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Gloria Vanderbilt dies 2019 at 95 - Obituary
Vanderbilt had been suffering from advanced stomach cancer when she died.
Vanderbilt, who died on Monday at age 95, had been famous her entire life, starting with a legal battle in which her aunt took custody from her mother when "Little Gloria" was a child.
He added: "She was a painter, a writer, and designer but also a remarkable mother, wife, and friend".
Vanderbilt built a career as an artist, fashion designer, actress and socialite. She was the center of a famed custody dispute between her mother and aunt, as both wanted control over her $4 million trust fund (about $65 million in today's dollars). In the almost seven-minute-long video, Cooper spoke about his mother's life in the public eye, personal and professional successes, zest for life and the legacy she leaves behind. Her work also graced a collection of scarves before she started the line of jeans and expanded to perfume, shoes, leather goods and accessories.
She then applied herself to acting, appearing in television dramas such as "Playhouse 90" and on Broadway in William Saroyan's "The Time of Your Life". She divorced DiCicco two months later, promptly remarried - this time, to conductor Leopold Stokowski, who was 63 at the time. She was also the author of several books.
He shared a video clip of Vanderbilt in the hospital, sharing an identical "giggle" with her son.
In December 1988, the Gitano Group Inc. bought the Gloria Vanderbilt trademarks from Murjani Worldwide Ltd. for US$15 million. She would look at me, and say, "I love you, too".
United States Star Carli Lloyd Sets Women's World Cup Scoring Record
Carli Lloyd got the scoring started early with a handsome left-footed strike from the top of the penalty area in the 11th minute. Davidson is the youngest player to start for the United States in the World Cup since Tiffany Roberts against Norway in 1995.
The anchor said his mother was filled with love. He recalled hearing her laugh and how they sounded similar. "I always feel that something wonderful is going to happen".
"She has friends like from all walks of life who are really fascinating people, and you know she's just a really compelling", Cooper told ABC News' Dan Harris in 2017. "Even at 92 she believes the next great love is right around the corner, the next great adventure". Her last husband died in 1978 during heart surgery.
"I embrace it all - the pain and the pleasure, the drama and the disappointments", Vanderbilt wrote in summing up her life in the romantic memoir, "It Seemed Important at the Time".
"She would have graduated with the class of '42 - but she left at 17 to get married", said Laurie Flynn, Director of Strategic Communication at Wheeler, in a phone interview with GoLocalProv.com on Monday. "She loved the arts and as do many of our grads".
"I did know that".
My mom grew up in France, not knowing anything about the Vanderbilt family or the money that she would inherit when she turned 21. "But she was ready - she was ready to go". You know how children can be about their parents. Actresses Alyssa Milano called her "an incredible woman" and Dana Delany said she treasures one of Vanderbilt's paintings, while model Carol Alt hailed her as a "fashion icon and innovator". I didn't know what it meant.
Five-year-old boy dies from Ebola in Uganda - health official
Andy Ruiz Jr. wants $50 million to rematch Anthony Joshua in UK
Prince Louis wears Prince Harry's childhood outfit during Queen's birthday
Golden State congratulates Raptors on National Basketball Association title with full-page newspaper ad
He has relentlessly fended off questions about his intentions as a free agent, saying he was focused on winning the championship. The team celebrated with a parade through Toronto on Monday. "To finally be able to deliver is pretty special".
Argentina and Uruguay Scramble to Restore Power Following Mass Blackout
Transener, Argentina's national grid operator, "opened the system and is powering up again to be able to regularize the service". Since taking office, Macri has said that gradual austerity measures were needed to revive the country's struggling economy.
Teofimo Lopez Reacts To Fury Win, Talks Wilder-Fury II
Tyson Fury says he came into the fight looking to enjoy himself as he knocked out Tom Schwarz in the 2nd round. Fury outlanded Schwarz, 45 to 6, according to CompuBox and connected on 47 percent of his power shots.
$10M claim alleges Phoenix police violated family's rights
Meyer wrote that he told Harper "to set the child down" and she "became loud, verbally abusive, and refused our commands". The vehicle first stopped and a woman got out, then the auto stopped again which is when the officers made contact.
Samsung Electronics to Launch Galaxy M40 in India to Overtake Xiaomi
The Galaxy A50 and Galaxy A20 smartphones have been respectively introduced in the US with respective price tags of $349 and $249. If this is true, we might have a chance to see these sensors on the market even before the launch of Samsung Galaxy S11 .
Tickets Sold Out For India-Pak Match On Sunday
India won comfortably but it was Pakistan's Javed Miandad who stole the show with his cheeky on-field antics. The television audience will be enormous.
"Stranger Things" Rolls Out Season 3 Episode Titles & New Synopsis
If you're keeping count here, this is the show's third mobile game. "We've got a few other projects". "We compete so broadly with all these different providers".
Hundreds arrested in Moscow protest against police impunity, corruption
Golunov, who is known for covering cases related to corruption, was arrested on 6 June after police found drugs in his possession. On the pictures to see how Russia's leading opposition was drawn to eller Navalny of police officers in a police bus.
Ford recalls 1.2M Explorer SUVs due to potential suspension defect
Because automakers issue recalls often, and for many older vehicles, we recommend checking back regularly. Ford announced the recalls Wednesday, saying that dealers would contact owners of the SUVs and trucks.
Facebook launches new market research app after pulling similar app in January
Sound good to you? Facebook announced today that it has launched a new app for Android users called Study from Facebook . During the setup process, the app will again show you all the data it collects and how it will be used.
Google Drive, Google Photos will not sync with each other anymore
The Backup and Sync feature on Windows and macOS can still be used to upload to both of them in High Quality or Original Quality. As a result of the new change, your new photos and videos from Google Drive won't automatically show in Google Photos.
Man Utd 'make substantial bid' for Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Aaron Wan-Bissaka made the plea, knowing that Crystal Palace are not willing to let him leave in this summer transfer window. He ended up coming back and has had the best spell of his career since he came back.
Cyclone Vayu intensifies, thunderstorm and rain expected in three Sindh districts
Schools as well as colleges in 10 districts where the cyclonic storm is expected to hit will be kept closed tomorrow & day after. The Western Railway cancelled 70 trains and short-terminated 28 others due to Cyclone Vayu .
Mexico Says Other Latam Countries Could Share Burden of Fighting Migration
On Friday, the tariffs were called off, after the United States and Mexico announced an agreement on immigration. We had nothing, and the reason we had nothing is because Mexico felt they didn't have to give us anything.
President Trump defends using trade tariffs
President Donald Trump said further tariffs were ready to kick in if no deal was reached at a G20 summit this month. He said that he wants China to do well, but that "I don't want them to do as well as us".


The power of prayer, meditation, intention, or what ever you want to call it can help the Ukraine and the rest of the world become a lot more peaceful. Some might think this is poppycock and others might have already experienced this in their lives. Quantum physics has been able to explain this for a long time and there are many cases around the world to back this up with verifiable quantitative and qualitative data.
One of the more famous demonstrations of this was in Washington, D.C. 1988-1992 and again in 1993. Over the course of a week and many different sized groups of participants doing TM or transcendental meditation they were able to reduce violent crimes by 23.3% with a probability that is was a coincidence being 1 in 2 billion. By comparison the search for the Higgs Boson only required a 1 in 588 million chance of being due to random background effects to be declared real after 60+ year search. Long term statistics for TM reducing violent crime were even more profound.
So with this newly found wisdom I ask that you keep Ukraine in your heart and minds during these trials and tribulations. Our physical reality is created out of our intentions, thoughts, words and actions. The more you focus on peace, love and consciousness the better off we all are, and right about now Ukraine and the rest of the world could really use it. I urge all those who read this to pass on the message to those around you.
Keep Ukraine in your thoughts for a peaceful and conscious resolution.


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Emily Jacir (geboren 1970 in Bethlehem, Westjordanland) ist eine palästinensisch-amerikanische Künstlerin. Sie arbeitet konzeptuell und ist so gleichermaßen als Malerin, Fotografin, Film-, Sound-, Video- und als Installationskünstlerin bekannt geworden. Ihr Werk kreist um die Geschichte der Vertreibung, Unterdrückung und Tötung von Palästinensern.

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Jacir wurde 1970 in Bethlehem im israelisch besetzten Westjordanland geboren. Sie wuchs in Saudi-Arabien auf und besuchte eine Oberschule in Rom. An der University of Dallas in Irving (Texas) erwarb sie den BA, am Memphis College of Art in Memphis (Tennessee) den Master of Fine Arts (MFA). Seit 1999 lebt und arbeitet Jacir, soweit das Palästinensische Autonomiegebiet nicht abgeriegelt ist, alternierend in Ramallah (u. a. an der Universität Bir Zait arbeitend) und in New York City.

