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(RepublicanWire.org) – The White House is attempting to deemphasize the fact that 113 Democrats in the House of Representatives joined Republicans to ban sales of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China.
"The House has passed bipartisan legislation that would ban the export of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Chinese companies. Given that oil has flowed to China from that reserve during both this administration and the previous one, is that the type of reform that the President would potentially support?" a reporter said to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday.
"So, look, I think this is a little bit of what the Secretary was talking about just moments ago. This bill addresses a non-issue; we're very clear on that. We focus — we're focused on advancing legislation that would lower costs for American families, not raise them. So, I'm just going to leave it there," she said.
Karine Jean-Pierre says it's a "non-issue" that Biden sold U.S. oil reserves to communist China pic.twitter.com/8mcyp7zhie
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 23, 2023
The legislation, titled "Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act," passed in a landslide vote of 331-97 but now has to face a Democrat-led Senate.
"The bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from selling petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the SPR to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party," the legislation summary said.
Republican leaders on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led by Ranking Member John Barrasso, R-Wyo., introduced companion bills of House legislation targeting President Biden's use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
The first bill, the Secure Auction for Energy Reserves Act which Barrasso introduced with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, would prohibit the federal government from selling SPR stocks to China and other countries of particular concern. Earlier this month, the House passed similar legislation, the Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act, by a margin of 331-97.
"China is profiting from President Biden's political abuse of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve," the senator said. "Meanwhile, America has become more vulnerable to true energy and national security emergencies."
"Our legislation will ban SPR sales to China and other hostile nations," he said. "It will also ban SPR sales to state-owned companies which purchase oil from Russia, Iran, and other nations the U.S. has sanctioned. Adversaries cannot be allowed to benefit from America's security reserve."
Sen. Collins said that it is "inexcusable that our emergency stockpile of crude oil is being sold to dictators overseas."
Another piece of legislation that was introduced in the Senate on Tuesday, the "Strategic Production Response Act," would only allow the Strategic Petroleum Reserves to be tapped by the Department of Energy only when there is a severe interruption to the supply and only after the Interior Department issues a plan to increase oil and gas production in the United States on federal lands and waters.
"America is stronger and safer when we are energy independent," Sen. Barrasso said. "The Biden administration agenda is to choke off energy development on federal land. Our legislation will prevent President Biden from raiding the SPR for political purposes without boosting American oil production."
"It's time to work together to lower prices for Wyoming families, unleash American energy, and strengthen our national security," he said.
.@POTUS has deliberately torpedoed our energy security & our national security in this country. He raided our emergency energy supply and sold some of it to China, so now we are at a 40-year high of energy vulnerability in case of emergency & energy prices will keep going up. pic.twitter.com/DeAyZj6zbF
— Sen. John Barrasso (@SenJohnBarrasso) January 25, 2023
(RepublicanWire.org) – On Wednesday, far-left Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar had melt down during a press conference after being stripped of her committee's by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. During her meltdown, she bizarrely claimed that removing her from these committees' is a "threat to national security".
"In modern American history, the punishment of stripping member of Congress of their committee assignments has been reserved for only the most egregious wrongdoings: Those convicted or indicted on corruption, those who have engaged in bribery, sexual misconduct, encouraged violence, or other grave charges," she said, melting down.
"Kevin McCarthy's purely partisan move to strip us from our committee is not only a political stunt, but also a blow to the integrity of our democratic institutions, and a threat to our national security," she falsely stated. "We are thankful to leader Jeffries and house Democrats and even some courageous Republicans for standing with us if McCarthy wants to denigrate the integrity of the house and its committees, we will always stand up to these efforts," she concluded.
Rep. Omar says the decision to oust her from committees is a "threat to national security"
You can't make this stuff up 😂😂😂pic.twitter.com/KbcoAOIi92
— Clayton Keirns (@CKeirns) January 25, 2023
McCarthy's reason for removing Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, is because of her "repeated antisemitic and anti-American remarks." In 2019, the Somalia-born Omar referred to 9/11 as an incident in which "some people did something."
Ilhan Omar, "Some People Did Something" pic.twitter.com/cFUOykKZvf
— Kanwaljit Arora (@mekarora) July 5, 2022
On twitter, Clayton Keirns shared a video of Omar, "gleefully recounting how a professor said the words Al Qaeda."
Here's a video of Ilhan Omar gleefully recounting how a professor said the words "Al Qaeda".
Who else is glad she got booted from the foreign affairs committee?pic.twitter.com/VUz2Dw0bsu
(RepublicanWire.org) – The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Ford Foundation are two of the largest Democrat non-profits in the country.
While there is a lot of speculation Bill Gates' intentions are rather nefarious, it's been confirmed that between his foundation and the Ford Foundation, $39 million went to China last year.
From reporting by The Washington Free Beacon, "The Gates Foundation, according to its latest IRS disclosure, sent nearly $30 million to Chinese organizations in 2021, including $2.5 million to the communist nation's National Health Commission and $1.4 million to its Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. The Ford Foundation, meanwhile, sent $9.3 million to China in 2021—recipients included three public universities that are overseen by the Chinese government's defense industry agency."
"Some of this money was sent to Chinese government agencies and universities that conduct military research, raising concerns among U.S. lawmakers and China experts."
This news raises some red flags. Representative Mike Gallagher, a Republican from Wisconsin, told The Washington Free Beacon, "If the last few years have taught us anything, it's that we need to heavily scrutinize every American dollar that goes to CCP-affiliated entities."
Gallagher is set to chair a House select committee established to counter China. "Any American foundation contributing to causes that advance CCP-aligned interests in the developing world has serious questions to answer."
Other U.S. researchers have voiced concerns and are reevaluating their work in China for fear that their accomplishments will end up aiding the Chinese military. The Gates and Ford foundations appear to have no such concerns.
The foundations sent Peking University close to $2 million in 2021 despite concerns raised in the study of robotic fish that could aid the Chinese in developing hypersonic weapons.
"The Gates Foundation labeled most of its grants to Chinese government agencies and universities—including the $2.5 million it sent to China's National Health Commission—as supporting 'global health and development public awareness and analysis.'"
Bill Gates's funding of global health initiatives should raise a few eyebrows. In a 2020 Ted Talk, Gates discussed the world population as unsustainable.
He proposed ways to reduce the world's population growth that include "doing a really great job on vaccines, health care, and reproductive health services."
These all sound like ways to increase population but not to Leftists.
The Covid vaccine looks like it's doing more harm than good. Their version of health care is socialized medicine which means the government gets to decide who gets life-saving care and who doesn't. Reproductive health translates to abortion. All of these are ways to decrease the population.
"The Ford Foundation's Chinese grants cover a wider range of issues, such as climate change, education, and finance. One $150,000 Ford Foundation grant to Beijing Normal University funds research on Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, a CCP tool to subjugate foreign nations through direct infrastructure investment," according to the Free Beacon.
As Gallagher pointed out, neither of these foundations is funding anything that will benefit the world, only the Chinese Communist Party, and they should answer for their role in it.
(RepublicanWire.org) – The former senior FBI counterintelligence official who played a lead role in the Trump-Russia investigation has been arrested and charged over his own alleged ties to a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
I'm just going to repeat this for the people in back
An FBI official who investigated Trump for illegal ties to Russia but found none has just been arrested for his own illegal ties to Russia
Internalize this
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) January 23, 2023
"Charles McGonigal, the former Special Agent in Charge of FBI's Counter intelligence Division in New York, who retired in 2018, is accused of violating U.S. sanctions by agreeing to provide services to Oleg Deripaska, a sanctioned Russian oligarch. He is charged alongside Sergey Shestakov, a former Soviet and Russian diplomat who later became a U.S. citizen and a Russian interpreter for courts and government offices, through a five-count indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court Monday," Fox News reported.
