My son might have close to $80,000 in student loan debt by the time he finishes college. That's a huge debt to be saddled with as he begins his career, and I worry how long it will take him to pay it off. For this reason, I found written by A.P Joyce entitled "Want to grow the US Economy? Cancel student debt, the new report shows," extremely interesting.
The article is based on the research in a report from the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College titled "The Macroeconomic Effects of Student Debt Cancellation" that suggests canceling all current student loan debt would not only help out those with the debt but the country's economy as well.
This new analysis comes at a time when more than 44 million Americans have a collective $1.3 trillion in student debt — higher than both auto U.S. debt and credit card debt.
Forgiving all current student loan debt would cost the government (and therefore the taxpayers) 1.3 trillion dollars. But forgiving those debts would cause similar growth in our nations GDP over the next 10 years along with a steeper job rate growth. Plus, you just made life much, much easier for 44 million Americans (13.5% of the population) by taking away a debt and a monthly payment!
As the parent of a college student currently accumulating student loan debt, I can definitely relate. This seemingly puts some hard research behind those that back government-funded college education. But what do you think, Clever Friends? Is widespread student loan forgiveness, paid for by the taxpayers, worth the economic benefits?


In the morning hours on the 14th of April 2018, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and France once again attacked Syrian government positions without respecting the United Nations Charter, nor any of the UN laws and resolutions that guarantee the territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic and its people.
As a matter of international law, use or threat of force against the territorial integrity or political sovereignty of another country is illegal. This prohibition on the use of force is one of the norms that international lawyers call 'jus cogens' (peremptory norms) and has been codified in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter. The customary international law also prohibits States from acquiring territory through aggression or recognizing such acquisitions made by other States.
Unfortunately, this is not the first time the US, UK, and France go outside of the rules of international law to bomb and incite conflicts in third world countries, by giving financial military and political support and aid to terrorists, in that way creating proxy civil wars so they can assert and secure their political and financial interests in a certain region.
Not so long ago to justify their unlawful actions the public through mass media was lied to, about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq than it was Gaddafy's tyranny in Lybia, now Assad's chemical weapons in Syria. I ask you in which of this countries the people live better now than they lived before the West started their global war for freedom and democracy?
And if for you, a country has the full right to bomb another country just because they don't agree with their state of democracy and freedom, I encourage you to ask yourself this question: Should some countries start now bombing the USA cause they have the most incarcerated people in the world, or cause they have mass school shootings almost every month, or maybe cause their militarized police forces are killing unarmed black people on the streets in the middle of the day. Should some countries start providing political and military aid to radical groups in the US to topple the undemocratic government, or is that going to be seen as a dangerous meddling in the internal affairs of the USA and qualified as an attack from abroad?
Who gave US, UK, and France the right to be the judge the jury and the executioner in providing their own way of justice all over the world, without even the consent of the United Nations?
How many drones killed and are still killing innocent people in Yemen Pakistan Somalia and all over the Middle East?
In how many secret missions JSOC killed and is still killing small kids. pregnant women, unarmed men, even their own citizens?
Why doesn't a developed western country respects the charter for Human rights that guarantees the freedom and life of every individual?
All this is not about spreading democracy and freedom. It's about securing political and financial influence wherever the world allows them to do it. In the Deir Ez-Zor region in Eastern Syria, there is a large US base that is located right inside of an oil refinery that now is controlled by Conoco, an oil and gas company with HQ in Houston Texas.
That is the real reason why the west is in Syria.
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package org.snf4j.example.engine;

import org.snf4j.core.EngineStreamSession;
import org.snf4j.core.engine.IEngine;
import org.snf4j.core.handler.IStreamHandler;
import org.snf4j.core.logger.ILogger;
import org.snf4j.core.logger.LoggerFactory;

public class EngineSession extends EngineStreamSession {

	private final static ILogger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EngineSession.class);

	public EngineSession(IEngine engine, IStreamHandler handler) throws Exception {
		super(engine, handler , LOGGER);
	}

