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A Genuine Ghost
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The Old Nurse's Story
I set out one evening for the cottage of my old nurse, to bid her
good-bye for many months, probably years. I was to leave the next day
for Edinburgh, on my way to London, whence I had to repair by coach to
my new abode--almost to me like the land beyond the grave, so little did
I know about it, and so wide was the separation between it and my home.
The evening was sultry when I began my walk, and before I arrived at its
end, the clouds rising from all quarters of the horizon, and especially
gathering around the peaks of the mountain, betokened the near approach
of a thunderstorm. This was a great delight to me. Gladly would I take
leave of my home with the memory of a last night of tumultuous
magnificence; followed, probably, by a day of weeping rain, well suited
to the mood of my own heart in bidding farewell to the best of parents
and the dearest of homes. Besides, in common with most Scotchmen who are
young and hardy enough to be unable to realise the existence of coughs
and rheumatic fevers, it was a positive pleasure to me to be out in
rain, hail, or snow.
"I am come to bid you good-bye, Margaret, and to hear the story which
you promised to tell me before I left home: I go to-morrow."
"Do you go so soon, my darling? Well, it will be an awful night to tell
it in; but, as I promised, I suppose I must."
At the moment, two or three great drops of rain, the first of the
storm, fell down the wide chimney, exploding in the clear turf-fire.
"Yes, indeed you must," I replied.
After a short pause, she commenced. Of course she spoke in Gaelic; and I
translate from my recollection of the Gaelic; but rather from the
impression left upon my mind, than from any recollection of words. She
drew her chair near the fire, which we had reason to fear would soon be
put out by the falling rain, and began.
"How old the story is, I do not know. It has come down through many
generations. My grandmother told it to me as I tell it to you; and her
mother and my mother sat beside, never interrupting, but nodding their
heads at every turn. Almost it ought to begin like the fairy tales,
_Once upon a time_,--it took place so long ago; but it is too dreadful
and too true to tell like a fairy tale.--There were two brothers, sons
of the chief of our clan, but as different in appearance and disposition
as two men could be. The elder was fair-haired and strong, much given to
hunting and fishing; fighting too, upon occasion, I daresay, when they
made a foray upon the Saxon, to get back a mouthful of their own. But he
was gentleness itself to everyone about him, and the very soul of honour
in all his doings. The younger was very dark in complexion, and tall and
slender compared to his brother. He was very fond of book-learning,
which, they say, was an uncommon taste in those times. He did not care
for any sports or bodily exercises but one; and that, too, was unusual
in these parts. It was horsemanship. He was a fierce rider, and as much
at home in the saddle as in his study-chair. You may think that, so long
ago, there was not much fit room for riding hereabouts; but, fit or not
fit, he rode. From his reading and riding, the neighbours looked
doubtfully upon him, and whispered about the black art. He usually
bestrode a great powerful black horse, without a white hair on him; and
people said it was either the devil himself, or a demon-horse from the
devil's own stud. What favoured this notion was that in or out of the
stable, the brute would let no other than his master go near him.
Indeed, no one would venture, after he had killed two men, and
grievously maimed a third, tearing him with his teeth and hoofs like a
wild beast. But to his master he was obedient as a hound, and would even
tremble in his presence sometimes.
"The youth's temper corresponded to his habits. He was both gloomy and
passionate. Prone to anger, he had never been known to forgive. Debarred
from anything on which he had set his heart, he would have gone mad with
longing if he had not gone mad with rage. His soul was like the night
around us now, dark, and sultry, and silent, but lighted up by the red
levin of wrath, and torn by the bellowings of thunder-passion. He must
have his will: hell might have his soul. Imagine, then, the rage and
malice in his heart, when he suddenly became aware that an orphan girl,
distantly related to them, who had lived with them for nearly two years,
and whom he had loved for almost all that period, was loved by his elder
brother, and loved him in return. He flung his right hand above his
head, and swore a terrible oath that if he might not, his brother should
not, rushed out of the house, and galloped off among the hills.
"The orphan was a beautiful girl, tall, pale, and slender, with
plentiful dark hair, which, when released from the snood, rippled down
below her knees. Her appearance formed a strong contrast with that of
her favoured lover, while there was some resemblance between her and the
younger brother. This fact seemed, to his fierce selfishness, ground for
a prior claim.
"It may appear strange that a man like him should not have had instant
recourse to his superior and hidden knowledge, by means of which he
might have got rid of his rival with far more of certainty and less of
risk; but I presume that, for the moment, his passion overwhelmed his
consciousness of skill. Yet I do not suppose that he foresaw the mode in
which his hatred was about to operate. At the moment when he learned
their mutual attachment, probably through a domestic, the lady was on
her way to meet her lover as he returned from the day's sport. The
appointed place was on the edge of a deep, rocky ravine, down in whose
dark bosom brawled and foamed a little mountain torrent. You know the
place, Duncan, my dear, I daresay."
(Here she gave me a minute description of the spot, with directions how
to find it.)
"Whether any one saw what I am about to relate, or whether it was put
together afterwards, I cannot tell. The story is like an old tree--so
old that it has lost the marks of its growth. But this is how my
grandmother told it to me. An evil chance led him in the right
direction. The lovers, startled by the sound of the approaching horse,
parted in opposite directions along a narrow mountain-path on the edge
of the ravine. Into this path he struck at a point near where the lovers
had met, but to opposite sides of which they had now receded; so that he
was between them on the path. Turning his horse up the course of the
stream, he soon came in sight of his brother on the ledge before him.
With a suppressed scream of rage, he rode headlong at him, and, ere he
had time to make the least defence, hurled him over the precipice. The
helplessness of the strong man was uttered in one single despairing cry
as he shot into the abyss. Then all was still. The sound of his fall
could not reach the edge of the gulf. Divining in a moment that the
lady, whose name was Elsie, must have fled in the opposite direction, he
reined his steed on his haunches. He could touch the precipice with his
bridle-hand half outstretched; his sword-hand half outstretched would
have dropped a stone to the bottom of the ravine. There was no room to
wheel. One desperate practibility alone remained. Turning his horse's
head towards the edge, he compelled him, by means of the powerful bit,
to rear till he stood almost erect; and so, his body swaying over the
gulf, with quivering and straining muscles, to turn on his hind legs.
Having completed the half-circle, he let him drop, and urged him
furiously in the opposite direction. It must have been by the devil's
own care that he was able to continue his gallop along that ledge of
"He soon caught sight of the maiden. She was leaning, half fainting,
against the precipice. She had beard her lover's last cry, and, although
it had conveyed no suggestion of his voice to her ear, she trembled from
head to foot, and her limbs would bear her no farther. He checked his
speed, rode gently up to her, lifted her unresisting, laid her across
the shoulders of his horse, and, riding carefully till he reached a more
open path, dashed again wildly along the mountain side. The lady's long
hair was shaken loose, and dropped, trailing on the ground. The horse
trampled upon it, and stumbled, half dragging her from the saddle-bow.
He caught her, lifted her up, and looked at her face. She was dead. I
suppose he went mad. He laid her again across the saddle before him, and
rode on, reckless whither. Horse, and man, and maiden were found the
next day, lying at the foot of a cliff, dashed to pieces. It was
observed that a hind shoe of the horse was loose and broken. Whether
this had been the cause of his fall, could not be told; but ever when he
races, as race he will, till the day of doom, along that mountain side,
his gallop is mingled with the clank of the loose and broken shoe. For,
like the sin, the punishment is awful; he shall carry about for ages the
phantom-body of the girl, knowing that her soul is away, sitting with
the soul of his brother, down in the deep ravine, or scaling with him
the topmost crags of the towering mountain peaks. There are some who,
from time to time, see the doomed man careering along the face of the
mountain, with the lady hanging across the steed; and they say it always
betokens a storm, such as this which is now raving about us."
I had not noticed till now, so absorbed had I been in her tale, that the
storm had risen to a very ecstasy of fury.
"They say, likewise, that the lady's hair is still growing; for, every
time they see her, it is longer than before; and that now such is its
length and the headlong speed of the horse, that it floats and streams
out behind, like one of those curved clouds, like a comet's tail, far up
in the sky; only the cloud is white, and the hair dark as night. And
they say it will go on growing until the Last Day, when the horse will
falter, and her hair will gather in; and the horse will fall, and the
hair will twist, and twine, and wreathe itself like a mist of threads
about him, and blind him to everything but her. Then the body will rise
up within it, face to face with him, animated by a fiend, who, twining
_her_ arms around him, will drag him down to the bottomless pit."
I may mention something which now occurred, and which had a strange
effect on my old nurse. It illustrates the assertion that we see around
us only what is within us; marvellous things enough will show themselves
to the marvellous mood. During a short lull in the storm, just as she
had finished her story, we heard the sound of iron-shod hoofs
approaching the cottage. There was no bridle-way into the glen. A knock
came to the door, and, on opening it, we saw an old man seated on a
horse, with a long, slenderly-filled sack lying across the saddle before
him. He said he had lost the path in the storm, and, seeing the light,
had scrambled down to inquire his way. I perceived at once, from the
scared and mysterious look of the old woman's eyes, that she was
persuaded that this appearance had more than a little to do with the
awful rider, the terrific storm, and myself who had heard the sound of
the phantom hoofs. As he ascended the hill, she looked after him, with
wide and pale but unshrinking eyes; then turning in, shut and locked the
door behind her, as by a natural instinct. After two or three of her
significant nods, accompanied by the compression of her lips, she
said:--
"He need not think to take me in, wizard as he is, with his disguises. I
can see him through them all. Duncan, my dear, when you suspect
anything, do not be too incredulous. This human demon is, of course, a
wizard still, and knows how to make himself, as well as anything he
touches, take a quite different appearance from the real one; only every
appearance must bear some resemblance, however distant, to the natural
form. That man you saw at the door, was the phantom of which I have been
telling you. What he is after now, of course, I cannot tell; but you
must keep a bold heart, and a firm and wary foot, as you go home
to-night."
I showed some surprise, I do not doubt, and, perhaps, some fear as well;
but I only said: "How do you know him, Margaret?"
"I can hardly tell you," she replied; "but I do know him. I think he
hates me. Often, of a wild night, when there is moonlight enough by
fits, I see him tearing round this little valley, just on the top
edge--all round; the lady's hair and the horse's mane and tail driving
far behind, and mingling, vaporous, with the stormy clouds. About he
goes, in wild careering gallop; now lost as the moon goes in, then
visible far round when she looks out again--an airy, pale-grey spectre,
which few eyes but mine could see; for, as far as I am aware, no one of
the family but myself has ever possessed the double gift of seeing and
hearing both. In this case I hear no sound, except now and then a clank
from the broken shoe. But I did not mean to tell you that I had ever
seen him. I am not a bit afraid of him. He cannot do more than he may.
His power is limited; else ill enough would he work, the miscreant."
"But," said I, "what has all this, terrible as it is, to do with the
fright you took at my telling you that I had heard the sound of the
broken shoe? Surely you are not afraid of only a storm?"
"No, my boy; I fear no storm. But the fact is, that that sound is seldom
heard, and never, as far as I know, by any of the blood of that wicked
man, without betokening some ill to one of the family, and most probably
to the one who hears it--but I am not quite sure about that. Only some
evil it does portend, although a long time may elapse before it shows
itself; and I have a hope it may mean some one else than you."
"Do not wish that," I replied. "I know no one better able to bear it
than I am; and I hope, whatever it may be, that I only shall have to
meet it. It must surely be something serious to be so foretold--it can
hardly be connected with my disappointment in being compelled to be a
pedagogue instead of a soldier."
"Do not trouble yourself about that, Duncan," replied she. "A soldier
you must be. The same day you told me of the clank of the broken
horseshoe, I saw you return wounded from battle, and fall fainting from
