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20 Reasons Why Hilary Duff Is SO Ready To Be A Mom Again
We can't help but be envious when it comes to the lives of our favorite celebrities. We mimic their style and sometimes we aspire to be like them, even when it comes to their parenting style.
If we are really honest, there are a lot of celebrity moms out there that don't have a clue about parenting. But then there are others that are total gems even when they have hectic working schedules. These are the ones that step up and try to be the best mothers for their children that they can be.
Hilary Duff has been pretty outspoken about motherhood and what it was like raising her son as a single mother. She has spoken out about mom-shaming and how we should all be helping one another. At the time, she decided to take time off from Hollywood to raise her child and despite the fact that she says she struggled, we think she did a pretty great job.
She is now with Matthew Koma and they are expecting a child together and we couldn't be more excited for her. Check out these 20 things pregnant Hilary Duff is doing the second time around.
20 She Is Acknowledging That the changes aren't Easy
Women love the idea of bringing children into the world, but admittedly, it can be hard to see your body changing. We can't wear the cute little outfits that we used to and Hilary Duff is open and honest about how she feels about it. She showed off her belly on Instagram with the caption, "The belly is big the body is big. Man…pregnancy is hard.
Giving love to all mamas who make it look effortless.
This journey is hard as hell and also incredibly special."
19 She's Learned A Lot From the First Time
Any new mom knows that the first pregnancy can be the most difficult. After all, you are learning to take care of a human being. It can be a challenging time for any mother, especially if you are doing it alone. Now that she is on her second pregnancy, it might be easier for her. She's been there and done that and even though every pregnancy is different, she has learned the ropes and probably won't feel so overwhelmed this time. "Women are so badass, this was just a note to remind myself and remind others how's strong and beautiful you are! We got this!"
18 She Has A Fresh Perspective
She struggled with her first pregnancy, but she never regretted it. That experience has given her a new perspective on life. She became a mother at 24 years old which is pretty young by Hollywood standards. She is thankful for the time that she has spent with her son Luca and wouldn't have it any other way.
"Being a mom now has taken so much pressure off the 'what ifs,'"
she told ET Canada. "Like, 'What if?' Okay, I'm still going to be Luca's mom and I still have an important role in life. And I think taking that break made me so human again."
17 She Has Learned to Love Herself
When you're a mother, especially a first-time mom, it's normal to want your whole life revolve solely around your child. It can be easy to forget to take care of yourself and that's a lesson that Duff had to learn herself. She told E! News,
"I started to feel less guilt about taking time for myself, or you know, maybe not putting Luca to bed one night and going out with my girlfriends and having a fun dinner,"
Duff shared. "That stuff rejuvenates you, and I matter too."
16 She May Not Get Married Again
Part of the struggle she faced in her last pregnancy was the fact that she separated from her husband, Mike Comrie. The two co-parent their son Lucas, but it's certainly not the same as being together. She is with someone else now, but she has spoken in the past about how she didn't feel the need to marry again. She told E! Online,
"I don't feel the need to get married again. As much as I was ready and excited, you're like, 'Oh, next step: We get married.'
That's kind of the traditional person I'm talking about, what's inside of me, or however I was raised. But I don't feel the need. I got to have the experience and it was awesome. So, I guess if it mattered to someone else that much, I would consider it."
15 She Found Out she was having a girl
Sometimes people like to keep the gender of their child a secret or have it be a surprise at birth. But Hilary Duff couldn't keep it in. She announced on Instagram that she was expecting a little girl with her boyfriend, Matthew Koma. "Guess what guys! @matthewkoma and I made a little princess of our own and we couldn't be more excited!!!!!!" she wrote on Instagram. She looked adorable in a printed tank dress as she hung out with her new man.
14 She's Not Considering Homeschooling
You might be surprised to hear that Hilary Duff was homeschooled as a child. It certainly has gotten a bad rap over the years mainly because of families like the Duggars. When we hear stories like that of children who are homeschooled, it makes us uneasy. But not all homeschooling experiences are like that. Hilary Duff was homeschooled from the age of eight.
"I was homeschooled since third grade, so it was kind of a new experience for me."
It looks like she wants a different experience for her children.
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13 She Loves Talking About her Motherhood Experiences
She talks all the time about motherhood and she's not afraid to shut people down who start to mom-shame. She believes in helping other moms and being as supportive as possible. "It's such a wonderful experience and obviously life-changing and altering," she previously told HuffPost about having a child.
"You just don't even know until you have a child what that bond does, and how it changes you, and what you learn."
She's one of the most inspiring mothers out there and it's exciting that she is adding another baby to the family.
12 Motherhood Is Her First Priority
She is a believer in putting motherhood first, but she still feels the guilt if she's not always able to be there for her son. That's something that has always affected mothers, we fell that we aren't doing enough.
"I don't always balance it all, I do the best that I can, and some months are crazier than others,"
Duff recently told E! News in an exclusive interview. "I'm a mother first, so he's always my number-one priority. And then my decision-making process is like, 'Hey can I make this work? Is he going to get enough of what he needs from me?'"
11 She Doesn't Sugar-Coat Her Life
There are some celebrities out there that try to make their lives seem perfect, especially as mothers, but Hilary Duff isn't like that. She tells it like it is. "Some of my friends tell me, 'God, it must be so nice, you get a break from your kid because you share him.' I'm divorced, and it sucks," Duff told Redbook. "Well, it did suck for a while; now it's just normal. But it's true, I do get a break. I had [5-year-old son] Luca by myself for a few weeks, no help, when [ex-husband NHL player] Mike [Comrie] was on the road, and when he got home I was like, 'He's yours! Bye!'"
10 She Asks For Help When She Needs It
She wants to continue to work while being a mother and we fully support that. But she knows there are times when she's going to need some help to make it all work. "I think that I've been doing this for a while, so I do have a strong work ethic and I have a lot of people around me that help keep my schedule straight and plan and know where my priorities lie," Duff continued. "So it's a little bit of a collaborative effort too."
9 She Wants the criticism to Stop
Let's be honest, motherhood is a hard gig and we all make mistakes as parents. Instead of hating on each other we should be helping each other out. There are plenty of self-righteous moms out there and maybe you have been victim to one online. Hilary Duff certainly has and she wants it to stop. She had to deal with shamers who told her it was inappropriate for her to kiss her son on the lips. "For anyone commenting that a kiss on the lips with my four-year-old is 'inappropriate' go ahead and click unfollow with your warped minds and judgment," she wrote on Instagram.
8 She's Not Worried Anymore
When she first held her son, she was a little worried about it. As a first-time mom, it can be tough to know if you are doing the right thing. Now that she's a veteran mom, she feels much better about holding a newborn. She was interviewed by Parents magazine and told them how she felt when she first had her son Lucas.
"I'd never really been around newborns or even that many young children, so I was scared!
I read a lot of books and did research, but until you're holding your baby, I think you're always a little worried because it's the unknown."
7 She Deals With the Stress
Everyone deals with stress especially if you happen to be a parent. Unfortunately for celebrities like Hilary Duff, all her mistakes are being documented and analyzed in the press. Sometimes, it seems that the press doesn't allow her to have a break. She's not a perfect mother and really, no one is, but she doesn't want people to think that she is.
"You think because you carried a baby inside you and you're so close to them, you think you should know all the answers,"
she told HuffPost. "You put a lot of pressure on yourself. So be proud of yourself and take time for yourself, [which] is not always easy to do when you're in the thick of it."
6 She's Not Going To Worry About Mommy Curves
Celebrities get a lot of hate after they have a baby especially if they don't lose all the weight. Suddenly they will find their pictures splashed all over magazines that show off their cellulite and curvy figures. Duff is not going to let people get to her especially now that she's on baby number two. "I am posting this on behalf of young girls, women, and mothers of all ages," she wrote on her Instagram account alongside a photo of her in a bathing suit. "I'm enjoying a vacation with my son after a long season of shooting and being away from him for weeks at a time over those months. Since websites and magazines love to share 'celeb flaws' ― well I have them!"
5 She Appreciates When People Are Proud Of Her Parenting
It means a lot when someone mentions what a good job you are doing as a parent. That's the case even with celebrity parents, it's just nice to feel like you are doing a good job. Hilary Duff is one celebrity mom that knows how it feels to be mom-shamed and she loves being appreciated. "'I'm so proud of you,' or, 'Look at the wonderful mother you are' can just make me cry, you know?
Because you need to hear it so bad because as a mom you're stressed and you give so much of yourself away.
Of course, you'd do anything for your children, but hearing that reassurance can just mean the world."
4 She's Not Doing It Alone This Time
Last time she got pregnant she didn't intend on being a single mother, but sometimes marriages don't work out. She and her ex-husband, Mike Comrie work together to parent their son and that's all that matters. Now that she is with Matthew Koma, the two are happily planning on raising their daughter together. It's bound to be a better parenting situation because Duff won't be alone all the time with the new baby. It's always great to have a support system to fall back on as a parent.
3 She Doesn't Mind That There's A Large Age Difference Between Her Kids
Hilary Duff always planned on having another child, but she had hoped that her second child would be closer in age to Luca. She didn't expect to be a single mother nor did she expect to have a second child so far apart in age but she has accepted it. "I've gotten over the fact that I'm not going to have a baby that's close in age with Luca," Duff told Redbook. "It sucked when everyone would be like, 'When are you having another?' I'd be like, 'Do you know what's happening right now? I'm not having another.'"
2 The Love For Her Children Is The Most Important Thing
One thing that she has learned as a parent that she can take into her second pregnancy is that the love she has for her children is the most important thing.
"I realize now that it's the love you have for your children makes everything possible — the sleepless nights, the times when you're most scared or stressed, you feel like no one understands you or no ones in the position that you're in.
The love you have for your child is so much greater than any challenge you'll face as a parent, and that's what helps you through it."
1 She Appreciates Her Support System
She will need her support system now more than ever for baby number two to come around. Parenting can be an emotional and physical rollercoaster ride and Hilary Duffs knows that there are always ups and downs but having a support system is important. "But it is also a big struggle. It's the hardest thing as well. You're exhausted. You don't have all the answers, no matter how many books you've read. You're dealing with a hormonal roller coaster. It's a lot of different things that you don't always understand. So having a support system around me was key in the first year."
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(1)Where a decision is made by the owners in accordance with the management scheme which applies as respects the tenement (except where that management scheme is the development management scheme), an owner mentioned in subsection (2) below may, by summary application, apply to the sheriff for an order annulling the decision.
(2)That owner is—
(a)any owner who, at the time the decision referred to in subsection (1) above was made, was not in favour of the decision; or
(b)any new owner, that is to say, any person who was not an owner at that time but who has since become an owner.
(3)For the purposes of any such application, the defender shall be all the other owners.
(4)An application under subsection (1) above shall be made—
(a)in a case where the decision was made at a meeting attended by the owner making the application, not later than 28 days after the date of that meeting; or
(b)in any other case, not later than 28 days after the date on which notice of the making of the decision was given to the owner for the time being of the flat in question.
(5)The sheriff may, if satisfied that the decision—
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(b)is unfairly prejudicial to one or more of the owners,
make an order annulling the decision (in whole or in part).
(6)Where such an application is made as respects a decision to carry out maintenance, improvements or alterations, the sheriff shall, in considering whether to make an order under subsection (5) above, have regard to—
(a)the age of the property which is to be maintained, improved or, as the case may be, altered;
(b)its condition;
(c)the likely cost of any such maintenance, improvements or alterations; and
(d)the reasonableness of that cost.
(7)Where the sheriff makes an order under subsection (5) above annulling a decision (in whole or in part), the sheriff may make such other, consequential, order as the sheriff thinks fit (as, for example, an order as respects the liability of owners for any costs already incurred).
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(b)an interlocutor dismissing such an application,
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(9)A decision of the Court of Session on an appeal under subsection (8) above shall be final.
(10)Where an owner is entitled to make an application under subsection (1) above in relation to any decision, no step shall be taken to implement that decision unless—
(a)the period specified in subsection (4) above within which such an application is to be made has expired without such an application having been made and notified to the owners; or
(b)where such an application has been so made and notified—
(i)the application has been disposed of and either the period specified in subsection (8) above within which an appeal against the sheriff's decision may be made has expired without such an appeal having been made or such an appeal has been made and disposed of; or
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(11)Subsection (10) above does not apply to a decision relating to work which requires to be carried out urgently.

