OnyinyeOlufunmi – I started my period a week after my 12th birthday. I was in the toilet when I saw blood and even though my mom had told me about it I was still freaked out. I shouted: "Oh My God! Blood!". And I think I cried. My dad was the one home so he sent for pads which I wore.
I was in Jss 3 then and was returning back to Enugu for school. I felt very self-conscious and kept imagining weird scenarios about it. I had even asked a friend before; "Does the blood drop or gush out?". It was irregular until my 13th year when I entered senior secondary school.
It was hell, the pains were intense, long-lasting and excruciating. I even missed an exam because of it. People (even females, older women too) who don't understand often made fun of it and say to endure without knowing how much it hurts. Oh! And the diarrhoea. It was unexpected.
I try to work around it by using warm water which makes the blood rush more. On the very bad days when I can't sleep, I use painkillers, which I hate (I was a good substance abuse student 😛).
However, I listened to Daily Run Africa's podcast on it and stumbling on Tia Mowry issue as well made me improve on my diet. Eating high-quality foods have definitely helped me because the month I didn't pay attention to my food I got terrible cramps. To me, a high-quality diet, and a cup or two of hot tea does it for now.
Divine – I started my period when I was 11 years old. Although the first two times were not painful, it wasn't consistent so I had it twice before I turned 12. My 12th birthday was when I first experienced the most painful event of my life, little did I know that it was only the tip of the iceberg. The doctor prescribed a painkiller (buscopan) and it did relieve me so I kept using it for a year but it soon became ineffective. I took more than the prescribed dosage and it just didn't work. (Yea bad on my side but the pain was much) I would literally lie down in pain, I scratch, beat and bite myself just to divert the pain elsewhere but still to no avail.
I felt the pain for straight 15 minutes, relief for 30 seconds, as time drifts towards the next day, the seconds of relief turns to minutes and then hours.
The first day or sometimes the first two days are usually the worst. I often end up in the hospital for painkiller injections when my mom can't take it anymore. I even take a day or two off from school when I'm on my period. Today, I'm stuck up on painkillers once or twice a month. Well. That's my story.
Wumi – Starting my period wasn't really on my mind so when I went to urinate one hot afternoon (I was 11 or 12) and I saw blood, I screamed: "Mummy I'm bleeding, I'm dying". I was a dramatic child, LOL. I had a very easy period which usually lasted just 3 days until my SS3 when I started having minimal cramps.
I entered university and the cramps became a lot more painful. I would use drugs and they'll work for just about an hour before wearing off. I was medically advised to stop taking pills. Now, I get my period for 5-6 days. The flow is heavy and I'm always uncomfortable even in my sleep plus my emotions are seriously over the top.
I almost never get stained though because I'm overly conscious and have to change my pad/tampons every few hours. I also drink warm water a lot because I heard it eases the pain and I've started certain exercises also. Exercises help a bit while warm water just makes it rush more.
Oluchi – I started at 13. I was in Jss 2. You know then, we were always taught about it and most girls were ready for it mentally. When mine started, I felt weird because it came with little pain unlike what I anticipated. However it happened like that until recent years in the University. That was when I knew what menstrual pain was all about.
Most times it will be like someone is slowly cutting my veins, I would scream and scream and scream. Most times I will be irritated, totally angry at everything and everyone. Will even feel like beating the person next to me. I always count its days like my life depends on it.
Ifunanya – I started my menstruation before I entered secondary school that was around August/ September 2004 (I can't really remember the exact time). I always felt this excruciating pains at my right bottom of my stomach, I had thought it to be appendicitis. After two days of surgery, boom!!! It was my period was the next thing I saw in the morning. My mum was like: "Are you sure it is not this that has been disturbing you since?".
Since that day henceforth, I have been having pains at the lower abdomen, loss of appetite, fatigue, bad mood swings, heavy flow, back pains sometimes low body temperature.
Surprisingly I heard that women like this, don't find it difficult with when having labour contractions, also when giving birth, it is much easier than someone who doesn't have these pains. Then finally, it washes away with the birth blood. I don't know how possible it is, though I have heard nurses and doctors talk about it that it is a mystery they don't understand.
I used to eat painkillers like candy. Then, I started to take Chinese herbs and supplements which made a huge difference in my life.
Wow! I need to try that.


