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Pro-Erdoğan media hints execution for Gülen sympathizers through impalement of torso by hooks
Pro-government media under the direct and full control of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has suggested the cruel execution methods during Ottoman era such as the impalement of torso by hooks, as the best execution method for the alleged followers of the Gülen movement on Sunday.
The website of the Erdoğanist Kanal 7 TV channel has posted an article with pictures which shows cruel methods of executions in 17th century without investigation or trial under the rule of Ottoman State as the best methods of executing the suspects who have alleged links with the movement.
Kanal7.com has presented some historical pictures of extra-judicial executions which show the impalement of torso by hooks in its horrible article and saying that "An execution sample from the days of which the decisions of execution were given immediately without wasting any time with the processes of investigation, interrogation and trial etc to execute those who revolted against the state."
Describing the primitive and the horrific methods of extrajudicial executions of the suspected rebels in detail, Kanal7.com has stated that those who attempted to revolt against the state were hooked alive to die slowly in agony before public eyes.
The pro-Erdoğan news outlet has also hinted that the testimonies and defenses of coup suspects who said that they did not take part in the controversial coup attempt during their court hearings have necessitated such kind of extrajudicial execution methods.
Kanal 7's article came a day after President Erdoğan targeted people linked to the Gülen movement while speaking to a crowd of thousands at the July 15 Martyrs' Bridge on the anniversary of the failed coup attempt. "We're not just some nomadic tribe, we are a nation. They, however, are a disease, disease. That's the difference," said Erdoğan. "First we will cut off traitors' heads," said Erdoğan while underlining that there were other powers behind the movement.
With regard to a coup suspect who appeared before a judge with a T-shirt reading "Hero" in English last week, Erdoğan said: "We recently spoke to Mr. Prime Minister. They should wear uniforms like they do at Guantanamo [prison] when going to court."
Impalement, as a method of execution and also torture, is the penetration of a human by an object such as a stake, pole, spear, or hook, often by complete or partial perforation of the torso. It was used particularly in response to "crimes against the state" and regarded across a number of cultures as a very harsh form of capital punishment and recorded in myth and art. Impalement was also used during wartime to suppress rebellion, punish traitors or collaborators, and as a punishment for breaches of military discipline. References to impalement in Babylonia and the Neo-Assyrian Empire are found as early as the 18th century BC. Within the Ottoman Empire, this form of execution continued into the 20th century.
Turkey survived a controversial military coup attempt on July 15 that killed over 240 people. Immediately after the putsch, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government along with President Erdoğan pinned the blame on the Gülen movement.
Fethullah Gülen, who inspired the movement, strongly denied having any role in the failed coup and called for an international investigation into it, but President Erdoğan — calling the coup attempt "a gift from God" — and the government initiated a widespread purge aimed at cleansing sympathizers of the movement from within state institutions, dehumanizing its popular figures and putting them in custody.
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ announced on July 7, 2017 that at least 50,504 people have been arrested and 168,801 are the subject of legal proceedings. Those who jailed are including teachers, journalists, academics, intellectuals, public workers, doctors, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, shopkeepers, housewives etc.


Ander Herrera remains keen to pen a new contract at Manchester United despite recent interest from Paris Saint-Germain, according to a report from The Telegraph.
The Spain international is out of contract this coming summer, but it is understood that the club are trying to convince him to sign an extension.
Herrera has become a highly-popular player amongst supporters during his time at the club for his quality and work rate.
The midfielder plays in a variety of roles on the pitch, switching often between defensive and attacking midfielder and is often the workhorse of the team, without necessarily having the light shone on him.
However, recent reports have indicated that PSG have established an interest in signing the player, who could walk away from Old Trafford for free if his contract is not renewed.
Herrera is not the only United player whose contract is up in the summer, with club captain Antonio Valencia free to leave and Juan Mata another whose future is yet to be decided.
Should United give Herrera a new deal?
Yes, of course. He's a hero!
No, he's not good enough!


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Q: Download Progress with MediaElement WPF I use MediaElement to play a Stream music and get dowloaded percent of that file by DownloadProgress, but it's alway 0 or 1. how to get actualy dowloaded percent of that file.
Thanks

A: I think we need to manually increase the value of Progress bar according the condition, here is the code sample
//Create a Delegate that matches
//the Signature of the ProgressBar's SetValue method
private delegate void UpdateProgressBarDelegate(
        System.Windows.DependencyProperty dp, Object value);

private void Process()
{
    //Configure the ProgressBar
    ProgressBar1.Minimum = 0;
    ProgressBar1.Maximum = short.MaxValue;
    ProgressBar1.Value = 0;

    //Stores the value of the ProgressBar
    double value = 0;

    //Create a new instance of our ProgressBar Delegate that points
    // to the ProgressBar's SetValue method.
    UpdateProgressBarDelegate updatePbDelegate =
        new UpdateProgressBarDelegate(ProgressBar1.SetValue);

    //Tight Loop: Loop until the ProgressBar.Value reaches the max
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            1) Pass the "updatePbDelegate" delegate
               that points to the ProgressBar1.SetValue method
            2) Set the DispatcherPriority to "Background"
            3) Pass an Object() Array containing the property
               to update (ProgressBar.ValueProperty) and the new value */
        Dispatcher.Invoke(updatePbDelegate,
            System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherPriority.Background,
            new object[] { ProgressBar.ValueProperty, value });
    }
    while (ProgressBar1.Value != ProgressBar1.Maximum);
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A: DownloadProgress is a percentage value between 0 and 1. So you have to multiply it with 100.
MSDN Documentation form DownloadProgress

