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New Documents for Latest PALA Disenrollment Action in Court.
Turtle Talk Blog has the links to all the paperwork.
The Pala people are continuing their action against Robert Smith and the corrupt council. Please read more about the disenrollments at Pala at: PALA WATCH
Pala disenrolled 162 members
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Tribal terrorism
TRIBAL TERRORISM includes Banishment
Posted by OPechanga at 10:41 AM
Reinstatement_Restitution said...
This is one of the new developments that I spoke about. AS-IA Kevin Washburn has received final briefs and all the documents and arguments associated with the appeal of the disenrollments of 164 persons from the Pala Band of Mission Indians. He has announced that he will issue his decision on jurisdictional determination on May 28th. This is the Final Agency Action on the appeals filed.
Let everyone pray that this decision is a positive one for the Pala Disenrollees and for it to becomes a path set out for other disenrollees to follow.
This will be a test of several claims made by the appellants:
Is the Pala Constitution valid even though there is no record of the certification and there was an improper ratification vote?
Should the BIA continue to uphold Federal Approval of the Pala Constitution even though the Pala EC has added an Enrollment Ordinance that allows them to usurp powers of the General Council?
Will the BIA uphold a Federal Decision that was ordered after Santa Clara Pueblos vs. Martinez at a time when the Pala Articles of Association was the governing document and the power of decision on enrollment appeals was delegated to the BIA?
As you can see, the appellants have compiled a strong case for a jurisdictional determination. If the AS-IA fails to assume jurisdiction then he too is in violation of the 1989 Final Decision. This will be grounds to pursue futher legal action, and since the jurisdicitonal determination will be a Final Agency Action, the court will not be able to dismiss the case due to failure to exhaust administrative remedy.
Either way the time will come when the wrongdoing of the Pala EC will be exposed, and an outside authority will rule on the matter.
So what happens when you are ruled against? Another conspiracy? Probably the usual story that the EC bought off someone.
Nice job R&R, why not threaten Ken Washburn if he doesn't rule our way.
To Paul Johnson,
Your blog comment on Turtle Talk is interesting. Amusing but interesting. Just because the EC has not answered, they are guilty of the crimes you say they committed? Do you understand guilty before proven innocent, because that is what you are doing. I guess you do. What does that make you, a hate monger? Yes there have been rants and raves about crimes, put the proof on the table. Not just stories. I am sure the EC will hear true facts. If not, then take it to the proper authorities.
Your little soapbox rant has no value. Either you are R&R or related to him. Either way you talk down to everyone. Grow up and don't be so condecending.
@ 4:39pm.
I agree with you to a point. Paul Jonson point out all the suppose crimes and lets everyone believe they really happened. Maybe they did but he sounds like someone who was a member of the tribe but isn't now. He wants to turn the tribe on its leaders just to get back in.
I am not willing to hear his preaching to us about our tribe. I wonder if he even comes to the rez accept to spend a vacation. I don't know his name so I think he is only interrested in the money.
I dont want to talk to him.
It's not accept,it's except.
It's so funny how these lame asses try to say the disenrolled are greedy,look in the mirror lame ass cause your in it for the money.Lame ass Smith ball lickers taking the Tribes jet to play golf in Monterey,Vivian banks granddaughters fighting to undo the the right that Vivian faught so hard for cause their in it for the money.Greedy lame asses!
Then you have the Lavato blood line,half the family doesn't belong because their Mexican Yaqui ,Oh yea their in it for the money!
Look at the Lugo blood line,they don't belong,oh yea their in it for the money! They need it to gamble it all away!
4:39 your in it for the money!
The point is that no matter which way Kevin Washburn rules, that the disenrollees now have a chance. The Final Agency Action means that administrative remedies will be exhausted. This is an important point in our pursuit of reinstatement. Would you rather have it otherwise? Are you satisfied with the rulings that have denied us our rightful place in our tribe so far? Do you enjoy the non-interference ploy, or the hiding behind Santa Clara Pueblos vs. Martinez?
I guess you can't please all the people all the time, but if you want to opt out of reinstatement because you are afraid of offending the BIA that can be arranged. Just stand up and be counted as opposed to suing the BIA if they determine no jurisdiction.
The Pala EC has not denied the crimes they are accused of. They use tribal sovereignty to cover their actions. They act as though it is tribal business to lie, cheat, and steal. I make no apologies for insinuating the worst about them.
Leroy Miranda is a drug addicted, cross dressing homosexual. Robert Smith is a power mad failure of a leader that bullies, threatens, bribes, uses tribal money for all sort of personal pursuits, has diverted money to offshore accounts, and more If you are defending him you will lose. There is no way he can cover up his wrongdoing once he loses his position and power.
Maybe the disenrollees will not prevail. Perhaps we won't get reinstated. The truth is that the disenrollees are not the ones in the wrong. They did not commit the crimes. They are justified in seeking reinstatement. The Pala EC usurped the power of the General Council. They put an illegal Enrollment Ordinance in the Constitution. They lied about Margarita Brittain's blood degree. The lied to the tribe about the evidence. They violated the 1984 General Council decision, the Savings Clause of the Pala Constitution, and the 1989 Final Decision.
All of this is a matter of record. My soapbox is a statement of truth. Who can refute these facts?
So R&R is still choosing to let everyone know whats next for the disenrolled.Why would you even talk about the decision until it has been made. all you are doing is giving a heads up to the enemy.
Just shut allready.
11:38pm--
you must really no R&R. he is only happy when he can preach to everyone. that way he feels superior and then he can talk down to those that listen. just ask him, he will tell you he is superior to everyone. just like the ec does.
just read what he writes. he is better then everyone else and if you ask him he knows more then everyone.
that feeds his ego, which is bigger than the cause. why do you think he paraphrases everyone?
so he can try to prove them wrong.
@ 6:58, R&R paraphrases everyone to let them know who the response is for. Just because R&R is intelligent and does extensive research he gets cut down. What, you think that natives can't be intelligent? How dare he have a brain. In fact most of the Brittain family is extremely intelligent, they have been doing a lot of investigating, that is how they have come up with so much information. It sounds weird or impossible to them too, but that is what they have discovered. (When people complained that the IRS were targeting political affiliations they were called conspiracy theorists, now look, the truth eventually comes out). It is amazing how many things people try to get away with, and the problem is, once they start trying to hide one crime or indecent activity they have to compile more lies to cover up the first one and so on as they continue their path of greed and crime. It happens and it is happening with the EC in Pala. At least R&R is brave enough to try to spell it out for people, knowing these types of hateful comments will be thrown at him.
Thanks 12:27pm for your kind comments. I just want to point out that I quote people instead of paraphrasing them. I just copy their exact words instead of trying to put their words into my own phrasing. Also some people might think it is condescending to speak intelligently, but I assume that people are intelligent until they prove otherwise.
The big problem right now is that the discussion seems to have turned away from our cause, and the cause is the most important thing to me. People have a right to voice their opinions on the statements I make, just as I have the right to try to convince people that there is substance in what I say, and dare them to disprove me. In the end I hope people are talking about the issues and could care less about me.
It is the people that matter, not me. So if I stay quiet for awhile consider it a good thing.
I hope the diss enrolled at Pala get their status back, along with the back per-cap they are owed. Pala is full of clever people, but short of wisdom in leadership. Being clever only leads to temporary success. I once had my right foot about two feet up Robert Smith's ass. That's what he needs- someone to but a boot up his ass again.
The only document that matters is the one Robert Smith says he has that trumps every other official BIA,federal, or census record stating margarita Brittain to be 4/4. What? Don't we all believe Robert has secret evidence he can't show anyone to justify the disenrolents?
I'm lost , are you guys at pala trying to appeal the ruling that ( The BIA can't get involved in enrollment at pala) ?
Dremel Mcpherson said...
I agree with 10:10 pm.
Someone needs to kick smiths ass and his twin, macarro.
Yes we want the BIA to force their records/documents of our blood degree and status to be enrolled at Pala . The BIA says we meet the requirements to be enrolled and that Pala has not provided them with "ANY" evidence to prove otherwise. So now we want the BIA to step up and enforce the federal final decesion of 1989 that said we meet the enrollment requirements. There has been "NO NEW EVIDENCE" since then to dispute that ruling. Except now the supposed evidence Robert Smith claims to have that he won't show anybody the BIA, the disenrolled even the general council. Robert has the power to end all this by simply showing his supposed evidence. He could end the hate,lawsuits everything by providing one simply piece of paper. ASK YOURSELVES THEN WHY HASNE'T HE"???????
Isn't it obvious to anyone who's not a blind ignorant follower of Robert Smith. BECAUSE HE HAS NOTHING TO SHOW! It's been almost 2 years since the first disenrollments if he had the power to shut them all up and give them no chance he would have done it by now. He knows the disenrolled will never give up so why not show your evidence and end all the drama? Cause then it will be over for his lies and deceit. Oh ya and the money he is saving by not paying out to the disenrolled that isn't going to the rest of us remaining members. He was costing the tribe too much money and needed a new income stream so he disenrolled absorbed the minors accounts cut off payments to insurance and percap. What people don't realize is this charade can't last forever and it's actually gonna hurt the tribe when the wrongfully disenrolled are reinstated and the tribe has to pay them back for the money that was taken from them. I don't mind they deserve it, hey if it was me or you we would want the same thing whats rightfully ours. The money is extra as long as I can vote and participate in trying to save Pala and get rid of the people in power that are destroying everything we have been fortunate to have I'm good.
I'm sorry about your fight, but the legal argument is not all that ( robert smith stuff ).
Its if the BIA has the right to get involved per the tribe constitution. ( Thats the only argument).
All the ASIA needs to do is find Pala in violation of the 1989 final decesion and demand the tribe place all illegally disenrolled back on the rolls immediately. I don't see what else he could do unless he ranks out and tries to get out of getting involved which I don't see how he can do this when his office after extensive research and several years in the 80's already concluded their decesion and it's his job to uphold & enforce it. Hopefully the ASIA does the right thing.
