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Tough times for Scarlett
Jun 14th, 2021 | By Ophelia Benson
Critical Race Theory may be a mixed bag that includes some very silly or sinister ideas, but on the other hand there's this kind of thing.
This is how it introduces Reconstruction: through the gosh-darn sticktoitiveness of Francis Tillou Nicholls, the ex-Confederate "redeemer" who crushed black political rights. pic.twitter.com/mOpWVJUZob
— Joshua Benton (@jbenton) June 14, 2021
In other words "history" as presented by Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind.
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And there are still people who deny there is systemic racism. Yeah, right, nothing in the system promotes the idea of white supremacy, right?
My first reaction was horror.
Then I realized this wasn't a U.S. history textbook but a Louisiana state history book. So, OK, those are probably representative views of many white people at the time. I'm from a northern state where in the civil war we were the good guys, so there weren't stories like this to tell. If these stories are just a few mixed in with stories from other perspectives, such as of the enslaved, then they could actually be educational.
But I highly doubt that's the case, so I'll revert to being horrified.
I'm from a northern state where in the civil war we were the good guys, so there weren't stories like this to tell.
Right, because we had gotten rid of slavery a few decades earlier. I certainly wasn't taught as a child that New York had slavery until 1827.
Slavery was kind of the norm for most of human history, which explains why so much of human history is horrific.
The first one, the one based on one Kate Stone's diary, could actually be interesting history—if presented in context. Like, an investigation of what southerners thought of the conflict. The excerpt from the next chapter kills that possibility rather decisively. Nope, it's just gonna be Confederate apologia from beginning to end. A commitment to "segregation between the races"? Who talks like that? Who refers to "the races"? Like, you might say that if you're portraying a white supremacist with RAHOWA tattooed on your damn shoulder, but you wouldn't say it in a history textbook supposedly written in (::checks watch::) any time past 1970.
ったく, people tend to forget how recent the Civil Rights movement was.
I know you're being sarcastic, but…right.
The state passed a 1799 law for gradual abolition, a law which freed no living slave. After that date, children born to slave mothers were required to work for the mother's master as indentured servants until age 28 (men) and 25 (women). The last slaves were freed on July 4, 1827 (28 years after 1799).[1] African Americans celebrated with a parade.
The US started to break away in 1776 and the Constitution was in effect in 1789. So 23 years after the initial split and 11 years after the government was formed NY had set down the path of ending slavery. 28 years after that it was done. In the large historical scheme this was a very rapid change.
And when the war over slavery came, NY wasn't on the side fighting for it. So, yes, right.
I'm from a state that joined the United States as a free state prior to NY banning slavery. We were not perfect, but we didn't fight a war to preserve slavery. There was no need in our history books for any stories of how the civil war had disrupted our slave plantations.
The southern states need to contend with this. The "boo hoo we lost our plantation" stories aren't necessarily bad if they're put in the context of how horrible it was that people could lament that they could not longer enslave their fellow humans. But that's probably not the context in which they're being put, and these history books are probably as execrable as they seem from these excerpts.
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Another point: no true American should feel sorry for what were in effect landed aristocrats. Nae King, Nae Queen, Nae Lord!
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The key, Skeletor, is that most Northerners weren't fighting 'against slavery' at all (though it is undeniable and unspeakably vile that the South was fighting in the Unique Institution's defense). Rather, they were pissed off about the Confederate states' decision to secede. Hell, even that was only enough to garner tepid support among non-Abolitionist Northerners, until Lincoln cannily goaded the Confederates into firing on Fort Sumter. *
There weren't many white hats in that war; just one side had a solid shade of gray, vs. the other's 'black, and dipped in blood'. And Northern states, while quite willing to discuss the evils of slavery in their classrooms, are often quite lousy about addressing their own institutional racism. I remember vividly the elementary school textbook that showed me opposing editorial cartoons that portrayed how the North and South viewed slavery, with the 'genteel Southern plantation' version being solidly refuted by the text. But I don't recall any high school classes, even, classes telling me about how Chicago's entire expressway system was deliberately laid out to displace and isolate black communities.
(^ This, BTW, laid down the rule of thumb for virtually every future US President: If you want to go to war, find a way to sucker the other side into shooting first. You can trace this through virtually every conflict from the Civil War through to Iraq and Afghanistan. Of course, many Presidents just opt to fabricate an attack, or blame the wrong people for one that does occur with convenient timing, but the principle still stands.)
The US started to break away in 1776 and the Constitution was in effect in 1789. So 23 years after the initial split and 11 years after the government was formed NY had set down the path of ending slavery. 28 years after that it was done. In the large historical scheme this was a very rapid change. And when the war over slavery came, NY wasn't on the side fighting for it. So, yes, right.
Still — all we were taught is that New York as the good guys, slavery had nothing to do with us, moving right along. Maybe something was mentioned in highschool about a slave cemetery in NY or something, maybe not even that. But still, a lot of "We were the good guys."
I grew up in NYC, and GW's description of the educational experience is consistent with mine. New York was the Good Guys.
I had a friend in elementary school who had moved from Georgia. When MLK was assassinated, we were told to write an essay about him, lamenting his death. My friend was excused because she could not write positively about him.
The film Gangs of New York did an excellent job of depicting the racism and ambivalence of people going off to fight for the Union. It's not the main plot line, but it's an important part of the setting, and it is very well done.
It's true that it's highly useful to read primary sources on what southerners thought about slavery and the war and all of it. Just the other day I had the excellent luck to find a (pristine) copy of Mary Chesnut's Civil War in a Little Free Library. I read some of it last night and was only a couple of minutes in when I read a bit where she chats about how disobliging the slaves are and calls them fat and lazy. She talks as if they were her unruly children and she were their kindly benefactor. I knew that was their pov but it's still startling to see it on the page.
I went to high school in a state that wasn't a state in the Civil War; it was still Native American land. So while the teachers taught about the evils of slavery without offending anyone, and the problems that arose after the Civil War, they positioned Oklahoma with the "good guys". Of course, the area was not settled by white people at that time, and the Native American tribes had different views on slavery, not being monolithic in spite of the practice of treating them as a single, homogenous group of people.
Many of the settlers in Oklahoma arrived from free states, but many arrived from slave states; some were undoubtedly slave holders until emancipation. It's a crazy mixed up state that has struggled to make its identity clear…strongly socialist in the 1930s, veering all the way to the other side into Trump territory over the course of less than 100 years.
But at least they taught me correctly in terms of slavery. They were so eager to distance our state from it that they were more than willing to depict it as the "bad others".
City-level history is not widely taught in US history classes, in general, so it's not particularly surprising that anyone wasn't taught particular instances of metropolitan or municipal racism. This is especially true if you're taking AP history classes, because those are national tests, and while mine didn't, most teachers just teach to the test. I don't recall anything like an AP [State|City] History class on offer. Regardless, my own history classes were rather merciless when it came to the atrocities of colonization, slavery, and post-Civil War racism—at least with respect to blacks and native peoples. What we weren't taught was what other people were taught. That people have been and are taught racist, Rebel-biased history was a serious surprise when I eventually learned of it.
That's probably why my reactions are mixed when I hear "people aren't taught X." Because I know that people are, in fact, taught X—I'm one who was—and it often seems that the phrase is intended as "all people aren't taught X" rather than "[quantifier] people aren't taught X". But I also know that we all, including me, have a tendency to assume our own experience to be representative. (I mean, look at White Fragility. It's like a confessional diary of DiAngelo's own racism, from which she infers that every white person is, like her, a frothing racist.) So I do my best to remember that informal English doesn't generally distinguish between distributed and undistributed propositions.
Right? It's such an alien mode of thought that a normal, well adjusted mind has a hard time conceiving of it. You actually have to lay it bare in order to see it and say, "Oh. Wow. That's fucked up."
In connexion with Iknklast's remark at #1 about 'systemic racism', I wrote the following e-mail to Andrew Sullivan, who in one of his blog-posts had, while invoking Orwell, presented a case for plain writing, quoted a horrid example of bad writing (which was genuinely horrid) and listed a number of terms that he considered pretentious, ambiguous & obfuscating, amongst which was 'systemic racism':
Dear Mr Sullivan,
It did not, alas, altogether surprise me when you listed 'systemic racism' in your collection of 'horrid examples' of obfuscating terms. I honestly feel it is disingenuous of you to do so. The term really is not difficult to understand. It derives from the term 'institutional racism' used in the Macpherson Report on the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Here is the definition the Report provided:
"The collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture, or ethnic origin. It can be seen or detected in processes, attitudes and behaviour that amount to discrimination through prejudice, ignorance, thoughtlessness, and racist stereotyping which disadvantage minority ethnic people."
That seems very clear to me, and, I should have thought, to anyone of any intelligence and good-will. You need only change one word of this definition so that the opening phrase reads 'The collective failure of a society….' to have a clear and cogent definition of 'systemic racism', that would apply as much to, say, the Chinese treatment of minorities as to American treatment of minorities. (ADDED: one might say 'social and political institutions' instead of 'society' to make things even clearer.)
I note also that you immediately plump for 'socio-economic factors' as explaining things where 'poor outcomes' for non-whites' are concerned. I am not going to wade into the question of whether an apology, abject, or otherwise, was warranted, or whether the 'defenestration' was justified (probably not, I suspect, just as the 'defenestration' of Liz Cheney and other anti-Trump Republicans was not warranted – and where 'defenestrations' are concerned, I think you should pay rather more attention to those on the right if you wish to be, and to be seen as, fair-minded).
I have not read the original article, and do not intend to, but I note that it is not merely economic factors that are spoken of, but 'socio-economic' factors. I wonder what factors that 'socio-' referred to? The kind of factors that the Macpherson Report draws attention to should surely be among them. Were they included? Or did the podcast confine itself to tired complaints about black family life and simply pretend that 'systemic racism' as defined above does not really exist? If the latter, then the podcaster was at fault (which is not to say that he therefore deserved 'defenestration').
Examples of 'systemic racism' – can you not simply look about you? Here are a few to be going on with: Gerrymandering so as to decrease the importance of the black vote; the various 'election laws' that are being passed in Republican states in order to discourage black voters; the incarceration over the years, often for long terms, of huge numbers of African-Americans for often trivial offences; the unwarranted violence too often visited by the police on African-Americans, of which a recent example was the murder of George Floyd.
I find curious the insistence by people on the right that systemic racism does not exist, and the pretence that the term 'systemic racism' is vacuous, while dishonestly rendering it suspect by supplying for it a false provenance. Sir William Macpherson was hardly a radical lefty, imbued with Foucauldian ideas and post-modernist 'theory'.
I might add that I am just as sick of the proliferation of vacuous terms on the left as you are, as well as of the mealy-mouthed rubbish that you quote. But I dislike just as much an appearance of bluff straight-talking that in fact serves the purpose of not honestly addressing genuine issues. Shakespeare certainly disliked it, as the examples of Edmund & Iago show. I wonder if Orwell had anything to say about this tactic – for tactic it is.
I might add that I find rather curious the nature of the interest Sullivan takes in racial matters, and why it exercises him so much.
I love that. Is it ok to guest post it? I don't usually ask but do this time in case you want Sullivan to have the exclusive.
Indeed. I've seen the kind of thing before, but it always takes my breath away. You can see it in Jefferson, even.
Dear Ophelia,
By all means print it as a guest post. I feel flattered! I don't think of this as being 'exclusive', since Sullivan's position is so common among those whom the internet has allowed to become 'public intellectuals'. The egregious Ben Shapiro is an obvious example.
I know, boy do I know.
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    module Deployments

