Is it just me or has anyone else noticed how different Todoroki's hair looks since his battle with Midoriya. It's funny how his hair almost reflects his state of mind. Before his hair was flat and lifeless giving him an air of indifference, frigidity, and formality but after his fight with Midoriya it has assumed a more tousled look. His whole demeanor seems to have changed; it's like a complete weight has been lifted from his shoulders causing him to appear more relaxed and even a little carefree. It looks as if Todoroki's transformation has begun; gone is the aloof, solemn, and rebellious hero. His reconciliation with his mother will be the final factor in making his transfiguration complete; I cannot wait to see how this new and improved Todoroki will interact with his peers from now on and how he will develop as a hero. Will Todoroki join Midoriya's band of friends or will he remain a lone wolf who only interferes when necessary? Personally, I'm hoping for the former, but I have a feeling that Todoroki might fall into the latter category despite his reformation.
Enough about Todoroki and his hair though; I'm a little surprised how quick the fight between Todoroki and Bakugou was considering the build up to the finale. I wasn't disappointed about the fact that their fight was shorter than Midoriya and Shinso's, but I was shocked by the outcome. I was certain that Todoroki would fight Bakugou with all his power, so when he didn't, it took the wind out of my sails. However, I love when the unexpected happens, so despite my immediate shock, I was very content with the result of their fight. I'm eager to see how Bakugou's persona will be affected by his win at the sports festival seeing we only caught a glimpse of his feelings towards the results. Will he be able to eventually conquer his anger and become the amazing hero we expect him to be, or will he allow himself to remain riled up while his peers continue to outshine him, not for their physical strength but for their strength of character? I'm so excited to see how these two very distinct characters will develop over the course of this season.


Christina Ford's testimony did not alter, positively or negatively, the facts of her allegations. She still cannot adduce where or when the alleged assault of 36 years prior occurred, or how she arrived at, or departed from, the alleged, but unnamed, location of the assault, or how many people and of which gender were present at the alleged assault. Nor did she name a single witness that could corroborate her narrative. Nor could she refute any of the named witnesses who contradicted her accounts.
The entire purpose of today's hearing was for the Democrats to call for a lengthy "FBI investigation," and thereby delay the hearings until after the midterms, excusing Trump-state senators up for reelection from having to vote No on Kavanaugh, while giving time for a likely fifth, sixth, and seventh psychodramatic accuser to step forward, whose lurid falsified allegations take days to refute, but insidiously bleed Kavanaugh by a thousand lies.
It is true that Ford was an empathetic witness in recounting what she seems to believe happened. And the argument of her supporters is that, because she sincerely believes that she was assaulted and that on some occasions 30 or more years after the alleged incident mentioned it to others, therefore her allegations are proven — when in fact raising the allegations 30 years and more later confirms only that she believes her own allegations, not that her allegations as they concerned Judge Kavanaugh are valid.
There was almost no attention paid to the Ramirez and Swetnick accusations — apparently because Democrats concluded that the advantages of trying to prove a Kavanaugh pattern of illegal or improper behavior was far outweighed by the utter lack of credibility by subsequent accusers, who, if they were to appear, would make that embarrassing fact quite clear. There was still no adequate explanation of why Democrats forced Ford to lose her anonymity or why they did not prompt an "FBI Investigation" immediately upon receipt of the allegation by Senator Feinstein.
The designated Republican questioner of Ford, Rachel Mitchell, succeeded in sounding sober, judicious, and conciliatory, and was able on numerous occasions gently to draw out inconsistencies in Ford's testimony.
Ford, for example, seems to have had no problem with flying after all, both for work and leisure — until summoned to follow up her accusations with evidence and potentially to face cross examination. Ford also seemed to suggest that her entire process of pressing accusations against Kavanaugh, her meetings with politicos, her use of counsel, or her lie-detector test came about mostly incidentally and of her own direction and volition — despite references to an array of enablers and handlers.
She had no real explanation of why her various testimonies to her therapist, to the media, and in her initial letter and subsequent statement are in conflict on important details of who exactly was present and where at the alleged attack.
Still, Mitchell's problem was that she never collated her questions into a coherent narrative leading to conclusions, and thus there was de facto no cross-examination of Ford's assertions. Inferences were not enough. True, the Republicans succeeded in not appearing bullying, but went to the opposite extreme of seeming ineffectual and impotent. That was the morning's grievous error, given that many of the Republican senators, as evidenced by the later questioning of Kavanaugh, are skilled interrogators and superb attorneys and yet sidelined themselves.
Just when pundits were declaring Kavanaugh's obituary, he appeared resolute, fiery, and presented an outraged denial that essentially put the entire Democratic effort at destroying him on trial.
He became the proverbial Joseph N. Welch; the Democrats became a collective Joseph McCarthy.
His effort galvanized heretofore somnolent Republican senators into stepping up and decrying the current farce. Lindsey Graham gave the greatest speech of his life, and the most remarkable from any Republican in years. He threw down the gauntlet to remind that any Republican who joined the witch hunt should be ashamed. That moment likely did a great deal to provide cover for a few wavering senators who might have been thinking of abandoning Kavanaugh, and, indeed, seemed to render obsolete some of the old Republican divides over Trump — given a new shared conservative outrage at the progressive efforts at character assassination.
Not one Democrat senator could find any inconsistency in Kavanaugh's testimony, and their feeble attempts to do so had the effect of appearing bullying and crudity — ironically in the manner that the Republicans had feared they might appear if too aggressive in questioning Ford.
Where are we, then, as the hearings wind down?
Kavanaugh in the end himself proved the most reliable, factual, and transparent witness, and Republican Senators belatedly discovered that they were far better questioners than any expert prosecutor.
Politically, the result is twofold. It is not certain that Kavanaugh will be confirmed, but any Republican who believes that he is a sexual assaulter and unfit for the Supreme Court will likely face ostracism. Second, should he be confirmed, Kavanaugh will not just be a knowledgeable conservative jurist, but a skilled and unafraid advocate in the tradition of Antonin Scalia.


At www.hvaccontractors.biz find consumer guide on ac hvac system repair services, while you browse through potential solutions for bad spray foam insulation issues & profesional advice on energy efficient forced air heating system. Quotes on replacing broken ductless heating and air units for your house or industrial building, as you discover home improvement & maintenance tips by using our btu calculating software and read manuals on how to troubleshoot problems related to ac not blowing air. Refer to instructive monthly blogs on cooling, heating and air systems by accomplished 24/7 consultants in your town. Homeowners and building project managers can find best 10 service experts in your area for residential or commercial Jobs. Review details and compare product buying cost on refrigerant, electrical, driers, corrugated gas pipe, flame sensors, all fuel pipe & fittings. At www.hvaccontractors.biz, we provide customers with the tool to connect with their local professionals from the comfort of their house. Below listing pages will help you find ignitors, air handlers, pressure controls, compressors, indoor air quality, bathroom exhaust fans, heat pump filter driers, vent hoods, fan blower motors sold by your local suppliers. If you have additional questions, use the seller listing page and contact the supplier. Do not forget to browse the weekly deals and offers posted by the contractors while you browse our website.
Browse business listings of Top 10 HVAC Contractors In Newton MA for bad ventilation. Search and buy home heating & air conditioning, replacing Forced Air & Heat, troubleshooting ductless air heat pump for repairs, electric hvac ac & heat system maintenance and installation for commercial and residential applications. Also remember to take a gander through free blogger pages to find help, use our website for cost calculations and request project quotes from distinguished local hvac companies in your area.


