For Christians in Palestine, life is a Catch-22. Caught in the middle of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, their Christian faith makes them minorities within the Muslim-majority Palestinian Territories (No. 36 on Open Doors' World Watch List). And their Arab ethnicity results in numerous restrictions on the Israeli side. Overall, Palestinian society deems conversion from Islam to Christianity unacceptable.
And the degree of Christian persecution believers face in the Palestinian Territories depends on their tradition and heritage. Converts from Islam to Christianity bear the brunt of the persecution; they are rejected by their communities and families. And historical churches turn away converts for fear of repercussions from the Muslim majority. In this account, Palestinian believer Nadia* shares how she gained eternal life the day she nearly died–the day that eventually led to her becoming a leader in a network of Palestinian Christians from Muslim backgrounds.
As a Muslim teenager growing up in Israel, Nadia* felt an instinctive longing to live closer to God. But she didn't know how to find Him.
By the time she was 22, Nadia knew she wanted more. When one of her friends started living as a fundamentalist Muslim, wearing a hijab and following the Islamic rules and regulations to the letter, Nadia began to be interested in Islam.
Nadia did not like what she read. She recounts reading a verse that said husbands could beat their wives. It made her so angry she decided she did not want to know God if He instructed men to treat women that way. She slammed shut the Quran and never opened it again.
Nadia gave up on God. However, she was soon to discover He had not given up on her. A few months later at work, she overheard two Christian colleagues discussing the nature of God and how loving He is.
In the following weeks, one of those Christian colleagues started sharing verses in the Bible focused on God's love. The coworker wanted to know how Nadia came to believe that God was awful. Nadia refused to defend the Quran and could not come up with a good response to her colleague's arguments.
After several conversations, she decided there was "at least some truth" to the Christian message of salvation but dismissed the possibility of becoming a believer herself. Like many Palestinians from Muslim families, converting to Christianity could cost her friends, family members, and even her life.
Rather than pay so high a price, Nadia stopped talking to her coworker and closed her heart completely to God.
"I didn't want to discuss it anymore," she said.
Nadia lived that way, she says, content to just be. Until the summer August day that changed her life.
While she was swimming with friends, a strong current caught her and dragged her down. The young woman knew she was drowning.
"I realized, 'This is the end. My life is over now,'" she says. "I thought about my Christian colleague, the only person I knew who was sure he was going to heaven. I also realized the place where I was going to, the place that I had chosen. Hell.
As Nadia lay in bed recovering, she thought of her Christian coworker. She called and asked him for a Bible, telling him she wanted to read it on her own. She started with Matthew.
Still, Nadia struggled with the idea of becoming a believer. If she accepted Christ, she could lose everyone she loved. Her coworker suggested she ask God to take away her doubts.
Alone in her room, Nadia raised up her hands in the same way she did when she was drowning.
In that moment, she says, she felt a deep sense of peace and acceptance fill her.
At first, she hid her newfound faith, afraid of being cast out of her family … or worse. After a few months, her mother discovered her secret, followed by her sister and brother-in-law. To Nadia's relief, they didn't shun her. Instead, they told her to keep silent about Christ.
"They were helping me to hide my faith because it would hurt them and the whole family if [my conversion] became public," she says.
Six years later, her father found out. The shock, Nadia believes, caused his heart attack.
Today, Nadia is one of the leaders in a network of Palestinian believers from Muslim backgrounds. Her mother was so touched by the change in her daughter's life that she also accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior. Her father is still a Muslim but is finally speaking to Nadia again after years of complete silence.
Open Doors supports Nadia and believers like her in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Through Open Doors' Christian leadership training, Nadia has grown in her faith over the years.
"Open Doors helped us for many years, for example, by organizing family conferences for believers with a Muslim background," Nadia says. "Many of us struggle with our family after they abandon us – financially, but also socially. Open Doors has been supporting me practically in the days most difficult for me, but also spiritually. You always ask, 'Can we pray for you?' And when we send you our prayer requests, we know you will pray for us.
Pray for opportunities for Muslim women converts to grow in their faith. Many women cannot be part of the body of Christ because they are not allowed to travel from their houses. Pray for them to find ways to be discipled by mature believers.
Pray for teachers who want to share the gospel. Pray for their safety and for opportunities for them to reach their students with the gospel, even though the law forbids it. Often in Israel, teen girls come to faith through the witnessing of teachers and other students. But Israeli law forbids teachers from talking to students under 18 about the gospel. In the West Bank, evangelizing is forbidden for all ages by law; it's not accepted by society. Pray for the gospel to find its way into people's lives, regardless of legal and social barriers.
Pray for trust among believers, regardless of former religious beliefs. Frequently, existing Christian churches in Muslim-dominated regions find it difficult to be open to believers from a Muslim background. Pray for the churches to be open and trust these new believers who are in desperate need of community and acceptance from fellow Christians.
Pray for wisdom for Palestinian believers as they balance their commitments to their faith, their families, and their communities. Many live two different lives. Many women must worship Christ in secret or only when they encounter other believers. In front of their extended families, they feel forced to live as Muslims who don't practice Islam fully. Pray for women to be encouraged in their faith.


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Chevrolet Parkwood – samochód osobowy klasy wyższej produkowany pod amerykańską marką Chevrolet w latach 1959–1961.

Historia i opis modelu

Model Parkwood pojawił się w ofercie Chevroleta w 1959 roku jako duże kombi stanowiące bardziej luksusową i wyżej pozycjonowaną alternatywę dla identycznego modelu Brookwood, który oferował o 3 więcej miejsc dla pasażerów w kabinie pasażerskiej.

Lifting
Po roku produkcji Chevroleta Parkwood, samochó przeszedł obszerną restylizację karoserii, zyskując gruntownie przestylizowany pas przedni, a także tylną część nadwozia.

Silniki
 L6 3.9l Blue Fame
 V8 4.6l Turbo Fire
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Parkwood
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First Baptist Church, Arlington, TX
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OPUS 13 - First Baptist Church, Arlington, TX
They say everything's bigger in Texas. And, in the case of this instrument at least, with it's 157 speaking stops, it's true!
Marshall & Ogletree is proud to have been commissioned to create the largest traditional drawknob console we've ever built for First Baptist Church. Built of solid oak hardwood panels, in the Skinner tradition, this massive console features extra long English bone keyboards with Skinner style
toggle-touch, felted deep-engraved pistons, Harris drawknobs, coupler rail, toe pistons and paddles and expression shoes. The interior is our signature unstained mahogany with French Polish high-gloss finish. To say that it's stunning would be an understatement.
In 2017, First Baptist Church underwent a total sanctuary renovation. The church continues on with its long tradition of offering a superb music program and great preaching. M&O Opus 13 replaces a smallish 3-manual Garland pipe organ from the 1960's, and brings a monumental new musical resource to the Dallas Metroplex area of Texas. Installation was completed in time for the building's dedication in September of 2017. First Baptist Church's gorgeous new worship space seats nearly 2,000 people! Ask them and they'll tell you - they love their new M&O!
Video - Doug Marshall plays Hebble's "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need"
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As part of the Bionic Learning Network, Festo has developed a pneumatic muscle that is recreated from a biological muscle. It enables sequences that closely approximate human movements.
The bionic muscles consist mainly of a hollow elastomer cylinder embedded with aramid fibres. When the fluidic muscle fills with air, it increases in diameter and contracts in length, enabling a fluid, elastic movement.
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Legal	June 9, 2019
High Court Rebukes Police Over Activists' "Unlawful" Detention
Maldives Activists
The Zimbabwe Republic Police was called to order by a High Court judge over the human rights violations of 7 human rights defenders who were arrested at the RGMI Airport on arrival from the Maldives recently.
Justice Tawanda Chitapi on Friday granted five of the activists $1 000 bail each while the other two activists' bail application will be considered on Monday.
In granting bail to the five, Justice Chitapi reminded the police of Chapter 4 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, in particular, Section 44. He ruled:
The circumstances around the arrest were as detailed by them (activists).
I would in this regard remind the police of Chapter 4 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, in particular, Section 44.
They have a duty to respect fundamental rights to freedom, protect and promote basic freedoms.
The judge berated the police for putting the cart before the horse, that is, arresting citizens in order to investigate when it should be the opposite.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) executive director Roselyn Hanzi expressed delight in the manner in which Justice Chitapi handled the issue. She said:
It was very clear in the manner in which they were arrested that the state officials that were involved were acting outside the constitution.
We are so excited that the issue of arresting to investigate that we have always spoken about was noted by the judge, that it is a wrong practice and we hope that going ahead, the police are going to institute sweeping reforms to ensure those police officers and any other officials involved in the arrests follow the dictates of the constitution.
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Tawanda Chitapi is a Zimbabwean lawyer and judge of the High Court of Zimbabwe. He was appointed by President Robert Mugabe with effect from the 7th of September 2015. He was sworn in on the 16th of September 2015, in a ceremony at the Constitutional... Read More About Tawanda Chitapi
The Constitution of Zimbabwe is the supreme law of the Republic of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's latest constitution was voted for and approved in a referendum of 16 March 2013. Before the current constitution, Zimbabwe used a constitution negotiated at the 1979 Lancaster House Agreement as Zimbabwe... Read More About Constitution of Zimbabwe
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Ethiopians pray for peace
In this past week, there has been a grave escalation of political differences between the Ethiopian federal government and the state of Tigray. The conflict which has accompanied our work increasingly in the past two-three years, and which reached a climax with the postponed elections in August during the Corona lockdown, has erupted in the past days.
This week military action has begun on both sides of the conflict, and we have had to postpone Lesley's planned return to Mehoni next week. Prime Minister Abey Ahmed has declared a state of emergency in the country, and there is currently no way for us to know when we can return. We are grateful that we were able to see and interact live with our community last month, especially as all communications via email and telephone in Tigray have now been blocked. Ethiopians are reporting that the country is 'at war' but it is impossible for us or journalists to get exact information with no communication channels open.
Ethiopia's stability in the last years has played an important role in the Horn of Africa. Destabilization at this time would be a disaster. We hope that the efforts by international bodies to help resolve the differences peacefully will be successful. Rural communities in southern Tigray such as ours have had enough tragedy this year with Covid-19 and plagues of locusts. If Tigray becomes a fully fledged battlefield in the coming weeks, the suffering of the rural Tigray population will be hard to imagine. We are continuing to pack our materials for our next return visit and hoping that this will nevertheless soon be possible.
A word about donations…
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Newsletter January 2022
Poor souls
Millions face starvation in Ethiopian Tigray