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      def deployment(repo, deployment_id, options = {})
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      def deployments(repo, options = {})
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      end
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03/23/2020 • by Shaoli Katana
Update on Governor Hogan's Order Closing Non-Essential Businesses, Law Firms May Remain Open
Today Governor Hogan ordered the closure of all non-essential businesses in the state as of 5 pm: Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland No. 20-03-23-01 (2020.03.23). Interpretive Guidance has been circulated stating that law offices remain open as they are deemed essential: OLC Interpretive Guidance COVID19-04 (2020.03.23) The Guidance states that "government … Continued
Today Governor Hogan ordered the closure of all non-essential businesses in the state as of 5 pm: Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland No. 20-03-23-01 (2020.03.23).
Interpretive Guidance has been circulated stating that law offices remain open as they are deemed essential: OLC Interpretive Guidance COVID19-04 (2020.03.23)
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Northern Powerhouse impetus is making up for lost time – The Yorkshire Post says
Boris Johnson's first policy speech as Prime Minister was on the theme of regional inequality and delivered in Manchester.
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Published: 11:49 Updated: 12:23 Monday 23 December 2019
THE AMBITION now being shown by Ministers over the Northern Powerhouse makes it even more regrettable that Theresa May allowed her key aides, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, to ditch this policy agenda when she became Prime Minister in July 2016.
New devolution law could hand West Yorkshire leaders power to finally bring a metro system to Leeds
Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry.
Just think how further advanced plans for rail improvements – or plans to create the north of England's equivalent of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could be – if these flawed policy advisors had not been able to undermine the work that George Osborne, and others, had already started?
Here's how Prime Minister Boris Johnson can win permanent support from the North – Tom Richmond
One of the reasons why The Yorkshire Post called for the post of Northern Powerhouse Minister to be elevated to the Cabinet when the Power Up The North campaign was launched in the summer, it also explains why Jake Berry, the current incumbent, should be facing monthly questions in the House of Commons.
Boris Johnson can Power Up The North by bringing the whole Cabinet to Yorkshire in New Year – The Yorkshire Post says
The state of the region's rail services is continuing to hold back the North's economy.
Not only would it make it harder for future ministers, and their unelected aides, to sideline the North's political, economic and social interests, but it would also place an even greater onus on Boris Johnson, and his team, to deliver the many pre-election promises that they made to this region.
Our schools will need more than "scraps" to drive forward Northern Powerhouse, Boris Johnson warned
Yet this should not dismiss from the fact that Mr Berry is, judging by his latest interviews, intent on making his mark – and that Sajid Javid, the Chancellor, is expected to use his long-awaited Budget in February to set aside funding for the much-vaunted £39bn Northern Powerhouse Rail scheme.
Further evidence of the extent to which the Power Up The North campaign has galvanised Westminster and Whiterhall, the very fact that the Government is on the brink of prioritising improved rail links between the North's key cities over a second Crossrail line in London also shows how much has changed since Chris Grayling left the Department for Transport as Ministers finally start to make up for lost time.
How East Yorkshire could become an international railway powerhouse again - Mark Casci
Motorhome and campervan tax must be halted after 705% hike – The Yorkshire Post says
Fears for Yorkshire tourism and motorhome manufacturing over 700 per cent rise in road tax


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it just link the image from it's original path in my device
Anyone can help me?