text:
Dolly Parton named News Sentinel's 2017 Person of the Year
Dolly Parton is no stranger to having eventful years, and in 2017, her actions impacted people from her Sevier County birthplace and beyond.
From her My People Fund, which aided families whose homes were lost to wildfires, to another record-breaking year for her Imagination Library, this year Parton continued her efforts to give back from the success she's gained as an entertainer and businesswoman.
That's why she is the News Sentinel's Person of the Year in 2017 for the Greater Knoxville region.
Parton's nomination
The News Sentinel asked for nominations for its 2017 Person of the Year in November in a column by Executive Editor Jack McElroy. News Sentinel reader David Ogle responded with his nomination of Dolly Parton. He said he chose Parton because of her dedication to help others in Sevier County.
"She's always been there for Sevier County," Ogle said. "And more (often) than not, she's been there for the least of Sevier Countians, those who needed the most help. ... She's just been such a wonderful community spirited person throughout her whole life. For almost a half a century, she's been doing this very thing, helping others, providing jobs ... economic impact. She's just had such a thumbprint on not only Sevier County but on East Tennessee, and so that's why I responded so quickly. I mean there was no question in my mind who should receive that award, and obviously, there's a lot of people in East Tennessee that are worthy, but I can't imagine anybody more worthy than her."
Related:Commercial Appeal's 2017 Person of the Year: the Memphis Citizen Activist
Related:Sen. Bob Corker: The Tennessean's 2017 Person of the Year
Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters echoed Ogle's thoughts on Parton.
"Dolly Parton has never forgotten her Smoky Mountain heritage," Waters said in a statement. "It was no surprise to me when she began working to help us rebuild and recover from the wildfires. Her efforts went above and beyond what anybody would consider to be 'normal.' Because of what she did, many people in our community were able to have some semblance of a normal life despite what they may have lost in the fires. She is the embodiment of the phrase 'staying true to your roots.' "
More:Dolly Parton 'so proud' of My People Fund, telethon after Gatlinburg wildfires
More:Dolly Parton presents award to local teacher
In response to being named the News Sentinel's East Tennessee Person of the Year, Parton said she was honored.
"Well, I am quite honored by the honor! When your own people tell you that they are proud of you, that means the world to me," she said. "There are so many people in East Tennessee who are heroes. It always feels a little awkward to be singled out for anything I have done. So I accept this award on behalf of everyone who tries to make the world a little better each and every day."
Here's a look back at the year Parton has had in 2017.
My People Fund supports wildfire victims
Devastating wildfires struck Sevier County on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. By Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, Parton and her team at Dollywood and the Dollywood Foundation had come up with a way to help.
Parton and the Dollywood Foundation organized the My People Fund, which provided $1,000 a month for five months and $5,000 in its final month to Sevier County families and renters whose primary residence was destroyed or uninhabitable because of the fires.
Dollywood Foundation President David Dotson said Parton called him with some ideas and the vision, and the Dollywood Foundation picked it up from there.
"It was sort of quintessential Dolly and our experience," Dotson said. "You know, at this point, we all know each other pretty well, so it's easy to do big things quickly, and in this case, it was pretty much the same kind of approach as everything really except the timeline was super accelerated."
"It was just one of those things that God had his hand in it," Parton said in a previous interview with the News Sentinel. "If a bad thing had to happen, we had so many good people that just — and I got to get a lot of credit for a lot of hard work that a whole lot of people did — but I was just happy since it is my home and my people that I was able to kind of, you know, be the one to kind of stand out front and do whatever I had to do, but I was just so thankful for that."
Around two weeks after the wildfires hit, Parton and several other artists performed in "Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund" telethon on Dec. 13, 2016.
After the last check distribution in May 2017, the Mountain Tough organization picked up where the My People Fund left off in aiding those affected by the wildfires.
Imagination Library continues to grow
Like Parton's humble beginnings while growing up in the Smoky Mountains as one of 12 children born to Robert and Avie Lee Parton, her Imagination Library started in the same way.
The library launched in 1995 and distributed books only to children in Sevier County, according to the Imagination Library's website. Dotson said the program has grown from giving books to 2,000 children a month to now distributing books to 1.1 million children per month.
2017 was the third recording-breaking year in a row for the Imagination Library, according to Dotson.
"We've had a 14.2 percent increase in the total number of books gifted around the world, so that puts us ... in the 12 and a half million books gifted this year, so we have a really overall tremendous ... growth specifically in terms of where it's happened and ... some of the growth is attributed to a really great development that's going to come into its own next year," he said.
That development involves North Carolina. It has adopted the same kind of program that Tennessee has, so that every child in the state can participate in the Imagination Library, and it will begin in 2018, according to Dotson.
More:Stories from the start: Newborns to get first Imagination Library book at hospital
"Honestly, I never dreamed our little program would grow to such heights," Parton said. "There are now thousands of people spread across four countries that have taken my dream and made it their own. Without them, we would never be this big. When I look back, I think we sure have come a long way, but at the same time, I feel we are still at the beginning of this journey. I hope one day every child in the USA will have the opportunity to be a part of the Imagination Library."
Imagination Library mails free books to children from birth to age 5 in participating communities in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, according to its website.
Parton's children's album inspires
Parton released a project years in the making in 2017, an album for children titled "I Believe in You" in September.
Dotson said he and Parton had worked on "I Believe in You" for a long time. Parton wrote several of the tracks for the Imagination Playhouse, which features 25-minute musicals based on books given away by the Imagination Library. These musicals are shown in a theater at Dollywood.
"For the last 10 years or so, she's written a song for each of those productions, so this has really been a collection of those songs, so they're all written, inspired by the books and also meant to deliver some really positive messages to children," Dotson said.
All proceeds from the album's sales benefit the Imagination Library.
Dollywood expands with rides
In addition to Parton's Imagination Library, her namesake theme park, Dollywood, also expanded in 2017 with new rides. The park added Drop Line, a 230-foot drop tower ride, and Whistle Punk Chaser, a kids roller coaster, in its Timber Canyon area in the spring.
In May, Dollywood's Splash Country also opened a new water slide, TailSpin Racer, which stands five stories tall and features six lanes where guests can race each other.
Parton's Smoky Mountain Adventures dinner show opened in May and features a story about the romance between her parents and the rivalry between their families, the Partons and the Owenses. Smoky Mountain Adventures replaced the Lumberjack Adventure attraction.
More:How to experience Dollywood in one day
More:Dolly Parton unveils new Dollywood venue, entertainment for 2018 season
It looks like 2018 will shape up to be another year of additions for Dollywood, especially in its entertainment offerings. A new venue, called the Plaza at Wilderness Pass, will come together in 2018 and house different events that correlate with the park's many festivals.
A new three-week festival, the Spring Mix music series, will take place April 11-29 and feature a week of classic country music, a week of inspirational music and a week of classic rock and folk music.
Donations to Vanderbilt, hurricane victims
Parton took additional opportunities to give funds in 2017.
She donated $1 million to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and made a contribution to the One America Appeal for Hurricane Relief in October.
The appeal was originally launched by the five living former American presidents to help recovery efforts for Hurricane Harvey, and it grew to include areas affected by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria.
Parton's Imagination Library, nonprofit social enterprise First Book and Penguin Young Readers also teamed up to donate 500,000 books to hurricane-affected areas.
Parton said her upbringing taught her the importance of giving.
"When I grew up none of us really had much of anything, but everybody looked out for one another," Parton said. "If a family was hungry, you fed them. If they were sick, you tended to them. If they needed a roof over their head, you built one. It's how I was raised, so I have carried that commitment with me all of my life."
Jack McElroy says that politicians, organizers, educators and humanitarians were among the East Tennesseans suggested for News Sentinel recognition. 2E

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Women like to look beautiful and pretty. They always want that other people would complement them for their beauty. But face and skin are never perfect, it has some or the other flaws in it. Skin tone mismatch, dark circles under the eyes; puffy eyes are some of the flaws which a woman can have and these flaws just destroys the look of the face. You can try some natural remedies or home-made remedies or even makeup tricks to get rid of this issues or just hide this problems temporarily until they go off. One thing that is important to keep in mind is not to get over stressed with this kind of situations as getting stressed out on this issues would not help but just ruin the scenario.
Wash your eyes with cold water in the morning when you get up. This will allow the blood to circulate which is stuck around the eyes. This will help to remove the puffiness under the eyes.
You can also keep either the cucumber slices or cold tea bags or wet cloth on the eyes for 5-7 minutes. All these things help to keep the eyes cool and remove any redness or puffiness under the eyes.
Puffy eyes can be caused due to some allergy or some lack of diet or by crying or lack of proper sleep. Any of this can be the reason. But if it is due to some allergy then you should stay away from the thing which causes puffiness under the eyes. It is advisable to get 6-8 hours undisturbed sleep as if you sleep late then there are chances of getting puffy eyes in the morning. You should eat and drink properly everyday as it affects how you look.
Makeup can be used to hide puffiness around the eyes. Puffiness can be on both the eyelids and not just on lower eyelid. If puffiness is on upper eyelid then you can hide it by using eye shadow. Colors of eye shadow used should be dark like brown or taupe. Don't choose light and bright colors when you are intending to hide puffy eyes. You can also choose two shades for eye shadow one should be dark and other should be medium. Dark color of eye shadow should be applied staring from lashes to the middle of eye lids and the place where you left start from there till eye brows put on medium colored eye shadow. This option will perfectly hide out puffiness of the eyes.
If puffiness is on lower eyelids, then it can be hidden with the help of concealer or foundation. Apply carefully as you have to conceal your flaw and not to expose it greatly. Choose a dark foundation on the skin under the eyes as it will hide in the best way as compared to others.
You can also use an eye cream to hide the puffy eyes. Make sure that you choose the cream which suits your skin type. If your skin is very sensitive than you should choose cream which is suitable for sensitive skin. Apply this cream twice a day once in morning and the second time at night. This is recommended as it helps to keep skin near eyes soft & smooth and also removes any puffiness near the eyes.
Puffy eyes just destroys the look of a beautiful face and so it should be treated to look more beautiful and pretty. Keep the above tips in mind to treat the puffiness of the eyes. Along with the above tips keep in mind to keep your face as well as eyes properly moisturized by using a moisturizer according to skin type. Use makeup according to skin type only. You will look great once puffy eyes are hidden.


text:
import mediumZoom from 'medium-zoom'

new Vue({
  el: '#app',
  mounted() {
    mediumZoom('.container img')
  }
})

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Of course access=* renders after highway=*. There would not be much sense in rendering it earlier, would it?
Not going to address the bleeds onto other roads of the same level. Maybe some day, where tracks are involved.
Just for the record, I suggest this is essentially a duplicate of #3611, the bleed issue.


MAYSVILLE - Cheryl Lynn Morales passed away Saturday, June 30, 2018.
Mrs. Morales was born July 29, 1961, the daughter of Leland and Myrtle McCravy. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ruben Morales; father, Leland; and a sister, Ginger Crookshanks.
Cheryl was of the Christian denomination and was a devout follower of Christ. She was a wonderful grandmother and loved by all of her family, especially her grandchildren.
Survivors include daughters Stephanie Gilbert and her husband Robert and Christina Morales, all of Loganville; her mother, Myrtle McCravy, Winder; brothers, Carl Keenan, Arcade, John Crookshanks, Buford, and Leland McCravy, Jr., Villa Rica; sisters, Wanda Fowler, Winder, Janice Cleveland, Danielsville, Tammy Shafer, Elview, W. Va., Becky Potter, Sylvians, and Sandy Brown, Colorado; and grandchildren, Jason Gilbert, Racheal Gilbert, and Charlie Kotson.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at the First Pentecostal Oneness Church of Arcade in Arcade, Ga.


You are visiting the placeholder page for Katherine Davis. This page is here because someone used our placeholder utility to look for Katherine Davis. We created this page automatically in hopes Katherine Davis would find it. If you are not Katherine Davis, but are an alumni of Esperanza High School Anaheim, CA, register on this site for free now.


Network Time System 2.1.1 by: Softros Systems, Inc.
Programmable timer software to control ProXR relay controller boards.
Xilisoft Video Converter Platinum 7.0.0.1121: Multifunctional video converter, convert video/audio files for digital devices. Xilisoft DVD Ripper Platinum 7.0.0.1121: Rip DVD movies to various video/audio formats, clip/split/merge/edit files Xilisoft Video Converter Standard 7.0.0.1121: Easy-to-use video converter to convert various video/audio files Cucusoft Zune Video Converter + DVD to Zune Suite 8.8.8.8: Cucusoft Zune Video Converter Suite is an all-in-one Zune video solution.


text:
Tamani Hol je politička organizacija u Njujorku osnovana 1789. kao opozicija vladajućim "aristokratama" Federalističke partije. Društvo Tamani osnovano je 1805. godine kao dobrotvorno telo. Ime mu potiče od predrevolucionarnog udruženja nazvanog po blagonakolnom i indijanskom poglavici Tamanendu. Grupa je počela da se poistovećuje sa Demokratskom partijom grada Njujorka. Sastav ovog Društva znatno je izmenjen 1817. kada su se irski doseljenici, ustavši protiv tamanijske tvrdokornosti, izborili za svoje pravo na članstvo i povlastice. Tamani je kasnije proširio to pravo i na belce bez imovine. Ipak, favorizacija izvesnih etničkih i verskih manjina, deljenje poklona sirotinji i podmićivanje vođe političkih frakcija, između kojih i zloglasnog šefa Vilijama Marsija Tvida, dovelo je ime Tamani Hola u blisku vezu sa političkom korupcijom. Najveću moć dostigao je krajem XIX i početkom XX veka. Ona je opala tridesetih godina pod reformama predsednika FRENKLINA D. Ruzvelta i gradonačelnika Fjorela La Gvardije.

