Are Your Christmas Gifts Made in the Chinese Gulag?
A startling letter found in an Oregon Kmart purports to reveal the links between Christmas shopping and forced labor in China.
What if Santa's elves were actually Chinese prisoners?
In the pre-Christmas rush, when big box stores and e-commerce websites slash prices, few consumers want to think about where those presents under the tree actually come from.
Yet a recent article in The Oregonian has traced Santa's global path back to its source—and it appears to be a Chinese prison, not the North Pole.
According to the article, Julie Keith, a charity worker in Oregon, found a handwritten plea for help in a package of Halloween decorations she had purchased from Kmart. The note—scrawled in a combination of Chinese and English—was purportedly written by a prisoner in Unit Eight, Department Two, at the Masanjia Labor Camp, a notorious gulag in China's frigid Liaoning province, which borders North Korea.
The writer, who is unnamed, goes on to say: "People who work here have to work 15 hours a day without Saturday, Sunday break and any holidays. Otherwise, they will suffer torturement, beat and rude remark. Nearly no payment (10 yuan/1 month),"—an amount equivalent to $1.60.
While the specifics of the letter's claims cannot be verified, in 2011, Al Jazeera English aired a devastating segment on China's estimated 5.5 million forced laborers, who make the Christmas lights, Homer Simpson slippers, and other products that clutter homes across the globe. After the segment aired, the Chinese government denied the charges and expelled the channel's foreign correspondent, Melissa Chan, reportedly as punishment for embarrassing the regime. "Media concerned know in their heart what they did wrong," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei explained afterward.
According to human-rights advocates, there are an estimated 1,000 prison factories and farms in China, a gulag network known as the Laogai. China's forced-labor force extends beyond the Laogai to a system of reeducation through work—an extrajudicial abyss where Chinese police send undesirables for up to three years without a trial, human-rights advocates say. The Chinese Foreign Ministry did not respond to calls for comment.
In theory, reeducation through labor is meant to correct subversive minds through hard work. In practice, however, analysts say these reeducation camps function as sweatshop-like prisons that do little more than make officials rich.
Rights advocates say that many of those chained to the factory floor are followers of the banned spiritual group Falun Gong, who have allegedly been raped, tortured, and killed in Chinese penal colonies.The letter that Keith discovered said that Falun Gong practitioners at the camp "often suffer more punishment than others" because they refuse to apologize for their beliefs.
Alarmed by the letter and the idea that she possibly contributed to the suffering of Chinese laborers toiling in the gulag, Keith published a scanned copy of the note online. When contacted by The Oregonian, Sears, which owns Kmart, promised to investigate.
Sophie Richardson, the China director at Human Rights Watch, says that both consumers and companies must choose if they want cheap goods made by shackled hands. "People want to buy products for lowest possible price, but what is the true cost of these things?" she said.
While corporations have global compliance policies, consumers ultimately have the power to ensure that human rights are respected in the manufacturing process. Unfortunately, analysts say that human rights don't rank that highly on Christmas wish lists or factor heavily into corporate bottom lines.
Dan Levin is a reporter for NEWSWEEK and The Daily Beast based in Beijing. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, New York magazine and Forbes, among other publications.
Re: Are Your Christmas Gifts Made in the Chinese Gulag?
The only way to change things is to shine a light on it.
been publicised in the article !
I saw that in a store---I think TJ Maxx---it was an italian food product but said produced in China. I was shocked. I always look at labels now. Such a shame.


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by: Jake Plenderleith (Editorial Manager) on Tue Jun 13, 2017
Seán Fitzpatrick's acquittal at the Irish Criminal Courts of Justice last month has sparked questions over the effectiveness of Ireland's corporate crime-fighting agency, the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE).
Fitzpatrick was the chairman of Anglo Irish Bank before stepping down in December 2008 amid hidden loan allegations. The bank had collapsed earlier that year after excessive lending during the so-called Celtic boom years. Anglo Irish was nationalised in 2009 by the Irish government and was wound-up in 2011, after having received a total of €30 billion in bailout funding from Irish taxpayers. Widespread public outrage followed the bank's collapse at the perceived recklessness of its conduct, with Fitzgerald the recipient of very negative media attention.
Fitzpatrick on trial
Fitzpatrick's resignation came amid controversy over hidden loans. For eight years Fitzpatrick concealed from auditors loans totalling €87 million that he had borrowed from Anglo Irish (by transferring them temporarily at year-end). Fitzpatrick conceded that this behaviour was inappropriate but denied any illegality, though he did resign as Anglo Irish Chairman. In 2014 he went on trial over allegations that he attempted to prop up Anglo's share price, charges on which he was acquitted.
Fitzpatrick went on trial for a second time for allegedly misleading auditors over details of Anglo Irish's lending. He was acquitted, again, in May as the case against him collapsed after it was revealed that the ODCE had used contaminated evidence as part of its prosecution. Judge John Aylmer told Fitzpatrick that the prosecution had nothing against him and that he was therefore free to leave. Thus ended the longest legal case in Irish history (127 days).
Opposition party leader Micheál Martin described the collapse of the trial as a 'damning indictment' of the ODCE; the Irish Timessaid the trial's collapse was a 'debacle', describing the ODCE as a 'mess', whose 'incompetence helped wreck the prosecution case'.
ODCE
Where had the ODCE gone wrong? Its website includes 'Raising Standards of Compliance' as one of its main goals, along with 'Identifying Suspected Misconduct', so its objectives are clear and transparent. Furthermore, the organisation doesn't lack the clout or credentials to build a case, with lawyers, accountants and detectives from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (the Fraud Squad) at its disposal.
Following Fitzpatrick's acquittal the ODCE put out a press release offering some clues, using it as an opportunity to both accept responsibility for the trials failure but also remind the public of its past successes. In it, the ODCE stressed that the judge's criticisms, whilst valid, refer to incidents and practices that occurred in 2009, and that subsequent changes had been made to the ODCE's organisation structure and risk management practices.
However, there are still concerns to be allayed — by its own admission, the post of Detective Inspector within the ODCE has been unoccupied since last autumn, raising questions of how such a senior role can be unfilled for such a duration, especially given that the ODCE blames being 'not equipped to undertake parallel investigations' for what it describes as its own 'very serious failures'.
A report on the case has been commissioned. In the meantime, the ODCE is investigating a case which could be just as significant as the Fitzpatrick one, providing the compliance-body with the opportunity to repair its damaged reputation.
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1- Drive around the Amalfi coast it is hypnotic.
2- If you have the time, spend at least one day roaming around each city.
3- While driving, just take spontaneous side stops and live the moment.
4- Your camera is an essential.
5- Visit Capri, which is an island located about one hour by ferry from Sorrento.
5- Look for the hidden beaches they are the gem.
8. Stop by Hotel Villa Gabrisa and sit across by the coast while you have lunch followed by an espresso. 9- Walk, walk, walk 10- Meet beautiful souls… If you meet people living in such a serene area you can only imagine how they are. 11- We stayed in Sorrento, which is also worth visiting.
13- Mostly, enjoy your being, this place is incredibly beautiful.
If you have been and have any notes or recommendations, please feel free to share them with me.


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House debates articles of impeachment ahead of historic vote
by: Morgan Wright
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — In a historic moment, the House debated two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
Trump — accused of abusing his presidential power when he asked Ukraine to investigate his political rival ahead of the 2020 election and then obstructing Congress' investigation — would be just the third American president to be impeached, leaving a lasting stain on his tenure at the White House.
Congressman Jim McGovern, D-Massachusetts, said the evidence against Trump is clear and overwhelming.
"No one should be allowed to use the powers of the presidency to undermine our elections. period," McGovern said.
Congressman David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, agrees.
"He tried to cheat, he got caught, he confessed and then he obstructed the investigation into his misconduct," Cicilline said.
Democrats stood united Wednesday, saying Trump's actions threatened the integrity of the upcoming 2020 election.
"No president may cheat the people by working with foreign governments to steal from us a free and fair election," Congressman Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, said.
Democrats said all lawmakers took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution — and that's what they must do when considering Trump's impeachment.
In speech after speech, Republicans maintained that Trump did nothing wrong and attacked Democrats for being out of touch with their constituents.
"It's as if we're completely detached from what's going in communities across America," Congressman Daniel Meuser, R-Pennsylvania, said.
"The people of America see through this," Congressman Doug Collins, R-Georgia, added. "The people of America understand due process and they understand when it is being trampled in the people's House."
The House is expected to vote on both articles of impeachment against Trump Wednesday evening.
More Washington-DC Stories
by Russell Falcon, Nexstar, and Anna Wiernicki / Jan 28, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nexstar) — Lawmakers say they don't want moms and dads to have to choose between having a family and having a career.
A House committee is looking at several legislative proposals that would close the gaps in paid parental leave for federal workers and create a national paid family leave benefit.
Lawmakers demand more accountability from PG&E for role in starting wildfires
by Joe Khalil / Jan 29, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NEXSTAR) - From Australia to California, recent wildfires have become more devastating and more deadly.
On Tuesday, a congressional committee explored ways to slow them down and to make sure California's public utilities were held accountable for their roles in starting fires.
U.S. Transportation Secretary ramps up efforts to combat human trafficking
by Jessi Turnure / Jan 28, 2020
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The U.S. Department of Transportation reports human trafficking cases are up 25 percent from 2017.
The National Human Trafficking Hotline handled 8,700 cases in 2017 compared to nearly 11,000 cases in 2018, which is the most recent data available.