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https://www.barrons.com/articles/return-of-the-road-trip-01595073364
Return of the Road Trip
Tracy Kaler
July 18, 2020 7:56 am ET
The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a resurgence of the great American road trip.
As we revel in the heat of summer, there's no better time to pack the car and hit the road. After sheltering inside for weeks, restless travel buffs ache to explore the unfamiliar once again, opting for a day-long trek along the coastline or an afternoon drive through the heartland.
"One of the silver linings of the pandemic is how it's brought a resurgence of Americana pastimes that had previously been lost," says Matt Kirouac of iHeart Radio's Parklandia podcast and the forthcoming social app Park Ranger. "And road trips definitely fit that bill."
The all-American road trip gained popularity in the 1930s and '40s. From riding down the Pacific Coast Highway along the California coast to cruising on Route 50 in central Nevada—dubbed the "Loneliest Road in America" due to its remoteness—road trips have long been about the ability to motor along at whichever pace suits, and stop and make memories along the way.
"The best part about road trips is the amount of control you can have over your timeline, destinations, route, et cetera," says Alexandra Charitan, managing editor of Roadtrippers Magazine. "Road trips are all about the journey—of course, time constraints can dictate—but unexpected stops are often the most memorable moments from a trip."
Kirouac believes great road trips feature beautiful terrain and diverse landscapes, which, in turn, mean more compelling drives. Hence, National Parks stay high on the list for travel by car, providing a viable option for staying socially distant, yet promising plenty of allure and intrigue. "These pristine places are home to some of the most amazing scenic drives in the country."
Whether you seek desert, mountains, parklands, or a getaway on the coast, these drivable destinations allow you to venture by car without crossing state lines.
Red Rock.
Phoenix to Sedona
Showcasing a kaleidoscope of colors, saguaros, and the wild desert landscape of the Southwest, Arizona is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful states for a drive. Sedona, known for breathtaking red rock formations, artist colonies, and its New Age atmosphere, makes an excellent escape from Phoenix's sweltering heat.
One Sedona landmark to see is Tlaquepaque, an arts and shopping complex modeled after a Mexican village. Explore sculpture, ceramics, glass, and other wares crafted by local artisans, many honoring southwestern heritage.
Los Angeles to Palm Springs
With its old Hollywood vibe, Palm Springs is worlds from the sprawl of L.A. Revel in the Mid-Century Modern architecture of the area, especially in the Twin Palms neighborhood, a stockpile of low-slung 1950s homes among towering palm trees.
Less than an hour from downtown, Joshua Tree National Park is an ethereal desert oasis ideal for hiking and camping. Trek the Hidden Valley Nature Trail, a one-mile loop leading through one of the most picturesque sections of the park. For a mesmerizing perspective of the Coachella Valley, drive to Keys View, a lookout rising more than 5,000 feet.
Miami to Key West
The scenic three-plus-hour drive along the coastal Overseas Highway is a must for any Floridian. En route, stop at Key Largo—the "grand entrance to The Keys"—where you can kayak through the waters of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the first underwater park in the country.
Also on the way, Islamorada, a village of six islands distinguished by an abundance of shallow coral reefs, offers three state parks and the Florida Keys History and Discovery Center, a museum dedicated to the history and culture of the Keys. Once in Key West, meander through Old Town to see the "conch cottages"—clapboard homes developed by Bahamian immigrants in the 19th century—before sipping a key lime Margarita at Southernmost Beach Café.
Atlanta to Savannah
Forsyth Park's gorgeous weeping willows may be worth the roughly four-hour trip from Georgia's capital, but don't ignore Savannah's cobbled city squares, antebellum homes, and horse-drawn carriages.
Make time for Bull Street, the hub of a National Landmark District, brimming with boutiques and eateries such as Local 11ten, an elegant restaurant paying tribute to the flavors of the South. Expect delicious fried oysters, braised beef sliders, and smoked pork shoulder with mustard barbecue sauce.
Chicago to Galena
A few hours from downtown Chicago and near the Wisconsin and Iowa borders, Galena—a treasure trove of Federal-style architecture—represents the best of small-town America. Punctuated by undulating hills and tons of charm, Galena promises plenty to do for a day or two away from the Windy City.
Experience a tour and a tipple at Blaum Bros. Distilling Co. , a local producer of handcrafted bourbon, vodka, gin, and absinthe. Or, opt for an aerial adventure at Long Hollow Canopy Tours, a 2.5-hour guided zipline excursion.
Detroit to Grand Rapids
Beer City USA, as it's called, offers more than 80 craft breweries, not to mention a lovely location along the Grand River. Sights to see include the Grand Rapids Art Museum—a depository of 19th and 20th-century works—scheduled to reopen on Aug. 1.
Just outside town, the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is one of Grand Rapids' main attractions, consisting of an art museum, botanical garden, and outdoor sculpture site.
New York City to the Finger Lakes
In less than five hours from Midtown Manhattan, New York City residents can drive to the Finger Lakes, a pocket of upstate featuring 11 narrow finger-shaped bodies of water. With dozens of wineries, distilleries, and breweries, this area has become a destination for Riesling, Pinot Noir, Ice Wine, and other varietals, not to mention beer, cider, and spirits.
For those looking to bond with nature, the Finger Lakes National Forest has more than 30 miles of interconnecting trails.
Shenandoah National Park.
Richmond to Shenandoah National Park
The views from Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park and its 105-mile trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains are a sight to behold. Expect more than 75 scenic overlooks on this mini road trip, which should take about three or four hours.
Don't skip Range View Overlook at mile 17.1. It's a chance to witness sweeping mountain vistas and brilliant sunrises and sunsets. While in the park, veteran hikers should attempt Old Rag Mountain, a steep and rocky 10-mile loop promising 360-degree views at the top, a reward well worth the climb.
As we revel in the heat of summer, there's no better time to pack the car and hit the road.


Gan Williams was born together with his siamese brother Tavis Williams. Their parents an unnamed Vietnamese woman and Walter Williams.
Walter Williams, a second lieutenant of the US army, met a Vietnamese woman while he was assigned in Vietnam for several months until he was assigned elsewhere. Later it was found that the Vietname woman was pregnant and was ostracized for it. She left Vietnam and later found the fabled land of Hsuan in the North China Sea. There she was accepted and gave birth to siamese twins Gan and Tavis Williams. Chan Ti performed a ceremony and applied jade herbs and ancient incense and he was able to separate the children. However, after the process, it was discovered that the children were different. Gan possessed the power of thunder while Tavis that of the lightning among others. However, their powers apparently became unstable and Chan Ti said that they need the blood of their father to cure their condition. Thus began their search for their father.
Their search brought them to Saint Louis but apparently, was told that he left already. Their bouts of instability brought them to the attention of the army and the Teen Titans. After calming down, they received information that their father was in Maine to which they immediately went. Searching for their father and their unstable powers sometimes caused them to act irrationally resulting in their second bout with the Teen Titans. The battle ended when Wonder Girl arrived with information that their father disappeared after an accidental laboratory explosion. Thinking their father dead, the Williams lost interest in the battle and surrendered. Cyborg suggested that they go to S.T.A.R. Labs where they might find a cure for their condition.
S.T.A.R. Labs however, was not able to cure the brothers. Losing hope, the brothers tried to leave but the Teen Titans came to stop them from leaving. Raven then offered to use her soul self to find the whereabouts of their father and it was discovered that he was being held captive by H.I.V.E.. It was then discovered that their father is actually an alien who crash-landed in Vietnam and is being experimented by the H.I.V.E. Under the H.I.V.E.s control, their father attacked them and the Titans, and the brothers were forced to kill their father. Using the blood from the corpse of their father, S.T.A.R. Labs was able to stabilize the brothers powers, curing them. Thereafter, the brothers went home to Vietnam.
The Williams brothers later appeared during the Crisis on Infinite Earths battling the Shadow-Demons together with Thunderlord.
Thunder, as well as Lightning, was shown not too long afterward to have begun working with S.T.A.R. Labs again. When Atomic Skull, who had been getting treatments under S.T.A.R. Labs in his civilian identity, began to wreak havoc at S.T.A.R. Labs, Thunder and Lightning defended the place and rescued the lab technicians on hand. Following that event, during a time when Frances Kane was hypnotized into attacking the twin brothers in her Magenta garb, Thunder and Lightning defended against her assault and fought her until she regained her senses.
Psychic Link: Gan has a psychic link to his twin brother Tavis. The two can speak to one another telepathically and sense when the other is in danger. The two brothers often speak to each other through this telepathic link rather than speak verbally.
Sound Manipulation: Gan has shown the ability to project concussive blasts of sound, predominantly by clapping his hands to release the sonic energy (playing off the word "thunderclap").
Superhuman Strength: While his exact levels of strength are uncharted, Gan has shown the ability to lift great sums of weight, once supporting a massive piece of lab equipment from falling on several lab technicians.
Lightning Bolt: Thunder's brother Lightning has the ability to create a solid bolt of non-damaging lightning that the brothers can use as swift air-transportation.
He was conjoined twins with his brother.