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Star Wars Battlefront beta attracts 9 million
DICE shooter becomes largest beta in Electronic Arts history; $50 Season Pass DLC plan announced with few details
News by Brendan Sinclair Managing Editor
Published on Oct. 13, 2015
When Electronic Arts pulled the plug on the Star Wars Battlefront beta earlier today, you might have felt a disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices cried out and were suddenly silenced. That would have been about 9 million voices, as the publisher today announced that's how many people played the upcoming online shooter during the beta test period.
Senior producer Sigurlina Ingvarsdottir said the Star Wars Battlefront beta was the largest beta in the publisher's history. The development team at EA DICE will now use information and feedback taken from the beta "to tune and balance the game" until its mid-November launch.
While there's barely a month remaining until launch day, EA is still revealing bits and pieces of the game to potential customers. Yesterday it announced three more multiplayer game modes, as well as a $50 Season Pass program that will span four expansion packs. EA has said nothing about the contents of those expansion packs, other than to note Season Pass holders will get an exclusive in-game emote.
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By Tracey Drury, originally published in Buffalo Business First on Dec 1, 2017, 1:55am EST, Updated Dec 1, 2017, 9:30am.
Giving trends in Western New York
As the year draws to a close, individuals, companies and foundations are finalizing their annual giving decisions, but with many different goals in mind.
For most, tax deductions are certainly a consideration, especially as the conversation continues in Washington, D.C., about tax reform and potential changes to charitable deduction allowances and itemization. But for many others, the holiday season brings a reminder of how thankful they are for their health and financial position, prompting a compulsion to share some of that wealth and comfort with the less fortunate.
Regardless of the reason, charities and nonprofit groups are anxious for the excess, which might enable them to provide more or enhanced services or simply help balance the budget.
Western New York charities and grantmakers, as well as national philanthropy experts, talked about how charitable giving has changed.
On the individual giving side, the Chronicle of Philanthropy analyzed itemized donations from thousands of 2015 tax returns. The Erie-Niagara region was among the 381 areas studied by the publication for a report titled, "How America Gives."
With a population of just over 1.1 million, the region (officially the Buffalo-Niagara Falls-Cheektowaga metro area) reported $419 million in itemized contributions. That's an average of $3,411 or 2.3 percent of gross income per person who chose to itemize their 2015 taxes. That may sound generous, but according to the report, there is untapped potential or giving opportunity for another $125 million, if giving rates matched the national average.
And compared to metro areas of similar size, the region's giving rate is nearly 25 percent behind.
"If you could raise each of those income groups up to the average for that size metro area, you would realize those dollars," said Drew Lindsay, senior editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
So does that mean local charities aren't doing enough to reach their full potential? Not necessarily.
Lindsay said markets across the country struggle to boost charitable giving, and have been for years. Even the wealthiest areas deal with the issue, including Silicon Valley, which despite all the technology wealth has lots of needs in the areas of poverty and social need.
"We don't have the answer for what they should be doing. It's an issue every year," Lindsay said. "The country as a whole has not been able to get off that 2 percent for a long time."
Nationwide, the report found that the number of people who itemize their donations dropped from 31 percent in 2006 to about 24 percent for 2015. But though there are fewer people who report giving, those who do tend to be wealthier and report giving more.
Indeed, Buffalo has plenty of untapped potential when it comes to giving. Some prefer to pass their wealth to the next generation while others look ahead to legacy giving opportunities through a charitable trust, by establishing a family foundation or making a major gift in their will versus smaller gifts during their lifetime.
Kelly Marks, a partner at Phillips Lytle LLP who specializes in tax law, counts some of those people among her clients.
"We have millionaire-next-door type people who are very private about their wealth and private about their philanthropy, and I suspect not all of them are involved in charities," Marks said. "Also, there's still some remembrance of the economic uncertainty that we saw a few years ago."
As a former board president of Irish Classical Theatre and with a roster of nonprofits on her client list, she brings a unique perspective. She said those wealthy clients could become donors if they're approached the right way.
"I don't think for most donors that taxes drives the decision," she said. "When I'm working with donors or individual clients on things like private foundations or reviewing an endowment agreement, we're not talking tax. Their motivation is if they really care about an organization and what it does for the local community. So it's always good to tout your achievements at year-end and show how donor gifts help advance that mission."
For charities, that brings a conundrum: Do they concentrate their solicitations on wealthier individuals rather than those with low or moderate incomes?
That depends on whom you ask.
Individual contributions make up the bulk of revenue, about 96 percent, of the $8 million raised each year by the Buffalo City Mission. Those contributions range from a few quarters taped to a postcard to six-figure checks. The average donation is $52.
Executive Director Stuart Harper said most of the donors are older than 50, live in the suburbs and look to support nonprofits they trust. At 100 years old, the City Mission fits the bill for most, with a reputation of turning lives around.
Though the agency has landed a few major gifts from wealthy donors, Harper said that ignoring smaller, less-affluent individuals would leave out some of the most dedicated supporters.
"We're supported by the blue-collar community of Buffalo. They're monthly givers and they give us their credit card or send a check every month," he said. "We may not support the normal demographics of donations but we get some pretty specific stories about why people support us. A lot of people have been touched by addiction and alcoholism and poverty."
Daniel Hart tells a similar story. He is executive director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, which regularly receives six- and seven-figure gifts from both wealthy families and private foundations. Still, the majority of the 4,000 donors who support the organization do so with smaller gifts.
"We have a lot of people who don't even come to the BPO who give smaller gifts," Hart said. "While the people who are closest to us are quite generous, it's stayed pretty steady. It's been almost eight years since the Great Recession and individual giving has been growing, and that's the area where we've had consistent growth."
Hart credits the orchestra's outreach programs, which spread the word about educational programs with area schools and community groups as much as the artistic accolades.
"We're emphasizing that a little more – what we can do for Buffalo versus what you can do for the BPO," he said. "Most people who want to support the BPO, they see it as a true cultural treasure that Buffalo needs to have."
When it comes down to dollars, though 90 percent of the funds come from 10 percent of the people, most donors support the BPO at the $75 level. With a budget of $12 million, the orchestra is budgeting a 3 percent increase in giving toward the $3.8 million annual fund.
"We love the fact that we have such a broad donor base and that so many people are supporting us in any way they can," Hart said.
Others who run major campaigns said that looking at itemized giving alone paints only part of the picture. Lots of people give for the sake of giving, regardless of the tax implications.
Gerard Mazurkiewicz was chairman of this year's annual fundraising appeal by Catholic Charities of Buffalo. He's also a partner at Dopkins & Company LLP. Though high-wealth people certainly recognize the income tax and estate tax savings, taxes simply aren't a motivator for most people, he said.
The Catholic Charities Appeal bears that out to some degree. Though corporate donations bring in about $1.3 million and high-wealth givers contribute another $2 million to $3 million, the remainder of the $11 million raised comes from individuals at the parish level.
"The premise is that everybody gives because they have some donative intent that governs the act of giving," Mazurkiewicz said. "The corporations and high-wealth individuals, they're asked for every kind of campaign and sometimes they just say no. I think the smaller givers are still a very interesting and crucial part of the campaigns that cannot be forgotten."
But the campaign has relied increasingly on foundations and corporate gifts to reach the goal: According to Sister Mary McCarrick, diocesan director for the appeal, just 79 percent of donations in the 2017 campaign came from individuals at the parish level, down from 88 percent in 2010.
During the same period, the average gift was up from $144 to $282.
The organization also is looking outside the parish to the general Western New York community to make up the difference, she said.
Canisius College is working with Catholic Charities to survey people on how they give and what specific areas attract them. The survey will provide demographics to help charities better understand the giving patterns of different generations and backgrounds.
"It's about how do you engage the lower cohorts while continuing to increase our per-person gifts," McCarrick said. "You want to do both: retain donors and raise what they're able to give you, and bring in new donors every year who will stay with you."
The ability to reach people in new ways, and in ways that appeal to them, is part of what led the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County to establish new vehicles and programs for donors.
Michael Weiner, president and CEO, said the agency has worked to make up for the decline in employer-based giving through payroll deduction by offering other opportunities, such as crowdsourcing online, supermarket checkout and giving circles.
"United Ways are most susceptible where people of wealth give more than lower-income or working families," he said. "It creates a vulnerability point. That could catch up with not only United Way but charities across the board."
Though the average gift has increased here, the donor base erodes each year.
"That troubles me, that there's opportunity but we're still falling behind compared to other metro areas," Weiner said.
Foundation leaders said they notice, too, when individual giving levels shift. Many foundations have adapted their support in recent years beyond simply writing checks.
For the John R. Oishei Foundation, that also means providing philanthropic support in the areas of governance and leadership transitions, as well as with strategic planning and collaboration.
"We try to provide both or better understand if capital can improve their operations," said Robert Gioia, president. "There are numerous asks out there for both. They're asking for help with searches and about best practices in how to run and operate a nonprofit.
"The check is important," he said, "but after the check can often be more important."
The foundation also tries to stay ahead of trends, operating more proactively than reactively. That has led to some collaborative work with organizations to address mental health, addictions and poverty issues in the community.
Still, those are more big-picture grants and won't necessarily make up for the loss of individual donors.
"The average request that comes in here can be six figures," Gioia said. "Where I don't think the average individual can do that, there are a number of folks who can give significantly and do it consistently."
In the end, everyone wants to give and wants to do good, but many remain constrained by their own situation.
That's according to Betsy Constantine, president of the Leave a Legacy initiative and executive vice president of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo. Those two roles put her in front of wealthy families and individuals trying to determine how best to distribute their wealth, while dealing with charities that try to reach those very people to solicit lasting, legacy gifts.
"What hasn't changed is the people of Western New York are generous people," Constantine said. "People who give through us are incredibly kind, generous and fulfilling. What I find time and time again is that people don't give for the tax deduction; they give because they care."
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Mac: Is there a way to make an Inbox action a project *and* file it in project hierarchy?
As I'm working through my Inbox items, there is an item that I need to turn into a project, and file it in the right folder in my projects hierarchy.
I realize I can drag and drop to do this, but would like to do it via the keyboard if possible.
I know there is the Command-! shortcut to make an action into a project, but is there away to choose where that new project appears?
On iOS, when you promote an action to a project, there is a choice of where it will end up.
Hrmmm… I just realized that creating a task within a new project instead of turning the task itself into a project may not be what you're after. Ah well, I'll post anyway since I created all those screen shots!
@Beck Yes, as you've noted what you describe is not what I'm trying to do, but I appreciate your response. I'm not sure I realized you could do what you describe in your reply.
I'm trying to turn a task into a project and file it in a particular folder in my projects hierarchy using the keyboard.


Being introduced to bikes since a young age, It was my favourite thing to do! feeling the air hit my face when racing with my sister is a fun memory that hardly leaves my mind with all the happy moments that came with it.
I would consider cycling my go-to expertise, unlike running (UGH its hard!) I don't feel relived when the it ends.
According to brake organisation cycling is healthy, environmentally friendly, and its deffently cheap !
It's an excellent form of exercise. Incorporating physical exercise, such as cycling, into everyday life can be as effective for weight loss as a supervised exercise programme. Regular exercise reduces the risk of heart disease and obesity, and increases life expectancy. High blood pressure, osteoporosis, diabetes and depression are also less frequent among people who exercise regularly. Cycling to work, school or the shops is a great way to stay fit and in shape and feel good.
always wear a helmet, and follow road sings and rules.
Be safe, and cycle for life.
Our society's over-reliance on cars has major consequences for the environment and our health. Unless we act now, the amount of traffic on our roads is set to increase. By 2035, the amount of traffic travelling in congested conditions is predicted to double. Replacing some of our car journeys with cycling would make a big difference to this.
You can get hold of a durable, road-worthy bicycle relatively cheaply. Maintaining a bike is of course much cheaper than running a car.


The Jail Rock Bar Benidorm is one of the resorts top venues for live music. Located on the Benidorm Strip just by the Stardust, this 1950's rock n roll themed bar is home to some of Benidorm's best tribute acts.
If you are planning on spending an evening at the Jail Rock Bar, especially at weekends, we do advised to get in early as the place gets very busy, very quick.
If you are a music lover, or just want somewhere fun to spend a night in Benidorm then the Jail Rock Benidorm is non stop live music.
Top performers like Carnaby Street, Blues Brothers, Pink, Rolling Stones and of course, Elvis fill the schedule.
One thing you will notice at the Jail Rock is that they only have the best of the best performing here.
Not just someone on a stage with a microphone, performers at the Jail Rock Benidorm give you the full live entertainment experience.
Interacting with the crowd, lights and making it as if you was at a live concert.
Drink prices may seem high for Benidorm. A pint of San Miguel is around 3.50 Euros and a branded spirit mixer will cost in the region of 5 Euros.
Which to be fair, it's free entry, non stop live entertainment and for the strip, one of the bars which you never hear a bad word said about.
The Jail Rock Bar is great for groups, couples or even if you are travelling alone to Benidorm. It's well managed, great atmosphere and above all, what Benidorm's all about!


