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Lawsuit: Georgia Wrongfully Purged Almost 200,000 Residents From Voter Rolls
Araceli Cruz
Originally Published	December 3, 2020 2:30 pm EST
Voting rights advocates filed a lawsuit against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, claiming the state purged 200,000 from voter rolls.
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Plaintiffs claim in the lawsuit that Georgia canceled registrations from voter rolls in 2019 and want Georgia residents to be reinstated to vote in Senate runoff elections.
Voting rights advocates are suing Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, claiming that the state purged almost 200,000 Georgia residents from voting registrations, grounded on the baseless claim that these voters had moved.
The lawsuit, filed on Dec. 2, alleges that these Georgia residents' votes were hindered for the presidential election. The voting rights groups want their names reinstated as voters for the upcoming Senate runoff election.
The plaintiffs include Black Voters Matter Fund, Transformative Justice Coalition, and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. They claim the Secretary of State wrongfully canceled the registrations of 199,908 Georgia residents.
While Raffensperger did not address the lawsuit yesterday during a press conference, Gabriel Sterling, Georgia's voting system implementation manager, did speak on the matter.
When asked if the state of Georgia had purged voters from the registration, he said, "I'm going to go with no." He then added, "Frankly, I've not seen or heard of this lawsuit yet."
"No one is being removed who is not supposed to be already removed," Sterling said, adding that list maintenance had been conducted in 2020.
The lawsuit lists a 2019 report by the Palast Investigative Fund published in September by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia. The report titled Georgia Voter Roll Purge Errors concluded the state had likely removed in 2019 the voter registrations of nearly 200,000 Georgia citizens because they had moved from the address on their voter registration application. However, none of the citizens had moved, according to Advanced Address List Hygiene.
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"Unsurprisingly, the state's removals will likely affect the most vulnerable: young voters, voters of lower-income, and citizens of racial groups that have been denied their sacred right to vote in the past," the ACLU said in a statement.
"There are tens of thousands of Georgia voters who have registered, properly maintained a residence in the same county, and nevertheless have had their registration deleted by the state of Georgia," Andrea Young, executive director of the ACLU of Georgia, said in a statement. "We encourage everyone to check their voter status. Many people on this State's list have every right to assume they are registered to vote. We want you to have time to re-register."
RELATED: Live in Georgia? Double Check Your Voter Registration Now. Here's How.
On Nov. 23, a viral TikTok alleged that some Georgia voters' registrations were being purged. The woman who appears in the video, whose name has not been identified, stated that it is her job to register voters in Georgia as a committee member. She said that out of 11 registered voters she spoke to, 10 of them had been purged from their voter registration. She also said they were all Black women. Other committee members stated similar experiences with people who believed they were already registered to vote.
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Araceli Cruz is a Content Producer for The Americano. Her stories have been published in The Guardian, Teen Vogue, Refinery29, Mic, The Cut, Zora, The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, and others.
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Prevent Stink Bug Stowaways
Written by Nathalie Leblond
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In our previous blog about the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) we unpacked the damage these pests can cause and the restrictions some countries are placing on goods entering their ports. The reason for needing such strict controls to prevent stink bugs from entering is that – given half a chance – these tiny insects have the ability to devastate crops. Uncontrolled, they could wreak havoc on the economy of the country concerned.
Invasive species:
We recently experienced a similar pest invasion here in South Africa. The Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB) has been devastating established trees around the country. Dr Trudy Paap of FABI first found the PSHB in Pietermaritzburg in 2017 and since then it has spread to the Garden Route and other parts of the country.
The PSHB beetle entered South Africa undetected and "judging by the number of trees the beetle has killed in Johannesburg as well as George and Knysna, this beetle could potentially be one of South Africa's largest ecological tragedies. In addition, the beetle is currently infesting over 200 tree species from 28 plant families worldwide" said Dr Paap.
Professor Francois Roets of the Department of Conservation, Ecology, and Entomology, Faculty of AgriScience at Stellenbosch University, went on to say that "the beetle probably landed in South Africa on wooden pallets used in the shipping of goods. These wooden pallets are not treated very well in other parts of the world and get infested with insects, and they land on our shores and start exploring."
Prevent stink bug stowaways:
New Zealand specifically is doing everything possible to prevent the BMSB from entering the country, enforcing new rules pertaining to imports. A strict message has been delivered to shippers, agents, and importers that imported cargo must meet the new rules to prevent stink bugs from entering New Zealand.
"The importing industry needs to be aware that high-risk cargo that hasn't been treated before arrival will not be allowed to come ashore," says Biosecurity New Zealand spokesperson Paul Hallett.
New import rules have been put in place for "off-shore treatment of imported vehicles, machinery, and parts from 33 identified risk countries, and all sea containers from Italy during the stink bug season."
"Last season, Biosecurity New Zealand turned away 4 contaminated vessels from New Zealand waters and intercepted 151 live stink bugs at the border. The aim is to keep out a highly invasive pest that could devastate New Zealand's horticulture industry if it established here."
High-risk vessels carrying stink bugs:
Some of the high-risk vessels passing South African shores include roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) carriers transporting luxury vehicle brands and earth moving equipment from Europe and China to New Zealand and Australia. Our teams have been successful in eradicating stink bug infestations, thus ensuring cargo can safely be discharged at its destination.
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture provides a complete list of all risk countries and the measures that must be taken in order for vessels originating from these countries to dock in Australian ports. Heightened surveillance of roll-on roll-off vessels will be carried out during the critical season.
Measure to be taken to prevent stink bugs from travelling:
"All ro-ro vessels that berth at, load, or tranship in target risk countries from 1 September 2019 and that arrive in Australian territory by 31 May 2020 (inclusive) will be required to:
conduct self-inspections and respond to specific questions as part of the pre-arrival reporting requirements
undergo a mandatory seasonal pest inspection on arrival in Australia."
To further mitigate the risk of introducing this insect into Australia, vessels will be subject to the newly introduced 'Vessel Seasonal Pest Scheme (VSPS)' for the 2019/20 risk season.
Only ro-ro vessels that are eligible for the VSPS and have detected no insects on board will be exempted from the mandatory seasonal pest inspection.
Prevent stink bug damage:
This little insect, the BMSB, has already caused huge damage in the US and Canada and the StopBMSB campaign website has reported that the BMSB "has been detected in 44 states and 4 Canadian provinces, posing severe agricultural problems in 9 states and nuisance problems in 23 others."
Biological control trials are underway in various US countries to introduce the Samurai wasp – a natural predator of the BMSB egg. Although this may not completely solve the problem or prevent stink bugs entirely, it would result in a marked reduction in infestations and risk to the horticultural sector.
Stowaway insects:
Stowaway insects like the BMSB, the AGM (Asian Gypsy Moth) and PSHBÂ can be hard to detect. Once established, an infestation can have huge cost incurring consequences.
Recently Rentokil was asked to fumigate an imported container load of wicker baskets which were infested with booklice. If this infestation had gone undetected and the goods had been offloaded, these booklice could have caused serious damage to more than just one client.
Rentokil provides expert pest control services to treat your commodities, containers and shipping vessels for brown marmorated stink bugs, Asian gipsy moth and various other invasive and stored product insects when they dock in South African ports. All services are performed according to SA Quarantine and Inspection Services specification.
Contact us today to ensure that your cargo is not quarantined or turned around at its destination.
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Can't stop, won't stop. The ESSENCE Festival already has a star-studded lineup this year, and now they've announced even more big names.
After confirming Kendrick Lamar, Mariah Carey, and Maxwell in March, the music fest has added two additional hip-hop acts to the bill: Puff Daddy & The Family and Common.
The annual fest is set to go down July 1-3 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. Friday's festivities kick off with Maxwell, New Edition, Babyface, Tyrese, and Faith Evans on the Mainstage.
Saturday's roster boasts appearances from Mariah Carey, Common, Charlie Wilson, Jeremih, and Estelle, while the intimate Superlounges include Doug E. Fresh, Tink, Jidenna, St. Beauty, and Wizkid, among others.
It all caps off on Sunday, with performances from Kendrick Lamar, Puff Daddy & The Family, Ciara, and Andra Day. Meanwhile, MC Lyte, DeJ Loaf, Leon Bridges, Kehlani, and BJ the Chicago Kid will play the Superlounges.
Single-day tickets are on sale now starting at $50.
Before heading to ESSENCE, Puff Daddy will reunite with his Bad Boy family during a two-night stint at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on May 20-21, which will feature performances by Lil' Kim, Ma$e, Faith Evans, Jay Z, DMX, and Mary J. Blige.


