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Mulumba's mission comes full circle
Weston Hodkiewicz
There was a time not so long ago when Andy Mulumba would have felt very uncomfortable putting on a suit and telling his story to an auditorium filled with strangers.
Six years earlier, the Green Bay Packers outside linebacker had left Montreal — knowing very little English — to accept a football scholarship at Eastern Michigan University.
But here he was, in front of a sea of West Bend high school students, thanking them for raising $10,000 on behalf of RAISE Hope for Congo. The money will be used to build shelters in his native country to treat women for injuries sustained because of war or rape.
"It's a growing process," Mulumba said about speaking engagements. "But if you can talk and help people out, why not do it? If you know it's going to touch someone, I'll do it."
♦ To learn more about the Enough Project and its campaign, RAISE Hope for Congo, go to www.enoughproject.org or www.raisehopeforcongo.org
Mulumba was awakened to this platform after making it to the NFL as an undrafted rookie in 2013. The 6-foot-3, 260-pound linebacker kept his head down in camp, did what was asked and eventually made the team with little fanfare.
What few realized was that Mulumba was the only native of the Democratic Republic of Congo to play in the NFL that season. His story was unlike anyone else's in the league, but Mulumba preferred to leave the turbulent 12 years he spent in Congo in the past.
That all changed the moment he came across Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the St. Norbert College cafeteria one day during training camp. Rodgers was wearing a gray T-shirt with an orange exclamation point in the center. On the back was Africa with a highlighted outline of Congo.
"That's my country," Mulumba told Rodgers. "Why do you have my country on the back of your shirt?"
Rodgers explained it was for the Enough Project and the RAISE Hope for Congo initiative, which advocates for the human rights of Congolese citizens and promotes awareness about the ongoing conflict in eastern Congo.
Rodgers was drawn to the cause because of his friendship with actress Emmanuelle Chriqui. She opened his eyes to how minerals such tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold are mined in Congo to fund the ongoing conflict. Not to mention the sexual violence committed against Congolese women and girls.
In 2012, Congo ranked lowest on the United Nations Human Development Index despite being rich in many of the minerals found in smartphones. A CNN Money report that same year stated Congo averages the world's worst per capita gross domestic product ($231 per individual).
Mulumba was educated on the situation, but didn't know how to help until the conversation with Rodgers.
"A lot of times people have the out-of-sight, out-of-mind approach to causes like this," Rodgers said last week. "If I can't feel it or see it, it doesn't really have an impact. But when you bring it all back around and let them know, 'Well, you actually do.' "
The cause hits close to home for Mulumba. Born in war-torn Zaire — later re-named Congo after Laurent Kabila's takeover in 1997 — his family relocated to Montreal when he was 12 years old. First, his mother and three youngest siblings. Then, Mulumba and the two eldest followed after living eight months with an uncle.
The move nearly broke the family, but it had to be done. Government turmoil, corruption and an endless cycle of war and disease has resulted in the death of roughly 5.4 million people since 1996, according to a calculation by the International Rescue Committee.
Mulumba says his family's situation wasn't as dire as some, but it was nerve-wracking. It remained a constant struggle even after they immigrated to North America. While his father, Martin, finished his Ph.D. at Auburn, his mother, Madeleine, did whatever she could to provide for Mulumba and his five siblings.
The family lived in one of the poorer neighborhoods of Montreal. His mother couldn't immediately get a work permit, so she took on any side job she could find to support the family in the interim.
"Basically, all the money was spent on getting us to come to Canada," Mulumba said. "From there, it was a hustle every day. It was a grind to survive. It was a day-by-day thing. We couldn't really plan on what we could eat in a couple days. It was a day-by-day plan."
Mulumba's parents moved the family to Montreal for safety, but also with the hope of a good education and future. His father found work with the United Nations and the World Food Programme, the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, and the family finally started to find some normalcy.
Mulumba, who played soccer growing up, switched to football in 10th grade at the suggestion of friends. One of the stories he likes to tell students today is the rough start he got off to in high school. He struggled to balance his social life and the classroom. His grades weren't cutting it.
That's when Mulumba heard a few of his football teammates discussing how they could get a scholarship to play football in college. The idea was appealing to Mulumba, whose parents already were putting two kids through college.
Soon, Mulumba would be joining them with three more kids to follow.
"It came to a point where my sister was already in college. My brother was going to college and I was about to go to college," Mulumba said. "They didn't have scholarships and all these costs were going to be a lot for my parents. At one point, I got to realize I can use this football thing to try to get a scholarship."
Mulumba never expected that opportunity to be in the United States. When Eastern Michigan hired a new coaching staff, the Eagles brought in former Montreal Alouettes linebackers coach Casey Creehan to coach their defensive line.
Creehan saw Mulumba play at Vieux Montreal High School and offered him a scholarship to join him. The school's campus in Ypsilanti, Mich., was an entirely different world. Quiet at first, Mulumba slowly started to blend in after adding English as his fourth language.
Mulumba played in 48 games with 31 starts at defensive end, but more importantly earned a degree in business management. All of his siblings are either graduated from college or currently attending.
"I think that took a toll away from my parents to not pay anything for me for four years," Mulumba said. "That's one thing I was kind of proud of. It took a lot out of me, but I'm glad they didn't have to pay anything for me and just save that money and pay for my brothers or younger siblings. That's when I realized I could use this football thing and try to make something out of it."
The torn anterior cruciate ligament was a blessing and a curse.
The injury, sustained in Week 2 of the 2014 season, halted Mulumba's career in its tracks, stopping all of his momentum he had built during a rookie season in which he had 30 tackles and a sack in 14 games.
On the other hand, it gave Mulumba a chance to sit back and see the big picture. He took a break from his rehab to travel home to Canada and spend Christmas with his parents and siblings. It was the first time the entire family had been in the same place at the same time in six years.
In January, his parents returned to the Congo where his older brother is also working on a personal project. His father is doing what he loves and his mother finally is relaxing. It's their hope to someday retire there.
Mulumba typically sees his father once a year — sometimes twice if he's lucky. Still, their bond has never been stronger. He looks up to his father for how he was able to balance the responsibilities of his family with a career centered on helping people. It motivates him to do the same someday.
"When I was a kid, I was telling myself it's something I want to do," Mulumba said. "I want to help the world in any way possible. It's a different path for me than my dad took. I'm using my player platform to try to do the same type of work. I guess I'm trying to accomplish what he did in another way.
"Being the voice — I never really thought of it that way — but any way that can help people I'll take it. Anyway my voice would be heard somewhere."
His journey started when he accompanied Rodgers and Chriqui to a rally for RAISE Hope for Congo on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison in 2013. He was touched by the number of people who turned out for the event and the exuberance they showed for the cause.
The experience was "eye-opening" for Mulumba, who then dove headfirst into the organization's efforts. He inhaled every article he could find on the Enough Project website and inquired about how he could help.
His opportunities are limited by the football season, but Mulumba has started doing speaking engagements to shed light on the organization's efforts. He wrote an essay on the RAISE Hope for Congo website and tweets as much as he can about new Enough Project developments.
In July, Mulumba even held an event in Montreal.
"Andy is a great guy and he has a big personality," Rodgers said. "Sometimes he's a little soft-spoken, but once you get to know him he's a very engaging person. I think he realizes the platform he's given through football, he can really make a difference. It's fun to watch him kind of step into that role and take a bigger leadership role in the organization."
It's always been Mulumba's dream to meet 18-year NBA center Dikembe Mutombo, a native of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, whose foundation has built hospitals and schools to improve health, education and quality of life for the people of Congo.
There have been talks about possibly partnering with the Enough Project to get a collection of Congolese NBA, MLB and NFL players together for a benefit in the near future. If that would ever happen, Mulumba doesn't know what he would say.
"I looked up to him since I was a kid," Mulumba said. "I heard about what he did and being able to be maybe not in the same position as him because he was big-time in the NBA, but just try to do the same type of work. I know what he did in Congo. He built a hospital. I want to do that.
"Hopefully, the day I meet him I'll be able to let him know what I think of him and what he has been able to do for me."
It's still not easy to talk about.
Mulumba witnessed a lot in the Congo and most of his experiences remain locked in his memory. He's not trying to be difficult. He's not surly about it. It's just uncomfortable to discuss it.
But Mulumba tries the best he can. He knows the only way people will understand the situation in the Congo is to bring a first-person perspective. As Rodgers reiterates, the problems with the use of child soldiers, sexual violence and decimation of villages still are prevalent.
People can't look out their backyard in Green Bay and see the problem. You have to show it to them. You have to reach out and teach them. The more appearances he does, the more comfort Mulumba gains.
"It's something I want to leave behind," Mulumba said of his time in the Congo. "I know it happened. There's a lot that happened, but at the same time we had a good time of my 12 years that I lived there.
"You want to focus on what you have and what you're going to have to do the next couple years. It wasn't really an unbearable experience for any of us, but it was hard. It was hard. It was a complicated situation at times. You saw the effort my parents put in to try to get the family safe."
Mulumba's parents used to follow his games on the Internet in Canada, but now mainly rely on statistics to see how their son performed. If they caught the box score from Thursday night's game in New England, they'd see Mulumba is off to a good start to his third NFL season — three tackles and a half sack.
Based in Rome, his father's job with the World Food Programme has taken him all over the continent of Africa. Now, he's finally home and catching up on lost time with his wife. Mulumba plans to return to the Congo after this season on behalf of the Enough Project.
He's returned to Africa on a few occasions, but it'll be his first trip back to his native country, where Mulumba still has first cousins, uncles and aunts that he hasn't seen in 13 years.
Until then, he plans to continue the Enough Project's mission of promoting awareness to companies that produce products based out of conflict minerals and educating the people who use them.
"It allows people to see us as more than just football players," Rodgers said. "It's a huge moment for those people to learn more about us, where we're from and what's important to us, and realize that they can make a difference.
"You can actually make a difference living in Racine, Wisconsin, or living in Kenosha or living in Green Bay. That's the cool thing that Andy and this organization are doing."
Mulumba's path to Green Bay was a long and complicated one, but he's thankful for all the experiences. Today, he happily stands in front of schools to share his story. He's seen the face of adversity. He even learned how to deal with his first significant injury last season.
What it's taught him is life isn't about dwelling on adversity — it's about how you respond to it.
"It's a blessing in disguise because we always complain about things in life, but we never really count our blessings," Mulumba said. "You have to stay grounded, you have to stay humble. It's not guaranteed and every year it's continuous fight. You have to fight for a spot on the team, but at the same time we all have a different project on the side that we're doing, too.
"Every opportunity I have I'll take advantage of it. Unfortunately last year what happened, happened and you have to move past it. You just have to hit the restart button again and get it going."
— whodkiew@pressgazettemedia.com and follow him on Twitter @WesHod.


