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What Rights? 6 Ways Farm Animals Lack Legal Protection
By Alexis Croswell
Over the last decade, industrial agriculture's abusive practices have had a bright light shinned on them by animal protection groups like the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Mercy for Animals. Undercover investigations have documented egregious cruelty to animals at an alarming rate. When we see these exposes, and learn the truth about how animals are treated on factory farms, one of the first questions we ask ourselves is, "How can this be legal?"
The vast majority of animals — pigs, chickens, and cows — slaughtered for food each year in the United States suffer immensely inside factory farms. And, shockingly, these animals have virtually no legal protections whatsoever. In fact, not a single federal law protects farm animals while on the farm and most state animal cruelty laws either exempt farm animals all together or allow for "standard industry practices" no matter how cruel.
Joseph Vining writes a compelling essay on the topic of animal cruelty laws and factory farming for the Michigan Law Review. The issue of legal protection for farm animals goes all the way back to the the beginnings of our nation's history.
He writes, "While protection of animals from cruelty was developing in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries into a basic public value, farm animals, with few exceptions, were being moved outside legal protection-either through their exemption from the definition of animals protected, or through the exemption of cruel practices in farming from the definition of cruel practices."
He explains that in addition to this change in mindset of how we view farm animals, family farming was starting to be replaced with the factory farms we know today. This combination of reduced protection and increased exploitation has led us to the incredibly outdated legal system we have in place regarding farm animals.
In the eyes of the law, farm animals have no protection, and the abuses inflicted upon them on a daily basis would be illegal if inflicted on our own dogs and cats. The following legal protections we're about to cover show just how little protection the nine billion animals we slaughter in the U.S. have and why political actions on behalf of farm animals are incredibly important.
1. No Rest During Transport
The 28 hour law, created in 1873 and amended in 1994, is an outdated law that covers farmed animals during transportation only.
According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), "The law states that when animals are being transported for slaughter, the vehicle must stop every 28 hours and the animals must be let out for exercise, food, and water."
However, this law is fraught with loopholes. First of which being that "animals can be kept confined for up to 36 hours with written permission from the animals' owner."
Well that's an easy way to tack on another 8 hours of confinement with just a flick of the pen.
In addition, ALDF reports, "Many truck drivers do not adhere to this rule, especially when the trip is only slightly over 28 hours. The law is rarely, if ever, enforced."
Here's the last kicker: "The United States Department of Agriculture also claims that the law does not apply to birds," thus, leaving out 95 percent of land animals slaughtered for food in the United States.
2. No "Humane" Slaughter
Another outdated piece of federal law, the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act, "requires that livestock be stunned into unconsciousness prior to slaughter. This is usually accomplished through electrocution when dealing with pigs and captive bolt stunning for cows, goats, and sheep," via ALDF.
Shockingly, because the USDA has failed to define the word "animal" to not include poultry, rabbits and fish, these animals are left out of the meager protection this law covers. For the 5 percent of farm animals who are covered, the Animal Welfare Institute reports that "the laws are blatantly disregarded. The large-scale plants move animals so rapidly through the slaughter lines that it is impossible to stun and kill them humanely."
This leads to semi or fully conscious animals moving through the slaughter plant, something that reaches a level of cruelty we should not tolerate.
3. No Protection from Abuse
Every state in the country has an animal cruelty statute. However, due to common farming or standard industry practice exemptions, farm animals are left unprotected from cruelty.
Mark Bittman describes this phenomenon well in the New York Times article, "Some Animals are more Equal than Others." He explains that these exemptions "allow industry — rather than lawmakers — to make any practice legal as long as it's common."
Petfinder's Melissa Bjorkenstam illustrates just how absurd this inconsistency in our state animal cruelty statutes is: "An individual who starved his chicken 'for no good reason' could be prosecuted. However, in the poultry industry it is accepted practice to starve hens to induce their feathers to molt. In this forced molting, hens are deprived of any food for up to 14 days as a means of boosting egg production. Although this causes extreme suffering and violates basic anticruelty provisions, forced molting is standard industry wide, and it would be argued that the practice is justifiable and necessary to meet public demand for eggs."
4. No Safeguard Against Painful Tail Docking
According to the HSUS, "Tail docking involves the partial amputation—typically without pain killers—of up to two-thirds of a cow's tail."
Farmers say that the practice "produces more sanitary milk by keeping the tail from dragging in mud and manure," via the LA Times.
However, "scientific literature is clear on this issue: the practice has no positive effects and negatively impacts cows' wellbeing. That's why the National Milk Producers Federation and American Veterinary Medical Association both oppose the practice," reports the HSUS.
Thankfully, there are people who care more about the animals themselves than the milk they produce. Washington, California, Ohio, Rhode Island and New Jersey have all banned tail docking, and Colorado is considering a similar ban, according to the HSUS.
5. No Shield Against Force Feeding
The "delicacy" that is foie gras, is actually pretty disgusting. Mercy for Animals explains the process of how it gets on your plate: "On factory farms, ducks who are raised for foie gras have metal pipes shoved down their throats three times a day and are force-fed an unnatural amount of food. This process causes the birds to become obese and their livers to become diseased and swollen up to ten times their normal size."
In light of this cruelty, one state, California, has outlawed the practice. The ban was met with huge opposition from the industry and restaurants who valued the product.
6. No Freedom to Move and Live
Veal Crates – Male cows have little economic value in the dairy industry, for that reason, male calves at only days old are taken from their mothers and slaughtered for veal. Calves are typically confined in veal crates for the duration of their short 16-week lives. In these crates, calves are unable to even turn around and often chained by the neck to further restrict movement, thereby keeping their meat tender. Seven states have outlawed or are phasing out veal crates (Arizona, California, Colorado, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, and Rhode Island).
Gestation crates – In the pork industry, over five million mother pigs are confined day and night for nearly their entire life in gestation crates. During constant cycles of impregnation, the pigs are unable to even turn around.
Renowned animal welfare scientist Dr. Temple Grandin says, "We've got to treat animals right, and gestation stalls have got to go … Confining an animal for most of its life in a box in which it is not able to turn around does not provide a decent life."
With the help of the HSUS and other animal protection advocates, nine U.S. states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, and Rhode Island — have passed laws to prohibit the use of gestation crates. What's more, some of the world's largest food companies have announced that they will also eliminate gestation crates from their supply chains.
Battery Cages – In the U.S, roughly 250 million egg laying hens are confined in small wire cages called battery cages. In these cages, the birds are packed in so tightly that they're unable to even spread their wings, engage in natural behaviors like dust bathing. The most notable legislation regarding battery cages comes from California's Prop 2, which requires "that all California egg producers phase out their use of battery cages." (Prop 2 also banned other cruel confinement systems for mother pigs and veal calves.)
A federal bill backed by the largest animals welfare groups and the United Egg Producers, would ban battery cages nationwide. Contact your legislators and urge them to support and co-sponsor S. 820/H.R. 1731, the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, which would give birds double the space they currently have.
Needless to say, confining a dog or cat in this manner would be illegal in every state, yet for egg laying hens and other farm animals, extreme confinement is perfectly legal – despite being cruel and unnecessary.
To conclude, we truly need to get politically active on behalf of animals. If you're a student, try checking out a course (or full study) in animal law at your university. Meet with your representatives and speak out about issues that are important to you. Above all, do something. These animals need us to be their voice.
Image source: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals
Thomas H. Conrad says:
Elizabeth, I have been involved in farming and agricultural business all of my life. I am educated, and certainly not ignorant. I, however, can be extremely arrogant toward a total moron; that being you. Perhaps you should be more educated so you don't show total ignorance when you try to express yourself. You have much to learn, and frankly, I question your capability as far as learning and dealing with reality.
Elizabeth Brien says:
I think it's about time farmers stopped making a profit off the abuse and murder of the voiceless and the defenceless, farmers don't give a damn about animals only their bank balance!!….every farmer I have met is ignorant and arrogant and think that people would starve without eating their rotting animal flesh!!….well you need to get educated !!
Kathy Soloway says:
David McCollester-in these times we have enough alternatives to eating meat. With the knowledge & food we now have it is not necessary. I come from Native Americans yet I am vegan. They had less choices than we do. I would like my Native American friend-who is vegan as I am-Victor McAlevy to weigh in

