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Beyond Bin Laden: A Readers' Guide
As some of you may know, I spent several days last week chained to a chair at my local coffee shop producing a chapter for a new e-book Random House is publishing on what the death of Osama bin Laden means for the War on Terror. My chapter, "How Al Qaeda Lost the Arabs," is the first chapter in the collection after Jon Meacham ('87)'s introduction, and you can buy it for your iPad, Nook, or Kindle.* I was honored to have been asked to contribute a chapter to this volume on account of the other, much-more-distinguished-than-me contributors: James Baker, Bing West, Karen Hughes, Evan Thomas, Dan Markey and Richard Haass.
Writing a book chapter in two days is difficult, to say the least, and my chapter reflects the speed with which it was written. It also reflects the challenge of describing complicated events and phenomena in less than 5,000 words. So for those of you who are going to buy the book -- and at $1.99, you all better buy the damn book -- I am writing this short readers' guide to my chapter. Some of what follows will only make sense if you actually buy and read the chapter.
1. You will note that my chapter has more end notes than any other chapter in the book. Indeed, my chapter has more end notes than all of the other chapters in the book combined. In part this is due to the fact that I'm trying to describe some pretty complex phenomena, and thankfully, quite a few scholars and journalists have gone before me. So I basically pulled all the relevant books I could find off my shelves at home and in my office and did my best with what was available. (Which was quite a lot, happily.) All of the secondary sources I cited were in English, though often written by Arab scholars, while about half of the newspaper articles I cited or from which I quoted were in English with the other half in Arabic. If you read this blog or anything else I write, you'll note that I usually try to write for a general audience while at the same time nodding toward serious scholars and their work in my notes. Part of this is to keep my own work honest, while part of this is intended to direct the reader to more serious scholarly work that I think supports my own work but which does a better job of explaining what, again, are phenomena to which a 5,000-word essay cannot do justice.
2. I horrified Will McCants and Afshan Ostovar -- unlike me, two serious scholars of Islamic history -- last week as I described over dinner the way in which I had managed to reduce roughly a century and a half of Arab intellectual history into less than a single page of text. (And, on a dare, into less than 140 characters.) Obviously, Albert Hourani did a better job in 400 pages
than I did in 500 words. Later, I reference the explosion of European capital and the development of non-monarchical systems of government in the 19th century while nodding my head toward Eric Hobsbawm's three volumes on a historical period I summarize in <cough> a paragraph.
3. In the same way, I make a reference to those like Ibn Taymiyya who relied on fiqh as their basis for political thought but didn't really mention the alternatives, which Tarif Khalidi gets into in one of the last chapters his Classical Arab Islam.** The first few chapters of Hourani
are also good for this.
4. I do not really have the time to describe all the ways in which the public discourse in the Arabic-speaking world has been transformed over the past two decades. I do not mention, for example, Twitter, Facebook or even cell phones. But the overall point is the same: what had previously been whispered speech or transgressive jokes told in taxis or in coffee shops was now out there in public, challenging regimes as never before.
5. I make a reference, in my essay, to Muslim-Christian unity in Egypt. Ahem. So apparently that time has now passed! In all seriousness, I have been as horrified as anyone by the scenes from the past few days in Cairo. Sectarianism in Egypt is real, as are Salafists hell-bent on stirring up trouble. But since I make a reference to what I see as a still-unresolved conflict between the heirs of Muhamed 'Abduh, I do not think the broader point I am making here is rendered false by events.
6. In short, I hope you enjoy my essay and think you will, but read it with an understanding of the author's time constraints and an appreciation for the fact that I at least make an attempt to acknowledge the broad, deep body of scholarly literature out there.
*Although the book is already available for both the iPad and the Nook, for some reason it going on sale through Amazon the day after tomorrow. You can pre-order it here, though, and buy it everywhere else here Oh, look, you can buy it now
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**Tarif Khalidi
was one of my professors at the American University of Beirut, and he caught me reading Classical Arab Islam one afternoon in 2005. He immediately started flipping through it, wincing at all the things in it he now disagreed with, and signed the book, "To Exum, from the author who no longer believes it." I'm pretty sure his last chapter on political thought escaped his winces, but if not, I apologize.


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Mary H. Blewett (1938) es una académica, historiadora, escritora, y feminista estadounidense, especializado en historia social, historia de las mujeres, e historiografía sindical de EE. UU. Fue una amiga de toda la vida de Gabriele Annan, a quien conoció en un internado, de Inglaterra.

Blewett es profesora emérita de historia, en la Universidad de Massachusetts Lowell, habiéndose retirado en 2002, tras 36 años. También dio conferencias durante veinte años en varios museos y sociedades históricas de Massachusetts.

Obra

Algunas publicaciones
 1984. Caught Between Two Worlds: The Diary of a Lowell Mill Girl, Susan Brown of Epsom, New Hampshire (Atrapados entre dos mundos: el diario de una chica de Lowell Mill, Susan Brown de Epsom, New Hampshire), editor Lowell Museum, 63 p. ISBN 094247208X ISBN 9780942472080

 1988. Men, Women and Work: Class, Gender, and Protest in the New England Shoe Industry, 1780-1910 (Hombres, mujeres y trabajo: clase, género y protesta en la industria del calzado en Nueva Inglaterra, 1780-1910) 472 p. ISBN 0252014847 (que ganó el Premio 1989 Joan Kelly Memorial en Historia de Mujeres, por la Asociación de Historia Gremial y Obrera. (Joan Wallach Scott fue el copremiado, ese año.)

 1990. The Last Generation: Work and Life in the Textile Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, 1910-1960 (La última generación: trabajo y vida en los molinos textiles de Lowell, Massachusetts, 1910-1960), 330 p. ISBN 0870237128 ISBN 978-0870237126 Se incluyen historias orales de 30 trabajadores textiles, entre ellos hilanderos, tejedores, telares

 1995. To Enrich and to Serve: The Centennial History of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell (Enriquecer y servir: la historia del centenario de la Universidad de Massachusetts, Lowell), 224 p. ISBN 0898659256 ISBN 978-0898659252

 2000. Constant Turmoil: The Politics of Industrial Life in Nineteenth Century New England (Agitación constante: la política de la vida industrial en el siglo XIX en Nueva Inglaterra), 544 p. ISBN 1558492399 ISBN 978-1558492394 En parte narrativa, en parte análisis, este libro reconstruye la compleja historia de la industria textil del sudeste de Nueva Inglaterra durante el siglo XIX.

 2009. The Yankee Yorkshireman: Migration Lived and Imagined (Studies of World Migrations) (The Yankee Yorkshireman: Migración vivida e imaginada (Estudios de migraciones mundiales)),   232 p. ISBN 978-0252034053 ISBN 0252034058 Estudio de evaluación textual y contextual de los escritos de Hedley Smith, nacido en Yorkshire (1909-94), cuya representación de la aldea ficticia de Briardale, Rhode Island, captura una diáspora laboral de principios del siglo XX poblada por trabajadores textiles.