}

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Early in the Pacific War, the A6M was the world's most capable carrier-based fighter, which gave Japan air superiority.
While the Navy was testing the first two prototypes of A6M1, they suggested that the third be fitted with the 700 kW (940 hp) Nakajima Sakae 12 engine instead. Mitsubishi had its own engine of this class in the form of the Kinsei, so they were somewhat reluctant to use the Sakae. Nevertheless, when the first A6M2 was completed in January 1940, the Sakae's extra power pushed the performance of the Zero well past the original specifications.
The new version was so promising that the Navy had 15 built and shipped to China before they had completed testing. They arrived in Manchuria in July 1940, and first saw combat over Chungking in August. There they proved to be completely untouchable by the Polikarpov I-16s and I-153s that had been such a problem for the A5Ms currently in service.
Success of A6M2 made Navy immediately order the A6M2 into production as the Type 0 Carrier Fighter, Model 11. Reports of the Zero's performance filtered back to the US slowly. There they were dismissed by most military officials, who felt it was impossible for the Japanese to build such an aircraft.
After the delivery of only 65 aircraft by November 1940, a further change was worked into the production lines, which introduced folding wingtips to allow them to fit on aircraft carriers. The resulting Model 21 would become one of the most produced versions early in the war. A feature was the improved range with 520lt wing tank and 320lt drop tank. When the lines switched to updated models, 740 Model 21s had been completed by Mitsubishi, and another 800 by Nakajima.
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Canada approves extradition proceedings against Huawei executive
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government cleared the way on Friday for extradition proceedings against the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, who faces charges in the United States. Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver last December and is currently under house arrest. She will appear in a Vancouver court at 10 a.m.
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government cleared the way on Friday for extradition proceedings against the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, who faces charges in the United States.
Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver last December and is currently under house arrest. She will appear in a Vancouver court at 10 a.m. Pacific time (1800 GMT) on March 6, when a date will be set for her extradition hearing.
"Today, department of Justice Canada officials issued an authority to proceed, formally commencing an extradition process in the case of Ms. Meng Wanzhou," the government said in a statement.
In late January the U.S. Justice Department charged Meng and Huawei of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on Iran.
China, whose relations with Canada have deteriorated badly over the affair, denounced the decision and repeated previous demands for Meng's release.
Legal experts had predicted Ottawa would give the go-ahead for extradition proceedings, given the close judicial relationship between Canada and the United States.
It could be years though before Meng is ever sent to the United States, since Canada's slow-moving justice system allows many decisions to be appealed.
Meng's lawyers said they were disappointed and described the U.S. charges as politically motivated.
FILE PHOTO: Meng Wanzhou, Executive Board Director of the Chinese technology giant Huawei, attends a session of the VTB Capital Investment Forum "Russia Calling!" in Moscow, Russia October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Alexander Bibik/File Photo
"Our client maintains that she is innocent of any wrongdoing and that the U.S. prosecution and extradition constitutes an abuse of the processes of law," they said in a statement.
After Meng's detention, China arrested two Canadians on national security grounds, and a Chinese court later sentenced to death a Canadian man who previously had only been jailed for drug smuggling.
Ottawa has rejected Chinese calls to release Meng, saying it cannot interfere with the judiciary.
"The Chinese side is utterly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes the issuance of (the) authority to proceed," the embassy in Ottawa said in a statement.
"This is … a political persecution against a Chinese high-tech enterprise."
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The Chinese foreign ministry had earlier questioned the state of judicial independence in Canada, noting that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government faces accusations it had tried to intervene to stop a corruption trial.
Canadian Justice Minister David Lametti declined to comment.
Huawei was not immediately available for comment.
U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters in December he would intervene if it served national security interests or helped close a trade deal with China, prompting Ottawa to stress the extradition process should not be politicized. Last week Trump played down the idea of dropping the charges.
Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Tom Brown

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EntranceExhibitsAviation Pioneer Harriet Quimby
In 1867 William and Ursula Quimby moved to Arcadia Township, Michigan. On May 11, 1875 daughter Harriet Quimby was born most likely in Arcadia Township, Michigan. She went to school at Arcadia School District's School No. 1, the Gabel School. Sometime between 1887 and 1890 when Harriet was about 12-15 years old, the Quimby family moved to California. She would later write this:
"To Americans living in the large cities the danger of over-artificiality, of utter divorcement from nature, is very great, and it is wonderful how a few plants on the roof, in the window or the back yard, will take one back to the days when life was very sweet and the hours long."
-- Leslie's Illustrated Weekly. 1905.
The William Quimby Family in Arcadia
After serving as a Union soldier in the Civil War, William Quimby received a land grant for 160 acres located about three miles southeast of present day Arcadia. In 1867 he moved from Branch County, Michigan to the Arcadia area with his wife Ursula and two small children: 6-year-old Jennie A. Quimby and 4-year-old Willie L. Quimby.
Harriet Quimby's Flight across the English Channel
Less than eight years after the Wright Brothers first flight, Harriet Quimby became the first American woman and second in the world to receive a pilot's license. On April 16, 1912, she became the first woman to fly across the English Channel, a significant feat in the early history of aviation.
The Harriet Quimby Michigan Historic Site Marker
On May 25, 2000 on the site of the Quimby homestead, an historic marker was dedicated commemorating the life of Harriet Quimby, journalist, and pioneer aviatrix. On July 17, 2004, she was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame.
Museum Tour: The Harriet Quimby Exhibit
On the second floor of the Arcadia Area Historical Museum is an exhibit summarizing her accomplishments and her family's history in the area. For the summer of 2012 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of her flight across the English Channel, this exhibit will be enhanced to include more photos, artifacts, and other information about her and her family.
NOVA: America's First Lady of the Air
NOVA: Antique Aviation
The International Women's Air & Space Museum presents: History for People with Short Attention Spans: Harriet Quimby
PBS: Chasing the Sun: Harriet Quimby
Onekama Consolidated Schools: Harriet Quimby
EAA News: June 6, 2011. Replica Bleriot Makes First Flight
Preparing to Take Off
Without brakes, the Bleriot XI airplane had to be held down until the pilot, in this case Harriet Quimby, was ready to take off.
© 1991 U.S. Postal Service
Recommended Reading About Harriet Quimby
Harriet Quimby: America's First Lady of the Air
by Ed Y. Hall


