Most of us should exercise more, and most of us know that. More exercise would be good for our health – but also improves our mental health dramatically.
The general recommendation is that we should exercise for 150 min per week. That's not so bad – sounds like with half an hour a day, we might be fine. We can even break this up into 10 minute intervals and still get the same benefits. Kids and teens should move more, for them the recommendation is 60 minutes of intensive aerobic a day, at least 3 times a week.
However, if we work out for half an hour per day and then sit for the rest of it, the benefits of the exercise does not outweigh the negative effects of the sitting. On average, adults only exercise 1 % of their day and sit for more than 8 hours! Unfortunately, the adverse health effects of sedentary behavior is independent of leisure time exercise. Only if you exercise more than 1 hour a day, and that means a moderate to intense work out – not just going for a walk – only then can you counteract the increased mortality rates due to chronic sitting. So, other physical activity is needed in addition to the planned training session at the gym during your lunch break.
Now, what are these adverse health effects of sitting? Most of us know that too much inactivity has negative consequences for the cardiovascular system; many have probably heard that also the risk for other diseases like cancer may be reduced by working out more. Lesser known is the relationship between sitting around too much and mental health problems.
The risk for depression is increased by 15% for people who don't move enough. This in turn relates back to increased mortality rates: people with depression die 8-10 years earlier (which is mostly due to somatic comorbidities). Of course, this is a catch-22: when you feel depressed, it is especially hard for you to motivate to work out.
One study was even able to show, that there is a causal link between sitting too much and depression: participants in this study were asked to sit for just additional 30 minutes per day – and these people showed an increase in their negative mood as well as greater stress induced inflammation.
The threshold for too much sitting seems to lie somewhere around the 6 hours per day. People who work eight-hour jobs might run into problems. Maybe you can ask for a standing desk or get yourself a yoga ball to sit on. It is also highly recommended to break up long periods of sitting. Take extra walks to the coffee room, the bathroom or the copy machine.
Exercise can even prevent future depression, as some prospective studies were able to show. One of them even claims that 12% of future episodes of depression are preventable with only 1 hour exercise per week!
One recent meta analysis showed that exercise was as effective as psychological therapy and pharmacological treatment! The intensity of the work out didn't matter, but the frequency did. Aerobic and resistance training both seem to be effective; the best results were found for a combination of both kinds of workouts.
If you feel motivated to start working out more after reading this blog post, take your training level into account. Don't jump into a highly strenuous exercise program right away, because it will be a lot harder for you to stick with it. If you feel a lot of pain right after you worked out, you will start connecting exercise with feeling bad. Therefore, it will be harder and harder for you to get going again. If you start with a very light work out and increase it slowly, you can condition yourself to connect exercise with feeling good afterwards.
Whatever you choose to do, if you lift weights, run, do Yoga or even just go for brisk walk – as long as you get moving, you will feel happier!
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Resort casino under construction in W. Va.
The Greenbrier casino will feature 320 slot machines and 38 table games
Work has begun in West Virginia on a casino at a venerable resort and country club called The Greenbrier.
West Virginian Jim Justice, a coal and agriculture tycoon who bought the property out of bankruptcy in May for $20.1 million, said he wants the casino up and running by April 1, 2010.
"It will be a truly spectacular facility, very elegant and unlike anything anyone has seen before," he said.
The interior will cover about 80,000 square feet, including the gambling floor and retail and dining areas. The casino will feature 320 slot machines and 38 table games.
A smaller temporary casino will begin operating October 1.
The Greenbrier, occupying 6,500 acres in West Virginia's Allegheny Mountains, dates back to the 18th century and is a National Historic Landmark. The resort features three championship golf courses, gourmet dining, a 40,000-square-foot spa and luxury residences known as The Greenbrier Sporting Club.
Kansas casino under construction could be headed to the courts
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It's the big one. Potentially the story of the year. It's the story that bloggers everywhere will feel that they were born to write. But two questions hit me hard today, as Wazza spills his heart out to his chav princess in order to save his marriage.
Keen eyes will notice the double use of the phrase "he is reported…". Sort of have to do that!
He is reported to have effed his call girl seven times over four months. So that is at least 20 hotel staff that have seen him.
He is reported to have taken her to VIP clubs and casinos in Manchester. So that is at least 200 punters who would have seen him at those venues.
He is the most famous player for the England national football team.
He looks like Shrek, is as subtle as a kick in the c*ck and as couth as Jordan on a date with Fagan.
Firstly, how the hell did he hope to get away with it? And how did it take this long to come out?
The man is a clown, but we already knew that. Now we can confirm that he has the decision-making ability to put him on a par with………….Oh yeah, Ashley Cole. Jesus, will they ever learn?


Dasha Che (they/them) is Russian-born genderqueer person, an activist, a performer and a dancer.
Dasha has been living in California for the last 13 years, arriving to San Francisco first and moving to Oakland about three years ago. Che's dance and performance training include Butoh, physical theater, contemporary dance, contact improvisation and some forms of the African diaspora dances. In 2012 Che attended a one-year physical theater program at Flying Actor Studios in San Francisco. In 2016 they graduated from UC Berkeley with Performance Studies in Dance minor and Interdisciplinary Studies in Fields major. Che has been facilitating movement practice for different communities in San Francisco, New Orleans, Oakland, San Salvador, Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 2017 Che collaborated with Morgan True on BroVogue, a full-evening-length dance theater piece that explores masculinity and homoeroticism on non-cis-male bodies.
Che has been a member of a feminist screen printing coop Art Bison Design Coop, printing relevant media and organizing community workshops on making politically engaged art.
In summers of 2017 and 2018 Dasha received an intensive Professional Learning training at Luna Dance Institute in Developing & Implementing Dance Curricula. Dasha also studied with AXIS Dance company learning how to make dance classes more inclusive for differently abled bodies.
BroVogue, a dance-theater duo, exploring masculinity. Oct 2016, Oakland, USA.
BroVogue, performance. July 2017, art residency, Bearnstow, Maine, USA.
"Go On, Refuse Me." Dance-theater performance. July 2017, Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Natasha Kim (s_he/her) – a nonbinary person, activist, artist, administrator and student of Telaboratoria project.
Natasha lives in St Petersburg. S_he has worked as a manager at the film festivals, art museums, and other projects in Russia and the United States. Natasha currently works in illustration and teaches drawing workshops. S_he came to Telaboratoria in August, 2017 as an illustrator when creating an image for the flyers and social media of the project. Next, Natasha became Telaboratoria administrator and student, assisting Dasha Che in organization and coordination of the project.
Natasha combines activism and administrative work with being an artist. S_he collaborated with such LGBTQ and human rights organizations as initiative group Coming Out (Vyhod), LGBT Film Festival Side by Side, Queerfest (St Petersburg), Open Art Festival, Artango International Dance Festival (Moscow) and "Lawyers for Equal Rights" organization.


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Happy new year! This is the first post for year 2017.
I hope you guys weren't too hangovered like I did. Seriously.
So, as promised in the last case-study, today we are going to see a very interesting case-study that will make you fire up those 4th of July fireworks, or do some BBQing in the park. Hmmm! Kosher Bacon! (NOTE: Bacons are not Kosher).
jQuery is not alone. Google and Microsoft (and sometime Mozilla and Apple as well) release new JS libraries all the time, and advice developers to use them and to import them to their products. For example, if you want to play a QuickTime video, you should import Apple's QuickTime JS library, and if you want that neat jQuery DatePicker, you should import that library from Google, jQuery or any other mirror.
Count the times I used the word 'import' in the last paragraph. Done? 4 times.
Whenever we want to use a certain 'public' JS code, which is belong to a certain company or service, we import it directly from them.