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//===--- SILCombiner.h ------------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
//
// This source file is part of the Swift.org open source project
//
// Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017 Apple Inc. and the Swift project authors
// Licensed under Apache License v2.0 with Runtime Library Exception
//
// See https://swift.org/LICENSE.txt for license information
// See https://swift.org/CONTRIBUTORS.txt for the list of Swift project authors
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// A port of LLVM's InstCombiner to SIL. Its main purpose is for performing
// small combining operations/peepholes at the SIL level. It additionally
// performs dead code elimination when it initially adds instructions to the
// work queue in order to reduce compile time by not visiting trivially dead
// instructions.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#ifndef SWIFT_SILOPTIMIZER_PASSMANAGER_SILCOMBINER_H
#define SWIFT_SILOPTIMIZER_PASSMANAGER_SILCOMBINER_H

#include "swift/Basic/Defer.h"
#include "swift/SIL/BasicBlockUtils.h"
#include "swift/SIL/SILBuilder.h"
#include "swift/SIL/SILInstruction.h"
#include "swift/SIL/SILInstructionWorklist.h"
#include "swift/SIL/SILValue.h"
#include "swift/SIL/SILVisitor.h"
#include "swift/SIL/InstructionUtils.h"
#include "swift/SILOptimizer/Analysis/ClassHierarchyAnalysis.h"
#include "swift/SILOptimizer/Analysis/NonLocalAccessBlockAnalysis.h"
#include "swift/SILOptimizer/Analysis/ProtocolConformanceAnalysis.h"
#include "swift/SILOptimizer/OptimizerBridging.h"
#include "swift/SILOptimizer/Utils/CastOptimizer.h"
#include "swift/SILOptimizer/Utils/Existential.h"
#include "swift/SILOptimizer/Utils/InstOptUtils.h"
#include "swift/SILOptimizer/Utils/OwnershipOptUtils.h"
#include "swift/SILOptimizer/PassManager/PassManager.h"

#include "llvm/ADT/DenseMap.h"
#include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"

namespace swift {

class AliasAnalysis;

/// This is a class which maintains the state of the combiner and simplifies
/// many operations such as removing/adding instructions and syncing them with
/// the worklist.
class SILCombiner :
    public SILInstructionVisitor<SILCombiner, SILInstruction *> {
  SILFunctionTransform *parentTransform;

  AliasAnalysis *AA;

  DominanceAnalysis *DA;

  /// Determine the set of types a protocol conforms to in whole-module
  /// compilation mode.
  ProtocolConformanceAnalysis *PCA;

  /// Class hierarchy analysis needed to confirm no derived classes of a sole
  /// conforming class.
  ClassHierarchyAnalysis *CHA;

  /// Non local access block analysis that we use when canonicalize object
  /// lifetimes in OSSA.
  NonLocalAccessBlockAnalysis *NLABA;

  /// Worklist containing all of the instructions primed for simplification.
  SmallSILInstructionWorklist<256> Worklist;

  /// Utility for dead code removal.
  InstructionDeleter deleter;

  /// A cache of "dead end blocks" through which all paths it is known that the
  /// program will terminate. This means that we are allowed to leak
  /// objects.
  DeadEndBlocks deadEndBlocks;

  /// Variable to track if the SILCombiner made any changes.
  bool MadeChange;

  /// If set to true then the optimizer is free to erase cond_fail instructions.
  bool RemoveCondFails;

  /// If set to true then copies are canonicalized in OSSA mode.
  bool enableCopyPropagation;

  /// Set to true if some alloc/dealloc_stack instruction are inserted and at
  /// the end of the run stack nesting needs to be corrected.
  bool invalidatedStackNesting = false;

  /// The current iteration of the SILCombine.
  unsigned Iteration;

  /// Builder used to insert instructions.
  SILBuilder &Builder;

  /// Cast optimizer
  CastOptimizer CastOpt;

  /// Dead end blocks cache. SILCombine is already not allowed to mess with CFG
  /// edges so it is safe to use this here.
  DeadEndBlocks deBlocks;

  /// External context struct used by \see ownershipRAUWHelper.
  OwnershipFixupContext ownershipFixupContext;

  /// For invoking Swift instruction passes in libswift.
  LibswiftPassInvocation libswiftPassInvocation;

public:
  SILCombiner(SILFunctionTransform *parentTransform,
              SILOptFunctionBuilder &FuncBuilder, SILBuilder &B,
              AliasAnalysis *AA, DominanceAnalysis *DA,
              ProtocolConformanceAnalysis *PCA, ClassHierarchyAnalysis *CHA,
              NonLocalAccessBlockAnalysis *NLABA, bool removeCondFails,
              bool enableCopyPropagation)
      : parentTransform(parentTransform), AA(AA), DA(DA), PCA(PCA), CHA(CHA),
        NLABA(NLABA), Worklist("SC"),
        deleter(InstModCallbacks()
                    .onDelete([&](SILInstruction *instToDelete) {
                      // We allow for users in SILCombine to perform 2 stage
                      // deletion, so we need to split the erasing of
                      // instructions from adding operands to the worklist.
                      eraseInstFromFunction(*instToDelete,
                                            false /* don't add operands */);
                    })
                    .onNotifyWillBeDeleted(
                        [&](SILInstruction *instThatWillBeDeleted) {
                          Worklist.addOperandsToWorklist(
                            *instThatWillBeDeleted);
                        })
                    .onCreateNewInst([&](SILInstruction *newlyCreatedInst) {
                      Worklist.add(newlyCreatedInst);
                    })
                    .onSetUseValue([&](Operand *use, SILValue newValue) {
                      use->set(newValue);
                      Worklist.add(use->getUser());
                    })),
        deadEndBlocks(&B.getFunction()), MadeChange(false),
        RemoveCondFails(removeCondFails),
        enableCopyPropagation(enableCopyPropagation), Iteration(0), Builder(B),
        CastOpt(
            FuncBuilder, nullptr /*SILBuilderContext*/,
            /* ReplaceValueUsesAction */
            [&](SILValue Original, SILValue Replacement) {
              replaceValueUsesWith(Original, Replacement);
            },
            /* ReplaceInstUsesAction */
            [&](SingleValueInstruction *I, ValueBase *V) {
              replaceInstUsesWith(*I, V);
            },
            /* EraseAction */
            [&](SILInstruction *I) { eraseInstFromFunction(*I); }),
        deBlocks(&B.getFunction()),
        ownershipFixupContext(getInstModCallbacks(), deBlocks),
        libswiftPassInvocation(parentTransform->getPassManager(),
                               parentTransform->getFunction(), this) {}

  bool runOnFunction(SILFunction &F);

  void clear() {
    Iteration = 0;
    Worklist.resetChecked();
    MadeChange = false;
  }

  /// A "syntactic" high level function that combines our insertPt with the main
  /// builder's builder context.
  ///
  /// Since this is syntactic and we assume that our caller is passing in a
  /// lambda that if we inline will be eliminated, we mark this function always
  /// inline.
  ///
  /// What is nice about this formulation is it enables one to really concisely
  /// create a SILBuilder that uses the SILCombiner's builder context but at a
  /// different use point. Example:
  ///
  /// SILBuilderWithScope builder(insertPt);
  /// builder.createInst1(insertPt->getLoc(), ...);
  /// builder.createInst2(insertPt->getLoc(), ...);
  /// builder.createInst3(insertPt->getLoc(), ...);
  /// auto *finalValue = builder.createInst4(insertPt->getLoc(), ...);
  ///
  /// Thats a lot of typing! Instead, using this API, one can write:
  ///
  /// auto *finalValue = withBuilder(insertPt, [&](auto &b, auto l) {
  ///   b.createInst1(l, ...);
  ///   b.createInst2(l, ...);
  ///   b.createInst3(l, ...);
  ///   return b.createInst4(l, ...);
  /// });
  ///
  /// Since this is meant to be just be syntactic, we always inline this method.
  LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
  SingleValueInstruction *
  withBuilder(SILInstruction *insertPt,
              llvm::function_ref<SingleValueInstruction * (SILBuilder &, SILLocation)> visitor) {
    SILBuilderWithScope builder(insertPt, Builder);
    return visitor(builder, insertPt->getLoc());
  }

  // Insert the instruction New before instruction Old in Old's parent BB. Add
  // New to the worklist.
  SILInstruction *insertNewInstBefore(SILInstruction *New,
                                      SILInstruction &Old) {
    return Worklist.insertNewInstBefore(New, Old);
  }

  // This method is to be used when an instruction is found to be dead,
  // replaceable with another preexisting expression. Here we add all uses of I
  // to the worklist, replace all uses of I with the new value, then return I,
  // so that the combiner will know that I was modified.
  void replaceInstUsesWith(SingleValueInstruction &I, ValueBase *V) {
    return Worklist.replaceInstUsesWith(I, V);
  }

  /// Perform use->set(value) and add use->user to the worklist.
  void setUseValue(Operand *use, SILValue value) {
    use->set(value);
    Worklist.add(use->getUser());
  }

  // This method is to be used when a value is found to be dead,
  // replaceable with another preexisting expression. Here we add all
  // uses of oldValue to the worklist, replace all uses of oldValue
  // with newValue.
  void replaceValueUsesWith(SILValue oldValue, SILValue newValue) {
    Worklist.replaceValueUsesWith(oldValue, newValue);
  }

  void replaceInstUsesPairwiseWith(SILInstruction *oldI, SILInstruction *newI) {
    Worklist.replaceInstUsesPairwiseWith(oldI, newI);
  }

  // Some instructions can never be "trivially dead" due to side effects or
  // producing a void value. In those cases, since we cannot rely on
  // SILCombines trivially dead instruction DCE in order to delete the
  // instruction, visit methods should use this method to delete the given
  // instruction and upon completion of their peephole return the value returned
  // by this method.
  SILInstruction *eraseInstFromFunction(SILInstruction &I,
                                        SILBasicBlock::iterator &InstIter,
                                        bool AddOperandsToWorklist = true) {
    Worklist.eraseInstFromFunction(I, InstIter, AddOperandsToWorklist);
    MadeChange = true;
    // Dummy return, so the caller doesn't need to explicitly return nullptr.
    return nullptr;
  }

