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Long term Frameworks
The "Young People" program
Excerpts from good-bye letters of "Atnachta" tenants
דף הבית Personal stories
The story of Galit from Madraga
A letter of a graduate of the apartment
My name is Galit, I stayed at Madrega apartment up until two years ago, between the age of 18 and 20.
Today I study at a University in Jerusalem.
Before I arrived to the apartment I stayed two years at "Beit Ariel" hostel, since the age of 16.
In the hostel I had, for the first time in my life, to deal with frameworks, strict rules and limitations, in addition to the much attention (sometimes too much) and close guidance of the staff throughout my stay.
So sometimes I felt over-protected. What prevented me from falling and trying to get back up by myself.
Perhaps due to my age (16-18) it was better this way.
Preparing for independence was done through a theoretical method of talks and social guidance.
I was afraid of my encounter with real life, adulthood and independence.
To illustrate I will speak about my main fear, the fear of leaving the hostel, which haunted me: In my head I always had a picture, in which I was not able to pay the rent and the landlord threw me out with all my belongings.
Madrega Apartment, at the time, was all I needed. I joined the apartment at the age of 18, still anxious, but less.
I've gained complete independence at the apartment. Including the confidence that I can erase that picture that I always had in my head.
All the decisions regarding every aspect of my life were mine alone.
And I dealt with all the related implications.
Michal was there when I needed her, though sometimes she wasn't.
Which forced me to plan ahead my schedules and set correct priorities.
The independence I've gained through the apartment was also in the mental aspect.
Michal made me feel that I was responsible for myself, while at the same time made sure that I that our apartment is equally shared by all. She avoided (and this I gathered only after I left) "marketing" us girls as different girls with different needs.
To maintain our sense of homeliness and privacy and strengthen the feeling that we are already a part of normal society, with the duties and rights of every normal person.
Talking with Michal was a privilege, not a duty. Looking at each other eye to eye,
The advices (and not the decisions), everything about her said, and still says, that the decisions are mine and their consequences are my responsibility. Independence at the apartment was absolute. I still felt that I have someone to count on, and someone to call. What helped me assuming responsibility for my life while at the same time doing that without fear, since I have Michal and Madrega apartment.
Madrega (Stair), as its name implies, was the last step towards total independence.
I take a lot of credit for myself and proud to be where I am today.
But to tell the truth, I do not know where I would be today without Madrega, and without Michal who helped me to learn to ask for help, that it is OK to fall and also how to get back up.
It should be credited to me, to Michal and to this important and blessed project, that today I joined the Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science courses at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. What in the past (even after I left the hostel) have been a pure fantasy only for privileged people, and a dream that was really beyond my reach.
By believing in me, and believing that anything is possible, after these two years in the apartment,
I went straight into the dorms at the university and to completing my matriculation at the preparatory program.
Under Michal's guidance I reestablished a healthier and closer relationship with my family as a whole, and more specifically with my parents.
I wish to thank Michal and Otot Association that operates this important project, which saved my future (literally) and helped me more than anything else, to get out of the difficult cycle in which I was for 20 years.
Galit
The story of Tamar
I arrived to the hostel 3 years ago.
The reason was quite simple, my father immigrated with his two twin children, a son and daughter. He was a new immigrant who did not know a word of Hebrew. He had a hard time with his absorption in Israel.
We had no friends. It was really difficult.
Me and my brother did not suffer so much. We did have friends. We spoke mostly Russian, But we knew Hebrew very well and helped my father.
When we reached the more advanced classes in elementary school problems started to appear…
Many times we did not go to school.
For no good reason…
And then came the social worker of the municipality.
My father did not know what's going to happen, he genuinely trusted the social worker – who spoke with him in Russian.
My brother started doing stupid things, The police was also involved. So we were referred to several more talks at the city welfare office in which they offered me and my brother, with the consent of my father, to go to a hostel.
The decision was very difficult for all three of us.
Mother remained in Russia – she's very sick.
Both me and my brother went to a hostel. We both made new friends both at the hostel and at school.
We went to regular schools.
We started feeling better. My brother was in another city but not very far away.
We visited home every two or three weeks. Father was in a better mood and at times he had a job. But it was hard for him without us .Father was happy every time we visited home. My brother did quite well at school and even studied for an additional year since he studied a trade.
I also studied like everybody else.
Eventually me and my brother reached the stage where we needed to leave the hostel.
Both me and my brother are soldiers now. I'm a soldier who loves what I do and my brother serves in the Air Force.
In fact we had a good time in the hostel, we learned what is right to do and matured there.
Today we regard that period as the period that saved us.
We still keep in touch with the hostel and the social worker who made efforts for us.
Central Israel
The Story of 'A', a guide at "Makom Acher"
"I still remember the first cigarette I ever smoked. I inhaled the smoke into my lungs and went zigzagging all the way home due to dizziness. In 94 I immigrated to Israel with my sister and we lived with relatives in Haifa. I had a dream to open a new page in my life and be a good boy, and that what really happened at first – I learned Hebrew fairly quickly and had good grades in school. But all that was worthed nothing when I used to come home and see my mother with black eyes from the beatings she took from my father, who passed out from drunkenness.
This situation has affected me and very quickly I went back connecting with the disturbed children who skipped classes, smoke cigarettes and drank vodka. I thought that it is a lot more fun to get into trouble than to do my homework while others are having fun (or so I thought).
In two years, I found myself expelled from boarding school, and because I was afraid to tell that to my parents, I made up some lie and run away from home. For two or three months I wandered around with friends, acquaintances, hiding places and abandoned buildings,while being stoned from any thing that could get me stones and scare away all my bad thoughts.
When I had nothing to eat I used to ask money from people on the street, claiming I need it for travel. Of course, everything was wasted on drugs. At some point I had no friends and no places to hide anymore and I decided to go back home. At the same time I also got caught stealing and had to go, by the judge's order, to meetings with a probation officer. Today I can say that she was the one who pulled me back up. She managed to find a place for me at a hostel for youth at risk after no other facility wanted to take me in anymore since I was almost 18.
I was sure that there I could already stand back up on my feet, but this disease, this addiction, was stronger than me. The third time I got caught with a "dirty" urinalysis it was decided that I need to go to rehab. The manager of the hostel where I stayed was amazed that I did not resisted to go to rehab, just because I was already with my head down, I did not believe in myself and was willing to do anything to break this circle already.
It was very hard for me to make myself believe that I could last one week without drugs, let alone for months or years. I will never forget how I got angry with one of the boys who whined about being clean for just three months, while his friend had been clean for one year already. I looked at him and thought he was a moron – for me being clean for months makes him some sort of a god, and this is how he belittles that?!
It took me just over two years to rehab, and at certain moments I could not see the light at the end of the tunnel anymore. What kept me going was the friends I acquired, and mainly the fact that I started to believe in myself. I set myself with goals and started feeling better with my life. I would get up early in the morning and no longer had that thought of how and where I'm going to get my fix, but instead thought of what I'm going to do today that would drive me forward with my life. I wanted to join the army, but it was already too late; I could only do basic training and reserves. I wanted to do something more meaningful, to contribute, so I went working with autistic children in my national service volunteering. Working with them was very difficult for me.
After the service, I decided to complete my matriculation and did that at the Wingate Institute. Then I met Alon Barmi in one of the graduates reunions at Malkishua (a therapeutic community for drug addicts), and he asked me to work as an educational guide at a hostel for teen boys and girls at risk. Since then two years have passed, during which I worked, and still working, at "Makom Acher", and I believe I will continue working here for a few more years.
The story of Samir
Samir arrived at the hostel in Jerusalem two years ago, when he was 18, a high school senior in a vocational school.
Samir is the third child out of four siblings, his father works as an employee at a supermarket in this region.
The graduated elementary school well, but during middle school years problems began to emerge…
He began throwing stones at Israeli cars passing down toward his neighborhood.
The probation officer began to check on the boy.
It turned out that Samir felt that his father does not constitute an authority figure. His father works very hard to provide for his home and children and is not involved with the lives of his children. The mother is very dominant and looks after her children.
It turned out that Samir always did what he wanted, without any limits and without the discipline and authority of adults.
At school also he began to exhibit behavioral problems, which became known to his parents and the probation officer.
The result was unavoidable and Samir was arrested by the police.
After his release he kept throwing stones at cars a few more times. The was arrested again and the judge sentenced him to six months' imprisonment.
Samir had great difficulties adapting to the imprisonment conditions and was even injured by other inmates. He still afraid to talk about prison and suffers from bad dreams ….
Samir lost two years of regular studies.
After the third arrest, also for throwing stones, the judge referred him to the hostel for 18 months, as an act of last chance….
Samir knew how prison was and what a detention is…
This is the moment when Samir decided to reconsider his conduct…
Is this how he wants the rest of his life to be like. Is this what his parents would want their young son to go through?
The referral to the hostel entailed great changes in Samir's thoughts and will to succeed.
He recalled that the judge told him that this was his last chance, he remembered the judge's resounding voice …
He decided to take things into his hands and was accepted well at a hostel, with problems related with the setting of boundaries and accepting authority.
The professional staff helped him well and he returned to regular studies. The hostel's manager contacted the school, which also saw this as one last chance.
He corrected his ways and everything turned out as he wanted. He studied in a vocational matriculation class.
t the 11th grade he became the most outstanding student of his age group.
Samir became disciplined, stable, and wishes to complete his senior year in high school.
At the same time with his studies Samir also works for several hours. With his earnings he learns to drive, helps his parents financially and buys new clothes for himself without asking anyone for any support.
Samir requested to prolong his stay in the hostel for additional six months and this request was granted.
The hostel's manager recommended Samir as a national outstanding tenant.
Currently Samir is in the midst of his process of leaving the hostel in which he stayed for two years.
Samir asks upon his graduation to examine the possibility of allowing him to serve as a guide in the hostel in which he had changed.
The hostel's manager said that she would be happy to accept him, provided he'll complete his matriculation exams
So may Samir have great success in his future endeavors…..
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Employment Fitness Test
Applicant must be able to pass the physical fitness assessment at the standards established for academy applicants.
The physical fitness assessment consists of the following:
1. Exit patrol car:
The candidate will begin seated in a patrol car.
The seat belt does not need to be fastened. The test monitor will tell the candidate to "GO." The candidate must then exit the patrol car and complete the following physical tasks. Timing begins with two stopwatches (in case of malfunction) when the car door cracks open.
2. Run:
The candidate must run a distance of about 300 yards (the approximate length of the entire course), encountering obstacles along the way.
3. Fence climb:
Candidates will run to the first obstacle, a 6-foot chain link fence, and climb over it. Candidates may take as many attempts as necessary to complete this component, but must successfully navigate over the top of the fence in order to continue with the sequence.
4. Stair climb:
Candidates will proceed to the stair climb component, running up one side and down the other. There are 6 steps on the ascent and descent, with a platform in the middle.
Terrain change:
After running around a barrel and changing directions, candidates will encounter a change in the terrain; this is a naturally occurring "dip" in the land that candidates must navigate on the way to the next obstacle.
6. Navigate under low-lying obstacle:
Candidates will run to the next obstacle, two standard 6-foot, fold-up office tables positioned in sequence (not length-wise). There is approximately 30" of clearance underneath which candidates must navigate through. Minor displacement of the tables is permissible (if a candidate stands up too early, for instance, and disrupts the table placement), however, should a candidate completely up-end a table, the table should be repositioned, and the candidate should be instructed to re-attempt the test component (while the stopwatches continue to run).
7. Jump over low-lying obstacle #1:
The candidate must jump over a low-lying obstacle, a plastic pipe resting on two small traffic cones, approximately 12" high. Should a candidate knock the plastic pipe out of position, the test administrator or course marshal should immediately replace the pipe and instruct the candidate to re-attempt the test component (while the stopwatches continue to run).
9. Victim rescue / suspect move (approximately 150 pounds):
After changing directions once more, and running around a barrel, the candidate will run to a dummy representing an officer in need of assistance or a suspect, and will drag the dummy completely past a line approximately 15 feet away. Timing of the test stops when the entire dummy passes over the line. The fastest time between the two stop watches is recorded.
The applicant must pass the required tests during a single session.
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Q: How to implement class methods in array_map's callable I am trying to create a class to handle arrays but I can't seem to get array_map() to work in it.
$array = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10];
class test {
    public $values;