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With Valentine's Day just around the corner, Eurostar is offering the perfect gift to surprise that special someone. Now, with the Eurostar e-voucher, your loved one can choose their own romantic city break destination. In just a couple of clicks the voucher is delivered straight to their inbox, allowing you to avoid the hassle of the high street.
Travelling by Eurostar, there's a city to appeal to every type of traveller - whether it's a romantic weekend à deux in Paris, a gourmet extravaganza in Lyon, or a wine tour to Provence, the Eurostar e-voucher makes it easy to spoil him or her with a European mini break. Irrésistible!
To choose your personalised voucher, simply log on to Eurostar.com, select the value, add a personal message and send direct to their inbox. Once received, the recipient can redeem the e-voucher to travel to any of Eurostar's destinations throughout the year. Just make sure they take you with them!
With quick and convenient check-in, a seamless city-centre to city-centre journey, and a generous baggage allowance, Eurostar is the ideal way to travel to the Continent. Passengers travelling on the new e320 train, can sit back and unwind in more spacious surroundings and enjoy free wi-fi and over 300 hours of entertainment – all streamed straight to their phone, tablet or laptop. Plus, why not order a bottle of bubbly to make the journey extra special.
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The current Eurostar train was first introduced into service in 1994 carrying 750 passengers and operating at speeds of up to 300kph. Since then, the fleet of 28 trains has carried more than 150 million passengers between London and the Continent. Following their refurbishment these trains will continue to form a core part of the Eurostar fleet. The new e320 will carry around 900 passengers at speeds of up to 320kph.
Eurostar was established in 1994 as a partnership between three railway companies: SNCF, SNCB and LCR (London and Continental Railways). On 1 September 2010, Eurostar became a single, unified corporate entity owned by three shareholders: SNCF, SNCB and LCR. LCR's holding was transferred to the Treasury in 2014, and sold by the UK government to a consortium comprising Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ) and Hermes Infrastructure on 28th May 2015.
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SB NEWS-PRESS: THE INVESTIGATOR: CALI PART-TIMERS MAY HAVE TAX OBLIGATIONS
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We know a bunch of folks in Santa Barbara County who seem to believe that if they are six months and one day absent from California, they have no obligation to file a tax return in this state but only in the state where they own or rent their first (or second) home.
This is known in tax law circles as "The Six-Month Presumption."
Turns out, these half-year residents are not only badly mistaken but have rendered themselves potentially liable to penalties and interest going all the way back to when they first arrived in The Golden State.
Local Myth: If you reside in California for one day less than six months do you not have to file an income tax return with this state's Tax Franchise Board (FTB).
Reality: "The Six-Month Presumption" is only that, a presumption. The true test for deciding whether the FTB considers you a resident is what Chris Manes, a Palm Springs-based California tax law specialist, calls "The Plurality Rule."
This is how that principle works, according to Mr. Manes: "Let's say you spend four months in California, three months in what you consider your home state and spend the rest of the year traveling. The FTB would determine that you are a resident of California and must pay California income tax on the basis that you spend more time in California than what you call your primary home elsewhere.
"A special division of the FTB has for years systematically targeted seasonal 'part-time' residents—non-residents who spend part of the year here—for audit. If he FTB finds significant taxable income coupled with meaningful contacts with California (such as a vacation home or long visits to the state) it can lead to the launch of a full-blown residency audit which can fill state coffers with tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes—and years of legal wrangling."
In other words, the FTB can determine that persons who consider themselves non-residents are, in fact, residents for the purposes of income tax, based not on time spent in the state but on the FTB's "Closest Connection Test."
The FTB's website explains their underlying theory of residency: "Since your residence is usually the place where you have the closest ties, you should compare your ties with California with your ties elsewhere. It is the strength of your ties, not the number of ties."
Factors for Determining Status
· Amount of time you spend in California.
· Location of your principal residence.
· Where your driver's license was issued.
· Where your vehicle is registered.
· Where you are registered to vote.
· Where you keep your pets.
· Location of your healthcare providers, accountants, and attorneys.
To this list, Mr. Manes adds The Plurality Rule and another determination: "How larg
is your home in California compared to your home in another state?"
Bottom line, says Mr. Manes, "If your stay in California is not of temporary or transitory nature… you are taxed on your income from all sources."
DIRECT FROM THE FRANCHISE TAX BOARD
A Public Affairs staffer from the FTB told The Investigator: "It is noteworthy that a taxpayer can be a resident of more than one state for income tax purposes."
We offered the FTB two hypothetical cases for their view on what, if any, California tax obligations would exist:
Hypothetical Case Number One: Subject is retired and comes from another state, where he still has a home. He lives in the other state for five-to-six months of the year and ensures that he is not in California for more than 182 days in any given calendar year. He files an income tax return in the state where he is from but not in California.
FTB response: "The issue is not necessarily whether a taxpayer is a resident of another state, but whether he is a California nonresident. That being said, residency cases are very fact intensive and each case varies. Generally, it's not as simple as counting days. When a taxpayer is a nonresident of California, they will still have a California tax obligation if they have California-sourced income."
Hypothetical Case Number Two: Subject is a sculptor who has departed California, bought a house in another state, and intends to reside outside of California full time. However, subject continues to market his work through a California-based gallery.
FTB response: "When a taxpayer is a nonresident of California, they will still have a California tax obligation if they have California-sourced income."
TOUGHER THAN THE IRS
Last month Forbes magazine reported, "It seems like any connection to California is enough to get you taxed there," adding, "the Franchise Tax Board is even tougher than the IRS."
Manes Law, again: "FTB auditors may appear out of nowhere to interview neighbors. They can subpoena a taxpayer's utility bills and credit card statements. Or you may receive the dreaded 4600 Notice demanding an income tax return as a prelude to a full-blown audit."
"GENDER QUEER"
Parents in Santa Barbara are in an uproar over a particular book available in the library of Santa Barbara High School (SBHS) that they consider to be under-age pornographic material. They further believe that the book in question, Gender Queer, violates state and federal obscenity laws because it contains obscene graphic images of minors.
One parent complained to the Santa Barbara's County Sheriff's Office (SBCSO) citing California Penal Code Part 1 Title 9 Chapter 7.5 Obscene Matter 311.1 (a): "Every person who brings into this state or possesses any obscene matter knowing that the matter depicts a person under the age of 18 years personally engaging in or personally simulating sexual conduct shall be punished either by imprisonment in the state prison, by a fine not to exceed $10,000, or by fine and imprisonment."
SBCSO determined that because SBHS is in the city, the Santa Barbara Police Department (SBPD) has jurisdiction to investigate, not county law enforcement.
So, the parent took Gender Queer and a copy of the penal code to SBPD and showed both to Police Officer Mark Corbett who, after viewing the material, concurred that it appeared to violate California's penal code (said the parent), wrote up a report and sent it to the Investigation Section where it was issued a case number: 22-30769.
Three weeks later (this past Wednesday), the parent learned that a Sergeant Mike Brown of SBPD decided not to pursue an investigation.
The book, by Maia Kobabe, who describes herself as "a binary, queer author," is panned on Amazon by one reviewer as "perverted, coarse, unadulterated pornography targeted to children. This is pedophilia. Evil."
It is therefore no surprise that Bay Area Reporter, which serves the LGBTQ community in San Francisco, gleefully calls Gender Queer the "most banned" book in the USA.
They wrote: "School boards in Virginia, Florida, North and South Carolina began pulling the book from library collections" due to "nude characters and sexual scenarios that they deem inappropriate for children."
Last month, Gender Queer was removed from the library of Fairview High School in Pennsylvania.
Christy Lozano, a local educator who ran unsuccessfully for Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools earlier this year, told The Investigator: "This material is pornography and has no place in the hands of children. In all my years, I have never been handed a book with descriptive pictures of a man and woman engaging in this type of sexual behavior but all of the sudden somehow its okay when it is two males. No, it is absolutely NOT okay. The School Board Members should be held responsible for allowing such materials in our schools; it is they who approved it."
We reached out to Sherri Bryan and Elise Simmons, librarian and principal, respectively, of SBHS, for an explanation. We were referred to Nick Masuda, chief of communications for the SB Unified School District. Despite having provided three-and-a-half weeks for a response, we heard nothing back.
We reached out to SBPD for comment on how and why Sgt. Brown reached his decision not to investigate. Public Information Officer Sgt. Ethan Ragsdale told The Investigator, "We did accept a citizen counter report about the matter. The report was reviewed and determined there was no crime according to California law. The case is now closed."
POLONIUM PUTIN THE POISONER PUNISHES ANEW?
The latest Putin poisoning victim appears to be Anatoly Chubais, the 67-year-old former Putin adviser who abruptly resigned from his top job and fled Russia soon after putrid Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine earlier this year.
A few days after Mr. Chubais' departure, Mr. Putin blasted Russians "who can't live without foie gras or oysters." In a threatening message that seems to have been aimed directly at the Kremlin's former chief-of-staff (and who, in 1996, gave Mr. Putin his first Kremlin job), the Russian dictator announced that his nation "will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and will simply spit them out like an insect in their mouth, spit them onto the pavement."
Mr. Chubais was admitted to a hospital in Sardinia last Sunday after falling ill from a rare neurological disorder that caused his arms and legs to go numb along with facial paralysis.
Italian intelligence services are said to be awaiting blood test results to determine if Mr. Chubais has been spat onto the pavement like an insect by Putin the Poisoner.
Meantime, the usual bozos in Washington DC are actually considering a prisoner swap: Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner.
The White House is counting on the voting public not noticing the difference between a highly dangerous man known as "The Merchant Death" who was sentenced to 25 years in a maximum-security penitentiary for, among other crimes, "conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals" and a basketball player who brought less than a gram of cannabis oil into Russia, for which she was harshly sentenced earlier this week to nine years in prison.
If released, Mr. Bout will pose a huge threat to the national security of the United States.
Does anyone at the White House care?
No. Asked to choose between national security and what they hope will be a public relations success, well, for this administration, no contest.
Such an unbalanced trade will serve only to incentivize the putrid Putin regime into taking new hostages for future swaps while providing Mr. Putin (who is laughing at the United States for its sheer stupidity) a major victory.
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23. What Makes This Place So Special?
Written in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast's Guide to Travel Photography is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you'll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.
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Looks like quite a comprehensive study of travel photography which I can always use. The author covers the gamut from the philosophy of travel photography, choosing which gear to bring, and then talks about not only portraits of people you meet along the way but also wildlife, urban, and landscape photography while you travel.
The author recommends, of course, to visit travel websites and to peruse travel magazines before you go to look for ideas. You may want to find your own angle on the idea but at least you have something to start with. She recommends seeking patterns wherever you go, regardless of what lens you have on your camera. She gives, as examples, ocean waves, a brick wall, peeling paint, and cobblestones. The author includes many useful and lovely photos of her own to illustrate the myriad patterns we can find while traveling.
Later in the book she talks about how to put people at ease either after you photograph them or when you're about to ask to do so. She has very specific tips that I found very helpful. Since most of us eat out a lot, if not totally, when we're traveling, this travel photographer gives us a section and food photography. I don't think I've seen that covered in other travel photography books, so yay!
In her final chapter she talks about the disappointment we can often feel when we get home with our hundreds of photos and see that perhaps they aren't what we had hoped. She says to understand that you aren't finished when you snap the photo but instead when you are in front of the computer-and that's where you can try to realize your original vision.
And finally, she actually gets some specific tips and post processing of your travel photos. She recommends not multitasking while you were doing that, and focusing just on getting the pictures you want from the ones you took. This is a better travel guide than most for photographers and also quite readable. She's very conversational in her style. I highly recommend reading it before your next trip.
more enjoyable. For instance her suggestions on the best equipment to take and pack has made traveling a lot easier and less technical.
I especially enjoyed her chapters on people, street and food photography. Our little travel group competed on photographing our beautifully prepared diner in some great restaurants.
Books on travel photography are either coffee table books for viewing or instructional books for training; unfortunately for the latter, both types are generally written by National Geographic-level photographers who have spent years in the most exotic of locations, using the highest end gear, and dedicating themselves to waking at 3:00am to capture the most pristine moments. This is not the reality of most photographers seeking to better their travel photography.
Jordana Wright's The Enthusiast's Guide to Travel Photography is a different book entirely. Written for the non-professional, this book provides a far more applicable guide to getting far more attainable images.
Wright begins with a fantastic observation: "Travel photography is perhaps the most sweeping genre of photographic art because it encompasses practically every other genre. …portrait photographer, a nature photographer, …architecture, …landscape" What is immediately apparent is that travel photography offers unique opportunities within the realms that we already shoot in but to take advantage of those opportunities, photographers require special attention and consideration to these fields.
Wright provides excellent insights into the gear that one should consider, though she only really reports her own choices when it comes to brands- there is no mention of options. She discusses the challenges of accessing power in different countries, safety considerations for self and gear-protection, and minimizing your load, though never exploring the current options in small and low weight mirrorless options.
True to her initial observation that travel photography requires skills of each genre of photography, she then offers a brief summation of the basic skills required of different genres, all the while relating them to travel- action, urban, night, wildlife, aerial, portrait, etc. She makes recommendations for capturing the spirit of a place, like attending festivals and other cultural celebrations, and considers the best way to connect with the people, avoiding confrontations and securing a legally binding model release. Wright explores methods of ascertaining places to shoot using social media and search tools, considerations for maintaining gear and shooting in varied climates, and ways to access hotels and other exclusive areas despite not being a paying customer.
The Enthusiast's Guide to Travel Photography is a well-written and well-illustrated book that can open your eyes to the potential of travel, maximizing the quality of your images while minimizing your potential mistakes or missed opportunities.