"McGonigal and Shestakov both were arrested Saturday. The indictment is a rare move by federal prosecutors to bring charges against a senior former FBI official before a federal grand jury. Though not referenced in or related to the indictment, McGonigal, while serving as chief of the cybercrimes section at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., was one of the first bureau officials to learn of allegations George Papadopoulos, a campaign adviser for Donald Trump, boasted that he knew Russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton, launching the investigation into alleged Russian election interference known as Operation Crossfire Hurricane," the outlet added.
McGonigal and Shestakov "both previously worked with Deripaska to attempt to have his sanctions removed, and, as public servants, they should have known better," U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said in a statement. "This Office will continue to prosecute those who violate U.S. sanctions enacted in response to Russian belligerence in Ukraine in order to line their own pockets."
Fox News reported: "Both men are charged with one count of conspiring to violate and evade U.S. sanctions, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA"), one count of violating the IEEPA, one count of conspiring to commit money laundering, and one count of money laundering, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Shestakov is also charged with one count of making false statements, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, prosecutors said."
It was then-President Barack Obama who in 2014 issued Executive Order 13660, which declared a national emergency with respect to the situation in Ukraine following the annexation of Crimea.
On April 6, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") designated Deripaska as a Specially Designated National ("SDN"), sanctioning him for acting on behalf of a senior official of the Russian Federation's government and for operating in the Russian energy sector.
In 2021, the two defendants agreed to and did investigate a rival Russian oligarch of Deripaska in return for concealed payments from Derispaska, in violation of sanctions the United States imposed in 2018, the indictment says. McGonigal and Shestakov allegedly knew their actions violated U.S. sanctions because, among other reasons, while serving as special agent in charge, McGonigal received then-classified information that Deripaska would be added to a list of oligarchs considered for sanctions.
"The FBI is committed to the enforcement of economic sanctions designed to protect the United States and our allies, especially against hostile activities of a foreign government and its actors," FBI Assistant Director in Charge Michael J. Driscoll said. "Russian oligarchs like Oleg Deripaska perform global malign influence on behalf of the Kremlin and are associated with acts of bribery, extortion, and violence."
"After sanctions are imposed, they must be enforced equally against all U.S. citizens in order to be successful," Driscoll added. "There are no exceptions for anyone, including a former FBI official like Mr. McGonigal. Supporting a designated threat to the United States and our allies is a crime the FBI will continue to pursue aggressively."
How the hell am I supposed to trust the FBI when their agent was literally colluding with Russia while investigating Trump for colluding with Russia?
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 23, 2023
A former high-level FBI agent involved in the RUSSIA HOAX against Trump has just been charged with conspiring to commit money laundering with a RUSSIAN OLIGARCH! The people investigating Trump have been charged with doing the same thing they accused him of. Totally OUTRAGEOUS!
— Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) January 23, 2023
President @realDonaldTrump responds to the arrest of the FBI agent in charge of the "Russian Collusion" Investigation: pic.twitter.com/f3x6ZJhQsZ
— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) January 24, 2023
(RepublicanWire.org) – On Sunday, Kamala Harris gave a speech in Tallahassee, Florida over abortion where she quoted the Declaration of Independence but left out the part of the document that said Americans have a right to life.
On the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the now-reversed landmark Supreme Court case that established a federal right to abortion, Harris attacked Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers whom she called "extremists," for protecting the rights of unborn children.
At the beginning of her speech, Harris quoted the Declaration of Independence — but omitted the right to "life."
"We are here together because we collectively believe and know, America is a promise, America is a promise – it is a promise of freedom and liberty," Harris said. "Not for some, but for all. A promise that we made in the Declaration of Independence that we are each endowed with the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
BREAKING: Kamala Harris omits the right to "Life" when quoting the Declaration of Independence in pro-Abortion Speech, says all Americans are "endowed with the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness" pic.twitter.com/O8V39cbtbk
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 22, 2023
The opening of the Declaration of Independence declares:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Later in her speech, Harris suggested that Americans cannot "truly be free" without legalized abortion. Never mind the Constitution and its Bill of Rights.
Moreover, Harris used her speech to demand that Congress pass legislation codifying "reproductive rights" (i.e., abortion), conflating "reproductive rights" with "freedom and liberty." Harris promised that President Joe Biden would promptly sign into law any such legislation.
Harris announced that the Biden administration planned to further extend ways to provide abortion pills to those who seek them.
However, that is unlikely to happen because Republicans now control a majority in the House.
On Sunday, Biden signed a presidential memorandum to protect nationwide access to abortion medication. The memorandum does not usurp states that have outlawed such medication, but directs the government to explore protecting it.
(RepublicanWire.org) – Atlanta erupted on Saturday night, with police arresting at least six people after a protest over the death of Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, 26, turned violent.
Teran, also known as "Tortuguita," or "little turtle," was killed by police on Wednesday after he allegedly ignored authorities and shot at state troopers on the grounds of the new Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, Fox News reports.
On Saturday night, Antifa brought violent protests to the Atlanta. These Antifa terrorists ignited flares and fireworks, set a police cruiser on fire, and vandalized businesses in downtown Atlanta.
Many of the protestors "don't even live in Atlanta or in the state of Georgia," said City of Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens. "And they don't represent the voices of Atlanta."
"And some of them were found with explosives on them," he continued. "You heard that correctly. Explosives. And that has led to a police officer's car being set on fire and other destruction has occurred."
"Make no mistake about it," the mayor said, "these individuals meant harm to people and property."
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens confirms Antifa used explosives during tonight's attacks:
"You heard that correctly, explosives."
pic.twitter.com/88UIg3MBW6
— Election Wizard 🇺🇸 (@ElectionWiz) January 22, 2023
Meanwhile, the media tried to pass the protest off as peaceful.
FUTURE AT CNN: "Largely peaceful protest." 🙃😆
Btw, peeps wearing black ninja outfits are ANTIFA. Yet not a single Atlanta TV station is willing to call it what it is. No wonder so many Americans are clueless about FAR-LEFT extremism which is thriving.pic.twitter.com/qgKETj1EtP
— Jonathan Choe Journalist (Seattle) (@choeshow) January 22, 2023
CNN's guest suggests we shouldn't use the word "violent" to describe the Antifa riots in Atlanta tonight.
Antifa is currently destroying buildings and setting police cars on fire. pic.twitter.com/2PeCOFqXEk
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 22, 2023
Just after 6 p.m., police said they set an Atlanta Police cruiser on fire, smashed the windows of a Wells Fargo bank and vandalized walls with anti-police graffiti in an area that is typically bustling with tourists.
Antifa insurrection in Atlanta tonight over a new police training facility pic.twitter.com/pfO8PRun1F
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 22, 2023
Mostly peaceful Antifa fire bombing in Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/cERzKLhvqP
— @amuse (@amuse) January 22, 2023
Atlanta police arrested at least six people after the protest erupted into a night of chaos and violence.
The moment #Antifa learned that Atlanta wasn't Portland. pic.twitter.com/HfiUrOys5E
— dkenna (@bigDkenna1) January 22, 2023
"Atlanta is safe and our police officers have resolved the disruptions downtown from earlier in the evening," City of Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said Saturday evening.
"The City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Police Department will continue to protect the right to peaceful protest. We will not tolerate violence or property destruction," the mayor added.
(RepublicanWire.org) – It's not unusual for politicians from states with rival teams to challenge each other to wagers. What is unusual, however, is for the politician proposing the bet to be as mercilessly smacked down as California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell was when he approached Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz.