    public function adding($data) {
        $this->values = array_map($this->dash(), $data);
    }

    public function dash($item) {
        return '-' . $item . '-';
    }

}

var_dump($array);

$test = new test();
$test->adding($array);

// Expected: -1-,-2-,-3-,-4-...
var_dump($test->values);

This outputs
array(10) { [0]=> int(1) [1]=> int(2) [2]=> int(3) [3]=> int(4) [4]=> int(5) [5]=> int(6) [6]=> int(7) [7]=> int(8) [8]=> int(9) [9]=> int(10) }
Warning: Missing argument 1 for test::dash(), called in [...]\arraytesting.php on line 11 and defined in [...]\arraytesting.php on line 15

Warning: array_map() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, function '--' not found or invalid function name in [...]\arraytesting.php on line 11 NULL

What am I doing wrong or does this function just not work inside classes?

A: array_map($this->dash(), $data) calls $this->dash() with 0 arguments and uses the return value as the callback function to apply to each member of the array. You want array_map(array($this,'dash'), $data) instead.

A: It must read
$this->classarray = array_map(array($this, 'dash'), $data);

The array-thing is the PHP callback for a object instance method. Callbacks to regular functions are defined as simple strings containing the function name ('functionName'), while static method calls are defined as array('ClassName, 'methodName') or as a string like that: 'ClassName::methodName' (this works as of PHP 5.2.3).

