens bästa forward. Samma säsong vann han också skytteligan i J18 Allsvenskan (Syd) då han gjorde 14 mål på 10 matcher. Han debuterade även i J20 SuperElit.

2008 etablerade han sig som nyckelspelare i HV71:s J20-lag, och producerade 38 poäng (16 mål, 22 assists) på 36 matcher. Som en följd av det, blev han samma år draftad i fjärde rundan av NHL-laget Ottawa Senators.

2009 ökade Petersson sin poängproduktion i J20 ytterligare, då han presterade 55 poäng (24 mål, 31 assists) på 36 matcher och sedan ytterligare 11 poäng (7 mål, 4 assists) på 7 slutspelsmatcher som ledde till JSM-silver för HV71:s del. Han fick då också debutera i HV71:s A-lag, med vilka han skrev ett A-lagskontrakt den 20 april 2009.

Petersson var med och erövrade ett brons med småkronorna i U18-VM i ishockey 2007. Samma år lyckades man även att vinna guld i Ivan Hlinkas minnesturnering. Petersson var med och spelade Junior-VM med Juniorkronorna 2009. Turneringen slutade med finalförlust mot Kanada och ett JVM-silver för Sverige. Han var även med i Juniorvärldsmästerskapet i ishockey 2010 där Sverige tog brons och Petersson vann skytteligan med åtta gjorda mål.

Meriter
U18-VM-brons 2007
Guld i J18 Ivan Hlinkas minnesturnering 2007
JVM-silver 2009
JVM-brons 2010
JSM-silver 2009
SM-guld med HV71 2010

Klubbar
 Tingsryds AIF (moderklubb)
 HV71 J18, J20
 HV71 2009/2010 – 2010/2011
 Ottawa Senators 2011/2012
 Binghamton Senators 2011/2012 – 2013/2014
 Norfolk Admirals 2013/2014
 Sotji Leopards 2014/2015 – 2016/2017
 Avangard Omsk 2017/2018
 Barys Astana 2018/2019
 Dynamo Moskva 2019/2020
 Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 2020/2021 – 2021/2022
 Dynamo Moskva 2021/2022
 HV71 2022/2023 –

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Svenska ishockeyspelare
Födda 1990
Levande personer
Män
Idrottare från Olofström
Svenska idrottare under 2000-talet
Spelare i HV71
Spelare i Borås HC
Spelare i Ottawa Senators
Spelare i Binghamton Senators
Spelare i Norfolk Admirals (2000–2015)
Spelare i HK Sotji
Spelare i Avangard Omsk
Spelare i Barys Astana
Ishockeyspelare i HK Dynamo Moskva
Spelare i Lokomotiv Jaroslavl
Spelare valda i NHL Entry Draft 2008
Spelare valda av Ottawa Senators i NHL Entry Draft


This stuff was so good, thanks for sharing.
Wear maroon, live maroon, bleed maroon.
Fightin' Texas Aggies Fly Navy.
My in laws are visiting from India, and my FIL LOVED your chili. He said it was one of the best things he ate in Salado.
Thanks, @caliking, he was very nice. Enjoyed talking food with him!
Bookmarked, does this have much heat to it?
It was very good for sure.
@fletcherfam: It definitely has heat to it, but pretty balanced. If you are sensitive to heat you can cut down on the cayenne and de-vein/de-seed the jalapenos. If put full cayenne and full jalapenos in mine.
@henapple: Please let me know when you do get around to making your chili.
@LittleSteven: Sure enjoyed spending time with Norma. I don't think I ever got to officially meet you. Next time!!
Curious if you are using Point or Flat for the brisket. This sounds awesome and definitely bookmarked!
Ya my grocery store doesn't have that knorr product. Maybe @hapster has seen it at wegmans since he might be the only person that I know that might be there more than me.
@BuckeyeBob: We use the whole brisket which includes both the point and the flat. We cook them as one and treat the cubes the same. There are only two of us at our house and we love to cook brisket, so we always have big chunks left that we foodsaver and freeze for use in our chili. It's a win-win situation.
This was incredible. This was truly one of the best chilis I have ever made. Thank you so much @EggObsessed for the recipe.
Maybe they're not where the rest of the bullion squares are kept, look for it on the Mexican items isle on grocers that have them.
I made a trial of this chili last week and it was a hit amongst my family and friends.
Made it again the other night for an office chili cookoff today.
I ended up going back and adding some saranno peppers with reduced red wine after when I removed the jalapeno seeds it was too mild.
Awesome!! I have received nothing but praise EVERY time I make this chili.
We are gearing up for two huge batches of chili to be made soon. On February 28th, we are taking about 11 gallons again to enter into the Spicewood Vineyards chili cookoff, where we won the judges blind tasting grand prize last year. After that, we are taking about 4 1/2 gallons for the Salado After Party. We nervously pulled all of our smoked brisket from the freezer last weekend to weigh it. We needed a total of 23 lbs. for these two cooks. We LUCKED OUT!! We had 23 1/2 pounds. Whew!! Glad we didn't need to smoke anymore brisket for a while.
Last batch I made I had 5# of brisket point in a 7qt DO + additional beans. I have had nothing but, positive response with this chili. In fact I'm getting ready to eat a couple of bowls right now w/ cornbread but of course.
@blind99 you beat me to it. Did it turn out ok?
I just looked at my comment from last year. It was way more than good.
Go to recipe for Brisket Chili! The Best!
@Jeremiah it is outstanding! The smoked beef chuck roast worked out great. Really tender. I will make it again but minus some of the spice to make it more child friendly. Great recipe.
Egged some this week. Always good. No spices though... Chopped hatch chiles.
Gonna try your recipe this weekend. Im using Tri Tip instead of brisket. I like hot stuff as long as it has flavor. Does this have enough heat or should I add another jalapeno? It looks awesome!!! Also Im adding black beans. do you know when I should put the beans in? Will they get mushy if I put them in too early?
Thanks, Looking forward to winning the first ever Viking Packer chili feed!!!
I add my pinto beans at the beginning of the cook. If you follow the 1.5 cups of chili powder... It'll be hit enough.
@kidcowboy: Being from Texas, I like food with heat AND flavor. I do not appreciate gratuitous heat with no flavor, like using habaneros. I recommend following the recipe as is, and I think you'll be very satisfied with the heat and flavor. Enjoy, and good luck in your Viking Packer chili feed!


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Antonio Ungar (born 1974) is a Colombian writer.

He has published several collections of short stories and novels. His latest novel "Three White Coffins" relates a fictitious political intrigue, and mixes a large amount of factual political events with a fictional hero-antihero character. The main political characters of the novel mirror real recent political leaders of Colombia, suspected of close connections to paramilitary groups.

Short stories
 Trece Circos y otros cuentos comunes (Thirteen circuses and other common tales)

Novels

 Zanahorias voladoras (Flying Carrots),
 Las orejas del lobo (The Ears of the Wolf; shortlisted for the Courier International Prize)
 Tres ataúdes blancos (Three White Coffins; winner of the Premio Herralde); short listed for the Rómulo Gallegos Prize, currently being adapted into a TV series; translated into French, English, Dutch, German, Italian, Greek and Hebrew.