The Cowboys beat the Bucs on Monday night. This means Dallas punched their ticket to the divisional round and a date with the 49ers in San Francisco on Sunday.
Swalwell decided to seize on the opportunity and challenge Cruz to a bet. If the 49ers win, Cruz can't tweet for the rest of January. Likewise, Swalwell can't tweet for the rest of the month if the Cowboys win.
Sounds fair, right?
I will make this open bet to @tedcruz — if the @dallascowboys beat the @49ers I won't tweet for the rest of January. If the @49ers win you can't tweet for rest of January. How Texan are you, Ted? Deal?
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) January 17, 2023
But then Cruz upped the ante.
How about we bet a Chinese dinner instead? https://t.co/7sSk1jwiGl
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 17, 2023
Cruz's reference to a Chinese dinner is an obvious reference to Swalwell's alleged affair with a Chinese spy named Fang Fang.
In December of 2020, Axios first reported that a Chinese spy named Fang Fang, also known as Christine Fang, had "developed extensive ties with local and national politicians, including a U.S. congressman."
Democrats failed to strip Swalwell of his position on the sensitive House Intelligence Committee.
New House Speaker Kevin McCarthy doesn't quite share their their trust, however, and stripped Swalwell of the committee assignment as one of his first acts upon taking the gavel, the Washington Free Beacon confirmed on Jan. 10.
(RepublicanWire.org) – President Joe Biden declared on Thursday that there's "nothing there" when it comes to the discovery of classified documents in several locations, including his home. Irritated at being asked about the controversy, Biden was also adamant that he had "no regrets" in regard to his actions.
The president was in California, touring areas recently impacted by a series of winter storms when a reporter called out a question about the discovery of classified documents in his possession and Biden was clearly irked when asked if he had any regrets.
"You know, the only — I will answer the question, but here's the deal: You know, what quite frankly bugs me is that we have a serious problem here we're talking about. We're talking about what's going on. And the American people don't quite understand why you don't ask me questions about that," he said. "But having said that, what's your question?"
The reporter then asked, "Do you have any regret, sir, that you did not reveal the existence of the documents back in November, before the midterms?"
The initial discovery took place days before the midterm elections, yet the White House sat on this information for two months before disclosing it to the American people — what impact it may have had on the election outcome is unknown at this point.
"Just hang on, okay? Look, as we found — we found a handful of documents that were filed in the wrong place," Biden replied. "We immediately turned them over to the Archives and the Justice Department. We're fully cooperating and looking forward to getting this resolved quickly."
"I think you're going to find there's nothing there. I have no regrets," he continued. "I'm following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. It's exactly what we're doing. There is no there there."
Joe Biden says he has "no regrets" over his mishandled classified documents, tries to downplay them as "filed in the wrong place." pic.twitter.com/MxMM7qFf0W
— MRCTV (@mrctv) January 20, 2023
He stumbled his way through his response, making no effort to disguise the fact that he was reading from a prepared statement.
(RepublicanWire.org) – Climate activist and former Vice President Al Gore (D) was mocked by Twitter users for going on an animated, "unhinged" tirade this week at the World Economic Forum's annual summit in Davos, Switzerland, where he talked about the dangers of climate change, Fox News Digital reported.
Gore participated on a panel with other climate activists to present a discussion on "Leading the Charge through Earth's New Normal," according to the World Economic Forum website.
Gore went on an absolutely unhinged tirade about boiling seas and "rain bombs," claiming once again that climate change will soon kill us all.
"We're still putting 162 million tons [of greenhouse gas] into it every single day and the accumulated amount is now trapping as much extra heat as would be released by 600,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs exploding every single day on the earth," he rambled.
"That's what's boiling the oceans, creating these atmospheric rivers, and the rain bombs, and sucking the moisture out of the land, and creating the droughts, and melting the ice and raising the sea level, and causing these waves of climate refugees!" he screamed.
Gore then claimed, still yelling, that "climate refugees" are "predicted to reach 1 billion in this century" – which, if that's anything like his other predicted apocalyptic deadlines that have already come and gone, isn't really anything to worry about, but which Gore predicts will cause us to "lose our ability for self-governance in this world."
Al Gore Has On-Stage Meltdown at Davos: Goes on Hysterical Rant About Rain Bombs, Boiling Oceans, Atomic Bombs Exploding Every Day, Climate Refugees#alsnore stop the noise please pic.twitter.com/9cyePWAPLL
— Johnny (@kessler1000) January 19, 2023
Thankfully, Gore's gloom-and-doom prophecies haven't been right yet, and there's no reason to expect them to start coming true any time soon. Critics on twitter pointed out just how wrong Gore has been.
Davos Elites. Davos Idiots.
Do you realize Cult Climate High Priest Al Gore has been wrong about everything Climate?
1. Polar Bears are all going to drown. Wrong.
2. Glaciers gone 2006. Wrong.
3. Ice Cap gone by 2015. Wrong.
4. Earth is getting 4C hotter by 2010. Wrong.
— Stephen R Resler (@StephenRResler1) January 19, 2023
It's should be under the water isn't it Al Gore pic.twitter.com/Tj8SsE9Ww5
— greg shlayan (@ShlayanG) January 18, 2023
30 years ago AL Gore said the Maldives would be under water.
Maldives today pic.twitter.com/M4TxCJxOpm
— Wildcat (@BonarPayden) January 19, 2023
Critics also pointed out Gore's real agenda, money!
Al Gore has reportedly "made $330 million with climate alarmism."
In 2004 he setup a green investment firm that's now worth $36 billion and pays him $2 million a month.
Gore still flies private planes around the world — staying rich by terrifying people about climate change.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) January 19, 2023
@algore is making money pushing the scam climate change🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/IkvOLLXfKr
— Louise Eufemia (@AuntNanu1) January 19, 2023
Al Gore makes $2 Million
A Month!
It's hard to believe he is genuine about the environment flying private jets all over the world
This world is filled with grifters making bags of money telling us what we want to hear and we turn a blind eye cause we want to believe them
— Roy Ben-Tzvi (@Roy_Bntz) January 19, 2023
(RepublicanWire.org) – On Tuesday afternoon, the Golden State Warriors were at the White House to celebrate their 2022 NBA Championship. Of course the meeting had a multitude of awkward and weird moments. Not only did President Biden mangle Kamala Harris' name, but the Vice President bizarrely introduced Joe as the "champion of our nation."
However, one of the most awkward moments occurred when Biden chose to take a knee for a photo opportunity.
Joe Biden takes the BLM knee in front of the entire Golden State Warriors team.
Kamala Harris, cackling, refused to join Joe. "I'm not doing that!" pic.twitter.com/nslETYcGwt
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) January 17, 2023
Kamala meanwhile cackled away as the president bent the knee, giggling, "I'm not doing that!" She continued chortling as she awkwardly took a spot in the crowd of players next to Andre Iguodala and Steph Curry.
If that moment wasn't cringe enough for you, wait till the end when Kamala steps back onto the stage, still laughing in hysterics, and Joe appears to lunge toward the photographers. Again for no apparent reason.
The question is, why was Biden kneeling in the first place? Did someone ask him to? I didn't see anything like that; it appeared he just did it spontaneously. Was he honoring George Floyd? Perhaps giving a shout-out to the BLM movement? Who knows. It just seemed like empty virtue signaling with no purpose other than to be seen doing something "woke."
The Warriors have won four championships in the past eight years, but they did not meet Donald Trump while he was in office.
The team was publicly disinvited after star point guard Stephen Curry said he was not interested in going, according to an ESPN report.
