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Dolores (Villa Corzo, Chiapas)
Learn about small village of Dolores through its photos, maps and population statistics.
The town of Dolores is located in the Municipality of Villa Corzo (in the State of Chiapas). There are 15 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #98 of the whole municipality. Dolores is at 579 meters of altitude.
Map. How to get to Dolores?
Photos of Dolores
Data: In Dolores, 8% of individuals have completed secondary education and 20% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town within the municipality, you must know that Dolores is located at 17.3 kilometers (in direction East) from the locality of , which is the one that has more inhabitants within the municipality. Also, from the capital of the municipality (Villa Corzo) it is at 25.7 kilometers in direction Northwest. Thanks to our webpage and the satellite map that you can locate at the bottom, you can see the position and visit the surroundings of Dolores.
Where is Dolores? How to get there? Map
What is the route to get to Dolores (Chiapas)? Find out on this map the access to this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in and out to the icon
Enjoy spending hours looking at satellite images to find your home or remembering places in a village? We have obtained an updated satellite photo of Dolores and at this link you will navigate through its streets.
The population of Dolores (Chiapas) is 15 inhabitants
Population data in Dolores (Villa Corzo, Chiapas)
Evolution of the population in Dolores: Total Men Women
Other demographic data in Dolores:
Fertility rate (children per woman): 2 14.29
Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas: 0.00% 0.00%
Illiterate population (men): 0.00% 14.29%
Illiterate population (women): 13.33% 20.00%
Schooling level (women): 6.38 5.56
Indigenous culture data in Dolores:
Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of Dolores, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Chiapas, and in the country as a whole.
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Villa Corzo (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in Dolores:
Employed population over 12 years (men): 100.00% 57.14%
Number of inhabited private dwellings: 5 5
Housing with piped water: 100.00% 20.00%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: 100.00% 80.00%
Dwellings with radio: 40.00% 100.00%
Housing with television: 80.00% 100.00%
Housing with washing machine: 80.00% 60.00%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: 20.00% 0.00%
Dwellings with cellular phones: 80.00% 20.00%
Homes with Internet: 40.00% 0.00%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in Dolores (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Chiapas, and with the total for the country.
Satellite photo of Dolores
With the satellite map of Dolores will I be able to look for my location? Yes, access the map, zoom in and see the surroundings of this town and the municipality of Villa Corzo. Get free live access to satellite views of 2023 of Dolores.
Population pyramid of Dolores (Chiapas)
In Dolores there is a very characteristic age structure of the population, which you can see in the following population pyramid, with data from 2005. After analyzing the demographic data of Dolores, separated by men and women, and also by age groups, we can analyze what the future of the population in this town will be like.
Data of the age pyramid of the town Dolores (inhabitants year 2020)
In order for you to enjoy nature around Dolores, we have compiled a collection of sightseeing and monument photographs of the town and its surroundings. Access a completely free online image gallery of Dolores, so you can even use it as a wallpaper to always remember this beautiful town.
Enjoy photos of Dolores at this link
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Woman Claims City of Memphis Could've Prevented Death of Missing Jogger Had They Taken Her Rape Seriously [Video]
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A Black woman is suing the City of Memphis for failing to investigate her rape case at the hands of a man who went on to murder a white jogger.
The news of missing runner Eliza Fletcher made national headlines. The kindergarten teacher was on her morning jog when she was kidnapped and killed by Cleotha Abston on September 2nd. Sadly, Abston had attacked and raped Alicia Franklin a year prior but was not brought to justice in that case. Franklin believes investigators could have prevented Fletcher's death had they taken her attack seriously.
According to Franklin, she initially corresponded with Abston on a dating app in September 2021, and the two began communicating for several weeks before agreeing to hang out. He asked Franklin to pick him up from his apartment. However, once she walked inside, she realized that the unit was abandoned. Abston quickly put a gun to her neck and threatened to shoot her if she did not comply. He then placed a t-shirt over her face, forced her into a car, and raped her at gunpoint. After the ordeal, he set Franklin free, and the traumatized woman drove herself to a nearby hospital. A rape kit was administered. However, police failed to follow up despite Franklin providing her attacker's phone number, social media accounts, and car description.
"I called for about two days, but nobody really was talking to me," Franklin told ABC News. Police would later tell her they didn't have enough evidence to arrest and charge Abston with rape.
According to her lawsuit, if the DNA from the rape kit had been examined, police would have linked it to Abston. He was recently released from prison after serving 20 years for kidnapping, so his DNA was in police databases. Gary Smith, Franklin's attorney, says police provided a suspect lineup that included Abston, but Franklin didn't recognize him due to the photo being over ten years old.
Abston was only charged with Franklin's rape after being charged with Fletcher's murder. In addition, he faces a charge of kidnapping and tampering with evidence.
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Making his name in the billionaire's shortlist, Pierre Omidyar is best-known as the founder and chairman of eBay. He holds the huge net worth of $11.8 billion.
Pierre Omidyar Net Worth: $11.8 billion
Pierre has mostly bagged a huge net worth of $11.8 billion as of 2019 from his work as founder and chairman of eBay. He is also the founder of Omidyar Network and other businesses.
His earnings details are highly kept confidential, however, he won the 1999 EY Entrepreneur of The Year and also was listed Third Most Influential French Entrepreneur in 2018 by Richtopia.
Omidyar's Property:
Omidyar owns a house in Henderson, Nevada. The house is built in an area of around 48,000 square-foot and consists of 33 bedrooms and 25 bathrooms.
The chairman of eBay owns a beautiful house in Laguna Beach, CA.
Pierre Omidyar owns a private jet Gulfstream G650.
What did Omidyar do as an early career? Know about his stardom:
After graduation, Pierre went to work an Apple Computer subsidiary named Claris. He went to become the co-founder of pen-based computing, Ink Development in 1991.
It was later rebranded as an e-commerce company and named it as eShop Inc. In 1996, Microsoft purchased eShop for around $50 million and Pierre bagged around $1 million from the deal.
How did Omidayer found eBay? What were his contributions? Let's know:
At the age of 28, Omidyar wrote the original computer code for an online medium to purchase and sell items. The initial prototype was generated by Omidyar and launched it with the name of Auction Web in 1995.
The service worked through a site, eBay.com and it achieved huge attention. The first item to be sold was a broken laser printer. The business started to grow and only a year later, Omidyar signed a deal to offer online airline tickets.
Within a year, Jeffrey Skoll joined the company. And Meg Whitman was announced as the CEO and president of the company who later retired in 2008.
Then, in 1997, Omidyar decided to go with the name eBay. His first choice for the site was Echo Bay Mines which was already registered by a Canadian mining company.
To the date, eBay has been one of the best online markets.
Pierre Omidyar's Other Business:
Besides eBay, Omidyar founded an online investigative news service named Honolulu Civil Beat in 2010. For the three consecutive years, the site has already been named the Best News Website in Hawaii. The company is now in partnership with The Huffington Post.
Then in 2014, Omidyar founded a journalism venture, First Look Media with The Intercept. The ventures include journalists like Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Dan Froomkin, Laura Poitras, and Jay Rosen.
He has also been the executive producer of the two films namely, Merchants of Doubt in 2014 and Spotlight in 2015.
In addition, Omidyar and his wife established a philanthropic investment firm, Omidyar Network in 2004. The organization makes investments to make social and political changes and innovate other organizations.
Where and when was Pierre Omidyar born? Know about his education also here:
Pierre Morad Omidyar was born on June 21, 1967, in Paris, France, to the parents, Cyrus Omidyar. The whole family moved to the US when Omidyar was a child.
For primary education, Omidyar went to The Potomac School in McLean, Virginia. In 1984, he graduated from St. Andrew's Episcopal School.
Then in 1988, he graduated with a degree in computer science from Tufts University. He is also an undergraduate from the University of California.
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He is a married man.
Omidyar married Pamela Kerr.
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Myanmar and France to Strengthen Trade Ties
With a view to increase trade opportunities between France and Myanmar, the French Myanmar Chamber of Commerce (FMCCI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) early May 2017.
By Jagdish Kumar
Under the MoU, companies from both countries propose to work together to strengthen ties between Myanmar and France. Currently, French investment in Myanmar is less than 1 percent, which is expected to increase after the signing of the MoU.
Speaking on this, President of FMCCI Julien Esch, says that infrastructure, hospitality and tourism, oil and gas, electricity and energy, construction, healthcare and food production are considered the most promising areas for bilateral cooperation.
Many French businesses are currently using their Asian subsidiaries to enter into the Myanmar market because the market was typically viewed as being difficult to enter, and, the distance seen as being cost prohibitive and bureaucratically cumbersome.