So by Wednesday we should have a decision either way?
So what happened??
The decision was do about a wek ago? We deserve better than know answer.
How do we find out what the decison was?
No celebration must mean a bad answer.
Hour tribe must be gone.
sad, sad
I just wonder if it will ever change?
There are so many sour grapes in this issue; people who don't care about the facts. There is a whole group of people who grew up in and around Pala but who can't be enrolled because they truly do not meet the blood degree requirements. TO them it doesn't matter that the disenrollees really are eligible. If they can't be enrolled, they and their member parent, don't want others enrolled, even though it would be smarter to form an alliance and support the disenrollees who would then be in a position to help this other group. And, I am so sick of those people commenting on who did and did not grow up at Pala, as if that makes one more or less Indian. To that little group; not all of us were lucky enough to have a grandma or other relative to give our parents land so they could raise us on Pala. Some of us grew up on our other parent's rez. So, let's blog about the facts, not petty BS that shouldn't matter at all.
The AS-IA asked for more time to review the many documents and arguments presented. Last I heard he was supposed to issue his decision on June 7th.
Thanks R&R,
That only leaves doubt about either your membership in the tribe or whether the AS-IA can rule.
It's 6/7 and the decision time has gone by again. What more can he review?
Either he goes with the documents from the disenrolled or the tribe. Pretty simple. Or he rules, he can only recommend but he can not dictate on the enrollment. I think that is where he will side.
I am sure his question is, is the tribe right or the disenrolled right. Second question is, can I impose my will upon the tribe?
I believe soverignity will over ride his thought process.
I am disenrolled but not part of either lawsuit agianst the tribe. I just wan to get back in and bury mae and my family on the sacred ground.
Talk to R and R and see what he can do.
The lawsuit is not against the tribe. Look it up, it is a civil lawsuit, it is against the individuals who voted for the disenrollments. Civil means that the individuals should be paying out of their own pockets for defense, not the tribes pockets. Why would we do anything against the tribe when we consider ourselves to be part of it? It is Robert who chooses to use the tribes money for his defense and for the others. The tribe is not responsible since the general council did not vote on the disenrollments. Nor did Robert ever specify his exact reason for disenrolling, he and the other members of the Executive Committee just chose to vote disenrollment becasue they could and they knew they could use sovereignty as a basis for protection, but just remember that if they did it to our family they can do it to any family they choose and considering that the Casino is not doing as good as it should be, if the ruling is that ASIA can not get involved then Robert and the Executive Committee can easily add more families to their list. Proof of Family history obviously does not matter.
I think there are a number of issues here that the AS-IA has to review and determine whether or not his office has jurisdiction.
The disenrollees claim that the Pala Constitution is invalid because it wasn't properly ratified, the ratification wasn't properly certified by the BIA, the BIA has no documentary record to support the approval, and therefore the approval should not have been issued. The BIA says that there is a six year statute of limitation on appeals and that no one from Pala ever appealled the Constitution before, therefore it stands as is.
The disenrollees argue that the justification for the disenrollment, which is the reduction of Margarita Brittain's blood degree, is beyond the authority of the Pala EC. The BIA made a determination in 1989 that she was full blood, and handed that determination to the Pala EC. They have never appealled this ruling and it is far beyond the statute of limitation for appeals.
The disenrollees argue that the BIA ordered the enrollment of the lineal descendants of Margaritia Brittain who are 1/16th blood degree of more, and that the Pala EC does not have the authority to overturn a Federal order. They also argue that the AS-IA has full jurisdiction to enforce a BIA order.
The Pala EC argues that Santa Clara Pueblos vs. Martinez gives tribes the right to determine their own membership, and that Tribal officers acting in the official capacity cannot be sued for their actions on behalf of the tribe. Therefore the BIA cannot interfere with an internal tribal matter, and the Tribal officers are protected by sovereign immunity.
That is their only argument. They say they have reviewed the documents and decided that Margarita Brittain's father is unknown. Elsie Lucero, the BIA specialist who compiled the documents that support the determination of Margarita Brittain's blood degree says that Robert Smith and the Pala EC did not use proper procedures in declaring that Margarita Brittain's father is unknown. The Pala EC excluded important documents that identify her father as Pelegrino Ortega, a full blood Cupa Indian.
The Pala EC says the Constitution was ratified in 1997 by a vote of 27 in favor, 0 against. The BIA regulations state that over half the tribe must ratify the Constitution in order for it to be certified and receive Federal approval. The tribe had well over 400 voting members at the time of the ratification vote.
So the AS-IA has to make a determination. It seems obvious that he must enforce the order that issued from his own office lacking any evidence or reason to overturn it. However the Pala Constitution has been amended in such a way as to limit the power of the BIA in enrollment matters. A recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision overturned a BIA order to reinstate disenrollees in a California tribe. The decision from the Ninth Circuit Court was based on the fact that there was no provision in the Tribe's Constitution that allowed the BIA to interfere with their membership determination.
So it goes back and forth. I think that if the AS-IA decides he does have jurisdiction it will be based on the 1989 Final Decision, If that is the case then it will affect all the disenrollees and not just those who filed appeals.
Hope that answers some questions. Keep thinking positive, because I do think that the Pala disenrollment is a special case because the disenrollees have already proven their right to belong long ago. The Pala EC is trying to avoid compliance with a Federal Order by concocting a end around scheme 22 years after the fact. We just need to get the powers that be to step in and help us a bit.
I have not been notified of the AS-IA decision by my attorney yet. I am hopeful that it will be favorable.
I am not sure what to say.
Based upon the strict word of the BIA everyone in your tribe had an opportunity to challenge the Constitution change when it happened. I am sure each and everyone of you received the documents. You had six+ years to question it. Not one person challenged until you lost your membership and percap. MONEY. Then it became up close and personal to each of you who lived high on the hog.
Well the statutes of limitation have come and gone, I guess greed blinds everyone not just the EC.
You wonder why the AS-IA ponders so long, it's because he questions whether the disenrollees are right or wrong by the law. If he thought you had a clear case or grounds to stand on with the tribe it would be done by now.
So don't rejoice with no announcement. That only means he questions further whether you really belong or whether he has no authority to rule.
I am not going to pretend to know the concerns of the AS-IA. I do know that the Pacific Regional Director of the BIA has already issued her recommendation that we be enrolled, and it is very unlikely that the AS-IA will overturn her recommendation.
So the issue is not whether or not we belong. We belong. Both the General Council of the tribe (by a majority vote in February 1984), and the BIA have affirmed our eligibility.
Now I am not sure why there is this persistent complaint that the disenrollees desire the benefits that go along with tribal citizenship. These attempts to make us appear to be greedy are tiresome. We did nothing to deserve disenrollment. We did not commit any acts against our tribe, and there is no proof or evidence against us. There is only this dispute about Margarita Brittain's blood degree that was supposed to have been settled once and for all in 1989.
In the meantime, I am not speaking ill of the people of Pala, only of the Executive Committee for their illegal tactics. You can judge for yourself if greed was the motivation for disenrollment. It certainly wasn't because it was something that all the people voted on and thought would be good for the tribe.
For everyone that receives per cap and thinks it is about the money, then why don't you deny your per cap, tell the EC that you want to stay a member but that you do not want your per cap ever again, tell them to keep it or give it to charity. You know you would never do that and they would definitely keep it. Now say it is about the money. And in the constitution changes they claim that they will not disenroll anyone who is already a member, which is what they did, so they went against their own constitution, and they had a over 20 years to complain about our enrollment, but they did not, Robert himself signed our cards, Robert told the Agua Caliente EC that Margarita's daughters were 1/2 Kupa, the evidence proves over and over again and even Robert saw it all and he knows we belong. Kilma relayed to us that The EC only voted against us out of Leroy's and Ropbert's dislike for certain family members. In fact if it was about blood he would have disenrolled everyone when he disenrolled Kings kids, instead he sent out letters telling us to keep King from asking questions about the Casino's finances or he would disenroll us too. Then he told certain relatives not to worry, the EC was not going to vote against us, and they did. We sent in all of our proof and they did not even look at it. They also sent us a notice of confirmation of disenrollment and that nothing was going to change their mind dated two days before the EC received the recommendation from the BIA claiming that we still belonged. He gave us no chance to talk with the general council and he bad mouthed our family, hired Yuma Indians to curse us, threatened to have certain family members beat up, and sent out a packet to all of the adult members of the tribe filled with crap about our family and with papers that had false signatures (proven by the people who supposedly signed them). If he was in the right there would be no need for him to do all of these evil things. Honesty speaks for itself, which is what we have relied on, our papers are in order, directly from Washington DC and the census over and over, years and years of them claim Margarita to be full blood and her children to all be 1/2. It is plain and simple, unless you have the power over the tribe, the money to pay the lawyers and politicians, and the lobbyist throwing their threats in DC to discontinue support for those who go against the EC. We are Pala, were born Pala, have always been Pala, and will die Pala, it is who we are and what we know, and it is not right that 5 people are trying to take that from us.
There is a reason for a constitution so things like this don't happen. Say in 10 years Robert dies the disenrolled are reinstated and we have a new chairman who hates your family and disenrolled them. Then 10 years after that another chairman from your family takes power reinstates your family then disenrolls the previous chairmans family. By allowing Robert and this EC to get away with this its what you are allowing to happen in the future allowing one man or a small group of people on the EC to do whatever they want with the tribe having to follow no rules but the ones they make. That's why we have a constitution just like the United States so no matter who is Chairman or President they have to follow certain rules and can't become dictators.