Shaqtin' a Fool is always fun to watch, but seems to get even better when it contains EuroLeague action.
Jordan Mickey header that resulted to two points for Khimki Moscow Region in a recent EuroLeague Regular Season match appeared in the latest edition of Shaqtin' a Fool. It was a play for the ages and Shaquille O' Neal couldn't miss out. Buddy Hield, Joel Embiid and Bam Adebayo also wound up in Shaq's humorous plays of the week.


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What's happening in immigration law in 2022?
The coming year includes some welcome pro-immigration reforms which should give businesses and individuals more options and a better user experience than currently.
As a general direction of travel, the Home Office is continuing its post-Brexit programme of policy and operational change, including elements of liberalisation, simplification and technological improvement. There are also some deadlines to be aware of. In this article we explore some of the main themes we expect to see across the year and where to go for more information or assistance. To find out about the employment law trends of 2022, read our article here.
New immigration routes
Three new immigration routes of interest to employers are due to launch in Spring 2022.
Global Business Mobility route
The Global Business Mobility Route will incorporate and reform the Intra-Company routes, the Representative of an Overseas Business route, visitor rules for secondees from overseas clients of UK export companies and the provisions for contractual service suppliers and independent contractors under international agreements.
This route will give global businesses more options for sending personnel to the UK. One big change is that intra-company transferees may once again be eligible to settle in the UK, giving employers more flexibility to transfer a group employee quickly without the need to meet an English language requirement, even where this is with a view to settlement.
Overseas businesses will also likely be able to send a team of up to five personnel to set up a branch or subsidiary in the UK, rather than just one.
The provisions for seconding personnel from overseas clients of UK export companies are likely to be more restrictive than the current visitor provisions, but will allow secondees to be joined by their dependants.
It is not clear yet what changes there may be for contractual service suppliers and independent contractors, but these are likely to be relatively small as this element has not been subject to a full review, and is broadly aligned to the requirements of the UK's international commitments.
When using the new route, employers should be aware that it is likely to be subject, at least initially, to a high level of Home Office scrutiny and monitoring. This is in part due to previous concerns over potential abuse of skill level, reported salaries and allowances for Intra-Company Transferees. Also, the proposed team subsidiary element of the route is likely to be launched as a trial and will need to be evaluated.
Scale-up route
This will be an unsponsored route intended to enable highly-skilled and academically elite individuals to move to the UK to work at a recognised UK scale-up business. The route will lead to settlement.
Eligibility criteria for the route are anticipated to include the following:
A job offer from an approved 'scale-up' business which has demonstrated to the Home Office an annual average revenue growth or employment growth of at least 20 per cent over a three year period, and a minimum of 10 employees at the beginning of that period;
A UK salary of at least £33,000; and
Meeting an English-language proficiency requirement.
Although this route will likely benefit a relatively small number of businesses and individuals, it will provide some SMEs with streamlined access to skilled workers to assist with the hypergrowth phase of their development.
New High Potential Individual route
This route is also expected to be unsponsored and to lead to settlement. Eligible applicants will not need to have a job offer to qualify, so employers will be able to engage holders of this visa without having to participate in the process of securing it.
The criteria for the route have not yet been made publicly available, however it will be geared towards certain internationally mobile individuals with high potential to contribute to the UK. Eligibility may be linked to having graduated from a 'top global university' but may also incorporate other, and possibly tradeable, points-based factors. It is very likely that an English-language proficiency requirement will be included.
Need more detailed information or assistance?
See our article analysing the recommendations of the Migration Advisory Committee for the Global Business Mobility route.
We have also produced an overview of how the International Agreement route can be used to sponsor contractual service suppliers.
All of the new routes will be covered in our Immigration Law Academy on 29 and 30 March 2022. You can sign up for this here or get in touch with a member of our Immigration Team for specific queries.
Being on top of immigration sponsor requirements, compliance and system changes will be critical for UK businesses in 2022.
Many more employers now need a licence to sponsor EEA national workers following the end of free movement, and more generally to fill skills gaps presented by the worker shortages being experienced across most industry sectors. These employers may need assistance to assess and advise on their readiness to become a sponsor, and to check their compliance with sponsorship obligations once a sponsor licence is in place.
Longstanding sponsors are also needing to rely more heavily on their licences. They may therefore benefit from refresher training or mock audits to limit the risk their licence may be suspended or revoked.
New and established sponsors will also be grappling with the compliance aspects of remote working that have emerged due to the pandemic.
Separately, there is a high level of corporate mergers, acquisitions and other restructuring activity at present. Restructuring may have implications for sponsor licences, including the need to make reports to the Home Office and in some cases a requirement to apply for a new sponsor licence.
The Home Office has confirmed its 'sponsorship roadmap' that sponsor compliance visits will remain a priority as it reforms the sponsorship system over the next few years. Onsite visits have resumed after being discontinued during the early phases of the pandemic, and we can expect to see greater activity in this area following additional compliance officer recruitment.
Lastly, a rolling programme of IT transformation changes is also planned in the sponsorship sphere up to at least the first quarter of 2024. A new service, 'Sponsor a Visa' will launch in mid-2022 and will allow visa applicants to access a partly-populated online application form once the details of their role have been approved. Employers will need to be aware of this change and will likely need to adjust their internal processes accordingly.
Take a look at our article for further information on the Home Office's sponsorship roadmap. This is part of the Home Office's broader digitalisation agenda, which you can read about here.
Our Immigration Team has a wealth of experience in advising on and assisting with sponsor licence applications and ensuring compliance. We can help you with any queries if you are new to the process, or if you need advice on remote working or other compliance issues.