  // Erases \p inst and all of its users, recursively.
  // The caller has to make sure that all users are removable (e.g. dead).
  void eraseInstIncludingUsers(SILInstruction *inst);

  SILInstruction *eraseInstFromFunction(SILInstruction &I,
                                        bool AddOperandsToWorklist = true) {
    SILBasicBlock::iterator nullIter;
    return eraseInstFromFunction(I, nullIter, AddOperandsToWorklist);
  }

  void addInitialGroup(ArrayRef<SILInstruction *> List) {
    Worklist.addInitialGroup(List);
  }

  /// Base visitor that does not do anything.
  SILInstruction *visitSILInstruction(SILInstruction *I) { return nullptr; }

  /// Instruction visitors.
  SILInstruction *visitReleaseValueInst(ReleaseValueInst *DI);
  SILInstruction *visitRetainValueInst(RetainValueInst *CI);
  SILInstruction *visitPartialApplyInst(PartialApplyInst *AI);
  SILInstruction *visitApplyInst(ApplyInst *AI);
  SILInstruction *visitBeginApplyInst(BeginApplyInst *BAI);
  SILInstruction *visitTryApplyInst(TryApplyInst *AI);
  SILInstruction *optimizeStringObject(BuiltinInst *BI);
  SILInstruction *visitBuiltinInst(BuiltinInst *BI);
  SILInstruction *visitCondFailInst(CondFailInst *CFI);
  SILInstruction *legacyVisitStrongRetainInst(StrongRetainInst *SRI);
  SILInstruction *visitCopyValueInst(CopyValueInst *cvi);
  SILInstruction *visitDestroyValueInst(DestroyValueInst *dvi);
  SILInstruction *visitRefToRawPointerInst(RefToRawPointerInst *RRPI);
  SILInstruction *visitUpcastInst(UpcastInst *UCI);

  // NOTE: The load optimized in this method is a load [trivial].
  SILInstruction *optimizeLoadFromStringLiteral(LoadInst *li);

  SILInstruction *visitLoadInst(LoadInst *LI);
  SILInstruction *visitLoadBorrowInst(LoadBorrowInst *LI);
  SILInstruction *visitIndexAddrInst(IndexAddrInst *IA);
  bool optimizeStackAllocatedEnum(AllocStackInst *AS);
  SILInstruction *visitAllocStackInst(AllocStackInst *AS);
  SILInstruction *visitAllocRefInst(AllocRefInst *AR);
  SILInstruction *visitSwitchEnumAddrInst(SwitchEnumAddrInst *SEAI);
  SILInstruction *visitInjectEnumAddrInst(InjectEnumAddrInst *IEAI);
  SILInstruction *visitPointerToAddressInst(PointerToAddressInst *PTAI);
  SILInstruction *visitUncheckedAddrCastInst(UncheckedAddrCastInst *UADCI);
  SILInstruction *visitUncheckedRefCastInst(UncheckedRefCastInst *URCI);
  SILInstruction *visitEndCOWMutationInst(EndCOWMutationInst *URCI);
  SILInstruction *visitUncheckedRefCastAddrInst(UncheckedRefCastAddrInst *URCI);
  SILInstruction *visitBridgeObjectToRefInst(BridgeObjectToRefInst *BORI);
  SILInstruction *visitUnconditionalCheckedCastInst(
                    UnconditionalCheckedCastInst *UCCI);
  SILInstruction *
  visitUnconditionalCheckedCastAddrInst(UnconditionalCheckedCastAddrInst *UCCAI);
  SILInstruction *visitRawPointerToRefInst(RawPointerToRefInst *RPTR);
  SILInstruction *
  visitUncheckedTakeEnumDataAddrInst(UncheckedTakeEnumDataAddrInst *TEDAI);
  SILInstruction *legacyVisitStrongReleaseInst(StrongReleaseInst *SRI);
  SILInstruction *visitCondBranchInst(CondBranchInst *CBI);
  SILInstruction *
  visitUncheckedTrivialBitCastInst(UncheckedTrivialBitCastInst *UTBCI);
  SILInstruction *
  visitUncheckedBitwiseCastInst(UncheckedBitwiseCastInst *UBCI);
  SILInstruction *visitSelectEnumInst(SelectEnumInst *EIT);
  SILInstruction *visitSelectEnumAddrInst(SelectEnumAddrInst *EIT);
  SILInstruction *visitAllocExistentialBoxInst(AllocExistentialBoxInst *S);
  SILInstruction *visitThickToObjCMetatypeInst(ThickToObjCMetatypeInst *TTOCMI);
  SILInstruction *visitObjCToThickMetatypeInst(ObjCToThickMetatypeInst *OCTTMI);
  SILInstruction *visitTupleExtractInst(TupleExtractInst *TEI);
  SILInstruction *visitFixLifetimeInst(FixLifetimeInst *FLI);
  SILInstruction *visitSwitchValueInst(SwitchValueInst *SVI);
  SILInstruction *
  visitCheckedCastAddrBranchInst(CheckedCastAddrBranchInst *CCABI);
  SILInstruction *
  visitCheckedCastBranchInst(CheckedCastBranchInst *CBI);
  SILInstruction *visitUnreachableInst(UnreachableInst *UI);
  SILInstruction *visitAllocRefDynamicInst(AllocRefDynamicInst *ARDI);

  SILInstruction *visitMarkDependenceInst(MarkDependenceInst *MDI);
  SILInstruction *visitClassifyBridgeObjectInst(ClassifyBridgeObjectInst *CBOI);
  SILInstruction *visitConvertFunctionInst(ConvertFunctionInst *CFI);
  SILInstruction *
  visitConvertEscapeToNoEscapeInst(ConvertEscapeToNoEscapeInst *Cvt);

  SILInstruction *legacyVisitGlobalValueInst(GlobalValueInst *globalValue);

#define PASS(ID, TAG, DESCRIPTION)
#define SWIFT_FUNCTION_PASS(ID, TAG, DESCRIPTION)
#define SWIFT_INSTRUCTION_PASS(INST, TAG) \
  SILInstruction *visit##INST(INST *);
#include "swift/SILOptimizer/PassManager/Passes.def"

  /// Instruction visitor helpers.
  SILInstruction *optimizeBuiltinCanBeObjCClass(BuiltinInst *AI);

  // Optimize the "isConcrete" builtin.
  SILInstruction *optimizeBuiltinIsConcrete(BuiltinInst *I);

  SILInstruction *optimizeBuiltinCOWBufferForReading(BuiltinInst *BI);
  SILInstruction *optimizeBuiltinCOWBufferForReadingNonOSSA(BuiltinInst *BI);
  SILInstruction *optimizeBuiltinCOWBufferForReadingOSSA(BuiltinInst *BI);

  // Optimize the "trunc_N1_M2" builtin. if N1 is a result of "zext_M1_*" and
  // the following holds true: N1 > M1 and M2>= M1
  SILInstruction *optimizeBuiltinTruncOrBitCast(BuiltinInst *I);

  // Optimize the "zext_M2_M3" builtin. if M2 is a result of "zext_M1_M2"
  SILInstruction *optimizeBuiltinZextOrBitCast(BuiltinInst *I);

  // Optimize the "cmp_eq_XXX" builtin. If \p NegateResult is true then negate
  // the result bit.
  SILInstruction *optimizeBuiltinCompareEq(BuiltinInst *AI, bool NegateResult);

  SILInstruction *optimizeApplyOfConvertFunctionInst(FullApplySite AI,
                                                     ConvertFunctionInst *CFI);

  bool tryOptimizeKeypath(ApplyInst *AI);
  bool tryOptimizeInoutKeypath(BeginApplyInst *AI);
  bool tryOptimizeKeypathApplication(ApplyInst *AI, SILFunction *callee);
  bool tryOptimizeKeypathOffsetOf(ApplyInst *AI, FuncDecl *calleeFn,
                                  KeyPathInst *kp);
  bool tryOptimizeKeypathKVCString(ApplyInst *AI, FuncDecl *calleeFn,
                                  KeyPathInst *kp);

  /// Sinks owned forwarding instructions to their uses if they do not have
  /// non-debug non-consuming uses. Deletes any debug_values and destroy_values
  /// when this is done. Returns true if we deleted svi and thus we should not
  /// try to visit it.
  bool trySinkOwnedForwardingInst(SingleValueInstruction *svi);

  /// Apply CanonicalizeOSSALifetime to the extended lifetime of any copy
  /// introduced during SILCombine for an owned value.
  void canonicalizeOSSALifetimes();

  // Optimize concatenation of string literals.
  // Constant-fold concatenation of string literals known at compile-time.
  SILInstruction *optimizeConcatenationOfStringLiterals(ApplyInst *AI);

  // Optimize an application of f_inverse(f(x)) -> x.
  bool optimizeIdentityCastComposition(ApplyInst *FInverse,
                                       StringRef FInverseName, StringRef FName);

  /// Let \p user and \p value be two forwarding single value instructions  with
  /// the property that \p value is the value that \p user forwards. In this
  /// case, this helper routine will eliminate \p value if it can rewrite user
  /// in terms of \p newValue. This is intended to handle cases where we have
  /// completely different types so we need to actually create a new instruction
  /// with a different result type.
  ///
  /// \param newValueGenerator Generator that produces the new value to
  /// use. Conditionally called if we can perform the optimization.
  SILInstruction *tryFoldComposedUnaryForwardingInstChain(
      SingleValueInstruction *user, SingleValueInstruction *value,
      function_ref<SILValue()> newValueGenerator);

  InstModCallbacks &getInstModCallbacks() { return deleter.getCallbacks(); }

private:
  // Build concrete existential information using findInitExistential.
  Optional<ConcreteOpenedExistentialInfo>
  buildConcreteOpenedExistentialInfo(Operand &ArgOperand);