Typically, investments made by French companies in Myanmar, were first transacted through their subsidiaries in Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong. According to Esch, the figures released by the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) does not reflect the real investment of France in Myanmar.
According to its Commerce Ministry, Myanmar imported AUD 174 million value of goods from France, while it exported over AUD 383 million in 2015.
France exports to Myanmar currently includes machinery, mechanical appliances, plastics, pharmaceutical products, glass and glassware, paper and paperboard.
France mainly imports vegetables, certain roots and tubers, textiles and clothing accessories, pearls, wood and articles of wood, charcoal and textile products from Myanmar.
According to the DICA, six French firms have been approved to bring in capital to the tune of AUD 735 million, placing France 12th among 49 investor countries in Myanmar.
President of UMFCCI Zaw Min Win, says that there are vast opportunities for increasing bilateral economic cooperation and both sides need to cooperate more intensely to further promote bilateral trade and investment.
"The MoU signed today will be instrumental in achieving this goal," says Win.
Win also claims that France is well positioned to help Myanmar with its efforts to develop industrially, with the former being a highly-developed economy through its technological and heavy industry legacy.
To this end, Win invited French investors to participate in the Myanmar's new economic era through responsible investments and share benefits on a win-win basis.
Myanmar is rich in natural resources, fertile land and clean water.
The South East Asian nation is also known for its highly valuable gems such as its famous Myanmar rubies, jade and other gems, gold, silver, copper, tin, and a wide variety of minerals.
Myanmar also possessed the ninth largest oil and natural gas resources in the world. However, due to lack of a well-developed industrial base, Myanmar has traditionally been heavily dependent on income obtained from the export of primary agricultural, forest and mining products.
With the enactment of Myanmar Investment Law and the Special Economic Zone Law and the establishment of three SEZs, Win is confident this will attract plenty of interest from French companies keen to get a foothold in Myanmar.
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Article posted 6 February 2011 Change You Can Believe In (Cont'd)	 posted 2am / revised 3am
From Mark Landler and Steven Erlanger (2011-02-05), Obama Backs Suleiman-Led Transition , at truthout :
Munich �?? The Obama administration on Saturday formally threw its weight behind a gradual transition in Egypt, backing attempts by the country�??s vice president, Gen. Omar Suleiman, to broker a compromise with opposition groups and prepare for new elections in September.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaking to a conference here, said it was important to support Mr. Suleiman as he seeks to defuse street protests and promises to reach out to opposition groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood. Administration officials said earlier that Mr. Suleiman and other military-backed leaders in Egypt are also considering ways to provide President Hosni Mubarak with a graceful exit from power.
That takes some time, Mrs. Clinton said. There are certain things that have to be done in order to prepare.
— Mark Landler and Steven Erlanger (2011-02-05), Obama Backs Suleiman-Led Transition , at truthout
Indeed! For example:
Nor has Mr. Suleiman, a former general, former intelligence chief and Mr. Mubarak�??s longtime confidant, yet reached out to the leaders designated by the protesters to negotiate with the government, opposition groups said.
Instead of loosening its grip, the existing government appeared to be consolidating its power: The prime minister said police forces were returning to the streets, and an army general urged protesters to scale back their occupation of Tahrir Square.
In Tahrir Square, meanwhile, the military tightened its cordon around the protesters by reinforcing security checks at all the entrances.
— Kareem Fahim, Mark Landler and Anthony Shadid (2011-02-05), West [sic] Backs Gradual Egyptian Transition , New York Times
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Elsewhere in the Times story, there's this:
Protesters interpreted the simultaneous moves by the Western leaders and Mr. Suleiman as a rebuff to their demands for an end to the dictatorship led for almost three decades by Mr. Mubarak, a pivotal American ally[1] and pillar of the existing order in the Middle East.
Just days after President Obama demanded publicly that change in Egypt must begin right away, many in the streets accused the Obama administration of sacrificing concrete steps toward genuine change in favor of a familiar stability.
America doesn�??t understand, said Ibrahim Mustafa, 42, who was waiting to enter Tahrir Square. The people know it is supporting an illegitimate regime.
Of course Mr. Mustafa is right that that is what America — meaning the United States government — is doing. But I'm afraid I can't agree with him if he blames it on the cluelessness or naïveté of Mr. Obama and his government. It's not that they don't understand what the people in Tahrir Square want and expect; it's that they don't care. The primary allies of governments are always other governments — because the first and most important commitment of any government is to government, just as such, and maintained at any cost.
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From Tom H. Hastings, The Invisible King , at truthout (2011-01-17):
You watch. Over the weekend and on Monday, the Hallmarked memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be sanitized and blackwashed until he is no more than a sentimental husk hoping that little children of all races will one day be able to play together. Then you'll see shots of just that, as if to indicate, "Well, thanks, that's all done, nice historical figure. Bye." One of these years, they will probably launch the USS Martin Luther King Jr., a spanking new destroyer, or perhaps they will name a class of drone aircraft the "MLK Ground Dominators."
But I am sure that if Dr. King were alive today, he would agree with all of my political objectives, including especially the most violent parts of my foreign policy agenda and all of my most accommodating moral compromises with the political status quo.
As a historical note on the rest of the article, King, SNCC, and other activists in the Freedom Movement certainly innovated and developed the understanding of nonviolent resistance beyond what Gandhi had done. But I don't think it's quite fair to Gandhi to say that he volunteered to help the British or stood aside without objection during Britain's wars. Perhaps this is a fair summary of his attitude toward the Boer War, the Bambatha uprising, and World War I. But Gandhi's thought was evolving throughout his life, too, and he later said that it was what he saw during the Bambatha war that really brought home the horrors of war and the need for a different approach. It is, in any case, not at all an accurate description of Gandhi's attitude during World War II. It was in the midst of World War II that he drafted the Quit India resolution and called for non-cooperation with the British war effort. He also routinely criticized the Allied war effort as trying to defeat the Nazis by becoming as ruthless as they were. As a result, he spent 1942-1944 in prison, along with most of the rest of the Indian National Congress leadership, specifically for criticizing and calling for resistance against the War.
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Launched in Australia, Dimple is a direct-to-consumer daily contact lens subscription service. Universal Favourite worked with Dimple to switch the focus of the packaging experience from the optometrist to the end user, creating a packaging system that is as beautiful as it is functional.
In Australia, four manufacturers control 97% of the contact lens market. With this monopoly, there has been little to no effort required to brand their products. Packaging has always been designed with the optometrist in mind — storable, stackable — leaving a sea of white, clinical branding that lacks any connection with its consumers. The challenge was to create a new, truly customer-centric brand that better addresses the needs of a millennial audience wanting more from their experience of everyday products. This would be a 'lifestyle' brand, but being a medical product, it was crucial to also convey a sense of trust.
We created a suite of 60 colourful circles that correspond to each power number (from -12.00 to +6.00) combining to show the vast number of combinations of individual prescriptions. By creating these custom patterns for each power number and displaying them boldly on each blister, it's significantly easier for users to identify the pack that's specific to each eye. We also wanted the unboxing experience to be an utterly unexpected delight. From the blister packs to the boxes, mailers, sleeves and monthly cards, we designed the packaging suite with our millennial market at the forefront of our minds.
When designing the Dimple packaging, we ensured all materials, from the product boxes, sleeves and mailers were 100% recyclable. We supported this with key messaging throughout the user experience to provide additional education on the importance of responsible recycling of packaging, as well as important information on the disposal of lenses. Dimple is more than just meets the eye. A portion of each Dimple order goes directly to training their own sponsored guide dogs in partnership with Guide Dogs Australia, allowing every customer to contribute to creating a better life for someone with impaired vision.
Our art direction centres on a vibrant community of contact lens wearers and packs a highly visual punch. Shot by Jonathan May, it celebrates the individual quirks of each member of the community and how they interact with the boldly branded packaging. By partnering with the Benito Martin and Jessica Johnson for our product shoot and Lyndon Foss for our lifestyle shoot, we built a comprehensive and flexible suite of brand assets that could be used across web, communications, social and advertising in the year following the launch. The willingness of Dimple to upturn an unadventurous market meant we had an incredibly exciting purpose: create a truly tailored brand that puts users at the centre of the experience — shifting the way they consume and interact with their contact lens provider.
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Q: How to get max value for a specific key from a python dictionary I have a python dict as below:
a={
  u'data': [
    [u'2013-03-19', u'1363762799', u'4004658'],
    [u'2013-03-20', u'1363849199', u'4756668']
  ],
  u'columns': [
    u'dt_pst',
    u'timestamp',
    u'count'
  ]
}