As part of our Immigration Solutions for HR, our Immigration Team can also offer training, compliance guides and mock audits of your systems to identify any areas of risk, suggest improvements and prepare you for a real Home Office audit.
With the pandemic continuing for the foreseeable future, the Home Office will need to adjust its immigration policies in response to prevailing conditions affecting international travel and processing of immigration applications.
Although the Home Office has wound back immigration-related concessions and returned to business as usual as much as possible during 2021, the likely emergence of coronavirus variants during 2022 means it is possible that remaining concessions will be extended, or new ones introduced.
We are continuing to monitor how the pandemic impacts UK immigration and will provide updates here.
Our Immigration Team is also able to assess rapidly changing pandemic-related travel requirements and restrictions both for the UK and other countries, and to provide timely advice on the implications and options for internationally mobile people.
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly encouraged businesses to look closely at possibilities to work and do business meetings remotely. However, ongoing international skills shortages combined with tax, social security, employment law and regulatory requirements mean that being able to recruit and mobilise international talent will remain key for businesses worldwide in 2022.
To ensure compliance with immigration laws in EEA countries, UK employers also need to keep pace with the evolution of how these countries are regulating the entry and stay of British nationals post-Brexit.
Our international presence allows us to offer a 24-hour service to clients, with support being available through our Hong Kong office and our membership of the Ius Laboris alliance (the leading alliance of global human resources lawyers). With language expertise including Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, French, Azerbaijani and Russian, our team regularly helps companies transfer personnel for work or business worldwide.
Our article canvasses some of the issues associated with remote working abroad.
See the Ius Laboris Brexit Guide for International Employers, which covers business travel, frontier worker rights, employment permission and residence across 25 jurisdictions. To keep up-to-date on global mobility developments, you can subscribe to Ius Laboris's Immigration & Mobility insights here.
We have also produced a factsheet on Schengen visas.
Although the main EU Settlement Scheme application deadline was 30 June 2021, in 2022 applications will still need to be made for joining members, and to convert pre-settled status to settled status.
Making a late application for inclusion in the scheme may also be needed where it is identified that an eligible person has failed to apply on time. This may arise during a right to work check, or where a business is in the process of considering immigration routes for a new hire to enter the UK.
See our article highlighting some of the action points and considerations associated with using the EU Settlement Scheme.
Our Immigration Team can help with both straightforward and complex EU Settlement Scheme applications. We can also assist with British citizenship applications for those who have been granted settled status.
The Home Office's temporary adjusted right to work check process that was introduced to address the logistical issues created by the COVID-19 pandemic is scheduled to end on 6 April 2022. Online checks for those with biometric residence cards, biometric residence permits and frontier worker permits will become mandatory from the same date. Employers will need to think about appropriate changes to internal processes to be able to manage right to work checks in a compliant manner.
In addition, employers must continue to be mindful of the appropriate steps to take on discovering that a prospective or existing employee failed to apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme on time, despite being entitled to do so.
An overview of what is due to change on right to work checks from 6 April 2022 is covered in our article here. We have also produced an article on the process to follow in respect of the right to work for individuals who have made a late EU Settlement Scheme application or who need to do so.
Our Immigration Solutions for HR provide a full overview of the requirements for right to work compliance. We offer training and e-learning courses on right to work checks to help upskill your team and a handbook which can be used as a learning tool.
We can also help to update your internal policies and recruitment documents to ensure they are in line with the new right to work check requirements from 6 April 2022.
Amendments to family, private life and settlement routes
The Independent Chief Inspector for Borders and Immigration is undertaking an inspection into the processing of family visas, which is due to be delivered in 2022. The Home Office has also confirmed that simplification of the family, private life and settlement routes is planned, which will likely be timed to take the inspection findings into account. Although no clear date has been identified for the amended Rules to come into effect, engagement with stakeholders suggests it is likely to be in Autumn 2022.
Simplification and reform of these routes may be beneficial for employers as it may provide a more streamlined, flexible and cost-effective option than employer sponsorship for some individuals. It may in some cases be an alternative option where a prospective employee is not eligible for sponsorship.
See our commentary on the Home Office's strategy statement on legal migration and border control, including the planned reforms to the family, private life and settlement routes.
We will be monitoring developments in this area throughout 2022 and will publish further information once it becomes available. In the meantime, our Immigration Team can be contacted directly for any queries or to assist with applications under these routes.
Visitor visa reform
It is possible that the Home Office will review visitor visa arrangements during 2022, in line with a recommendation from the Migration Advisory Committee to consider accommodating time-limited essential work travel to the UK within these.
See the discussion of how the visitor Rules may be revised to accommodate short-term assignments in our article here.
Our Immigration Team can assess whether planned activities fall within those allowed for visitors, or whether work permission is required. We can also assist with making visa applications as appropriate.
Supinder Singh Sian
I am a partner in the Immigration & Global Mobility team.
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I am a Managing Associate working in the sport, fashion & entertainment and technology sectors.
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Managing Practice Development Lawyer
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Q: example code for colorpicker in phonegap I cant fix colorpicker.js in phonegap, it is not working! Some help, please?
thanks
$('#colorSelector').ColorPicker({
                    color: '#0000ff',
                    onShow: function (colpkr) {
                        $(colpkr).fadeIn(500);
                        return false;
                    },
                    onHide: function (colpkr) {
                        $(colpkr).fadeOut(500);
                        return false;
                    },
                    onChange: function (hsb, hex, rgb) {