Did you get it? We are loading a script from another website – a 3rd party web site – to our website's context. We are violating the number one rule of web security – we trust other website.
Now, this might sound a little stupid – why shouldn't I be able to import a script from a trustworthy company like jQuery, Microsoft or Google? And you are basically right.
But, When you are importing a script from a trustworthy company, in 90% of the time you will be importing it from the company's CDN.
Its an hosting service which provides service to the company's clients based on their location and a few other factors. The JS file you are importing is not being kept on the company's official server (again- most of the times).
In this case-study we'll see how a very popular web software company, which of course we cannot reveal yet, fell for this.
When a request was arrived to the main server, the server determined the location of the IP and the routed the request to the nearest server according the determined location.
Dozens of websites have planted a <script src> tag in their source code to that company's main server CDN, and it has provided their users with the necessary JS libraries everytime.
But after doing some research on the Apache server that was being on Server C (Copy C in the image), we have concluded that this server was vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Upload attack, which allowed us to upload a file to the CDN. Not that serious, at first glance.
But! When we examined the way the file was being upload, unauthorizedly of course, we saw that it is possible to use a Directory Traversal on the file path. We simply changed the filename to ../../../<company's domain>/<product name>/<version>/<jsfilename>.js And we were able to replace the company's legitimate JS file with a malicious one.
Basically, we had an XSS on dozens of websites and companies, without even researching them. The funny thing was that this attack affected only users who got directed to the vulnerable server (Server C).
Never trust 3rd party websites and services to do your job! I told you that millions of times already! Be independent. Be a big boy that can stay alone in the house. Simply download the JS file manually and keep it on your server!
But what happens when the JS library I am using gets updated?
Clearly, there is no easy way to keep track of it.
I advised a client of mine to simply write a cronjob or a python script that will check the latest version of the JS library available on the company's server and then compare it to the local one. If the versions does not equal – the script sends an email to the tech team.
Or you can simply check it manually every once in a while. Big JS libraries don't get updated that often.
So, after the horror movie you just watched, The next thing you are going to do, besides coffee, is to download your 3rd party libraries to your server.


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The client had POS system which was developed using C++ but had few old technologies in it.
The objective was to take this POS to next level with recent technologies. Developing modules like Promotion management, connecting with the server through APIs.
PlusInfosys analyzed existing software and suggested new methods for receipt printing and another module. With client's help, PlusInfosys developed a new module for promotion execution, receipt printing, web service integration, and payment.
Retail Heart POS system was made compatible with existing POS systems.
Many Shopping malls and small shops have started using it and they are appreciating it.


 We know that a narcissist will go to any lengths to win in court. When it comes to a custody battle with a narcissistic partner, they will go to extreme lengths to prove the mental instability of their ex partner. Fighting to win a custody battle may not be because they love their children but to hurt their partner one more time. In such cases lies are common place but it has been brought to my attention that the unlawful administration of drugs may be a practice used by these disordered individuals. Is this something any of you have come across? I received the following message from someone on the page.
My mom is trying to use the fact that her narcissistic ways and emotional abuse for the past 38 years led me to attempt suicide because of her as a way that I am unstable to take care of my kids. Then she is becoming delusional with her own thoughts that she is telling my own children that I am emotionally abusing them and to call the police. Just so she can try and get them away from me. They are the reason I stopped myself from committing suicide and the reason I live everyday to the fullest. When one of my kids realized that he wanted out a few months back from her I finally stood up to her to protect my child. Now she is manipulating him back into her fold and turning him against me to get him back under her control.
My son's wife was drugging him with methamphetamines and her own insulin in his food. He wondered why he couldn't sleep and he has PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury suffered in Iraqi war. She even shot him on one occasion in the back and blamed it on him. He finally flipped out after being up days and she put him in jail for abuse after she beat him. He's finally out, but her family is putting all kinds of blame on him. Granted, he didn't do right, but she kept him away from his family for 17 years with her antics. My husband and I are now trying to get the children who are in Foster Care in another state. It's awful, but he's finally fighting back. The kids are torn because she makes them feel guilty. Yes, there are many female narcissts out there!!!


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Flying Dog puts expansion plans on hold, cites Maryland's regulatory practices
October 24, 2017 Keith Gribbins
You never really know what the old-timey State of Maryland is going to do next. That seems to be the philosophy of Baltimore's Flying Dog Brewing Co.'s Chief Executive Jim Carus, who is trepidatious at best about the future of Maryland's brewing laws. Carus recently stated that the brewing brand has placed its expansion plans on hold because of legislation regarding state brewery regulations. Here's a solid example of what Carus is talking about: Maryland House Bill 1283.
Earlier this year, House Bill 1283 looked to increase the cap on how much Maryland Class 5 breweries would have been able to brew annually for on-site consumption from 500 to 2,000/3,000 barrels (that last 1,000 bbls had to be sold to and re-bought back from a wholesaler), but it also mandated that breweries close by 9 p.m. on weeknights and 10 p.m. on weekends. Plus, they could have only served beer made on premises — beer fermented and brewed entirely at the brewery. Wait, what? Does any of that make sense? Not to Flying Dog.
From the Baltimore Sun:
Through a spokesman, the Frederick-based company declined to clarify which specific regulations led to the decision.
Last year [CBB note: pretty sure it was this year], a protracted debate between breweries — including Diageo, the conglomerate bringing a Guinness brewery to Relay — and state lawmakers over operating hours, production capabilities and other regulations played out during the General Assembly. A bill with compromises to both sides was eventually passed, though brewers still expressed displeasure with having to make concessions. The new legislation increased the amount of beer breweries are able to sell in their on-site taprooms, but taproom operating hours at new breweries were reduced.
Soon after the debate, Comptroller Peter Franchot created a task force to examine and improve the state's laws regarding beer.
Apparently, none of that has convinced Flying Dog, which relocated to Maryland from Colorado in 2006. Last year, the company celebrated its 25th year as the largest producer of craft beer in Maryland. To keep up with that growth, Flying Dog had been discussing expansion plans in public for some time. A farm brewery in Lucketts, Va., called Farmworks Brewery, was one such idea, but that plan was replaced when Frederick officials approved the sale of just under 32 acres of farmland near Frederick Municipal Airport for $2.55 million to Flying Dog. The new brewery was envisioned as being five times the size of the current Flying Dog location — festooned with a clamshell amphitheater for concerts — and the ability to produce up to 8 million cases of beer annually.
But not so fast. Back to the Baltimore Sun:
"The primary goal of [the expansion] project was to ensure that Flying Dog will have an uninterrupted supply of beer as it continues to grow," Caruso said in a statement. "Because of regulatory and legislative issues that relate to all breweries in Maryland, Flying Dog has put that project on permanent hold and is developing other viable options to ensure that it has an uninterrupted supply of beer for its markets into the future."
It should also be noted that Caruso did mention Flying Dog may soon be getting back into the distilling business. Check out the whole article right here.
Restrictive state laws continue to push away breweries: Noble Wave says bye to Louisiana, hello to Oregon because of 'uncompetitive legal and regulatory landscape'
Maryland Tap Task Force says state beer laws need revision, we completely agree
Maryland bill mandates breweries close by 9/10 p.m., forcing certain brewhouses into manufacturing-only operations


My name is Robert, and I'm the author of 180 Degrees. I will occasionally be sending out insights about my book, and some of my experiences that have been shaped by the occurrences in my book.
This book is the story of my life, which honestly, makes it a little uncomfortable to promote enthusiastically. I don't want to be vein, nor do I wish to come off self indulgent. This is actually the reason I did not write this book for a number of years. It took a lot of encouraging from some close friends to help me feel secure in sharing my story.