Journalists are up in arms that Trump is "dog whistling" with his tweet about white farmers in South Africa. Which is strange because not even a year ago many mainstream sources including the Associated press were covering this story. Even Newsweek wrote about it and they are a left wing publication.
So what changed? Why can the Media report this and its fine but as soon as Trump says he wants to look into it they accuse him of dog whistling?
Or maybe this is just another instance of fake news from the mainstream media.


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Donald Trump took to Twitter to take a swipe at the NFL on Sunday as his war of words continued.
Just hours before the new season began, Trump remarked how low the viewing figures for the game between Atlanta Falcons and defending champions Philadelphia Eagles.
According to Deadline Hollywood, 19 million people watched the Falcons v Eagles game – which marks a 13% decline on the previous year.
It marks the second straight year with a double-digit dip, and the lowest numbers for a season opener since 2009.
Taking to his personal Twitter account, Trump wrote: "Wow, NFL first game ratings are way down over an already really bad last year comparison.
"Viewership declined 13%, the lowest in over a decade. If the players stood proudly for our Flag and Anthem, and it is all shown on broadcast, maybe ratings could come back?
The outburst is the latest in a long line of public spats by the President.
His umbrage began when Colin Kaepernick chose to kneel during the National Anthem as a mark of protest against racism in America.
The footballer has featured heavily in campaigning by Nike and, depsite Trump's further early forecasting, has seen their sales sky rocket.
During Thursday's game, one player chose to kneel – Eagles defensive end Michael Bennett, sat out the anthem in Thursday night's game.
A handful of players around the league joined in on the protests during Sunday's early slate of games, including San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Marquise Goodwin and Miami Dolphins wideouts Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson.


Ok first impressions are ... interesting!
It's definitely a work in progress for me.
I'm operating from battery - I can see a separate power supply in it's future. Wall-warts bring too much hum. Haven't tried a regulated supply (as the one mentioned). It (and I mean my build) seems voltage sensitive - go above about 12.6 VDC and the sound goes oddly bad.
My sole substitution is 1.0uf instead of 2.2uf for C1 - all other parts are per schematic. Heh - I had all of it on-hand.
1. First - audio is quite good. As the article predicts, lows are great.
2. I can't get the trim-pots to go below about 9.7 volts - this is also dependent on which tube I have - I tried a variety of used 12AU7A's - some noisier than other - I have some NOS 12AU7A's coming this week, so I'm looking to try those. Swapping tubes brought the lowest to 11.2, 10.8... lowest I can reach is 9.7V.
3. Hissy - increasing volume masks it, but at least with my build, there's a good deal of constant background hiss.
I'm wondering if I have some 'baked' IRF510's, LM317's show about 1.25V on the output.
Or, perhaps a New- or New-Old-Stock tube will improve on it.
I managed to put it all in a stock Radio Shack enclosure - 270-1805 - fielding the LM317T's and IRF510's under the metal top. On top of that, I've attached an older stick-on VGA heat-sink. Seems to be holding temps down quite well; you can rest your hand on the top with no adverse effect. Did point-to-point wiring below the top; balance of the circuit including an added 'e3' delay on a perf-board in the bottom of the enclosure.
(edited) - interesting as the battery goes down in voltage, the HISS quiets down. This is an interesting little amplifier. It'll be fun tinkering with it.
Subtracting the hiss - there's no other adverse noise. Lows are VERY good as the highs are still very sharp.
Too late / too tired to upload some photos. Perhaps tomorrow.
Tube 12AU7, ECC82, 5695 or even 12AT7. 12AX7 has too high mu and sound horrible.
I was thinking and I happen to have a Mullard DCC90 twin triode (http://www.mif.pg.gda.pl/homepages/frank/sheets/030/d/DCC90.pdf) at hand so I was wondering if this might work with small mods to the circuit?
"I've done this a thousand times befo..." on not voltage testing before getting to work.
"I'm gonna take my time on the next amp....." on First tube project.
I'm not happy with some of the photos - dropped down to my wife's older Canon PowerShot A75 - not so good on closeups (even with 'macro' on. I'm going back to my Digital Rebel (even though I have to resize 'em so they're not so large).
Listened for quite a while last night. As the battery voltage dropped, the hiss went away with no drop in audio quality or volume.
I marked the voltage at 12.52 volts, so next little project will be a heavily filtered, regulated power supply for about 12.5 volts!
Too bad there's not enough room in the enclosure - or there might be... Hate to open it up again.
My only three changes: I added the e12 delay relay; I only had a 1uf for C1 on hand; and I inserted a Schottky diode inline with power to prevent reverse voltages on the FETs and LM317s. Only a 0.120 voltage drop traded for safety.
Just off topic i was wondering how easy this would be to make into a preamp for my LM3875 Gainclone build I've just finished making a testbed chassis for it .
so the hiss went with the lower voltage glad to hear.
i was thinking of using a toroid or a SMPS and making a LM317 PSU as running off a battery its really not an option for me as my source is the X-Fi on the PC to a DAC and the stuff is on all the time.
I briefly looked over your images Looking good with the LED.
Just wondering if you insulated both sides of the MOSFET and LM317 mounting screws. Or with the power off, measure the center tab of the MOSFET (drain) and the LM to chassis. I see you have mica, but just in case.
> so the hiss went with the lower voltage glad to hear.
Last night, I added two 1000uf caps across power at two places, along with a couple of .1uf at a couple of locations. Seems to quieted a bunch of hum (with lab supply) and hiss. Now not quite so twitchy on voltage - I can run it off of a Heathkit lab supply for 12V to about 13V, no issues. But, regarding a SMPS - ditto - I have a bucket full of (various brand) discarded laptop power supplies (all about 15 to 19 VDC, all at LEAST 1.5 amp, some to 3A), so yup, a nice filter / regulator is what I've already sketched out..
Oooooooo. Handmade / homebrew trumps fancy Hammond enclosure most anytime. I like it! It Just needs a lid.
Nope - used four TO-220 mica insulators, with a sort-of nylon shoulder insulator for the bolt. Also some heatsink grease, for what it's worth - dunno if it'll transfer THAT MUCH more heat. Topside, just screw against metal. Due to some misalignment, the mica insulator actually bared a bit of metal to the tab, so I did have a short in initial testing, but after some realignment and fudging, it works fine now. I think I had a shard of drill debris hanging on.
Yup - always good to check that TAB if it's mounted on ground - and I grounded the lid just for convenience - I love the PC boards, but I'm always just using a perf-board and point-to-point wiring, so it's convenient (and sometimes necessary for RF applications) to have a nice, large ground-plane to tie to or to just 'be near-by'.
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How'd you get the tube layout into Eagle? I can't find any parts in the libraries I have.
CadSoft has a huge collection of libraries for all versions of Eagle Cad, uploaded by some kind users.
Anybody care to double-check my schematic before I do the board layout? These tube parts didn't quite come out the way I expected them to, so I'm not sure if it's laid out right. I'm also not positive about the potentiometer, but I think I got that laid out correctly as well.
I ordered some IRF510's at a local electronics shop and they gave me NTE66 MOSFETS will these work?