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Everything we know about fire that spread through Flintshire house from garage
The blaze in Hope originated in a garage and spread to the main home
Jaymelouise HudspithReporter
Fire crews were called to tackle a blaze at a house fire in Flintshire earlier this afternoon.
Three crews were called to the house on Pen y Bryn, Hope, just after 3.45pm.
It is understood that the fire started in a garage attached to the property and later spread to the house, according to North Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
At 5.02pm NWFRS tweeted urging everyone to avoid the area while crews continued to battle the blaze.
Officers from North Wales Police also attended the scene to assist the fire service, and reports suggest the road was closed for some time.
Firefighters at the scene of the house fire on Pen Y Bryn, Hope. (Image: Ian Cooper, North Wales Live)
All occupants of the house are accounted for, the service said, and the Welsh Ambulance Service was not required.
A neighbour at the scene claimed that no one was in the home at the time of the fire.
A spokesperson for NWFRS said: "We were called at 15:46 to a house fire on Pen y Bryn, Hope, Flintshire.
"Two crews from Deeside and one crew from Wrexham are in attendance.
"The fire originated in the garage attached to the house, and then spread to the house.
Firefighters at the scene of a house fire on Pen Y Bryn, Hope. (Image: Ian Cooper/North Wales Live)
"All persons are accounted for".
At this time the cause of the fire remains unknown.
Fire services have been contacted for an update.
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SIMBA: using Kolb's learning theory in simulation-based learning to improve participants' confidence
BMC Med Educ. 2022 Feb 22;22(1):116. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03176-2.
Meri Davitadze # 1 , Emma Ooi # 2 , Cai Ying Ng 2 , Dengyi Zhou 3 , Lucretia Thomas 3 , Thia Hanania 3 , Parisha Blaggan 3 , Nia Evans 4 , Wentin Chen 3 , Eka Melson 5 6 , Wiebke Arlt 6 7 , Punith Kempegowda 8 9
1 Georgian-American Family Medicine Clinic "Medical House", Tbilisi, Georgia.
2 RCSI & UCD Malaysia Campus, Penang, Malaysia.
3 University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
4 Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Ynysmaerdy, Pontypridd, UK.
5 Ninewells Hospital, NHS Tayside, Dundee, UK.
6 College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow, Institute of Metabolism and Systems research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
7 Department of Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
8 College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow, Institute of Metabolism and Systems research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. p.kempegowda@bham.ac.uk.
9 Department of Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom. p.kempegowda@bham.ac.uk.
# Contributed equally.
Background: Simulation via Instant Messaging- Birmingham Advance (SIMBA) delivers simulation-based learning (SBL) through WhatsApp® and Zoom® based on Kolb's experiential learning theory. This study describes how Kolb's theory was implemented in practice during SIMBA adrenal session.
Methods: SIMBA adrenal session was conducted for healthcare professionals and replicated Kolb's 4-stage cycle: (a) concrete experience-online simulation of real-life clinical scenarios, (b) reflective observation-discussion and Q&A following simulation, (c) abstract conceptualisation-post-session MCQs, and (d) active experimentation-intentions to implement the acquired knowledge in future practice. Participants' self-reported confidence levels for simulated and non-simulated cases pre- and post-SIMBA were analysed using Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test. Key takeaway and feedback were assessed quantitatively and qualitatively in a thematic analysis.
Results: Thirty-three participants were included in the analysis. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test showed that the SIMBA session elicited a statistically significant change in participants' self-reported confidence in their approach to Cushing's syndrome (Z = 3.873, p = 0.0001) and adrenocortical carcinoma (Z = 3.970, p < 0.0001). 93.9% (n = 31/33) and 84.8% (n = 28/33) strongly agreed/agreed the topics were applicable to their clinical practice and accommodated their personal learning style, respectively. 81.8% (n = 27/33) reported increase in knowledge on patient management, and 75.8% (n = 25/33) anticipated implementing learning points in their practice.
Conclusions: SIMBA effectively adopts Kolb's theory to provide best possible experience to learners, highlighting the advantages of utilising social media platforms for SBL in medical education. The ability to conduct SIMBA sessions at modest cost internationally paves way to engage more healthcare professionals worldwide.
Keywords: Clinician's confidence; Endocrinology; Kolb's learning theory; Medical education; Simulation-based learning.
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Granulated material designed to slowly release into the soil so treatments last longer compared to ordinary sprays. When applied properly around the home, the granules won't be seen in the turf but they'll be working on insect pests active in the treated area.
TARGET PESTS: Ants (including Carpenter, Red Harvester, Odorous, Pyramid, Argentina, Pharoah, Black Turf, Fire Ants and Foraging Fire Ants), Armyworms (including Lawn Armyworm, Fall Armyworm), Billbugs (including Bluegrass Billbug, Hunting Billbug), Black Turfgrass Ataenius (adults), Bristletail, Chiggers, Chinch Bugs, Crickets, Cutworms (including Black Cutworm, Bronzed Cutworm, Granulate Cutworm, Variegated Cutworm), Dichondra Flea Beetle, Earwigs, European Crane Fly, Fiery Skipper, Fire Brats, Fleas, Fruit Fly, Grasshoppers, Greenbug, Ground Beetles, Ground Pearl, Leaf Hoppers, Lucerne Moth, Mealybugs, Mole Crickets (including Tawny Mole Cricket, Southern Mole Cricket, Short-Winged Mole Cricket), Pillbugs, Seed Maggots, Spiders, Springtails, Striped Grassworm, Ticks (including ticks that may transmit Lyme Disease), Two-lined Spittle Bugs, Webworms (including Sod Webworm, Grass Webworm, Tropical Sod Webworm), Weevils (including Hyperodes, Bluegrass), Wireworms.
WHERE TO USE IT: Around homes in turf, flower beds and even vegetable garden.
RATE OF APPLICATION: 1 lb per 500 sq/ft. A 10 lb bag will treat up to 5,000 sq/ft.


Put your best foot forward with a fun and colorful welcome mat using Outdoor ColorShot. I love how simple it is to create a unique design and turn an plain inexpensive mat into a personalized welcome mat. The rich colors and ease of use make Outdoor ColorShot the perfect choice for a fun inexpensive update to your doorstep.
Measure and tape off your stripes.
The material of the mat I used is very textured and it can be difficult to get the tape to stick. To keep the ColorShot from bleeding under the tape too much, spray straight down (not at an angle), spray in light short bursts, and make a few light coats.
Painting it this way I got very little spray under my tape.
Trace your design onto your freezer paper, make sure if your design has a direction you place it so that the waxed side of your freezer paper will be face down on your mat.
NOTE: if your mat is not natural fiber and it's made of plastic or some other manmade fiber please test it before ironing, because it will most likely melt and it could be very dangerous.
Cut out your design to make your stencil.
Use your iron to press your stencil onto your mat. You may want to do a little test first to see how the mat reacts to the heat and paper.
If you can't get the freezer paper to adhere to the mat you can try a spray workable adhesive or try tape.
Use the same method of spraying for your stencil that you did for your stripes, light and straight down. Make light coats and let dry in between.
Once you have the color you want, let it dry and remove your stencil.
Let completely dry for 72 hours before using.
One of the things I liked best about using the Outdoor ColorShot is that you have control over how much or how little you use. Especially using it on a natural fiber you can get a really cool vintage look by spraying lightly and unevenly over your design.


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There are several types of IRA but let us look into the type most Americans opt to have – the Roth IRA. Several rules govern this type of account and most are from the IRA basics like contribution rules, and distribution rules.
For single filers, head of households and married couples filing separately and not living together will have a modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) limit of $107,000-$122,000.
A MAGI limit of $169,000-$179,000 will be for joint filers.
Married couples filing separately and living together should not exceed and MAGI of $10,000 as their limit.
Qualified distributions are those first made at least after 5 tax years from the establishment of Roth IRA account. The first withdrawal out of your Roth should not be earlier than reaching the age of 59 ½. These rules should be followed accordingly otherwise you will be charged a 10% early withdrawal penalty.
Now I will give you a little scenario. Let's be realistic. Individuals invest on opening an IRA account to prepare for life after retirement. By the time they retire and start taking money out of their account they will be at an age where their body is susceptible to illness and diseases and eventually die or God forbid fatality due to accidents. What happens now to their account? No need to worry much because it may be tricky but one can still benefit from it through inheritance.
Inherited IRA rules may not be as simple as Roth IRA rules but it is still important to invest time if you want to get returns out of your inherited IRA account. In this regard let us stress some several points.
Beneficiary Form – This is perhaps the most important thing with inherited IRA's. Failing to name a beneficiary upon opening an IRA would likely hinder your supposed to be beneficiaries to stretch their inherited IRA over their lifespan. Contact your IRA company and they will be able to provide you with the IRA Beneficiary form.
Other Assets – Inherited IRA can never be combined with your other assets. Different types of IRA accounts could not be commingled as well. But if you inherit several IRA's from one person then it can be combined into one inherited IRA. If in case you inherit several IRA's from different persons then know that combining it is not permitted.
Decedent's Name – The amount will still be not taxable if in case the decedent's name is excluded. Although the IRS requires that inherited IRA's should be registered under the decedent and the beneficiary, such errors can easily be corrected by just adding the decedent's name upon registration.
Early Withdrawal – With inherited IRA's 10% penalty is not applicable. It wouldn't matter how old you are or when you first take out money from your inherited IRA.
60-Day Rollover – If you withdraw money from your IRA and returned it after 60 days then you will not be taxed. But this does not apply with inherited IRA's. All withdrawals will be taxed. Make sure to follow the IRA rollover rules to avoid any fees & penalties.
Can a Trust be named as a beneficiary on an IRA account?


Hi Hollis, Thanks for visiting the Moms Panel!
What a fun vacation you will have with your family as you experience the many wonders of Fort Wilderness together. It is very easy to travel back and forth between the Fort Wilderness Campground and the Wilderness Lodge. You have a few different options: There is an Internal Shuttle Bus that runs every 20 minutes or so. These buses make a continuous loop. In addition, there is the "water taxi" boat that also runs approximately every 20 minutes. This boat ride is nice and relaxing. There is also a walking trail that is less than a mile long that you can utilize.
Hope this helps and that you thoroughly enjoy your vacation!