How can I get the max value for key u'timestamp'? I want this number: 1363849199.
Thanks!

A: Convert it into a usable format first:
>>> d = {row[0]: row[1:] for row in zip(a['columns'], *a['data'])}
>>> d
    {u'count': (u'4004658', u'4756668'),
 u'dt_pst': (u'2013-03-19', u'2013-03-20'),
 u'timestamp': (u'1363762799', u'1363849199')}

If you're using 2.6, dict comprehensions won't work. You need to use the dict() constructor:
d = dict((row[0], row[1:]) for row in zip(a['columns'], *a['data']))

Now, you can just use max:
>>> max(d['timestamp'], key=int)
    u'1363849199'
>>> max(map(int, d['timestamp']))
    1363849199

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Huge tree destroys two cars and blocks major road after being blown over in wind
The incident has caused huge damage to the vehicles
A huge tree destroyed two cars and trapped passengers inside as it fell on the carriageway of a major road in South Ribble.
The incident took place this morning (April 7) on A49 Wigan Road. A road closure was put in place between Shady Lane to the junction of the A6, Lostock Lane. Lancashire Police attended and cited a 'weather related incident' as the reason for closure. Pictures from the scene show the huge tree lying across the carriageway.
Two vehicles were reportedly destroyed by the falling tree. Two people were initially trapped inside one vehicle and were freed by the fire service. A woman driving another vehicle suffered a minor head injury.
People with chainsaws have been spotted at the scene, along with Highways officers. It is not yet known when the road will reopen to the public. Traffic is currently being diverted away from the area, with motorists urged to use Lydiate Lane to access the A6.
A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said: "We were called around 7.35am today (Thursday, April 7) to a report a tree had fallen on two cars in Wigan Road, Bamber Bridge.
"Two people were initially trapped in one vehicle and later freed by the fire service. No injuries were reported. A woman driving another vehicle suffered a minor head injury during the incident.
"A road closure is in place while the tree is removed."
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This intensive course will explore a variety of cosmological concepts from mythology, literature, philosophy, and history, to an introduction to astronomy, archeo-astronomy, and theories about the origins of the universe. We will employ scientific methods of observation, investigation, hands-on activities, and strategies that foster inquiry based learning and engage the imagination. This class is focused on field work, and activities are designed for amateur astronomers and those interested in inquiry based science education as well as those interested in doing observation-based research or in exploring literary, philosophical, cultural, and historical Cosmological traditions.
Students will participate in a variety of activities from telling star-stories under the night sky to working in a computer lab to create educational planetarium programs. Through readings, lectures, films, workshops, and discussions, participants will deepen their understanding of the principles of astronomy and refine their understanding of the role that cosmology plays in our lives through the stories we tell, the observations we make, and the questions we ask. Students will develop skills and appreciation for the ways we uncover our place in the universe through scientific theories and cultural stories, imagination and intellect, qualitative and quantitative processes, and "hands on" observation.
We will visit Pine Mountain Observatory, and participate in field studies at the 25th Anniversary of the Oregon Star Party. This year's celebratory events include a presentation by a Space Shuttle Astronaut and workshops with mentors, scientists, storytellers, and astronomers. We will develop a variety of techniques to enhance our observation skills including use of star-maps and navigation guides to identify objects in the night sky, how to operate 8" and 10" Dobsonian telescopes to find deep space objects, and how to use binoculars and other tools. We will be camping and doing field work in the high desert for a week.
A few students will have the opportunity to attend an invitational research conference at Pine Mountain Observatory, July. 15-20 (first session). They must 1) be enrolled in the Astronomy and Cosmology class or have prior experience and 2) work with the instructor to complete an independent study contract prior to the first session of summer quarter. Since a limited number of students will be able to participate this year, students will be selected based on their background, qualifications, and interests. Research sessions are still to be determined but may include photometry, astrometry, spectroscopy, or Binary Star Research. Students must have the ability and interest to camp and do fieldwork in the high dessert for a week. A planning meeting will be held on campus July 11, 6-10 pm. Contact the instructor ASAP if you are interested.
Students must bring their own camping gear, supplies, food, etc. for camping in the high dessert.


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I love hosting and seeing friends gather around our table. It's cozy, creative and a great way to deepen friendships. That doesn't mean it's always easy or simple: I've had sick kids vomit on my couch and encountered dietary requirements that wiped out my entire menu. There's been a bit of stilted conversation and even an upset band of hornets. Believe me when I say I've learned and relearned most of these tips the hard way. Still, I love channeling my inner Martha Stewart, and I hope these will inspire you to try as well.
If you're just starting out, go small and choose close friends who won't mind if the soup scorches. As you grow in confidence, 6-8 is an ideal size. Feel free to mix friends from different areas of your life, but try to make sure they all have something in common: fly-fishing, movies or being from Minnesota. Ask about dietary requirements early on.
Want to try your hand at beef bourguignon (a great make-ahead dish)?
Go ahead and buy your bread, use a salad mix, and serve sorbet in pretty dishes. Your guests will be so impressed with your culinary skills they won't even notice you chose only one detailed dish.
I love dishes I can put together in the morning or even the night before and just pop in the oven, slow cooker or grill. A side benefit to make-ahead dishes: if they go sideways — and sometimes they will — you have time to recover.
A shared sitter is great if you can spring for it, toys in the back bedroom, a pack'n'play for the toddler, Frozen cued up. Make sure you have food that accommodates them.
Cue up some dinner-friendly music, light a few unscented candles out of reach of little hands, and close the doors to rooms that didn't make the whirlwind cleaning cut.
Opening the wine, dressing the salad, even cutting bread can incorporate them into the flow of the evening.
Change out of the flour-spattered clothes and into something that makes you feel pretty. Relax: take a few deep breaths, sip a half-glass of wine, step outside for a minute. Remember you, as hostess, set the tone for the evening. Mindfully move from frazzled to gracious. Your kitchen might still be dirty, but at least you'll feel comfortable and confident.
Alita Hermansen is an ex-academic, writer, and the wife of a currently deployed Army Reservist. She lives in sunny Boulder, Colorado, with her charming 10 month old son and a golden retriever who thinks shedding is a way of showing love.
Which of these tips will change the way you gather?