If you've been peeping on my Instagram lately, you'll see that last night I held a vision board event for the members of Indy's ClassyCurlies.
We had an amazing time! This was our chance to lay out some of our 2017 hair, professional and personal goals while enjoying one another's company.
If you aren't familiar with Indy's ClassyCurlies, it is my natural hair group here in Indianapolis. We are almost 250 women strong and continue to grow each day.
In the Indianapolis area and would like to join the group for free? Here's the link!
Thanks again to all of the ladies that attended. I truly appreciate your support!


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What Was That About "Real America" Again?
May 9, 2009 Dana Hunter
Interesting. According to Gallup, America's mostly made up of Democrats:
That's actually pretty pathetic. You'd expect them to be on top in at least one age cohort.
Their "real America" is looking mighty small…
Pathological Purity
April 30, 2009 Dana Hunter
Purity can be pathological. It can also ensure your party is reduced to a pathetic, irrelevant remnant, which seems to be exactly where the frothing fundies now in control of the Cons want to take the GOP:
The 2012 elections are obviously very far away, but Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman certainly seems to be running for president. This week, he's making campaign stops appearances in three key Michigan counties over five days.
It would have been four counties, but one of them refuses to listen to what Huntsman has to say. He'd already been invited to speak in Kent County, but then local GOP activists learned Huntsman supports civil unions.
Utah Gov. John Huntsman (R), seen by many as a potential top-tier presidential candidate in 2012, has been uninvited from a local Michigan Republican club after announcing his support for civil unions between gay couples.
Keep in mind, we're not talking about an event to deliver an endorsement. Huntsman — a conservative Republican governor from a conservative Republican state — just wanted to stop by and talk to these folks. But since he supports civil unions — not marriage equality, just civil unions — they don't even want Huntsman to walk in the door.
This really isn't healthy.
Noper. Let's just have a look at what that ideological purity's likely to gain them:
Seems like the vast majority of the country isn't at all worried about icky gays getting married, or at least having the same legal rights and benefits as married couples. Bigotry aside, if the GOP plans to ever win a national election ever again, looks like they're going to have to get the rabid right wing under control.
Otherwise, the recent polls showing support for the Cons at 20% might've been a tad optimistic, and they'd best get used to being the boil on the ass of America.
The Incredible Shrinking GOP
Looks like 21 isn't just a winning hand in Blackjack anymore:
Yes, it's true: the Republican Party is leaderless except for Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney which hasn't worked out very well as new polling shows that Americans are turning away from the GOP in droves.
The new Washington Post/ABC news poll has all sorts of intriguing numbers in it but when you are looking for clues as to where the two parties stand politically there is only one number to remember: 21.
That's the percent of people in the Post/ABC survey who identified themselves as Republicans, down from 25 percent in a late March poll and at the lowest ebb in this poll since the fall of 1983(!).
It's a great thing to know that only 1/4 of my country is batshit fucking insane.
Fun with Polls
No, I'm not trying to follow in PZ's footsteps. I have nowhere near that kind of clout. Besides, these are numbers we don't need to rig. And they're all professional.
I've been noticing a trend lately. The Cons throw a screaming, hysterical fit, claiming they're wailing on behalf of the people. Shortly thereafter, a poll comes out that shows the people firmly in the opposite camp. It's entertaining.
Allow me to serve you up a selection.
Here's two-in-one: the Cons claim Obama's a polarizing figure who's destroying our economy. Egads! Poll sez:
So 68% of Independents — more than two thirds — have confidence in Obama to do the right thing on the economy. That's only three points less than the 71% overall who feel this way. Meanwhile, the same can be said of only 38% of Republicans — thirty points less than the percentage of independents who feel this way.
Two points on this. First, it illustrates a trend we've been seeing since 2008, and even 2006: A merging of the attitudes of independents and Democrats. And second, it illustrates that the American people's starkly polarized attitude towards Obama — something that was a big topic last week — continues to be driven largely by increasing Republican isolation.
If by "polarizing" they mean "liked by everyone except batshit fucking insane wingnuts and their dupes," then Obama is indeed polarizing.
But what about all the horrible Europeanizing of America? Americans hate Europe – right?
Research 2000 conducted a poll for Daily Kos gauging public attitudes about San Francisco, New York City, France, and Europe in general. Both San Francisco and New York both enjoy broad favorable numbers, but I was especially interested in the other parts of the poll.
* "Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the country of France?"
Overall, 61% of Americans have a favorable impression of the U.S. ally, including majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. The favorable impression was strong in the Northeast, West, and Midwest, and the only constituency with an unfavorable opinion of France was Southerners.
* "Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the continent of Europe?"
Similarly, 63% have a favorable impression of Europe, which also spanned every party. Again, the only group who doesn't have a favorable opinion of the continent is Southerners.
Question: is it too late to let the South secede from the Union?
Okay. So Cons have struck out on polarizing, bad for the economy and Europe is icky, but surely we can all agree with Dick Cheney that America is totally less safe with a dirty yellow Dem in office:
Last month, former Vice President Dick Cheney complained that President Obama's policies "raise the risk…of another attack" in the U.S. Since then, numerous government officials — including Gen. David Petraeus and Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) — have spoken out against Cheney's remarks. Now, a new CNN poll shows that the American public also view Cheney's claim with disregard. According to the poll, 72 percent "disagree with Cheney's view that some of Obama's actions have put the country at greater risk with 26 percent agreeing with the former vice president."
Nope. But we're in accord on "Dick Cheney is a dick."
But, y'know, socialism, now, that'll surely be different. No way Americans can like socialism!
Maybe the smears didn't connect because people don't think "socialism" is all that bad.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 20% disagree and say socialism is better. Twenty-seven percent (27%) are not sure which is better.
Adults under 30 are essentially evenly divided: 37% prefer capitalism, 33% socialism, and 30% are undecided. Thirty-somethings are a bit more supportive of the free-enterprise approach with 49% for capitalism and 26% for socialism. Adults over 40 strongly favor capitalism, and just 13% of those older Americans believe socialism is better.
Specifically, Rasmussen asked respondents, "Which is a better system — capitalism or socialism?" A narrow majority (53%) supported capitalism as the superior system. One in five backed socialism, and a surprisingly high 27% weren't sure.
You just can't have an effective red scare with numbers like these.
Wait… taxes! Of course Americans don't like taxes!
But these are the numbers I was especially interested in.
Almost three-quarters of Americans think it is a good idea to raise taxes on people making more than $250,000 per year. In fact, two-thirds of Americans think the tax code should be changed so that middle-class Americans pay less than they do now and "upper inco
me" people pay more. […]
Fifty-seven percent of Americans say they are willing to pay higher taxes in order to provide all Americans with health care coverage…. Asked which domestic policy area the president and the Congress should focus on other than the economy, thirty-five percent said health care, the top choice.
Something for lawmakers to keep in mind. Fox News, Limbaugh, and far-right bloggers may be outraged by a progressive agenda, but the public in general seems to think it's a good idea.
Noooooo! It can't be! Americans hate taxes – this country was founded because people got pissed off about taxes! Surely it's not just the tea baggers who're angry!
In its annual Economy and Personal Finance poll, Gallup has found that Americans view of income taxes are the second most positive they've been since 1956, with 48 percent saying that the amount of federal taxes they pay is "about right." Forty-six percent say they're "too high." According to Gallup, the more positive sentiment — which increased among both lower- and middle-income Americans, but not upper-income Americans — is likely due President Obama's stimulus and budget plans:
The slightly more positive view this year may reflect a public response to President Barack Obama's economic stimulus and budget plans. He has promised not to raise taxes on Americans making less than $250,000, while cutting taxes for lower- and middle-income Americans. The latter has already begun, as the government has reduced the withholding amount for federal income taxes from middle- and lower-income American workers' paychecks.
The poll also found that 61 percent of Americans "regard the income taxes they have to pay this year as fair," a view that has not changed much in the past six years.
I think we can stop right there. The evidence is clear: whatever the Con talking point is, you can bet the clear majority of Americans think exactly the opposite. It would be sad if it wasn't so damned funny.