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DO Delaware: Mayor's son in Netflix doc, HGTV taps Delaware couple for 'House Hunters'
Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki isn't the only one in the family with a job in the public eye. His son Mick, 31, is the CEO of Jerry Media, a multimedia company based on meme-making and the Instagram page and brand @F—Jerry.
He's also a film producer with his first documentary ready to debut.
"Fyre" is all about Fyre Festival, the 2017 luxury music festival in the Bahamas that never was. Mick Purzycki is a producer and appears in the film -- which drops Friday on Netflix -- directed by Chris Smith ("Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond").
Days before "Fyre" launches on Netflix, competitor Hulu unveiled its own Fyre Fest documentary, "Fyre Fraud," on Monday.
It's been six months since Limestone BBQ and Bourbon (2062 Limestone Road, Stanton) opened as a legitimate barbecue joint complete with half-pound and full-pound servings of tender brisket, pulled pork, chicken and turkey.
While the buzz about the food has traveled pretty well not as my people know that the spot has a stage for live music.
With a massive bar stocked with just about every kind of bourbon imaginable, Limestone BBQ can also get quite lively on weekends with bands playing early shows on both Friday and Saturday nights from 7 to 9 p.m.
On Saturday, Newark-based bluegrass act Chapel Street Junction will bring their unique mix of bluegrass, Irish music and Americana to the restaurant's big stage.
The four-piece pulls out all the stops with banjo, fiddle, mandolin and even a washboard.
Be sure to get there early. Since they smoke their meats for hours, when they run out, it's gone for the night.
For a menu and band line-up, go to facebook.com/limestonebbqandbourbon or limestonebbqandbourbon.com.
There is snow on the ground, yet it's time to party as if it's 95 degrees outside. Crooked Hammock Brewery (36707 Crooked Hammock Way, near Lewes) will host a Halfway to Summer party with a performance by Hotbed on Saturday night starting at 9.
The four-piece original rock band has been drawing big crowds in recent years, both where they were formed (University of Delaware) and down south at Delaware's beaches.
With Hotbed in charge of the summer sounds, there will also be a summer-themed special menu with beach favorites to nosh on. The brewery is also bringing in a bunch of tropical plants and other items into the bar to create a "summer escape" vibe.
There's a $10 cover and tickets can be purchased in advance at crookedhammockbrewery.com.
Did you know the newly-built 76ers Fieldhouse is for more than just sports?
Sure, the first event there features its main tenant: the 76ers' G League team now known as the Delaware Blue Coats. (They play the Memphis Hustle Wednesday night.)
But the sparkling $30 million arena will also host concerts, starting with a Saturday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m. show by Maryland-based alternative rock band O.A.R. and New York pop act Val Astaire.
The show, sponsored by WSTW 93.7-FM and dubbed Snow Jam, is expected to be the first of many shows at the venue. The space, which can hold 3,000 people for concerts, has already attracted attention from The Queen's parent company, Live Nation, along with The Grand. (The Grand can hold 1,200 and The Queen's capacity is 850.)
Tickets ($25-$47.50) are on sale at eventbrite.com and wstw.com. For tickets to see the Blue Coats at the 76ers Fieldhouse, located at 401 Garasches Lane in Wilmington's Southbridge neighborhood off U.S. 13, go to bluecoats.gleague.nba.com. Tickets for Wednesday's 7 p.m. opening night game cost $14-$125.
Newark's Stone Balloon Ale House still rocks, but these days it's more about the food than music.
The kitchen, under the supervision of chef Robbie Jester, is turning out some nice riffs on comfort food.
During a recent visit to the 115 E. Main St. restaurant, a host suggested we get the Beef & Bacon Lollipops ($9). I'm glad he did.
Jester takes this classic dish and turns the meatloaf into tender, meatball-size chunks. He then wraps each one with bacon and brushes it with a tomato-Dijon-brown sugar dipping sauce.
No forks are needed; it's served with skewers. Just pop the ball of meatloaf in your mouth and enjoy with a hearty red wine or cold brew from the long list. We liked the Malbec ($8.50).
The "lollipops" also are gluten-free.
Read more about our recent visit.
A Delaware couple looking for a new home decided to document their search on HGTV's "House Hunters." The episode titled "Going Long in Wilmington" debuts Monday at 8:30 p.m.
Matt and Jessica Farina, along with their Realtor Meredith Rosenthal, looked at homes in three Delaware areas, he said. While he was looking for high ceilings and a big yard, she coveted a relaxing tub in an older Colonial, according to the HGTV site.
They're not the only locals getting face time on reality TV.
In case you missed it, model and entrepreneur James L.A. Thompson, of Wilmington, is growing his fan base exponentially with a reality TV gig. The 29-year-old made his debut Tuesday night on USA Network's reboot of "Temptation Island," a TV dating reality show with contestants trying to lure their dates away from committed relationships.
The show airs at 10 p.m. Tuesdays on USA.
What started as a project for Britain's Imperial War Museums has turned into a record-setting movie event. "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson's World War I documentary "They Shall Not Grow Old" played in theaters on only two days in December, breaking records for its distribution company, Fathom. "They Shall Not Grow Old" will screen one more time on Monday.
Critics have lauded the film and Jackson's restoration and colorization techniques to bring the Great War to life. Hundreds of hours of film from the archives of the museum were used to detail the day-to-day realities of war. The only narration comes from recordings of veterans from the BBC and IWM archives.
The film is rated R. Local showtimes are all on Monday, Jan. 21:
Cinemark Christiana and XD, Christiana Mall, Newark: 1 and 7 p.m. (movie in 3D)
Regal Peoples Plaza Cinema 17, Del. Business 896, Glasgow: 4 and 10 p.m. (movie in 3D), and 1 and 7 p.m. (movie in 2D)
Regal Brandywine Town Center 16, U.S. 202 and Naamans Road, Brandywine Hundred: 4 and 10 p.m. (movie in 3D), and 1 and 7 p.m. (movie in 2D)
AMC Dover 14, Dover Mall, U.S. 13, Dover: 1 and 7 p.m. (movie in 3D)
Seventeen years after a baby-faced Nick Cannon starred in the film "Drumline," a live marching band show spin-off is visiting The Grand (818 N. Market St., Wilmington) Friday night.
"Drumline Live," which has been touring for 10 years, has a new show with new music and choreography for its Delaware visit.
"The legendary Historically Black College and University band experience comes alive with this world-class cast of percussionists, musicians and dancers," according to show producers.
Tickets for the live show were nearly sold out as of press time. Call 302-652-5577 or visit the box office to see if any seats open up.
Budding and experienced artists alike can join Delaware College of Art and Design's students this weekend for the school's 15th annual Drawing Marathon.
The building at 600 N. Market St. in Wilmington will be busy Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with artists of all ages sketching, painting and sculpting. The marathon event will have plenty of subjects, including nude and costumed male and female models in an 8,000-square-foot studio.
Easels will be provided, but participants will need to bring their own supplies. Admission is $30 in advance or $35 at the door. Registration is strongly recommended because space is limited. Visit bit.ly/DCADDrawingMarathon.


I started doing freelance design about two years ago and as I did I realized how much I loved using photos to make graphics. At one point I started calling myself a "Photo/Graphic Artist" hah! Chris was an enormous help in answering all my design questions and teaching me how to use softwares that were crucial to me doing what I do now! Chris is now engaged to the beautiful Sarah and I can't wait to shoot their wedding in LA this July!


Why University Fundraising & Alumni Programs Are Failing Them. How to Reach Them and Raise More Money.
In the last 50 years, universities have changed. They are bigger, more crowded places. So, too, have the students - the Millennial Generation. They go to university poor and graduate even poorer with massive amounts of debt.
When they graduate many don't have jobs or are underemployed. While many things about universities have changed in the last 50 years, the basic assumptions universities have about their graduates haven't. Universities still expect graduates to give and to keep connected. With the increasing need for more donations, universities are putting even more faith in this connection and are ignoring the evidence of the cracks that are beginning to form within the relationship.
Millennials are unlike all the other generations that have come before them. They have different expectations. They live in different worlds. They think differently. And, they face a much different future than their Boomer counterparts 50 years ago.
Now, a new report is examining how universities deal with their Millennial alumni - The Lost Generation. Written by Canadian non-profit marketing expert John Suart, the report warns that if universities don't change the way they think, then the Millennial Generation may become the first group of graduates in the history of post-secondary education in North America that universities can no longer count on for donations and support.