References

Colombian male writers
1974 births
Living people
People from Bogotá


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Northern New Jersey National College Fair
Representatives from over 200 two-year and four-year colleges, nursing schools, business schools and trade schools will participate in the Northern New Jersey National College Fair which will be held on Wednesday, April 20 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center at Harmon Meadows.
Officers and enlisted personnel from the various branches of the military services will also be on hand to discuss the military's enlistment and education programs such as R.O.T.C., the military academies and the GI Bill.
The College Fair, sponsored by the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), is a timesaving opportunity for students and parents to gather a lot of information in one day. College admissions representatives will be on hand to answer key questions ranging from acceptance policies to student–faculty ratio.
In addition to asking questions, students and parents will be able to set up college interviews, pick up literature and learn about the various financial aid programs available.
Review the list of participating colleges and make a list of the booths you'd like to visit. To make the best use of your time at the Fair, visit nacacfairs.org/ncf to register for a personal bar code. When you visit the college booths, the reps will scan your bar code, automatically accessing your information. This will leave you more time to engage in one-on-one conversation. You can also use the computers provided at the convention site, but be aware that lines may be long at the registration tables. Your goal is to have as much time as possible to talk with the reps at their booths.
College Fair Hours
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
College Fair Location
Meadowlands Exposition Center at Harmon Meadows
355 Plaza Dr
Secaucus, NJ 07094
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Caldwell University is a Catholic liberal arts university in Caldwell, New Jersey founded in 1939 by the Sisters of St. Dominic.
Felician University
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Felician University is a private Roman Catholic university in New Jersey. It has two campuses, one in Lodi and one in Rutherford.
Imperial College of London
Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2BU, United Kingdom
Imperial College London is a public research university in London. Imperial grew out of Prince Albert's vision of an area for culture, including the Royal Albert Hall, Imperial Institute, numerous museums, and the Royal Colleges that would go on to form the college.
4513 Manhattan College Pkwy, The Bronx, NY 10471
Manhattan College is a Lasallian Catholic institution founded in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a teaching order started by Saint John Baptist de La Salle, patron saint of teachers.
New York Institute of Technology offers 90 degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and medicine.
Rockland Community College
145 College Rd, Suffern, NY 10901
Rockland Community College is a public community college in Ramapo, New York. It is part of the State University of New York. The college, established in 1959, became the 18th community college to join the SUNY system. The college offers 51 programs and offers associate degrees and certificates.
St. Thomas Aquinas College
125 NY-340, Sparkill, NY 10976
St. Thomas Aquinas College is a private liberal arts college in Sparkill, New York. The college is named after the medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas. It was founded by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, whose headquarters are in the town.
700 S High St, West Chester, PA 19383, USA
West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Chester County, Pennsylvania. WCU is the largest of the 14 state universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the sixth largest university in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


Selling you house in North Carolina can be a bit challenging especially when you do not how to go about it. It is a task that demands you to make proper use of marketing strategies and good negotiation skills. You would also need to consult those who have made it as far as selling of houses is concerned. Get to know how they sold their distressed home in North Carolina and what challenges they encountered in the whole process. Here are some of the tips that will enhance the selling process.
For you to be able to sell your home fast in North Carolina, you need to to be very keen when it comes to price setting of your home. The price is, in fact, the major factor that determines how quick you sell your house. If you set your price too high, the chances are that you will drive the potential buyers away. On the other hand, if you set it too low, you will get many potential buyers, but you will get losses. This, therefore, tells you that you need to pay special attention when it comes to setting the price for your house. Hire experts who have been in the industry long enough to help you sought out this.
Just because you want to dispose of your house do not think that you can do it while the house in bad condition. For your house to attract many potential buyers and also earn you a good profit, you need to ensure that the house is properly renovated. If you realize that the roofs are too old to make it attractive, there is nothing wrong replacing them. As a matter of fact, you will only be investing your money so that they can give you big returns. Repainting of your house is must if you want to sell it fast and at an attractive price.
Another reliable trick that can help you sell your house fast is that of offering incentives. Nobody who does not like incentives. When you do this, you can be sure that you will be able to attract as many potential buyers as possible. Remember that when you do this does not mean that you will incur any loss since this can still be recovered in the price that you set for your home. Sometimes you may come across a buyer who just needs a small boost to be able to buy the house. Offering incentives to such customers will make it possible for you to sell your house fast.
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$$: Local weathermen make in the low six figures; those on national morning television can earn millions and reap commercial benefits as well.
How to get it: Be the guy with the best hair and no interest in actual news per se.
The upside: Opportunity to scare people when an inch of snow is coming.
The downside: People actually blame you for bad weather.
The dark side: When a true natural disaster pops up, they send Anderson Cooper!


Instructions: In this halloween game for girls, you'll have to learn to play sports games and to try not to be afraid of skeletons. It's a basketball game that you'll have to play. And to do this, use the arrows on your keyboard to move around in this game for girls and use the spacebar to jump.
They're so lovely. Help them dress up to walk and play on outdoors!


Terrigal is one of the most popular coastal beach towns in NSW, situated in the heart of the Central Coast and only 1 hours' drive from Sydney.
With Norfolk pines along its esplanade and beach, which lead you to the Haven boasting its unique headland known as The Skillion which offers panoramic views of Terrigal and the coast line.
The Terrigal centre is surrounded by a circuit of boutique shops, cafes and restaurants making this a popular holiday destination.
With a wide range of activities to keep you busy, such as swimming, fishing, diving, family BBQ picnics at the sheltered Haven beach and watching sporting events which are held on the oval which is also home to our Terrigal Trojans Rugby Union club.
If it is fine dining or fish n chips, or a refreshing drink at the Crowne plaza that you are after, Terrigal can offer it all!


Small suggestion: change the "byu/tds" category to just "tds", since the point of using the TDS moniker is to avoid seeing byu at all.
Tom Hackett and Andy Phillips released the first episode of their new podcast Fourth and Long.
Tom is an intern at ESPN 700 and they set it up.
Playing a P5 and have 9-10 win seasons are not mutually exclusive. I'm not suggesting scheduling Alabama every year in OOC. But playing mid level P5's is a helluva a lot more interesting than the next 8 years of San Jose, northern Illinois and the like.