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Council charged after parks workers suffer hand injuries
Wirral Council has been sentenced after 29 employees were diagnosed with a debilitating condition that has left them with ongoing problems with their hands.
The Health & Safety Executive prosecuted Wirral Council after workers in the parks and leisure department were affected by hand arm vibration syndrome.
One of the workers, Nick Bower, began noticing problems with his hands after several years working as head green keeper at Hoylake Golf Course, where he regularly worked with strimmers and mowers.
Bower was diagnosed with the syndrome in 2009, and suffers dexterity problems and intense pain in his hands during cold weather.
Bower has since changed jobs and is now undertaking other duties for the authority that do not involve working with vibrating machinery. He is on permanent medication to help with blood flow to his hands and nerve damage.
Wirral Magistrates' Court heard this week that Bower was one of 29 employees at the council to have developed the condition between July 2005 and December 2009.
Hand Arm Vibration syndrome results in poor grip, numbness, tingling and acute sensitivity to cold resulting in pain. Once the condition has developed, reducing or eliminating exposure to vibrating tools will prevent it from getting worse, but the damage is largely irreversible.
The council workers' duties included grass, hedge and tree cutting, primarily using vibrating equipment. A HSE investigation showed the council did not properly assess the risks they faced of using such equipment or implement suitable control measures, such as limiting exposure to the tools or providing alternatives.
Wirral Council was fined a total of £25,000 and ordered to pay £9,417 in costs after pleading guilty to two breaches of the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005.
Speaking after the hearing, Bower said: "Before I was diagnosed with hand arm vibration syndrome, I would often use vibrating machinery for long periods of time in the course of my job. When I began noticing symptoms and went to the doctor, he immediately asked what I did for a living and made the connection.
"I still have problems with loss of feeling and find it difficult to do everyday tasks such as fastening buttons. An attack can be triggered by everyday events such as a change of temperature or even taking food out of the freezer.
"Although I no longer work with vibrating tools, I will have the condition for life – the nerve and blood vessel damage is irreversible."
Christina Goddard, the investigating inspector for HSE, added: "Wirral Council failed to take action to prevent damage caused by vibrating tools, with the result that 29 workers now suffer from a debilitating condition.
"The council should have limited the amount of time workers spent using vibrating equipment or provided alternative tools. If appropriate action had been taken then the workers' condition could have been prevented."
Chris McCarthy, interim director of technical services at Wirral Council, said: "As an organisation, we are committed to ensuring the safety of our workforce. Lessons have been learned and communicated to further raise awareness of the risks associated with exposure to vibration in the workplace.
"It is with regret that, within part of our operation, vibration exposure was not managed appropriately in the past.
"We have fully co-operated with this HSE investigation to ensure a swift and appropriate resolution to this case and would like to thank all of our staff for their open and willing assistance during the investigation."