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HomeNewsBusiness Houses Find A Way To Reduce Tariff Impact On Imported Apparel
Business Houses Find A Way To Reduce Tariff Impact On Imported Apparel
An industry group says that the ugly sweaters that have been attracting a few eyes for Christmas, are set to face a hike in the tariff price this season. To save Christmas, President Trump made an announcement towards the starting of this month, saying that tariff plans on some Chinese goods would be on a hold till the December 15. Retailers like Abercrombie, American Eagle and Macy's seemed ecstatic as it meant that the products of these companies would not be taxed before the end of the year.
New data from the Footwear Association and American Apparel suggest that a 15% tariff would be imposed by the September 1 on 91.6% of the apparel imports from China. Stephen Lamar, Executive VP of AAFA, said through an email that that it would be difficult to shift this massive volume of business to other countries. There are numerous issues that have to be kept in mind like the labor and safety regulations of the new country and the fact that all different types of industries are being forced to shift simultaneously.
Retailers like Home Depot, Best Buy and Macy's said that there are many strategies that are being implemented to cut short the burden of the tariffs. Shifting vendors and factories from China seems to be the most widely accepted move. Ro state an example, there is a tariff in place from Sept 1 that would be imposed on T-shirts that have below 70% silk. To counter this Johnson factories are producing products that are made of pure silk. Other measures include the shipping of products in a time which is much prior to Sept 1. Planning for this had started almost a year back. KPMG says the footwear and apparel industry is used to sudden imposition of taxes. This has been going on much before the election of Trump as the president.
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The Golden Lions welcomes back in the fold their Blitzbok Kwagga Smith while Rohan Janse van Rensburg also gets his first start in this years' Currie Cup when they take on the Blue Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Friday at 19:00.
Smith returns from Olympic Sevens action while Janse van Rensburg recovered from some niggling Super Rugby injuries.
Also back as part of the rotation of the team is Jacques van Rooyen, Lourens Erasmus and Courtnall Skosan.
Andries Ferreira and Sylvan Mahuza could not pass their fitness tests and will not take part in proceedings this weekend.
The starting line-up shows eleven changes to the one that beat Boland at Emirates Airline Park last weekend while the whole bench is changed.


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Geschichte

Der Bonner Tennis- und Hockey-Verein (BTHV) ist ein rund 1700 Mitglieder starker Club für die Sportarten Tennis, Hockey und Rugby in Bonn. Er entstand 1919 durch die Fusion des 1903 gegründeten Bonner Hockey Clubs (BHC) und des Lawn-Tennis-Verein Bonn. Der BHC gehörte zu den ältesten Hockeyvereinen Deutschlands und war maßgeblich an der Gründung des Deutschen Hockey Bundes am 31. Dezember 1909 in Bonn beteiligt.

Aktuell
Insgesamt 1600 Mitglieder, darunter 500 Kinder und Jugendliche, sind in 25 Hockey- und 27 Tennis-Mannschaften unterschiedlicher Spielklassen aktiv. Die Anlage mit 15 Tennisplätzen, einer Vier-Feld-Tennishalle, einem Hockey-Kunst- und einem Naturrasenplatz sowie einer Hockeyhalle liegt zwischen dem Bonner Zentrum und Bad Godesberg an der Christian-Miesen-Straße.
Der Verein hat seinen Sitz im Ortsteil Dottendorf.

Hockey
Der BHC gewann 1911 und 1913 den Silberschild, den ältesten deutschen Hockeywettbewerb. In der Saison 1998/1999 war das Team für ein Jahr in der Halle Bundesligist. Das 1. Damenteam spielt aktuell (2020/21) in der Halle in der 1. Bundesliga und auf dem Feld in der 2. Bundesliga Nord. Das 1. Herrenteam spielt in der Halle und auf dem Feld 2. Bundesliga.