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Google Maps launches Community Feed that looks much like Facebook
Taking on the social media giant Facebook, Google Maps has reportedly introduced its "Community Feed", a recent upgradation which Google calls its new feature. A series of updates comprising posts from a local area, the feed has been organized as any other vertically scrollable news feed where posts can be liked by hitting on a little thumbs-up icon.
Through the last few years, Google Maps has updated several features that enable users to follow enterprises and message them directly in the app, as allowed by Facebook and its Messenger. Additionally, businesses are also enabled to set up their own profile in Google Maps by using a short name, a logo, and a cover photo, another feature showing much similarity to what is being provided by Facebook Pages.
Although, businesses could earlier make posts via Google's tools, they had to specifically tap on a business's profile for receiving their updates. With the upgraded feature, this same category of posts could reach to even those users of Google Maps who have not taken any extra step of following a particular enterprise.
According to Google, such increased exposure would help in improving the number of post views. This has been reportedly witnessed by the tech giant during initial tests of the Community Feed before its public launch.
Further, the feed has been provided with an Explore tab for making it convenient to track the latest recommendations, news, and updates from trusted local sources. These also comprise the posts created through Google My Business for notifying consumers regarding new offers, new deals, menu updates, and others. At the launch, Google declared that its focus would be on underscoring posts from food and drink enterprises.
Along with posts from enterprises, the Community Feed will also show content posted by Google users as well as recent reviews from Google's Local Guides, the company's volunteer program, where users share their knowledge about local places for receiving perks like early access to Google features, profile badges, and more.
Source credit: https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/01/google-maps-takes-on-facebook-with-its-own-news-feed/