                        //$('body').css('background', '#' + hex);
                        $("#hex_color").val('#'+hex);

                    }
                });
    var html ='
';
                        html +='<input id="newtext" type="text" value="Hello!">';

                        //html +='<input id="change" type="color" value="#ff0667" data-text="hidden" style="height:20px;width:20px;" />';

                        html += '<input type="text" id="hex_color">';
                        html += '

';

                        html +='<button id="addbutton">Add this text</button>';
                        html +='
';

A: Try Spectrum Colorpicker. This is very nice color picker plugin.
Download the zip file and include the spectrum.js file and spectrum.css file to your page. Then you have to create a text box as follows
<input type='color' id='custom' />

Inside your script file
 $("#custom").spectrum({
    color: "#f00"
 });

Hope it helped you

A: There one paid color picker  JQuery Mobile Color Picker, only use it if you don't find the solution!

A: Solved with the
Angular-JS directive ngjs-color-picker
A small directive which essentially is a color picker but with a few extra functions - for Angular-JS. Suitable for developing custom color pallet in phonegap / Cordova apps.

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The village of Montsaugeon, perched on the side of a hill 338m high, is reflected in a pond that sits at its feet. Visible from far away, the hill that towers over the 60m high neighbouring plain provides a privileged situation, due to the fact that it is easily defendable. For this reason, it has been used for this purpose since early Antiquity.