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Vulnerable Children
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HELPING VULNERABLE CHILDREN MEET THEIR FULL POTENTIAL
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CHILDREN IN CRISIS
We adapt to the needs of children & their communities
We understand needs vary from family to family
We support evidence driven program design
We create geographically appropriate multi-sectorial programming
Working through a lens of integral human development— CRS views each child holistically and works through indigenous structures to insure that all child specific programming is adapted to the cultural context in which children live.
CRS's work with vulnerable children centers around the PEPFAR recommended guidelines for program design. Our programs center around eight key areas: household economic strengthening, social protection, education, health and nutrition, psychosocial care and support, child protection, legal protection, and capacity building.
COMMITTED TO HELPING CHILDREN
CRS has managed more than 60 vulnerable children's programs in 31 countries, including people living with HIV since 1989. In 2014 alone CRS reached 1.74 million beneficiaries through 27 child health and well-being projects.
OVC programming began in 1989
More than 60 projects in 31 countries
1.74 million beneficiaries of CRS child health and we-being projects in 2014
27 projects supporting child health and well-being projects in 20
Highlights of our work to protect vulnerable children
CRS country programs
Approximately 3.3 million children under the age of 15 are living with HIV and AIDS, while 13.3 million children have lost one or both their parents to the epidemic.
CHILDREN ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE LIVING IN CRISIS
More than 140 million children worldwide have been left orphaned. One-third of all children under the age of 5, an estimated 200 million, will fail to meet their full developmental potential. Vulnerable children are children under the age of 18 whose safety or psychosocial or physical well being or development is at risk due to inadequate care, protection, or access to essential resources or services.
THE CYCLE OF POVERTY
Factors such as poverty, displacement, forced labor, chronic illness, and/or losing a parent can put children at greater risk for exploitation, being pulled from school, early marriage and pregnancy, and loss of economic and educational opportunities that can help them break the cycle of poverty
Agnes Ajwang Kiriago, 80, and Mark Levis Oduor Opiyo, left, 12, and Felix Odhiambo Opiyo, 21
The Children Behind
Felix and Mark Levis lost both of their parents to HIV. They were raised by their grandmother Agnes. During his parents' illness and subsequent death, Felix dedicated himself to studying and doing well on his high school entrance exams. But he did not have the money to pay school fees and had no way of earning it. CRS paid for Felix's school fees so he could get a high school diploma. Felix is now a university student and regularly checks on his brother Mark Levis to make sure he is doing well in school.
Had I not been a beneficiary of the project, my life would have been miserable. Before joining the project I had lost hope in my life. I had the grades, but not the means, to go to school. I would have had to opt to be a farmer, but it would have not augured well with my life ambitions. Now, I see my dreams coming true. I believe that my brother can do the same. He is capable of doing what I am doing. He is working hard to follow in my footsteps.
Photo credit: Sara A. Fajardo/CRS
Angela Kabahenda, 21
Angela received training in passion fruit farming, entrepreneurship and life skills through the CRS-sponsored Girls Agro Investment Project, or GAIN. In Uganda, opportunities to earn a living are often limited for girls who have not completed their formal education. Young women with few resources often resort to risky behavior to make ends meet, which too often results in early marriage, early pregnancy, and in many cases, increased risk for HIV. To break the cycle of poverty, women need a way to support themselves. Angela has two children and is raising two nieces.
My goal is to build a decent house for my mother. Although I have money invested in different things, I'm not doing well because of the money required to raise the children. I've invested in a community savings group, [have] two pigs, and I'm growing passion fruit, beans, groundnuts, millet and maize.
I plan to open a shop where I can sell sugar, soda, soap and kerosene.
Bridget Kansiime, 26
Bridget received training in passion fruit farming, entrepreneurship and life skills through the CRS-sponsored Girls Agro Investment, or GAIN, project. In Uganda, opportunities to earn a living are often limited for girls who have not completed their formal education. Young women with few resources often resort to risky behavior to make ends meet, which too often results in early marriage, early pregnancy, and in many cases, increased risk for HIV. To break the cycle of poverty, women need a way to support themselves.
I have two children—one is 8 and the other, 6—whose status I don't know. I divorced the father of my children 3 years ago because he was so unfaithful. I had done four tests. It was only the fourth test this year, at the end of August, that I was found with HIV. The first three times when I tested and was found HIV free, I could not believe it because I'd always suspected my husband. I looked at his history and the women he used to have sex with: Some had died and others—the whole village knew they were positive. What encouraged me to do all those tests without fear was the radio education programs that encouraged people to go for HIV tests and free medical care. Secondly, I got experience when my mother died of the same disease and because she was taken to the hospital too late. Family members thought it was witchcraft. … So every time I would get a simple illness like a cough or fever I would be very scared thinking I am dying, but now I know I am okay. When you look at my body it looks good. I go freely to Kyenjojo Health Center. … I find very many people I know at the hospital every time I go to collect medicine, who I thought were not sick. So that gives me courage because I am not alone.
Erick Okoth
Erick lost both of his parents and several aunts and uncles to complications from AIDS. At age 19, he became responsible for 15 siblings and cousins. Erick and the children under his care received support from CRS through The Children Behind project. After he got vocational training, Erick decided to begin helping other vulnerable children, founding his own nonprofit, Blue Cross, that has grown to provide care for more than 4,000 children in western Kenya.
Realizing the burden that we had and, also, looking at the neighborhood and seeing our children who are left destitute—with no one to take care of them—I realized that there's something that I need to do. So that is how I came up with the idea of starting a community-based organization, with the name Blue Cross, to support other vulnerable children so that they could become successful in life. To me, CRS was like an eye opener because there were people [helping]. I said,'If they can do this for us, why can't we do it for ourselves?
Eunice Atieno, 19
Eunice lost her father to illness when she was a young girl. Her family's resources were depleted by his care and burial costs, making it difficult for her to continue her education. Eunice received vocational training in dress making and now runs her own tailoring business.
I was 15 years old when I was taken in to the project. I thought that if these people sponsor me and I do the work then I can help my mother little by little. She can progress and she can also make a little income. Had this project not helped me I would have taken some bad habits. Had I not gone to school I would even have thought of working for someone as a maid or I could even go to the bar where other girls go.
Fleria Chuka, 66, with grandson Evans Odhiambo, 11
Fleria lost four sons to the AIDS epidemic and is now the primary caregiver for her grandson Evans. She struggles to make ends meet and grow enough food to sustain the two of them. Both Fleria and Evans suffer from depression as a result of their losses. They receive significant emotional support from the volunteer community health worker trained by CRS to provide counseling and support. Evans also receives assistance with his school fees and uniform.
I need a lot of counseling. I don't sleep," says Fleria. "Mary [Fleria's community health worker] has done me so much good because she has not left me desperate. When she comes, she counsels me. Mary has empathized with me and I'm so grateful for the kind heart she has. Through Mary, my grandson received a school uniform and I joined a Savings and Internal Lending Community. When I pray I also pray for Mary and what she has done for my life. What Mary has done for me, my own family has not done for me.
Florence Achieng Otieno, 37
Florence, mother of 8, discovered her HIV status after a community health worker convinced her and her husband to get tested.
Knowing my status was the beginning of everything, because knowing our status gave us access to drugs and our health. The support we received from the project took away our worries, because when you are sick you cannot pay for school fees or medical care and those worries make you even sicker. By taking those worries from us, we could focus on getting healthy. Our hope and prayers now are that our children will complete secondary education, take their exams and go beyond that so that they get the training they need to get jobs. I usually talk to my children about what careers they want. My daughters all want to be radio or TV journalists. None of them want to be doctors because they don't want to deal with the sick or the dead.
Harrison Banda
Harrison Banda is an "expert client,ˮ a person with HIV who has taken a leadership role at his local health center. Expert clients run support groups and counseling sessions, help with record keeping, and alleviate the workload of overtaxed health care workers. He also works with expectant and new mothers who have tested positive for HIV, to help them understand how to prevent mother-to-child transmission and ensure a more healthy foundation for their children.
A lot of people were dying because of not knowing that you have to adhere to the [antiretroviral drugs]. I take the drugs. I know how [the medicines] react. I pass through those difficulties. People come to our family and say, 'Without you I would not be alive today.' That makes me so proud.
Janet Anyango Okeyo, 41, center, with her children, clockwise from left: Julius, 14, Verah, 15, and Hilary, 5; and granddaughter Shayla, 5
Janet's financial resources dwindled when she lost her husband because of complications from AIDS, and was later also diagnosed with HIV. Around the world, the AIDS epidemic has left already-poor families financially destitute. Access to financial resources is one hurdle that many poor families find impossible to scale. Banking institutions often won't lend money to those who don't have collateral or who live in remote rural communities. To remedy this, CRS has developed Savings and Internal Lending Communities, or SILCs, a savings-based approach to microfinance. Through SILC Janet has been able to update her home, build a small business and purchase livestock. That, in turn, restored her status in the community and empowered her to take on a leadership role in her SILC group.
I see my life has changed because now, I've taken the world as it is. I'm not afraid. I know I will die, but I'm not afraid that I have AIDS. Accidents kill people; AIDS kills people; there are road accidents and malaria. So death is death. So I'm not afraid in my life. SILC has taught me a lot. SILC enables you to avoid being too poor. … Had I not gone to SILC, I would have died a long time ago. I would have left my children.
Jenifer Tusiime, 19
Jenifer displays passion fruit growing in her home garden. She received training in passion fruit farming, entrepreneurship and life skills through the CRS-sponsored Girls Agro Investment Project, or GAIN. In Uganda, opportunities to earn a living are often limited for girls who have not completed their formal education. Young women with few resources often resort to risky behavior to make ends meet, which too often results in early marriage, early pregnancy, and in many cases, increased risk for HIV. To break the cycle of poverty, women need a way to support themselves.
She has no children but is the caregiver for four nephews and nieces and a sister who suffers from a mental disorder. Her future goals include building a home for her family to replace their current house made of mud and water, and she plans to buy a cow. She says she has benefited from the GAIN Project financially.
Since February I've made [$72.50] selling passion fruit. It has enabled me to buy two goats and provide for my family.
Lameck Goga, 22
Lameck lost both of his parents to HIV and has relied on CRS to help him continue his education. Lameck dreams of becoming an English teacher.
My dreams are to become a Ph.D. holder and assist orphans. Orphans need education and clothing. They need somewhere to go. If I had not joined the project I would not have completed my secondary education. My guardian had a lot of burdens. I was not the only orphan. There were many.
