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Q: Active select processes run too long pg_stat_activity, what is the reason? I use this select to get statistic:
my pg_stat_activity_screen
SELECT  pid, state, query, clock_timestamp() as current_time, query_start, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start) AS execution_time, wait_event_type, wait_event
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE state <> 'idle'
AND query NOT LIKE '% FROM pg_stat_activity %'
ORDER BY execution_time;
One of stuck select request not really huge:(just example)
EXPLAIN (ANALYZE) select count(*) as y0_ from b_application this_
left outer join mc_status mc_status2_ on this_.mc_status_id=mc_status2_.id
inner join b_user app_user1_ on this_.user_id=app_user1_.id
left outer join user_location locations7_ on app_user1_.id=locations7_.user_id
left outer join b_location app_locati3_ on locations7_.location_id=app_locati3_.id
where not this_.app_status in ('CONVERT_TO_APPLICATION', 'EXPIRED') and this_.source<>'BROKER' and app_locati3_.id=2478;

Execution plan for this request:
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Manually all these selections runs really quickly.

A: Try this index:
CREATE INDEX ON b_application (user_id)
WHERE app_status in ('CONVERT_TO_APPLICATION', 'EXPIRED') AND source<>'BROKER';

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Christa Faust Auditioning Butch Dicks For Book Trailer, UPDATED WITH KICKSTARTER!
News by Rob Hart	June 8, 2012	1 comment
Christa Faust
UPDATE: Christa has launched a Kickstarter campaign for the next Butch Fatale book. A limited Ace Double style back-to-back print edition of both the first Butch novel, and the new one, signed and personalized? Yes, please. Check it out.
LitReactor instructor and hardboiled dame Christ Faust is holding an audition to find a real-life version of her dyke dick, Butch Fatale.
Faust is writing the second outing of the private eye character, and is seeking someone to play the role in a trailer for the next book's release. Click through to find the full instructions. All audition videos get posted to YouTube, and Faust will post the links to all videos received by July 1. The reading public will then vote on the winner, and that winner will star in the trailer.
You don't have to look like the character pictured above--Faust says cocky, sexy attitude is key, and welcomes "all ages, shapes and types, including butches of color, fat butches, and anyone else who thinks they've got what it takes."
This is a very cool twist on the concept of the book trailer, and I dig the interactive component.
Got what it takes? Post a video. Be sure to tell us about it, too. If you know someone who fits the bill, pass it along.
And if you haven't read Butch Fatale, Dyke Dick in Double D Double Cross yet, do it. Now. It's a great read.
News by Rob Hart
Rob Hart is the class director at LitReactor. He's also the author of five novels and the short story collection Take-Out, and co-wrote Scott Free with James Patterson. His next novel, The Warehouse (Crown, August 2019), has been sold in more than 20 countries and been optioned for film by Ron Howard. Find more at www.robwhart.com.
Follow @robwhart
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Arrest Us! Week Three Progress Report
An Interview with Joshua Chaplinsky, Author of 'Whispers in the Ear of A Dreaming Ape'
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Ten Harsh Truths I Learned Writing a Moderately Successful Series For A Small Press
bryanhowie	from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. May 24, 2012 - 3:43pm
Christina is my hero. I love this.

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The free 45-minute session takes entrants on a course around the town centre, discovering just how user-friendly - or not - the place really is.
Entries have opened for the seventh annual Shopmobility Challenge.
The event is organised by Newton Abbot Community Transport Association and allows able-bodied workers to sample life from the seat of a Shopmobility scooter.
En route they will answer questions and collect items from shops, finding out something about the public's attitudes towards disability as well as the physical barriers facing less mobile people.
The challenge takes place on Wednesday, August 16, and NACTA Manager Kay Yendall said that no one who experiences the challenge ever sees life in quite the same way again.
Phil Heywood from Torbay and South Devon NHS, who has previously taken on the challenge, said: "It was an eye opening experience driving the scooter, negotiating dropped kerbs, automatic doors, lifts and worst of all pedestrians.
All stores, organisations and businesses are encouraged to nominate a member of staff to compete against other first-time mobility scooter users.
There will be a trophy for the winner, previously awarded to Thorntons, SES Recruitment, B&Q, Subway, Stardust and, last year's winners, Wollen Michelmore, plus the opportunity to develop a positive attitude in the workplace towards the less able in society.
NACTA Manager Kay Yendall added: "Just set aside just 45 minutes on Wednesday, August 16, it's a really worthwhile investment in your staff and our town as a whole.


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package com.seomoz.api.constants;

/**
 *
 * A constants class for Links Service
 *
 * @author Radeep Solutions
 */
public class LinksConstants
{
	public static final String LINKS_SCOPE_PAGE_TO_PAGE = "page_to_page";
	public static final String LINKS_SCOPE_PAGE_TO_SUBDOMAIN = "page_to_subdomain";
	public static final String LINKS_SCOPE_PAGE_TO_DOMAIN = "page_to_domain";
	public static final String LINKS_SCOPE_DOMAIN_TO_PAGE = "domain_to_page";
	public static final String LINKS_SCOPE_DOMAIN_TO_SUBDOMAIN = "domain_to_subdomain";
	public static final String LINKS_SCOPE_DOMAIN_TO_DOMAIN = "domain_to_domain";

	public static final String LINKS_SORT_PAGE_AUTHORITY = "page_authority";
	public static final String LINKS_SORT_DOMAIN_AUTHORITY = "domain_authority";
	public static final String LINKS_SORT_DOMAINS_LINKING_DOMAIN = "domains_linking_domain";
	public static final String LINKS_SORT_DOMAINS_LINKING_PAGE = "domains_linking_page";

	public static final String LINKS_FILTER_INTERNAL = "internal";
	public static final String LINKS_FILTER_EXTERNAL = "external";
	public static final String LINKS_FILTER_NOFOLLOW = "nofollow";
	public static final String LINKS_FILTER_FOLLOW = "follow";
	public static final String LINKS_FILTER_301 = "301";

	public static final long LINKS_COL_ALL = 0;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_TITLE = 1;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_URL = 4;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_SUBDOMAIN = 8;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_ROOT_DOMAIN = 16;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_EXTERNAL_LINKS = 32;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_SUBDMN_EXTERNAL_LINKS = 64;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_ROOTDMN_EXTERNAL_LINKS = 128;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_JUICE_PASSING_LINKS = 256;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_SUBDMN_LINKS = 512;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_ROOTDMN_LINKS = 1024;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_LINKS = 2048;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_SUBDMN_SUBDMN_LINKS = 4096;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_ROOTDMN_ROOTDMN_LINKS = 8192;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_MOZRANK = 16384;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_SUBDMN_MOZRANK = 32768;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_ROOTDMN_MOZRANK = 65536;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_MOZTRUST = 131072;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_SUBDMN_MOZTRUST = 262144;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_ROOTDMN_MOZTRUST = 524288;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_EXTERNAL_MOZRANK = 1048576;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_SUBDMN_EXTERNALDMN_JUICE = 2097152;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_ROOTDMN_EXTERNALDMN_JUICE = 4194304;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_SUBDMN_DOMAIN_JUICE = 8388608;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_ROOTDMN_DOMAIN_JUICE = 16777216;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_CANONICAL_URL = 268435456;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_HTTP_STATUS_CODE = 536870912;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_LINKS_TO_SUBDMN = 4294967296L;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_LINKS_TO_ROOTDMN = 8589934592L;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_ROOTDMN_LINKS_SUBDMN = 17179869184L;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_PAGE_AUTHORITY = 34359738368L;
	public static final long LINKS_COL_DOMAIN_AUTHORITY = 68719476736L;
}