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In Depth: EU Votes
May 22, 2014 Kevin Lees Leave a comment
On the last full weekend of May, European voters in 28 member-states with a population of over 500 million will determine all 751 members of the European Parliament.
The political context of the 2014 parliamentary elections
Since the last elections in June 2009, the European Union has been through a lot of ups and downs, though mostly just downs. After the 2008-09 financial crisis, the eurozone went through its own financial crisis, as bond yields spiked in troubled Mediterranean countries like Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal with outsized public debt, sclerotic government sectors and economies operating near zero-growth. Eastern European countries, facing sharp downturns themselves, and a corresponding drop in revenues, implemented tough budget cuts and tax increases to mollify bond markets. Ireland, which nationalized its banking sector, faced similar austerity measures. European Central Bank president Mario Draghi's promise in the summer of 2012 to do 'whatever it takes' to maintain the eurozone marked the turning point, ending over two years of speculation that Greece and other countries might have to exit the eurozone. Many countries, however, are still mired in high unemployment and sluggish growth prospects.
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European integration has begun
One new member-state joined the European Union, Croatia, in July 2013, bringing the total number to 28, though Iceland, Serbia and Montenegro all became official candidates for future EU membership:
Politically speaking, since the 2009 elections, only two of the leaders in the six largest EU countries are still in power (Polish prime minister Donald Tusk, a centrist, and German chancellor Angela Merkel, a Christian democrat) reflecting a climate that's been tough on incumbent governments. Spain and the United Kingdom took turns to the political right, and France and Italy took turns to the political left, but none of those governments seems especially popular today — and each of them will face a tough battle in the voting later this month.
Of course, that's only if voters even bother to turn out. Since the European Parliament's first elections in 1979, turnout has declined in each subsequent election — to just 43.23% in the latest 2009 elections:
At the European level, the Treaty of Lisbon, a successor to the ill-fated attempt to legislate a European constitution in the mid-2000s, took effect in December 2009, scrambling the relationships among the seven EU institutions.
The elections, which will unfold over four days between May 22 and May 25, are actually about much, much more than just electing the legislators of the European Union's parliamentary body, which comprises just one of three lawmaking bodies within the European Union.
A primer on the EU institutions
In brief, those seven institutions are as follows:
The European Parliament, first elected in 1979, is the sole institution whose members are elected directly by voters in the European Union. Through subsequent EU treaty negotiations, it has won an increasing amount of power, including budget authority. Today, generally speaking, just about all EU legislation is considered by the parliament, though unlike most national parliaments, it doesn't have the right of legislative institution, which is reserved solely for the European Commission. The parliament can amend and reject legislation by a simple majority, but it cannot introduce it.
With the Council of the European Union (described below), it forms the entire European parliamentary system. The Lisbon Treaty establishes that almost all EU legislation is now enacted by a process formerly known as the 'co-decision procedure,' or the 'Community method,' whereby legislation is proposed by the European Commission, and thereafter considered by both the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.
The European Parliament also has certain oversight powers over the Commission. The Commission president and each of the other commissioners must be approved by a majority, and a two-thirds majority of the European Parliament can force the Commission to resign. This, by the way, isn't hypothetical — the Commission of former Luxembourg prime minister Jacques Santer (from 1995 to 1999) resigned after EP pressure with respect to corruption allegations.
Though its plenary sessions meet in Strasbourg, France, much of its work takes place in Brussels, where most parliamentary and committee sessions are held. Further administrative offices are located in Luxembourg.
The Council of the European Union, not to be confused with the European Council, is the council of ministers of the 28 nation-states most relevant to a particular piece of EU legislation. For example, if the European Parliament is considering legislation with respect to the environment, the Council is just the group of 28 environmental ministers at the national level. It's organized on a one-state-one-vote basis. The presidency of the Council rotates every six months among the EU member-states — it's currently held by Greece, and it will be held by Italy starting July 1.
Like the European Parliament, it cannot introduce legislation, but it can amend or reject it. Unlike the European Union, however, it must adopt legislation by 'qualified majority voting.' In a process meant to be simplified by the Lisbon Treaty, however, this has largely been replaced, beginning later in 2014, with 'double majority voting' — legislation must win the approval of at least 55% of the member-states, representing at least 65% of the population of the European Union.
The Council, insofar as it includes the 28 member-state foreign ministers, also has responsibility for EU foreign policy, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), though EU action in foreign policy requires unanimity. Moreover, following the creation of the new high representative position by the Lisbon Treaty, the European Council appoints the chief EU foreign policy official. (Until the Lisbon Treaty, foreign policy was one of three 'pillars' of the European Union, joining community/single market matters and justice matters).
The European Council was an informal institution until the Lisbon Treaty, which enshrined it as a formal institution. Like the Council, it's organized on one-state-one-vote principle, and it's comprised of the heads of state and/or the heads of government of each of the 28 member-states of the European Union. Unlike the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission, the European Council has no formal role in the legislative process. Instead, it provides high-level strategic guidance from national leaders to the European Union.
Though it's only recently gained official institutional status, the group of European national leaders has always been responsible for driving the integration processor the past half-century, including:
the 1957 Treaties of Rome, which established the initial European Economic Community;
the 1985 Schengen Treaty that eliminated national borders and provided free movement throughout most of the European Union (excepting the United Kingdom and Ireland, but including non-EU members Norway, Switzerland and Iceland);
the 1986 Single European Act that created the free-trade customs union and single market that Europe knows today;
the 1992 Maastricht Treaty that formed the single currency through the mechanism of economic and monetary union;
the 1997 Amsterdam Treaty and 2001 Nice Treaty thatfurther expanded European integration, particularly with respect to foreign policy, economic and monetary union and justice matters; and
the 2007 Lisbon Treaty that reorganized the EU institutions.
Notably, all EU treaties require unanimity — in 2011, British prime minister David Cameron refused to sign an EU fiscal compact treaty that would have obligated, generally, each EU member-state retain a budget deficit of less than 3% of GDP. After Cameron's veto, many EU states, particularly eurozone members, entered into the fiscal compact anyway, as an agreement that ranks below the status of an EU treaty.
Meetings of the European Council — 'summits' — occur at least four times a year. When it comes to routine decision-making, the European Council also uses qualified majority voting, though it too switches to the 55/65 double majority voting in 2014.
The Lisbon Treaty also gave the European Council the power to elect its own president to serve for a two-and-a-half year term (subject to a one-time renewal), arguably creating for the first time a 'president of Europe,' though there remains remains significant and, sometimes, unclear overlap with the role of the European Commission president. The Council elected former Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy (pictured above) as the first Council president.
The Lisbon Treaty and created the position of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with the idea of creating one officer responsible for EU-level foreign policy. Former British Labour politician Catherine Ashton (pictured above) was elected the first high representative.
Both positions will fall vacant later this year, and the European Council will decide on their replacements.
In addition, the European Council appoints, also by double majority, the president of the European Central Bank. It has historically appointed the European Commission president as well (with the European Parliament approving the Commission president), though under the Lisbon Treaty, the European Council proposes a European Commission president, and the European Parliament elects the president. Furthermore, the Lisbon Treaty instructs the European Council to 'take into account' the parliamentary election results.
No one really knows yet what, in practice, this means, and it's become a major focus of European debate.
The European Commission is the closest thing that the European Union has to an executive body, and its president, since the era of former Commission president Jacques Delors, has been generally viewed as the chief executive of the European Union (though the introduction of a new European Council president has called that into question).
The Commission functions like a cabinet, with 28 commissioners (one for each member-state) responsible for a given portfolio. The president is proposed by the European Council and elected by the European Parliament, as noted above, and a Commission can be forced to resign in mass by a two-thirds vote of the European Parliament.
Generally, the Commission is responsible for enforcing EU legislation, in league with national governments and a growing bureaucracy and numerous agencies with enforcement powers. When politicians rail against 'Brussels' throughout Europe, they usually mean the Commission, which is based in Brussels, and which carries out the day-to-day affairs of the European Union. The Commission is essentially unelected — the president is indirectly elected and the other 27 individual commissioners are named by national governments. That's given critics of the European Union the opportunity to note the Commission's lack of democratic accountability. As with the process for enacting treaties, the unelected Commission is one of the main issues when critics speak of the European Union's democratic deficit.