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Thousands descend on nation's Capital for '2020 March on Washington'
by Barrington M. Salmon • September 4, 2020
National Action Network's Rev. Al Sharpton led the rally and March, themed 'Get Your Knee off Our Necks.' On (l) is U.S. Rep. Al Green [D-Texas]. (photo by Roy Lewis/Trice Edney News Wire)
(TriceEdneyWire.com) — On the 57th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, tens of thousands of protestors gathered again at the Lincoln Memorial to protest the continued killings of African American women, children and men by law enforcement and vigilantes and others.
The march, convened by Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network and Martin Luther King III brought together parents and relatives of victims of police-involved murders and vigilantes, a wide cross-section of social justice activists, representatives of civil society and the Civil Rights movements, congressmen and women, members of the clergy and people just tired of the relentless attacks on African Americans by state-sanctioned agents.
"Demonstration without legislation will not lead to change," Sharpton told the crowd. "We didn't come out and stand in this heat because we didn't have nothing to do. We come to let you know if we will come out by these numbers in the heat and stand in the heat, that we will stand in the polls all day long. What we need is change, and we're at a point where we can get that change. But we have to stand together. We have to vote."
Rev. Sharpton announced the march shortly after Minneapolis cops handcuffed George Floyd, a total of four officers held him down and one cop kneeled on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds, killing him. Floyd's death precipitated multi-racial protests in cities and towns all over the United States. Demonstrators have been demanding justice, an end to systemic racism, and that cops be help accountable for murdering primarily unarmed people. Others have called for the defunding of police departments and abolition of the criminal justice system.
African Americans and their allies are angry, frustrated and exhausted from the constant assaults, steeped in racism and discrimination. And as police officers continue to kill Black people, marches proliferate. Those at the march were also honoring Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by officers in her Louisville home while she slept. The cops broke down the door. Taylor's boyfriend, thinking they were burglars, fired a shot. The plainclothes officers shot and killed Taylor.
Elijah McClain of Aurora, Colorado, died after a clerk called the police saying he looked suspicious. Several police tackled him, put him in a chokehold and he suffered a heart attack. Authorities say first responders injected McClain with the sedative, ketomine, which may also have contributed to his death.
Thousands showed up to demonstrate their disdain for the unrelenting police killings and shootings around the nation. Because of the coronavirus, most wore masks. (photo by Roy Lewis/Trice Edney News Wire)
More recently, widespread protests erupted again after police in Kenosha, Wisconsin shot Jacob Blake seven times in front of his three children as he opened his car door. Blake survived the shooting, but is paralyzed.
Relatives of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Ahmaud Arbery, Blake and several others were on hand.
"There are two systems of justice in the United States," an emotional Jacob Blake, Sr., said. "There's a White system and a Black system. The Black system ain't doing so well."
Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, exhorted the crowd to remain firm and committed in the march toward justice.
"Even though we're going through a crisis, even though it looks dark, I want to tell you to be encouraged," she said. "Don't stop saying 'Black lives matter.' Don't stop peaceful protesting," she said. "Stand up. We were built for this."
March organizers said there were so many families of victims present that there wasn't time for all of them to speak.
Martin Luther King III joined the march, also introducing his daughter as Dr. King's only granddaughter and a future civil rights leader. (photo by Roy Lewis/Trice Edney News Wire)
Participants in the event (called the 'Get Your Knee Off Our Necks' Commitment March on Washington) offered speeches on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and then the throng marched to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. Marchers on the National Mall wore t-shirts and masks emblazoned with '8:46.' Family members and others carried signs with 'Say Her Name' recognizing Taylor and large placards with photos of Martin, Taylor, Tamir Rice, McClain, and countless others killed at the hands of police or White vigilantes.
The youngest speaker, Yolanda Renee King, the 12-year-old granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraged young people to continue taking a stand. "My generation has already taken to the streets, peacefully and with masks and social distancing, to protest racism," she said. "And I want to ask the young people here to join me in pledging that we have only just begun to fight, and that we will be the generation that moves from 'me' to 'we.'"
The presence of coronavirus, the global pandemic of which the United States is the epicenter, affected the number of people who were on the Mall. Many people in other parts of the country who planned to be in Washington erred on the side of caution and stayed home. NAN volunteers handed out gloves, masks and hand sanitizer with the majority of demonstrators wearing masks and they exercising social distancing to comply with requirements from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Yolanda Renee King, granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 12, encouraged young people to stay involved, but peacefully. (photo by Roy Lewis/Trice Edney News Wire)
The march occurred against the backdrop of COVID-19, which has so far infected more than six million Americans and resulted in the deaths of more than 183,000 people. This public health crisis is accompanied by an economic meltdown and recession caused by the pandemic; more than 56 million unemployed Americans; and anywhere from 10-30 million people who are on the verge of being evicted from their apartments and houses.
According to published reports following the marches and speeches, smaller groups of protesters took the demonstrators to other parts of Washington. Some groups blocked traffic, yelled and taunted police and chanted for social justice. Others went at the Wharf in Southwest D.C. and blocked traffic, as did about 200 protesters who briefly blocked a ramp that led onto Interstate 395 before departing.
Sixteen activists dressed in orange jumpsuits, bags over their heads and handcuff around their wrists, marched in single file to the White House. They were protesting on behalf of incarcerated men who have been placed solitary confinement. Led by members of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) in D.C., the activists stood in silent protest in front of the White House, with one protestor holding a sign which read: 'End Prison Slavery.'
Meanwhile, a crowd of several hundred people marched to the Department of Justice. Led by the groups, 'Every Case Matters' and 'Mass Action Against Police Brutality,' the protestors insisted that Justice Department officials reopen every cases of police brutality and prosecute the officers responsible.
Black Lives Matter flags and signs were among the dominant messages. (photo by Roy Lewis/Trice Edney News Wire)
Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, spoke to the gathering via video. She said that Bayard Rustin, A. Philip Randolph and the rest of those who organized the March on Washington in 1963 would be disenchanted and saddened that more than 50 years later, African Americans are still demanding justice and equality under the law.
"I have to believe that if they were with us today, they would share in our anger and frustration as we continue to see Black men and women slain in our streets, and left behind in our economy and justice system that has too often denied Black folks our dignity and rights," she said.
Sharpton emphasized the importance of voting in November to get rid of Donald Trump, spoke of the need to commit to pursuing a new agenda that prioritizes equity, justice, and opportunity for all and said it's time for a different type of national conversation.
"The conversation: Well, we've had the conversation for decades," he said. "It's time to have a conversation with America. We need to have a conversation about your racism, about your bigotry, about your hate, about how you would put your knee on our neck while we cry for our lives. We need a new conversation."
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Next month, Co-Optimus staff and community will be participating in Operation Supply Drop's 4th Annual 8-Bit Salute. We're hoping to put together a team of co-op gamers (like you!) to attempt a 24 hour marathon of gaming for our troops. Of course, it's not all fun and games, we're raising money to send gaming-filled care packages to our troops who are risking their lives to defend the US and her allies. These courageous folks are under continuous stress, and could truly benefit from a mental escape that gaming often provides.
Operation Supply Drop, founded in 2010 by Steve Mechuga, has been putting together such care packages for several years now, and sending them to troops in active war zones. Some of the contents of these care packages are donated by developers, publishers, or other gaming-related companies, but 8-Bit Salute is designed for gamers to pitch in and fund even more care packages. Polygon put together an excellent video where Steve explains why he does what he does. It's a bit long, but I highly recommend watching it.
If you're familiar with Extra Life, 8-Bit Salute is basically the same thing, only for troops. All you need to do is sign up, optionally join a team, and then ask your friends and family for donations. Then on May 16th, pick up your controller and play games for 24 hours. I invite you to join the Co-Optimus team and play with us on game day.
Right now there is a huge military suicide problem with veterans and active duty soldiers who just can't cope with what they have been through. July of last year the suicide rate in Afghanistan was higher than the killed-in-action count, over 150 suicides. That is a huge problem.
The problems are real, the solutions are unclear, but games can help. We may not be able to bring them home, end wars, or eliminate PTSD, but Operation Supply Drop is giving us the opportunity to at least alleviate some of the stress. Let's do our part!
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Alsco Uniforms 500 at Charlotte (Cup Series) - Predictions & Odds
Alsco Uniforms 500 at Charlotte (Cup Series) – Predictions & Odds
Reid Spencer - May 28, 2020
Our pick, Chase Elliott (+550)
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Hendrick Motorsports drivers have shown speed throughout NASCAR's re-opening, but they haven't been able to close out a race.
Brad Keselowski put a Ford in Victory Lane in the Coca-Cola 600 for the first time in 18 years. Can the car maker double down on Wednesday night?
Reigning NASCAR CUP Series champion Kyle Busch broke through with a win in Monday's Xfinity Series race and carries momentum into the Alsco Uniforms 500.
What Alsco Uniforms 500 NASCAR Cup Series race
Where Charlotte Motor Speedway
When Thursday, May 28, 7 p.m. EST
How to watch FS1
From the longest race in NASCAR history, the Cup Series transitions to the shortest race ever on the 1.5-mile oval at Charlotte Motor Speedway—save for a couple of 100-mile qualifying events in 1961. Compared with the seven-course meal that is the Coca-Cola 600, Wednesday night's Alsco Uniforms 500 is a dim sum, contested at 500 kilometers (312 miles), barely more than the first half of the 600.
Brad Keselowski took advantage of a late caution to win Sunday's Coke 600 in overtime, making the event the longest NASCAR race in history at 607.5 miles. The midweek race at Charlotte will be a sprint, with stage lengths set at 55, 60 and 93 laps. The Alsco Uniforms 500 is the eighth event of the Cup Series season, with NASCAR devising a compressed schedule that will allow completion of a full slate of 36 points-paying events.
NASCAR Cup Series at Charlotte May 27 Odds
The odds for the Alsco Uniforms 500 are provided by bet365 NJ.
Winner Odds
Kyle Busch +550
Chase Elliott +550
Martin Truex Jr. +550
Alex Bowman +600
Kevin Harvick +700
Jimmie Johnson +800
Brad Keselowski +900
Joey Logano +1000
Denny Hamlin +1200
Ryan Blaney +1400
Kurt Busch +1600
William Byron +1600
Erik Jones +2200
Matt Kenseth +3300
Tyler Reddick +3300
Matt DiBenedetto +5000
Aric Almirola +6600
Clint Bowyer +6600
Austin Dillon +6600
Odds from bet365 NJ Sportsbook
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When Are Hendrick Drivers Going to Close the Deal?
All four Hendrick Motorsports drivers have shown excellent speed since NASCAR's re-opening, proof positive that the new Camaro is a vast improvement over the model that raced the last few years. Hendrick Motorsports drivers have led the way, leading laps and winning more than their share of stages. Only one problem: they haven't been able to win a race after the break for the coronavirus pandemic.
The reasons are varied. Chase Elliott has been snakebit—wrecked by Kyle Busch while running second at Darlington and victimized by a late caution while leading the Coke 600 with two laps left. Jimmie Johnson wrecked himself on the final lap of the first stage in the May race at Darlington and saw his second-place finish in the Coke 600 nullified by a disqualification for a rear alignment that fell outside post-race tolerances.
Alex Bowman was runner-up May 17 at Darlington and won the first two stages and led 164 laps in the Coke 600. But Bowman hasn't been able to capitalize on the speed in his car. The same is true of William Byron, whose spin on Lap 398 cost Elliott the chance to win NASCAR's longest race. But Byron and Bowman start on the front row Wednesday night, and because of the shortness of the race, that track position will mean something.
Ford Drivers Attempt to Go Back-to-Back at Charlotte
Brad Keselowski's victory in one of NASCAR's crown-jewel events on Sunday broke a Ford drought in the Coke 600 that dated to Mark Martin's win in 2002. Though Keselowski may not have had the fastest car at Charlotte, the win shouldn't come as a surprise. Ford drivers have won four of the first seven Cup events this season, and three of those have come at the hands of Team Penske.
That should bode well for Keselowski, Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney in Wednesday night's dash at Charlotte. Though Ford drivers hadn't won a 600 in 18 years before Keselowski took the checkered flag on Sunday, they had triumphed three times in the fall 500-miler at Charlotte. And all four of the most recent victories on the 1.5-mile Charlotte oval belong to Penske.
Why, then, are the Penske drivers installed at such long odds for Wednesday's Race? Keselowski leads the way at +900, followed by Logano at +1000 and Blaney at +1400. At those odds, all three are worth considering.
Kyle Busch Finally Won a Race; Now He Looks for More
For more than a moment, Monday's Xfinity race at Charlotte looked like a replay of last Tuesday's event at Darlington. In both cases, a young Ford-driving Xfinity regular wrested the lead from Kyle Busch in the final two laps. There was one major difference, though. At Darlington, Busch finished second to Chase Briscoe. At Charlotte, he made a convincing last-lap pass to retake the lead from Austin Cindric and won the 300-mile race.
After picking up a victory in his fifth national series start since NASCAR's re-opening on May 17, Busch brings momentum to Wednesday's Cup race, which is only 12 scheduled miles longer than the Xfinity race he won on Monday. Before he takes the green flag, Busch will have raced at least 1,112 miles in three days at Charlotte—far more than any other competitor.
Entering the Charlotte block of races, Busch had won eight times in the Xfinity Series, eight times in Truck Series, and once in the Cup Series (points-paying races only). Acutely aware of his own statistics, Busch would like nothing better than to add another Cup victory to his glittering resume.
Chase Elliott (+550)—The fastest car doesn't always win races, as Elliott proved both at Darlington and Charlotte, but racing luck has to turn his way at some point. That's why we're picking the co-favorite to win on Wednesday night.
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At BCIS, we recently started a tradition of sharing information with our community through a series titled, "Did You Know?" Staff members have begun to contribute both interesting facts and anecdotes about our school. For the first part of our series, Mr. Allen Lambert, Director of Communications, focuses on the BCIS mission. Please read further to learn more.
Did you know that the BCIS Mission is intended for parents, as well as staff and students? It is.That's why we ask parents from their first meeting in the admissions process about how they live the mission. Then, we revisit the mission again and again through our publications, workshops, and parent visits to the campus. It is our hope that all members become a meaningful part of our BCIS Community and take the mission to be compassionate, inspired, challenged, and empowered to work for the good of all into their hearts and deeds. After all, we believe our parents really do love the BCIS mission and choose BCIS for their children because they want to see these same values instilled into their children's lives.
Recently at our Family Picnic and Movie Night, I was standing by the gate as most of our parents entered for the evening. I was touched by the way they smiled and greeted me, as well as each other. Some were met by Ayis or delivery men bringing their picnics for them. I watched as they treated these individuals with care and respect. Some parents even handed their children to the guards, as they arranged their packages, who smiled and played with the delighted children. Later, in the gym, I saw that the families really enjoyed each other's company, with the adults happily chatting and the children playing together. At the end of the film, there was also almost no clean up needed, as each family took care of their own area. When we shared that the profits from the blankets on sale went to the Help A Child Smile organization, several families stepped up to buy one.
By seeing parents live the mission, the staff and faculty are always inspired to continue and promote the vision that each of us shares, to see our students grow up as caring, inspired individuals who work for the good of all. We thank our community members for being such good role models for us. We will continue to support our BCIS family in this good work.