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Perth High School pupils primed for gala dinner after TV appearance
A STARRING television role has guaranteed no shortage of willing participants for Perth High School Gala Dinner's home economics curriculum.
Pupils preparing a slap-up, three-course meal for last year's event at Scone Palace enjoyed a taste of the big time by appearing on STV's Five Thirty Show.
"Some of the pupils from last year now think they are celebrity chefs," home economics department head Mahri Dinning joked yesterday.
"The Five Thirty Show certainly raised numbers and perhaps expectations of another TV appearance, but I don't think that will be happening this year."
Since last August, a class of almost 40 hospitality pupils, aged 16 to 18, has been working towards the third annual gala next month, although they have five periods a week to play with.
"At the moment I don't think they're worried but they will be quite stressed, particularly on the day before," she said.
"It doesn't always run 100 per cent smoothly, but if there are any issues, we hide them well."
Although last year's venison main course required a quick reheat, a food critic guest scored the overall event a resounding 9.9 out of 10.
"We do a lot of preparation at the school then transport the food to the palace," said Ms Dinning.
"Eventually I'd like to take (the event) somewhere bigger where we can get more kids from the school involved, but that would be a huge undertaking."
Catalyst for the annual gala was local farmer and Perth High old boy Jim Fairlie, who now helps students maintain a school vegetable allotment.
His brother Andrew, Scotland's only two-Michelin star chef, was on hand last year to mentor the hospitality pupils.
This year, chef George Keithley is in the hot seat, but fortunately for pupils, "he's not like Gordon Ramsay, he's very calm".
Heading up the team is teacher Sarah Bird and pupil Lindsay Heggie, who is onboard as event manager.
The 2010 menu, as always created from the freshest, local seasonal produce, comprises salmon, organic free range chicken, vegetables, and a divine dark chocolate torte.
Pupils have also been attending Gleneagles Hotel to learn silver service skills with top trainer Elaine Watson, who has provided highly positive feedback.
But despite the hands-on experience and the event's consistent success, few pupils pursue a culinary career.
"Not as many as we'd like, not a very high percentage at all, but a lot of them do go into events management," Ms Dinning said.
"I also think that some of them might have grand ideas of becoming celebrity chefs."
Tickets for Perth High School's Hospitality Gala Dinner on March 17 cost £35, including wine and entertainment. Call the home economic department on 01738 472 691.


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25 May 2021 By Shildon Town Council
Shildon Town Council has published a report revealing insight from a consultation survey of Shildon residents views on the future of secondary education in Shildon. Ninety percent of the adult respondents, the great majority of whom were parents of primary or secondary school children, indicated that they wanted to see a new high quality school facility built in Shildon and over ninety three percent of all respondents supported the Town Council's aspirational statement. Parents indicated a strong preference to send their children to a school in Shildon if current facilities were to be replaced with a new building.
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Do you own the UK's rarest 50p piece? And it's not Kew Gardens.
Last week a 50p coin that many thousands of people have found in their daily pocket change started to be sold on e-Bay for prices upward of £100.00. Or to put it another way, 200 times its actual value!
Only 109,000 1992 EC 50p were issued into circulation – roughly half of the Kew Gardens 50p.
It was all because the Royal Mint announced that the Kew Gardens 50p coins is the UK's most scarce circulation coin, with just 210,000 pieces ever been placed into circulation. The result was a media storm and the inevitable overnight ramping of prices.
But what few people realise is that there is an even rarer UK 50p piece that was issued in half the number of the Kew Gardens coin – just 109,000 coins.
The coin was issued in 1992 to mark the EC Single Market and the UK presidency of the Council of Ministers – perhaps not the most popular of topics, which maybe was the reason so very few were pushed out into circulation. But of course, its lack of popularity at the time, is the very thing that now makes its Britain's rarest 50p coin.
Sadly, however hard you search, unlike the Kew Gardens 50p, you will not find this one in your change. That's because it is one of the old-sized 50p coins that were demonetised in 1998.
But it won't be the coin's clever design that will guarantee its numismatic interest for years to come. It is its status as the UK's most rare circulation 50p is what will intrigue collectors and have them searching and saving up in years to come.
Are you interested in owning the UK's rarest 50p coin?
Limited stocks of the 1992 EC 50p coin are available from The Westminster Collection for £20.
Hi Ward, unfortunately we can't offer valuations however it's great to have coins in your collection that are over 100 years old and also that span such important dates in our national history. Thanks, Robin.
Hi I have an Edinburgh £1 coin from 2011 and the leek and daffodil £1 coin. I've been told they are collectible, is this true?
Hi Emma, yes! The Edinburgh coin is the rarest £1 coin out there. You can see the details on the Change Checker Scarcity Index here: https://blog.changechecker.org/2017/02/20/the-new-1-scarcity-index-reveals-which-1-coins-are-the-rarest/ Thanks, Robin.