 2014. Dealt Hands: A Novel of the Seventies (Manos Repartidas: una novela de los años setenta) editor Publishnext, 240 p. ISBN 0578145324 ISBN 9780578145327

Véase también

 Feminismo
 Liberalismo clásico
 Segunda ola del feminismo en Estados Unidos

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Científicas de Estados Unidos
Historiadoras de Estados Unidos
Historiadoras feministas
Feministas de Estados Unidos
Feminismo socialista
Escritores de Nueva York
Escritoras de Estados Unidos
Escritoras feministas de Estados Unidos
Historiadores del arte de Estados Unidos
Curadores de Estados Unidos
Activistas de Estados Unidos
Ensayistas de Estados Unidos
Académicos de Estados Unidos
Escritores de Massachusetts
Escritores de divulgación científica
Escritores en inglés del siglo XX
Escritores en inglés del siglo XXI
Profesores de la Universidad de Massachusetts

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When you are first starting out in arcade collecting, you might find it difficult to find the arcade games that you want. While sites like eBay and Craigslist have made finding arcade games easier, arcade auctions are still the preferred method of buying machines for many collectors. In this post, we will discuss the entire arcade auction experience from registration to checkout.
Before we get into the details of arcade auctions, here's a list of some arcade auctioneers. Please check their websites to see what areas they service.
Now that you have located an arcade auction in your area, let's talk about when to get there and what to take. Most arcade auctions will post a preview time and an auction start time. It is very important to be there during the preview time so you can walk around and get a feel for what you might be interested in. Most auctions allow you to play and inspect (i.e. look to see if a game has boards, power supply, etc.) the games during this time which will give you a better idea of what you want to spend on them. Some items you might want to take to the auction with you are a long (50 ft) extension cord, your arcade toolbox, a flashlight, a hand truck or dolly, tie down (preferably ratcheting) straps, a tarp or something to cover up the games (just in case in rains between your house and the auction location) and perhaps some food and drinks. While the games are suppose to be on free play, many will have locked coin doors so bring quarters with you to try them out. Clipboards and calculators are good things to have too so you can keep up with how much you're spending.
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Once you arrive at the auction location, it is time to register as a bidder. It's a good idea to get your bidder card early as the registration line tends to get longer the closer you get to the auction start time. Be prepared to share some of your personal information along with your method of payment. Cash is a preferred method of payment at most auctions and the only method at some. Be sure to ask them if you are unsure about what payment methods they accept. Some auctions require you to put down a deposit or leave your driver's license with them for security reasons. If they take your driver's license, PLEASE remember to retrieve it at the end of the day.
With your bidder card in hand, it's now time for the auction to start. Please listen very carefully to the terms and conditions which the auctioneer will typically go over right before they auction the first piece. Most auctions will have a buyers premium (an example would be 10%) and sales tax that will be added to the final price. Please keep this in mind when you are bidding. The price that you win the item for is NOT going to be the out-the-door price. If you are a seller, there will typically be a sellers premium that will be deducted from the final price as well. These premiums are how the auctioneers make money. Also, most if not all items are sold as is so keep in mind what you are bidding on.
When the bidding starts, the auctioneer will usually start the item at a very high price to see if anyone bids. If no ones bids on the item, he will continue to drop the price until someone does. If interest in an item is low, the auctioneer might even drop down to one dollar. With that said, it's best to hold out as long as you can or until another bidder jumps in. To bid on an item, hold up your bidder card. Once you are in the active bidding group, you can just nod to one of the callers and they will usually take your bid. The auctioneer and the callers will try to work the crowd by saying things such as "the first one is always the cheapest" and "this game looks like it just came out of the box." Of course, they are just saying these things to get you to spend more money. The auctioneer might also say some useful things such as the condition of the game or any bidding rules (such as a reserve price) that are attached to the piece. Keep a listen for these things as they can be very important. Once the auctioneer says SOLD or GONE, no more bids will be taken and the item will go to the last (or winning) bidder.
Here are some general tips to keep in mind as a bidder. If you are interested in a particular game, try to make your way as close to the game as possible so that the callers and auctioneer can see you and you can hear what's going on. It's a good idea to have a maximum dollar amount in your head for what you want to spend on a particular game before the auction starts. This will help you avoid auction fever or overbidding on an item. Watch out for shield bidders or sellers that attempt to drive up the price by bidding on their own items. Sellers can usually buy back their items by just paying the auction fees if they don't think it's going high enough. If you mistakenly bid on something, notify the auctioneer immediately. This will keep you from getting stuck with an arcade game you do not want. Be careful who you talk to when you are at the auction. If you start talking about a Galaga you are going to bid on where the cord is loose others might hear you. Instead of getting an easily fixed, broken game for $50 you might be in a bidding war with somebody that overheard you talking. Also, many of the big bargain deals are going to be towards the end of the auction. Auctioneers tend to front load the auction with games they know are going to bring big dollars. By the time you get to the end, many people have either got their items and gone home or are out of money. With that said, the bids are usually lower on items towards the end of the auction. So if you want a game for cheap, plan on staying till the end of the auction.
After the auction is over, it's time to settle up. When you are ready to leave, make your way over to the checkout table at the auction and show them your bidder card. They will present you with your bill and will accept payment at this time. As we discussed earlier, cash is the preferred method of payment. If the auction company does accept credit cards, there will usually be a fee for the transaction. Take our advice, save yourself some money and bring cash. Once you have checked out, you can proceed to loading your games. Most auctions have a time by which you must have your games out of the building. Keep this time in mind if you have to arrange for transportation of your items.
Here are just a couple of tips about checking out. If you are just a buyer, most auctions will let you check out anytime you want so don't feel obligated to stay till the end. Give them about 30 minutes or so to get your purchases in the system. Once that's done you can checkout and haul off your items. Sellers will almost always have to stay till the end to get paid. If a game says "with keys" on the tag, make sure you ask at checkout where you can get the keys from. This will save you the hassle of drilling through a lock.
Overall, the arcade auction experience is usually quite fun. It gives you an opportunity to play all kinds of arcade games, pinball machines and other coin operated devices. It also give you an idea of what different arcade games are going for. Please feel free to leave any questions, suggestions or auction experiences in the comments section below.


