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Heidegger's Ereignis: The Presence of Choice
by Erin Johannesen, M.A., M.D.
How odd it seems that in writing in his native German, Heidegger chooses the most concrete noun he can find, Ereignis, to describe the experience of manifesting, of our experiencing Being as the opening and shining forth of Being itself. In such experience, the actor, the action, and the acted upon all fall away into the unconditional Beingness of being. Here, without signifier or signified, there is evenness and givenness of our potential, unowned and yet completely known.
And to convey this vast manifesting to us, Heidegger carefully chooses the word 'Ereignis'. Ereignis refers to an 'event', to an 'occurrence,' and, if one stretches it a bit, to a 'happening'. When used as a verb, it interestingly becomes reflexive, that is, it refers back on itself as itself and is sich ereignen, meaning 'to happen,' or more literally, a thing 'coming to pass into itself…' which has more dynamic, more movement in it than does its form as a noun, but still has the same stuck – glued to the spot – autistic-like deadness. The senses are not felt and are not alive here.
Perhaps Heidegger could have chosen a more dynamic word like Erlebnis and avoid the stuck-in-concrete problem altogether. Erlebnis, although still neuter (as is Ereignis), means a vivid event, 'an experience that rises to the level of an adventure'. It shares a history with the verb erleben 'to live to see,' that is, 'to experience,' which has its root in the verb leben, 'to live'. While such aliveness may well capture the dynamic manifesting of Beingness, Erlebnis also can pertain to a uniqueness particular to whichever person is actually having the adventure. This unspoken particularity of Erlebnis may limit for Heidegger its usefulness for as a first choice for conveying the unlimiting and unlimited aspect of Beingness.
There are also a number of other words available in German that mean 'an event' or 'a happening,' and we may wonder if Heidegger held any of these words as possible choices for Beingness:
Begebenheit, a word abundant with fullness, refers to an event or happening that is something out of the ordinary, like a dramatic manifestation of Nature. It is a word that portends an event as something that strikes us by its vast multiplicity of dimensions, yet this particular word also connotes a bringing of us not into reality, but rather into a subjectively colored realm of fantasy, into a story of make-believe. So perhaps this word is not as wise a choice as it initially appears to be.
Another possible choice may have been Vorgang, literally meaning 'a going through'; this word refers to an event that is changing or evolving…a process, the specifics of which remain elusive, and so this word comes casting a large shadow of vagueness. Heidegger, on the other hand, seems to be looking to clarify the openness of opening of an event, and so Vorgang may perhaps leave a thing, 'a happening,' in an as yet too overly unclaimed space.
A fourth choice, Vorfall, which means 'a sudden happening' and is literally translated as 'an occurring through' or 'a falling through' brings with it a splendid aspect of the immersive quality of Beingness that Heidegger may have been searching for. Vorfall, however, also carries a keen sense of unpleasantness, like an ill-Fate may befall a person, a quality which Heidegger would likely not wish to imbue on the vast unprejudicial qualities of Beingness.
Vorfall's cousin, Zwischenfall, which means 'occurring between', refers to an incident, usually in the diplomatic sense that is rife with dangerous possibilities or of things completely unforeseen. Such evoking of danger or fear goes against the qualities of evenness of Being, and so this word too is likely not apt to be favored by Heidegger.
Finally, there is Geschehnis, possibly a wonderful word for Beingness as it is a most abstract term for a 'happening' or an 'event'. Geschehnis, with its inherent, abstracted openness, seems like a great option for 'Beingness'. Unfortunately, in German, this word, while conveying the most open and unhindered nature of an event, is used, in my understanding, to refer only to an event that is written about and so, for a German reader's ear, it would not easily take one to an event that by its nature goes beyond a frame of words and language. In this way, Geschehnis may ironically hinder the reader from experiencing the unframed Beingness Heidegger wishes them to know.
And so, we arrive back where we began with the word Ereignis. We can, however, perhaps have made now enough room to understand that even though Ereignis is one of the most concrete of German terms for 'event', it may also be a perfect word for Heidegger to choose, for on closer view, we may realize that Ereignis is connected with Auge, the German word for 'eye'. In the play, Faust, Goethe refers to the inherent quality of 'seeing' present in the word Ereignis when he writes, "Das Unzulängliche, Hier wird's Ereignis" (which one may translate as "In the unseen or the inaccessible, here becomes the event"). With this surprising and welcomed connection, Ereignis, the most general of terms for 'event', refers now beautifully and magically to that which becomes visible – or real – to the eye. As this word or term conveys the idea of becoming visible, it can refer only to definite and not to obscure happenings, and so for Heidegger perhaps the word to choose for Beingness becomes apparent as an event beyond doubt. He chooses a word that brings its own manifesting and brings it both clearly and definitively: Ereignis.
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After living abroad for many years, author Bill Bryson decided to re-acquaint himself with the U.S. by hiking the Appalachian Trail. His (mis)adventures were captured in the book A Walk in the Woods. As Missoulians, we don't quite have to make up such an extreme—albeit fun—excuse to go outdoors. In fact, our access to green spaces and the great outdoors is pretty easy. And just when you think you've explored every nook and cranny within and around the city, a new place to explore emerges.
Situated seven miles west of Reserve Street off Mullan Road is Council Grove State Park. It combines two of my great loves: history and the outdoors.
Council Grove is the site of the signing of the Hellgate Treaty on July 16, 1855, between the U.S. government and the Salish, Kootenai and Pend d'Orielle peoples. This deal created the Flathead Indian Reservation and recognized the three groups as the "Flathead Nation," an agreement that they thought that would give them the right to self-govern in exchange for the cessation of their lands. A large sign next to the parking area has the words of the treaty and explains the history of this site and what these lands meant to these people and their future.
On my first visit, I found it the ideal place to wander, contemplate the site's history, and revel in the surroundings. A primitive trail that starts along the shore of the Clark Fork River and eventually cuts through a grassy field on the opposite side encircles the 187-acre park. The hum of the city disappears, even though the park is less than a 10-minute drive from downtown, as the sounds of the countryside—from the pecking by a downy woodpecker against an ancient ponderosa pine to the rustle of aspen leaves in the breeze—overtake any last-gasp murmurs of the city's proximity.
Much of your time will be spent along the riverbank. As a mecca for wildlife, tree swallows can be seen darting over the water and great blue herons can be seen picking their way along the banks in search of a meal. The sandy beach features otter and deer tracks, and the river invites you to drop in your fishing line in the fast-moving waters.
I have only visited a few times but the impression—with the ever-changing current of the river and the blooms of wild rose, chiming bells, and that yellow flower I can never remember the name of that are bathed in the sun coming through the leaves of the numerous cottonwoods—has been that no two visits are the same.


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Police say Mary Rose Ballocanag Trinidad and her husband and the couple's four daughters were traveling northbound on Route 1 when a maroon pickup truck cross the center median into oncoming traffic slamming into the family's Toyota Sienna minivan.
Police haven't identified the victims but family confirmed they were Teaneck residents: Audie Trinidad, 61, and his daughters 20-year-old Nikki, 17-year-old Danna and 13-year-old twins Allison and Melissa.
The sole survivor of the crash, mother Mary Rose Trinidad, is recovering in the hospital and is in stable condition.
Hubbard Jr., 44, of East New Market, Maryland, was behind the wheel of the Ford F-350 that crossed the grassy strip dividing lanes of Route 1, near Townsend in New Castle County, said Master Cpl.
Brian Kern, 24, jumped out of a vehicle on Portzer Road in Milford Township near Quakertown Friday evening, after having witnessed the DE crash that killed a New Jersey man and his four daughters.
The crash is under investigation and so far no charges have been filed. "When I found out, I just couldn't believe it at first", said Amber Dow, friend of Danna Trinidad.
Audie and his daughters were pronounced dead at the scene.
It took this tragedy, says Daniel, for him to realize how much the family's community valued his brother and nieces.
Trinidad's brother, Daniel, told the New York Post his sister-in-law remains in the hospital with multiple fractures and knows "her entire family has been wiped out". The family was returning home after a vacation. The husband and wife were properly restrained in the vehicle, police say, but their four daughters were not.
Meanwhile, a GoFundMe page to support Mary Rose has been set up.
A candle light vigil will be held for the family at Milton Votee Park in Teaneck, NJ on Sunday night. "They go to church".
"I was sitting in the ER and my heart was just pouring out to them when I heard about it", said Kern. I don't think she wishes she was alive.
A passenger in the truck, a 30-year-old man from Hurlock, Maryland, was also treated and released.
Family members said Audie Trinidad's journey was in many ways the realization of the American Dream. Their bodies in the morgue are unrecognizable, ' he said.