With that being said, I want to say, "Thank You" to Robert Hickey, who over lunch one day told me, "You owe it to people. You owe it to the world to put your story out on paper. Because you never know when your story is going to touch someone's life, and save their life." I remember this conversation so vividly because it was at that moment that I realized writing this book was not about me, but my opportunity to be of service to people.
It has been emotionally moving hearing and seeing the number of lives, and the variety of circumstances of those lives, that have received inspiration from my book. Even people who don't come from a history of abuse or addiction have found inspiration my story.
I also want to thank Chad who e-mailed me his story and said, "My parents mailed me your book while I was in prison. I read your book over and over and it not only helped me to get sober, but when I got out of prison, it empowered me to be the man I am today. I've started my own business, a gym in Palm Springs.
I realize that through the severe hardships I endured, I can help other people through theirs. I will never be able to measure the number of people affected, or the number of lives saved by my story, but by the number of responses I've received, it has already touched thousands. With that as my momentum, and my passion to help everyone I can, I am driven to share this story to as many people as possible, and I hope you are too.
Over the years, friends, family, and acquaintances alike have encouraged me to inspire others by sharing the story of my life. I am honoring their support with this book and hoping that it will reach those who need to hear its message the most. No matter how far down the drug or alcohol rat hole you have gone, there is hope and a way out and to find success in all areas of your life spiritually, physically, emotionally, mentally, and financially. I lived this story, and I am revealing the ugly truth of my own addiction and the story of my recovery to encourage anyone in the terrible grip of addiction to seek help. I hope my story will also inspire those already in recovery to continue their journey. The title, 180 Degrees, describes my path to recovery. I turned my life around 180 degrees. I went from being a daily-using drug addict and occasional "big shot" dealer to, eventually, a homeless addict living on the streets. Today I am a completely sober, self-reliant, self-employed husband, father, and self-made millionaire. I was able to miraculously transform my life before I turned thirty.
I escaped the nightmare and created a life beyond my wildest dreams. It wasn't easy, but I am, however, living proof that it can be done. Since drug and alcohol addiction breed tragedy, I am certain there are others whose stories are much worse than mine. I also firmly believe that this message of change and possibility applies to everyone experiencing the nightmare of addiction. After years of studying my mentors, I have adopted many of their methods for self-transformation and created some of my own. In this book, I strive to communicate what they have taught me and what I have learned through my own experience. I hope this will help you achieve your own metamorphosis. Part I of this book is the story of my miserable life as a daily drug user. In Part II, I share my story of getting sober and present the lessons I have learned from my own life experience and the lessons I learned from others.
Getting sober was the first step I took toward achieving all of my dreams and goals. Anyone currently abusing alcohol and/or drugs has limited chances for success in life. An active addict may acquire some wealth or earn limited achievements but, most likely, will not find a life of peace. Drug and alcohol abuse strips the addict of that opportunity.
Once I achieved sobriety, I was able to create the life I'd always wanted. Today, I have a calm and healthy life filled with love, security, friends, health, fun, peace, and, yes, wealth! I want the same for you, and it is all possible! A wonderful life is out there waiting for you! It is not easy, but it is much easier than the alternative. Working hard to better my life is so much easier than working hard to overcome the problems I created for myself while active in my addiction. I used to live with so much shame and guilt about the actions I'd taken and the loved ones I'd hurt. Living in sobriety is far more rewarding and pleasurable than chasing a drug-induced high. Chasing that high led me down some pitiful paths, and at the end of those paths, I was barely recognizable, but I came back from that life and so can you. Anyone can create the life they desire! I hope that this book inspires you to go after your dreams and make them happen.
Mentors: Mike Ferry, Anthony Robbins, Dr. Wayne Dyer, The Dalai Lama, Neale Donald Walsch, Brian Tracy, Stephen Covey, Eckhart Tolle, Robert Kiyosaki, Richard Carlson, Napoleon Hill, Norman Vincent Peale, Deepak Chopra, Martin Schwartz, Dr. Phil McGraw, Rhonda Byrne, Lama Surya Das, Marianne Williamson and Og Mandino for helping me become the man I am today.
I also want to thank my friends and family for their support in the writing of this book: my wife, Halle and my son, Skyler, Dieter T., Ginger Coffey, Debra Erdman, Al, Anita, Robert H. and especially Lisa Grantham for the work she did with the first rewrite. Each did their own special part to make this book possible.


With the snow falling, ski season is just around the corner up at Whistler. Guess what, snow isn't the only thing coming to Whistler this season…. GetintheLoop is too! Whistler residents will soon have access to more offers and experiences at local businesses in their community, delivered directly to their phones.
Currently, GetintheLoop members across BC and Alberta enjoy access to offers and experiences at restaurants, hotels, sporting events, golf courses, wineries, and so much more!
Why do our members love the GetintheLoop app? They get to discover new businesses in their city, never prepay for an offer, and experience more for less. And it's so easy – simply show the offer in-store and redeem the offer on the spot.
We are so excited to grow this mobile experience within Whistler that we decided to launch a giveaway. When Whistler residents sign up to be a GetintheLoop member (it's free), they'll be automatically entered to win up to $500 in prizes from local businesses. Contest and entry details are posted on our on Facebook page. Make sure you follow us to stay up to date on contest details, new business partners, and announcements!
Sign up to be a GetintheLoop member HERE.
Since it's beginning in 2014, GetintheLoop has grown into the top-rated iOS and Android application of its kind in Canada, used by hundreds of top national and local brands.
"It's an exciting time! With the expansion of GetintheLoop Local, our franchise division, we can't wait for local businesses to be able to reach Whistler residents through our mobile platform," said GetintheLoop founder and CEO, Matt Crowell.
Do you own or manage a business in Whistler? Get in touch with the Whistler team and discover how GetintheLoop can help drive more customers to your business.
GetintheLoop is an intelligent mobile marketing platform that connects businesses with local consumers. The online offers platform allows businesses to deliver real-time experiences and exclusive offers directly to the mobile phones of engaged consumers, enabling businesses to attract new customers, develop meaningful relationships and obtain immediate in-depth data on their behaviour.
The GetintheLoop network reaches millions of Western Canadians every month and connects tens of thousands of members with exclusive offers in over 30 cities across Western Canada.


Students who submitted entries to this year's "Writing about Place" imagined being trees, super heros, statues, and more. They shared personal connections to urban parks and formal gardens, mansions and mountains," said Scott Keller, acting director of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.
"Their writing reminds us that our region is full of places that provide solace and inspiration, shaping our identities and sense of community."
Alice Rosi-Marshall, a Sophomore, received recognition for her poem "Stone Faced," submitted by English teacher Maureen Ackerman.


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Course Description: The season of Spring gives our artists new inspiration and lessons like the Bee Graphic and historical Model T. Every child will draw their lesson in detail and learn new techniques like how to add a little whimsy to our version of Aladdin's Lamp and some adorable Baby Dragons. Creativity, imagination and whole brain learning are all happening every week. Sign up today!
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Course Description: Our Art and Painting programs include a lot of fun filled enrichment activities for kids of all age group. Kids use different mediums to explore their imagination and skill set to create various art forms. This program focuses on the art of origami.
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News presentation and formats have long since changed and that too quite dramatically. From pre designed scripts which were just to be read; now news has become more interactive with a lot more features, reviews and interviews being added to the regular news bulletin.
Another major development has been the airing of breaking news, live action as it happens from the hub of action. Breaking news is not limited to covering social, political or economic happenings but has extended to https://win-every-time.com the world of sports. Sports breaking news is fast becoming a frequent feature of most these news channels who aim at getting the complete lowdown about the sports action.