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American country singer songwriter Beau Morgan
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Beau Morgan's foray as a country musician of all trades is
quite the uplifting banger
"'Nothing but a Song (Between Us)' is the debut single of country singer-songwriter Beau
Morgan who has regaled his first attempt in the music business with a future country staple
that contains great melodies, stellar arrangement and deep but affirming lyrics."
– Beau Morgan's recent debut single "Nothing but a Song (Between Us)" is making the
playlist and choice for many country music listeners in the country, with a revolutionary
sound, insightful lyrics, and Mr. Morgan's obvious great voice recounting a love that you
may find yourself personally relating to.
The song has that unmistakable "country twang" but with layers of instrumentation that
would inherently appeal to a modern audience effectively. The composition, as arranged by
Mr. Morgan and his associates, took a long time in order to become a reality, but they
ultimately pulled through with what can be considered to be a future country staple. Unlike
many other artists, Beau Morgan wants to affect his audience on an emotional level, and give
a positive sense of meaning by all possible accounts. This can be seen through the lyrics of
the song, which recounts the old longing for a girl, but states that it might be entirely
plausible for the relationship to be true and meaningful. Ultimately, everything matters, and
you will find it to be strangely affirming about love and everything merry in life.
Beau Morgan has always been a dreamer, and this single is supposed to be his ticket to
recognition for the country music audience. You may not have heard his name, but his talents
are entirely laid bare through all the hard work and accomplishments he had permitted
himself on a consistent basis. He has already proven himself as a wordsmith through his
published works of both prose and poetry, and, as a result, his sensibilities and thought
patterns as an artist truly comes from a wholly genuine place.
The song is to be released on January 1 st , 2019 across multiple music platforms, and almost
all possible streaming services. With your support by listening to the debut single, Mr.
Morgan hopes to continue releasing music in the future, and would not like to stop anytime
soon. Beau Morgan has a considerable presence online with his website being at
https://www.beaumorgan.com/, and one can find them the song "Nothing but a Song
(Between Us)" across all labor media platforms online.
Beau Morgan is a singer-songwriter, poet and author who has been decisively influenced by
the American tradition of old, and aims to bring it to the forefront of his audience. His truly
"lightning in a bottle" talent is something that requires a great deal of attention, and it is
supposed that everyone can find some form of value and appeal through the work that he has
done. His debut single, "Nothing but a Song (Between Us)", is a fiery country rocker that will
supposedly become a resounding hit amongst the ever-present country music audience.
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We warmly welcome new members to the choir, and encourage anyone with an interest in choral singing to contact us. While choral experience is valuable, a love of singing and a desire to learn is more important and we do not audition new members. You will be introduced to a Part Rep who can help you find the right Voice and place in the Choir.
Our subscriptions are paid annually for singing members and for this we all enjoy three terms of singing, four concerts, a professional conductor and musicians, and a comfortable central Dorking rehearsal location. New members are very welcome and we invite you to join us for a couple of 'taster' sessions before committing to paying anything. Our annual subscriptions are set by the DCS Committee; we offer a generous discount for early payment; free if you are under 25s.
For our Spring concert we join the Leith Hill Musical Festival for which there is a small additional charge levied by them: for 2019 it is £30 (including the programme) and they offer a reduction for under 18s at £12.50.


You will be educated by a stellar faculty. Teachers in the programme have both a solid (international) academic background as well as a wealth of experience from commercial and legal practice.
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Over 13 million children from the Middle East and North Africa are being prevented from going to school, says Unicef education report
Findings add how teachers are being detained, intimidated, injured – and sometimes even killed – as the charity urges the international community to act
Aftab Ali
Millions of displaced children are being deprived of a basic education, according to a startling report from the United Nation's (UN) children's agency, Unicef, which adds how the hopes of an entire generation are at stake unless the international community acts.
Surging conflict and political turmoil across the Middle East and North Africa is preventing 13.4 million young people from going to school, according to the charity's latest report, Education Under Fire.
Just a few years ago, Unicef says the region had goal of universal education well within its reach. Today, however, the charity has been forced to highlight what it calls a "disastrous situation" involving nine countries which are being affected – either directly or indirectly – by armed conflict.
Attacks on schools and education infrastructure – sometimes deliberate –is one key reason why many children do not attend classes, and in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Libya alone, almost 9,000 schools are out of use because they have been damaged, destroyed, are being used to shelter displaced civilians, or have been taken over by parties to the conflict.
Regional director for Unicef in the Middle East and North Africa, Peter Salama, highlighted how the destructive impact of conflict is being felt by children right across the region and said: "It's not just the physical damage being done to schools, but the despair felt by a generation of schoolchildren who see their hopes and futures shattered."
The findings highlight how the conflict in Syria has displaced 7.6 million people inside the country and has driven more than four million refugees abroad – mainly to Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan.
Families from Syria and Iraq have featured strongly among the desperate migrants arriving in Europe in recent months – and among those who perished in the attempt.
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip last summer caused massive destruction to infrastructure including schools, and left deep scars in the psyche of children and their caregivers, says Unicef.
In Yemen, the intensification of violence since March 2014 "is bringing an already fragile country to the verge of collapse," the report adds. As of August 2015, thousands of schools have closed and at least 1.8 million children have been without an education. This number is in addition to more than 1.6 million who were out of school before the conflict escalated.
Unicef has also issued a reminder of the "less-noticed", but just as devastating for children, area Sudan where some 2.9 million people are estimated to have been displaced.
"Conflicts wipe out years of investment and achievements in education and can cripple the development of education systems.
"The effect of violence and insecurity in Iraq and Yemen is clear, as educational achievements for children have fallen steadily," says the report.
One teenager, 13-year-old Rand from Idlib in Syria, told Unicef how he was forced to flee to Turkey: "Life was too difficult, so we had to leave Syria. There was no electricity and we had to use candles. We were really afraid, it was so dark."
Another Syrian girl, fourth-grade student Rasha, remembered how she barely escaped with her life after her school in Homs was bombed: "I heard the noise, everyone was running. I saw my mother waiting at the corner. We ran together. I was happy to be home. This is all what I can remember."
As well as children, the report highlights how teachers are being dragged into the firing line "time and again," with some having been detained, intimidated, injured – and sometimes even killed – forcing them to abandon their jobs and flee for their lives.
Mr Salama has said Unicef needs an additional $300m (£197m) this year to try to improve access to education in the region, of which the charity has, so far, managed to accumulate $140m (£91.7m).
In order to deal with the situation, the report is calling on the international community, host governments, policy makers, and the private sector to:
Reduce the number of children out of school through the expansion of informal education services, especially for vulnerable children
Provide more support to national education systems in conflict-hit countries and host communities to expand learning spaces, recruit and train teachers, and provide learning materials
Advocate for the recognition and certification of non-formal education services in countries affected by the Syrian crisis
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The two graphs that reveal the UK's abysmal record on Syrian refugees
Jeremy Corbyn blasts David Cameron for 'wholly inadequate' response to refugee crisis
If these extraordinarily powerful images of a dead Syrian child washed up on a beach don't change Europe's attitude to refugees, what will?
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It was always surprising that the bank just bailed. Bank of America just said, I'm sorry, we're out of here. I mean, they're two-thirds of the way through the movie and suddenly you have no financial backing with a million -dollar payroll to meet. I can't even imagine what that kind of pressure would have been like.
See? Interesting, right? I think so. You can buy the hardcover from Amazon.com for $49.72 as of this writing. An autographed version also available through StarWarsShop.com for $84.99. If you're like me and haven't picked up Rinzler's first book, The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film , it, too, is available from Amazon.
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NRW Pipeline Relining Along Cucamonga Creek. Project No. EN19027
Public Agency
Inland Empire Utility Agency
NOE - Notice of Exemption
IEUA proposes to clean and reline approximately 4,400 linear feet of NRW pipeline and also rehabilitate the manholes along this pipeline.
Pietro Carnbiaso
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
6075 Kimball Avenue
Project Applicant
Other Location Info
City of Ontario. south of 4th Street along the Cucamonga Creek channel extending to a point just south of Interstate 10. The pipeline is located within the flood control channel access road on the east site of the channel.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Reasons for Exemption
The State CEQA Guidelines provide a series of categorical exemptions for· projects that have been deemed to have minimal impacts on the environment. The proposed cleaning and relining of the pipeline and rehabilitation of the manholes in this segment of the NRW system have been determined to have no potential to cause significant adverse effects on the environment and will ensure that collection and transport of the non-reclaimable water in the project area can continue to operate in an efficient and safe manner. Categorical Exemption Class 1 exempts "the operation, repair. maintenance. permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's determination. (b) Existing facilities of both investor and publicly owned utilities used to provide electric power, natural gas, sewerage, or other public utility services: The exceptions to the issuance of categorical exemptions have been evaluated for the proposed project. The proposed NRW Pipeline Relining along Cucamonga Creek; Project No. EN19027 have been determined not to have a potential to cause significant adverse environmental effects as a result of any of the exceptions. Therefore. this proposed action is not forecast to cause any potential for significant adverse environmental impacts and qualifies with the requirements for Class 1 Exemption.
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It is somewhat discouraging to find that week after week there are issues in the Watchtower study article that need to be addressed for the purpose of upholding the truth. It is therefore a welcome relief when an article such as this one pops up. While not an in-depth analysis of Scripture, it has the virtue of being both positive and non-controversial. It is true that holding to and promoting false teachings along with the true will keep us from achieving our full potential, but that's a discussion for another week. This one is about how to encourage our brothers to reach out and grow. So enjoy the study and we'll be back next week.
That the congregation rules prevent someone from 'serving God fully' simply for being, against their will, in an unbaptized state, is a startling admission. Thankfully, Rico was delivered from such a fate by scripturally unprecedented (near) infant baptism. How faith-strengthening.
So, one of the opening paragraphs calls us God's children. I wish the GB would make up its mind; are we "children" or are we just "friends"?
I know some brothers and sisters who choose to turn a blind eye to false teachings and worse – they have their reasons for doing that and that's up to them. But for many of us we have chosen a different path and we want to be aware of these false teachings in order to be set free from what we believe to be wrong – we want to worship our Heavenly Father in spirit and truth with others, and being here has helped me to do that, and I am so grateful, and I thank you.