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ABOUT: Your Ottawa Mortgage
The Wilson Team
MOPOLO that!
Your Ottawa Mortgage
Chartered banks shackle borrowers
by Neil Sharma 07 May 2018
With Bank of Montreal being the latest A-lender to hike its five-year fixed mortgage rate, chartered banks are effectively locking in borrowers and making it harder for them to switch lenders.
"Banks are losing some of their customers at the renewal stage to mortgage specialty companies, and this makes it harder to switch lenders at renewal," said Elan Weintraub, a mortgage broker and director of Mortgage Outlet.
"The other thing it does is increase the profitability of banks because most people don't pay posted rates, and if you break your fixed-rate mortgage during the term, the penalty is based on the discount you receive, so they're essentially increasing that discount, which increases the penalty."
The chartered banks' rate hikes illuminate the advantages of putting borrowers in variable-rate mortgages. Clinton Wilkins of Centum Home Lenders Ltd. has always been a staunch advocate of variable rates, and says they're preferable on insured mortgages.
"You can get a variable-rate product at prime minus 1.05%, so you get a variable-rate mortgage at 2.4%," he said. "Why would you go with a fixed-rate product in the mid-threes? The spread is getting bigger between fixed and variable, and it's going to drive more consumers to the variable-rate mortgage product."
For 12 years, Wilkins has encouraged clients to take variable rates, even when other brokers promulgated the benefits of fixed-rate mortgages.
"I remember when the variable was an offering at prime minus 0.90% and then the spread started getting smaller and smaller and smaller," said Wilkins. "I remember when the prime went down to 2.25% and I had clients at prime minus 0.90%, and their rate was 1.35% on the variable. I had clients at the exact same time who had a fixed-rate product at 5.25%. People who were in that variable product back in 2006 to 2008 basically won the lottery."
Weintraub is also very partial to variable rate mortgages, however, he might be even more disposed towards psychographics.
"If someone tells me they're extremely risk averse and they're going to watch every news segment and read every newspaper article in fear, that needs to be factored into the decision," he said. "It's kind of a paradox; people think fixed-rate mortgages are less risky, but the reality is a significant number of people break their mortgage early and the penalty for a variable rate is substantially lower than it is for a fixed-rate mortgage. When you factor in that risk and the discounts, statistics show it's safer to take a variable rate."
Related stories: Government remedies oversight
Good news for buyers in Ottawa housing market: price momentum is cooling
BoC doublespeak on rate hikes muddies the waters – DLC's Cooper
Pressure on Canadians' purchasing power eases somewhat
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This fabulous rag flag banner is designed in gorgeous orange, turquoise and lime green to coordinate perfectly with our Little Monster Cake Smash Outfit. The flag portion is designed with an aqua/white chevron center flag with a machine appliqued "1" in coordinating turquoise and a fun-loving monster in orange and lime green. It is top-stitched around the edges with just enough unfinished edge to allow minimal shabby fraying. The banner is completed with hand-tied, vintage-inspired raggy fabric accents in orange, turquoise, aqua and lime green... perfect for the shabby Little Monster first birthday celebration.


The Columbus Crew are getting busy. A bunch of games in a short period of time means we get to see who is made of what and lots of different lineups.
1. O'Rourke and Grossman have started together only once. Against Seattle (away) and it was one of, if not THE, biggest wins in the past two seasons.
3. Team Goals For while starting in their last Five games. Keep in mind that there aren't any out of control goal scoring points on this years Crew team. You might think this is where Milovan would thrive... but not the case (whether due to injury, form or otherwise).
4. Danny and Cole are best in Goals Against, as well. This is the area of supreme strength for Columbus, so all do well here.
5. One important thing to note here, and it benefits everyone: Ever since Robert Warzycha changed the lineup and include two Defensive Mids, injuries have gotten less frequent.
The Crew have had to change their primary lineup from a 4-1-3-2 (diamond midfield) to a 4-2-3-1 because they are without productivity out of any target men this year. Aaron Schoenfeld and Olman Vargas haven't quite adapted (through no real fault of their own) and Tommy Heinemann is injured (through no fault of his own, either).
This change in formation has reduced the amount of running a Central Defensive Midfielder had to do in Warzycha's system. Frankly, it was too much running with near impossible responsibilities. In the old lineup the CDM position was a front row ticket to the infirmary. Think: Rich Balchan, Danny O'Rourke, the late Kirk Urso and Milovan Mirosevic.
It's a good formation and should work well enough in this league. It even seams as if the diamond midfield formation has moved to third choice as well. I've seen the team run varient on a 4-3-3 (4-2-1-3) in reserve games and late in a couple Senior level games. It looked positive from what I saw and Ben Speas seemed to do well playing behind a top line of Schoenfeld, Vargas and Renteria. It may be something the Crew pull out if they get desparate during the playoff push.
Anyhow. Give O'Rourke and Grossman another run out together. I'd bet a shinny silver dollar on a 2-0 victory against Toronto.
• As a club, they haven't scored more than two goals in any games and only allowed more than 2 once. So, no outliers in last 5 games for each player.
• A crowded schedule should be healthy for the club. They have been last in games played because of the wacky MLS schedule this year. For the rest of the world two games a week is part of the modern game but in Major League Soccer it is a bit of anomaly for most clubs. Games every 2 or three days will be just what the doctor ordered.
• Not entirely fair to pull Mirosevic into this Defensive Mid group as he has spent a lot of time more as a Central Mid (neither up or back). However, I do feel that his tendency to drift back was a driver for Warzycha's formation change.


Posted by Frank the Tank November 2, 2018 in News and filed under Michael Moore, Pope.
Michael Moore met the Pope and asked him if capitalism is a sin. The Pope said yes, that capitalism is a sin. "And I said, 'So you believe capitalism, the kind of — the capitalism we have now is a sin?' He goes, 'Yes, it is.' He said, 'The poor must always come first.'"


The three-fingers salute is gone.
Your PIN, just like for your bank or your voice mail, is a four digit code that logs you in, rather than having to remember your complete password.
It's simple, really… you will still have a password, but the PIN will, from the local keyboard or screen, authenticate that password. Anyone trying to log on remotely will still have to type in your full (and hopefully long & complex) password… which means that hackers, unless they have physical access to your computer, still need to get around that.
Your first gesture could be a line across the bow of the boat, the second might be a circle around the Sea-doo, and the third one could be a dot on the top of the man in blue's head. Once you complete the gestures, your computer will unlock.
Swipe from the right side of your screen and click Settings. If your computer does not have a touch device then drag your cursor to the bottom-right corner of the screen, and click.
Under Users navigate to Sign-in Options.
From this screen you can change your password, set a PIN, or select a picture password (and set the swipes). In order to do this you must know your actual user password though!
These options are disabled until you activate your Windows 8 OS.
. Click on that, and you will see three icons appear (if both the picture password and PIN are configured). Select the appropriate one, and you are done!
and tablets it's an easy alternative to typing your password all the time!
← Proof that WTF Canada has a sense of humour!


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MGM content for Showtime Arabia
MGM Worldwide Television, a division of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios, has concluded its first pan Middle Eastern Pay TV and VOD agreement with Showtime Arabia, the leading Pay TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, and its Show On Demand, the region's first video on demand service. The licensing agreement marks MGM's first VOD offer for the region and brings MGM's films to Showtime customers throughout the Middle East.
GlobeCast to provide pay TV network Showtime Arabia
Disney content for YouTube
Altech for Showtime
Showtime Networks interactive application
MTV and Sony content for MSN


DTG Printed about 11″ wide on Men's Gildan G185 Hooded Sweatshirt in Sport Grey, Navy Blue and Black.
Where's Carl? NOT where you told him to be, that's for damn sure. That kid is exactly where he is NOT supposed to be, doing exactly what he is NOT supposed to be doing with EXACTLY who you told him NOT to be with (probably a zombie).


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Q: Regex positive lookbehind at beginning doesn't work? This regex:
^(?<=key)match

can't match:
keymatch (at the beginning)

Why?