A lot of sports information gets listed daily and is also listed as sports breaking news. But for the sports enthusiast, it is of extreme importance that this information is authentic and of consequence. It is often seen in a number of cases where sports bloopers are presented as sports breaking news. It can take quite some time to filter such information and get information that is of any real consequence.
To fill in these discrepancies there are a few reliable sports news channels which cover all the major sports breaking news events and bring them to their viewers. Some of these channels are ESPN, Sky Sports News, BBC Sport and Fox Sports and bring latest sports news from across the world for their viewers.
Fox Sports is one of the most favored sports news providers in the USA. Since their inception they have focused on covering major and also popular sports activities from across the country. Over the years this channel as the channel became more popular; it increased its network and started covering sports action from across the globe. Initially their primary focus was around the NASCAR series as well as the Daytona 500 and had the exclusive broadcasting rights on the latter.
The channel then began focusing on Major League Baseball, National Hockey League games and also the Bowl Championship Series and since 2000 Fox Sports has been given the broadcasting rights for the airing of the World Series. Apart from this, they, together with their sister channels, also cover football championships from countries like Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Italy etc. Fox Sports has also forayed in the world of action sports through the help of Fuel TV another sister channel.
ESPN in contrast calls itself the "worldwide leader from the world of sports". True to their declaration, they are successfully covering and bring live sports news and events t their viewers. Together with covering regular sports like basketball, baseball, cricket, ice hockey etc, ESPN have been key in popularizing extreme sports by broadcasting the one of a kind X Games which can be considered as one of the most prestigious of all extreme sports competitions.
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After Primavera Sound Festival got people dancing under the largest urban solar panel, the Barcelonians were lucky enough to attend the even greener festival Daydream (organised by Sinnamon), a tribute to no other than the band Radiohead. Barcelona was one of the cities Radiohead chose to visit with their 'Carbon Neutral World Tour'. A fantastic concert visualised brilliantly with an amazing light show. And there is much more to the pretty lights than just dancing colours.Radiohead's environmental theme is facilitated by energy-saving LED stage lighting designed by the band's production designer Andi Watson, and manufactured by i-Pix, the UK-based creators of innovative theater and stage lighting systems, who use Lamina's TitanTurbo LED light engine modules.
The project started around October last year when i-Pix president and chief engineer, Chris Ewington, visited Lamina to view a demonstration of their new narrow optic. The project went quickly from prototype to full production once Watson and Radiohead production manager Richard Young and lighting crew chief Andy Beller viewed the first prototype with the new Lamina narrow optic. "From our experience, most shows spend months in discussion and a maximum of six weeks in prep, so this timescale did not come as a surprise" stated Ewington. "The design period was condensed from six months to four days, the components were produced in two weeks, and the units built over two weeks."
Lamina is the only energy-efficient lighting company to have its entire portfolio of LED lighting products individually certified for CO2 emission avoidance. The New Jersey-based lighting company labels its products with a "green tag" which highlights their energy efficiency as compared to their traditional equivalents in the form of the amount of carbon dioxide offset. Each Lamina TitanTurbo LED has been certified to avoid over 3 tons of C02 emissions into the earth's atmosphere.
It is clear that this English rock band pushes festival organisers to make the events more eco-friendly, based on the results of a previous study Radiohead did with Best Foot Forward. The Sinnamon crew told us that the band requested real cutlery instead of disposable plates and cutlery, as well as water tanks to refill their bottles to avoid the use of plastic ones. A Radiohead-branded reusable water bottle was on sale at their merchandise stand amongst posters and t-shirts.
Sinnamon not only made an effort backstage to reduce the environmental footprint of the Daydream Festival, but fans were positively surprised and participating happily in recycling. The biggest step Sinnamon took was the introduction of a reusable cup service, already popular at festivals outside Spain, but never before applied to large festivals in Barcelona. The cups are fully recyclable and available for 1€ at the bar. It comes with a handy clip so you don't loose the cup, and at the end of the night you can either return it to get your Euro back, or take it home as a souvenir. After all it is a unique Radiohead-branded cup. The local company Ecofestes, who specialise in reusable and recyclable products for events, supplied the cups.
There were also recycling points for plastic water bottles. For every 5 empty bottles you received a full one instead. The result of these two recycling actions was clearly visible compared to other festivals: No body had to walk home though an ankle-high sea of plastic rubbish.
Also suggested by Radiohead, was the local volunteer group of Friends of the Earth (Amigos de la Tierra), who informed people about how to fight climate change and collected signatures to send to the politicians of each country (in this case Spain) to reduce CO2 emissions.


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Northern Ireland Dark Sky Park and observatory to open
Northern Ireland will gain its first ever Dark Sky Park when OM Dark Sky Park and Observatory opens in County Tyrone.
A £1.2m observatory and dark sky park located in Davagh Forest by the Sperrin mountains, County Tyrone, is set to open to the public on 17 October 2020, marking the birth of a new protected dark-sky location in Northern Ireland.
The region surrounding OM Dark Sky Park and Observatory has been certified by the International Dark Sky Association as a 'Dark Sky Park': the first in Northern Ireland and the third IDA 'Dark Sky Place' on the island of Ireland.
The observatory is fitted out with a 14-inch LX600 Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and a visitor centre with touch screens, binoculars, mini-telescopes and exhibitions.
The Meade 14-inch LX600 ACF at OM Dark Sky Park and Observatory in County Tyrone.
Visitors will also be able to don virtual reality headsets to learn more about star formation and the science behind the aurora.
The LX600 telescope will be used for stargazing events and private tours of the observatory.
The region has been certified by the International Dark Sky Association, an international body that works with regional authorities to help regulate and designate areas where views of the night sky are unspoiled by light pollution.
The VR headset experience offers visitors a close-up look at the science of star formation.
Currently, Mayo Dark Sky Park and Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve are the only two IDA-certified places on the island of Ireland.
The opening of OM Dark Sky Park and Observatory will be the first such designated Dark Sky Place in Northern Ireland, and will bring the total number of certified regions across the island to 3.
"This is a unique development in a truly special place, with an ancient landscape, amazing archaeology, including Beaghmore Stone Circles which is considered by some to have been the first observatory on this land, all under the darkest of skies with unrivalled views of the galaxy," says Cathal Mallaghan, Chair of Mid-Ulster District Council.
"An amazing 80% of us live under 'skyglow', a sky which is illuminated mostly by artificial, polluting light.
"At Davagh, a natural cauldron in an ancient landscape, the skies are at their darkest and you can experience unrivalled and wondrous views of the night sky which makes it perfect for star-gazing."
We're now officially designated as an International Dark Sky Park – one of only two in Ireland and the 78th in the world! Announcing the news, Chair of Mid Ulster District Council, Councillor Cathal Mallaghan, said: "An amazing 80% of us live under 'skyglow', a sky which is illuminated mostly by artificial, polluting light. At Davagh, a natural cauldron in an ancient landscape, the skies are at their darkest and you can experience unrivalled and wondrous views of the night sky which makes it perfect for star-gazing."
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"This opening is a milestone in our strategy to build a strong, sustainable tourism offering in the Sperrins, which showcases the region's stunning landscapes and its history and heritage.
"It represents a substantial investment and there is more to come as we work towards new solar and archaeological walking trails, as well as enhanced mountain biking routes."
For more info about the observatory, visit www.omdarksky.com or follow the observatory on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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World-record quality factor achieved at Fermilab
August 30, 2012 | Leah Hesla
Scientist Anna Grassellino of TD's SRF Development Department worked to develop techniques for maximizing the quality factor in bulk-niobium accelerator cavities. Photo: Reidar Hahn
Sometimes it pays to dust off old papers for new ideas.