Golden State Warriors out of context pic.twitter.com/celHmPaf9e
— Stephen Curry BR 🇧🇷 (@CurryBrazil) January 18, 2023


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Share this Story: Lawrence Solomon: Queen's Third Debate Date
Lawrence Solomon: Queen's Third Debate Date
Lawrence Solomon
In each of the past two years, I have written about the invitations to debate global warming that Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario extended to me, only to see them later withdraw the invitations. This year, Queen's extended a third invitation and … the debate actually took place this week. It was the first formal debate on the science of global warming in a Canadian academic institution.
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Unlike the previous years' aborted debates, which were to have been hosted by Queen's School of Business, this third, charmed debate was conceived and brought to term by the Faculty of Law, with its Dean acting as Master of Ceremony. Maybe lawyers appreciate the value of honouring commitments.
The event was a success in virtually all respects – anyone from the School of Business who was present must have wondered what they had to fear in exposing their budding businessmen to facts from both sides of the table.
For starters, the attendance wildly exceeded expectations. Prior to the event, the organizers expected at least 100 to attend, and must have worried that Convocation Hall, which seated 250, would seem empty. No need. So many people showed up that the hall was filled to the rafters, the aisles were used for standing room, the stage was opened up to allow makeshift seating to be set up behind the debaters, the entrances to the hall were kept open to allow those who stood outside to peer in, and who knows how many decided to leave, rather than crane their necks from outside the room.
Two debates were held, one on the science on global warming, to discuss whether the planet is in peril, and one on what to do about global warming, on the assumption that manmade global warming was for real. A straw poll that the Master of Ceremonies took at the beginning showed that virtually all present believed the planet to be in peril but that didn't prevent them from listening attentively and respectively throughout the evening, and enthusiastically applauding all the debaters. For these courtesies I wish to express my gratitude – in other universities, speakers who present unpopular positions are often jeered. I especially wish to thank the students in the balcony who had draped the balcony with their "STOP GLOBAL WARMING" signs, for their waves and warm smiles.
All the debaters proved effective, judging by the audience response and the straw poll taken at the end – if many minds were changed during the debates, they were mostly changed back by the end. A film of the debate will soon be available, which I'll post on the Energy Probe site, to allow you to determine who got the better of it. In the meantime, you can read the coverage of the debate that appeared on the front page of the Kingston Whig-Standard, here.
My debating opponent on the science of global warming was John Smol, professor of Biology at Queen's University and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change. The policy debaters were Bruce Pardy, Professor of Law, who argued that Canada shouldn't act unilaterally in confronting climate change, and Matthew Bramley of Pembina Institute, who argued that Canada should. The Master of Ceremonies was Dean Bill Flanagan.
LawrenceSolomon@nextcity.com
Lawrence Solomon is executive director ofEnergy Probe and the author of The Deniers.


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Karl Boyes has set his sights on becoming a Mosconi Cup legend.
Boyes, 28, will be making his debut in next month's PartyCasino.com Mosconi Cup but after a break-out season is desperate to prove that he is not a one-year wonder.
"I'm the rookie in the team but if you have a look at the season I've had then I've had one of the best out of all the players," said Boyes, the current European No.1 who also took down the WPA World 8-Ball Championship in April.
"But I don't want to be in the Mosconi Cup once and then not play in it again for five years. I want to play in it year after year and establish myself in the side just like Shane Van Boening has done for the Americans. Hopefully it will not be a case where I've only been in it once and then never again."
Boyes will line up alongside Mika Immonen, Ralf Souquet, Nick Van Den Berg and Darren Appleton at the York Hall, London from Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th December as Europe attempt to win the Mosconi Cup for the third time in four years.
"I'm looking forward to it, practising every day and even just thinking about it gets butterflies in my stomach," continued Boyes.
"It's special as it's live on Sky Sports and it's the only event we play that's live in England. It's also a chance for my friends and family to watch it and they don't normally get to see me as I'm playing over the world.
"Darren Appleton played in it last year in Las Vegas and that spurred me on a lot to try to get in the European team this year – I was made up when I knew I was in the side.
"Darren has got in at the last minute as he won the US Open and we have played for England before so for us both to represent Europe in the Mosconi Cup will be brilliant."
Boyes was a star of the small table English 8-ball scene before he started playing in the now-defunct IPT events in America in 2005.
However, he made his name in 9-ball in 2007 when he was a surprise semi-finalist at the World Pool Championship at the Araneta Coliseum in Manila, Philippines.
Since then he has only been denied a place in the Mosconi Cup due to the international successes of his countrymen Daryl Peach, Mark Gray and Darren Appleton.
But his top spot in the European rankings has seen him earn his place in this year's side and he admits it will be a dream come true to play in the Mosconi Cup.
"Darren always dabbled in 9-ball and when I started playing at 19 or 20 I used to watch the Mosconi Cup and the World Pool Championship and wanted to give it a go," added Boyes.
"I remember watching Jimmy White and Steve Davis play and as a kid I always watched Earl Strickland as he was always a bit wild.
"Everyone that knows me thinks I will rise to the occasion and you never know how you will act but you hope you get a chance. If I hold myself together I will be alright.
"It won't bother me, no matter what happens as I've seen it all before. I wear my heart on my sleeve myself and when I'm playing I'm not like Ralf Souquet who is always composed.
"I've been looking at clips on You Tube and keep watching Daryl call Earl Strickland 'scum of the earth' live on television (in the 2007 event) so it's very difficult to stay composed.
"I've heard the atmosphere at the York Hall is awesome and electric but Johan (Ruijsink) is the best coach we could have as he is a very calming influence and into the mental side of the game. He will be going to London prepared so we will not have to worry about anything.
"There will be pressure but we (Great Britain) played in the World Team Championship in Germany and won it. All the best teams were there and we played the Philippines in the final, with the best players in the world, and the emotions were unbelievable but we still won."
Boyes was part of the winning World Team Championship side and England were subsequently one of the favourites to win Matchroom Sport's World Cup of Pool in September.
The two-man English team featured current 8-ball World Champion Boyes and former 9-ball World Champion Peach and was hotly tipped to do well.
But they became one of the biggest underachievers of the competition as they only scraped past unfancied Qatar after a hill-hill shocker then fell miserably out of the competition against an average French side.
Boyes is keen to use that disappointment to spur him on to glory at the York Hall; "The World Cup of Pool was a big event for me; I'd just won a world title and had dominated on the Euro Tour.
"The best events are the Matchroom ones and the fact we didn't do very well was a big disappointment which affected me for the next two months, although I did get to the last 16 in the China Open.
"There are so many good English players in contention for the World Cup team so there might be a two-year gap before you get picked again. I was very down about the World Cup as I had wanted and expected to go much further in the event."
"Last year Europe were billed as favourites in the Mosconi Cup but I don't think the team gelled. This year me and Darren are both Englishmen playing in England and we like to have a laugh so I think there will be a good atmosphere. I think we will win, but it will be close."
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This article identifies the distance education needs of information professionals in the region and lists various institutions that offer distance education courses in library and information science in Asia and the Pacific region along with perspectives, media and methods, instructional systems, resources and services.
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Hard Seltzer: Truly vs. White Claw – Which Tastes Better?
Unless you've been living under a rock this summer, then you know that hard seltzers are the new hit alcoholic drink with, well, everyone. It doesn't matter who you are, or what sort of lifestyle you live, it's hard to deny that these adult beverages have come in like a wrecking ball and taken over the cooler at pretty much every family gathering and BBQ this year.
I'm not entirely sure why this craze has taken over the country, but I'm guessing it has something to do with the immense popularity of drinks like LaCroix and other sparkling waters that have started to replace sugary soft drinks in the refrigerators of a lot of Americans.