As noted above, it's also responsible for proposing new legislation. Generally speaking, the Commission can recommend regulations, laws that are directly applicable to each member-state, and directives, laws that set forth binding standards but otherwise leave member-states free to achieve the standards.
Since 2004, former center-right Portuguese prime minister José Manuel Barroso has served as the Commission president. Within six months of the European parliamentary elections, however, Barroso's Commission will expire — meaning that the European Council and the European Parliament will have to appoint and approve a new Commission. For the first time in 2014, each major family of European parties has nominated a candidate for Commission president, with the idea that the candidate of the leading group should become the next president. National leaders, including German chancellor Angela Merkel, have pushed back against this idea, refusing to concede that the next Commission president should be the candidate of the leading party/group nor that the next Commission president should even come from among the candidates running in the parliamentary elections.
The European Central Bank, established in 1998 by the Amsterdam Treaty and headquartered in Frankfurt, is the central bank that administers European monetary policy, attempts to maintain price stability, establishes eurozone interest rates and otherwise issues euro banknotes. Its role has featured prominently in the current eurozone sovereign debt crisis, and while it doesn't have quite the overwhelming authority of a national central bank on the same level as, say, the Bank of England or the US Federal Reserve, it's grown into a powerful institution that can, with the word of its president, move markets.
As noted, the European Council appoints the ECB president. Under Draghi, its president since November 2011, the ECB has become the central player in the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), designed to provide bailouts to troubled eurozone countries through loans and other instruments and to intervene in primary and secondary debt markets to promote financial stability.
The European Court of Justice, which was established in 1952 and sits in Luxembourg, predates the formal European Economic Community. It's the ultimate arbiter of interpreting EU law across all 28 member-states, and it's comprised of 28 judges, one per member-state, though it hears cases in smaller panels (of three, five or 13). Its rulings on EU law are final, and cannot be appealed to national courts (and though final national court decisions cannot be appealed to the ECJ, many national courts routinely refer issues of EU law to the ECJ). Confusingly, perhaps, it is not related to the European Court of Human Rights.
Finally, the European Court of Auditors, was established in 1975 to investigate and audit the other EU institutions. Like the ECJ, it's composed of one member from each member state.
Confused yet? Here's a chart from Wikipedia that sets forth the EU political structure:
The parliament's composition
Each member-state is allotted a certain number of seats in the European Parliament on the basis of population, ranging from 96 (in Germany) to just six in the smallest member-states.
Though each member-state is responsible for the voting system that chooses its representative to the European Parliament, member-states must use proportional representation to award the seats, either by means of party-list or single-transferable-vote, with the electoral threshold, if any, not to exceed 5%.
While national parties fight to win parliamentary seats at the national level, 'families' of parties have developed at the supranational level, and the European Parliament is generally divided into blocs that align with those party families.
Here's the current composition:
The European People's Party (EPP) currently controls the largest bloc of seats in the European Parliament (265), and it's been the largest party in the European Parliament since 1998, though polls show it might lose that position after the 2014 vote. Moreover, members of its parties currently control 12 out of 28 national governments in Europe and 13 out of 28 seats in the European Commission.
It's generally comprised of Europe's traditional center-right and Christian democratic parties, including the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), Bulgaria's Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB), Estonia's Pro Patria and Res Publica Union (IRL), France's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Greece's New Democracy (ND), Hungary's Fidesz, Ireland's Fine Gael (FG), Luxembourg's Christian Social People's Party (CSV), Poland's Civic Platform (PO), Portugal's Social Democrats (PSD), Spain's People's Party (PP), and Sweden's Moderate Party.
Its candidate for Commission president is Jean-Claude Juncker (pictured above), the former longtime prime minister of Luxembourg, and the former president of the Eurogroup, an advisory board consisting of the finance ministers of all 18 eurozone states.
Recent polls show that EPP parties will largely lose ground in the elections. Forecasts show that the EPP will win between 197 and 222 seats, meaning that it might still emerge as the largest bloc in the European Parliament.
The Party of European Socialists (PES) currently controls 184 seats, and between 1979 and 1999, it and its predecessors were the dominant political bloc in the European Parliament. In the European Parliament, the PES is known as the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D). Its members hold seven positions in the Commission and control 10 national member-state governments.
Its constituent parties include most of Europe's tradition center-left and social democratic parties, including Austria's Social Democrats (SPÖ), Belgium's Socialists (PS), the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the Czech Social Democrats (ČSSD), France's Socialists (PS), the German Social Democrats (SPD), Greece's Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), Ireland's Labour Party, Italy's Democratic Party (PD), Luxembourg's Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), Malta's Labour Party, the Dutch Labour Party (PdvA), Portugal's Socialists (PS), the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the Swedish Social Democrats (SAP) and the British Labour Party.
Its Commission presidential candidate is Martin Schulz (pictured above), a German Social Democrat who currently serves as the European Parliament president.
Polls show that, for the first time in over a decade, the PES has a real shot of supplanting the EPP as the largest bloc in the European Parliament, with forecasts of winning between 193 to 226 seats.
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) is the third-largest bloc, and it features many of Europe's economically liberal parties. Though it has just 84 seats in the European Parliament, its parties hold eight positions on the European Commission.
Its constituent members include some of the following national parties: Denmark's Venstre – Liberal Party, the Estonian Reform Party, Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP), Ireland's Fianna Fáil (FF), Lithuania's Labour Party, Luxembourg's Democratic Party, both the Democrats 66 and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) in The Netherlands, Romania's National Liberal Party (PNL), Sweden's Centre Party and Liberal People's Party, and the British Liberal Democrats.
Polls show that, despite the collapse of the FDP in Germany, ALDE should still win between 60 and 86 seats. Its Commission presidential candidate is Guy Verhofstadt (pictured above), the former prime minister of Belgium between 1999 and 2008 — and a contender within the European Council in 2004 to become the Commission president.
The European Green Party (EGP) currently holds 55 seats in the European Parliament, and its members include many of Europe's leading green parties, such as the Austrian Greens, France's Europe Ecology/The Greens, Germany's Alliance '90/The Greens, Sweden's Environmental Party/Greens.
Ska Keller, a German green, and José Bové, the French anti-globalization activist, are both running as the Green candidate for Commission president.
Polls show that it may lose support, winning between just 34 and 51 seats.
The Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR) currently holds 54 seats, and it's an alternative group of center-right parties that lean toward more social and economic conservative ideologies and, often, slightly eurosceptic positions. Its members include the Czech Civic Democrats (ODS), Poland's Law and Justice (PiS), and the British Conservative Party. The AECR, as a party that leans toward the prerogative of national governments, isn't fielding a Commission presidential candidate.
Polls show that it will win between 35 and 55 seats.
The Party of the European Left (PEL) currently holds just 35 seats, but it includes many of the staunchest anti-austerity leftist and far-left parties in Europe. Its members include the Danish Red-Green Alliance, the French Left Front, Germany's Left Party, Greece's SYRIZA, Ireland's Sinn Féin and Spain's United Left (IU).
Its presidential candidate is the Greek opposition leader Alexis Tsipras, and its MEPs sit as part of the he European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) group.
Polls show that it is likely to make gains on the basis of Europe's stagnant economic growth, with forecasts to win between 47 and 61 seats.
The Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy (MELD), which sits in the European Parliament as Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD), is a firmly right-wing eurosceptic group. Its members include the Danish People's Party, The Finns Party, Italy's Northern League, and the UK Independence Party (though UKIP holds membership only in EFD, not in MELD).
The EFD parties currently hold 32 seats, and polls forecast they will win between 27 and 40 seats.
The remaining MEPs are referred to as the non-inscrits, because they belong to no supranational bloc, and they include some of the most notorious far-right, xenophobic and eurosceptic parties in Europe, including the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), Belgium's Flemish Interest, France's Front national (FN), Hungary's Jobbik, the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV), and the British National Party.
Polls show that they will make extraordinary gains — and leaders like the PVV's Geert Wilders and the FN's Marine Le Pen have discussed possibly uniting behind a new European-level front after the elections.
Polls show that the number of non-insrcits will rise to anywhere between 79 and 106.
Election dates and seats
Finally, if you've kept up this long, here's a schedule when each member-state will be voting, how many parliamentary representatives it will elect, and how that compares to the distribution of seats for the prior 2009 elections.
United Kingdom: 73 (+1)
The Netherlands: 26 (+1)
Czech Republic: 21 (-1)
Ireland: 11 (-1)
Italy: 73 (+1)
Slovakia: 13 (–)
Lithuania: 11 (-1)
Cyprus: 6 (–)
Malta: 6 (–)
Germany: 96 (-3)
France: 74 (+2)