My advice to other orphans is, face life and be strong. Work hard when you get support. You can also be people in society. Don't give up. Face the challenges in your life.
There is a great change within society. Before the project came, children were dropping out of schools, not going on to secondary school. But now we are in colleges and universities. We are educated because of CRS.
Margret Kabagonza, 21
Margret received training in passion fruit farming, entrepreneurship and life skills through the CRS-sponsored Girls Agro Investment, or GAIN, project.
My brother, Mathew, was born with the disease. He would frequently get sick, so our father took him in for a test and discovered he had HIV. When our parents and older sister died of the same disease I was left to care for Mathew. He is not in school. He dropped out in primary one because he [has allergies]. Every morning when he would walk to school he would cough a lot and develop red eyes. He has a record book at Kisojo Health Center and a nurse there who works on him. Thanks to God, Mathew's life is better now and he even goes to the hospital by himself. I'm planning to take him back to school next year with the money I'll earn from the sale of passion fruits.
Mary Achieng Ananga
Mary is living with HIV and lost her spouse to the disease. She has a daughter and a goddaughter she looks after. She purchased her cow with money she saved by participating in an SILC group.
A long time ago it was really difficult for people living with HIV because wherever you went people called you the 'sufferers,' and it was hard to mix with others. Nowadays, so many people are living with the disease and are on medication and are healthy. We look the same. No one can single us out.
The most important thing I'll remember is the counseling I received from my community health worker. If it had not been for the counseling I received, I would not have the strength to be where I am today. I joined SILC and can pay for my children to go to school, and I can buy a cow. I never thought I would be able to afford a cow. I bought her to remind me of my efforts.
Mary Atieno Onyango, 43, with three of her four children, clockwise, from top right: Quinter, 19, Benter, 7, and Solomon, 9
Mary was 2 weeks from giving birth and so weak from complications from AIDS that she couldn't walk when she first encountered The Children Behind project. After receiving support and being restored to full health, she decided that she wanted to give back by helping others as a community health worker.
Without CRS, I would not have had the knowledge on how to care for my children. My youngest would have died. They would have been stunted like other kids who went to the clinic when their viral load would be high. The project has given me much love, because when CRS came and visited me for the first time, that made me feel loved. When no one comes toward you, you feel rejected. That is why I became a community health worker. To disclose my status is to tell people the reality, because for a long time people believed you could not live long with a positive status. When you talk about your status, if someone is hiding their status they can think, 'It is not only me; if she can manage to live with HIV, why can't I?' It gives them encouragement.
Pamela Anyango, 38, with her youngest daughter Michelle, 4
Pamela, a mother of 6, lost her husband to complications from HIV and later tested positive for the disease herself. Despite her status, she was able to safely deliver her youngest child, Michele, because of the strong support and education on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission she received from a CRS-trained community health worker. She also got a loan through a CRS-sponsored Savings and Internal Lending Community, and used the money to start a small business purchasing fish on the shores of nearby Lake Victoria and selling them for a small profit. She uses her earnings to cover household expenses and pay for her children's related school costs.
My happiness is being a mother to my children. When I have children I have to be happy, because when I'm with them we discuss; sometimes we laugh. So that's my joy. When my youngest child was tested, when I went to hospital for delivery, she was diagnosed negative. I was happy, because the elder one was infected. So when I delivered her without the virus, I was happy. I'm still happy. I keep taking her for testing even now, but she is negative. I'm happy about my child because she has no HIV. I received good care during delivery, and even when I was expecting.
Peres Rabongo
As a community health worker Peres provides support to 14 caregivers and 22 vulnerable children.
One of the biggest challenges is that kids that are left orphaned don't have money for school fees or enough food, because of poverty. It is harder for them because they are lacking money.
I like being a community health worker because I give them guidance. I encourage them to continue with their education. I want their life to be better. I want the children to complete school and have a good future so that they can take care of themselves well.
Peter Otieno, 46, with five of his eight children, clockwise from top left: Lucy, 13, Kepha, 3, Hesbon, 14, Bilha, 5, and Silvance, 7
In addition to receiving medical and educational support through CRS, Peter's family has received goats and joined a Savings and Internal Lending Community that helps the family save and borrow money. Both Peter and his wife were once deathly ill because of complications from AIDS but were living under the assumption that they were victims of witchcraft. The local community health worker convinced them to get tested and followed up with them until they had accepted their status and received the necessary support. As a result, they were able to have two more children who have both tested negative for HIV.
I am so thankful because of Philemon's [the family's community health worker] persistence. He never gave up. He kept coming back when we were still refusing testing. He continuously followed up until we were finally tested. His persistence has saved many lives. Stigma has gone down significantly. An indication is that people are much more free. The number of people who are going to collect medication has increased, and people are open to talk about their issues. A while back there were quite a few people who would walk with a stoop because they were tired and weak from being ill. Now you no longer see people walking with a stoop because people are now open to accessing medication, and with the [antiretroviral drugs]… we can work and exercise like everyone else.
Philemon Omondi
Philemon Omondi supports 19 families with vulnerable children as a CRS-trained volunteer community health worker.
One reason I decided to become a community health worker is because I looked at my village and saw people suffering because people were sick and are now able to contribute. I had ideas for how to help people. There is a big difference in my village from when the project first started. When I started as a [health worker], many people were depending on handouts. Before, when visitors came, people would expect handouts. That is no longer the case. People can rely on themselves. If it weren't for the project we would still be burdened, some would have died and others would not be in school. We have gained a lot of knowledge and this has helped.
Polycarp Okoth, 26
CRS helped Polycarp's siblings and cousins when they lost their parents to HIV. As a result, Polycarp was able to continue his studies through medical school and will soon become a doctor. His dream is to one day be a pediatrician.
Without CRS my dream would not have come to a reality. From 2002 we were among the first to benefit from the project. I was a pioneer.
My advice is with determination and hard work you can achieve whatever you want. You should have a positive mind. Even if your parents are gone, God has a plan to make us achieve our dreams.
Rose Komuhendo, 24
Rose received training in passion fruit farming, entrepreneurship and life skills through the CRS- sponsored Girls Agro Investment, or GAIN, project. In Uganda, opportunities to earn a living are often limited for girls who have not completed their formal education. Young women with few resources often resort to risky behavior to make ends meet, which too often results in early marriage, early pregnancy, and in many cases, increased risk for HIV. To break the cycle of poverty, women need a means to support themselves.
I first discovered I was HIV positive when I was 5 months pregnant; I had gone to the hospital for prenatal care and tested positive. I was frightened but was counseled by the nurses on how to keep myself and the baby well. They had me bring my husband in for testing and he also tested positive. Based on his reaction upon receiving the results, I think he previously knew his status. The doctor prescribed drugs and we immediately started taking them. We had two additional children, both of whom tested negative, thanks to the doctor's advice.
Rose Mbabazi, 20
Rose rests outside of her home with her son Akugizibwe Nicholas, 2. Rose received training in passion fruit farming, entrepreneurship and life skills through the CRS-sponsored Girls Agro Investment, or GAIN, project. In Uganda, opportunities to earn a living are often limited for girls who have not completed their formal education. Young women with few resources often resort to risky behavior to make ends meet, which too often results in early marriage, early pregnancy, and in many cases, increased risk for HIV. To break the cycle of poverty, women need a way to support themselves.
She has been training under the GAIN project for 8 months and says the most important lesson she has learned is how to farm as a business.
I now know how to plant on a large scale to create sales. I only just planted passion fruit in my home garden 3 weeks ago, but I'm excited about what I can do with it as a business. I'm going to use it to improve the quality of my family's life.
Samuel Otieno
As a volunteer community health worker, Samuel has been providing assistance to 16 families whose lives have been affected by HIV or other illnesses.
My dream for the community is to eradicate poverty and eliminate minor illnesses infecting people. The community is coming up bit by bit but they are not fully up. HIV made poverty worse, because those who were strong—the providers—got sick. The poverty is easing because there are so many health projects which have instituted awareness so that people know the causes of HIV and how to prevent it.
Sarah Gavinala with son Bashil
Sarah Gavinala discovered she was HIV positive when she was expecting her youngest son, Bashil. She went into a deep depression and did not want to accept her status. Initially terrified by her diagnosis, she sought support from an "expert client,ˮ a person with HIV who has taken a leadership role at the health center she visits. The expert client helped her come to terms with her diagnosis and helped her understand the treatment and how she could continue her life as normal. Expert clients run support groups and counseling sessions, help with record keeping, and alleviate the workload of overtaxed health care workers. With an expert client's support Sarah, adhered to treatment during her pregnancy and, as a result, Bashil has tested negative for HIV.
I used to have my husband go to the clinic to collect my [antiretroviral drugs] for me because I was so shy. After some time they told my husband that I had to come myself so that they could monitor my weight. It is when I went myself that I met Mr. Banda [the expert client]. He gave me encouragement and advice. He told me that I should not be shy or complain, that there were many people like me living with the same condition. I've learned to live a better life and to be more self-sufficient.
Teresa Kananji, 35, with daughter Promisi, 2
Teresa Kananji, 35, bathes her daughter Promisi outside of their home. Promisi suffered a massive pediatric stroke that left her paralyzed on her left side, and without speech. CRS partner the Catholic Health Commission referred Teresa to a pediatric physical therapist and helped her access a special chair that allows her daughter to sit up. Promisi now regularly attends a CRS-sponsored Community Based Child Care center, which gives Teresa time to sell produce in the market.
The doctors say Promisi will walk again. I believe that, even though sometimes I lose faith. This is my child. I must care for her and follow all the doctors' advice. At first she couldn't sit or hold up her neck. Now she can do both. Coming to the CBCC helps her. She has begun to hear again. The noise at the CBCC motivates her. Going to the CBCC with this chair has eased so many problems.
"One reason I decided to become a community health worker is because I looked at my village and saw people suffering because people were sick and are now able to contribute."
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Chris Jones and Jim VanCleve are presenting the Album of the Year. Who writes this stuff?
Oh my… it's a tie! The award goes to J.D. Crowe & The New South for Lefty's Old Guitar, and Fork In The Road from The Infamous Stringdusters.