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What is your most favourite VCA piece that you own?
What is your most favourite VCA piece that you own? The one that you are crazy about? The one you can't live without? Post pics!
You Can't say all. You must choose one or two the most!
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Mine are the btw the finger butterfly tiger eye and MOP clover motif and the same earrings. I'm so crazy about them I have bought a back up set of each just in case they stop making them and I loose mine.I'll take pic of all later.
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All — seriously, they're all carefully chosen. I'm scheduled to pick up VA carnelian earrings in two weeks, but my most recent purchase is my three motif earrings in onyx, GMOP and MOP. I love that I don't need to wear a necklace with them (although I do want the 6 motif matching necklace ).
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I love these earrings too. I wear them so often because they are so easy to style.
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My clover perlee hands down - it was a push present for 3rd baby and I wear it daily. It is goregous and I admire it every day before wearing.
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everyday! I am going to start wearing mine more. I have a very "casual" lifestyle and I always feel it is too much to wear for everyday. You have inspired me to wear it more!
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I have quite a few pave pieces, but interestingly they are not my favourite (although I love these pieces very much); My favourite and most worn is my 20 motif YG Alhambra necklace. The easiest piece to wear, stress free!
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Aww thanks! I find it is an easy piece to wear with anything. I have to dress up for work, but outside that I am either in jeans or sweatpants in the winter and I wear it with all outfits! I hope you find it to work well with everything too!
For those who wear their 20 motifs a lot do you wear it more as one long strand or double?
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I wear mine as a single long strand, I have a preference to longer necklaces.
Btw, I can understand why your perlee clover is your favourite piece - I plan on getting it in the near future, and and may be a top contender to becoming my favourite - or at least tie in first place with my 20 YG motif.
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Hi Kimber418 and Lynne_ross, do you gals mean Clover Perlee bracelet or Clover Perlee ring? I've just ordered the ring (and waiting patiently for its arrival within next 20 something weeks), but I've not determined to go ahead with the bracelet.
90% of time i wear as just one long strand, in rare cases wearing as double with 2" extender bought from ebay.
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Hi Kimber418 and Lynne_ross, do you gals mean Clover Perlee bracelet or Clover Perlee ring? I've just ordered the ring (and waiting patiently for its arrival within next 20 something weeks), but I've determined to go ahead with the bracelet.
I only have the bracelet. I am not a ring person, ..yet! If I was I could see the perlee ring being a daily piece too since I would wear on right hand with my love bracelets. Congrats on both!
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Hot Wheels Hot Rods and The Color of Purple
Metallic Purple is a popular color today for Hot Wheels' hot rods. In particular, three hot rod coupes that have recently been offered in the regular Hot Wheels line, all sport the same shade of metallic purple.
These same three cars have more in common then just their color. All three are coupes and sport massive engines up front and tiny split rear windows. The 1/4 Mile Coupe is the newest, part of the 2003 line. it features a blown V8 and trumpet exhausts that would make it impossible to open the doors! It appears to be inspired by a late '30 Ford.
The Hammered Coupe has a similar look but the rear wheels are enclosed. The power for this hot rod appears to be a massive V12, perhaps a Packard or Lincoln power plant. it has a split front window as well and the exhaust exits from the rear. I'm not sure what real car might have inspired this hot rod, anyone have a guess? (click here)
The third hot rod also dates from 2000 and is clearly based on a late '40's Cadillac. The power for this monster is in the form of twin V8 engines, hence the name. The Cadillac grill is modified but still easy to identify. A dorsal fin runs the length of the fastback, beginning with a widow's peak at the windshield and splitting the rear window.
A fourth model begs to be included in this story. For 2002, Hot Wheels offered four models with red-line tires and called it the 'Hot Wheels redlines' series. One of these was the '32 Ford Vicky, first seen in 1968. This casting is the one used for the re-release of commemorative models in the early 1990's. With the same metallic purple color and chromed motor, it fits right in with the other three hot rods. The Ford Vicky was also offered in a metallic purple, both in its original release and its commemorative re-release. It also serves to show that Hot Wheels have not strayed far from their roots as the king of diecast hot rods.
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Geert van der Weijst, né le , est un coureur cycliste néerlandais.