Reference

Политика

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Today I'd like to discuss Manga Studio. Known as ComicStudio in Japan, this app is actually pretty impressive in how it's geared towards the creation of comics. Like Smith Micro's Anime Studio, it comes in a cheaper version for beginners and a fuller priced version for professionals. (Manga Studio EX 5 and Manga Studio 5 , respectably) When starting a new project you can select to either start a new page or a new story. You're presented with some good preset templates or you can configure your own. The brushes are extremely configurable, the vector tools allowing you to adjust the correction and stroke in/out. You can make your own custom brushes or download some like these by Ray Frenden.
The brushes are probably my favorite thing about Manga Studio though there's also the ability to import 3D models, all the various toning options, filters, and perspective rulers. It does take some time to get used to the interface but it's pretty rewarding when you do get the hang of it. Meredith Gran of Octopus Pie was the first webcartoonist I saw making good use of it. Since then I've seen a number of folks trying it out.


text:
PYTHONIC_NS_BEGIN

namespace builtins
{

  namespace list
  {

    template <class T>
    types::none_type sort(types::list<T> &seq)
    {
      pdqsort(seq.begin(), seq.end());
      return builtins::None;
    }

    template <class T, class K>
    types::none_type sort(types::list<T> &seq, K key)
    {
      pdqsort(seq.begin(), seq.end(), [&key](T const &self, T const &other) {
        return key(self) < key(other);
      });
      return builtins::None;
    }
  }
}
PYTHONIC_NS_END
#endif


text:
John Carmel Heenan (ur. 26 stycznia 1905 w Ilford, zm. 7 listopada 1975 w Londynie) – angielski duchowny katolicki, arcybiskup Liverpoolu i Westminster, kardynał.

Życiorys
Kształcił się w Ushaw College w Durham oraz na Papieskim Uniwersytecie Gregoriańskim w Rzymie, w Rzymie przyjął święcenia kapłańskie (16 lipca 1930). Pracował jako duchowny w archidiecezji katolickiej Westminster, był m.in. dyrektorem Towarzystwa Misji Katolickich.

27 stycznia 1951 został mianowany przez papieża Piusa XII biskupem Leeds, otrzymał sakrę biskupią 12 marca 1951 w Leeds z rąk arcybiskupa Williama Godfreya (delegata apostolskiego w Wielkiej Brytanii, późniejszego kardynała i arcybiskupa Westminster). W maju 1957 Heenan został przeniesiony na arcybiskupa Liverpoolu i jako zwierzchnik tej metropolii udał się na Sobór watykański II. W trakcie obrad soborowych przeniesiono go na arcybiskupa Westminster (2 września 1963).

22 lutego 1965 został wyniesiony do godności kardynalskiej przez papieża Pawła VI; otrzymał tytuł prezbitera San Silvestro in Capite. Brał udział w sesjach Światowego Synodu Biskupów w Watykanie (1967, 1969 i 1971), od 1968 przewodniczył Konferencji Biskupów Anglii i Walii.

Bibliografia
 internetowy słownik biograficzny kardynałów Salvadora Mirandy

Angielscy kardynałowie
Uczestnicy soboru watykańskiego II
Urodzeni w 1905
Zmarli w 1975
Kardynałowie z nominacji Pawła VI


text:
AA employee stalks passenger by text on flight...
Discussion in 'American Airlines' started by eolesen, Jan 14, 2020 at 12:59 AM.
eolesen Veteran
#1 eolesen, Jan 14, 2020 at 12:59 AM
Ashley Barno said she received mysterious texts as she boarded a flight at San Diego International Airport in April.
"Hey, Ashley! How are you?" the first text began.
Barno says she didn't recognize the number, and responded, "sorry, I'm not sure who this is."
"BTW I must tell you that you are gorgeous," the person texted her.
She said the texts made her very nervous and she felt unsafe.
"You are looking very gorgeous in that gray top today," read another text.
That's when he told her that his name was "Ahmed" and that he worked for the airlines. She believes he obtained her phone number from the luggage tag on her carry-on bag.
"I am on board now. Are you going to Chicago too??" he texted after they boarded.
Barno said the texting frightened her.
"Just knowing that he knew what I looked like, and that we were in an enclosed flight, on an enclosed plane, and there's no way out, like, really really scared me," she told NBC-7 in New York.
The man continued to text her and said that their "friendship" could mean flight perks for her.
"I can always give you good seats, access to the lounges, and free drinks," he texted.
Barno told a flight attendant about the harassment, and they had the man escorted off the plane when it landed in Chicago.
"I called my sister, and I was crying profusely because I just felt," Barno said, "I mean, the best way to describe it was, I felt naked in a public place."
Barno says the airline was not responsible to her emails, and she is suing them for negligent hiring and sexual harassment.
She was also told that it was better to use luggage tags with a flap in order to prevent personal information being used in such a manner.
swamt Veteran
#2 swamt, Jan 14, 2020 at 9:59 AM
eolesen said: ↑
If all is true and accurate, I hope he gets fired. That is ridiculous behavior.
1AA Veteran
#3 1AA, Jan 14, 2020 at 10:12 AM
swamt said: ↑
https://www.dallasnews.com/business...n-airlines-worker-of-following-her-on-flight/
#4 swamt, Jan 14, 2020 at 10:22 AM
1AA said: ↑
Good. Did anyone know him?
jimntx Veteran
#5 jimntx, Jan 14, 2020 at 10:50 AM
I got the impression from some of the reports I read that he is gate agent. He seemed to know rather more than he ought about his victim. If he is a gate agent, I expect that this will not be the end of this event now that the gate agents are unionized.
jimntx said: ↑
That's what I first thought because he acquired personal information but the article I posted said he read her baggage tag and got her phone number. He might have been a passenger service agent but that's not how he got the info. Sick people are still out there. What was he trying to do? Obviously thinking of himself. Glad he's gone.
LuxuryLiner Member
#7 LuxuryLiner, Jan 14, 2020 at 2:38 PM
I think he was also nonreving on her flight. This reminds me of a DFW ramper about 20yrs ago that would see a beautiful FA on the employee bus and follow her home. He would hang out at her apt complex and wait for her to go to the store or mall...etc. and follow her everywhere...all the time in his uniform and would try and make small talk with her in public....it worked once or twice but after he kept showing up all the time it became more than a coincidence... he ended up fired and eventually some jail time....he had some mental health issues among other things.
NewHampshire Black Bears Veteran
#8 NewHampshire Black Bears, Jan 15, 2020 at 12:10 AM
LuxuryLiner said: ↑
Wow ! Mental Health Issues !!
That sounds like our Anthony Hopkins, on the Water Cooler.
#9 jimntx, Jan 15, 2020 at 8:30 AM
Bears, the events that triggered this thread are NOT funny. Give it a rest.
La Li Lu Le Lo Veteran
#10 La Li Lu Le Lo, Jan 16, 2020 at 11:38 PM
You knew Weez 20 years ago?
I wonder if he hacked into her cell phone.
The truth is Bluetooth has a lot of security issues.
It is very easy to hack into someone's phone for instance and pull their contacts list.
They were demonstrating that in the cybersecurity class (which was next door) while I was in school.
Sure enough they pulled my contact list as a demonstration, and I had a windows phone (and still do) and that is not even a common operating system found on a phone.


text:
Sioux City's city council in Iowa has repealed an 11-year-old ban on pit bulls
By Tyler Bullock November 26, 2019 December 16th, 2019 Responsible Ownership
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KMEG) – After months of discussion, Sioux City's city council in Iowa has repealed an 11-year-old ban on pit bulls.
The final approval came on a 4 to 1 vote Tuesday, with Councilmember Pete Groetken the only person voting against repeal.
Supporters of removing the ban are relieved by the decision.
"The ban itself is really illegal and it's prejudice. So the fact that they lifted it, it's been repealed is a really good thing. People can finally be at peace with their animals," said Chontelle Carter, a supporter of repealing the pit bull ban.
"Anybody who knows, has been around these dogs, they're the clowns of the dog world. They are not vicious, inherently vicious. Any dog will bite you, a German Shepherd will bite you, a Rottweiler will bite you, a poodle will bite you and so if you know enough about dogs, it's about how they're raised, it's not about the breed specifically," said Gregory Giles, who owns a pit bull and lives in Plymouth County.
Despite some misgivings about repealing the ban, most council members felt they needed to take the city attorney's advice on the issue.
"Everybody was very respectful. Everybody just tried to give us their opinion. You know, I think Rhonda got beat up on the deal a little bit more than she should have, the rest of us, basically were just emails trying to explain a person's position," said Mayor Bob Scott.
"The city did the right thing. We did the right thing. I believe the city will be safer for it. People don't seem to think that, but I truly believe that," said Rhonda Capron, council member.
With the repeal, pit bull owners can register their pets starting Monday when the repeal ordinance takes effect.
https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/iowa-city-repeals-pit-bull-ban?fbclid=IwAR0OlBJB4_9nq4VCewQxhcI7x-w9szobSk4d1dvr7sYHEiOjXddMu0eHxDI
Black Friday 15% off all merchandise! Use code apbtmerch15


text:
SONGWRITER ALLEE WILLIS DIES AT 72
Grammy-winning songwriter Allee Willis, known for her work with artists like Earth, Wind & Fire, and for co-writing the Broadway adaptation of The Color Purple, has died at the age of 72. Variety reports that she died in Los Angeles on Tuesday of cardiac arrest. The Detroit-born artist was famous for writing enduring hits like "September" and "Boogie Wonderland" for Earth, Wind & Fire. She also wrote songs like Patti LaBelle's "Lead Me On" and the Pointer Sisters' "Neutron Dance." Willis won a Grammy in 1986 for the Beverly Hills Cop score. She won her second Grammy in 2016 for Best Musical Theatre Album for The Color Purple, which had earned her a Tony nomination during its original run ten years prior. She was nominated in 1995 for writing the Friends theme song, "I'll Be There for You." In 2018, Willis was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. On her website, Willis wrote that the Friends theme was a "real struggle to compose" because she was "used to writing lyrics that are funkier and not so plain sounding."
In 2015, Willis spoke out against Donald Trump using her song "You're the Best" from The Karate Kid at his campaign rallies, telling the New York Daily News, that "this guy's mouth would get us into a nuclear war in three seconds," but conceding that the song fit him: ""It's all about bravado and fighting. And Trump is the giant who comes and stomps on the village. I can see why he picked it."


text:
"""Keras-based ConvNet with additional conditioning inputs.