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Миге́ль Хуа́н Ла́мбрич (; род. 18 января 1996, Бенидорм) — испанский футболист, правый защитник клуба «Эспаньол», выступающий на правах аренды за клуб «Картахена».

Клубная карьера
Мигелон родился в Бенидорме, Аликанте, Валенсия и начинал футбольную карьеру в местном клубе.

В 2006 году он присоединился к академии «Вильярреала». Он дебютировал в составе «Вильярреал C» 22 августа 2015 года, в гостевой игре против «Альсиры». 28 ноября 2015 года дебютировал в составе резервной команды против «Эльденсе».

Мигелон дебютировал за основную команду 3 декабря 2015 года в матче против клуба «Уэска» в Кубке Испании. 2 августа 2018 года Мигелон был переведён в основной состав.

11 июля 2019 года Мигелон был отдан в аренду «Уэске».

25 августа 2020 года Мигелон перешёл в «Эспаньол» на правах аренды.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Профиль на официальном сайте «Вильярреала»
 Профиль на сайте Transfermarkt

Игроки ФК «Вильярреал»
Игроки ФК «Вильярреал B»
Игроки ФК «Уэска»
Игроки ФК «Эспаньол»
Игроки ФК «Реал Овьедо»
Игроки ФК «Картахена»


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Only a 22min walk from Manor Park to Whitebank according to Google maps.
Workington are behind against Doncaster too.
That is probably what got Widnes in to trouble, signing player they cannot afford. happy with what we have got. Also hope Widnes manage to pull through this. Not a nice position to be in.
Must say I was impressed with Gwaze's defensive effort.
Fuming. A good close game as expected. I am now desperate to see the video to see if the disallowed try at the end was offside or not. Two other turning points for me. When in front late in the game by 2, why try and offload on the half way line. The other was why was the Town player not sin binned after delaying the play the ball when our right centre was tackled 10 yards out? Can't calm down, but my conclusion is to evenly match sides, and Town won.
Think the pitch will be fine, the bigger concern is the spectator areas.
Never looked in danger today. Don't know if that is good for us or bad for Rochdale. Although they out scored us in the second half, did not think they caused us any problems when they had the ball. Hawkyard stood out and thoroughly deserved the MoM award. Was also impressed with a lot of our forwards and Bowman. In all a very good team performance.
Under cover, but Watersheddings was always 10 degrees colder than the rest of Oldham.
Kev is a one man atmosphere. More of him required.
Do you think the 1895 Cup will generate more interest in the game at our level?
Still £14 a game, but where you normally get two games free with a season ticket, you are only getting one game free.
I feel that this could have a domino effect on other clubs at this level. May be worth some quick thinking by the RFL, and decide just one division below SL for the time being.
Its the end of the season, no game till next year.
If we are only getting 400 crowds charging £14, surely it would be better to try and get 600 crowds charging £10. As has been said above, a lot of the teams in our league are no better than the amateur teams we have in the town.
Back on the subject of crowds. I think that clubs are over charging across the game, crowds are dwindling at all levels of the game. A classic example of over charging was Bradford charging £20 for League 1 Rugby. They are getting away with it at the moment due to their blind following, that have not died off yet from their SL glory days. My personal opinion is, you should not be charging more than £10 for this level of Rugby, certainly if the facilities are basic at best.
Disappointed, but expected. Think this game was won when the two sides met at Whitebank. Losing two prop forwards through bans, left us with too much of an ask, with no go forward from the bench. Thanks to all the players and lets look forward to what next season brings.
The way he has played this season, it is not surprising. Good luck Danny.
How is everyone getting to Bradford, which part of the ground will you be going in?
Probably all three will be banned for that game.