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Le laquet de Maucapera est un lac pyrénéen français situé administrativement dans la commune de Luz-Saint-Sauveur dans le département français des Hautes-Pyrénées, dans le Lavedan en Occitanie.

Le laquet a une superficie de  pour une altitude de  il atteint une profondeur de .

Toponymie
 Maucapera de maou capera signifie « mauvais sommet en forme de cloche ».

Géographie
Le laquet de Maucapera est enfoncé au sud d'un un petit cirque au pied nord du pic de Maucapera () et du col de Marraut qui permet d'accéder au vallon du Barrada au sud dans le massif du Néouvielle.

Topographie

Hydrographie
Le laquet a pour émissaire le ruisseau de Maucapera.

Géologie

Le laquet de Maucapera est un lac glaciaire de montagne, dont la formation se passe en trois étapes majeures :

1) À l'Éocène vers  se forme la chaîne des Pyrénées à la suite de la remontée vers le nord de la plaque africaine qui entraîne avec elle la plaque ibérique. Cette dernière glisse alors sous la plaque eurasiatique située plus au nord, ce qui entraîne le plissement, le relèvement et le charriage des couches géologiques de la croûte terrestre.

2) À partir du Pliocène puis surtout du Pléistocène, de  à , un refroidissement général du climat entraîne la formation de glaciers et d'une érosion glaciaire (vallées, cirques, moraines, ombilics, etc) dans toute la chaîne des Pyrénées.

3) Depuis l'Holocène, à partir de , un redoux climatique entraîne la disparition des glaciers et la formation dans leur sillage de nombreux lacs glaciaires qui sont de deux sortes :
 le lac de verrou qui se forme dans un ombilic glaciaire formant un creux naturel et terminé par un verrou glaciaire rocheux.
 le lac de moraine qui se forme derrière une moraine agissant comme un barrage naturel.

Histoire

Protection environnementale

Le laquet fait partie d'une zone naturelle protégée, classée ZNIEFF de type 1 : Massif en rive gauche du Bastan et de type 2 : Vallées de Barèges et de Luz.

Voies d'accès
Le laquet de Maucapera est accessible par le côté nord au départ de Luz-Saint-Sauveur par le sentier de grande randonnée au depuis les granges de Budéraous en direction du col de Pierrefitte.

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 Liste des lacs des Hautes-Pyrénées
 Liste des lacs des Pyrénées
 Lac de Maucapera

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Kashmi, a Singaporean social payment app, has announced it will be launching Southeast Asia's '360° fully digital banking product' in Q1 2017.
Developed from its existing offering, Kashmi will become a social, mobile, all-in-one neo-banking product designed to fit seamlessly into the lifestyles of 'banked' and 'unbanked' Millennials in Southeast Asia – with features that enable spending, saving, budgeting, borrowing and investing.
The innovative, customer-centric and personalised free banking app, which can also be accessed on a desktop, aims to increase Millennial uptake and engagement with a suite of financial services including bill pay, card transfers, ATM withdrawals and peer-to-peer transactions, as well as products such as term deposits, investments and loans.
These will be offered alongside Financial Literacy Tools to promote active, responsible management through simple, automated tools for budgeting, savings, and group payments.
The product has been designed following extensive research that shows traditional banks are struggling to engage with unbanked and under-banked populations across Asia, with Millennials in particular showing they are disengaged with traditional banking or struggle with access to physical banks.
A survey by Scratch revealed that 74% of Millennials perceive their relationships with banks as transactional rather than personal – citing that banking is 'time-consuming', 'complicated' and 'inaccessible'.
As a result of this, huge swathes of Southeast Asia remain 'unbanked', meaning over half of Southeast Asia are not registered with a bank (438 million people) – with many more estimated to be 'underbanked', meaning they do not regularly use banking features.
With inaccessibility to banks a big issue in some parts of Southeast Asia, and taking into consideration the high smart phone penetration in the region, Kashmi will be able to give Millennials what they want: an all-in-one digital banking solution that allows easy access to a range of financial services – anytime, anywhere.
According to Rakhil Fernando, CEO and Founder of Kashmi: "Our new product will target millennials, a group of individuals whose spending power is increasing exponentially but who are increasingly disengaged with the banking system. Ultimately we believe attempts by banks to go digital are floundering. Our digital banking solution brings an array of financial services to young people and re-engages them with their own finances through a user-friendly, customer-centric design that is expected by today's smart phone generation".
The new Kashmi product will first launch in Singapore in Q1 2017, and then expand into the Philippines and Sri Lanka, followed by countries including Cambodia and Indonesia in Q2 and Q3.


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Computer Assisted Spanish Applications (CASA)
Barbara Gordon
Earlene Sudweeks
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Gordon, Barbara and Sudweeks, Earlene (1989) "Computer Assisted Spanish Applications (CASA)," Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium: Vol. 15: Iss. 1, Article 19.
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This is a chance to go the extra step in promoting your art and services. Visual artists will have an image of their art included in the listing. Performing artists can include a video of their performance. The public will be able to view your information and look or listen to your work on our website and on a kiosk/computer station. They will also be able to read more about you and find out how to book your band for a show or purchase your book if you are an author.
Interested? If so, you need more information. The cost is $50. As always, you can use Paypal on our website donations page to pay.
Even if you have a listing in our artist booklet we need you to complete the forms to ensure that the information is up-to-date. Coordinate the drop off of your piece of art with Stephanie Olson, our Showcase Specialist. Her email is stephaniemolson@gmail.com.
We want to help you connect with the people who can hire you, show your artwork, or purchase your work!
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It was nice visiting with family on this Easter Sunday, and even nicer having their residence adjacent to a boat launch into the Blackstone River. That provided this paddler some time to explore a bit of the river during the intermission between dinner and desert.
After launching a little upstream of the Rolling Dam, I paddled up to the Triad Bridges in Millville (opening photo). At this locale multiple transportation paths once converged: Level one is the Blackstone River which once also served as part of the Blackstone Canal; Level two is the Providence and Worcester Railroad, a still active railroad (iron truss on left behind another); Level three is the former New York and New England Railroad, no longer active and now part of the Southern New England Trunkline Trail (in front of and to the right of the P and W); and finally level four which is the unfulfilled dream railroad, Southern New England Railway (tall concrete bridge abutment to right of NY and NE). This railroad was never completed though substantial grading and stonework was done in Massachusetts between Palmer and Blackstone. Had it been finished, it would have been a grand sight to see its trains cross high above the Blackstone River and the two other railroads. Imagine a paddler lucky enough to see three trains converge at this spot at the same time. Ah, what might have been.
One possible reason for the Southern New England Railway not having been completed may have been because its visionary, Charles Melville Hays, perished aboard the Titanic.
Since the lock tender was nowhere to be found, I turned about and headed back downriver.
Aside from a pair of common mergansers, a pair of Canada geese, and a blue heron, I had the river all to myself.
Al - you were in my neighborhood. I've paddled that section of the Blackstone many times. We should make arrangements to get together sometime.
Hi Erik, Yes I was pretty close to Woonsocket and remembered some of the video you shot going through Millville.
Agree on getting together. Either on one of the rivers up this way or perhaps on one of your RICKA paddles in RI.
I was thinking about a RICKA trip up your way - maybe the sudbury this year.
Has RICKA done the Sudbury up by Route 20 and Heard Pond?