No sooner do I publish a piece calling for Americans to take the fight directly to the out-of-control federal government goons, I run across a video from Wild Bill for America talking about that very thing and informing the public of a plan by retired General Paul Vallely, where "we the people" counterattack with massive civil demonstrations against the "crime lords," aka the "sinister six." The ring leaders of Washington DC corruption.
Those six are Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell and 'Dirty' Harry Reid, to force them to resign.
Wild Bill hasn't spoken to General Vallely about the details of his plan, but Bill has a few ideas he is hoping will be considered.


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Why John Mahama is bent on reversing the Public Universities Bill
John Dramani Mahama, former President of Ghana
/ June 25, 2020
The regrets Ghanaians would have should the NPP be voted out of power
Former President, John Dramani Mahama has made known his intentions to reverse the Public Universities Bill (should Government pass the bill) when he is voted into power. The decision of the former president was informed by the public outcry that met the announcement of the bill.
Before we look at the reasons backing the former president's statements, it is relevant to note that, the Government upon introducing the Public Universities Bill stated that the Bill it's to provide the procedure for the establishment of Public Universities, will give the principles of management for public universities, the legal status of public universities, the procedure for financing public universities and administration as well as the supervision of the activities of public universities, among other related matters.
The bill which is yet to be passed by the government (and might be passed since the Majority Caucus in parliament will vote in favour of the Bill to be passed) has received oppositions from some stakeholders and players in the academic sector. They argue that the move would be an attack on academic freedom and a means through which the government of the day can manipulate public universities in the country.
Notable among those who spoke against the bill is the former Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto. He said that the Bill, if passed into law, could become "a crude attack on the sacred principles of academic freedom". He called on government to "withdraw and abandon this repulsive and contemptuous policy" as this cannot be a sound policy path for a democrat.
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According to the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), the Bill seeks to harmonize the administration and governance and accountability structures of Public Universities, a move they explained would make the administration of public universities cumbersome since all public universities have their respective goals and objectives. They also said, should the Bill be passed into law in its current form, it will create more problems for the running of the universities than they seek to resolve.
Also, the Ghana Academy of Arts and Science (GAAS) voiced their displeasure against the Bill calling it "dangerous and uncalled for" and "a recipe for total chaos in our tertiary educational system".
Professor Ernest Aryeetey, a former vice – chancellor of the University of Ghana touching on the issue said, the Bill when passed "will destroy everything universities are meant to represent". Universities don't just train people and confer degrees on them but rather, universities are to generate knowledge useful for social and economic development" He said. The words of Prof. Aryeetey were corroborated by Professor Ransford Yaw Gyampo, a political science lecturer at the University of Ghana who has vowed to resist any attempt to deny Public universities the academic freedom they deserve should the Bill be passed as he describes the Bill as "bogus".
It is for these reasons that the former president John Mahama said that the Bill is not in favor of the people, there will be a threat to academic freedom as situated by the above professors and stakeholders of the Universities and for that matter, if he [John Mahama] is elected into power, will reverse the bill.
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Yahoo Groups Is Winding Down and All Content Will Be Permanently Removed
Users won't be able to upload new content to the site after October 21 and have until December 14 to archive their content, Yahoo said in an announcement.
by Jordan Pearson
Oct 16 2019, 7:38pm
Photo: Noah Berger for Bloomberg via Getty Images
Yahoo announced on Wednesday that it is winding down its long-running Yahoo Groups site. As of October 21, users will no longer be able to post new content to the site, and on December 14 Yahoo will permanently delete all previously posted content.
"You'll have until that date to save anything you've uploaded," an announcement post reads.
Yahoo Groups, launched in 2001, is basically a cross between a platform for mailing lists and internet forums. Groups can be interacted with on the Yahoo Groups site itself, or via email. In the 18 years that it existed, numerous niche communities made a home on the platform. Now, with the site's planned obsolescence, users are looking for ways to save their Groups history.
Yahoo notes that users can download their own data from the site's privacy tab, and posters on the /r/DataHoarders subreddit are sharing links to automated scraping tools.
"What's a good way to download specific Yahoo groups?" one Reddit user wrote. "I'm a member of a private one run by Cold War vets, and a lot of the information and discussion there isn't replaceable."
Yahoo's announcement says that the site will continue to exist, but all public groups will be made private and require administrator approval to join. Further, administrators will have access to some limited group settings, although most features—files, links, photos, attachments, message history, and more—will be turned off. According to Yahoo, users will still be able to interact with their Groups via email.
This isn't the first time that Yahoo has turned the switch off on an important, if niche, platform and left users in the lurch. In 2009, Yahoo shut down GeoCities, taking roughly 7 million personal websites with it. At the time, digital archivists raced to save what content they could.
"These guys found the way to destroy the most massive amount of history in the shortest amount of time with absolutely no recourse," archivist Jason Scott told Time soon after it was shut down.
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Mambajao Super Health Center launched
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF SBG SENATOR Christopher 'Bong' Go
Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go recently attended the groundbreaking of the Super Health Center in Mambajao town in Camiguin as he vowed to continue his advocacy to improve access to the country's healthcare system and establish more health facilities that would significantly benefit Filipinos, particularly the poor and those in far-flung areas.
The senator stressed that he is hopeful that more poor Filipinos will be able to access needed quality healthcare through Super Health Centers which will be placed in strategic locations throughout the country, especially in rural areas.
To recall, the lawmaker was instrumental in pushing for the budget for the establishment of Super Health Centers nationwide as some 307 SHCs were funded in 2022 through Go's initiative.
He likewise committed his continued support for the establishment of more SHCs in the country as he has earlier successfully pushed for sufficient funds for the centers in this year's Health Facilities Enhancement Program of the Department of Health.
Super Health Centers offer health services including database management, out-patient, birthing, isolation, diagnostic (laboratory: x-ray and ultrasound), pharmacy and ambulatory surgical unit. Other available services are eye, ear, nose, and throat service, oncology centers, physical therapy and rehabilitation center and telemedicine, where remote diagnosis and treatment of patients will be done.
Apart from Mambajao, a Super Health Center will also be established in Guinsiliban town. Its groundbreaking was also conducted this week.
Following the event, Go and his team also distributed assistance to various sectoral groups in the town. His team mounted the distribution activities at the Camiguin convention center in Mambajao wh ere they handed out grocery packs, vitamins, shirts, masks and snacks to 500 struggling residents.
They also gave away bicycles, shoes, cellular phones, and balls for basketball and volleyball to select individuals.
Representatives from the Department of Social Welfare and Development provided separate financial aid to the residents as part of its Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations program.
As Chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, Go also offered additional assistance to those in need of medical care and advised to visit the nearest Malasakit Center at the Camiguin General Provincial Hospital which was launched on the same day and was witnessed by Go.
The said Malasakit Center is the 154th in the country.
Other nearby Malasakit Centers are located at the Northern Mindanao Medical Center and J.R. Borja General Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City.