140403 Sri Sri Krishna BalaramMandir Madurai - With Tamil Translation.
Here, the temple is inviting the deities of Lakshmi Narasimha from the spiritual world. There are different types of avatars. Krishna has eight types (of avatars) in the Bhagavatam. The eighth type is the arca avatar, which is the worshipable deity.
As you approach the deity, the deity will reciprocate with you. If you think the deity is metal or stone, then the deity will reciprocate like that. If you think the deity is present, then the He will reciprocate that way.
Raghunanda approached his father's Bala Gopal deities. His father Mukundananda had to leave for some urgent matters. So, he had no time to train his son on the intricacies of deity worship. He told his son that he had to give the deities ladoos, they will eat them and he can take the plates and give back to his mother. So, he gave the deities the plate filled with ladoos, but the deity was not eating so the young boy began to cry.
The deities asked why are you crying? My father said that you would eat the ladoos but you are not eating. So, if I eat the ladoos you will not cry? No. So then the dieties ate the ladoos. Raghunandan he gave the empty plates back to his mother. Mother said where are the ladoos? Oh! the deity ate them. She thought, "Maybe he has eaten the ladoos." So, this was going on everyday. Then the father came back. Mother told the father what was happening. So the father said, "You give him the ladoo plate like you do everyday, I'll hide in the living room and look from behind. I'll see what's happening. So the boy put on ladoos "My dear Gopal, please take these ladoos," and the deity moved for taking the ladoos. The Father peeked out to see what the deity was doing.
"Oh! He saw the deities was eating the ladoos. But when the father gasped ahh! but then he stood still. Then father walked down. He saw the half-eaten ladoo. The deity was holding the ladoo, but half the ladoo plate was empty. Father said, "I have caught you!I have caught you! In your hand, you have a half-eaten ladoo." So, Raghunandan became famous. But he had faith in the arca avatar. He didn't have the idea, "Oh this deity is stone or this deity is metal. He can't do it ; rather, he had faith in what his father said : the deity would eat the ladoo. So, Krishna had said he would reciprocate. Because Raghunandan had faith, he reciprocated.
So, if you put your faith in the deity , the deity will reciprocate. In Mayapur, we have the Jagannatha deities; they do many pastimes. You can ask H.H. Bhaktipurusottam Swami. He knows many (in backround devotees chant haribol). I'll just tell one. It happened just a few years ago. You see, in this village, Rajapur, it is surrounded by muslims. So there are devotees, hindus, muslims all kinds of devotees. So it's not unusual for muslims to come and see the dieties. They bathe the deity and get some boon. They pray. This one muslim came with a big beard and the pujari offered him some prasad. He took the prasad. He said "I do not eat prasadam of idols." He threw it. The pujari said, "What have you done! That it's offensive. If you do not have faith, then don't come. So that person walked off. Next day, he came back. He offered his prostrated obesiances. Then he came upto the pujari and asked, "Can I please have some prasadam? The Pujari looked at him and said, "Are you crazy? Yesterday, you threw the prasadam. Now you are bowing down and begging for prasadam. What happened to you? Then the muslim man replied, "Last night last night in my dream, the one with the white face came and grabbed me by my neck and said, "You threw my brother's prasad. I am going to get you." The lady with a yellow face said, 'Get him get him! Get him!' I was shaking and I was saved by the one with the black face with a big smile(in the background clapping &Haribol).He came up and said, 'Let him go, let him go. This is his first offense and it wasn't so great.' So, the white-faced one let him go. now I believe, I believe, I truly believe I will never ever throw prasadam again(Background devotees chant haribol) Please give me prasad." So, Lord Jagannatha is so merciful that even if you don't have faith, he gives you mercy.
So, these deities are being invited to come. and by all the devotees. There maybe some system where senior devotees officially invite them, but it's the desire of all you devotees to serve the Lord that makes the Lord come. How many here want the Lord to come and accept your worship?(Background devotees chant Haribol).Today there are some ceremonies tomorrow you'll see others. From your heart, you should pray, "O my Lord! Please come! O Energy of the Lord! Please come. ( Guru Maharaja chants Hare Krishna Maha mantra devotees repeat).
Narasimha deity removes all obstacles on the path of devotional service. So, Krishna Balaram, Nitai Gaur are all very merciful. So, please in your heart, pray to the Lord to come and accept your service. So, prepare your consciousness for this request. I'am very greatful to all these devotees for being present. Haribol!


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Barbara A. Levitt, 78, of 5001 Hill Road, Oneida, died Saturday morning, July 6, 2019, at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare in New Hartford after suffering a stroke the day before.
Barbara was born on June 16, 1941, in Oneida, the daughter of Raymond and Bertha Eastman Hoffman. A lifelong resident of Oneida, she was a graduate of Oneida High School.
She was employed as a waitress in Oneida for many years at many of the area restaurants with her last employment being at the former Coneheads on Lenox Avenue in Oneida.
On Valentine's day in 1990, she married Paul S. Levitt in Oneida.
Surviving besides her husband, Paul; are a daughter, Janice Stich (Barry Holden), of Oneonta, two sons, Steve (Cathy) Stich, of Scotia, and Frank (Lynn) Stich, of Palenville; five grandchildren, Leigh, Daniel, David, Norah, and Vanessa; two great-grandchildren, Anthony and Cooper; one sister, Joyce M. Carinci, of Oneida, and several nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by a brother, Raymond Hoffman Jr. and a brother-in-law, Army N. Carinci.
Private Funeral Services will be held at the convenience of the family. There will be no calling hours. Memorial Contributions may be made to Mohawk Valley Health System Foundation, 1656 Champlain Ave., Utica, NY, 13502. Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to the Ironside Funeral Home, Inc., 342 Main Street, Oneida.
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Iowa Poll: Most believe more gun control won't reduce mass shootings
William Petroski
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A majority of Iowans believe increased controls on gun purchases won't reduce mass shootings, according to a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll.
Fifty-six percent of Iowa adults say additional controls won't lead to fewer mass shootings. Forty percent believe stricter controls would reduce them. Four percent aren't sure.
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Poll respondent Joi Schwery, 43, a clinical nurse and paramedic from Panama in western Iowa's Shelby County, said she believes violent people would still find a way to illegally obtain deadly weapons.
"Obviously, the majority of gun owners who obtain them legally are not going around and shooting a lot of people," said Schwery, a political independent and a gun owner who said she has a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
But respondent Al Hartl, 60, an industrial manufacturing worker from Marion, favors tighter restrictions on firearms purchases, although he doesn't believe the move would have a dramatic impact immediately.
"The fact that we have made it easier for you or me or my neighbor to go out and buy an assault rifle has put a larger number of weapons out there," said Hartl, who is a Democrat and said he has a shotgun at home. He explained how he took an online course to obtain a concealed carry permit and had no trouble passing the test.
"I never bought the handgun," Hartl said. "No, I just wanted to see how easy it was. It was crazy easy."
The Iowa Poll comes amid a national debate over gun control that comes on the heels of two high-profile mass shootings: 26 killed at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Nov. 5 and 59 dead and more than 500 injured at a Las Vegas concert on Oct. 1. Earlier mass shootings included 49 killed and 53 injured at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on June 12, 2016.
The poll found that a large majority of men (63 percent) believe that stricter laws on gun purchases won't reduce mass shootings. But women are almost evenly divided, with 49 percent saying stricter controls wouldn't reduce them, while 47 percent say they would.
The poll, conducted by Selzer and Co. of Des Moines, questioned 802 Iowa adults Dec. 3-6 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Views split sharply along party lines. Seventy-nine percent of Republicans say more gun control won't reduce mass shootings, as do 59 percent of independents. Most Democrats stake out the opposite view: 65 percent believe it would help.
Fifty-two percent of seniors age 65 and over believe more gun control would help, but 43 percent do not. It's the only age group where a majority believe more controls would help.
Respondent Dallas Pawletzki, 19, of Arcadia, a political independent who does plumbing work, does not believe more gun control would reduce mass shootings. Tightening up the availability of firearms would simply create more black market sales of guns, he said.
"It will be technically harder to get guns. But it will still happen. And when you ban guns, people will even want them even more," said Pawletzki, who said he has family members who own guns.
Respondent Jackie Anderson, 70, of Fort Dodge, who has eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, favors more restrictions on gun purchases. She said she doesn't understand why people need military-style rifles with large magazines that enable rapid fire, and she fears a return to a Wild West environment for guns.
"I don't think we need those," said Anderson, who retired after 30 years with Sears, Roebuck and Co. and is a political independent. "I am not against guns for hunting or even safety. But I don't think we need those (military-style) rifles. That is what I get upset about."
Sweeping changes in Iowa's gun laws were approved by the Republican-led Iowa Legislature during its 2017 session. The legislation included so-called stand-your-ground provisions, which specifies that a person who is not engaged in illegal activity has no duty to retreat from any place where the person is lawfully present before using force as specified under Iowa law. The legislation also says a person may be wrong in the estimation of the danger or the force necessary to repel the danger as long as there is a reasonable basis for the belief of the person and the person acts reasonably in response to that belief.
In addition, the legislation allows people with permits to carry weapons to possess concealed handguns in the Iowa Capitol. The law also allows children to possess a pistol or revolver while under direct supervision of a parent or guardian who is at least 21 years old. Some other provisions ensure permit-holder confidentiality, add penalties for illegal sales and legalize short-barreled rifles and shotguns.
(Editor's note: This story was updated on Jan. 10, 2018 to clarify changes in Iowa's stand-your-ground law.)
About the poll
The Iowa Poll, conducted December 3-6 for The Des Moines Register and Mediacom by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines, is based on telephone interviews with 802 Iowans ages 18 or older. Interviewers with Quantel Research contacted households with randomly selected landline and cell phone numbers supplied by Survey Sampling International. Interviews were administered in English. Responses were adjusted by age and sex to reflect the general population based on recent census data.
Questions based on the sample of 802 Iowa adults have a maximum margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. This means that if this survey were repeated using the same questions and the same methodology, 19 times out of 20, the findings would not vary from the true population value by more than plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Results based on smaller samples of respondents — such as by gender or age — have a larger margin of error.
Republishing the copyright Iowa Poll without credit to The Des Moines Register and Mediacom is prohibited.