Currently the network is conditioned on extra input vector with something like
conditional batch normalization, but without batch normalization.
For each hidden layer its output h_i is element-wise multiplied
by a vector m_i and element-wise summed with a vector a_i, both m_i and a_i
predicted with MLPs from the conditioning input.
"""

import gin
import tensorflow.compat.v1 as tf
from yoto.architectures import utils

def broadcast_and_concat(x, inputs_extra):
  inputs_extra_expanded = tf.expand_dims(tf.expand_dims(inputs_extra, -2), -2)
  tile_multipliers = [1] + x.get_shape().as_list()[1:3] + [1]
  inputs_extra_broadcast = tf.tile(inputs_extra_expanded, tile_multipliers)
  return tf.concat([x, inputs_extra_broadcast], axis=3)

@gin.configurable("ConditionalConvnet")
class ConditionalConvnet(tf.keras.Model):
  """A simple VGG-style convolutional net conditioned on an additional vector.

  The network consists of several blocks of convolutional layers with 3x3
  kernels and with either stride or transposed stride inbetween. The net is
  conditioned on the extra inputs by channel-wise mutiplicative and additive
  modulation by vectors produced by an MLP.
  """

  def __init__(self, num_blocks=3, layers_per_block=2, base_num_channels=16,
               upconv=False, fc_layer_sizes=None, upconv_reshape_size=None,
               conditioning_layer_sizes=None, channels_out=3, alpha=0.3,
               conditioning_postprocessing=None,
               final_sigmoid=False, conditioning_type="mult_and_add",
               kernel_initializer_mode="fan_in"):
    """Initializes a ConditionalConvnet object.

    Args:
      num_blocks: Int, number of convolutional blocks
      layers_per_block: Int, number of conv layers per block
      base_num_channels: Int, number of channels in the highest resolution
        block. For other blocks the number of channels is doubled every time the
        resolution is reduced by 2x.
      upconv: Bool. If False, the network is a usual convolutional net (with
        downsampling), if True, it is an upconvolutional (a.k.a.
        deconvolutional) net, with upsampling.
      fc_layer_sizes: List[Int]. Sizes of the hidden layers of a fully connected
        net, which is put on top of a convnet or before an upconvnet. If None,
        there is no FC network, so the convnet is fully convolutional.
      upconv_reshape_size: List[Int], of len 3. Shape of the first convolutional
        feature map to be fed to the upconv net (should be supplied only if
        upconv=True and fc_layer_sizes is not None)
      conditioning_layer_sizes: List of Ints, sizes of hidden layers of the
        conditioning MLP.
      channels_out: Int, number of channels in the output (only relevant if
        upconv == True)
      alpha: Float. negative slope for Leaky ReLUs.
      conditioning_postprocessing: a class describing how
        to post-process the conditioning scales and shifts
      final_sigmoid: Bool. Whether to apply a sigmoid non-linearity at the end
        of the model.
      conditioning_type: Str, one of ["mult_and_add", "concat", "input"].
        Specifies in which way to condition the model on the extra inputs.
      kernel_initializer_mode: Str. Specifies the mode of the VarianceScaling
        initializer used for weight initialization
    """

    super(ConditionalConvnet, self).__init__()
    self._num_blocks = num_blocks
    self._layers_per_block = layers_per_block
    self._base_num_channels = base_num_channels
    self._channels_out = channels_out
    self._upconv = upconv
    self._fc_layer_sizes = fc_layer_sizes
    self._upconv_reshape_size = upconv_reshape_size
    self._final_sigmoid = final_sigmoid
    if upconv_reshape_size is not None and ((not upconv) or
                                            (fc_layer_sizes is None)):
      raise ValueError("upconv_reshape_size should be supplied only if "
                       "upconv=True and fc_layer_sizes is not None.")
    self._conditioning_layer_sizes = conditioning_layer_sizes
    self._nonlinearity = lambda x: tf.nn.leaky_relu(x, alpha)
    if conditioning_postprocessing is not None:
      self._conditioning_postprocessing = conditioning_postprocessing()
    else:
      self._conditioning_postprocessing = None
    if conditioning_type not in ["mult_and_add", "concat", "input"]:
      raise ValueError("Unknown conditioning_type {}".format(conditioning_type))
    self._conditioning_type = conditioning_type
    scale_factor = 2. / (1. + alpha**2)
    self._kernel_initializer = tf.keras.initializers.VarianceScaling(
        mode=kernel_initializer_mode, scale=scale_factor)

  def _call_upconv(self, inputs, inputs_extra):
    endpoints = {}
    x = inputs
    if self._fc_layer_sizes is not None:
      x = tf.keras.layers.Flatten()(x)
      x = utils.mlp(x, self._fc_layer_sizes)
      x = tf.reshape(x, [-1] + self._upconv_reshape_size)
    for nblock in range(self._num_blocks-1, -1, -1):
      num_channels = self._base_num_channels * (2**nblock)
      if (inputs_extra is not None and
          (self._conditioning_type == "concat"
           or (self._conditioning_type == "input" and nblock == 0))):
        x = broadcast_and_concat(x, inputs_extra)
      with tf.variable_scope("upconv_block_{}".format(nblock)):
        x = self._upconv_block(x, self._layers_per_block, num_channels)
        if (inputs_extra is not None and
            self._conditioning_type == "mult_and_add"):
          endpoints["upconv_block_before_cond_{}".format(nblock)] = x
          with tf.variable_scope("conditioning"):
            x = self._condition_conv(x, inputs_extra,
                                     self._conditioning_layer_sizes)
        endpoints["upconv_block_before_nonlin_{}".format(nblock)] = x
        x = self._nonlinearity(x)
      endpoints["upconv_block_{}".format(nblock)] = x
    # final layer that outputs the required number of channels
    x = tf.layers.conv2d(inputs=x, filters=self._channels_out,
                         kernel_size=3, strides=(1, 1), padding="same",
                         kernel_initializer=self._kernel_initializer)
    return x, endpoints

  def _call_conv(self, inputs, inputs_extra):
    endpoints = {}
    x = inputs
    for nblock in range(self._num_blocks):
      if (inputs_extra is not None and
          (self._conditioning_type == "concat"
           or (self._conditioning_type == "input" and nblock == 0))):
        x = broadcast_and_concat(x, inputs_extra)
      num_channels = self._base_num_channels * (2**nblock)
      with tf.variable_scope("conv_block_{}".format(nblock)):
        x = self._conv_block(x, self._layers_per_block, num_channels)
        if (inputs_extra is not None and
            self._conditioning_type == "mult_and_add"):
          endpoints["conv_block_before_cond_{}".format(nblock)] = x
          with tf.variable_scope("conditioning"):
            x = self._condition_conv(x, inputs_extra,
                                     self._conditioning_layer_sizes)
        endpoints["conv_block_before_nonlin_{}".format(nblock)] = x
        if nblock < self._num_blocks - 1:
          x = self._nonlinearity(x)
      endpoints["conv_block_{}".format(nblock)] = x
    if self._fc_layer_sizes is not None:
      x = tf.keras.layers.Flatten()(x)
      x = utils.mlp(x, self._fc_layer_sizes)
    return x, endpoints

  def call(self, inputs, inputs_extra=None, training=None):
    del training  # No batchnorm here
    if self._upconv:
      with tf.variable_scope("upconvnet"):
        outputs, endpoints = self._call_upconv(inputs, inputs_extra)
    else:
      with tf.variable_scope("convnet"):
        outputs, endpoints = self._call_conv(inputs, inputs_extra)
    if self._final_sigmoid:
      outputs = tf.keras.activations.sigmoid(outputs)
    return outputs, endpoints

  def _conv_block(self, inputs, num_layers, num_channels):
    x = inputs
    for n in range(num_layers):
      strides = (2, 2) if n == 0 else (1, 1)
      x = tf.layers.conv2d(inputs=x, filters=num_channels, kernel_size=3,
                           strides=strides, padding="same",
                           kernel_initializer=self._kernel_initializer)
      if n < num_layers - 1:
        x = self._nonlinearity(x)
    return x

  def _upconv_block(self, inputs, num_layers, num_channels):
    x = inputs
    for n in range(num_layers):
      strides = (2, 2) if n == num_layers-1 else (1, 1)
      x = tf.layers.conv2d_transpose(
          inputs=x, filters=num_channels, kernel_size=3, strides=strides,
          padding="same", kernel_initializer=self._kernel_initializer)
      if n < num_layers - 1:
        x = self._nonlinearity(x)
    return x

  def _condition_conv(self, inputs, inputs_extra, layer_sizes):
    channels = inputs.get_shape().as_list()[-1]
    inputs_extra_flat = tf.keras.layers.Flatten()(inputs_extra)
    scales = utils.mlp(inputs_extra_flat, layer_sizes + [channels])
    shifts = utils.mlp(inputs_extra_flat, layer_sizes + [channels])
    scales = tf.expand_dims(tf.expand_dims(scales, -2), -2)
    shifts = tf.expand_dims(tf.expand_dims(shifts, -2), -2)
    if self._conditioning_postprocessing is not None:
      scales, shifts = self._conditioning_postprocessing(scales, shifts)
    return scales * inputs + shifts