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Strong recovery continues for builders' merchants sales
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Builders' merchants continued to report strong growth in Q1 of 2021, according to the latest Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) figures, with total value sales up 8.6% compared to the previous quarter and 15.1% up on Q1 2020. While these figures are inevitably affected by the severe impact that the COVID pandemic had on the industry during 2020, if you remove the effects of COVID results are still positive, with merchants reporting an increase of 6.0% on Q1 2019.
The landscaping and timber & joinery sectors saw exceptional growth year-on-year and when compared to 2019. First quarter landscaping sales were 41.4% up on Q1 2020, and an astonishing 32.3% up on the pre-pandemic Q1 of 2019. Over the same periods, timber & joinery products was up 30.5% and 15.8% respectively. Heavy building materials also did well, with sales growth of 10.3% and 1.3%.
Total sales grew 47.4% compared to March 2020, and by 23.0% compared to the same month in 2019.
There are a few exceptions, particularly for indoor trades, where COVID restrictions have continued to impact the rate of recovery. Sales for kitchens & bathrooms were down -2.1% in Q1 2021 compared to the previous quarter, and -1.8% on Q1 2020. However, month-on-month there are signs of improvement across the board. Sales for kitchens & bathrooms, for example, were up 12.3% in March compared to February.
Mike Rigby, CEO of MRA Research, says: "Considering where the industry was this time last year, the rate and strength of recovery has been phenomenal, and it caught forecasters, including the OBR, flat footed. Recovery has been fuelled by strong growth in new house building and RMI (Repair, Maintenance & Improvements), amplified by homeowners – synchronised by lockdowns – getting the idea and desire for home improvement at the same time. The latest ONS figures confirm that construction output recovered to 2.4% above its pre-pandemic February 2020 level, with RMI 7.7% above February 2020.
"However, the pace of recovery varies between product sectors. Lead times are extending and prices rising as demand for building materials exceeds supply. It has been reported that many hard landscaping installers are booked out to the end of the year.
"It is encouraging, now that lockdowns have eased, to see internal categories like kitchens & bathrooms, plumbing, heating & electrical, and decorating, starting to catch up with growth across the board in March compared to February. We expect differences across sectors to start to even out over the coming months."
Developed and run by MRA Research, the BMBI – a brand of the Builders Merchant Federation – is a monthly index of builders' merchant sales, and the most reliable, up-to-date measure of repair, maintenance, and improvement (RMI) activity in the UK. The index is based on actual sales from GfK's Builders' Merchant Point of Sale Tracking Data, which captures value sales out to builders from generalist builders' merchants, accounting for over 80% of total sales from builders' merchants throughout Great Britain. An in-depth review, which includes commentary by sector experts, is provided each quarter.
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One of the most intriguing single events in the history of citrus in the state happened in 1835. A devastating freeze, which kept temperatures below 32 degrees for 56 straight hours, killed nearly every orange tree in Florida.
One grove, Dummitt's on Merritt Island, survived the icy temperatures because it was between the insulating Indian and Banana rivers.
Dummitt provided buds from his trees to replenish the industry. One of the recipients was Frank Forster, a German boat captain who planted the first groves in Indian River County in the late 1870s.
More:Since 2003-04 Florida's citrus industry lost more than 60% of production
The industry grew more each decade, coming together in the Indian River Citrus League in the 1920s to protect the Indian River name from growers in other areas capitalizing on its popularity.
The league area, which follows the Indian River from Daytona Beach south to West Palm Beach, became more and more popular for growers through the years, establishing it as one of the premier growing counties.
Some of the key players in the early expansion of the industry locally were A.B. Michael, who started planting on Orchid Island, and E.P. Porcher of Deerfield Groves, which consolidated with Michael and made Indian River citrus famous.
Since the state began keeping complete records on citrus in 1965, the county has shown a steady and regular increase in production and acreage.
Total boxes of citrus grown in the county went from 6.4 million in 1965-66, to 12.2 million in 1971-72, to 15.2 million in 1981-82 and finally to 19 million in the banner year of 1991-92. The total acreage of all trees, including non-bearing, increased 61 percent in the same time period.
In the county, there are now 20 packinghouses, one processing plant and about 400 major and minor growers.
Freezes, usually associated with destruction of citrus, actually helped the progress of Indian River County.
"The whole industry has been migrating south," league Executive Vice President Doug Bournique said. "Most of it is south of State Road 60 now."
Growers from farther north in Florida as well as other states have flocked to Indian River County, which does not usually feel the full brunt of freezes because of proximity to bodies of water and location sufficiently south in the state.
"If you look around, a percentage of growers here are old Winter Haven and Lake County growers," Bournique said. "North Florida has been through too many freezes."
The reasons for the growth of the industry in the county are many, but the bottom line is that numerous factors coincidentally came together in the area.
These include, in addition to the geographic considerations, the county's soil type, its flat topography, proximity to transportation, its history of agriculture and sufficient cold spells to sweeten the fruit.
More: Scanner ensures sweet, juicy grapefruit
Bournique acknowledges luck was a major player in this.
"Other factors are intangible," he said. "This area just happens to produce the finest citrus in the world."
John Luther and his Gracewood Fruit Co. are good examples of the progression of a typical citrus grower in the county.
Gracewood was started in 1938 by John Hopwood, who moved with his wife from Pittsburgh and planted 240 acres west of town. With expansion came more involvement by relatives, a frequent development in the citrus industry.
"Through the years the family became more involved," said Luther, a son-in-law. "In the late 40s a son-in-law came to start handling the citrus end and a brother-in-law also came to work for the company."
More:Read all of our centennial coverage
Today Gracewood boasts 6,000 acres, and last year grew 13 million boxes of red and white grapefruit and 500,000 boxes of navel, Valencia and early and mid-season oranges.
Volatile Industry
The industry is somewhat volatile, Luther said, with prices changing each year based on supply and the possibility of market flooding very real.
"Every time we had a freeze it reduced the amount of fruit available, and the prices would go up," he said. "You'd get more for your fruit and then you'd want to expand and grow more the next year."
Earlier this year:Citrus rebounds after Hurricane Irma hammered industry
So what does the future hold for this commercial paradox that grants stability to the county, yet is unpredictable; that has grown exponentially its whole history, yet has no room to expand?
The answer is two-fold: small, efficiency-minded changes within the industry and development of new markets.
The St. Johns River Water Management District owns much of the undeveloped land in the western part of the county, which limits the physical expansion of groves. This will force the industry to evolve within the ballpark of its current size, according to Bournique.
"We'll see more fine-tuning and more hard work," he said. "For the time being we're not going to see any more expansion. There will be a lot of belt-tightening."
Good growers will pay attention to cost while providing good, quality fruit, Luther said, and the potential for expanded buyers for Indian River fruit is great.
"I still feel there are a lot of markets that have yet to be tapped worldwide," he said, "and some we missed here in the U.S."
Bournique said the most promising markets include Argentina, Chile, Spain, Italy and the entire old communist block once the countries get on their feet economically.
And he said he was confident that the Indian River County citrus industry's already dominant numbers will continue to grow in the future.
"It's going to get even better. These guys are as talented and as good as it gets."