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Explaining the unexplainable
Discussion in 'Setting Development' started by doggiedude, Apr 21, 2016.
So, in my WIP everyone has what is essentially an iPhone embedded into their brains. When you call someone their image shows up on your retinas.
So... where's the camera image coming from?
I have no idea & I can easily just ignore explaining it. However, if any of you can come up with a rational explanation maybe I'll use it.
The best I could think of was something along the lines of "Optical Reflective technology."
doggiedude, Apr 21, 2016
Steerpike Felis amatus Contributor
California, US
Why have it on their retinas? If they have the tech to embed the device in the their brains, why not just transmit the information directly to the optic nerve? On the other end, maybe it's picking up images from a retina, though if you wanted to see someone I guess they'd have to be in front of a mirror that way.
Steerpike, Apr 21, 2016
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Wreybies Thrice Retired Supporter Contributor
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Why not have the wet-ware phone tap directly into the visual centers of the brain?
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Wreybies, Apr 21, 2016
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Steerpike said: ↑
On the other end, maybe it's picking up images from a retina, though if you wanted to see someone I guess they'd have to be in front of a mirror that way.
Yeah... hence the reflective technology. It's one of those things that seems like a cool idea on the surface but digging deeper you can find some big holes.
Sort of like how on Star Trek sometimes they talk to the computer or to other people through their communicators just by speaking and other times they need to physically push the communicator on their shirts first.
newjerseyrunner Contributor Contributor
Talking to the optic nerve or the occipital lobe would both work better for your story since you already have embedded hardware. It's also better from a security standpoint since it won't actually display anything, an outside observer would have no idea that you're getting a phone call. Any sort of projection would have the potential for eves-dropping.
newjerseyrunner, Apr 21, 2016
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I think I found an answer for the question of - Where's the damned camera?
There isn't one. The AI saves an image of the person. The system has connections to the person's facial muscles so it knows how the head & face is moving. The AI combines the saved image to the movements to create a simulated image of the person talking.
Does this make sense?
doggiedude, May 1, 2016
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It seems plausible. I assume this is a hardcore sci-fi novel? If you are trying to write a story that is more generally accessible, you might consider leaving out the details, unless they are critical to the plot of your story.
mrieder79, May 1, 2016
mrieder79 said: ↑
Definitely not hard Sci-fi. But if there's a way to make some things more plausible I don't see any reason to leave it out. There's a scene where one of these devices is being installed into a child. The explanation could fit easily into the scene.
I think I get where you are going with this. Though I have to say the title of the thread, was a little intriguing. So if you have a device directly implanted in the optic nerve of the ocipital (not sure of the spelling ) region of the brain, you could use the eye to in theory do what you want to do with it as far as calls are concerned. Also you can't take a selfie, unless you can pop your eye out that far.
Cave Troll, May 1, 2016
The device isn't actually doing anything to the person's eye. It's an implanted communication device that displays the receiving image to the person's view. (it could be directly to the brain or optic nerve or to the retina.)
Imagine experiencing Skype with embedded equipment
doggiedude said: ↑
As long as it doesn't break a smooth narrative flow or rob the story of its momentum, I am sure it will be fine. Most readers will probably be prepared to accept an implanted neural device such as the one you described with little to no explanation on exactly how it works. Simply introducing the idea that in the future, people have such technology would be enough for me.
Unless one of your characters is someone who understands the technology (a brain-phone installation technician, for instance) does it really matter?
In stories where characters drive cars, authors don't bother explaining the workings of the internal combustion engine unless it's relevant to the plot. Same with iPhones, computers (and Lord knows how far off the technical details are most of the time with these) and even elevators (how many movies show a character crawling through the ceiling hatch of an elevator and there's no such thing ).
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Used to this type of thing from Masamune's work, the person's face or even video in live calls are shown as sort of like a floating hologram, but is really just stimulation on the brain. It only seems like it is a projection and only if the user desires a visual manifestation.
Furthermore, the technology also allows for subvocalization to be used to speak to the person in a clandestine manner while the physical body is capable of acting independently... This is seen time and time again as the physical body is shown to be disconnected from the mental consciousness of the characters, but still it is socially unacceptable to be handling bodily duties (i.e. using the bathroom) while conversing in this manner. Women also have interference from periods and such - though it was played as a joke, yet still serves to cermet the reality of the world and technology in such a way. It got censored in the English language release - as always...
Inks, May 4, 2016
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So, the viewer can see the image as it is sent to their retina (or better yet, optic nerve) but where's the camera the other end? As for the theory about the caller's face being created by the software, I don't really see the point of this - the whole point of seeing someone whilst talking to them is to actually see THEM, not some digital fake.
I imagine people in your world would mostly make do with the audio only, that way they can carry on what they're doing without an interfering visual.
But sometimes they will want to "face-time", particularly a loved one I would guess. In this instance a fake visual just won't do (there's a reason you want to see them,) so you need a camera. I suggest this is also implanted, but somewhere that you can direct towards yourself. Most natural place to me seems under the thumb-nail. hold your hand out in front of you when you want to have a face-to-face call and talk to the thumb.
This also evolves the cultural significance of a "thumb's up"... selfie time!
Martin515, May 16, 2016


