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Support the ARTICLE ONE Act, H.R. 2996 and S. 241
On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and senators and ask them to cosponsor the Assuring that Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies (ARTICLE ONE) Act, H.R. 2996 and S. 241. Introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), the ARTICLE ONE Act would amend the National Emergencies Act of 1976 to require congressional approval of an emergency declaration made by a president.
Over the past several years, there has been a movement in Congress to reassert the original intent of Article I of the Constitution, which vests all lawmaking authority to the Legislative Branch. Congress has, however, ceded much of this authority to the Executive Branch. With Democrats calling on the White House to declare a "Climate Emergency," it is even more essential that Congress reclaim the authority the Constitution vests in the legislative branch under Article I. History shows, regardless of which party a president belongs to, the power of the Executive Branch grows with each successive president. Each president takes the power left by his or her predecessor as a floor, not a ceiling. The end result is increased executive power, at the expense of Congress, and blurred constitutional lines that pose a greater threat to the individual liberties protected by the Bill of Rights.
Concerned members of Congress have introduced legislation, such as the Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, to reclaim some of this authority through joint resolutions of approval that would have to be passed by both chambers of Congress and signed by a president to approve a major rule, in the case of the REINS Act, in order for it to take effect.
The ARTICLE ONE Act is similar in approach. Under the ARTICLE ONE Act, a president would still have the power to declare a national emergency, but the declaration of a national emergency will terminate after 30 days, absent the House and Senate passing a joint resolution of approval. The only exception is if Congress is physically unable to convene. In such a case, the 30-day clock would begin running when Congress does reconvene. For true emergencies, 30 days is ample time for Congress to act.
In the case of the approval of a joint resolution, the national emergency may last for one year after the transmission of the joint resolution to the president. The national emergency may be extended if the president publishes it in the Federal Register and sends Congress an executive order that renews the declaration. Congress would treat the renewal of the declaration by the same process as the initial approval. This legislative input is crucial to ensuring unnecessary emergencies don't stay on the books for decades, and is a key part of reasserting Article I.
The ARTICLE ONE Act would add reporting requirements on an emergency declaration. This is similar in concept to the reporting requirements under the War Powers Act. The reporting requirements would mandate that the president describe the circumstances of a national emergency, the estimated duration, and a summary of the actions that the administration will take. In the case of a renewal of an emergency declaration, the president would also be required to summarize the actions take under the previous authority.
Whether it's the REINS Act or the ARTICLE ONE Act, Congress must reclaim its power from the Executive Branch or continue to see its constitutional authority diminished at the hands of executive overreach, of which presidents of both parties are guilty. For these reasons, I urge you to contact your representative and senators and ask them to cosponsor the ARTICLE ONE Act, H.R. 2996 and S. 241.
Sincerely, Adam Brandon, President, FreedomWorks
Tags ARTICLE ONE Act, Article I, Article One, H.R. 2996, S. 241, Rep. Chip Roy, Sen. Mike Lee, Separation of Powers, Emergency, National Emergency, Letter of Support, #LetterOfSupport
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Support Wisconsin's Independent Contractor Reforms, S.B. 485 and A.B. 487
On behalf of our FreedomWorks activists in Wisconsin, we respectfully urge your support of Senate Bill 485 and Assembly Bill 487 concerning delivery couriers and drivers. If enacted, Wisconsin's statute will be a model for the nation in addressing the issues surrounding the changing employment landscape.
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Support the Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act, H.R. 4434
On behalf of FreedomWorks' activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor the Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act, H.R. 4434, introduced by Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.) and Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine). This bipartisan bill would require that a Senate-confirmed official initiate and sign off on new rules issued by the federal bureaucracy.
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Support the Time to Rescue United States Trusts (TRUST) Act, S. 1295 and H.R. 2575
On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and representative and ask them to cosponsor the Time to Rescue United States Trusts (TRUST) Act, S. 1295 and H.R. 2575. Introduced by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), the TRUST Act would create committees to review federal trust funds that are facing fiscal insolvency and make recommendations to reform the programs that are funded by those trust funds.
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Support the CBO Show Your Work Act, S. 793
On behalf of FreedomWorks' activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to cosponsor the CBO Show Your Work Act, S. 793. Introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), the CBO Show Your Work Act would require the Congressional Budget Office to make its models and data available to Congress and the public.
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Support the Retirement Freedom Act, H.R. 1166 and S. 275
On behalf of FreedomWorks' activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and senators ask them to co-sponsor the Retirement Freedom Act, H.R. 1166 and S. 275, introduced by Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). The bill would decouple Social Security benefits from Medicare Part A enrollment, allowing individuals if they so choose to opt-out of Medicare Part A without losing access to their Social Security benefits. It also codifies a step taken by the Trump administration, which is now at risk under the Biden Administration.
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Support the Unnecessary Agency Regulations Reduction Act, S. 2239, and H.R. 4132
On behalf of FreedomWorks' activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and representative and ask them to cosponsor the Unnecessary Agency Regulations Reduction Act, S. 2239, and H.R. 4132, introduced by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.). This bill would make cutting red tape a priority for Congress by streamlining the elimination of outdated, duplicative, and burdensome regulations.
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Support the Increasing Health Coverage through HRAs Act, H.R. 4123
On behalf of FreedomWorks' activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor the Increasing Health Coverage through HRAs Act, H.R. 4123, introduced by Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.). This bill would codify the Trump administration's 2019 HRA rule and empower employees to take greater ownership of their health coverage.
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Support the Pennsylvania Voting Rights Protection Act, H.B. 1300
On behalf of FreedomWorks' activist community, I urge you to contact your Pennsylvania State Representative and ask him or her to support the Voting Rights Protection Act, H.B. 1300, introduced by State Representative Seth Grove. This bill would reform the Pennsylvania Election Code to protect election integrity while expanding voter access.
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Support the Federal Employee Disclosure (FED) Transparency Act, H.R. 3768
On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor the Federal Employee Disclosure (FED) Transparency Act, H.R. 3768. Introduced by Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.), the FED Transparency Act would require the disclosure of federal pension records under the Freedom of Information Act and a report from agency heads on employee performance bonuses.
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Support the Verified Innovative Testing in American Laboratories (VITAL) Act, S. 1666
On behalf of FreedomWorks' activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to cosponsor the Verified Innovative Testing in American Laboratories (VITAL) Act, S. 1666, introduced by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). This bill clarifies that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has no regulatory authority over lab-developed testing procedures during a public health emergency or any other time.