A: The ^ anchors to the beginning of the string, but in your pattern, you're looking behind for key right after matching the beginning of the string. This situation is impossible; the beginning of the string won't be preceeded by any characters.
Put ^ inside the lookbehind instead:
(?<=^key)match

https://regex101.com/r/mgV9C8/1


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Home / Resources / Rainbow Digest / July 2019
ECHR judgment on freedom of association, equal marriage in Northern Ireland, LGBTI-phobic violence in Poland, first Tbilisi Pride, and much more…
No. 286. July 2019. In this issue...
Applications are open for the Gathering for D/deaf and disabled LGBTI activists
Two opportunities to join our team
We welcome election of first woman EU Commission President
Say Hello to Revolut Donations
Gaming for equality
Don't forget to register before 2 September
Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović announced as a speaker
Making the conference welcoming, safe and accessible to all
Mandate of UN Expert on SOGI is renewed
LGBTI activists in Uzbekistan call on the government to decriminalise same-sex relations
UK Parliament voted for equal marriage law in Northern Ireland
First Tbilisi Pride took place despite refusal and threats
European Parliament LGBTI Intergroup's statement on LGBTI-phobic violence in Poland
A feminist group in Almaty denied holding a protest amid expectations that LGBT+ might join
Bulgarian Supreme Court rules in favour of free movement for a same-sex spouse
Legal gender recognition
"Clinics in Turkey must perform gender affirmation surgeries for trans people"
Kyrgyz kalpak spotted at the Pride in Trier sparks online debates in Kyrgyzstan
Registrations open for the international conference on LGBTI people and violence in Europe
European training of trainers on hate crime against LGBTI persons
Five full-time internship opportunities at ILGA World
European Network Against Racism is recruiting a full-time Impact and Process Officer
Consultancy for a sexual and reproductive health and rights project
Organising rainbow days in your city
ILGA-Europe invite you to apply to participate in the Gathering for D/deaf and disabled LGBTI activists in Europe and Central Asia, on 21 – 24 November 2019 in Brussels. At this event, you will meet other D/deaf and disabled LGBTI activists and LGBTI and disability rights activists, share your experiences, understand more of the contexts participants work in, key issues, strategies, existing gaps, needs and resources within D/deaf and disabled LGBTI movements. You will also participate in a joint thinking process regarding potential avenues for movement building at the regional level. The deadline to apply is 26 August at 18.00 CET.
Read the full invitation and download application form here.
We are looking for a Communications and Media Officer and a Litigation Fellow to work with the staff team in Brussels. The Communications and Media Officer (1 year full-time contract) will be responsible for ensuring a high profile for the organisation and current issues for LGBTI people with key European stakeholders and for developing content about ILGA-Europe's work and the European LGBTI movement. The Litigation Fellow (6 months full-time paid fellowship) will undertake research in international and comparative law; assist in preparation drafting of third party interventions or briefing documents; monitor legal developments at national, European and International levels and assist with litigation capacity building activities organised by ILGA-Europe.
Read more about the Communications and Media Officer post and apply before 19 August.
Read more about the Litigation Fellow post and apply before 2 September.
ILGA-Europe congratulate Ursula von der Leyen on being the first woman ever elected president of the European Commission – a historic step forward for gender equality in Europe. We welcome the strong commitment made by the President-elect in front of the European Parliament on 16 July on ensuring respect of the rule of law across the EU. Given the increasingly polarised social and political climate both across the EU and globally, human rights – in particular the human rights of LGBTI people – are facing a forceful challenge, and a strong positive response to this is indeed much needed.
Read more on our reaction.
This month ILGA-Europe announced a partnership with Revolut, one of Europe's biggest digital banks. Revolut's new Donations feature allows users to instantly round-up their card payments and donate the difference to ILGA-Europe. Watch YouTube stars share their reasons for supporting the LGBTI movement, and download the Revolut app to join them in contributing through everyday transactions.
Find out more about how to support ILGA-Europe on your Revolut app.
Esports team Splyce are committed to promoting inclusion within the gaming community. Competing in the League of Legends European Championships in Berlin, the team switched to a rainbow jersey to show their support for LGBTI equality. They've also made the jersey available for fans to buy online, with all proceeds donated to ILGA-Europe.
Get your rainbow jersey online.
The 23rd ILGA-Europe Annual Conference is approaching fast. The theme of this year's conference is 'Stronger Together' and it will take place in Prague, Czech Republic from 23-26 October 2019. Participants of our past conferences say that the ILGA-Europe Annual Conference is the most impactful event of the year they take part in. So don't miss this opportunity and register for the event until Tuesday 3 September (midnight CET).
Register for the Conference.
Read more about the theme of this year's conference.
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović will be giving a speech at our Annual Conference in Prague. Dunja Mijatović was elected Commissioner for Human Rights by the Parliamentary Assembly and took up her position on 1 April 2018. She has regularly given lectures in national and international fora and has been awarded several human rights prizes. She has also being active in supporting NGO activities in the field of human rights education and asylum.
Read more about the Conference.
ILGA-Europe continuously strive to make our events welcoming, safe and accessible to all. We made accessibility a priority criterion when selecting the main conference venue. We looked at evaluation from previous conferences and took on board many of the suggestions made. We earmarked budget to support specific accessibility measures based on most frequently expressed needs. We know that there is always progress to be made: event accessibility is a continuous learning process that we are committed to within the scope of our capacity and resources.
Read the specific measures we will be putting in place in terms of accessibility.
In a defining vote on 12 July, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert focusing on the protection against violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 27 in favour, with 12 voting against and 7 abstentions. There was no against vote from any country in Europe and Central Asia. The campaign calling on the Council to renew the mandate of the UN Independent Expert on SOGI was supported by 1,312 non-governmental organizations from 174 States and territories.
Read the press release from ILGA World with statement from activists around the world.
On 24 July, the Uzbek bureau of Radio Free Europe reported about receiving a letter from Uzbek LGBTI activists in which they are calling on the Uzbek Government to decriminalize same-sex relations by removing the article 120 from the Penal Code. The activists' letter states that "Our goal is to have the article 120 removed from the Penal Code of Uzbekistan. The article provides a green light to lynching and corruption. We hope our demand reaches the President Mirziyoyev through UN". It is also well known that the Uzbek judiciary uses the article 120 to invigorate convictions against political prisoners.
For more, see (in Russian).
ILGA-Europe wholeheartedly congratulate the Love Equality NI Campaign and all other LGBTI activists in Northern Ireland who have been pushing for both political and public support for equality in recent years. Their efforts paid off on 9 July as the House of Commons has voted by majority to extend marriage equality to Northern Ireland and on 22 July it was approved at the House of Lords. The amended bill, which will now head to the Queen for royal assent, will extend same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland by January 2020, provided that power-sharing in the region is not restored beforehand.
Read more on the statement of Love Equality NI Campaign.
Tbilisi Pride organisers held an impromptu Pride Parade in Tbilisi on 8 July. Despite impediments posed by the Ministry of Interior and repetitive refusals to provide protection to participants, the group organised a small spontaneous march. The event was successful -and most importantly- happened without incidents. LGBT+ people and human rights activists, as well as politicians and representatives of civil society organizations also participated in the rally, which lasted for about half an hour.
Read more about the first Tbilisi Pride.
According to activist Veronika Fonova of the KazFem feminist movement in Kazakhstan, the authorities denied the organisation to organise a demonstration on 22 July to raise public awareness about the challenges faced by women sex workers. One of the reasons the authorities cited was the expected participation of the LGBT+ people in the demonstration. As Veronica Fonova mentioned in their Facebook post, the Almaty city authorities think that "the Kazakh society is not ready for public events with participation of LGBT+ people".
For more, read in Russian.
Following the attacks against the Pride participants in the Polish city of Bialystok on 20 July, the European Parliament's LGBTI Intergroup made a statement saying that they "were appalled to see that the participants of the Equality March became victims of LGBTI-phobic hate speech and physical violence exhibited by far-right groups and football ultra-fans". The MEP's from the Intergroup called on the Polish authorities and the European Commission to take action regarding freedom of assembly, discrimination, violence and hate speech in Poland.
Read more on the statement.
On 16 July, the European Court of Human Rights found Russia's refusal to register associations set up to promote and protect the rights of LGBT people to violate the rights to freedom of association and to be discriminatory on the grounds of sexual orientation. The Court's judgment was informed by a third party intervention submitted jointly by the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), ILGA-Europe and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on 29 July 2016. "This judgment sends a key message to LGBTI activists in Russia and other countries across Europe who are facing similar discriminatory restrictions - refusal to register associations cannot be justified on the ground of protection of morals" said Arpi Avetisyan, ILGA-Europe's Senior Litigation Officer.
Read more about the judgment on our media release.
The Bulgarian Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the right of residency for the same-sex spouse of an EU citizen, in a landmark judgment issued on 24 July. Upholding the right to freedom of movement for all EU citizens and their spouses, this judgment is coherent with the ruling last year by the Court of Justice of the EU in the Coman case, confirming that EU Member States are obliged to treat the same-sex spouse of an EU citizen just as they would a different-sex spouse – irrespective of whether or not the Member State provides in its own laws possibilities for same-sex marriage or civil partnership. The judgment in this case is final, and must now be implemented by the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Bulgaria.
More information about the judgment (in Bulgarian).
Do you know of any cases in the EU where the right to freedom of movement is being refused? Get in touch and let us know.
The Turkish Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling affirming that clinics in Turkey must perform gender affirmation surgeries for trans people, such as hysterectomies. This ruling follows a 2-year court proceeding. While the Turkish Supreme Court has previously ruled that sterilisation cannot be a requirement for access to legal gender recognition, this ruling is not in effect, so the consequence of hospitals refusing to perform such surgeries has been a near-abolition of legal gender recognition.
Read more about the story of the case told by Emirhan, trans activist who sued the hospital.
Society attitudes, violence, legislation, community outreach and other issues related to anti-LGBT hate crimes are among topics that will be covered at the "LGBTI People and Violence in Europe: studying attitudes, changing minds" to be held on 26-27 September 2019 in Budapest, Hungary, as part of the EU-funded project Call It Hate, by University of Brescia (Italy), Lambda Warsaw (Poland), Hatter Society (Hungary), in cooperation with the National University of Public Service (Hungary) and together with almost 50 partner organizations, including ILGA-Europe.
Register for the conference by 1 September.
The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Unit of the Council of Europe is calling on interested applicants to apply for the European Training of Trainers on Hate Crime Against LGBTI persons that will be organised in October/November 2019. The applicants must be members of law enforcement authorities such as police forces, border authorities or prosecutor bodies dealing specifically with hate crime against LGBTI persons.
Applications are due by 13 September at the latest.
Kyrgyz kalpak spotted at the Pride in Trier sparks online debate in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz kalpak – a traditional headwear – symbolises patriarchy and power in Kyrgyzstan, and is considered as a national symbol. Kyrgyz activists around the world deliberately display the Kyrgyz flag, kalpak and other symbols in Pride events along with rainbow flags to make a political point. The appearance of a Kyrgyz gay activist with kalpak in the Trier Pride (Germany) on 20 July was not an exception, and immediately attracted public attention in Kyrgyzstan creating online debates about the rights of LGBTI people and contributing to the visibility of the Kyrgyz LGBTI people.
ILGA World are looking for Programme Intern on UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures, Programme Intern on UN Human Rights Council and UPR, Programme Intern for Research, Programme Intern on Intersex People and Sex Characteristics, and Communications Intern to join their team. All internship are six months long and will start in September / early October 2019. The internships are virtual, and the intern can be based anywhere with good internet connection. The exact working hours and dates can be flexible, but a candidate should be available to work full-time (37.5 hours/week). The internship receives a financial compensation of CHF 750 per month.
Apply here by 11 August.
The European Network Against Racism is recruiting an Impact and Process Officer
The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) is a pan-European anti-racism network that combines advocacy for racial equality and facilitating cooperation among civil society anti-racism actors in Europe. They are based in Brussels and have member organisations in all EU countries. The Impact & Process Officer is tasked with developing and supervising the implementation of internal processes, improving impact assessment mechanisms, supporting the Team in their implementation and report on progress.
Read more and apply before 30 August.
YSAFE (Youth Sexual Awareness for Europe) aims to lead and empower a network of young champions to educate and advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). They coordinate a transnational project that will create a new toolkit, particularly for use with marginalized groups, on protection from sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). They are seeking a consultant who will co-create the toolkit with the project team and youth groups, and train young participants to deliver activities using it.
Have a look at the terms of reference and apply by 19 August.
Does your city have a multi-day non-LGBTI-event like public street parties, Oktoberfeste or cultural festivals? And would you like to create an inclusive LGBTI-day during that event? The Dutch Pink Wednesday is looking for 4 to 5 partners in the EU who'd like to participate in the EU programme 'Europe for citizens' for civil society projects.
See for more information and react before 1 December 2019.