A: You are specifying dash as the callback in the wrong way.
This does not work:
$this->classarray = array_map($this->dash(), $data);

This does:
$this->classarray = array_map([$this, 'dash'], $data);

Read about the different forms a callback may take here.

A: When using a class method as a callback for functions like array_map() and usort(), you have to send the callback as two-value array.  The 2nd value is always the name of the method as a string.  The 1st value is the context (class name or object)
// Static outside of class context
array_map( array( 'ClassName', 'methodName' ), $array );

// Static inside class context
array_map( array( __CLASS__, 'methodName' ), $array );

// Non-static outside of object context
array_map( array( $object, 'methodName' ), $array );

// Non-static inside of object context
array_map( array( $this, 'methodName' ), $array );

A: array_map takes a callback as its first parameter.
And a callback to a static method is written like this :
array('classname', 'methodname')

Which means that, in your specific case, you'd use :
array_map(array('stripSlashesRecursive', ''), $value);

For more informations about callbacks, see this section of the PHP manual : Pseudo-types and variables used in this documentation - callback.

A: In case the class belongs to a different namespace, you need to use the complete namespaced class name. Below is an example using a CakePHP Utility class:
This will not work:
array_map(array('Inflector', 'humanize'), $some_array));

This will work:
array_map(array('Cake\Utility\Inflector', 'humanize'), $some_array));

A: array_map( array('Sanitize', 'stripSlashesRecursive'), $value) ...

A: //Regular functions:
array_map('MyFunction', $array);
//static functions in a class:
array_map(array('MyClass', 'MyFunction'), $array);
//functions from an object:
array_map(array($this, 'MyFunction'), $array);
//functions from an parent class
array_map(array($this, 'parent::MyFunction'), $array);

A: For multidimensional arrays (any arrays):
    $data = array_map('decode'), $data);

    function decode($data)
    {
        if (is_array($data)) {
            foreach ($data as &$value) {
                if (is_array($value)) {
                    $value = decode($value);
                } else {
                    $value = html_entity_decode($value);
                }
            }
        } else {
            $data = html_entity_decode($data);
        }
        return $data;
    }

For multidimensional arrays (any arrays) in Class:
$data = array_map(array($this,'decode'), $data);

private function decode($data)
{
    if (is_array($data)) {
        foreach ($data as &$value) {
            if (is_array($value)) {
                $value = $this->decode($value);
            } else {
                $value = html_entity_decode($value);
            }
        }
    } else {
        $data = html_entity_decode($data);
    }
    return $data;
}

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Respiratory failure was long thought to be the major cause of death in people with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD), the milder form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Heart failure and life-threatening arrhythmia have since emerged as the leading causes of death for these patients. Researchers, led by Dr. Koichi Kimura of the University of Tokyo, have reviewed the current strategies and suggest treatment options to treat heart failure in BMD.
Their article, titled "Therapeutic Strategy for Heart Failure in Becker Muscular Dystrophy," was published in the International Heart Journal.
According to the authors, because the symptoms of BMD are generally mild, patients tend to delay their hospital visits. But this can sometimes mean that heart pathology is too advanced for initial treatment. The researchers suggest that early cardiac screening be strongly recommended, and that each patient be provided with in-depth information about the importance of constant hospital visits for evaluations.
Medication such as beta-blockers is a preferred therapy, especially in patients with an elevated heart rate. The authors suggest that an initial treatment with beta-blockers could improve tachycardia and arrhythmia, although further research in this area is needed.
Pacemakers and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices are sometimes used in BMD, although recent studies have found these offer limited benefit. Difficulties include inadequate positioning at the time of device implantation due to thoracic deformities, and errors in the determination of device indications due to scoliosis.
Because the risk of device intervention is high, careful consideration and individualized discussions are needed before using this approach.
Corticosteroids are the main medications routinely used to treat both DMD and BMD. These seem to improve both muscle strength and heart function. While most studies suggest that they are only beneficial in DMD patients, some scientists suggest that they can be a treatment option even in the advanced stages of heart failure in BMD.
Points to be considered include the type of glucocorticoid to be used, and the dose and timing of the treatment. Other points include the type of genetic mutation causing the disease, whether developmental heart failure is present, and the patient's kidney and respiratory functional status.
"Further understanding and optimization of treatment strategies for heart failure are of critical importance to improve prognosis and quality of life in patients with BMD," the authors concluded.
Tagged Becker muscular dystrophy, beta blocker, corticosteroids, CRT, heart failure, pacemaker.
Next:DMD Has Its First Therapy, Exondys 51. Now, What Other Treatment Options Are There?
My son is suffering from DMD, his age is 4 Year and 06 months.
I have Beckers MD and Heart Failure so I don't know but the MDA should be able to provide information.


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US announces $285 million cut in contributions to the UN
But the "generosity of the American people" will continue to give billions to Israel and help the genocide of the Palestinian people and the maintaining of the Gaza concentration camp. In fact, it's not at all the democratic choice of the generous American people but the decision of a government totally controlled by the powerful US Jewish lobby. If democratically consulted, the American people would for sure vote for helping the UN and the Palestinian people instead of supporting the apartheid criminal Israeli government.
Ambassador Nikki Haley vowed to "no longer let the generosity of the American people be taken advantage of."
Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced on Sunday a $285 million cut to the U.N. budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year. The historic budget cut comes just days after 120 nations condemned President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Haley accused the U.N. of budgetary excess when making the announcement; while she did not make it clear if all the reductions would come from the U.S., she didn't mention any other nations. The U.N. has an overall $5.4-billion biennial budget, of which the U.S. funds about 22 percent, according to Newsweek. Each member nation is required to make a contribution, but the contributions vary based on factors such as population and gross national income.
"The inefficiency and overspending of the United Nations are well known. We will no longer let the generosity of the American people be taken advantage of or remain unchecked," Haley said, Fox News reported. "This historic reduction in spending — in addition to many other moves toward a more efficient and accountable U.N. — is a big step in the right direction."
These budget cuts may not be the end for the U.N. under Trump's administration. The president's proposed spending budget for 2018 would end funding for U.N. climate change programs and reduce funding for the U.N. Children's Fund — UNICEF — by 16 percent.
Trump has long spoken about making budget cuts to the U.N. and his latest Jerusalem controversy has only heightened tensions. Haley hinted the lack of support of the administration's decision to recognize the Holy City as Israel's capital could serve as further motivation to make cuts. She also said the U.S. would be "taking names" of those who voted in opposition of America's decision to move its embassy to the city.
"The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out in this assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation," said Haley ahead of the vote on Dec. 21. "We will remember it when, once again, we are called up to make the world's largest contribution to the U.N., and we will remember it when many countries come calling on us to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit."
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Within a ritual a verbal language what mean all this? It implies that we we find the Lord, and that mystery and that encounter must make a change in us. We cannot go with a self-sufficient, proud heart before the Lord, because then there is no transformation in the heart, does not exist a change of attitude in life, because we believe that we are us, and that we are perfect, and that we do not need any change. In contrast with a simple heart we approach to the receive the gift of the Eucharist, this should be at every Eucharist that we participate. Rio- Tinto Diamonds understands that this is vital information. The meeting therefore involves personal skills, is open to the meeting, simple, humble, but is also believing in that person with which we do not find, but in addition to believe open our minds and hearts, because Jesus has us to say many things, much more than us to him. But before we need to listen, then respond. A Carmelite brother, there by the 16th century, 17TH, he said wisely: why the Lord has given us two ears and one tongue? (laughs) Because we have to listen to twice what they are talking about (laughs).
The same thing happens because we usually speak more of what we hear, in the liturgy. We use the two ears to listen carefully, and what God wants to tell us here today in this celebration, by which the knows very well what we want to say, and not respond before the us talk. The Eucharist is for some, go to waste time, and we know wasting time with our friends. To know more about this subject visit J. Darius Bikoff. The man held in the personal, family, social life, and celebrate events, is to dedicate a time, something that has importance, my birthday, an anniversary, etc. That sharing with others, these events, festive celebration interrupted what is everyday, interrupted work which is so painful, the celebrated an event is to let everything thing that's distressing, which is laborious.
Not held in solitude, but in the company of relatives, friends, etc. And that takes place there is a meeting, a group of people where shares the word, singing, joy, friendship, food, soft drinks, and friendly ties are created. The celebration is something that pays not economically, but locks in Yes great value, these ties of friendship and celebrate together create an event in this family, social event, etc. Life is present at the celebration. That man now celebrating with joy and gladness, is a person who has their difficulties, their troubles, their problems, etc. Carries with it what is life, we cannot say: now I'm going to a celebration of a birthday, and then everything that is my life, the work concerns left out, what happens? We divide the man, the person, that person who works fatigue is, that person was pleased, it is that shares the anniversary the festive celebration. It therefore carries with it everything that is life, his life at the celebration. But it is now embodied in the festive atmosphere. There are symbols in the celebration: gift, cake, etc. And during the celebration all those involved communicate through words, say their things, make memory of the past, all this obviously creates a climate, to celebrate this event.