It is going to be full 4 years since I started writing articles. My First 4 years were a learning curve and no one could read my articles because I was just a newbie. I am hoping to write a book next year. Why I am saying that , is that I came across a book from a a reputable publisher, where an author badly explain a topic and he ended up pasting a generated that took 3 pages of his book. I will not do that and from the articles I have written before I have never done that, this means there is still room for people like Vuyiswa Maseko, Sheo Narayan and other guys like Abhi and QuestPond to write a book.
It is going to be full 4 years since I started writing articles. My First 4 years were a learning curve and no one could read my articles because I was just a newbie. I am hoping to write a book next year.The Reason i wrote this article , is that I came across a book from a reputable publisher, where an author badly explain a topic and he ended up pasting a generated code that took 3 pages of his book. I will not do that and from the articles I have written before I have never done that. This means there is still a room for people like Vuyiswa Maseko, Sheo Narayan and other guys like Raja,Abhi2434 and QuestPond to write a book.
This will be the shortest article I have ever written. Another reason why we write such articles here at Dotnetfunda is that we want our readers to be redirected here at home, than outside. We are motivated by the number of post posted regarding the subject, no matter how small the topic.
I wrote this article to demonstrate the Ajax's modalpopupExtender. I am not going to go the route of showing you how to add the controls in your toolbox, because in almost all the Ajax article I have ever written, I have demonstrated that, please check one of my articles here at www.Dotnetfunda.com .
We are going to use C# as our language.
We are going to dynamically create a pop-up extender on the server side. One might ask why would you want to do that. Not everything can be done on the client-side, if you believe in that, you will end-up finding your self doing page methods and later experiencing performance problems and controls not to follow the asp.net page life cycle like I did in the past.
Sometimes you might want to show a modal that has some controls that are created dynamically on click of a button and by the same button that is supposed to open your modal pop-up extender.
And that is all. Wow this is simple, but I have seen articles that made it a complex subject. You can clearly see that with Ajaxtoolkit, you don't need to do anything to show a modal pop that is looking fairly decent.
Now let me start by explaining it from the top. The First important part is the modalBackground, this is the css that will be used our Ajax modalpopup extender. The Following important part is the Scriptmanager, all the Ajax controls must have the scriptmanager, and you can add this in your master page, if you are using one. There is nothing special to be done there, and the next one is the panel that will carry the control that will invoke the modal, it does not need to be in a panel, but I added to organize my controls. And a modal panel follows. As you can see the style display property is set to "none" and when you run your application at first it will not be visible, and another part os the button that will be used to cancel or close the modal. You will see later how we use these controls in Ajaxmodalpopup Extender.
Now as you can see above, I am dynamically creating a checkboxlist and I am adding values to the list. The following is the creation of the modalpopupextender and I give it a name and the popupControlID is the panel that will be shown when the modal is shown, this panel can contain other controls. The TargetControlID is the control that will be used to invoke the modal; in this case it is the current button "Button1". BackgroundCssClass is the css that will handle the background of the modal; this is the css we defined earlier in our markup. The nearly last part is CancelControlID, this is the button that will be used to close the modal, the nice thing here, is that you don't need to write a single code to close the modal. At the bottom you will notice I am adding controls to a panel and at the end I am showing the modal.
I think I have said enough, let us jump to my conclusion.
There are many ways to create a modal, but this is one of the simplest ways. I have been using Telerik and Infragistics almost my whole life and I must say Telerik does not have a popup modal like this one. I have used the Ingragistics modal; it is very nice thing to use. I colleague of mine showed me a Devexpress one, that is similar to the Infragistics one. You can use the one that you can afford. If you can't buy third party controls then this one is for you, else "You can afford" Don't reinvent the wheel, use the third party control that has more nice things in it.
Thank you for visiting DotnetFunda.
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Straw hats were fashionable for women of all social classes, from very plain for the lower class to ones highly decorated for the elite throughout the Georgian era with many being imported, mainly from Italy and Germany, but Bedfordshire became the major manufacturer for straw hat making in England.
In the night of the 3d inst. The weather being very tempestuous, a ship was cast away and beat to pieces of a point of land about three miles to the south-west of this town, and no persons saved or yet seen; nor do we know of anything of value saved. The country people have taken up a great number of straw hats and some loose juniper berries.
And this one from Applebee's Original Weekly Journal, 1st July 1721.
Some days after one William Allen was committed to Newgate gaol, being charged upon oath, as also on his own confession, upon violent suspicion of stealing fifty Leghorn straw hats, the goods of Captain Andrew Elcam.
In the early 1700s we were importing straw hats, from Leghorn, Italy and Hamburg, Germany; for example, in just one week, 15th – 22nd April 1728, London saw the arrival of 287 dozen straw hats and by 1731 this had increased to 636 dozen which decreased 480 dozen by the turn of the century.
Whereas a silver watch, with a silver chain to it, was this day offered to be sold to a tradesman in this town by a very suspicious person, who said her name was Ann Brown, about twenty years of age, of brown complexion, short stature, dressed in an old green gown, checked apron and straw hat, who is committed to prison for further examination.
It was clearly a very lucrative trade to be in, as in 1747 a Mr White, of Newgate Street, a wealthy dealer in straw hats died and according to his will he left in excess of £5,000 (about half a million in today's money).
In 1751 in Constantinople and the surrounding areas there was a great plague, so, in order to prevent the spread into England ships and their crews were quarantined for 40 days and all goods on board the ships had to be opened and aired to remove any possible contamination, goods included goat hair, wool, raw silks, straw hats and all goods packed in straw.
The Oracle and Public Advertiser of 23rd January 1795 reported that the manufacture of straw hats was now being performed by prisoners, who were earning substantial sums from making such items.
The hair in small curls and ringlets, white satin ribband drawn through it. Straw hat, variegated with a Vandyke border; rose-coloured handkerchief over it, tied on the left side with a bow; green veil.
From the turn of the century straw hats, à-la-Pamela were popular for informal wear and widely worn well into the 1810s. In August 1815, La Belle Assemblée reported on the continued popularity of the chapeau à-la-Pamela, worn far back on the head with a tulle and lace cap underneath.
Leghorn hats were still in vogue and worn with a simple plume of marabout feathers and were made to turn up behind and turn down again. They would have been adorned with ribbons or bows. Straw hats were often worn with flowers of two colours and adorned with corn poppies with a bunch of ears of corn.
You only have to take a cursory glance at John Collet's 'Bath Fly' to see how popular the straw hat was! We can see 4 in this picture alone.
Straw hats "a-la-Pamela" Which Pamela would this have been?
Elizabeth-Louise Vigee le Brun, the artist….did you know that she set the fashion for showing the mouth a little bit open? In her self-portrait, she shows this as she had perfect teeth and wanted to show them off! Before she set this fashion, everyone had their mouth closed.
Pamela, named after the heroine in Samuel Richardson's novel of that name.
No, we didn't know about the teeth – you learn something new every day.


Some days are harder than others. Some days, it would be easier if we just didn't wake up. Some days, the heartache is just too much to handle, and you feel the wait of the world on your shoulders. You feel alone, self-conscious, nauseous, hopeless, and fear, and yet an unexplainable thirst for hope and new beginnings. You are not alone. It is so easy to compare ourselves and our lives to other people's, and wish for more. "More" is limitless. "More" is all encompassing. "More" is sometimes unattainable.
By comparing yourself and all you have to other people, you are self-sabotaging. A concept we are all very familiar with, myself included. Comparison and wishing for greener pastures are detrimental to our confidence and overall wellbeing. It is "normal" today to be depressed and anxious. It is not normal for a beautiful soul like each and every one of us to hate ourselves, yet we do. We talk about the things we hate about ourselves, and point out our flaws in the mirror thinking, my thighs are huge, 3 pound off –10 pounds on, and why do I even try? We riddle off seemingly inconsequential thoughts throughout the day like, "I wish I looked like that," "I am so stupid," or "I am a failure," "I am annoying," or "What is wrong with me?" But the only failure is not actively working to love ourselves more. It is a long, tumultuous journey, but one worthwhile. It is so easy to point out ten, if not more, qualities we hate about ourselves, yet we struggle to name the things we love. Men and women struggle with maintaining healthy body-images and gaining confidence in themselves. I am here to suggest a few things you could do everyday to grow your confidence, but please keep in mind these things may not be a quick fix; instead these things should become heathy habits, assisting you on your way to becoming your truest and best selves.
Celebrate yourself NOW. Believe it or not, you are a perfect 10 right now with the knowledge you have, the work you have put in, and the battles you win every day. Think about little kids and their accomplishments; they are thrilled to draw you some scribbles or learn a new word, and we celebrate with them! Celebrate all you do, especially the little daily things, and let others celebrate you too.
Celebrate with others. No one wants to celebrate alone, so tell people what you have accomplished, and let them praise you for it! Refrain from rejecting their complements and congratulations simply because you think it is a small feat. It is the small victories that amount to huge ones in the end! Talk about your passions and ambitions, also. It can be so empowering to share your dreams and pastimes! And if someone chooses not to celebrate with you, let them be in their confetti-less world, and go back to the people who will.
Smile. Smile all the time! Smile at random people. Smile at puppies and flowers, and art, and all things beautiful –including yourself. One life-changing step I have taken in smiling at myself every day in the mirror. It is too easy to frown or shrink away from our reflection, but when we smile, our body feels it and we begin to love our reflection.
Love yourself one body part at a time. This a huge challenge. That is okay. Start small, and work yourself up to the harder areas to love. You could start with your smile or your hair and eventually fall in love with your love handles and double chin. You can do it! Focus on one area until you fully appreciate it, and move on until you're a confident diva!
Mantras for dayz. Mantras are constructed for the individual by the individual and hold meaning specific to them. Mantras can sound like, "I am beautiful," "I am a gift," "I am worth it," or "I am successful." When you create a positive mantra, put it up EVERYWHERE. Put sticky notes all over your mirror, put it as your phone lock screen, post it on social media, write it over and over, and repeat it to yourself once or more a day. This is so powerful. Do it because you are worth it!
Wear a talisman. Like mantras, talismans are unique and hold various meanings. It could be a smooth rock you rub when you are nervous, it could be a necklace or a bracelet, it could be a ring, it could even be your favorite sunglasses or a hat. Adopt something to keep close to calm you down, and remind you who you are and what your purpose is.
Dress to express. Dressing for you is so empowering. When you dress for you, you abandon that little voice that tears you down and feeds you fictitious opinions from everyone else. By dressing to express, you start to ignore what your mother would say about the outfit and begin living for you and finding and expressing who you are.
Keep a Gratitude Journal. Write in it every day and list all of the things you are grateful for that day. When you are done with the list, write one or two things you are grateful for about yourself. It could be your feet to getting you through the day, or your stubbornness for letting you stay true to you, or your heart because you did something for someone else that day. Whatever it is, be grateful for you too. You are worth it.
Try something new every day. Stepping outside your routine a little every day will keep you feeling young, and open to the world and its adventures! New things can be as simple as ordering something new from your favorite restaurant, or doing your makeup differently. It can also be as wild as going bungie jumping or cliff diving. This is customizable to your comfort levels because even something simple can be uncomfortable. I encourage you to try it, and when you do, document it; keep a journal of all the new things you have tried so when you look back and you are telling your puppy or grandkids about how cool you were you have stories to tell. They will think you rock because you do! P.s. these new things are just a few more accomplishments to celebrate with your friends!
Be unapologetically you. This is the hardest one, and that is okay. It is okay to search and struggle. It is okay to be afraid of rejection and heartache, but it is time to try again and get past old hurt. As Dr. put it, "There is no one alive who is you-er than you!" so embrace that person and let them shine. When you love who you are, you invite others to love you and to love themselves.
Do things for you and live for you. Being passionate, vulnerable, strong, sensitive, and a little lost sometimes is all just a part of the journey –enjoy it and love yourself along the way!