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Humorist P.J. O'Rourke once quipped, "When you think of the good old days, think one word: dentistry." To be sure, when it was practiced long ago — when it was actually practiced at all — dentistry was a presumably unpleasant affair that involved tools that easily could've doubled as interrogation devices.
Obviously, we've come a long way since then, thanks in part to the work of organizations such as InterDent, a provider of dental practice management services. For this firm, providing sound learning programs is a matter of course. The organization exists to help dentistry offices run their administrative, financial and operational functions more efficiently, which necessitates a great deal of education.
"We don't employ dentists — we support them," said Maureen Winningham, InterDent director of education. "The overall training philosophy is to offer a variety of ways for a variety of learners to get the information they need to practice great dentistry or to support those who practice great dentistry.
The services within InterDent's network of about 700 affiliated providers include specialty areas such as orthodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics and oral surgery, as well as general dentistry. It's partitioned into 12 regions and three divisions that cover eight states: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington.
In addition to this geographically dispersed learning population, Winningham and her team are responsible for developing InterDent's 2,000 office and corporate personnel through InterDent's LMS, Gentle Dental University.
As recently as a year ago, though, this wasn't the case. The learning model was highly decentralized before the recent launch of the corporate university, which presented constant challenges regarding standardization, communication and geography.
One of Winningham's first actions as director of education was to find out exactly what the learners' expectations were.
What she found was a very skilled, knowledgeable, diverse learning population. To accommodate these sundry individuals, and the various tasks they have to perform, Winningham employed a blended learning approach.
She also said new technologies and products in dentistry are coming up so fast, it's hard to keep up. As a result, effective training needs to be hands on.
"There are certain things you can't master unless you have the tools right there at your disposal," she said. "To do that and to let learners control when they want to learn, the platform for all our training is our Gentle Dental University LMS, which is hosted by Learn.com. What's good about that is that it integrates with WebEx, which has been an awesome tool because of our geographically dispersed workforce.
Gentle Dental University also has several instructor-led courses. These include live events held on a regional basis, as well as virtual instructor-led training (VILT) courses posted to its online portal.
Winningham relies on a strategy she terms "multi-tiered marketing" to raise awareness of and participation in Gentle Dental University's learning programs. Because the learners are often very busy, she promotes educational offerings and events in many ways so the message will get to them.
The metrics around the university demonstrate it's having an impact on the internal and external learning populations. In the first six months following the launch of online learning on its dental resource center, usage went up 120 percent per month on average, Winningham said.
Winningham said many more learning programs will be delivered via technical platforms mainly because of the widely scattered audience.
These initiatives are crucial for InterDent because, ultimately, the company is only as good as its employees and dental affiliates, Winningham said.
The senior leaders at InterDent, including Rouman, also see it that way.


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Soon, you too will be able to have your very own square-shaped watermelon.
Shipments of square-shaped watermelons started on Wednesday from the western Japanese town of Zentsuji to markets across the country and overseas.
Square watermelons, weighing 13 pounds a piece, are displayed for shipment at Zentsuji in Kagawa prefecture.
The square-shaped fruits are grown in boxes, which force the watermelon's shape.
The cube watermelons were developed by a farmer in Kagawa over 30 years ago.
The watermelons are harvested before they are ripe, so they are mostly inedible. In Japan, they are popular as gift items for decoration.
It's customary in Japan to give gifts several times a year and fruits are seen as luxury items.
The watermelons go for at least $100 and are sold at high-end department stores.
This cube watermelon was selling for $300.
Now overseas markets are buying into the square-shaped luxury item too.
Orders have been received from Canada for more than 100 cube watermelons this year, the Japan Times reported.
Last year, the fruits were shipped to Moscow, where they were so popular they sold for around $860, USA Today reported.
In total, almost 400 cube watermelons are expected to be grown by six farmers this year. All the cube watermelons will be distributed by mid-July.