Dublin Bay South TD Eoghan Murphy is now conducting his constituency business from his office in Leinster House and Custom House.
The Minister for Housing and Planning Eoghan Murphy has been forced to close his constituency office, without a replacement premises found.
A sign was erected in the window of the former office in the Ranelagh district saying it was now closed due to the end of the lease. The address is also listed as permanently closed on a Google listing.
Mr Murphy, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South, is now conducting his constituency business from his office in Leinster House and Custom House.
Many on social media highlighted that Dublin's competitive rental market may have added to the housing minister's problems.
Anthony Flynn, from Inner City Helping Homeless, suggested Mr Murphy may have fallen victim to his own policy.
"It really is ironic that the Minister for Housing has basically become homeless with the closure of his constituency office, and even strange that he has not taken up office elsewhere within the constituency.
"Rising rents and inflation within the market has caused property prices to skyrocket over the last few years and clearly the minster himself has seen the brunt of that.
"The minister has over-relied on the private market to solve the social crisis throughout the country, and this has had a negative impact on property.
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Makhosi Khoza readying to contest 2019 elections
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Former ANC MP Dr Makhosi Khoza. (Supplied)
ANC presidential hopefuls 'part of the rot' - Khoza
Goodbye new alien and corrupt ANC, I quit - Khoza
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Cape Town - Former African National Congress MP Dr Makhosi Khoza says plans are afoot for her to head a merger of various local political parties to contest the 2019 general elections nationally.
Khoza told News24 that, in the coming weeks, she will be announcing the coming together of existing parties and disgruntled former members of the ANC, DA and EFF.
The outspoken former MP has taken a step back from the public spotlight since September, after saying goodbye to what she called a "corrupt and alien" ANC.
Read: Goodbye new alien and corrupt ANC, I quit - Makhosi Khoza
She and her family have been the subject of multiple death threats since April for publicly calling for President Jacob Zuma to resign, as well as for her parliamentary work.
Khoza hinted in recent weeks that she has been approached by various individuals with leading a new "political front", and this week she shed a bit of light on the proposed plans.
"I'm not establishing a new party. We are merging existing political parties that have contested elections at local government level," she told News24.
"We want to create something that is new. We also have a number of former members of the DA, ANC and the EFF, and we are merging this thing together. It is new technically, but it's also not new."
Some of the civil bodies and local parties who have backed her include the Forum 4 Service Delivery, who have 26 councillors in municipalities across North West, and the United Front of Civics.
Khoza was also in Metsimaholo in the Free State this past weekend where she was expected to endorse the civic organisation MCA that is contesting the upcoming elections in the area.
'There is a space between the ANC and the DA'
Other individuals include unhappy members of the National Freedom Party and Agang SA, who felt alienated by their parties' decisions in recent years to align with the ANC and DA respectively.
Many of the individuals have experience at local and provincial level, and would not be new to governance, she claimed.
"All of them are realising we need to change the political landscape in South Africa.
"And in South Africa at the moment, there is a space that exists in between the ANC and the DA."
She said the "small increases" in the DA and EFF's support in 2016's local elections was evidence that voters were ultimately dissatisfied with the ANC, and were looking for an alternative.
Khoza believes the major issue with South African party politics currently was that it was "ideologically driven", as opposed to issue driven.
Preliminary canvassing revealed that unemployed citizens, for instance, yearn more for job opportunities than sloganeering such as "receiving the land".
"We can't, as a party, come up with an ideology to 'nationalise banks', for instance. We are going to be driven more by what citizens want."
'Familiar faces'
She did not want to reveal the names of other individuals who have registered an interest in joining.
She did though promise "familiar faces" will be in the fold, while others "first want to see what happens with the ANC's elective conference".
"We are trying to create a new political home in South Africa that is truly non-racial. We believe the ANC is on a downward curve and they are no longer a leader of society."
A group of 80 delegates will meet on December 1 and 2 to have its founding congress, and to establish new structures built around three non-negotiable principles of unity, moral leadership, and an "issue-focused" organisation.
They will unveil the party's name once formally registered with the Electoral Commission of South Africa.
'I'm fabulous'
Khoza and her daughter were the subject of various death threats for the majority of her tenure as an ANC MP this year. She also faced a disciplinary inquiry for openly criticising President Jacob Zuma.
She joked she was admittedly more "stress free" since leaving the party in September.
"I am absolutely fabulous. You must see me now, I think I look gorgeous, if you will excuse me," she laughed.
"I am out of that stressful environment, and I think I am in the best space and I'm really happy."
She revealed that her family still receives the odd threatening SMS from time to time, and still uses private protection, but it's "no longer as bad as before".
"I think these people are more focused on other victims in the ANC. I don't think I am that much of a factor anymore.
"It's no longer as intense as it once was where I almost lost my sanity," she said relieved.
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Myanmar Military Attack Kills Dozens, Including Children, Aid Group Says
Violence happened in a part of the country where resistance groups have been fighting the military junta
Myanmar's military declared it was taking over the country for a year as it detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of her party. Here's how the coup played out on the ground, and what it means for the nation's democratic transition. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/Shutterstock
By Jon Emont
Dec. 26, 2021 4:18 am ET
At least 38 people, including children, were killed in an attack by Myanmar's military in a region of the country where resistance groups have been fighting forces from the junta, according to international aid group Save the Children and a local militia that opposes the military.
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Marketing focused on ingredient authenticity pays off for national brands
Mark Brandau | Jul 26, 2010
Chipotle Mexican Grill's "Food with Integrity" campaign revolves around its sustainable sourcing of honest-to-goodness ingredients, but the fast-casual burrito brand isn't above telling one little white lie.
In some print creative and radio spots, Chipotle mentions "our ad agency" as a firm the chain purposefully ignores because it suggests boring advertising typical of restaurant marketing. But the agency is a straw man; Chipotle created the campaign, which focuses on the chain's authenticity, in-house.
Given consumers' growing interest in product quality and sourcing, Chipotle and other restaurant companies are getting real — or at least making the case in advertising that they or their products are the real thing. Both Domino's Pizza and Wendy's also tout their authenticity in their marketing campaigns.
But advertising experts would caution marketers that saying they're genuine does not make it so, and that the onus is on brands to back up those claims with consistent messaging and operations. Denver-based Chipotle always has procured meat and produce raised as naturally and locally as possible, and the recent campaign is the first attempt to bring that philosophy from the back-of-the-house to center stage, officials said.
"We think the time is right to focus more of our marketing on our commitment to finding the best sustainably raised ingredients we can," Chipotle's chief marketing officer, Mark Crumpacker, said in a statement. "While we have never sourced these ingredients to be a marketing platform, it is what makes Chipotle so different from other restaurant companies, and we think people are more receptive to hearing it now than ever before. The more people know about the lengths we go to to source the best ingredients, the more likely they are to become loyal customers."
Tom Denari, president of Indianapolis-based ad agency Young & Laramore, said brands can't achieve authenticity in their advertising by overtly saying they're authentic. However, he said, Chipotle's history of sustainable procurement ensures its credibility.
"Chipotle does tend to stand for something on where its food comes from, but the campaign is essentially just about revealing that without saying that they're authentic," Denari said. "You want to lead the consumers to the conclusion, and then let them connect that final dot. People know they're being sold something, so if you can get someone to conclude you're authentic, then you've done your job."
Consistency earns the perception of being real or genuine, Denari said, citing as examples Jack in the Box's long-running ads with irreverent mascot Jack, McDonald's "I'm lovin' it" campaign and Chick-fil-A's decade-long success using cow billboards to sell chicken. Those chains have built trust with their consumers by staying themselves for years, he added, so they're still regarded as genuine even when they advertise products without a halo of healthfulness, freshness or sustainability.
Wendy's being Wendy's
"It's fine to be authentic, but be careful how you portray it," said Denari, who was chief strategist for Steak 'n Shake's advertising during Young & Laramore's 18 years on that account. "To me, authenticity is just being who you are."
But sometimes it's not so simple to figure out for a national restaurant brand.
Ken Calwell, chief marketing officer for Wendy's, said the chain's four recently introduced varieties of Garden Sensations salads should convey product quality and freshness befitting Wendy's tagline, "You know when it's real."
Dublin, Ohio-based Wendy's, a division of Atlanta-based Wendy's/Arby's Group, has employed that slogan since October 2009. Previously, the brand had switched marketing campaigns and ad agencies following the death of Dave Thomas, Wendy's founder and longtime spokesman, trying and ultimately discarding a "Mr. Wendy" spokesman and edgy commercials featuring consumers in red, plastic pigtail wigs.
Wendy's "real" campaign, created by Kaplan Thaler Group, has emphasized ingredient quality to promote new products, such as the North Pacific cod in the chain's fish sandwiches or the applewood-smoked bacon topping its burgers.
"Consumers are demanding real," Calwell said. "They are looking for real food and ingredients — ingredients they can pronounce the names of and that are close to the source — and shorter ingredient labels."
Wendy's new Apple Pecan Chicken, Baja, Spicy Chicken Caesar and BLT Cobb salads collectively feature 11 kinds of salad greens and high-end touches like Hass avocados, roasted pecans and vine-ripened tomatoes, Calwell said. The salad dressings are free of preservatives and need to be refrigerated.
"It's that kind of attention to detail that we think makes the salads special," Calwell said.
While Denari's thoughts on authenticity hold that Wendy's shouldn't have to tell people it and its food are real, he said the brand would benefit if the campaign could run as long as the quality-focused commercials featuring Thomas did.
"It was striking when Wendy's did that campaign all of a sudden, finally," Denari said. "After Dave [Thomas' death], they were reeling for quite a while."
The best policy
If any restaurant company has benefited from keeping it real this year, it's been Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Domino's Pizza. After listening to complaints from focus groups for a long time, the chain took an honest look at its signature product and spent more than a year reformulating its core pizza from crust to cheese.
The "new, inspired pizza," introduced last December with an online documentary called "Pizza Turnaround" and TV commercials airing Domino's dirty laundry, paid huge dividends for Domino's, including a 14.3-percent increase in same-store sales in the March 28-ended first quarter.
When Nation's Restaurant News asked chief executive Patrick Doyle how much of the sales increase resulted from the new pizza and accompanying ad blitz, he replied, "All of it."
"When Domino's came out and said, 'Look, our pizza sucked,' that was pretty bold," Denari said. "People take notice when you're actually being honest about your product. They think, 'They must be honest, because they wouldn't disparage their own product if they didn't have something better.' Meanwhile, everybody says their products are 'new and improved.'"
Domino's now plans to continue its efforts at honesty and transparency by using only photographs of actual delivered pizzas taken by real customers in all of its national advertising. Consumers not only will provide all Domino's food shots, they also can win a $500 prize for submitting their work to the chain's online "Show Us Your Pizza" contest.
"It's a natural progression for us now to take this step," chief marketing officer Russell Weiner said in a statement. "If we're going to be real and honest about the taste of the product, we want to be as authentic as possible about how it looks."
Keeping the same brand messaging from commercial to commercial or one product rollout to the next — as Domino's has done going from "Pizza Turnaround" to "Pizza Holdouts" and now to "Show Us Your Pizza" — works because "companies get way more bored with messages before consumers do," Denari said.
Customers also maintain positive feelings about brands when their experiences are consistently good, he added.
Chick-fil-A's "Eat Mor Chikin" cow campaign has stood the test of time and won awards, "but as much as I think it's a good idea and iconic, it's not the secret to their success," Denari said. "They're successful because it's a consistent product, their stores are clean, and the service is always great. They don't spend the money on ads like the bigger guys, and they still do well. McDonald's also retooled what went on inside, and people can count on them again. Focus on the inside first, then outside on what you're telling people."
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Estaba pensando y me di cuenta que murio en 2017 ya que yo ya no estaba trabajando en la guarderia y salia por la maniana a comprar el cafe, te. No es justo no pensar en los desamparados nomas porque usan drogas.Alonze died in 2017. I was thinking about it because that year and since election day, 2016 I haven't worked and I had time to go buy some coffee, tea. I wrote the poem because I don't think it's right to not think about the homeless just because they use drugs.