Austin Mahone is SWN's Favorite Rising Artist and Favorite YouTube Star of 2011. Austin Mahone gets two awards from SWN's for his talent and huge fan base on YouTube and Twitter. The teen has used his vocals and cute teen boy charm to create his own Mahone following. Austin has that star quality that made Justin Bieber a teen idol. All he needs now is a record deal and he is on his way.
With over 4 million views on YouTube, Austin's cover of Justin Biebers new single "Under the Mistletoe" is surely getting noticed.
Michelle Phan's YouTube channel is SWN's Favorite YouTube Show of 2011. With over 80 million channel views and over 500 million upload views, Michelle Phan teaches/informs us about make-up. The model is also a spokesperson for Lancome. Michelle keeps her tutorials fresh, fun and interesting as she provides news on all things beauty.
Nicki Minaj is SWN's Favorite Hip-Hop Artist of 2011. The female rapper has been taking over the rap scene since her debut. With her out there/colorful style, Nicki makes the craziest outfits look chic and fabulous. And when she is on the mic, Minaj takes control and does it like no other.
Bossip.com is SWN's Favorite Celebrity Blog of 2011. Bossip provides all the celebrity news and gossip along with keeping you informed of some of the strangest and hilarious worldwide news.
Fox 19 Rob Williams and Sheila Gray are SWN's Favorite Local TV Personalities of 2011. This wonder reporting duo report the news with flair, style and sometimes humor. We just love it when they do a food segment together. Rob always licks his fingers because he loves to eat and Shelia adds to the moment by sometimes making fun of Rob.
Thanks guys for keeping our morning news so entertaining and interesting.
Dawn Woods is SWN's Favorite Local Talent of 2011. When Dawn hits the stage to perform she takes control with her vocals, her moves and her style. Her performance is top notch and truly entertaining.
Genuinely Different::The Voice of Dawn Woods as she presents::Capture from Kolade "Mr K" Adeyemo on Vimeo.
Kiss 107 FM's Jordan and Joey are SWN's Favorite Radio Duo/Team of 2011. Its nothing like being entertained with jokes, gossip, news and great personalities early in the morning while driving to work. Jordan and Joey are never boring. From 6am - 10am you can listen to the duo on Kiss 107 FM radio.
Lady Gaga's multi-platinum selling album "Born This Way" is SayWhatNews Favorite Album of 2011. The beautiful and talented 'Momma Munster' won this hands down. Gaga's amazing writing skills provided one hit after another and her amazing Pop vocals had us all singing along. Lady Gaga is FABULOUS from her fashions to her songs. We love you Gaga!!!!!


(September 20, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) A National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) is a body created and funded by the state with a mandate to protect and promote human rights. In order for an NHRI to provide human rights education to the public, advise the government on human rights issues and monitor state actors – who may be perpetrators of human rights violations – it must be independent and impartial. Indeed, independence from the state, together with active engagement with non-government organisations and other civil society actors, are key components of an effective NHRI. The Human Rights Commissions (HRC) of Sri Lanka and Fiji, countries marred by civil conflict, lack both.
The Commission's unwillingness to investigate numerous cases of torture, detention and the killing of human rights defenders and other government critics by the military continues to this day. In January and February 2011, trade unionists Pramod Rae and Attar Singh were threatened and intimidated by army officers.
The history of socio-political instability in Sri Lanka and Fiji combined with the absence of a regional human rights institution or treaty in the Asia Pacific region enhance the urgency for effective and legitimate NHRIs in these countries. For the past few years, however, both the Sri Lankan Human Rights Commission and the Fijian Human Rights Commission have come under strong criticism for their lack of credibility and cooperation with civil society. These factors have made them anachronisms and have prevented the establishment of a solid culture of human rights in two countries that are in desperate need of immediate redress and prevention of human rights violations.
The people of Sri Lanka witnessed the systematic perpetration of human rights violations by both sides of a civil conflict that lasted over a quarter of a century. With one of the worst human rights records in the world, the government is yet to address impunity for past human rights abuses and is accused of numerous cases of enforced disappearances, torture, illegal detentions and unlawful killings.
The Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission (SLHRC) was established in 1996 to investigate human rights abuses, advise the government and provide human rights education. It aims to do so "with the coordination and cooperation of all stakeholders that work towards protecting and promoting human rights for all".
SLHRC is considered to be one of the worst in South Asia. In 2007, the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC) downgraded the Commission to 'B' status due to, among other reasons, its lack of independence, political impartiality and regular rapport with civil society.
Regretfully, the Commission's support of and engagement with civil society actors has not seen improvements. Since the civil society protests in 2006 against the unconstitutional appointments of SLHRC's commissioners, what should be a mutually beneficial relationship has been marked by deep distrust, a boycott by civil society and open hostility by the Commission.
SLHRC has been persistently crippled by strong political interferences. As a consequence, it is notorious for ignoring attacks, enforced disappearances and killings of human rights defenders. In 2009, three civil society consultations resulted in the creation of what later proved to be a disappointingly ineffective human rights defenders' focal point in the Commission. After the end of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009, several serious allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity were made by reputed civil society groups. Recently, a Panel of Experts appointed by the UN Secretary-General found several such allegations to be credible. Evidence that support such allegations has also been authenticated by two successive UN Special Rapporteurs on Extrajudicial Killings. In June 2011, Channel 4, a British TV channel, screened a documentary on Sri Lanka containing terrifying video footage that was presented as evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the last phase of Sri Lanka's civil war. Despite widespread condemnation and demands for credible independent investigations, SLHRC has been unable to take any meaningful positions on the issue.
With a long history of coups d'état and constitutional crises, Fiji's human rights situation has been severely undermined in the past few years.
The Fiji Human Rights Commission (FHRC) was established in 1997 to, inter alia, provide human rights education and make recommendations to the government on human rights issues.
FHRC's lack of independence has been a matter of concern after the 2006 military coup, when its Chairperson, Shaista Shameem, was unconstitutionally appointed. In 2007, Shameem publicly supported both the coup and the limitation of human rights by the military forces on account of the State of Emergency. The Commission eventually resigned from the Asia Pacific Forum (the network of Asia Pacific NHRIs) and from the ICC, which had criticised its lack of "both credibility and independence".
The promulgation of the 2009 Human Rights Commission Decree further hindered FHRC's independence by determining that "the functions, powers and duties of the Commission do not extend to receiving complaints against, or investigating, questioning or challenging, the legality or validity of the Fiji Constitution Amendment Act, 1997, Revocation Decree, 2009, or such other Decrees".
The blatant disregard of FHRC's legislative duty to consult and cooperate with human rights organisations has been particularly patent in its criticism of human rights NGOs' role in Fiji. In 2008, it published confidential e-mails between NGOs and newspaper publishers on the country's political situation and supported the expulsion of the latter due to "national security" concerns. It further recommended the enhancement of governmental scrutiny of the media and NGOs.
The Commission's unwillingness to investigate numerous cases of torture, detention and the killing of human rights defenders and other government critics by the military continues to this day. In January and February 2011, trade unionists Pramod Rae and Attar Singh were threatened and intimidated by army officers. In February, the Prime Minister threatened two human rights defenders with detention following their critics of the country's judiciary system at Fiji's Universal Periodic Review. The occurrence of similar cases rose in the weeks leading to a plan for a peaceful demonstration against the government in the Fijian capital last March, which was cancelled due to high police and military presence. Nevertheless, FHRC states that no recent complaints of abuse, detainment or intimidation by the security forces have been made, which suggests that a lack of trust in the Commission and fear of repercussions effectively silence victims of human rights abuses.
GHOST NHRIS OR NO NHRIS AT ALL?
The Sri Lanka and Fiji Human Rights Commissions are excellent examples of NHRIs that, owing to their lack of independence, see their engagement with civil society deeply hampered. More shamefully, they fail to protect those who are in the best position to document past and present human rights violations.
In principle, their mandates guarantee that they will effectively protect and promote human rights. In practice, their role has been virtually reduced to that of superficial human rights education.
Civil society actors who work towards the improvement of a country's human rights situation can be invaluable sources of independent and comprehensive information – an essential ingredient to understanding the human rights issues at stake and the consequences of not addressing them appropriately. This is especially important when public awareness of and access to NHRIs is limited, and when these institutions lack resources and staff.
NHRIs that are preserved with the only purpose of convincing citizens and the international community that the government is dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights not only fail in their rationale but are also detrimental to the idea behind institutions such as NHRIs.