Seit 1994 hatte Jacir weltweit eine Vielzahl von Ausstellungen, unter anderem im Whitney Museum und im MoMA in New York und am San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 2007 nahm sie mit Material for a Film, "einem Dokumentarfilm in Gestalt einer Installation" über den Mord an Wael Zwaiter, u. a. an der Biennale di Venezia teil und wurde dort mit einem Goldenen Löwen ausgezeichnet. 2008 erhielt Jacir den mit 100.000 US-$ dotierten Hugo Boss Prize der Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.

Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)
 2007: Prinz-Claus-Preis
 2007: Goldener Löwe der Biennale di Venezia
 2008: Hugo Boss Prize

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 belongings. Arbeiten 1998–2003, Folio Verlag, Wien-Bozen 2003, ISBN 3-85256-265-1
 Emily Jacir (Ausstellungskatalog), Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nürnberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-939738-57-2

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Fotograf (Palästina)
Fotograf (21. Jahrhundert)
Medienkünstler (Vereinigte Staaten)
Installationskünstler (Vereinigte Staaten)
Performancekünstler (Vereinigte Staaten)
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Geboren 1970
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I found the cutest spring sweaters at Walmart about two weeks ago now and was waiting to post them once they became available online, but there's still no sign of them. Therefore, you should run to your nearest store ASAP! Each adorable sweater is just $11.86!
Ready or not, here come spring fashions! I was at Walmart on Monday and they were literally just putting these clothes out on the racks. To be honest, I'm not sure I'm ready to talk spring clothes just yet! The floral chiffon and short sleeves give me a chill. But let's take a look anyways.


The second day involves a full day cruise through the rivers and narrow creeks and a lovely birding experience. Food would be prepared and served on the launch itself. Start after bed tea and visit the various watch towers of Sudhanyakhali, NetiDhopani(Subject to weather and tide permitting) as well as Do Banki. We would cross the rivers and creeks of Pitchkhali, Kholakhali, Sarakkhali, Sundarkhali, Gazikhali, Pirkhali, Choragazikhali, DeulBharani, and reach the Dobanki watch Tower.The canopy walk at Do Banki gives you an opportunity to view wildlife from a netted enclosure. Next on our itinerary would be the Spotted Deer Rehabilitation Centre. Thereafter, enjoy the thrill of cruising deep in the "Indian Amazon" as India Beacons calls it and also around the islands of the Sunderban Tiger Project Area. Let yourself be guided by our Naturalist and Guide to view the Mangrove forest from close quarters, deep inside the creeks and return in the evening. Overnight stay at the hotel.
In the morning, we cruise along the creeks and take you for a village tour at Chargheri Char, the Southernmost village of South 24 Parganas. This is a special attraction of the India Beacons tour where you have a chance to get a feel of the "Mudflats". An important physical feature of Sundarban is the "Mudflats". Do not forget to carry your Bermudas as the inviting waters of the Sundarbans entice you to wade through them and frolick on the "Mudflats". You may be lucky enough to see small Octopus, Star Fish, Jelly Fish, Horse shoe Crab, prawn seeds as well as many other variety of fishes etc. Optional activity involves country boat ride along the jungles.
We then set off for a visit to a village and learn about the experiences of the villagers in the forest. Meet the fishermans, the Honey Collectors as well as the woodcutters and share their experiences of the Jungle.
After lunch at the resort/boat, at around 12:00 p.m, we depart for Godhkhali to be transferred to Kolkata. Arrive at Kolkata by about 5:30 / 6:00 pm. Tour ends with sweet memories.


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María Elena Valencia (María Elena Valencia Jiménez; * 25. Mai 1983) ist eine mexikanische Langstreckenläuferin.

2006 belegte sie bei den Crosslauf-Weltmeisterschaften auf der Kurzstrecke Platz 42 und auf der Langstrecke Platz 31. Beim Maratón de la Comarca Lagunera wurde sie als Gesamtsiegerin mexikanische Meisterin über die 42,195-km-Distanz, und auch beim Monterrey-Marathon gewann sie.

Im Jahr darauf gewann sie den Saltillo-Halbmarathon und verteidigte mit einem Sieg beim Maratón de la Comarca Lagunera ihren nationalen Titel.

María Elena Valencia wird von Dionicio Cerón trainiert.

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 5000 m: 15:36,07 min, 18. April 2008, Walnut
 10.000 m: 32:36,98 min, 4. Mai 2008, Palo Alto
 Halbmarathon: 1:12:16 h, 10. Juni 2007, Saltillo
 Marathon: 2:30:53 h, 10. Dezember 2006, Monterrey

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 Athletenporträt auf marathoninfo.free.fr

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WHO Europe: Kids in 5-14 age group show highest COVID rates
WHO Europe regional director Dr Hans Kluge also argued that vaccine mandates should be "an absolute last resort," and said that COVID-19 deaths remain "significantly below previous peaks." But he said that coronavirus cases and deaths have more than doubled in the last two months in the 53-country region stretching to central Asia.
Written by Associated Press
He stressed the continued threat from the widespread delta variant, and noted the new omicron variant has so far accounted for 432 confirmed cases in 21 countries in the region.
The World Health Organization's office for Europe said Tuesday that children in the 5 to 14 age group now account for the highest rates of reported COVID-19 infection in the region.
"The delta variant remains dominant across Europe and Central Asia, and we know that the COVID-19 vaccines remain effective in reducing severe disease and deaths from it," he told reporters from WHO Europe headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark.
"It is yet to be seen how and whether the latest COVID-19 variant of concern, omicron, will be more transmissible, or more or less severe." Kluge urged countries to "protect children and the schools" amid the rapid increase in cases among the young in the region, and said the incidence of COVID-19 was two to three times higher among young children than the average population in some places.
Children have tended to face less severe cases than more vulnerable populations like older people, health care workers and people with weaker immune systems.
"As school holidays approach, we must also acknowledge that children contaminate their parents and grandparents at home, with a 10 times increased risk for these adults to develop severe disease, be hospitalized or die when non-vaccinated," he said.
"The health risks extend beyond the children themselves." Kluge also spoke out against vaccination mandates, saying they should be an "absolute last resort" and have efficacy only in some contexts.
WHO's European region has the global epicenter of the pandemic for weeks, accounting for 70% of cases and 61 percent of deaths worldwide according to the U.N. health agency's weekly epidemiological report issued last week.
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Talk about hearts bursting and breaking from a breath taking performance by A Great Big World and the iconic Christina Aguilera at the 2013 American Music Awards last night.
The deep and sorrowful song is already lovely by itself but adding Christina's perfect pitch made it out of this world. You could tell how into the emotional song she was and looked stunning with simple makeup and a classic black maxi. She was just perfection!
Check out the song and have your heart just sigh.