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O caracteristica unică a navei propuse este capacitatea de a efectua foraj marin de adâncime direct de pe calota de gheață. Se propune nava să aibă o durată de viață operațională de 35 până la 40 de ani, zona principală de operațiuni fiind Oceanul Arctic interior.

Istorie și fundal

Planificarea navei a început în 2002.  Proiectul este coordonat de Consiliul Polar European (European Polar Board), un consiliu de experți al Fundației Europene de Științe (European Science Foundation).

În martie 2007, BMBF (Ministerul Federal al Științei și Educației din Germania ) a finanțat pregătirile pentru Aurora Borealis , centrul de asociere Helmholtz, Institutul Alfred Wegener pentru Polar și Cercetare Marină, care a găzduit acest proiect.

În 2010, Consiliul German de Știință și Științe Umaniste a încetat să susțină planificarea care a făcut ca viitorul navei de 800 de milioane de euro, proiectat de Schiffko  (în prezent Wärtsilä Ship Design  ), să fie incert.  Proiectul a fost amânat, iar o versiune puțin mai mică și mai ieftină (mai puțin de 500 de milioane de euro), Aurora Slim , a fost sugerată de compania finlandeză de inginerie Aker Arctic .

Aurora Slim
Schimbarea cea mai proeminentă de la Aurora Borealis la Aurora Slim este că instalația de foraj izolată nu mai este prezentă.  Omul de știință trebuie să se bazeze pe un sistem mobil și pe foraje mai puține de câteva sute de metri în loc de mai mult de    .  Ea va avea, de asemenea, numai o singură piscină în locul a două ca în conceptul original.

La fel ca conceptul original, nava este concepută pentru a rupe nivelul de gheață de până la    în grosime.  Cu toate acestea, sistemul de poziționare dinamică a navei mai mici constă din trei 15  Amperoare de azimut MW și două 3.5  Protoni cu arc de mână în loc de trei arbori cu propulsie fixă cu 27  Motoare de propulsie MW și șase 4.5  Proiectori transversali transversali MW.  Numărul și producția generatoarelor au fost, de asemenea, reduse.

Participanți
Participanții la proiectul Aurora Borealis sunt listați în tabelul următor.