Reformation has been pumping out quality craft beer for a long time now. What started as a home brewing project, quickly turned into a community event, which then evolved into a full-scale brewery. The CEO and Co-Founder, Spencer Nix, as well has one of his Accounts Relationship Managers, Hamilton Bolton, join this episode of Vortex Radio. They brought in all kinds of delicious brews for the crew to try so crack open a beer and listen in!


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Brandi Nicole Williams Lorusso
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Brandi Nicole Williams Lorusso, 45, passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. She was born in Torrance, CA on April 20, 1977 to Jimmy Williams and Sharon Williams.
Brandi was blessed with a large and loving family. She married her best friend, Joseph, and together they built an incredible life. A loving mom to her precious son Kirk, she lived a life full of travel, adventure and reveled in new experiences. She was also an avid dog lover. Her multitude of friends and tight family bonds were indicative of her caring and loyal disposition. She loved and was loved by so many and she will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
Brandi is survived by her loving husband, Joseph C. Lorusso, son, Kirk Cameron Johnston II, mother, Sharon Willams-Piggott , stepfather, Ernesto Lorenzo Piggott, sister, Kellie Williams, in-laws, Michael and Lorraine Lorusso, and a host of relatives and friends.
Family and friends may call at the Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home & Crematory, 104 Myrtle Avenue, Stamford on Saturday, May 7, 2022 from 1:00-5:00 PM, with a funeral service to be celebrated at 4:30 PM. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, please forward donations to Bennett Cancer Center at Stamford Hospital, Stamford, Connecticut.
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Secondhand Shops (Shops & other Retail Outlets) based in South Methven Street.
Wedding Supplies & Services (Business at Home) based in Main Street.


It's winter in the Rockies at a quiet cabin with the one you love, a good book and a warm fire. The taste of the west is on the menu tonight. Buffalo and a host of tasty vittles are warming on the stove. Wild Buffalo Grill™ is prepared with buffalo, cracked pearled barley, zucchini, carrots, snow peas and apples. Merrick Classic Grain Free Wild Buffalo Grill™ Canned Dog Food contains no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. It contains delicious all natural home-style chunks that your dog will love.
Deboned Buffalo, Beef Broth, Deboned Beef, Deboned Turkey , Turkey Broth, Peas, Carrots, Apples, Zucchini, Dried Egg Product, Natural Pork Flavor, Potato Starch-modified, Blueberries, Canola Oil, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Vitamins (Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate), Carageenan, Cassia Gum, Olive Oil, Flax Oil, Minerals (Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Glucoheptonate, Sodium Selenite), Natural Carmel Color, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Lecithin.