There are numerous varieties of craft and industrial felt. The 100% wool is sometime crispier but maintains the cuts and the body shape better. I suggest you visit a JoAnn store; or if you are in Downtown, don't miss Michael Levine 's fabric store.
You can also browse second hand stores and look for 100% wool sweaters. Put them in the washer with hot water and detergent and they will felt, giving you basic material to work with.
Remember that 100% wool can be also felted. You can find this material at JoAnn or Michales or any knitting store. Try "Stiches From the Heart" a knitting supply store on 3316 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405. It is also a non-profit organization hat sends handmade clothing and blankets to premature babies all across the nation.
Sanding paper sheets: 100 grits, 120 grits, 400 grits or less.
Always wear a simple mask over your nose and mouth when sanding. Even if the products are non toxic, the small particles may momently irritate your respiratory system.
Silicon and resins and many tools can be purchased at Hasting Plastic: 1704 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, 90404.
We will arrange either a visit together, or I will make the purchases for the class.
I can accommodate only two or three soft hot melt polymer casting since this have to be performed with special equipment outside the department.
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1. The Promoter is Tongaat Hulett Sugar (Pty) Ltd ("The Promoter").
2. The competition is open to all South African Residents above the age of 18, who are in possession of a valid identity document. Directors, members, partners, employees, agents or consultants of or any other person who directly or indirectly control or are controlled by The Promoter or marketing service providers in respect of the promotional competition, or the spouses, life partners, business partners or immediate family members may not enter.
3. The baker with the most votes from visitors at the Innibos Festival will walk away with the title of Huletts Koeksister Champion 2018 as well as a R100 000 cash prize.
4. This competition starts on 1 April and closes on 14 May 2018. Any entries received after midnight on the last day will not be valid and will not be considered.
5. To enter: Send us a colour photograph to showcase your koeksisters, tell us what sets your recipe apart and what you will do with the prize money if you are the winner. Email your entry to info@mpmarketing.co.za ; or post to: Huletts Koeksister Champion 2017, P.O. Box 84655, Greenside, 2034. Closing date is 14 May 2018.
6. The Promoter is not liable for the failure of any technical element relating to this promotional competition that may result in an entry not being successfully received. Unclear or illegible entries will be declared invalid.
7. The judging panel, including members of The South African Chefs Association (SACA) and members of The South African Women's Agricultural Union (SAWAU), as appointed by The Promoter, will read and evaluate each entry received and select 15 semi-finalists. Selections will be based on merit as judged by the judges at their sole discretion.
8. The 15 semi-finalists will be informed telephonically on 16 May and will be requested to produce a dozen (12) of their koeksisters for final judging. These koeksisters must contain any one of The Promoter's products. The Promoter will purchase these koeksisters from the semi-finalists and will also take care of all necessary arrangements and/or costs to collect/deliver the semi-finalists koeksisters. Koeksisters must be prepared and be ready for collection/delivery by 21/22 May. If, however, in the event that any of the semi-finalists cannot be successfully contacted following all reasonable attempts to do so with the details supplied, The Promoter reserves the right to select another finalist as substitution.
9.1. Appearance - Twists/braids evenly and discernibly plaited, colour – rich and golden (20 points).
9.2. Taste - Level of sweetness and balance of flavours (20 points).
9.3. Syrup - A good, smooth and clear syrup consistency (10 points).
9.4. Texture - hardness/softness - must have a good balance (5 points).
9.5. Innovation/Traditional representation (5 points).
SACA's auditors will oversee and verify this judging process.
10. Three (3) finalists will be selected. Selections will be based on merit as judged by the judges and will be at their sole discretion. The three (3) finalists will be notified by telephone on the 30th May, and thereafter this will be confirmed in writing. The three finalists will also be formally announced on Jacaranda FM.
11. Each of the 3 finalists wins a trip to the Innibos Festival valued at R6 000.
12. Each finalist must pre-produce 3300 of their koeksisters and deliver these to the Innibos festival grounds on the 26 June. The Promoter will purchase these koeksisters from each finalist and will also cover cost of delivery.
12.1. These koeksisters must contain at least one of The Promoter's products.
12.2. The Promoter will provide secured, cold storage for all koeksisters during the course of the Innibos Festival.
12.3. Each finalist will have the option to produce their own koeksisters or alternatively their recipe may be reproduced by members of the SAWAU on their behalf.
13. During the course of the 4-day Innibos festival, a total of 3300 (±825 per day) festival visitors will have the opportunity to sample and vote (for free) for their best tasting koeksister.
14.1. The three finalists' koeksisters will be represented by three different colours (i.e. red, blue & white).
14.2. A voter must taste one of each of the koeksisters and vote on a colour.
14.3. A ballot will be provided to each voter and the voter will indicate their vote by marking (with an X) next to the colour representing his/her best tasting koeksister.
14.4. One vote per festival-goer, per day.
14.5. Voting stations will be open daily between 13:00 - 16:00 pm.
14.6. Stabilis Incorporated Auditors, Nelspruit will oversee and verify tallying of the votes.
15. The Huletts Koeksister Champion 2018 will be announced on 30 June at the Innibos Festival and the cash prize of R100 000 will be awarded to one of the three finalists on the day.
16. Prizes are non-transferable. The Promoter reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value at any time. The Promoter reserves the right to request that images taken of the finalist or staff be used for publicity purposes in any manner they deem fit, without any further remuneration being made payable to the winner.
17. The Promoter shall have the right to terminate the competition immediately and without notice for any reason beyond its control requiring this. In the event of such termination, all participants agree to waive any rights that they may have in terms of this competition and acknowledge that they will have no recourse against The Promoter, its agents and staff.
18. Participation in the competition constitutes acceptance of the competition rules and entrants agree to abide by the rules except in so far as is provided for in the Act 68 of 2008, the judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.