They're attractive and highly sought-after. But waterfront homes face the direct wrath of Mother Nature that most homes across the country don't.
Destructive winds. Pelting rain. Storm surges.
Overcoming the conditions and climate waterfront properties endure demands resilient thermal envelopes that can prevent structural damage.
That's why building such homes with materials designed to withstand the worst conditions possible is critical, according to Fox Blocks, a leader in the insulated concrete forms industry.
ICFs are one solution proven to stand up to nature's unpredictable behavior and regulate the interior climate of a home.
On the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, this 2,500-square foot ranch-style home was built in 2010 along the Clyde River. High winds and rainfall from tropical storms and hurricanes are not uncommon in the area. Because it's stronger than wood and steel, the ICF foundation and main structure helps the home withstand severe weather storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes.
Though the climate is mild and precipitation levels low, ICFs were chosen for this California-Spanish-style home due to Laguna Beach's proximity to the water. Installation took only 14 days and cut approximately three to four weeks off of the construction timeline. The 1,870-square-foot adobe-style home was awarded the 2011 ICF Builder Award in the small residential category. It was recognized for functionality and innovation, while upholding the unique design appeal of the Laguna Beach area.
This home on the coast of County Waterford in the Southeast region of Ireland is framed with insulated concrete forms that provide energy-saving benefits all year long. The inverted two-story residence is structured to provide a minimal rate of heat-loss. ICFs were chose to insulate the home and create an air-tight system to combat the cold-weather climate.
This home in Dewey Beach, Delaware, withstood Hurricane Sandy's strong rain and wind gusts. Framed with ICF, it has high-wind resistance, impact resistance to withstand flying debris and seismic resistance because of the steel reinforcements and concrete in the ICF. In addition to the structural and protection benefits, insurance costs can be significantly lowered when sustainable and energy-efficient ICF materials are used in construction, according to Fox Blocks.
This 6,200-square-foot home on Minnesota's Sturgeon Lake is resistant to flooding and will protect against storms. ICFs also don't promote mold or mildew growth after flooding, which saves maintenance and repair costs after a storm. Builders incorporated ICFs into the design to give future owners peace of mind and other benefits the framework provides.
After Hurricane Sandy struck, the need for strong buildings on the Jersey Shore was apparent. ICF wall technology in this home protect against winds up to 250 miles per hour with its steel reinforced concrete walls. Sitting on the coast, high winds and flying debris are a common threat during the summer months. The designer/builder considered those risks and decided that ICFs provided the highest level of protection.
ICFs are shielded by the bright yellow exterior of this coastal home where energy and safety were key aspects of the design and construction. The ICFs are helping to trim energy costs and insurance rates.
With this walkout ranch-style property sits on a lakefront lot, the builder/owner sought to create a quiet home that would reduce energy costs of heating and cooling.
It was important the home be storm-resistant to tornadoes that are common in the area. Corbel ledge blocks were used in the home's interior and exterior walls to provide maximum support. ICFs also can be used in the construction of FEMA-approved safe rooms, ensuring occupant safety.