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ABM Now Fueling for Spirit Airlines at DFW International Airport
NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ABM (ABM), a leading provider of facility solutions, announced today that it has begun providing into-plane fueling services for Spirit Airlines at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) in Texas. This marks ABM's second client for into-plane fueling at the airport.
"We are excited about this business win and the opportunity to continue expanding our into-plane fueling portfolio, as well as our relationship with Spirit," said Alex Marren, President of Aviation, ABM. "I am very proud of the team for establishing such a solid line of service so quickly through service excellence and demonstrated expertise, and I look forward to all we will accomplish in 2020."
"As ABM's inaugural partner for the start of their fueling services line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport last year, we see their commitment to providing quick, efficient service that helps keep our flights among the most on time in the country," said Tom McCartin, Spirit Airlines Director of Fuel Management.
ABM's Aviation team offers end-to-end services and solutions to airports and airlines globally, including aircraft services, catering logistics, electrical & lighting, facilities maintenance, into-plane fueling, janitorial, parking & transportation, and passenger services. For more information, visit www.abm.com/aviation/.
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ABM (ABM) is a leading provider of facility solutions with revenues of approximately $6.5 billion and approximately 140,000 employees in 350+ offices throughout the United States and various international locations. ABM's comprehensive capabilities include janitorial, electrical & lighting, energy solutions, facilities engineering, HVAC & mechanical, landscape & turf, mission critical solutions and parking, provided through stand-alone or integrated solutions. ABM provides custom facility solutions in urban, suburban and rural areas to properties of all sizes - from schools and commercial buildings to hospitals, data centers, manufacturing plants and airports. ABM Industries Incorporated, which operates through its subsidiaries, was founded in 1909. For more information, visit www.abm.com.
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Quote: "Three workers who were repairing a underground sewage tank under an apartment tower in Kaohsiung lost consciousness and were later declared dead yesterday (May 7), after they were suspected of inhaling poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas, reported Liberty Times."
Quote: "Hsu said a preliminary investigation showed that the concentration of hydrogen sulfide in the underground area reached 52 parts per million, far higher than the 10 ppm limit set by the law."
Quote: "Staff at the apartment said that Lin first entered the tank and because he stopped responding to his coworkers, Kao also entered the tank. When Kao also stopped responding, the supervisor sensed that something was wrong and told the building management to call the authorities before he went inside to investigate, never to be heard from again."
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O'Neill Institute Colloquium: Ebola Post-Crisis: Lessons for Improving Global Health Security
September 16, 2015•1:20 pm - 1:20 pm EST•in-person
The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law fall colloquium series continues Wednesday, Sept. 16 with a focus on Ebola.
The Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa ultimately spurred an unprecedented response, yet also revealed the incoherence and inequity of the global health system. During a roundtable conversation, panelists will discuss the current state of the epidemic; the weaknesses in the preparedness of national governments, international organizations, and civil society organizations to detect and respond to the epidemic; the critical factors that explained these failures; and the reforms that are needed to keep populations secure against future epidemic threats.
The O'Neill Institute Colloquium, offered annually, is an interdisciplinary course that draws from the work of scholars, policymakers and the general health community.
J. Stephen Morrison, PhD, is senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and director of its Global Health Policy Center. Morrison writes widely, has directed several high-level commissions, and is a frequent commentator on U.S. foreign policy, global health, Africa, and foreign assistance. He currently serves on the Harvard Global Health Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola. Morrison served in the Clinton administration, as committee staff in the House of Representatives, and taught for 12 years at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin and is a magna cum laude graduate of Yale College.
Patrick W. Kelley, MD, DrPH, isthe Director of the Board on Global Health atthe Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Kelley has overseen a portfolio of IOM expert consensus studies and convening activities on subjects as wide ranging as: the evaluation of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the US commitment to global health, sustainable surveillance for zoonotic infections, cardiovascular disease prevention in low- and middle- income countries, interpersonal violence prevention in low- and middle-income countries, and microbial threats to health. One of his current responsibilities is to oversee the Global Health Risk Framework initiative of the National Academy of Medicine. He also managed for over eleven years a unique capacity-building effort, the African Science Academy Development Initiative, which strengthened the capacity of eight African academies to provide independent, evidence-based advice their governments on scientific matters.Prior to coming to the National Academies, Kelley served in the US Army for more than 23 years as a physician, residency director, epidemiologist, and program manager. Kelley obtained his MD from the University of Virginia and his DrPH in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.
Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, an internationally acclaimed scholar, is University Professor, Georgetown University's highest academic rank conferred by the University President. Gostin is faculty director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and was the Founding O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law. He currently serves on the Harvard Global Health Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola and the National Academy of Medicine's Commission on a Global Health Risk Framework for the Future. Gostin served as Associate Dean for Research at Georgetown Law from 2004 to 2008. He is Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University, and Visiting Professor, Oxford University. His latest book is Global Health Law (Harvard University Press 2014).
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"Guidance for Euthanasia" (policy change)
Broken Arrow (Indian Lakes) BLM "closed door" facility in Fallon, Nevada. photo: LLeigh
Our team member Marie Milliman has spent several days exploring the new "Guidance for Euthanasia" from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This policy change applies to all wild horses from range through long-term holding.
The document is what BLM calls an "Instruction Memorandum" or "IM." IMs outline policy for the agency. The BLM now publishes two types of IMs: permanent and temporary. Permanent IMs provide lasting guidance that is short in scope. Permanent IMs remain in effect until superseded or deleted. Temporary IMs offer operational, incident-specific, project-related or one-time policy or guidance for evolving activities. Temporary IMs expire at the end of the third fiscal year following issuance.
Like most documents the BLM calls policy, specific definitions are vacant leaving such a vague description that from district-to-district, facility-to-facility, carrying out the "policy" translates into whomever is on-site making the rules.
The "new" euthanasia policy can leave any horse advocate stunned. The examples here are simply a few from our volunteer who spent days combing the directive.
Captive Bolts Added and Wild Horses Should Not Get Old
Reaction Editorial Review by Marie Milliman
WARNING: Serious SNARK alert due to sincere outrage
Broken Arrow (aka Indian Lakes, Fallon NV)
The sweeping list of broadened/vague definitions and more restrictive recovery "options" are included in the updated: Permanent Instruction Memorandum No. 2021-007 (Revised) Subject: Euthanasia of Wild Horses and Burros Related to Acts of Mercy, Health or Safety. This IM replaces expired IM 2015-070, Animal Health, Maintenance, Evaluation and Response. https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/docs/2021-05/PIM2021-007%20att%201%20WHB%20Euthanasia%20Policy%20%28Updated%29.pdf
Join me in a condensed review of the new spit and polish on the BLM euthanasia policy. BLM has planted a plethora of alarming/murky language and here is just a few of the "ingenious" updates. Prepare your stomach and your heart to learn more about the updated: "Guidance for Euthanasia" for the wild ones.
Ever wonder what the origin of the word; euthanasia is? Originally a Greek word, euthanasia means "an easy or happy death," as eu- means "good" and thanatos means "death."
Does anyone think death by captive bolt is an easy death, happy death, or a good death? How can one not ponder with the increased removals, expanding short- and long-term holding facilities "inventory" of which BTW, BLM has also updated these terms to try to sound more "pretty." The updated terms for facilities are now; short-term holding = off range corrals (ORC) and long-term holding = long-term pasture (LTP). BLM does not like the image of wild horses in iron bar pens in holding facilities? Changing the name does not change reality.
Following, is just a few of my "oh my god they didn't" moments I had reading this:
Captive Bolt added. Anyone else have a heart palpitation? We all know where this form of "euthanasia" is/has been customarily used, and it's a shock to my eyes with the hideous visions forming in my head of livestock/horse slaughterhouses. You too? What are they thinking? Why is this even in here?
II. Authorized Delegations and Required Training: C. excerpt: "Only persons trained by a veterinarian on how to perform euthanasia will be authorized to perform euthanasia. All personnel authorized to perform euthanasia will be trained to use gunshot. Only those specifically trained on the techniques for injection or captive bolt are authorized to use these techniques."
Oh, what a "relief" they are required to be trained, whew. Trained like they were in the Comprehensive Animal Welfare Policy (CAWP) so no one needs to be concerned?
BLM instructions VI 3.: 3. "Penetrating captive bolt shot to the brain of an animal that is humanely and adequately and restrained."
BLM: Only persons authorized by BLM and specifically trained by a veterinarian in the use of a captive bolt will use this technique. The procedure will only be applied under the supervision of a veterinarian. The supervising veterinarian is not required to be on site every time a captive bolt is applied, but this supervision will include monitoring by the veterinarian to ensure euthanasia is performed humanely.
Newsflash BLM, the captive bolt method was not designed for horses. BLM clearly states a veterinarian will not be on-site but notes that sedation is required which would require a veterinarian? Records of euthanasia of routinely buried by the agency and each time a captive bolt is used and misused will never see the light of public scrutiny. Will BLM allow public observation?
Horses have an intense fight or flight response, they are agile, "attempting to restrain a horse's head results in more anxiety and fear, and their long neck makes complete head restraint almost impossible to do safely." (ref 1.) Not to mention that it's a Wild Animal therefore increasing the probability of missing the limited "target zone" in making the first shot "count." "If there is any error in placement when the gun is fired the results are disastrous as the bolt may cause extreme pain without inducing unconsciousness, and a further shot is immediately required. The brain of the horse is surprisingly small (about the size of a grapefruit), within a large skull, which makes it challenging to achieve accurate placement, especially if there is any movement of the head. When fully conscious, most horses will have a tendency to raise their head if they are anxious or an unfamiliar object is advanced towards their head, and this makes correct height and angling of the captive bolt even more challenging." ("Recommended guidelines for placement of the captive bolt can be difficult to interpret and, if placement is slightly low, it may result in the bolt entering the frontal sinus cavity and missing the brain. The author recommends placing the captive bolt slightly higher on the skull. The surface of the skull begins to curve at this level, so it is slightly harder to position the captive bolt firmly against the skull." Illustrations courtesy of Horses and People magazine. To read the original article by Dr Andrea Harvey click here)
The illustration above shows the skull of a horse from slaughterhouse where the captive bolt did not cause death and the horse likely died in extreme pain during exsanguination (bled out).
Fish Creek, 2021
BLM has further defined, expanded their descriptions, to include pretty much any "chosen" physical trait to justify "euthanasia." (note: The bold text is an immediate reaction by the writer to reading the language in the policy)
I. A. 3. Permanent blindness; particularly double eye blindness or single eye blindness that involves an injury or condition that would require treatment or single eye blindness to which the animal is not well adjusted. **Frankly BLM, I am "not well-adjusted" to the ambiguous and expanded descriptions of a "justification" that at face value simply appears to reduce the number of horses in holding. Which includes when their eye is "injured" in the chutes/alleyways/trailers, etc. and processing due to blowing off CAWP on gate latches (or any other hazard they injure their eyes on?) and it is deemed a "chronic condition"? Or, heaven forbid it is a cremello, or a palomino, and has a blue eye, and/or has thrived and adjusted in the wild.
Captive stallion after last day of Humbolt roundup, severe eye injury caused in holding
I. C. Old age characterized by physical deterioration, the inability to fend for itself, suffering, or closeness to death. **Like, on what planet does a body not deteriorate to some degree with age? Is it a requirement for a wild horse, or burro to transform into an immortal being, to retain an upright, breathing, "non-euthanized" status? Exactly what is your definition of "physical deterioration"?
I. D. Direction from a state or federal animal health official ordering the humane destruction of the animal as a disease control measure. **Like when domestic livestock have been known to possess, and transmits said diseases to the Wilds on the range, like that kind of disease? Does that include Salmonella horses picked up after grazing in an area it was introduced by livestock? Or Strangles caught in a contaminated BLM facility?
I. F. The animal poses a public safety hazard (e.g., loose on a busy highway), has escaped from a facility or pasture or is otherwise roaming freely in an unauthorized area and an alternative remedy (capture, relocation, or return to a herd management area (HMA), pasture or facility) is not immediately available. **Because the horses were not born with an innate GPS system and they did not receive the memo including the HMA map with the coordinates? Or the inability to be able contain themselves within the invisible boundaries that they are permitted to reside in? Or, did the livestock permittee/county commissioner that you just had a beer with call and make a complaint?
A lot of wild horses do not respond well to being captured. Will that be an excuse to kill them using this vague language?
III. B. Euthanasia During Gather Operations
During gather operations, the Contracting Officers Representative (COR), as delegated by the AO prior to the gather, will authorize the release or euthanasia of any wild horse or burro that they believe will not tolerate the handling stress associated with transportation, adoption/sales preparation, or holding. **Can we assume that the BLM will first be conducting an individual survey and personality tests with the Wilds? Will any horse that attempts escape or panics after capture be subject to death?
Calico foal born in holding, separated from mom, starved before being euthanized by BLM.
III. D. Euthanasia at Off-Range Pasture and Public Off-Range Pasture Facilities (excerpts)
WH&B program management and operations responsible for oversight will evaluate all horses and burros and establish their body condition, particularly if the facility is experiencing drought or some other event, which might limit forage availability.
Animals with a body condition score of three, or less that do not appear to be acutely suffering or have a fair or better prognosis for improvement will be rechecked in 30 days. Those that remain below BC 3 will be euthanized within 72 hours of the second evaluation.**If drought is in the vicinity of the long-term pastures, potentially necessitating supplementation of hay in what has been a "more affordable" alternative to warehouse the wilds, how will the agency pay/budget for the increased maintenance of the exploding holding population? Or, will you just "euthanize" them?
Euthanasia of a Large Number of Animals(excerpt)
Euthanasia of a large number of animals for reasons related to acts of mercy, injury, disease or safety, should be identified and outlined in advance whenever possible.
**GAG! The "acts of mercy" are endless… Less Wilds = lower operating costs, got it.**
Antelope roundup, 2021