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Joly says Canada working on standardized vaccine certification for international travel
Steve Scherer
Minister of Economic Development Melanie Joly speaks in the House of Commons on Oct. 1, 2020.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
Canada is working with international partners to develop a standardized vaccine certification for travel and will position itself as a safe destination once the country has reached COVID-19 herd immunity, the Tourism Minister said on Tuesday.
Canada currently has a higher infection rate than the United States as it rolls out vaccines during a third wave. The country has fully inoculated only 3 per cent of its almost 38 million people, though more than 34 per cent have received a first dose and millions of doses are arriving each week.
"Clearly as vaccination is being rolled out, we will position ourself as a safe destination," Tourism Minister Mélanie Joly said in a telephone interview after attending a virtual meeting with her G20 counterparts earlier in the day.
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She provided no further details. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said everyone who wants to can be fully vaccinated by the end of September.
Canada's land border with the United States has been closed to non-essential travel since March of last year, and those arriving by plane must be tested and quarantine themselves.
The third wave gripping the country now has dimmed the hopes of airlines and the tourism sector for renewed travel this summer.
"Definitely there will still be a lot of local and regional travel" this summer, Ms. Joly said.
On Tuesday, Mr. Trudeau said talks are ongoing with international partners for a vaccine certification. Ms. Joly said talks were ongoing with G7 partners and some G20 countries.
"It would make sense for us to align with partners around the world on some sort of proof of vaccination or vaccine certification," Mr. Trudeau told reporters.
In January, Mr. Trudeau told Reuters in an interview that he was against vaccine passports because he said they could be "divisive."
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The Patent Leather Kid – amerykański film z 1927 roku w reżyserii Alfreda Santella.

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Congratulations to Dr. Alatinga and Dr. Serwajja!
Kennedy Alatinga from Ghana and Eria Serwajja from Uganda, both scholarship holders of the South African - German Centre for Development Research, have been awarded their PhDs. Congratulations to both of you!
Trip of the Iliso Youth Choir to Bochum from 20 to 28 September 2014
Highly Moving Performances and Events
From Saturday onwards the IEE welcomes the Iliso Youth Choir from Khayelitsha, Cape Town in Bochum. The IEE wants to invite a broad audience to enjoy the powerful music, to get an impression of social work in a township and of the motivation behind such important work.
IEE Alumnus on Returning Home after Studies in Germany
Augustine Magolowondo, Alumnus of the MA in Development Management (2002) and holder of a PhD of RUB's Faculty of Social Science (2005) recently participated in an Alumni Seminar in Bonn, which was financed by DAAD and organized by the networking coordinator of the German Association of Development-Related Postgraduate Courses.
First EUSA_ID students arrived in Bochum
The first 4 EUSA_ID students arrived safely in Bochum! They all will take part in the Master in Development Management at the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy of Ruhr University Bochum. Welcome!
Postdoctoral Fellowship at CDR awarded
Dr. Samson Lembani, who graduated from the PhD in International Development Studies has been awarded a DAAD Postdoctoral Fellowship at the South African - German Centre for Development Research. For a period of at least one year, Samson will support CDR in research and teaching activities.
Congratulations Dr. Omolo!
On 15 July 2015, Alphonce Omolo from Kenia has been awarded the degree of a Doctor (Dr. phil.) at the Faculty for Philosophy and Educational Research at RUB in the field of Comparative Education. During his studies at RUB Alphonce Omolo was a member of the PhD Programme in International Development Studies (PhD IDS).
Bachelor Upgrading Programme: New Group Arrived
Finally, on 24 March 2014, after some delay the IEE was very happy to welcome a new group of 24 participants – the largest group yet – in the Bachelor Upgrading Programme in Management and Economics at Ruhr Universität Bochum. The Bachelor Upgrading Programme at RUB started in 2004 and since then, the IEE has hosted about one hundred lecturers from thirteen different universities all over Afghanistan. The programme, funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) aims to improve the standards of teaching in Afghanistan by providing training and teaching economics to young lecturers.
Paper of Callistus Agbaam and Mulugeta Dinbabo published
Callistus Agbaam, Alumni of Ruhr University's MA in Development Management at the South African - German Centre for Development Research, together with Mulugeta F. Dinbabo, staff member of the centre, published an article on "Social Grants and Poverty Reduction at the Household Level: Empirical Evidence from Ghana" in the Journal of Social Science. The article can be downloaded here.
Members of the PhD IDS Participated Successfully in the Class 'Microeconomics of Competitiveness'
It was the first time that the innovative course, developed by the Harvard Business School, was launched by the working group for Urban and Regional Economy at the Geographical Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum. An interdisciplinary group of students discussed case studies on competiveness of several countries and regions, companies and their regional concentration in so-called clusters. Mohamed Dawude Temory, Lesley Hope and Anne Siebert gave a presentation on the case of 'The Afghan Carpet Cluster' and will submit their working paper soon.
2014 MADM Intake in Cape Town Started
11 students from 9 different countries of the world take part in the 2014 Bochum Programme of Development Management at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town.
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I'm considering two scenarios of hacking freshly installed bitcoin core node.
Does freshly installed bitcoin-core node have genesis block included in the installation?
This fresh node contacts some peer for downloading blockchain. Can malicious peer give node wrong chain? Is this attack possible and how is it mitigated in bitcoin?
There is no way for the chain to be "wrong" that would not be detectable to the node. If it's invalid, the node will reject it. If there's a longer chain, the node will reject the shorter chain. If it's the longest, valid chain, it's not wrong.
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The most famous American sewing machine company ever!
According to Wikipedia, as of 2015, "the Singer Corporation produces a range of consumer products, including electronic sewing machines. It is now part of SVP Worldwide, which also owns the Pfaff and Husqvarna Viking brands, which is in turn owned by Kohlberg & Company, which bought Singer in 2004. Its main competitors are Brother Industries, Janome and Aisin Seiki - a Toyota Group company that manufactures Toyota, Necchi and E&R Classic Sewing Machines."
From Antique Organs via Wikipedia, we learn "The company was located in Meriden, CT 1877-1896; name changed to Wilcox & White Co., 1897; Founded by Horace C. Wilcox, a silver-plate manufacturer, and Henry Kirk White, an experienced reed organ builder, with White's sons James H., Edward H. and Howard. E.H. White was factory superintendent and developed the Angelus player.
The company went bankrupt in 1921 and its assets and name were acquired by Conway Musical Industries, a piano manufacturer, in 1922."