  // Build concrete existential information using SoleConformingType.
  Optional<ConcreteOpenedExistentialInfo>
  buildConcreteOpenedExistentialInfoFromSoleConformingType(Operand &ArgOperand);

  // Common utility function to build concrete existential information for all
  // arguments of an apply instruction.
  void buildConcreteOpenedExistentialInfos(
      FullApplySite Apply,
      llvm::SmallDenseMap<unsigned, ConcreteOpenedExistentialInfo> &COEIs,
      SILBuilderContext &BuilderCtx);

  bool canReplaceArg(FullApplySite Apply, const OpenedArchetypeInfo &OAI,
                     const ConcreteExistentialInfo &CEI, unsigned ArgIdx);
  SILValue canCastArg(FullApplySite Apply, const OpenedArchetypeInfo &OAI,
                      const ConcreteExistentialInfo &CEI, unsigned ArgIdx);

  SILInstruction *createApplyWithConcreteType(
      FullApplySite Apply,
      const llvm::SmallDenseMap<unsigned, ConcreteOpenedExistentialInfo> &COEIs,
      SILBuilderContext &BuilderCtx);

  // Common utility function to replace the WitnessMethodInst using a
  // BuilderCtx.
  void replaceWitnessMethodInst(WitnessMethodInst *WMI,
                                SILBuilderContext &BuilderCtx,
                                CanType ConcreteType,
                                const ProtocolConformanceRef ConformanceRef);

  SILInstruction *
  propagateConcreteTypeOfInitExistential(FullApplySite Apply,
                                         WitnessMethodInst *WMI);

  SILInstruction *propagateConcreteTypeOfInitExistential(FullApplySite Apply);

  /// Propagate concrete types from ProtocolConformanceAnalysis.
  SILInstruction *propagateSoleConformingType(FullApplySite Apply,
                                              WitnessMethodInst *WMI);

  /// Perform one SILCombine iteration.
  bool doOneIteration(SILFunction &F, unsigned Iteration);

  /// Add reachable code to the worklist. Meant to be used when starting to
  /// process a new function.
  void addReachableCodeToWorklist(SILBasicBlock *BB);

  typedef SmallVector<SILInstruction*, 4> UserListTy;

  /// Returns a list of instructions that project or perform reference
  /// counting operations on \p Value or on its uses.
  /// \return return false if \p Value has other than ARC uses.
  static bool recursivelyCollectARCUsers(UserListTy &Uses, ValueBase *Value);

  /// Erases an apply instruction including all it's uses \p.
  /// Inserts release/destroy instructions for all owner and in-parameters.
  /// \return Returns true if successful.
  bool eraseApply(FullApplySite FAS, const UserListTy &Users);

  /// Returns true if the results of a try_apply are not used.
  static bool isTryApplyResultNotUsed(UserListTy &AcceptedUses,
                                      TryApplyInst *TAI);

  bool hasOwnership() const {
    return Builder.hasOwnership();
  }

  void runSwiftInstructionPass(SILInstruction *inst,
                               void (*runFunction)(BridgedInstructionPassCtxt));

};

} // end namespace swift

#endif

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Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953) was a phenomenon in his day. As one of history's most celebrated painters of American Indians, Sharp created remarkable pictorial evocations of Indian subjects over six decades. He took his first serious steps into the West in 1893, at age thirty-four, with the intention of immersing himself in New Mexico's Puebloan cultures. By the time he turned forty, he had expanded his artistic territory from the Southwest to the northern Plains and was openly regarded as one of the genuine masters of western American art. To this day, he is hailed as a prescient, observant, skilled, and warm-hearted painter.
The Ricketts Art Foundation, The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, The Lunder Research Center at the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, and the Gilcrease Museum present this companion online catalogue to The Life & Art of Joseph Henry Sharp. The 700+ paintings in public collections included in the Sharp Online Catalogue substantiate the remarkable quest undertaken by the artist and his family to venture west in search of unexplored places, subjects, and insights.
For information on the companion publication to the Online Catalogue, and the most recent scholarship on Sharp, please see The Life & Art of Joseph Henry Sharp on the Bibliography page of this site.
Extensive research of Joseph Henry Sharp's body of work has revealed that some titles and/or dates of creation may differ from those currently in use.
Titles and dates of creation for works are based on the first discoverable date of exhibition or illustration and the title used at that time. The titles and dates that have been shared with us by institutions, if and when they differ from our research or method, are indicated in brackets.
Kit Carson Road and House, Taos
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Cincinnati Art Museum


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La Colonne rostrale d'Aemilius Paullus (en latin : Columna Rostrata M. Aemilii Paulli) est une colonne rostrale érigée en l'honneur de Marcus Aemilius Paullus, consul en 255 av. J.-C., sur le Capitole.

Histoire
La colonne est probablement érigée en 255 av. J.-C. ou peu après pour célébrer les victoires navales du consul Marcus Aemilius Paullus et de son collègue Servius Fulvius Paetinus Nobilior sur les Carthaginois durant la première guerre punique, victoires qui ont permis la prise de Cossyra. Les consuls ont envoyé une flotte pour évacuer les survivants de l'armée de Marcus Atilius Regulus après la défaite subie lors de la Bataille de Tunis La flotte romaine parvient à défaire une flotte punique au large du Cap Bon mais est finalement détruite lors d'une tempête. Malgré la perte de la flotte, les deux consuls célèbrent un triomphe naval en tant que proconsuls pour leurs victoires sur les Carthaginois et la prise de Cossyra.

Selon Tite-Live, la colonne est entièrement détruite par la foudre en 172 av. J.-C.

Description
La colonne est ornée d'éperons (rostra en latin) pris sur les navires capturés lors d'une bataille navale.

Notes et références
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 Sources antiques :