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The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis serves Catholics and the greater 12-county Twin Cities community. The following narrative explains the function of each department and the funding level for Fiscal Year 2018. There also is a chart that illustrates the expenditures, as compared to other departments.
Catholic Education • $1,313,560
The Office for the Mission of Catholic Education (OMCE) provides support for Catholic schools and parish faith formation programs in the archdiocese by focusing on Catholic identity, leadership development and assistance in implementing academic programs. A particular area of emphasis is providing programmatic oversight to promote innovation and excellence in local urban Catholic Schools. The OMCE is focused on forming a new generation of Catholic students by teaming up with private partners including the Aim Higher Foundation, Catholic Schools Center of Excellence and GHR Foundation.
Central Services • $5,109,558
The Department of Central Services provides support and services to archdiocesan staff and the parishes. The department includes the offices of the chancellors of civil and canonical affairs, information technology services, the metropolitan tribunal, human resources and benefits, records and archives, the Office of Financial Standards and Parish Accounting, and facility and maintenance. Also covered in this category are assessments to the Minnesota Catholic Conference and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Clergy Services • $4,739,194
The role of this office is to provide support and formation for priests and deacons in all aspects of ministry and pastoral care. Services provided by this office include the following:
Seminary Formation: There are currently 54 men in formation for the priesthood for service of our archdiocese. While the number changes throughout the discernment process, our archdiocese has one of the largest enrollments of seminarians of any diocese in the country. The archdiocese funds the medical and dental coverage of those seminarians, as well as tuition, room and board of those attending the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
Center for Clergy Formation: Institute of Ongoing Formation for Clergy and the Institute of Diaconate Formation comprise the Center for Clergy Formation. Each entity of the center provides an integrated approach to priestly and diaconate formation, including gatherings and support for newly ordained priests, programs to assist new pastors in their role and ongoing formation opportunities for priests and deacons throughout the archdiocese.
Continuing Education: This includes continuing education opportunities, a sabbatical program, international enculturation and a biennial presbyteral assembly.
Ministerial Standards and Safe Environment: The mission of the Office of Ministerial Standards and Safe Environment is to work with our community to prevent the sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults through a number of initiatives, including implementing abuse prevention programs, immediately reporting allegations of abuse to law enforcement and/or child/adult protection officials and cooperating fully with their investigations, and helping those affected by abuse in their healing journey.
Priest Support: This includes support for priests who are not in ministry due to personal health issues or a disciplinary leave of absence, as well as those who have been permanently removed from ministry.
Chaplaincies: There are 36 priests and 25 deacons in full- or part-time ministry at hospitals and correctional facilities throughout the archdiocese who are supported by the archdiocese. There are many other priests and deacons throughout the archdiocese who provide pastoral care at health care, correctional facilities or schools, either as a ministry of their parish or through their outreach work. They offer the sacraments and spiritual support during some of the most difficult times in peoples' lives. Last year, thousands of people throughout our community were served by chaplains.
Specialized Ministries: This includes the Office of Vocations, support for international clergy and retired clergy, which includes the operation of the Leo C. Byrne Residence for retired priests in St. Paul.
Communications • $1,875,894
The Office of Communications helps convey the teachings of the Church and fosters communications between the archdiocese and the faithful, parish and school leaders and staff, and others in our community. It does this through The Catholic Spirit, multiple websites, social media, e-newsletters, printing services and other communications. The office also conducts media consultation and training for clergy, parishes and other representatives of the archdiocese, and it works with secular TV and radio stations, as well as with print and online publications.
Community Services • $75,050
The archdiocese helps men, women and children most in need within our local community, including the poor, hungry, and homeless, primarily through cash support to Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Evangelization • $267,180
The Office of Evangelization (OE) creates opportunities for people to encounter Jesus Christ and to make the truth of Christ and his Church clearly understood and accessible. Evangelization efforts are created and experienced in cooperation with parishes and Catholic schools and the many ministry groups throughout this local Church. The Office of Evangelization's initiatives include a grandparents ministry and Catholic Watchmen.
Marriage, Family and Life • $856,950
This Office of Marriage, Family and Life assists the laity and parishes through programs supporting marriage preparation, family education programming, respect life, pro-life groups, biomedical ethics and outreach for people with disabilities.
The office also sponsors the annual Archdiocesan Youth Day that brings together hundreds of local high-school-aged teens to praise God, grow in the faith and find fellowship. In addition, this office helps coordinate local representatives attending the National March for Life, World Youth Day, the National Catholic Youth Conference and other youth events.
Parish Services and Outreach • $1,517,428
The Office of Parish Services provides consultation, planning and leadership development opportunities to parishes throughout the archdiocese. The archdiocese supports outreach ministry to various groups and members of the archdiocesan community, including Indian ministry, black Catholic initiatives, the Venezuelan mission, the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, deaf ministry, and other groups and coalitions.
Latino Ministries • $475,989
There are more than 24 Latino Ministry parishes throughout the archdiocese that receive support from the Office of Latino Ministry. These Latino Ministry parishes offer the sacraments, catechesis and spiritual support to tens of thousands of Spanish speaking people throughout the local Church. The Office of Latino Ministry also oversees special days of celebration of faith and family throughout the year. In addition, biblical, catechetical and pastoral leadership formation institutes are provided for members of the Latino community to assist them in growing in the faith.
General and Administrative • $2,905,425
The offices of the archbishop, retired archbishops, bishops, vicar general, accounting, finance and general administration are included in the General and Administrative category. Over half of this expense category supports salaries and benefits of staff. Also included are expenses incurred for non-bankruptcy related legal fees and bad debt expense.
Stewardship and Development • $468,100
This office works with parishes and Catholic schools to help grow a culture of stewardship in local communities and to support parish and school development efforts. The office also engages in outreach to benefactors who wish to support specific ministries or programs of the Chancery Corporation.
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The Lady Outlaw is a 1911 Australian silent film set in Van Diemen's Land during convict days.