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Q: Week Number in Q/KDB I'm looking to map a date/week to the Week number of the year.
I've thought about subtracting the start of the year, and dividing by 7 - however it might not line up correctly.
e.g.
2020.01.02 -> Week 1
2020.01.06 -> Week 2

A: I would suggest to use following function:
weekOfYear: {1+floor (x-`week$"d"$12 xbar"m"$x)%7}

This function

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*Finds the first Monday before or on 1st Jan. E.g. {(`week$"d"$12 xbar"m"$x)}2020.01.01 returns 2019.12.30

*Then finds difference in days between x and the first Monday

*Divides difference by 7 and adds 1, which returns result you are looking for

For example
weekOfYear 2019.12.31 2020.01.01 2020.01.02 2020.01.05 2020.01.06 2020.01.07

returns
53 1 1 1 2 2

A: Just to build on Antons great answer, you could also use the div function instead of flooring it, which would look something like
{1 + (x - `week $ `date $ 12 xbar `month $ x) div 7}


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Sarajevo Open Centre is an independent, non-political and non-profit organization promoting active citizenship through political education and advocating for human rights of women and LGBT persons through equality policies. As a major part of our activities, we intensely work on promotion and advocating for the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons.
Lesbian and bisexual women in B&H, as a part of the wider LGBT community, are being discriminated on two grounds: first, as women in patriarchal society and second, on the account of their sexual orientation in a heteronormative society. Furthermore, bisexual women are also facing discrimination and prejudice that comes from within the LGBT community: bisexuality is considered to be just a "phase" and bisexual women are often being blamed for perpetuating societal oppression through negating their homosexual identity. Beside the violent physical attacks on bisexual and lesbian women, another kind of discrimination is evident: ignoring the lifestyle of bisexual and lesbian women and their invisibility in the B&H society.
Sarajevo Open Centre wants to empower bisexual and lesbian women in B&H society and offer them the space to tell their stories about their identities, stories on being "the others", stories of acceptance and their inner world: fears, shame, discretion, but also stories of courage, freedom and, finally, coming out. These stories will be published by the end of 2012. Beside the personal and coming out stories, this publication will contain interviews with bisexual and lesbian women. This publication will be our contribution to raising the availability of authentic literature that deals with life and problems of non-heterosexual women.
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I was born on October 6, 1931, in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. After attending elementary and secondary schools in Stratford, I went on to McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, and received a BSc in chemistry in 1954. It was there that I met my future wife, Beverly Benallick. I received my MS and PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1956 and 1958, respectively.
I came to what was then known as the Roscoe B Jackson Memorial Laboratory in 1958 as associate staff scientist. My intention was to stay one or two years, learning some biology and genetics. Instead, I spent my entire career at the Laboratory, rising through the ranks to senior staff scientist and serving stints as assistant director of research and interim director. I retired from my scientific career in 1991. At my retirement ceremony, someone commented that my career was characterized by the ability to use the simplest technique to answer the most complex biological questions.
My early studies involved muscular dystrophy and the development of a new field, mammalian biochemical genetics, establishing that genes control enzyme turnover as well as structure. I am best known for my studies on diabetes-obesity syndrome in mice. I established that the severity of the diabetic state produced by either the obese or diabetes mutation was dependent on the inbred background on which the mutations were maintained. When maintained on the same inbred background, the condition produced was identical. This suggested that each mutation caused different defects in the same metabolic pathway. In a series of studies involving blood exchange among the two mutants and normal mice, I established that the obese mutant lacked some factor that prevents overeating by causing satiety, whereas the diabetes mutant produced the factor in excess, but was unable to respond to it because of a defect in the hypothalamus. These observations explained the identical syndrome produced by each mutation. In addition, these defects caused functional sterility, a thermoregulatory defect, and an increased metabolic efficiency that enabled the mice to survive and become obese on minimal amounts of food.
This increased metabolic efficiency extended to "normal" heterozygotes that had only one dose of the mutant gene. This increase in heterozygotes allowed them to survive on limited amounts of food, amounts insufficient to permit survival in homozygous normal mice. This beneficial effect brought out during periods of limited amounts of food may provide a mechanism whereby diabetic and obesity conditions persist in human populations. Dr Jeffrey Friedman identified the satiety substance in the mid-1990s and named it leptin. Leptin replacement in the obese mouse prevented all of the secondary defects and clearly established that all of the predictions in our studies were correct.
The leptin discovery provided the foundation for great advances in the understanding of the central and peripheral regulation of energy balance. We now know that adipose tissue is not merely a storage tissue, but is an endocrine organ that secretes a variety of hormones and cytokines essential for normal development as well as energy homeostasis.
I am very surprised that what I thought was an interesting set of observations would turn out to have such a major impact in the field of obesity.
In 1977, I was awarded the Claude Bernard Medal by the European Diabetes Federation. I was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1998, received the McMaster University Distinguished Alumni Award for the Sciences in 1999, and received the 2005 Gairdner Foundation Award. I served as a consultant to the National Institutes of Health, serving on the Metabolism Study Section from 1972 to 1974. I was frequently called on to consult on various special Study Sections involving genetic diabetes, obesity, and nutrition. I was a member of the special Study Section that established the first Diabetes, Research and Training Centres.
After leaving The Jackson Laboratory in 1991, I plunged into retirement with the same enthusiasm that I had for research. My love of the outdoors and concern for the environment led me to become actively interested in forest management, land protection, conservation, and other ecological issues. I've spent long hours each day rehabilitating our woodlot, making recreational trails that the public, especially students, were encouraged to use for both recreational and educational purposes. In all things science as well as environment, I've tried to leave things better than I found them.
As well as hiking and sailing, my wife and I travelled extensively, and were particularly interested in Native American cultures and their problems, extending from populations in the Arctic to South America. I lost my dear Beverly in April 2009.
Louis Pasteur said luck favours the prepared mind. My mind was prepared by many mentors at The Jackson Laboratory.
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From North Carolina to New Hampshire, Hurricane Irene leveled homes, destroyed communities, and even took some lives. Outside of being alive, none of us can really offer a true silver lining to this black cloud of rain-drenched despair.
I was supposed to fly to New Hampshire on Friday, but decided to stay in Chicago. My friends and family in New York did not have such luxuries. As of now my friends in Manhattan and Nassau County are safe. My family in Staten Island is safe. Yet phone lines in Suffolk County were down, and those people I care about are unaccounted for.
I lived 18 years in Suffolk County, and remembered Hurricane Gloria in 1985. We had no power for 10 days because the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) was terrible even by agency standards. A quarter of a century later, and the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA, a slightly less ugly cousin of LILCO) naturally sees hundreds of thousands of people without power on their watch. It is convenient to blame the storms, but virtually every time it rained in Suffolk County my home suffered a brownout or blackout. Enough already. Can't anybody in Suffolk County turn the lights back on like everybody else can?
Most of my family is in Brooklyn. The ones I care about are fine. They live in Coney Island, and Coney Island got belted.
Days like this make me wish I could just retreat into a log cabin and isolate myself from everything. Then I remember that I like people. Then I lament the fact that I like people. My speaking career takes me all around America, and I have made friends everywhere. I cannot call everybody, and I have no way of knowing if people who mean more to me than they will ever know are safe.
This is a hint people. If you know me, and you can tolerate my existence, let me know you are safe and sound. Yes, of course I am being selfish. I can empathize for complete strangers while being most concerned about friends and loved ones.
To make matters worse, "safe" is a very fluid term. People may have survived Hurricane Irene itself, but the flood nightmares are just beginning.
The worst aspect of natural disasters beyond the physical damage is the psychological toll magnified by the utter helplessness that we mere mortals are reduced to. We can fight terrorists and kill them. We can sue them in courts. We can freeze their bank accounts. Arguing with God has not worked since John Denver tried it in the movies. In real life, God wins and the questioner gets a padded cell with white rubber walls.
For Atheists, acts of nature are the same. Try arguing with a tree. If the tree responds, you are insane and lose the argument of life no matter who wins that particular argument.
While ordinary people are suffering, some politicians will try to use this to their advantage. Right now some of them are meeting with pollsters to tell them how and when to respond. "Never let a crisis go to waste" is a recent mantra. If I hear the current president tell us that this crisis would have been worse if not for his intervention, my head will explode.
I want to believe in the best of people from a moral and an intellectual standpoint, but it is easy to lose heart when some dolt asks New Jersey Governor Chris Christie when the casinos will reopen. It is one thing if you own the casino or depend on it for a paycheck. If you are worried about playing the slots, please do not reproduce because idiocy is exponential.
While there is very little optimism in this situation, one message I want to communicate to people is not to feel guilty if they are unable to directly help. Don't beat yourselves up.
Would I like to fly from Chicago to New York today? Absolutely. Yet my responsibilities take me to Cleveland, South Carolina, and Iowa first. New York is next week. We can't be everywhere, and we cannot help others by neglecting our own responsibilities.
So to those thinking of beating yourselves up, there is nothing you could have done to prevent this tragedy. Natural disasters are not preventable and often not even predictable.
The best things we can do at times like this are so incredibly cliche, and even mentioning them borders on banality. Yet sometimes the obvious is still the best course of action.
Call your loved ones. Donate money if you can. Donate time if you can. Donate blood if you can.
The key words "if you can" always apply because none of us are Superman. We may be more than mere specks in the universe, but perhaps not much more. We will do what we can, and look in the mirror privately later.
Optimistic pep talks are for football games. Real life does not need cheerleaders. It needs doers.
The rest of the world is not going to help us even though they would barely exist without American aid and comfort. Once again, it is up to the Americans to handle things. This time all Americans would agree the cause is worth it, because it is internal. It is us.
Our neighbors are hurting, some like they have never hurt before.
So let's help them because we know they would help us. The America I know and love is proof of this.
Time to roll up the sleeves and get to work. We can do this.
Time for me to try and make more phone calls between plane flights.
To my relatives and friends I still cannot get ahold of, I offer love and prayers that you and your families are all right. Call when you can.
To the remaining 300 million members of my extended American family, God bless.
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Today I spent a half an hour with a colleague who came to me stressed and in tears. She was struggling with her website and getting content from one device to another.
Okay this is it, the moment of truth ... can I really help someone else with a real deal problem? And it clicked ... so I went down to her room and within a few minutes I had helped her with her issue.
My tip? When you are using different input devices, try and use the same browser. Know what each device can and cannot do. Within a few minutes we had downloaded Firefox and Chrome.
Next tip: Make you tabs or menu bar contain both the actual online site NEXT TO the working site. For me I have it organized like the picture. That way I can toggle between sites and see the changes. But remember to refresh your actual page after you have made changes.
In the afternoon, I was lucky to reconnect with my former paraprofessional ... who is now a SPED educator and obtaining his endorsement through Utah State University. Do not get me started on how wonderful that program is and the quality (HARD!!!) Anyway; he has taken a program that was dysfunctional and turned it around for behavior and social skills! He was given 2 iPad2 devices and that is as far as he has gotten. So we spent two hours together. I showed him what I was doing this year. He remarked that only one unit of curriculum was the same from last year. Every year I seem to spend so much time struggling to make the individualized educational programs truly individual and true quality. I struggle because I am evolving into a blended and flipped classroom. I showed him how to make and use Showme apps for units of instruction as well as Sentence Builder for reading and auditory skills.
Final tip: NEVER EVER BE AFRAID TO MOVE FORWARD because it is bumpy and yet ... when you move forward everyone does .. in my program it is students, staff, and me!
As I began this journey toward improving my skills as well as improving the quality of the Extended Core Curriculum I have learned things that weren't even on my radar!
That is the true meaning of Professional Development; to grow within my profession by pushing myself outside my center of comfort. Can you believe I am back in school AGAIN? I am learning from people who are involved in educating kindergarten to high school, technical education to SALTA and SPED. Some are classroom teachers, some are ed. techs, some are artists, some are adminsitrators; but all are here to bring more to the students of Canyons School District.


There is no feeling more helpless than watching your child descend into hell through the addiction to drugs. Such is the story of one father who tries everything to save the beautiful son he raised through a loving childhood, yet who by his teenage years became addicted to life-robbing substances.
Based on the true stories of father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy shares the agonizing and desperate life-sucking experience that drugs create in the lives of everyone in the family of an addict. David Sheff (Steve Carell) is father to three children, teenage Nic from his first marriage, and two small children from his second family. Like any loving father, he relishes the time he spends with his young children playing sports, travelling together to memorable places, and hugging them as he sends them off to bed at night.
Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet) is both charming, and yet like many young men, struggling with his own sense of self. His experimenting with drugs and alcohol is not uncommon, but it certainly exemplifies the risks this creates. Chalamet, who at 23 years of age has already been in two academy award nominated films, gives another Oscar-worthy performance that drains your emotions to the point of tears. To see the struggle he goes through, even to the edge of death, is agonizing.
For anyone who has reached the recognition that there is nothing you can do to save the child you love, it is heartbreaking. To reach the point of being willing to let your son or daughter die, is an utterly helpless feeling. Yet, it may be the only point where you can stop the madness as you let your child make these decisions on their own.
Beautiful Boy is not easy to watch, but it is as true-to-life as any film I know about addiction. There are many other choices that someone might have made along the way that could have possibly made a difference, but they are not portrayed in the film. There is little to suggest that the family had any supportive family or group of friends around them, nor is there any portrayal of a depth of spiritual or emotional support throughout their lives.
This is a film that parents and some teenagers should see. It is a sobering reminder that the choices we make in life that seem harmless, can sometimes last for an eternity.
The decision to use substances are often made when a person is still a child without the wisdom or maturity such a decision requires. How do you think we can do a better job protecting children from using?
Most of us know families where one or more children have become addicted to some form of substance or behavior. How have you tried to be supportive to that family? What did and did not help?
Many would say our culture encourages drug use. Do you agree? Why do you answer as you do?