hey all im just in the prosess of doing my duel battery setup. What id like to know is can i take the main power feed to my isolater from the starter moter? because im thinking of takeing my feed of the big main constant power cable to the starter from the frist battery. I figure it should be ok as the starter only needs that feed when cranking and my duel battery system wont be needing the voltage while cranking.
thers no real differance from the pos of the starter but for ease of instalation i'd take the pos lead from the main battery and run it to the solinoid and use the pos lead off the wiper moter to triger the solinoid as it only activates when the ignition is on.
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The wiper motor piggy backing is the most common and easiest way of tapping into the ignition circut. I run my dual batts off it too.
Use a VSR - the batteries will automatically link when the starting battery voltage gets over 13.5, and drop off under 12.8. Benefit is you are charging the starting battery up a bit first before connecting the second battery.
The other way people do it is run a relay off the oil light. That way when the oil light goes out I.e engine running the relay closes which in turn closes a solenoid linking the second battery. That's if you want a start batt house batt setup. Otherwise you can benefit by just parallelling both batteries withoiut fancy switching but you loose the idea of always having a good start battery. But it will still give you longer before it goes flat load dependent.


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AP Photo, Mary J. Blige, No available, FILE - In this June 23, 2019 file photo, Mary J. Blige arrives at the BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The end of the hit Starz series "Power" is the beginning of several planned spinoffs, the first featuring Blige. The Grammy-winning singer and actress said the announcement was probably the most exciting thing that would happen to her this year. Blige's casting in the new show, titled "Power Book II: Ghost," was announced Friday, July 26 at a TV critics' meeting. The sixth and last season of "Power" will air in two parts, Starz said. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The end of the hit Starz series "Power" is the beginning of several planned spinoffs, the first featuring Mary J. Blige.
The Grammy-winning singer and actress said the announcement was probably the most exciting thing that would happen to her this year.
Blige's casting in the new show, titled "Power Book II: Ghost," was announced Friday at a TV critics' meeting.
"I have been a fan of 'Power' forever," said the singer, who was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress and original song for her work on the Netflix film "Mudbound."
"It's so relative to how I grew up," she added. "I'm so grateful to be a part of this."
"Power" executive producers Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Courtney A. Kemp said the spinoff is intended to be part of a collection of new shows inspired by the world of "Power."
Naturi Naughton, who stars in the series as Tasha St. Patrick, said Blige will be a great element to the spinoff.
"Musically, you know she's going to keep it real," she said. "In the acting space, I saw her in 'Mudbound' and her getting the opportunity to get nominated in so many different areas. I have no doubt in my mind that whatever they have her do in this spinoff that she is going to murder it. She's a professional."
The original series will air its sixth and final season in two parts, Starz said.
The first half, with 10 episodes, will begin as previously announced on Aug. 25. The concluding five episodes will start airing in January.
AP Television Writer Lynn Elber contributed to this report.
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"I want to tell you that I think this war is a great mistake."
Pierre Jean Marie Laval (French pronunciation: ? 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. During the time of the Third Republic...
Name Pierre Laval
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I can't drink whiskey like I used to back then, that's for sure.
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Q: can i get ip address for free account on heroku I want to deploy chat app made in socket.io on heroku's FREE ACCOUNT
It works fine with local ip - 127.0.0.1.
It works fine with Static Ip - ......
but now i want to deploy app on FREE ACCOUNT made on heroku
heroku gave me