your horse in the street of a great city--only fainting, thank God. But
I have particular reasons for being uneasy at _your_ hearing that boding
sound. Can you tell me the day and hour of your birth?"
"No," I replied. "It seems very odd when I think of it, but I really do
not know even the day."
"Nor any one else, which is stranger still," she answered.
"How does that happen, nurse?"
"We were in terrible anxiety about your mother at the time. So ill was
she, after you were just born, in a strange, unaccountable way, that you
lay almost neglected for more than an hour. In the very act of giving
birth to you, she seemed to the rest around her to be out of her mind,
so wildly did she talk; but I knew better. I knew that she was fighting
some evil power; and what power it was, I knew full well; for twice,
during her pains, I heard the click of the horseshoe. But no one could
help her. After her delivery, she lay as if in a trance, neither dead,
nor at rest, but as if frozen to ice, and conscious of it all the while.
Once more I heard the terrible sound of iron; and, at the moment your
mother started from her trance, screaming, 'My child! my child!' We
suddenly became aware that no one had attended to the child, and rushed
to the place where he lay wrapped in a blanket. Uncovering him, we found
him black in the face, and spotted with dark spots upon the throat. I
thought he was dead; but, with great and almost hopeless pains, we
succeeded in making him breathe, and he gradually recovered. But his
mother continued dreadfully exhausted. It seemed as if she had spent her
life for her child's defence and birth. That was you, Duncan, my dear.
"I was in constant attendance upon her. About a week after your birth,
as near as I can guess, just in the gloaming, I heard yet again the
awful clank--only once. Nothing followed till about midnight. Your
mother slept, and you lay asleep beside her. I sat by the bedside. A
horror fell upon me suddenly, though I neither saw nor heard anything.
Your mother started from her sleep with a cry, which sounded as if it
came from far away, out of a dream, and did not belong to this world. My
blood curdled with fear. She sat up in bed, with wide staring eyes, and
half-open rigid lips, and, feeble as she was, thrust her arms straight
out before her with great force, her hands open and lifted up, with the
palms outwards. The whole action was of one violently repelling another.
She began to talk wildly as she had done before you were born, but,
though I seemed to hear and understand it all at the time, I could not
recall a word of it afterwards. It was as if I had listened to it when
half asleep. I attempted to soothe her, putting my arms round her, but
she seemed quite unconscious of my presence, and my arms seemed
powerless upon the fixed muscles of hers. Not that I tried to constrain
her, for I knew that a battle was going on of some kind or other, and my
interference might do awful mischief. I only tried to comfort and
encourage her. All the time, I was in a state of indescribable cold and
suffering, whether more bodily or mental I could not tell. But at length
I heard yet again the clank of the shoe. A sudden peace seemed to fall
upon my mind--or was it a warm, odorous wind that filled the room? Your
mother dropped her arms, and turned feebly towards her baby. She saw
that he slept a blessed sleep. She smiled like a glorified spirit, and
fell back exhausted on the pillow. I went to the other side of the room
to get a cordial. When I returned to the bedside, I saw at once that she
was dead. Her face smiled still, with an expression of the uttermost
bliss."
Nurse ceased, trembling as overcome by the recollection; and I was too
much moved and awed to speak. At length, resuming the conversation, she
said: "You see it is no wonder, Duncan, my dear, if, after all this, I
should find, when I wanted to fix the date of your birth, that I could
not determine the day or the hour when it took place. All was confusion
in my poor brain. But it was strange that no one else could, any more
than I. One thing only I can tell you about it. As I carried you across
the room to lay you down--for I assisted at your birth--I happened to
look up to the window. Then I saw what I did not forget, although I did
not think of it again till many days after--a bright star was shining on
the very tip of the thin crescent moon."
"Oh, then," said I, "it is possible to determine the day and the very
hour when my birth took place."
"See the good of book-learning!" replied she. "When you work it out,
just let me know, my dear, that I may remember it."
"That I will."
A silence of some moments followed. Margaret resumed:
"I am afraid you will laugh at my foolish fancies, Duncan; but in
thinking over all these things, as you may suppose I often do, lying
awake in my lonely bed, the notion sometimes comes to me: What if my
Duncan be the youth whom his wicked brother hurled into the ravine, come
again in a new body, to live out his life, cut short by his brother's
hatred? If so, his persecution of you, and of your mother for your sake,
is easy to understand. And if so, you will never be able to rest till
you find your fere, wherever she may have been born on the face of the
earth. For born she must be, long ere now, for you to find. I misdoubt
me much, however, if you will find her without great conflict and
suffering between, for the Powers of Darkness will be against you;
though I have good hope that you will overcome at last. You must forgive
the fancies of a foolish old woman, my dear."
I will not try to describe the strange feelings, almost sensations, that
arose in me while listening to these extraordinary utterances, lest it
should be supposed I was ready to believe all that Margaret narrated or
concluded. I could not help doubting her sanity; but no more could I
help feeling peculiarly moved by her narrative.
Few more words were spoken on either side, but, after receiving renewed
exhortations to carefulness on the way home, I said good-bye to dear old
nurse, considerably comforted, I must confess, that I was not doomed to
be a tutor all my days; for I never questioned the truth of that vision
and its consequent prophecy.
I went out into the midst of the storm, into the alternating throbs of
blackness and radiance; now the possessor of no more room than what my
body filled, and now isolated in world-wide space. And the thunder
seemed to follow me, bellowing after me as I went.
Absorbed in the story I had heard, I took my way, as I thought,
homewards. The whole country was well known to me. I should have said,
before that night, that I could have gone home blindfold. Whether the
lightning bewildered me and made me take a false turn, I cannot tell,
for the hardest thing to understand, in intellectual as well as moral
mistakes, is how we came to go wrong. But after wandering for some time,
plunged in meditation, and with no warning whatever of the presence of
inimical powers, a brilliant lightning-flash showed me that at least I
was not near home. The light was prolonged for a second or two by a
slight electric pulsation; and by that I distinguished a wide space of
blackness on the ground in front of me. Once more wrapt in the folds of
a thick darkness, I dared not move. Suddenly it occurred to me what the
blackness was, and whither I had wandered. It was a huge quarry, of
great depth, long disused, and half filled with water. I knew the place
perfectly. A few more steps would have carried me over the brink. I
stood still, waiting for the next flash, that I might be quite sure of
the way I was about to take before I ventured to move. While I stood, I
fancied I heard a single hollow plunge in the black water far below.
When the lightning came, I turned, and took my path in another
direction. After walking for some time across the heath, I fell. The
fall became a roll, and down a steep declivity I went, over and over,
arriving at the bottom uninjured.
Another flash soon showed me where I was--in the hollow valley, within a
couple of hundred yards from nurse's cottage. I made my way towards it.
There was no light in it, except the feeblest glow from the embers of
her peat fire. "She is in bed," I said to myself, "and I will not
disturb her." Yet something drew me towards the little window. I looked
in. At first I could see nothing. At length, as I kept gazing, I saw
something, indistinct in the darkness, like an outstretched human form.
By this time the storm had lulled. The moon had been up for some time,
but had been quite concealed by tempestuous clouds. Now, however, these
had begun to break up; and, while I stood looking into the cottage, they
scattered away from the face of the moon, and a faint, vapoury gleam of
her light, entering the cottage through a window opposite that at which
I stood, fell directly on the face of my old nurse, as she lay on her
back outstretched upon chairs, pale as death, and with her eyes closed.
The light fell nowhere but on her face. A stranger to her habits would
have thought that she was dead; but she had so much of the appearance
she had had on a former occasion, that I concluded at once she was in
one of her trances. But having often heard that persons in such a
condition ought not to be disturbed, and feeling quite sure she knew
best how to manage herself, I turned, though reluctantly, and left the
lone cottage behind me in the night, with the death-like woman lying
motionless in the midst of it.
I found my way home without any further difficulty, and went to bed,
where I soon fell asleep, thoroughly wearied, more by the mental
excitement I had been experiencing, than by the amount of bodily
exercise I had gone through.
My sleep was tormented with awful dreams; yet, strange to say, I awoke
in the morning refreshed and fearless. The sun was shining through the
chinks in my shutters, which had been closed because of the storm, and
was making streaks and bands of golden brilliancy upon the wall. I had
dressed and completed my preparations long before I heard the steps of
the servant who came to call me.
What a wonderful thing waking is! The time of the ghostly moonshine
passes by, and the great positive sunlight comes. A man who dreams, and
knows that he is dreaming, thinks he knows what waking is; but knows it
so little that he mistakes, one after another, many a vague and dim
change in his dream for an awaking. When the true waking comes at last,
he is filled and overflowed with the power of its reality. So, likewise,
one who, in the darkness, lies waiting for the light about to be struck,
and trying to conceive, with all the force of his imagination, what the
light will be like, is yet, when the reality flames up before him,
seized as by a new and unexpected thing, different from and beyond all
his imagining. He feels as if the darkness were cast to an infinite
distance behind him. So shall it be with us when we wake from this dream
of life into the truer life beyond, and find all our present notions of
being thrown back as into a dim vapoury region of dreamland, where yet
we thought we knew, and whence we looked forward into the present. This
must be what Novalis means when he says: "Our life is not a dream; but
it may become a dream, and perhaps ought to become one."
And so I look back upon the strange history of my past, sometimes asking
myself: "Can it be that all this has really happened to the same _me_,
who am now thinking about it in doubt and wonderment?"
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30Q: What Young King Will Separate Themselves From The Rest Of The Pack?
One of these young Kings is going to have to step up.
By Tony Xypteras@TonyXypteras Sep 26, 2017, 9:36am PDT
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The Kings have been pretty honest about expectations heading into the 2017-18 NBA regular season. This year is about development first, and everything else second. It's the right approach for a plethora of reasons we've already talked about a hundred times, and the fact that everyone seems to be on the same page is refreshing. There isn't a DeMarcus Cousins contract extension looming. They don't need to win now anymore. It's all about the kids.
The Kings have some really fun kids, and that should make another losing season somewhat tolerable, but it's not all fun and games. This season is vital for the Kings moving forward. Sacramento has 10 players on their roster that are still on rookie contracts. If you want to throw Jack Cooley, JaKarr Sampson, and Matt Jones into the young player mix, that's 13 kids. THIRTEEN!
Some of them won't pan out. Some of them hopefully will, but as of this writing, most of them are at the same stage in their development. It's time, this season, for some of these guys to start separating themselves from the rest of the pack. Before we get into predictions, how about an impromptu young player power ranking?
1. Buddy Hield
2. Bogdan Bogdanovic
3. Willie Cauley-Stein
4. De'Aaron Fox
5. Skal Labissiere
6. Justin Jackson
7. Malachi Richardson
8. Frank Mason
9. Harry Giles
10. Georgios Papagiannis
I'm basing this on some arbitrary mixture of NBA potential we've seen so far in both college, overseas, and the pros, along with what they've shown in their NBA careers to this point. For example, I'm not saying De'Aaron Fox is worse than Willie Cauley-Stein, necessary, I'm saying Cauley-Stein is probably the better NBA player right now considering Fox hasn't played a minute of NBA basketball. It's a dumb list.
The truth is, you could shuffle this a million different ways and wouldn't get a huge argument from me, and that is really my point here. All of these guys are so close right now. The Kings need separation. The Kings need players to step up and claim their spot moving forward. So, who does that this season?
De'Aaron Fox is the most likely candidate. If he goes out and has an excellent rookie year like some NBA pundits are predicting, we can go ahead and pen him in as the starting point guard of the future. I'd hope one of Bogdanovic or Hield do the same at shooting guard, so we can put the backcourt questions to rest. Once you take a look at the frontcourt, things get a lot more dicey. Will Cauley-Stein, Labissiere, Giles, or Papagiannis claim one of those front court spots as their own? I'm significantly less sure, but hopeful.