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ARGUMENT WITHOUT END:
In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy
February 9, 2000 at The National Press Club
The 20th century has been the bloodiest in recorded human history. During the century soon to end, 160,000,000 people have been killed in conflicts within nations and between nations across the globe. If we wish to avoid a repetition in the next century of the tragedy of the 20th, the time to start is now. We believe that lessons can be drawn from our past conflicts to advance peace among nations in the 21st century.
To that end, a small group of former policy makers and scholars from the United States have met with their Vietnamese counterparts over the past five years to revisit decision-making during the Vietnam War. The goal has been to draw lessons from the war and to propose systemic and policy changes to avoid similar tragedies in the future.
The result of this effort has been a new book, Argument Without End, co-authored by former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Robert K. Brigham, Associate Professor of History and Director, International Studies Program at Vassar College, and James G. Blight, Professor of International Relations at the Thomas J. Watson Institute of International Studies at Brown University.
In the past few months, Secretary McNamara with Professors Brigham and Blight have begun work on a series of essays and another monograph examining conflict and peace in the 21st century. Specifically, the second phase of the Vietnam War Critical Oral History Project examines the peace process and lessons that can be drawn from its failures.
On Wednesday, February 9th, Vassar College will host an evening with former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara for alumnae/i, parents and friends in the Washington, D.C. area. During their program in Washington, DC, Secretary McNamara, Professor Brigham and Professor Blight will discuss the lessons learned from the Vietnam conflict and their implications for peace in the next millennium. This project is sponsored by Brown University, the Rockefeller Foundation and Vassar College.


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PGA TOUR RBC Canadian Open
Wayne Levi's season to remember
Wayne Levi (Stephen Dunn/ Getty Images)
Inside the ropes of the 1990 PGA TOUR, no one performed better than Wayne Levi.
Sure Greg Norman put a few more dollars in his bank account. The Australian finished first on the money list with $1.17-million to Levi's $1.02-million. Sure Nick Faldo won both the Masters and British Open in 1990.
But nobody won four times like Levi did in his season to remember. That's why when the time arrived for his peers to vote they named Levi the the tour's player of the year.
"It's just been an incredible year," said Levi after he was presented with the award. "I'd never thought I'd have this kind of a year. I never thought I'd win as many tournaments as I have, have the success I've had."
The golfer from Little Falls, N.Y., then 38, put an exclamation point on his season when he won the 1990 Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Club in mid-September with a 10-under total for a one-stroke victory over Ian Baker-Finch and Jim Woodward.
Levi jumped out to the 36-hole lead with back-to-back rounds of 68. The second round was more impressive because of the nasty winds and thunderstorms that interrupted play, and Levi joked afterwards that he didn't want too late of a tee time on Sunday afternoon because he wanted to watch his beloved New York Giants play against the rival Dallas Cowboys.
About the same time the Giants, who would win the Super Bowl a few months later, put the finishing touches on the Cowboys in Dallas for a 28-7 win, Levi holed his title-clinching putt on the 18th green.
"To win four in a year, that's the sort of thing you think of Jack Nicklaus or Tom Watson doing back in the 1970s," said Baker-Finch, who would go on to win the British Open 10 months later.
Despite his outstanding start at Glen Abbey, Levi checked in with a third-round 72 to trail 54-hole leader Buddy Gardner by three shots. But Gardner faded early on the final day with a double-bogey at No. 6. Meanwhile, Levi notched birdies at Nos. 8, 12 and 13 to take the lead for good.
He added a birdie at the par-5 16th, but bogey No. 17 to make the closing hole tense for his two-putt par.
"I always wondered what it would be like to be a national champion, what it would be like to be a celebrity as the No. 1 golfer in Canada or Poland or Romania. I'll put this on my resume," the colourful Levi said afterwards.
The knock on him was Levi simply didn't practice enough. Rather than practice when he returned to his upstate New York home in between events, he enjoyed spending time with his wife Judy, daughters Michelle, Lauren and Chris as well as son Brian.
What spare time he had left after his family was divided between his hobby as a stock market speculator and his Giants.
"Some guys hunt and fish. I follow the stock market," said Levi, who visited the Toronto Stock Exchange floor when he returned to the area the following spring to promote the 1991 Canadian Open.
There were no signs that Levi was about to enjoy a breakout year in 1990. He had not contended in any majors throughout his career and hadn't won since the Atlanta Classic in June 1985.
Prior to his first win in 1990 in May, Levi had missed the cut in 6 of his previous 11 events. So he visited his long-time friend and instructor Rick Christie in Tampa Bay. He changed putters and made an adjustment to his setup.
Poof, Levi piled up wins at Atlanta, the Western Open in Chicago, Hartford and at Glen Abbey in four months.
"It was something I didn't expect, but I also wasn't surprised," Levi said.
The win at Glen Abbey was his final career victory on the PGA Tour. But his impressive play put him on the U.S. Ryder Cup team a year later and on the 1991 U.S. World Cup team with Joey Sindelar.
He did win twice on the Champions Tour in 2003 and 2004. But again, joked that he never planned to play with the 50-and-over set until the stock market tailspin in the late 1990s and he lost "millions."
"I never wanted to play out here," Levi said about the Champions Tour. "But I've got a family to take care of, so here I am."
He certainly took care of things at Glen Abbey 25 years ago.


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Q: Grouping same values in one column I am new to pandas. I am having columns payment1 payment2,payment3,payment4,payment5,payment6 total 6 columns in data frame .now these columns contains value 5(credit card)  and 10(cash).based on this input I want to create new columns payment(credit) in which all 5 comes in one columns and all 10 comes in another column payment(cash)
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 'payment3': ['', '', 10, '', 10, 10, '', 10, '', ''],
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I've been pondering Christmas. What is Christmas about? Not the holiday that we celebrate currently, but the birth of a man that would have an impact on the world forever — the birth of Jesus. No matter what your beliefs are, the life of this one man has impacted the world since his birth.
I can't help but think about Mary and the feelings she must have experienced. She could have been killed for being an unwed mother. She knew who she was carrying, but she was human, as well. She watched her belly grow, felt him kick, and I'm sure she was anxious and excited to see him come into this world. I suppose her body went through all the changes that moms experience. She may have had some heartburn, swollen feet, the uncomfortable nights with little sleep near the end of her term.
This would be her first-born baby boy. To hold God's son in her arms and know that she would have to give him up one day must have made her heart fill with emotion. When she watched him hang on the cross at the end of his life, did she wonder if carrying him into this world was worth all the pain? How do you still love after watching your son be beaten and hung on a cross by your own people?
Then there was Joseph. He knew who Mary was carrying, too. He would be there as Mary gave birth in a stable. He was going to raise this boy. He would teach Jesus everything he knows. He was willing to let him go teach the world about his heavenly father. What a concept.
What love these two must have had for each other and for their son. What faith they must have had in him. Can you imagine the love they shared?
Whether you are a follower of Jesus or not, what better words could we live by? What if we didn't work so hard to change people but loved them right where they are? Could your love be what they need? What if that was enough? What if we didn't worry if someone is worthy of our help, but if we were happy that we helped them in that moment?
That is truly Christmas. Christmas is about love and a celebration of hope for our future. Please spread some love to others in these few days before Christmas.