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The People on the Bus
The way we ride now.
By Adam Gopnik
Lately, I like to ride the bus. I don't mean the double-decker tourist buses that, half empty, warily circle the city, like dazed displaced troop carriers, or the long-distance buses that come sighing into the Port Authority Terminal, where it is eternally 3 a.m. and everyone looks exhausted before the journey starts, or even the yellow-and-blacks that still delicately deliver children from downtown to uptown at eight in the morning. I mean the ordinary city buses, those vaguely purposeless-looking, bulbous-faced, blue-and-bone M2s and 3s and 4s and 5s that chug up and down the avenues and along the cross streets, wheezing and whining, all day and night.
For twenty-odd years in New York, I never rode the bus at all—not, at least, after a single, traumatic bus experience. On the very first day I visited Manhattan, in the anxious (though, looking back, mostly unfrightened) summer of 1978—the summer when Jimmy Carter turned down the air-conditioning all over town—I got on a bus outside the Metropolitan Museum, saw that the fare was fifty cents, and, with the unquenchable cheerfulness of the visiting Canadian, proudly pulled out a dollar bill—an American dollar bill—folded it up neatly, stuffed the dollar in the fare box, two fares, and looked up, expecting the driver to beam at my efficiency. I will never forget his look of disbelief and disgust, mingled, I think, with a certain renewed awe at the enormities that out-of-towners were capable of.
From that day on, I don't think I ever rode another bus. I suppose I must have; transportational logic says that I must have—there must be a crosstown M86 or an uptown limited in there somewhere—but, if I did, I don't know when. Even if I had been on a bus, I don't think I would recall it. Bus-blindness is a standard New York illness; of all the regularities of life here, the bus is the least celebrated, the least inclined to tug at the heart, or be made into a symbol of our condition. The taxi has its checkered lore, the subway its legend, the limo a certain Michael Douglas-in-"Wall Street" icon quality—but if there is a memorable bus scene in literature, or an unforgettable moment in a movie that takes place on a New York City bus, I have not found it. (If you Google New York buses in movie scenes, you end up with a bus-enthusiasts' site and a shot of a New York City bus from a Sylvester Stallone movie called "Driven," and this bus turns out to be dressed up like a Chicago city bus, and filmed on location in Toronto.) There is nothing about buses that makes them intrinsically symbol-repellent: the London bus has a poetry as rich as the Tube's—there is Mary Poppins, there is Mrs. Dalloway. In Paris, Pascal rides the bus, Zazie rides the Métro, and that is, evenly, that. But as a symbolic repository the New York City bus does not exist. The only significant symbolic figure that the New York bus has had is Ralph Kramden, and what he symbolizes about the bus is that being stuck in one is in itself one more form of comic frustration and disappointment; the New York City bus might best be described by saying that it is exactly the kind of institution that would have Ralph Kramden as its significant symbolic figure.
If you had asked me why I avoided the bus, I suppose I would have said that the bus was for old people—or that taking the bus was one step short of not actually living in New York at all, and that if you stayed on the bus long enough it would take you right out of town. Riding the bus was one of those activities, like going to Radio City, that was in New York but not really of it. My mother-in-law rode the bus when she came to New York to visit, and that, I thought, said whom the bus was made for: elegant older women who didn't mind travelling forty-five minutes every morning to visit their grandchildren.
And then I didn't ride the bus because I loved the subway so. Compared with the vivid and evil and lurid subway, the bus seemed a drab bourgeois necessity—Shirley Booth to the subway's Tallulah Bankhead. When I began to ride the subway, particularly in the late seventies and early eighties, it was both grander and stranger than a newcomer can imagine now. The graffiti, for one thing, were both more sordid inside—all those "tags"—and more beautiful outside. When the wild-style cars came roaring into a station, they were as exciting and shimmering as Frank Stella birds. The air-conditioning was a lot spottier, too, and sometimes the windows were open, driving the stale and fetid air around in an illusion of cooling. When the air-conditioning worked, it was worse. You walked from steam bath to refrigerator, a change like a change of continents, and your perspiration seemed to freeze within your shirt, a phenomenon previously known only to Antarctic explorers.
Feral thugs and killer nerds rode the subway together, looking warily at one another. And yet there was something sublime about the subway. Although it was incidentally frightening, it was also systematically reassuring: it shouldn't have worked; it had stopped working; and yet it worked—vandalized, brutalized, a canvas and a pissoir, it reliably took you wherever you wanted to go. It was a rumbling, sleepless, snorting animal presence underfoot, more a god to be appeased and admired than a thing that had been mastered by its owners. If the stations seemed, as people said, Dantesque, that was not simply because the subway was belowground, and a punishment, but also because it offered an architectural order that seemed to be free from any interfering human hand, running by itself in its own grim circles. It was religious in the narrow sense as well: terror and transportation were joined together, fear propelled you to a higher plane. (The taxis, an alternative if you had the money, were alarming then, too—a silent or determined driver in a T-shirt resting on a mat of beads and demanding, fifty blocks before your destination, which side of the street you wanted—without being at all sublime.)
Coming home in 2000 after five years abroad, I took it for granted that I would return to the subway and the taxi, only to be stunned by the transformation in them both. The subway, now graffiti free, with dully gleaming metal cars (though obviously made to be as resistant to vandalism as a prison), had recorded announcements, and for a while a picture of the station manager at every stop. It seemed obviously improved but somehow degraded, grimly utilitarian, intended to suggest the receding future vision of "RoboCop": automatic voices encased in armor. The chaos was gone from inside the cabs, and held on only around them. After five years in Paris, where one phones for a cab or lines up in an orderly manner at a station, logically and fairly, I nearly wept tears of frustration at the anarchy of the street system—you waited for fifteen minutes and someone waltzed out into the middle of the block and stepped in front of you as a cab approached. (There is, of course, an implicit system of fair dealing in this—one block away is legitimate; the same corner is not—but I could no longer remember the rules, much less find the patience to practice them.)
And so the bus. Almost every day for the past year and a half, I've found myself taking a limited bus down an East Side avenue, and then, a few hours and frustrations later, taking it back uptown on the adjoining avenue. I stand or, in good hours, sit among the usual bus riders. The bus I find humane, in several ways. There is, first of all, the non-confrontational and yet collaborative nature of the seating. You look over people's shoulders, closely, and yet only rarely look directly at them, face to face, as you must on the subway. There is a hierarchy of seating on the bus, far more articulate than that of the subway. There are seats you must give up to handicapped people, seats you ought to give up to handicapped people if you have any decency at all, and seats—the bumpy, exhaust-scented row in the very back—that you never have to give up to anyone, if you're willing to sit there. (The reason for all those designated spaces is that law and propriety dictate that when someone in a wheelchair rolls up to a bus stop, the bus has to stop and let him on.) There is also on almost every New York bus a little single seat tucked in near the back door, which has the air of a dunce chair in a classroom. You can sit there, but you wouldn't want to. Late at night, there is even a policy of optional stops. You ask the driver to stop the bus where you're going and, if he can, he will.
The bus also has order, order as we know it from the fading patriarchal family, visible order kept by an irritable chief. The driver has not only control over his world but the delight of the exercise of arbitrary authority, like that of a French bureaucrat. Bus riders learn that, if your MetroCard turns out to be short fifty cents, the driver will look at you with distaste, tell you to find change from fellow-passengers (surprisingly, to a subway rider, people dig into their purses cheerfully), and, if this doesn't work, will wearily wave you on back. You are included, fool though you are, and this often at the moment when the driver is ignoring the pounded fists and half-audible pleas for admission of the last few people who, running for the bus, arrived a second too late. The driver's control of the back door is just as imperious. A red zone of acceptability exists around the bus stop, known only to the driver, who opens and closes the door as he senses the zone appearing and receding.
It is uniquely possible to overhear conversations on the bus. The other morning, for instance—a beautiful morning of our time, the sky blue, the alert orange, and the Times sports pages ominously upside down—a man behind me was trying to remember the names of popular Drake's snacks from his childhood.
"What are those things? There were Ring-Dings and Drake's cakes."
"You mean Twinkies," the man he was with said, with assurance. I couldn't see either face, but their voices had the peaceable quarrelsomeness of those who have just passed from middle-aged to elderly.
"No, I don't mean Twinkies," he said angrily. "I mean them other things."
Long pause. We couldn't resist. "Devil Dogs," someone said. "Devil Dogs."
"Yes, thanks, Devil Dogs. How come you don't ever see Devil Dogs these days?"
This is a typical bit of bus talk. (In a taxi you would stew on the issue all by yourself. The millionaire in his limo could ask the driver, I suppose, but he would be too embarrassed to answer. On the subway, no one would hear, in the first place; and if the words "Devil Dog" were said with enough emphasis to be heard, it would cause a panicked mass exodus.) On another morning, a man and a woman were riding together down Fifth Avenue and saw the new, comically twinned, comically misnamed AOL Time Warner Center—the Delusional States Building, as it will doubtless someday be known—come into view. (And those two towers rising, however plainly, have become a source of pride: something's rising.) "That Trump," the man said, chuckling. "He always does things in twos. Have you ever noticed how he always does things in twos?"
"I've noticed that. That's his thing, his signature, doing two of everything."
"Well, there he does it again. Two towers again."
Sage nods. The fact that, as it occurred to me later, the towers are not by Trump, and that, in any case, Trump, in his long career, has never done two of anything, should not diminish the glory of this exchange. If you were on the subway, there would be nothing to look at; if you were in a limo, you would actually be Trump, building things, gloriously, in nonexistent pairs.
When I first started riding the bus, I mentioned it to people sheepishly, almost apologetically, as one might mention having had a new dental plate put in, or the advantages of low-fat yogurt—as one might mention something that, though not downright shameful, might still seem mildly embarrassing. But, to my surprise, almost everyone I talked to (and women, I think, in particular) turned out to feel the same way I do about the bus. "The bus lets you feel that you're in control, or that someone's in control," one woman said to me, and another friend said flatly, "You can see what's coming." The bus feels safe. Of course, there is no reason for the bus to feel safe. (A friend from Jerusalem got on the bus with understandable watchfulness.) Yet we have decided to create in the city a kind of imaginary geography of fear and safety that will somehow make us safer from It—from the next attack, of course, from the Other Shoe, the Dreadful Thing that we all await.
I have thought about it a lot while I am riding the bus, and I have come to the conclusion that, while anxiety seeks out the company of excitement, fear seeks out the illusion of certainty. People tend to write these days about anxiety and fear as though they were equal, or anyway continuous, emotions, one blending into the other, but anyone who has felt them—and anyone who hasn't felt them, at least a little, hasn't been living in New York in the past year—knows that they are as distinct as a bus from a subway, as a Devil Dog from a Ring-Ding. Anxiety is the ordinary New York emotion. It is a form of energy, and clings, like ivy to a garden wall, to whatever is around to cling to, whether the object is nationalism or the Knicks or Lizzie Grubman, as readers of the New York Post recognize. At the height of the bubble, anxiety was all around us: the anxiety of keeping up, of not falling behind, of holding one's place.
Fear, well earned or not, is a different thing. People who live with the higher kinds of fear—the ill, soldiers—live with it mostly by making structures of delusional domesticity. They try to create an illusion of safety, and of home. At Waterloo, soldiers welcomed the little signs of farm-keeping evident around them; in the dugouts of the Somme, every rat-ridden alley had a designation and every rat itself a pet name. The last time New Yorkers were genuinely afraid, as opposed to merely anxious, during the great crime wave of the sixties and mid-seventies, they responded in the same way: by constructing an elaborate, learn-it-by-heart geography of safe and unsafe enclaves, a map of safe rooms. The knowledge that the map could not truly protect you from what you feared then, any more than riding the bus can save you from it now, did not alter the need to have a map. People say that twentysomethings have sex out of fear—it is called terror sex—but twentysomethings have sex out of sex, and the adjective of the decade is always attached to it. In the eighties, they had safe sex, and in the nineties boom sex, and they will have sex-among-the-ruins, if it comes to that.
What we have out of fear is not sex, or any other anxiety-energized activity, but stillness. It's said that people in the city are nicer now, or more coöperative, and I suppose this is true. But it is true for reasons that are not themselves entirely nice. The motivation of this niceness is less rectitude and reform than just plain old-fashioned fright. There are no atheists in foxholes, but there are no religious arguments in foxholes, either. The fear we feel isn't as immediate or as real as the fear soldiers feel. But our response is the same. These structures of delusional domesticity are the mainstay of the lives of many of us in New York now. The bus, a permanently running dinner party among friends, a fiction of family for a dollar-fifty, a Starbucks on wheels, is the rolling image of the thing we dream of now as much as we wanted the Broadband Pipe to wash away our sins three years ago, and that is the Safe Room. For the first time, the bus has something to symbolize.
On the bus the other morning, the worst regularly scheduled thing that can happen on the bus happened. A guy in a wheelchair held things up for three minutes—no time at all, really, but an eternity on television, or in the subway, or, usually, in the city. As bus riders know, buses are equipped to stop and, by lowering a clever elevator device, let a wheelchair-bound rider board the bus. This, though a civic mitzvah, involves a sequence where the driver locks the front door, works the elevator at the rear door, hoists up the wheelchair on the lift, and then folds up the designated seats to give the wheelchair man room (it is nearly always a man). There is something artisanal, handmade about it—the lock, the voyage, working the elevator—in which a municipal employee is reduced, or raised, to a valet.
"It's the lame and the halt on the bus," one woman said.
"What's the difference between the lame and the halt?"
"The lame are, like, lame, and the halt, halt."
"You mean the halt don't walk."
"I mean they halt. But they halt because they're lame."
It is the kind of conversation—discursive, word-sensitive—that is possible on the bus right now, and nowhere else. I keep meaning to look up the difference. ♦
Adam Gopnik, a staff writer, has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1986. He is the author of, most recently, "A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism."