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The strategic planning process was initiated in response to a shared desire among County leadership to institute a strategic management process where strategic priorities, organization alignment and performance metrics are part of core management practices. Additional outcomes of the planning process included linking the strategic plan to the budget to ensure resources are more closely aligned to priorities and an organizational conversation about values and culture is initiated.
A Strategic Planning Committee consisting of representation from across the County guided the process, executed key components of the process and managed communications throughout the phased development of the strategic plan.


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Title: To consent to the Mayor's appointment of Stephen M. Willoughby to the position of Coordinator of Emergency Management pursuant to Va. Code ? 44-146.19(B)(1) and City Code ? 2-376(a).
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To consent to the Mayor's appointment of Stephen M. Willoughby to the position of Coordinator of Emergency Management pursuant to Va. Code § 44-146.19(B)(1) and City Code § 2-376(a).
WHEREAS, section 44-146.19(B)(1) of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, and section 2-376(a) of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020), as amended, requires the Mayor as Director of Emergency Management, to appoint a Coordinator of Emergency Management with the consent of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 44-146.19(B)(1) of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, and section 2-376(a) of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020), as amended, the Mayor has appointed Stephen M. Willoughby as the Coordinator of Emergency Management for the City of Richmond;
NOW THEREFORE,
That, as provided for in section 44-146.19(B)(1) of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, and section 2-376(a) of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020), as amended, the Council hereby consents to the Mayor's appointment of Stephen M. Willoughby to the position of Coordinator of Emergency Management for an indefinite term to begin upon adoption of this resolution.


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Sussex star-gazers will be hoping for clear skies on Wednesday (December 14) for the third and final supermoon this year.
Last month's supermoon proved mostly elusive as clouds filled the county's skies and the forecast is similar this week.
However, there may be enough gaps in the cloud to catch a sight of the moon, which will appear brighter and around ten per cent bigger than normal.
It is called a supermoon when it is within 90 per cent of its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit.
Two supermoons have appeared in recent months one in October and the other in November. The supermoon on November 14 was the closest and brightest since almost 70 years.
The next time the full moon will come this close again will be on November 25, 2034.
This week's supermoon coincides with the Geminid meteor shower, one of the most spectacular events in the night sky each year.
However, a combination of cloud and the brighness of the moon means the meteor shower may well be obscured.


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The AFNAF Services Career Program is chartered by the Services Policy Council to identify, develop, employ and retain men and women with the skills necessary to satisfy current and future Air Force requirements. The Services Policy Council, made up of civilian members (both NAF and appropriated fund (APF) functionalists and civilian personnel advisors), provides management policy and direction. (Reference AFMAN 36-606, Air Force Civilian Career Program Management, Volume I.) When necessary, the policy council convenes panels to assist in the development of various aspects of the Career Program; e.g., training and development, placements, promotion evaluation pattern (PEP), etc. The day-to-day administration of the program is conducted by the NAF Career Program team, using policies developed by the Services Policy Council and appropriate legal and regulatory guidance. This team provides Career Program advice to registrants, as well as information about program operations to the functional and Human Resources communities.
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Long Island native, Stephanie Calinoff, has been creating one-of-a-kind hand-crafted glass jewelry since the late 90's. Her work has been featured at area museums and debuted commercially at Macy's New York. Her pieces can be found at upscale boutiques, specialty shops, craft shows, house parties, and was featured at Super Saturday in East Hampton, where all of the proceeds were donated to Ovarian Cancer.
Stephanie recently selected the Tender Loving Care Foundation as the recipient of a custom designed set of four pendants made from a single piece of dichroic glass, called "Kindred Connection". All of the proceeds from the sale of this collection will go directly to the support the Tender Loving Care Foundation.
Stephanie uses several types of glass in her work, but possibly the most beautiful glass is called dichroic, which is glass that is coated with metallic oxides such as titanium, magnesium and silicon. Each pendant is signed by the artist. All the findings are Sterling Silver plated.