Tennis
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A museum of Communism in Bulgaria may not be necessary after all. It is all around us
Partisans Village
What would go down in history as the first Bulgarian soap was aired in the late 1960s-early 1970s by Bulgaria's state television's only channel. It was partly a Western (good guys versus bad guys), partly a historical romance (every Bulgarian girl at the time was in love with Major Deyanov aka Bate Sergo, the series' surviving character played by Stefan Danailov – yes, the minister of culture in 2008). However, the soap, entitled Na vseki kilometar, or "At Every Kilometre," was mostly political propaganda glorifying the "heroic" struggle of the Communists against everyone else – from the bourgeoisie to the tsarist police to the Nazis to the vicious post-war diversanti, bad guys and spies operating primarily from West Germany seeking to destabilise the new regime. The soap's set included virtually all prominent Bulgarian writers, actors and film-makers at the time. Interestingly, some of its early episodes were co-written by Georgi Markov, the Bulgarian dissident writer who escaped to Britain and was assassinated in London in 1978 in the umbrella murder case. After his defection he became a non-person and his name was promptly obliterated from the credits.
The film's title, which can be freely translated as "Here, There and Everywhere," is now a household name to most Bulgarian families, including the younger ones – thanks to Bulgaria's national television's constant re-broadcasting of bits of it. Most people find it a historical curiosity rather than an offensive piece of Communist propaganda. Preoccupied with the rising prices of electricity and water, and angry with the EU's suspended funds, most Bulgarians just don't care any more...Indeed, one could argue that the Bulgarians' refusal to face the less pleasant aspects of their own history has been dictated by their constant immersion in it. Just like they are being exposed to inserts of Here, There and Everywhere on national television in 2008, most of them still have to live in places called Druzhba ("Friendship") and Youth ("Mladost"), have to walk past Stalinist monstrosities in city centres, breathe the pollution of derelict Soviet factories and meet at showcase examples of "Mature Socialism" like the NDK.
Communism is not in a museum in Bulgaria – it is na vseki kilometar. If you know where to look, your sojourn in this country will become a time travel experience no one else in the former East bloc is able or willing to offer.
Toponyms
Partizani, or "Communist Guerilla Fighters," is a village in northeastern Bulgaria. There are other villages called various things like that in Bulgaria, and most out-of-Sofia places would still have at least a street called "Georgi Dimitrov," the Comintern boss who imposed Communism in Bulgaria in 1944. Officially, his name has been removed from maps and directories, but the reality is different. There is still a whole town in southern Bulgaria called Dimitrovgrad. It was erected in the 1950s by "voluntary" work put in by students and young people. Now it is known as Bulgaria's chalga capital. In Sofia, street names like Samolet ("Airplane"), Zvenovod ("Unit Leader") and Velikiya prelom ("The Great Turning Point") are no longer used. They should have perhaps retained our all-time favourite: Tezhkiyat tank, or "Heavy Tank" Street. Alas, they changed it to "Hope."
Georgi Dimitrov Street
Organised Folk
Thankfully, no one walks around dressed like that any longer, but organised folk culture is very evident, especially at BSP gatherings, public holidays and wherever President Parvanov rubs shoulders with the people. You will see organised folk on numerous TV channels, most of which alternate between traditional folk music and Turbo-Folk, known as chalga. There is nothing wrong with folk music per se, but to understand it better it would be helpful to know that its enormous popularity in 2008 is at least partly due to its active promotion by the government under Communism. The Communist establishment saw in folk music both a means to encourage patriotism and an antidote to vicious Western rock-and-roll.
The NDK
The government employed all its resources to finish Bulgaria's largest building in time for the 12th Congress of the Communist Party in 1981. Shortly after that Lyudmila Zhivkova died and the NDK was named after her: Lyudmila Zhivkova People's Palace of Culture, a name it retained until 1990. It is still here, in the middle of Sofia, where once several thriving neighbourhoods had to be demolished to make room for what now stands as an epitome of the 21st Century urban nightmare. On the outside it looks relatively well-kept, but do go indoors for a smack of its chandeliers and artwork. For the real thing, however, try to enter the tunnels under it. "1984" will look like paradise to you.
Red Army Monuments
Most former East bloc countries have now banned the display of Communist symbols and have torn down or neglected their Stalinist sculptural legacies. Not Bulgaria. Red Army monuments can still be seen in city centres, including Sofia. Not only that – diehard Communists and supporters of the BSP regularly gather around them to pay homage to the glorious past, express their support for the Socialists or just voice their frustration with democracy. Pictured here is the Stalinist monstrosity in the centre of Burgas. You've guessed it! Citizens lovingly refer to it as the "Alyosha".
Red Army monument in Burgas
Living Estates, or Kompleksi
Forget about the pretty country houses and the increasing number of gated communities in and around Sofia. If you want to see how millions of Bulgarians really live, go to one of the kompleksi such as Obelya, Lyulin and Nadezhda. Every Bulgarian town and even some villages have a ring of kompleksi – most of them in various stages of dilapidation. They were erected in the 1970s, using prefab concrete, and were subsidised by the government to thwart a growing housing crisis. On the inside, you will see, they are as ugly as on the outside. The iron bars in the picture here is a post-Communist addition designed to stop burglars.
1960s Factories
For a bit of industrial history, go to Kremikovtsi near Sofia. Pramod Mittal bought it but obviously wasn't very serious about limiting the clouds of poisonous smoke its huge chimneys emit. Of course, Kremikovtsi is not alone. Most Bulgarian cities would have at least one similar establishment where you can see how the Bulgarians used to make their living while the Italians were manufacturing Fiats. The worst (and most sinister) example is the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. Just look at its "First Atomic" sign and you will know what we are talking about.
Kremikovtsi Metalurgy Complex
The Communist government was supposedly omniscient. One of its main activities was to administer wisdom everywhere – well, na vseki kilometar – and that resulted in thousands of signs being put up in public places telling you not to litter, to keep off the grass, or to beware of "falling bodies." It is not clear who invented those signs, but obviously the state had a department of sign-thinkers whose imagination often outdid their literacy. Signs like that exist everywhere, even in Sofia. Bring a Bulgarian friend and ask him to read every sign you see in the streets for you. Then jot down the translations in a notebook and you will have a concise guide to Communist mentality and thinking.The sign pictured here reads: "Throwing litter, eating seeds and spitting in the streets indicates base culture." OK, and the post box is from the 1970s – and is still being used by Bulgarian Posts.
You now see Audis and BMWs flashing their headlights in the streets if you dare step in their way, but most Bulgarians have to make do with third-hand Opels and Fords. A significant proportion still tend to their Ladas and Moskviches that, surprisingly, still run. Some more inventive Bulgarians have made interesting transformations to their vehicles – or their cardboard, as is the case of the Traby pictured here.As late as the mid-2000s we saw a shop in Plovdiv advertising itself as "Spare Parts for Trabant."
Pravets
What in the 1970s and 1980s was supposed to be an exemplary Socialist town is... just that in 2008. You will be amazed that there are few feral dogs in Pravets, just an hour's drive out of Sofia, the pavement is in place, there are no potholes in the roads, and the town centre is actually pleasant for a stroll. Well, there is a very simple explanation for that – Pravets is the birthplace of Todor Zhivkov, the Communist dictator who ruled Bulgaria with an iron fist from 1956 to 1989. Hated and ridiculed during his reign, Todor Zhivkov is now becoming an increasingly popular figure with many Bulgarians who remember his low prices and no-crime times. What he failed to do for his country Comrade Zhivkov accomplished for his native village – he ordered the pavements, the public buildings and the parks – and as a result the Pravets people now consider him a benefactor rather than a tyrant.
What is probably the only surviving monument to a Communist leader in Europe was officially erected in 2001 with much fanfare and with President Georgi Parvanov, then chairman of the BSP, in attendance. It's like going to Braunau and suddenly finding a well-attended statue of Hitler!For a display of the many gifts Todor Zhivkov received from people as varied as Saddam Husayn, Leonid Brezhnev and Gus Hall (remember the chairman of the Communist Party of the United States?) do visit the Todor Zhivkov Museum down the street from the Central Square. Tickets cost 1.50 leva per person, 1.00 leva if you are in an organised group.
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Jan 06, 2015, 06:08AM
The Nut Who Changed America
C.T. May
Who started the 1960s? A right-wing Arizonan and his army of political fanatics.
A man with a cowboy hat and a rifle ran for president 51 years ago. His name was Barry Goldwater and people loved him. Certain people. For example, people who thought ex-President Dwight Eisenhower was a secret agent of the Soviet Union. People like that thought Sen. Goldwater was the wave of the future and would change America. Oddly enough they were right.
Goldwater lost very badly in 1964, and now he's forgotten except by those few who care about long-ago presidential outcomes. But Rick Perlstein's Before the Storm argues that some big things started with the senator. At the time, the important people were saying that we had nothing to fight about anymore, that the broad public and the top decision makers had reached agreement about everything that counted. The people who differed about the important things—about the value of free enterprise and the necessity of labor unions, the dangers of communism and the splendor of inoffensive free speech, the equality of the races and the need to wait a long, long time before said equality showed up—they were a collection of curiosities. They were there to be pointed at.
To be listened to, these people had to act. Thumb-sucking journalists used to ponder when the 60s became the 60s, with the riots and the drugs and communes and the rest. That moment was the Goldwater year, 1964. Yes, The Beatles came to America and that was important, but the election was a big part of it too. At first glance you might not think so, given that a mainstream Democrat beat a crazy Republican and did so by a giant margin. But that election was when the country discovered a rip down its middle, a rip that would keep growing.
The GOP's reason for nominating Goldwater was simple: a lot of unimportant people worked like hell to make it happen. This was before the modern system, where party members vote on the nominees. Back then the Republicans would make their choice after Wall Street lawyers, corporation presidents and top party operatives got in a room and argued themselves into agreement. The rest was a matter of telling convention delegates which way to vote. But if enough people really cared, they could fix it state by state so that the delegates who made it to the convention wouldn't listen. This had never happened before; the reason being that an immense jungle of rules decided who became a delegate. Only fanatics would master the rules and then work them to produce a nominating majority. But those fanatics had now arrived and they loved Barry Goldwater, the excitable man from Arizona who had been warning for years that government-built dams and aid to public schools would make America a collectivist hell.
These weren't the people at the top of the Republican Party. They were at the bottom. That's why they were so dedicated. They felt like the country had turned against them, and they felt even worse about it because they had always figured it was their country. We're talking people in small towns and small cities who counted for something—business owners and so on. And their kids, and other kids who ran into modern-day bureaucracy at college and were freaked out. Nothing went the way it was supposed to, with one person calling the shots in his life. The college kids were slotted and processed by college bureaucracy, the small-town big shots had to deal with unions and federal laws and regulations. So they decided the country had to get back on course, and the first step was electing the man with the rifle and the cowboy hat.
The old guard of the Republican Party didn't know what hit them. For years they had figured they could do what the Democrats did, use government to spread the wealth a little but not too much, and do it without wasting money (because they all came from private enterprise and supposedly they knew how to run things tight). Their idea of a hot contender was somebody who came off like John Kennedy, a Democrat. Now the country had spent three years in love with Kennedy and was mourning him because he had just been shot. His successor, Lyndon Johnson, was talking about how he'd do all the things Kennedy tried to do. The old-line Republicans couldn't outbid that and didn't know what else to try.
This basic confusion was combined with an epic run of bad luck. One of the GOP's would-be stars, Nelson Rockefeller, had become a has-been by dumping his wife for somebody 20 years younger, a woman who dumped a husband and four kids to throw in with him. Another contender was stuck in South Vietnam, where he presided over the growing disaster there as U.S. ambassador. Another was repeatedly assured by Dwight Eisenhower, the leader revered by all the party's non-crazy members, that he was the man to save the Republicans from Goldwater. Finally the poor chump decided to go ahead, and Eisenhower told him over the phone that now, no, he didn't think he should run.
Meanwhile, the activists dragged Goldwater to the finish line. They knew they wanted him to run long before he made up his mind, and they called all the shots until the Republicans officially picked him. At which point he pushed the activists out of the front ranks and had his own people run the campaign, with disastrous results. Not that he could have won. Goldwater had said so much against big government that voters didn't trust him with Social Security. Worse, America and Russia had nuclear missiles pointed at each other. Being a straight-shooting individualist gets a lot scarier when the other side can shoot back and blow everything up. Under Kennedy the country had spent a couple of very frightening years before the Russians got the message and stopped trying to push things. We had come that close, and nobody wanted to risk it again. Except Goldwater and his fans.
So the Democrats wiped him out. It was 61-39 percent, a killer. You'd think that meant everyone really did agree, just like the experts said. Well, they agreed that they didn't want to die. But they were scared of some other things, and over the next few years they would get even more scared. The right-wing nuts weren't the only people acting up. The civil rights movement was getting somewhere, and the TV shots of black bodies swarming over public places made a lot of whites jumpy. The Democrats followed through on Kennedy's commitment to pass laws enforcing the right of black Americans to vote and to live in equality with whites. Good, but being on the side of the blacks meant being on the wrong side of many, many whites. First in the Deep South, which had never voted for Republicans but was now the only place where Goldwater won states instead of losing them. And soon enough throughout the country. George Wallace, the governor who tried to keep the schools white in Alabama, was supposed to be a clown and a jerk, at least if you listened to official opinion. But he went north and crowds treated him like a rock star. In a few years they'd be voting for him.
Everybody didn't agree after all. There was going to be a giant fight over the country's direction. Early on, the side that got the most notice was the left; after all, the ghettos and colleges were blowing up, and hordes of skinny young people were making a great noise about their sex lives. But an army of citizens had already marched into politics exactly because they didn't like the country's direction. Getting Barry the nomination had trained them in political grunt work. Soon enough they would be learning strategy, and more citizens would join the cause as America seemed less and less like the country they'd always known. Half a century later, it's clear they didn't win everything they wanted. But they did a lot more winning than the other side.
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It's time for the Raiders to send Antonio Brown a strong message
By Peter KingAug 19, 2019, 1:29 AM EDT
There is No More To Say About Antonio Brown and His Helmet
NAPA, Calif. — But I'll say it anyway: The Raiders should put Brown on notice today by sending him the dreaded "five-day letter," which every agent and knowledgeable player would absolutely dread. This letter would mean that Brown would have to return to the team by Friday and (be an adult and) play with a league-approved helmet, or he would be put on the reserve/left squad list, meaning he couldn't play for the Raiders or any team in 2019. It's also Belichick insurance, preventing the Patriots or some other contender figuring they can deal with the Brown headache for four or five months if it allows them to win a game or three more.
I did consider urging the Raiders to just fire Brown. It just might come to that. But the five-day letter is a good starting point, because it draws a line in the sand immediately. As Mike Florio reported at Pro Football Talk, not reporting after receiving that letter would end Brown's season and prevent the Raiders from having to pay $29.1 million future guarantees on Brown's Oakland contract. It's worth doing. Brown has driven the franchise to this, and he deserves this.