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Hillary Is a Professional Flip-Flopper
During the first Bill Clinton presidential campaign, Hillary swore to "stand by her man" and make him cookies, much like a typical housewife would do, and contrary to everything she believes in today.
During Bill Clinton's re-election campaign Hillary headed up the Bimbo Eruption squad that attacked women who mentioned their relations with Bill. So these women who opposed the bad treatment that Bill meted out are, in Hillary's opinion, bad women when they complain about Bill's bad acts? Meanwhile feminists call all men predators and let Bill slide.
During her post-White House years Hillary proclaimed that women should be treated equally with men. As a test of just how serious feminists are with the women being equal to men thing, recently Joy Behar, of The View television show, criticized Mike Huckabee for allowing his daughter to work for Donald Trump's administration, as though his daughter could not make up her own mind whom to work for, and as though Donald Trump is nearly the risk for a woman to work for that Bill Clinton is. Just ask Monica Lewinski.
During Hillary's Senate and Secretary of State years, while she insisted that women should be paid equally with men, she consistently paid women on her staff less than her male employees.
During Hillary's own presidential candidacy she ran as a female victim to be pitied for her mistreatment, and in her speeches she told every woman that they must vote for her or they would be letting all women down, indicating that voting for Hillary was an obligation owed her by all women. But would one be mistaken to believe that the president serves the entire nation and not only the female part of the nation? Does Hillary, given her self-absorption and her radical feminism, understand this aspect of the presidency?
During Hillary's 2016 post-presidential run she claimed that American women allowed their husbands to instruct them to vote for Trump and not her. Does Hillary really believe that women are so stupid and weak that they can be told for whom to vote?
These examples of flip-flopping are a separate subject from the many lies Hillary has told publicly, such as flying into a war zone with Chelsea on board the aircraft and having to cork-screw down in order to avoid enemy fire while landing, and getting her first name as a sign of her mother's respect for Sir Edmond Hillary after he scaled Mount Everest.
Hillary will use any misguided illogic to get votes and followers. One time she'll be the dutiful wife, the next time she'll be a con-woman trying to force all women to vote for her out of a misguided sense of duty to all other women, and then she'll be abusive to her political base as she criticizes any woman as being a traitor if they didn't cast a vote for her. It sounds like Hillary is against the principle of letting women make up their own minds about who is the best candidate to represent them for president. It reminds one of Hillary's "deplorable" comments which lost her many votes in the last election.
It's too bad Hillary is just unable to gain people's votes, men's and women's alike, based on her being a good candidate and not a shrill, unpleasant liar every time she opens her mouth. But given her inability to will elections, I kind of like her just the way she is.
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Any company that claims to pay hundreds of dollars per hour with no prior experience necessary is running a scam, plain and simple. Furthermore, home based work is still work. If you are employed full time at home, that means you will still have to work 40 hours per week. Whether or not you can manage your work load amid the distractions of home life, will largely determine your success at whatever type of work-at-home job you have.
While it is possible to find no fee work-at-home jobs, it will take savvy Internet sleuthing to weed out the scams for the legitimate offers. Be realistic in your search, research any company that claims to offer legit work from home jobs, and understand that a home based data entry job is not going to make you a millionaire. Don't be swayed by crafty testimonials, and keep in mind the difference between a telecommuting job and a home based business.