Biographie

Il intègre l'équipe continentale Jo Piels le  en tant que stagiaire puis en devient membre en 2012. Bon sprinteur, sa course favorite est le Tour de Gironde.

À la fin de la saison 2014, il signe un contrat en faveur de l'équipe continentale 3M. Il gagne le Circuit du Pays de Waes en 2015.

Palmarès

Palmarès sur route
Principaux résultats de van der Weijst entre 2010 et 2015 :
 2010
 Omloop van de Braakman
 2011
  du Tour du Brabant flamand
  de l'Omloop van de Braakman
 2012
  du Tour de Gironde
 2013
 Tour de Düren
  du Tour de Gironde
  du Kreiz Breizh Elites
 2014
  du Tour du Loir-et-Cher
  de l'Olympia's Tour (contre-la-montre par équipes)
  du Tour de Gironde
 2015
 Circuit du Pays de Waes

Classements mondiaux

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Liens externes

Coureur cycliste néerlandais
Naissance en avril 1990
Naissance dans la province de Brabant-Septentrional

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First Indigenous law graduate is dreaming big
Fresh from completing his degree, David Orr is off to Canberra to take up a position in DFAT's coveted graduate employment program.
"I have always wanted to study law. For as long as I can remember, except for a stage when I was five and I wanted to be a bus driver – so I could talk to all the people."
It is certain that Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Global Studies graduate David Orr will be talking to many people as one of the first group of lawyers to graduate at Australian Catholic University (ACU) and when he takes up a position with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra, often described as Australia's most competitive graduate program.
"I owe a lot of my success in gaining this position to my time at ACU and support I received from the staff here," David said.
"I was attracted to ACU's new law program because it was a degree that was global, practical and ethical. As a new program it was exciting that we would have small class sizes and direct access to some of Australia's leading legal academics."
ACU is the only law school in Australia that makes pro bono work compulsory. Students can also take advantage of our international student exchange program, which allows part of the degree to be undertaken at one of more than 70 international university partners.
"ACU's pro bono units have given me valuable experience in real world practice in differing areas of the law including in a family law practice that specialised in reuniting Aboriginal parents and children after time spent apart due to being removed by Family and Community Services – this had a profound effect on me as an Aboriginal person," David said.
His global studies internship was undertaken in a law firm in East Timor in which David had the sole responsibility of registering the Edmund Rice Association of Timor-Leste, a local non-government organisation (NGO). This involved everything from writing the constitution to submitting the final documentation with the government and then delivering training to the directors of the NGO on their responsibilities under Timorese law.
"This was a life changing experience and made me realise the power lawyers have to have an impact of real change on people and in society," he said.
"Studying a law degree doesn't finish at the end of the course. It is about lifelong learning that comes with a social responsibility."
David said the strong emphasis that ACU's Thomas More Law School places on practical skills and its focus on a fundamental concern for justice, equity and the dignity of all human beings had a profound effect on him.
"I have become a changed person during my time at ACU. I started my degree wanting to practice in competition law and while I still have a passion for that area of the law, I saw a natural shift occur to having a human rights and international law focus that was only strengthened by my experiences here," David said.
A Gurang Gurang man who grew up in Maryborough in Queensland, David found himself speaking on panels with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda and former High Court Justice Michael Kirby about the recognition if Indigenous people in the Australian Constitution and access to higher education.
"Not only have I been challenged to understand what the human person is and how what I am studying impacts people but I have also been challenged to explore what being human means to me and my own role in society," he said.
As Australia's leading Catholic university, ACU is committed to a distinctive perspective on higher education; one that equips its students with the skills and knowledge to engage with the challenges of our contemporary world. ACU graduates are leaders, defined by a unique set of values and an understanding of how high ethical standards in decision-making have a positive impact on organisational success, communities and society at large.