Today is not the day to make any judgment about Brown's mental stability or his frame of mind. He might be fine; he might be legitimately troubled in a way we don't know. I just know the Raiders went out on a limb to acquire him from Pittsburgh, then paid him a rich contract. Since then, Brown has been beyond childish about an issue that more than 2,000 players have coped with: wearing only safety-approved helmets in accord with a $60-million initiative in 2016 to ensure that every player wear a helmet that has been approved by a joint NFL/NFLPA testing process. Every team has 63 active and practice-squad players. So 2,015 players (some of whom might be ticked off about it) will start the season wearing approved helmets. One wants to wear a non-approved—and relatively unsafe—helmet. That one is Brown.
The NFL and NFLPA are not softening on this. They can't. Last season was the first the NFL mandated that players wear only the approved helmets, with the proviso that veterans who wore other helmets would have a one-season grandfathering of the rule so they could wear unapproved helmets in 2018. About 33 players, including Brown, took advantage of the grandfather clause and wore unapproved helmets last year. This may be an outlier, but preseason and regular-season concussions fell from 281 in 2017 to 214 in 2018, a decline of 23.8 percent. Addressing head trauma is the hottest-button issue in football today. The last thing, then, that the NFL will do is to start making exceptions for players, or to allow players to sign waivers to wear unsafe helmets. Where would that stop? And what would happen if Brown signed a waiver, played with the unsafe helmet, and was diagnosed with a brain disorder at 45? Would the public sympathize with the league or Brown? And the courts? It's not morally right for the sport with an issue as explosive as head trauma to start making exceptions.
On Monday, I met with rookie Raiders GM Mayock in his office at Raider camp. The Raiders thought the Brown issue had been quashed, and he'd abide by whatever ruling an independent arbiter made on whether he could wear his obsolete Schutt Air Advantage helmet. Though Brown had been a headache to that point, Mayock told me: "Unfortunately there is a sliding scale—the more talent a guy has, the more opportunities he's going to get. But in the case of Antonio, Jon [Gruden] and I both had the advantage of being in the media and seeing Brown up-close over the years and seeing him practice as hard as anyone we've seen. We felt like and still feel like when he's on the field he's the best receiver in football. We support him and we're behind him."
Then Brown, late Monday, lost his grievance to be able to wear his old Schutt helmet; the NFL argued that a clause in the rules that said players could not wear helmets more than 10 years old—which Brown's was—automatically disqualified the helmet from further use. The arbitrator agreed. Brown thought if he found any Schutt helmet that was less than 10 years old he'd be able to wear that going forward, but in midweek the league ruled that even the later model of the Schutt Air Advantage (discontinued in 2014) that Brown wanted to wear didn't pass the testing process. So Brown would have to wear one of the NFL/NFLPA-approved helmets.
On Sunday, Brown was absent from camp. Mayock stood in front of writers at Raider camp and issued a terse 39-second statement that made it clear the organization has had enough. "He's upset about the helmet issue," Mayock said. "We have supported that. At this point we've pretty much exhausted all avenues of relief. So from our perspective it's time for him to be all in or all out. We're hoping he's back soon. We've got 89 guys busting their tails. We're really excited about where this franchise is going and we hope AB will be a big part of it starting week one against Denver. End of story. No questions."
Mayock is pissed off. Gruden is pissed off. Maybe they can scotch-tape this together and Brown will pout a little and find a helmet that he'd tolerate; I suppose if he does and reports in the next couple of days, they've got to try to make it work. But when is the next time Mount Antonio's going to blow? Make no mistake—it'll happen. How many things did Mike Tomlin tamp down in Pittsburgh that we didn't know about? It got to the point that a top-three receiver in football just wasn't worth the constant BS that Brown brings to a team. So whatever the financial cost—and though the Raiders paid Brown only a $1-million signing bonus, he and agent Drew Rosenhaus would file a grievance to get the guaranteed money in the new contract—the tightrope Gruden will have to walk just isn't worth it unless Brown surrenders right now.
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Cantor: The Long Island six and a single payer health plan
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It is certain that the Long Island six, the newly elected Democratic state senators from Long Island, will face pressure from New York City Senate Democrats to enact a single payer health care plan run by New York State. The initiative, called the New York Health Plan Act (NYHP), has twice passed the New York City dominated New York State Assembly but has gotten nowhere in the New York State Senate, which until this past election day was dominated by a slim Republican majority.
Now with the New York State Senate having a Democratic majority, the single payer system may see the light of day despite the Long Island six, because there will be enough Democrats to breathe life into the plan without them. Therein lies the risk to Long Islanders.
The question is whether New York State needs a single payer system considering that nearly 95 percent of New Yorkers have access to health insurance through expanded Medicaid, the essential plan for individuals with lower incomes, and New York's health insurance exchange. However, what makes NYHP appealing to some New Yorkers are the high deductibles, limited coverage, and high copay health plans among the choices that they currently have, which are sure to worsen now that Congress has rescinded the federal mandate that all Americans have health coverage.
The jeopardy for Long Islanders, including those covered by Medicare and employer-provided health insurance is that NYHP will replace their current health care system with one administered by the state. Under NYHP, New York State government will approve reimbursement rates to hospitals, doctors and other health care providers, causing ripples through the health care economic sector.
For NYHP to succeed, New York State will require a federal waiver of regulations and program requirements for Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program and employer-provided coverage, along with New York receiving the money that the federal government would have spent on healthcare for New Yorkers. Without a waiver and the money, the Rand Corporation has estimated that NYHP would cost New York individuals and businesses $139 billion a year. Staggering considering that New York State's budget is $168.3 billion.
Few will disagree that all New Yorkers should have access to health care. The task for the Long Island six is to ensure that NYHP doesn't do economic damage to Long Island's hospitals, healthcare sector and Long Island's competitiveness with other regions for the companies already here and those we wish to attract.
Martin R. Cantor is director of the Long Island Center for Socio-Economic Policy and a former Suffolk County economic development commissioner.
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HomeQuotes50+ Interesting Christopher Walken Quotes
50+ Interesting Christopher Walken Quotes
Christopher Walken's original name was Ronald Walken. He was born on March 31 1943 Queens in New York, U.S. Walken is an American actor known for his intense, eccentric performances in a variety of roles, which earned his unending popularity and critical appreciation. He began dancing when he was a child. He also auditioned for the various small roles that were offered to children on live dramas on television. He was a student at an institution called the Professional Children's School, a school for children who were actors. He began his professional stage career in the stage under the name Ronnie Walken in 1959 in Archibald MacLeish's J.B. and went on to appear in the revival in 1963 of Best Foot Forward, 1966 productions of Measure for Measure, The Rose Tattoo, The Lion in Winter and a myriad of other productions. He took on the stage name of Ronnie Walken in 1964. Walken was able to make his professional movie debut in 1971 with Sidney Lumet's heist action "The Anderson Tapes. He was in the autobiographical film of Paul Mazursky Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) as well as the thriller The Sentinel (1977) before receiving a notice for a minor role as the protagonist's seemingly suicide-prone brother, for the film of Woody Allen Annie Hall (1977). Here is a collection of interesting quotes by iconic actor Christopher Walken.
Christopher Walken Quotes
"And anything I play, my reference is completely from the planet Show Business. I don't know anything about anybody else."- Christopher Walken
"I put aside an hour every day to go over that monologue again and again for months, and every time I got to the end of it, I would crack up."- Christopher Walken
I don't like driving, I prefer to be driven. – Christopher Walken
"I worked for 15 years as a kind of janitor at the Actors Studio. I would do manual things. I did lots of plays, theater workshops, for nothing."- Christopher Walken
"I grew up in the '50s, in New York City, where television was born."- Christopher Walken
"An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie."- Christopher Walken
"Back home, I do the same things every day. Exactly the same. I eat at the same time, I get up at the same time."- Christopher Walken
"I don't play lovers. I wish I did. At least once I'd like to have a crack at one of those guys. A heartbreaker. Some people are born to it. I'm not."- Christopher Walken
"There's something dangerous about what's funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary."- Christopher Walken
"I just do things and hope for the best. Say yes, take a chance, and sometimes it's terrific and sometimes it's not."- Christopher Walken
"I've done a couple of things on TV, and probably more people saw me than in all the movies I've made."- Christopher Walken
"If you were born in New York during the golden age of television, and you grew up on Broadway, that marks you."- Christopher Walken
"When I'm on the road making a movie in another city, on my day off, I always go to the movies. I love going to the movies."- Christopher Walken
"I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own." – Christopher Walken
"I've done a lot of things I cringe when I watch and some things I'm proud of… Movies are strange. You have to be a little bit lucky with them."- Christopher Walken
"I think all men when they get older, they look at the mirror and they probably see their father a little bit."- Christopher Walken
"As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play and the audience."- Christopher Walken
"I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you're doing, yourself, if you figure you're doing the right thing."- Christopher Walken
"I'm better off not socializing. I make a better impression if I'm not around."- Christopher Walken
"I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell."- Christopher Walken
"I love spaghetti. And I like to cook spaghetti. And I used to eat it every day. I weighed thirty pounds more than I do now."- Christopher Walken
"You know, there are guys who play the guy who gets the girl, guys who are the best friend of that guy, there's the funny guy, the villain."- Christopher Walken
"Somebody said to me that I speak English almost like somebody for whom English is not their first language."- Christopher Walken
"My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies."- Christopher Walken
"I play so many villains and strange, troubled people. I don't have that kind of life. I live in the country. I've been married nearly 50 years. I have a cat."- Christopher Walken
"The last time I did a movie that needed a horse, I said: 'If it moves, I'm out of here.' The worst thing is, they know when you're afraid and act up accordingly. I've had them run off on me. Horses I do not like."- Christopher Walken
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"Even in the limo, I buckle my seatbelt. I got that seatbelt on before the car moves."- Christopher Walken
"I like cats a lot. I've always liked cats. They're great company. When they eat, they always leave a little bit at the bottom of the bowl. A dog will polish the bowl, but a cat always leaves a little bit."- Christopher Walken
"My father was a lesson. He had his own bakery, and it was closed one day a week, but he would go anyway."- Christopher Walken
"I make up different names for my cat all the time: Flapjack, Bowtie, Popcorn. But he's really, 'Hey you, cat.'"- Christopher Walken
"I don't think I'd be a good director because people would ask me, you know, 'What is it? What's going on here? Where should I put the camera?' Or, 'What's my motivation?' And I would say,'Do whatever you want!'"- Christopher Walken
"Bless me? Do you know what God did for me? He threw an 18-wheeled truck at me and bounced me into nowhere for five years!"- Christopher Walken
"Your house is burning! There's still time."- Christopher Walken
"Something stinks like stale French fries."- Christopher Walken
"Let's understand each other. I sang the first hymn when the stars were born."- Christopher Walken
"You been with a woman, Zophael? It's like dying… you moan, cry out. You get to a spot that has you begging for release. Once, I was an Angel of Death… now, I die every day… when I have the cash."- Christopher Walken
"If I do something wrong, it's because God didn't give me the grace to do what's right. If this world stinks, it's his fault. I'm only working with what I've been given."- Christopher Walken
"I thought people like me were the legal process."- Christopher Walken
"Love is a bridge built between two people. We want what exists between them to be real."- Christopher Walken
"A man can be an artist in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasy's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece."- Christopher Walken
Sometimes a certain innocence is good, but not about yourself.
I don't have a wristwatch either because if I need to know what time it is, I ask somebody. – Christopher Walken
"That ain't any kind of fun, but what I have to offer you, that's as good as it's gonna get. And it won't ever get that good again."- Christopher Walken
We have no way of knowing what lays ahead for us in the future. All we can do is use the information at hand to make the best decision possible.-Christopher Walken
I have this theory about words. There's a thousand ways to say "Pass the salt". It could mean, you know, "Can I have some salt?" or it could mean, "I love you.". It could mean, "I'm very annoyed with you". Really, the list could go on and on. Words are little bombs, and they have a lot of energy inside them.-Christopher Walken
At its best, life is completely unpredictable.-Christopher Walken
If I show somebody something that I've written and they say, "Eh…alright," I just put it away and I never show it to anyone again. But I know people who won't take no for an answer, and eventually someone pays attention.-Christopher Walken
My hair was famous before I was.-Christopher Walken
There are people who are able to plan their career, their future, but I've never had any talent for that. I just do things and hope for the best. Say yes, take a chance, and sometimes it's terrific and sometimes it's not.-Christopher Walken
You know, there's nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you're doing, yourself, if you figure you're doing the right thing.-Christopher Walken
In the end, there's still the Word, everywhere… In Heaven and it's Angels, the Earth and Stars, even in the darkest part of the Human Soul It was there where it burned brightest. And for a moment, I was blinded.-Christopher Walken
In the theater you rehearse in order to do the performance. And in the movies the rehearsal and the performance are kind of the same thing. You're figuring it out and hopefully the camera is pointed at you when you're doing it.-Christopher Walken
No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.Christopher Walken
It's not necessarily how many minutes you're on screen, it's the material you have. It's more important what it is you have to do than the amount of time you're there.-Christopher Walken
Because if I don't know my lines, I really don't know what I'm doing.-Christopher Walken
I'd love to do a character with a wife, a nice little house, a couple of kids, a dog, maybe a bit of singing, and no guns and no killing, but nobody offers me those kind of parts.-Christopher Walken
Bear suits are funny – and bears as well.-Christopher Walken
It's very bizarre though when you get hired and then the director will say, "I know how this goes." And you're thinking, "Wait a minute, I thought that I was doing this" but basically what they really want, especially if they wrote it, is they want you to do it as they imagined it. It's virtually impossible.-Christopher Walken
Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's very important for me to know my lines, know them so well that I don't have to think about them.-Christopher Walken
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The modern version of the tried and true GE Standard bulbs. Made beyond the ban date.
I very much like the old GE Basic/Standard fake frost bulbs, along with the Ace hardware brand versions of same. I have some of each and would like to find more if you just so happen to ever get a line on any.
Will send you the eBay link in a bit.
No lamp is illegal, they are UNdocumented.
For some reason, when I saw "illegal" in the title, it made me giggle a bit. The way the title was written makes it seem like these are illegal in the same sense as weed and stuff like that.
They basically are, see the etch on Philips tubes from the 90s..
Definitely a Spanish speaking country.
Very cool! I've always wanted to see one of these Hungarian GE Basic bulbs. Looks like a bigger GE meatball logo than the Mexican GE's. Cool find with the Spanish packaging, too!
A great 100 watt lamp. I have 2 cases of these in the clear version.