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Apple on Tuesday unveiled its new App Store subscription service, allowing publishers of content-based applications for iOS devices -- like newspapers, magazines, video and music -- to offer recurring billing, but preventing them from including links to external websites to purchase content or subscriptions.
The digital billing service is the same one Apple recently launched with News Corp.'s The Daily earlier this month. At the time, Apple's iTunes chief Eddy Cue said that Apple would offer more details on its subscription service in the near future -- a promise delivered on Tuesday.
Subscriptions purchased from within the App Store will be sold using the same App Store billing system that has been used to buy billions of apps and In-App Purchases. Publishers set the price and length of subscription (weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, bi-yearly or yearly).
With one-click, customers pick the length of subscription and are automatically charged based on their chosen length of commitment (weekly, monthly, etc.). Customers can review and manage all of their subscriptions from their personal account page, including canceling the automatic renewal of a subscription.
Apple processes all payments through the new recurring billing option, keeping the same 30 percent share that it has for other In-App Purchases.
"Our philosophy is simple ? when Apple brings a new subscriber to the app, Apple earns a 30 percent share; when the publisher brings an existing or new subscriber to the app, the publisher keeps 100 percent and Apple earns nothing," Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said. "All we require is that, if a publisher is making a subscription offer outside of the app, the same (or better) offer be made inside the app, so that customers can easily subscribe with one-click right in the app.
"We believe that this innovative subscription service will provide publishers with a brand new opportunity to expand digital access to their content onto the iPad, iPod touch and iPhone, delighting both new and existing subscribers."
Jobs' comments included in Tuesday's announcement are likely intended to calm some publishers who have indicated they feel "betrayed" by Apple's iOS application subscription service. Apple recently began enforcing a rule that applications offer the ability to purchase additional content from within that app, rather than solely through an external Web-based storefront.
Apple also revealed that publishers who use its subscription service in their app can also leverage other methods for acquiring digital subscribers outside of the app. For example, publishers can sell digital subscriptions on their websites, or can choose to provide free access to existing subscribers.
Since Apple is not involved in those transactions, there is no revenue sharing or exchange of customer information with Apple. Publishers must provide their own authentication process inside the app for subscribers that have signed up outside of the app.
However, Apple does require that if a publisher chooses to sell a digital subscription separately outside of the app, that same subscription offer must be made available, at the same price or less, to customers who wish to subscribe from within the app. In addition, publishers may no longer provide links in their apps (to a website, for example) which allow the customer to purchase content or subscriptions outside of the app.
Protecting customer privacy is a key feature of all App Store transactions, the company said. Customers purchasing a subscription through the App Store will be given the option of providing the publisher with their name, email address and zip code when they subscribe.
Okay. For a change Apple is giving choices. Having an option not reveal personal info to publishers is good.
I just want to know what this means for the Kindle App.
Well, this proves he's not ailing too much if he's able to contribute to the press release?!
I think it means either A) They resist the change, pull their app, and lose out on the hundreds of millions of iOS customers out there, or They change the app, allow to make purchases inside the app, give incentives to buying them outside the app, and know that they are still making a pretty good profit, even if Apple takes 30% of the pie.
Not. It would be fair if the cost to producer was the same (eg, prices 30% higher for in-app purchases).
Right now, a customer renewing his bill must go on the site or use Apple's system, in which case the producer loses 30%. Since this essentially means the producer is either selling at a loss on the in app sales OR increasing his overall prices, what do you think happens? Yes, right: price increase for the consumer.
I disagree. 30% for nothing more than processing the payment and passing the data? If the person purchased within the app, the iTunes UI/browser wasn't used. Apple didn't perform any marketing to get the attention of the subscriber since they purchased it in, not via the iTunes UI.
I was hoping an iPad could replace the stack of magazines on my table, but I don't think that is going to happen anytime soon. Since Apple won't let the publisher charge less on their own web site, all subscription prices are going to be pushed higher due to Apple's policies. Online subscriptions, if available at all, will probably cost more than the print copy mailed to my door.
This is great, if the publisher can sell a subscription directly on is site he doesn?t have to pay Apple the 30%, but if a customer finds it on Apple App store, Apple gets his 30%.
I like the fact the customer is giving a choice to share is info with the subscriber.
Regarding Kindle, imo users will have to buy books on the Amazon website to avoid paying 30% to Apple, but the Kindle app will have to provide a way to buy books "in-app" too at the same price and then a 30% cut will go to Apple.
So, the price has to be the same or lower through the App Store.
Yes, very fair, a 30% cut for prividing only the payment method.
You can't click on Kindle app to go to Amazon and purchase the book, the only way is through in app.
My take is that since Amazon is not a publisher nor do they sell subscriptions it shouldn't affect them at all.
There should be a big disclaimer "be warned that every time you buy using the in app system, the global price increases"
Of course this is entirely fair and reasonable and could have some downsides for consumers. It does have upsides though. 1) More apps will use in-app purchasing. (easier) 2) Can now use itunes account for all purchases through Apps. 3) Standards, control, and rules for personal security and personal information. It looks like user experience will go up, and possibly price. But that's always been Apple's business right? High user experience at a premium. I'm fine with this.
How about a 30% rebate for people who use the out-app sub?
this is pretty much what the entire "fight" has been about.
Many magazine publishers are really more in the business of buying and selling your personal information than they are the business of magazines. Most of the larger concerns have a different magazine offering for each demographic and see their business as keeping a sort of coral of consumers of various types for the purposes of marketing to them with each magazine defining the "type" of consumer. Since most magazines also contain more advertising than they do content, the true customer of the Magazine distributors is actually the advertisers who advertise in one type of magazine or another based on the demographic of that audience.
Magazines may be popular, but like Microsoft, the magazine distributors really work for the advertisers and not the people who buy them.
If Steve Jobs and Apple hadn't done this, what would have happened is a digital version of the same thing. Apple is actually on the side of the consumer, instead of being in bed with the middle man as most companies are.
Fair a 30% cut only for processing payment? Fair making it almost the only way of purchasing on an iPhone or iPad? Really?
So does this mean 4.3 comes out today??
The problem with this argument is the premise that the only value-added provided by apple is the payment processing. The value-added provided by apple is their 100 million+ users. Through the App store, you get access to a vast market that in most cases you didn't have access to before.
If you're like Amazon and already do have access to that market, then you can continue to sell to your users through your own store, so long as you don't undercut the price in the Apple store. I suspect that Amazon might go along with this, because it probably is more convenient for many of their customers to purchase Kindle books through Amazon rather than through in-app purchases (since Kindle books can be used across a variety of devices that someone might own). But for companies that do not already have access to this market, Apple is providing them with that access, and that's valuable.
Your logic is crazy. You say prices will be higher on the iPad because Apple "won't let the publisher charge less on their own web site". That's your argument?
As for the 30% commission, how is it fair for Apple to charge 30% to the developers of Angry Birds, but not publishers. I'm a former newspaper and magazine publisher, and even I don't see the logic of expecting Apple to go commission-free for us publishers. We publishers get charged for distribution by newsstand distributors, we pay the USPS, we pay our printers, we pay our subscription telemarketing firms, hell, we pay everybody! . . . 30% is a bargain compared to all the other charges we face.
Magazine and newspaper publishers are lucky, damn lucky to make a 10 to 20 percent return on our products -- most don't. The 30% charge, on a price we set, seems reasonable to me. It's better than what Amazon is offering me: they will give me 30%, but they get to set the price.


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Ethics and Stewardship: Still an Issue in Accounting?
June 26, 2014 | Sharon Brown
More than a decade after the Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco scandals in the early 2000s, ethics is still a hot topic in accounting. Ethical stewardship is defined as a "higher level duty of governance in which the motivations of the manager are based on pro-organizational rather than self-interest behavior" (Caldwell, Hayes & Long, 2010, p. 501). The concept of stewardship means that the leader of an organization has a responsibility to maximize profits of the company to the benefit of the stakeholders and society as a whole.
Accounting is fraught with ethical decisions that have to be made on a daily basis. Ethical stewardship means that the leadership of the organization, including the CFO and CEO, has a responsibility to do the best job they can for the business. If the leadership acts responsibly, the company does well and therefore the stakeholders and employees should do well also.
In order to maximize profits, the leadership of a company should include employees in the goals of the organization in order to make them more accountable. When employees are included, they are empowered and take ownership of their tasks, which in most cases allows them to work harder and smarter and in turn allows the company to maximize profits. Ethical stewardship is a very important concept; it seems simple but can be difficult to put into action within a company. Employees may not be fully vested in the success of the company and therefore may struggle in making decisions that meet the goals of the company while meeting personal objectives at the same time.
Leadership has to be open, honest, and ethical in communication with employees in order to empower employees. I agree with Caldwell et al. that the responsibility of leadership is to build and maintain values that are focused on achieving the mission of the organization. In ethical stewardship, leaders of the organization have a responsibility to pay attention to the organization and the way it operates and interacts within the community. Leaders of the organization should be loyal in terms of working hard and using the company resources to their fullest.
The focus should be on doing the right thing. Board members need to hold themselves, and each other, to high standards of ethics and stewardship. Doing that is more a matter of careful thought than subtleties of interpretation. In my opinion, the purpose of incorporating ethical stewardship into a company's culture is to make sure that the organizational values are shared and supported by all levels of a company. This method of operation can improve the ability of the organization by building trustworthiness into the philosophy of the organization.
Sharon Brown is a full-time faculty member at Purdue Global. The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not represent the view of Purdue Global.
Caldwell, C., Hayes, L. A., & Long, D. T. (2010). Leadership, trustworthiness, and ethical stewardship. Journal of Business Ethics, 96(4), 497-512. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10551-010-0489-y
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Boydell, F. D.
FLETCHER DIXON BOYDELL. FLTLT. 413951
Fletcher Dixon Boydell, known as Dick, was born at Windsor NSW on 9thNovember, 1914.
He attended Kings School Paramatta, NSW and Hawkesbury Agriculture College at Richmond, NSW before working in the family business FD & RM Boydell.
Upon joining the RAAF in Sydney on 10th October, 1941 he went to Somers in Victoria, then to Parkes in NSW then to Port Pirie in South Australia, before sailing to England.
After training in England, he was posted to the Middle East and joined 458SQN.
Whilst in Cairo, he met my mother, Noreen Blake a Nursing Sister in the South African Nursing Corp when he had his appendix removed.
During his time in the middle east at 458SQN, he operated as an Air Gunner, a Wireless Operator and a Radar Operator. It was during his time working the radar that his eyes were damaged. This was due to him operating the radar beyond 5 minutes and as he and others said if you leave the radar you will miss the enemy. During his long stints on the radar many enemy ships and aircraft were located that would have been missed due to the 5 minute rule.
He spoke a lot about the squadron and their "adventures" but foolishly I did not write down his stories and the squadrons escapades.
However, a few of his stories I do remember:
Please excuse the non-politically correct use of words as he mentioned how the wogs in Egypt would walk up to you with a postcard and slightly press over the left of your uniform so quickly you would not realize they had taken your pen/s.
Further on one occasion, a Wellington crashed after take off full of booze and the local wogs were there in a flash literally licking the sand for the booze.
On numerous occasions when they returned from missions to pass the time, they would buzz camel trains scattering the camels over the desert. Not popular I gather.
Many flights were used to get fresh food and the crew would return with the aircraft full of live chickens. The ground crew refused to clean the inside of the aircraft and no matter how they were bribed the ground crew refused and the aircrew would do it.
The squadron had its own pig sty for fresh pork, bacon and ham.
On another occasion during a dining night one of the aircrew full of "turps" rode a motor bike along the dining tables creating havoc but thoroughly enjoyed. Boys will be boys.
The three padres were great company and enjoyed many get togethers with the squadron personnel.
As we all know the squadron at one time was known as McKenzie's Air Force and all had enormous respect for McKenzie who was the CO.
My father returned to Australia in October 1945 and was demobbed in Sydney on 4th January, 1946. He returned to the family business in Newcastle, NSW, married my mother, who emigrated in 1946 from South Africa to Australia and had two sons, John (author of this tale) and Paul, who ironically both joined the RAAF.
John, served for 36 1/2 years and became Warrant Officer of the Air Force in 1999 and served until 2002. Not aircrew but served as a Logistician all those years.
Paul served for 35 years and reached Warrant Officer. He joined as an Armament Fitter (gun plumber) and changed to Aviation Technician later in his career.
I remember him attending a few functions/get togethers of the 458 mates in Sydney in the early 50's. Great times I remember
He worked in the family business until the 50's credit crunch, sold the business and worked in Hardware until he and family in 1963 moved to work for Burns Philp, still in Hardware, in Suva Fiji, then to Apia Western Samoa, onto Pago Pago American Samoa and returning to Suva, Fiji before returning to Australia in 1972.
Upon returning to Australia in July 1972, he and my mother settled at Bargara (near Bundaberg) QLD.
He worked for a local hardware store for a few years in Bundaberg and then retired.
In Bargara he met up with Lock Simpson.
I remember he spoke a lot about various members of the squadron but especially 'Orch' Gordon Orchard, Lock Simpson and Bob Helyar.
Over the years I have gathered his information both from photo's and information for my record of the family history. I kick myself for not making notes of his life as it was so interesting.
I write this in memory of my father's service and all the 458 Family.
Below is a photo of my mother, myself and my father, all in Uniform.