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Q: Qt 5.15 - QSortFilterProxyModel with QAbstractTableModel crashing on dataChanged signal I have implemented a custom QAbstractTableModel and I have run it through the QAbstractItemModelTester and there are no more issues in my model. However, I am now trying to implement sorting through a QSortFilterProxyModel and I can't seem to get anything working at all.
void RDMSensorModels::UpdateDevice(ArtNet::ArtRdmDevice* rdmDev, const RDM::RDMProcessor::RDMDeviceModel& model, int pid) {
    if (s_RequiredPIDs.contains(pid)) {
        for (int i = 0; i < m_RDMDevices.size(); i++) {
            if (m_RDMDevices[i] == rdmDev) {
                emit dataChanged(createIndex(i, 0), createIndex(i, columnCount() - 1));
                return;
            }
        }
    }
}

This is the function, which emits the models dataChanged signal and I dont think there is a problem here, but after this signal is emitted the program crashes inside QSortFilterProxyModels internal dataChanged handler
As I can't embed pictures in my questions yet, here is a link to where the debugger breaks inside QSortFilterProxyModel
The weirdest thing about this is, that no matter what I pass to the dataChanged signal, the proxy_columns inside QSortFilterProxyModel is always empty.
Here you can see in the debugger, that the container is empty
If it's any help, here is my QSortFilterProxyModel implementation, its completely empty basically.
class RDMSensorSortFilterProxyModel final : public QSortFilterProxyModel {
    enum SortValue {
        MANUFACTUER_MODEL,
        UNIVERSE_DMXADDRESS,
    };

public:
    RDMSensorSortFilterProxyModel(RDMSensorModels *sourceModel, QObject *parent = nullptr) : QSortFilterProxyModel(parent) {
        setSourceModel(sourceModel);
    }

    int SortIndex();
    void SetSortIndex(int value);

protected:
    bool filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow, const QModelIndex &sourceParent) const override;
    bool lessThan(const QModelIndex &left, const QModelIndex &right) const override;

 private:
    SortValue m_SortValue = MANUFACTUER_MODEL;
};

int RDMSensorSortFilterProxyModel::SortIndex() { return m_SortValue; }

void RDMSensorSortFilterProxyModel::SetSortIndex(int value) {
    m_SortValue = static_cast<SortValue>(value);
    invalidate();
}

bool RDMSensorSortFilterProxyModel::filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow, const QModelIndex& sourceParent) const { return true; }

bool RDMSensorSortFilterProxyModel::lessThan(const QModelIndex& left, const QModelIndex& right) const {
    auto leftDeviceManufacturer  = sourceModel()->data(left, RDMSensorModels::Roles::DeviceManufacturerRole).toString();
    auto rightDeviceManufacturer = sourceModel()->data(right, RDMSensorModels::Roles::DeviceManufacturerRole).toString();

    auto same = QString::compare(leftDeviceManufacturer, rightDeviceManufacturer, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0;

    return same;
}

Here are my QAbstractTableModel reimplemented functions
QVariant RDMSensorModels::headerData(int section, Qt::Orientation orientation, int role) const {
        if (section < 1)
            return QString("Device");
        else
            return QString("Sensor %1").arg(section);
    }

    int RDMSensorModels::rowCount(const QModelIndex& parent) const {
        if (parent.isValid())
            return 0;
        return m_RDMDevices.count();
    }

    int RDMSensorModels::columnCount(const QModelIndex& parent) const {
        if (parent.isValid())
            return 0;
        return m_ColumnCount;
    }

    QVariant RDMSensorModels::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const {
        if (!index.isValid())
            return {};

        int deviceIndex = index.row();

        switch (role) {
            case SensorGraphReadingsRole: {
                auto& readings  = m_RDMDevices[deviceIndex]->Sensors()[index.column() - 1]->LastReadings();
                auto maxElement = f_SensorMaxReading(index.row(), index.column() - 1);
                auto minElement = f_SensorMinReading(index.row(), index.column() - 1);

                QVariantList values;
                for (int i = 0; i < readings.size(); i++) {
                    values.push_back(Utils::Math::map(readings[i], maxElement, minElement, 0, 1));
                }
                return values;
            }
            case SensorMinReadingRole: return f_SensorMinReading(deviceIndex, index.column() - 1);
            case SensorMaxReadingRole: return f_SensorMaxReading(deviceIndex, index.column() - 1);

            case DeviceUIDRole: return f_DeviceUIDString(deviceIndex);
            case DeviceUniverseRole: return f_DeviceUniverseString(deviceIndex);
            case DeviceLabelRole: return f_DeviceLabelString(deviceIndex);
            case DeviceManufacturerRole: return f_DeviceManufacturerString(deviceIndex);
            case DeviceModelRole: return f_DeviceModelString(deviceIndex);

            case SensorRangeMaxValueRole: return f_SensorRangeMaxValueString(deviceIndex, index.column() - 1);
            case SensorRangeMinValueRole: return f_SensorRangeMinValueString(deviceIndex, index.column() - 1);
            case SensorCurrentValueRole: return f_SensorCurrentValueString(deviceIndex, index.column() - 1);
            case SensorNameRole: return f_SensorNameString(deviceIndex, index.column() - 1);
            case SensorCurrentValueNormalizedRole: return f_SensorCurrentValueNormalized(deviceIndex, index.column() - 1);
            case SensorMinNormalValueNormalizedRole: return f_SensorMinNormalValueNormalized(deviceIndex, index.column() - 1);
            case SensorMaxNormalValueNormalizedRole: return f_SensorMaxNormalValueNormalized(deviceIndex, index.column() - 1);

            case SensorValidRole: {
                auto sensorCount = f_DeviceSensorCount(deviceIndex);
                return sensorCount && (index.column() <= sensorCount);
            }
            default: return {};
        }
    }

    QHash<int, QByteArray> RDMSensorModels::roleNames() const { return s_RoleNames; }

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

A: Well it turns out, trying to replicate the issue on a smaller scale made my brain neurons fire enough, that i figured out the problem. My model column count can change and it does change, however, I had not written anything that notifies about column count changing beginRemoveColumns and endRemoveColumns and beginInsertColumns and endInsertColumns. I implemented those in my code like so
void RDMSensorModels::UpdateColumnCount() {
        int sensorCount = 1;
        for (auto device : m_RDMDevices) {
            int deviceSensorCount = device->Sensors().size();
            if (deviceSensorCount + 1 > sensorCount)
                sensorCount = deviceSensorCount + 1; // +1 for device column
        }

        if (m_ColumnCount != sensorCount) {
            if (m_ColumnCount < sensorCount) {
                beginInsertColumns(QModelIndex(), m_ColumnCount, sensorCount - 1);
                m_ColumnCount = sensorCount;
                endInsertColumns();
            } else {
                beginRemoveColumns(QModelIndex(), sensorCount, m_ColumnCount - 1);
                m_ColumnCount = sensorCount;
                endRemoveColumns();
            }
        }
    }

And the proxy model now works as expected. Hopefully this helps anyone else having issues with QSortFilterProxyModel.
It's interesting to note that the QAbstractItemModelTester did not catch this problem as I would have expected it to as my model changes column count depending on the largest sensor count for devices currently found.

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Study: No long term effects from infant sleep training
Posted: Sep 11, 2012 / 10:21 PM MDT
Updated: Sep 11, 2012 / 10:21 PM MDT
DENVER — A new study published in "Pediatrics" suggests there is no harm in letting your baby "cry it out" at bedtime.
Researchers from Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne looked at two sleeping methods that allow for babies to cry for limited amounts of time to get to sleep.
The study followed 326 children until the age of six and found no long-term psychological damage and no affect on the bond with parents.
That's good news for new moms like Jamie Batten. She plans to use some sleep training with her new baby, Hadley. "I think when she is a little bit older, I feel comfortable letting her cry, I would say maybe up to ten minutes on her own. I think it helps her learn how to self sooth," Batten said.
Dr. Michael Simones, at Partners in Pediatrics in Denver, says it's good to have new research to support the advice he gives. "I think parents are comforted by hearing the results of those types of studies."
But this is a controversial issue and some parents just don't agree. Drew Sandoval says he doesn't want his daughter to cry it out. "Be a parent. Handle it. Pick them up," he said.


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St. Thomas Aquinas parish is a place of God's mercy and hope, where all feel welcomed, loved, forgiven, and encouraged to live out the Good News. Our doors are wide open so that all may enter. These same doors are also wide open so we can go out and share that good news with others.
Together may we grow to love God, love others, and make disciples!
As followers of Jesus, we're called to respond generously. We invite you to share the gifts you have been given.
Click here to view our full calendar of events and activites that we have going on in our parish.
The goal of our parish 5-year plan is to transform from maintenance to "mission driven," to become a place where we experience Jesus Christ in a way that changes how we live.