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In this section we write about law as a social institution and as a feature of
popular culture. We explore how law affects our lives and those around us.
From Illegals to Essential Workers
They place produce on America's Tables
Every year, thousands of undocumented immigrants head to the agricultural fields of California to harvest fruits and vegetables that eventually make their way to grocery stores across America. Farmers rely on their presence to keep their produce from rotting in the fields and fill positions that most people don't want. It's hard, backbreaking labor that requires a lot of physical endurance. And now, these undocumented immigrants are considered essential workers and are being given a pass by immigration authorities while the coronavirus rages on.
Once the imminent threat of the virus passes, what will become of these workers? Do they return to their previous status and live under constant threat of deportation? Or should we finally acknowledge their contributions to the food supply and give them citizenship as a thank you? One thing is clear: Those who gave their labor to feed people shouldn't have to go back to a life of playing cat and mouse with immigration. It's time for immigration reform to give these workers a thank you for putting their own health at risk to take care of millions.
Temporary Changes to the H-2A Program Gives Some Relief to Documented Workers
The H-2A program allows employers to hire workers from other countries when they are unable to find U.S. citizens to fill the roles. An employer has a prospective employee fill out labor certification paperwork before they arrive in the U.S., and employ them once they have arrived.
As of April 20, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security and USCIS instituted a temporary rule amending some H-2A requirements. The changes are designed to prevent disruptions in the nation's food supply chain by allowing H-2A applicants with a valid status to start work immediately after submitting a petition. Normally a guest worker is allowed to legally stay in the U.S. for up to three years, but the changes are allowing workers to stay for longer and allowing family members to apply for H-4 status.
The Undocumented are Being Left Out
However, many workers are itinerant and don't have the luxury of establishing a relationship with an employer prior to arriving in the States. These people live in fear of deportation. Many come from Mexico and many of them don't speak English. They're worried about their children who are born in the U.S., and being separated from them. Many fear that they'll be deported back to their homeland if they're caught. Current immigration laws give the undocumented a defense against deportation, but these laws are invoked at the discretion of the government or the immigration judge overseeing the case.
The undocumented workers are now being given letters by their employers that state that they are considered essential workers by the Department of Homeland Security. However, these letters are not visas or green cards and won't protect them if they are detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). As it currently stands, ICE are not trying to catch undocumented workers or performing raids. But as the world returns to normal, so will the raids and capture attempts. In the meantime, the undocumented continue to work in the fields and put themselves at risk of contracting the coronavirus.
Pay them a living wage
Adding insult to injury is the fact that these "essential workers" are paid below the living wage and living in substandard conditions while they work in the fields. Some sleep in garages converted into dormitories, some sleep in trailers, and others live in cramped quarters that aren't designed to house a large population of workers. Disease moves from person to person with ease in these kinds of conditions, and the coronavirus moves easier than most viruses. These living conditions increase the risk of the spread of COVID-19 in a vulnerable population.
It's true that the agricultural industry is making efforts to improve living conditions for their workers, but the efforts are uneven and dependent on the industry and region. The workers tend to accept these conditions as they are frequently an improvement on the living conditions in their home country, but it shouldn't be acceptable just because it's an "improvement" in some people's eyes.
Undocumented workers risk their lives to come to the United States in search of work. They do the work that most Americans turn down and put up with low wages and substandard living conditions on top of it. Their role during this emergency should not go unrewarded, whether it be in the form of green cards, naturalization, or lenience from law enforcement and changes in immigration law.
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How do various memory websites and scholarly literature pieces of the Nanking Massacre (1937) contribute and influence the shaping of memory and remembrance of this event for the Chinese Americans living here in the United States?
During the second Sino-Japanese War, when the Japanese soldiers took over Nanking town, the Japanese troops committed atrocities that generally came to be known as Nanking Massacre. That was seven and a half decades ago in 1937[1]. But the memories have been as vivid as the various memory sites and literary works can present them. It is not just the memories of the atrocities that become graphically vivid when we visit the various sites dedicated to remembering the victims of the events of 1937 in Nanking town[2]. A variety of scholars have triggered a heated debate over a number of issues including the casualties, role of the massacre in shaping the national identities of China and Japan and ultimately the role the massacre played in shaping the role of international relations.
While a memory of any atrocity is always a source of revisited grief, the media and commemorations of atrocities of such magnitude as Nanking Massacre can trigger memories in different ways. In this case, various parties play a role in bringing out the memory trigger each in its own way. To understand this we take a critical look at how scholarly literature has contributed to the influence and shape of the memories we see and hear about the massacre. After looking at the scholarly literature, the next step is to look at the various memory sites and then evaluate the role of the media in influencing and shaping the remembrance.
The biggest group in the category of scholarly literature comprises the historians. Historians are concerned with documenting and safeguarding the authenticity of historical events and as such, they have brought forward a debate of significant importance. This is the debate of casualties of the massacre. Besides the debate of numbers, other issues also play a significant role in shaping the memories of the event.
Through the available scholarly literature it becomes possible for an individual to take a critical approach on the implication of war in general and the Nanking Massacre in particular. Literature provides a vivid exegesis of events as they took place hence is able to relieve the memory for those who were there while at the same time helping those who were never present to see through the eyes of the lived experience of the victims and witnesses.
On the perspective of numbers and the raging disputes of numbers killed in the massacre is well articulated in a number of sites dedicated to documenting the history and memory of the events of the 1937 massacre. For instance, the Modern History Sourcebook of the Fordham University provides a documentation of the Nanking Massacre where it reiterates that civilians were killed in a widespread manner and dead bodies of civilians were scattered all over the city as could be reported by foreigners and reporters[3]. The site reports that some of the slain victims were children while others were aged men and women. Moreover, the attacks were also so severe that even the internal security machinery personnel like policemen and firemen special objects of attack. The site does not only document the killing of civilians and security personnel but also notes that these victims were bayoneted and inflicted with barbarously cruel wounds.
What is so touching about the story and narration documented by the Fordham University Memorial site is that it is a corroboration of eyewitness account. Many sites and scholarly literature have employed the eyewitness perspective and way of creating remembrance and reliving the events. For instance, the Fordham University memory site reports that there was fear and excitement yet any person who attempted to flea due to these human reactions was killed on the spot as was any person found in the streets after dark[4]. And most of the slayings were done in full view of foreigners who were present in the scenes. The Nanjing Memorial has also utilized the eyewitness method to relive the remembrance of the Nanjing Massacre.
In the Nanjing Memorial, Gao Wenbin born in 1921 recounted to his interviewer how he did translations for the Far East International Military Tribunal when he was working as a translator for the Chinese procurator. Wenbin recounts that the case was so severe in terms of the legal struggles involved as well as the severity of the reality and cruelty of the scenes that the entire case left him with deep impressions that were still fresh in his memory in 2003 when Liang Qiang took oral interview from him[5].
In the same model of utilizing eyewitness accounts, the case of Dai Baoyu must leave anyone in sorrow. Bayou narrates that in the course of the Nanjing massacre, his father and other two immediate paternal elder uncles were slain by the Japanese troops. In addition to this revelation, Baoyu recounts that his own father alongside his father's second elder brother were bayoneted at the gates of their home before they were able to flee. His own brother, who attempted to escape to Xiangyanghutian, was brutally murdered at the hands of the Japanese soldiers. Baoyu only escaped by hiding in a tunnel all that time as the massacre lasted[6]. Dai Baoyu was born in 1923 and at the time of recording the written testimony in August 2003.
The above two eyewitness accounts related to people who had just witnessed the effects of the massacre but they did not suffer any personal bodily affliction. Zha Fukui leaves a testimony that deviates from the two highlighted in that he suffered injury afflicted directly by the soldiers. According to his testimony, which Heng Zongqin, Liu Zhenxi, and Gu Shunqin investigated and recorded, when the Japanese troops invaded Nanking massacre in December 1937; toward the end of December, they stormed into Fukui's family's home and killed five people in the family. He was stabbed five times in different places with three of the stabs being fatal that led to terrible bleeding and ultimate fainting. He however escaped death when some members of the family helped him. He narrates that the stabs could still be seen on his body at the time of recording the testimony in 2003 at the age of 87[7]. The site includes handprints and footprints of the witnesses alongside their pictures and taken at the time of recording the testimony.
The memory sites do not just contribute and influence the memory and remembrance of the massacre through recordings of eyewitness accounts alone. The use of photography has been applied vividly. The following are a few examples. In the photograph below, taken from Nanjing Memorial Site, it shows excavated remains of the victims of the 1937 massacre. The officers carrying out the examination include Shi Menyu, who was the chief of China Military Tribunal at the time of the investigations and Chen Guangyu, who was the chief inspector at that time.[8]
Figure 1: Excavated Remains of victims[9]
More closely and precisely, the photograph below indicates an injury inflicted on the skull of a victim of the massacre. The skull was among the others excavated during the investigations on A-class war crimes against Japanese troops.
Figure 2: Skull of victim showing injury[10]
However, photographic presentation for purposes of arousing memory and remembrance has been questioned by a number of authors on the basis of authenticity. Shudo, Koboyashi and Fukunaga carried out an analysis of the photographic evidences presented and dispute them arguing that they could not be possibly true or authentic since the alleged source of the photographs (particularly those relating to recording of actual events such as beheadings) were Chinese sources yet at that time it could not be possible for the Chinese photographers to get access to such photographing positions[11]. One thing is evident, putting the authenticity of the photographs aside, is that by critically analyzing the authenticity of the photographs of the massacre still helps in reliving the memories and it also shapes and influences remembrances attached to the massacre.
Figure 3: Disputing Photographic Evidence[12]
While there are sites specially dedicated to these memories, Chang[13] argues that not enough has been done to bring out the true picture of what happened at Nanking or even draw a clear picture of the events and educate the public about it as a reminder the way the Holocaust is remembered through the gruesome pictures of the gas chambers at Auschwitz or a lot of haunting literature written about the young Anne Frank. Chang further contends that while most school children would elaborately recount the events and effects related to the dropping of the atomic bombs in Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan, not many would be able to say anything about the Nanking Massacre. It is simply a forgotten historical speckle.
Apart from photography, eyewitness accounts, narrations, debates or raging disputes and criticisms, other scholarly materials and memorial sites trigger remembrance through chronological depiction of events. This is done with the hopes that those who were not eye witnesses can read and understand what happened before, during and after the Nanking massacre that started in December 1937. Taking an example of the New Jersey Hong Kong Network as reported in the China News Digest, we can see what events preceded the massacre, what events took place during the massacre and which ones transpired after the massacre. By starting from the Japanese invasion of China that predated the actual massacre to 1930, the site attempts to trace the chronological order of events prior to, during and after the massacre. These concert efforts put in putting the massacre along a line of many events helps reader in the USA to only put the massacre in memory but to also critically analyze and evaluate all related factors.
Thus from the evaluation of the network, it is apparent that Nanking was the capital city of China after the country moved the capital from Peking to Nanking in 1928. The city had a normal capacity of about 1 million people by mid 1930s though the normal capacity in the late 1920s was approximately 250,000. This made it prime target. After Japanese troops had taken over Shanghai, they proceeded to Nanking taking its control on 13th December 1937. According to the chronicles of the New Jersey Hong Kong Network, there are about eight major events that constituted the Nanking Massacre starting .............
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L'XL Bermuda Open 1998 è stato un torneo di tennis facente parte della categoria ATP Challenger Series nell'ambito dell'ATP Challenger Series 1998. Il torneo si è giocato a Paget in Bermuda dal 6 al 12 aprile 1998 su campi in terra verde.