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I believe that the right story has the power to change everything.
The stories we tell ourselves. The stories we tell each other. The stories we tell the world.
As Joan Didion so simply said, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live." It's true.
"In real life" is the way of the future.
Health is wealth (and you won't find it in a tiny pill).
Consuming less enables you to live more.
We can work differently (even less) and be more effective, more creative.
It's possible—and in our best interest—to live sustainably, even regeneratively, and live well.
Face-to-face connection with nature and people is essential for a life of meaning.
Privacy is a luxury (and it shouldn't be).
According to Cassandra, "67% of global youth believe brands have the power to change the world." I do, too.
This is a question I get asked a lot. And for good reason: We creative and brand strategists use too much industry lingo to describe what we do.
Note: These tools/services are listed in the order that I recommend using them—each building on the one before it. The best content comes from strong foundational brand story and a smart content strategy.
This is the story that you tell about your business/organization. Every business has one. It's why your business exists, what it does, and how it does it. The right brand story (paired with a great product) can move mountains: Think Apple, REI, Nike—or the brand that you, personally, are most loyal to. Without a strong foundational brand story, it's almost impossible to get your Content Strategy right.
Your content strategy is the who, what, why, how, and when of your content marketing. Content marketing?
Let's start with content: It commonly takes the form of blog posts/articles, email newsletters, videos, SlideShares, infographics, social media posts, e-books, print books, whitepapers, and magazines. However, anything used to tell a story can be content. The only limit? Your imagination and courage to try something different.
Once you have your content strategy, the next step is developing ideas for specific pieces of content and making strategic decisions about what ideas to put action (ie. production).
This is how you take that idea for an e-book and turn it into an actual e-book. It involves finding and managing the right talent — writers, editors, designers, developers, video teams, copyeditors, and more — to take content ideas and make them real.
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Time to remind our white friends that "Alternative Right" is simply mainstream white supremacy
Chuck Hobbs August 14, 2017 August 14, 2017 Uncategorized
We have been here before…
What happened in Charlottesville, Virginia this past week should be of no surprise to anyone who has paid attention to American history. Essentially, this nation was founded upon the concept of white supremacy, grew into its current form based upon the notion of a "white man's burden" to subjugate and teach "inferior" people white culture and their peculiar brand of Christianity, one in which invoking the name of Jesus Christ allowed them to colonize, enslave, beat, rape, torture, murder and pilfer lands from people of color.
From the earliest Colonial times all the way through the American Revolution, from the 1787 Constitutional Convention on to the Civil War in the 1860s, white supremacy loomed horrifically over every single decision that was made in the "New World," one in which whites believed it their divine right to obtain all of the lucre available to them.
Yes, there always has been a vocal minority of whites who understood that the deeper issue was challenging the belief that blacks and Native Americans were inferior to white people. But that number was and remains a minority because even once hostility broke out during a Civil War that would cost more white lives than all others combined, the overwhelming majority of Union soldiers were not fighting because they believed the cause of ending slavery to be a moral necessity, rather, the same signed up and died because of their disdain for their insolent Southern brothers who were willing to tear the Union apart over the issue of slavery. Make no mistake, Slavery was the root cause of the Civil War, but as the great Frederick Douglass often reminded, free blacks in the North were treated with the same disrespect from white folks as their enslaved brothers and sisters received in the South.
Even the Great Emancipator himself, Abraham Lincoln, believed that black people were intellectually and physically inferior to white people. Said Honest Abe:
"I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races – that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality." Abe Lincoln circa 1860
Arguably the greatest failure of Lincoln's post-war plan was not being more vengeful toward the Southern traitors after the Civil War ended. Lincoln's whole "with malice towards none, and charity for all" was white forgiveness under the tie that bound–white supremacy. In retrospect, Union military tribunals should have hanged Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Vice President Alexander Stephens and all of the top generals, including Robert E. Lee, for treason. All lands belonging to former slave owners should have been confiscated and provided to the formerly enslaved blacks who worked those fields without pay. Martial law should have remained in effect for at least a century after hostilities ended to make sure that the descendants of the traitors were held in check.
But no, the North went all soft on its Southern brothers BECAUSE they were brothers; their white skin and common ancestry to old Europe provided the former traitors with the protection necessary to go back to business as usual as far as racism was concerned.
Indeed, within 20 years of the war's end, the former Confederates were in complete control of politics in the south. New laws, later called "Jim Crow" laws, were enacted that relegated blacks to second class citizenship status. Other laws were created to prevent blacks from voting including the poll tax, literacy tests and grandfather clauses.
Perhaps the most sinister laws, however, dealt with crime, punishment and the right to vote. By the mid-1890's, most southern states had developed laws that created felony offenses for loitering, theft and other non-violent crimes, thus allowing southern sheriffs to arrest black males on a whim or for standing idly by. Even more critically, these same states enacted laws that made being a convicted felon an automatic disqualifier for voting and holding elected office–a stain that remains fully in effect well into 2017.
No matter how much newly freed blacks strove to educate themselves or to build schools and neighborhoods that thrived, Post-Reconstruction white folks were always one racist trumped-up reason away from lynching individual blacks or destroying whole cities on a whim. Why? Because to white folks, black folks were inferior beings that were not to be respected. This held true for the white lynch mobs who did the killing and race rioting, as well as the white folks who read what the mobs did in the Sunday newspaper and did nothing to stop the macabre events. That is why whenever I see some poorly educated white troll saying "Hobbs, you know the Ku Klux Klan was founded by Southern Democrats," I lose patience with explaining the migration of racist Southern Democrats to the Republican Party in the 1960s because truth be told, the issue is not partisan politics, but patriarchal white supremacy which could and can be found in both major parties.
When I watched what happened in Charlottesville this weekend and the cable news commentary, some pundits suggested that the riots would have been less likely to occur under a President Hillary Clinton than President Donald Trump; I do not agree with this one bit. While one need look no further than former Klan leader David Duke's reminder this weekend that the "alternative right" is pleased with President Trump's incendiary rhetoric about blacks, Mexicans, and Muslims, the fact remains that even if Clinton had beaten Trump last November, the hatred of people of color that fueled white backlash against blacks Post-Reconstruction is the same that was on display this weekend Post-Barack Obama. Mrs. Clinton has no magic wand that could assuage the racist savage beast and even more critically, there is little even in Clinton or her husband's record that suggests that they are willing to confront the far deeper issue, which is ending the inherent belief that white Judeo-Christian or "Western" culture is superior to other people, cultures and religions. For those doubting this point, I point back to how pissed the Clintons were when she lost to Obama in 2008–their inner racial superiority was on full display. While I can point this deeper issue out, only the white community, Republicans, Democrats and independents alike, can address this putrid, racist, bigoted legacy that has been passed down by their forebears.
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Larry Watsons' shop was located on Artesia and Woodruff boulevards in Long Beach, CA.
and the other shop was located on Artesia and Lewis in Long Beach.
the Lewis location is literally 5 blocks from my house.
i had no idea until i saw some of these photos.
i'll have to post a link of current shops.
and my shot of the original garage paint booth.