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Gila - Cliff
Welcome to Gila & Cliff
Gila and Cliff are two small rural communities located 30 minutes northwest of Silver City on US Route 180
Nestled within the beautiful Gila Valley, Gila and Cliff are situated on opposite sides of the Gila River where it exits the vast, rugged, mountainous terrain of the Gila National Forest and Gila Wilderness.
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Both communities share a rich ranching and farming heritage that began with the first pioneer settlement in the area during the mid-1800s. In the late 1800s to early 1900s, the legendary LC Ranch was headquartered in Gila. The LC Ranch was a huge operation which at its peak at the turn of the 20th century ran some 60,000 head of cattle, herded by some 75 wranglers over an area 40x60 square miles (roughly 1.5 million acres) that stretched from near the headwaters of the Gila River in the Gila Wilderness west to the Arizona border and from Mule Creek south to about what is now Interstate 10. This agricultural heritage continues to flourish today, as evidenced by the numerous large ranches found throughout the broad Gila Valley. The Cliff/Gila school, for grades K-12, is the home of the Cowgirls and Cowboys, whose championship boys and girls basketball teams have a large following, and where every spring a day is set aside for students to ride their horse to school. The Grant County Fair is held in Cliff annually in late September and showcases the best local student talent in everything farming and ranching. Each community has its own post office, and there are numerous churches, a local market, a hardware store, a small cafe and sandwich shop, a gas station/convenience store, library, health clinic, senior center, community center, tennis courts, and a playground.
The centerpiece of the area is the Gila River, the last free-flowing river in Southwestern New Mexico. From prehistoric times until about 1400 AD, the agriculturally-oriented Mogollon Pit House and later Pueblo Cultures thrived in the Gila Valley at numerous habitation sites along the Gila River and its tributaries of Mogollon Creek and Bear Creek. Along these dependable watercourses, these ancient cultures grew crops of maize, corn, and beans in the rich floodplain soil, supplemented by the abundant game and fish found in the adjacent mountains and the Gila River. In later years, from the late-1600s to the late-1880s, this area was a favorite homeland of the nomadic Chiricahua Apache, whose presence in the Gila Valley remained a persistent threat to the early pioneer settlers up until the surrender of Geronimo in 1886.
Surrounded by the 3.3 million acres of the Gila National Forest, the Gila/Cliff area makes a perfect base for visitors who enjoy all types of outdoor pursuits in a pristine natural environment, such as hiking, birding, rock hounding, camping, hunting, and fishing. A variety of short and long-term lodging is available in the area, as well as camping in the Gila National Forest.
The hiking opportunities readily accessed from the Gila/Cliff area are unsurpassed, offering a wide range of established trails from easy to challenging.
The Billings Vista Overlook, along the Gila River in the Burro Mountains, downstream of Gila/Cliff, is the starting point of an easy, relaxing hike along the river's floodplain, beneath a canopied riverine forest dotted with towering ancient cottonwoods and sycamores.
Upstream from Gila/Cliff, another easy hike is found at the Nature Conservancy's Gila Riparian Preserve that will take you to the Gila River Gauging Station and a great lunch spot along the shaded bank of the river. Longer and more challenging hikes abound, from all-day treks such as a challenging hike to Turkey Creek Hot Springs (requiring numerous fords of the Gila River and some strenuous boulder hopping up Turkey Creek) to extended backpacking expeditions on one of a multitude of trails that lead up into the high-country of the Gila Wilderness.
Birding in the Gila/Cliff area is excellent, offering a wide array of habitat, from riverine forested floodplain to mesquite- and cactus-covered mesas, to juniper- and pinon-covered foothills, to soaring fir- and spruce-covered mountains up to 11,000 feet in elevation. Both the casual and avid birder can expect to find an extremely broad range of species at all times of the year. Over 300 different species of birds have been recorded in this area, including numerous rare and uncommon species such as the Sand Hill Crane, Bald Eagle, Willow Flycatcher, Common Black Hawk, and several species of hummingbirds, including Black-chinned, Broadtail, and Rufous, as well as the large Elegant and diminutive Calliope. Indeed, it is a birder's paradise in the Gila/Cliff area.
Good fishing can usually be found in two locations. Bill Evans Lake Reservoir, which once held the New Mexico record for a 15 lb. largemouth bass, is stocked with rainbow trout, smallmouth and largemouth bass, sunfish, and catfish. If flowing water is your preference, there are miles of opportunity along the Gila River, where small and largemouth bass, trout, and channel and flathead catfish can be caught.
Most New Mexico species of large and small game animals are abundant within the vast public lands of the Gila National Forest, Federal Bureau of Land Management and State of New Mexico, including elk, mule deer, bear, and javelina. Various annual seasons exist for different districts within the area for both bow and gun hunting.
At night, the view of the Milky Way from anywhere in the Gila Valley is incredible! There are no lights to interfere; just dark, dark skies alive with millions of stars when the moon is new. At full-moon time, the moon's brilliance is amazing, so bright you can roam outside without a flashlight, beautifully silhouetting the mountains of the Gila Wilderness against the night sky.
All in all, the Gila/Cliff area is a great place to settle in for a few days or a longer stay and spend your days exploring all that Grant County has to offer the visitor, without the noise and activity of more populated areas.
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Amidst a British economy slow-down, 2 major growth opportunities continue to boom.
As the news breaks on the results of the first quarter of UK growth, with economists fearing that Britain's economy is losing momentum as growth falls to just 0.1% – the weakest since 2012, the blame game begins. Some blame the snow, some blame the government. Some blame a lack of funding support for emerging SMEs while others simply wallow in their economical slump and stagnation.
The Guardian reports that the consumer has played a leading role in the significant slowdown of the services sector in the UK, with the considerable drop of services output and contribution to GDP growth since 2015 / 2016.
But before you feel overwhelmed, there are two significant tables being flipped, despite all the negative result-reviewing and back-and-forth analysis.
This significant change in our economy over the past few years has meant that businesses are faced with the constant reminder to re-invent, or die. And that's exactly what they're doing – and we're seeing an exciting turn in our economy, and business climate.
1. There's more M&A activity on the horizon
According to analysts, City A.M has reported that the combination of all-time record high equity markets, low interest rates and a weak pound have created the perfect brewing cauldron mergers and acquisitions (M&A) that analysts anticipate continuing while current market conditions persist.
Two FTSE 100 companies (GKN and Ladbrokes) have already been acquired this year, a third looks set to go and with two more facing bids (Sky, Smurfit Kappa and Shire), 2018 is already one of the busiest years for FTSE M&A in recent times. In the same discussion, the names of William Hill, SSE, Virgin Money, Aldermore and even ITV, are coming as potential takeover opportunities, according to city analysts.
In fact, a business confidence survey by accountancy firm EY showed that 65% of UK companies planned M&A deals over the next 12 months, the highest level since 2010. The same survey also found that replacing the US and India targets for M&A by UK-Based companies, European jurisdictions were now becoming hot property in the world of M&A.
"Rising confidence is seeing deal pipelines and M&A appetite shifting up a gear. We expect this trend to continue for the foreseeable future as executives regard M&A as a growth engine," says EY's transaction advisory services managing partner Steve Ivermee. "Improving global growth and the need for UK companies to plan for life after Brexit, mean that UK executives still have a positive perspective on global markets – especially European destinations."
2. Tech Industry booms
According to Tech Nation's 2018 report, Tech is expanding 2.6 times faster than the rest of the UK economy. The digital tech sector is worth nearly £184 billion to the UK economy, up from £170 billion in 2016, with London ranking only second to Silicon Valley as the most connected place for Tech in the world.
Hardly restricted to just London, there is significant development in cities and towns throughout the UK who are focussed on becoming the leading Tech development centres of their regions – garnering massive support from both local business communities and funders, as they establish themselves as regional tech leaders. Colloquially being dubbed, "silicon suburbs", 16 towns in the UK have been identified as showing a higher proportion of digital tech employment than the UK average.
Slough and Heathrow
Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City
Guildford and Aldershot
High Wycombe and Aylesbury
These 16 demonstrate an above-average level of tech employment and are in the running to become the key areas for next-generation tech start-ups.
Although not without its challenges, the Tech industry will need to focus on diversifying within their businesses – particularly when it comes to average ages of the digital sector workforce, and the mix of ethnicity and gender makeup. Over average, 72% of UK digital tech workers are over the age of 35 – signalling the need to encourage younger workers to get into the tech sector sooner.
The growing trend for informal tech meet-up events throughout the UK is a clear sign of a more networked, healthier, collaborative business ecosystem, where emerging technologies are being discussed, and even shared, with the report confirming that 1.6 million people across the country already belonging to over 3,600 informal tech meet-up groups.
With the UK's tech sector growing almost 3 times faster than the rest of the economy (Gerard Grech, CEO of Tech Nation), it's no wonder that investors and foreign businesses are looking towards the UK as a renewed opportunity for global growth.
If you are ready to take advantage of the growth boom, but need additional funding support and operational infrastructure know-how, we can help.
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Prop. 17 to give CA parolees right to vote if passed
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If passed, Prop. 17 would amend the California Constitution by allowing parolees to register to vote if they meet state requirements, giving approximately 50,000 current parolees the right to vote.
By Samantha Lim and Tarunika Kapoor
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Proposition 17 would reenfranchise California parolees and give them the chance to reintegrate into society if passed in November.
The California Constitution grants voting rights to U.S. citizens residing in the state who are older than 18 and registered to vote, according to the California general election voter guide. If passed, Prop. 17 would amend the constitution by allowing parolees to register to vote if they meet state requirements, giving approximately 50,000 current parolees the right to vote.
Prop. 17 is also expected to impact California fiscally, with "hundreds of thousands of dollars" being invested in voter registration and ballot materials annually, according to the voter guide. The state is also expected to pay an initial investment for registration cards and systems.
"There are a lot of communities where incarceration is just a way of life because they don't have many options," said East Bay Young Democrats member Victor Flores in an email. "Restoring the right to vote is one way to provide these kinds of folks an opportunity to participate in their community's decision-making process."
According to Flores, current state parolees experience a "lack of hope" of ever being accepted back into society. This hope is also impacted by the lack of housing, job and education opportunities, which he said is "significantly worse" in rural counties in California, Flores said.
Elizabeth Grubb, president of Cal Berkeley Democrats, added that Black and Latinx individuals are both disproportionately incarcerated and disenfranchised by the current state voting restrictions. As Alameda County houses one of the largest prisons in California, the passage of Prop. 17 would make the county's elections more representative, according to Grubb.
"Family members and parents would be able to vote on basic things like who is on the school board and who is making zoning decisions for city council," said Alameda County Democratic Party Vice Chair Andy Kelley. "It would franchise more of our voters locally, which we think is a pretty great thing."
Hugh Bussell, chair of the Alameda County Republican Party, however, opposes the proposition. According to Bussell, the reenfranchisement of previously convicted felons before the completion of their parole would negate the idea that they have fully served their sentence.
Nina Salarno Besselman, executive director and president of Crime Victims United, echoed these thoughts. She said parole is an important part of the sentence and noted that her organization represents the "voices of the victims" affected.
According to California Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Red Bluff, the passage of Prop. 17 would be an "injustice to society," noting that preventing previously convicted felons from voting until said completion "protects the community."
"If you complete your sentence, most inmates can then vote, but that means not just serving time in custody but also time in parole," Nielsen said. "Parole is an adjustment to society, time for them to establish themselves in their community."
Contact Samantha Lim and Tarunika Kapoor at [email protected].
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#ncga: 2016 GOP House candidate helped fund defeat of GOP House member in 2014
Posted on January 28, 2016 by Brant Clifton
Sharon Pearce wants to represent House District 81 (Davidson County-centered) in the North Carolina House. She touts her experience, which includes a long career in health care, heading a health care professional organization, and lobbying for said organization. It appears that the organization she headed played a role in defeating a key Republican member of the House in 2014.
Tom Murry was a representative for part of Wake County from 2010 until 2015. He is a former Morrisville town councilman who headed a health care related non-profit. Murry was a member of the House's Health and Human Services committee — which Pearce and her group would have had some interest in.
Pearce, according to her web site, was president of the NC Association of Nurse Anesthetists for 2014 and 2015. Murry was up for reelection in November 2014. As you can see from the above graphic, Pearce and her group gave Murry, the Republican incumbent in a GOP-dominated House, $500 while they gave his Democrat challenger Gale Adcock, $7000. When the smoke cleared on election eve, Adcock had knocked off Murry. That was one of the few bright spots for North Carolina Democrats that night.
Adcock was not a William Brisson Democrat. She was a make-Bernie-Sanders-wet-himself-liberal-Democrat who was endorsed by The Sierra Club AND Emily's List (which proudly touts its efforts at electing lesbian, bisexual, transgender and pro-choice Democrat women.)
Fast forward to 2016. Adcock, a Democrat incumbent, is returning Pearce's favor by donating $500 to Pearce's campaign in the district 81 primary. So, Davidson County Republicans, one of your three choices for North Carolina House district 81 — Mrs. Pearce — is an influence peddler who aided and abetted a Democrat's defeat of a Republican serving in the very chamber she's trying to join. And said Democrat is helping to fund Mrs. Pearce this year. That's certainly something to chew on as we head toward November.
Stories keep coming over the transom about influence-peddling, pay-to-play, self-serving and other assorted dirty deals. Do we REALLY need to add ONE MORE player to those shenanigans?
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AL Gore says:
Sharon Pierce is just one more progressive Republican who will help push President Obama's agenda in the NC House. She will fit in very well with other progressives like David Lewis and Nelson Dollar. Mrs. Granger down in Wilmington is another such progressive.
These days, it is the progressive Republicans, more than the Democrats who are the key to moving President Obama's agenda.
DC Hawk says:
Influence peddler that donates to Dems, check. Gets almost all donations from outside the county, check. Will be crushed by a well respected veteran county commissioner and probably never be seen on the Davidson County political stage again, check.
R Hunter says:
Pictures have emerged with her loved up with ol' dumplin Perdue, she says she was only trying to help the children. No explanation yet as to why she was helping Ms. Adcock oust a Republican in Wake County.