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Tiger, Sequoia lead $35M funding in CleverTap
Clevertap to use proceeds to build out its LA-based engineering hub, go deeper in multiple geographies and further build its technology platformBiswarup Gooptu | ETtech | Updated: October 15, 2019, 20:25 IST
L-R: Clevertap co-founders Suresh Kondamudi, Anand Jain, Sunil Thomas
Tiger Global Management and Sequoia Capital have led a $35 million (about Rs 250 crore) financing round in mobile marketing and mobile analytics venture CleverTap, the second time the two existing institutional investors have backed the company in the last six months.
The Series C round of funding values the San Francisco and Mumbai-based company at about $385 million, according to Sunil Thomas, chief executive of WizRocket, the parent entity of CleverTap, thereby, more than doubling the valuation of $150 million it commanded in its previous round, which closed in April earlier this year.
That round, which saw CleverTap raise $26 million, had seen the entry of Tiger Global, one of the most active and influential investors in the Indian startup ecosystem, into the six-year-old company's investor cap table, which has now raised an estimated $75 million across rounds so far.
Tiger Global's latest bet marks the latest transaction by the storied New York-headquartered investment firm in India, a geography it has returned to after three-year absence, and has pumped in an estimated $400 million across sectors, since late last year.
CleverTap, which also counts Accel Partners as an investor, will use the proceeds to build out its Los Angeles-based engineering hub, expand its footprints across geographies and add enhanced predictive capabilities to its platform.
"This latest round of funding will enable CleverTap to help more companies achieve their retention goals as they build long-lasting relationships with their customers," Thomas said. The company will expand further into North America and Canada, Europe and Latin America, while also going deeper into its core markets of India and Asia-Pacific region.
"There is a clear lack of viable solutions in the market today that drive the needed business outcomes for mobile conversion, retention, and growth. CleverTap is solving a significant pain point for marketers by offering a user retention platform that can exponentially increase customer lifetime value and long-term growth, Mohit Bhatnagar, managing director at Sequoia Capital India, said.
CleverTap claims to have helped generate over $2 billion in incremental revenue for its customers, and has said it reaches more than one billion devices and over 8,000 consumer apps in more than 100 countries.
Founded by Anand Jain, Sunil Thomas, and Suresh Kondamudi, the company is a customer engagement and retention platform that counts leading brands among its clientele, list that includes, Vodafone, Star, Sony, Zilingo, Carousell, Domino's Pizza, Gojek and BookMyShow.
Its technology stack enables businesses to deliver omni-channel experiences to customers in real-time. Clients can utilise CleverTap's proprietary big data and artificial intelligence-powered platform, to analyse user behaviour, providing marketing and growth teams with immediate customer context at every stage of their journey.
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Mandatory licensure and comprehensive regulation are part-and-parcel of the alcohol distributor's existence. Maintaining the security and integrity of alcohol inventories, assuring the timely payment of excise taxes, and providing the intermediary buffer between the supplier and retailer tiers are critical responsibilities for America's alcohol wholesalers. The lawyers and professionals of our Alcohol Industry Team work hard every day to help wholesalers meet those responsibilities.
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Ex-Trump Aide Hope Hicks To Talk Behind Closed Doors To US House Investigators
Hope Hicks will be the committee's "first fact witness," said Jamie Raskin, a Democratic lawmaker on the committee, which is planning for a lengthy inquiry.
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Hope Hicks was part of Trump's inner circle during the 2016 campaign (Reuters photo)
Hope Hicks, once a close aide and communications director for President Donald Trump, will become on Wednesday the first member of his inner circle to testify to the congressional panel leading a probe into possible obstruction of justice by Trump.
Democrats who control the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee believe Hicks can provide important insights into five episodes of potential obstruction by Trump that were described in former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
They also expect Hicks to shed light on alleged hush payments during the campaign to two women who said they had affairs with Trump, including porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump has denied the affairs.
Hicks will be the committee's "first fact witness," said Jamie Raskin, a Democratic lawmaker on the committee, which is planning for a lengthy inquiry. "Having somebody talking about what happened from a personal perspective will be a dramatic debut for the committee," Raskin said.
Hicks, who was part of Trump's inner circle during the 2016 campaign and in the first 14 months of his presidency, was subpoenaed to testify and is due to appear at 9 am on Wednesday for a closed-door interview that aides said could run well into the evening.
The committee will afterward release a transcript of her testimony that is expected to feature prominently in a House Judiciary hearing on Thursday. At that time, lawmakers plan to examine an ABC News interview in which Trump said there would be nothing wrong with accepting damaging information on a US political opponent from a foreign government.
Democrats see those comments as an invitation to foreigners to interfere in the 2020 campaign as Trump seeks reelection.
Mueller's 448-page report concluded there was insufficient evidence to establish that the Trump campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy with Moscow in 2016, despite extensive contacts between the campaign and Russia.
It is unclear how helpful Hicks, a 30-year-old public relations consultant, will be, given White House efforts to prevent former Trump aides from cooperating with a string of congressional investigations into Trump.
The White House is expected to have at least one lawyer in the room with Hicks on Wednesday. The administration has already directed her not to give the committee any documents pertaining to her White House tenure, which ended in March 2018. But she has handed over documents related to the 2016 campaign, raising expectations she will testify on those topics.
Hicks' attorney did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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Democrats want Hicks to discuss a June 9, 2016, meeting at Trump Tower in New York, where the Mueller report said campaign officials, including the president's son Donald Trump Jr., met with Russians offering "dirt" on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. A key question is whether Trump himself was aware of the meeting at the time.
Aides said the committee's main focus, however, was on alleged obstruction by Trump involving former White House Counsel Don McGahn, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former FBI Director James Comey and former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
The Mueller report described the president's efforts to impede Mueller's probe, but stopped short of declaring that he committed a crime.
The report recounts how in July 2017, Trump directed Hicks to issue a misleading statement to the press saying only that the Trump Tower meeting had been about Russian adoption.
"I would like to know about her involvement in that process and what she personally knew happened," said Ted Lieu, a Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. "She was involved in that whole chain of events, where the president lied about what actually happened."
Hicks was also present for two separate episodes that Mueller cited as offering relevant evidence of obstruction after Trump took office: his efforts to get Sessions to redirect the Russia probe away from his 2016 election campaign team, and his attempts to persuade McGahn to deny that Trump asked him to remove Mueller.
Lawmakers expect Hicks to decline to answer questions on key topics by citing Trump's executive privilege over the Mueller report. At such points, aides said the committee would try to negotiate an agreement to allow testimony.
Experts said lawmakers could also seek a federal court order directing her to testify, an action the full House authorized in a party-line vote last week.
House Republicans dismiss the committee probe as political overreach calculated to placate Democratic voters who want Trump impeached.
"It just seems like the Democrats are trying to influence the 2020 election and using the committees to do so," said Debbie Lesko, a Republican on the panel.
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Fan Picnics in Maastricht In 2019: on concert Saturdays in July.
Throughout the years the tradition of a fan gathering in the Maastricht Stadspark (City park) remains. In 2019 the fan picnics will take place on Saturdays: July 6, 13, 20. between 12 pm and 2 pm. Please bring your lunch, drinks and something to sit on (blanket, chair, etc). Last year we had about 100 fans from all continents (on the first concert weekend).
We recommend wearing a name tag with your name and country. There is no registration, just come to the park and meet a lot of fan friends. In case of inclement weather, we'll cancel. But we are not afraid of a little drizzle, we are Dutch. Umbrellas allowed. And you know the Limburg custom…. We'll bring a sausage to Saint Clara, or place a call to Saint Peter, to ask for nice weather!
During the picnics you may find Sonja Harper (USA), creator of the website www.andrerieutranslations.com; John de Jong (USA), one of the managers of the www.harmonyparlor.blogspot.com. Ineke and Ruud Elshout - Cornelissen from the Netherlands, hosts of the www.andrerieumovies.com web site and organizers of the fan dinner and picnics. We look forward to meet you all!!
Map of Maastricht; location of Fan Picnic is at the bottom right. Maps of the Maastricht city center are on sale at the Tourist Office for € 2.
In 2015/16/17 we set up a new record with about 100 fans who attended the fan picnic!! Photo by Al Girard.
And in 2016 we had another 100 attendants! Photo by Al Girard.
A fun video made by Alice Leung in 2009.
The video above is part of the road soap Welcome to my World 2, episode 10: "My musical year". The images of the fan dinner and fan picnic were recorded in July 2016. It is not guaranteed that soloists or JSO members will appear to meet the fans. We never know what will happen.