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Un ex-Maryland ayant rejoint al-Qaida condamné à Guantanamo
A military jury has imposed a sentence of 26 years on a former Maryland man held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center who admitted to joining al-Qaida and cooperated with U.S. les autorités
A military jury imposed a sentence of 26 years Friday on a former Maryland man who admitted joining al-Qaida and has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. But under a plea deal, the man could be released as soon as next year because of his cooperation with U.S. les autorités.
The sentencing of Majid Khan is the culmination of the first trial by military commission for one of the 14 so-called high-value detainees who were sent to the U.S. naval base in Cuba dans 2006 after being held in a clandestine network of overseas CIA detention facilities and subjected to the harsh interrogation program developed in response to the 9/11 attaques.
Khan, a 41-year-old citizen of Pakistan who came to the U.S. in the 1990s and graduated from high school near Baltimore earlier pleaded guilty to war crimes charges that included conspiracy and murder for his involvement in al-Qaida plots such as the deadly bombing of the J.W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta, Indonésie, en août 2003.
He apologized for his actions, which included planning al-Qaida attacks in the U.S. après 9/11 and a failed plot to kill former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. During a two-hour statement to jurors on Thursday, il a dit: "I did it all, no excuse. And I am very sorry to everyone I have hurt."
The jury of eight military officers was required to reach a sentence of 25 à 40 années. Jurors heard of Khan's extensive cooperation with U.S. authorities following his guilty plea and heard a two-hour statement from the prisoner describing his brutal CIA interrogation and captivity in the three years before he came to Guantanamo.
In addition to the sentence, the jury foreman said seven of the eight jurors had drafted a letter to Pentagone legal authorities recommending clemency to the defendant, which is an option under the military commission legal system.
A pretrial agreement means he could be released as early as February, at which point he would be resettled in an as-yet to be determined third country. He cannot return to Pakistan.
Jurors were not told about the pretrial agreement, which requires a Pentagon legal official known as a convening authority to cut his sentence to no more than 11 years because of his cooperation. He would also be given credit for some of the time he has already spent in custody.
Despite that agreement, the prosecution urged the jury to recommend a sentence at the higher end of the range as the defense urged jurors to consider Khan's cooperation, contrition and the brutal conditions of his captivity.
"Since the commission of these crimes, Majid is a different person," said Army Maj. Michael Lyness, a defense attorney. "Majid Khan is reformed and deserving of your mercy."
Col de l'armée. Walter Foster, the lead prosecutor, sought to cast doubt on Khan's story of being led astray by radical Islam as a young man. He conceded the prisoner had also experienced "extremely rough treatment" at the hands of the CIA, but pivoted to remind the court of the 11 people killed in the Marriott bombing.
"He is still alive and with us today, a luxury that the dead and victims of the J.W. Marriott bombing do not have," Foster said.
Khan's cooperation is expected to help with other war crimes cases at Guantanamo, one involving five men held there who are charged with planning and aiding the Sept. 11, 2001, attaques. Such cases have been bogged down for years in the pretrial stage at the base and become one of the obstacles to closing the detention enter.
The Associated Press viewed proceedings at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay from a video feed at Fort Meade, Maryland.
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On Trumps Proposed Moratorium On Stopping Any New Muslims From Entering The U.S.: Many People In Our Country, Our Government, And Our Media's, Don't Have A Clue About History And Definitely Don't Have Any Common Sense!
Many Of Our Politicians Are Dangerous And Full Of Crap, There Are A Lot Of Dumb And Stupid People In Our Government And Media, There Is A Religious Test In U.S. Law Regarding Immigration And Immigration Of Refugees Seeking Asylum In The U.S., Trump May Be Very Right In His Views On Immigration And Refugees
Our President Doesn't Know That a "Religious Test" for Refugees Seeking Asylum Is Required by Federal Law
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RUSH: As you know, I'm a history buff. I think there are a lot of lessons in history, and I want to share some history with you now. I've spoken frequently in recent months about how immigration to the United States was more than curtailed. It was suspended in the early 1920s. From 1924 to 1965 we didn't have any immigration. You'd be amazed still at the number of people who are hearing that for the first time and don't know it. That simply is not part of the American education curriculum, especially now. I know I didn't learn that in school, at any level of school.But it is particularly relevant today because the left and Obama and the United Nations are all accusing the United States of these horrific acts of bigotry and inhumane treatment and behavior of people and so forth. And they want to try to create this impression that we are reaching new depths, that the United States is sinking to new lows, and it's a terrible shame what's happened because of the right wing bigotry and the closed-mindedness and all of that that exists in this country. So I think it would be very useful and helpful here just to review a little history to let you know that what we propose today and what many Americans support today is actually traditionally American. It is not new. It is not unprecedented. It is historical. No immigration, 1924 to 1965. The reason was that we had seen a flood of immigrants to the country and we had to assimilate them. We took time to assimilate those who had come to America. They wanted to be Americans. They wanted to assimilate. They did not want to establish Balkanized beachheads of their countries. They did not forget their native cultures. They held on to them and they lived in neighborhoods, but they wanted to be Americans. They knew what being an American meant, compared to where they lived and where they were from. They wanted everything about America that they could get and they wanted to work hard for it. You know the drill.But there was another reason why immigration was curtailed in the early 1920s. And would you be surprised to learn that that reason was terrorist attacks? There were acts of terror committed in the United States, mostly from groups, the so-called anarchist groups. They were really mostly communists. But, for instance, September 6th, 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist in Buffalo, New York. And in the early 1900s there were a number of bombings and bombing attempts committed by these anarchists, the majority of whom were from southern and central and eastern Europe. They were part of this massive immigration that took place in the country, the late 1800s into the early 1900s.I'll give you a name. Ferdinando Sacco. I'll give you another name. Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two revolutionary terrorists who were convicted and executed in 1927 for a 1920 double murder carried out during a robbery. Sacco and Vanzetti became communist cause celebre for decades. Liberals argued they had been wrongly convicted. It was exactly what you get in the news today, except it happened back in the early 1920s. And if you read books and you see movies from or about that period anarchist bombings loom large. We had terrorism. It wasn't Islamic. But they were nevertheless acts of terror.
There was a group. They were known as the anarchists. They have modern descendants to this day, Occupy Wall Street and so forth, all these anarchists that gather various global meetings of the United Nations around the world. The bill, the piece of legislation that limited immigration, the immigration act of 1924 was primarily aimed at further restricting the immigration of southern Europeans and eastern Europeans because those regions were seen as the hotbed for radical terrorists.
It's not like we haven't been here and done that before. We have done exactly what is being suggested today. We've done it before. We have specified certain people. We targeted certain people for either deportation or imprisonment or just keep them out of the country precisely because of where they came from and because of the acts committed by others who had also come from the same place.
Now, the difference was back in 1924 and the early 1920s everybody was all for it. We didn't have any terrorists apologists. Well, you did, you had some terrorist apologists, but they weren't anywhere near. They certainly weren't in the White House, and they weren't in the US House of Representatives, and they weren't in governorships. They were random Hollywood types and others. The literary crowd. But for the most part, my point here is that what's happening today has precedent. What's happening today is not the United States descending to new depths never before plundered.
One other thing that you might be shocked to learn, ladies and gentlemen. President Obama, in one of his many harangues — you know, Trump put a message out on Instagram that said: You know, it's really scary, and it's really dangerous. Our president is insane.
Okay, But Obama's out there, I mean, defending acts of terror, downplaying acts of terror, and being hypercritical, and he doesn't need… By the way, when he starts in on Republicans and conservatives, either generically or by name, he doesn't need a teleprompter. Have you noticed? He doesn't need cue cards because that's when he's speaking from the heart.
I have told you over and over again that to Obama and many like him in the Democrat Party and the left, we represent their greatest threat. In their eyes, we are far more dangerous to them. We pose a greater threat to them than ISIS or any other terror group, because we are trying to take their power away. We are trying to stop them. Do not doubt me. When Obama gets on these tirades — and they have been tirades, and they've been juvenile, and even some Democrats are starting to get worried about it, according to the Drive-By Media.
For example, in his latest rip at Senator Ted Cruz and others opposed to his insistence on continuing to import thousands of Muslim refugees from Syria… Hey, by the way, can I ask a question about that? We're "vetting" them, right? Well, that's what they tell us. They're vetting them. (paraphrased) "We have an exhaustive vetting process. Right. It takes up to two years. And we got biometrics, and who knows whatever else that we use, magic and technology. But we've got the greatest vetting! I mean, we we're really doing a great job. We're really vetting these people," right?
Would somebody tell me: What are the deal-breakers? With our extensive and exhaustive vetting of refugees, what do they have to do to be rejected? Well, it's a legitimate, isn't it? Are they just be rubber stamps? Are any rejected? I want to know what deals end up being broken. What are the things that they do, what are the things that we could find out about them that would make us say, "Ah, ah, ah, ah! No way, Sahib. You're not getting in today"?
Have you ever asked yourself that question? Wait a minute. See, you would assume that if they have any terrorist ties, they wouldn't get in. I don't want to assume anything. What if they had terrorist ties but only because they were mad at the pictures from Abu Ghraib? Do we let them in? What if they had terrorist ties because they were upset and made mentally deranged by George W. Bush? The same thing happened to a lot of Democrats.
Would that be a deal breaker, or would we welcome them in as like-minded? (interruption) No, no, no, no, no. I'm serious. What are the deal breakers? What has to be said, what has to happen, what has to be discovered for a refugee to be rejected? I haven't seen that anywhere. I would just like to know. Anyway, in Obama's latest diatribe against Senator Cruz and other Americans opposed to his insistence on continuing to import thousands of Muslim refugees from Syria, he said:
"When I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which a person who's fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted, that's shameful. That's not American. That's not who we are. We don't have religious tests to our compassion." I would venture to say that virtually everybody who hears him say that probably has to nod their head in agreement. "Yeah, yeah, that's probably right." Except you'd all be wrong. My friend Andrew McCarthy, National Review Online:
"Under federal law, the executive branch [of the United States of America] is expressly required to take religion into account in determining who is granted asylum. Under the provision governing asylum (section 1158 of Title 8, US Code), an alien applying for admission must establish that … religion [among other things] … was or will be at least one central reason for persecuting the applicant." We damn well ask them about religion! We damn well do decide who gets in and who does not based on aspects of religion.
And it is in the federal statutes!
"Moreover, to qualify for asylum in the United States, the applicant must be a 'refugee' as defined by federal law. That definition (set forth in Section 1101(a)(42)(A) of Title , US Code) also requires the executive branch to take account of the alien's religion: The term 'refugee' means (A) any person who is outside any country of such person's nationality … and who is unable or unwilling to return to … that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of … religion [among other things] …[.]"
Well, how can we confirm any of those claims if we don't know what their religion is? We have to ask them. It's in federal law. There are religious tests and requirements through the United States law. President Obama doesn't know what he's talking about. President Obama is pontificating from liberal feel-good bromides. He's projecting bigotry and racism and all these other things because he is a leftist radical and assumes that everybody opposing him is a bigot, a racist, or what have you.
And he dares to tell some of the most devout and religious people of this country that they are bigots and unqualified and that they are shameful. This country has a record of looking out for itself. This country has statute after statute, historical event after historical event, precedent after precedent. This country has never, ever just opened the doors to anyone on the basis of "humanity" or "compassion" and said, "Come on in!" Never. It's another first brought to us by Obama. That's what he now wants to do, while claiming that people opposed to it are a new kind of American.
Despicable, racist jingoistic, all of these negatives that they attach to Neanderthals, is the impression that Obama is trying to leave. So the law requires a religious test, and the reason for the religious test is obvious. The asylum law is not a reflection of the incumbent president's personal sense of compassion. No matter who that president is. We do not base any of this law on compassion. Asylum is a discretionary national act of compassion directed by law, not a whim to address persecution.
Nowhere does the law say we must put ourselves at risk in order to exercise this compassion. Nowhere does it say anywhere in American statutory law or in American precedent that we must throw our values overboard in order to be compassionate or to satisfy the whims of a dubiously and questionably all-there president of the United States. There is no right to emigrate to the United States of America. Therefore, us — we — by maintaining our standards as established by law, protecting our national security and sovereignty are not violating anybody's rights by standing up for our own.
We are not violating anybody's freedom, rights, or otherwise by acting in a way as to defend and protect the people of this country and the Constitution. The fact that someone might come from a country or territory ravaged by war does not by itself qualify one as an asylum candidate. If it did, we would be overrun already because war is never over. War is a staple in a world governed by the aggressive use of force.
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Окръг Клиъруотър () е окръг в щата Айдахо, Съединени американски щати. Площ 6444 km² (10,17% от площта на щата). Население – 8546 души (2017), 0,54% от населението на щата, гъстота 1,33 души/km². Административен център град Орофино.