Dr. Sims has been practicing in Bowling Green since 1997 and has been in private practice since 1994. He lives here in the community with his wife and three children where he is very active in both medical and social capacities.
Dr. Morris joined Dr. Sims and ENT Bowling Green in July 2012. His addition to the medical community allows patients to stay in Bowling Green for middle ear procedures previously referred to Nashville or Louisville. Dr. Morris lives in Bowling Green with his wife and two children and is an avid golfer.
Dr. Ebelhar joins ENT Bowling Green in August 2017. His addition to the medical community expands the access for area residents for ENT services. Dr. Ebelhar and his wife have four children. He enjoys teaching his oldest child how to garden, reading to his younger two children and holding his infant son. He enjoys playing golf as well as playing the guitar and piano.
Kellye graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and in 2011 with a Master's of Science in Nursing. She obtained her board certification from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She is a member of the Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives. She began her nursing career as an orthopaedic/neurology nurse at The Medical Center. She has been with ENT of Bowling Green since June 2011.


shiznit its that long! fwk i can remember it all like yesterday!!
well its been all good times!!
i can still remember going up to blackpool last year me and u and i ended racing the new fiesta zetec s!! doind well ova 125mph!! and ringing u to tell u i will slow down!
It's fine.. they were doing it on their private track..
1 year down.. many more to go.. woot!
It's quite scary how fast time goes by!
Ive had my car that long. lol.


Selling a home is always a major undertaking. It can feel a lot more daunting when your house lacks what real estate agents call "curb appeal" or is, in simple terminology, ugly. The hard truth remains that it's an uphill battle to get a good asking price to sell an ugly house fast in Florida.
Hope is not lost, though! There are a few things you can do to situate your ugly house in a slightly better light before trying to sell it.
Sure, your home may not look brand-new, but it likely has some redeemable characteristics. Older homes can fall into disrepair on the outside but often have what architects call "good bones" (a strong and attractive structure that, with work, could be restored).
Many buyers appreciate these old homes due to the retention of original interior details such as antique fixtures, woodwork, floors, and staircases. If your home has any of those features, they could be a major bonus.
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The parish church of St. Joseph (Sint-Jozef), was designed by Pierre Cuypers, with contributions by his son Joseph Cuypers. The church has a Neo-Gothic style and was built between 1885 and 1887 and consecrated on 25 May 1887. The church was dedicated to Saint Joseph, patron of workers, for the many workers who built the building. In 1906 the church was equipped with an organ built by the firm of Utrecht Maarschalkerweerd. The church was used as a parish church in 1970 and officially became the cathedral of the Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden in 1981.