Spain: 54 (+4)
Poland: 51 (+1)
Romania: 32 (-1)
Belgium: 21 (-1)
Greece: 21 (-1)
Portugal: 21 (-1)
Hungary: 21 (-1)
Sweden: 20 (+1)
Austria: 18 (+1)
Bulgaria: 17 (–)
Denmark: 13 (–)
Finland: 13 (–)
Croatia: 11 (N/A)
Slovenia: 8 (+1)
Latvia: 8 (–)
Estonia: 6 (–)
Luxembourg: 6 (–)
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Home > Shri Gusaiji > On The Bank Of River Shri Krushna Baithakji Number 45
By the banks of the Tamraparni river, under a tree three miles form a large city, Shri Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya stayed. The king of the nearby state was very ill and someone told him, "If you construct a gold statue of yourself and gift it to a Brahmin, the Brahmin will die and you will be cured."
The king immediately called for ninety pounds of gold and had when the statue was made he called a Brahmin to accept it but when he saw the form, he refused. He then called for his religious guide, but when he saw the statue. He fell down and observing many evil opened did not accept it. Then the king called for all the Brahmins of the city, but when they saw the statue as death personified they too refused the gift and said, "Even if you threaten to kill us, we will not accept this gift."
The distressed king then retired to the banks of the Tamraparni awaiting his death. There he saw Shri Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya and said to him. "This land is doomed because the holy class is devoid of spirituality."
The guru questioned "Is your world Godless?"
The king explained, "The right of a king is to make gifts to the Brahmins but my Brahmins have refused my offerings."
Shri Mahaprabhuji replied, "I will come tomorrow to accept you gift."
The king felt assured and returned to the palace. The next day the king made all the arrangements and when Shri Mahaprabhuji arrived he saw the statue had one finger pointing he pointed three back at it. The statue then bowed its head and Shri Mahaprabhuji called for a metal smith to melt the statue down and told the king to give a small amount of gold to the thousand odd Brahmins that had gathered there.
The king then asked, "why did the statue pointed one finger and why did you point three bach the guru explained, "the statue asked me if I make Gayatri mantra once a day. I raise three fingers to show that I do Gayali three limes a day. For that reason, it bowed to me." He continued.
"You should never make such a large gift for the removal of your own pain, the person who accepts such a gift will certainly die. By giving small gifts to many Brahmins, no harm will come to anyone."
Later the king and many other souls became Shri Mahaprabhuji's disciple. Later Shri Mahaprabhuji returned to the river and repeated the Gayatri mantra for three days.
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How the demographic shift could hurt Democrats, too
Selçuk Demirel for The Washington Post
By Ryan D. Enos
Since the November election, in which President Obama won huge majorities among minority voters, it's been taken as gospel that the Republican Party must, for its own survival, seek to appeal to those groups by moving to the left on topics such as immigration reform. But as the nation becomes more diverse, the demographic shift can cut the other way, too: Some Democratic voters are likely to move to the right.
It's assumed that, as the United States becomes increasingly non-white, white Democrats will continue to support the party. But a substantial amount of social-science evidence suggests a different conclusion: As the United States becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, liberal whites might start leaning Republican.
Consider a straightforward experiment I conducted last year: Over two weeks, I sent pairs of Latino men in their 20s to ride commuter trains in the greater Boston area, often cited as one of the nation's most liberal regions.
These people were not asked to do anything out of the ordinary, just to wait for the train and ride it. The pairs I sent were native Spanish speakers, so when they spoke to each other, it was probably in Spanish. To gauge other riders' attitudes about Latinos, I surveyed them before the experiment and two weeks into the tests. In each case, the trains and times were randomly selected and were later compared with a control group of riders on different trains. These trains originated in communities with very few Latino residents, and the men I sent to ride the trains were often the only Latinos at those stations on a day-to-day basis. In this sense, the experiment was testing how people react when a very small group of Latinos moves to a new community.
The results were clear. After coming into contact, for just minutes each day, with two more Latinos than they would otherwise see or interact with, the riders, who were mostly white and liberal, were sharply more opposed to allowing more immigrants into the country and favored returning the children of illegal immigrants to their parents' home country. It was a stark shift from their pre-experiment interviews, during which they expressed more neutral attitudes.
Political scientists, economists, sociologists and psychologists have long noted that, under most circumstances, when people from different ethnic, racial and religious groups come into new contact, conflict ensues. Just look at the battles over busing students from different neighborhoods into public schools in the 1960s and '70s.
And those conflicts often change the way people vote.
In the 1930s, political scientist V.O. Key found evidence that, in Southern counties with large numbers of African Americans, white voters were politically mobilized: They voted more than whites in neighboring counties and supported candidates espousing discriminatory views in greater numbers. A similar trend recurred a generation later, when liberal Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois lost his 1966 reelection bid, in large part because of votes cast by whites living in parts of Chicago that had seen an influx of African Americans.
In a more recent example, the city of Chicago began a massive effort in 2000 to overhaul its public housing. Large and notorious housing projects, such as Cabrini-Green, were demolished, and their residents were relocated. More than 99 percent of the relocated residents were African American. The outcome of the effort was the reverse of my experiment in Boston — rather than coming into contact, groups were separated.
Did that separation result in more liberal political views? Voting patterns among white residents living near these projects before and after their demolition showed that it did. After their African American neighbors left, fewer white residents turned out to vote, and voters became less likely to choose Republican candidates, whom they had previously supported at higher levels than had residents in other parts of the city. It seems that the contact with African Americans had politically mobilized whites in Chicago, similar to how Southern whites were mobilized in the 1930s.
To explore whether there was a similar effect among minority voters, in 2008 I conducted an experiment in which I sent a letter to African American voters just before an election in Los Angeles. The content of the letter was simple: It reminded people to vote and included a map noting how often people on their block voted compared with a nearby block. In some randomly selected cases, the comparison block consisted of African American residents; in others, it was largely Latino. When the letter pointed to a majority-Latino block, African Americans were significantly more likely to vote, suggesting that they were concerned about political competition with Latinos — even though both groups vote overwhelmingly for Democrats.
In that same year, I examined the voting of Latinos in Los Angeles and found that those who lived near predominantly African American neighborhoods were far less likely to vote for Obama than Latinos who lived farther away — suggesting that contact with their African American neighbors may have prompted them to vote against an African American candidate.
As different groups come into contact, people often have adverse reactions, and this can cause them to vote for a party that represents opposition to other groups. In today's electoral landscape, that might mean white Democrats would be more willing to vote Republican. There is some evidence that when most people vote against their party identification — perhaps as a Reagan Democrat, just once — they return to their regular partisan identity within an election or so. However, if people make that switch during their impressionable years, in their teens or 20s, it can last a long time. And if they become familiar with members of the other group on a personal level, then the initial aversion might diminish. For example, this might be why attitudes about same-sex marriage are changing — as more people come to know gay friends, neighbors, co-workers or family members.
Of course, people might change the way they vote for reasons other than the race or ethnicity of their neighbors, such as a change in their job or the birth of a child. However, these experiments tell us that, all else equal, contact between different groups, such as native whites and Latino immigrants, leads to more conservative voting.
None of these findings bode well for Democrats. As ethnic groups mix, voters become more exclusionary and tend to vote for more racially conservative candidates — which may make it more difficult to maintain a diverse Democratic Party and could tilt the field in favor of Republicans.
But such changes are not inevitable.
Just as demographic shifts do not guarantee a Democratic majority, it is not certain that interaction between groups will hurt Democrats. Social scientists have identified a host of conditions that foster political harmony between groups, including economic equality and common goals, such as being part of the same team in the workplace, school or the military. These are conditions that liberals typically favor through their legislative agenda.
For example, a progressive tax code and liberal social spending are designed to promote economic equality. And immigration reform proposals, such as the Dream Act, are designed to more fully integrate institutions such as colleges and the military.
The recognition that liberals' policies can not only establish their ideological goals but also help maintain their political majority should give Democrats greater urgency in their legislative efforts to promote equality.
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In 2016, African Century Foods and Nutreco's subsidiary Skretting Zambia entered into a joint venture for the production, sale and distribution of tilapia feed. In June 2017, the joint venture opened the first dedicated aquaculture feed plant in Zambia.
The new plant, which has a capacity of 35,000 tonnes of feed, is located at Siavonga on Lake Kariba, close to the main fish farming areas in both Zambia and Zimbabwe. The facility houses a dedicated line for extruded tilapia feed and a mash feed line for other animal species. A part of the capacity will be used to supply ACF's tilapia farms (Lake Harvest) with the remaining supply going to the wider southeast African region.