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Legături externe

 Focus pe AURORA BOREALIS, site web ESF
 AURORA BOREALIS, prezentare AWI
 Audio: Profesorul Jörn Thiede pe Icebreakerul European de Cercetare Aurora Borealis

Nave de cercetare marină
Spărgătoare de gheață
Antarctica
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Explorarea Antarcticii

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With all the Republican candidates for president and conservatives in the House pushing for limits on immigration and most wanting the return of undocumented immigrants to their countries of origin, thought should be given to the benefits these new arrivals bring. They provide value not only for America, but for European nations, Australia, Canada and Japan. Whether the immigrants are trying to escape political turmoil, war, famine, and death, religious or ethnic persecution, or to find economic opportunities that were unavailable to them, makes no difference. They have traveled hundreds to thousands of miles and endured hardships and dangers to reach their destinations and start new lives. Their will and perseverance is indicative of the kind of citizens they can be.
The nations which immigrants have chosen as their destinations all happen to have aging populations and the new arrivals for the most part are young and vigorous. This means that their labor will provide boosts to the nations' economies, and their taxes and fees will support Social Security and the safety nets for the older people who are about to retire or have already done so.
The immigrants have left poor countries and come to wealthier ones where they will have the opportunities to earn a living and support themselves and their families. Overwhelmingly, they are not looking for handouts but for work, and are willing for the most part to take jobs that many native-born citizens would not consider. In the United States and other developed countries, the immigrants toil in agriculture, hospitality, and fast food restaurants, as maids, landscapers, gardeners, and dishwashers, as nurses' aides and home health aides attending to sick or elderly people, and also enlist in the military. They provide services and generate products that would otherwise be lacking as they grow the economies of these nations. And not only do their new homelands enjoy the fruits of their labor, but these immigrants also help the economies as consumers, buying goods that would otherwise not be bought.
With economic expansion from their efforts, they are also increasing the tax base and providing revenue to all levels of government. As they consume goods, they contribute to local and state sales taxes that would otherwise not be paid. When they drive, they yield additional gasoline taxes to repair the roads and infrastructure of the nations where they reside.
Immigrants also inject new blood and new ideas, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to succeed. A number of foreign students also come to be educated and most of them want to stay in America or their other new homelands afterwards. Unfortunately, America only allows a limited number of these students to remain. Some of them in the STEM fields may receive H-1B visas which gives them permission to work for a company for three to six years. But permanent status may be more difficult. This is foolish policy as America is educating and training highly specialized workers in vital fields and then returning them to their countries of origin, wasting valuable brain power. Not only do many of them function in critical fields, but a number of them patent new processes or as entrepreneurs form new companies that will employ American workers. U.S. laws are responsible for a brain drain of educated workers who would like to stay here, but cannot receive permission.
For the most part, European nations and Japan have had homogeneous populations and cultures and it has been hard for some of them to accept new immigrants despite the aging of their workers and the rest of the populace, ignoring what it portends for their economies. But America has always been a nation of immigrants and its greatness was built on cultural diversity and new ideas. Because of the cost and the waste of resources it would entail, it is foolish to even consider deporting 12 million undocumented immigrants. Ways must be found to provide them with legal status and then a path to citizenship after an extended period of time, with payment of fees, ability to speak English, and an understanding of our history and laws. For foreign students and those on H-1B visas, a more rapid attainment of permanent status and a path to citizenship must be legislated.
America's demographic make-up is changing and the transformation is inevitable. Opponents of immigration reform may have their fingers in the dike for the moment, but the tide will overwhelm them at some point. All countries and their citizens should recognize the benefits of immigration and welcome the new residents who are going to help their economies and make their nations stronger and more resilient.