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Jacques Eugène Henri Breguet, né le  à Paris  et mort le  à Paris , est un ingénieur aéronautique, polytechnicien et industriel français.

Biographie

Fils de l'ingénieur Antoine Breguet (1851-1882) et de Marie Eugénie Dubois (1858-1903), son épouse, il est le benjamin d'une fratrie de trois enfants orphelins de père en bas âge. Il est le frère puiné de Madeleine Camille Breguet (1878-1900), mariée en 1898 à Jacques Bizet (1872-1922), fils du compositeur Georges Bizet, et le frère cadet de l'avionneur Louis Charles Breguet (1880-1955).

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Naissance en avril 1881
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Décès en mars 1939
Décès dans le 16e arrondissement de Paris
Décès à 57 ans
Personnalité inhumée au cimetière du Père-Lachaise (division 11)


Built in 1928, the Frances Carlton is majestically built with impeccable design features. Residents enjoy walking to all of downtown Sarasota's amenities from this charming and historic community. A regular entry on Sarasota's Historic Tour of Homes, the building has been beautifully restored.
Address: 1221 N. Palm Ave.
Condo prices in the building start in the high $100,000s. There is a community swimming pool and pets are permitted.
Enjoy a short walk to the opera, art galleries and the theater from the Frances Carlton. In addition, the Selby Library, Marina Jack's, Bayfront Park, shopping, restaurants, and professionals buildings are all within a few minutes of these historic condominiums. The airport, area golf courses, and beaches are easily accessible too.