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(100899) 1998 KC6 es un asteroide perteneciente al cinturón de asteroides, región del sistema solar que se encuentra entre las órbitas de Marte y Júpiter, más concretamente a la familia de Herta, descubierto el 24 de mayo de 1998 por el equipo del Spacewatch desde el Observatorio Nacional de Kitt Peak, Arizona, Estados Unidos.

Designación y nombre
Designado provisionalmente como 1998 KC6.

Características orbitales
1998 KC6 está situado a una distancia media del Sol de 2,405 ua, pudiendo alejarse hasta 2,859 ua y acercarse hasta 1,951 ua. Su excentricidad es 0,188 y la inclinación orbital 2,966 grados. Emplea 1362,55 días en completar una órbita alrededor del Sol.

Características físicas
La magnitud absoluta de 1998 KC6 es 16,4.

Véase también
 Lista de asteroides del (100801) al (100900)
 Cuerpo menor del sistema solar

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Modelo en 3D de algunos asteroides
 Circunstancias de Descubrimiento: Planetas Menores Numerados

Asteroides del cinturón principal
Asteroides de la familia de Nysa
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos por el Spacewatch
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos desde el Observatorio Nacional de Kitt Peak
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos en 1998
Wikiproyecto:Asteroides/Artículos de asteroides

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A seven-year-old Utah boy recently made national news for his Mohawk — a hairstyle often associated with the rebellious image of 1970s punk rock. Many of those original punk rockers are now grandparents, which takes some of the edge off the image. But the Mohawk haircut, as the name implies, is even older than the now-senior citizens who introduced it to pop culture. It's a traditional hairstyle among many Native American groups, including the Seneca Nation, to which the boy's father belongs.
Administrators at the Santa Clara, Utah, elementary school (named, ironically, Arrowhead), got a very public education in Native American tradition after deeming young Jakobe Sanden's haircut "a distraction" and notifying his parents that the boy would have to get it cut or leave school.
Jakobe was allowed to keep his haircut, and the matter was quickly, if not quietly, put to rest. But the episode raises the question: If classmates can study alongside the distraction of a cultural tradition, why bother banning an identical fashion choice?
School dress codes have a long history of challenges that have resulted in a framework of analysis for their constitutionality, but applying that framework is still a murky process, in part because so much is left to the discretion of local administrators. Most parents are comfortable with eliminating clothing that features gang colors or racially charged epithets from classrooms, since it's easy to understand how those things could make some students feel unsafe and would interfere with their learning.
But lately dress codes have been coming under fire not because they limit free speech, but because they are themselves discriminatory. Dress codes are often different for boys and girls, and girls appear to be disproportionately punished for dress code violations. In some places, only girls are subject to the dress code. An increasing number of challenges are related to the way that school dress codes are being used to police girls' modesty and the sexuality of gender-nonconforming teens.
What is the net impact of school dress codes? Do they facilitate learning or promote discrimination? Conclusive data is lacking, but as one Utah school district recently learned, when a dress code conflicts with Native American tradition, the answer is clear — better step back.
This article was originally published by Avvo.


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Professor Conroy, more than just PR
February 8, 2013 12:00 am by Elishia Fletcher Views: 12
Sitting in his office Tom Conroy is engrossed in his work. There are papers and books of all kinds covering his desk and shelves. Even though he is busy, he stops to make time for a student who needs help or just to talk. He is a quiet, reserved man, but his life has not been.
Few may know that the public relations professor was a helicopter medic in Vietnam from 1970-71, having been drafted within 90 days of graduating from Boston University.
"I was a political conservative who got more liberal as time went on, but by the time I was drafted I was completely against the war," he said.
His unit would check for mosquitoes, spray, check for water pollution and, inspect mess halls. He also did volunteer work at a nearby orphanage.
That volunteer work has followed him throughout his career and he is still very heavily involved in the aspects of war today.
Conroy worked for Vietnam Veteran's Social Service Agency in Providence, R.I. before coming to Castleton. He counseled vets in jobs and careers and wrote grants for the agency. He worked for groups like the Veteran's Education Project, Vietnam Veterans of America and is currently involved with Veterans for Peace. He educates high school students about the war that the recruiters don't tell them about.
"I just don't understand why people go to war today. Many of them going in based on lies and misconceptions," he said. "The only people who benefit are the ones who don't go to war and make money on it. It's a real capitalist kind of adventure."
Conroy came to Castleton in 1992 as a public relations professor. He is well respected and genuinely seems to care about every aspect of a student's life.
Bob Gershon, a colleague in the communication department, describes him as a model of what a professor should be.
"He is number one a teacher, that's probably what he does best. He spends time not only on the subject matter and how students react to it, but he cares about what's going on in their life beyond college," he said.
Conroy understands that students aren't just these beings who are there to soak up information in class and spew what they have learned back out. He is always on top of their situations, checking to see what courses they are going to need and directing them so they don't get closed out of classes and can graduate on time.
He is a scholar in the practical sense. Everything he does has a purpose. He is interested in the impact the knowledge carries and he said his studies of war propaganda and using images for advocating peace aren't just important as scholarly work, but has the potential to impact people and show them how peaceful it could be, at least in a small way.
After coming home from war, Conroy met his wife, Joan.
"I knew she was special on the first date, she paid," he said chuckling.
They met through a mutual friend, dated for eight years and have been married now for more than 30 years.
"He is a kind, generally understanding and thoughtful man," Joan said in a soft voice.
When he's not working or teaching, Conroy likes to go to Montreal with his wife.
"We like to walk and that is a great place to go," he said. "We go to all the little shops, farmers markets, wine bars and check out the free jazz concerts. We don't go so much to the concerts because they have gotten so big and my wife is so small I'd lose her," he said with a laugh.
Their favorite restaurant to go to is a little vegetarian place called the Commensal in Montreal or the Single Pebble in Burlington.
When home, Conroy likes to tend to his garden. He has blueberry bushes and garlic patches. He also likes to cook and bake, mostly bread. He also collects papers.
"We go anyplace and he will bring home these papers, they are everywhere because he doesn't like to throw anything away!" Joan exclaimed.
He likes all sorts of music, especially jazz and folk, and reads short stories by Fitzgerald and Cheever and novels by authors including Zadie Smith and Michael Ondaatje.
Conroy plans to retire in a year but also says he might teach part-time at a couple of colleges in Rhode Island or go back to working for non-profit organizations.
"The key is to stay active and out of trouble, you know?" he said with a chuckle and slight shake of his head.


Strong results were reported across all five halls of January Furniture Show, the UK's biggest furniture buying event, during four days of trading at the Birmingham NEC last month.
This year's edition saw the launch of the sleep-centric Beds and Light sectors in Hall 5 and 3, respectively. Both new initiatives proved popular – according to organiser Clarion Events, they contributed to a +5% increase in visitor numbers YoY, while exhibitor feedback focused on the quality of buyers and orders committed on site.
Steve Freeman, MD of bedmaker Silentnight, which returned to the fixture after a 10-year break, says: "We set some tough objectives that we wanted to meet to support the investment we made, and pleasingly we surpassed every one. We were extremely busy across all four days, booking orders, securing new floor distribution within existing retail partners, opening up new customers and arranging follow-up meetings with many new potential stockists. There was a great feeling of optimism permeating the halls, which generated a very positive vibe. For Silentnight, Sealy and Rest Assured it was a great show."
January Furniture Show 2020 will run from Sunday 19th to Wednesday 22nd January.


With Ramadan now fast approaching, you may start hearing ulama and others highlighting the importance of preparing early. If you've been with this series, though, you're way ahead. In part 1, we covered ways to start improving your salaah. Part 2 then focused on those time-zapping bad habits, such as Facebook and Twitter addictions (among others).
To help with this month's exercise, you can download and use the following document: RamadanEarlyBird3Worksheet.


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Q: Convert IQueryable to BindingList Placing ObsevableCollection User from DataSource as Details on new form it creates all textBoxes, BindingSource and BindingNavigator. Which is excelent and fast.
Because I only need to update one user I removed BindingNavigator. But...
Can this be without a conversion of lists?
class UserDt : Forms {
    // Designer partial part
    this.userBindingSource.DataSource = typeof(WinFormswithEFSample.User);

    private void UserDt_Load
    {
        _context.Users.Load();

        // use this with BindNavigator to navigate ower all users
        //this.userBindingSource.DataSource = _context.Users.Local.ToBindingList();

        // this doesn't work
        //this.userBindingSource.DataSource = _context.Users.Where(p => p.Username == "admin").Local.ToBindingList();

        var query = _context.Users.Where(p => p.Username == "admin").ToList();
        var binding = new BindingList<User>(query);
        this.usersBindingSource.DataSource = binding;
    }
}

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Can this be without a conversion of lists?