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Okay Trumptards, here is the $64,000 question, you control the Senate and the House and most state governments, how are you unable to find any fraud?
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What is stopping you? You say there is so much evidence and it is so obvious to everybody.
Who is stopping you? Is it a massive conspiracy that somehow gets around the hammer lock you have on the country? To be honest, if you had the tiniest shred of actual proof that anything was going on, then it'd be a slam dunk to reverse the results considering the sheer amount of conservative judges you have in the states in question... but in over 35 attempts, you have failed everytime. EVERYTIME.
It's so hysterical that the only people caught lying and trying to commit fraud are from the Right... busted by YOUR JUDGES!!!
It's comedy worthy of cinema and Benny Hill music.
Not much better comedy than dumb people trying advanced mental gymnastics when, in reality, their only "proof" is that they didn't like the result so it must be rigged because that's what they have historically done.
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Well, as I am not a Trump fan and thus not a "Trumptard" as your question so objectively, unemotionally, rationally and calmly framed it, let me take a stab at it. Could it be because fraud is not done out in the open and is hidden? It therefore takes awareness of the specific crime, and then an investigation to prove such crime to a jury "beyond a reasonable doubt."
Leaving those basic points, there are also a few problems with the question. To start, at the moment, the Republicans do NOT control the House and - if the trendlines hold - will continue not to do so AND will not have the White House either. In brief, if one is going to hurl - in an open minded and tolerant sort of way - epithets at others and presume one's own intellectual superiority, one should at least get the basic premises straight.
Further, there is the utterly amusing presumption to the premise of the question. Specifically, that having power provides omnipotence and therefore the intellectual and moral perfection requisite to finding and fixing all of society's problems and corruption. It is an almost childlike faith that belies the maturity of the questioner.
Indeed, that maturity being questionable in any case when the asker starts the question with a pejorative insult to just under half of one's fellow citizens. It does make one wonder why liberal open minded compassion just does not get the good press to which it thinks it is entitled. (See also Rep. Ocasio-Cortez absolutely hilarious reaction when she got some bad press as Exhibit A.)
In any case, the question is even more flawed than that. In fact, there has been evidence of fraud - as there is in almost every election. Just FYI, there is still a dispute going on in New York over a 2016 mid-term Congressional election. Suffice to say, these things are not easily resolved, especially when account must also be taken of human error and then motive determined to see the balance between fraud and mere fault.
"You cannot make straight the crooked timber of humanity," as the poet put it. Human beings are flawed and imperfect and ferreting out error and crime is no easy thing, especially in a system that starts with the presumption of innocence.
This being no small thing and a very complex and complicated factor - no matter who holds power in any given moment in time. Indeed, that last point being utterly irrelevant insofar as the legal and constitutional systems - contra the populist paranoia of the day - are designed to LIMIT the power of those "in power." Not to facilitate their investigatory and enforcement powers.
Of course, these things escape those who look down their noses at their fellow citizens. To be sure, in the case of Mr. Trump - of whom, again, I am no fan - he is finding evidence of fraud as indeed he was bound to in any election, and is extrapolating from that an implausible outcome.
For another example of such folly, see the Democratic party and the Mueller report, circa 2019. These things are not unheard of.
At any rate, it is axiomatic that one cannot be reasoned out a viewpoint into which they were not reasoned to begin with. Thus, indeed, how the questioner and Mr. Trump share a common characteristic - though that thought would, no doubt, horrify both of them.
For my part, please write that $64,000 check to the name of "Nightdrot" and I will be happy to deposit it.
Pity I gave you credit for being smarter that this... if it so hidden, then how can they scream about having all of the proof?
You can't have it both ways chuckles... either you have all of the proof as claimed or it's super secret hidden and you have nothing.
Do love the hypocrisy of being criticized for not being neutral on this hardcore Right Wing site.
nightdrot
Sorry, I cannot even follow what you wrote in reply.
In any given election there is apt to be some amount of human error and human corruption. It not being statistically significant but not less real for that. This election being no different than any other - grant that with all the last minute rules changes made in light of the pandemic there was apt to be a greater margin of error.
Again, not statistically significant in terms of the ultimate outcome.
In any case, given that you began your question with a pejorative, I hardly credit you with objective and dispassionate analysis. Other than to note to you that there has been evidence of at least some fraud including sworn avadavits from vote counters in my home state of Michigan as well as a Navy veteran and computer expert in Pennsylvania. Please note that under the law of both states, such testimonials ARE legally evidence.
At any rate, your reply is hardly a testimonial to reasoned and dispassionate analysis. All I can add is that I suggest you calm down. Mr. Trump will be gone soon enough and the incoming Administration - and even its' most emotional supporters - will have to knuckle down to the practical business of governing.
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Yeah, we've found tons of it; see you in the Supreme Court.
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The only reason it hasn't been presented to the people or before a court is because all the evidence is written on the back of Trump's plan for "insurance for everybody... great health care... much simplified form. Much less expensive and much better."
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They had plenty of evidence but, like Bush vs Gore, ideological lower court judges are willing to ignore the spirit of the law in favor of their own biases.
The latest lawsuit to be unanimously rejected on appeal was by a panel of three Republican appointed judges, including one appointed by Trump, himself. Here's what he had to say, in part (read to the end!):
""Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here," Bibas wrote in his opinion.
"This case is not about whether those claims are true. Rather, the campaign appeals on a very narrow ground: whether the District Court abused its discretion in not letting the campaign amend its complaint a second time. It did not," Bibas wrote. "... Nor does the campaign deserve an injunction to undo Pennsylvania's certification of its votes. The campaign's claims have no merit. The number of ballots it specifically challenges is far smaller than the roughly 81,000-vote margin of victory. And it never claims fraud or that any votes were cast by illegal voters." "
www.cbsnews.com/.../
"... never claims fraud or that any votes were cast by illegal voters"
In Pennsylvania a judge just ruled mail in voting likely unconstitutional, in Nevada 70%+ of the ballots had major inconsistencies like casino's as addresses, no sex or birthday, only the primary races voted on and having zero registered voters in many counties. The number of similarly suspicions ballots was 26 in 2016, it's 13,000+ from there. Georgia and Michigan are similarly laden with impropriety.
Judge Bibas doesn't have courage or know much and his terms "our democracy" illustrate that perfectly.
Article 4, Section 4 of the U. S. Constitution: 'The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.'
I think you're misinformed. Show me.
(And, yes, the US is a Republic, but it's a Democratic Republic, and the elections are the democratic part.)
No, our elections are fair or Constitutional or representative , but calling everything democratic is just a tactic that commies use, going against every founding document, wherein the words democracy or democratic are found nowhere.