Earlier this year, TD scientist Anna Grassellino began researching past successes and failures of accelerator cavities made of bulk-diffused niobium-nitride. Scientists reported less than stellar results in their tests in the 1990s and, in the years since, appeared to have mostly abandoned the material as a possibility for superconducting cavities. But Grassellino believed trying niobium nitride would be worth another go-round.
Her effort paid off. This month, Grassellino reported a world-record measurement on a 1.3-gigahertz, single-cell niobium cavity heat-treated in a nitrogen-rich atmosphere. The cavity achieved a quality factor of 7.5 x 1010 at 2 Kelvin and at a 20 megavolt-per-meter peak surface electric field. The measurement is almost twice that of the next-highest reported quality factor of any accelerator cavity. It bodes well for superconducting radio-frequency research.
"We're very excited," she said. "This is a milestone that sets completely new boundaries for SRF technology."
A cavity's quality factor, Q for short, is a measure of how efficiently energy is stored in the cavity. The energy stored in the cavity helps accelerate particle beams, which travel down the cavity's axis.
For the last several years, researchers have been developing cavities made of pure niobium for the next generation of particle accelerators. Scientist Alexander Romanenko, TD, also recently achieved a record measurement on a standard pure-niobium cavity. By putting the cavity through a particular polishing and baking regimen, he achieved a lower surface resistance at 1.6 K than previously observed. This lower resistance helps increase the cavities' Q.
"There is still a lot to do to improve bulk niobium technology," Romanenko said. "My recent results with bulk niobium show that very simple twists to already existing processing recipes can lower the surface resistance dramatically and help cut down the costs, especially for continuous-wave machines."
Researchers are developing machines that run continuous-wave beams, as contrasted with pulsed beams, for future accelerators such as Berkeley Laboratory's Next-Generation Light Source and Fermilab's proposed Project X. CW accelerators require a good deal of power. With increased Q, cavities use less power and therefore require less refrigeration, helping save financial resources.
While pure niobium continues to be a promising material for superconducting cavities, Grassellino wanted to see what she could do with a new, different superconductor, so she worked with Allan Rowe and Mayling Wong-Squires of the SRF processing group. Together, they succeeded in producing a cavity with the new Q.
"The amazing thing is that this is our result on the first shot," she said. "For many years, people tried to get good results with niobium nitride, but they succeeded only partially."
Though researchers were previously able to achieve intriguing results above 4.2 Kelvin, they seemed to hit a wall when the temperature dropped below 4.2 K. The new Fermilab measurement shows instead almost zero surface resistance as the temperature approaches 1.6 K.
"Anna's got impressive first results. It's a great first step toward technology achievements for CW projects around the globe," said SRF Development Department Head Slava Yakovlev, who initiated the Q-maximization program.
"It's only by doing new R&D and getting out of our 'safe mode' that we can obtain extraordinary results to build what would otherwise be cost-prohibitive machines," Grassellino said. "A big acknowledgment goes to the SRF Development and Test and Instrumentation Departments. We thank those whose support has made these results possible."
—Leah Hesla


On the morning of the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate spoke with Neil Johnson on 20Twenty. As well as the excitement of the Games, Tom shared his personal testimony of faith and the health crises that lead he and his wife to recommitting their lives to the Lord. He also shares his love for listening to the audio Bible and teachers like Chuck Missler and Charles Stanley.
Tom also made a public declaration of faith over the weekend, getting baptised at Evandale Lake. Photos and videos of his baptism were on the front cover of the Gold Coast Bulletin and on mainstream news reports around Australia.
Over the weekend there was also a combined service of Gold Coast churches which was attended by over 3,500 people. What an incredible way to dedicate the city to God ahead of the Games.


Create jellyfish from recycled skateboards and watch a surf-inspired movie.
Jul. 14, 2018 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Bank of Hawaʻiʻs free, monthly "Family Sunday" is a surf- and skate-inspired program where kids can make ocean-themed crafts with recycled materials, paint their own Vans tote bags and hats, and watch a movie about a surfing family from Kauaʻi.
The "Green Room" event is from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All activities stop at 2 p.m., but attendees are welcome to visit the art galleries until 4:30 p.m.
Bank of Hawaiʻi also hosts a concurrent "Family Sunday" at Spalding House. A free shuttle bus will transport riders between the art museum and Spalding House, located in Makiki.
Date & Time Jul. 14, 2018 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.


Barnstable County IT Department, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension & AmeriCorps came together for the County's first Regional Hard Drive Disposal.
Three Barnstable County Departments came together for the County's first ever Regional Hard Drive Disposal. Barnstable County IT Department along with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and AmeriCorps were all part of the successful regional initiative, held on the Barnstable County Complex on June 16th. The idea of a regional need for safe & thorough hard drive disposal began in the IT Department's regional IT Managers Group, also known as the CATMAN (Cape & Islands Technology Managers) Group.
The CATMAN Group is comprised of Town IT Directors & Managers across the Cape & Islands and meets regularly to share information, common challenges & solutions in technology for the region. The need for a one-time sweep or perhaps annual regional disposal solution was echoed throughout the towns. The hard drives contain sensitive, municipal information and thorough data destruction and disposal are time consuming on an individual basis. As the facilitator for the CATMAN Group, BCIT heard the regional need and started working on a regional solution that would allow secure, effective, environmentally responsible and affordable disposal of hard drives across the Cape.
Barnstable County IT Department started looking for the right vendors to handle the regional effort and pricing for the County.
After certain vendors were identified, BCIT continued researching the list of vendors that offer services that meet the industry standards for thorough data destruction, keeping the highest security standards at the top of their priority list. Stricter standards have made some older but very common data destruction practices no longer meet the new, tighter security requirements.
Cape Cod Cooperative Extension & AmeriCorps on hand for the County complex event.
Cape Cod Cooperative Extension joined the vendor selection process to help ensure that the after destruction process is in line with Barnstable County's high standards of environmental responsibility. The process took a few months to come up with a vendor that satisfied all of our requirements. With all of the electronic waste society produces, it is important it be disposed of differently and safely, inline with e-Steward best practices.
AmeriCorps provided volunteers for the on campus event held on Monday June 16th. Municipalities from across the Cape dropped their hard drives into a secure gaylord box with vendor staff on site. Over half of the towns signed up for the event and all feedback from participating towns was positive and encouraged future hard drive disposals and other regional efforts at the County.
At the end of the collection a total of 808 hard drives containing sensitive government information were securely collected, the data destroyed and then disposed of in an environmentally safe & sound manner. We are thrilled with the results and feedback from the group requested this be a repeat event in the future.
The CATMAN Group and Barnstable County IT Department would like to thank Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, AmeriCorps, Chief Procurement Officer Elaine Davis and the Facilities Department for joining this regional initiative and helping to deliver valuable County services across Cape Cod. We look forward to working together to bring future Barnstable County regional initiatives.


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The Black Gods and Goddesses of Africa
Move over Odin, Ra, and Zeus, there's a new really old pantheon in town. Using photo-manipulation, artist James C. Lewis makes us wonder why the Orishas don't have their own comic book series
When asked about his inspiration for the set, Lewis had this to say:
Throughout my formal education from elementary up through college I never heard tale of African deities. A little over a month ago I began to research online to find information in regards to the gods & goddesses of Africa. To my surprise there were many, however the ones that stood out the most were the deities of Nigeria and Benin, West Africa which they referred to as Orishas.
I wanted to portray the regal beauty of each Orisha while also representing their majestic sensuality. Each iconic depiction was rendered to lend strength to our resilience as a great race of people and to show our youth that they are beautiful, bold and brilliant just they way God created them to be. […] each Orisha's name is written in the Yoruba dialect and captures imagery of powerful men, women & children of various complexions who are all of African descent.
Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/these-african-deities-are-the-best-gods-youve-never-heard-of
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Luisah Teish - Earth and Water Reverence; Story of Oshun Leaving the Earth
(http://www.earthmedicine.org) speaks with Luisah Teish, an author, storyteller, and priestess of the Ifá/Orisha faith of Yoruba-speaking West Africa and the African Diaspora. Yeye Teish is the founding mother of Ile Orunmila Oshun, and holds a chieftancy title in the Fatunmise lineage as a senior Oshun Priest in the United States. She is the founder of the School of Ancient Mysteries and Sacred Arts Center in Oakland, CA. She is also the author of several books on African religion, and a playwright, director and theatrical performer of African, Caribbean and African-American folklore and feminist myth. Her performances, lectures and workshops have taken her to Europe, Egypt, South America, New Zealand, Nigeria, Costa Rica, and across the United States. For more information please visit http://www.luisahteish.com.
NOTE: Oshun, also spelled Osun, is an orisha (deity) of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria. Oshun is commonly called the river orisha, or goddess, in the Yoruba religion and is typically associated with water, purity, fertility, love, and sensuality.
Why White Supremacy is Satanic: The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making Of A Slave!
This speech was delivered by Willie Lynch on the bank of the James River in the colony of Virginia in 1 712. Lynch was a British slave owner in the West Indies. He was invited to the colony of Virginia in 1712 to teach his methods to slave owners there. The term "lynching" is derived from his last name.
I greet you here on the bank of the James River in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twelve. First, I shall thank you, the gentlemen of the Colony of Virginia, for bringing me here. I am here to help you solve some of your problems with slaves. Your invitation reached me on my modest plantation in the West Indies, where I have experimented with some of the newest and still the oldest methods for control of slaves. Ancient Rome's would envy us if my program is implemented. As our boat sailed south on the James River, named for our illustrious King, whose version of the Bible we cherish, I saw enough to know that your problem is not unique.
While Rome used cords of wood as crosses for standing human bodies along its highways in great numbers, you are here using the tree and the rope on occasions. I caught the whiff of a dead slave hanging from a tree, a couple miles back. You are not only losing valuable stock by hangings, you are having uprisings, slaves are running away, your crops are sometimes left in the fields too long for maximum profit, You suffer occasional fires, your animals are killed
Gentlemen, you know what your problems are; I do not need to elaborate. I am not here to enumerate your problems, I am here to introduce you to a method of solving them. In my bag here, I have a foolproof method for controlling your black slaves.
I guarantee every one of you that if installed correctly it will control the slaves for at least 300 years.
Therefore, if you break the female mother, she will break the offspring in its early years of development and when the offspring is old enough to work, she will deliver it up to you, for her normal female protective tendencies will have been lost in the original breaking process. For example take the case of the wild stud horse, a female horse and an already infant horse and compare the breaking process with two captured nigger males in their natural state, a pregnant nigger woman with her infant offspring. Take the stud horse, break him for limited containment.
Continue Reading: https://tinyurl.com/z3rrxaw
John Calivn & White supremacy in American Christianity
5 Lies About African American Genealogy and Family History Research
Are you new to African American genealogy and family history? Are you having a hard time sifting through all the noise online? Here's a quick video to help you escape some of the most common misconceptions about this line of research and how you can start to more accurately tell our stories.
Dr. Chidike Okeem -- White Nationalism: The Reason the Right Will Lose on Amnesty
Dr. Chidike Okeem, a black conservative professor, explains the reason why the "lily-white" Republicans will not win in the long run on immigration.
The problem isn't that white nationalists don't like illegal immigration; the problem is that they don't like where these immigrants are emigrating from—and what the arrival of these immigrants is doing to the ethnic composition of the United States.
(Voice of Chid) -- The fundamental reason why serious conservatives oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants to the United States is because (a) we believe in the rule of law, and (b) we understand the threat it poses to our national security. However, it is becoming increasingly rare to hear this commonsensical viewpoint represented by popular conservatives in the media. Rather, "Amnesty will mean the death of the Republican Party!" seems to be the principal argument articulated by anti-amnesty commentators. This talking point, as I will explain, has more to do with white nationalism than it does conservatism.
While the rule of law and national security are central to serious conservative objections to amnesty, white nationalists, by contrast, primarily oppose illegal immigration because most of these immigrants are black and brown people from "Third World" countries. Since most minorities in the United States currently vote Democratic, many anti-amnesty political observers believe that more black and brown immigrants will increase the Democratic vote. Without question, if America ever has a problem of white, Western European people immigrating illegally to the United States in the future, some of the most vociferous critics of illegal immigration would be hypocritically mum on the subject. The problem isn't that white nationalists don't like illegal immigration; the problem is that they don't like where these immigrants are emigrating from—and what the arrival of these immigrants is doing to the ethnic composition of the United States.
Read more: http://voiceofchid.com/2013/04/22/white-nationalism-the-reason-conservatives-are-losing-on-amnesty/
Confederate flag removals upset Stephen Miller after church murders
In the run-up to the 2016 election, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist literature, pushed racist immigration stories and obsessed over the loss of Confederate symbols after Dylann Roof's murderous rampage, according to leaked emails reviewed by Hatewatch.
The Southern Poverty Law Center: The emails, which Miller sent to the conservative website Breitbart News in 2015 and 2016, showcase the extremist, anti-immigrant ideology that undergirds the policies he has helped create as an architect of Donald Trump's presidency.
These policies include reportedly setting arrest quotas for undocumented immigrants, an executive order effectively banning immigration from five Muslim-majority countries and a policy of family separation at refugee resettlement facilities that the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General said is causing "intense trauma" in children.
Read here:
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/12/stephen-millers-affinity-white-nationalism-revealed-leaked-emails#flag
Miller shares link from white nationalist site
Miller recommends 'Camp of the Saints' to Breitbart
McHugh says Miller told her to aggregate from American Renaissance
Confederate flag removals upset Miller after church murders
Miller focuses on racial identity of killer with 'alt-right' beliefs
Miller says he reached out to anti-Muslim extremist Pamela Geller
Miller forwards Infowars link to aid McHugh's reporting
Miller backs immigration policies Hitler once praised
Miller posits conspiracy theories about immigration
Exploring Miller's reported ties to white nationalist figures
Twenty-five Jewish lawmakers ask Trump to fire Stephen Miller over 'white nationalist' comments
(The Hill) - "Twenty-five Jewish House members called on President Trump to fire Senior Adviser Stephen Miller over leaked emails showing he promoted stories from white nationalist media publications. "As Jewish members of Congress, we are calling on you to immediately relieve White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller of all government responsibilities and dismiss him from your Administration," the lawmakers wrote in a letter Friday.
"His documented support for white nationalist and virulently anti-immigrant tropes is wholly unacceptable and disqualifying for a government employee."
The rebuke of Miller comes after the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) published summaries of hundreds of emails Miller sent to Katie McHugh, a former editor at Breitbart News, that included links and references to far-right websites. Many of the emails centered around anti-immigrant messages."
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/475584-25-jewish-lawmakers-ask-trump-to-fire-stephen-miller-over-white-nationalist
Nazis in the National Guard
Two men have been kicked out of the Army National Guard after liberal activists uncovered their membership in a religious group with white supremacist ties.
Brandon Trent East (left) and Dalton Woodward (right) have both been sent separation notices from their positions in the Army National Guard after liberal activists uncovered ties to the white supremacist group called the Ravensblood Kindred
(The Daily Mail) — Two men have been kicked out of the Army National Guard after liberal activists claim to have uncovered ties to a white supremacist group.
Brandon Trent East and Dalton Woodward have both been sent separation notices from their positions in the Alabama National Guard and Georgia National Guard respectively.