No.
The BindingList takes an IList as an argument.
IQueryable cannot be casted to an IList, so therefor you need to convert it as you have already done:
    var query = _context.Users.Where(p => p.Username == "admin")
                              .ToList(); //converts the IQueryable to List
    var binding = new BindingList<User>(query);

If you really need the BindingList and cannot settle for a simpler List


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Q: Transferring XWPFDocument to InputBinary Is there a way to convert an org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFDocument object to any sub-class of java.io.InputStream (maybe java.io.FileInputStream) without having to consider the java.io.Fileobject where the said document is referred from the hierarchy below.
java.io.File                               => The path of the .docx file
java.io.FileInputStream                    => The InputStream to be used for JDBC
org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFDocument => Retrieve elements in the document


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Law enforcement stand around a suspicious package that was left outside U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn's office in northern Colorado Springs office Friday morning set off a bomb scare. The package was investigated and turn out to be non-threatening.
(Photo by Chancey Bush, The Gazette)
Lamborn
Package triggers bomb scare at Rep. Lamborn's Colorado office
Conrad Swanson, The Gazette
Conrad Swanson
A suspicious package left outside U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn's office in northern Colorado Springs office Friday morning set off a bomb scare.
It was intended to be a bombshell, instead.
"It was just paperwork, research on people on the political side that he doesn't agree with," Colorado Springs police Sgt. Fred Walker said. "There's nothing in there that's sharper than a paper's edge."
Around 10:25 a.m. a man dropped off a box at Lamborn's office at 1125 Kelly Johnson Blvd., Walker said. Staff members apparently weren't expecting it, considered it suspicious, and called police.
Bomb technicians took the package behind the building as a precaution while determining what was in it and if it was a threat.
Just before 1 p.m., the technicians gave the all clear.
"There was nothing dangerous in the box," Walker said.
At least not to anyone allied with Colorado Springs' conservative Republican congressman.
Opposition research refers to hiring an investigator to compile information on political opponents that can be used to discredit them publicly.
An extreme example is the so-called Steele dossier. The 35-page report by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele and financed in part by Hillary Clinton and other Democrats claimed that Russia had information about prostitutes and Donald Trump that it could use to blackmail the future U.S. president.
It is unknown if Lamborn was at his office or in Colorado Springs at the time of the bomb scare. A staff member at his Washington D.C., office said he was not in the Capital Friday.
A spokeswoman for Lambron said she had no information on who prepared the opposition research that was delivered to the congressman's office or who it was about.
"Earlier this morning, a suspicious package was brought to our district office," said Communications Director Cassandra Sebastian. "Capitol police were contacted, and the Colorado Springs Police Department and FBI responded immediately.
"After investigation, first responders deemed there was no safety threat. No one on Congressman Lamborn's staff was harmed during the incident."
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Briarcliff High School's Student Newspaper
News about Briarcliff High School and Briarcliff Manor
Alum Maddie Plank Bikes Across America
By: Lauren Jacoby and Talia London Briarcliff Alum Maddie Plank (class of 2019), along with a fellow Princeton student-athlete, Charlie Bagin, is currently taking on the feat of biking across the country. Starting off as just a joke to escape virtual schooling, the idea soon became a reality when the two ambitious students decided to put the plan into action. The ride is dedicated to … Continue reading Alum Maddie Plank Bikes Across America
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Biden's First Moves
By: Charlotte Baer The Biden administration has been running rampant, attempting to undo 4 years of Trumpism, both with policy and rhetoric. President Joe Biden has signed a plethora of executive orders, actions, and memorandums. Most of these are aimed at addressing the Coronavirus pandemic and reversing many of Donald Trump's executive orders. The executive actions Biden has taken in the first days of his … Continue reading Biden's First Moves
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A Vaccine Update
By: Jack Madden The one question that every American is asking these days is "when can I get the vaccine?" Well, it depends on age, residency, occupation, and health conditions. As of the time of writing, most Americans can get the two shots of vaccine if he/she is a medical professional, front-line worker (teacher, etc.), have pre-existing health conditions or over the age of 65. … Continue reading A Vaccine Update
The NY Mayoral Race
By: Jack Madden The New York Mayoral Race of 2021 is heating up with more than two dozen candidates running. However, only five or so have a real shot at replacing Mayor de Blasio. These five candidates are Andrew Yang, Maya Wiley(former de Blasio official), Scott Stringer (city treasurer), Eric Adams ( Brooklyn borough president),Raymond McGuire (Citigroup bank executive), Kathryn Garcia (city sanitation chief). Andrew … Continue reading The NY Mayoral Race
Valedictorian and Salutatorian for Class of 2021
By: Rebecca Kratz Briarcliff High School Class of 2021 has undergone a challenging and unexpected senior year of high school. But as a whole students managed to continue to excel in academics, in athletics, in the arts, and in the BHS community. Leading their grade to success and given the highest academic awards are four students who stand out as being the best of the … Continue reading Valedictorian and Salutatorian for Class of 2021
Rho Kappa's Successful Coat Drive
By: Annie Dineen The BHS chapter of the Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society has provided students with an outlet for service as well as acts of kindness to the Briarcliff community. Despite having to adapt to virtual club meetings and trying to create Covid-safe fundraisers, Rho Kappa has had great success in its community service endeavors so far this year. … Continue reading Rho Kappa's Successful Coat Drive
GameStop "To the Moon" Stocks
By: Giovanni Culotta On January 11, the stock price of GameStop was $19.94, not much of a change from the beginning of the year. That all changed about two weeks later on January 27 when GameStop's stock price skyrocketed to over $300/share, thanks to mass purchases of the stock by Reddit investors. The market was sent into a frenzy, and a spur of controversy resulted … Continue reading GameStop "To the Moon" Stocks
New Openings in the Transgender Community
By: Jack Sendek Throughout his campaign, now-President Joe Biden promised to undo many of the actions taken by the Trump administration. Within his first 100 days, Biden has made several steps towards following through on the goal of equality for all Americans, especially for the transgender community. During the Trump presidency, former Attorney General William Barr signed a statement of interest into a Connecticut lawsuit … Continue reading New Openings in the Transgender Community
A Word from the Board
By: Jolie Wasserman and Justin Boder This school year has presented unexpected challenges. Challenges that certainly weren't on the mind of the Briarcliff School District five years ago, when the one-to-one device initiative was implemented. Michael Haberman, President of the Briarcliff UFSD school board, attributes Briarcliff's success to the board's constant goal of staying current and even ahead of the technology learning curve. "We have … Continue reading A Word from the Board
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A Change to the New York State Legislature
By: Jack Madden In November 2020, New York State Democrats gained 3 seats in the Senate and kept all their seats in the Assembly. That crucial three seat gain allowed the NY State Democratic party complete control over Albany with a supermajority in both chambers of the legislature, and with a Democratic Governor in Cuomo. What's even more important is that Democrats now have complete … Continue reading A Change to the New York State Legislature
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Nushrat Bharucha Hot Pics
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Nushrat Bharucha is an Indian film actress best known for her work in Pyar Ka Punchnama. She is back with the sequel of Pyar Ka Punchnama.. here are some of her beautiful and hot pictures.
Nushrat Bharucha was born 17 May 1985 in Mumbai, India.
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She studied at Lilavati Podar High school where she was very active in theater.
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Nushrat made her debut in Bollywood in 2006 in movie Jai Santoshi Maa directed by Ahmed Siddiqui.
She was then seen again in 2009 in short role in movie Kal Kisne Dekha starring Jackky Bhagnani directed by Vivek Sharma, who earlier directed Bhootnath.
She shot to prominence with Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011) produced by Wide Frame Pictures. The movie was a good hit at box office.
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After Pyar ka Punchanama she had few films lined up in 2013 and 2014 in Akaash Vani, Darr @ the Mall, Meeruthiya Gangster.
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She also started her Tamil debut film Vaaliba Raja which will be released in Sep 2015.
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Nushrat has also acted in the YRF Television Series, SEVEN. She also appeared in many TV advertisements.
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She will been seen again in the sequel of Pyar Ka Punchanama titled Pyar Ka Punchanama 2.
Pyar ka Punchanama 2 is scheduled to be released on 16th Oct 2015.
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MedWire News: Testosterone levels are significantly lower in men with varicoceles than in men without the venous condition, research shows.
Androgen deficiency, however, appears reversible, as investigators showed that microsurgical ligation of the varicocele resulted in a significant increase in testosterone levels.
"At the very least, repair is likely to restore men to the normal slope of age-related decline in testosterone," write Cigden Tanrikut (Cornell University, New York, USA) and colleagues in the BJU International.
Varicocele, an abnormal dilation of veins draining the testes, is known to have a negative effect on spermatogenesis. The condition is the most common cause of male infertility.
In the present study, the investigators measured pre-operative testosterone levels in 325 men with palpable varicoceles and 510 men with vasectomy reversal without varicoceles who served as controls.
The mean baseline testosterone level in the varicocele patients was 416 ng/dl, a level that was significantly lower than the 469 ng/dl observed in the control arm.
The difference between the two groups persisted when stratified by age.
After repair, testosterone levels increased significantly, from 358 ng/dl to 454 ng/dl.
There was a significant increase in testosterone levels in 70% of patients treated. Among the patients in whom an increase was noted, testosterone levels increased by 178 ng/dl.
Similarly, among the patients who had an improvement in testosterone levels, 41% had an increase of 50% or less, whereas 19% had an improvement ranging from 51% to 100%. One in 10 patients had an increase in testosterone levels exceeding 100%.
Varicoceles are observed in approximately 15% of the general population, and in about 33% of men who present for evaluation of primary infertility.
To treat varicoceles, subinguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy is the technique with the lowest reported rates of failure and morbidity.
"The present findings also indicate microsurgical varicocelectomy as a means to improve serum testosterone levels," conclude Tanrikut and colleagues.
Testosterone levels decrease as men age, but studies have shown that androgen insufficiency predisposes men to a host of conditions, including sexual dysfunction, bone mineral density loss, and reduced strength, among others.