Bibliographie

Aemilius
Capitole

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1/03/2018 · Take 1 barbarian and L2 Witches in your CC, and once you have a few of your own troops down for distrion, drop your clan castle, followed by 3-4 Wizards.\r \r Watch and Learn!\r... Troops are combat units that can only be used in Raids, Dungeons, Here Be Monsters, Heroes Trial and Quest Board. There are four different Troop types with three tiers each type that can be hired in Army Camps and upgraded in Heroes are Normal, Ranged, Magic and Destructive.
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Cecilia interviews music producer, Gavin Monaghan
This week, Cecilia in Year 8 had the opportunity to interview music producer Gavin Monaghan, on air for Redmaidio.
Gavin, who runs Magic Garden Studios in Wolverhampton and has his own record label, has been instrumental in the careers of bands such as The Twang, Editors and more recently, The Sherlocks. He also happens to be mates with Mrs Bramley-Dymond, our Head of IT.
As well as listening to some of the tracks he has helped produce, Cecilia quizzed him on topics like finding great new music, copyright issues, politics and even Harry Potter!
Gavin – who has a number of Grammy nominations and platinum records to his name – said that this was his favourite interview of the year so far and he vowed to return to Redmaids' High with one of the bands he produces. Thank you Gavin, we can't wait!
Remember to listen to this, and other Redmaidio shows, through the Hub.
Date Posted: 21 March 2018
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Redmaids' High alumna in the news
Date Posted: 24 June 2019
Hannah is cited by the Telegraph as one Management Today's 'top female business leaders.'
Educational exchange to Sydney, Australia
Four Year 9 students are having the trip of a lifetime!
Students speak to the Bristol Zoological Society
Following months of data analysis, six students present their scientific findings to the Bristol Zoological Society and members of the public.
Redmaids' High alumna out in the world
Valued alumna reminds us of the wide-reaching benefit of an international education.
Record numbers attend medicine conference
Date Posted: 20 May 2019
Over 250 students, from 24 schools across the region attended our 2019 Women and Careers in Medicine Conference.
Drama at Redmaids' High is thriving
We are seeing record numbers of students competing at local drama festivals and opting to take professional exams.
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Bernie Sanders released from hospital following heart attack
The Vermont senator was hospitalized Tuesday after suffering chest discomfort at a campaign event.
ASSOCIATED PRESS / SEPT. 9
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally at a campaign stop to win the Democratic presidential nomination in Denver. Several thousands supporters gathered in Civic Center Park to hear Sanders' speech.
LAS VEGAS >> Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders had a heart attack, his campaign confirmed today as the Vermont senator was released from a Nevada hospital.
The 78-year-old was at a campaign event Tuesday when he experienced chest discomfort and was taken to a hospital where he was diagnosed with a heart attack. The senator was transferred to Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center, where doctors inserted two stents to open up a blocked artery in his heart, according to a statement from the Las Vegas doctors.
The doctors, Arturo Marchand, Jr. and Arjun Gururaj, said the rest of his arteries were normal.
A blocked artery can cause a heart attack, which means that an area of the heart is suffering and in danger of damage because it's not getting enough blood or oxygen. An artery-opening procedure like the one Sanders had, and placing stents, which are tiny scaffolds to keep the artery open, restores blood flow and helps prevent future problems.
The statements from Sanders and his doctors do not indicate whether his heart suffered any permanent damage, or the extent of any. The sooner blood flow is restored, the better the chance of survival without damage, which is why heart experts urge anyone thinking they might be having a heart attack to call 911.
The doctors said the rest of his stay before being discharged today was "uneventful with good expected progress."
The campaign also released a statement from Sanders where he thanked the doctors, nurses and hospital staff.
"After two and a half days in the hospital, I feel great, and after taking a short time off, I look forward to getting back to work," he said.
Soon after, he posted a video on Twitter showing him standing at a Las Vegas park with his wife.
"I just got out of the hospital a few hours ago and I'm feeling so much better," Sanders said. "See you soon on the campaign trail."
He and his wife both thanked people for their warm wishes.
He was expected to return to Vermont.
"There should not be an overreaction to this," said Dr. Steve Nissen, a heart expert at Cleveland Clinic who has not treated Sanders himself. "If he were my patient, I might ask him to avoid 16-hour days for at least a little bit of time. But there's absolutely no reason he can't get back to full activity soon."
Heart attack patients may be statistically more prone to future heart attacks, Nissen said, but that doesn't mean Sanders will have another episode or has to slow down for more than a few days or weeks.
"What's more important than his age is his condition before the event. He strikes me as an incredibly vigorous and energetic guy. People like that tend to do well," Nissen said, adding that he doesn't buy the idea that stress causes heart attacks. "The culprit is a blockage in the coronary artery."
This marks the second time in two months that health problems forced Sanders to cancel campaign events. In September, he backed out of some appearances in South Carolina because he lost his voice. His campaign said at the time that Sanders felt fine.
As the oldest candidate in the Democratic 2020 field, Sanders has sometimes jokingly referenced his age on the campaign trail. He is one of three septuagenarians who are leading the crowded race and have sparked questions within the party about whether Democrats need to coalesce around a younger leader.
Younger candidates, such as 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, have said it's time for a new generation to lead the Democratic Party and the country. Former Obama Housing Secretary Julian Castro appeared to make a jab at 76-year-old former Vice President Biden's age during the September debate. "Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?" the 45-year-old asked.
Former President Jimmy Carter, who turned 95 this week, recently said he hoped there would be an "age limit" for the presidency and said he didn't believe he could undertake the duties of the job if he were just 80.
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Mankind Will Not Survive the Present Age
Theorists assert that, as a civilization grows larger and becomes more advanced, its energy demands will increase rapidly due to its population growth and the energy requirements of its various machines. With this in mind, the Kardashev scalewas developed as a way of measuring a civilization's technological advancement based upon how much usable energy it has at its disposal. The Kardashev scale consists of six levels of civilization attainment (o-5). The earth finds itself at the end of Type 0.
This paper also concerns itself with the reasons why mankind lacks the resources to transition from Type 0 to Type 1. This paper will also make it clear why mankind has a 95% chance of perishing in this transition. First, let's trace the path of human societal development that has brought us to the crisis point that we are at today.
The Five Subdivisions of Type 0 Civilization
At the upper echelon of human development, mankind has entered the Post-Industrial period. However, economic disparity has kept some on the planet at a level of the hunter gatherer. The following five societal categorizations represent the rite of passage that we must pass through to leave Type 0 and enter into a Type 1 civilization.
Hunter-Gatherer
Hunter-gatherer societies demonstrate the strongest dependence on the environment of the various types of preindustrial societies. As the basic structure of human society until about 10,000–12,000 years ago, these groups were based around kinship or tribes. Hunter-gatherers relied on their surroundings for survival as they hunted wild animals and foraged for uncultivated plants for food. When resources became scarce, the group moved to a new area to find the resources related to survival, which meant tht they were nomadic. Hunter-gatherer groups were common in the United States at the time of European settlement of the North American continent. It is incredulous to believe that the greed of the present banker imposed economic disparity still produces a number of hunter-gatherers on the planet.
Changing conditions and adaptations led some societies to rely on the domestication of animals where circumstances permitted. Approximately 7,500 years ago, human societies began to recognize their ability to tame and breed animals and to grow and cultivate their own plants.
Unlike earlier hunter-gatherers who depended entirely on existing resources to stay alive, pastoral groups were able to breed livestock for food, clothing, and transportation, creating a surplus of goods. Herding, or pastoral, societies remained nomadic because they were forced to follow their animals to fresh feeding grounds. Around the time that pastoral societies emerged, specialized occupations began to develop, and societies commenced trading with local groups.
At the time of the American Revolution, most of the colonists were pastoral in nature. When the elite deny technology to much of the planet, some people remain mired in a pastoral society.
While pastoral and horticultural societies used small, temporary tools such as digging sticks or hoes, agricultural societies relied on permanent tools for survival. Around 3000 B.C.E., an explosion of new technology known as the Agricultural Revolution made farming possible into an economic system and it became profitable. Technology exploded as new tools for digging and harvesting were made of metal, making them more effective and longer lasting. Human settlements grew into towns and cities, and particularly bountiful regions became centers of trade and commerce.
This is also the age in which people had the time and comfort to engage in more contemplative and thoughtful activities, such as music, poetry, and philosophy. This period became referred to as the "dawn of civilization". Craftsmanship, as a viable occupation became common.
The agriculture society also witnessed the rise of social classes and it is usually divisive. Those who had more resources could afford better living and developed into a class of nobility. Difference in social standing between men and women increased. As cities expanded, ownership and preservation of resources became a pressing concern.
Most of America's 19th century was dominated by agricultural interests.
In the 18th century, Europe experienced a dramatic rise in technological invention related to production and the manufacturing of goods. This ushered in an era known as the Industrial Revolution.
Within a generation, tasks that had until this point required months of labor became achievable in a matter of days. Before the Industrial Revolution, work was largely person- or animal-based, relying on human workers or horses to power mills and drive pumps. In 1782, James Watt and Matthew Boulton created a steam engine that could do the work of 12 horses by itself.
Rather than planting and harvesting fields by hand, farmers were able to purchase mechanical seeders and threshing machines that caused agricultural productivity to soar. Products such as paper and glass became available to the average person, and the quality and accessibility of education and health care soared. Gas lights allowed increased visibility in the dark, and towns and cities developed a nightlife.
One of the results of increased productivity and technology was the rise of urban centers. Workers flocked to factories for jobs, and the populations of cities became increasingly diverse. The new generation became less preoccupied with maintaining family land and traditions, and more focused on acquiring wealth and achieving upward mobility for themselves and their family. It is a time that inspired Karl Marx to take note of the financial exploitation of the masses by the few.And this exploitation normally came in the form of central banking.
Industrialization led to a thirst for natural resources which, in turn, led to an increase in wars. As the technology increased so did the number of deaths resulting from wars. Technology is usually first obtained by the military and used to subjugate enemies. The power of government became increasingly dominated by the elite and governments subsequently killed more people than died in wars in the 20th century.
John D. Rockefeller became the symbol for industrial greed and oppression of the many by the few. At the time of his death, John D. Rockefeller made a penny for every dime made in America. Rockefeller and Rothschild interests became the seat of power for all modern governments which came to be dominated by central banking interests.
Information societies, sometimes known as postindustrial or digital societies, are a recent development. Unlike industrial societies that are rooted in the production of material goods, information societies are based on the production of information and services.
Digital technology is the life blood of information societies. Since the economy of information societies is driven by knowledge and not material goods, power lies with those in charge of storing and distributing information. Members of a postindustrial society are likely to be employed as sellers of services and software programmers or business consultants, for example. However, the producers of goods still exist, it is just that they exist in third world labor markets to take advantage of cheap labor. Social classes are divided by access to education, since without technical skills, people in an information society lack the means for success.
The hallmark characteristic of this period is the full development of Uranium 235. Nuclear power holds the promise to make cheap energy available across the planet. However, this same power could be used destroy humanity. The United States has enough nuclear weapons to destroy the entire planet several times over. A nuclear war would produce a condition called "nuclear winter" in which the rising dust, resulting in the aftermath of the discharge of nuclear weapons, would blanket the earth and would prevent sunlight from reaching the earth. Crops would fail and humanity would starve to death. If you ever wondered why the elite have seed banks in Norway and underground safety enclaves under Denver International Airport, now you know why. The elite know what is coming.
Humanity is near the end of Type 0, the rite of passage into a Type 1 civilization is not guaranteed. In fact, the odds are against any Type 0 making the transition to Type 1.
This brings us to the end of the Type 0 civilization. In order to transition into a Type 1, there are certain prerequisites which must be met:
1. The development of a universal and planetary language. Today, English is the business language of the planet.
2. The development of a global communications system. The rapidly expanding Internet would comprise the backbone of that system.
3. The development of one economic system. Through digital currency, the world is close to this inevitability, however, the system is in the hands of psychopaths who think nothing of killing billions in wars of occupation.
4. The development of a one-world government. Again, the banking interests on the planet dominate the governmental processes and this renders government to being the manifestation of evil and oppression.
5. The development of technology which enables complete control of the weather and this would make droughts and other devastating weather occurrences a thing of the past.
6. The development of space travel. Extinction level events such as comets and asteroids are always going to be a part of earth's future. The development of advanced space travel allows for the people of the earth to meet these celestial challenges.
7. All regions of the planet must be at the same relative level of economic development and political autonomy in order to willingly embrace a Type 1 civilization. Today, approximately 80% of the GDP of the planet is dominated by less than 1% of the people and this underlies an economic disparity which will prevent the world from universally and willingly ushering in a New World Order.
8. Intelligent and moral leadership would form the unifying bonds of collaborative leadership needed to peacefully bring this diverse planet together.
With regard to points 7 and 8, mankind fails miserable. Today, the political and economic leadership on the planet is horribly immoral and devoid of a sense of justice and empathy with regard to the suffering of most of the people on the planet, of which, 75% live in poverty. The avarice and evil that dominates the leadership of the planet make the collectivization of power on this planet horribly evil and corrupt. No sane person should embrace globalization in any form. Rather than planetary unification lifting people up through unification, unification will involve enslaving the masses and promises to bring great destruction to the many. This is why globalism is equated with tyranny, evil, greed, corruption, genocide and ultimately, satanism.
Type 1 Civilization
Firstly, it is important to note that the human race is not even on this scale yet. Since we still sustain our energy needs from dead plants and animals, here on Earth, we are a lowly Type 0 civilization. The preeminent physicist Michio Kaku believes we will reach Type I in 100 – 200 years time.
Dr. Kaku also believes that mankind on the planet earth has a 5% chance of achieving a Type I designation. Kaku and other scientists believe that destruction of mankind is inevitable because of Uranium 235 and a series of chemical and biological weapons and the inevitable use of these terrible weapons in the name of acquiring more resources through wars designed to bring about planetary unification.
Interestingly, the folklore (e.g. Hopi, India, Chinese) on the planet would have us believe that mankind has risen up before, achieved a lofty technological status only to be crushed and leaving mankind to rebuild civilization. Whether that is true or not, I agree with Dr. Kaku that mankind does not have the morality and integrity that would be needed to transition into a Type 1 civilization.
Globalism Is Inherently Evil
Globalism should be opposed by all the non-elite with every fiber in our collective being. Most of us will not survive the age that we live in. Mankind is on a one-way trip to ultimate destruction.
What does Revelations say would happen to the earth if Jesus did not intervene? What does Revelations say about the coming casualty rates as the anti-Christ attempts to establish global governance? Three out of four of us are not going to make it according to the bible. Humanity had better hope that the Bible is accurate. For if it is not, none of us are going to survive the transitional period that we find ourselves in.
At the end of the day, we have nobody to blame but ourselves for the mess that we find ourselves in. If we, as a human race, possessed morality and integrity, we would accept nothing less from our leaders. But if we continue to cheat on our spouses and swindle our business competitors, then we are no better than the Rockefellers and Rothschilds who dominate life on this planet. We have ultimately done this to ourselves. Meanwhile, we wait for divine intervention to fix what lack the moral resources to repair.
Credit to Common Sense
We are going to global War
Financial analyst/trader Gregory Mannarino says forget about the recent positive economic news. The economy is not in recovery and there is a simple way to prove it. Mannarino says, "All you need to do is look at two metrics, just two, and you can see there is no economic recovery. One of them is the money velocity. That's the rate that cash is moving through an economy. We are at historic lows here. We also have a labor force participation rate at a three decade low. So, please explain to me how we can have a recovery without those two simple metrics." Mannarino goes on to say, "They're going to do things to prop this dollar up . . . with regard to bringing us to war, more spending on the military and equipment to fight this new war. This is all going to be added to GDP."