Окръгът е разположен в северната част на щата. На изток граничи с щата Монтана, на юг – с окръг Айдахо, на запад – с окръзите Луис и Нез Пърс, на запад – с окръг Лата, на север – с окръг Шошони. Релефът е изцяло планински, като в източната му част се простират западните склонове на мощния хребет Битеррут (част от Скалистите планини) и тук се намира максималната височина на окръга връх Родос 7930 f (2417 m). Средната част е заета от планините Клируотър и само в крайната западна част на окръга има равнинни и хълмисти участъци. В крайния югозападен сектор на окръга, в т.ч. и през административния център Орофино преминава част от средното течение на река Клируотър (десен приток на Снейк, която е ляв приток на Колумбия). На 5 km надолу от град Орофино, от дясно в Клеруотър се влива река Северен Клируотър, на която е изграден големия язовир Дуоршек.

Най-голям град в окръга е административният център Орофино 3142 души (2010 г.), а останалите селища са под 1000 души.

От северозапад на югоизток, през западната част на окръга, в т.ч. и през Орофино, на протежение от 19 мили (30,6 km) преминава участък от трасето на Междущатско шосе .

Окръгът е образуван на 27 февруари 1911 г. и е наименуван по името на протичащата през него река Клируотър. Крайната югозападна част на окръга, в т.ч. и административния център Орофино попада североизточния участък от индианския резерват "Нез Пърс".

Източници

Окръзи в Айдахо


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The Fourteenth Century
Por Frederick John Snell
Melibceus. The invitation was declined on political grounds, Bologna being anti-imperial. The professor, however, very insistent, repeated the invitation in an eclogue promising Dante, among other delights, an opportunity of meeting the poet and historian, Albertino Mussato. Even this prospect failed to move Dante, and, in a second eclogue, he again courteously refused the offer. Apparently there was a lion in the path. "Quis Polyphemon, ait, non horreat?" Eomeo dei Pepoli, or King Eobert of Naples, or one of the Caccianimici (Inferno, xviii. 48) may have been Polyphemus.
It is hardly worth while to dally with the Seven Psalms, the Profession of Faith, and the rest of the apocrypha; but it is well to state that the Quwstio de duobus Mementis, received by Gaspary as authentic, is almost demonstrably the fabrication of a later age. On this point the arguments of Dr Scartazzini are practically conclusive; but recently the matter has been taken up afresh by Mr Paget Toynbee in the columns of Literature, and with the same result.
We come at last to Dante's greatest work—the Commedia. The topic is so vast that it is impossible to do justice to it in any number of pages that might be set aside for the purpose in the present volume; but I will attempt to deal with, at least, the essentials. And first let me try to correlate the Commedia with other works of Dante already described. In the sixteenth canto of the Purgatorio are plainly audible echoes both of the Convivio and the De Monarchia, and of those passages in the treatises to which I have directed particular attention:—
"Forth from the hand of Him who fondles it
Before it is, like to a little girl
Weeping and laughing in her childish sport,
Issues the simple soul, that nothing knows,
Save that, proceeding from a joyous Maker,
Gladly it turns to that which gave it pleasure.
Of trivial good at first it tastes the savour;
Is cheated by it, and runs after it,
If guide or rein turns not aside its love.
Eome that reformed the world accustomed was
Two suns to have, which one road and the other,
Of God and of the world, made manifest.
One has the other quenched, and to the crosier
The sword is joined, and ill beseemeth it
That by main force one with the other go."1
lines like these are more than chance reminiscences of past studies. The ideas therein expressed are the informing principles, the invisible structure which lies behind the outer adornment. The Commedia is, in truth, "fearfully and wonderfully made," and it is not surprising that partial and, so far, inaccurate views have obtained as to its scope and meaning. But it has always been recognised, even by those who have themselves failed to penetrate beyond the "literal sense," that it is inspired by a profound purpose, and is something more than a sequence of boldly drawn or softly shaded pictures,—that it has bontct as well as bellezza. It is an illustration on a gigantic scale of fourfold senses, literal, allegorical, moral, and anagogic.
1 Longfellow's tr.
The force of the last adjective, "that which leads up to God," is easily seen in the light of the Commedia.
Ere it concludes, the great poem conducts
Quadmiplicity.
us to the very throne of the Eternal; and it typifies, in its several stages, the steps by which the soul, on departing from sin, becomes holy and free. The Commedia is distinctly, and before all, an edifying work. It has also a moral aim. It aspires to render men, not only saints, but good neighbours and worthy citizens. Thus it may be regarded as a didactic treatise, a long ammaestrainento, a Whole Duty of Man. Thirdly, it is a study of the human soul, its virtues and its vices, its powers and its defects, and, in obedience to the fashion of the day, Dante translates his ideas into object-lessons, concrete examples, embodied truths, overt signs, and pregnant hints, woven harmoniously into a simple vast plan. This is the allegory, the symbolism of the Divine Comedy, the nice decipherment of which has proved a fountain of strife to generations of subtle and ingenious, bellicose and opinionated commentators.1 Lastly, there is the literal sense, which any one can see is the destiny of man hereafter.
Looked at from another point of view, the subject of the poem is Dante himself—Dante the exile, of The personal whom Florence was unworthy, and who, element. amidst his woes and wanderings, continually asks himself, What am I? Whence?
1 Biagioli is perhaps the worst. He calls Venturi "sozzo can vituperato," while Zani de' Ferranti calls him "quel grammatico inurbano."
Whither? Bereft first of his mistress, then of his city, to which he was attached almost or quite as passionately, he had lost as it were his significance. He was alone. In such circumstances the realm of imagination, to which he had always more than half belonged, became paramount, absorbing. But henceforth imagination was for Dante a consecrated thing; it was vision. The busy scenes around, Florence, Italy, the world, all took their colour, and derived their meaning, from the contemplation of the eternal truths of which the Commedia was to be the storehouse. To adopt a phrase of Spinoza, Dante beheld things "sub specie aeternitatis."
But Dante believed in an eternal world topically as well as tropically. Once by the bier of Beatrice he had entered within the veil; and now when all earthly occupations, all secular interests, had in a sense dropped away from him, the future, the great future wherein the loose threads of time and space—the sundered ties, the temporal losses, the inexplicable failures, the injustice, the ingratitude, the pain — would be ravelled up into luminous consistency, stared him perpetually in the face. Boccaccio tells us that when some women of Verona saw Dante pass, one of them observed, "See you the man that goes to Hell, and returns when he lists, and brings up news of those below?" "Forsooth," replied a gossip, "you must speak truth. Don't you see what a crisp beard and what brown hair he has, through the heat and smoke down there?" The story is not all a parable.
Dante's motives, then, were certainly personal, and they were mainly two—love of Beatrice and all that Beatrice connoted, and that sense of justice which in his passage through life had suffered so many rude shocks and contradictions. This, however, does not preclude the possibility that others may have been possessed by these or similar feelings in an inferior degree. The seclusion of the cloister provided just that aloofness from the world, just those opportunities for reflection, that Dante was afforded in his bitter exile. Certain it is that the state of men's souls after death had occupied the attention of numerous writers before Dante, and not only of speculative theologians but of poets. Some critics, attaching too much importance to the fable, have looked for the germ of the Commedia in one or other of the productions of the medueval eschatologists. The true germ was beyond question those impalpable reveries, those liquid visions of the Vita Nvova. But it cannot be denied that the Commedia differs from these in its solidity, in its abundance of "hard fact." In other words, the poem has a history independent of the poet.
During the Middle Age, certain Irish compositions —Irish by virtue of their birthplace, but written in
Latin—had achieved considerable vogue.
Such were the Purgatory of St Patrick, the Voyage of St Brandan, and the Vision of Tundale. Both Herr Gaspary and Signor Pio Eajna have been much impressed with the resemblance of the Vision to the Commedia,, and the Italian critic is convinced that Dante had read the work either in Latin or the ver