It comes after a group of liberal activists, called the Atlanta Antifacists, prompted an investigation by publishing a report earlier this year that claimed the pair were leaders of the Norse pagan group Ravensblood Kindred.
Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7830395/National-Guard-dismisses-two-men-investigate-ties-religious-group-linked-white-supremacists.html
Koryn Hawthorne - Won't He Do It (Official Music Video)
Prof George Ayittey writes: Is democracy necessary for Africa's development?
The Asian experience suggests that democracy is not necessary to engineer an economic miracle. However, the Africa's postcolonial experience suggests ineluctably that democracy is vital to sustain economic success.
George Ayittey is a Ghanaian economist, author and president of the Free Africa Foundation in Washington DC. He is a professor at American University, and an associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
(GhanaWeb) - "During the Cold War, the World Bank, the IMF and the West so did not pay much attention to democracy, focusing only on economic liberalization. It was argued that if only the leaders in the Third World could get their economies right, it would unleash powerful forces of change. As people grew wealthier, they would demand greater say in how to spend their money and how their country is run, which would force political change. But this did not happen in Africa and many parts of the Third World. China in particular became wealthy but remained politically oppressive and non-democratic.
Economic liberalization can indeed produce prosperity but all successful economic liberalization under dictatorships eventually hits a political ceiling. This stage is often reached or triggered by a crisis: falling copper prices in Chile in the late 1980s, falling cocoa prices in the case of Ivory Coast in the late 1990s, the Asian financial crisis in the case of Indonesia in 1998, among others. Investors or people who lost money during these crises demanded explanations or accountability. When the leadership was "sanguine" enough to flee or open up the political space and addressed the grievances of the people, the economic prosperity continued without any political tumult. Such was the case in Chile under Augusto Pinochet in the 1980s. By contrast, Suharto, who ruled Indonesia for 32 years with an iron fist, did not open up the political space. Indonesia imploded in 1999."
Read more: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/Is-democracy-necessary-for-Africa-s-development-720797
Georgia could purge 330,000 voter registrations before 2020
"Voters are designated inactive if they did not vote in the past five years, according to the Georgia law enacted this year. Previously, voters had three years before they were deemed inactive. Registrations are canceled if they do not vote in the two general elections after they become inactive, according to the Journal-Constitution.
Georgia election officials reportedly have not decided whether they will release the list of names in advance.
The Hill reached out to the Georgia secretary of state's office for comment."
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/georgia-could-purge-330000-voter-registrations-before-2020/ar-AAJxRI8
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The winds in Bulgaria are changing' – how a onetime Nazi ally is confronting its past
While some Eastern European countries are going to increasing lengths to whitewash their role in the Holocaust, Bulgaria is slowly starting to recognize the darker side of its own wartime actions
Haaretz.com – It's something Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has long been fond of telling the world. "The Bulgarian people managed to save 48,000 Jews. That is why the Bulgarian people deserve great respect," he said once more in Skopje on Monday.
But there's also a much darker side to the story. During World War II, Bulgaria occupied parts of what is now Macedonia, Greece and Serbia. Under direction from the Nazis, Bulgarian occupying forces – including the Commissariat for Jewish Affairs (KEV), headed by noted anti-Semite Alexander Belev – helped send more than 11,000 Jews in those areas to their deaths.
Continue reading - https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-how-one-eastern-european-country-is-confronting-its-holocaust-past-1.5910510
Black Lives Matter Vs All Lives Matter: The Problem with Color Blind Racism | Phil Mazzocco | TEDxMansfield
It's very common to hear people posit that they "don't see color" or that we shouldn't when it comes to race. Social psychologist, Phillip Mazzocco unpacks research revealing that notions of racial "color blindness" actually do more harm than good.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
1867 - The First Wars: Lily-White Conservatism vs. Black Conservatism (Texas)
African-American activity in the Republican party focused on preventing the conservative faction from gaining control and driving out blacks, who in the 1880s formed 90 percent of the party's membership. By attracting like-minded whites, conservative Republicans hoped to compete effectively with the Democrats.
George T. Ruby of Galveston, a Northern journalist and teacher who had moved to Texas to work in freedmen's schools; he became a well-known African- American Republican leader.
In July 1867 twenty whites and 150 blacks attended a Republican convention in Houston, where they endorsed free common schools and free homesteads from public lands for blacks and whites alike. Thus began a decades-long tradition of black Republicanism in the state. Despite widespread violence and intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan and Democrats, many black men registered for the first election in which they could participate-the 1868 referendum on whether to hold another constitutional convention and elect delegates. More blacks than whites cast ballots, and, with their white allies, they overcame the opposition of the majority of white voters and voted to hold another convention. The Convention of 1868–69, dominated by Republicans, included ten African-American delegates out of ninety. Among them was George T. Ruby of Galveston, a Northern journalist and teacher who had moved to Texas to work in freedmen's schools; he became a well-known Republican leader. All ten were active on committees and presented important resolutions. Though frustrated in attempts to secure certain constitutional safeguards for their people, they contributed to the accomplishments of the convention, which paved the way for the readmission of Texas to the Union in March 1870.
Reconstruction ended in 1873 with the defeat of Davis, an event hailed by a former governor as "the restoration of white supremacy and Democratic rule." The number of blacks in the legislature dropped, and white Democrats began reestablishing control of Texas politics. This was accomplished primarily by the Constitutional Convention of 1875, which was accompanied by continuing violence and intimidation aimed at blacks. In a state now controlled by white Democrats, African Americans experimented with three options: involvement in the Republican party, alliance with factions of Democrats, and collaboration with third parties. None of these proved satisfactory, however, given blacks' worsening legal status and shrinking share of the state's population. (Black Texans declined from 31 to 20 percent of the population between 1870 and 1900.) African-American activity in the Republican party focused on preventing the conservative faction from gaining control and driving out blacks, who in the 1880s formed 90 percent of the party's membership. By attracting like-minded whites, conservative Republicans hoped to compete effectively with the Democrats. Norris Wright Cuney of Galveston, an early protégé of Senator Ruby, was the astute leader of the black Republicans from the death of E. J. Davis in 1883 to his own death in 1897.
Continue Reading: https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/wmafr
Twitter has a tempraily suspended our account for "suspicious activity" likely due to a post about slavery
We have followed the procedure for suspended Twitter accounts, and decided to wait before pursuing the matter further, at least until Twitter can take a look to see what occurred. Twitter has been a bit more aggressive recently due to Russian bots pretending to be black on Twitter.
So, this might explain why this account gets an unusual amount of attention. https://www.vox.com/2018/10/19/17990946/twitter-russian-trolls-bots-election-tampering
That Being Said...
We alerted our readers/followers some months ago that our blog (which uses a google geolocation service) that we had discovered a very unusual number of Russian visits to our site: Russia were the second largest country after America coming to see a blog about African American conservatism -- around election time. But, why?
Again, this is not a statement of fact -- just an opinion:
I suspect for two reason (likely more) The Black Conservative blog/twitter account are powerful - conservative - counter-narratives to the preferred racial narratives that The Trump administration, fame-oriented black conservatives groups/surrogates, and yes, even Russia want. This would make this particular account a prime target for such groups - a problem. In other words, precisely because it is authentic (not black coontastic-opportunist looking for a buck or Russian bot-bobleheads) trying to fake public support for the President -- we could be target.