Lisbon-based design, architecture and creativity biennale, ExperimentaDesign, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009.
The Timeless exhibition at the Museu do Oriente featured work in sections corresponding to the countries that took up the challenge – India, Portugal, South Africa and the United Kingdom – framed by the input of the respective curators. Each country's participation was distinct but jointly addressed the challenges facing contemporary society, with the issue of sustainability taking precedence and the current economic and environmental situation framing the scenario. Countries all articulated a fervent desire to distinguish and promote national identity through design.
India concentrated on its master crafts and low-tech manufacturing, producing ultra-modern luxury items for global markets by applying long-standing traditional techniques to delicate textures. Delving deeper into these designs, a noble wish to rejuvenate these traditional crafts in remote parts of the country is revealed. This is the context within which designers Gunjan Gupta and Ayush Kasliwal engage with artisans in ethical collaborations to restore skill, respect and livelihood to the handmade through excellence in manufacture and aesthetic.
In turn, South Africa's creative community tackled the country's socio-economic issues, primarily concerning housing, HIV and access to water. In a noteworthy representation of uncomplicated products and projects, designers raised awareness and provided solutions to domestic problems that make good case studies for any developing economy in the world. The work on show was a selection from the SOUTH exhibition that launched at Design Indaba Expo 2009.
In contrast, the Portuguese collection reflected on consumerism, questioning whether the economic and social "added value" is and would be the only "timeless" feature in the design process. The result was a collection of designs that symbolised national loyalty. For instance, Berlin-based Portuguese designer Albio Nascimento simplifies processes to develop mass-produced items of traditional Portuguese objects, creating affordable and accessible serial products.
Going beyond the gallery, the British contribution to Timeless explored and expressed the idea of "place" within "time" through a series of commissions that are specific responses to the city of Lisbon's resources, identity and location. Six designers merged their practices with local skills and vernacular. Resident engagement in various Lisbon communities was encouraged resulting in an interesting presentation of the relationship between creator, object and user. In a move to avoid making new things and turning away from the new, the pieces take a fresh look at the past.


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In The Battle Of New Atlantic City Casinos, Hard Rock Storms Out To An Early Lead
By Robert DellaFave on Aug 14, 2018 Brick & Mortar Casino Online Casino
Paper may cover rock, but Hard Rock crushes Ocean. Or at least that's the story so far in Atlantic City, where during the two new casinos first full month of operation, Hard Rock outperformed Ocean Resort Casino by a nearly two-to-one margin.
Topline numbers
It was a breakthrough month for Atlantic City, which thanks in large part to its recent expansion, had its best month since way back in 2010. Casino revenue clocked in at $272,321,372, representing a 10.13% uptick over last year.
Factor in a record breaking month for NJ online gambling, which brought in $25,897,517, and an additional $1,617,384 from AC sports betting, and Atlantic City came up just shy of reaching $300 million for July ($299.8). All told, Atlantic City gaming revenue was up 11.94%, also helped along by a mid-week holiday.
Hard Rock vs. Ocean
Looking at the numbers, there is little doubt which new Atlantic City property is having the better time. In its first full month open to the public, Hard Rock raked in $32,386,465 in casino revenue, good for second place among the city's nine casinos.
As for Ocean Resort, in a performance reminiscent of its predecessor — the now defunct Revel — it only generated $15,810,473 in casino win, good for dead last. Toss in sports betting revenue and the picture becomes a bit rosier, as Ocean newly-minted book brought in $1,036,766 in sports wagering revenue, but the combined $16,847,239 in land-based win was still less that what next-to-last Resorts AC (which won't open a live sportsbook until this week) pulled in, at $17,485,495.
On the online front
On paper, it looks that Hard Rock's online gambling venture also got off to the stronger start, procuring $329,650 in revenue vs. $249,805 for Ocean. However, it's worth noting that Hard Rock Online Casino was in operation for the entire month of July, while Ocean Online Casino only went live about 10 days into the month.
After this consideration, it was Ocean that fared nominally better online, with its performance presumably driven by its industry best (though flawed) $125 no-deposit bonus, and $10,000 first deposit bonus for new players.
That said, both new online casino sites barely made a dent in overall online casino revenue, which clocked in at just over $24 million.
Cannibalization be thy name
On a somewhat down note, it's pretty clear that at least a portion of new casino revenue came at the expense of old staples of the Boardwalk and the Marina District. Despite July 4 falling on a Wednesday, adding a mid-week holiday to the mix, revenue was down for all seven Atlantic City casinos that were in business this time last year.
Some casinos, like Harrah's experienced sharp drop-offs, with revenue dipping 14.14% year-over-year. Even industry leading Borgata wasn't immune to the cannibalization impact, as revenue dipped from $76,340,889 in July 2017 to $71,124,138 last month, a 6.83% loss.
Full comparison as follows:
July 2017 Casino Win
Y/Y Change
Bally's $22,826,442 $20,558,403 -9.94%
Borgata $76,340,889 $71,124,138 -6.83%
Caesars $32,740,178 $29,357,728 -10.33%
Golden Nugget $20,800,487 $20,105,343 -3.34%
Harrah's $36,613,337 $31,435,241 -14.14%
Resorts $20,445,557 $17,845,495 -12.72%
Tropicana $37,500,252 $33,698,086 -10.14%
Hard Rock N/A $32,386,465 N/A
Ocean N/A $15,810,473 N/A
Good news is, that at least not all of Hard Rock's and Ocean's casino revenue was cannibalized, as combined the duo brought in $48,196,938, versus a combined loss of $23,142,708 for the city's seven other brick & mortar casino venues.
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It is here that Joao incorporates more than 30 spirit guides who minister to the multitudes who come in search of a cure. Many of the spirit guides that Joao channels were physicians, theologians, and notable figures in their lifetimes. One by one, each person's energy field is scanned by the spirit guide, who sees what you need and then treats you accordingly.
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An Evil Plan Revealed: is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a Created Socialist Plant?
President Reagan warned clearly and on multiple occasions that the Socialist/Marxist long-term stealth agenda is to transform America from a constitutional republic into a top-down, centrally controlled, socialist government. Not anywhere near content to introduce a merely liberal agenda, the stealth agenda deliberately being introduced, and even enacted, is the long awaited plan to collapse the United States as a Constitutional Republic where We The People have been ordained to be the caretakers of this Republic, and making us into a Marxist blueprint the likes followed by Venezuela, Cuba, and every communist country that proudly touts socialism as a pure model of efficient government and pleasure for all citizens. Adding to this diabolical scheme is the growing evidence of so-called conservatives who merely provide lip service as a means of confronting such evil, but even then evidence grows showing a lack of assertively confronting this evil scheme. The dark plans of the Socialist/Marxist contingency influencing the American political landscape today is morphing to include one and all who oppose American values, our heritage, and our principles. Bringing the anti-American contingencies under one tent gives instant strength to the diabolical campaign to collapse this gift of a Republic given to us by our Forefathers.
Never have we been as close to losing this great Nation, this experiment of government we were handed in 1776, as we are today. The secret and sophisticated plans by those who detest America continue to evolve into reality. I have brought to you the below youtube presentation as an example of what is taking place right in front of the American People, but without the American People so much as rising up and shouting, "ENOUGH!!" Clearly too few conservatives in elected office are saying such, but still the American People who awaken to the reality of what is transpiring before them. Failure to stand and push back will only prove what President Reagan boldly claimed, and I quoted above. Excuse after excuse for not acting, for not knowing how to act or respond will only get you so far. What is planned by those who detest America is the subjugation of American citizens into the new Marxist World-Order, no national sovereignties, freedoms only extended by the state, removal of national heritage (history and culture), slaves to the state where only the leadership of the state prosper; all else work to provide for the elite's prosperity. The plans to implement this heinous treason is well underway by placing into elected office those who are chosen to accomplish this Marxist plan. See for yourself by reviewing the presentation I have made available below. Then sincerely ask, what you will do to see that this evil plan does not become fully operational?