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Home Opinion Columns The pro-life movement has a lot to apologize for
The pro-life movement has a lot to apologize for
Jessica Karins
On Friday, Nov. 28, CNN reported that 57-year-old Robert Lewis Dear walked into a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado and killed three people over the course of an hours-long standoff with police officers. His ex-wife told NBC News that Dear had a history of violence and was vocally anti-government; when arrested, he immediately told officers that he wanted "no more baby parts," a reference to a deceptively edited video that implied Planned Parenthood sold fetal organs on the black market.
In response, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz told the Texas Tribune on Nov. 29 that the shooter was probably a "transgendered leftist."
Cruz is an extreme example of an anti-abortion politician attempting to pass the buck to anyone else, but pro-life activists in general are reluctant to condemn violence against abortion providers, and even more reluctant to take some responsibility.
On the Democratic side of the aisle, President Obama made a speech in response to the shootings – a shockingly routine one. According to Reuters, Obama made an emotional speech on Nov. 25 calling for an end to gun violence, to keep "weapons of war" out of the hands of mentally ill people. In short, he made the kind of speech he makes all the time, barely adjusted for the particulars of the situation.
No one wants to respond to this attack like they would respond to any other kind of terrorist killing. No one wants to call this an attack on the American way of life.
In a way, that makes sense. What could be more American than a man like Robert Lewis Dear, a white man imposing his religious views on people who could not fight back? At this point, violence attacks on abortion providers and Planned Parenthood clinics are an American tradition. We have become desensitized to them, as we have to have to so many forms of other violence.
However, the attacks on providers of abortion and women's health service are indeed an attack on American values, or at least the values Americans often purport to have.
Abortion has been legal nationwide since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. Most things that were controversial in 1973 are less so now, but abortion is an enduring exception. We are used to the debate being seen as an unanswerable moral question, but it is worth asking ourselves what anti-abortion activists really want.
The answer to that is often simple. They want to enforce their religious ideals, above the legal system, above valued American principle like freedom of choice and the rights of women and often through violence. The Washington Post wrote about one man, Michael Griffin, who attributed his murder of an abortion provider to religious motives in 1993; his supporters said he had done what God wanted and should be acquitted.
Of course, Dear differs a little from many of those in the American tradition of pro-life murder. One of his victims was a police officer, making him look a little less like a focused executioner and more like a desperate man striking out at a system he hated in any way he could.
Still though, Dear had seen that video about "baby parts." So had most of the 2016 Republican candidates, and many conservatives and religious people all across America. They all learned essentially the same thing. They all probably felt, to various degrees, anger and sadness when they drove by the nearest Planned Parenthood. The difference is what they decided to do about it.
If we want to be a country with a reasonable political conversation, activists should take responsibility for the consequences of their movements. Every time an advocate of anti-abortion policies and rhetoric – whether a politician, activist, or religious leader – stays silent about what happens when their ideas become actions, tragedies like these become more and more normalized.
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Still doing the diet for the most part: scrambled eggs in butter, orange juice, milk, coffee with cream and organic cane sugar (did you know that if your sugar just says 'sugar', then it's most likely from gmo beets?), and protein like beef or lamb with a glass of milk and oj. The addition of those drinks really fills me up nicely, and takes away any craving for sweet things later in the day. In my coffee I put the Great Lakes gelatin powder, and I think that's what's making my skin look so nice (it's certainly not the vegetables I'm eating, because I'm not eating any!). Peat is not concerned with mercury so he recommends certain fish as good to eat, but for now I'm just sticking to sardines as I'm pretty sure they are low in Hg (EDIT: Ray does not recommend sardines because of the high content of PUFA). And they are the whole animal. I also eat liver every couple of weeks (grass-fed non-gmo source).
Milk. Ray says we can drink lots of it.
At night sometimes I eat ice cream – a healthful food due to its saturated milk fat and calcium and metabolism-improving sugar), though believe it or not I am not craving it too much now. Perhaps because I'm getting plenty of fat and carbs/sugar from the milk and orange juice.
I've noticed better skin, a warmer body, an increased pulse rate. These last two were what was most important to me, because for years I've been needing sweaters and jackets when others are in t-shirts. My sleep is pretty good, my digestion is fine, and a few times I've put my hands on my face and my hands are warm. Great progress.
So I checked my Ray Peat notes from last year, and found the following.
Your daily protein can be around 80 grams. An egg provides 6 grams. A quart of milk 32 grams. I believe I've read that Ray drinks about three quarts of milk. This is for the calcium and the great high calcium/low phosphorous ratio. Meat-eaters who don't get enough calcium are getting too much phosphorous, which leads to accelerated aging. Meat, fish and cheese are 20% protein so you can go for a pound of this per day.
Another tenet: eat fruit or other high carb food with your protein. This is why we drink oj with our eggs. According to Peat, you need the sugar to help metabolize the protein. Potatoes are high in protein too (although allergenic for many, including me – I feel stiff the next day). Cook it well and serve it with butter and cream. He talks about saturated fats – butter, coconut oil, and to a lesser degree olive oil – as being your go-to fats. Trash the PUFA's – the poly-unsaturated fatty acid seed and nut oils – any oil that is liquid at room temperature besides olive oil. Similarly, stay away from fatty fish like salmon and herring, as these contain mostly unsaturated fat. Cod and sole are good fish to eat because they have marine minerals like selenium and are low in (the wrong kind of) fat.
This is the gelatin I put in my blended butter/coffee/sugar every morning. Very nice skin results.
Gelatin can be a major protein. Oxtail soup boiled for 4-5 hours with lamb shanks provide a good proportion of gelatin.
If you eat large portions of meat, consume 5-10 grams of gelatin at the same time so that the combined amino acids enter the bloodstream together.
Eat cheese without enzymes, just animal rennet. Cottage cheese, if it's just milk curds with salt, is also very good. There should be no additives.
Tropical fruits and juices are excellent. Juice them or buy them not from concentrate. But no berries (because of the seeds) or grapefruit (phytoestrogens) or bananas (unless truly tree-ripened, I believe).
A small apple and cheese makes a nice snack.
More healthful carbs would be potatos, yams, oats cooked for a very long time to reduce the phytic acid, which blocks calcium absorption. (I like seeing the Weston A. Price diet crossover here.) A raw carrot, preferable shredded, and eaten by itself, is a great anti-estrogen food. And the best cooked vegetables would be summer squash and bamboo shoots. But well-cooked kale and broccoli are also okay, although they do have anti-thyroid substances, especially when eaten raw.
No juicing vegetables because of the PUFA's (polyunsaturated fatty acids), and no avocados. Likewise, no nuts or seeds. Major PUFA's.
If you ixnay on the PUFA's, then the body's fat stores will begin to release them, so you may want to take a vitamin E supplement or some thyroid to protect the thyroid gland. This PUFA tissue release can take four or so years.
Salty cravings? Try frying tortilla chips in coconut oil. Or chicharones (pork rinds) with no additives but salt. And if you find a resource for these, let me know!
Another interesting tidbit I found about Peat is that he believes that excess estrogen causes the intestines to be sensitive to gluten. Gluten is one thing that I've been very confident about removing from my diet.
Salt helps the calcium from food get absorbed so sea salt it up. Peat even recommends salting and sugaring your milk. Stress hormones waste salt.
He thinks that the adrenals are usually robust enough, and it's the thyroid that is underactive. Some benefit from taking T3, which is an anti-stress hormone, and helps produce energy. Increasing the metabolic rate is the most important thing.
A few days ago I noticed that I was getting a little depressed. I thought 'Oh no, I'll have to give up this diet!' I emailed Danny Roddy (the Peat Whisperer) who suggested making sure I was getting enough calcium, calories and sugar. I recalled that since running out of my raw milk, I'd been drinking a lot less of it. So I upped that - yes that was me chugging from a half gallon carton of Organic Valley Half n' Half out of my trunk's cooler in various parking lots on vacation last week - and I am back to feeling aok.
I just felt my pulse rate. It's 75 (up from its normal 61 for many many years). I'm about three weeks into the diet. My hands are warm. I've got great energy. Thanks Dr. Peat!