Mummuni Arishetu sorts sorghum as she prepares food for students at the Ying Anglican Primary School in the Savelugu-Nanton district, northern Ghana on Monday June 4, 2007. Through a partnership between parents and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) children who attend school are provided with a meal every day. According to one of the teachers, this alone is responsible for a 40 percent increase in attendance. CRS provides sorghum and oil, families provide tomatoes, fish and seasoning. Children also bring water and firewood from home.


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Cheering fans greet Yanks' Giambi
Jason Giambi wasted no time beginning his rehabilitation with the New York Yankees' fans after a season wrecked by injury and an offseason filled with steroid allegations.
A little more than 2 hours after arriving at spring training in Tampa, on Monday, he walked to the outfield end of the New York dugout, stepped onto the field and was greeted with cheers and outstretched pens.
''It's pretty humbling, pretty incredible, to have the support from the fans,'' Giambi said.'' It's pretty awesome.''
When he returned to the clubhouse, Giambi went down a row of pitchers' lockers and shook hands with Randy Johnson. Giambi decided not to give a group apology.
''What I've started doing is going up to the guys face to face,'' he said. ''To me, that meant more than doing a team meeting or addressing the team.''
Giambi also expressed empathy for third baseman Alex Rodriguez, repeatedly ripped by the Boston Red Sox during spring training.
''He's definitely got it rough,'' Giambi said. ''I'm definitely here for him as a teammate. I know what it's like to be on the rough side.''
At Fort Myers, Boston's bashing of A-Rod took on a conciliatory, even comical, tone when clubhouse clowns Johnny Damon and David Ortiz lightened the mood.
Damon had dubbed his own teammates a bunch of ''idiots'' last season and, on Monday, rattled off one-liners. One was about Rodriguez' early-morning training regimen.
''Waking up 6 in the morning?'' Damon said after his late-afternoon arrival. ''There's been many a nights where I haven't been to bed at 6 in the morning.''
Ortiz said he didn't have time to devote to the controversy.
''I only have one tape at home, the Red Sox one,'' Ortiz said about the Red Sox championship season video. ''I watch it over and over and over and over and I don't even know what's going on here.''
Trot Nixon, who criticized the Yankees third baseman for boasting about his workouts, stood by those comments but said he was ''being stupid and flying off at the mouth'' when he made them Feb. 15.
Yankees bashing spilled over into the Philadelphia Phillies' training camp in Clearwater, when Kenny Lofton reported and wasted no time in taking a shot at Joe Torre, his manager last season.
''He didn't want me to play. If he wanted me to play, I would have played,'' Lofton said. ''I liked the situation over there, but I wasn't wanted by the manager. Certain managers you respect. Now, I'm in a more relaxed situation.''
A six-time All-Star center fielder, Lofton is coming off his most frustrating season. He hit .275 with seven stolen bases in just 83 games in his only year with the Yankees.
At Peoria, Ariz., Seattle third-baseman Adrian Beltre took his physical and joined his new teammates for a round of batting practice.
Beltre, who signed a $64 million, five-year contract with the Mariners in December, knows the game will be different for him after spending the first seven years of his major league career with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
''It's not going to be easy,'' he said of facing AL pitching for the first time. ''It's going to take time to adjust to it. I hope my new teammates are going to help me.''
At Surprise, Ariz., second baseman Alfonso Soriano was given permission to increase his running program as he prepared for his second season with the Texas Rangers.
''Everything looks great with Sori,'' trainer Jamie Reed said. Soriano tore his left hamstring and missed the final two weeks of the 2004 season. He did most of his rehab work on a stationary bike after deciding not to have surgery.
''I just started running about two weeks ago,'' Soriano said. ''It's going to take awhile to get in shape, but I feel good so far.''
At Port St. Lucie, on the day center fielder Carlos Beltran reported to his first spring with the New York Mets, general manager Omar Minaya met Mike Cameron, who is shifting from center.
''I'm not even thinking about trading Mike Cameron,'' Minaya said. ''Mike Cameron's going to be our right fielder.''
Cameron's name has surfaced in trade rumors since the Mets signed Beltran. Cameron reported to camp Monday and said he never indicated he wanted a trade.
At Tucson, Ariz., new Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin selected Javier Vazquez as his the opening day starter. Vazquez got the nod over fellow right-hander Russ Ortiz, who got the first opening day start of his career last season with the Atlanta Braves.
''It could have been either of them,'' Melvin said. ''It could have been (Shawn) Estes. We have four guys we're going to feel very good about the day we run them out there. Vazquez had a little bit more experience pitching opening day.''
At Lakeland, new Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez worked out without a brace on the left knee, which required two operations and cut short his 2004 season.
''My knee feels normal,'' said Ordonez, who spent the first eight years of his career with the Chicago White Sox. ''The only thing I need to get back is my rhythm.''
At Vero Beach, Brad Penny had his first bullpen session since sustaining a rare nerve injury to his right arm shortly after Los Angeles acquired him from Florida late last season. The right-hander threw about a dozen pitches, which were more like tosses in a game of catch. Penny said it was his idea to go to the mound.
''I just wanted to get up there and pitch,'' he said, adding the pitches were thrown at less than half effort. ''I'll probably do it again Wednesday, but I might do it tomorrow. I didn't plan on doing it (today), so you never know.''