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Coronavirus Spring
by Susan Block
It's Spring, and nature is blooming. Coronavirus has done (temporarily, at least) what no Paris Agreement, Green New Deal, man, woman or even that scrappy teen, Greta Thunberg (who may have also contracted COVID-19), could do. It has shut down a huge amount of the industrial, transportation and pollution-belching business activity that is destroying life on earth.
Tragically and terrifyingly, this comes at the expense of thousands of human lives (so far), the health of millions and the mental health of billions.
Ironically, it comes—like an ecogasm—to the benefit of the rest of world.
With so many Anthropocene operations shut down, the air is noticeably cleaner in many areas. We can see the difference—at least in waves. As the disease overtook China and the government ordered the shutdown of factories and other businesses, the smog lifted, nitrogen dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions lowered, and the skies brightened so much you could see the difference in satellite images.
Now that the Chinese seem to be getting a handle on the virus, people are back at work and pollution is resurfacing. But at the moment, almost every other country is struggling to contain the viral varmint with quarantines, handwashing tutorials and shelter-in-place virtual sing-a-longs, trying to heed the medical experts' advice to (despite our Trumpublican representatives pushing us to get back to "normal" and #DiefortheDow) scrap all nonessential activity and #StaytheFuckHome.
So, throughout the planet—notably in Europe—the skies, streets and waterways are clearing up from human-generated debris. In Thailand and Japan, gangs of monkeys and deer roam streets now devoid of tourists. Dolphins and small fish are swimming in the Venice Canal (or just some canal near Venice, but it's still impressive). It's Mother Nature's own Homemade Green New Deal.
It's a Coronavirus Spring (with apologies to Rachel Carson).
Sounds almost lovely. However, unless you just hate human beings, it's not lovely at all.
A War Without Bombs
As the virus spreads throughout humanity, it is waging a vicious World War that, despite all our bombs and Pentagons, we are not at all prepared to fight.
Yet fight we must—for our individual lives, and for our neighbors whose lives are deeply intertwined with ours.
They always have been, of course. Humans, like bonobos and common chimpanzees, are an intensely social, interdependent species. But thanks to the power of capitalism that enhances our feelings of competition, greed, desperation and jealousy, we're not usually very cognizant of our inherent communal connection. Now that truth is laid out—or sprayed out—in "droplets," statistics, "community spread," sickness and death.
This despite the misleading, self-adoring, stock market-fellating, "I don't take responsibility at all" putrid blather the Trumpus pulls out of his Rumpus (where's that toilet paper when we need it?) at these unsafe press conferences he tries, in vain, to turn into rallies. Though he does fancy himself to be a Wartime President.
Of course, we started this war. And I don't mean Mr. Tomato Head's trumped up wars with China and whoever disagrees with him; I mean humanity's war on the rest of nature.
Over the past few thousand years, especially the last century, we have made the Earth and its atmosphere sick as a COVID-19 patient, feverish with global warming, hurricane sneezes, fiery coughing fits, the damaged lungs of the rainforests and atmospheric shortness of breath. In short, human civilization has been a plague upon the Earth. Now, in a science fiction-like way, the Earth appears to be fighting back against its human plague by dropping this horrible modern plague, Coronavirus. Like a bomb. On us.
The Coronapocalypse is a war of wars, yet everything we *know* about war does not apply. Wars are typically fought with guns, grenades and guided missiles; the war against COVID-19 is fought with swab tests, ventilators, face masks and hand sanitizer. In traditional wars, the old send the young to fight and die for their corporate investments. In the Coronavirus War, the old are most likely to die, as the young alternate between fighting valiantly on the hospital frontlines and spreading the virus willy-nilly. This is almost always inadvertent; many are contagious for days before symptoms appear. But sometimes it's deliberate with active "Boomer Removers" spitting on fruit in your local Ralph's. Ironically, as the virus spreads, more young people are getting sick and dying in this war too. That Mother Nature is such a trickster.
In other American wars in the past 80 years, except for the occasional "terrorist," the U.S. military has been doing the killing and dying in some faraway place, while here at home, we continue life as usual, barely aware of the havoc America wreaks on other nations. Now we know what it's like to shut ourselves into our homes, crazed with fear and boredom, waiting for the bombs to drop.
Another difference between this war and others is the folks in uniform. I have never felt like thanking our troops for fighting, killing and helping to perpetuate our Perma-Wars; they don't "protect" us from anything except the good will of other peoples. But I get down on my proverbial knees to thank our doctors, nurses and medical technicians who are facing this "enemy" with as much courage as the most decorated soldiers have ever faced combat, and with a lot more integrity, life-saving value and genuine service.
Wouldn't it be great, smart and very bonoboesque to take 95% of the ridiculously bloated U.S. military budget and spend it on COVID-19 tests, ventilators, respirators, masks, gowns and other necessities? While we're at it, let's bring most of those troops home to help the first responders and medical teams fight this real-life enemy of the people.
Short of that, American billionaires ought to stop worrying about Wall Street and start buying supplies. Some are doing that, but their contributions are far from enough. It's one thing to hoard toilet paper; it's quite another to hoard billions of dollars when, due to a lack of basic medical necessities, your fellow citizens are dying in such high numbers that stacks of bodies are being hauled away in freezer trucks.
What about sex?
Sadly, the coronavirus is, in a way, a sexually transmitted disease (STD), a plague of human physical intimacy, as are all viruses. Not that we need to have sex to *catch* these colds, flus and viruses; all that's required is that we be close to each other, inhale each other's breath, somehow ingest each other's germs or even just pick up each other's phones.
How can we have sex without being close? How can we connect as we self-isolate? How can we make love in the time of Coronavirus (with apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez)?
As a sex therapist who counsels others to explore and enjoy the pleasures and healing benefits of consensual touch, it feels odd to advise people, including myself, to do the opposite in order to save their lives. Talk about an about-face! But here we are.
Not that you can't have any sex, but I, a proud bonoboesque pansexualist, must agree with the New York City Department of Health (NYCDOH) COVID-19 guidelines that say it's better to just "love the one you're self-isolating with," at least when it comes to in-person sex.
That means just one or, as the NYCDOH liberally suggests, "a small circle" of sex partners that you can really trust (how you know whom you can "really trust" is another story). Monogamy may be unnatural for humans, but it has never been so sensible. Having in-person casual sex is playing Russian Roulette… at least until they make a special sex-friendly hazmat suit, which is coming, I'm sure. But not soon enough.
Fun Fact: COVID-19, though swimming in saliva, has not been found in semen or vaginal fluid. Unfortunately for the analinguists out there, it has been found in fecal matter. Therefore, NYCDOH guidelines warn: "No rimming" (don't you just love that kinky specificity in a metropolitan health office?). It's great that the NYCDOH is hip to rimming. But does that mean other kinds of oral sex are okay?
And how do we even get to that point if we're staying six feet apart? Nobody's that well-hung.
What do we do if we're single and dating? It sounds cumbersome, but maybe the exhibitionists among us could set up plastic booths and perform peep shows for our dates.
There are other ways to handle the six-foot rule. Personally, I think it's a good time to eat raw garlic because 1) it's good for your immune system and 2) it keeps people from getting close to you.
Of course, when we say "close," we mean physically close. We simply can't (or shouldn't) get physically close to someone we're not self-isolating with. A tale of two cities during the H1N1 influenza pandemic of 1918 demonstrates how important it is to play "keep away": After a few cases of the deadly virus floated into Philadelphia and St. Louis, Philly held a big, crowded, military parade while St. Louis shut everything down.
Within days, the City of Brotherly Love was overwhelmed by the "Spanish Flu" (which was really the "Kansas Flu," as that's where it started, but the WWI-neutral Spaniards were the first to report on it, so got stuck with the name), killing more than 12,000 Philadelphians in six weeks, while St. Louis "flattened the curve" and kept their death toll under 700. My father was one of the thousands of Philadelphia children who caught the influenza of 1918. Obviously, he survived and lived a full life, but he contracted Parkinson's Disease towards the end; it is said by some that H1N1 may have led to Parkinson's, so this hits me close to home.
I wonder what scars might be carried by those who "recover" from COVID-19.
"Kissing through the Waves of the Web"
So, here we are playing physical "keep away" on a grand scale. Really, "social-distancing" is a misnomer. It makes it sound like we have to stop socializing, communicating or caring about one another. That's not very bonobo, or very human. It also sounds rather anti-socialism (even Democratic Socialism).
I prefer the term "physical distancing," which is bad enough, but not as bad. To "flatten the curve," we need to "physically distance" ourselves from each other, but we can maintain, expand and deepen our social relationships through our otherwise demonic devices to our social-lite/influencer hearts' content.
Yes, our devices can be vices—bad habits, stupefying sources of alienation, depression, misinformation and a host of other ills. But in our war against COVID-19, they may prove to be lifesavers, a vital means of communication, a loneliness balm, a means to let off steam, and a way to stay in touch without touching.
Alas, we don't all have balconies from which we can sing our solidarity, like the Italian flash mobs… though as balcony scenes go, the New York couple getting married on the sidewalk under the minister's fourth floor apartment window is a good one.
Not that we all should be singing through the pandemic, as evidenced by the cringe-worthy ruination of John Lennon's "Imagine" in the voices of Gal Gadot and her clueless celebrity cohorts. Celebrities in general tend to be tone deaf on these global concerns, but exceptions to the rule include Fran Drescher Nanny-spanking "capitalism" and the surprisingly socialist pop princess-turned-MILF Britney Spearsexhorting us to "write virtual love letters… learn to kiss and hold each other through the waves of the web. We will feed each other, re-distribute wealth, strike.. Communion moves beyond walls" (italics mine).
Amen and Awomen, Comrade Britney! And thanks for the three rose emojis, a Springy symbol of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Still, it's so sad we can't kiss. Kissing could be one culprit, besides intergenerational housing (another lovely Old World tradition), in the deadly COVID-19 spreads of Italy, France and Spain, countries where everybody kisses everybody else, at least once on each cheek, sometimes twice. Those gentle pecks on the cheek are so delightful, and now… fatal.
Bonobos love to kiss, showing us how basic to our Great Ape heritage is the desire to lock lips and swap saliva. But with COVID-19, a simple smooch can be the kiss of death.