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By Lij Teodrose Fikremariam on January 15, 2018
On this day we celebrate a man who was assassinated not by one man but by a system that won't tolerate those who speak for justice, the theme of the day shall me #TruthPrevails. There is a reason I inserted the article I wrote about Martin Luther King and Malcolm X as part of the independent media roundup below. I wanted to write another article about Martin Luther King, but sometimes what is already written is enough.
One additional programming note before we transition to the Daily Ghion Water. One of the challenges of being a small (like really small) independent media outlets is bandwidth. Whereas corporate newstertainment outlets like MSNBC and Washington Post have thousands on their payroll and endless millions to spend on running an organization, we are a band of a few writers and hopeful dreamers. As such, once in a while our regular "This Week's Recap of Corporate Media Bullcrap" is delayed by a few days.
Such was the case this weekend, but don't fret, the weekly segment will be published today but with a small twist. It will be titled "This Week's Precap of Corporate Media Bullcrap"–because corporate bunk is so predictable–and the "hackery honors" are a neoliberal and a hack who peddles her one sided drivel at MSNBC. Now, without further ado, let us pivot to the Daily Ghion Water.
Because Truth Trumps Petulance
But, far to the north, was a shithole country ruled by a former B-list movie actor who had starred in "Bedtime for Bonzo" and who was in the early stages of dementia. This shithole country, which saw the world in black and white, communist and capitalist, was determined to thwart the aspirations of the poor and the landless. It would not permit the profits of its companies, such as United Fruit, or the power of the pliant oligarch class that did its bidding in El Salvador, to be impeded. It had disdain for the aspirations of the poor, especially the poor of Latin American or Africa, the wretched of the earth, as writer Frantz Fanon called them, people who in the eyes of those who ruled the shithole country should toil in misery all their lives for the oligarchs and the big American companies allied with them. Let the poor, brown and black people go hungry, watch their children die of sickness or be murdered. Power and wealth, those who ruled this shithole country believed, was theirs by divine right. They, as the lords of shithole-dom, were endowed with special attributes. God blessed shithole countries. [from Truthdig]
Serfs Up!
Labour-coercion institutions – serfdom and slavery – have profoundly affected many economies through the centuries. Serfdom obliged rural people to do forced labour for landlords, who also regulated their mobility, demographic behaviour, and market participation. Serfdom prevailed in most European economies from roughly 800 AD onwards, weakening between 1300 and 1500 in the west of the continent but surviving and intensifying in most of the centre and east. This development is known as the 'second serfdom'. In many serf economies, a large percentage of rural families had to perform forced labour. [from Naked Capitalism]
#TruthPrevails
But my friends, if you believe that Martin Luther King was killed by a lone assassin and you don't see how his death was tied to the endless ways our own government was harassing King until his death, then I have a vintage 1812 Ford Mustang to sell you. To say that Martin Luther King was being harassed is an understatement; the Federal Bureau of Investigations, led by the self-hating sociopath J. Edgar Hoover, unleashed psychological warfare on Martin Luther King in ways that were so pervasive that Martin Luther King having breakdowns on several occasions. The FBI not only targeted King, they targeted his entire family because he had the audacity to speak out for justice. [from Ghion Journal]
Because Slavery Just Morphed
Florida prisoners work both inside the prisons — doing laundry, cooking, maintaining the facilities, and growing food — and on outside "community work squads." According to the corrections department, in 2017 the latter group alone performed 3.15 million hours of work valued at more than $38 million statewide, including cleanup work after Hurricane Irma. "Our goal is to make the governor realize that it will cost the state of Florida millions of dollars daily to contract outside companies to come and cook, clean, and handle the maintenance," the prisoners wrote in their statement. "This will cause a total BREAK DOWN." [from the Intercept]
Because Philanthropy is a Racket
Why have so many foreign governments contributed large sums to the Clinton Foundation, while not seeming to care about obvious defects in the public record? And why did it take so long for the IRS to spot many obvious red flags in Clinton Foundation filings? President Donald Trump will soon attend the World Economic Forum at Davos, along with representatives of advocates for unregulated "globalism," many of whom benefit from loosely controlled charities that are in fact slush funds for the rich and powerful. [from Zero Hedge]
Because God Baffles Your Mind Sometimes
The Dry Law goes into effect in the United States. Selling liquor and beer becomes illegal. Further proof that legislating morality doesn't work and only furthers corruption. The change, you see, is within the heart not demanded by Congress.
"No, no, we are not satisfied and will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Sustainability body IEMA has criticised chancellor Rishi Sunak's decision to cut the UK's overseas aid budget after making the announcement in his spending review earlier this week.
Sunak revealed on Wednesday that the overseas aid budget would be slashed from 0.7% to 0.5% of gross national income, and used the COVID-19 pandemic to justify the decision.
However, IEMA's director of policy and external affairs, Martin Baxter, criticised the timing of the announcement, and highlighted how poorer nations need support building resilience to climate change more than ever.
"At a time when the government seeks to claim world leadership on green issues ahead of COP26, it is short-sighted to slash the overseas aid budget," he explained.
"The UK should be putting the development of climate resilience and mitigation at the heart of its overseas aid programme, not least as this is a fundamental requirement of tackling poverty."
Sunak also unveiled £100bn of capital expenditure for next year under a new National Infrastructure Strategy, £19bn of which is earmarked for transport, including £1.7bn for road maintenance and upgrades.
He said that the strategy would support hundreds of thousands of jobs, and provide investments in clean energy sources and the green economy by delivering against the prime minister's ten-point plan for climate change.
However, Baxter warned that the infrastructure investment could jeopardise the UK's climate targets if funding is not directed to appropriate projects.
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In 2020, the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie (ENSP) hosted Enrique Ramírez as resident artist. Ramírez' installations blur the lines between video, photography, text, music, and objects. In his work, the sea is the ultimate site of instability: it is a domain of memory in perpetual motion, a space onto which narratives are projected,
new release / Fernweh
Fernweh / Travelling passion Enrique Ramírez invites us to a sonorous journey, to see sounds and listen to images. This album is a compilation of 5 places I have lived in the last 2 years, it is composed of Magical electronic landscapes with modular synthesizers and field recordings, it is a map of the landscape and
Liminal Encounters at Memphis
Exhibition4/11/2020 — 23/2/2021 Julie Chaffort, Camille Holowka, Andrea Lüth, Enrique Ramírez, Thomas Wattebled We are right in the middle. In the middle of a global pandemic. In the middle of a climate crisis and biodiversity loss. In the middle of collective identity crises. In the midst of a transformation of political, social and cultural constellations, we
La nature des choses
La nature des choses Exposition visible jour et nuit du 6 février au 2 mai 2021 4 rue des Prêtres-Saint-Séverin, Paris 5e. M° Cluny-la-Sorbonne, Saint-Michel. Le point de vue de la commissaire Depuis toujours, Enrique Ramírez entretient une relation forte à la nature et plus particulièrement au monde de la mer. Cela se traduit dans ses œuvres par la présence d'éléments
Enrique Ramírez's work combines video, photography, installations and poetic narratives. Ramírez appreciates stories within stories, fictions straddling countries and epochs, the mirages between dream and reality. This Chilean artist, who lives and works between Chile and France, often uses image and sound to construct a profusion of intrigues and to occupy the equilibrium between the poetic and the political. His imaginary worlds are attached to one obsessional element—his thinking starts with the sea, a space for memory in perpetual movement, a space for narrative projections where the fate of Chile intersects with grand narratives of voyage, conquest and migratory flows. His liquid images speak of the sparkle of a truth in permanent flight, the backwash of history, always repeating and never the same.
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All Hope Lost in Brand New Story Arc In ONCE & FUTURE #19
All Hope Lost in Brand New Story Arc In ONCE & FUTURE #19.
Discover an Otherworldly Britain Under King Arthur's Terrible Rule in August 2021.
ONCE & FUTURE #19 first look revealed by Boom! Studios, the launch of a new story arc in the critically acclaimed series from New York Times bestselling writer Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Star Wars), Russ Manning Award-winning artist Dan Mora (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Klaus), colorist Tamra Bonvillain (Captain Marvel), and letterer Ed Dukeshire (The Red Mother), about retired monster hunter Bridgette McGuire, her unsuspecting grandson Duncan, and their intrepid ally Rose who protect their nation from legends and myths risen from the grave to battle for dominion over the land, available in August 2021.
With all of Britain dragged into the Otherworld, every living soul is in peril under Arthur's supreme triumph. Bridgette, Duncan and Rose wonder… can anyone survive? But there is an expected complication. Arthur's victory is incomplete, as a most unexpected foe rises up against him…
ONCE & FUTURE #19 features a main cover by series artist Mora and variant cover by fan-favorite artist Christian Ward (We Only Find Them When They're Dead).
ONCE & FUTURE is the newest release from BOOM! Studios' eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; We Only Find Them When They're Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo; Seven Secrets by Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera; Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; Abbott by Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä; The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; Proctor Valley Road by Grant Morrison, Alex Child, and Naomi Franquiz; and Eve by Victor LaValle and Jo Mi-Gyeong. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties including Dune: House Atreides from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Dev Pramanik; Mighty Morphin and Power Rangers from Ryan Parrott, Marco Renna, and Francesco Mortarino; and Magic from Jed MacKay and Ig Guara.
Print copies of ONCE & FUTURE #19 will be available for sale on August 25, 2021 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.
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Second Annual Conference on Federalism and Energy
Thursday, November 14 - Friday, November 15, 2013
Agenda (pdf)
The Second Annual Searle Center Conference on Federalism and Energy in the United States is organized by David A. Dana, Kirkland & Ellis Chair, Northwestern University School of Law.
The conference is co-sponsored by the Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern University (ISEN).
Papers and Background Materials
Session One-Clean Air Act, Greenhouse Gasses, and Cooperative Federalism
Power Sector Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Michigan, World Resources Institute
Power Sector Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Ohio, World Resources Institute
Power Sector Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Appendix A: Detailed Overview of Methods), World Resources Institute
State of Kentucky Report regarding the recommended structure for carbon controls for existing power plants
Submitted by David R. Wooley, Keyes, Fox & Wiedman LLP, Distributed Generation & Renewable Energy Law
Presidential Memorandum - Power Sector Carbon Pollution Standards
The President's Climate Action Plan
Executive Order - Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change (issued November 1, 2013)
Closing the Power Plant Carbon Pollution Loophole: Smart Ways the Clean Air Act Can Clean Up America's Biggest Climate Polluters
Who Pays for Climate Change?
Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA (panel decision statement)
Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA (en banc denial statement)
Session Two-Federalism Issues In Electricity Production, Transmission, and Distribution
"The Evolution of the Market for Wholesale Power"
Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Professor of Law
R. Andrew Butters, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
"Takings and Transmission"
Alexandra B. Klass, University of Minnesota Law School
"Smart Grid Federalism: The Search For Appropriate Models"
Joel B. Eisen, Professor of Law, Austin Owen Research Fellow, University of Richmond School of Law
Session Three-Federalism and the Rise of Natural Gas
"Fixing the Information Deficit in Federalism"
Hannah Wiseman, Florida State University, College of Law
"The Shale Oil and Gas Revolution, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Water Contamination: A Regulatory Strategy"
Thomas W. Merrill, Columbia Law School
David Schizer, Columbia Law School
"Four Questions About Fracking"
"Policy Diffusion and the (Re)Federalization of Fracking Regulation"
Michael Burger, Roger Williams University School of Law
Capturing the Price of Opposition (presentation slides)
Joel F. Zipp, Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight
Session Four-The Dormant Commerce Clause and Preemption As Limits on State Regulatory Innovation: California's Cap-and-Trade and Low-Carbon Standard Experiments
S. Ferrey, "Threading the Constitutional Needle with Care," 7 University of Texas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy Law 59 (2012)
First Annual Conference on Federalism and Energy
Thursday, March 1 - Friday, March 2, 2012
Agenda | Conference Photos
The Searle Center Conference on Federalism and Energy in the United States is organized by David A. Dana, Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs: Faculty & Research.
This conference is co-sponsored by the Initiative for Sustainability and Energry at Northwestern University.
Session One: Electricity Grid, Transmission Siting, and Federalism
"Restructuring a Green Grid: Legal Challenges to Accommodate New Renewable Energy Infrastructure" (Background Paper submitted by Hari Osofsky)
Steven Ferrey, Suffolk University Law School
Session Two: Competition in Pricing and Delivery and Federalism
"Promoting Innovation in the Electricity Industry" (Background Paper submitted by Lynne Kiesling)
Lynne Kiesling, Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Economics Department, Northwestern University
"The Knowledge Problem, Learning, and Regulation: How Regulation Affects Technological Change in the Electric Power Industry" (Background Paper submitted by Lynne Kiesling)
Session Three: Hydro-Fracturing, State Regulation and the Federal Role
"American Law and Jurisprudence on Fracing-2012" (Background Paper submitted by Chris Kulander)
Chris S. Kulander, Assistant Professor of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law
"State and Local Regulation of Shale Oil and Gas Development: Adaptation, Experimentation, or Chaos?" (Background Paper submitted by Hannah Wiseman)
Hannah Wiseman, Assistant Professor, Florida State University College of Law
"Unblocking Cooperative Energy Governance"
Garrick B. Pursley, Assistant Professor of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law
"Federalism, Regulatory Lags, and Energy Production"
David B. Spence, Associate Professor, Law, Politics & Regulation and Co-Director, Energy Management & Innovation Center, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
Session Four: Preemption, Federalism, and Climate Change
"A Multi-Dimensional Framework for Reallocating Government Authority in Response to Regulatory Stress: The Climate Change Adaptation Example" (Background Paper submitted by Robert Glicksman)
Robert L. Glicksman, J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, The George Washington University Law School
"Interstate Transmission Challenges for Renewable Energy: A Federalism Mismatch"
Alexandra B. Klass, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Solly Robins Distinguished Research Fellow, University of Minnesota Law School
For more information regarding this conference or other initiatives of the Searle Center, please call (312) 503-1811 or send an email to searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu.