While at the Smart Urban Stage exhibition in Frankfurt on September 13th, Magne was interviewed by Belgian website The Word.
The interview has now been posted here.
Morten is interviewed in today's VG, in connection with tomorrow's comedy show on TV Norge to benefit UNICEF. The show will feature a report from Morten's visit to Kingston, Jamaica this summer.
"We visited a community with much violence and difficult social conditions, quite a common type of area in Jamaica. Some of those we met, around 20 years old, were clearly on drugs and already heavily involved in crime. That's how they've chosen to take control of their own life", Morten tells the newspaper.
Among those he met was a 14 year old girl who was eager to get married.
– Do you feel privileged to have your children grow up in Norway?, VG asks.
– In that respect, the Utøya attack this summer was a big exception?
In Jamaica, Morten apparently received a lot of attention. Not because he's famous, but because he's white and had expensive sunglasses.
"The children we met had no idea who I was. Jamaica is very isolated in that regard, as they only listen to local music. They don't know who U2 are, or Coldplay, REM and Madonna. And certainly not a-ha! But that's also what makes it an interesting place to visit", Morten says.
"Humorkveld" to benefit UNICEF airs live on TV Norge tomorrow night. Part 1 between 19:00 and 20:00, and part 2 between 21:30 and 23:00.
I have now added a bunch of concert dates from 1987 that I was previously unaware of.
On a-ha.com and almost everywhere else, the 1987 Japanese tour in June/July has always been listed with only 7 dates (and several missing venues). But as can be seen on the Japanese a-ha fansite, it turns out that the band actually played 17 concerts.
Megumi, webmaster of the Japanese site, can confirm that all the dates are correct and that none of the shows were cancelled.
And Selina in the UK, who first brought this to my attention, points out that the dates are all listed in the 1987 Japanese tour programme.
This brings the number of concerts on the 1986/87 world tour up to 169, and the total number of all regular a-ha concerts between 1986 and 2010 is now 564.
Award-winning British comic book artist Mike Perkins has created a new comic about Apparatjik, which will be used in connection with upcoming Apparatjik concerts.
"It's in black and white and fairly short, but I've shown it to Magne Furuholmen, who liked it. It will be published in concert folders in connection with upcoming Apparatjik concerts. Later on, it will be available in other media as well", Perkins says.
"For a long time I've wanted to turn Scoundrel Days into a comic book. It's the darkest and most melancholic of a-ha's albums, and I was a big fan of it when it was released in the fall of 1986.
The title track immediately caught my imagination, and gives me hints to manipulative politicians and things like that. There's a certain film noir feeling to it, which can also be seen in the music videos, for example in "I've Been Losing You" which includes the line "The gun on the bedside table".
I'm hoping to do Scoundrel Days in noir-style with limited use of colours. I would also want to use several of the music videos as inspiration, plus songs from other a-ha albums like Hunting High and Low and more recent songs like "Butterfly, Butterfly". In the "Hunting High and Low" music video, Morten Harket transforms into a whale, a dolphin and finally a wolf [sic]. This is also something I'd want to incorporate into the comic book.
– What do you think about an album living on in other art forms?
"This will be like a reinterpretation of something we've done. Having one expression living on in a different form is exciting. There's something good about having created something that triggers someone else's imagination in ways we couldn't have originally envisioned", Magne tells Aftenposten.
Morten has recently visited Jamaica, to learn more about a project run by UNICEF.
A report from his visit to the country will be shown during TV Norge's third annual comedy show to support UNICEF.
The comedy show is held at Oslo Konserthus and airs live on TV Norge next Sunday, September 25th, at 19:00.
Whether Morten will also be performing during the show is not known.
In April 2005, Morten performed the official UNICEF song "Children First" together with Hayley Westenra at an event in Copenhagen.
Magne has been in Germany this week, to attend a few different events.
On Tuesday, September 13th, he was at the Smart Urban Stage exhibition in Frankfurt, the last in a series of twelve exhibitions held by car manufacturer Smart in various cities across Europe.
The two winning projects were The People's Supermarket (UK) and Calle de Diversion (Italy).
On Wednesday, September 14th, Magne was in Berlin at the release party of the third issue of SOME Magazine.
This issue of the art magazine documents the workshop held by Magne and fellow Apparatjik member Jonas Bjerre at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle earlier this year (see May 25th news update).
A video clip from the release party can be seen here.


A number of recent studies have suggested that the main functional role of the product of the immune response (Ir) genes is in the process of antigen recognition by the T lymphocyte. The observation in the accompanying report that the interaction of macrophage-associated antigen with immune T lymphocytes requires that both cells share histocompatibility antigens raised the question as to whether the macrophage played a role in the genetic control of the immune response or even if the macrophage were the primary cell in which the product of the Ir gene is expressed. In the current study, parental macrophages were pulsed with an antigen, the response to which is controlled by an Ir gene lacking in that parent; these macrophages were then mixed with T cells derived from the (nonresponder x responder)F1 and the resultant stimulation was measured. No stimulation was seen when column-purified F1 lymph node lymphocytes were mixed with antigen-pulsed macrophages from the nonresponder parent. However, when the highly reactive peritoneal exudate lymphocyte population was used as the indicator cells, parental macrophages pulsed with an antigen whose Ir gene they lacked were capable of initiating F1 T-cell proliferation. The magnitude of stimulation was approximately 1/10 that seen when macrophages from either the responder parent or the F1 were used. In order to explain this observation, we hypothesize that antigen recognition sites on the T lymphocyte are physically related to a macrophage-binding site and both are linked to the serologically determined histocompatibility antigens. Thus, parental macrophages pulsed with an antigen, whose Ir gene they lack, activate F1 cells poorly because the recognition sites for the antigen are physically related to the macrophage-binding site of the responder parent while the main contacts between the cells are at the nonresponder binding sites. Experiments performed with alloantisera lend support to this hypothesis. Thus, when parental macrophages are pulsed with any antigen and added to F1 T cells, an alloantiserum directed against parental histocompatibility antigens reacts with both the lymphocyte and the macrophage and thereby inhibits macrophage-lymphocyte interaction and abolishes antigen-induced lymphocyte transformation. When the alloantisera are directed at determinants present solely on the T lymphocyte, they only inhibit the recognition of antigens controlled by the Ir gene linked to the histocompatibility antigen against which they are directed. We conclude from these studies that antigen recognition by the T lymphocyte is a complex multicellular event involving more than simple antigen binding to a specific lymphocyte receptor.


I am getting a little run of cases involving dogs growling at the kids – probably a sign that it's time for them to go back to schoo l after six weeks at home with the dog!
Penny is a fifteen-month-old Beagle Jack Russell mix. She is a sweetie – friendly and bouncy if a bit lacking in self-control. She lives in a family household that at certain times can get her too aroused.
Along with over-arousal come the unwanted behaviours. She may steal something and run off with it. As a puppy they would chase her and corner her, forcing the item off her with no exchange. This can often develop into possessive behaviours as the dog gets a bit older, particularly if food isn't routinely used for exchange and reward.
Each incident they told me about seemed to be when the atmosphere was far from calm, which in a house with kids is often the case.
There are particular flash points during the day, the first when the children are getting ready for school which is a very common time for trouble with young, excitable dogs. Another time when it's not calm is in the evening when the young boy becomes noisy or erratic as his ADHD medication wears off. Penny may leap at the boy's clothes and nip him. On these occasions she can be put behind the gate with something to chew.
Both children can learn about Penny's 'smelly bubble'. If she's resting they must not burst this invisible bubble which is about a meter in diameter. If they do a revolting smell comes out – the young boy gave his suggestion as to what that might be! Mum will need to be quite alert and help Penny out when the children, particularly the boy, is too hyped up.
When the man arrived he gave Penny such an enthusiastic welcome that she peed.
Reunitings need to be calm also.
Penny's good points outweigh any negatives. She is great on walks, so good that the young daughter can walk her and she's not a big barker. She is extremely friendly and would be very willing and trainable giving sufficient motivation.
She's not really aggressive either. She has been inadvertently taught to defend things that are in her mouth, particularly if she has pinched them. They will now actively do exchange games and never again take anything off her without swapping for something she likes better and if the item isn't important they will walk away and ignore it. There will be no fun in that!
I was with them for over two hours and saw no sign of possessiveness. We kept things quite calm and I used food to reward her for everything I asked of her and she was like putty in my hands. I did 'give and take' using food, allowing her to keep the item at the end.
When she's excited, as she will be when they have friends or family round, she may growl and snap if someone drops something then goes to pick it up – Penny will have got there first.
She may also nick something if she's getting insufficient attention.
If she is resting or asleep and calm, when a child suddenly leans over the sofa back to touch her or goes over to fuss her, she may growl. And why not? Growllng is talking. She is saying 'go away and leave me alon e'. That's okay surely.
So, Penny needs 'protecting' from the situation when there is too much noise and excitement by being removed with something to do, she needs to be left alone when she's resting and she needs to know that no longer will anyone take something off her without giving her something in exchange.
Nicking things will become boring if ignored.
They, like me, will use food to thank her for her cooperation when they ask her to do something and I feel she will soon be a different dog.
Here is a great little article from 3LostDogs.com on the subject of resource guarding.
A few weeks later: Penny is doing really well when the children aren't around but seems to be quite boisterous still when the kids are here.
Ollie just kept on going! Pacing, rushing about, panting, drinking, wanting to go out, clamouring for attention, chewing…….
Being excitable may be an emotion and part of a dog's personality – but it can be a learnt behaviour too when it's constantly reinforced.
Dogs very often mirror their humans. Calm and quiet people very often have calmer dogs, and excitable people dogs that are more reactive themselves. This could of course be because people choose the breeds of dogs that suit their own characters.
Ollie is a two-and-a-half year old Cocker Spaniel, and as the owner of a Cocker myself I know how excitable they can be. In Ollie's case, his excitement is unwittingly being reinforced. He will always eventually get the attention he wants while excited, demanding or barking. Like many excitable dogs, he can't be given toys because he then directs his energy to wrecking them, though he was very busy with my unbreakable Stagbar.
When guests come 'he calms down once they make a fuss of him'. It might be more accurate to say that 'he remains excited until they make a fuss of him'!
When I arrived he was very bouncy, tearing about, jumping up on me, going and having a drink, rushing about again and so on.
I said, 'Let's ignore what we don't want – what is it we do want?' I gave him a tiny bit of biscuit with a quiet 'Yes' each time he stopped still even briefly, then when he happened to sit or lie down. His brain was working!
Throughout the evening he was pushing one of the men to respond to him. This gentleman would I'm sure agree that he's something of a pushover. The downside is that a dog can be less respectful and tries to control him in other ways too. The man can't walk downstairs without Ollie trying to grab his feet and ankles.
Ollie is over-stimulated in one way and under-stimulated in another. There is too much exciting stimulation and too little healthy stimulation by way of brain work and breed-specific stuff like nose work. He needs to be left quietly to work things out for himself like 'good things come to calm dogs'. He needs to actually be taught how to be calm.
I must say that it's due to all the good things the men have done with him that Ollie is so friendly, confident and biddable. Absolutely gorgeous. Ollie's good points far outweight any bad ones he may have. All his problems come down to over-excitement. Now that his owner realises that quietly restraining himself with Ollie will help him, that should help the dog to learn self-restraint.
When Ollie's excited antics no longer get the attention he craves he will then start to learn. Meanwhile he won't give up easily I fear. While he still believes excitement and demanding always works in the end, in the short-term he may simply increase his efforts.
They may be in for a rough few days during which they must occupy him with activities and calm attention but under their own terms – and when he's not hyped up!
He will learn so long as his humans are consistent.
NB. The precise protocols to best use for your own dog may be different to the approach I have worked out for Ollie, which is why I don't go into all exact details here of our plan. Finding instructions on the internet or TV that are not tailored to your own dog can often do more harm than good. One size does not fit all. If you live in my own area I would be very pleased to help with strategies specific to your own dogs (see my Get Help page).
I originally met Deefer sixteen months ago when she was just eleven weeks old and living with three other dogs.
Now a large adult dog who could pull her owner over quite easily, the lady has been trying to get her to walk nicely on lead. She has been practising in the small garden but Deefer pulls madly once out through the gate, and the lady was close to dispair when she got back in touch with me.
I thought I would see for myself. To start with, we shut the other dogs well out of the way, in the garden, and then we had a cup of coffee while Deefer calmed right down. We put on her harness and finished our coffee. Once out in the front garden Deefer walked up and down with me beautifully on a long loose lead.
At the gate I waited without a word until Deefer hung back, opening and shutting it a little in front of her nose to prompt her. Quiet and calm is the order of the day. Then we stepped through. I had the training lead hooked to the front of a special harness which I find works a treat even with the heaviest dog. We walked happily back and forth outside the house whilst I resembled someone who had drunk a little too much wine! A couple of people even walked by, but Deefer didn't react. Then the lady took over and Deefer continued to walk nicely. Then we went back in. A result.
The secret is a totally calm start – however long it takes. Once we get going, constantly changing direction, letting the lead out as we do so and slowing down – to give the dog plenty of time to catch up and plenty of encouragement, so that she works out for herself exactly what it is we want her to do.
Finally, it's important to call it a day while things are still going well so as to end on a high note. That will mean very short sessions to start with.
If the lady starts with two five-minutes sessions a day out the front, over the weeks building up to ten minutes, then fifteen as she goes further afield, she will eventually be proud to be seen out and about with her beautiful big dog.