So, we must try to "kiss… through the waves of the web," express solidarity through social media, convey compassion, organize efforts, send money and wave to each other from our Microsoft Windows. We can communicate harmony and disharmony, share poetry, ideas, frustrations, kinship. We can cry with each other on the phone. We can make each other laugh online. Laughter is a mental orgasm, and almost as important to human health as consensual touch. Deprived of the latter, we're going to need plenty of the former.
The interesting thing about "sensory deprivation" is that it makes our un-deprived senses even more acute. When you can't see, your ability to hear is heightened. Without touch, our other senses might rise to the occasion, helping us to make love, or a kind of love (there are many kinds), through the sticky juicy interwebs, the Erotic Theater of the Mind. We can have phone sex, webcam, or sext each other. It's not for everyone (though after a few more weeks of isolation, maybe it will be), but it's possible to have a very "close," intimate yet "virtual" conversation—even a long-term relationship—over our vice-filled devices.
And yet… physical touch is so vital to mammalian—especially primate—life. Most primates don't have as much sex as bonobos, but almost all thrive on grooming, petting, hugging, playing with and touching each other. Infant monkeys deprived of touch won't eat, get sick and die. The human primate is not much different.
Tragically, COVID-19 is not only a human virus, but also deadly to great apes, including bonobos. A shred of good news is that China is closing its wild animal markets, and other countries are following suit, but poachers in the Congolese Rainforest are still murdering bonobos and other endangered species as "bushmeat," even though it's illegal. It pains me to say it, but if bonobos catch Coronavirus, they will almost inevitably give it to each other, as touch is integral to their lives.
Consensual touch is pretty integral to human life too, but we can force ourselves to forego it, with willpower and, let's call it what it is, tremendous self-repression.
This is a big sacrifice—much bigger than the Dow plummeting—that we as humans all must make.
So… don't touch your friends, strangers, neighbors, anybody except your significant other(s). And scrub those hands raw before and after you do. And whatever you do, don't touch your face! Though everyone does, even Dr. Fauci.
But you can touch yourself. And in this case, below the belt is better than above the neck.
Isolation Sex
Back to the NYCDOH which is downright effusive in its unequivocal support of masturbation: "You are your own safest sex partner."
I've been extolling the virtues of masturbation for decades, as has my mentor, the Godmother of Masturbation, Dr. Betty Dodson, and other sexperts, often to sniggers, hypocritical outrage and Puritanical censorship. When Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders suggested that masturbation be considered a safer sex alternative in school sexuality classes, President Bill Clinton fired her (he, of all people, should have taken her advice). No, Dr. J didn't mean the gym teacher conducts a circle jerk; she meant that school sex education programs list solo sex, along with condoms, dry-humping and abstinence, as a way to avoid STDs.
I guess it took a lethal pandemic to turn the authorities around to our point of view, but here we are. The NYCDOH is officially begging you to masturbate. Hallelujah.
You may think of sex as "dirty," but as was always the case, even before the pandemic, wash your hands before you start choking the chicken or polishing the pearl. As my mom used to say, "Your hands are dirty and it's clean down there!"
Everybody's self-pleasuring now, even Trumpublicans. This is a good thing, except maybe when former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee tweets out that he really likes shoving corn cobs up his ass:
"Those of us from rural south know how to handle toilet paper shortage. Eat more corn on the cob! The corn isn't important, but the cobs are free and work great! (Just don't flush them!) You're welcome!"
Corn cobs: Mother Nature's own dildos. Though I prefer cucumbers.
But don't you still need that human connection? While maintaining scrupulous "physical distancing," you can put the old AT&T jingle into practice: Reach out and touch someone (virtually)… while you touch yourself. Phone sex is a lot sexier than abstinence, safer than a hazmat suit and very stimulating in a sapiosexual way. It's aural sex. I adore the romantic mystery of the phone, but if you're visual, bump uglies on webcam. If you're self-isolating in the family room with your parents or kids, get into sexting. On second thought, maybe you shouldn't be masturbating in the family room…
Nobody said this would be easy. But, to quote an oft-used cliché right now: We will get through this!
Actually, only some of us will. The cold, breathless truth is that cases and fatalities are mounting every day, and any one of us could be next.
Hopefully, those of us who do "get through this" will have learned something about love, ecology, caring, sharing, communication, masturbation and our entire society's need for universal healthcare (thanks Bernie!). Hopefully, the survivors of the Coronavirus Spring (and Summer?) will have learned how and why it's important to get back into Mother Earth's good graces.
Now that you've read this dirty article, wash your hands and get busy!
Susan Block, Ph.D., a.k.a. "Dr. Suzy," is a world renowned LA sex therapist, author of The Bonobo Way: The Evolution of Peace through Pleasure and horny housewife, occasionally seen on HBO and other channels. For information and speaking engagements, call 626-461-5950. Email her at drsusanblock@gmail.com
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Sitting is Killing You – Hello, I'm DK – justadandak.com – creative producer and speaker coach.
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1932 John 2020
John Bemenderfer
January 21, 1932 — April 22, 2020
John Richard Bemenderfer passed on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (He was affectionately known as Dick).
Dick was born in Center, Colorado on January 21, 1932 to Henry and Hazel Bemenderfer, 5th of 6 children. His parents and grandparents had large farms and raised many types of crops: including potatoes and lots of animals; thus developing a deep love for the land and livestock. Dick attended Center High School where he met the love of his life, Betty Beaty. Dick graduated high school in 1950 and was soon drafted into the US Army and left for boot camp in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri on February 14, 1952. After boot camp, he and Betty eloped to Taos, NM and were married on July 11, 1952. He served in Bussac, France as a corporal, heavy equipment operator from 1952-1954 with the Company B 83rd Engineering C Battalion. Dick and Betty lived in Center until 1956, when Dick began his career with HW Moore. He became the field mechanic for HW Moore and moved to Durango, CO. Dick and Betty set up house at Falfa, where they owned a trailer park. In 1964, they moved to the west side of the Florida Mesa where they farmed 60+ acres and raised four daughters. Dick was a mechanic by trade and was a partner in C & D Repair, and later started Dick's Repair at the home place where he did fleet maintenance for Basin Coop and repaired Kubota Tractors for Southwest Ag. In 1978, Dick and Betty began raising sod for C & M Sod. By 1983, they had converted the farm acreage to sod and formed Snow Cap Sod. They produced many acres of premium sod for the Four Corners area. The business was a family operation as both Dick and Betty worked side-by-side to grow it, bringing in their daughters and grandchildren to help work part and full time. The sod farm employed many young men and women during the sod growing and harvest season; many coming back year after year and becoming part of the Bemenderfer extended family.
Dick served on the La Plata County Soil Conservation Board, La Plata County Planning Commission, a La Plata County 4-H Leader, President of the San Juan Basin Quarter Horse Association, Member of the Florida Grange and a sponsor of the Basin High School Rodeo Team.
Along with walking the fields, Dick's favorite thing to do was to be with family and friends. He was known for his honesty, integrity and value of hard work. Black coffee and fresh chocolate chip cookies were always available at his home.
When Dick and Betty sold Snow Cap Sod, they moved south to Aztec, NM, enjoying a warmer climate. They traveled extensively in the fifth wheel but eventually ended back up north to live in Bayfield.
He is preceded in death by two sisters: Carol Tyler and Joyce McClure, two brothers: James and Bobbie Bemenderfer.
Dick is survived by his wife of 68 years, Betty; daughters: Karen (Doug) Harrison; Brenda (Ken) Cundiff; Deb (Mel) Bartel and Kris (Mike) Hitti; grandchildren: Jennifer (Robb) Wettergren; Jeralynn Braddock; Derek (Ashley) Cundiff; Katie (Cole) Swanemyr; Keely (Ray Smith) Bemenderfer-Wren; Rustin (Kristiana) Bartel; Cahlie (Thad) McCollum and Cassie (Neil) Carico; great-grandchildren: Jamison and Dorian Wettergren; Riley and Klayson Cundiff; Mackenzie and Wyatt Swanemyr; Boone Smith; Wyatt, Rylee and Colt Bartel; Harlynn and Charlie McCollum; Hadley Keegan (Carico); sister Linda (Dick) Wilson; nieces: Cinda Roberts; Anita Wilson; Tracie Medina; nephews: Matt McClure and Kirby McClure and their families; as well as his extended family: Tim and Kate Middleton; Steve and Deb Otten; Tommy and Jan Brangle; James and Mary Jo Owens; Brian and Kylee Meisner as well as all their families and many others too numerous to list.
The family wishes to extend their heartfelt gratitude to the Mercy Hospice House staff for all their kindness. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to Mercy Hospice House or charity of choice. A Celebration of Life will be held later this summer.
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Lauren Jauregui Drops Smoky Debut Solo Single 'Expectations'
Matthew Scott Donnelly
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If you thought you knew what a solo Lauren Jauregui track would sound like, it's time to temper your expectations.
The erstwhile Fifth Harmony member, who first teased fans with the release of "Expectations" earlier this month, officially dropped the track Wednesday (October 24), and with it, a brand new era, complete with massive fan feedback.
"i'm crying, your vocals are stunning and amazing, i can't find the words to express how much i'm proud of you," one follower wrote, while another noted "so proud of you, so happy to accompany you from the beginning and see you conquering everything that dreamed of."
And "Expectations" does, indeed, register like a conquering of sorts — the track takes no prisoners, as Jauregui demands respect amid slinky guitar licks and commanding, husky verses.
"Wish I had no expectations/ I wish that I could get it through your head/ With no confrontation/ I really wish we could talk about it instead," she broods.
Jauregui told Billboard at the 2018 American Music Awards that the song is about relationship ambiguity, and finding the way out.
"'Expectations' is an exploration of when you're in a relationship with someone and you don't want to have expectations," she said. "But they kind of get in the way, regardless, so it's about that."
Jauregui added that pioneering her own path has done wonders for her creativity.
"I think just having creative agency and it being my vision that comes to life. And the trust that I have for my label and the way that they've fostered me doing me, I think that's a brand new page, and I'm really excited about it," she said.
Lauren Jauregui Through the Years
Source: Lauren Jauregui Drops Smoky Debut Solo Single 'Expectations'
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Q: Ampersand and mixins in SCSS Searched but can't find an answer..
I have an element which gets generated (by an external platform) with the following classes: p-button and button.
Now the SCSS is like this:
.p-button {
    &.button {
        margin: 10px;
    }
 }