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Top 5 songs of Akshara Singh, 400-500 million views on YouTube
admin August 21, 2022 0 1 min read
Akshara Singh Hit Songs Video: Akshara Singh is a well-known actress in the Bhojpuri industry. On August 30, Akshara will celebrate her 29th birthday. Akshara is very much in discussion about her films and songs. There are many such hit songs of Akshara which broke all the records in terms of views.
Akshara Singh Top 5 Hit Bhojpuri Songs: Bhojpuri cinema industry's famous actress and boss lady Akshara Singh rules the hearts of the fans. By the way, fans are eagerly waiting for his films and songs. But these days the fans are waiting for Akshara's birthday.
Akshara's birthday is on 30 August 2022. This time Akshara will celebrate her 29th birthday. Along with Akshara, fans are also waiting for her birthday. Akshara has worked in many Bhojpuri hit films. But along with acting, Akshara's songs are also well-liked.
Many songs of Akshara broke all the records of views on YouTube. Know about Akshara's song with such hits and tremendous views.
Akshara's Top Viewed Top Songs
I don't want to come here (Idhar Aane Ka Nahi)
Call Karen Kya
Don't Touch My Hand
Paani Paani Bhojpuri
Akshara Singh's song Idhar Aane Ka Nahi is at number one in the list of her top and hit songs. This song has got a lot of love from the fans and it has also broken all the records of views on YouTube. Let us tell you that the song Akshara Ke Idhar Aane Ka Nahi got 408 million views on YouTube.
This song is sung by Akshara in rap style and Akshara's style of running a bullet is also being seen in it. The song Idhar Aane Ka Nahi was released in 2020 but is still heard a lot among fans.
Akshara Singh's song 'Kall Karein Kya' also became very viral. Also this song remained in trending. This song of Akshara Singh not only got a lot of views, but this song also became fiercely viral on social media.
It is shown in the video of the song that Akshara hides from her mother and calls her boyfriend at midnight. The song garnered 221 million views on YouTube.
In terms of views, this song of Akshara Singh was also a huge hit. Fans also liked the song Don't Touch My Hand. The song got 191 million views on YouTube.
In the Bhojpuri version of Badshah's hit song Pani Pani, Akshara Singh along with Khesari Lal Yadav added a glamorous temper. This romantic song of Akshara and Khesari got 91 million views on YouTube.
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I am…fine! What are you kidding me? No way.
I am….ok! Is this what it feels like to be alive?
Are we like this all….ALL the time?
And, only me. How can there be all?
Are you all me? Am I, i?
What is that sound? Do you hear it too?
You did not hear it?
You do not know what I am talking about? You hear nothing?!
Is this color? Why do they look like that? They do not look like I, nor do they look like me!
You say you are you. But are you not me too?
How could you be me if you were you?
No sir I am not you.
You are me, I know I feel this way because I am me.
Must I remind you I am me, I am you.
Did I do all of this?
Did I create all this pain & trouble?
Is that why I feel pain?
I did not ask for this. This was your thought.
You had the idea. You started to tremble.
Why do we not help ourselves?
Not time enough to do it all.
I cannot feel my body. I had one of those did'nt i?
I can see it now both of me.
I took a shot at life.
No it was only ever me.
It deludes you….thoughts of we.