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A Punky Brewster 1984-től 1988-ig vetített amerikai televíziós filmsorozat, amelynek spin-off-ja az It's Punky Brewster című rajzfilmsorozat. Az alkotója David W. Duclon volt, a producerei Rick Hawkins és Liz Sage voltak, a főszerepet Soleil Moon Frye játszotta. Amerikában 1984. szeptember 18. és 1988. május 27. között az NBC adta.

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Magyarországon a Hungarovideo adta ki VHS kazettán 1988-ban (a szinkron is ekkor készült), az országos MTV nem sugározta, de helyi televíziókon előfordult (pl. a Szolnok TV-n 1989-ben), továbbá a Super Channel-en is elérhető volt műholdon és több kábelhálózaton, igaz, angolul.

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További információk
 Punky Brewster a tvtropes.org-on
 Punky Brewster az aol.com-on

1984-ben bemutatott amerikai televíziós sorozatok
1988-ban befejezett amerikai televíziós sorozatok
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Casting continues on Peter Jackson's 'King Kong'
Casting continues on Peter Jackson's King Kong
...looking for men and women aged 17 years and over
King Kong: According to The New Zealand Herald, casting is currenlty commencing for Peter Jackson's upcoming remake of King Kong...
Film company Big Primate Pictures, specifically created for the multimillion-dollar movie, has advertised for extras in tomorrow's Dominion Post. RELATED: Godzilla Vs. Kong Is Coming 2 Months Early, Set for March in Theaters and on HBO Max
The film company wants men and women aged 17 years and over, and anyone interested in being extras can write to the company, listing their contact details, and include "a headshot and full-length body shot" photographs.
"Successful applicants will be contacted in due course".
A King Kong spokeswoman said it was the first official call for extras, but no further details were available at this stage.
Kelburn resident Paul Giles, who enjoyed a stint as an extra in The Lord of the Rings so much that he now organises annual reunion lunches with about 100 other extras, said he would definitely be submitting photographs.
Mr Giles, who is retired, said he had already sent the film company a list of 125 former Lord of the Rings extras who were keen to re-enact the 1930s, the period the film is being set in. This week he had also read a novel based on the 1933 original film script as "a very good swot-up".
Mr Giles said he expected hundreds of people to apply because of how extras were treated on The Lord of the Rings.
"It's another adventure by Peter Jackson. Everybody's so enthusiastic and loyal to him. There's not one extra that I speak to who was disappointed with all the generous treatment, and the fantastic catering and the organisation."
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How would your life look if you made the following your focus for 2014?
Give up trying to be good/honest/loving/of service and deal with who you are right now when you're not at your best—defended, defensive, disingenuous, pathetic, broken, reactive, self-righteous, self-important, pompous, unique, uniquely good, uniquely bad, special, evolved—and make a conscious decision to stop letting the hidden and/or rejected parts of you run the show. Instead embrace them with compassion and loving kindness like you would a little child who doesn't know any better yet.
What do you think would happen? Do you even believe it's possible to love all of you?