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UofL Board of Trustees Deemed Powerless, Left Hanging by Governor.
The process of replacing a trustee who resigned to allow appointment of an additional racial minority to the Board of Trustees of the University of Louisville and replace a number of trustees whose regular terms in office are expiring is invalid on its face for exactly the same reasons that the UofL Board was neutered. Governor Bevin has not filled the open position with a minority candidate. Although my reading of the statute that controls gubernatorial appointments to our state Universities allows a Governor to fill unexpected vacancies without having to wait for nominees from the Governor's Postsecondary Nominating Committee (Nominating Committee), the Governor has not explored that route but neither has he called for a meeting of the Nominating Committee to present him with names. A sceptic like myself might wonder if he was stalling to further protect his coreligionist, embattled UofL President James Ramsey. After all, it was by declaring the Board of Trustees was illegally constituted that Governor Bevin derailed an earlier attempted vote of no-confidence in Dr. Ramsey by the Board. By failing to appoint a replacement trustee and failing to involve the Nominating Committee, the Governor now finds himself in the happy place of being able to replace or reappoint five of the seven-member Nominating Committee itself, thus shaping it to his own policy and preference.
Explanation.
The composition of the Nominating Committee that is required to submit three names for each open trustee slot from which the Governor must choose is subject to its own statutory requirements. These are similar to those mandating the composition of state University Boards. Of its seven members, one must be from each of Kentucky's seven Judicial Districts. Additionally, an even balance of political party, sex, and minority status is required. A Governor is also required to ask for advice from a specific list of higher education entities about who should serve on the Nominating Committee. (I am unaware if this latter procedure was complied with.) Two weeks ago, Governor Bevin appointed 4 new members to the Committee and reappointed a fifth. It has been reported that at least one member whose term was still current was unexpectedly discharged from the Committee. [I did not know a Committee member could be replaced at will by a new Governor!] Through an Open Records request last week, I asked for details of the Nominating Committee's new roster including its racial make-up. Of the seven, 6 are men, 5 are Republicans, and – although racial minority status is not tracked in the official roster– to my knowledge all are white. This does not appear very balanced to me. Note also, that the political party balance of the committee is based not on which party holds the Governor's office, but on the proportion of registered voters, giving a clear majority this year to Democrats! This white, male, Republican panel represents the antithesis of the Legislature's intent to have diverse and representative bodies overseeing the higher education institutions of the Commonwealth.
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Consistency anyone?
The Governor was very clear that because the composition of last spring's UofL Board of Trustees did not meet his interpretation of its statutory mandate, that any of its actions would be invalid and indeed illegal. I assert that by the Governor's own words and logic, that the Nominating Committee he just appointed is illegally constituted and therefore cannot participate in this year's round of new appointments to the Governance Boards any of Kentucky's institutions of higher education. The University of Louisville is therefore left flapping in its demoralizing breeze.
As of last week, I am informed by the Governor's office that no meeting of the Nominating Committee has been scheduled. Even if one is hastily assembled, it is hard to imagine how an essentially new committee would adequately be able to assemble and evaluate a panel of nominees for the Boards of UofL and the other universities – unless of course, the governor's office already has in mind who is to be appointed. Appointments to Kentucky's many Boards and Commissions is, after all, one of the most intensely political activities imaginable. This is how political supporters are rewarded, and more importantly, how a sitting governor – any governor – gets to shape his or her political agenda. In my exploration of the process of board appointments over this last year, I was often told by insiders, that despite the prescribed process, the sitting governor's choice is the person who ultimately gets appointed. I have seen nothing yet to disabuse me from this assertion. The fact that the Nominating Committee seemingly does little to recruit potential board members and does less to evaluate them is compatible with this belief. I believe it is relevant that one of Governor Bevin's new appointees to the Nominating Committee was himself the Executive Director of the Office of Boards and Commissions in an earlier Republican administration! I can see where this is going, can't you?
Flapping in the breeze is not what I want for my University.
[Addendum May 12:
Did Governor Bevin improperly replace members of the Governor's Postsecondary Nominating Committee?
It is clear to my reading that the intent of the controlling legislation of the Nominating Committee was to have staggered 6-year terms for its members so as to maintain continuity and institutional memory. The term of a committee appointment exceeds that of a Governor's which mitigates against political capture. The desynchronizing result of the Governor's recent appointments is to put 4 of the Committee's members in the same track to expire in 2022.
I raised the issue in the article above whether any Governor is free to dismiss members of Boards and Commissions for which terms of memberships are defined in statute. In a similar vein, although initial appointments to at some panels like the Nominating Committee require consent by the House and Senate, is it necessary for that consent to be given every year of a given member's term? It was reported that consent for one of last year's Nominating Committee members was withdrawn by the Senate giving Governor Bevin an additional slot to fill with a preferred candidate.
Tom Loftus of the Courier-Journal recently reported that Governor Bevin "has scrapped, or significantly changed, the makeup of … important state board[s] that he inherited from his predecessor Steve Beshear. Other boards he recently changed include the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority." It seems to me that allowing premature dismissal or withdrawal of consent renders these public bodies overly susceptible to political manipulation. If it is indeed acceptable to terminate a Board or Committee member at will irrespective of where they are in their term of appointment, what is to keep a Governor from replacing more than the UofL Board Trustees who resigned to enable the appointment of minority Trustees. Why might not Governor Bevin attempt to replace some or all of the Trustees that Board member and UofL Foundation Chairman Robert Hughes has publicly and quite disparagingly referred to as the "Chardonnay Set?"
(Dr. Hughes accuses some trustees of embarrassing Dr. Ramsey and rest of the Univerity Community. In my opinion Dr. Hughes, you have it backwards. The only unprofessional and inappropriate language I have heard personally in this matter has come from you and a handful of other Ramsey supporters. In my opinion Dr. Hughes, whether or not Dr Ramsey decides to step down from his positions, you should do so now. The name-calling and accusations against your colleagues are disgraceful.)
Who out there can give us a definitive opinion on this important issue? House Speaker Stumbo is suing the Governor over things that seem a lot more trivial or technical than this. What does the law say?]
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Cancer is an awful disease that afflicts thousands of people yearly. Cancer, when caught early enough and the right treatment started, its chances of being fatal to get minimized. There have been advancements in the cancer treatment due to the many extensive types of research, but still many people are being infected by this disease that comes in different forms and can spread from one part of the body to another. But there are some things that you can do to keep yourself free from cancer in the future and keep yourself in optimal health.
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Wayne Simmonds is just one of those players.
If he's a member of the opposition, you're probably not a fan. But once he's on your side, well, there aren't many people you'd rather have in your corner than Simmonds - especially once the Stanley Cup Playoffs arrive.
Just two days out from the Predators hosting the Dallas Stars in Game 1 of their first-round series, the Nashville winger is gearing up for his seventh-career appearance in the postseason, but his first as a member of the Preds.
Acquired at the trade deadline, players like Simmonds are made for this time of the year, and No. 17 can't wait to get going.
"I'm extremely excited. That's what you play 82 games for, you play 82 games just to get to the start of the playoffs, and then nothing's promised from there," Simmonds said. "The intensity ramps up, it's a really physical game and everybody starts hitting. Every single guy in the lineup is hitting, and it's just exciting hockey. I think it's a better brand of hockey."
Like Simmonds, Preds forward Brian Boyle was also brought in prior to the deadline due in part to the postseason experience he possesses. Wednesday will mark his ninth appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs - two of those have resulted in runs to the Final - and Boyle has embraced his place on this team to perfection since his first arrived, a quality that has endeared him to teammates and coaches alike.
"As a guy like me who's been around for a little while, but not necessarily a top-six guy, you have to try to be able to play wing and be able to play center and fit into different roles, and I've tried to do that," Boyle said. "[Predators Head Coach Peter Laviolette] has been really good straightforward with me and my role and what's expected, and that helps too quite a bit.
"We have a great opportunity here as a club. We need to take advantage of it, and make the most of it."
Together, along with Calle Jarnkrok in the middle, Boyle and Simmonds are making up a formidable trio for Nashville up front on the fourth line, if you can even call it that. It's more of a three-A or a two-B option, with the Predators preferring to roll their units equally as much as possible over the course of a game.
For Laviolette, having Boyle and Simmonds at his disposal gives him the ability to slot them into different areas, whether it's playing the role of a net-front presence on the power play or adding the ever-important physical element that's usually necessary during the postseason.
"You're talking about a couple of guys who have a lot of playoff experience and have been through some battles," Laviolette said of Boyle and Simmonds. "They bring size, toughness and leadership, so there's lots of things that they bring to the table along with being good teammates and good players."
The 6-foot-2 Simmonds and 6-foot-6 Boyle aren't afraid to enact some physicality on the opposition, if necessary; as well as play some of the mind games that often come to the forefront at this time of the year when post-whistle scrums have a tendency to become the norm. But, there's still an art to the chirps and face washes.
"You've got to be strategic with it, though, like you've got to kind of play games," Simmonds said. "You're not going out there trying to take penalties. Hopefully we're going to have a good series here, and we'll see what transpires."
Whether or not that part of the game comes to the forefront will become known in time, but one thing is certain - anyone can be a hero at this time of the year, and players like Boyle and Simmonds are perfect candidates to step up when it matters most.
If nothing else, experiencing a playoff atmosphere inside of Bridgestone Arena should be more than enough motivation to do so.
"It was rocking," Simmonds said of the building during Saturday's division-clinching win. "It was unbelievable, it was a treat to be a part of and I definitely look forward to that a lot more for the rest of this year."