Vincitori

Singolare

 Hernán Gumy ha battuto in finale  Lucas Arnold Ker 7-6, 4-6, 6-2

Doppio

 Doug Flach /  Richey Reneberg hanno battuto in finale  Andrej Čerkasov /  Rodolphe Gilbert 3-6, 6-4, 6-2

Collegamenti esterni


the earings i would wear if i were hosting a bbq this afternoon serving roasted corn on the cob.
the only turquoise bordered dennison labels i have ever found, bright and fun.
sunny yellow daffodil crepe paper ruffles. so cheerful and summery, i feel like i have to hold on to the last few days of summer weather here. i can feel fall coming with its warm afternoon light and cool evening breezes.
maybe one last little trip before autumn.


I did not recognise at least 90% of these people..
This is NOT a hate channel. If I come across Clickbait/Misleading Content/Liars or Content I feel like Reacting to/Exposing, then I will make a video on the topic, in a way I find entertaining and honest, straight to the point with minimal censoring. NO COMMENTS I make should be taken seriously as I am just stating my opinions.


o My daily walk with my handicapped brother started today with Oceanside Police Car – License 1375448 GANG STALKING US.
· GOING TO OUR WALK TODAY THERE IS LESS GANG STALKING THAN USUAL ON THE ROAD.
· As we exit our home a gray Honda passes behind us and parks in front of 3170 Coral Drive.
· As we leave our development via Buena Hills – a RED car passes in front of us on Vista Way.
· When we reach El Camino Real and Vista Way two RED cars together are to the left of us at the intersection going north on El Camino Real.
· When we go to the next intersection Via Esmarca and Vista Way there is a RED car in the back of us. A RED jeep comes out from the Barnes and Noble mall to our left.
· In front of Ocean View Plaza is a man in his car by the road with his door open and a RED shirt on.
· At the intersection of Jefferson St. and Vista Way the RED car is still in back of us. There is a RED car first at this intersection.
· There is a RED car first at the intersection of Oceanside Blvd. and the Coast Highway.
· There is a RED motorcycle first in line at the intersection of the Coast Highway and West Street.
· We turn onto Freeman Street where we will take our walk today. There is only one car in the opposite lane a RED truck.
o NOW WE ARE ON FREEMAN STREET READY FOR OUR WALK.
· As I get out of our car a RED truck comes in front of our car turns around parks across the street and goes into 501 Freeman St.
· Another RED truck comes from Washington Street. Goes half a block up Freeman St. and parks.
· A third RED truck – an old SUV passes us by.
· NEXT DOING SAME TIME EXIT/ENTRY GANG STALKING AS WE ARE GETTING OUT OF OUR CAR IS AN OCEANSIDE POLICE CAR, LICENSE 1375448, PASSES OUR CAR ON FREEMAN STREET.
· Then the police car passes in front of us at the corner. In the distance we hear siren sounds which we intermittently heard for much of our walk (siren sounds are used as ANCHORS IN GOVERNMENT GANG STALKING).
· As we start our walk on Freeman Street a RED car passes in front of us on the intersection below us.
· We walk one block after seeing the GANG STALKING OCEANSIDE POLICE CAR and then there at the intersection of Minnesota Ave. and Freeman St. we see a FIRE TRUCK PASS ON THE COAST HIGHWAY AND WE HEAR ITS HORN BEEP.
· We continue our walk down Freeman St. Another RED car passes in the intersection in front of us as we walk down Freeman St.
· Then another RED car passes in the intersection in front of us as we walk down Freeman St.
· We walk toward the Coast Highway to find a basket to put the dog's waste in – a RED car and a RED truck pass in front of us.
· As we reach the Coast Highway a RED truck is first at the intersection at the intersection of Wisconsin Ave. and the Coast Highway.
· We throw the dog's waste into the basket in front of the Hit the Spot Coffee Shop. Two RED cars pass beside us.
· As we turn around and start walking back to Wisconsin Ave. three boys walk toward us – one has a RED shirt on – a bicyclist passes us from behind carrying A RED BAG.
· There are no other people on the street near us except for these.
· As we start up Wisconsin Ave. FIRE TRUCK 2 OF THE GANG STALKING OCEANSIDE FIRE DEPT. PASSES BY on the Coast Highway.
· Once we get back to Freeman St. a man with a blue shirt and a RED hat walks toward us and goes into 623 Freeman St.
· The only other people on the street are a man and two little girls. One of the little girls has a red bike.
· We walk about a block further where a man sits in his yard drinking a beer with a hat on with a RED rim. He turns his hat around on his head and goes in his house.
· There are no other people on the block.
· After we pass the house he comes back out again without his hat.
· AS WE APPROACH THE CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND FREEMAN STREET A HIGHWAY PATROL CAR, LICENSE PLATE 1352321, PASSES BY.
· After we cross the street at the intersection of Washington and Freeman Street TWO RED CARS PASS BY. Across the street are three women one of which is wearing RED on a nearly empty street.
· At the intersection ahead of us a man with a RED HOODIE crosses the street. He is the only person on the street ahead of us.
· We turn to our left and behind the fence to our left is a motorcyclist in a yard with a RED jacket.
· We start walking up Missouri St. My brother indicates he's tired so we turn around to go back to the car. A RED Mustang convertible comes around Missouri St. onto Freeman St. beside us.
· A RED SUV passes by.
· As we walk down Freeman St. there is only a couple behind us. The lady has a RED collar sticking out of her sweater.
· Then a person with a RED bag comes from Washington St. and starts walking in front of us on Freeman St.
· As we reach the intersection of Washington St. and Freeman St. we hear two BEEPS. A person with a RED shirt is at the corner picking up dog waste from the gutter. He goes into 501 Freeman St.
· We get in our car. Pull out of Freeman St. Go down Washington. A GANG STALKING OCEANSIDE POLICE CAR IS THERE AT THE COAST HIGHWAY. THEY CALL THIS SAME TIME EXIT/ENTRY. THE GANG STALKING OCEANSIDE POLICE WERE ON FREEMAN ST. WHEN WE STARTED OUR WALK AND THEY GANG STALK AGAIN AS WE LEAVE OUR WALK.
· As we reach Wisconsin St. and the Coast Highway a RED Jeep pulls in front of us. A RED truck is first in line on the corner. And a bicyclist with a RED shirt passes by up on Freeman St.
· We go up Oceanside Blvd. We sometimes stop in Fresh and Easy on our way home. BECAUSE WE ARE TRACKED WITH GPS THE GANG STALKERS KNOW OUR PATTERNS AND FREQUENTLY ARE THERE WAITING FOR US AS WE GO TO PLACES ROUTINELY.
· When we pull into Fresh and Easy a girl with a RED shirt and a man are getting out of a RED car.
· As I go in the store of Fresh and Easy there is a person standing near the door wearing RED.
· As I check out of Fresh and Easy a man with a RED shirt checks out behind me.
· As I go out the door of Fresh and Easy a woman with a RED shirt comes in the door.
· I get into my car. The girl with the RED shirt who was there as I entered Fresh and Easy leaves the same time I do and pulls out with her RED car.
· As I back my car out of the Fresh and Easy lot a man with a RED car pulls into a parking spot.
· As I leave Fresh and Easy lot there is one person passing in front of me on the street – a woman with a RED shirt.
· When I get to Oceanside Blvd. and Greenbrier – A GANG STALKING OCEANSIDE POLICE CAR IS THERE (SAME TIME EXIT/ENTRY GANG STALKING).
· As I reach Oceanside Blvd. and El Camino Real a RED car is beside me.
· When I am nearly home and about to turn onto Vista Way from El Camino Real – A POLICE CAR IS SECOND IN LINE FACING US AT THE INTERSECTION.
· I never say individuals in my description of my day are gang stalkers because I am not a mind reader and cannot know people's intentions. I just hope others will notice the patterns I have seen every day for the last seven years.


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Malaysia Airlines voted 'best airline to Asia'
KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia Airlines) - Malaysia Airlines won the 'Best Airline To Asia' award in the 2006 Travel Weekly Globe Awards polls conducted by Travel Weekly, a UK based magazine.
Malaysia Airlines emerged winner in this category, overcoming stiff competition from 3 Asian, 1 European and 1 Middle East airlines nominated for this award, two of which were winners of this title in previous years.
Malaysia Airlines' Regional Manager for United Kingdom and Europe, Mr Lim Cheng Hoe, received the award on behalf of the national airline at a presentation ceremony held in London last weekend.
Commenting on this achievement Malaysia Airlines' Managing Director Mr Idris Jala said, "Malaysia Airlines is no stranger to winning awards for its high quality products and services. We thank the readers of Travel Weekly and travel agents in the UK who voted us for this award."
"This recognition by Travel Weekly is testimony to the superiority of our enhanced product and service standards that we have consistently delivered to our customers. It also reflects the success of our Going Beyond Expectations service delivery philosophy which has won us other reputable awards in both the UK and in other parts of the world," he added.