Note from the author: I have never been motivated to see the horse slaughter details as I have been vehemently against it. I have never researched "captive bolt" until now. This was a difficult path for me, I had no choice as I read the BLM has approved "captive bolt" and it appears it will be used by "trained" personnel in the same fashion I have seen "trained" personnel carry out CAWP.
Once again, my faith in humanity is assaulted.
There are so many layers moving in the wild horse world with over 7000 approved for capture in just 60 days as the fiscal year races to a close. Our legal team is busy with multiple cases and comments on a new avalanche of EAs. We will update you soon.
The new leadership of the Wild Horse and Burro program is busy crafting new directives. (note: we found a severe deficit in experience in the new leadership and will share that in our upcoming CAWP series shortly.)
This new euthanasia policy is worth a look by every advocate out there that cares. Permanent Instruction Memorandum No. 2021-007 (Revised) Subject: Euthanasia of Wild Horses and Burros Related to Acts of Mercy, Health or Safety. This IM replaces expired IM 2015-070, Animal Health, Maintenance, Evaluation and Response. https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/docs/2021-05/PIM2021-007%20att%201%20WHB%20Euthanasia%20Policy%20%28Updated%29.pdf
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James Blunt has an estimated net worth of $18 million. James Blunt, whose real name is James Hillier Blount, is the English singer and songwriter behind the 2005 hit, "You're Beautiful". Born on February 22, 1974, he was a British Army officer serving under the Life Guards, and served in Kosovo under NATO before starting his career as a singer-songwriter.
Blunt's musical training started early with piano and violin lessons as a child. However, his first known significant defining moment as a musician came when he first learned to play the guitar at the age of 14.
Full Name James Hillier Blount
Nickname James Blunt
Father Charles Blount
Mother Jane Blount
Siblings Daisy Blount , Emily Blount
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Birthplace Tidworth, United Kingdom
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Education University of Bristol
Height 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m)
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Favourite Actor(s) Joe Pesci
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2004 : Back to Bedlam
2007 : All the Lost Souls
2010 : Some Kind of Trouble
2013 : Moon Landing
2017 : The Afterlove
In 2005, Blunt released his debut album entitled "Back to Bedlam" which many considers to be a hybrid of acoustic pop, folk, and rock music. Recorded and released under Custard Records, the album reaped for Blunt 2 MTV Video Music Awards, among other awards. His debut album is also hailed as the best-selling album in UK in the 2000s.
In 2006, and for the same album, Blunt called in for the Grammy Awards for five nominations.
Blunt recorded the next album entitled "All The Lost Souls" and released it in 2007. This was followed by his third album "Some Kind of Trouble" which was released in 2010.
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Suffrage News Notes: February 2013
Wondering about these people sitting on Grandmother Edna Kearns' suffrage wagon? L to R: My sister Winnie Culp, me at age 14, my George School friend Madge Passmore, my mother Wilma, and Grandfather Wilmer Kearns. It's the time of the month for Suffrage Wagon news notes, and now –a special thanks to everyone who participated in One Billion Rising with us on February 14th. Here's the report on the ongoing initiative. LINK.
News Notes: Masterpiece Theatre program, "Mr. Selfridge," deals with shopping and suffrage. LINK. See also. LINK. Hundreds celebrate Susan B. Anthony's birthday at special birthday luncheon. Link #1. Link #2. Friendship with suffragist Alice Paul noted as significant. Link #1. Link #2. A reminder about the 1913 suffrage parade centennial in Washington, DC the weekend of March 1-3, 2013 during Women's History Month. LINK. Maryland state legislature commemorates 1913 suffrage parade. Link #1. Link #2. Video page link for "Women Suffrage March in Maryland General Assembly. Remembering Gerda Lerner and her contributions to women's history. Link #1. Link #2. The controversy surrounding free love. Link #1. Link #2. Another call to repeal the 19th amendment. Link #1. Link #2. Promoting tourism in NYS through history. Link #1. Link #2. Innovative promotion of history. LINK. The suffrage quilt lives on. LINK. Suffrage and super bowls. LINK. Kickstarter campaign for feature film about Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Link #1. Link #2. Regional Emmy for suffrage video "Bad Romance." LINK.
The Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture announces the availability of Mary Lily Research Grants for research travel to use its collections: LINK. Grants are available to any faculty member, graduate or
undergraduate student, or independent scholar with a research project
requiring the use of women's history materials held by the Sallie Bingham
Center. March 29, 2013 is the deadline.
Visit Suffrage Wagon's feature page to stay current with new updates. LINK.
Posted in Suffrage News Wrapup
Tagged suffrage movement, suffragettes, suffragists, Votes for Women, Women's History, women's suffrage
Performance highlights why one suffrage leader was written out of history
BRIMSTONE, BOOZE AND THE BALLOT
Provocative program explores why one suffrage leader was written out of history
Women voters and lovers of American history will discover the inside story of two of the suffrage movement's founders during Women's History Month when the background struggle between suffrage leaders Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage is revealed on stage.
The dialogue performance will be at the Rosendale Theater in Rosendale, NY on Friday, March 22, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are celebrated as two of the founding mothers of the women's suffrage movement. But who was Matilda Joslyn Gage? In her time she was considered a "founding mother" along with Anthony and Stanton. However, Gage was written out of history.
The background drama will be explored by Sally Roesch Wagner, executive director of the Gage Center in Fayetteville, NY, and Deborah Hughes, president & CEO of the Anthony House in Rochester NY, who will present a compelling dialogue that explores the split between two of the three suffrage movement founders. The event is a joint presentation of the Susan B. Anthony House, The Matilda Joslyn Gage Center, and Votes For Women 2020.
Matlda Joslyn Gage
The rupture between Anthony and Gage will be revealed by the reading of correspondence between them. In a unique juxtaposition, Sally Roesch Wagner (Gage director) will read Susan B. Anthony's letters while Deborah Hughes (Anthony House director) will bring Gage's correspondence to light.
After the performance, the audience is invited and encouraged to join the dialogue.
Deborah L. Hughes is a strong advocate for human rights and equal opportunity for all, especially those who suffer discrimination based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or economic circumstance. As an ordained minister and theologian, she brings a depth of knowledge and breadth of experience to this dialogue and special program.
Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner is one of the first women to receive a doctorate in the US for work in women's studies and is a founder of one of the country's first women's studies programs. An author and lecturer, Dr. Wagner appeared in the Ken Burn's PBS documentary "Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony for which she wrote the accompanying faculty guide.
Tickets are priced at $20.20 (tax-deductible) and are available at www.rosendaletheater.org or the box office.
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Tagged Matilda Joslyn Gage, Susan B. Anthony, Women's History, Women's History Month, women's suffrage
The buzz has started about the suffrage centennial parade on March 3, 2013
Suff buffs and citizens in general have been hearing a great deal these days about the centennial parade planned for Sunday, March 3, 2013 in Washington D.C. The parade celebrates the spectacular suffrage procession of March 3, 1913, a key date in women's rights history. It was a significant show of strength for suffragists, and a galvanizing point for the Votes for Women movement.
It's also the centennial of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, organizer of the 2013 parade as part of their festivities. When a troop of fearless young black women from the new Howard University sorority joined the all-white parade in 1913, they boldly challenged the segregationist policies that might have excluded them. Now, one hundred years later, the sorority leads the parade!
The parade was specifically designed for its aesthetic value. It's remembered as both a political marvel and a brilliant spectacle, including a pageant and an astonishing procession of divisions of hundreds of women in coordinated color costumes arranged by profession, organization, and state. Floats highlighted women in American history and many marchers carried vibrant banners and flags. Following the 1913 parade, the special care devoted to the planning by suffragist Alice Paul became recognized and appreciated.
After the parade of over 5,000 women and men had marched more than a mile from the Capitol, intoxicated opponents demonstrated. Crowds surged forward and blocked the marchers. Women on foot and on the floats were insulted and accosted. Troops on horseback drove the crowds back so the shaken suffragists could complete their parade.
It's a pivotal event to remember. March is National Women's History Month. Commemorate the occasion by joining or supporting the parade on March 3, 2013 in DC. There's a full schedule of events and exhibits. In addition to Delta Sigma Theta, national coalition members planning events include the National Women's History Museum, Sewall-Belmont House & Museum, American Association of University Women, and National Women's History Project.
For more information, visit unitewomen.org Check in with Suffrage Wagon's videos and postings. LINK.
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Susan B. Anthony DANCES as part of One Billion Rising!
VIDEO SPECIALS: A tribute to Susan B. Anthony who joins One Billion Rising across the United States and around the world. Susan's video tribute. LINK. Susan dances with One Billion Rising. LINK.
It's Valentine's Day, a day of love and caring and respect for those who are special. It's a perfect day for One Billion Rising which unites many different types of people in a rising of spirit, action, energy and determination. Let's put an end to violence to women and girls.
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February 15th is Susan B. Anthony's birthday, a day celebrated by suffrage advocates and allies during Aunt Susan's life time that continues to this day. Many women over the years called themselves Susan's nieces. And it seems fitting to continue the tradition.
Susan's smiling on February 14, 2013. Join us for One Billion Rising!
WE LOVE YOU, AUNT SUSAN!
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One Billion Rising is ready to blast off!
Suffrage Wagon joins with activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.
One Billion Rising started as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that one in three women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS.
On February 14, 2013, V-Day's 15th anniversary, activists, writers, thinkers, celebrities, and women and men across the world are gearing up to express a shared concern and outrage, demand change, strike, dance, RISE in defiance of the injustices women suffer, and demand an end to violence against women.
"When we started V-Day 14 years ago, we had the outrageous idea that we could end violence against women," said Eve Ensler. "Now, we are both stunned and thrilled to see that this global action is truly escalating and gaining force. Union workers, parliament members, celebrities, and women of all backgrounds are coming forward to join the campaign.
"On 14th February 2013, V-Day's 15th Anniversary, we are inviting ONE BILLION women and those who love them to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this violence. ONE BILLION RISING will move the earth and activate women and men to dance across every country. V-Day wants the world to see our collective strength, our numbers, and our solidarity across borders. "
V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler's award winning play The Vagina Monologues and other artistic works. In 2012, over 5,800 V-Day benefit events took place produced by volunteer activists in the U.S. and around the world; these events have educated millions about the real state of affairs involving violence against women and girls.
To date, the V-Day movement has raised over $90 million and reached out to millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it. Through this work there has been international educational, media and PSA campaigns. Shelters have reopened. Over 14,000 community-based anti-violence programs and safe houses have been created in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt and Iraq. Over 300 million people have seen a V-Day benefit event in their community.
V-Day has received numerous acknowledgements including Worth Magazine's 100 Best Charities, Marie Claire Magazine's Top Ten Charities, one of the Top-Rated organizations on Philanthropedia/Guidestar and Great Nonprofits. V-Day's newest campaign is ONE BILLION RISING which will culminate on February 14, 2013 with a global action worldwide. www.vday.org
To sign up and learn more, visit www.onebillionrising.org
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Action: Join One Billion Rising with us!
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Women are rising all over the world. Join the demonstration of women and the men who love them. Visit Suffrage Wagon News Channel on Thursday, February 14, 2013 and be part of our virtual party during One Billion Rising.
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Suffrage buffs and nuts, like me, are in heaven: Marguerite's Musings
I can't tell you how happy I am to see the interest and attention increasing over the planned events March 1-3, 2013, in Washington, DC to commemorate the centennial of the 1913 big suffrage parade.
What a time. It's when Grandmother Edna Kearns met Alice Paul for the first time, though they did have similar cultural roots as Quakers. Grandfather Wilmer marched in the men's division. Young Serena Kearns marched with her mother Edna as part of a Quaker delegation, all of them in traditional dress. Edna wrote about it for New York City newspapers. The movement needed the press.
Suffrage hikers stormed into Washington (including Rosalie Jones, Elizabeth Freeman and others), excited from all the press coverage. The suffrage parade itself was a masterpiece of planning, vision, and symbolism. And the reaction and resistance to the suffrage message equally strong. People kept on talking about the suffrage activists who simply wouldn't give up.
The centennial celebrations in Washington this year are expected to be great. And the year 2013 is the centennial for Grandmother Edna's suffrage wagon. And everywhere I turn there's something else.
"One Billion Rising" is set for February 14th this year, and it's the dream realized from our suffrage ancestors. We're participating. Make sure you do as well. LINK. I'm putting together a tribute to Susan B. Anthony this month. Make sure you're subscribed to Suffrage Wagon. LINK. Alice Paul will get considerable attention during March and Women's History Month because of the centennial celebration of the 1913 suffrage parade. Schedule and other information concerning this exciting upcoming event. LINK. New videos are posted regularly on Suffrage Wagon News Channel. Take a look.
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Today (Wednesday 7 September 2016) we learnt from various news reports that a Headmaster from a High School in Kent has sent fifty of his students home for wearing the wrong uniform.
Matthew Tate, the Headteacher of Hartsdown Technology Academy in Margate, England, reportedly sent out literature to each of their 1000 pupils explaining a new school uniform would be in-place beginning the 2016 Autumn term.
The incident occurred on the first day of term after the Summer holidays.
Speaking to Susanna Reid & Piers Morgan on ITV's Good Morning Britain earlier today, Mr. Tate defended his actions and furthermore explained if his teaching staff turned up with inappropriate attire, they themselves would be sent home.
Personally speaking, if children arrives at school wearing a smart, tidy & clean uniform then what exactly is the problem? - Mr. Tate is lucky those 50 people turned up because many children these days skip classes or skip their school day altogether.
It was only a few days ago the academy's students were allowed to pose for a photo outside their building dressed like this. - As documented by the school's twitter feed.
Hardy appropriate academic attire, Mr. Tate.
Furthermore, pupils were snapped inside the premises wearing anything but school uniforms, as we can see in this gallery. - I completely understand the students were in the building to collect their GCSE results but it is confusing how this was only a few days ago and now, to use an internet term, Mr. Tate brings out the banhammer on his pupils who disobey his orders.
It would be disorientating for anyone who were told uniform is optional one day then uniform must be worn the next.
As Susanna Reid pointed out to the Hartsdown Academy boss, it was the first day. A warning should have been implemented. Going back to school or beginning a new one is a very stressful time for children, they shouldn't have been treated like that. Plus, Mr. Tate should make himself out to be approachable by pupils, staff & parents, with the attitude he has shown, he may very well find himself being very isolated.
Come on, Mr. Tate, lighten up.
DISCLAIMER: All images are from the public domain and used within accordance of British law.