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#ifndef VRPNCLIENT_H
#define VRPNCLIENT_H

#include "pandabase.h"
#include "clientBase.h"

#include "vrpn_interface.h"

class VrpnTracker;
class VrpnTrackerDevice;
class VrpnButton;
class VrpnButtonDevice;
class VrpnAnalog;
class VrpnAnalogDevice;
class VrpnDial;
class VrpnDialDevice;

/**
 * A specific ClientBase that connects to a VRPN server and records
 * information on the connected VRPN devices.
 */
class EXPCL_VRPN VrpnClient : public ClientBase {
PUBLISHED:
  explicit VrpnClient(const std::string &server_name);
  ~VrpnClient();

  INLINE const std::string &get_server_name() const;
  INLINE bool is_valid() const;
  INLINE bool is_connected() const;

  void write(std::ostream &out, int indent_level = 0) const;

public:
  INLINE static double convert_to_secs(struct timeval msg_time);

protected:
  virtual PT(ClientDevice) make_device(TypeHandle device_type,
                                       const std::string &device_name);

  virtual bool disconnect_device(TypeHandle device_type,
                                 const std::string &device_name,
                                 ClientDevice *device);

  virtual void do_poll();

private:
  PT(ClientDevice) make_tracker_device(const std::string &device_name);
  PT(ClientDevice) make_button_device(const std::string &device_name);
  PT(ClientDevice) make_analog_device(const std::string &device_name);
  PT(ClientDevice) make_dial_device(const std::string &device_name);
  void disconnect_tracker_device(VrpnTrackerDevice *device);
  void disconnect_button_device(VrpnButtonDevice *device);
  void disconnect_analog_device(VrpnAnalogDevice *device);
  void disconnect_dial_device(VrpnDialDevice *device);

  VrpnTracker *get_tracker(const std::string &tracker_name);
  void free_tracker(VrpnTracker *vrpn_tracker);

  VrpnButton *get_button(const std::string &button_name);
  void free_button(VrpnButton *vrpn_button);

  VrpnAnalog *get_analog(const std::string &analog_name);
  void free_analog(VrpnAnalog *vrpn_analog);

  VrpnDial *get_dial(const std::string &dial_name);
  void free_dial(VrpnDial *vrpn_dial);

private:
  std::string _server_name;
  vrpn_Connection *_connection;

  typedef pmap<std::string, VrpnTracker *> Trackers;
  typedef pmap<std::string, VrpnButton *> Buttons;
  typedef pmap<std::string, VrpnAnalog *> Analogs;
  typedef pmap<std::string, VrpnDial *> Dials;