But I want to refactor using mixin includes (this is a big project so there is no other way of making this code better except using mixins). The mixin takes the given selector and applies a . to it. I can't change the mixin, as it is used by many other teams, so I can't pass the ampersand together with the selector. I tried this:
.p-button {
    & {
        @include button-appearance("button") {
           margin: 10px;
        }
    }
 }

But that doesn't work (puts a space between it). You can't do this:
.p-button {
    &@include button-appearance("button") {
        margin: 10px;
    }
 }

Anyone have a clue?
EDIT: Here is the mixin
@mixin button-appearance(
    $appearance-class,
    $show,
    $background-color,
    $background-image,
    $background-position) {
        $sel: $button-selector;
           @if $appearance-class {
                $sel: $sel + '.' + $appearance-class;
         }

#{$sel} {
    @include normalized-background-image($background-image);
    @include show($show);
    background-color: $background-color;
    background-position: $background-position;
    }

    @content;
}

EDIT 2: Here is the $button-selector (I can not edit this in the platform, but maybe overwrite it in my own project?)
$button-class: 'p-button';

$button-selector: '.#{$button-class}';

A: Everyone, finally found the solution. I just removed the &.button from the .p-button mixin include and now it works:
@include button-appearance ("button") { *styles* }
@include button-appearance () { *styles* }

A: Edited the answer after the original question was edited adding the used and un modifiable mixin
The original mixin does not append the '@content' passed to the mixin to the generated selector. So if you cannot modify the original mixin, the only way is to add your properties outside the mixin. According to the mixin the selector will match a predefined '$button-selector' variable, so it won't use your class.
So, if you want to use the same class defined in '$button-class', try the following:
#{$button-selector}.button {
    margin: 10px;
}

Will output:
.p-button.button {
    margin: 10px;
}

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Q: Nested relation whereHas in laravel I wanna ask about some nested relation using whereHas query in laravel, well for the first I will explain the model first before I going through into my main case.
this is my model :
StockIn.php
class StockIn extends Model {
    protected $primaryKey = "id_stock_in";

    /* this only column that I wanna show, and skip the else column */
    protected $fillable = ['stock_in_id_type'];

    public function type_of_items() {
        return $this->belongsTo('App\TypeOfitem', 'stock_in_id_type');
    }
}

TypeOfItem.php
class TypeOfItem extends Model {
    protected $primaryKey = "id_type_item";

    /* this only column that I wanna show, and skip the else column */
    protected $fillable = ['type_id_item'];

    public function items() {
       return $this->belongsTo('App\Item', 'type_id_item');
    }

    public function stock_ins() {
       return $this->hasMany('App\StockIn');
    }
}

Item.php
class Item extends Model {
    protected $primaryKey = "id_item";

    /* this only column that I wanna show, and skip the else column */
    protected $fillable = ['item_id_common_unit'];

    public function common_units() {
       return $this->belongsTo('App\CommonUnit', 'item_id_common_unit');
    }

    public function type_of_items() {
       return $this->hasMany('App\TypeOfItem');
    }
}

CommonUnit.php
class CommonUnit extends Model {
    protected $primaryKey = "id_common_unit";

    /* this only column that I wanna show, and skip the else column */
    protected $fillable = [/* describe column */];

    public function items() {
       return $this->hasMany('App\Item');
    }
}

I already describe all of my model, as you can see all table (child) have some relation to each parent like :
stockIn -> typeOfItem (relation between child and parent)
typeOfItem -> Item (relation between child and parent)
Item -> CommonUnit (relation between child and parent)
so for the question is how to make some query to getting data in nesting relationship when I do search for all data in child or parent? I already made the query but the result is not same with my expectation or null, it can be said that.
StockInController
$getData = StockIn::with(['type_of_items' => function ($query) {
            $query->select('id_type_item', 'type_id_item', 'code_type_of_item', 'type_of_item')
            ->with(['items' => function ($query) {
                $query->select('id_item', 'item_id_common_unit', 'name_item')
                ->with(['common_units' => function ($query) {
                    $query->select('id_common_unit', 'name_unit');
                }]);
            }]);
        }])
        ->with(['stock_out_left_join' => function ($query) {
            $query->select('id_stock_out', 'stock_out_id_stock_in');
        }])
        ->whereHas('type_of_items', function ($query) use ($search) {
            $query->where('code_type_of_item', 'like', "%{$search}%");
        })
        ->whereHas('type_of_items.items', function ($query) use ($search) {
            $query->orWhere('name_item', 'like', "%{$search}%");
        })
        ->whereHas('type_of_items.items.common_units', function ($query) use ($search) {
            $query->orWhere('name_unit', 'like', "%{$search}%");
        })
        ->orWhere('created_by', 'like', "%{$search}%")
        ->orWhere('edited_by', 'like', "%{$search}%")
        ->get()
        ->toArray();

Oh ya I will send example data for my query in this bellow :

but when I do search with some keyword is not worked, for example when I do type "adaptor", the result is empty or nothing show on my data, so what I must to do? Thank you

A: Okay for a while I was think about my problem finally I got the answer. Okay for  sharing to everyone I will explain a little bit for the answer.
So the query what I wrote on the controller, I change into this :
$getData = StockIn::with(['type_of_items' => function ($type_of_item) {
            $type_of_item->select('id_type_item', 'type_id_item', 'code_type_of_item', 'type_of_item')
            ->with(['items' => function ($item) {
                $item->select('id_item', 'item_id_common_unit', 'name_item')
                ->with(['common_units' => function ($common_unit) {
                    $common_unit->select('id_common_unit', 'name_unit');
                }]);
            }]);
        }])
        ->with(['stock_out_left_join' => function ($stock_out_left_join) {
            $stock_out_left_join->select('id_stock_out', 'stock_out_id_stock_in');
        }])
        ->whereHas('type_of_items', function ($type_of_items_search) use ($search) {
            $type_of_items_search->where('code_type_of_item', 'like', "%{$search}%")
                ->orWhere('type_of_item', 'like', "%{$search}%");
        })
        ->orWhereHas('type_of_items.items', function ($items_search) use ($search) {
            $items_search->where('name_item', 'like', "%{$search}%");
        })
        ->orWhereHas('type_of_items.items.common_units', function ($common_units_search) use ($search) {
            $common_units_search->where('name_unit', 'like', "%{$search}%");
        })
        ->orWhere('created_by', 'like', "%{$search}%")
        ->orWhere('edited_by', 'like', "%{$search}%")
        ->get()
        ->toArray();

As you can see my new query has a new parameter in every with function and I was naming all the parameter with different name, and not like first name before query, so the problem is the ambiguous paramater in every single with function because this query based on nested relation so I must make the parameter name different each other. Or you want make them into split one by one and not using the nested with function you can use this query too, I put on this bellow :
$getData = StockIn::with(['type_of_items' => function ($query) {
            $query->select('id_type_item', 'type_id_item', 'code_type_of_item', 'type_of_item');
        }])
        ->with(['type_of_items.items' => function ($query) {
            $query->select('id_item', 'item_id_common_unit', 'name_item');
        }])
        ->with(['type_of_items.items.common_units' => function ($query) {
            $query->select('id_common_unit', 'name_unit');
        }])
        ->with(['stock_out_left_join' => function ($query) {
            $query->select('id_stock_out', 'stock_out_id_stock_in');
        }])
        ->whereHas('type_of_items', function ($query) use ($search) {
            $query->where('code_type_of_item', 'like', "%{$search}%")
                ->orWhere('type_of_item', 'like', "%{$search}%");
        })
        ->orWhereHas('type_of_items.items', function ($query) use ($search) {
            $query->where('name_item', 'like', "%{$search}%");
        })
        ->orWhereHas('type_of_items.items.common_units', function ($query) use ($search) {
            $query->where('name_unit', 'like', "%{$search}%");
        })
        ->orWhere('created_by', 'like', "%{$search}%")
        ->orWhere('edited_by', 'like', "%{$search}%")
        ->get()
        ->toArray();

I already tried that query and it's work too (with the same name parameter in every single with function).