With the New Year approaching we feel like celebrating with the launch of the New Year Lottery! We want all of our customers to have a chance to make the year even more fun. That´s why there are 5 prizes in total to be won by entering the lottery. Furthermore, you can improve your chances by being able to buy up to 6 tickets!
Remember: Each member can activate 6 lottery tickets for the draw. Enter now and with a little bit of luck you could win up to 45.00 CashCoins!


Each year at the end of May, TripAdvisor gives awards to companies that have long-standing high ratings from their customers on Tripadvisor. Flygbussarna belong to the group of specially selected companies that received the award this year.
"We are super proud and happy to receive this award because it is our customer's reviews that are the base of it", said Camilla Tienso, Marketing Manager.
To keep track of all companies, TripAdvisor uses an algorithm that, according to different parameters, assesses whether or not a company should get the certificate. To obtain a certificate, it is required that the company has been on TripAdvisor for at least 12 months, has received enough reviews and that the reviews are consistently high.
The certificate is valid for one year at a time, and decreases customer satisfaction on the page, so the stamp will be removed automatically. When a company has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence for 5 years, it comes to the "Hall of Fame" TripAdvisor.
"Flygbussarna has worked diligently to provide travelers with a personalized and friendly service at all customer meetings. Now we have another reason to work hard to maintain the award in 2019 and eventually end up on the Hall of Fame list", said Camilla Tienso.


Honey is so wonderful for skincare. Sweet Honey & Chamomile is the original Sweet Honey Balm Manuka honey base with organic German Chamomile essential oil.
Coconut oil, an amazing oil because it's very high in Vitamin E, and also has Capric and Lauric Acids is an excellent skin moisturizer and softener that creates a wonderful protective barrier as well.
For a highly effective balm with organic German Chamomile this can't be beat! Try it! I think you'll love how soft & sweet your skin can be!
o All the benefits of original formula Sweet Honey Balm for soft, smooth skin - with organic German Chamomile!


text:
Rappersroom / Rappersroom News
The Grammys Snub Jay-Z, Again
by Singersroom January 29, 2018
Jay-Z lead the pack of musicians as the most nominated person at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards last night.
Centered front row – with his daughter Blue Ivy and superstar wife Beyoncé – black audiences across the globe were assured he'd take home a few trophies or at least one of the eight he was up for. He left with none.
While the Academy's voters did recognize the greatness that is Kendrick Lamar by awarding him Best Rap Song, Best Video, and Best Rap Performance, they failed at the opportunity to celebrate Jay-Z's most honest, culture-moving body of work to-date. How pathetic!
Mr. Carter skipped the Grammys in years prior for its lack of inclusion of Black music during the biggest night in music. Baiting him with an enormous amount of nominations in hindsight seems to be more of a marketing ploy for the royal family to appear: increasing ratings and the award show's immediate benefit through media and social engagement. It's an old trick that, unfortunately, still gets the best of powerful musicians of color.
At this point in Jay-Z's career and with a masterpiece like '4:44' under his belt, it's not certain if he'll ever return to the Grammys. But he doesn't really need to.
See a full list of last night's Rap Category winners below:
Best Rap Album
JAY-Z, 4:44
Kendrick Lamar DAMN.
Migos Culture
Rapsody Laila's Wisdom
Tyler, the Creator Scum Fuck Flower Boy
Best Rap/Sung Performance
6LACK "Prblms"
Goldlink Ft. Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy "Crew"
Jay Z Ft. Beyoncé "Family Feud"
Kendrick Lamar Ft. Rihanna "Loyalty"
SZA Ft. Travi$ Scott "Love Galore"
Best Rap Song
Cardi B "Bodak Yellow"
Danger Mouse Ft. Run the Jewels & Big Boi "Chase Me"
Kendrick Lamar "HUMBLE."
Rapsody "Sassy"
Jay-Z,"The Story of O.J."
Best Rap Performance
Big Sean "Bounce Back"
Jay-Z "4:44"
Kendrick Lamar, "HUMBLE."
Migos Ft. Lil Uzi Vert, "Bad and Boujee"
Best Music Video
Beck "Up All Night"
Jain "Makeba"
Jay-Z "The Story Of O.J."
Logic Ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid "1-800-273-8255"
TaggedJay-Z
DJ Aktive – 90's Love feat. Marsha Ambrosius
Singersroom
Since 2005, Singersroom has been the voice of R&B around the world. Connect with us via social media below.
View all posts by Singersroom →
Rocko – U.O.N.E.O Remix ft. 2 Chainz & Future
Nicki Minaj – Boss Ass Bitch (Remix)
Iggy Azalea Wants Tyga and Rita Ora For Debut Album
Juicy J – Go Out Ft. Young Jeezy & Big Sean
Nicki Minaj – Pills N Potions
Second Family – Rider ft. August Alsina


It's summer on Nantucket and peak season for the island's most darling crustacean: the lobster. Lucky for seafood lovers, lobster is now cheaper than deli meat, which means less splurging and more lobster for all. On Nantucket, lobster is not just a fish-market staple; it's tradition. For centuries the succulent, rosy-hued meat has graced seaside dinners and clambakes.
In a stockpot, brown the lobster heads in the olive oil over medium-high heat until fragrant and partially cooked, about five minutes.
Add the carrot, celery, and onion and sauté until softened. Add the tomato paste and stir to combine for about two minutes.
Add the sherry and brandy; reduce the liquid by half.
Add the lobster stock, heavy cream, thyme, and bay leaf, and bring to a low boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer slowly for one hour.
Season with salt and pepper and strain the liquid through cheesecloth or a fine-mesh sieve.
Serve immediately, garnishing each serving with lobster meat if desired.
To make a reservation at TOPPER'S, call (508) 228-8768. Current menus and additional information can be found at www.toppersrestaurant.com.


At On the Beach, we live and breathe beaches. We're the beach experts. It's in our name, after all. And do you know the best thing about beaches? You can find them all over the world – from tranquil islands to vibrant cities by the sea. This means that we're not just the experts on islands or on sun, sea and sand, we're the experts in travel, in discovery and in unforgettable holiday experiences too. What we're trying to say is, if there was an Olympic holidays event, we know we'd come in first.
When you compare On the Beach to Olympic Holidays, there's really no competition. Go for golden beaches, silver linings and a bronzed glow and book your beach holiday with the experts – us. Like Olympic Holidays, we offer escapes in the Balearics, the Canaries, Greece and the Azores, and to Malta, Sicily, Cyprus, Sardinia and more. But – and here's the really important bit – On the Beach is often cheaper. You can book your holiday with us from just £30pp, and even spread the cost until two weeks before you fly. We offer winning prices on many of the same apartments, hotels and resorts as Olympic Holidays – read on for some of our favourites.
Year-round sunshine and a relatively short flight time make the Canary Islands the perfect destination for a beach break. These Spanish slices of holiday heaven are really popular with sun seekers of all kinds. Each island features sandy beaches, stunning landscape and great facilities, and offers everything from romantic escapes to family adventures. Whether you want to fly to Fuerteventura, travel to Tenerife, get away to Gran Canaria or land in Lanzarote, check out the below Olympic Holidays hotels. Hint – On the Beach might just offer them at a lower cost.
If you're looking for a beach break, where better than the Balearics? Menorca, Majorca and Ibiza are always winners in our eyes. Think medal-worthy Mediterranean sunshine, blue skies and clear sea, and you're halfway to holiday bliss in the Balearics already. Want to live it up in the Majorcan sun with your mates? Magaluf is the place for you. On the lookout for a romantic couples' escape in Menorca? You'll fall in love with Cala'n Bosch. No matter what your dream getaway looks like, On the Beach may possibly sell it at a cheaper price than Olympic Holidays. Have a look at these for starters.
Save money by not dishing out extra cash for food and drink, have a look at our all-inclusive holiday ideas.


text:
Q: How to make a fixed two line site footer using CSS / HTML I want to make a responsive website footer using CSS.
The responsive website footer requirement (both horizontal lines will have centered links/text, single colored background) is:
<link1>-gap-<link2>-gap-<link3>-gap-<link4>
Copyright Text.

What CSS do I need?

A: Try the following:

TEXT

LINK1

LINK2

LINK3

LINK4

Copyright Text

Enjoy....