This year is the 29th Anniversary of the Travel Weekly Globes, the number one UK travel industry Awards, which recognizes excellence amongst travel industry suppliers.
Voting is entirely by travel agent readers of Travel Weekly, the UK's leading travel trade publication. The votes are collated and audited by AC Nielsen, the travel industry's only official data analyst.
Malaysia Airlines, the national carrier of Malaysia, currently operates 22 weekly flights between Malaysia and UK, linking Manchester and London with Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia as well as London with Penang and Langkawi in Malaysia.
Currently operating 111 aircraft, Malaysia Airlines' fleet is one of the world's youngest, flying more than 48,000 passengers to over 110 destinations across 6 continents everyday.
Malaysia Airlines holds a lengthy record of service and best practices excellence, having received more than 100 awards in the last 10 years, among the notable ones being the first airline to win the "World's Best Cabin Crew" by Skytrax UK consecutively from 2001 till 2004 and being rated "5-star airline" also by Skytrax, UK.
Fraport is a CAPA Member. For more information on the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation's membership service, please click the icon below.


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Greetings from New Zealand: Connected Nation Takes Its Mission International
The team taking part in the Getting Connected New Zealand Outbound Program shortly after arriving in New Zealand.
Whangarei, New Zealand (March 25, 2019) – Connected Nation is taking part in a week-long exchange program dubbed "Getting Connected New Zealand Outbound." The program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Office of Citizen Exchanges, was organized by World Learning.
World Learning works to equip individuals and institutions to address the world's most pressing problems through "experiential learning, leadership development, inclusive practices, innovation, and grants management." Connected Nation was invited to attend the New Zealand Outbound Program following its participation last year in an information-sharing event in Washington, D.C. with leaders from around the world.
Throughout this week, Connected Nation's Vice President of Development and Planning, Chris Pedersen (pictured right, center), will share best practices and innovations for closing the Digital Divide and demonstrate how public-private partnerships can help communities throughout New Zealand.
Robyn Krock (pictured below) is also taking part in the program. She is a project leader for Food and Ag Economy, 21st Century Workforce, and broadband strategies for Valley Vision and is focused on farm connectivity.
Pedersen gave his first presentation today in Whangarei where he discussed Digital Works, a digital job training and placement program developed by CN. Digital Works focuses on growing a community's economic base by training, placing, and mentoring a workforce. The workshop included an in-depth view of program mechanics. Krock , meanwhile, focused on farm connectivity efforts during her presentation.
The pair will continue their work tomorrow morning in Whangerei when they take part in the Digital Revolution Breakfast. Pedersen will focus on how bridging the Digital Divide can help vulnerable populations, improve digital literacy, and how public-private partnerships can help communities; Krock will discuss how increased access to broadband can help rural communities further education, health, and profitability of farms.
March 12, 2019 – Connected Nation Taking its Mission of Digital Inclusion International
Watch Chris Pedersen's below video which was taken shortly after the team arrived in New Zealand:
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Man killed after driving into St. Johns River | News
Man killed after driving into St. Johns River
Friday, August 1st, 2014, 1:23pm
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 76-year-old is dead after his vehicle ended up in the St. Johns River early Friday morning.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said a witness at the south bank boat ramp in the 1000 block of Museum Circle Drive saw a van go into the water around midnight.
Off-duty officer, Mark Muchowicz, who First Coast News has learned lives in the San Marco area and was on his way home from a side job at a local hospital, heard the emergency call go out and responded to the scene.
JSO said Muchowicz risked his life and dove into the river with special tools that can be used to help free 76-year-old Thomas Franklin Wester from a sinking vehicle.
He then put them to use and was able to bring Wester to the surface. According to JSO, Wester was found in the van's driver's seat as the vehicle took on water and rotated upside down.
By then, additional emergency personnel had arrived and began performing CPR on Wester before rushing him to Baptist Health in San Marco, where authorities said he died.
The JSO dive team also responded to the scene and searched the water for other vehicles and individuals. A source close to the investigation told FCN nothing else was found.
So far, it's unclear how the van ended up in the river.
A lieutenant said the investigation is ongoing by traffic homicide detectives, but that it could have been an intentional act or the man could have suffered a medical episode.
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It's a fact that people love to view images more than text, whether browsing in magazines or on the internet.
We're visual creatures by habit and it's much easier to quickly look at an image rather than have to read a block of text.
It is for this very reason that a growing number of people are enjoying pinning and repinning images on Pinterest, the latest social media site to be attracting a lot of interest.
You, too, can do the same but first, you need to create an account on this rapidly growing networking site. I shared just how to do that in my previous post about What is Pinterest here.
Simply request an invitation and within a few days, you will get an email notification informing you that you can now sign up on the site.
After you have registered, you can start sharing images.
Upon logging into the site, you will immediately see a lot of images. Most will have short descriptions and some will have prices and longer descriptions.
When you see a photo that you love, you can freely share it. This is called repinning an image.
For most photos appearing on your Pinterest home page, you will see the number of times an image has been repinned. This information will not show, however, when you view photos from within a specific category, for example.
To repin an image, just hover your mouse over the photo and you will see three options at the top.
On the left is Repin with the pin icons.
Simply click on it if you want to share it with your followers.
A new box will then show with several options.
First, choose the board where you'd like the image to stay.
Select your board using the down arrow on the right.
Next, provide your own description of the photo or simply edit what is there.
Here it's a great idea to also add hashtag (the # symbol) for any topic, eg: #socialmedia or #weddingflowers. This will make your image easier to find when people search for that topic.
Then hit the Pin It button once you're done.
The repinned image will show in one of your boards. It will also be seen in your activity log.
You can see your own activity on Pinterest by visiting your profile.
Just click your name at the top right and on your profile, then click on Activity towards the centre under your Pinterst bio.
As a Pinterest user, you can repin as many images as you like. After all, this is what the site is all about.
Make sure you head on over the Pinterest and add us. You can find us here at www.pinterest.com/followwendy.
What is your favourite way to use Pinterest? Do you like to plan thing, share your favourite thoughts? Perhaps a wish list of things you'd love to call your own. Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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I need your help because one of my followers are re-pinnig my pins where my name do not show under the picture which he re-pinned from me.
the usual words we find under any pinned picture is like "marwa attar Via celina joseph" for example,, but in my case this words do not show under the pictures that he re-pinned from me, pleas help me and thank u in advance for your care.
When someone repins your pin on Pinterest, they have the choice of changing or personalising the words that they add to the image.
So whilst you may share an image with your own description, the next person may then change the description to personalise it. There is no way to stop this.
Hi, Wendy. I accidentally repinned a photo that I don't want. I've deleted the photo from my board, but the person's name is still at the top of my page. How do I get rid of their name/link? Thanks! And thanks for all the info you've provided here!