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Crazy Horse's Sacred Bundle Buried In Minatare Nebraska
The medicine bundle of Oglala Lakota leader Crazy Horse is six feet deep somewhere in Minatare, Nebraska. A medicine bundle was a package that contained a man's most sacred things – perhaps special stones, herbs, beads, or hair. The bundles were believed to have special power, and were guarded carefully by their owners. In the Spring 2014 issue of Nebraska History, Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Powers tells the story of how Crazy Horse's bundle was entrusted from one person to another for 65 years until it was buried for safekeeping in Minatare during World War II. Shortly before his death, Crazy Horse entrusted his medicine bundle to his close friend Fast Thunder, who took it to the new Pine Ridge Reservation after Crazy Horse was killed in 1877. When Fast Thunder died in 1914, his wife Jennie Wounded Horse preserved the bundle, then before she died entrusted it to Nellie Ghost Dog. Nellie Ghost Dog later passed it on to Theodore Means, the grandson of Fast Thunder.
The death of Crazy Horse as portrayed by Amos Bad Heart Bull (ca. 1868-1913), an Oglala Lakota tribal historian known for his ledger art, which adapted traditional Native American pictography to the medium of paper. NSHS 11055-2241-18
In the 1930s, times were hard for the Oglala Lakota and jobs on the reservation were scarce. Theodore Means and others found seasonal work in Minatare picking potatoes, and hundreds of Indians would travel down from Pine Ridge every year to work in the fields. But the arrival of World War II made everything uncertain. The fall of 1942 was the last year in Minatare for a long time for Theodore Means – it was also the year he decided to bury Crazy Horse's bundle, to keep it safe. The next year, Means joined the army and went to war. It was many years before anyone returned for the bundle. During that time, the war and the years after had completely changed Minatare. Many of the massive cottonwood trees were cut down, and the growing popularity of cars forced roads to expand and change. Means died in the early 1960s, and when his wife Theresa went to look for the bundle in 1968 or '69, Minatare was unrecognizable. The landmarks had all changed, and the bundle was impossible to locate. Powers heard the story from Theodore Means' granddaughter Barbara Adams, though it seemed that not everyone was comfortable with a white man hearing the story of Crazy Horse's most guarded possession. In the article, Powers describes the day he went to Adams' house to hear the details of the story.
While we talked Barbara's mother was sitting at the kitchen table, playing solitaire. A young man was working out in the yard, building a chicken house. We could hear the hammering as he pounded in nails. The man and Barbara's mother, whose last name was now Black Weasel, were thin as drinking straws. There wasn't an extra ounce on either of them, probably not even as many ounces as they needed. Through the open doorway Margaret Black Weasel examined me closely. She was eighty years old and was smoking long cigarettes that hung from her lips as she sorted and slapped the cards. She looked straight down at the cards on the kitchen table in front of her with the smoke curling slowly up around her eyes and she listened as ferociously as I did…During my conversation with Barbara in the living room Margaret Black Weasel smoldered but did not protest or interrupt and bit by bit Barbara deepened the story she had told me the first time I met her.
While the bundle was no longer passed on, it may be that Crazy Horse wanted the contents of his bundle to remain a mystery. To Powers, the story of the lost bundle "marks a divide between the things that are lost and the things that survive." – Joy Carey, Editorial Assistant, Publications