As our churches are flooded with new believers and non-believers desperately seeking answers for their life; I get some interesting responses to our worship. A few months ago I was at a church and after worship someone came up to me and very sincerely said… "Thanks so much for entertaining us today". I thought…. Is that what we were doing…. entertaining?
It seems no matter how sincerely and passionately we worship – some people just haven't been taught what worship is about yet – especially in this age of high production church. It looks and sounds like a concert, so it must be – but what a sad thing when you really think about it. It's sad that someone is mistaking the glory being given to God in those moments as entertainment and instead giving glory to man. The depth and richness of what's really happening are going completely unnoticed by some. The lights and sound aren't for show…. They are an expression of worship for the glory of God.
So, why do we worship and sing praise to our God? What is really happening in that part of our services?
It is our natural tendency to praise the things we love – our kids, our friends, and our favorite team. Louie Giglio does an awesome illustration where he shows a bunch of images that look like a very charismatic youth worship service from the right angle. But as the camera pulls out, it's a sports game, rock concert or political rally. You'd swear they were raising their hands and voices in worship. But their passion is directed elsewhere. It's our natural tendency. We're passionate creatures. We desire to give praise. So how could we not direct that praise and adoration to the ONE truly worthy of it all? How could we not give praise to the creator of all things – the God of heaven and earth? A God who sent His son to die on a cross as payment for our sins so that we might be free, deserves all our praise.
Psalm 29:1 (ESV) 1 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Exodus 20:2-6 (ESV) 2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 You shall have no other gods before me. 4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
God wants to be first in our lives. There are so many other things we devote our time, energy and praise to. But when we worship we should be giving God all our adoration. Singing from the depths of our souls for His glory. And the beauty of it is…. Our worship doesn't stop when we leave church on Sunday. Our entire life is worship. We should do all things as unto the Lord. Serving Him with gladness, even in the day-to-day and seemingly mundane. Our lives are a gift from God to be used for His glory. And we can worship Him in all we do.
In Louie Giglio's illustration he also emphasizes the raising of hands in worship. Raising our hands is the universal sign for surrender. When we are captured and are ready to completely give in, we raise our hands in surrender. That's what we are doing in worship. We are completely captured and caught up in the will of God and we are showing that surrender by the raising of our hands. We are saying – here I am God. I'm completely Yours. I surrender. Have Your way in me." It's a beautiful thing to surrender to God.
We also raise our hands when we are broken and just don't know what else to do. If you've come to the end of your rope and are in need of rescue, raise your hands and sing to the Lord. He is near to the broken hearted.
Psalm 47:1 (ESV) 1 Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
Psalm 100:1,2 (ESV) 1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!
Hebrews 10:24,25 (ESV) 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Just as our personal time of worship with God is important, so is our corporate time of worship. It's crucial to be in community with others and come together in song and praise to God. God's children coming together in worship, service and song is an amazing thing that I believe blesses the heart of God. When we gather together, He promises to be there as well.
Matthew 18:20 (ESV) 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.
And where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty and freedom! There is freedom from the weight of sin and stress of our week. There's freedom from striving and trying to make our way through life. And there's freedom from addiction, sickness and disease.
My favorite aspect of worship is simply that it's our response. It's our response to the gospel of Jesus Christ – the good news. We are saved by grace, through Christ. We, who were once dead men in our sin and enemies of God, are now alive in Chris, children of God, co-heirs with Him. (Rom 8:17) We are sealed for all eternity by the blood of Christ and thus chosen by God to live with Him for all eternity. How can we not long to worship and respond to that news?
I encourage you to remember these things this weekend as you worship both corporately and in your personal time. Remember why we sing. Don't get caught up in the formality or production of it all. Give God all you have in worship and humble yourself before Him. Respond to the gospel. He is worthy!


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Around Livermore: Photographer, painter"s body…
Around Livermore: Photographer, painter"s body of work ever-expanding
By Vallejo Times-Herald |
I met Euan Rannachan in 2011, when I was planning my wedding. A mutual friend who knew I was looking for a photographer introduced us. At the time I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but it was easily one of the best decisions I made for that day — just short of choosing the groom.
Art is hereditary for Rannachan, who lives in Livermore. His mother was a fine artist in Italy who once sold a sculpture at Sotheby"s in London. His grandmother was an artist, too. Throughout childhood, Rannachan said he always had paintbrushes and pencils available to him.
Fast forward, Rannachan earned his degree in traditional illustration from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Halfway through his college career, he began to learn about copyright infringement.
Since he created most of his artwork from others" photographs, he decided to start taking his own to avoid legal action in the future. That"s when he discovered photography. Rannachan embraced photography, partly because it offered instant gratification.
"I get bored really fast with stuff … the longest a painting has even taken me is a week," he admitted.
He began shooting weddings in college, applying his vision of "a different kind of photography" to the classic traditions associated with weddings. "It"s more on the artsy side because of my art training," he said of his style.
The full-time graphic designer, who works at Clorox, lets his passion take him to interesting places. He recently added a C-section shoot to his resume, which already boasts a pet portrait of a French bulldog and a painting of a faux window for a Livermore woman to hang above her sink where a window was absent. The father of one, who admitted he wonders what it would have been like to shoot the birth of his son, Gavin 2, was unphased by the C-section.
"I find that I can deal with stuff a hell of a lot better with a camera on my neck."
Rannachan"s next project is an art show in San Francisco, planned for the end of summer. He has already painted seven of the 15 pieces he wants to feature in the show, and while he doesn"t have a theme per se, he does have a style: realism.
Attendees can expect to see the artist play with light and texture, using unique materials like subflooring as canvas. Those interested in hiring Rannachan for commissioned artwork or photography can do so through his website, euanart.com, or his Instagram account, @euanart.
As we wrapped up our interview, Rannachan"s parting words were simple. "Create more stuff," he said.
Fresh starts: The Livermore Art Association offers a local spot to view art. LAA"s Fresh Starts exhibit will run through April at their gallery, 2155 Third St. The gallery is open from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
The display will include pastel landscapes and seascapes by Lynn Bernstein, watercolors and acrylics by Mike Robles, bowls and platters by woodworker Eric Willyerd, pottery by Bob Gardner and woven textiles by Sharon Gardner.
Contact Nora Heston Tarte at nora.tarte@gmail.com.
Vallejo Times-Herald