It was also known as By His Excellency's Command or By His Excellency's Command, a Tale of a Lady Outlaw.

It is considered a lost film.

Plot
In the 1860s, Dorothy's lover is transported to Hobart for committing a crime. She follows him there only to discover he has been assigned as a servant to a villainous land owner and has escaped to the hills, where police believe he has died.

Dorothy decides to seek revenge and leads a group of escape convicts on raids on the land owner's house. She then discovers her lover is alive and married to another woman. She decides to remain a bushranger until she gets involved in a shoot out by the sea.

After a duel between a lieutenant and her last surviving follower, she is captured by police.

The chapter headings were:
 Arrested-for Forgery
 Transported for Life
 A Woman's Devotion
 Lieutenant Dashwood escapes
 Struggle on the Cliffs
 Dashed to Death
 A Bid-for Freedom
 A Free Pardon

Cast
 Charles Villiers
 Alice Emslie

Production
The film was shot in New South Wales and featured a bushfire scene.

It starred Alice Emslie, a champion horsewoman, in the lead role.

Release
The film was previewed in Melbourne in August 1911.

The Hobart Mercury'' reported that "the picture is described as one of the finest yet shown in Hobart, and the novelty of the subject should bo the means of drawing large houses."

References

External links

 The Lady Outlaw at AustLit

1911 films
1911 Western (genre) films
1911 lost films
Australian black-and-white films
Bushranger films
Films directed by Alfred Rolfe
Lost Australian films
Lost Western (genre) films
Silent Australian Western (genre) films

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Description: Proponents of the Axial Age contend that parallel cultural developments between 800 and 200 BCE in what is today China, Greece, India, Iran, and Israel-Palestine constitute the global historical turning point towards modernity. While the Axial Age concept is well-known and influential, deficiencies in the historical evidence and sociological analysis available have thwarted efforts to evaluate the Axial Age concept's major global contentions. As a result, the Axial Age concept remains controversial. Seshat: Global History Databank provides new tools for examining this topic in social formations across Afro-Eurasia during the first two millennia BCE and first millennium CE, allowing scholars to empirically evaluate the many varied— and contrasting—claims put forward about this period. Our systematic investigation undercuts the notion of a specific 'age' of axiality limited to a specific geo-temporal localization. Critical traits offered as evidence of an axial transformation by proponents of the Axial Age concept are shown to have appeared across Afro-Eurasia hundreds and in some cases thousands of years prior to the proposed Axial Age. Our analysis raises important questions for future evaluations of this period and points the way towards empirically-led, historical-sociological investigations of the ideological and institutional foundations of complex societies.


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SWHHS COVID-19 Appeal for Community Action - Southwest Health and Human Services
SWHHS COVID-19 Appeal for Community Action
Covid, News / By Southwest Health and Human Services
Southwest Health & Human Services (SWHHS) counties of Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone, Redwood and Rock have dangerously high community transmission rates of COVID-19. We remain deeply committed to the health and well-being of our residents, employees, and communities. SWHHS Board urges all community members to take personal responsibility for the health of our communities.
The number of individual's infected, severe cases leading to hospitalization, and individuals dying from COVID-19 related deaths continues to rise throughout Minnesota. Currently, there have been fifty eight (58) COVID-19 related deaths in our SWHHS counties. Higher rates of virus transmission in the community increase the risk for all members of your community, including residents and staff in healthcare and long-term care facilities. The rise in the number of cases has a significant impact on hospitals and the healthcare system. It overloads valuable resources like availability of beds, supplies, medications and staff. The residents and staff in these facilities are at serious risk even as they take great action to limit infections. When community spread is this significant, all workforces are inevitably affected due to exposure or illness. We need all citizens and employers to take aggressive action to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The SWHHS County Commissioners unanimously voice their support of the efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 and urge communities, schools, businesses and patrons to follow these guidelines:
Monitor Your Health Daily. If you feel unwell please stay home.
Get tested if you have symptoms or if you are a close contact. Follow isolation and quarantine guidelines. Identification of COVID spread can help stop the spread.
Cover your mouth and nose with a mask when around others. Everyone must wear a mask in public settings and when around people who don't live in your household, especially when other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.
Maintain social distance. When out in public, maintain six feet of distance between yourself and others who do not live in your home. Avoid any large gatherings. Stay home as much as possible. If someone in your home is ill, keep at least six feet of distance from them if possible.
Limit gathering sizes to 10 or less. Do not attend events if you are high risk for complications associated with COVID-19. We must remember that seemingly uninfected family members and friends may be infected but asymptomatic. Exposure to asymptomatic cases can easily lead to spread.
Wash your Hands Frequently.
Until a safe and effective vaccine is approved and available in our area, we only have limited tools to stop the spread of COVID-19. Reducing community spread is critical, we all simply must do better. We each need to do our part to stop the spread of COVID-19 in our communities. We can do this by following the guidelines set forth by the Minnesota Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control. The time to act is now, and we need everyone's help.
Lincoln County Commissioners – Corey Sik and Mic VanDeVere
Lyon County Commissioners – Rick Anderson and Charlie Sanow
Murray County Commissioners – James Jens and Dennis Welgraven
Pipestone County Commissioners – Les Nath and Dan Wildermuth
Redwood County Commissioners – Jim Salfer and Dave Forkrud
Rock County Commissioners – Sherri Thompson and Greg Burger