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On Nevada: www.washingtonexaminer.com/.../historically-strange-spike-in-incomplete-nevada-voter-files-casinos-as-home
Your first link borked, but I found it anyway.
You much have missed your country spending decades after WWII "spreading democracy" (usually at the point of a gun) against the "communist hordes". A reminder, you're accusing a Trump-appointed judge of not knowing anything. Could be, but the other two Republican-appointed judges agreed.
I found the case, for example: hotair.com/.../
They might have some problems making their argument stick, considering nobody sued over this supposedly (state) unconstitutional law until over a year after it passed (well before Covid), and until Trump lost.
On Nevada: does someone with an incomplete voter registration get to vote? That seems like an important detail, to me (and the mistake sounds more like a technical problem, than a fraud attempt), in fact it could be a sign that someone was trying to hinder new applications, by filling them in wrong.
Yep, it happens sometimes.
That's just a commie way of saying "freedom."
Those judge's arguments arm waved the same mountains of evidence taken up by the judge that I mentioned earlier, with what boils down to: "I'm not going to reinforce the Constitution, I'm passing the buck!"
No one sued, probably, because it would get tied up in litigation instead of handled, but a good judge is on that, with not much time to spare.
No, they don't; if one doesn't know who they are, they don't count. The Democrat Party commies thought they could force our fist and last mail-in election with rigging and impropriety (fraud is harder to prove), but they didn't count on this much push back from Constitutionalist patriot's.
So, the US were "commies" when they were fighting the Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, and Russians? I'm confused.
There weren't "mountains of evidence", there was a technical legal argument filed a year after the law was passed, and not until Trump lost. What court is going to conclude that they should throw out tens of thousands of votes cast in good faith on that basis?
The Democrats are and were, yes.
Pennsylvania Judge Patricia A. McCullough, for starters and the Supreme Court will most likely follow.
I love the complete 180 you are trying to spin... all you want is the extreme bias of the Supreme Court to negate the will of the people. It's the only chance you have, but you are too shortsighted and your prejudices too consuming to see the effects of such blatant theft... or you are so dumb that you really buy that load of crap you are spewing... of course you are the guys who still see the traitors of the Confederacy as heroes so...
Buh-bye!
"Justices on the state high court ruled unanimously late Saturday that Republican petitioners waited too long to file their suit challenging Act 77, the 2019 law that established universal mail voting in Pennsylvania. Trump allies had asked the court to invalidate all votes cast by mail in the most recent election or direct the majority-Republican legislature to choose a slate of presidential electors. The ruling with prejudice means that the plaintiffs are barred from bringing another action on the same claim.
The court's written order called the latter option "extraordinary," noting that it would disenfranchise 6.9 million voters.
"The want of due diligence demonstrated in this matter is unmistakable," the justices wrote, noting that the lawsuit was filed "more than one year" after no-excuse mail voting was enacted in Pennsylvania. The order blamed petitioners for a "complete failure to act with due diligence in commencing their facial constitutional challenge, which was ascertainable upon Act 77's enactment.""
"Justice David N. Wecht noted that the GOP petitioners "failed to allege that even a single mail-in ballot was fraudulently cast or counted.""
www.washingtonpost.com/.../...3f162215d_story.html
"The PA Supreme Court's decision rests on what's called an "adequate and independent state procedural ground," which the US Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction to review. So it's totally and irrevocably final."
twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1332877988845805569
"Even thought the PA Supreme Court dismissed this lawsuit, Congressman Mike Kelly's effort to block certification of his own election warrants a review by House Admin. If he doesn't think his election should be certified, the House should not seat him."
twitter.com/marceelias/status/1332849553066876929
@Marriedwith2
The Democrat Party was the party of the south and saying that parties flipped, which is verifiably false, is their only camouflage.
We simply want a clean electoral process, if Trump loses fair and square, then it's all good.
Oh, am I getting accusations of bully tactics from the party who plans to pack the courts upon ever winning the Senate? The party that goes against the Founding Fathers and wants to abolish the electoral college? Your entire desired form of government is invalid.
Text of Article 4, Section 4 of the U. S. Constitution: 'The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic Violence.'
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Except that if the Supreme Court holds, because of a lack of legal standing; similar to not filing in a timely manner, that due to lack of injury, Act 77 doesn't apply. I'm fairly sure that attempting to disenfranchise voters through nebulous laws that allow for a virtually identical but less stringent form of absentee ballot, would be seen as the tomfoolery it is. We win see, won't we?
"The Democrat Party was the party of the south and saying that parties flipped, which is verifiably false, is their only camouflage."
Ooh! Ooh! I know this one! The Democrats are not "The Party of the KKK". ↗
"Except that if the Supreme Court holds, because of a lack of legal standing; similar to not filing in a timely manner, that due to lack of injury, Act 77 doesn't apply. I'm fairly sure that attempting to disenfranchise voters through nebulous laws that allow for a virtually identical but less stringent form of absentee ballot, would be seen as the tomfoolery it is. We win see, won't we? "
You must have missed: "The PA Supreme Court's decision rests on what's called an "adequate and independent state procedural ground," which the US Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction to review. So it's totally and irrevocably final."
I read that part but it presupposes that Act 77 is valid in this context, but that may not be so, reopening the issue on the federal level to address this concern.
"Mah kkk" ... yeah, many of it's founders and supporters were Democrats and I was actually referring to the average Democrat who opposed the civil rights movement and their representatives who did so in legislation.
No, southerners were the ones opposing the civil rights act. That they were mostly Democrat then, and Republican now, just proves my point.
As to the failed legal challenge: "The PA Supreme Court's decision rests on what's called an "adequate and independent state procedural ground," which the US Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction to review. So it's totally and irrevocably final."
Legislation signatures don't lie.
Democrats owned slaves. Democrats founded the KKK. Democrats opposed the 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments. As a percentage of the party, more Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than did Democrats.
You said that already but there are certain legal underpinnings which may allow a parallel but relevant issue into the federal supreme court, invalidating the state ruling due to Constitutionality concerns surrounding the concept of mail in vs absentee ballots.
You clearly didn't read a word of my take.
Like @marriedwith2 said "all you want is the extreme bias of the Supreme Court to negate the will of the people"
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Either you are retarded, dishonest, or you refuse to look for the evidence because there is overwhelming of massive fraud. No one buy a dishonest person would deny the following evidence:https://www.youtube.com/embed/QfC2T7UpxkIhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/vfBD0JpeKEwhttps://defendingtherepublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/COMPLAINT-CJ-PEARSON-V.-KEMP-11.25.2020.pdf
https://6abc.com/pennsylvania-election-mail-in-voting-certify-results-2020/8254952/
Even the FBI is involved in investigating the fraud.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-asks-pro-trump-statistician-his-findings-illegal-ballots