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Jerusalem Post Christian World
In global prayer event, Christians worldwide unite for Jerusalem peace
Millions of Christians around the globe join an annual prayer service for peace in the Holy City, following wave of terror attacks on Israelis.
By TAMARA ZIEVE
Published: OCTOBER 6, 2015 14:43
Updated: OCTOBER 7, 2015 18:33
Day of Prayer for Jerusalem, in the Holy City
(photo credit: COURTESY DAY OF PRAYER IN JERUSALE FACEBOOK)
On the heels of the recent wave of terror attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank, hundreds of Christians gathered in the Christ Church in the Old City on Sunday, to participate in an annual global prayer for Jerusalem - especially pertinent after last weekend when four people were killed in terror attacks. The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem (DPPJ) is held every year on the first Sunday of October. According to a DPPJ report on this year's effort, millions of Christians around the world took part in the mass prayer.
The event has been organized since 2002 by Evangelical leaders Dr. Jack W. Hayford, Rev. Robert Stearns, and Dr. Paul Cedar.
Christians from over 175 nations ---including seven Muslim countries -- were said to have participated in the prayer meeting, assembling in their churches and homes.
The Jerusalem service was hosted by Eagles' Wings Founder and Executive Director Rev. Robert Stearns, and opened with Pastor Rev. David Pileggi who said that "the very motto of Christ Church since 1830 has been 'Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.'"
"We pray that as Christian brothers and sisters we no longer can be silent among the nations…bind us together with our Jewish brothers and sisters, for together we are the family of the One True God," prayed Ken Howard of Christian Friends of Israel.
Rev. Dr. Heldt prayed for the four orphans who lost their parents in a West Bank terror attack last week. "Lord, we beseech you to take the place of the children's parents who were murdered by the hatred of men. We pray for the nations who are full of hatred against Jerusalem; please make their hearts as tender as the heart of Abraham who served you with all his soul."
People around the world were also able to join the prayer service via an online "virtual prayer room" created by the 24-hour DPPJ Prayer Conference Call. In addition, for the social media savvy, prayer app Instapray offered an alternative method of sending written prayers for Jerusalem.
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Who Are Charles and Rebeca Seitz?
We're a post-evangelical married couple that loves our kiddos and chases Truth with wild abandon.
About Rebeca Seitz…
The tattoo is a wing with "Hebrews 12.1" – my birth verse.
"So now, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside the sin that so easily ensnares us and run with perseverance the race that is set before us."
I couldn't get, "Jesus wept." Yeesh.
Professionally, Seitz is a writer, producer, promoter, and event specialist with 14 years of executive experience. Personally, she's the wife of Charles and mother to Firstborn (13) and Secondborn (10).
Today, Seitz makes her living as a full-time writer of magazine articles, business books, novellas, and screenplays. Lest she become the homebody her introverted self craves and forget how to interact in person with humanity, she also works outside her home office as a corporate event manager at a nearby luxury resort and country club.
From 2012 to 2018, Seitz served as President and CEO of SON Studios, a Naples-based non-profit that was founded to use stories as vehicles for positive cultural change. Under her leadership, SON helped to bring over two dozen films and books to market while educating more than 2,000 writers in the art of embedding Truth into story. Notables who spoke and taught at SON events include Brian Bird, Josh Nadler, Chad Gundersen, Dan Merrell, Micheal Flaherty, Howie Klausner, Kevin Sorbo, Brent McCorkle, Fred Thompson, and many more.
In 2005, Seitz founded Glass Road Public Relations, a firm committed to promoting story-driven works with Christian themes. It was a pioneer in its field, securing coverage for novelists on The Today Show, USA Today, Southern Living, The 700 Club, National Public Radio, Good Housekeeping, BookPage, Moody Radio, and numerous newspapers and radio shows. At the request of its clients, Glass Road expanded in 2010 to offer publishing and agenting services to writers, changing its name to Glass Road Media & Management. The first book published under the GR imprint, Nancy Zieman's Seams Unlikely, won Book of the Year from Book Fun Magazine.
In its nine years, Glass Road worked with Tyndale, Zondervan, Waterbrook-Multnomah, David C Cook, Charisma, Barbour Books, Baker Books, Howard/Simon & Schuster, Hachette Books, Moody Publishing, Guideposts Books, AMG Publishers, B&H Publishing, NavPress, Worthy Books and others. Its writer clients populated bestseller lists from the New York Times to USA Today. In January 2014, Seitz donated Glass Road to the nonprofit SON.
Seitz began her career by serving as the first dedicated publicist for the fiction division of Thomas Nelson Publishers, one of the Top Ten Publishers in the World and now a division of HarperCollins Publishers. While there, she enjoyed serving as publicist to Charles Martin, Davis Bunn, Ted Dekker, Dr. Paul L. Maier, Frank Peretti, Denise Hildreth Jones, Robin Jones Gunn, Colleen Coble, Michael Morris and others.
She is also a published novelist and biographer: Prints Charming (Thomas Nelson), Sisters, Ink; Coming Unglued, Scrapping Plans, Perfect Piece (all B&H Publishing Group/LifeWay), First Blush and Second Glance (independent) and Lights Out (with Travis Freeman, BelieversPress).
Rebeca has been interviewed or featured on NPR, CNN, Huffington Post Live, The Glenn Beck Show, The Blaze, The Washington Times, WorldNetDaily, FOX News, Townhall.com, and others. The former Family Research Council Witherspoon Fellow for Media and University of Tennessee University Scholar holds a Master of Arts in Mass Communication and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Political Science.
Seitz lives in Naples, Florida, with her long-suffering husband, their two incredibly fabulous children, a rescued chocolate chihuahua (who may be a Russkiey toy – she's not talking), a rescued tabby (who's keeping a close eye on the Mexican/Russian dog), two cockatiels (who got here by accident after starring in one of Rebeca's productions), and a partridge in a pear tree (kidding…for now).
About Charles Seitz…
Charlie is Rebeca's biggest fan, promotor, groupie, and foot massager. (Some of the many reasons she loves him dearly.) He's also been her partner in marriage and parenting for over 15 years and in business nearly as long.
For twenty years, Charlie worked in the information security industry as a sales engineer for firms selling to Fortune 500 companies and top institutions of higher learning, a security analyst for the University of Tennessee, and an independent security consultant. He was a sought-after teacher and presenter for information security conferences across the nation.
He was also stressed out, always anticipating when the next hacker would get through whatever system his current high-profile clients were using, and wondering if this was really how he wanted to spend his life. When his father passed away in 2016, Charlie took stock of his life and decided a different direction was in order.
Today, he happily works as a Florida licensed yacht and ship broker with the largest yacht brokerage in America. He also enjoys helping customers at the local West Marine store on the island where he lives.
In the midst of his security career, Charlie helped Rebeca start and run Glass Road Public Relations as its Vice President of Operations, handling all of the tasks she didn't want to (like HR, payroll, taxes, and technology). When Rebeca helped launch a non-profit in 2012, Charlie volunteered his services as Chief Technology Officer for the newly-formed SON Studios.
Growing up in Naples, FL, Charlie was one of just two children in the inaugural Sunday School when Faith Lutheran Church was founded as a Lutheran Church Missouri Synod congregation in his family's living room in 1985. His father served multiple terms as President of the Faith Lutheran Church Council and his mother was the first female to be elected Vice President of the congregation. In his 20's, Charlie attended First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Nashville, TN where he became one of the youngest elected members to the church council and served as Treasurer of the congregation.
Charlie is an alumnus of the Theta Tau Zeta chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity at Wake Forest University where he was a founding member of the re-colonized chapter. He served as Vice President and Risk Manager for the chapter. He is also an alumnus of Chi Rho Christian Men's a cappella ensemble at WFU.
Charlie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology with a minor in History in 1998 from Wake Forest University and continues to indulge his fascination with history and archaeology here at FREEVANGELIC.
He is a licensed private pilot, certified scuba diver, and happy homebrewer.
The kiddos and Rebeca in church one Easter Sunday morning. Charles is behind the camera.