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3D Hologram Manicures Are The Future With MM Nails App — PHOTOS
By Rosie W.
Do you ever encounter something so startlingly gaudy, so diamond encrusted, so lacy and frilly that your leopard print bath robe and old hot pink tracksuit that you still wear as pajamas seem not only colorless, but restrained? Well, prepare yourself, because HelloGiggles reports that you can now superimpose 3D holograms over your manicure and share the, shall we say, visually stimulating results with your friends (because no one will believe 3D nail holograms exist otherwise). Metaverse Nails has released MM Nails, an app that, with the purchase of coordinating press-on MM nails, will allow you to add the bling of the future to your manicure.
Like a good journalist, I immediately downloaded the app to see if I could fool it with my sparkly princess manicure. Unfortunately Metaverse is employing programmers that know what they're doing, and I was unable to convince the program I had spent $22 on the appropriate leopard print press-on nails, although it did allow me to take pictures of my hands and even offered to let me share them. (On a side note — who would have thought that taking a manicure shot would be so difficult?) According to Metaverse on Instagram, my nails are missing out on a pink lamb, a maneki neko, emojis, and a black skull with a halo of bullets.
This is the future of nail art, people.
I believe stranger than fiction is an understatement here.
It turns out that while MM Nails is the first app of its kind, there is a treasure trove of bling-tastic seflie apps on the web. In the name of good reporting, I tried a few out.
1. Qttie.JP
Out of all the apps I tried, Qttie.JP was my favorite. It allows you to make your eyes bigger, change your hair and eye color, but most importantly, it has an impressive library of stickers, of which I made use of here. if you can read Japanese, it also has a social media platform, and can be downloaded in the Apple App store.
2. PriCam
This app offers a built-in "Pretty Skin Beautifier" and plenty of stamps to distract from your pretty beautified skin. Can you tell I like flowers? It's available for iOS and Android.
3. Decopic
Similar to PriCam and Qttie.JP, Decopic offers filters, stamps, text, and borders to customize your selfie. It's available for iOS and Android.
4. Tomoto
This app is promises to make you more beautiful in one second, and I have never felt more beautiful in my life than I do looking at this selfie. It's only available for iOS users, and to unlock most of the content, you'll have to pay $0.99.
5. Picute
If you have the hankering to play plastic surgeon (I didn't because I thought I would look stupid, but obviously I didn't hesitate to surround myself with macaroons and ice cream), Picute offers its own version of the liquefy tool, alongside stamps and filters. Both iOS and Android users have access to the app.
6. Girls Camera
There is a lot of bling potential in this app, and you can see I went a little overboard. It also boasts a hefty photo editor that you can use if you're so inclined. It's available for iOS and Android.
7. Snapchat
Living in the Dark Ages with my iPhone 4s, my phone doesn't support the lenses feature, but others have written about it before, and I hear it's pretty useful. Pick it up it for iOS or Android.
Want more beauty tips? Check out the video below, and be sure to subscribe to Bustle's YouTube page for more hacks and tricks!
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Images: Screenshot/Vimeo, Metaversenails/Instagram, Rose Warner/Bustle(7)


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How much water do you put into IP when you do the chicken thighs? This looks like an excellent recipe. I could not find what liquid you used.
Hi Sherri! All ingredients are listed in the recipe box. I used 1 cup of water.
Can you freeze the teriyaki sauce alone to use at a later date?
Hi Toni! I never tried freezing the sauce but you can definitely refrigerate it for up to 1 week.
I was wondering if your Classic Sugar cookie recipe can also be used for cut outs?
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Made the Apple Crumb for July 4th. Neighborhood party. A big hit. Everyone loved it. Thank you for sharing.
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I just made two ingredient bagels, but found that I can us the same dough and make pretzels, I dip in mustard, o so good.
I brush the dough with water before I bake and add salt.
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question about the cranberry/orange cheesecake: I can find neither a bag (fresh) or frozen cranberries in the store. Can I use a can of whole cranberry sauce and just ad the orange juice?
Hi Julie! Yes, absolutely! Whole berry cranberry sauce will work just fine. Enjoy!
I am looking for nutrition facts for the cranberry bundt cake without the glaze please.
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Q: set Y axis numbers in ggplot2 I want to plot a graph with ggplot2 in R,
I need the Y axis to be from 0 to 15 but with one unit,but in the code below the Y axis is shown by 0,5,10,15.
code:
B <- ggplot(data=d_est, aes(x=K_min, y=gamma)) +
  geom_line(size = 1) +
  theme_bw() +
  geom_vline(xintercept=K.min_D.min, colour="red",lwd=1) +
  annotate("text", x=K.min_D.min, y=max(d_est$gamma)/3*2,size=7, label=round(K.min_D.min,digits = 2),hjust=-.1,vjust=3)

print(B + ggtitle("HML")+xlab("Xmin") + ylab("Alpha")+
        theme(axis.text = element_text(color="black",size = 15),
              plot.title = element_text(color="black", size=21, face="bold",hjust = 0.5),
              axis.title.x = element_text(color="black", size=17, face="bold"),
              axis.title.y = element_text(color="black", size=17, face="bold"),
              panel.border = element_blank(), panel.grid.major = element_blank(),
              panel.grid.minor = element_blank(), axis.line = element_line(colour = "black",size=1))
)

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Last year I posted 'What is Love Like?' as a reflection on this story. I've re-visted that today and here's my latest version of that reflection.
that could be used for something better.
relaxing in the arms of the beloved.
and its fragrance fills the room.
by those who should have loved.
in the house of Lazarus.
of his coming death and burial.
If you would like to read another reflection on this story, I recommend 'Lavish Love' on RevRuth's Images of Lent website.


The non-functioning signals are made from styrene for the base and light heads, and 2mm steel rod for the mast. A small styrene electrics box and etched brass ladders finish the detailing.
The 48 star flags were mirror image paper printouts, folded back on itself with double sided tape to stick it together.
'Warning' and 'Restricted' signs were images that were reduced and printed on photo paper. They are supported by posts made from pins.
A small wooden shack is located at one end of the yard. Along side are some old rusty rails and some old boxcar wheels.