New Delhi. Taking a break from being absent, silent, or sleeping in the parliament, Rahul Gandhi today got up, got angry, rushed into the well of the Lok Sabha, and accused speaker Sumitra Mahajan of being biased towards BJP. However, it was not the speaker's alleged bias that got the young leader angry. Here are exclusive pics showing what was the real reason behind Rahul's sudden outrage.
Inside the Parliament, everything was going as usual.
In his dreams, Rahul Gandhi was recaping a scene from "Jai Ho".
And all of a sudden, some finger from BJP poked him.
"BJP MPs are misbehaving inside the Parliament. Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan is biased, she is misusing women empowerment."


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Ukraine says it found Russian SAMs destined for Eritrea
Jeremy Binnie, London - Jane's Defence Weekly
A consignment of 36 surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) for the S-125 (SA-3 'Goa') air-defence system that were destined for Eritrea have been discovered by the Ukrainian authorities, the country's top civilian and military prosecutors revealed on 27 March.
The 5V27D missiles were discovered by investigators during a search of a warehouse in the port city of Mykolaiv, according to a statement posted on the Prosecutor General's website.
The investigation subsequently established that officials from the Russian state export agency Rosoboronexport and other unidentified people smuggled the missiles into Ukraine in the period 2007-10 with the intention of exporting them to Eritrea in contravention of the UN arms embargo imposed on that country.
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Да́рлинг () — английская фамилия и названные в честь неё топонимы. Известные носители:

Фамилия
 Дарлинг, Алистер (род. 1953) — министр финансов Великобритании.
 Дарлинг, Грейс (1815—1842) — национальная героиня Великобритании.
 Дарлинг, Джей Норвуд (1876-1962) — американский карикатурист и экоактивист.
 Дарлинг, Джейн (род. 1980) — псевдоним чешской порноактрисы Яны Угровой.
 Дарлинг, Джим (род. 1956) — американский политик, мэр города Мак-Аллен (с 2013).
 Дарлинг, Джин (1922—2015) — американская актриса.
 Дарлинг, Дэвид (1941—2021) — американский композитор, мультиинструменталист, музыкальный педагог.
 Дарлинг, Клиффорд (1922—2011) — государственный деятель Багамских островов, генерал-губернатор (1992—1995).
 Дарлинг, Кэнди (1944—1974) — американская актриса.
 Дарлинг, Ральф (1775—1858) — 7-й губренатор Нового Южного Уэльса (1825—1831).
 Дарлинг, Скотт (род. 1988) — американский хоккеист.
 Дарлинг, Том (род. 1958) — американский гребец.
 Дарлинг, Хелен (род. 1978) — американская баскетболистка и тренер.
 Дарлинг, Чак (1930—2021) — американский баскетболист, чемпион Олимпийских игр 1956 года в Мельбурне.

Вымышленные
 Венди Дарлинг — вымышленная главная героиня нескольких произведений Джеймса Барри о Питере Пэне и ряда их адаптаций.

Топонимы
 Дарлинг — река в Австралии.
 Дарлинг — горный хребет в Австралии.
 Дарлинг — город в ЮАР.

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I really love organization, especially if it's not my stuff. However, I have recently come across a blog written by an organizational maven who is hosting a monthly contest to organize your own junk meaningful accumulations of items. I'm going to give it a whirl and thought I'd let you know about it too.
The first month deals with getting the pesky paper piles pulverized (or filed, whichever you prefer, but pulverized makes for better alliteration).
1) The whole process of doing it - - - I could be doing much more meaningful things like watching football or taking a nap.
2) As soon as you get it organized, someone starts piling the same exact kind of stuff right back in that same place - - - so all that effort to organize was just wasted.
If only it would stay organized, right? BTW, you were right; I did not intend to imply that I was going hog wild when I turn 50. Shows you how things can be misconstrued in print!
Linda -- Glad to know I'm not crazy.
Ha ha if you can only find the camera :) I'm always losing the camera CHARGER! Other than that, my husband is OCD about organization, so we're always in check!
There is FOR SURE a difference between cleaning and organizing... I know that because I obsess over one and totally neglect the other (I'm not telling which is which).


Strawberry Patch Children's Centre is a licensed child care facility with three locations in Langley, British Columbia. They operate under the regulations of the Provincial Child Care Facilities Act.
Their philosophy recognizes that children play to learn. With endless curiosity they observe and interact with the world around them. They strive to foster this learning in a safe, cooperative and nurturing atmosphere. Learning is enhanced by positive relationships with the teachers and other children.
One location of the Strawberry Patch Children's Centre is within Peterson Road School, where Preschool, Before & After School Care as well as Daycare is offered. Check out their website for more information.


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Addis and DC Sign Sister City Agreement
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DC Mayor Vincent Gray and Addis Ababa Mayor Diriba Kuma toasting the signing of a Sister City Agreement between their respective cities on Wednesday, December 11th, 2013. (Photo by Matt Andrea)
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Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2013
Washington, D.C. (TADIAS) — Mayor Vincent Gray and Addis Ababa mayor Diriba Kuma signed a Sister City Agreement on Wednesday evening (December 11th) laying the groundwork for a closer relationship between residents of the two cities. In a press release the DC Mayor's office stated that the agreement will be in force for a period of five years focusing on mutual interests including economic development, information exchange, cultural education and youth engagement.
"Inspired by the District's vibrant Ethiopian diaspora and by the similarities shared by our two capital cities, I am proud today to call Addis Ababa the District's newest Sister City," Mayor Gray said. " I am deeply grateful to the members of the Ethiopian community for their contributions to the District and view this signing ceremony and the partnering of our two cities as an opportunity for the residents of these two great capital cities to enrich each other culturally, educationally, economically and in quality of life."
The Mayor added: "With such a large Ethiopian community right here in the District, the signing of this Sister City Agreement presents an unprecedented opportunity for the District and Addis Ababa to work and grow together, and I am very excited about the prospects of our bright future. These important agreements help to foster the international ties that strengthen civil society and goodwill between nations. I look forward to our fruitful collaboration and thank Mayor Kuma for visiting our great city for this truly special occasion."
Addis Ababa is Washington, D.C.'s fourteenth sister city including Bangkok, Thailand; Dakar, Senegal; Beijing, China; Brussels, Belgium; Athens, Greece; Paris, France; Pretoria, South Africa; Seoul, South Korea; Accra, Ghana; Sunderland, U.K.; Rome, Italy; Ankara, Turkey; and Brasília, Brazil.
Belwo are photos. Stay tuned for video coverage of the event.
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We are Covenant Garden Estate, located in Mathibestad, South Africa. Dr. Pat Francis, the visionary of Covenant Garden Estate, has travelled for many years on short term missions. She saw the horrors of poverty as she worked with children and families living in slums and on road sides without clean water, food, housing and medical care. She became gripped with a compassion that demanded action and a solution; to rescue and empower suffering children and families. With a large backing from community leaders in South Africa and her local church congregation in Toronto, Canada, the first two homes were built.
With your help Covenant Garden Estate will fulfill its mandate to rescue abandoned children by providing a safe and caring environment with medical care, schooling and mentorship; establishing a path that will lead to careers and stop the cycle of poverty.


SpanSource is coming to London to exhibit at Learning Technologies 2019 this February, where they will be showcasing their approach to translation and localization of eLearning content and how it can transform the way companies do business on a global scale.
Moved by last year's 58% increase in the company's eLearning localization revenue, a diversification of its language portfolio and media-related services, SpanSource are making their debut in London at the Learning Technologies exhibition next week, bringing their tailored approach to eLearning localization.
As the global eLearning market becomes ubiquitous in today's collaborative and mobile culture, translated and localized content is, more than ever, a powerful means for global brands to deliver their message, train their employees, meet compliance regulations and increase their revenue.
With a production base in Argentina and a client base mostly in the US and Europe, the team at SpanSource offers customized yet cost effective management of all linguistic and localization requirements, from file preparation, translation and review, to voiceover and subtitling as well as cultural and regulatory adaptation.
eLearning localization efforts can be rife with pitfalls and showstoppers. Building on 15 years of localization experience, SpanSource can take an original course in English and return the same fully localized, adapted and compliant course in Spanish, Hungarian or Russian and 20+ other target languages.
By focusing on meticulous upfront planning, streamlined workflows and solid project management, SpanSource provides hassle-free localization in a process that involves close communication with clients and an understanding of their priorities and challenges. SpanSource can advise on best practices and fully manage critical project stages.
Working with in-house teams in a centralized production environment allows for seamless coordination and communication among all project stakeholders.
SpanSource is on stand 18 at Learnig technologies where visitors can talk face to face with the team and find out more about how to expand their global reach.
SpanSource applies technological innovation and human expertise to translate and localize diverse content into multiple languages.
Their mission is to enable their clients' global reach with an adaptable and creative approach, faster and at less cost.
SpanSource, founded by Facundo Fernandez-Irujo in 2005 is a multicultural, multinational team of professionals filling a niche for responsive and customized localization solutions.
SpanSource was founded by Facundo Fernandez-Irujo in 2005 to fill a niche for responsive and customized localization services.