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Q: Remove the "\1" in the end of a Buffer string and avoid showing a value- WinAPI and C++ I'm using some Registry functions from the Windows API (RegOpenKeyEx, RegQueryInfoKey and RegEnumValue)Let's say this is the code I have so far:
const int MAX_VALUE_NAME= 16383;
const int MAX_DATA = 16383;

DWORD i;
    HKEY hKey = HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
    LPCTSTR lpSubKey = TEXT("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\RunMRU");
    DWORD ulOptions = 0;
    REGSAM samDesired = KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE | KEY_QUERY_VALUE;
    HKEY phkResult;
    DWORD dwIndex = 0;
    TCHAR lpValueName[MAX_VALUE_NAME];
    LPCTSTR ValueMRU;
    BYTE *DataMRU;
    DWORD lpcchValueName = MAX_VALUE_NAME;
    BYTE lpData[MAX_DATA+2];
    DWORD cbData = sizeof(lpData);
    DWORD type;

    TCHAR lpClass[MAX_PATH] = TEXT("");
    DWORD lpcClass = MAX_PATH;
    LPDWORD lpReserved = NULL;
    DWORD lpcSubKeys = 0;
    DWORD lpcMaxSubKeyLen;
    DWORD lpcMaxClassLen;
    DWORD lpcValues;
    DWORD lpcMaxValueNameLen;
    DWORD lpcMaxValueLen;
    DWORD lpcbSecurityDescriptor;
    FILETIME lpfLastWriteTime;
    char *pMsg = NULL;
    long R;

long OpenK = RegOpenKeyEx(hKey, lpSubKey, ulOptions, samDesired, &phkResult);

if (OpenK == ERROR_SUCCESS)
    {
        long Query = RegQueryInfoKey(phkResult, lpClass, &lpcClass, lpReserved, &lpcSubKeys, &lpcMaxSubKeyLen,
            &lpcMaxClassLen, &lpcValues, &lpcMaxValueLen, &lpcMaxValueLen, &lpcbSecurityDescriptor, &lpfLastWriteTime);

        if (Query == ERROR_SUCCESS)
        {
            if (lpcValues)
            {

                cout << "Number of values in the subkey: " << lpcValues << endl;
                cout << "\nThe values are:: \n" << endl;

                //Show RunMRU values and content.

                for (i = 0; i < lpcValues; i++)
                {

                    lpcchValueName = MAX_VALUE_NAME;
                    //lpValueName[0] = '\0';
                    lpValueName[MAX_VALUE_NAME];
                    //lpData[MAX_DATA + 2];
                    cbData = MAX_DATA;

                    R = RegEnumValue(phkResult, i, lpValueName, &lpcchValueName, NULL,
                        &type, lpData, &cbData);

                    int Quantity = strlen((const char *)lpData);

                    if (R != ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS)
                    {

                            cout << "\0" << lpValueName << ": " << lpData << endl;
                            cout << "Number of characters: " << Quantity << endl;
                            cout << "\n";

                    }
                    else
                    {
                        cout << "Error enumerating values. Code: " << R << endl;
                    }

                }

            } //EOIF.

And this is what I got:

The questions are:

*

*How do I remove the "\1" at the end of the string from lpData? [Solved: See below]

PD. lpData gets the value's content, not the value.

*How do I avoid showing the RunMRU value without affecting the "for" and the other values and content?

EDIT 1: I could solve the "\1" question by adding this into the FOR:
int Quantity = strlen(lpData);
std::string original = lpData;
std::string result = original.substr(0, original.size() - 2);
std::string result = original.substr(0, Quantity - 2);

if (R != ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS)
{
cout << "\0" << lpValueName << ": " << (TCHAR*)result.c_str() << endl;
cout << "Numbers of characters: " << Quantity-2 << endl;
cout << "\n";

}
else
{
cout << "Error enumerating the values. Code: " << R << endl;
}

Now I just need to know how to avoid showing the MRUList value within the FOR.

A: char* dest = new char[strlen(lpData) - 2];
memcpy(dest, lpData, strlen(lpData) - 2)

//do stuff with dest..
delete[] dest;

Another way is to std::string it..
std::string dest = std::string(lpData);
dest.erase(std::find_last_of("\\1"), 2);

A: I think you may have not only \1. It is possible to have \2 or even \100, so my answer shows how to cut all that stuff from the end.
You need to substring you value. Try this:
size_t len = strlen(lpData);
for (int i = len - i; i <= 0; --i)
{
    if (lpData == '\\')
    {
        lpData[i] = '\0';
        break;
    }
}

You may need some other procedure instead of strlen depending on setting, you can choose it from here. Probably wcslen.

How do I avoid showing the RunMRU value without affecting the "for"
  and the other values and content?

It is more C solution then C++ but this way performance is better. Pure C++ solution would be connected with std::string and would take more clocks to get wanted result.

Also you may found this helpful.