A: Not sure where exactly the problem is. Simply wrap the footer and give it a text-align: center; to center the content. You can use paragraphs or linebreaks (br) to enforce a 2 line style. Of course you can style everything as you want.

body {
  margin: 0;
}

#footer {
  text-align: center;
  background-color: grey;
  padding: 5px;
}

#footer p {
  margin: 0;
}

#footer a {
  margin: 0 10px;
  color: black;
}

    Link 1
    Link 2
    Link 3
    Link 4

Copyright Text

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Slowly it feels like spring. Well some days.
Most of the time and especially the evenings it is still freezing cold outside. So all I want for these nights in between the seasons is: blankets, cuddles & a hug from the inside in form of a comforting, warm and nourishing dish. Enter Masala.
The butternut masala with brown rice ( in which the veggie or squash part is totally replaceable, whatever you fancy or the season offers ) is a perfect mix of my boyfriends and my talents in the kitchen. He has been improving his indian cooking skills for a while and every time the naan bread is better than the last. While I am improving and developing a deep understanding of the spices and their harmonies. Our love for the indian cuisine brought together this dish, which we could literally eat every day. Seriously, give us some brown rice, a harmonised spiced veggie masala and his incredible delicious naan bread and we are happy & sane!
Another BIG yes, the recipe makes a lot. So you don't need to bother cooking for the next day. And it's a crowd pleaser. We LOVE it so much I had to share it with you. Immensely satisfying!
Add the ghee/ oil to a large pot over medium heat. Toss in the chopped onion and sauté until transparent for a few minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and sauté for 2 more minutes, then add the spices and mix with a wooden spoon so everything is combined. Add the spinach and tomato paste. Prepare the vegetable stock on the side. Add the pot mixture in a blender and blend until smooth. Toss the blended mix back into the pot and add the can of tomatoes and the stock, stir. Followed by the the squash. Bring the pot to a light rumble then reduce the heat to medium low, cover and let it simmer for 35 minutes. Meanwhile prepare the brown rice in another pot.
When done cooking, serve it in bowls and top with a scoop of brown rice, some finely chopped kale, grape tomatoes, and spicy cashews. Naan bread on the side. Enjoy!
Roast the cashews in a pan on medium heat for a few minutes. In a small bowl mix the oil and spices, then add the cashews and toss to evenly coat. Add the mix back to the skillet and roast and the spices become fragrant. Transfer to a plate to cool. Keep in an airtight container.
In a bowl, combine the yeast, syrup and 125ml of lukewarm water, set aside.
Melt the ghee in a small pan over low heat. Combine the flour and 1 teaspoon of salt in a large bowl and make a well in the middle. Pour in 1 tablespoon of the melted ghee, the yoghurt, and yeast mixture and beat the wet ingredients together with a fork. Slowly start incorporating the flour from the sides until it starts to form a rough dough, then bring it together with your hands – it should be soft and sticky, so add a splash more water, if you think it needs it.
Knead the dough on a flour-dusted surface for around 5 minutes, or until smooth, then place into a lightly floured bowl. Cover with a clean tea towel and leave in a warm place for 1 hour 30 minutes, or until doubled in size.Once risen, knock back the dough with your fist, then divide into 6 balls. Roll each portion into an oval shape, roughly 1½cm thick. Heat a large non-stick frying pan over a high heat and melt some ghee. Add a naan bread, brush with a little of the remaining ghee, sprinkle over cumin and a small pinch of salt, cook for 5 minutes, , turning halfway. Keep warm in the oven while you make the remaining breads. Serve with Masala or your favourite Curry.


text:
Evolution, Eugenics, & God's Will
Posted By Marian Van Court On July 18, 2014 @ 12:09 pm In North American New Right | Comments Disabled
[1]This famous scene from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel has recently been interpreted in a startling new way. After it was cleaned and restored, the original details were revealed. The vehicle in which God is traveling, along with God himself, all the angels, the sashes, etc., conform remarkably well to the structures of a human brain (turned sideways, facing Adam).
It's long been known that Michelangelo performed dissections so that he could fully understand the human body. Instead of the old interpretation of God giving life to Adam, it seems clear that Michelangelo's intention was to portray God giving the highest form of intellect to Adam, a uniquely human gift which is the product of the human brain (Meshberger, 1990).
This illustration is helpful, but unfortunately the brain is reversed.
This painting provides a wonderful artistic illustration for the subject of this paper. If one understands the large genetic component to our very souls — not only our intelligence, but our honesty, our kindness, our courage, our creativity, and our unique personalities — then one can immediately grasp the potential of eugenics for evolving ourselves into better people, more fully in the image of God. Francis Galton envisioned eugenics as a large-scale humanitarian endeavor, firmly grounded in science, which also contained the seed of a new religion:
The chief result of these Inquiries has been to elicit the religious significance of the doctrine of evolution. It suggests an alteration in our mental attitude, and imposes a new moral duty. The new mental attitude is one of a greater sense of moral freedom, responsibility, and opportunity; the new duty which is supposed to be exercised concurrently with, and not in opposition to the old ones upon which the social fabric depends, is an endeavor to further evolution, especially that of the human race. Those who enjoy a sense of communion with God can dwell on the undoubted fact that there exists a solidarity between themselves and what surrounds them, through the endless reaction of physical laws among which the hereditary influences are to be included. They know that they are descended from an endless past, that they have a brotherhood with all that is, and have each his own share of responsibility in parentage of an endless future (Blacker, 1952).
Evolution is the Crown Jewel of Creation
Evolution by natural selection fashioned creatures with conscious awareness from one-celled animals over vast expanses of time. The consciousness of human beings has evolved to such a degree that we are able to love one another, to experience joy at the beauty of nature, to create, to explore, to struggle to comprehend the nature of God, and even to manifest glimmerings of divinity ourselves. If Creation can be said to have anything resembling a purpose or destiny in a spiritual sense, the evolution of conscious beings has got to be at the very heart of it. For this reason, evolution by natural selection can legitimately be regarded as the "crown jewel" of Creation.
And isn't "the crown jewel of Creation" a far cry from how Darwin's theory was first greeted by the public in the late 1800s?! Christianity's vehement rejection of the theory of evolution was understandable since it contradicted a literal interpretation of the Bible. Although it was a painful process, fraught with bitterness, in the long run this conflict was healthy. Now we think of the story of Adam and Eve as an allegory, and a lovely one at that. We have sufficient understanding to welcome Darwin's message because we recognize evolution as a vitally important key to life, to our consciousness, and ultimately to God.
All major religions say, in one way or another, that we are created in God's image. In Genesis it is written, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." Jesus said, "The Kingdom of God is within you." An Indian proverb (East Indian) elegantly expresses a similar notion:
Divinity sleeps in stones,
breathes in plants,
dreams in animals,
and awakens in human beings.
Consider the fact that we were created in God's image through the process of evolution — this can hardly be an insignificant fact. The creation story in the Bible may be lovely, but isn't the way we actually evolved into ourselves more awesome and more overwhelmingly beautiful than God merely dictating by fiat the existence of the first man and woman? Science has established conclusively that evolution is true, and this is not in doubt. But perhaps evolution could also be said to surpass the story of the Garden of Eden as being more probably true purely on aesthetic grounds (just as in physics sometimes the more beautiful of two theories is given more credence).
Dysgenics: A Cosmic Sacrilege?
The process of evolution quite naturally evokes our deepest fascination and respect, but it is the product of evolution, our consciousness itself, which is precious — one might even say "divine." Yet the shocking fact is that today, our evolution has shifted into reverse, and our precious consciousness — acquired at such an enormous cost in suffering and death, over so many millennia — is now deteriorating. Scientific studies have shown that we, as a species, are currently evolving to become less intelligent, more violent, less healthy, and more mentally disturbed (Van Court and Bean, 1985, Lynn and Van Court, 1996; Lynn 1995; Lynn, 1996; Comings, 1996). The word for this is "dysgenics," which is the opposite of "eugenics." Dysgenics means human genetic deterioration. It's difficult to imagine worse news. If evolution by natural selection is the crown jewel of Creation — having produced human beings in the image of God — then dysgenics must constitute one cosmic sacrilege.
Un-natural Selection
How did dysgenics come about? Simple. By a process that might well be called "un-natural selection," because it is a reversal of natural selection resulting from society's corrupting influence. In a nutshell:
Modern societies quite understandably take care of sickly people who previously would have died, but then these people go on to have children with a high incidence of the same illnesses, and
although contraception is available to everyone, it's more consistently and effectively used by all of the "best" and the most admirable people, i.e., the smartest, most responsible, hard-working people who make a positive contribution to the larger society.
A high percentage of the "worst" and least-admirable people either don't know, or don't care, that unprotected sex brings babies into the world, so they have sex with little or no thought of contraception. They include: psychopaths, sociopaths, criminals, psychologically disturbed people of all varieties, alcoholics, drug addicts, irresponsible, short-sighted, and selfish people, the mentally retarded, just-plain-dumb people, and people who are too lazy to take a trip to the corner drugstore. Because of their negligence, they contribute a disproportionate share of their least-admirable genes to future generations.
Professor Richard Lynn of the University of Ulster conducted a study in which he found that despite lengthy sojourns in prison, London criminals still managed to produce more children on average than ordinary, law-abiding citizens (Lynn, 1995). Lynn calculated the increase in crime that would be expected, given the degree to which criminal behavior is a function of heredity, and estimated the increase in crime which should result (other factors being equal) by the excess fertility of criminals. His excellent book, Dysgenics (reviewed here [3]) is the most comprehensive and authoritative work on the issue of eugenics and dysgenics to date.
Instead of implementing a eugenics program of incentives and disincentives in order to rectify the problem of dysgenics, most governments are making it worse by subsidizing the reproduction of the least-productive segment of society, and taxing heavily the most productive segment.
Farmers and breeders have utilized the principle of "select the best" for their crops, livestock, and pets, and this has given us bountiful crops of every variety, high-yield milk cows, fast, beautiful, and gentle horses. Yet we take far less care when it comes to human beings, and in effect, we "select the worst." It would be unconscionable to breed stupid, sickly, and vicious dogs — surely it's at least as cruel to do this to human beings.
It's not necessary, nor even possible, to do away with contraception entirely because the technologies and information for preventing conception are "out," and only a severely repressive government could keep them from the people, and then only partially. However, we can reverse dysgenics and continue the process of improving the human species by implementing a eugenics program. We can once again evolve in a positive direction with self-directed evolution. From a spiritual point of view, when we take on the mantle of eugenics, we insure that our evolution will be guided more directly by God, who lives and breathes within us.
The word "eugenics" conjures up draconian images of Nazis and death camps, but even a cursory examination of the issues shows that this association is unwarranted. Eugenics has been practiced since ancient times, and in the 20th century Sweden had a eugenics program that lasted for 40 years (Broberg and Roll-Hansen, 1996). In fact, a total of 28 countries practiced eugenics in the 20th century, and one country, Germany, committed genocide, so despite Marxist propaganda to the contrary, it's apparent that no causal association can be drawn between eugenics and mass murder. (For a more detailed discussion of these important issues, see the review of Dysgenics [3].)
Critics of eugenics often argue that we will never agree upon which traits we want, so therefore, the entire enterprise is hopeless. But this argument is utterly without merit. It's perfectly predictable that we will choose health, beauty, intelligence, talent, courage, kindness, and honesty for our children because these are universally valued traits. All over the world parents value them today, just as parents valued them a hundred years ago, and a thousand years ago.
Is Dysgenics God's Will? Three Fundamental Truths
Scientists entering the realm of theology for the first time suddenly find themselves on very shaky ground, indeed. How does one know this or that is true? Where's the evidence? In this paper, I have assumed only that many readers believe in God. Now, given this assumption, at least it becomes possible to say, "If one accepts this statement about God, then such-and-such logically follows."
Is the current genetic deterioration of the human species "God's will?" I hope to address this question in a such a way that it will be applicable to Christians and devotees of other religions, as well as to most people who believe in God but don't adhere to any particular religious creed. First I'll state three fundamental truths about the nature of God upon which all major religions agree. Then I'll attempt to draw inferences from them about dysgenics.
God loves us. All major religions hold that this is so.
God wants us to be kind to one another. Jesus said "Love thy neighbor as thyself." The current Dalai Lama (spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists) says, "Be kind to one another." Kindness to others is one of the most important — if not the most important — teaching of all religions.
God has accorded human beings a special place in the animal kingdom, with a distinct destiny. All major religions believe that human beings are the pinnacle of God's creation. In Genesis, God said, "[L]et [man] have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepith upon the earth." In Hindu writings about reincarnation, people are considered the highest and most spiritually advanced creatures. No major religion teaches that we are indistinguishable from lower animals.
Now we get to the heart of the matter — namely, what inferences can we draw from these three fundamental truths? Is dysgenics God's will? Is dysgenics contrary to God's will? Or, is dysgenics simply irrelevant to God?
Let's take the first statement, that God loves us. If God loves us, then he doesn't want us to suffer unnecessarily. That certainly follows, doesn't it? Dysgenics means that our children's generation will be less well-endowed genetically than our generation is, and it's inescapable that they will suffer as a result. To be sickly, to be retarded, to suffer psychiatric illness — these are all things we definitely do not want for our children, nor for anyone else we love. It hardly requires a giant leap of faith to conclude that if God loves us, he doesn't want us to suffer needlessly.
With regard to the second point, that God wants us to be kind to one another — is it kind for us to leave the next generation genetically stupider, more sickly mentally and physically, and worse people morally? Inflicting pain and suffering on enormous numbers of innocent beings is hardly the definition of kindness. I challenge the reader: can you think of anything that is more cruel, on such a vast scale? Communism certainly comes to mind as a possible contender, but I would argue it ranks second to dysgenics. At any rate, we know what our health means to us — it means everything. And we know how much our intelligence means. Imagine what life would be like if you had been born mentally retarded — you wouldn't even be you! These traits are profoundly important to everyone, past, present and future.
In addition to leaving our children's generation a poorer genetic legacy, if we do nothing about dysgenics, we will also bequeath to them the same cultural taboo against eugenics which we have inherited — the taboo which has paralyzed the Western world for the past 50 years on the vitally important issue of our own biological evolution. Until dysgenics is reversed, each generation will become successively less and less capable of solving the problem of dysgenics — or any problem, for that matter.
Third, God has accorded human beings a special place in the animal kingdom, with a distinct destiny. Could our "distinct destiny" possibly be to evolve closer and closer in the image of God for hundreds of thousands of years — more intelligent, more loving and kind, healthier and more civilized — and then suddenly to reverse direction, to squander all the hard-won gains, and evolve backwards, less in the image of God, more like lower animals? How could this be God's will? It's inconceivable.
By examining three fundamental truths upon which all major religions agree, a very short and sure step of reasoning leads us, in each case, to the conclusion that dysgenics must be against God's will.
Our biology and our spirituality are inextricably linked, and they evolve (or de-volve) hand in hand. From the standpoint of Christianity, it's fascinating to realize that as we de-volve to become more criminal, more stupid, and more primitive, there will inevitably be (1) a large increase in the total amount of sin, and therefore (2) a higher percentage of people condemned to Hell! Amazing though it may seem, science has proven that Good and Evil have roots in biology, and we ignore this fact at our peril.
In conclusion, the most capable of our small, ape-like ancestors survived and reproduced in greater numbers so that our species gradually evolved larger brains, higher intelligence, and greater humanness, and the result of this extraordinary Creation is us. However, "we" aren't the end of the story!! "Creation" is still in motion, and now we are participants in it, whether for good or for ill. We can, and we must, reverse the current process of dysgenics if we are to carry out God's will, and if we feel any love or compassion for all those who come after us.
Blacker, C. P., 1952, Eugenics: Galton and After, Gerald Duckworth & Co, London
Broberg, Gunnar, & Nills Roll-Hansen, 1996, Eugenics and the Welfare State: Sterilization Policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland, Michigan University Press, East Lansing
Comings, David, 1996, The Gene Bomb, Hope Press, Duarte, CA Meshberger, Frank L., 1990, "An Interpretation of Michelangelo's Creation of Adam Based on Neuroanatomy," JAMA, Oct. 10, 1990, vol. 264, No. 14
Lynn, Richard, 1996, Dysgenics: Genetic Deterioration in Modern Populations, Praeger, Westport, Connecticut
Lynn, Richard, 1995, "Dysgenic fertility for crime," Journal of Biosocial Science, 27, p. 405-408
Van Court, Marian, and Frank Bean, 1985, "Intelligence and Fertility in the United States: 1912-1982," Intelligence, vol. 8, p. 23-32
Source: http://www.eugenics.net/papers/crown.html [4]
URL to article: https://counter-currents.com/2014/07/evolution-eugenics-and-gods-will/
[1] Image: https://cdn.counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Michelangelo_Creation_of_Adam_04.jpg
[2] Image: https://cdn.counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/SistineBrain1-e1405713252572.jpg
[3] here: http://www.eugenics.net/papers/lynnrev.html
[4] http://www.eugenics.net/papers/crown.html: http://www.eugenics.net/papers/crown.html