  Trackers _trackers;
  Buttons _buttons;
  Analogs _analogs;
  Dials _dials;

public:
  static TypeHandle get_class_type() {
    return _type_handle;
  }
  static void init_type() {
    ClientBase::init_type();
    register_type(_type_handle, "VrpnClient",
                  ClientBase::get_class_type());
  }
  virtual TypeHandle get_type() const {
    return get_class_type();
  }
  virtual TypeHandle force_init_type() {init_type(); return get_class_type();}

private:
  static TypeHandle _type_handle;
};

#include "vrpnClient.I"

#endif

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Well, they say it's takes a big man to admit a mistake and apologize.
Earlier this week, David Crosby was on the Howard Stern Show and apologized for comments about Neil Young's girlfriend Daryl Hannah.
"I was completely out of line," he said. "I have screwed up massively. Daryl Hannah never wound up in a Texas prison. I'm screwed up way worse than that girl. Where do I get off criticizing her? She's making Neil happy. I love Neil and I want him happy."
Crosby said he believed the comments were off the record, but added, "That's neither here nor there." "Daryl, if you're out there, I apologize. Where do I get off criticizing you? There are people I can criticize: politicians, pond scum. Not other artists that have gone through a hard life, same as me. She hasn't had it easy either."
Stern said he thought that Crosby made the comments out of love for his bandmate, and Crosby agreed. "I was worried that he was going to be taken advantage of," he said. "But the truth is that's not my place to judge. That's the bottom line. It's not my place to judge other human beings like that. That was judgmental and stupid and careless and I regret it a lot."
Crosby said that he did call Young shortly after the comments surfaced. "He wanted me to print a retraction," he said. "I said, 'I don't know about that.' The first thing that I did was apologize right away. I said, 'Neil, I shouldn't have shot my mouth off. I'm sorry.'" He went on to say that he never spoke directly to Hannah. "But I'm doing that right now," Crosby said. "Daryl, I apologize. I was wrong. I have no place to stand to do that. I have no right. I haven't earned that right. I'm the guy that wound up in prison, not her."
Meanwhile, it appears that is exactly what Ms. Pegi Young is doing -- carrying on.


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Carry Your Sister or Brother
When my son was in the NICU, friends organized a holy hour and Mass to pray for his healing. The priest preached that they—himself and the gathered community—would have to pray for my family and me; they would have to believe and trust and hope for us; they would have to carry us. He said that there would be times when we would not have the strength to do those things for ourselves and so we would need them to do it for us.
He was right. We did need them, and they were true to us and carried us through many difficulties. Over weeks and months and some of the most difficult hours of our lives, our loved ones carried us. Their prayers and their faith in action filled our gaps.
Likewise, in today's Gospel it wasn't the faith of the man on the stretcher that brought him forgiveness, it was the faith of his friends. Furthermore, the man was not healed of his paralysis because of their faith or his but in order to convince the hearts of those who lacked faith. All the blessings that fell upon that man came because of his community.
Friendship. Community. Sisterhood. Your tribe. Whatever you want to call it, surrounding ourselves with peers who are like-minded is important. The people who will believe so hard and love so big that they will break down walls for you—pray for them, find them, love them hard, thank God for them, and be one yourself. Be ready, too, to be used by God as a way of reaching those in your community who need to be loved, to have their hearts softened, or to have their prayers and doubts answered.
Sometimes we will be the man on the mat; sometimes we will be one of the friends carrying the mat; sometimes we will be the ones standing in the back with doubts in our hearts. Whatever the season of life may be, may God grant us the grace to be open to His will, His mercy, and His miracles.
Find the people who will love so big that they'll break down walls for you. // @BonnieEngstromClick to tweet Twitter
Are you the one in need of healing or the one who's helping today? Pray for strength to know which one you are and embrace that place, asking God for deeper faith.
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Smith-Carolina serves North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, and Tennessee. The plant's location in Reidsville is a prime location, situated between Greensboro, Raleigh, and Charlotte (three heavily populated cities). The company provides its services to a diversified market base, including Military, Construction, Public Works, Agriculture, DOTs, Parks & Recreation, and Security.
Smith-Carolina has long term established sources available to provide fast and accurate drafting and engineering as needed for any sized projects. In addition to a delivery truck, SCC has reliable trucking sources to service any jobsite needs. The Company is capable of making a diverse range of products, servicing a broad range of contractors and owners.
Smith-Carolina focuses on specialized custom jobs. There is no limit to the type of project they are able to take on because of their diverse staff, with diverse backgrounds.
Smith-Carolina excels at fine detail work, such as cap stones, sills, lintels, and other architectural products. Their excellence is based on a thorough understanding of precast concrete technology backed by the skills, facilities and experience necessary to produce quality precast products. Production integrity begins with detailed designs and is implemented with quality materials, precision molds, and extra care in finishing and handling.
Smith-Carolina believes in the value of service. The company's customer base is composed primarily of repeat business, because contractors know they are versatile and flexible in terms of the type of project. SCC works closely with customer to get the job done right and on time.
Currently, overall capabilities for Smith-Carolina Corporation can reach $3 million a year. The production facilities are able to produce 35 cubic yards of precast in a given day, including grey and colored concretes.


A large group of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) have been spotted in Canadian Pacific waters - the first confirmed occurrence of the species in this area. The sighting is reported in a study published in the open access journal Marine Biodiversity Records.
On 29 July 2017, researchers from Halpin Wildlife Research, in collaboration with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada and the Department of Environment and Climate Change, Canada, observed a group of approximately 200 common bottlenose dolphins and roughly 70 false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens). The sighting occurred off the west coast of northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and may be the northern most recording for this species in the eastern North Pacific.
Both common bottlenose dolphins and false killer whales typically live in warm temperate waters further south in the eastern North Pacific, but this sighting suggests that they will naturally range into British Columbia, Canada when conditions are suitable. There has been a warming trend in eastern North Pacific waters from 2013-2016 and the authors hypothesize that the trend may be the reason behind this unusual sighting.
Halpin et al. Marine Biodiversity Records 2018.
2. Marine Biodiversity Records is published for The Marine Biological Association, a world-leading marine biological research institute, which has a mission to promote scientific research into all aspects of life in the sea and to disseminate to the public the knowledge gained.


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Joey and Ella
When a baby kangaroo gets accidentally swept up in a jewelry heist, she becomes separated from her mother for the first time in her young life. Alone and frightened, a worldly teenage girl Ella, who also knows the pain of losing her mother, discovers her and nurses Joey back to health. However, when Joey is falsely implicated in the robbery, Ella has to work quickly to reunite her with her mother before shes either captured by the bumbling jewel thieves or taken into custody by a determined detective hot on their trail.
Genres: Family, Adventure, Comedy
Actor: Angela Tran, Ashton Leigh, Avalon Howard, Britt Allen, Brooks Ryan, Sabreena Iman, Luke Wyckoff, David Fletcher-Hall, Jude Manley, Ari Rene', Diane Worman
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Finding Nemo (2003)
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome
The Fifth Element (1997)
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 18th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped,
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davy Jones to avoid eternal damnation.
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful
Billy Elliot (2000)
Set against the background of the 1984 Miners' Strike, 11-year-old Billy Elliot stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter
Mars Attacks! (1996)
'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor.


On June 2, Dr. Bailie joined researchers and practitioners from diverse sectors at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Resilience Roundtable: Taking Action to Build Stronger Communities, to develop a shared agenda to advance the field of resilience science, which looks at how individuals and communities can adapt to hardship and trauma.
Dr. Bailie believes IIRP projects, such as Toward a Restorative City: Focus on Schools and Sustainability for the City of Detroit, offer a promise for helping communities build strength from within. The roundtable was convened by RWJF and RAND Corporation to help guide future funding strategies for research and practice.
June 20-21, Dr. Bailie participated with university presidents and prominent thought leaders to discuss critical issues facing the future of higher education, such as diversity, sexual assault on campus and free speech, at The New York Times Higher Education Leaders Forum. He saw excitement about the potential of restorative practices to provide a valuable approach to these concerns.
And in May, Dr. Bailie teamed up with fellow restorative practices expert Nancy Riestenberg, school climate specialist for the Minnesota Department of Education, for a national conference call of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (OCR).
Dr. Bailie and Riestenberg discussed restorative practices and answered questions with representative of OCR offices in Chicago, Kansas City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Denver, Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, Cleveland, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and New York.
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Chic enough for the slopes and cool enough for the city, we made our favorite hat in tons of bright colors, signature prints and even metallic.
Warm enough for most outdoor weather and light enough for most indoor conditions so you can be on the fly all the time.
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