As people wise up to the fact that sugary drinks, while absolutely delicious, are definitely not healthy, and probably poisoning our bodies, they are beginning to switch over to alternatives, like flavor waters that have no sugar and are just plain disgusting.
I am not a fan of LaCroix in the least. I've tried other brands of flavored carbonated waters like Bubly as well, but I just can't get past the fact that it's not sweet.
When I take a sip of something carbonated like these drinks, I'm immediately expecting that sugar rush I get when I drink pop, but when that rush never comes, I'm just left with a bad taste in my mouth that I can't over, and it totally ruins any possibility of finishing the can.
But, I know I'm in the minority here, at least I am with my group of friends and most people I know. A lot of them drink LaCroix or Bubly on a regular basis and love it. My wife being one of those people. But it's just not for me. And it's because of that, that I was extremely surprised when I tried one of these new hard seltzer drinks and actually enjoyed it…
What is Hard Seltzer?
Hard Seltzer is exactly what you think it is, it's alcoholic seltzer water, usually flavored. But what's the difference between one of these new canned beverages and just a vodka seltzer (or soda)? Well, to start, these drinks are not just seltzer water with vodka added, despite what some people may think.
The alcohol in these hard seltzers like Truly and White Claw come from cold-brewed sugar as opposed to just adding in a spirit liquor later. It's a very similar process to making beer or liquor, but instead of fermenting barley or grains to get the alcohol, sugar is fermented instead. And then to get the various flavorings in the drink, concentrated fruit flavorings are added.
By adding flavoring using fruit as opposed to artificial sweeteners, and other sugars, these beverages can keep the calorie and carb counts lower while keeping the alcohol content around 5%. So for those that are not wanting to drink the extra calories or carbs that come with a beer, but still want a delicious adult beverage in a can that's easy to transport, these drinks make a perfect compromise.
When you look at the two major players in the space right now, the two that we're comparing in this article, White Claw comes in at 100 calories with 2g of carbs/sugar and 5% alcohol. Truly comes in at 100 calories, 2g of carbs, 1g of sugars and 5% alcohol.
It's basically a wash in regards to the nutritional aspect of the product. Either one is going to be a better option that something like a Bud Light, which has 110 calories and 6.6g of carbohydrates. And while it's not that big of a difference, if you're day drinking in the summer and start putting back quite a few of these, those numbers could add up.
Really though, the most important thing when it comes to which one of these drinks to choose, is the taste. And even that will come down to your own personal preference.
Truly and White Claw are like the Coke and Pepsi of the Hard Seltzer world at the moment. There are definitely other options out there, which may actually taste better, but these two companies are currently pushing the hardest when it comes to their marketing.
So now, let's take a look at which one tastes better.
Truly vs. White Claw – Taste Test
I want to start off by saying that these are the only two hard seltzer brands that I've tasted to date. I know that there are a bunch more on the market, and more are popping up every day, but these two brands are literally the only ones I've ever tasted up to this point. So while there may be something out there that is better, I have no comparison, and we're only going to be looking at Truly and White Claw today.
So which one is better?
In my opinion, White Claw.
I picked up a berry variety pack of Truly and a variety pack of White Claw and compared flavors that were pretty close. Both brands don't have all of the same flavors, but most of them are pretty close. And in pretty much all cases, I found White Claw to be smoother and taste better.
White Claw just seemed to have more flavor to them than most of the Truly's did. When I drank the Truly it just tasted like LaCroix to me, just water with like a tiny drop of flavoring that did nothing for me. Where as the White Claw seemed to have a larger drop of flavoring, if that makes sense.
Basically the White Claw just tasted fruitier and had more flavor in general. Which could be due to the fact that White Claw has 2g of sugar and Truly only has 1g… you can definitely taste the difference.
I did not get a chance to taste the other variety pack of Truly though, which people do say has some better flavors, so maybe those will stand out a little more when compared to White Claw, but I'm not sure.
Either way though, I could sit and drink both of these beverages all day and not feel bad about it. They aren't like those Henry's Hard Sodas (the orange is delicious), or Mike's Hard Lemonade or anything, since there is a far less sugar in these hard seltzers. So you don't even up feeling sick after drinking just a couple of them. They are the perfect summer drink if you're not a fan of beer, or just want to switch it up from beer. They transport easily in cans, they come in flavor variety packs so you don't have to drink the same flavor all day, and since it just looks like water, you can easily pour it into a water bottle or Yeti and walk around sipping on it all day and no one will be the wiser.
You can also pick up some thinner slim can koozies that will fit these types of cans perfectly, to ensure that they stay cold while you drink!
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The Drink of the Summer
It's no secret that White Claw and Truly have become the summer drink of 2019. Everywhere you go people are talking about "The Claw" or there are memes out there dedicated to white girls and White Claw. And they are definitely bringing a bit of variety to the alcoholic canned beverages out there.
I feel like the last couple summers Rose was all the rage, whether that was straight up Rose or Frozen Rose (Frose), and before that people were all about Not Your Father's Root Beer, but this summer has definitely been dominated by hard seltzers. I'm curious to see how long these guys can ride this wave. Will the fad die out next summer when something new pops up, or do you think these hard seltzers are here to stay?
I think these beverages are still going to be around next summer, but I don't think they are going to have the long term appeal of traditional beer. And I'm only basing that on other fad alcoholic drinks that seem to have come and gone in just a few years…. things like Zima, Lynchburg Lemonade, Hard Sodas, Wine Coolers, etc..
I guess only time will tell…
Do you have a favorite hard seltzer that isn't Truly or White Claw? Let us know in the comments.
Update: We've completed our blind hard seltzer taste test, find out who the winners are!
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My girlfriend drinks these all the time (whichever one is available), mostly because she is gluten free. She prefers White Claw over Truly, but also like "Bon and Viv".
We were at a party on Saturday and people kept talking about the "Bon and Viv" version, so that one is now on my list to try. I'm sure I'll add my opinions on that one once I get a chance to pick up a case. I really wish I could just find individual cans of each of these hard seltzers so I could do a true taste test instead of having to buy a full case… but that might be what it comes down to because there's so many of them coming out now.
Hey Tom,
Truly has revamped their formula in the last couple of months. They have released it in boxes saying "new crisper fresh taste" in the upper left corner. Some reviewers say it is now better tasting than White Claw. Do you know if you tasted old or the new?
If the old, I would be curious what you think of the new.
I'm guessing that I tasted the old formula, but I can't be certain. The can I grabbed was from my parents fridge and I don't think they drink them often if there's not people over at their house. So I'm assuming they are slightly older. But I'll keep an eye out for the new crisper fresh taste ones.
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>> Origins of Plant Breeding
Origins of plant-breeding
The concept of breeding is as old as agriculture. Farmers have always selected the best plants, taken their seeds, thus adjusting the plants to the environment. It was an evolving process, as the environment was evolving. Then, in the 19th century, the discoveries of a naturalist named Charles Darwin and an Augustinian monk called Gregor Mendel laid the scientific basis for plant breeding.
Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection explained the process of evolution, which has been described as the 'survival of the fittest'.
Gregor Mendel delivered the missing link to Darwin's theory. He realized that it was not just nature, or the weather, that turned flowers white or red, but that it was something in the plant itself.
Mendel discovered the mechanism of inheritance by systematically crossing and studying pea plants in his monastery's garden. And even though today's commercial plant breeding has become a hi-tech science, requiring a global network, the basic idea is still the same: crossing and selecting.
Searching the world for variations
While the theory of plant breeding is relatively simple, the practice is a sophisticated craft. The first step is to bring in the right variations for crossing. If, for example, the goal is to breed yellow tomatoes, the first step is to look for a plant with a yellow characteristic.