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Re-Thinking Webinars for the Modern Audience
For nearly two decades, the webinar has been a workhorse for B2B marketers. In the days before marketing automation and pervasive analytics, the ability to easily track registrations and engagement was a very big deal. The ability to reach out and re-touch the leads was equally splendid.
But a lot has changed in the past 20 years, especially when it comes to what's available online and how the audience consumes it. Twenty years ago was six years before YouTube was founded, and the online video experience at the dawn of the 21st century was shaky (sometimes literally) at best.
This is a story about two unstoppable trends that none of us can control -- the larger media landscape and demographics -- and a content format in the bullseye of each.
The Media Landscape
Our media consumption is increasingly dominated by on-demand viewing and listening. And because B2B buyers and prospects are the same people who walk around in the B2C world, this trend is carrying over to the consumption of business-related media. B2B content is also part of the story. There's a lot of it, it's being produced at high volume and it's being distributed to the audience at a high velocity. Forrester Research has gone so far as to refer to much of the B2B content being created as "crap." There's a word that will get your attention. But there's an important observation in the Forrester piece that also deserves your attention:
"Part of the explanation is that marketers haven't kept pace with buyers' preferences."
And that brings us to…
If you have children, or know any children, you know that it seems like you turn your head away, then you look back, and suddenly they've grown up. So it goes for Millennials. The oldest Millennials are now approaching 40 years old, and they are making up a growing portion of your buyers and researchers.
As for the B2B media consumption habits of Millennials with B2B buying power, I'm just going to leave this, from a survey by Sacunas, right here:
What Does This Mean for the Webinar?
There are a number of things B2B marketers love about the webinar.
They're relatively inexpensive
They play well with martech investments
They're easy to produce
There are a number of things the audience prefers from its content experiences today:
Short snippets available on-demand
Content that clearly states its purpose
Something that's helpful and interesting and short
We analyzed the data from dozens of webinars and more than 600 actual webinar attendees and found today's events simply aren't delivering for today's audience. They're too long, they're too uninteresting, and they take too much time to make their point.
Other observations:
The majority of the viewers in the webinar data we analyzed were age 46 or older.
It's getting increasingly difficult to get viewers to engage for more than 10 minutes.
The only effective way to increase engagement is to make the event shorter (the speakers, slide design, and format have seemingly no impact).
The bottom line is this: Events that don't deliver for the audience can't deliver for marketers.
Can You Get the Best of Both Worlds? We Think So.
At QuinStreet, we're taking the things marketers love about webinars – the relatively low cost, the ease of creation and the data -- and we're combining them with a format more appealing to today's audience. We call it a 10-Minute Take. Each 10-Minute Take uses as its title a question, which is then answered in the 10-minute, on-demand presentation that follows. The audience can explore additional resources and even submit on-demand questions to be delivered via email.
When people go to sites like YouTube or TED, they know exactly what they're going to get and how long they need to get it. It's time the webinar caught up.
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Researchers from Oxford University say they've made a breakthrough in developing smart glasses for people with severe sight loss.
The augmented reality glasses use three-dimensional cameras that detect the structure and position of nearby objects. Software then uses that information to block out the background and highlight only what is nearest to the user.
"Smart-glasses are a piece of work we've been doing for the past three years at Oxford looking at ways to enhance the remaining sight that people have. When you go blind, you generally have some sight remaining, and using a combination of cameras and a see-through display, we're able to enhance nearby objects to make them easier to see for obstacle avoidance and also facial recognition," says Dr. Stephen Hicks of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at Oxford University, who is leading the research.