Do attacks are, unfortunately, not an uncommon occurrence—every year over 350,000 dog bite victims visit emergency rooms seeking treatment, and even more victims end up requiring some type of medical attention as a result of a dog bite. Most such attacks in Los Angeles can be avoided by proper training and use of appropriate restraint on dogs. In cases of preventable attacks victims may be entitled to monetary compensation for medical costs incurred, and mental and physical pain and suffering experienced as a result of the dog bite.
DogAttacks.org is dedicated to demystifying the laws around dog attacks in Los Angeles, the responsibilities of owners and the rights of dog bite victims. The goal of this website is to be comprehensive without being convoluted.
Legal help for dog bite victims is usually only a phone call away, as most attorneys specializing in such personal injury cases work on a contingency basis.
Dog bite prevention is not only the responsibility of dog owners, but also those who encounter dogs during their daily lives—this generally includes almost everyone.
Even though some claim that there are no breeds more prone to aggressive behavior, statistics show that certain breeds are more likely to attack or bite.
The first course of action should be to get medical attention in order to prevent further complications resulting from the attack such as contracting rabies.
Confine your dog to an area away from people or other animals.
Help the victim tend to the wound, and contact medical professionals if necessary.
Exchange contact information with the victim as well as any witnesses, and provide insurance details (if you happen to carry such coverage).
Contact local animal control authorities or the police to report the incident.
Do not admit fault or lay blame, and contact an attorney right away.
The overwhelming majority of dog bites result in minor injuries which do not require medical attention.
Each year there are roughly 40 dog bite fatalities in the United States, with pit bulls causing 22 of these deaths.
Over 70% of dog bite death victims are children age nine or younger, with Pit Bulls and Rottweilers being the cause of most such deaths.
The great majority of dog bites are done by dogs which have not been spayed or neutered.