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Economic stimulus package to provide relief to Fraser Coast businesses
LOCAL businesses are set to benefit from a $500,000 Fraser Coast Regional Council COVID-19 Economic Stimulus package.
Cr Daniel Sandersen, Maryborough Chamber of Commerce President Michelle Clunn and Manager Economic Development Mark Lourigan. PHOTO: Supplied.
A business expo and grants to do up shopfronts are among the initiatives to be rolled out under the program.
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Division 3 Councillor Paul Truscott said the economic impact of the pandemic had been felt worldwide and that the Fraser Coast was not immune.
"We know that at the height of the pandemic almost three quarters of businesses had reported some reduction in turnover or cash flow, but we also know that our local businesses have demonstrated resilience and have been responding to the challenges thrown their way," Cr Truscott said.
"Council is determined to do what we can to assist businesses to grow our local economy, keep people employed and create new jobs. We have developed a wide range of programs designed to help businesses improve shopfronts, increase sales, reduce costs and share knowledge," he said.
Cr Truscott said it was important that people generate ideas and stimulate new ways of thinking.
The suite of projects in Council's COVID Economic Stimulus program include:
Business Shopfront Grants, $200,000;
Business Advice Grants, $100,000;
Business Face-to-Face Survey, $50,000;
Business Summit Luncheon, $50,000;
Business Expo, $50,000, and;
Event Showcase, $50,000.
"The stimulus package adds to the work already undertaken by Council's Economic Development Team to stimulate the economy in response to the COVID-19 slowdown," Cr Truscott said.
"Council extended regulated business licences and permits for six months for free, provided rent relief for commercial tenants, introduced the Buy Local Fraser Coast Gift Card initiative and worked with the Queensland Government to secure direct Jetstar flights to and from Sydney," he added.
The COVID-19 Economic Stimulus package has been welcomed by the business community.
WATCH: Animated fly through of proposed 16-storey Hervey Bay development
Maryborough Chamber of Commerce President Michelle Clunn said the package would help the region recover and keep money in the region.
"The shopfront grants in particular, will help businesses and local tradies," she said.
"Building owners and tenants who have been struggling during the downturn will be able to access grants of up to $5,000 to improve their shopfronts. Creating a place and an atmosphere where people want to visit is vital if we want shoppers and visitors to come to the region."
The grants are open for commercial and industrial premises and not just heritage buildings or confined to one area.
"They are for almost any business across the Fraser Coast," Ms Clunn said.
"The grants will also support local tradies who will be contracted to undertake the work. That means that our local businesses support each other, stimulate the local economy and make our towns and cities look great."
Applicants will need to provide quotes for the work they want to do to access the grants and will have until Christmas to do the work.
Business Shopfront Grant, $200,000: Provide grant of up to $5,000 for improvements to shopfronts. The aim is to stimulate interest in existing businesses to increase customer visits and sales. The region benefits from improved aesthetics and confidence in business areas.
Business Advice Grants, $100,000: Help Fraser Coast businesses to engage the local professional business services providers to improve their capacity and capability across a range of areas including financial management, inventory management, HR management, marketing and digital solutions.
Business Face-to-Face Surveys, $50,000: Surveys to receive direct feedback from local businesses regarding their needs and priorities, for future planning.
Business Summit Luncheon,$50,000: A luncheon open to all businesses with a high-powered speaker to stimulate ideas, sharing business knowledge and generating new ideas.
Business Expo, $50,000: A business expo to provide opportunities for local businesses and business support organisations to showcase product and services. The region benefits from businesses understanding the capability that exists locally and creates stronger local supply chains and networks.
Event Showcase, $50,000: Bring event organisers to the region to familiarise them with the facilities and businesses. The aim is to position the Fraser Coast as a location for events, expos and conferences as well as a business and tourist destination.
ALSO READ: Good News Fraser Coast launches online Business Directory
Division 4 Councillor Daniel Sanderson said Council had set aside $1m in its 2020/21 budget for initiatives to help the Fraser Coast community through the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Council previously allocated $300,000 to establish a COVID-19 Support Team within the Regulatory Services department to focus on education and awareness for Council staff, businesses, sporting groups, community groups and event hosts," he said.
"We have now allocated $500,000 for the COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Package with $200,000 remaining for any emerging issues, including relating to the vaccine roll-out."
More details about the package and how to access it will be available on Council's business and investment page soon.
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Corruption Index Emphasizes Weak State Of Institutions In Arab World
Annual report shows many Middle East countries increasingly slipping into authoritarianism.
By VICTOR CABRERA/THE MEDIA LINE
Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrive for a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 22, 2017.. (photo credit: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
The recently released 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) indicates that many Middle East and North African (MENA) countries are sliding into authoritarianism, and that those already deemed corrupt are making little progress towards increasing transparency.
Produced by Transparency International, the CPI examines perceived corruption via surveys of experts and businesspeople. It utilizes data from 13 independent economic, social and development indices to rank countries based on a score of 0 to 100, where 0 is extremely corrupt and 100 indicates little to no corruption.
"Our research makes a clear link between having a healthy democracy and successfully fighting public sector corruption," Delia Ferreira Rubio, chair of Transparency International, says in the latest report, adding that "corruption is much more likely to flourish where democratic foundations are weak and, as we have seen in many countries, where undemocratic and populist politicians capture democratic institutions and use them to their advantage."
Dropping by 15 points (to 36 from 51) since 2015, Bahrain has undergone the most statistically significant descent into corruption of all other states in the region. However, Turkey (to 41 from 49), Yemen (to 14 from 23) and Syria (to 13 from 26) also seem to be experiencing great challenges in the struggle to improve political and corporate transparency.
David Butter, Associate Fellow at the London-based Chatham House think-tank, explained to The Media Line that "in the cases of Syria and Yemen, corruption is emphasized by a type of regime where there is very strong competition between the centers of power over the control of resources.
"This is compounded by the conflicts in these countries," he added, "which are driven by a lot of militias, factions and divisions within militaries. These factors increase fragmentation thereby opening up a lot of space for corruption" by degrading centralized controls for accountability.
With the case of Bahrain and Turkey, however, increased corruption is strongly linked to the rise of authoritarianism.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has placed the country's media in loyal hands and has silenced opponents ahead of electoral battles. Similarly, the legitimacy of the result of Bahrain's elections at the end of last year was questioned as large segments of society boycotted the polls in protest of the absence of a true opposition party.
According to the CPI, some nations in the region have shown slight improvement over the last four years, including Oman (from 45 to 52), Tunisia (from 38 to 43) and Morocco (from 36 to 43). Meanwhile, the ratings of Iran (28), Lebanon (28) and Iraq (18) have essentially remained static over that period in part because they are already some of the lowest-ranked countries in the world.
Also among the nations included in the 2018 survey were Saudi Arabia (49), Egypt (35), Jordan (49) and Israel (61).
Addressing the complexity of the index's findings, Michael Hornsby, Communications Director at Transparency International, explained to The Media Line that "the index mainly shows the positions of countries relative to others rather than an absolutely value. As such, the best way to use the tool is to look for major shifts in status and global trends."
"The data that CPI is based on are compiled at different times and through different methods," Hornsby said. "It's not always the case that an internationally-recognized event will change the rating because sources are often internal to the countries and may not perceive events in the same light as international observers."
Taking into account the low rankings of most MENA countries and their relative failure to improve, the CPI offers that "the fight against corruption in the Middle East and Northern Africa remains grim.
"In a region where civil liberties continue to be under repressive state control and the social contract between states and their citizens has been broken for decades, it is no surprise that corruption remains stubbornly high," the report concludes.
Victor Cabrera is a student intern in The Media Line's Press and Policy Student Program.
For more stories go to www.themedialine.org