There are two basic types of hearing aids and many different styles. Your hearing healthcare professional will help you determine the best one for you.
In the ear (ITE) styles - These hearing aids are worn in the ear and are usually custom-fit, based on an impression that is taken by the hearing care professional at the time of the hearing aid consultation. These styles are typically available in different skin tones to blend with the outer ear.
Behind the ear (BTE) hearing aids sit behind or on top of the outer ear with tubing that routes the sound down into the ear canal via a custom-fit earmold or an ear tip that doesn't block the entire ear canal opening. BTE styles are available in different colors to match hair or skin tone, as well as flashier designs to highlight personal flair.
All custom made ITE hearing aids and earmolds for BTEs are made from a "cast" of the ear called and ear impression. The hearing professional can make an ear impression in the office in about 10-15 minutes. They begin by placing a special cotton or foam dam in your ear canal to protect the eardrum, and then a waxy material is applied to fill the ear canal and bowl of the outer ear. When the material hardens a few minutes later, the cast, along with the dam are removed from the ear canal.
When selecting hearing aids, consider not only appearance, but also your manual dexterity and lifestyle needs.
Different sizes of hearing aids accommodate different features, exterior control options and battery sizes. Larger hearing aids, whether ITE or BTE style, accommodate more buttons, more interior circuitry and larger batteries that may be needed for to meet power consumption requirements. While many people choose discreet ITE and BTE styles that largely go unnoticed when worn, others enjoy showing off the cool colors they've chosen!
IIC and CIC styles are the tiniest hearing aids made. They fit very deeply in the ear canal, allowing the wearer to benefit from the pinna's natural resonance and localization characteristics. They are typically fit for mild or moderate hearing losses and offer high cosmetic appeal as they're nearly invisible when worn. Because of their small size, they don't usually come with any manual controls, like volume controls or program buttons. Unfortunately, the deep positioning also makes these styles the most susceptible to damage from ear wax and moisture in the ear canal. IIC and CIC styles are only practical for individuals with good dexterity because they have the smallest battery size and can be tricky to remove and insert.
ITC hearing aids sit in the lower portion of the outer ear bowl, making them comfortable and easy to use. Because they're slightly larger than IIC and CIC styles, they have a longer battery life and can fit a wider range of hearing losses. Their size also allows them to host additional features such as directional microphones for better understanding in noisy environments and manual controls, like a volume wheel.
Selecting and understanding what hearing aid is the right fit for you can be challenging. That's why we created this flow chart to help first-time hearing aid users or individuals in the market for a new device figure out which hearing technology might be the best fit.
If you have a mild or moderate hearing loss, there are several options to consider when selecting hearing aids, including Completely-in-Canal (CIC), In-the-Canal (ITC) and Receiver-in-Canal (RIC). If you have hearing loss in the lows and the highs, a more occluding fit from CIC or ITC styles will accommodate the loss while still being quite discreet. If your hearing loss is primarily in the high frequencies, open fit RIC styles are the most comfortable because they still let in the natural low-frequency sounds while they amplify the high frequencies. These options can also be equipped with advanced features to allow hearing aids to filter noise from speech, adapt to different environments, suppress feedback and wirelessly connect to mobile phones, a personal microphone system or other public assistive listening devices.
This flow chart should be used only as a guide when considering and selecting a pair of hearing aids. Hearing aids can be fitted for a broad range of hearing losses in more styles and sizes than ever before, in part due to the miniaturization of electronics. More people than ever can wear tiny, nearly invisible models, and even the larger-sized instruments are available in very sleek styles. Visit a hearing healthcare professional to learn more.