url : https://pure-savannah-3208.herokuapp.com/

And in Socket.io i want to put ip address here
    var socket = io.connect('http://192.168.0.102');/*How will i get ip address*/
    $('form').submit(function(){
        socket.emit('chat message', $('#m').val());
        $('#m').val('');
        return false;
    });
    socket.on('chat message', function(msg){
        $('#messages').append($('<li>').text(msg));
    });

Does heroku provides ip address for free account
or
is there any other way to use this scenario.?

A: Socket.io accepts domain names, not just IP addresses.
You don't need to do anything.


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This page features black Adventists in the United States who were the first blacks or women in their respective fields, positions, or accomplishments. This website welcomes submissions for this page here.
Civil Rights and Social Work
Mary Britton
Britton (1855-1925) was Kentucky's first woman licensed medical doctor. Throughout her life she advocated for the civil rights of blacks, women, and the poor. Her activism was immortalized by Paul Lawrence Dunbar in his poem "To Miss Mary Britton," which he wrote after witnessing her give a speech to the Kentucky legislature for the desegregation of public transportation in 1893.
Rosetta Douglass Sprague
Sprague (1839-1906) was the daughter of famed abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass. After she converted to Adventism around 1889, she continued to operate as her father's assistant and spoke out against racial injustice in the Adventist Church.
Sevell C. Brown III
Brown and his brother, Darryl, founded the first Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) chapter in Central Florida. For more than fifty years, Brown has organized and led civil rights initiatives.
Eugene Hardy
Hardy graduated from high school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1877, believed to be the first black to graduate from high school in the state of Michigan.
Jessie Dorsey Green
Green (1874-1971) cofounded Voorhees College with Elizabeth Evelyn Wright in 1897.
Sydney Freeman
In 2021, Freeman became the first African American man, descended from slaves, to earn full professor at the University of Idaho. He was 36 years old.
Ruth Temple
Temple (1892-1984) in 1918 was the first black woman to graduate from Loma Linda University. That same year she opened the first health clinic in the medically underserved community of southeast Los Angeles, becoming the first African American woman to practice medicine in the city.
Mary E. Britton
Britton (1855-1925) began teaching at Berea College in Kentucky in 1871, the first black person to teach white students at the institution. In 1902 she became Kentucky's first woman licensed medical doctor.
Wayne L. Greaves
Infectious disease specialist Greaves was one of the first to warn of the peril of HIV/AIDS for black people. He provided expertise on the epidemic to the CDC, USAID, Planned Parenthood, and several US cities and African nations.
William J. Hardy
Hardy (1823-1888) was elected supervisor of Gaines Township in 1872, becoming the first black elected to office in the state of Michigan.
James Alexander Chiles
Chiles (1860-1930), a lawyer in Lexington, Kentucky, was forcibly removed from public transportation several times by employees of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad due to his race. He sued the company for damages, and in 1910 the lawsuit reached the US Supreme Court. Chiles was among the first blacks to argue before the Supreme Court, but ultimately lost the case.
Carson was the secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017-2021.
Robert Shurney
Shurney (1921-2007) was a trained physicist and inventor who famously designed the tires for the moon buggy used during the Apollo 15 mission in 1972. In addition, he invented myriad instruments that are still used in space travel.
Milton L. Brown
Brown was the first black to earn a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He has over 40 patents in his name and two of his invented drugs are in clinical trials.
Other Firsts
The Tuskegee Airmen helped desegregate the US military and expand opportunities for black aviators. Martin Leslie Cook and Alfred McKenzie were both members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
C.D. Brooks
Brooks (1930-2016) in 1974 was the speaker-director of Breath of Life Ministries, the first continuously-running black religious television programming.
Lloyd Henry
In 2016, Henry became the first African American to complete an Ironman Globe Finisher.