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The homeowner had a vapor barrier installed. This vapor barrier system was a white vinyl membrane with foil backing to keep moisture out of the space. It was stapled and taped to create a clean dry space, and a small dehumidifier integrated with the HVAC system was working to dry any moisture in the air. That was, until a pipe burst flooding the space.
The extraction process was very straight forward, and with two people it was painless (or so we thought). Next, we removed the vinyl barrier from the water damaged areas and set up our air movers. We moved our dehumidifier into position above the access hatch ready to lower it in. However, we quickly discovered the dehumidifier was too large. It had to stay on the main level.
Not a problem. We added ducting to the exhaust of the dehumidifier and pumped dry warm air down into the space. We also positioned an air mover to blow the wet air up through the hatch. This process worked well and within 2 days the structure was dry. Within a week of the water damage, the crawl space was dry, safe, mold free, and restored to its original condition.
The most challenging part (from my point of view) was having to duck walk during the extraction process for two hours. My legs really felt it the next day. The highlight was helping a homeowner resolve a problem quickly and efficiently. The most satisfying part of my job is helping homeowner's and restoring their most important possession, their home.
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Hasbro Made a Wonky Version of Mr. Potato Head to Help Reduce Food Waste
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Wonky Mr. Potato Head
Picky shoppers only choosing the most perfectly-shaped and blemish-free produce at grocery stores has led to a tremendous amount of food waste. To illustrate how not-so-perfect fruits and vegetables are still perfectly edible, Hasbro has created a misshaped version of Mr. Potato Head to serve as a spokesperson.
Working with ASDA, a grocery store chain based in the UK, Hasbro's Wonky Mr. Potato Head features a more biologically-accurate potato used for his head.
As a result, Wonky Mr. Potato head looks like a character out of a Salvador Dali painting, but the standard Mr. Potato Head parts and accessories can still fit on his twisted body.
Those of us who are perfectly fine with buying imperfect fruits and vegetables will be happy to learn that Wonky Mr. Potato Head is actually up for grabs via an eBay auction with all the proceeds going to charity. The current bid is around $95, and there's six days left to add this Mr. Potato to your collection. After that, you'll have to resort to sticking a regular Mr. Potato Head in the microwave and making your own.
[eBay via ToyNews]


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Q: Vuze Installation I am beginner for Ubuntu 13.04 OS. I have downloaded Vuze torrent software from Vuze wesite as a VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2 file and saved it in my Download folder. I have extracted the folder and extracted folder name is Vuze.
How can I install Vuze software from the Download folder?

A: Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T, then type:
sudo apt-get install vuze

It will ask for your password, then will ask for confirmation.
Alternatively, click on the Ubuntu button (top left). Type center and click on Ubuntu Software Center. There's a small search bar (on the top right), type vuze. I guess you can continue from here.
Remark: These represent the recommended way for installing software in Ubuntu.  Most of the time you won't need to surf the web to find the software you need, just open Ubuntu Software Center and search for it. This is one very nice feature.
(If your default language is not English, please specify so.)

For an introduction to Ubuntu 13.04 read the Ubuntu Manual. You can also visit the Ubuntu Guide (click on Packages to see an overview of how to install packages.

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Bracelet with a silver boy, 1.5 cm, a heart, 1.5 cm, a girl with two ponytails, 1.5 cm, and 8 small white pearls on a thin, light-pink string.
Medallion with a girl recalls the most beautiful memories.
Medallion with a boy recalls the most beautiful memories.
The fastening and charm are made of 925 silver.


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Egholm est une île du Limfjord au Danemark.

Île au Danemark
Île de la mer Baltique

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Motor Oil (Hellas), Corinth Refineries S.A. (en grec: Μότορ Όιλ (Ελλάς) Διυλιστήρια Κορίνθου Α.Ε.) és una empresa amb seu a Grècia centrada en la refinació del petroli. La companyia és el segon major refinador al país per darrere d'Hellenic Petroleum. La seva seu es troba a Maroussi, un suburbi d'Atenes. La companyia opera la refineria de Corint, i també posseeix la cadena Avin de benzineres. El major accionista de Motor Oil és Motor Oil Holdings SA, un holding de la família Vardinogiannis.
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from modularodm import Q

from framework.mongo import StoredObject
from website import settings

class AddonModelMixin(StoredObject):

    _meta = {
        'abstract': True,
    }

    @property
    def addons(self):
        return self.get_addons()

    def get_addons(self):
        addons = []
        for addon_name in settings.ADDONS_AVAILABLE_DICT.keys():
            addon = self.get_addon(addon_name)
            if addon:
                addons.append(addon)
        return addons

    def get_oauth_addons(self):
        # TODO: Using hasattr is a dirty hack - we should be using issubclass().
        #       We can't, because importing the parent classes here causes a
        #       circular import error.
        return [
            addon for addon in self.get_addons()
            if hasattr(addon, 'oauth_provider')
        ]

    def get_addon_names(self):
        return [
            addon.config.short_name
            for addon in self.get_addons()
        ]

    def get_addon(self, addon_name, deleted=False):
        """Get addon for node.

        :param str addon_name: Name of addon
        :return: Settings record if found, else None

        """
        addon_config = settings.ADDONS_AVAILABLE_DICT.get(addon_name)
        if not addon_config or not addon_config.settings_models.get(self._name):
            return False

        addon_class = addon_config.settings_models[self._name]
        addons = list(addon_class.find(Q('owner', 'eq', self)))
        if addons:
            if deleted or not addons[0].deleted:
                assert len(addons) == 1, 'Violation of one-to-one mapping with addon model'
                return addons[0]
        return None

    def has_addon(self, addon_name, deleted=False):
        return bool(self.get_addon(addon_name, deleted=deleted))

    def add_addon(self, addon_name, auth=None, override=False, _force=False):
        """Add an add-on to the node.