Our carefully made "value for money" chic Scoop Neck Kennela Fashion™ Dress with Court Train which is ideal for any season especially Autumn / Fall, Spring, Summer and Winter as well as ideal for going to A-Line / Princess Wedding, Occasion, Party or Prom events. You can read more about this glorious dress by reading below.
Our carefully made "value for money" chic Kennela Fashion™ dress which is ideal for going to A-Line / Princess Wedding, Occasion, Party or Prom events as well as ideal for any season especially Autumn / Fall, Spring, Summer and Winter.
The glorious dress has been Handmade and Machine-made from the fabric/materials: Satin and also available in many different colours. Please refer to the colour chart for the full selection of colours available. In addition the dress is adorned with stylish embellishments: Beading and Embroidered.
This glorious dress has fashion Classic, Elegant and Glamorous style with Floor-Length dress length and Scoop Neck neck-style. The dress sleeves is Sleeveless that has Strapless. This alluring dress has a back style as Backless and a Court train.


736 Logan Road Glenroy New South Wales 2640 Australia.
'ALBURY'S MOST PEACEFUL MOTEL' located on the old Hume Country Golf Course - wake up to the birds and not the traffic!
Set on approximately 1.5 acres with rural views, all rooms have access to veranda that leads to BBQ area, children's playground and in-ground, salt water (solar heated) swimming pool.
Catering for the Tourist, Corporate traveller, Families and Groups, all rooms are spacious and have kitchenettes (kitchen sink, toaster, kettle, bar fridge & microwave). The renovated Executive Spa Suites, for the romantic getaway, have outdoor table & chairs on the verandah to enjoy the mountain views.
Our Bunya Room is fantastic for group breakfasts and evening meals.
Motel located within 5 minute drive from the Albury City Centre.
Free unlimited WIFI. Photocopying is available at reception. Charges apply.
After Hours : If arriving anytime after 8PM, please contact our reception on 02 6025 8233 to arrange late check-in. Your help in this is appreciated.
Free onsite parking available directly outside your room.
Room service available 7 nights per week.
This air-conditioned room has a kitchenette with a microwave, a small refrigerator with minibar, a kettle and a coffee machine. It includes a work desk, a flat-screen TV and mountain views. There is a corner 2-person spa bath in the en suite bathroom.
Extra Large room with Queen Bed in separate room and 4 singles in main room, overlooks inground pool and bbq area with access via verandah PRICING IS FOR 4 GUESTS - Extras up to 6 @ $15 each. 7th is $22 on a rollaway bed.
Spacious room with Queen bed and rural views. Kitchenette, fridge,kettle,toaster, a/c-rev.,32" digital tv, table & chairs, verandah - sleeps max of 2 people. PRICING IS FOR 2 GUESTS.
Spacious room with Queen bed and single bed - sleeps max. of 3 guests. Room has rural views, kitchenette, bar fridge,kettle,toaster, a/c-rev.,tv, table & chairs, verandah. PRICING IS FOR 2 GUESTS.
Please provide a valid credit card number, expiry and CVV when booking.
Modifications/Cancellations must be a minimum of 24 hours (unless otherwise advised) before check in time to avoid the forfeit of the 1st nights accommodation. Advance purchase and Bartercard bookings are charged upfront & non-refundable. Modifications/Cancellations to Advance purchase & Bartercard bookings incur full cost of room.
Please provide a valid credit card and photo identification upon check-in. Check in is from 2PM onwards.
Children up to 2 years old, can stay free is sleeping same same bed as adult. If new bed/linen is required, additional charges apply. Cot $12 or bed $15. This includes a complimentary breakfast.
Please note that your credit card details are held as a guarantee for your booking and your CREDIT CARD WILL NOT BE CHARGED until check-in - Please present your credit card upon check -in.
No show's will forfeit of the 1st nights accomodation.