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THUNDAMENTALS 'SO WE CAN REMEMBER' tour.
Sat 30th August – 2014 HOMETOWN SHOW
One show only. Only Mountains show for 2014.
Vanessa Caspersz.
Joe New.
Continuing their insane sold out tour in support of celebrated third album So We Can Remember, Thundamentals return to Katoomba RSL for their only 2014 Hometown show.
One Show Only! Tickets on Sale Wednesday 9th July – don't miss out!
After years of well earned respect in the Australian Hip Hop scene and wider music community, hundreds of shows including almost every major music festival in the country and punctuated by sweat and smiles, three acclaimed releases including 2011 album Foreverlution's #19 debut on the Australian ARIA chart, a jaw dropping live show and a fan base that grows exponentially every time one of their groove-laden songs lands on the radio (think 'Smiles Don't Lie', 'Something I Said', 'Brother', 'Paint The Town Red' etc) – it's fair to say that Blue Mountains via Newtown hip hop trio Thundamentals are an absolute mainstay. Clearly focused on the big picture, Thundas are all about using broad brush strokes on their ever-widening sonic canvas, never more evident than on their newest work, their Third LP 'So We Can Remember'.
Debuting at #1 on the iTunes Album Charts and #3 on the ARIA Albums Charts Thundamentals third record So We Can Remember [Obese] cemented the trio as the "new benchmark for Australian hip-hop", explaining how their entire tour sold out the week of the first show.
Singles 'Smiles Don't Lie' – #5 debut on the iTunes Hip Hop Charts and #32 in triple j's Hottest 100 – and 'Something I Said Ft Thom Crawford' –#3 debut on iTunes' Hip Hop Charts, and Top Ten in the Urban Singles ARIA Charts and the Australian Artist ARIA Charts – made sure everyone was listening, and got the hype machine rolling.
But with the record presented by triple j as Feature Album and Fbi FM as Album Of The Week, 'Something I Said Ft Thom Crawford' spinning across the Today Network via the 'Aust Top 20' show, being playlisted on 2DAY FM as well as NOVA 106.9 Brisbane, not to mention the groundswell of support from the community radio stations that gave them a leg up in the first place, it's clear this release goes deeper than hype.
"Paralleling light & dark in their song themes, it's a record filled with deep, soulful lyrics and innovative production, resulting in something completely unique in the local music landscape." – triple j
"Evocative and honest, Thundamentals' So We Can Remember sets a new benchmark for Australian Hip-Hop and is a record we're proud to name our Album of the Week." – Fbi FM
"So We Can Remember has surely shifted into pole position as the Australian rap album of 2014, and is a giant leap forward in local hip-hop's quest to crossover into overseas territories. An Australian hip-hop classic? Maybe it's too early to tell, but this feels very close." – The Vine
"With So We Can Remember, Thundamentals have succeeded in making an innovative, creative, and experimental LP that just works. 8/10" – Tone Deaf
"…strong and vulnerable in all the right places, hard yet soulful where it needs to be, So We Can Remember is definitely up there with some of the best Australian hip-hop LPs to have been dropped in recent years. 8.5/10" – The AU Review
"****1/2" – The Sydney Morning Herald
"Emotional, well crafted, deep and intelligent." – BMA
In the time since they first started work on beats and rhymes in their hometown of the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, the three guys – MCs Tuka and Jeswon and DJ Morgs, all now based in inner-city Newtown – have been all about pushing themselves. With one foot firmly planted in Hip Hop history and the other kicking down the walls, they stride forward growing with them an army of loyal Thundakats and a vast and impressive catalogue of forward thinking songs.
Doors: 8:00pm
Vanessa Caspersz: 8:20 – 9:00pm
Joe New: 9:20 – 10:00pm
Thundamentals: 10:30 – 11:30pm
This is a standing room only show.
***Unless stated otherwise all Katoomba RSL events are all ages events – Under 18's must be accompanied by a parent or "legally appointed guardian" and require a ticket***
NO EXCEPTIONS. NO REFUNDS.
TICKETS ON SALE at the Club Box office and online Wednesday 9th July 2014. 9am Moshtix. 10am Katoomba RSL.
$23 EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT pre-sale price OR $28 on the day from the Club Box Office – Sat 30th Aug 2014. (Unless Sold Out – NO guarantees)
OR Purchase online for $26.60 including booking fee by clicking using direct link:
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Luke Pritchard (vocals/guitar), Hugh Harris (guitar), Peter Denton (bass), and Alexis Nunis (drums) generate the peppy garage rock sounds of the Kooks. Named after the song on David Bowie's Hunky Dory, the Kooks met while attending Brighton Music College in the mid-2000s.
Each shared a liking for the Police, the Strokes, the Everly Brothers, and Funkadelic, and the bandmates began funnelling such influences into their own sweet and precocious sound in 2005. Since then they're produced four albums, and some of the best known British indie rock tracks of the past decade, including 'Naive,' 'Ooh La,' and 'She Moves in Her Own Way.' They're all collected on the bands new Best Of...So Far compilation, which they're touring across the States in 2018!
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Home » What's New » 6 Common Myths About Glaucoma
Glaucoma is an eye disease in which increased pressure causes progressive, permanent vision loss and even blindness. Unfortunately, many misconceptions about the disease can leave you misinformed. Below we sort fact from fiction by debunking 6 of the most common glaucoma myths.
Glaucoma Facts vs. Myths
MYTH 1: Glaucoma is a single disease
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases; the most common ones are open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and angle-closure glaucoma (ACG).
In open-angle glaucoma, the drainage structure in your eye (called the trabecular meshwork) doesn't allow the fluid inside the eye to flow out as it should, causing an increase in internal ocular pressure that damages the optic nerve. OAG develops slowly, and usually by the time people perceive symptoms, such as peripheral vision loss, they already have optic nerve damage.
In angle-closure glaucoma, the eye doesn't drain fluid as it should because the drainage channel between your iris and cornea becomes too narrow, causing increased eye pressure. This pressure damages the optic nerve, leading to vision loss. ACG can occur suddenly or gradually.
MYTH 2: Only the elderly suffer from glaucoma
Although it's true that people over 60 are at a greater risk of developing open-angle glaucoma compared to people in their 40s, there are other types of glaucoma that can affect people aged 20 to 50 and even young infants (due to abnormal ocular development).
In addition to age, those with a higher risk of developing glaucoma include:
African Americans and Hispanics
Individuals with a family history of glaucoma
Patients with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or sickle cell anemia
Those who have previously sustained an eye injury
People taking steroid medications over the long term
MYTH 3: Glaucoma shows symptoms early on
The most common form of glaucoma, open-angle glaucoma, shows virtually no signs or symptoms until its later stages when vision loss sets in. Despite what people may think, the increased eye pressure causes no pain. And since peripheral vision is the first to go, you may not recognize vision loss until your vision has become significantly impaired. The only way to detect glaucoma is to undergo a comprehensive eye exam.
MYTH 4: Nothing can be done once you have glaucoma
While there's currently no cure for glaucoma, many effective treatment options exist: eye drops, oral medications, as well as laser and surgical procedures that can help slow glaucoma progression. Each treatment option is used to get the fluid to flow properly out of the eye, reducing pressure inside the eye and decreasing damage to the optic nerve.
MYTH 5: Testing for glaucoma is painful
Actually, testing for glaucoma is practically painless. One of the tests includes a non-contact device that blows a gentle puff of air into each eye to test the intraocular pressure. The sound of the puff may be startling, but it's over in a second and is painless. With the Goldmann applanation tonometry test, an anesthetic eye drop is inserted into each eye, which may cause a stinging sensation for a few seconds. Your eye doctor will then use a blue light to quickly and gently touch the cornea to precisely measure intraocular pressure. The most accurate of all, however, are visual field testing and OCT (optical coherence tomography), non-invasive imaging, both of which are also painless.
MYTH 6: You can't prevent glaucoma
Regular eye exams are the only way to prevent glaucoma, as blindness or significant vision loss can be prevented if the disease is diagnosed and treated in the early stages. That's why routine comprehensive eye exams which include glaucoma testing are so important.
Getting your eyes checked regularly can ensure that any existing eye problems are detected early enough to prevent or slow ocular damage. Contact Thompson Family Optometry in Brampton to book your comprehensive eye exam today!
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Email: office@drrickthompson.ca
Thompson Family Optometry - Located at 470 Chrysler Dr. Unit 3, Brampton, ON L6S 0C1
Phone: 905-793-2020, Fax: 905 793-8528
https://www.drrickthompson.ca/
Dr. Greg Thompson and Dr Rick Thompson are still seeing patients for routine eye exams and frame selection for eye glasses. Please contact the office by phone, 905-793-2020, or by email contact@drrickthompson.ca. The Medical Officer of Health requires patients to wear protective masks. The doctors and staff will be using the appropriate PPEs. An appointment is required for all visits – please phone ahead.
Here is our schedule:
Monday: Friday, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm


NEW YORK (AP) - Tatum O'Neal has not finished telling her life story.
The Academy Award-winning actress has a second memoir, "Found," scheduled to come out in June. The book, published by HarperCollins, is a follow-up to "A Paper Life," which was released in 2004.
HarperCollins announced Monday that the new book will be "part memoir, part Hollywood tell-all, part personal journal."
The 47-year-old O'Neal was 10 years old when she won an Oscar for "Paper Moon," but she has since struggled with substance abuse. She also was estranged for years from her father and "Paper Moon" co-star, Ryan O'Neal.
"Found" will coincide with the airing of "Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals," a reality show on OWN about O'Neal and her father.


Should You Hire a Real Estate Referral Agent?
Are you wondering if you should hire a referral real estate agent? Maybe this is the first time you've heard this title, and now you're just curious about what these people even do.
Either way, we are here to walk you through the basics of working with a referral real estate agent and how to decide if it's the right strategy for you as you transition into a new property.
Stop anyone on the street and ask, "Do you know what a real estate agent does?" and you'll likely receive a confident answer. "Yes, they help you sell your home or buy a new one." But ask that same person if they know what a referral real estate agent does and you'll likely receive a blank stare.
Although referrals are a common part of real estate, a general understanding of how they work is still quite foreign to most. Hence the blank stare.
For those in the industry, being a referral agent can be a lucrative way to earn a living. For the average American interested in buying or selling a home, these same agents can be absolute lifesavers when it comes to minimizing stress and maximizing profits.
A referral real estate agent is a Realtor who refers clients to other agents who then partner with the client for the rest of the property transfer process.
The referral agent will be awarded a portion of the commission on the real estate transaction that the new pair complete together for facilitating the match, similar to receiving a finder's fee in other industries.
To be a referral real estate agent and receive the associated commissions, a Realtor must be a member of a brokerage.
Why Do People Use a Referral Real Estate Agent?
Clients typically seek out the services of a referral agent because they might know and trust an agent in their current location. But since they hope to purchase real estate in an area that agent is unfamiliar with, instead of striking out on their own to find a Realtor, they trust the connections of the one they already have a relationship with.
It's truly a win-win-win situation. Think of it this way: the clients are partnered with an excellent new agent, the original agent receives a commission from the partnership, and the new agent receives valuable new business.
For example, Stacy homebuyer lives in Dallas, Texas and loves her Realtor, John. But Stacy is moving to Columbus, Ohio and, unfortunately, John doesn't know the market there.
So, if John works as a referral agent, he can connect Stacy with his trusted associated Jane at the Columbus office. This way, Stacy knows she's working with someone she can trust and John still makes a commission from helping her.
What Does a Referral Real Estate Agent Do?
Since a referral agent's livelihood usually rests on her ability to generate quality connections between clients and new agents, it is the general rule that you can trust one's recommendations.
The marketing services a referral agent uses online and within the real estate community should be geared towards creating meaningful partnerships and not generating empty leads. This is because working in referrals is a reputation-based business. A good agent will not jeopardize a potential relationship just for the sake of a quick sale.
It also helps if these agents are strongly visible within the real estate community via a network of other Realtors. This helps them be aware of the agents who are currently taking referrals in various popular markets and how these other agents connect with clients.
Once the initial referral takes place, there usually isn't anything more for the referring agent to do. If you are working with a referrer of quality, you can expect them to follow up and make sure the match is working out. They should also match you with a new agent if things are not going as expected.
Should You Hire a Referral Real Estate Agent?
If you are moving to an unfamiliar market with no connections, it could be in your best interest to hire a referral real estate agent, simply because it would save you the hassle of striking out on your own and attempting to find an agent of quality in your new location.
If you have a local agent or company that you trust, consider contacting them for a referral.
Need a referral? Work with one of our top local agents! With great reviews and a flat rate price, you'll wonder why you didn't go with Clever earlier. Call us today at 1-833-2-CLEVER or fill out our online form to get started.