        :param str addon_name: Name of add-on
        :param Auth auth: Consolidated authorization object
        :param bool override: For shell use only, Allows adding of system addons
        :param bool _force: For migration testing ONLY. Do not set to True
            in the application, or else projects will be allowed to have
            duplicate addons!
        :return bool: Add-on was added

        """
        if not override and addon_name in settings.SYSTEM_ADDED_ADDONS[self._name]:
            return False

        # Reactivate deleted add-on if present
        addon = self.get_addon(addon_name, deleted=True)
        if addon:
            if addon.deleted:
                addon.undelete(save=True)
                return True
            if not _force:
                return False

        # Get add-on settings model
        addon_config = settings.ADDONS_AVAILABLE_DICT.get(addon_name)
        if not addon_config or not addon_config.settings_models[self._name]:
            return False

        # Instantiate model
        model = addon_config.settings_models[self._name](owner=self)
        model.on_add()
        model.save()

        return True

    def get_or_add_addon(self, addon_name, **kwargs):
        """Get addon from owner; if it doesn't exist, create one.

        :param str addon_name: Name of addon
        :return: Addon settings record
        """
        addon = self.get_addon(addon_name)
        if addon:
            return addon
        self.add_addon(addon_name, **kwargs)
        return self.get_addon(addon_name)

    def delete_addon(self, addon_name, auth=None, _force=False):
        """Delete an add-on from the node.

        :param str addon_name: Name of add-on
        :param Auth auth: Consolidated authorization object
        :param bool _force: For migration testing ONLY. Do not set to True
            in the application, or else projects will be allowed to delete
            mandatory add-ons!
        :return bool: Add-on was deleted
        """
        addon = self.get_addon(addon_name)
        if addon:
            if self._name in addon.config.added_mandatory and not _force:
                raise ValueError('Cannot delete mandatory add-on.')
            if hasattr(addon, 'external_account'):
                addon.deauthorize(auth=auth)
            addon.delete(save=True)
            return True
        return False

    def config_addons(self, config, auth=None, save=True):
        """Enable or disable a set of add-ons.

        :param dict config: Mapping between add-on names and enabled / disabled
            statuses

        """

        for addon_name, enabled in config.iteritems():
            if enabled:
                self.add_addon(addon_name, auth)
            else:
                self.delete_addon(addon_name, auth)
        if save:
            self.save()