The second possible reason? To learn. The Russians, Trump's people, even their black surrogates know very little about Black Conservatism, and they need to fully understand the thing they seek to exploit. They se value in race conversations, and using blacks who can counter other black opinions is of value to them. They will hire/pay/employ diversity, in order to destroy it. It is sad truth, but a truth nevertheless, that fame-oriented black conservatives know very little about the ideas they claim to represent and, quite a few see authentic black conservatism as a threat to their own influence and money, and whose only ideal is flexibility, that is to say they do not care about black conservatism -- just about using it. This particular type of fame-oriented and coontastic type of black-conservatism will even empower and network with Alt-Right Nazis, even The President's own son (even Twitter's CEO) to wage an information war on any narrative that does not compliment theirs or the President's political objectives. And, we already know that there are so-called "black-conservatives" fame-oriented ones who are closely aligned with the Trump administration who don't like this account. Over the years, others have stealthily sought to take it over -- sabotage @blackrepublican. Why? Control of The Narrative: They want to exploit/weaponize black conservatism for their own selfish objectives -- not for its value and its purpose.
Since the blogs highlighting of The Lily White Movement (a successful southern-strategy in the Republican party to colonize and de-negrofy the black legacy and identity within The Republican party (example: Black Republican leaders were barred in 1922 from the Virginia Republican congressional convention; and the state had imposed racial segregation in public places and had disenfranchised most blacks by this time https://www.nytimes.com/1903/02/17/archives/negroes-lose-fight-in-north-carolina-pritchards-lilly-whites.html )
This information has angered many white (and even black) conservatives because it challenges the "They Left Us for Food Stamps, & Goodies Myth".... it challenges a racial narrative and lie fervently spread and believed throughout much of the Republican party, today. African-Americans did not leave The GOP because of free stuff, laziness, or being brainwashed, or any other number of ridiculous lily-white arguments that have been put forward to rationalize African-Americans leaving the part of Lincoln. They simply have no real basis in fact. Blacks were leaving before The New Deal, or The Great Society Programs of Lyndon Jonsson.
The facts show that white-supremacy crept into the early Republican party, and never left, and grew for white objectives - not black. They offer every excuse, but the most obvious one: White Supremacy and indifference to it by white moderate Republicans. This interplay between the two helped to de-negrofy Black Conservatism in the Republican Party.
At the end of the day, this account is not about Obama or Trump (the blog/account existed before either) but about Black Conservatism. It is an attempt to validate and explain the various strains of ethnic conservatism that spring forth from oppression, and the African American conservatism is one such strain. It is an observable disposition. It is an ethnic and African conservative identity birthed in chains that is trying to make sense out of "the stuff" that oppression and opportunities have thrust on it -- made it.
That is the reality, irrespective of the objectives of others.
That is the reality, irrespective if this blog is here or not.
Lily-white movement from the Handbook of Texas Online
"Virginia Party Politics". Virginia Center for Digital History (University of Virginia). Retrieved 9 October 2009.
https://books.google.com/books?id=J1ZkOe4ZpOIC&pg=PA450#v=onepage&q&f=false
1982: Grand Wizard defends KKK policy on segregation
Posted by moderator at 11:08 AM
Ex Slaves talk about Slavery in the USA
"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him." ― Niccolò Machiavelli
Posted by The Black Conservative at 10:58 AM
The Phantom "race card."
First African American women to vote in Ettrick, Virginia, 1920 • These women, left to right, are Eva Conner, Evie Carpenter, Odelle Green, Virginia Mary Branch, Anna Lindsay, Edna Colson, Edwina Wright, Johnella Frazer, and Nannie Nichols
"The term "race card" is always evoked as an accusation, implying that black people are playing a game when we mention race in conversation. As the metaphor goes, the race card is a supposed trump card that's used to shut down a conversation, to win some sort of rhetorical victory. But when you're black in America, race is not just one card in a hand that can be played or not; it's an integral part of our identity, as inextricable as our nationality, if not more so. So when a white person antagonizes us, we cannot ignore the fact of our skin color or the way our country has treated people of that skin color since its inception.
When a black person believes her experience—a white person yelling and throwing things at them, or using a derisive tone—has racist implications, she shouldn't have to convince others of this. If there is any convincing to be done, the onus should be on the attacker, not the assaulted. By accusing Knowles of racism, or of "pulling the race card," critics are not only erasing the original offense; they're attempting to victimize the victim yet again, by accusing her of wrongdoing."
Read more: https://newrepublic.com/article/136899/myth-race-card
Donna Summer - Riding Through the Storm (from VH1 Presents Live & More E...
Anthony Bradley on The Eric Metaxas Show talking about criminal justice reform and mass incarceration
James Baldwin - Precious Lord
Brookings Scholar Refutes Trump's Portrayal of "Black Unemployment"
"For many Black Americans, the unemployment rate is significantly higher now than during the recession," he said. "The national unemployment rate is the lowest in 50 years but it primarily reflects white employment dynamics. As for Black communities, they're already in a recession."
(The Washington Informer) -- He notes that the national employment rate does not account for differences among racial groups, geographic areas or other specific characteristics which collectively paint a much different picture of the economy than the president reports. Further, he adds that despite the U.S. economy growing closer to full
employment – that is, when job opportunities exceed the number of available workers – Blacks now face unemployment levels akin to those reported during the Great Recession (Dec. 2007 – June 2009, according to economists).
Brookings Scholar Refutes Trump's Portrayal of Black Unemployment https://washingtoninformer.com/brookings-scholar-refutes-trumps-portrayal-of-black-unemployment/
Socialism IS NOT Communism
NAZISM IS NOT SOCIALISM
Donna Summer - My Life
Bradly Mason -- What Does 1619 Have To Do With 2019? A Crash Course
The creation of "Whiteness" and "Blackness" itself, with their attendant racist ideas, stereotypes, and natal hierarchy, is America's true original sin.
(Also A Carpenter) - "There is widespread belief that racism and racist ideas as we know them today have been a feature of mankind since the fall of Adam. Many uncritically assume that if anything has significantly changed over the last several centuries, it has been from originally bad to increasingly good. But this is far from the truth. Accurate history reveals, rather, that racist ideas—as we know them in America—have largely been developed as justifications for pre-existing racial exploitation. The Atlantic slave trade was well under way before there even was such a thing as the "Black Race" or the "White Race," both previously being a host of various nationalities, ethnicities, religions, cultures, languages, and phenotypical features. In fact, before the appearance of the most powerful justifications for exploitation, those of African descent had already become the only people group subject to lifelong servitude, viz., property; they and their children."
Read more: https://alsoacarpenter.com/2019/08/20/what-does-1619-have-to-do-with-2019-a-crash-course/
After Slavery: The Camp Logan Mutiny
The Camp Logan Mutiny (also called the Houston Riot of 1917) was a reaction by 156 soldiers of the Third Battalion of the all-black Twenty-fourth United States Infantry Regiment after members of the Houston Police Department harassed members of the local black community and the black soldiers who attempted to intervene were also violently accosted. It took place over a single night, and resulted in the deaths of 11 civilians, five policemen, and four soldiers. The soldiers were tried at three courts-martial for mutiny. Nineteen were executed, and 41 were sentenced to life imprisonment.
(Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States. Scene during Court Martial of 64 members of the 24th Infantry United States of America on trial for mutiny and murder of 17 people at Houston, Texas August 23, 1917. Trial held in Gift Chapel Fort Sam Houston. Trial started November 1, 1917, Brigadier General George K. Hunter presiding. Colonel J.A. Hull, Judge Advocate, Council for Defense, Major Harvy S. Grier. Major D.V. Sutphin, Assistant Advocate. Prisoners guarded by 19th Infantry Company C, Captain Carl J. Adler.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_riot_of_1917
After Slavery:The History of Jim Crow - The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
The Wilmington Massacre of 1898 was a bloody attack on the African-American community by a heavily armed white mob with the support of the North Carolina Democratic Party on November 10, 1898.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Hn-n9v5SU