On the fact more war is going to explode the debt and deficit, Mannarino says, "The debt doesn't matter . . . all they are determined to do is hyper and super hyper-inflate the debt bubble because this is the foundation of our economic model. It is a debt based economic model. It demands that cash be borrowed into the system in perpetuity. It cannot stop. Once we stop or admit we have a debt problem—implosion time. They are going to look for every single excuse to borrow this cash into existence. They waited for the right time to do this new war. They waited for the beheadings to happen so they could get the American people behind spending more. This is what this is about. It's about spending into oblivion. That's where we are, and again, we are hyper-inflating that bubble in debt which parallels the population boom and a human bubble. In fact, it is the greatest threat to humankind period."
On the stock market, Mannarino says, "The market is still going to go higher here . . . The European Central Bank will, without a doubt, be instituting full on Federal Reserve style quantitative easing. They're already half way there. They are buying assets from the banks. They have negative interest rates. Does this sound familiar?" So, is this a way to counter Russia cutting gas supplies and raising prices by simply printing money? Mannarino says, "Without any doubt, this is exactly what they are going to do. They are not going to allow the economy to falter. Mario Draghi came out and said he will do whatever it takes. This is what they are going to do over there, and that's what is going to push the markets higher."
It's all about propping up the western economy, and Mannarino goes on to say, "War is part of the mechanism of propping this entire thing up, and it's going to get much worse. Anyone out here has to understand what is going on here; it's a scramble for resources. We are witnessing the decimation of the middle class. A two-tier society is being created, and it will span the globe, unfortunately. They need to push this higher to foster this wealth transfer that is going on. With negative interest rates, anyone with a savings account is being robbed here."
What happens when the money printing stops working? Mannarino says, "War, we are going to global war. This is the next step here. It is the natural progression of where they are taking us now. This new war we have in Syria, and Iraq is going to get much, much worse here."
Join Greg Hunter as he goes One-on-One with Gregory Mannarino of TradersChoice.net.
(There's much more in the video interview.)
Credit to Greg Hunter
Ukraine sends new military equipment to east
The Ukrainian government has sent new military equipment to the eastern parts of the country.
On Tuesday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk inspected the new armored vehicles during a visit to a base for National Guard soldiers near the capital, Kiev.
The new equipment includes armored vehicles with off-road capability.
The nearly 5,000 Ukrainian troops at the base also received new winter gear.
Ukraine's mainly Russian-speaking regions in the east have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Moscow forces and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations to silence pro-Russians in mid-April.
Violence intensified in May after the two flashpoint regions of Donetsk and Luhansk held local referendums in which their residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence from Ukraine.
On September 5, a truce was agreed between representatives from the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian forces to pave the way for an end to the crisis in the country's eastern regions.
The United Nations says over 3,500 people have been killed during the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Kiev and its Western allies have repeatedly accused Moscow of destabilizing Ukraine by supplying arms to the pro-Russian forces, but the Kremlin denies the accusation.
Obama's Chief Of Staff Caught Shaking Hands With Muslim Terrorist
In 2012, Denis McDonough, the man who would later be promoted to Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama was photographed in Doha, Qatar shaking hands and consorting with a known terrorist. The man McDonough was seen pressing flesh with is Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah, a deputy to Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Al-Qaradawi was banned from the U.S. in 1999 and now lives in Qatar.
Denis McDonough greets Sheikh Abdallah bin Bayyah in Doha, Qatar in 2012.
McDonough and Bayyah with ISNA President Mohammed Magid in between.
McDonough and Bayyah with Rashad Hussain on far right.
The occasion of the meeting between Bayyah and McDonough was that both men were featured speakers at the 2012 U.S.-Islamic World Forum (US-IWF), held annually in Doha, Qatar. Yes, McDonough and the Deputy of an virulently anti-Semitic terrorist shared a stage. It is an event co-sponsored by the Brookings Institute and the nation of Qatar. At the time the above photos were taken, bin Bayyah was the Deputy Head of the Union of Muslim Scholars, with al-Qaradawi as the Head. Bayyah's bio also listed him as being a member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
One of the primary objectives of the OIC is to suppress and ultimately eliminate any speech or expression critical of Islam. Where it can't be outright criminalized, as Hillary Clinton said at one of the group's "Istanbul Process" meetings, then we need…
"…to use some old-fashioned techniques of peer pressure and shaming, so that people don't feel that they have the support to do what we abhor."
As Obama's envoy to the OIC, Rashad Hussain has more than once echoed this sentiment. Bin Bayyah's membership in OIC places all of these individuals at the center of a shared agenda. That agenda was engaged in the days after the Benghazi attack when a video was blamed, less than four months after the aforementioned meeting attended by McDonough and bin Bayyah.
In June of 2013, bin Bayyah was at the center of controversy when he visited the White House. How could the deputy of a Muslim Brotherhood terrorist banned from the U.S. not only find his way into America but into the White House? In this photo, bin Bayyah is seated at a table with several others, including Rashad Hussain:
Abdullah Bin Bayyah at the White House with Hussain (second from right).
A few months later, bin Bayyah formally resigned his position as al-Qaradawi's deputy. Bin Bayyah was the center of attention again, thanks to the U.S. State Department, which tweeted a link to bin Bayyah's website, at which he condemned the actions of Boko Haram, relative to the #BringBackOurGirls campaign that was conspicuously launched as the House Select Committee on Benghazi was announced.
As the timeline published by Shoebat.com illustrates, the #BringBackOurGirls campaign was clearly launched to distract attention away from Benghazi. The decision to link to bin Bayyah's website was presented by the State Department as a mistake but it too was likely another log on the distraction fire.
Then, last week, Barack Obama himself touted bin Bayyah while speaking at the United Nations. Doing so likely took a little attention off the fight with ISIS.
Muslim Brotherhood Spiritual leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi (L) and his Deputy Abdallah bin Bayyah (R)
You can watch video of McDonough's speech below (before he speaks, you can see bin Bayyah in the front row of the audience). To read more about the US-IWF event, visit Shoebat.com:
Credit to Walid Shoebat
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"If Something Rattles This Ponzi Scheme, Life In America Will Change Overnight"
I know that headline sounds completely outrageous. But it is actually true. The U.S. government is borrowing about 8 trillion dollars a year, and you are about to see the hard numbers that prove this. When discussing the national debt, most people tend to only focus on the amount that it increases each 12 months. And as I wrote about recently, the U.S. national debt has increased by more than a trillion dollars in fiscal year 2014. But that does not count the huge amounts of U.S. Treasury securities that the federal government must redeem each year. When these debt instruments hit their maturity date, the U.S. government must pay them off. This is done by borrowing more money to pay off the previous debts. In fiscal year 2013, redemptions of U.S. Treasury securities totaled $7,546,726,000,000 and new debt totaling $8,323,949,000,000 was issued. The final numbers for fiscal year 2014 are likely to be significantly higher than that.
So why does so much government debt come due each year?
Well, in recent years government officials figured out that they could save a lot of money on interest payments by borrowing over shorter time frames. For example, it costs the government far more to borrow money for 10 years than it does for 1 year. So a strategy was hatched to borrow money for very short periods of time and to keep "rolling it over" again and again and again.
This strategy has indeed saved the federal government hundreds of billions of dollars in interest payments, but it has also created a situation where the federal government must borrow about 8 trillion dollars a year just to keep up with the game.
So what happens when the rest of the world decides that it does not want to loan us 8 trillion dollars a year at ultra-low interest rates?
Well, the game will be over and we will be in a massive amount of trouble.
I am about to share with you some numbers that were originally reported by CNS News. As you can see, far more debt is being redeemed and issued today than back during the middle part of the last decade...
Redeemed: $7,546,726,000,000
Issued: $8,323,949,000,000
Increase: $777,223,000,000
Increase: $1,119,695,000,000
The only way that this game can continue is if the U.S. government can continue to borrow gigantic piles of money at ridiculously low interest rates.
And our current standard of living greatly depends on the continuation of this game.
If something comes along and rattles this Ponzi scheme, life in America could change radically almost overnight.
In the United States today, we have a heavily socialized system that hands out checks to nearly half the population. In fact, 49 percent of all Americans live in a home that gets direct monetary benefits from the federal government each month according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And it is hard to believe, but Americans received more than 2 trillion dollars in benefits from the federal government last year alone. At this point, the primary function of the federal government is taking money from some people and giving it to others. In fact, more than 70 percent of all federal spending goes to "dependence-creating programs", and the government runs approximately 80 different "means-tested welfare programs" right now. But the big problem is that the government is giving out far more money than it is taking in, so it has to borrow the difference. As long as we can continue to borrow at super low interest rates, the status quo can continue.
But a Ponzi scheme like this can only last for so long.
It has been said that when the checks stop coming in, chaos will begin in the streets of America.
The looting that took place when a technical glitch caused the EBT system to go down for a short time in some areas last year and the rioting in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri this year were both small previews of what we will see in the future.
And there is no way that we will be able to "grow" our way out of this problem.
As the Baby Boomers continue to retire, the amount of money that the federal government is handing out each year is projected to absolutely skyrocket. Just consider the following numbers...
-Back in 1965, only one out of every 50 Americans was on Medicaid. Today, more than 70 million Americans are on Medicaid, and it is being projected that Obamacare will add16 million more Americans to the Medicaid rolls.
-When Medicare was first established, we were told that it would cost about $12 billion a year by the time 1990 rolled around. Instead, the federal government ended up spending $110 billion on the program in 1990, and the federal government spent approximately $600 billion on the program in 2013.
-It is being projected that the number of Americans on Medicare will grow from 50.7 million in 2012 to 73.2 million in 2025.
-At this point, Medicare is facing unfunded liabilities of more than 38 trillion dollars over the next 75 years. That comes to approximately $328,404 for every single household in the United States.
-In 1945, there were 42 workers for every retiree receiving Social Security benefits. Today, that number has fallen to2.5 workers, and if you eliminate all government workers, that leaves only 1.6 private sector workers for every retiree receiving Social Security benefits.
-Right now, there are approximately 63 million Americanscollecting Social Security benefits. By 2035, that number is projected to soar to an astounding 91 million.
-Overall, the Social Security system is facing a 134 trillion dollar shortfall over the next 75 years.
-The U.S. government is facing a total of 222 trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities during the years ahead. Social Security and Medicare make up the bulk of that.
Yes, things seem somewhat stable for the moment in America today.
But the same thing could have been said about 2007. The stock market was soaring, the economy seemed like it was rolling right along and people were generally optimistic about the future.
Then the financial crisis of 2008 erupted and it seemed like the world was going to end.
Well, the truth is that another great crisis is rapidly approaching, and we are in far worse shape financially than we were back in 2008.
Don't get blindsided by what is ahead. Evidence of the coming catastrophe is all around you.
Credit to Zero Hedge
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Madison's Mac Bohonnon Is Going To Olympics
LORI RILEY
Mac Bohonnon was in AP English class Tuesday about noon, writing a research paper on Hemingway's "For Whom The Bell Tolls" when he got the phone call.
It was from Todd Ossian, the U.S. Ski Team aerials coach. Ossian informed Bohonnon, 18, who grew up in Madison, that he had been chosen for the U.S. Olympic team that will compete in Sochi when the Winter Games begin Feb. 7.
Fortunately, Bohonnon had most of his paper done.
"I couldn't retain any focus after I hung up," he said Tuesday from Park City, Utah, where he lives and trains.
It's been a whirlwind week for Bohonnon, whose parents, Libby and David, still live in Madison. He competes in aerial freestyle skiing, in which skiers perform flips or somersaults 30 to 40 feet in the air.
A week ago, Bohonnon was in Val Saint-Côme, Quebec, at his first international World Cup competition. He had jumped well in the previous World Cup in Deer Valley, Utah, but not well enough to make the finals and was a little discouraged. Then he got a phone call. A teammate was injured and couldn't compete in Quebec. Bohonnon was the first alternate on the list to go. He was told he needed to be on a plane the next morning. So at 1 a.m., he booked his flight for 9 a.m.
When he arrived, he was tired and had little training time. But not only did Bohonnon make the finals, he finished second, the only podium finish for a U.S. men's aerial skier this season.
"That is 100 percent what got me to the Olympics," he said. "It's all been pretty surreal this past week. That was last Tuesday."
One of the criteria to make the Olympic team was two World Cup podium finishes, but Bohonnon was the only one on the men's team who had a podium finish.
There were other skiers on the U.S. team who were higher in the World Cup rankings. And Bohonnon started out the season on the C team, and wasn't eligible to compete in an international World Cup,
Still, he was the only U.S. male aerial athlete chosen Tuesday.
Even as late as Monday, Bohonnon wasn't expecting to go to Sochi. As the last Olympic qualifier in Lake Placid, N.Y., Saturday at the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association freestyle cup, he didn't make the finals, but he finished 13th and was named International Ski Federation World Cup rookie of the year.
"That was a pretty awesome honor to get," he said. "I thought that was capping the season off for me. I didn't have my hopes set high.
"It was absolutely a goal [to go to Sochi] but I didn't think it was going to be a reality."
Then he got the call Tuesday. He called his mom, who was grocery shopping.
"I said, 'What? Are you kidding?' " Libby Bohonnon said. "I had a few people looking at me. We're thrilled for him. He's a very, very hard worker."
Mac – whose full name is David McLaren Bohonnon — began skiing with his family at Bromley Mountain in Vermont when he was 2. He was a member of the ski racing team by age 6 but didn't love it. When his older brother started competing with the freestyle team, Mac Bohonnon wanted to try it, too. He watched the kids building jumps off trails and thought it looked like fun.
So he competed in moguls. There was a jump in the moguls competition, so he started to work on jumping. When he went to Lake Placid one summer, an aerial coach noticed him and invited him to train in Lake Placid. He left home in the middle of his eighth grade year to live at the Olympic Training Center. Two years ago, he moved to Park City to train there.
At the start of this season, he wasn't thinking realistically about going to the Olympics.
"The Olympics were not even on his radar," Libby Bohonnon said. "He entered the year on the C team and his goal was to get starts in the domestic World Cups. That's all he was eligible for."
Libby and David Bohonnon didn't make plans to go to Sochi, but they're trying to get there now.
"We are scrambling," Libby Bohonnon said. "But I have confidence we'll get there."
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The son of a pioneer bush pilot in Alaska, structural engineer John Aho spent decades working toward earthquake preparedness.
Strong building codes helped limit quake damage to Anchorage area structures. Acting Principal Allison Susel surveys damage at Chugiak High School.
The son of a pioneer bush pilot in Alaska, structural engineer John Aho spent decades working toward earthquake preparedness. He helped found a key seismic safety commission in the state, and serves on the City of Anchorage's geotechnical advisory group. The fruits of his labor were clearly demonstrated on the morning of Nov. 30, when the magnitudes 7.0 and 5.7 earthquakes that struck the city caused limited structural damage, partly due to stringent building requirements.
Aho also played a vital role in securing funding for Anchorage's dense network of strong-motion seismometers, most of them installed by 2002. "We were trudging around Washington, D.C., in 100˚ heat trying to convince congressional reps and senators to fund this network," says John Filson, scientist emeritus with the U. S. Geological Survey.
Aho also worked with building owners to allow the sensors' installation and helped raise additional private money to fund the 50-sensor network. The instruments recorded massive amounts of data during the Nov. 30 quake, and officials are working to present this data at a technical conference this year.
A now-retired former vice president and principal project manager at CH2M, Aho spent 30 years working to establish the Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission, launched in 2002, and served as the group's chairman. He holds a PhD in aerospace engineering from Cornell University, but slim job prospects in that field in the early 1970s shifted his energies to seismic resilience.
Aho was also an instructor for earthquake mitigation and post-earthquake safety evaluation, training many of the experts who investigated damage from the recent temblor. He still serves on Anchorage's Geotechnical Advisory Commission, which helps write local amendments to strengthen the International Building Code. The group also works to ensure seismic resilience in new development. Aho points to the limited quake damage to the 1996 Nesbett Courthouse, built on a bluff atop precarious soil, as an example of the group's effectiveness.
"All this stuff is really a fight, because earthquakes of the size we felt don't occur every day, so people are more interested in fixing the roads and less interested in phenomena that could occur in 100 years or maybe tomorrow," he says.