We go back again in time to the start of the Democrat primaries. For some those days are a distant memory, but for others they are as clear as day. When Bernie Sanders threw his hat into the ring there was a big skirmish, but overall it was a non event; how can he run as a Democrat? Isn't he an Independent? There were those in the D Party who were outraged, they brought suit contesting his right to run against Hillary. That took chutzpah they said. Bernie only caucused with the Democrats but he was not one of them, he was a socialist.
Suddenly the Bern started to catch on, his message was clear, people came to his rallies, money flowed in. He was a rolling stone gathering moss, the critical mass that brought in more followers. Suddenly and in shock Clinton realized that she was in a horse race. Voters new of her dismal record, her lies, her political correctness, her payola schemes. But the thing that upset American's most was that Hillary Clinton was solely responsible for the brutal murder of our Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others in Benghazi, Libya. No one came to their rescue. Clinton let them die at the hands of Islamic Jihadists. Then the cover-up began. Hillary put out a sham excuse for their murders, she said a Muslim film was responsible for inflaming Muslims. And it was an instantaneous bru ha ha. Clinton new the truth; she was sleeping on the job – she froze up. The worst part then was sending out Cheryl Mills that Sunday morning to tout the false narrative.
As the campaign moved from phase one, then two, then three, Hillary Clinton realized that something was wrong. It was not supposed to be this way." I, the Queen of the lie, was supposed to roll right through the primaries; "I the Angel of Death have come unto thee Bernie Sanders." However, Bernie did not lie down like the prostitute Clinton, he fought hard gaining respect and more followers along the way. The Democrat Machine was mistified, how can our party be crashed by a 74 year old curmudgeon. So for Clinton she had to go to Plan B. Oh yes, there is always a Plan B! And the revelations of Plan B came to light this week. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and others were outed by WikiLeaks. Suddenly, Schultz got what she deserved, falling on her own sword.
In the final analysis the Clinton campaign survived, not by wit, but by spit. The whole thing was rigged. We all knew it, Sanders knew it. He scorched Clinton over and over again, Berning her like no other sans Barack Obama. But this is no mop up operation, this is seek and destroy. Somehow Bernie came in from the cold and embraced Clinton which was anathema to his supporters. the question is, did he do this for other reasons, was there a motive to this madness?
Enter Jill Stein of the Green Party. Never heard of her? Don't worry, the throngs of Sander's supporters didn't know much about him early on, but his message seem to resonate, suddenly the avalanche of new supporters came in. He drove Hillary to the brink, now Jill Stein appears to be inheriting Bernie's brigades. .Click here to see Hillary in seizure mode.
Stein, meanwhile, has maintained a presence on the sidelines of the Philadelphia chaos and she tries to keep the flame of the Sanders movement burning, even marching with protesters Tuesday after Clinton was nominated.
"Those who are in tears, whose hearts have been broken, I'm going [to rallies] to really reassure them that their work has not been in vain," Stein told FoxNews.com on Wednesday. As often necessary, the question to be asked is how many votes will Stein syphon from Hillary Clinton and the Democrat under card in November?
Our Armed Forces, Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines will never forget what happened in Benghazi. Hillary Clinton did not answer the call at 3 a.m. resulting in four Americans, including our Ambassador Chris Stevens to die when a pre-planned Terrorist attack by Islamists attacked our embassy. Clinton then lied about what happened blaming a Muslim film.
In a speech on foreign policy on April 27, Trump hearkened back to Clinton's famous "3 a.m." campaign ad in 2008 in which she claimed she was more "tested" and prepared than Barack Obama to handle a late-night call to the White House about a dire emergency.
We know the truth, despite what Clinton's lap dog Susan Rice spilled out on national TV the following Sunday. Clinton will follow Obama's path of arguing for stronger defense, but she will continue to let our equipment and technology rust taking defense spending to an all time low filling up the government coffers. In return she will pump up the welfare state, her legions of parasites eatie there is no tomorrow. Click here for Clinton on Benghazi.
We know that the men and women in our Armed Forces are smart and intelligent; they know a Trojan Horse when they see one. Crooked Hillary is not only a liar but a criminal. We wait for the FBI to recommend indictment. But don't hold your breath, Loretta Lynch will not bring charges. Blame the ten Republicans who voted for her confirmation.
Commander in Chief Hillary Clinton, "no way" says our Servicemen – we will never work for you, you are a traitor. Only a Trump Win will resolve the criminal enterprise she and Slick Willie run. RICO application to their shakedown operation is a must. JAIL THE BIRD, in this case TWO BIRDS.
Fear has brought Europe to a standstill. Europeans are in the grip of Islamic Jihadists. Do they hide behind every bush? That is the question. Security in Europe is non existent. With the tsunami of Muslims infiltrating the Old Country it is inevitable that suicide bombers will exercise the will of Allah. Wave after wave of bombings have not hardened the minds of Merkel and Hollande.They fail to see the forest from the trees.
We are not an island until itself. Terrorists, invited to the United States by Obama and Clinton are in the planning stage seeking to spread fear and wreck havoc here in the United States. One lone wolf triggered by the call of Holy Jihad, is all it takes. And believe us, believe Trump, they will do the work of Allah with dispatch. On Obama's watch 150,000 potential terrorists have been given the green light to come to America. They are everywhere, you see them, we see them. Wherever they are they make demands, they incite, they intimidate. They are not us folks, they are foreign to our nature, our culture and our way of life.
America should wise up to this extreme terrorist threat that has infiltrated our glorious country. On Obama's watch another one million illegals have crossed the southern border alone, many of them from Jihadist Countries of Africa; such as Somalia, Yemen, Libya. Be vigilant, make sure your back is protected; watch for suspicious objects. Let us, with a shiv, jar your memory, that Ford Hood killer has not been called a Terrorist by Obama – "work place violence" is Obama's definition of what happened. Obama has not protected us, what makes anyone think that Hillary Clinton will protect us. Did she protect our Four Brave Men in Benghazi. Wake Up America.
Hey, they offered it and I took it. What is the big f'n deal here. Only three speeches, $225,000 each, this was a discount to my ordinary fee; you know what I'm talking about here. Look I am a beautiful woman married to an ex-President, I have star appeal and know how to make things happen, I am a rainmaker; you know what I mean.
I'm a wheeler and dealer, how do you think I made it this far, by telling the truth? I have pull and come January 2017 I will have power, so pay me now or I will make you pay later, get that straight you bunch of suckers. Bill and I are the Bonnie and Clyde of politics, we hold everybody up, they are scared of us, do you know what I mean? Check below on past acquaintances that have met their maker.
Check Judge Napolitano's take on Clinton's breaking the law. Is Kerry involved in a cover-up, America wants to know. Digest this, financiers have donated $17,000,000 to her political operation. Another bit of information, in three hours she earned more than someone getting paid a wage of $10 per hour made in thirty years. Is Hillary for the poor, the downtrodden and the middle class? No way.
She is a liar, a crook, a killer and a murderer; Hillary Clinton killed our Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others in Benghazi. She did not protect our guys and four brave men died because of her. Justice must prevail here, indictments and arrests must be made, convictions secured, for Hillary Clinton is a lying criminal.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE BELOW LIST OF DEAD PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLINTON'S, YOU WILL SEE MANY "ALLEGED" SUICIDES!
……BE SURE TO SEE HOW RON BROWN DIED!
Another Clinton Associate Found DEAD, Bill & Hillary's Body Count Increases!
Fascinating information is going viral about Hillary and Bill Clinton, which exposes just how truly ruthless they are. In many ways they are worse than Obama. One major reason I say this is because the Clintons have a long history of people in their inner-circle dying under mysterious circumstances.
In fact, 46 people who were close to the Clintons have died during their 3 decades of political power. That number should give us all pause. If Hillary Clinton was a Republican, that number would be the question asked by reporters every day.
But the list is far more extensive! For example, Mary Mahoney was a Clinton White House Intern who was executed brutally at a Starbucks she was managing in 1997. As a lesbian, she became close friends with all of the interns of the early Clinton administration, and they would seek her advice after Bill's sexual advancements. She would have been a star witness during the Clinton impeachment trials.
And don't forget Clinton White House Council Vince Foster, who was found dead in Ft. Marcy Park in Washington, D.C. He supposedly killed himself with a shotgun, and was found a few days later with a suitcase that contained a shredded suicide note.
Foster knew the Clintons from his time at Rose Law Firm in Arkansas, and had intimate details of the Clinton's financial situation. Apparently, he made a phone call to Hillary Clinton just hours before his death. The person who found him never saw a gun.
Charles Ruff was one of Clinton's attorneys during the impeachment trial and was known to have inside information on the White House email scandal as well. Original reports were that he died in an accident in his home although no details were given. Then the report changed to claim that he was found in his bedroom unconscious, then declared dead on arrival at the hospital. The authorities will provide no details other than the usual (and quite premature) assurances that there was no foul play involved.
And don't forget James McDougal!
Jim McDougal was serving his 3-year sentence for bank fraud at the Fort Worth Federal Medical Center in Texas, a facility operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons for inmates who need medical attention.
NEW! The Fort Worth Star-Telegram acquired the official report of the McDougal death via a Freedom Of Information Act request, and reported that doctors ignored McDougal's signs of imminent death.
The Clinton body count is massive and growing. Hillary Clinton will stop at nothing to become President, and death seems to follow her everywhere she goes. It is time to learn the truth about these murders and expose the Clintons. Instead of the White House, it appears they both belong in prison.
What do you think about the Clinton body count? Please leave us a comment (below) and tell us what you think!
Just a quick refresher course 'lest we forget' what has happened to many "friends" of the Clintons.
2 – Mary Mahoney – A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown .. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House.
9 – James Bunch – Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a "Black Book" of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas. The book was never found.
19 – Jon Parnell Walker – Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington , Virginia apartment balcony August 15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty scandal.
Hillary Clinton, Hussein Obama, John Kerry and others of the many corrupt members of the Obama regime have tried very hard to keep the truth from leaking out about what really happened in Benghazi on September 11th 2012 and their roles in the events. A new film, based upon the book "13 Hours" by the same name now threatens to reignite the controversy over who did what, when did they do it and why.
Megyn Kelly attended a screening of the film earlier in the day of this interview with three of the heroes from the events of that evening.
Kelly points out that the lies were still being told by Clinton and Obama days after they already knew the truth, that an Internet video had nothing to do with the attacks, and that they were engaged in a cover-up, even to the point of lying to the family members about the cause as the bodies lie just feet away at Dover Air Force Base.
She also notes the response of Clinton to questions by a reporter as to why her story is so different from that being told by the family members. The reporter pressed her, saying, somebody is lying, who is it? Clinton responded dismissively with, "Not me, that's all I can tell you." The only inference possible is that she's calling at least three of the family members liars. They'd have no reason to lie, a point that one of the heroes of the evening, "Oz," makes near the end of the video. The only ones with a reason to lie are the politicians, Clinton and Obama, who have political careers to protect and possible wrong doing conceal.
The three heroes who answered the call in spite of being told to stand down describe the attacks, the fidelity of the movie to the events as they occurred, and the inconsistencies between the official narrative and the reality.
To this point the political ambitions of Hillary Clinton have been able to withstand the exposure of her crimes, with help from the powerful puppeteers who rule from the sidelines. This movie could make all of that protection much more difficult to provide. She might find herself subject to the very law she's believed all of her adult life that she resided above.
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Clinton also said, I was not responsible for providing security at our Benghazi Embassy, Well then, who was? We guess nobody. The question now rises that CLINTON could not protect four Americans, can you imagine her as President trying to protect three hundred million. This will be an invitation to the Muslim world that nothing is off limits.
However, we have spoke about the "smoking before" but we are shocked because Clinton has handed it over to us; not literally, but it rested in an E Mail to her daughter. The lady is a bold face liar. Clinton had revised her story untold times; for instance she then blamed a Muslim film, of course that was not true. Then she pushed out U.N. Susan Rice to tell America on national TV that a Muslim film was responsible for ramping-up the terrorist vengeance. This again was a big fat lie.
In the hours following the attacks, the Obama administration learned they were carefully planned assaults by Al Qaeda-related militants but Clinton and others would go on to tell a different tale: an anti-Muslim YouTube video caused spontaneous protests and angry mobs were to blame for the attacks.
Tyrone Woods' father, Charles, recalled meeting Clinton when his son's body arrived at Andrews Air Force Base two days after the attacks.
"I gave Hillary a hug and shook her hand and she said, 'We are going to have the filmmaker arrested who was responsible for the death of your son," Woods said, reading the account from his journal.
The father of slain former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty who was killed in the 2012 Benghazi, Libya terrorist attack has strong words for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her handling of Benghazi.
"She's a scumbag, in my opinion," said Ben Doherty in an interview with NECN published to coincide with Clinton's testimony on Thursday before the House Select Committee on Benghazi.


Since 2014 Entrepreneurs du Monde has been getting increasingly conscious of how it can better take into account gender in its functioning and actions.
What is "gender"? Gender is a notion that refers to the differences between women and men in terms of social relations. It describes the characteristics, the roles, and the activities assigned by society related to being a man or woman.
Why a better consideration of gender at Entrepreneurs du Monde?
We then see in this better consideration of gender a way to improve the impact with our beneficiaries and the local organizations we create and accompany. Since we seek to serve the most vulnerable, let us look at the roles played by women and men in the countries where we operate, identify those who play the most limiting roles and see how to better support them.
Finally, mainstreaming a gender perspective in our actions will enable us to solicit new sources of funding that are mindful of this cause.
What do we concretely enact?
Since a year ago, actions have been increasing, driven by collaborators particularly motivated to make progress on the subject. The kickoff of the project began with two exchange sessions in the summer of 2017, which resulted in a shared action plan. Among the various actions, for example, Entrepreneurs du Monde is currently being trained in Togo by the Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency to become an "energy and gender" focal point for West Africa. In Myanmar, the microfinance program undergoes a self-assessment of gender equality with the United Nation Capital Development Fund. In France, gender is on the agenda of quarterly team meetings, with role playing real-life situations, games to refine our vocabulary, etc.
Thanks to the financing of FRIO-genre*, Entrepreneurs du Monde will benefit from external expertise during 10 months to help us mainstream a gender perspective in our actions and functioning. Three major projects are planned: an organizational diagnostic with a gender approach, the development of a gender strategy, and the training of the board of directors and teams from all countries.
Beyond gender alone, we hope that Entrepreneurs du Monde will become a reference for inclusion, opposed to all forms of segregation and inequality.
Hi, I found an article that may interest you, here is the link: https://www.entrepreneursdumonde.org/en/moving-towards-more-equality-between-women-and-men/ .