The Apostle John uses the metaphor of walking to describe our relationship with "truth." He could have chosen a number of alternate descriptors – standing, sitting, running or even believing – to make his point. Why "walking in the truth?" And further, why does this bring John the greatest amount of joy?
Perhaps he chose the word "walking" because it is so commonplace and natural. In fact, most of us walk without even thinking about it. It requires no special mental effort to simply walk. Perhaps this is a perfect choice of words for that very reason. There is nothing super-spiritual or lofty about it. It brings truth down into the everyday fabric of our normal lives.
Walking is a part of nearly everything we do. Whether it's walking to the refrigerator or to and from work, we would be hard pressed to find a more a more inclusive word to describe much of the activity of our lives. Walking in truth should become a natural, all-inclusive, practically unconscious reality of our day to day existence as believers in Christ.
Walking in truth is not something that just happens. Infants and toddlers work very hard to progress from crawling to taking the first big step. Along the way come multiple bumps and bruises. The same is true as we develop our walk in the truth. While truth should be expressed naturally through our lives, we must determine to pursue truth. Like walking, we must pursue truth one step at a time. A parent's joy comes in watching the walking. Imagine a child who has watched others walk, who believes in the reality of walking, and who can explain both how and why walking occurs, yet they never attempt to walk themselves! This would bring grief and concern to any parent. In similar fashion, we can know the truth and yet not walk in it. The truth is really in us only to the degree that we have learned to walk it out.
Are their areas where the profession of your faith and the expression of your faith are miles apart?
Are their things you acknowledge to be true but have difficulty living out?
Focus on bringing feet to your faith this week!
The word "church" for most people brings to mind images of brick and mortar, stained glass or pristine white steeples. But the church is not a building. Our English word "church," when traced back to its roots, actually means "belonging to the Lord." The church is comprised of those who have been redeemed by the precious blood of Christ and who are now gathered together for worship and warfare.
This new community of believers is to be marked by an important quality which sets it apart form the rest of the world – TRUTH. Paul describes the church as "God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth" (I Timothy 3:15 NIV). Foundations and pillars are critical to the long term success of any structure. A church without truth is destined for demolition.
God is truth (Psalm 31:5; Isaiah 65:16), Jesus is the embodiment of truth (Ephesians 4:21; John 14:6) and the Holy Spirit is the "spirit of truth" (I John 5:6). It logically follows that Christians, those who view themselves as disciples of Christ, should seek to embody truth in the same way Jesus did.
We are fortunate to be in a church culture which has consistently modeled authenticity, openness and transparency. We must diligently guard and nurture this atmosphere through the honest sharing of our lives, both the victories and the failures, so that truth is displayed before the watching world.
I'll be preaching this Sunday on the importance of telling the truth to yourself, others and to God. I hope you can join us!


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Shuttarna Ier (né vers -1541, mort en -1471) est un roi de Mitanni.

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Shuttarna Ier est le fils de Kirta, il eut un enfant, Barattarna, avec son épouse (inconnue).

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Mittani
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This protocol should only be used for connecting repeaters directly. To connect networks, other protocols exist - please contact the dev team so that a good implementation can be made. We can't give support if the protocol is used for other things than connecting repeaters directly.
This version of the homebrew repeater protocol is implemented at BrandMeister as "MMDVM Host". The protocol is very close to a version of DL5DI but has some principal changes that are not documented in that specification. Over time, changes introduced have alienated these two protocols.
You can find the spec here: File:DMRplus IPSC Protocol for HB repeater.pdf This version of the homebrew repeater protocol is implemented at BrandMeister as "Homebrew Repeater"
Please note, this specification is not necessarily complete.
Default UDP port is 62030.
All messages except DMRD are in text form.
Repeater ID should be presented as a hexadecimal string of 8 characters in length (except DMRD, which is binary).
Salt and SHA-256 hash of the authentication protocol should be also presented as hexadecimal strings.
Use salt value as a string when calculating hash value (see attached PHP example code).
Configuration protocol has 306 bytes in length.
Interval of PING messages should be in the range 5 - 15 seconds (5 is preferred for most firewalls).
When the TX and RX frequencies have same value we consider this case as a connected hotspot in DMO mode.
When the frequencies equals to zero we consider this case as a connected wide-band IP client.
In case of DMO hotspot or IP client all DMR traffic should be transmitted with unset bit of selected slot.
Synchronous Site Beacon is very important for passive automatic roaming. We added a special message to the protocol. It should be sent by the server to repeaters. No response is required.
Where 01234567 is ID of repeater (hexadecimal string of 8 characters).
-120.0 is RSSI value in dBm.
There is no acknowledge message.
Client could request server to interrupt current incoming call.
One of the targets of the Homebrew Protocol is mobile devices such as mobile phones. This kind of devices have very strong requirements for power saving (Power Management for Mobile Devices). To make access for these devices more comfortable we added support of a native activation mechanism to Homebrew Protocol. Now we can activate devices via Google's Firebase Cloud Messaging which is a native mechanism for Android devices.
Switch connection state to idle. In the idle state the server stops sending any messages to the client via UDP (keep-alive messages are not required).
Switch connection state back to active.
Where 01234567 is the repeater ID (hexadecimal string of 8 characters) then application token ID (393838907279), deimeter (":") and the last part is the device token. Upon success the server will respond with MSTACK.
In the connection's idle state the server will send any data such as the headers of any voice calls, data calls, and CSBK (but not voice frames) via Cloud Messaging. Client applications should then go back and switch the connection to an active state to get a stream over UDP.
data/data field contains normal DMRD message of Homebrew Protocol in hexadecimal representation.
The main reason for this extension is support of homebrew terminal mode that should have different client UX and behaviour on the server side.
The message should be sent instead of repeater Configuration protocol message immediately after authentication.
Slot flag should be unset.