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Local Knowledge: In The Jin
Like brains, tongues, wagyu, lobster? Try This Chengdu-style Hot Pot Restaurant
We're sitting around four steaming soups. Two carry the colour and aroma of roast chillies, and the others bubble to reveal shallots, jujube dates, garlic shards and goji berries, and smell like a typical Chinese chicken broth. Before we can ask what to add to them, four pig brains, a plate of sliced duck intestines, several cow throats, and a dome of fresh tripe arrive at the table. Seed Chen, the owner here at In the Jin, looks at us with an expectant grin and says, "This is a traditional hot pot."
Chen is right. Once upon a time, in Sichuan city of Chengdu, hot pots were filled with every edible off cut available – that's just what most locals could afford. That's not the case anymore though. Chengdu is now a wealthy city and modern hot pot restaurants have ingredient lists as long and varied as an ancient family tree.
While In the Jin's choice to serve a wide variety of fresh offal has proved popular, it's not the only thing on the menu, nor the only reason this restaurant is often heaving on Friday night. If duck tongues and fresh aorta aren't your thing, there's also abalone slices, baby octopus, lobster balls, wontons, pork belly, sweet potato noodles, lotus root and wagyu beef. Chen and his staff can advise you on how long to cook each.
The other reason it's captured such a loyal following is the quality of the soups. Unlike many of his competitors who import powdered of freeze-dried Chinese stocks and ingredients, Chen makes all his soups in-house.
Remarkably, just four years ago, he didn't know how to cook a thing. "I was studying architecture at UTS, and I used to paint in China. I'm kind of an artist," says Chen.
But the idea of working 9 to 5 as an architect didn't appeal to him, so he decided to open a restaurant – with the help of his mother-in-law.
She's the owner of a famous, multiple decade old hot pot restaurant in Chengdu, and she taught Chen everything he knows. The only difference between a hot pot at In the Jin and one in Chengdu is a few spices and herbs that can't be found in Sydney.
Chen's mother-in-law also taught him to make traditional hot pot side dishes. In Chengdu, it's typical to have sweet dishes alongside the main meal – to offset the salty, spicy, intensity of the soup. "Hot pot is strong," says Chen. "When you're happy, hot pot makes you more happy. When you're sad it makes you more sad."
While you're cooking your brains, and snacking on spicy ribs, try some crisp fried mantou buns dipped in condensed milk dip; chewy glutinous rice pancakes glazed with brown sugar; or a miniature bowl of herbal jelly with cranberries to lighten things up.
In the Jin
345B–353 Sussex Street, Sydney (entrance on Dixon Street)
Mon to Thu 12pm–10pm
Fri to Sun 12pm–10.30pm