The new president is reportedly considering moves to declare Guantanamo open for business and consider a return to "black sites" and enhanced interrogation for new detainees.
A draft executive order purportedly written by the Trump administration which leaked Wednesday promised to revive the searing debates of the mid-2000s over torture and secret CIA prisons where al Qaeda suspects were kept for weeks at a time outside the bounds of international law.
The document, of which the White House disavowed knowledge, calls for the Defense Secretary and other national security chiefs to reexamine the justifications for torture, and orders a review of the Army field manual, which all U.S. agencies must, by law, use when interrogating suspects.
"And the answer was yes, absolutely," Trump said.
If Trump does follow through with such an order, it would run smack into existing law and the stated views of Trump's just-confirmed Cabinet secretaries and top national security chiefs, including Mattis and Pompeo, as Sen. John McCain, (R-Ariz.), reminded the president.
On the campaign trail last year, Trump repeatedly promised to work to bring back techniques "a hell of a lot worse" than waterboarding and other forms of coercion employed by the CIA during George W. Bush's administration.
According to drafts of the orders that have been circulating, Trump would direct that Guantanamo remain open and take in new detainees. He would also order a review of whether to resume the classified CIA "black site" detention program, as well as reviewing the U.S. Army field manual that by law bars U.S. officials from using enhanced interrogation techniques widely considered to be torture.
Trump made his own campaign pledges to "load [Guantánamo] up with some really bad dudes." While he's since toned down his vows about reinstating government torture — in part at the behest of Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general, who told him torture wasn't effective — he hasn't ruled it out. He's never backed off his plan to keep Guantánamo open, and has doubled down on expanding it, even suggesting he may try U.S. citizens in military commissions there.
On President Obama's first day in office in January 2009, he issued executive orders on interrogations and detentions at the U.S. military center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Soon after, the Obama administration set up an interagency High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) under the FBI that studies best practices in ongoing U.S. interrogations and investigations. In an August 2016 report, the group found that taking time to understand the detainee's motivations and "building rapport is generally accepted as the most successful component of a successful interrogation," as opposed to aggression and forceful techniques.
With the order, Obama effectively froze military commissions considering the cases of detainees at Guantanamo; mandated a review of every prisoner's case; and ordered that the detention facilities be closed no more than one year later. He did not ultimately succeed; today, 41 detainees remain at Guantanamo, and government lawyers defending the alleged Sept. 11, 2001 co-conspirators in military commissions say a trial is still years away.
One of those lawyers, James Connell, a Pentagon-contracted attorney, said that despite legislation that codified Obama's ban on torture and lawmakers' outcry to the reports on Wednesday, Trump could still find a way around the law "with the stroke of a pen." It "would not be very difficult for a new office of legal counsel to construe some very, very severe treatment that violates American values and American law" by working on the language to skirt the intentions of Congress, he said.


i'm building a site for my company, this site will be in some way like facebook or other social sites, and the user will have a public profile page. I can't find, or maybe i don't know where to look for, any information on how to do something to create that public page without creating a specific page for each user, i want to do something like facebook does when you type a username after the facebook url (EX. http://www.facebook.com/ANYUSERNAME) and then you fall into the profile page, somebody can help me with an idea? The development server is a windows 2008 using IIS 7.5 and PHP but the production server will be mandriva or any other linux distro with apache and php. Thnxs a lot to everyone in advance.
dynamic URLs are done on most Unix/Linux based systems in Apache, by a plugin called 'mod_rewrite'. However, you are running windows. IIS has a rewrite plugin by Microsoft.
Essentially the behavior ends up being that you set up rules for specific folders or other things. If a page doesn't physically exist on disk, or doesn't end in .php, run the ruleset. if it matches the rule, pass it to a real page as a querystring or other variable to the codepage. If it doesn't exist, throw a 404.
You'll need mod_rewrite (for IIS) and implement the front-controller pattern (usually in index.php).
The front-controller will then check the first segment of the URL (in your example it'll be ANYUSERNAME) and, if that route doesn't exist you can assume it's a user profile page. You can then choose to redirect the user to that specific profile page (something like /profile/USER), or just display it directly.
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Board games are one thing everyone in this family enjoys. Playing board games is a great way to spend time together as a family. We love planning a family game night last minute. These are some of the best board games for families, and sure to create some pretty amazing memories!
It's charades but instead of acting out your card alone, you act it out as a group. This is perfect if you have little ones that want to play, but aren't quite ready to play alone.
Parents ask the kids grown up questions, and kids ask the grown ups kid questions. Just fun to play against each other!!
Players wear cheek retractors while trying to say phrases and letting the other players guess what they're saying. Hilarious!!!!
Slide your chips down the slide, and get three in a row to win. This game is so simple even the littlest ones can play along!
It doesn't get much easier, or sillier than this. Players try to "pie" their opponents with whipped cream. The player that doesn't get pied wins!
Love this game, AND the fact that most of the pieces minus the deck of cards are connected (less things to lose!). Pretty quick, and easy to play. It's a great game when you're running short on time, but you want to squeeze in some fun. Players take turns trying to guess who is on their opponents hidden card.
When I was in college I fell in love with the original version of this game. I even gave it as gift to a few adult friends- I loved it that much! It's a bit difficult to play with younger kids though. This version adds more activities, from sculpting with clay, to fun facts.
This has always been one of my favorites, and the kids love it! This particular version has two "crime scenes".
Life Junior makes it possible to have fun playing this game even with your littlest kiddos.
Kids get to have a scavenger hunt in their own home. They move spaces for things they find, and extra spaces for things they put back where they belong.
Do you have a favorite board game? Did it make it on the list? Share your favorite in the comments!