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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has today presented What's Behind, a series of lively documentary films that explain the astonishing and complex Research and Development (R&D) that is carried out on FCA branded vehicles.
Delivering the high standards of quality, safety, reliability and comfort that characterise every FCA Group vehicle requires an incessant job that is often done behind the scenes: FCA What's Behind is the video project that reveals its details.
FCA reports record first quarter: Adjusted EBIT up 5% at €1.6 billion, margin up 50 bps to 6.0%, Adjusted Net Profit and Net Profit up 55% and 59%, respectively, to €1.0 billion.
Leasys, the 2016 fastest growing UK contract hire company, has surged to 21st position in the FN50 2017 list of the nation's biggest and most successful CH&L companies.
Leasys S.p.A, the contract hire and mobility company of FCA Bank (the joint venture of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Crédit Agricole), has strengthened its European expansion, after taking over the contract hire business of FCA Fleet Services UK.
FCA performed better than the European industry average once again in April. Industry sales were down 6.8% year-over-year, reflecting the number of public holidays falling during the month, while FCA posted a decrease of just 0.5% year-over-year.
A new Personal Contract Hire (PCH) package, which includes maintenance, servicing and even tyre replacement in the monthly rental, has been launched by FCA Fleet Services UK.
Two prominent stands and a selection of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles UK's ever-popular models make up the exciting display for Motor Village UK at this year's London Motor Show, which opens today (4 May).


The week of February 9 has items of possible interest to residents of district 2 at the Plan Commission, the Economic Development Strategy Subcommittee, the Board of Park Commissioners and the Emerson East-Eken Park-Yahara Neighborhood Plan Steering Committee. The city meeting agenda items are open for testimony from the public should you be interested in weighing in. I also appreciate hearing from you on any items on which you have a particular interest or concern so please send me an email or give me a call.
Consideration of a conditional use for a lodging house/ fraternity at 144 Langdon Street; 2nd Ald. Dist.
SUBSTITUTE Creating Section 28.022 - 00140 and Section 28.022 - 00141 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property generally addressed as 202 East Washington Avenue, 2nd Aldermanic District, from DC (Downtown Core) District and 15 North Webster Street, 2nd Aldermanic District, DR1 (Downtown Residential 1) District to PD(GDP-SIP) (Planned Development (General Development Plan- Specific Implementation Plan) District to demolish an auto repair facility and a four-unit apartment to allow construction of a 164 room hotel.
Consideration of a demolition permit and conditional use to allow demolition of an auto repair facility and four-unit dwelling to allow construction of 164-room hotel at 202 E. Washington Avenue and 15 N. Webster Street; 2nd Ald. Dist.
3. Insure that "Projects and Initiatives" from Part II appear in Part I under appropriate strategies?
1. Does this require any new strategies?
1. Identify projects and initiatives related to this such as: vital Downtown, vibrant entertainment district, vibrant arts and culture district (eg museums); welcoming culture for tourism, appropriate infrastructure for these issues, etc.
Request from MadCity Bazaar, LLC for the use of Burr Jones Park for the MadCity Bazaar to be held on the first and third weekends of May, June, July, August, and September 2015.
Request from Let's Eat Out for the use of Burr Jones Park for the Let's Eat Out Summer Concert series to be held on the following Sundays: June 21, June 28, July 5, and September 27, 2015.
Request by Wisconsin Parkour, LLC for the use of James Madison Park for the Wisconsin Parkour Jubilee on Saturday, August 22, 2015.
To authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a four (4) year Agreement between the City of Madison and the Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison School & Community Recreation for calendar years 2015 through 2018 for school and community recreational programming in Madison Parks.