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This past year was a very visible one for Deaf Culture and American Sign Language. From viral videos to late night TV appearances, mainstream audiences just couldn't get enough of Deaf superstars or their fascinating visual language. As we leave 2014, let's take a look back at some of the most memorable Deaf pop culture moments of this year, and hope that 2015 brings even more awareness!
Okay, technically this happened in December 2013, but it's so cute I couldn't leave it out! Kindergartener Claire Koch decided to use ASL at her school holiday concert to make sure her Deaf family members could enjoy the performance, and it was adorable. So adorable, that the video her mother posted went viral with over 8 million views to date!
Each year, new technologies emerge which attempt to simplify and improve the lives of deaf individuals. A number of companies are working on different sign-to-speech translation solutions; while others are taking creative approaches to speech-to-text. One of my favorite ideas of 2014 is the StudioFeed music backpack, which turns music into a full body experience.
Deaf interpreter David Cowan is a known favorite among Deaf LBGT individuals for his expressive and appropriately flamboyant work each year at Atlanta PRIDE. Across the country, PRIDE festivals tout themselves as all-inclusive events. Hiring a Deaf Interpreter that deaf/HoH audiences adore is a beautiful example of equality.
From mall Santas to baseball mascots— the people behind the characters have been doing their diversity homework! This year, there were a number of heartwarming stories and videos featuring deaf children who are overjoyed to discover that their favorite characters can communicate with them using ASL. Learning even a few simple phrases can help deaf kids feel included!
It was pretty inspiring to see a children's television network take a genuine interest in Deaf Culture. This Nick News special focused on the lives of several deaf young people across the country, and showcased how there are many different ways to be a deaf person in a hearing world.
As Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered critical information to the citizens of New York regarding the Ebola virus, Deaf Interpreter Jonathan Lamberton addressed the deaf population. Many hearing individuals were fascinated by Lamberton's dramatic signing style, as it was the first time they had ever seen a Deaf Interpreter in action.
When creating characters for the FX series Fargo (based on the Coen brother's film), the show's creators decided to stray from the usual formula by writing a deaf character into the story. The character, played by actor Russell Harvard, is not included in the show to address deaf issues or explore Deaf culture; he is simply a normal character who happens to be deaf. Hopefully other programs will follow suit, as there are many talented deaf actors out there and all audiences deserve to see more diversity on screen!
Seattle Seahawks player Derrick Coleman gained superstar status not only for his impressive athleticism, but because he proved that deafness does not have to be a barrier in professional sports. Coaches and scouts have taken note, and are now offering more deaf athletes the opportunities they deserve.
Legendary Phyllis Frelich was the inspiration for, and the original star of, "Children of a Lesser God," a revolutionary piece which introduced audiences to a complex, nuanced deaf character in a lead role. It won a Tony award for best play, and was later adapted into a film which won Marlee Matlin an Oscar. Frelich passed away this year, but her groundbreaking work has inspired and paved the way for generations of deaf performers to come.
In 2014, we also lost professor, writer, and poet Robert Panara. Panara helped translate classic works of literature into ASL, and was instrumental in the establishment of deaf studies higher education curriculum.
The tragic and deplorable treatment of deaf/HoH individuals by the criminal justice system is finally being exposed, thanks to the information age. Stories about deaf people being beaten by cops, wrongfully convicted, and abused in jail were widely read and shared across the internet; leading to an increase in awareness and outrage. While this is not exactly a victory, and certainly not cause for celebration, it has provided visibility to a very real problem and strengthened advocacy efforts.
To help deaf citizens better understand and protect their legal rights, award-winning Deaf actress Marlee Matlin teamed up with the American Civil Liberties Union and Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf to create a series of videos. The videos represent a larger movement within the Deaf community for self-empowerment through education. The internet amplifies the power of minority voices, exposes injustice, and provides resources for assertive self advocacy!
9. Professional Dancer and His Deaf Mother Prove Music is for EVERYONE!
Mark Villaver, a hearing dancer, and his Deaf mother share their love of music and dancing in one of the most FUN videos of 2014! Some people mistakenly think deaf people can't enjoy music. This couldn't be further from the truth!
The internet has come to the forefront of the entertainment industry. Unfortunately, closed captioning was often neglected when providers made the technology leap; leaving deaf individuals without online access to programming. In 2014 deadlines were set which require providers to caption all shows and video clips, and guidelines were established to guarantee the quality of captions. Over the next few years, we will see all major video content providers moving toward accessibility. Additionally, airlines and other places of public accommodation are feeling increased pressure to provide equal access for deaf patrons.
After a lengthy court battle, it was determined that devoted deaf med students have the same right to attend medical school as hearing students. We call this a 2014 victory. Hopefully this will lead to more hardworking deaf young people pursuing careers in the medical field.
The film, which is all sign language without subtitles, was critically acclaimed at Cannes and has won a number of prestigious awards. The lack of captions serves to alienate hearing viewers– who are accustomed to the privilege of communication access– yet the film is engaging enough to keep all audiences along for the ride.
This fun concept for a restaurant creates a comfortable place for deaf diners; provides jobs for deaf food industry workers; and helps hearing people get a "taste" of what it's like to be on the other side of the language barrier. The success of this endeavor may open the door for future deaf-focused businesses.
On August 8, 2014 the FCC adopted an order requiring wireless carriers and other text messaging providers to deliver emergency texts to 911 call centers. Equal access to emergency services was long overdue!
This video instantly went viral because both deaf and hearing audiences love watching expressive ASL paired with hip hop beats. Sign language lends itself so well to the poetry and rhythm of raps. The two incredible interpreters skillfully turned spoken word into visual language, and Deaf performer Jo Rose Benfield wowed people with her enthusiastic interpretations.
Throughout pop culture history, superheroes have struggled against the odds to save the day. Until recently, however, superheroes have been notoriously privileged individuals— white and able-bodied— with very few deviations from the norm. In 2014, we saw diversity creeping into the fantasy world of good and evil when audiences were introduced to Deaf superheroes like Blue Ear and Superdeafy. These fictional heroes provide real life role models for Deaf children, demonstrating that deafness is only a minor obstacle to overcome on the way to greatness.
If you haven't seen this amazing upbeat video online, you must be living under a rock! Camp Mark Seven Deaf Film Camp nearly broke the internet with their cheerful ASL rendition of Pharrell Williams smash hit "Happy." Camp Mark Seven teaches young deaf filmmakers how to write, direct, and produce their own films; which helps integrate more deaf voices in pop culture and Hollywood. The video has millions of views online and made people all across America stop and smile. Haven't seen it?Well what are you waiting for… Get Happy !
2014 was an impressive year for deafness in the media, and these are only a few of the many pop culture moments! Of course we still have a long way to go, but when Deaf Culture becomes more visible, Deaf issues start getting the attention they deserve. By amplifying the voices of the community, and highlighting the accomplishments of deaf individuals, we can help the world see that deafness is not a barrier– merely a small obstacle on the way to greatness!
If you are interested in learning about Deaf culture and American Sign Language, I have extended a special deal on ASL training. From now until JANUARY 7, schedule 3 personal ASL lessons for only $150. Learn on your own time, at your own convenience. We can meet in person in NYC or via video chat. No matter what level your skills are, from beginner to fluency, we can work together to discover the beautiful silent world of ASL!
1.) DO: Research how to interact with a Deaf person; with and without an interpreter.
DON'T: Come to the meeting without any knowledge about deafness or Deaf communication.
2.) DO: Provide the interpreter as much information as possible, as far in advance as possible. This helps the interpreter be prepared and alert you to any potential ethical conflicts.
DON'T: Leave out important details about the assignment.
3.) DO: Use the interpreter to engage deaf individuals in conversation. Remember– interpreters are there to facilitate a deaf/hearing interaction.
DON'T: Talk to the interpreter like the deaf person isn't there.
3.) DO: Address the deaf person directly, using singular phrases. This is the person you are having a conversation with.
DON'T: Talk to the deaf person in the third person. The interpreter is interpreting exactly what you say. Saying "tell him/her…" just confuses the message.
5.) DO: Ask the deaf person to explain how the interpreting process works.
DON'T: Ask the interpreter about their job.
6.) DO: Talk directly to the deaf person and make respectful eye contact.
DON'T: Stare at the interpreter while having a conversation with a deaf person.
7.) DO: Ask the deaf person how to sign something if you are curious.
DON'T: Say obscene things to watch how the interpreter signs it.
8.) DO: Make sure your message is clear so the interpreter can communicate it.
DON'T: Speak to the deaf person like they are uneducated.
9.) DO: Be friendly to the interpreter, and utilize his/her professional services to speak with the deaf individual.
DON'T: Try to befriend the interpreter.
10.) DO: Plan for the interpreter to sit or stand near the person who will be speaking the most.
DON'T: Try to sit the interpreter next to the deaf individual, or put the interpreter behind other people. Deaf people need to actually see everything the interpreter does.
11.) DO: Speak as clearly as possible.
DON'T: Mumble, shout, or over-enunciate words thinking this will help the interpreter.
12.) DO: Ask the deaf person to explain something if you do not understand it.
DON'T: Ask the interpreter to explain what the deaf person means, cutting the deaf person out of the conversation.
13.) DO: Use sign language if you know ASL and it is appropriate.
DON'T: Start signing the alphabet, finger spelling, or signing random words when the interpreter is right there to facilitate communication.
14.) DO: Feel confident using an interpreter for private conversations.
DON'T: Worry that the interpreter can not be trusted. RID Certified interpreters are held to a professional code of conduct, which emphasizes ethics and client confidentiality.
15.) DO: Understand that although ASL interpreters aim to provide objective interpretations, they are Deaf culture allies and will advocate for the deaf client as needed.
DON'T: Ask interpreters for their personal opinions, ask them not to interpret something you said, or expect the interpreter to overlook any acts they view as oppressive toward the deaf consumer.
16.) DO: Be present and pay attention to the deaf person with whom you are communicating.
DON'T: Look at other people, at your phone, or out the window during conversation.
17.) DO: Hire a professional, competent interpreter who has the appropriate credentials and background to facilitate effective communication. Look for Deaf or sign language interpreter owned agencies that specialize in deaf communication.
DON'T: Hire any interpreter you can find without doing any research on the agency that they work for.
18.) DO: Take an interest in Deaf culture and deafness. There is a wealth of information available on this topic– read some of the many books or articles that are available.
DON'T: Simply expect deaf people or sign language interpreters will take time out of their busy day to provide basic cultural education.
20.) DO: Learn what types of situations ASL interpreters are required for, and how to hire a high quality interpreter.
DON'T: Deny deaf people equal access to communication in your business, organization, or establishment.
If you are seeking a professional sign language interpreter in the New York City area, contact LCIS for a consultation. Coming from three generations of Deaf family members, I understand the true value of a culturally competent interpreter. My services emphasize the satisfaction of deaf consumers, and bridging the communication gap between the deaf and hearing worlds.
The pediatrician just informed you that your child is profoundly deaf.
How does deafness impact a person's life? What will you do now? Your answers to these questions will depend on personal experience. If you have connections to Deaf culture, you may feel very differently than someone who has never had interacted with a deaf person. Though we live in the Information Age, mainstream society still understands very little about what it means to be deaf.
This week, Nick News with Linda Ellerbee premiered an episode titled "Now Hear This!" (watch the full episode HERE ) The show does a great job exploring the spectrum of deafness, and demystifying the deaf experience by telling the stories of 5 deaf young people. The children's' experiences are vastly diverse, and touch on a number of issues from deaf education methods to family dynamics. The overall message is that, like any of us, deaf children have individual needs. Despite what some may claim, there is no one-size-fits-all strategy for being deaf!
S ome families choose to assimilate their child to a hearing lifestyle by implanting a device called a cochlear implant into the skull, which stimulates the auditory nerve and allow the brain to "hear." Sammy is a CI recipient from a hearing family who jokingly refers to herself as "part robot." She was not born deaf, but her hearing deteriorated throughout childhood and, at 12 years old, she made the choice to have CI surgery. According to Sammy, her parents presented the pros and cons, and she strongly feels a CI was the right choice for her. She attends school with all other hearing students and plays on a basketball team, insisting she doesn't need to know ASL because she can hear. Cici also comes from a hearing family, she lost her hearing as a baby. Her parents elected to send her to a school for deaf children that focuses on teaching English and oral communication, so she never learned any ASL. At 5 years old she received her CI. "It was hard to learn to speak," she says, but she feels very grateful that she did because it allows her to communicate with her family and non-deaf friends. Cici is a ballet and tap dancer who feels that deafness is a disability that her CI and hearing aid help her overcome.
Although the first instinct of a hearing parent might be to "fix" their "disabled" child through technology, they should first explore the many perspectives about deafness. Yes, cochlear implants and hearing aids work great for some people, but every person is different and everyone learns differently. In the show, CiCi says she loves her CI, but acknowledges how difficult it was to learn spoken English. Imagine having dyslexia– or any common learning disability– and being forced to learn a challenging foreign language. Though Cochlear Implants or oral English education do work for many, it's unfair to assume that all deaf children have the same capabilities.
Other families choose American Sign Language for their deaf child. Isabella was born deaf and grew up in an all-ASL family, with two deaf parents and one hearing sister. She discusses education at her Deaf school, playing soccer on a hearing team, and having fierce Deaf pride! Isabella does not view deafness as a disability in any way, and she loves the language of her family. Arbab is a young man from a hearing family, who became deaf as an infant. In Pakistan, he would not have had educational opportunities, so his family immigrated to the US to ensure a better life. Arbab's family does not use ASL and he does feel isolated from them, but he absolutely loves attending Deaf school where he signs freely with his peers. He uses technology, such as texting or video chat, to contact his friends when he is feeling lonely. Kaylee is the only deaf person in her entire town but, when she was in preschool, school administrators decided to add ASL to the curriculum for her whole class. The hearing kids all learned sign language, and use it throughout the school day to make sure Kaylee feels included. "My hearing friends sign to me, they are very fluent," she says, "when my hearing friends don't sign to me, then I feel alone." She and her hearing friends love ASL and have made it their goal to spread Deaf awareness by volunteering to teach ASL to children.
As a parent, it is your responsibility to become educated about your child; to engage and develop a relationship with them. Learn about deafness, and Deaf culture. Discover all the options available before making any major life decisions. Deaf children, like hearing children, have limitations, and areas where they excel. Instead of dictating how young deaf people should live their lives, parents can work together with their child to find the most comfortable way of adapting. This solution may not always be what the parent initially expected, and that's ok! Holding on to strict expectations for any child– deaf or hearing– is unfair. Every person and their circumstances are unique!