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The staff and leadership here at BBC is made up of men and women who want to serve Jesus and love people. If you have questions or prayer requests for any of our staff, feel free to contact our church office to speak with them.
office@bb.church or 701.223.4445
Bryan Hochhalter - Lead Pastor
Bryan is originally from Bismarck and BBC. After being a pastor at a church in California, and lead pastor at churches in Canada and Detroit, Bryan and his wife, Holly, are back at BBC. They both love sports, adventure, traveling, and riding their Harley Davidson motorcycles. They have three adult sons.
Nathan Seibel - Associate Pastor
Nathan grew up in Bismarck and has been on staff at BBC for over nine years. He has been the worship leader at BBC and recently changed to the pastor of community life. Before BBC, Nathan worked in student life at University of Northwestern-St Paul. He and his wife Missy have three boys and a small, mild-mannered dog named Yoohoo.
Allen Finger - Associate Pastor
Allen has been serving Jesus in ministry for over 30 years. He enjoys getting to know people and helping them mature in faith. He and his wife Rita have been in a few different churches throughout North and South Dakota. They have four adult children and four grandkids.
Alea Dutchuk - Children's Director
Alea is originally from the Billings, Montana area and has recently joined the Bismarck Baptist Church staff. Before working in ministry, Alea was a teacher and preschool administrator. She desires to follow Christ's example in loving and teaching children and strives to work together with parents and the church to teach children to lead a Christ-centered life through faith, fun, and family . She lives in Mandan with her husband, Bruce, and 5 sons, Tristan, Lydell, Dallas, Nevada, and Gabriel.
Brian and Krisha Fuller - Worship Directors
Brian and Krisha have recently joined the staff at BBC. They both have been worship leaders in a couple churches in North and South Dakota. In their spare time, Krisha teaches 5th grade and Brian owns a contracting company. They have four kids and many animals.
Sowmya Karumanchi - Ministry Assistant
Sowmya has been on staff for about five years. She and her husband Sandy are originally from India and they have lived in the western hemisphere for about eight years.
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Anderson recalls taking a penalty in the 2008 Champions League final
Former Manchester United midfielder Anderson has been reflecting on what was going through his head as he limbered up to take a sudden death penalty during his side's Champions League final win over Chelsea in 2008.
The Brazilian replaced Wes Brown during the dying stages of extra time with penalties in mind and had the chance to balance the scores after John Terry missed a spot-kick that would have sent the trophy back to London.
He took a lengthy run-up and, with Petr Cech diving to the right, launched the ball high into middle of the goal; Salomon Kalou then scored, as did Ryan Giggs in reply, before Edwin van der Saar made the crucial save from Nicolas Anelka
And Anderson, who left United in 2015, told Radio Grenal that his nerves were uncontrollable when walking up to the spot in the Moscow rain.
"I came on to take the penalty," he said.
"I hadn't touched the ball. I was sitting on the bench, Giggs looked and said like this: 'Get Anderson to take one.' I said 'Oh my.' I was 20 at the time.
"The history of the club in my hands! I would not take it! I'm joking. I went. How couldn't I? I didn't touch the ball. I got there, Ferguson saying 'Come, come, come.' He put me in, the game finished and I said 'Oh my God.'
"I took the ball. It was the longest walk of my life. Even when I came from Azenha to Gremio, it was the longest walk I ever saw. I came with the ball, there is no way I wouldn't be shaking. I was already shaking. I was terrified. The story of a club, and our fans were on that side.
"I went to the ball, I got the ball, I looked at that goalkeeper, who is a giant. Cech opened his arms. I said, 'oh, I'm f*****.' I'll kick it hard, close my eyes and pray for the ball to go in. Then I took three, four steps, I closed my eyes and the ball passed just by his hand."
Looking back at it, you can tell Anderson was absolutely s***ing himself. Then again, that final happened almost ten years ago, and I still can't watch back the penalties without feeling tremors of nervousness myself.
He runs at it almost as if the ball might explode on impact: clearly unsure and terrified and yet, after some frantic deliberation, determined to just get it over and done with.
In the end, the ball crashed into the net, and United fans suddenly believed. It was undoubtedly his most feared kick of the ball in a red shirt, but it was also his most important.
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Air Quality Bills: 2014 Legislature Wrap Up
The community had high hopes for meaningful action during the 2014 Utah Legislative Session on air quality. With the session now at an end, our friends at the Utah Department of Environmental Quality posted a nice summary of the bills that passed.
Here's a quick overview, head over to their newsletter for the full story.
State Fleet
Legislators directed the Division of Fleet Operations to ensure that 50 percent or more of the state vehicles used to transport passengers will be alternative fuel or high-efficiency by August 30, 2018. View the bill.
A House bill amended the current definition of public utilities to encourage businesses to provide charging stations for electric cars. Another bill provides a state income tax credit of $1500 for the purchase or lease of a new electric vehicle and a tax credit allowance for a plug-in electric hybrid. View the bill. Legislation modified The Clean Fuels and Vehicle Technology Act to allow electric-hybrid vehicles to qualify for funding for alternative refueling infrastructure. View the bill.
Wood Burn Program
The Division of Air Quality received funding to educate the public about the dangers of wood smoke and help convert homes whose sole source of heat is wood to natural gas or other clean fuels. View the bill.
Medical Waste Incinerators
A Senate bill banned the incineration of medical waste within close proximity of a school or residential subdivision. View the bill.
Retrofit and Replacement Program
This program will help small businesses and individuals by providing grant and loan funds for emission-reducing technologies, including retrofits, repowers, and replacements. The program will also encourage replacement of snow removal, landscaping, and other yard equipment with cleaner alternatives. View the bill.
Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Funding
The Department of Air Quality (DAQ) received a one-time, $1.4 million grant that allocated $1 million for Utah-specific air quality research, $300,000 for an inventory and photochemical modeling study in the Uinta Basin, and $100,000 for volatile organic compound (VOC) infrared testing equipment. DAQ also received $400,000 in ongoing funding for four full-time employees to work on Uinta Basin oil and gas permitting and compliance.
The legislature appropriated $500,000 to DEQ for an air quality public awareness campaign in partnership with existing clean air programs such as UCAIR and TravelWise. DAQ received a one-time, $500,000 appropriation to help convert homes that burn wood as their sole source of heat and a one-time, $250,000 grant to educate the public on the hazards of wood smoke. The Clean Air Retrofit, Replacement, and Off-road Technology (CARROT) program received a one-time grant of $200,000 for grants and loans to small businesses and individuals seeking to reduce the emissions from their heavy-duty diesel or small-engine equipment.
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'Sad and totally deceived': A Republican Congressman accuses Trump of tantrums and conspiracy theories
Although President-elect Joe Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election last month, Mr. Trump has repeatedly claimed widespread voter fraud and has yet to back down.
Trump and his team faced more than 50 legal challenges that were rejected over the past month, as he and his allies are still trying to nullify last month's election results. There is no evidence for the allegations.
On Saturday morning, Mr. Trump repeated his unfounded claims and tweeted: "The Department of Justice and the FBI did nothing about the voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the largest fraud in our nation's history, despite overwhelming evidence.
They should be ashamed. History will be remembered. never give up. Everyone watched in the capital on January 6th. "
Responding to the post, which Twitter described as a disputed allegation, Mr. Kinzinger, of Illinois, wrote: "Oh my God. You're trying to burn the place on the way out because you can't afford to lose. No evidence, nothing but your tantrum and crazy intrigues. . "
In a subsequent tweet, an Illinois representative added: "All this talk on January 6 from realDonaldTrump and other members of Congress is just an explanation: They will raise money and gain followers by blaming anyone else who knows so well that they can't do anything. It's sad, And an absolute scam. #Restoreourgop. "
On January 6, Congress will meet to count the Electoral College votes to confirm that Mr. Biden is the next president of the United States.
In his Saturday posts, Kinzinger appeared to refer to reports from the New York times Earlier this month he said Mr Trump had raised about $ 170 million (£ 127 million) since November 3 to help him nullify the election result. Most of the money was secured in the week after the election.
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Since then, Mr. Trump and his campaign team have repeatedly sent emails asking for donations to the Election Defense Fund.
Although the campaign claimed the donations were for the "Defense Fund," the meticulous printing of the letter indicates that much of the money donated to support this effort since Election Day has instead paid off campaign debts and replenish the Republican National Committee.
The money was also spent helping Save America, a new post-election political action committee Trump established. The money raised by the commission can be used to cover personal expenses.
Kinzinger's criticism of Trump came amid reports that Alabama Representative Mo Brooks and incoming Senator Tommy Toberville will challenge the Electoral College votes in January.
Earlier this month, Mr. Brooks announced that he would object to voters who had been chosen for the six states that Biden won in the election when Congress meets to confirm him as President of the United States on January 6, while Mr. Toberville has suggested he might join the effort.
In order to force a debate and vote on the objection, a representative of both the House and Senate must object in writing. Even so, the proposal is unlikely to bypass the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.
Republican congressmen met privately with Mr Trump at the White House on Monday to discuss plans to veto the Electoral College results, according to The hill.
Mr. Brooks was joined at the meeting by Matt Gates of Florida, Georgia lawmakers Judy Hayes, actor-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Jim Jordan of Ohio, who all tweeted about it.
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Bloomberg She stated that Scott Perry from Pennsylvania, Louis Gomart from Texas, and Andy Biggs from Arizona were also at the meeting.
However, several prominent Republicans and Trump allies, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Rules Committee Chairman Roy Blunt, urged representatives not to object to the January 6 vote, warning it could harm the party politically.
Earlier this month, the US Electoral College voted for Biden as the winner of the presidential election, by 306 votes to 232 for Trump.
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In 1998, the state issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), and Record of Decision (ROD), for the Entrance to Aspen which identified a "preferred alternative" of two general (anyone can use them) highway lanes, and two lanes reserved for light rail; or, as an interim measure, two lanes reserved exclusively for buses. In subsequent elections between 1999, and 2002, Aspen voters declined to support this alternative.
If no progress is made on a preferred alternative for at least three years, a "written reevaluation" must be performed to insure that there have been no significant changes in the project. This process provides the ideal, and perhaps the only, opportunity to designate a different preferred alternative, one which will attract voter approval.
In February of 2006, the Elected Officials Transportation Committee (EOTC – made up of the elected officials of Aspen, Snowmass Village, and Pitkin County) voted to spend $200,000 to reevaluate the ROD for the Entrance to Aspen. The reevaluation is carried out under the regulations of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
This petition drive was begun in April of 2006 in order to obtain voter approval to use city property for a new preferred alternative, with the understanding that the written reevaluation process, already begun by our elected officials, could result in a decision to build an alternative other than the original "preferred" alternative. Instead, officials limited the scope of the written reevaluation to prevent the review of any alternative other than the bus lane/light rail option, and they excluded new information which cast doubt on the validity of the comparative process which led to the selection of that option.
In addition, the City of Aspen rejected our petitions on the grounds that they did not seek approval for a "legislative" matter, effectively blocking a binding vote on the approval of either of the options presented here.
While blocking the citizens' initiative, the City of Aspen pursued its own ballot question, asking voters for approval to use land between Buttermilk Ski Area and the Roundabout for exclusive bus lanes. Although it left out the section of new highway that would run across the Marolt property, there is no doubt that now that Aspen voters have approved this question, the state will accept it as support for the preferred alternative. More importantly, while the lanes themselves are under construction, that will qualify as progress to advance the preferred alternative -eliminating the need for any addtitional reviews. It will not be until late 2008, or early 2009, that we will begin marking time for another three year period of no progress, and the necessity for a new written reevaluation, so elected officials will need to work with CDOT and the FHWA to implement any voter approval - no matter if they are for the proposals offered here or not.
Aspen residents have not had an opportunity to vote for a realigned four-lane highway solution to the entrance congestion problem since February of 1990, at which time they approved the transfer of open space for that purpose by a 56% majority. The absence of a new highway is not the result of any inability by the people of Aspen to make a decision; it is entirely the fault of three Aspen city council members who refused to honor the will of the people.
When people today think of all of the controversy, petitions, rhetoric and seemingly endless votes, they are reacting to the subsequent seventeen years of futile efforts by the political establishment to convince us that voters made the wrong choice in 1990. It shouldn't require a citizens' initiative for elected officials to finally realize that they need to restore the only decision ever to receive the unqualified and unconditional approval of the electorate.
However, the need to use the initiative process also helps to avoid a repeat of that past failure of representative democracy. State law provides that a successful citizen initiated ballot question is adopted as new policy by majority vote, eliminating any need to go back through city council. In comparison, the council of the early 1990's had no legal obligation to implement what was essentially an "advisory" vote, and they paid no political price - because so few people realized what they had done until years later.
The current petition drive was begun early last year, with the hope of qualifying for last November's ballot. When the city blocked that effort, it was hoped that a court decision would come in time to include the questions during the May, 2007, election. The petitions were finally approved for circulation on May 4th, which placed the process at the start of an 18 month political dead zone in which no regularly scheduled elections occur.
See the "Where's the Petition?" page for the latest info on the progress of the petitions.
This is the first time in the nearly forty year history of the entrance controversy that a binding vote will occur on a four lane option for the entrance.
The problem of how to get back into the FHWA process now that the written reevaluation has ended will be dealt with after the ballot questions are passed.
Aspen controls the Right-Of-Way easement which controls what can be built along the corridor from Buttermilk into town, and most particularly the Marolt property. This initiative process is for the purpose of approving a "change of use" on the properties to allow something other than a two lane parkway and light rail to be built.
First and foremost, we don't actually know which one people prefer. Second, the entrance question is complicated by many layers of regulatory requirements, so there is no way to predict whether one of these proposals contains some fatal technical flaw. For a complete discussion of why we think having two alternatives doubles our chances to actually get something built, use the "Why Two Petitions" link.
You can find answers to most questions relating to the ordinances on Page 2. There are links at the bottom of the page to comments on the ordinances, and the complete text of both. If you're really into the details, print out the comments, and refer to them as you read one or the other of the ordinances (they're nearly identical, except for the alternative named), and you'll have a very complete picture.
The home page includes links to contribute time or money, either of which you can do no matter where you live.
If you're a registered voter in Aspen, check the "Where's the Petition?" link.
How do I contact petition organizers?
The "Contribute Time" link will provide you with an email form that you can use for whatever suits you. Make a comment, ask a question, or volunteer your time. If enough people use the form, we may set up a forum for people to discuss the issues online.