We cooperate with our colleagues from all over the world in exchanging germplasm – unfinished varieties with one or two interesting traits we can use in a globally directed effort at plant improvement.


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YouTube has paid more than $30 billion to creators, artists, and others over the last three years
The company still has work to do with creator transparency
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YouTube has paid out more than $30 billion to creators, artists, and media organizations over the last three years, according to a new letter published by CEO Susan Wojcicki.
In Wojcicki's first letter to creators of 2021, the CEO spent some time addressing YouTube's growth. The number of new channels that joined the company's Partner Program, which allows creators to earn advertising revenue, more than doubled in 2020. YouTube also "contributed approximately $16 billion to the U.S. GDP in 2019, supporting the equivalent of 345,000 full time jobs," according to an Oxford Economics report that Wojcicki highlights.
The letter also focuses on the work YouTube's team still has in front of them. Mainly, transparency, especially where content strikes and advertising dollars are concerned. Wojcicki noted that at the "scale we operate, it's hard for creators to keep up with changing Community Guidelines."
Wojcicki's letter states that YouTube wants to be better about communicating changes to avoid channel strikes. After three strikes within a 90-day period, a channel is terminated.
"In December, I spoke with creator Charlie White from the channel penguinz0 after he tweeted about being given a strike for an older video due to a new policy," Wojcicki wrote. "We know this situation is similar to frustrations shared by other creators."
Wojcicki noted that at the "scale we operate, it's hard for creators to keep up with changing Community Guidelines."
One example that came up after the 2020 presidential election was YouTube's decision to ban any videos that propelled misinformation about voter fraud. The new policy went into effect in December, but YouTube gave a grace period for creators to ensure none of their videos violated the new policies.
YouTube executives have also faced mounting pressure to do a better job of moderating the site and preventing misinformation from spreading. YouTube is now shifting its focus to vaccination misinformation. "We're always working to strike the right balance between openness and responsibility as we meet the guidelines set by governments around the world," Wojcicki wrote.
One other interesting part of Wojcicki's letter was a focus on regulation. A recent hot topic in tech policy circles is reform of Section 230, which effectively allows social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to operate without being liable for content people post. Wojcicki referred to Section 230 as an act that "enables us to both keep YouTube open and allow a large amount of content on the internet as well as take the actions necessary to protect our platform." Although Wojcicki didn't issue a stronger sentiment, she did bring up that the debate over Section 230 happening in Congress has caught the attention of creators like Hila and Ethan Klein.
Wojcicki's full letter, which includes more details about creator revenue and an update on YouTube Shorts, the company's answer to TikTok, can be read on Google's blog.


What kind of job can you get with a graduate degree in writing? Find out master's degree and PhD program requirements, online options and info on courses and writing programs.
The opportunity to spend up to five years writing poetry or prose in a graduate degree program might sound ideal. But if you're interested in becoming an author or writer, you should be aware that not only is an advanced degree in writing unnecessary for success in this field, it also does not guarantee it. Moreover, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projected job opportunities for writers and authors to grow only 6% from 2010-2020.
Using your master's degree or PhD to teach writing at the community college level could offer more promising job prospects. Employment opportunities in this field were projected to increase 17% over the same period, according to the BLS.
Source: *U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2011 data).
Available master's degree programs can range from a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing to a Master of Arts in Professional Writing. Both program types allow you to choose a specialization in an area such as composition and rhetoric, fiction, nonfiction, poetry or screenwriting. You might also be encouraged to choose electives in a second genre in order to get the most out of your degree program.
Admission to these programs can be competitive. Some schools require applicants to submit written portfolios containing critical and creative writing samples of at least 20 pages.
Writing workshops could also be a large part of your program's curriculum. You might be required to pass a comprehensive examination as well. Completing a thesis or capstone project is another common requirement.
Distance education options are readily available for students interested in pursuing a writing master's degree. Many 4-year universities offer hybrid programs as well as those that can be completed entirely online. If you're pursuing a master's degree while working full time, these programs' flexible course schedules could be ideal.
Learning how to use the latest computer software and writing for online media could give you an edge in a competitive job field. Consider taking a course in desktop publishing or new media. Enrolling in a program that also offers internship opportunities with a publishing company, newspaper or magazine can also give you the experience necessary to succeed after you graduate.
If the below-average employment outlook for writers and authors has you considering other degree or career options, you might want to think about pursuing a master's degree in technical communication. While a bachelor's degree is generally all that's needed to become a technical writer, a graduate program can also provide you with the training you'll need to produce such documents as user and instruction manuals for scientific, medical or computer technologies.
A 17% job growth was projected for these professionals over the 2010-2020 decade, according to the BLS. Moreover, technical writers earned salaries comparable to those of writers and authors. Their average earnings were just over $67,000 a year as of May 2011.
Writing PhD programs can focus on creative writing and literature, rhetoric and writing, or creative writing. These programs might be ideal if you're looking to develop your teaching skills or hone your creative writing abilities. The biggest difference between these programs and a master's degree in writing is that you'll spend additional time researching literary theory and history. Creative writing programs will also include workshops through which professors and peers critique your work; however, the MFA is considered the terminal degree for creative writing, so advancing to a PhD program is unnecessary unless you want to become a university professor.
Coursework for a writing PhD program often includes a handful of core courses covering such topics as literary theory, composition and rhetoric. You might also complete seminars, workshops and independent study courses in your area of interest. Programs requiring foreign language proficiency could allow you to take coursework in this area as well.
Other program requirements include passing scores on oral and written comprehensive examinations. You'll also need to propose, write and defend a dissertation.
Although there are a few online degree options for students seeking a PhD in an area such as English or technical communication and rhetoric, writing programs that can be completed via distance education are unavailable at this time. These doctoral programs' research and course requirements must be completed on campus.
According to the BLS, strong competition is expected for tenure-track teaching positions. To get an edge over others in the job market, consider acquiring work experience as a teaching assistant while enrolled in your PhD program. Finding ways to publish your fiction, poetry or nonfiction can also help you gain employment.


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The Local Government and Social care Ombudsman has issued guidance on how complaints about school admissions for summer born children.
Parents of children born between April and August can ask to delay their school start date until they reach compulsory school age. This has been the government's policy since 2015.
However, the guidance published today has contradicted this, suggesting that admissions authorities, not parents, should make the final decision on whether or not a summer born child can join reception at age five.
The Alliance is calling for more clarity on the rules, three year after the government announced its policy on the matter.
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman's guidance says: "There was a Ministerial statement by the Minister of State for Schools in 2015, setting out his intention to amend the Code so that summer born children could automatically be admitted to reception at age five, where parents or guardians want this.
Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Alliance, said: "It has now been more than three years since the schools minister pledged to give summer-born children the right to start reception at age five – and yet the admissions process is as confused and inconsistent as it ever was.
"The government has acknowledged that the current approach needs to change, and that is it for parents, not admissions authorities, to decide what is best for their children on this issue. Why, then, is it dragging its feet on making this change official?


Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Since all human behavior is social, the subject matter of sociology ranges from the intimate family to the hostile mob; from organized crime to religious cults; from the divisions of race, gender and social class to the shared beliefs of a common culture; and from the sociology of work to the sociology of sports. Because sociology addresses the most challenging issues of our time, it is a rapidly expanding field whose potential is increasingly tapped by those who craft policies and create programs.