The World Council of Civil Engineers, the United Nations Office in Spain and Aqualogy Foundation signed an agreement to publish a series of monographs under the topics chosen annually to commemorate the "International Year of Water" declared by the UN in the 2013-2015 triennium.
The initiative has been welcomed by several stakeholders including UN agencies which have presented their views on water related topics. Views expressed were non unanimous and even opposite, but have enriched the reader expressing pros and cons of each approach, being respectful with the other.
The monograph discusses, inter alia: the importance of water cooperation; regional and global cooperation; challenges for water, energy and waste cooperation; the human right to water and sanitation for all without discrimination and the need to address cooperation issues on a regular basis.
The monograph discusses, inter alia: the importance of the Water Energy Nexus; cross-border policy responses in the Water Energy Nexus, the role of UNIDO, knowledge challenges for addressing integrated water and energy policies and challenges, solutions and UN initiatives on the topic.
The monograph discusses, inter alia: the importance of the Water management in Sustainable Development, Risk Assesment for Water Systems for a Sutainable development of the Communities, Sustainable initiatives on the Water sector: the Water for Life Awards.
The monograph discusses, inter alia: the importance of the Water in Economy, Circular Economy and Water, Economic Analysis of Integrated Water Management Resource.


The other day my sister and her boyfriend, Rob, brought me some fresh oyster mushrooms that Rob had foraged and gathered. I have to admit that at first I was skeptical to try them, until I learned that their friend, Beth, a certified mushroom expert, had approved them for consumption. How cool to have a source for fresh mushrooms, at least as long as they grow!
Mushrooms are a great source of vegetable protein, potassium and iron, and are packed with B vitamins. Oyster mushrooms are mild and have a sweet, woodsy taste. Nancy had asked if I had any good mushroom soup recipes, so I knew that was what I would make with some of these oyster 'shrooms. Since it is winter, I wanted a creamy soup, so after looking at several recipes I came up with this tasty version, which, by the way, is Lexi approved!
If you don't have access to fresh oyster mushrooms, no worries. I'm sure you can easily substitute other types found in your grocery store's produce department. In addition, you can keep this soup meatless, or kick it up some and garnish it with crispy bacon. Your choice!
Cook the bacon until it is nice and crispy, drain on a paper towel, and crumble it once it's cool enough to handle.
Melt the butter in a large pot (love my Rockcrok® for this!) Add the onion and garlic and sauté for a couple of minutes.Add the mushrooms and cook over medium heat, until all of the juices have evaporated, about 15 or 20 minutes. You will want to occasionally stir them.
Stir in the flour and paprika and cook for a few minutes.
Add the broth, dill weed, sherry, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
Mix in the sour cream and lemon juice, and remove from the heat. Taste to see if you need to add more salt or pepper.
Garnish with some of the crumbled bacon and fresh chives.
Or, leave off the bacon for a meatless meal. Either way, be prepared to savor each spoonful of this delicious soup!
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YUM YUM!!! Wish I could have sampled that!
You would really like this soup, Eleanor! Give it a try when mushrooms go on sale.
It is yummy! Give it a try and let me know what you think!


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Q: Javascript: change based on whether IE7 or not I would like to change a line of my javascript code based on whether the browser is IE7 or not. Here is the code for any other browser:
function showHint(myId)
{
    document.getElementById(myId).style.display = "inline-block";
}

For IE7, I want display = "inline".
I've made an attempt at conditional compilation (this showed me how to detect the browser), but it didn't work:
function showHint(myId)
        {
            document.getElementById(myId).style.display = "inline-block";
            /*@cc_on
                @if(navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 7.")!=-1)
                {
                    document.getElementById(myId).style.display = "inline";
                }
            @*/
        }

Any help is greatly appreciated!
EDIT: I'm not using JQuery.

A: Set a global determined by the behavior of IE's conditional comment parsing:
<!--[if IE 7]><script> var isIE7 = true; </script><![endif]-->

A: You need to check navigator.userAgent.
If you use jQuery, you can simply write
if ($.browser.msie && $.browser.version === 7)

A: I think you can use regular expression to determine MSIE 7:
if(/MSIE 7/.test(navigator.appVersion)) { /* msie7 related code */ }

A: There is a Jquery Plugin detecting the Browser Version. I do not know the exact Link ...

A: Conditional compilation should work. It seems that your error is that you are using fancy quotes to delimit a string ("MSIE 7.") or that you are attempting to assign display to something unknown to IE and it is having a fit over it and throwing an error. Here is a more concise version of the function that doesn't repeat itself and solves this issue:
function showHint(myId)
{
    document.getElementById(myId).style.display = "inline" //@cc_on;
    + "-block";
}