American writer of children's and young adult fiction. One of America's most successful living authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. Cleary as a senior at the University of California, Berkeley, 1938.
Cleary was an only child and lived on a farm in rural Yamhill, Oregon, in her early childhood. Cleary said, "The first grade was separated into three reading groups—Bluebirds, Redbirds, and Blackbirds. After high school, Cleary entered Chaffey College in Alta Loma, California, with aspirations of becoming a children's librarian. After her graduation from the University of Washington in 1939, she served as a children's librarian in Yakima, Washington, and then as the post librarian at the U.
In 1942, she began working as a full-time writer for children. As a children's librarian, Cleary empathized with her young patrons, who had difficulty finding books with characters they could identify with, and she struggled to find enough books to suggest that would appeal to them. Henry, his dog Ribsy, his neighborhood friend Beezus and her little sister Ramona.
Cleary's first book to center a story on the Quimby sisters, Beezus and Ramona, was published in 1955. A publisher asked her to write a book about a kindergarten student. Cleary resisted, because she had not attended kindergarten, but later changed her mind after the birth of her twins. Cleary's books have been historically noted for their attention to the daily minutiae of childhood, specifically the experience of children growing up in middle class families.
Pat Pflieger, professor of children's literature at West Chester University, commented: "Cleary's books have lasted because she understands her audience. She knows they're sometimes confused or frightened by the world around them, and that they feel deeply about things that adults can dismiss. In 1955, Cleary gave birth to twins, Malcolm and Marianne. 2016, she lives in a retirement home there. Cleary celebrated her 100th birthday on April 12, 2016, an event that was noted in several news sources.
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NASA finds space buckyballs in solid form
NASA astronomers have positively identified space buckyballs in a solid form. Prior to this important discovery, the microscopic carbon spheres were found only in gas form within the cosmos.
Formally dubbed buckministerfullerene, buckyballs are named after their uncanny resemblance to the late architect Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes. Buckyballs are made up of 60 carbon molecules arranged into a hollow sphere, much like a soccer ball.
Their unique structure makes them ideal candidates for electrical and chemical applications on Earth, including superconducting materials, medicines, water purification and armor.
Scientists managed to identify tiny specks of matter – or particles – consisting of stacked buckyballs by using NASA Spitzer's telescope as they emit light in a unique way that differs from the gaseous form. They found the particles around a pair of stars known as "XX Ophiuchi," located 6,500 light-years from Earth, and detected enough to fill the equivalent in volume to 10,000 Mount Everests.
"These buckyballs are stacked together to form a solid, like oranges in a crate," explained Nye Evans of Keele University in England.
"The particles we detected are miniscule, far smaller than the width of a hair, but each one would contain stacks of millions of buckyballs."
Buckyballs were detected definitively in space for the first time by Spitzer in 2010, which subsequently identified the molecules in a host of different cosmic environments. It even found them in enormous quantities, the equivalent in mass to 15 Earth moons, in a nearby galaxy called the Small Magellanic Cloud.
However, in all of the above-mentioned cases, the molecules were in a gaseous form.
The recent discovery of buckyballs particles means that large quantities of these molecules must be present in some stellar environments in order to link up and form solid particles.
"This exciting result suggests that buckyballs are even more widespread in space than the earlier Spitzer results showed," said Mike Werner, project scientist for Spitzer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
"They may be an important form of carbon, an essential building block for life, throughout the cosmos."
It should be noted that Buckyballs have been found on Earth in various forms: as a gas from burning candles or existing as solids in certain types of rock, such as the mineral shungite found in Russia, and fulgurite, a glassy rock from Colorado that forms when lightning strikes the ground. In a test tube, the solids take on the form of dark, brown "goo."
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Q: Jersey: ContainerRequestFilter throwing Error I am using dropwizard with jersey,
I defined a custom provider of ContainerRequestFilter by the following method
import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import javax.ws.rs.container.ContainerRequestContext;
import javax.ws.rs.container.ContainerRequestFilter;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