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The Cycle / Women in Politics
A voter casts her ballot at a polling site in Georgia on May 16, 2014.
David Goldman/AP
Midterms mean high stakes for women voters
By Krystal Ball
For many voters and political observers, the big question in the 2014 midterm election is which party will end up in control of the U.S. Senate. The answer will impact presidential nominations, future legislation and greatly influence the remainder of President Obama's term. But real policy changes in this country will happen at the state level, with massive implications for all Americans, and especially American women.
10/29/14, 6:03 PM ET
New twist in the "War on Women"
Remember the GOP's "war on women"? Midterm voters don't seem to. While the message hasn't changed, the claims aren't sticking on 2014 GOP women candidates.
These elections should not be ignored, for in this country, the fate of women often rests in the hands of state legislatures.
Remember the 2010 midterms? I was running for Congress at the time so every detail of that cycle is indelibly stamped on my brain. The economy was terrible (as opposed to merely bad as it is now). The bloom was not yet off, the tea party rose, and candidates were coming up with all sorts of innovative ways to explain just how big the national debt was (if you stacked dollar bills to the moon … ).
Of course we all remember the end result on Election Night. Nancy Pelosi's time as speaker came to an unceremonious end; Republicans moved into governors' mansions across the country and notably, Republicans gained control of an unprecedented number of state legislatures. Michigan, New Hampshire, Iowa, Alabama, North Carolina and more all had legislative chambers flip to GOP control. Republicans picked up more than 675 legislative seats, the largest swing of any party since 1938.
Everyone gets harassed. Women have it worst.
New Pew data proves for the first time what Internet users have always known… it's tough to be a young woman on the web.
But no one could have predicted what would happen next.
Virtually all the Republican campaign rhetoric had focused on "out of control spending" and the evil Obama-Pelosi monster. But, as it turned out, Republicans had failed to mention a few other agenda items. Once they had control of state legislatures, Republican state leaders immediately set out not just to cut budgets, but also to pass voter suppression laws and to wage an all out, record breaking war on women's rights.
If you are wondering where the "war on women" came from, this was it. Voters who thought they were choosing fiscal restraint ended up with legislation on transvaginal probes. In North Carolina, we got the most restrictive abortion bill in the state's history attached to a bill about motorcycle safety. In New Hampshire, family planning funding was cut by more than half and funding for Planned Parenthood was completely eliminated. Personhood became a household word. The initiative to severely limit access to contraception and abortion by defining life as beginning at conception has yet to pass — but has become the extreme new goal for anti-choice advocates.
RELATED: Krystal Ball answers your election questions in a Twitter chat
According to the Guttmacher Institute, in 2011, the first year of the new Republican class, the number of abortion restrictions skyrocketed. Eleven-hundred anti-women bills were introduced in state houses across the country and a record breaking 135 of these provisions were signed into law. Since then, we have had more anti-choice bills passed into law then in the entire prior decade. And it all started not because congressional seats changed hands (although the House GOP has certainly caused plenty of trouble, too) but because power shifted in state legislatures across the country.
This cycle could easily produce even worse results in terms of state GOP control. According to The Washington Post, "Republicans have the opportunity to take control of a record number of state legislative chambers across the country this year." Democrats control 39 chambers while Republicans control 59 and are in position to gain even more.
Overall, Governing Magazine finds 11 chambers where Democrats could realistically lose control to Republicans. In Colorado, both the House and the Senate are at risk of flipping. With the Colorado gubernatorial race currently deadlocked, a bad night for Democrats in Colorado could hand complete control of both state bodies and the governor's mansion to Republicans, allowing them to act with no Democratic check whatsoever.
The stakes are also high in Iowa where Republicans hold both the House and the governor's mansion, which they look likely to retain. Democrats are defending a slim two-seat majority in the Iowa Senate. Kentucky's House could also go Republican, joining the already safe Republican Senate.
RELATED: Melissa Harris-Perry answers your questions on the 2014 midterms
The results of these races and more could be devastating for American women whose access to abortion, family planning services, and cancer screenings are already under assault. A 2011 study found that 87% of U.S. counties lack an abortion provider and that abortion providers are virtually non-existent outside of metro areas.
Through laws requiring medically unnecessary procedures, waiting periods, hospital admitting privileges, bans on insurance coverage of abortion, elimination of state funding to Planned Parenthood, and unnecessary regulation targeted simply at forcing the closure of clinics, Republicans have systematically made the right to abortion theoretical rather than a truly accessible one for millions of American women. In 2012, women revolted against these incredible restrictions voting in historic numbers for Obama and creating the largest voting gender gap ever recorded.
And Republican candidates of 2014 are presenting themselves as a kinder, gentler sort. Several, including Colorado's Cory Gardner who is running for Senate, have actually touted their support for over-the-counter birth control access as a way of masking their opposition to the birth control coverage provided by Obamacare.
But the party platform hasn't changed. There is absolutely no reason to think that handing more state legislative bodies to Republicans will be any different in 2014 than what we got in 2010. The national groups crafting model legislation to push out to amenable state houses across the country are still well-funded and ready to pounce. If the polls hold we could be looking for, and should expect, a massive assault on women's rights. Prepare yourself for a whole new war on women.
Women in Politics, Decision 2014, Democrats, Equality and Women
Happy Halloween from Washington
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All; Here are the Parking and Entrance directions to the New Pinellas County EOC.
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Once again, thank you Justin, KJ4REU for organizing such a great SKYWARN class! We thought you might enjoy some pictures from the class!
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Shop Visit: Beehive
Text by Lynda Simonton
Connecticut Summer 2020
Sandra Halstead and Lesley Collins became partners in 2018 when the Beehive reopened in its new, expanded location.
The shop is constantly refreshing its entertaining essentials, making it a must-visit destination before hosting a soiree.
Halstead and Collins strive to showcase a fresh mix of seasonal products, and in the summer it's all about easy entertaining, whether at home or at the beach.
Cheese knives by Laguiole mix with other gift items in the shop's favored blue-and-white palette.
Sea salt candles by Kalastyle are paired with cocktail napkins and bottle openers with an anchor motif.
A couch and pillows are ready to take home or to serve as inspiration for custom orders.
After spending the spring working, schooling, and eating three meals a day at home, it just may be time for a palate cleanser. Cue the Beehive.
Friends Sandra Halstead and Lesley Collins own the bright and airy shop, and their lively personalities and style can be seen in each carefully selected item. In the days of Instagram and Amazon, the partners are committed to regularly traveling to markets and tradeshows in order to stay abreast of trends and see goods firsthand. The result is a mix of products that are uniquely "Beehive."
This summer, the shop's offerings feature the duo's signature blue-and-white palette mixed with a heavy dose of rattan and other natural-fiber accents. Overscale, waist-high lanterns mingle with piles of baskets, bright pillows, and statement lighting.
It is no surprise that loyal customers who appreciate the shop's stylish, family-friendly design aesthetic have morphed into interior design clients. "Customers have the ability to work with the design team to special-order select pieces, but we sell many items right off the floor, so people can take them home that day," says Collins. The shop's on-site studio allows clients to easily work one-on-one with a designer.
While the Beehive has the ability to help you overhaul your house from top to bottom, repeat customers visit for the variety of gifts and accessories that change with the seasons. The boutique hosts a fully stocked "candle bar" (yes, that's a thing), while a zone dedicated to resort-style beachwear features woven bags, Turkish towels, beach totes, and even TKEES flip-flops.
What's next for the Beehive team? Halstead and Collins are outfitting a Sprinter van for mobile styling. "During the pandemic, we realized we can bring the Beehive and design services to our everyday customers in their home," says Halstead. "Maybe they aren't looking to invest in refurnishing their home or a big renovation but are looking to give it a really great update that we can accomplish for them in just a few hours." Sign us up!
Beehive, Fairfield, thebeehivefairfield.com
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After being accepted to university one of the first decisions you will have to make is deciding where you are going to live during your first year. For some it's a no brainer, and for others it takes a bit of critical thinking. I'm here to outline some options and hopefully make this process a bit easier!
If you live far away from campus, residence is an obvious choice! It's a great way to make new friends and experience living away from home for the first time. There are a ton of services to help you make the transition, like meal plan, event planning, and the support of upper year students who are Dons who live in residence as well. You are right on campus so getting to class is easy!
If you live close to campus, commuting is very viable option! First and foremost, it will save you a ton of money. School isn't cheap, and paying for living accommodations is a lot of money on top of that. Commuting means that you don't have to move out of your house which can make the transition a bit easier. And it is easy to make friends here at school within your classes, extracurriculars and by participating in Frosh Week!
Another option if you live close to campus but still want the residence experience is to live in residence for your first year or even for one semester! This can be a great way make friends and experience what it is like to live in residence, but still save a ton of money during your later university years.
Personally, I lived too far away to commute to York every day, so it was an easy choice to live in residence. I had a great experience, a great roommate and a great time in first year. I was definitely happy to move into a house near campus and become a bit more independent though!
Ultimately you have to make the choice that best fits your budget and personal needs…either way, university is going to be an amazing time.


This hardcover book is such a beautiful guide to using Scripture in the instruction of children. Broken down into categories such as Reverence for God, Self Control, Relationships, Godly Characteristics, Prosperity, Wrong Doings, Control of Mouth, Wisdom and Instruction ... and then broken down into subcategories including Diligence, Pride, Humility, Vengeance and Gossip ... this treasure will fast become a much-used tool in your parenting arsenal.
**Condition: This book is in very good condition. It does have some brief notes in pencil as well as a few pages that had been folded over slightly.