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Route: 14 km.
Hut height: 1,880 masl.
Duration: 5/7 hours.
Points of interest: "Pampa Linda", "Castaño Overa" river, "La Almohadilla", "Rest of the Horses".
IMPORTANT: Access to this sector of Nahuel Huapi National Park has established entry / exit times. The entrance must be paid in CASH.
The mountain hut is located on Mount "Tronador", between the "Castaño Overa" and "Alerce" glaciers. In its vicinity is the Glaciological refuge. It is named in honor of "Otto Meiling", explorer and pioneer of everything related to the mountain in Bariloche.
Its view is incredible, one of the most beautiful known: "Pampa Linda", "Paso de las Nubes" (Pass of Winds), López, Bonete and Catedral among others mounts.
The access trail begins in the "Pampa Linda" area and after several minutes of walking with little slope we reach the "Castaño Overa" river, which we cross by a walkway.
The hut can be connected through an incredible glacier hike with the other refuge in the Tronador, the "Agostino Rocca" hut.
The Mount "Tronador" has a height of 3478 masl and its main peak was first ascended in 1931 by "German Claussen", a argentinean. From here we can see the "Lanín" Volcano about 150 km to the north, "Nahuel Huapi" Lake, the Mount "Anecón Grande" (on the Patagonian plateau), to the south the mounts: Piltriquitrón, Tres Picos, the Turbio Range, etc.
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Q: App rejected due to missing info.plist key My app is getting rejected due to a missing info.plist key.

Missing Info.plist key - This app attempts to access privacy-sensitive
  data without a usage description. The app's Info.plist must contain an
  NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription key with a string value explaining to
  the user how the app uses this data.

I know how to "fix" it. It's just as simple as it sounds, just add NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription to my info.plist with a description of what it's used for.
The problem is that I'm not using anything that should trigger this requirement. I do not want to add this description without knowing what it's for.
The only thing I can think of that could cause this problem right now is that one of the external frameworks I'm using via CocoaPods has something to do with it.
This is my podfile:
def myPods
    pod 'HockeySDK',          '4.1.2'
    pod 'ReactiveCocoa',      '2.4.7'
    pod 'TTTAttributedLabel', '2.0.0'
    pod 'GoogleMaps',         '2.1.0'
    pod 'GoogleAnalytics',    '3.17.0'
end

target 'MainApp' do
    myPods
end

target 'BetaApp' do
    myPods
    pod 'Instabug', '7.0.5'
end

I know for a fact that Instabug requires this key (along with the key for Microphone usage), but I'm not always including Instabug, as you can see.
Let's say I have two targets; MainApp and BetaApp. They each have its own info.plist. In BetaApp's info.plist, I have included the keys required. In MainApp I have not included them, because Instabug is not used in MainApp.
When I now try to upload the MainApp to AppStore I get this rejection.
I have also tried removing the Instabug-pod completely (even though it's just present in the BetaApp), and it still happens in MainApp.
I have never had this rejection in MainApp before (it's not a new app, just an update).
I think I have updated GoogleMaps since last release, and maybe some of the others as well, but I have no idea how to find out why Apple thinks I have to implement NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription.
Is there a way to find out what part of my app is triggering this requirement?
I assume that if I implement the keys, they will never actually be triggered, and the user would never be prompted to allow access to the photos library (because I have no code that attempts to access the user's photos library), but I'd like to know why this is happening, and I'm reluctant to add it before I know..

A: I'd suggest you to follow instructions found in this answer
I understand that this might sound dumb to add NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription key for no reason, however binary validation on the Apple's side is the process you don't have control over so it's simpler just to add this key.
As for the background reason, I believe, Apple validator looks for UIImagePickerController usage in binary, not only AssetsLibrary or Photos framework linkage. So if you'd like to get your app submitted & approved, you have either sanitize around this, or simply add required key.
If you think, you don't use it, take a look at ReactiveCocoa/UI/UIImagePickerController+RACSignalSupport.m, so, unless you are not ready to have a custom ReactiveCocoa or avoid it's usage, you'll have to deal with NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription


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Exploring Exciting Flavors
Sparking Tastes and Trends
Actionable Innovation in the Workplace
Breaking Out of Fixed Mindsets
Diving Deep in Innovation
Sanjiv Gajiwala, Vice President of Marketing at Mike's Hard Lemonade
Joey Haar — March 28, 2017 — Business
References: linkedin & mikeshard
Though alcoholic beverage is in many ways a traditional industry, Mike's Hard Lemonade continues to make a name for itself thanks to creative and innovative products. Trend Hunter spoke with Sanjiv Gajiwala, Mike's Hard's Vice President of Marketing, about generating those innovations.
TH: How do you and your team generate great ideas? Do you have certain rituals to make creativity happen?
SG: A lot of what we do is engage in regular and routine challenge and collaborative sessions. On our social strategy and our communication strategy we spend the time getting together regularly -- and not always with the same group of people -- to look at what we're doing, what we aren't doing, what our competitors are doing, what the people who aren't even in our category are doing. Then we create ideas, question their strategies, apply them to our own, and think about how we can do things better.
I think that's a core piece of everything we do from a marketing and collaboration standpoint at Mike's, because we're not ones to stay in same place very long. Being in the category that we're in, which is flavored malt beverage, it's almost always about innovation. Consumers are always looking for new tastes, new flavors, what's on trend. So for us, being on the forefront of what flavors to offer is really critical as well.
In addition to working with the standard liquid development team here or companies that are flavor experts, we engage a different group. We run a contest where all of our employees can submit flavor recipes for Mike's Hard Lemonade, and we'll try them as a group. They submit a fully fleshed out recipe and a mood board for packaging inspiration, and then people vote and we ask the designers of the top ten recipes to actually make batches. Then everyone in the office has a big day where we try the ten different recipes, and the three best go to our liquid team to be formulated as commercially viable products that we choose from there. We make it fun, make it different, and come up with ideas that we might not normally have thought of. Now some of them are quite foul... but some of them are great. It's a great way to make sure the ideas aren't limited to the people in marketing who are just sort of sitting here. It's everyone that's out there and where they're engaging and what their experiencing, letting that be our inspiration.
What are some barriers to innovation? How do you get around them?
The biggest barrier for us is that our category is challenging. Beer and alcohol is maybe the most highly regulated category in the US consumer goods market. There are 3,000 counties in the US and all 3,000 have slightly different rules on alcohol marketing and alcohol products. So our challenge for innovation as a national company is how do we continue to make products and innovations that apply to everybody but are within the constraints of the marketplace that we're in. That's even driven by the explosion of craft brewing and smaller suppliers, so space in retail is even more limited. There are something like 4,000 breweries in the US today and 15,000 SKUs available. So it's just a massively competitive, confusing place. How do you bring innovation that's truly unique when you have that much going on? And how do you stand out and gain consumer excitement and engagement with something that is unique?
How do you identify trends? What resources do you and your team use to spot trends and insights?
We have global trend spotters in different cities who help us identify what's going on around the world; we use sites like Trend Hunter and other futurist, global trend information to help inform us; we leverage external resources and partners like agencies and companies that specialize in the categories we're involved in to help inform us and guide us -- those are the big things we do. And then we look to other categories for inspiration.
Do you have specific rituals for resetting to be creative?
There's actually a practice I've put in place that's part of my everyday ritual. I find time every day to pause, reflect, and reset for the next task. That's something that I like to do personally, and then as a group we flow by the rhythm of our sales calendar which gives us the opportunity to take a break and start over again. But for me it's about reading something that's completely off topic and unrelated to my role or industry, and having that switch my brain into a different mindset.
Has there ever been an instance where another industry has influenced an innovation at your company?
Our latest innovation that we launched, White Claw Hard Seltzer, was really driven by that. I was reading about a non-alcohol category and the rise of sparkling water. It was an article about advertising agencies and how they're highly indexed against sparkling water consumption, and that helped us see bigger opportunities for that brand in terms of reaching consumers we weren't initially targeting.
What are some examples of things you can do to create a culture of innovation?
The things that I try to do are in making sure everyone, regardless of level or experience, has an opportunity to engage or provide feedback -- basically have an opinion -- and then be heard. And I also believe, especially with my team, in rotating people through functions and projects and brands so that they're not just trapped in one way of thinking or one mode for too long. I think that helps them become better businesspeople and better marketers.
Describe the future.
The future of the alcoholic beverage industry is going to be really interesting because all of the disruption that's happening in all these other categories has yet to really hit alcoholic beverage. There's certainly the craft beer movement, which is a pretty major disruption, but things like Uber or delivery services or mobile apps haven't really impacted how people buy and consume alcoholic beverage. You still drink a beer the same way you drank a beer 100 years ago: at a bar, or in your house, with your friends. That hasn't fundamentally changed. I think there's some change happening with consumer-centric behaviors, and as virtual reality and social media continue to take over a larger share of our lives, that'll be an interesting shift. And I think that part is related to how people buy: is it a grocery store or a liquor store? It's just totally different.
You also have consumers who are willing to explore and try to create more by themselves than they have in the past, and that's going to change the nature of how people interact with flavored products. Are you just going to be fine with the choices that are available to you? Or are you going to hack them in your own way?
Another that I think is really interesting, in the US at least, is that as different vices become legal, like marijuana, how does that change what a beverage is? And how does that counteract the idea that people want to live healthier lives?
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TEL AVIV (Ma'an) -- Thousands rallied in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Saturday evening in protest of home demolitions targeting Palestinian citizens of Israel, with demonstrators calling the Israeli state's demolition campaign "racist" and an act of "incitement" against Palestinian citizens.
Protesters reportedly called on Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan to resign for "lying" to the Israeli public, saying they held him responsible for the killings that took place during a raid to evacuate the Negev region Bedouin community of Umm al-Hiran last month.
Local math teacher in Umm al-Hiran Yaqoub Abu al-Qian was shot dead on Jan. 18 by police before Israeli authorities demolished more than a dozen structures in the village, with authorities claiming he was carrying out a deliberate vehicular attack, in contradiction to numerous eyewitness reports and video evidence that attested his car spun out of control only after Israeli police opened fired on him.
Members of a local committee from Umm al-Hiran also participated, with at least four busloads of Palestinian and Jewish citizens from the Negev arriving to join the rally.
Demonstrators raised posters in Arabic and Hebrew, which included the slogans: "When the government is against the people, the people will be against the government," "Enough of the government's racism…we demand equality," and "Jewish and Arabs together, we fight fascism."
Abu al-Qian's widow Amal Abu Saad addressed protesters, denouncing the Israeli government's policies of racism, which she said led to the unnecessary death of her husband and the Israeli police officer who died after being hit by Abu al-Qian's car.
She reiterated demands previously made by her family calling for an investigation into the deadly raid, and said that she "still believed in the possibility of living together in peace and equality," in spite of her loss.
After Israeli police evacuated Israeli settlers from the illegal Amona outpost in the occupied West Bank earlier this week, Palestinian leadership highlighted the double standard between use of force in Amona and Umm al-Hiran.
Ayman Odeh, the head of the Joint List coalition that represents Palestinian citizens of Israel in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, also delivered a speech at the demonstration. Odeh was injured in Umm al-Hiran ahead of the demolitions there, saying at the time Israeli police shot him in the head with a sponge-tipped bullet as he joined locals to resist the evacuation raid.
"Umm al-Hiran must be a turning point -- there should be no more racist demolitions. No more," he insisted, also accusing the "racist" and "destructive" Israeli government of lying to the public.
The event was organized by some 20 human rights organizations, including the organization "Standing Together," the Council of Unrecognized Villages in the Negev, the leftist Israeli parties Meretz and Hadash, Rabbis for Human Rights, and others.
Earlier on Saturday, Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat denounced the Israeli government for its "fascist" and "extremist" escalation against Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Demolitions in Umm al-Hiran and Qalansawe also came after demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem reached a record high over the course of 2016.


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Two more Livingston County residents die from COVID-19, total cases surpass 2,000
Kayla Daugherty
Two more Livingston County residents have died after contracting COVID-19, and 2,200 residents have tested positive, according to county health department data.
As of Friday afternoon, there have been 35 deaths, including 34 confirmed deaths and one probable death, reported in the county since March.
The new deaths, confirmed Thursday, are the third and fourth confirmed in October.
Two men, one between the ages of 70 and 79 and another over 80 years old, are the most recent residents to die from the coronavirus, Livingston County Health Department spokesperson Natasha Radke said.
She said both men had underlying conditions.
Most deaths in the county have been people over the age of 70: 16 were in their 80s and 13 were in their 70s, according to county health officials. Three people in their 60s and two people in their 50s also have died.
What to know about the COVID-19 surge in Livingston County
Howell hospital seeing fall surge in COVID-19 admissions
As of Friday afternoon, there have been nearly 2,300 positive tests, including 1,970 confirmed cases and around 300 probable cases. That brings the death rate to about 1.6% when factoring in confirmed and probable cases, and about 1.8% when only factoring in confirmed cases.
Of the 2,270 cases, more than half affected residents under the age of 50.
Surge in cases
The number of cases has more than doubled since late August, and according to Livingston County Health Department data, there were more than 500 new cases in the county in the previous 30 days as of Monday. Those cases represent more than 26% of all cases since March.
Testing is also up. Approximately 1,500 additional diagnostic tests were conducted in Livingston County between Sept. 22 and Oct. 21 compared to tests performed between Aug. 22 and Sept. 21.
At least 148 people in Livingston County have been hospitalized and more than 1,347 have recovered, according to the health department's website.
Statewide, there have been nearly 175,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 7,309 deaths, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported Friday.
Contact Kayla Daugherty at 517-552-2848 or kdaugherty@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @KayDaugherty92


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Q: 2SLS with two instruments for one endogenous variable in MATLAB I have one endogenous variable and two instruments for it, and I want to calculate my beta with the direct (one step) matrix formula
$\beta_2sls = X' Z(Z'X)^{-1}Z'X^{-1}X'Z(Z'Z)^{-1}Z'Y$
But if I have two instruments for one endogenous variable X and Z are not the same length.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