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High Resolution Land Cover and Forest Mapping Products for Maine with NOAA (Virtual Lunch & Learn)
A Proposal for High Resolution Land Cover and Forest Mapping Products for Maine
Join Nate Herold from NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM), Kasey Legaard from the University of Maine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, and moderator Jamie Carter from NOAA's Office for Coastal Management for a discussion of High Resolution Land Cover Data.
The Maine GeoLibrary has recently endorsed a proposal by NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM) and the University of Maine's Intelligent GeoSolutions group to produce coordinated statewide land cover and forest type data. We will be discussing the specifics of the proposed data which will include both a 1-meter resolution land cover consistent with the national Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) standard (which is meant to replace the previously produced Maine Land Cover Dataset - MeLCD) and a 10-meter map of detailed forest types. Both are being produced with advanced classification methods and envisioned to be the basis for monitoring into the future.
Presenter Bios:
Nate Herold is a Physical Scientist with NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM). He is located in Charleston, South Carolina where he is responsible for leading NOAA's national land cover monitoring activities through its Coastal Change Analysis Program, or C-CAP. His work includes improving mapping efficiency and accuracy; oversight of land cover task order awards; coordination of partnerships at the local, regional, and national levels; modeling potential wetland impacts from Sea Level Rise; and generally translating data into meaningful information that can inform decision making. He is intimately involved in NOAA's Digital Coast data and tools efforts. He has a Bachelor's in Soil Science from The Pennsylvania State University and a Masters in Geography from George Mason University.
Kasey Legaard is a Research Assistant Professor with the University of Maine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests and School of Forest Resources, where his work revolves around satellite remote sensing of forest resources. As project leader for the U. Maine Intelligent GeoSolutions (IGS) group, he is broadly responsible for the design, implementation, and execution of machine learning methods to improve forest maps derived from satellite imagery. IGS was formed specifically to develop high-value, low-cost forest data for Maine stakeholders using methods developed at U. Maine. He has bachelor's degrees in Mathematics and Biology from Idaho State University, a master's degree in Oceanography from U. Maine, and a PhD in Forest Resources also from U. Maine.


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All of Japan is on the same time zone and there is no daylight savings. Japan is fourteen hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST) in the US and nine hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in Britain. Accordingly, when it is noon in Japan, it is 7pm the previous day in San Francisco 10pm in New York, 3am in London, 11am in Hong Kong, and 1pm in Sydney.
Japan uses the international metric system except when measuring the size of rooms. In this case, the measurement is made by how many tatami mats or 'jo' fit into the space. If you're not confused already, a tatami mat in Tokyo (1.76m by .88m) is smaller than a tatami mat in Kyoto (1.91m by .96m).


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The term Beta movement is used for the optical illusion of apparent motion in which the very short projection of one figure and a subsequent very short projection of a more or less similar figure in a different location are experienced as one figure that moves.

The illusion of motion caused by animation and film is sometimes believed to rely on beta movement, as an alternative to the older explanation known as persistence of vision. However, there are notable differences between the short-range apparent motion that occurs in film (with little differences between successive images) and the long-range apparent motion originally described as beta movement (with bigger differences between positions of successive images).

Examples of use

The beta movement effect has been widely used in news ticker technology and is commonly seen in LED displays.

History
Observations of apparent motion through quick succession of images go back to the 19th century. In 1833, Joseph Plateau introduced what became known as the phenakistiscope, an early animation device based on a stroboscopic effect. It was often assumed that the animation effect was due to persistence of vision in the form of afterimages on the retina or a mental process that filled in the intervals between the images.

In 1875, Sigmund Exner showed that, under the right conditions, people will see two quick, spatially separated but stationary electrical sparks as a single light moving from place to place, while quicker flashes were interpreted as motion between two stationary lights. Exner argued that the impression of the moving light was a perception (from a mental process) and the motion between the stationary lights as pure sense.

In 1912, Max Wertheimer wrote an influential article that would lead to the foundation of Gestalt psychology. In the discussed experiments, he asked test subjects what they saw when viewing successive tachistoscope projections of two similar shapes at two alternating locations on a screen. The results differed depending on the frequency of the flashes of the tachistoscope. At low frequencies, successive appearances of similar figures at different spots were perceived. At medium frequencies, it seemed like one figure moved from one position to the following position, regarded as "optimale Bewegung" (optimal motion) by Wertheimer. No shape was seen in between the two locations. At higher speeds, when test subjects believed to see both of the fast blinking figures more or less simultaneously, a moving objectless phenomenon was seen between and around the projected figures. Wertheimer used the Greek letter φ (phi) to designate illusions of motion and thought of the high-frequency objectless illusion as a "pure phi phenomenon", which he supposed was a more direct sensory experience of motion. Wertheimer's work became famous due to his demonstrations of the phi phenomenon, while the optimal motion illusion was regarded as the phenomenon well-known from movies.

In 1913, Friedrich Kenkel defined different types of the motion illusions found in the experiments of Wertheimer and subsequent experiments by Kurt Koffka (who had been one of Wertheimer's test subjects). Kenkel, a co-worker of Koffka, gave the optimal illusion of motion (with the appearance of one figure moving from one place to the next) the designation "β-Bewegung" (beta movement).

Confusion about phi phenomenon and beta movement

Wertheimer's pure phi phenomenon and beta movement are often confused in explanations of film and animation, but they are quite different perceptually and neither really explains the short-range apparent motion seen in film.

In beta movement, two stimuli,  and , appear in succession, but are perceived as the motion of a single object, , into position . In phi movement, the two stimuli  and  appear in succession, but are perceived as the motion of a vague shadowy something passing over  and . There are many factors that determine whether one will experience beta movement or the phi phenomenon in a particular circumstance. They include the luminance of the stimuli in contrast to the background, the size of the stimuli, how far apart they are, how long each one is displayed, and precisely how much time passes between them (or the extent to which they overlap in time).

References

Optical illusions


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