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Digital Bookmobile Coming to Johns Creek
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010, 8:45am
JOHNS CREEK, GA -- The Digital Bookmobile is coming to metro Atlanta. Its first stop is the Ocee Library (5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek, 30005) on Tuesday, Oct. 26 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Digital Bookmobile, developed inside a 74-foot, 18-wheel tractor-trailer, is a high-tech update of the traditional Bookmobile that has served communities for decades. This one-of-a-kind community outreach vehicle creates an engaging download experience with the host library's "Virtual Branch" download website and digital collection of eBooks, audiobooks and more.
Johns Creek Student Wins Statewide Contest
Friday, October 22nd, 2010, 4:26pm
JOHNS CREEK, GA -- A fifth-grade student from Johns Creek placed second in the 2010 Ready Georgia kids contest held during National Preparedness Month.
Parker Lefton, who attends Johns Creek Elementary School, took home the prize in the art category.
More than 400 fifth-graders from across the state competed to rank among the top six winners in the second annual National Preparedness Month Art and Essay Contest in September.
Participants submitted original work incorporating the theme "Ready, Set, Go!" They were encouraged to draw their inspiration from the steps that they and their families take to prepare for emergencies.
"It's rewarding to see how students apply the information they've learned about emergency preparedness and translate it into art and essay form," said Charley English, director of Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security and one of the three judges for the contest.
Attention Johns Creek Residents
Friday, October 22nd, 2010, 12:42pm
JOHNS CREEK, GA -- Johns Creek Public Works Department crews are performing an emergency signal repair.
A traffic signal pole is being replaced at Old Alabama and Brumbelow Roads today (Friday, Oct. 22).
Some lanes may be temporarily closed from about 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Motorists should expect delays.
Saturday Voting in North Fulton
Thursday, October 21st, 2010, 9:18am
FULTON COUNTY, GA -- Fulton County residents will have the opportunity to cast their ballots early on Saturday, Oct. 23.
Voting will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at three locations in North Fulton County:
* North Fulton Annex
7741 Roswell Road NE, Suite 234, Sandy Springs, 30328
* Ocee Library
5090 Abbots Bridge Road, Johns Creek, 30005
* Roswell Library
115 Norcross Street, Roswell, 30076
In addition, Oct. 23 will be Family Voting Day. Children who accompany their parents to the polls will receive the opportunity to cast a ballot in a mock election for their favorite cartoon character.
Additional information and a sample ballot can be found on the Fulton County website.
School Board Announces October Community Meetings
Monday, October 18th, 2010, 4:13pm
FULTON COUNTY, GA -- Each member of the Fulton County Board of Education sponsors a monthly meeting that is open to all members of the community.
These sessions provide an opportunity for direct contact with community members and give board members a chance to listen to local issues and concerns.
Board members have set the following meeting dates for October of 2010:
Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 9:30 a.m.
Mimosa Elementary School (1550 Warsaw Road, Roswell, 30076)
Manning Oaks Elementary School (405 Cumming Street, Alpharetta, 30004)
North Springs Charter High School (7447 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs, 30328)
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North Fulton Ready to Host Film, TV Productions
Monday, October 18th, 2010, 12:36pm
ATLANTA -- The best time to stoke the flames is when the fire is burning hot.
And that's exactly what North Fulton County is doing.
North Fulton joins 15 other communities across the state in being the first to earn the special designation of "camera ready" by the Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office. Being named camera ready means that a county has a program that provides film and television production companies with easier, faster and better access to local resources and location information.
2009 was a banner year for filming in Georgia, with more than 348 productions bringing an estimated $770 million to the state's economy, according to the Georgia Department of Economic Development. Productions were shot in 50 Georgia counties over the course of the year, impacting local communities throughout the state.
Accelerate the Cure Diabetes Walk This Weekend
Friday, October 15th, 2010, 12:10pm
ATLANTA -- Over 10,000 Georgians will walk this weekend to find a cure for type 1 diabetes.
The Accelerate the Cure Walk to Cure Diabetes, benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), will hold two Atlanta-area walks:
8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Centennial Olympic Park (265 Park Avenue West, Atlanta, 30313)
Technology Park/Johns Creek (12000 Findley Road, Johns Creek, 30097)
On average, 38 Georgia children are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes each month.


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.338 Lapua Magnum (8,6x70mm ali 8,58x70mm) je specializirani brezrobni stekleničasti naboj s sredinskim vžigom, ki je bil razvit za vojaške ostrostrelske puške. Z iraško in afganistansko vojno se je naboj izkazal v bojnih pogojih. Zasnovan je kot protipersonalni in protimaterialni naboj, pri čemer ima omejeno protimaterialno rabo zaradi nizke kinetične energije izstrelka. Celoten naboj ima premer 14,93 mm in je dolg 93,5 mm. Izstrelek lahko prebije boljše-kot-standardne vojaške telesne oklepe na razdalji do 1.000 m, pri čemer ima maksimalni efektivni doseg okoli 1.750 m. Hitrost izstrelka pri izhodu iz cevi je odvisna od polnila, temperature smodnika in vrste izstrelka, a se giba med okrog 800 in 1000 metrov na sekundo.

S takim nabojem je novembra 2009 britanski ostrostrelec Corporal of Horse Craig Harrison postavil svetovni rekord v najdaljšem dokumentiranem ostrostrelskem zadetku z razdaljo 2.475 m. Ta rekord je maja leta 2017 premagal neimenovan pripadnik Kanadske Joint Task Force - trenutni svetovni rekord je 3.540 m, postavljen z puško McMillan TAC-50 kalibra 12.7x99 NATO.

Poleg uporabe v oboroženih silah ga civilisti uporablja za lov na veliki plen in strelci na dolge razdalje.

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Chrome is highly regarded for creating what are arguably the best messenger bags on the market. Experience as messengers and knowing what works well on the street and day-to-day items get hauled around translate into the design of each and every bag. While messenger bags are an iconic symbol of the urban cyclist and they're easy to access items from, the reality is, backpacks are more stable and comfortable. Chrome designed the Urban Ex Rolltop 18L Backpack as the best waterproof and super tough bag on the streets. Chrome knows you gotta keep rolling regardless of the weather so it added a watertight quick access compartment for essentials such as keys, phone, and wallet. The rest of the bag's contents are kept dry with radio-frequency welds for lightweight, waterproof construction. The 600-denier poly/nylon upper and durable synthetic rubber bottom pull double duty keeping water completely at bay. A roll-top closure makes it easy to get to items quickly and ensures that gear doesn't get soaked when you ride through a shower. For fit, Chrome instills a reworked two-strap harness for added comfort and adjustability fitting cyclists of all sizes. For additional storage, the Urban Ex 18L has five-bar handles for hauling extra gear and an iPad sleeve. Low profile reflective MOLLE webbing on the face and harness provide maximum visibility when heading back from the bar or a night spent studying at the library.
Love the simplicity of this pack. Basically a single pocket day pack which is exactly what I wanted. A couple critiques though, one being that the inside liner is black as well, which looks really nice, but makes it hard to see/find items at the bottom. Since it's already a small bag, I also wish the outside pocket was more external - when filled it takes up a lot of room inside the bag, which makes it trickier to slide things inside the main pocket. I've solved this by using a packable small zip bag to keep things organized inside. The last thing, is that the loops on the outside don't comfortably fit some larger ulocks, and may be too far spaced out for some smaller ulocks, unless with the larger you loop through just two loops (what I do), or for the smaller, you dangle it (kinda annoying). Definitely is 100% waterproof, comfortable, simple design, stylish and sleek. It does what is advertised and I do like it overall.
This backpack has been perfect for soggy Utah commutes. I get concerned riding in weather with my laptop or tablet in other bags, but I have full confidence in this Chrome backpack. Even in heavy downpours, everything on the inside has remained completely dry. The bag feels best when you stuff your items towards the back and bottom of the bag. i have found that there are two spots on either side of my hips that will rub if I don't have something filling out the bottom of the backpack. Love the roll top feature that caters the height of the bag to whatever I am carrying that day. It also has a very breathable mesh back which keeps me from overheating when the weather turns. I have a feeling this bag will last a very long time and I look forward to many slushy, rainy, or dry commutes with it.