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Tax vote key in plans for schools
Mill extension for Jacksonville district on ballot this week May 19, 2019 at 2:23 a.m. 1comment
Construction workers fasten insulation board to a wall Friday at the new Jacksonville High School. - Photo by Thomas Metthe
The Jacksonville/North Pulaski School District — which has recently built one new elementary, expanded two others and is finishing a high school — is seeking voter approval Tuesday of a property-tax extension to finance additional campuses.
Polling places will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in an election that consists of two uncontested races for the Jacksonville/ North Pulaski School Board and the proposed extension of a 22.4 debt-service-mill levy from 2042 — when the tax mills are to expire — to 2055.
Early voting is available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday at the Pulaski County annex building, 501 W. Markham St.in Little Rock.
Incumbents School Board member Marcia Dornblaser and Ronald McDaniel are unopposed in seeking re-election to school board seats.
School board and/or school tax elections in Pulaski County's three other school districts will be in November.
If approved by voters, the Jacksonville district's proposed 13-year extension of the 22.4 debt-service mills would be used to pay off construction bonds for as many as four new schools in a system that is in the midst of building all new campuses to fulfill commitments in a federal school desegregation lawsuit. The district's overall property-tax rate is 48.3 mills.
The proposed extension would not increase a resident's annual property-tax payment, but it would increase the number of years in which the taxes must be paid.
"When you start something, you've got to finish it," James Bolden, a Jacksonville area church pastor, said Friday about the need for new schools in the district. "We're not asking for something new — we're trying to extend it."
A leader in the 2016 detachment of the Jacksonville/ North Pulaski district from the Pulaski County Special School District, Bolden said voters have the opportunity to create a legacy of new schools that will benefit generations of children to come.
Robert Price, economic director for the city of Jacksonville and chairman of the millage-extension campaign, said there are benefits at stake in Tuesday's vote, one of which is the finding by some national researchers that students have greater pride and higher achievement in up-to-date buildings with good light, bright colors and work-flow plans.
"I see this as not only a quality move in terms of good schools for our kids and our teachers, but … it promotes economic growth for the city," Price also said. "Whenever you have good schools, businesses and industries are interested in coming to the city."
Good schools are an integral part of cities that have good economic development, he said.
There has been some social media posts in opposition to the millage extension.
"Against the Jacksonville Millage Campaign" is a Face-book site administered by Debbie Sullivan Fulton. The site states that the group's members are opposed to a tax increase to support long-term debt after raising taxes in the community three years ago in 2016.
The Jacksonville district's 22.4 existing debt-service mills — including a 7.6 mill tax increase in February 2016 — generated money for the purchase of schools from the Pulaski County Special district and for the construction of the new Bobby G. Lester Elementary School, the multi-purpose rooms at Bayou Meto and Murrell Taylor elementaries and the new Jacksonville High School that will open this August.
The district is planning to build a middle school and elementary school on Linda Lane, on the site of the existing high school that will be demolished. The new elementary would replace the existing Pinewood and Dupree elementaries. Replacements for Bayou Meto Elementary and Murrell Taylor Elementary would follow by 2026, if funding is available.
By continuing the 22.4-mill tax levy to 2055, district leaders anticipate having sufficient revenue to pay off a series of bonds that would be issued for the district's share of construction costs for a new middle school and up to three new elementaries, Superintendent Bryan Duffie has said.
The proposed extension would support the refinancing of the district's existing debt and generate an additional $60 million — making available a total of $116,340,000 for the district's share of the capital construction program.
That bond money would be paired with district savings and school construction aid from the state, Duffie said, adding that state funding is essential to the building plan.
The state's share of construction costs for academic space has been as high as 47% for the district. That is expected to decrease over time but still be as much as a third of project costs.
Without a voter-approved millage extension, the district could pay for the middle school and one elementary school by issuing second-lien bonds that don't require voter approval, Duffie said. But second-lien bonds would not cover the cost of the final two elementary schools, he said, which the district has committed to a federal judge that it will build.
The Jacksonville/North Pulaski district inherited federal court-approved desegregation obligations of the Pulaski County Special district — including the obligation to make its campuses comparable with the new, more modern schools in the neighboring Pulaski County district.
U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. ruled in September that the Jacksonville district will be entitled to be released from federal court supervision of its buildings by 2026 if it follows through on its commitments.
Marshall is the presiding judge in the 36-year-old Pulaski County school desegregation lawsuit.
District residents have asked in recent days why the district did not ask for a high enough millage rate to build all the buildings when the voters approved a 7.6-mill increase in 2016, Duffie said Friday.
Former Superintendent Tony Wood knew additional money would be needed, Duffie said, but Wood didn't want to make the proposed initial rate so high that it would create an extraordinary burden on taxpayers.
Wood and the district's financial adviser Scott Beardsley considered different scenarios to determine the amount of tax mills that would allow the district to start the buildings and then could be extended later by voters to finish the job, Duffie said.
"There was deliberate planning … that there would be an extension as part of this facility plan and it was in there from the beginning," Duffie said.
If the millage extension is not approved Tuesday, the district will have to try to pass a tax plan in 2020 and/or return to the federal court for guidance from the judge on how to proceed, Duffie said.
Jacksonville/North Pulaski School District
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Polls will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
The district is asking voters to extend an existing tax mill levy. If approved, the proposed 13-year extension of 22.4 debt-service mills from 2042 to 2055 would be used to finance school building construction. The district's overall property tax rate is 48.3 mills. Also, incumbent Marcia Dornblaser is running unopposed for the Jacksonville School Board's Zone 1 position. Ronald McDaniel, the board's current president, is running unopposed for the district's at-large Zone 2 position.
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Skeptic1
May 19, 2019 at 10:22 a.m.
Good money after bad. Building fancy news schools are nothing more than an empty shells, our children are not getting the education they deserve which is why there are huge waiting lists for charter and private schools. Shut this sink hole of waste down let the teachers collect on their 17 plus billion dollar retirement fund and use our tax dollars for vouchers where parents can choose, and schools will have to compete.
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By Vineet Srivastav in Auto Mobile. Updated on March 25, 2019 .
Gone are the days when we use to get a self-driven car facility in one or two cities within India. Finding conformity that delivers anticipated, standardized and affordable services is no longer an issue. Proves to be the best options for all your road trips, these are the best rental services that is admired by the travellers.
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Like I alread said in the last post, I enrolled into the CodeNewbie 2018 Challenge not just for one, but for two goals: "Code More" and "Blog More".
Like the BlogMore challenge, the CodeMore challenge also has a pre-mission. This pre-mission is to think about previous coding session and answer some questions about them, with the goal to better understand what works for me and what doesn't. This seems to me like a great idea, as I have experience myself and seen with others, that it is crucial for any activity to find this understanding and use it to cultivate the desired activity or habit.
The first bunch of coding sessions, that comes to my mind where I can identify something that worked was during the algorithm challenges of freeCodeCamp. Moste of them worked somehow in the sense that I was able to do them and had fun doing so, but a few of them stand out, because I was able to find somebody to pair with to practice pair programming on these challenges.
I had read about pair programming before and that it can be more productive than programming alone, because you can use the creativity and problem solving skills of two people at once and they do more than only add up to another. But it is one thing to read about such a practice and another to actually do it.
As a self tought programmer, who does not work as a programmer, I rarely have the opportunity to even talk about what I am doing extensively, because nearly no one would understand what it is and why I care. These pair programming sessions have been the exact opposite of that: we were both interested in the code and in solving the problem at hand, so bouncing ideas back and forth while regularly changing who is typing and who gives ideas about the directions to take was at the same time very effective and fun.
At work, where I am not paid to code (I work as an elearning developer, which means I use a software called Articulate Storyline, that works a little similar to PowerPoint, to create elearning content), I have not often written code, but the few times, that I did, have felt very good. What motivated me in these situations was the knowledge, that my code would do something useful, that would enhance the learning experience of the people taking the courses that I was building.
When I sit down to code in the evening, I mostly choose to do projects that can be categorized as "creative coding". Like the definition of creative coding says, without the goal to produce something functional, but instead something expressive. Like other forms of art, this kind of coding is usually done with sketches, that try out new ideas and variations of existing ones. This mindset of producing sketches, where the measure of quality is not some objective function, but rather the answer to the question "Do I like that?" tends to free my creativity in problem solving.
Yesterday I encountered an article, that summed up a big part of what I experience as not working in my coding practice. It is called Digging my way out of tutorial hell and written by Zuzana K, who is also doing the CodeNewbie 2018 challenge. I think she describe the problem a lot better, than I could do, so I advise the reader to read her post.
Setting aside time for coding sounds easier than it is for me. Coding challenges or projects more then once fell short for me, because after a good start something got in the way and after that, I did not pick up again, either, with challenges, because it feld like a failure, that I did not want to think about further or with projects, because my mind was so out of the topic, that getting into it again felt like investing the same amount of time again.
This third aspect of not working in the past is related to the second. When I choose a project, I more than once choose to do something that was so out of the reach of my current skills, that I lost faith that I would be able to do it and so stopped doing it. The experiences of failed starts in the past feed into that loss of faith in myself.
In the long run, I would like to do more coding at work, maybe even work as a programmer (as my work experience now is mainly in the line of elearning, I would like to combine the two in the most ideal case. So something like developing for a company like Codecademy or Treehouse would be great). But also indepenent from that. I would like to contribute to the open source world, either with own projects or by contributing to existing ones.
My short term goal for this challenge is to get into a more solid habit of regular coding and learning to trust my skills and ability to learn what I need to build something bigger than just variations of tutorials.