We hooked up the car in Howe St – nice and empty with the students all away. Then we trundled north, trying out the new walkie talkies I'd acquired to assist communication between the cab and the seats in the rear – separated by two closed doors. We stopped for the traditional icecreams at Palmerston, and decided All Day Bay would be a good place to head to. We turned off SHi at Wainakarua and headed out to the coast and up to All Day Bay. There was one other bus there, later two. We were at the other end of the beach and I didn't feel completely secure – still getting used to being out on the road. So we left the car hooked up and ready to go – in case we had to. This meant I left the key in the ignition with the steering lock off. Bit of a mistake but I didn't realise that then.
The wind dropped overnight, and we woke late (9am) to a warm and sunny day. Wyn and I went for a walk along the beach, looking for interesting stones at the water's edge. We didn't find any lace agates, but did find other beautiful and interesting little rocks. Later Laura took some time out for a walk as well, and I went back and collected a few skimming stones. I enjoy skimming/skipping stones, but often the best places to skip stones is lacking in good stones to skip. So these days I try to travel with my own supply. I came back from the beach that day with a bag of at least 10 kgs of lovely flat and mostly round skimming stones. Things of beauty. Wyn was overcome with a more useful urge – to bake. So she occupied herself somewhat more productively making muffins.


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Murphy undervalued his predecessors, the SNP and the public
Paul Sinclair
May 10 2015, 1:01am, The Sunday Times
SCOTTISH Labour leader Jim Murphy told news website Buzzfeed in January he was "astonished" at how easy it was to outwit the SNP.
His barb was not meant to sting Nicola Sturgeon or undermine the confidence of her team of advisers. It seemed a straightforward two fingers to the leaders who had gone before him. The message was that he was a professional taking over from hapless amateurs.
It turns out to have been not just an apparent overestimation of his own abilities, but also a fatal underestimation of the task in hand.
Scotland has a stronger sense of itself since devolution. The nationalists have managed to delegitimise the idea that the Labour party is "Scottish", and persuade the people of Scotland that the SNP…


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Jobs at Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores in Baytown, TX
27 job openings within 25 miles
General Manager in Training - Retail
Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores - Houston, TX
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Human Resources Business Partner
Req ID: 135287 BASIC PURPOSE: The HR business partner (HRBP) position is responsible for aligning business objectives with employees and management. This position serves as a consultant to management on human resource, affirmative action and training related issues. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: • Acts as a consultant to clients on human resource-related is...
Environmental Compliance Analyst
Req ID: 136562 BASIC PURPOSE : The individual will be responsible for assisting with the management of all established environmental programs for Musket Corporation, Trillium CNG and Speedco. Some overnight stay with ground and air travel and work throughout the US will be required. Primary duties will include performing environmental regulatory complia...
Diesel Mechanic - Tire Care
Req ID: 133641 Welcome to Love's! Where People are the Heart of Our Success Diesel Mechanic At Love's, our values go beyond our name. We look for those same values in our people. Our network of travel stops are growing at a tremendous rate as we become the leader in highway hospitality.
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Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores - Baytown, TX
Req ID: 131061 Service Writer We are looking for a team player who is passionate about providing excellent customer service! Our Service Writers will assist in maximizing the stores consistency, speed, and quality to meet Speedco standard processes that our customers have come to expect. Advancement opportunities are available through a performan...
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Lube & Tire Tech - Speedco
Req ID: 131461 LUBE & TIRE TECHNICIAN Here at Speedco, we are proud to be a part of the Love's team where people are the heart of our success. As with Love's, Speedco's values go beyond our name. We look for those same values in our people. Our network of travel stops are growing at a tremendous rate as we become the leader in highway hospi...
Diesel Mechanic - Speedco
Req ID: 133006 Diesel Mechanic Diesel Mechanic′s keep our customers on the road by providing light mechanical repairs to drivers. You′ll also help your manager keep things flowing. We take a lot of pride in delivering high caliber mechanical services to our customers. With the Love′s Tire Care business on the rise, opportunities for career growth...
Tire Technician - Maintenance
Req ID: 126743 Welcome to Love's! Where People are the Heart of Our Operation Tire Technician – Maintenance At Love's, our values go beyond our name. We look for those same values in our people. Our network of travel stops are growing at a tremendous rate as we become the leader in highway ho...


Turn it up – the first time you turn on your air conditioner, take a few days to test out a number of temperatures to find where you feel the most comfortable. Begin by setting your thermostat to a temperature that you may think is a bit too high. Then, work on making small incremental changes until you achieve a temperature where you feel comfortable. Keeping your thermostat set higher can keep your AC from continuously running, saving you money over a period of time. The longer your air conditioner is running, the more energy you're utilizing—and the more money you're spending. Even a single degree warmer can make a big impact in the cost of your monthly energy bills, so take time to tinker.
Consider the humidity – when you consider how much you can save, it can be tempting to grit your teeth and deal with the heat by completely turning off your air conditioner. However, what can easily be lost is that air conditioners can help dehumidify your home in addition to cooling it. So if humidity is an annoyance for you, be sure to think twice before turning off your air conditioner.
Keep it serviced – every time we talk about energy savings and efficiency, the importance of air conditioner service cannot be mentioned enough. Keeping your air conditioner serviced ensures that all the pieces of your system are in working order before you begin using it consistently. Preventative maintenance is one of the most crucial steps to your system running efficiently and keeping major AC repair at bay.
Double team – using fans along with your air conditioner is a great way to keep your home cooler and keep the air flowing. Parker Pearce Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning recommends tag-teaming to allow you to keep your air conditioner from running as often, and that reduced usage can create savings. It might also potentially help keep your home comfortable enough to raise your thermostat a degree or two.
Keeping your home comfortable when it gets hot in Gaithersburg isn't as hard as it may seem. And it doesn't have to be so costly either. Luckily for you, there are a number of ways that you can maintain or improve your comfort while also attempting to lower your monthly energy costs. Whether you have questions about AC repair and air conditioner service or want to know more about energy efficiency, contact your local Gaithersburg HVAC experts at Parker Pearce Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning to learn more.


If you have suffered serious injuries or lost a loved one because of a Yamaha Rhino ATV rollover accident, you may be entitled to compensation. Several factors will be considered in determining your eligibility for compensation, including the nature of your injuries, the speed of the vehicle, the type of terrain and sharpness of the turn.
Yamaha Rhino ATV rollover accidents can result in a number of serious injuries, including broken and crushed legs, ankles, and feet and broken arms. Permanent disfigurement and amputation can result from these injuries. Rollover accidents can also result in the deaths of youth riders.
Yamaha Rhino All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) are motorized vehicles that are used for off-road recreational riding and racing. In addition, they provide transportation for the purposes of herding livestock, ranching, farming, rescue efforts in remote areas, and cargo transportation.
In March 2009, Yamaha announced a repair program for Rhino 50, 660, and 700 models to address rollover safety defects.
All ATVs can be potentially dangerous, due to their considerable weight, the high speeds that they can reach, and the limited safety features. One of the greatest ATV Accident Risks is the rollover.
A number of serious injuries, many caused by rollovers, have been linked to the Yamaha Rhino ATV, a relative newcomer to the All-Terrain Vehicle market. The most common injuries related to these ATV accidents are to the lower portion of the driver or passengers bodies, including broken and crushed legs, ankles and feet. Yamaha Rhino passengers have also broken arms as they tried to break their fall during an ATV rollover. Yamaha Rhino ATV accidents are serious; some victims of Yamaha Rhino rollovers have required the amputation of limbs and other rollovers have crushed children to death. The accidents associated with the Yamaha Rhino go above and beyond the standard risks associated with ATV use. It has been alleged that the vehicle may contain design defects which make it unsafe.
Because of accidents associated with the Rhino ATV, in 2006 Yamaha issued safety warnings for its Rhino ATV customers. These focused on the use of seat belts and helmets. Yamaha also pointed out that the risk of ATV rollovers increased when drivers took turns too fast, offering guidelines for how to handle a Yamaha Rhino rollover.
In 2007, in order to make the vehicles safer, Yamaha provided a special offer to Rhino ATV owners (2004 to 2007 Yamaha Rhino ATVs), for new doors and passenger handholds. These were provided and installed in order to prevent ATV riders from sticking out arms or legs during rollover accidents.


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