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By Chris Chase
A jury of more than 50 car reviewers today named the Hyundai Elantra, Ford F-150, and Ford Mustang Mach-E winners of the 2021 North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year (NACTOY) Awards.
This year's winner's circle puts electrified drivetrains in the spotlight: the Mustang Mach-E is an all-electric crossover, and the Elantra and F-150 lineups both include hybrids that are new for 2021. Also, more than half of this year's field of 46 eligible models were crossover utility vehicles.
Hyundai's Elantra economy car beat out the Genesis G80 mid-size luxury car and Nissan Sentra compact sedan. The Elantra's sharp new design belies relatively ordinary powertrains that start with a 2.0L four-cylinder engine, and also include a 1.6L engine that works with electric power in the hybrid and gets turbo power in sportier N-Line models. Inside, the Elantra is notable for high-tech features like a digital gauge cluster.
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This year's third winner is the Ford Mustang Mach-E, which the jury named its top pick in the Utility Vehicle of the Year category, in which it beat out the Genesis GV80 and Land Rover Defender. Ford has positioned the Mach-E as a mid-range EV that builds on the popularity of crossovers and the long history of the Mustang nameplate. It offers performance ranging from a modest 266 hp to a version with 480 hp/634 lb-ft that will face off against vehicles like the Tesla Model X and Audi's E-Tron, but at a more affordable price.
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Meet Our Co-Founders In London At An Event From August 3-6, 2017
July 24, 2017 | By wildlife@dmin
Conservation efforts by Wildlife SOS will be highlighted at a spectacular upcoming charity event 'This is Our World' by Art World Conservation (AWC) with Born Free and IFAW as its charity partners. The event aims to educate, inspire and inform people from all walks of life about the natural world and about how man and nature must learn to coexist.
'This is Our World', the charity event, organised at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London, will have its VIP opening night on August 3, 2017. Mr. Kartick Satyanarayan, Co-Founder & CEO, Wildlife SOS, has been invited as one of the guest speakers for the VIP opening and will share the extensive nature of the wildlife conservation endeavours undertaken by Wildlife SOS in India.
The VIP inaugural will be followed by opening of the event to the public from August 4 to 25 with talks and lectures by Mr. Kartick and Ms. Geeta Seshamani, Co-Founders of Wildlife SOS, on the first three days. Furthermore, they will be available to interact with wildlife and nature conservation enthusiasts from across the globe gathered for the event in London. Their presentations on their work will include the following:
August 4 (6pm-7pm): Turning Poachers into Protectors
August 5 (11am-12pm): Saving India's Elephants
August 6 (4pm-5pm): Protecting Indian Wildlife
This will also be a great opportunity for us to reach out to garner more support for the cause of Indian wildlife. At present, with the support of donors and friends from across the world, Wildlife SOS has been extensively working for rescue and rehabilitation of wild animals including Asian elephants, sloth bears, black bears, leopards and other endangered or threatened species; for habitat protection, nature conservation, education and sensitization and lastly anti-poaching.
One of the key highlights of the event is that it will exhibit life-sized paintings of wildlife by artist Omra Sian to interlink art with conservation. Prince William has described the collection, by Omra Sian, as 'extraordinary'. The audiences get the amazing opportunity to walk among the giant paintings and experience the unique collection of epic, life-size, high-definition style paintings which break the barriers between art and conservation.
Additionally, the exclusive one-off prints of the magnificent life-sized paintings by the artist have been offered to different charities, participating in the event to be auctioned off at the event and thus raising funds for their respective conservation causes. Wildlife SOS has chosen a beautiful painting of a Siberian Tiger to auction off at the event. Come and bid to support our rescued wild animals through this auction!
Wildlife SOS will also exhibit during the event a plethora of colourful and vibrant merchandise made by the women of erstwhile poacher community, the Kalandars. This gives them an alternative livelihood, thereby abolishing their dependency on animals for survival. Come, shop and contribute in rehabilitating both India's wildlife and this nomadic community.
We invite all the supporters of Wildlife SOS to join us in London for the lectures and talks and make this a successful attempt to spread awareness and reach out to more people to join the cause. Bring your family and friends along for the public talks, thereby strengthening the community of compassionate wildlife supporters. See you in London!
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Sapper Gallantry in Sicily
Operation HUSKY, the invasion of Sicily, was launched on 9 July 1943 marking the beginning of the Italian Campaign. It was also the first major engagement for the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. The goal was to relieve pressure on the Eastern Front and open Mediterranean sea lanes for Allied merchant ships for the first time since 1941. In a combined airborne and amphibious operation, Allied forces took the island from the enemy in six weeks of fighting. The Italian leader, Benito Mussolini, was toppled from power and the stage was set for the invasion of Italy. On the Eastern Front, the Germans cancelled a major offensive at Kursk after only a week and diverted forces to Italy, partly in reaction to this new threat.
Enemy Forces
Sicily was defended by two Italian corps and designated Fortress Areas around the main ports on the island. In early July, there were approximately 200,000 Italian troops organised into four frontline infantry divisions along with a number of weaker coastal divisions and brigades. The Germans had two divisions on the island numbering about 32,000 troops, ostensibly to support their Italian allies. There were also about 30,000 Luftwaffe personnel. The defence plan was for the coastal formations to form a screen to fight the invasion where it occurred and to hold the field divisions in reserve to deploy once the main axes of advance were determined. When the invasion was launched, 40,000 more German troops were sent to the island as reinforcements. As time passed, German commanders became increasingly contemptuous of the Italians and by early August had taken over command of all sectors in which there were German troops.
Allied Forces
Allied forces were organised into two task forces. Task Force 545, responsible for the eastern part of the island, was built on the British 8 th Army including the 1st Canadian Infantry Division and the 1st Canadian Tank Brigade. It was commanded by General Sir Bernard Montgomery. Task Force 343 in the west was based on the 7th US Army commanded by Lieutenant General George S. Patton. Both Armies reported to General Harold Alexander, Commander 15th Army Group.
Just after dawn on July 10, the seaborne assault began. The Canadians were on the left flank of the British landings that spread over 40 miles of shoreline, landing near Pachino. The Americans established their beachheads to the west. The plan had the British fighting up the east coast of the island while the Americans cleared the west and moved eastwards towards Messina. The Canadians moved through the mountains and hills aiming for the base of the imposing volcanic cone of Mount Etna. The plan was to push the enemy into a pocket north of Etna and prevent them from escaping to the mainland.
The next day, the Canadians pushed forward from Pachino on dusty mine-filled roads, meeting only light resistance from Italian coastal troops. Progress was hampered by the thousands of Italian troops wanting to surrender. With the Italian Army crumbling, the Germans focussed on establishing strong defences by fortifying hilltop towns and villages and building almost impregnable positions.
Fighting in the Hills
As they moved into the hills, the Allies experienced success as Italian garrisons surrendered. General Montgomery, showing deference to the extremely hot conditions, called for a 36-hour rest during which time he expected troops to prepare for harder fighting as the came closer to contact with German forces.
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring reported that his men were fighting highly-trained mountain troops. "They are called 'Mountain Boys,' he said, "and probably belong to the 1st Canadian Division."
As expected, resistance stiffened as the Canadians engaged more determined German troops at Grammichele on the morning of 15th of July. In a move that would describe German tactics for the rest of the Sicilian Campaign, and indeed much of the Italian Campaign to come, the Germans caused damage and casualties but withdrew at mid-day before the Canadians were able to close with them. The advance continued with much vigour, hampered again by mines and poor road conditions.
This sort of thing went on for the next five weeks. Town by town, hill by hill and mountain pass by mountain pass, gulley by gulley, the Canadians fought onwards. For the next 17 days, the Canadians were hotly engaged in fighting.
On 18 July, the Canadians met heavy resistance at Valguarnera. There were 145 casualties, including 40 killed. German casualties were higher. With Sapper support in the approach, the Canadians were able to take the dominating 904-metre high Monte Assoro and after a night of house-to-house fighting, Leonforte fell on the 22nd while a Sapper party led by OC 1st Field Company, took out a machine gun post and bagged 20 prisoners while building a Bailey bridge just outside the town. The cost of the three-day fight for Leonforte was close to 275 casualties, 100 of whom were killed.
The Canadians Take Up the Pressure
Meanwhile, on 21 July, General Montgomery called another halt for the 8th Army, this time excluding the Canadians. They were ordered to "continue without restraint directed on Adrano". The rest of the 8th Army was running critically short of fuel and ammunition and the US 7th Army needed time to reposition itself as Patton changed his plans in the west. It was for the Canadians to maintain the pressure.
Agira and Adrano
Before Adrano was Agira, only eight miles from Leonforte, and before Agira was Nissoria blocking the route. The Germans made a determined stand along the approach route extracted everything they could from the advancing troops. It took five days to get the Germans out of Agira, and again the cost was heavy. By the morning of the 28th, the two brigades fighting that action counted 438 casualties in what was the biggest Canadian engagement to date.
While the 1st and 2nd Brigades were engaged in the Agira action, the 3rd Brigade was moving through the Dittaino Valley with the eventual aim of meeting the rest of the division at Adrano. Major action on this route occurred near the town of Catenanuova where bridgehead had to be established over the Dittaino River. Germans resistance was varied, but with the exception of one unit that deserted en masse, the fighting was fierce.
Catenanuov was taken on 30 July and Centuripe on 3 August. To the north, Regalbuto fell to combined Canadian and British attacks also on the 3 rd of August. The Canadians moved forward through continued opposition to Adrano. They were briefly held up along the Simeto River and arrived on the outskirts of Adrano on the morning of 7 August. The British, back in action, advanced and converged on Adrano, to whom the city fell.
After Adrano, the Canadians were moved back to Simeto and their fighting days in Sicily were coming to a close.
German Withdrawal
The Germans started their withdrawal from the island on 10 August. They had planned their retreat masterfully. Despite the efforts of an American and two British divisions in their pursuit, the German engineers had used the natural defiles along the coast to their great advantage. Every conceivable obstacle was put in the way. A British division took a week to advance 16 miles along a coastal road. By 14 August, the Germans were able to break contact with the Allies and the rate of advance equalled the ability of engineers to open the routes. By 17 August, the Germans evacuated nearly 40,000 troops, 9600 vehicles, 47 tanks, 94 guns and 17,000 tons of ammunition, fuel and equipment from Sicily.
Sicily had been conquered in 38 days. The campaign was a success and even though a sizable number of Germans got across the Straights of Messina into Italy. The operation secured an air base to support the rest of the campaign on the mainland. The Mediterranean sea lanes were finally opened, and Mussolini was about to fall. Italy was able to sue for peace, and the new southern front had taken pressure off the Russian armies in the north.
The Canadians had acquitted themselves well in their first campaign. They had fought through 150 miles of mountainous country—farther than any other formation in the Eighth Army—and during their final two weeks had borne a large share of the fighting on the Army front. Canadian casualties totalled 562 killed, 1,664 wounded and 84 prisoners of war.
RCE Role
The first Canadian sapper to set foot in Sicily was Captain George Wheelock Burbidge of the 4th Field Company. Captain Burbidge was attached to Combined Operations HQ and was assigned to 3 Combined Operations Pilotage Party in Malta. These parties gathered information on proposed landing beaches usually under the noses of enemy coastal defences and patrols. It was hazardous work of great importance to the planners. Parties were small, three of four in size. For the Sicily operation, they were unloaded from submarines and used collapsible canoes to get to shore. Captain Burbidge was the only Army officer on the team, the rest being members of the Royal Navy. He and his party disappeared on their last mission, but the information they had already gathered on the previous two missions was invaluable to the planners.
1st Canadian Infantry Division Engineers
The 1st Division was supported by three Field Companies, the 1 st, 3rd and 4th, and the 2nd Field Park Company. There were also tunnelling detachments in the force. Small parties of Sappers landed with the infantry ready to blow beach obstacles while the rest followed later that day. The landings were relatively unopposed and went well. With the infantry safely inshore, the sappers were able to regroup and got to work laying track on the beach for vehicle traffic, clearing some small minefields, as well as destroying captured enemy guns, equipment and fortifications. They also assisted the British in the restoration of the Pachino airfield. The Canadian bridgehead was two miles deep by the end of the day and the field companies moved up, each assigned to a brigade for the upcoming march into the hills.
Once in the hills, the Sappers provided close support for the advancing infantry. As mentioned, the roads were in rough shape, bridges and culverts were blown and there were mines everywhere. In every action, the Engineers played a key role. Simply keeping the roads open was a massive task demanding hard work and courage. In one action, typical of so many others, Sgt Henry Percy Charters of the 4th Field Company was recognized with the award of a Military Cross. Sgt Charters, it could be said, was just doing his job, but his bravery and leadership inspired so many others to do theirs.
The Road to Etna
By the 21st of July, the infantry had reached Leonforte and advance companies had entered the town. The sappers of the 1st Field Company, still under fire and observation, built a Bailey bridge over the ruins of a masonry structure blown by the retreating Germans. The bridge was completed at midnight and more infantry, now supported by tanks, crossed over and up the hill into the town to finish the job. With the avenue open for more reinforcements, the town fell the following morning. The challenge of the action at Leonforte and the role played by the RCE can be measured by the 21 awards given to the Canadians, five of which were awarded to Engineers.
Although the landings were almost unopposed, action along the line of march from the beaches at Pachino in the south, over the mountains to the town of Adrano in the north, was hard and deadly. The RCE suffered twenty-three casualties from the time they left the United Kingdom until the enemy had been driven from the island. On a man-for-man basis, the RCE took casualties at a rate second only to the infantry. The personal stories are recorded here: Fallen Sappers in Sicily.
Engineer Gallantry
The degree to which the Royal Canadian Engineers contributed to the Sicilian Campaign can be measured by the degree to which they were recognised for bravery. The Canadian Press published an article covering the Sicilian campaign in September 1943 that highlights the gallantry of the Royal Canadian Engineers in particular. Click here to read the article, Sicilian Field Awards to Canadian Soldiers Made Public by Ottawa.
Gallantry Award Recipients
Lt George Eaton Atkinson, 4th Field Company, Military Cross
Sgt William John Brooks, 3rd Field Company, Military Medal
Sgt Henry Percy Chartres, 4th Field Company, Military Medal
Lt Neil Wallace Dickson, 3rd Field Company, Military Cross
Lt William Kenneth Heron, 1st Field Company, Military Cross
Spr Lloyd Alexander Johnston, 3rd Field Company, Military Medal
A/Sgt Robert Russell McPhee, 3rd Field Company, Military Medal
Spr Bernard O'Reilly, 4th Field Company, Military Medal
Maj John Marshall Robinson, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Maj Kenneth James Southern, 3rd Field Company, Distinguished Service Order
Lt-Col Geoffrey Walsh, CBE, DSO, CD