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1 year ago • Jan 28, 2022
Redneck Kitty(sub female){(mdlg)} • Jan 28, 2022
This is NOT mine. I found it on FetLife.
There are a lot of ideas out there as to what a Mommy Domme is, a lot of preconceived ideas probably based on talking to third party or biased others, or, God forbid, porn.
Here's mine...
When I think of a Mommy Domme, I don't think of someone who dresses you in baby clothes, or feeds you a bottle etc. That's not what I want in a Mommy Domme - most of the time.
My idea of a Mommy Domme is a very nurturing Dominant. She is a gentle touch when it comes to Dominance, she says please and thank you, but Lord help you if you disobey, because she will not hesitate to reinforce obediance and good manners by grabbing whatever item is at hand - and applying it liberally to your behind.
She indulges, she delights in, she doesn't force or try to make someone over. She encourages - she pays attention to the little details, and remembers. She knows exactly when someone needs a hug, a pat on the bum, a soft word, a tweak on the nose - perhaps an extra piece of chocolate cake.
She shows her feelings, shares her feelings, she is an excellent communicator. You never need wonder where you stand with a Mommy Domme, because she will tell you in no uncertain terms. She's not cruel, but she is able to tell you to go to Hell and make you look forward to the trip - all the while calling you 'darlin' or 'sugar pie'.
She doesn't raise her voice, because she doesn't need to - her submissive or submissives know she is displeased, and the depth of her displeasure is demonstrated by a mere raise of the eyebrow - that and perhaps how burnt your dinner is.
Oh, did I mention she can cook - or at least order out. She cares for her submissives, ensures they are fed and watered, taken care of because she knows that you get the best out of a submissive when you feed their hearts, minds, souls and tummies. You can't kneel on an empty tummy.
She is compassionate - to everyone around her - but don't mistake that for foolish - she knows exactly what is going on. She sees all, knows everything, says nothing. She may hug you, kiss your forehead, but she knows your sins, and still accepts your perfectly imperfect self.
She has a shoulder to cry on and two ears to listen - which she will do - for as long as you need. She'll hold you, rub your back, comfort you - but she won't coddle you. Once you've cried yourself out, she already has a plan for you to tackle that problem - usually yourself. She'll support you, but you have to take the reigns.
Don't believe that life with a Mommy Domme is easy, it's not. Yes, she's sweet, she's loving, she is indulgent, but she is still a woman and a Domme - both with needs and wants. She may cuddle you at night, but she'll still fuck you raw in the morning - she'll just coo soft words to you as she jackhammers her lust into your ass. She may call you a good girl, or good boy - or for some of us, a good bear - but you better keep your head between her legs and worship her until she's calling for Jesus.
In the dungeon, don't think a Mommy Domme will be soft. I have seen a tough grown man grovelling at a Mommy's feet, wiping his tears on the hem of her dress - and yes, she allowed that, because that's what a Mommy does. She may whip you within an inch of your life, but she'll be the first to cover your striped swollen ass with kisses before touching an ice pack to your cheeks.
Mommy Dommes do not go easy on you - they can't - they care too much. When the rest of the world is kissing your ass, or blowing smoke up your butt, a Mommy Domme will tell you the truth, lay it out straight, put you in your place.
She is fierce - do not expect to disrespect or hurt the ones she cares for and come away without a scar or two. She doesn't suffer fools, and she will not hesitate to call you out at an event - she doesn't wear that social media mask we all seem to have - where you can viciously rip each other a new one online, but be smiles and hugs at the next community gathering - Mommy Domme ain't got time for that.
A Mommy Domme says what she means and she means what she says - if she says she loves you, you can take that to the bank - that is gold bullion right there. If she says you're due for a spanking, you better grab your ankles when you get home, and don't make her come looking for you.
Now many will call themselves a Mommy, and they will role play such - don't get me wrong, there is room for that, it's pleasant and fun - but a real Mommy Domme is rare, and it's not a role - she just is. She could no more drop the personna than she could change the colour of her skin - it is in her to the very bone.
She is the Head of the Household, deserving of honour, respect and loyalty, not just as a Domme but because she is the keeper of secrets, the holder of hearts, the guardian of emotions, and the banisher of anxieties. If you go to an event, and she needs a seat, you either find her one, or you become one, because she will never ask, and she will never expect, and that's the reason she deserves the very best.
It is a strange mix having the two sides in one - the Mistress and the Mommy - like spicy and sweet. As someone I knew says, "Mistress makes it hurt, but Mommy makes it better".
I really like some sweet with my heat.
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1 year ago • Feb 1, 2022
Miki • Feb 1, 2022
Had to skim... Walls of text and my eyes ---don't see eye to eye-- so to speak..
But I got the gist of what you're saying. However there is no official dictionary of kink (or much else when it comes to interpersonal relationships of any type for that matter), so it lies with each individual what a "mommy dom" is and is not.
But if a "mommy dom" doesn't fit one's personal description--- that doesn't mean they're doing anything wrong.
just my thoughts on this.
Spellbound Wytch{Mr. Parker}
Spellbound Wytch{Mr. Parker} • Feb 1, 2022
Miki wrote:
Had to skim... Walls of text and my eyes ---don't see eye to eye-- so to speak.. But I got the gist of what you're saying. However there is no official dictionary of kink (or much else when it comes to interpersonal relationships of any type for that matter), so it lies with each individual what a "mommy dom" is and is not. But if a "mommy dom" doesn't fit one's personal description--- that doesn't mean they're doing anything wrong. Just my thoughts on this.
People lean heavily into their confirmation biases when they're so very flattering. We all do it at various times but it is worth making the distinction such as you did.
Shaynna(switch female)
Shaynna(switch female) • Feb 1, 2022
After reading this post I feel that I'm absolutely not ready to try to be a Mommy Domme, although I agree with what Miki said in her comment, I think being a Mommy Domme is too heavy for the current me, maybe I will feel different about it in a few years and then give it a shot because is something that I have interest in trying.
10 months ago • Mar 5, 2022
Redneck Kitty(sub female){(mdlg)} • Mar 5, 2022
Shaynna wrote:
I think being a Mommy Domme is too heavy for the current me, maybe I will feel different about it in a few years and then give it a shot because is something that I have interest in trying.
that's the great thing about this lifestyle though, there is no "right" way to be a mommy (or any title) it's all what feels right for you and your partner. The writing was just one perspective (not mine)
simplegirl
simplegirl • Mar 6, 2022
gillesderais(sub male)
3 weeks ago • Jan 8, 2023
gillesderais(sub male) • Jan 8, 2023
Great post. Thanks. This resonated with me in terms of what I'm looking for.
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Delta signs codeshare agreement with Kenya Airways
Delta Airlines has entered into a partnership with fellow SkyTeam member, Kenya Airways to offer convenient flying options between Accra and Monrovia.
Service under this codeshare agreement will commence from September 1, 2014. Kenya Airways will be operating Boeing 737-300 aircraft three times a week. The service is scheduled to provide convenient connections with Delta's nonstop service between JFK Airport, New York and Kotoka Airport, Accra. This new service substitutes Delta's three-time weekly flights to Accra from Roberts International Airport, Monrovia.
This agreement will offer passengers arriving in Accra to directly proceed to the transit lounge, without getting into the immigration hassle and board New York bound flights to be operated by Delta. Flying Blue and SkyMiles members will continue to savor the accrual of miles and premium benefits like lounge access, priority boarding and added baggage allowance. Business class flyers connecting through Accra will now gain access to the newly opened Sanbra Priority Lounge, located just adjacent to the Delta's airport gates.
Perry Cantarutti, Delta's Senior VP for Africa, Europe, and the Middle East said, we have been serving in Liberia for the past four years and are happy to continue this association with the help of our partnership agreement with Kenya Airways. We understand the importance of our flight services between the United States and Monrovia. He further thanked the government of Liberia for extending their support and ascertained that the airline will continue facilitating air travel between the two countries with the help of its new partner, Kenya Airways.
New York -Accra- Monrovia flight will leave New York at 22.52pm and arrive in Accra at 1.30 pm next day. The flight will then depart from Accra at 14.55 pm and arrive in 15.10 pm. Return flight will leave Monrovia at 6pm and arrive in Accra at 8pm. The flight will then depart from Accra at 10.35pm and arrive in New York at 5.13am next day.