A: Firstly, your 2SLS-estimator is wrong. Check wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_variable
Let n be the number of observations. Let Z be the instrument matrix and X be endogenous regressor. You say you have 2 instruments and 1 endogenous regressor, hence Z is n by 2 and X is n by 1.
Projection matrix $Pz(=Z(Z'Z)^{-1}Z')$ is n by n, hence the 2SLS-estimator
$\beta_{2sls} = (X'PzX)^{-1}X'Pzy$
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The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNSSM) in collaboration with the Inter Ministerial Committee of Illegal Mining (IMCIM) have lined up programs that allow the illegal miners (galamsayers) benefit as part of activities to regularize the mining activities by the government as a road-map to lift the ban on small scale mining in the country.
IMCIM in collaboration with the Local Government and Rural Development is offering an alternative livelihood support to the 'galamsayers' who might not get license to operate, by offering them vocation in masonry, dressmaking, shoe-making, carpentry, among others.
Those who want to remain in the mining sector will be trained on ethical mining to partake in the community mining project introduced by the IMCIM to preserve and protect the environment under the supervision of the Inter Ministerial Committee of Illegal Mining, group them and give them concession to operate under the GNASSM.
The government has started vetting small scale miners and those who will pass will be cleared to return to the mines when the government eventually lifts its 2017 ban on all forms of small-scale mining activities.
The Director of Planning and Research for the GNSSM, Mike Gizo, said this in an interview with Otec News on Tuesday, September 11, 2108, as part of effects to engage all stakeholders in regularizing the mining activities.
"Those in the illegal mining will not be left out in the community mining business when the ban on mining in the country is lifted. Those who want to remain in the community mining will be given formal training in mining, courtesy Inter Ministerial Committee of Illegal Mining and Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners , group them and placed them under the supervision of small scale miners, in their communities, who have been cleared by the IMCIM to mine," he said.
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Biography of Ukrainian tenor Ivan Kozlovsky
Ukrainian tenor Ivan Kozlovsky was born in the village Marianivka, Ukraine. He graduated from Mykola Lysenko music college in Kyiv. After Ivan Kozlovsky was invited to sing on the stage of Poltava Opera and later Karkiv Opera.
Faust was his debut at the stage of Polatava Opera where he performed until 1923. From 1923 until 1924 Ivan Kozlovsky sang on the stage of Kharkiv Opera. From 1926 until 1954 he performed at the stage of Bolshoi Opera in Moscow. He became the leading soloist of Bolshoi Opera. His repertoire: Faust, Andriy "Zaporozhts beyond Denube" by Gulak-Artemovsky, Vladimir "Dubrovsky, Werter, Alfredo "Traviata", Lensky, Rudolf "La Boheme", many roles in Ukrainian operas, Levko "May Night", Lohengrin and many others, more than 50 opera roles. From 1954 until 1991 Ivan Kozlovsky gave many concerts. In his 70th birth anniversaty he sang Lohengrin at the stage of Bolshoi Opera with a big success. He had taught vocal at the conservatory for many years and was a director of Opera performances.
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Young returns to court looking for a deal
Bob Allan
NEW YORK — Detroit Tigers designated hitter Delmon Young was back in court Thursday and is trying to work out a deal in his aggravated harassment case, said his attorney, Dan Ollen.
Young stood before the judge for about 30 seconds at Manhattan Criminal Court this morning before his case was adjourned. Young is supposed to return to court Nov. 7 — after the World Series — to face a misdemeanor charge of aggravated harassment.
On the morning of April 27, Young, 26, got into an altercation with four men outside the Hilton Hotel, where the Tigers were staying, and allegedly used an anti-Semitic slur.
The Tigers were in New York to play the Yankees and began a three-game series later that day.
Ollen said he and the Manhattan's district attorney's office will try to work out a deal. Young's charge is punishable by up to a year in jail.
"We are working toward a non-criminal disposition," Ollen said, "which is a fancy way of saying we are trying to work out a deal."
Young arrived in New York on Thursday after playing in Boston on Wednesday night. He batted sixth in the lineup as the team's designated hitter and hit an opposite-field home run in the eighth inning.
The solo shot gave the Tigers a bit more cushion in a tight game they eventually won, 7-5. Young's late-inning homer was the kind of moment he produced a lot more of a season ago.
So far this year, Young has struggled. Through 96 games, he is hitting .266 with only 43 RBIs.
he had 32 RBIs last year in 40 games.
Detroit acquired Young last August from Minnesota. The Tigers signed him to a one-year contract worth $6.75 million this past off-season. He is a free agent after this season and could no longer be a Tiger by the Nov. 7 court date.
Ollen said that he and Young were in the court building for roughly 20 minutes today before their case was called. After standing before the judge, they made their way back out onto the streets of Manhattan, where a gathering of cameras and reporters awaited. Several people shouted questions at Young, Ollen said, but he didn't answer.
Young has apologized for the incident, and his attorney has said there were "many false allegations," though Ollen has never publicly said what those were.
According to police, the confrontation began about 2:30 a.m. after a group of four men spoke with a panhandler wearing a yarmulke outside the hotel.
"They have a discussion, and the panhandler leaves," detective Joseph Cavitolo told the Free Press in April.
Court documents revealed that the slur and altercations came next. After words were exchanged, Young allegedly said, "You bunch of (expletive) Jews." Police said Young pushed and shoved one of the men and tackled him, causing minor elbow injuries. Young then followed the man into the hotel lobby. Police were called to the scene, interviewed Young and the victim, and sent Young to the hospital because he was intoxicated. He returned to the police for fingerprinting and paperwork and was later released on a $5,000 bond.
Major League Baseball suspended Young for seven days without pay.


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New York City-based songwriter Richard Thorne figures most modern folksingers go through the same pattern of playing live and recording. The little money Thorne makes from his acoustic gigs goes toward funding his career. Whenever he can scrape together enough cash, he goes into the studio. "I'm always tweaking my songs," he says. "I want to be sure they're ready when I record them."
Thorne's latest CD, Amalgam, was self-released last year. While some mom-and-pop shops carry the disc, most copies are sold online at CD Baby or at live shows. "Honestly, I'd prefer to just write songs and have other people record them," he says. Thorne released his first record — which he describes as "Gordon Lightfoot meets Roxy Music" — 25 years ago. He dropped out of the music biz for seven years, returning in 2000 with a folk-pop EP. "To me, it's the song that counts," he says. "I don't care who does it or what it is. I don't get hung up on genres."
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James Paul Goldschmidt (Berlín, 17 de diciembre de 1874 - Montevideo, 28 de junio de 1940) fue un jurista alemán que realizó importantes contribuciones al desarrollo del Derecho penal alemán y al procedimiento penal.

De origen judío asquenazí, Goldschmidt fue profesor en la Universidad Humboldt de Berlín desde 1919 hasta su recusación en 1934 por las políticas raciales de la Alemania nazi. En 1938 se trasladó al Reino Unido y en 1940 a Uruguay, donde falleció.

Referencias
; traducción directa del alemán y anotaciones por José Balcázar Quiroz bajo el título: "James Paul Goldschmidt (1874-1940). Un eminente procesalista (civil y penal)", publicado en: Ius fugit. Revista de Estudios Histórico-Jurídicos de la Corona de Aragón (España), N° 18, 2015, pp. 191-216, http://ifc.dpz.es/recursos/publicaciones/34/69/09balcazar.pdf

Juristas de Alemania del siglo XX
Profesores de la Universidad Humboldt de Berlín
Nacidos en Berlín

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