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Just days before the film premieres to the public, producers of Michael Jackson's This Is It say stories that claim body doubles were used for MJ in the movie are "pure garbage," TMZ reports.
A rep from Sony, co-producer of the film, addressed the rumors by telling TMZ: "This story is pure garbage and there are no body doubles.
The film will be released in theaters Oct. 28.


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I just heard Into the Nighlife and it is very good. I wonder if the rest of the cd is as good.
I don't see the rave glowsticks anywhere. WTF ?
I was in California having a "drink-drunk" brunch at a Hilton hotel with a friend from the Y&T board and someone approached me thinking I was Cyndi Lauper.
I wish I could pull of red lipstick like she can, but it just makes me look like a retarded clown!
A lot of guys like the retarded clown look. Go for it!!!
I guess I should have put it in the What's Happening news thread so everybody would know.
I wanted to see how far Chris would sink himself on this thread.
Like I should talk, right?
Alsworms, has your wife seen your "Love of Alice" photo yet?


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I've been struggling to come up with a name for my soon-to-be pottery business. Some background: I'm 26, have struggled with anxiety/depression most of my life, and finding the right career path for myself. This August, I stumbled into a pottery class and never looked back. I instantly fell in love, and by October I was buying used equipment. It will be a small operation, based in my parents' garage.
Anything involving luck/chance, as getting equipment fell together quite perfectly for me.
I want it to be professional, but also something unique that people will remember. Thank you in advance for any ideas!
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I'm glad pottery and going into business has helped you with your depression issues, Becca. That's awesome!


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26 Wacky and Ornate Hat Creations Found at the Kentucky Derby
The hats became larger, brighter, and more extravagant
Though it's one of the shortest sporting events in existence, what the Kentucky Derby lacks in length it makes up for in hats — lots and lots of hats.
The long-established Southern tradition started with the vision of Col. Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr, the bulder of Churchill Downs, the race's historic setting. Clark — the grandson of famed adventurer and explorer William Clark — wanted the Derby to be a high-class event similar to the races taking place in Europe, which mandated full morning dress for men and women.
The Derby quickly became just as much about the fashion as the racing. The hats, however, didn't really start to take center stage until the 1960s, when social fashion norms loosened up and TV gave women a reason to stand out. The hats became larger, brighter, and more extravagant. As the following photos of Kentucky Derby hats show, not much has changed since then:


A middleweight scrap between Hector Lombard and Anthony Smith took place during tonight's UFC Fight Night 116 main card in Pittsburgh.
Round one begins and Smith lands a big head kick early. Lombard eats it and comes forward with a flurry of punches. Smith circles off the cage and lands a kick. He misses with a left hook. Lombard with a good right hand. Smith attempts to shoot for a takedown but it is not there. Lombard with some strikes from the top. Smith scrambles back to his feet. Lombard hits him with a pair of hard low kicks. Smith misses with an attempted head kick. Lombard with a nice counter right hand. He charges forward and lands another right. Smith moves off the cage but eats some low kicks for his troubles. One minute remains in round one. Another hard leg kick from Hector and then another. Smith attempts another head kick but it misses the mark. Lombard with another hard low kick. Smith comes forward but Lombard lands a nice counter right hand.
Round two begins and Lombard continues to chop away at the left leg of Smith. Anthony presses forward and lands a knee. Hector circles away and then fires off another hard low kick. Anthony Smith presses forward now. He misses with a left hook but connects with a follow up jab. Lombard gets a hold of Smith and presses him against the cage. Knees from Lombard. The fighters battle along the cage. Smith breaks free. He lands an elbow that staggers Hector. Smith gets on top of Lombard. He works some shots before the horn sounds to end round two.
Round three begins and Smith comes forward immediately. He misses with a left but lands a nice knee. Lombard fires off a punch to the body. He connects with a right hook. Lombard with a good low kick. He follows that up with a pair of left hands. Smith with a jab to the body and then another. Lombard comes forward but Smith catches him with a nice counter right hand. Lombard fires right back with a left. Smith misses with a head kick. Lombard moves forward and eats a huge right. That sends Hector to the canvas. A follow up punch from Smith and this one is all over. WOW!


Budd Schulberg, who wrote the screenplay for On the Waterfront, died yesterday at age 95. Schulberg grew up a Hollywood prince, surrounded by movie stars and wannabes who sought favors from his studio-executive father. In 1941, he worked a wartime stint screening footage taken by the Nazis for evidence to be presented at the Nuremberg Trials. The same year, he wrote the novel What Makes Sammy Run, a searing tale of Hollywood greed, which, according to the Hollywood Reporter, infuriated people from John Wayne, who got into a fistfight with Schulberg, to Samuel Goldwyn, who saw Schulberg's depiction of Sammy Glick, an opportunistic movie-business climber, as "doublecrossing the Jews." Schulberg later wrote that "both Sammy and many of his victims were Jewish, 'suggesting the wide range of personalities under the one ethnic umbrella.'" A decade later, Schulberg, a onetime Communist Party member, alienated many of his colleagues again by testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee. At higher points in his career, he wrote several other successful novels and collaborated with greats including F. Scott Fitzgerald and Elia Kazan.