Editor's note: This is a guest post by Karim Said of NASA. Karim was instrumental in NASA's successful HTTPS and HSTS migration, and we're happy to help Karim share the lessons NASA learned from that process.
In 2015, the White House Office of Management and Budget released M-15-13, a "Policy to Require Secure Connections across Federal Websites and Web Services". The memorandum emphasizes the importance of protecting the privacy and security of the public's browsing activities on the web, and sets a goal to bring all federal websites and services to a consistent standard of enforcing HTTPS and HSTS.
HTTPS is important for a federal agency like NASA, whose presence on the web is a critical part of achieving our mission of sharing knowledge and information.
Moving to full HTTPS deployment for NASA represented a significant challenge. We host well over 3,000 public-facing websites and services across 12 geographically dispersed and managerially distinct centers. Communication across such a diverse workforce is difficult and required the concerted effort of a core team in the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), representatives from each of the centers, and systems administrators from across the agency.
However, by May 2017, after several months of working through these challenges, NASA was able to reach over a 95 percent compliance rate.
NASA's success hinged on a few key aspects, all rooted in clear (and frequent) communication and teamwork. What follows are some of our strategies and lessons that we learned.
At NASA, geographically dispersed centers operate largely independently and with distinct senior leadership teams. These teams are overseen by the NASA OCIO, which, in June 2016, established a core team to oversee HTTPS compliance tracking activities. The OCIO additionally issued guidance on the importance of meeting the HTTPS-Only standard with an action to each center Chief Information Officer to delegate an accountable center representative to oversee further activities. This first tier of delegation was essential to engage the right stakeholders. The center representatives subsequently tasked technical representatives from the various systems in their purview. This multi-stepped delegation of responsibility represented the agency's commitment to improving HTTPS compliance at the highest levels, and helped establish clear communication channels all the way to the people responsible for actually making the necessary system-level configuration changes.
Leadership at the agency level further demonstrated support of the HTTPS deployment efforts by issuing progressive guidance on the use of Let's Encrypt and associated Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) clients for certificate issuance and management.
Early on, the agency core team decided to publish an agency white paper after realizing that a large number of commercial certificates would need to be provisioned (at great expense) to address various barriers to compliance. To make the imminent onslaught of Let's Encrypt certificate requests possible, NASA had to negotiate a rate limit increase with Let's Encrypt for the nasa.gov domain, assess the popular ACME client Certbot, author and publish the white paper, and establish a platform for sharing recommended best practices and sample configurations with system administrators.
The benefits were clear, though. Not only was Let's Encrypt a more cost-effective option, it pushed NASA towards automated management of certificates and demonstrated the agency's support of modern technologies.
As NASA approached full HTTPS deployment, stragglers became evident, primarily with commercial products that could not support certain technical configurations. NASA leadership coordinated conversations with vendors and technical experts from NASA, where the teams could have in-depth conversations about the HTTPS-Only standard. For many vendors, OMB's HTTPS policy was news to them! Collaborating with industry partners proved to be critical to success and will hopefully generate benefits for other agencies.
Finally, for those few remaining unresolved stragglers, NASA developed an internal waiver process. Any submitted waivers had to address technical constraints and detail firm timelines for remediation. Most importantly, responsible stakeholders were required to present their arguments and obtain approval by the agency Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer in a face-to-face meeting. Involvement of agency leadership at this fine-grained a level was generally unprecedented and really enforced for the community the importance of the overall effort.
In total — counting the agency core team, center delegates, and system administrators — the stakeholder community for HTTPS compliance efforts was well over 100 individuals. Each subgroup within this community was concerned with different aspects of the HTTPS deployment efforts, and required information to be delivered in different ways.
A weekly meeting for center representatives to discuss progress and voice any pressing questions and concerns. Systems administrators would often also phone into these meetings if there were technical issues that were pertinent to the larger community.
Targeted group meetings with systems administrator teams, center representatives, the agency core team, and occasionally vendor technical support. These meetings occasionally would result in vendor teams taking actions to develop remediation plans for their products; as these vendors were often serving multiple federal agencies, the impact could be significant and of broader benefit than just to NASA.
One pertinent lesson: The core team underestimated the volume of communication through the "hotline" mailing list, as well as the similarity of discussion across multiple disparate threads (there was lots of text snippet cut-and-pasting). Moving forward, as the agency shifts focus to non-public networks, use of chat channels and more dynamic platforms for communication may be more useful.
Regularity and consistency of communication across the diverse stakeholder community was an important part of NASA getting compliant.
For NASA, tool selection began with delving into use of pshtt. The Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration both use pshtt to scan agencies, and collaborated in its development. NASA found a lot of benefit in studying pshtt and came to really value the insight provided through the tool's open source development. Beyond vanilla pshtt, we augmented the tool's output to map responsible centers to target websites and services for easier communication to stakeholders, and even contributed to the tool's overall development.
Go, pshtt, go! - NASA made extensive use of DHS' open source tool for assessing compliant HTTPS implementations, regularly scanning thousands of target websites and services.
We also augmented reports to track targets longitudinally, monitoring for endpoints that disappeared or changed between scans. This sort of analysis was helpful for one-on-one troubleshooting, which the core team supported by offering spot check scans for system administrators that were unable to run pshtt independently. For these purposes, the agency core team maintained a troubleshooting branch off of the canonical pshtt master branch to support checks with multiple timeouts to account for many of NASA's high-latency targets, and to use an augmented trust store that included the Federal Common Policy CA.
NASA "prettified" pshtt reports to better meet the needs of various stakeholder groups, with color-coding and mappings to additional data.
In addition to pshtt, NASA used other common applications, such as curl, OpenSSL, and Nmap, and included their output alongside results from pshtt.
Finally, NASA combined HTTPS compliance findings with a TLS cipher usage audit. These cipher reports were driven mainly by NIST SP 800-52 and certain findings from DHS Cyber Hygiene activities (especially SWEET32 vulnerabilities stemming from known weaknesses in 3DES ciphers). In a similar spirit to pshtt, the code used to audit ciphers was made available for collaborative development through an agency source control repository and used to generate regularly scheduled reports.
There was a lot of resistance to enabling HTTPS for an HTTP service that simply redirected to another site. Over the course of NASA's history on the web, the agency has created numerous URLs that have subsequently either fallen under other groups or ended up in print.
Similarly, enabling HSTS on a service that only redirects to another endpoint was questioned consistently, as was enabling HSTS on a server that never offered plain HTTP.
To resolve these cases, we reviewed the spirit and letter of OMB's HTTPS policy, M-15-13. All of the questioned cases are certainly in scope, and NASA contributed edits to the guidance on OMB's HTTPS-Only Standard website, to help clarify. This all contributed to our system administrators moving towards compliant implementations.
Although NASA has made significant improvements to HTTPS and HSTS deployment to our public web services, we're excited to get to work on applying the same technical rigor to our internal services. Additionally, NASA intends to eventually preload the *.nasa.gov domain, fitting into the larger federal government effort to preload federal .gov domains by default.
But most importantly, NASA looks forward to further collaboration with our federal and commercial partners. Privacy and security are complex problems, but the lessons learned through efforts like meeting the HTTPS-Only standard teach us how to make them surmountable. These challenges require coordinating smart minds at work across our government. By continuing to work together, NASA sees the potential to make important changes for the benefit of all.


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