Anthropology is the study of humans, past and present. To understand the full sweep and complexity of cultures across all of human history, anthropology draws and builds upon knowledge from the social and biological sciences as well as the humanities and physical sciences. A central concern of anthropologists is the application of knowledge to the solution of human problems... Anthropologists are highly specialized in our research interests, yet we remain generalists in our observations of the human condition and we advocate for a public anthropology that is committed to bringing knowledge to broad audiences.
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I have always been in awe of this city of dreams! No, it's not the perfect place to live in, but it's imperfections make it unique. By the city I don't mean the roads or the system, I mean it's people. Always on the go, the Mumbaikars still have much humanity in them, which adds to the city's charm.
It's been 2 days since Mumbai witnessed heavy rainfall, water clogging and people being stranded wherever they were. Fortunately, things have recovered now and local trains, the lifeline of the city, are working as usual. Making it a good time for me to share my experience during the tough hours.
When I left my place for the day, it was raining but not heavily. In fact, I was enjoying my playlist of Bollywood rain songs. By the afternoon, we were asked to leave from our office after checking that the routes we'd take were safe and functional. I decided to walk home, as I stay nearby. I had my lunch peacefully, then I also packed some food for my flat mates and sent some important emails.
Finally, when I reached the gate of my office building, I realized what a mess it was. There huge puddle of water and the rain was scary. Many people were just standing there, probably waiting for autos or busses or may be just deciding whether it was safe for them to leave the office. I overheard conversations when people were informing their family that they might not come home that night. They decided to stay inside the office. It was safe. I would have just taken me 30 minutes to walk home and I started my journey.
The moment I reached the road, I saw groups of people walking, completely drenched and worried. They were coming from all directions. During my walk, I had to cross a knee-deep puddle of water. Did I tell you that I was carrying a laptop with me?! I was more worried about it getting wet. Somehow, I managed to take few steps in that water but the force was so strong that I was about to trip. A girl walking behind me saved me and the one walking ahead of me was alarmed too. We finally held hands and helped each other cross that part. That walk of 5 minutes taught me about survival bonding.
I saw a man saving a kid from falling into a man hole from a bike. The person, probably the kid's father, couldn't control the vehicle from getting stuck in another pot hole. And, right in the next moment, I was saved by another man from coming under a big falling branch of a huge tree. I was terrified. By the time, I realized what had happened, the man who saved me had walked past the fallen branch making a curve on the road. I couldn't even utter a 'thank-you'. Some others inspected the tree and made sure that other branches were not going to fall. I was made to walk otherwise I would have blocked other's way. My umbrella was badly damaged by now. The girls and I were accustomed to each other by now and some of their friends had also joined us from the station nearby. They were planning t walk all the way till their respective places, about 2 hours, because the local trains had stopped working. The tracks were clogged with water!
By this time, I had walked through muddy, dirty water and hit myself multiple time by the unseen bricks or stones on the road. I couldn't even stop and see the bruises. I couldn't see my feet under that muddy water. But, thankfully, I reached home after an hour and a half of an unplanned adventure! I was a picture-worthy thing when I reached my place. Had leaves and tiny branches tangled in my hair, had mere a cloth and some wires hanging in the name of an umbrella and holding my laptop bag like a baby in my arms.
In spite of all that fear, pain and disgust, I loved the experience. Not that I want it to happen again to me or to anybody. But had it not been the people around me, I would have got hurt more badly and would have been more traumatized! That's the spirit of this lovely city. You always get a helping hand when in need.


This is a chronological list of the citizens who have given their time and effort to continue to lead the War Memorial in its mission "To Honor the Dead...to Serve the Living".
This plaque, erected by the Danbury High School Alumni Association salutes those from the Danbury are who answered the call to service in WWI.
As a PGA gold professional, Ghecas (1921-1992) brought his innovative golf instruction techniques to winter and spring golf classes at the War Memorial for 30 years. He founded the WAMEGO (War Memorial Golf Association) whose members referred to him as "Danbury's Slammin' Sammy Snead". His greatest joy in teaching golf was introducing beginners to the game. He was a PGA professional for 35 years and was the pro and manager of the Sedgewood Club in Carmel, NY, one of the east coast's oldest golf courses, where his course record 59 stands today.
Ghecas grew up in Danbury, attended Georgetown University and served in the US Army during World War II as a demolition expert with the Office of Strategic Services. He spent time in Egypt where he trained agents for work in occupied countries, and later parachuted behind enemy lines into Greece, where he organized guerrilla forces against Germans on the island of Corfu for 11 months until the country's liberation.
Following WWII, Ghecas fought with the monarchist forces during the Greek Civil War, and in 1950 he trained Korean soldiers in hand-to-hand combat and demolitions on Catalina Island, California in preparation for the Korean Conflict. He received many ribbons and commendations for his service. He served as War Memorial President in 1972-1974.
This plaque commemorates the service and sacrifice of Danburians killed or missing in action during the Korean War.
A staunch supporter of the War Memorial since its early days, Garamella (1920-1985) was the personification of teamwork. Nicknamed "Coach" during his 22 years of service as Henry Abbott Technical School teacher, coach, athletic director and administrator, Garamella was asked to bring his leadership skills to the city's Department of Public Works in 1980. In the five years that followed, Garamella brought teamwork to the department and was responsible for the largest series of public improvement projects in the city's history.
After graduating from Arnold College in New Haven and Receiving a Master's degree from the Central Connecticut State University, Garamella turned down offers for professional football and boxing careers to pursue teaching and public service. He was a Navy veteran and served in the Pacific Theater in WWII. He had a long involvement in dedicated service to the War Memorial and served as its President in 1965-1967.
This plaque honors the 59 area servicemen who lost their lives fighting the Vietnam War.
This plaque was erected to salute eighteen members of the Progressive Lodge who lost their lives in the Civil, Spanish-American or World Wars.
As first president of the War Memorial from 1946 to 1952, McLachlan spearheaded the efforts and guided the plans that erected the building as a pillar of honor to the dead and service to the living. The overwhelming success of the War Memorial is a fitting tribute to McLachlan, his dynamic leadership and untiring efforts for the betterment of our youth and the citizens of our community.
The Time Capsule was buried in the year 2001 during the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the War Memorial. The Time Capsule will be unearthed at the 100th anniversary celebration in the year 2051. When it is opened, the contents of the Time Capsule should bring some of the history of the War Memorial to life.
This plaque honors the 103 departed local heroes of WWII. It was erected by the City of Danbury and is a focal point of the War Memorial lobby exhibits.
This plaque honors thirty five WWI veterans who were killed in action or died while fighting that war. It is also the sight of an annual Veterans Day ceremony.


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'Ninjas vs Monsters' Review
by Joel Harley
Stars: Daniel Ross, Cory Okouchi, Jay Saunders, Devon Brookshire, P.J. Megaw, Dan Guy, Carla Okouchi, Jasmine Guillermo, Sam Lukowski, Elliot Kashner, Daniel Mascarello, Lyon Beckwith, Mina Noorbakhsh, Vicki Parks | Written and Directed by Justin Timpane
With a title like that, what could possibly go wrong? The epic finale of a trilogy (no, really, there are three of them) which has seen the titular ninjas take on vampires and zombies now has the superhero team battling horror's most classic villains – Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman and the Mummy. It speaks volumes for the monsters' recent output that this ultra lowbudget film is the best some of them have been in years.
Going into Ninjas vs Monsters blind, there's a surprising amount of history to catch up on. The gist of it: a gang of slacker friends are gifted 'Ninja' super powers while battling zombies and a resurrected loved one turned bad. In the sequel, they fight vampires and Dracula. Here, it's Dracula's old Universal studio cohorts – most notably Victor Frankenstein, Wolfman and the Mummy. Beyond a quick recap of the first two movies and brief introduction to the characters and their powers, there's very little time to settle in and get to know everyone. Kicking off with a frantic battle between demonic clowns and our hero ninjas, it gets down to business almost straight away.