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How Can I Make My Girlfriend Feel Good About Herself?
By Michele Blood
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You can invest a lot of time and effort building a stellar relationship, but if your girlfriend feels bad about herself, you may be fighting a losing battle. Even women with healthy levels of self-esteem benefit from a boost now and then. Helping your girlfriend feel confident and secure can be challenging, but the payoff of a solid and satisfying relationship is worth the effort.
Start a Covert Operation
A large scale study conducted by researchers at San Diego State and the University of Georgia, published in 2013 in the "Personality and Social Psychology Review," debunked a common myth that teenage girls regularly experience a drop in self-esteem during adolescence. The reality is that self-esteem for both genders typically rises throughout high school and college. At any age, overhearing a glowing discussion about your personality or your achievements carries a powerful, positive punch. Do a little bragging about your girlfriend to family members, friends, classmates or coworkers. When word eventually gets back to her -- and it often will -- not only will she feel better about herself, she will feel better about your relationship, as well.
Consider the Big Picture
Psychologist Celeste Gertsen has noted that self-esteem problems can develop at a very young age. Women who were abused as children and those whose parents divorced when they were young may be particularly vulnerable. Whether your girlfriend has low, moderate or high levels of self-esteem, always keep the lines of communication open. Consider asking your girlfriend directly how she feels about herself or share details about any self-esteem issues with which you have struggled. Assure her that your affection for her goes beyond what she looks like or what she can do. Let her know that you care about her as a person.
Compliment Carefully
When offering compliments, be specific. Focus on highlighting aspects of her personality or behavior rather than physical beauty. For example, if your girlfriend looks particularly nice, rather than saying "Wow, you look hot in that dress," instead say "I love your fashion sense." Be careful to avoid speaking or behaving in ways that could lead her to believe that your love and affection are only available as rewards -- though this is a good practice in any relationship, it's especially important if your girlfriend has low self-esteem. When she has had a bad day or has failed to achieve a goal, assure her that you still believe in her; remind her of past successes and let her know you are proud of her.
Consider Professional Help
In some cases, you may need assistance to help your girlfriend feel good about herself. Some self-esteem issues arise from or exist concurrently with more severe problems. Women with eating and mood disorders, for example, very regularly suffer from issues with self-esteem. If your girlfriend suffers from a self-esteem problem which also involves serious physical, neurological or psychological difficulties, it is important to encourage her to see a professional. Assisting her in finding affordable professional help and offering to attend the appointment with her can give her the confidence necessary to take the next steps.
Personality and Social Psychology Review: Age and Birth Cohort Differences in Self-Esteem: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis
PsychCentral: Self-Esteem Struggles and Strategies That Can Help
Oprah.com: Women and the Negativity Receptor
Dove: Surprising Self-Esteem Statistics
DoSomething.org: 11 Facts About Teens and Self-Esteem
Based in beautiful central New Jersey, Dr. Michele Blood leverages her knowledge of human behavior to write compelling copy for a variety of print and digital outlets including Skydive Jersey's SkyBlog, gDecide.com, ProQuest, SoloPRPro, and FindLaw, a Reuters subsidiary.
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My Girlfriend Has Insecurity Issues
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Q: Get the value of text area with query inside a popUp Through a click on a button i'm loading an ajax popUp whith the following form-code:

<form id="mb_kom" action="#">
    <textarea name="kommentar" id="mb_nkommentar" class="mb_overlay_textbox" placeholder="Schreibe einen Kommentar" style="width:352px"></textarea>

<input type="hidden" name="likeid" value="10" id="hidelike"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Senden" class="button" id="btn_nk_kommentar">
</form>

If you click on the "sender"-button i'v this jquery-code:
 $('body').on('click', '#btn_nk_kommentar', function (e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        var like    = $('#hidelike').val();
        var ko      = $('#mb_nkommentar').val();
        $("#kom_input").html( "Danke für ihren Kommentar." );
        alert("h"+like+ko+test);
    })

The value for like is working, the one from ko doesn't. Whats wrong!
thanks for any help.
regards
thomas

A: For a textarea use $('#mb_nkommentar').text() or $('#mb_nkommentar').html()
If that doesn't work, the data isn't in the field yet and you need to populate the data into the textarea before the $.on('click') fires. Try moving the $.on('click') into the success part of the $.ajax(). (Apply the handler after the data is populated.)

A: var like    = $('#mb_nkommentar').val();
Update this to
var like = $('#mb_nkommentar').text();
make sure text area have some value


Rudeboy Records boss, Rudeboy is out with a new banger titled "Is Allowed" featuring LRR rapper, Reminisce.
In addition, "Is Allowed" was produced by Lordsky and will serve as his second official single in 2018 while on his European tour.
Furthermore, "Is Allowed" is sequel to the Clarence Peters directed visual for Somebody Baby.
Finally, Paul Okoye popularly known as Rudeboy is a former member of defunct music group P-square.


2020 Honda Clarity Plug-in Hybrid Features Concepts – This 2020 Honda Clarity is not merely one vehicle product, nevertheless the good name for a good trio from super-successful sedans, every operated in another way. Honda's Clarity selection released this past year having a hydrogen gas-cellular product only accessible to get rent when it comes to California state, and then a good all-electric powered product intended for rent to be able to California state and also Oregon people. The final version to reach is definitely the Clarity with all the largest charm – a fabulous fuel-electric powered connect-in hybrid that may be distributed or possibly hired countrywide. Offering just about the most successful powertrains offered, any Honda Clarity Connect-in Hybrid was initially referred to as all the Kelley Azure Reserve Best Buy Prize champion amid electric powered and also hybrid autos, increasing competition for example the Chevrolet Volt, Toyota Prius Best and also Hyundai Ioniq.
The particular 2020 Honda Clarity selection for eco-friendly autos absolutely carries a advanced element opting for the application. This particular smooth 4-entrance sedan is actually a bevy associated with perspectives, shape and different looks, most of which are better as opposed to others. We love these sloped roof structure which usually virtually seems to drift, even though the back end tells from the smooth, newest-gen Civic. At the start, it is actually challenging to miss out on your enormous boomerang-formed gentle therapies. Though it would bring much better aerodynamics, all of us commonly are not supporters from the body individual panels the fact that outflow beyond the top of the the back rims.
One particular major feature the fact that units all the Honda Clarity aside from competition such as the Toyota Prius Best connect-in in addition to Toyota Mirai gas cellular will be chair matter: Most Clarity designs include place pertaining to 5 travellers as opposed to the a number of when it comes to these competition. People never propose lengthy outings through 3 travelers when it comes to rear, although it is probable as required. The remainder of the Clarity's cabin is likewise really useful however advanced, through outstanding fit and complete. Rather than standard items handle, you will find a series involving control keys pertaining to Generate, Opposite, Natural, and many others., operating in the spinal column along the heart. Over is surely an 8-inches feel-display screen screen and additionally infotainment process that may be CarPlay along with Google android Vehicle suitable. The particular Clarity Connect-in along with Clarity all-electric powered possess large, 14.3-cubic-ft . trunks, nevertheless the gas-cellular model's is much more restricted during 11.8 cubic ft to allow for that hydrogen container real estate.
However most electrified, every 2020 Honda Clarity will be operated in the very own option. The actual Connect-in Hybrid product utilizes the mix of the 1.5-liter 4-tube fuel engine plus a battery power-provided motor unit. Any combine works effortlessly and also with ease. Even though you will find selectable push methods Typical, Econ, Sport and also HV to preserve all the battery's status connected with cost we believe the easiest method to function is definitely get into and also push. Using a whole cost along with container packed with fuel, the actual Clarity Connect-in possesses a variety of 340 kilometers. The actual Clarity is actually operated exclusively from an electric powered motor unit provided by way of a lithium-ion battery power that could be charged up again around approximately 3 hrs with a 240-volt range. Their array can be ranked at just 89 kilometers. That Clarity Gas Mobile utilizes hydrogen gasoline, and thru some sort of chemical substance response generates electrical energy at will. It's really a advanced app, and yet in the end seems common. Just like filling up a vehicle by using fuel, you utilize your nozzle, load any container when it comes to 3 to 5 a few minutes, go on the way. In addition, it advantages from a lengthier array as much as 366 kilometers.
The particular 2020 Honda Clarity Car (PHEV) carries a Manufacturer's Advised Retail industry Rate (MSRP) starting up during $34,290 for your normal product in addition to $37,490 for your Visiting toned. The particular Clarity Connect-in is actually qualified to receive a good $7,500 federal government revenue-taxation credit score, additionally alternative neighborhood as well as status rewards. That Honda Clarity can be purchased in California state and also Oregon pertaining to rent solely. The particular terminology are actually $269 per month as well as taxation) for 3 yrs by using $1,730 additionally very first month's rent because of from putting your signature on. The particular miles is actually limited to 20,000 annually. Lessees with this absolutely no-pollutants Honda as well be entitled to an important $2,500 status refund.