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Academic Area: Medical Anthropology
Sometimes a decision you make in life can have a tremendous impact on your future. For Fatima Sonday, choosing to participate in the University of Connecticut's (UConn) Pre-College Summer Program inspired her to pursue a whole new direction when she heads off to college in 2018.
Fatima, who hopes to go to medical school one day, spent two weeks in the program during the summer of 2016, including a week-long session focused on Medical Anthropology. "I always had an interest in anthropology, but knew little about the subject. So when I saw that the program offered a week-long session in Medical Anthropology, I was instantly intrigued," says Fatima.
During the week, she and her fellow students spent the mornings with Anne Kohler, PhD candidate and Graduate Assistant at UConn, learning how social, political, and economic factors influence health and well-being around the world. The week ended with a class project designed to help students absorb the concepts they had learned. The topic? HIV rates in New Orleans. Anne broke the students into teams, with each team analyzing different factors that may influence the prevalence of the disease throughout the city.
"The project was designed to help students understand the social causes of disease," explains Anne. "For example, did Hurricane Katrina impact HIV rates and if so, how and why? I simply gave them the tools and guidance; they did all of the research and analysis. Since they're all focusing on going to medical school, it's important that they look at medicine holistically. And learning how cultural and social dimensions can have a dramatic impact on why people get sick is an important part of this."
For Fatima, the course had a profound effect on her later on that summer, when she and her mom travelled to South Africa. The highlight, Fatima says, was a tour of the Township of Langa. "The Township has extremely high HIV rates, which our tour guide attributed to its poor living conditions. That made so much sense to me, especially after having taken the Medical Anthropology course," says Fatima, who adds: "My perspective changed drastically because of the UConn summer program, which was fantastic. I kept thinking back to class and what we learned about Medical Anthropology and how factors impact the spread of a disease like HIV. I realized I wanted to research more about HIV and specifically how the living conditions in South Africa are tied to HIV rates."
That's precisely what Fatima did this past year. As part of an independent study project, she researched why certain parts of South Africa have higher HIV rates and how these issues can be prevented from happening. After her research, which included interviews with AIDS experts at the Yale School of Medicine, Fatima put a PowerPoint presentation together for her school.
So, we ask, was the program all work, no play? Absolutely not, Fatima says! ""I loved being on the UConn campus. It was the best experience of my life! The academic program was fantastic. But I also had the opportunity to make some really great friends, and the counselors were terrific. They planned lots of social activities. We went downtown for concerts and for the world's best ice cream from the Dairy Bar. We had movie and game nights. And we had time to just hang out on the Storrs campus and in the dorms."


Hey there lovelies! It has been quite a while since I've checked-in with you all and so much has gone on in my life in the last few months.
First, our son is starting his Senior year of High School and it is really blowing my mind. I'm so incredibly proud of him, but this is all going to be such a bitter sweet school year. I'm trying to wrap my head around the fact that he may be going away to College (nowhere near me) and it's something that I'm truly grappling with. I had a mini break down a few weeks ago just thinking about it. If any of you have been through this recently and have some tips for a semi-normal transition please contact me. We will be empty nester's (insert Home Alone face slap) soon...I just can't! Lol!
Also, a little over a month ago, my business partner and I sold our art business A Toast 2 Artistry. As much as I loved being a part of the sisterhood that we built there, I was becoming flat out exhausted! The farmers' markets that my husband and I own and operate had started to grow in size and locations...from 2 markets to 4 in just over a year and now 2 more in the works! Yikes! Operations for both businesses were becoming quite overwhelming for me, especially with A Toast 2 Artistry being 30 miles away in Downtown Los Angeles. So, I had to make the decision to continue risking my health by pushing myself to the limit or letting something go. After several months of agonizing, feeling slightly off, and constantly complaining about something I had the ability to change, I chose to pray through my decision and I finally decided to move forward with Heritage Farmers Market.
And lastly, through all of the most recent events, I have found solace in flowers. I feel so grounded and at peace when I'm creating floral art. Picking up fresh cut stems and making arrangements has become something I look forward to each Sunday. I even started a hashtag on Instagram called "bedsidepretties" which is the name I've given the weekly arrangement I create for my nightstand. For me, there is just something joyous about waking up in the morning to a beautiful bouquet of flowers next to my bed. My husband has also noticed my recent fondness for flowers and unbeknownst to me, he went out and bought me the most adorable floral cutters, gloves, and matching flower tool bag.
My most recent Bedside Pretties.
I've since purchased several books on flowers, taken some classes and have decided to launch a boutique style flower business at one of our farmer's markets. I'm happy to announce that Bohemian Blooms will be launching in the next few weeks! We will have a web presence and a pop-up shop where you can buy your blooms weekly. I'm sooooooooo excited!
I have a newsletter HERE if you want to stay up to date on when we BLOOM!
I'm really excited about the next chapter of my life and If all goes as I hope, it will be designed just the way I choose with lots of cozy moments, laughter, good wine, flowers, travel, community, and love.


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The job of repairing a damaged window may seem like a simple job to you but it's not the same as changing your own oil.
What are Common Damaged Window Repair Mistakes?
Using DIY kits to fix a rock chip – if you are unfamiliar with the materials and the process then you are more likely to cause more damage to your window instead of fixing the original chip.
Video guides make windshield repair seem easy enough – just like any online video or tutorial, you have to consider the source. When a professional who's trained does it on camera, he will make it look easy because they have a stead hand and have done a number of repairs. This doesn't mean you will get it right after the first time.
Drivers choose to keep driving, waiting until the chip gets worse that you have to repair it – this is a more expensive and unsafe decision. The driver is putting himself and passengers at risk incase of any serious windshield damage.
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A Ransomware Epidemic And An Overdue National Health IT Safety Center
Dean Sittig and Hardeep Singh | Health Affairs Blog | July 29, 2016
A rapid increase in computerization of health care organizations (HCOs) around the world has raised their profile as lucrative targets for cyber-criminals. Recently there has been a spate of high-profile ransomware attacks involving hospitals' electronic health record (EHR) data.Briefly, ransomware attacks commonly start when a user is conned into clicking an internet link or opening a malicious email attachment. Malware, or software that is intended to damage or disable the computer, is then downloaded and rapidly encrypts data on that computer and attempts to reach out to other computers on the same network to encrypt data on those computers as well; consequently, all encrypted data is inaccessible...
Health IT Task Force Synthesizes Open API Themes
Frank Irving | HealthIT Interoperability | February 11, 2016
Health IT integration will reach a significant threshold when, as specified under 2015 Edition criteria, electronic health records systems and related tools must provide consumer-facing access to the Common Clinical Data Set via an application programming interface (API). Hard at work deciphering how consumers could leverage API technology to access patient data is the Joint API Privacy and Security Task Force...
On the Lack of Cyber Security of Medical Devices
By John D. Halamka, MD | August 13, 2015
Two weeks ago the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advised hospitals not to use Hospira's Symbiq infusion system, concluding that a security vulnerability enables hackers to take remote control of the system. The agency issued the advisory some 10 days after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned of the vulnerability in the pump. My view is that this will be the first of many advisories. For years, manufacturers of medical devices depended on the "kindness of strangers" assuming that devices would never be targeted by bad actors. EKG machines, IV pumps, and radiology workstations are all computers, often running un-patched old operating systems, ancient Java virtual machines, and old web servers that no one should currently have deployed in production.
ONC Playbook Breaks Down Health IT, EHR Tasks and Buzzwords
Jennifer Bresnick | HealthIT Analytics | September 27, 2016
The healthcare industry seems to be largely driven by buzzwords: quick and snappy phrases that reduce complex, difficult, expensive and often confusing initiatives into keywords that may not mean much to the uninitiated. From big data and population health management to electronic health records and value-based care, these short and sweet terms have come to define the new direction of one of the nation's largest sectors...
Patient Health Information Precariously Safeguarded, According to Privacy Analytics
Terry Dawes | Cantech Letter | September 22, 2015
According to a new infographic compiled by Ottawa data privacy company Privacy Analytics, costs associated with a data breach, including notification, legal fines, legal fees, forensics, PR, etc., amounts to approximately $208 per person. While data breaches across the board are damaging, from major corporate leaks like Target to member-based services like Ashley Madison, it's the leaking of personal health information (PHI) that is most sensitive and which Privacy Analytics specializes in...
Precision Medicine Initiative Needs Help with Data Sharing Barriers
Greg Slabodkin | HealthData Management | August 25, 2015
The White House is looking for input from the healthcare industry to identify new information technology activities that can help make President Obama's $215 million Precision Medicine Initiative a reality.