It may look as though it were filmed in a series of warehouses and back gardens, but there's an unexpected level of competency to everything else Ninjas vs Monsters does, from the consistently amusing script to the surprisingly welldone (and frequent) action sequences. On this budget, it was never going to be Hollywood level fisticuffs, but there's more artistry and passion at play here than such dreck as I, Frankenstein or (Hugh Jackman's) Van Helsing.
Packed to the hilt full of pop culture references and silly jokes (on a bigger budget, the characters would almost certainly have been played by Seth Rogen, James Franco and Danny McBride) it's entirely evident throughout that Ninjas vs Monsters is a labour of love, made entirely for its fans by a bunch of guys who really dig their own material. While it is accessible to newbies and the curious, those who will get the most from it will be the guys and girls who pledged to its Kickstarter and sat through the first two movies of their own volition. The rest of us will be more than a little nonplussed, but it's hard to resent something so earnest.
What could go wrong? Plenty, actually. Ninjas vs Monsters is a more difficult sell than that crowd-pleasing name suggests, but it makes a nice alternative to much of the mainstream chaff we're used to seeing these days. Its rough around the edges brand of lowbudget silliness won't be to all tastes, but those who do enjoy that sort of thing should love it.
** 2/5
Ninjas vs Monsters is released on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD in the UK on January 26th courtesy of Left Films. The film is released on iTunes, XBOX, Playstation, Comcast and other VOD outlets, as well as on DVD from Ninjasvs.com on February 3rd in the US.
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WIX Filters extends title sponsor partnership with Ciceley Motorsport
Latest News posted 23rd September 2015
WIX Filters is delighted to announce it will continue as Ciceley Motorsport's title sponsor for the 2016 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.
The confirmation will see two-time race winner Adam Morgan driving the WIX Racing Mercedes A-Class for a third consecutive campaign. The hugely successful partnership has been the catalyst for both Morgan and Ciceley Motorsport's rise through the BTCC ranks. Such has been their progress that Morgan is now considered an established front-runner in Britain's biggest motor sport series, culminating in the Lancashire driver currently enjoying his most competitive BTCC season to date.
A maiden race win in 2014 helped Morgan to a top ten overall finish in the championship standings, whilst victory at Thruxton and four further podiums leave him in contention for a higher finish this year with just two race weekends remaining. Morgan is currently third in the Independents' Driver table with WIX Racing lying second of the Independents' Teams.
It is projected that the early completion of this deal will enable the squad to continue building on its momentum and development over the winter, before launching a genuine title assault next season.
Adam Morgan said: "This is absolutely brilliant news. WIX Filters really are a part of our family team. WIX have been a massive driving force behind-the-scenes in promoting the team and helping to make us to gain respect within the BTCC paddock. I honestly think that our Mercedes-Benz A-Class is one of the best looking cars on the grid and our hospitality unit fits in really well with those surrounding it. There are two events left in this year's campaign and now we can go into the winter with the knowledge that next year is already organised."
Norman Burgess, Ciceley Commercial & Marketing Manager, said: "It's fantastic that WIX Filters has committed their generous support to the team for a third successive season. I can't begin to explain just how important that is to a race car team. Title sponsorship isn't simply about chucking a load of money at a team – all parties have aims to achieve and WIX Filters have also been instrumental in the promotion of Adam and Ciceley Motorsport. We do an unbelievable amount of work behind-the-scenes supporting each other. We enjoy each other's company, which is important, and have taken part in two 24-hour Charity Karting events, we play golf and have embarked on the occasional epic night out – work hard, play hard!
"We appreciate everything that WIX does for our team. I don't think there will be many teams in any discipline that enjoy the relationship we share with WIX, they're a massive positive influence on our team. The people of WIX will always be a big part of our team, title sponsors or not… we win and lose together on track. We are WIX Racing."
Wayne Stevens, WIX Filters Managing Director, said: "We are pleased to continue supporting Adam Morgan and Ciceley Motorsport for another year in 2016. WIX Racing has really grown from strength-to-strength since partnering Ciceley Motorsport in 2014, which has shown in the results this season with five podiums, including the win at Thruxton. Motorsport is a big part of WIX Filters' heritage spanning some 50 years involvement, starting with NASCAR in the U.S.
"We find the partnership a unique and engaging way of promoting the WIX Filters brand, and the team's core family derived values and professional ethics not only match that of WIX, it also sees all the team involved deliver a first class event on and off track for our VIP customers and loyal supporters. A pinnacle sign of the brand's reach, combined with the team's hard work, was realised when we were asked if the WIX Mercedes could be positioned in the formidable Forza 6 released recently as a launch car. For us, this only highlights the reach of the BTCC platform with the right partnership. We are very much looking forward to the 2016 BTCC season ahead."
To celebrate WIX Filters extending its long-term partnership with Ciceley Motorsport they are giving away an awesome BTCC VIP Prize – see separate post.
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5 Things to Do this Weekend in St. Louis 1/9 – 1/11
Cirque du Soleil: Varekai – January 7 – January 11
Head to Chaifetz Arena this weekend for the award-winning French-Canadian circus as they preform Varekai. Deep within a forest, at the summit of a volcano, exists an extraordinary world – a world where something else is possible. A world called Varekai. From the sky falls a solitary young man, and the story of Varekai begins. Parachuted into the shadows of a magical forest, a kaleidoscopic world populated by fantastical creatures, this young man sets off on an adventure both absurd and extraordinary. On this day at the edge of time, in this place of all possibilities, begins an inspired incantation to life rediscovered. The word Varekai means "wherever" in the Romany language of the gypsies the universal wanderers. This production pays tribute to the nomadic soul, to the spirit and art of the circus tradition, and to the infinite passion of those whose quest takes them along the path that leads to Varekai.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner – January 7 – February 1
Head to the Repertory Theatre for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." The play is based on the original screenplay and award-winning film, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" follows the story of a young interracial couple, their love and their parents who mean well, but might not fully understand as much as they imagined.
Saint Louis Blues vs Carolina Hurricanes – January 10
The Blues continue a seven-game home stretch in a match against the Carolina Hurricanes, days after David Backes had an impressive four-goal performance against the Arizona Coyotes.
Memories of Elvis – January 10
Celebrate the King on the weekend that would have marked his 80th birthday with a two-hour performance by one of the most well-known Elvis cover singers around, Steve Davis is back in town with his Mid-South Revival for a "Memories of Elvis" show at the Pageant.
The Bad Plus – January 7 – January 10
Genre-defying, engaging, progressive and intelligent, The Bad Plus hits the stage at Jazz St. Louis with more than 15 years' experience in the jazz music genre. Don't miss this show presented by New Music Circle and KDHX.
For a full list of what's happening this weekend in and around St. Louis, check out our calendar of events. I hope you have a great time.


On Thursday, 24.8.17 you are invited to a celebration of flavors and smells from the mountain in the food market on behalf of Slow Food.
In the market there will be street food stands from the Louisa Catering House, Cafe area, Har Adar Winery, Srigim Brewery, Barakat cheese, Jams and onion oil, Olive oil, Tirosh, Shula bread, Honey drizzled, Silan dates Quarry, Hamutal and Tomer apples Spreads. All of the best manufacturers and growers in our area. At the event you will be able to purchase quality and local food products directly from the consumers, and you will also be able to hear about the production process and the uniqueness of the products.
Slow food is a global movement that brings together local and small farms that produce good, clean and fair food, usually using traditional methods.
To reach us easily, take the WAZE "Louisa in the Garden".