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Q: Form is not clearing values in success function of $.ajax, using angular I have a form in that, I am using angualr.js. I am binding input values to angular variables. After submitting form, in success function of $.ajax, I am assigning empty values to these variables, but I am seeing same values in form instead of empty strings.
Below is my form code,
 <form name="addForm"  ng-submit="outClear()">

           Title
           <input type="text" id="idTitle" ng-model="Title"/>

            Description
            <textarea id="idDescription" name="desc" ng-model="Description" ></textarea>

        <input type="submit" class="btn btn-default" value="Add" />

</form>

Below is my java script code,
var MyApp = angular.module("MyApp", []);
  MyApp.controller("TicketCntrl", function ($scope) {
 $scope.outClear = function () {
    var Title = $scope.Title;
    var Description = $scope.Description;

    var Ticket = {
        "Title": String(Title),
        "Description": String(Description),
    };

    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "/Home/Add",
        data: Ticket,
        success: function (data, status) {
        alert('In success');
            $scope.clear();
        },
        error: function (status, error) {
        }
    });

};
$scope.clear = function () {
    $scope.Title = '';
    $scope.Description = '';
    alert('In clear');
  }
 }

It is going to success function and showing 'In Success' message and going to clear() and assigning '' values to $scope.Title and $scope.Description but in text box and text area I am seeing same values which I have entered.
one more thing I tried, instead of outClear(), I directly call clear() after submitting. Then it is perfectly working(all form values getting empty).
Please let me know where I am doing wrong.

A: Don't mix angular with jQuery for manipulating scope variables, it will messed up with digest cycle of angular. It will not run digest cycle if you do update scope variable from jQuery.
You need to run digest cycle by calling $apply() over $scope after your method clear() in Ajax success to fix it issue quickly, but ideally I wouldn't prefer go for this approach.
Instead do use $http instead of $.ajax.


An unusual post for my blog, but one that I think is appropriate. Every time I go to London on external examiner duty for the University of Westminster, I make sure that I get the chance to see something at the theatre. Usually I'll try to see something that is either political / legal in nature if there is anything in that genre. Luckily when I was in London on work during this past week, I was able to get a ticket to see the opening night of 'Great Britain' at the Theatre Royal on Haymarket on Tuesday 9th September.
The production, written by Richard Bean, had previously held a successful run at the smaller Lyttelton Theatre during the summer months, and I was interested to see what all the fuss was about. Essentially the production is a satire on the 'News of the World' scandal and Leveson inquiry, however it has strong elements beyond this that focus on both political and police corruption and incompetence. As such, whilst the humour is excetionally strong, equally for those that choose to see beyond the comedy, there are real moments that give you pause for thought regarding both individual morality and modern human nature in general.
The way the production is structured is that the majority takes place in the newsroom of fictional tabloid newspaper 'The Free Press', with characters including the Murdoch-esque Proprietor played by Dermot Crowley, the vulgar editor played by Robert Glenister, and arguably the main character – Paige Britain (played by Lucy Punch), who is a ruthless up and coming news editor, who has frighteningly high ambitions to go as far as running the country from the murky shadows of the press by manipulating the leader of the Conservative party (Rupert Vansittart). Paige will stop at absolutely nothing to further her career and personal aspirations. Her journey takes us through initially minor areas such as employing people to go through the bins of celebrities, to more serious areas such as blackmailing members of the 'Leveson' committee who were investigating her conduct. The out of control spiral leads to the corruption of the previously clean Assistant Commissioner of the Police (Ben Mansfield), and eventually being caught after hacking the phones of fictionally abducted and killed twin children, and the suicide of their father after he was mistakenly arrested for their murder based on news reports stemming from Paige and her publication.
All of the cast without exception were perfectly cast in their roles – there was nobody who was utterly dislikable or without some sort of redeeming quality, even if it was simply admiration for having such courage of their convictions that they were if nothing else entirely honest with themselves. Undoubtedly though there were two stars of the show – Lucy Punch as Paige Britain, and Aaron Neil as the Police Commissioner. Whilst I have said a fair amount about Paige, as yet I have not discussed the Commissioner, who is characterised as little more than a puppet, but one who is unaware that this is the role he plays. He genuinely tries his best, but is simply clueless and in over his head. By far and away the best one-liners come from the Commissioner, and Neil's delivery is absolutely first class. Little bits of detail such as the playing on the screen of modern phenomena such as 'youtube' videos that people have edited of his press conference announcements in the form of a mocking 'music video' genuinely add something to the performance, and had the audience in hysterics.
As mentioned earlier however, it is not all about the comedy. There were undertones of morality and reflections of real life corruption present, undoubtedly deliberately, throughout the show. Most of these were genuine areas that would make you think, such as; were the police really that terrified of the media prior to Leveson that they would have evidence but cover it up for fear of being portrayed in a bad light? Is whistleblowing, when made to the press and not the authorities truly 'corruption'? (This I think I could write a blog on its own right in, so I'll not answer the question) What really are the limits of freedom of expression and the 'public interest'? In particular we have to reflect on the lengths some people go to just to achieve fame, and where does it really lead when we are faced with the character of Stella (Kellie Shirley), a young aspiring glamour model, who starts off agreeing to drop a dress size and have cosmetic surgery before being given a contract as a 'page 7' model, and eventually is accepting a large fee for the newspaper to have exclusive rights to her death inevitably coming as a result of an eating disorder.
One area that I do think was misguided, and for me did not really work was late on the performance when Paige took centre stage to 'tell' the audience that we didn't really care about phone hacking when it was all about the celebrity gossip, and we only cared when there was a moral outrage over the eventual hacking of the dead children's phones. Paige laments that had the hacking resulted in the children being found alive then she would have been a hero, but as in reality it only led to headlines and the arrest / suicide of the father she was painted as a villain. This monologue is an attempt to make the audience feel uncomfortable about their morality as it forcefully asserts unequivocally that we 'all' were guilty of this. I for one have never thought celebrity gossip of the nature put across by the tabloids is okay, nor have I ever thought that phone hacking etc. were ever acceptable as I believe that people have a right to a private and family life. Perhaps however this is due to my roots as a lawyer, and the fact that I have taken an active interest in issues relating to press activities and regulation since I taught media law for three years, and still act as an external examiner in the subject.
Of course, eventually it all comes crashing down around Paige, the Commissioner, and most of the other characters who had been corrupted, though the twist at the end is shown as Paige, following her inappropriately lenient punishment, manages to find huge celebrity herself as the host of a US talk show purely as a result of her former infamy, making the audience wonder, is there ever truly a way out of the sleaze, or will the cycle forever be perpetuated.
Overall, this was a superb production that should appeal to a wide demographic (though definitely NOT appropriate for children due to both the subject matter and the coarse language throughout), with a number of levels of comedy, satire, political commentary, and self-reflection. If you are in a position to see this, take the chance while you can.
I would definitely rate it as five out of five.