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Asia/ Cambodia
Killing Fields and S-21: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge
Along with watching the sunrise at Angkor Wat, the other item on my Cambodia bucket list was to learn about the history. You see, in this country full of the kindest, friendlest people I've ever encountered, some of the most horrific events took place just 40 years ago. The Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocide are the most visited attractions in capital of Phnom Penh so it felt natural to want to know more. But despite being prepared with overview of what happened, our day visiting these two sites was really upsetting.
If you know about the tragic events that happened under the Khmer Rouge, then it won't be a surprise to know that this won't be the happiest of blog posts. In fact, it's going to be pretty damn grim so brace yourself. For those of you who don't know, here's a very brief run down of what happened during this time.
The Khmer Rouge was a communist movement led by Pol Pot that began to gain strength in the late 1960s. In 1970, a government coup by Prime Minister Lon Nol overthrew King Sihanouk who was supported by the Khmer Rouge: this amplified the civil war within Cambodia. During the next five years, millions of bombs were dropped on Cambodian citizens by Lon Nol's government and the US. This strengthened support for the Khmer Rouge who eventually captured Phnom Penh on 17th April 1975.
While the people cheered when the Khmer Rouge marched into Phnom Penh, the reality was quickly revealed. The Khmer Rouge evacuated the city, forcing people out of their homes and from hospitals to work in the countryside. They closed schools and government services, banned family relationships then abolished money, religion and even calendars as they proclaimed it 'Year Zero'. Over the years, they sent thousands of 'enemies' to prisons where they were tortured and executed. Up to 3 million Cambodians were killed until the Khmer Rouge were forced out of Phnom Penh by the Vietnamese in 1979. You can learn more on the memorial website. Because of this genocide, Cambodia has a young population where less than 10% of citizens are over the age of 55.
First, we visited the Killing Fields which left me with a seriously heavy feeling in the pit of my stomach. Here, prisoners were taken to be executed each day with their names ticked off a list as they arrived. They were killed, not using 'expensive' bullets, but clubbed, beaten or stabbed. Inside the memorial building, you look up to see hundreds of skulls arranged neatly in rows.
For a few seconds at a time, it was possible to forget that this wasn't just a simple memorial. I almost felt at peace with the quiet atmosphere and wide green spaces. But then you move from mass grave to mass grave.
Some are marked – like the pit where all the bodies were found without heads. Or the one where dozens of women and children were thrown without care. Others are simply holes in the ground, marked with a simple sign. But the real horror was when I saw bones still sticking out of the soil. A strip of cloth was wound around a tree, tangled in its roots and half submerged in the earth.
Next, we went back towards Phnom Penh to visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. Known as S-21 during the Khmer Rouge rule, it was actually a former high school that had been converted into a security prison. Of the 14,000 inmates that entered S-21, only 7 were known to have survived.
Immediately you see former classrooms turned torture cells for inmates, complete with hard, metal beds. They have been left almost as they were found with the addition of photographs showing the almost unrecognisable bodies found in each room. The floors in the rooms, hallways and staircases are still stained with splashes of blood. It's overwhelming and utterly devastating to see.
What I found particularly memorable was how much everything was documented by the Khmer Rouge. They meticulously photographed everybody entering the prison, kept written 'confessions' and made lists of those to be executed. As you walk through the rooms, the faces of hundreds of victims look back at you from the walls. This was a place without hope where almost nobody walked free.
On our way back to the guesthouse, we passed something that unexpectedly drove home what we had just seen. We rode past a high school and it looked just the same as S-21; the same layout, grille design and colours. To see before you, clear as day, how quickly the everyday lives of the Cambodian people were interrupted and destroyed, is an awful feeling.
It would be wrong to say that I hope you've enjoyed reading this – I've completely depressed myself again writing it. But as horrible as it is, I think it's important to learn while you travel, so I hope that this post has helped with that in some small way.
Read more about Cambodia:
Sunrise at Angkor Wat
Great NGO Cafes in Siem Reap
8 Reasons Cambodia Stole My Heart (Guest Post)
Why I Adopted a Vegetarian Diet Bias in the Mainstream Media: UK General Election
The Hidden Cafes of Ho Chi Minh City
Learning to Cook Vegetarian Thai Food
Staying in Luxury at Cosmo Hotel KL


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Kendal Triathlon Club Juniors is open to 8-16 year old children (age as of 31st Dec). Our aim is to provide a safe and fun environment for the development of the three disciplines that make up a triathlon, namely swimming, cycling, and running. The club adheres to the British Triathlon Federation (BTF) Safeguarding and Protecting Children Policy and are affiliated to the BTF which provides public liability insurance for all official club coaching sessions.
Members can commit to as much or as little training as they desire with no pressure to compete.
The club will provide Kendal and area with a viable junior triathlon club which provides inclusive training for its members in the furtherance of the sport. The helping and assisting of juniors to achieve their personal goals with the teaching, development and practice of the sport is a high objective of the club.
Training sessions will be charged separately on the day of the training session. Generally the training sessions will be charged at £2 per session.


InterWorks co-facilitated an Emergency Management Training (EMT) from 6-13 December 2015 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The workshop, co-sponsored by UNHCR and the Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA), was held for a group of Saudi Red Crescent staff who had been selected for a wide curriculum of training in international humanitarian response. The event included an emergency deployment simulation based on the model of UNHCR's regular Workshop on Emergency Management WEM.
The main objective of this emergency deployment training and simulation exercise was to enhance the capacity of SRCA's Saudi Heart emergency responders operating in a natural disaster crisis situation to function successfully within an inter-agency framework of multiple humanitarian actors. The intensive and demanding course was interactive and work-oriented, and employed a variety of methodologies, including simulation exercises, presentations and case study, as well as group and plenary discussions.
I loved this field simulation exercise. For me it's my first time to experience the situation on field and I always loved to see and feel or live what I have been training for and it's will done and love to do it again.


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Dwuścienne drzwi uruchamiające synchro-helix – rodzaj drzwi z mechanizmem zawiasowym, który umożliwia obrót drzwi o 90° poprzez odchylenie ich na zewnątrz i do góry. Zostały zaprojektowane i opracowane przez Christiana von Koenigsegga na zlecenie producenta samochodów sportowych, Koenigsegg Automotive AB. Został uznany za rewolucyjny, kiedy zadebiutował na prototypie CC (1994–2000). Pierwszym produkcyjnym samochodem wyposażonym w te drzwi był Koenigsegg CC8S (2002–2003). Głównym zamiarem drzwi było otwarcie się na tyle wysoko, aby ominąć większość krawężników, ale wystarczająco nisko, aby ominąć sufity garażu. Minimalizuje również przestrzeń zajmowaną z boku samochodu podczas otwierania drzwi, co ułatwia otwieranie drzwi podczas parkowania na ciasnych przestrzeniach z innym zaparkowanym samochodem z boku. Koenigsegg Regera był pierwszym samochodem wyposażonym w Autoskin, cechę, która pozwoliła na całkowite zmotoryzowanie tego mechanizmu poprzez automatyczne zamykanie drzwi przez naciśnięcie przycisku. Obecnie tego typu drzwi można znaleźć we wszystkich samochodach Koenigsegg, w tym:

Koenigsegg Agera

Koenigsegg Agera R.

Koenigsegg Agera RS

Koenigsegg CC

Koenigsegg CC8S

Koenigsegg CCR

Koenigsegg CCX

Koenigsegg CCXR

Koenigsegg Jesko

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Tryouts will be held on Thursday May 2nd from 3:15-4:00 at Gadsden City High School Soccer Field/Track.
Make-up date if needed due to weather will be Monday May 6th from 3:15-4:00.
Must be enrolled as a student in Gadsden City Schools Grades 7-12.
Minimum requirements to make the team will be running 2 miles within 20 minutes, 30 crunches in 1 minute, and 20 push-ups within 1 minute.
Sign up at Gadsden City High School Room A205 or Email cowens@gadsdencityschools.org to sign up or for more information.
Deadline to sign up is Tuesday April 30th.