@Provider
public class CustomRequestFilter implements ContainerRequestFilter{

  private final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CustomRequestFilter.class);

  @Override
  public void filter(ContainerRequestContext requestContext) throws IOException {

    MultivaluedMap<String,String> myHeaders = requestContext.getHeaders();
    List<String> appId = myHeaders.get("myHeader");
    logger.info(myHeader.get(0));
    logger.info("Hello Word, it is customRequestFilter");

  }

}

but the System is throwing an error
ERROR [2014-05-26 10:04:46,556] com.sun.jersey.server.impl.container.filter.FilterFactory: The filter, of type myPackage.CustomRequestFilter, MUST be of the type String, String[], Class<? extends
com.sun.jersey.spi.container.ContainerRequestFilter>, or an instance of
com.sun.jersey.spi.container.ContainerRequestFilter. The filter is ignored.

A: I think this is just a question of using the right imports. Try this:
import java.util.List;

import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import com.sun.jersey.spi.container.ContainerRequest;
import com.sun.jersey.spi.container.ContainerRequestFilter;

@Provider
public class CustomRequestFilter implements ContainerRequestFilter {

  private final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CustomRequestFilter.class);

  public ContainerRequest filter(ContainerRequest requestContext) {
    MultivaluedMap<String,String> myHeaders = requestContext.getRequestHeaders();
    List<String> appId = myHeaders.get("myHeader");
    logger.info(appId.get(0));
    logger.info("Hello Word, it is customRequestFilter");
    return requestContext;
  }

}


This coming weekend the Near East Initiatives (NEI), a relational network of ministries from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan & Iraq, who want to advance the Kingdom in these countries together, will hold their annual consultation (Oct 30/31) in Beirut.
Youth for Christ in Lebanon is a partner within this network and assists in leading the youth arm of the NEI called Katalyst. Through this network YFC Lebanon helps to train youth workers throughout the region and runs special youth events in collaboration with other youth ministries.
For the Spirit to provide a willingness to set aside difference for the Kingdom sake in this region.
Pray for bold and creative thinking as we seek the Lord's direction for this coming year.
Pray for Maher & Scot as they speak with attendees about the work that Katalyst is doing among youth and explore potential partnerships with new groups.


The Maltese Archipelago lies virtually in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea, some 93kms south of the Italian island of Sicily. Gozo lies 7km off the north coast of Malta. Yet Malta is just a few hours' flying time from most mainland European cities and has excellent intercontinental connections.
Choose from scheduled services or charter flights, many of which offer a convenient departure point from European regional cities.
The national airline, Airmalta operates flights to and from all the major airports in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
The Islands are included in several cruise itineraries and provide an excellent base or stop-over for sailing. You can also get to Malta on a scheduled ferry direct from several Mediterranean ports.


Taurine is a non-essential amino acid that unlike other amino acids, is not used by the body for protein synthesis. Instead, it performs beneficial functions like stabilising cell membranes and transporting minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium in and out of the cells. Taurine also regulates nerve impulses and can support pH balance.


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Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard
The Biography of a Tormented Genius
Louis-Cyril Celestin
Pages i-xii
Physiology in the Nineteenth Century
The Birthplace
The Forebears
The Formative Years: 1817–1837
The Medical Student: 1838–1846
The Lone Experimenter: 1846–1851
The Visitor to America: 1852–1853
The Cholera Physician: 1854
The Richmond Professor: 1854–1855
The Paris Practitioner: 1856–1857
The Itinerant Lecturer: 1856–1859
The London Consultant Neurologist: 1860–1864
The Harvard Professor: 1864–1867
The Paris Course Lecturer: 1869–1872
The New York Practitioner: 1872–1874
The Indigent Physician: 1874–1877
The College De France Professor: 1878–1894
The Father of Hormonal Therapy: 1889–1893
The Last Years: 1892–1894
Genius and dilettantism often go hand in hand. Nowhere is this truer than in the life of Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard, the bilingual physician and neurologist who succeeded Claude Bernard as the Chair of Experimental Medicine at the College de France in Paris after having practiced in Paris, London and in the USA, especially in Harvard.
For most men, making one discovery of global importance would have sufficed to satisfy their curiosity and self-image. Not so Brown-Séquard. His explanation of the neurological disparity following the hemi-section of the spinal cord was a unique achievement that added his name to the syndrome and made him immortal. Yet, the demons of his mind tormented him in his endless search for medical truths and drove him to explore other phenomena, seeking to explain and remedy them.
This unique biography shows for the first time the conflict between his professional and personal life, and should appeal to all students of medical history and psychology.
Biography Brown-Séquard syndrome Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard Neurology
1.LondonUnited Kingdom
Copyright Information Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014


Real estate investment trusts are a crucial consideration when creating any equity or fixed-income portfolio. They offer greater diversification, potentially higher total returns, and/or lower overall risk. They have the ability to provide dividend income along with Wibest FSMsmart Review capital appreciation. Here are different types of REITs and how to invest in them.
Nearly 24 percent of REIT investments are found in shopping malls and freestanding retail. This represents the one biggest investment type in the United States. Most shopping center we go are probably owned by a specific REIT. When thinking of investing in retail real estate, you have first to examine the condition of the retail industry.
It's important to remember that retail REITs get their cheese from the rent that their tenants pay. If Wibest Forex Brokers retailers experience cash flow problems because of poor sales, it's possible that they could delay or even default on those monthly payments, eventually being pushed into bankruptcy. At that instance, one needs to find a new tenant, which isn't really easy.
Like any kind of investments, they should have good profits, strong balance sheets, and as little debt as possible, especially the short-term kinds. During a turbulent economy, retail REITs with huge cash positions will be presented with opportunities to buy good real estate at distressed price.
Residential REITs are those that own and operate multi-family rental apartment buildings as well as manufactured housing. When trying to invest in this type of REIT, one should consider several factors before jumping in.
For example, the greatest apartment markets are usually found where home affordability is low relative to the rest of the country.
Within each specific market, investors should seek population and job growth. In general, when there is a net inflow of people in a city, it's because jobs are readily available and the economy is showing signs of growth.
A falling vacancy rate combined with rising rents is a sign that the demand is improving. Provided that the apartment supply in a particular market remains low and demand continues to rise, residential REITs should continue to do well.
Healthcare REITs are those that invest in the real estate of hospitals, medical centers, nursing facilities, and retirement homes. The success of this real estate is directly tied to the healthcare system. A big portion of the operators of these facilities depend on occupancy fees, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements as well as private pay.
When it comes to healthcare REITs, you should look for things like a diversified group of customers as well as investments in a number of different property types. Specialization is good in some ways but you should also spread your risk. In general, as increase in the demand for the healthcare services, which should happen in an aging population, is good for healthcare real estate.
Around 10 percent of REIT investments are in mortgages as opposed to the real estate itself. But this type of REIT investments also comes with risks, even though they invest in mortgages instead of equities.
For instance, an increase in interest rates would mean a decrease in mortgage REIT book values, pushing stock prices lower. Additionally, mortgage REITs get a considerable amount of their capital through secured and unsecured debt offerings. Should interest rates increase, future financing will be more expensive.