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California High Speed Rail: More Cost Overruns & Delays? (Los Angeles Times)
According to Los Angeles Times reporter Ralph Vartabedian (see: Cost overruns hit California bullet train again amid a new financial crunch, October 8), the troubled California high speed rail system could face additional cost overruns. read more »
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High-speed rail advocates tout a 0.008% reduction in pollution
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A recent op-ed in The Seattle Times written by transit activists claims a high-speed railroad from Portland to Vancouver B.C. would reduce air pollution. read more »
Malaysia to Drop Singapore to Kuala Lumpur High Speed Rail Project
Fresh from his recent national election victory, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced that a planned high-speed rail project from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore will be cancelled. Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia's largest urban area, with approximately 7.8 million residents, while Singapore has nearly 6 million residents. read more »
Former Hawaii Democratic Governor Urges Trump to Stop Funds for Honolulu Rail
A full page ad in today's Washington Post (April 21, 2017) featured former Democratic Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano asking President Trump to stop further funding for the Honolulu rail project. The project has ballooned in cost from $5 billion to $10 billion, with most of the funding coming from local sources. There are serious concerns about the ability of Honolulu or Hawaii to afford completion of the project. Cayetano says that the line will be the most costly in the world. A proof of the ad is below and a pdf is available here. read more »
Caltrain and Blended High Speed Rail Promise Peninsula Traffic Paralysis
The following notice was issued by the Community Coalition on High Speed Rail in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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California's Attack on Rule of Law
Morris Brown, founder of Derail (a citizen group opposed to California's high speed rail project) writes over at Fox and Hounds Daily that newly enacted California Assembly Bill 1889 is unconstitutional. read more »
"Rising Rail Chaos" in Honolulu
That's what the Honolulu Star Advertiser calls it in an April 8 editorial entitled "Rising Rail Chaos Bodes Ill for Us All." Honolulu's urban rail project has experienced a host of problems, which were described by University of Hawaii professor Panos Prevedoros in January, who called the project "the nation's largest infrastructure fiasco by far" on a per capita basis. read more »
Taiwan High Speed Rail Near Bankruptcy
Efforts are underway by the Taiwan government for a government led restructuring to avoid bankruptcy (Plan to stop Taiwan's high-speed rail going bust set for review). Since opening in 2007, this privately financed and operated system has been plagued with ridership well below projections. read more »
Court Rules Against California High Speed Rail
California Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny ruled against the California High Speed Rail Authority in two decisions announced on November 25. In the first, Judge Kenny ruled that the Business Plan failed to meet the requirements of the voter approved referendum under California Assembly Bill 3034 (2008), in not identifying sufficient capital funding for the first segment. As a result, the Business Plan needs to be redrafted. read more »
London Mayor: High Speed Rail Cost £70 Billion Plus?
In a Daily Telegraph commentary, London Mayor Boris Johnson expects the proposed high-speed rail line from London to Birmingham (HS2) to cost £70 billion (approximately $105 billion). This is two thirds more than the most recent estimate of £42 billion (approximately $63 billion), which includes a recent increase in costs from £32 billion (approximately $48 billion) for the 140 mile long first segment. read more »
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How to use "I think, therefore I am" in a more fluent manner?
Asked by: Brittany Moriarty
How do you use I think therefore I am in a sentence?
"You know: 'Cogito, ergo sum. ' I think, therefore I am". "I think therefore I am undermining myself," said Descartes' sister.
Can you explain the quote I think therefore I am *?
"I think; therefore I am" was the end of the search Descartes conducted for a statement that could not be doubted. He found that he could not doubt that he himself existed, as he was the one doing the doubting in the first place. In Latin (the language in which Descartes wrote), the phrase is "Cogito, ergo sum."
What is the meaning I think therefore I am?
Phrase. I think therefore I am. (philosophy) I am able to think, therefore I exist. A philosophical proof of existence based on the fact that someone capable of any form of thought necessarily exists.
What is the significance of Descartes claim I am thinking therefore I exist How does he argue for that claim?
Descartes says that 'I think therefore I exist' (whatever it is, argument or claim or 'intuition' or whatever we think it is) is seen to be certainly true by 'the natural light of reason'. Here is Descartes committing himself to the idea that our reason can tell us things that are true about the world we live in.
How does Descartes arrive at his famous conclusion I think therefore I am?
4. Conclusion: Knowledge without Certainty. Descartes was impressed by the Cogito because he had found a belief that is certain and so, when believed, cannot be false. He thought that certainty was necessary for a belief to be known.
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What is the significance of Descartes's statement I think therefore I am Why does he think this can be the foundation stone of his philosophy?
If Descartes were being deceived – he is still thinking, and the process of thinking itself, is evidence of Descartes' existence. Thus, Descartes' own existence – whilst he thinks, cannot be doubted. For this reason Descartes argues that this is the foundation of knowledge.
What did Descartes think was essential in finding the truth?
Innate ideas are truths that are not derived from observation or experiment. Descartes cautioned against relying too much on authoritarian thinking. Descartes placed much weight on common sense. Descartes rejected sense knowledge as a sufficient foundation for certainty.
What is René Descartes famous quote?
"I think; therefore I am." "The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries." "Cogito ergo sum.
What did René Descartes believe in?
Descartes was also a rationalist and believed in the power of innate ideas. Descartes argued the theory of innate knowledge and that all humans were born with knowledge through the higher power of God. It was this theory of innate knowledge that was later combated by philosopher John Locke (1632–1704), an empiricist.
How do you pronounce Descartes?
The correct pronunciation of René Descartes in French can be phonetically transcribed as Ruh-neh Deh-cahrt. To pronounce his name correctly, the first mistake to avoid is to pronounce the "né" in René as "ney" and the "Des" in Descartes as "day".
Who first said I think therefore I am?
cogito, ergo sum, (Latin: "I think, therefore I am) dictum coined by the French philosopher René Descartes in his Discourse on Method (1637) as a first step in demonstrating the attainability of certain knowledge.
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How do you pronounce corpuscular?
Como báscula como báscula como báscula como báscula como báscula como báscula.
How do you pronounce cogito ergo sum?
Soon I think therefore.
What is the meaning of Sentio ergo sum?
I think, therefore I am
I think, therefore I am. A phrase that first appeared in 1637 and was written by Rene Descartes.
How do you pronounce Gogito?
Cogito ergo sum cogito ergo sum cogito ergo sum cogito ergo sum.
What does cogito ergo zoom mean?
Roughly translated to "I think, therefore I go fast," this phrase is a play on the classic Cogito Ergo Sum (pronounced soom), also known as "I think, therefore I am."
Does Descartes believe in God?
According to Descartes, God's existence is established by the fact that Descartes has a clear and distinct idea of God; but the truth of Descartes's clear and distinct ideas are guaranteed by the fact that God exists and is not a deceiver. Thus, in order to show that God exists, Descartes must assume that God exists.