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Kim Jong Un is applying historic lessons learned that have demonstrated proven efficiency: this is how the phony war of words is conducted by the DPRK and it works every time.
Rattle sabers (even if they do not yet exist)
Talk war.
Gradually and grudgingly come to accept the necessity for “peace” talks.
Talk while building arsenal and build while talking peace.
Offer “promise” to stop building in exchange for all sorts of western goodies.
Grab the goodies and ignore the promise.
Mark future calendar date to execute this algorithm all over again.
When the arsenal is complete, stop talking and start shooting.
This will mark the end of the phony word war when the metal meets the meat. | 0 | en |
I don't care who you are---that's funny ! Even Trump would say it's time to pull the plug on U of A sports. | 0 | en |
E X A C T L Y, why I DO NOT use any of these types of social media. I have ZERO to hide, but I am OLD-SCHOOL and come from a time when the majority of people appreciated and respected their PRIVACY. | 0 | en |
First you don't get to decide what I can and can't have to protect my family until I use any of my firearms inappropriately.
Second, do you even know what an "assault" weapon is? It's not what the democrats have brainwashed you into believing they are. I own quite a few firearms and not one of them is an "assault weapon" and that includes my AR-15. It's not even a "scary black gun" since I had it painted in coyote tan :)
Third, the NRA is doing their part to stop violence through education, gun safety and discussions on owner responsibilities. Perhaps Chicago needs more NRA members since 58 people died there just last month alone and you didn't blink an eye. Do you ask organizations like the American Diabetes Association to "curb" diabetes or just educate on way to avoid contracting the disease?
Fourth, I'm sorry you hate the Constitution so much. I'm thankful on the behalf of speech, suffrage, and civil rights that you don't get to decide which parts should apply or not. | 0 | en |
The will end up back in Canada living on the taxpayers and I am sure we will read about them again after a terrorist attack here in Canada. | 0 | en |
I think Ferrell is doing a perfectly fine job (and I didn't vote for him). I like the fact that he is involved in the day to day issues facing the City. There is no reason to change mayors when he is doing a decent job. | 0 | en |
A lawsuit has been filed and probably will be treated as a "nuisance case" wherein it is cheaper for the business to pay it off instead of going to court. This would depend on the legal precedence of the case. The fact still remains that this is newsworthy material which is acceptable for print. Had there been deaths involved in the incident we would be looking at a "wrongful death suit" and the reporting credence would have been further supported by a fatality. Bottom line it is prudent as an individual who will incur possibly injury to themselves or others to verify the limits of the equipment that belongs to them. Had someone else, a total stranger, been injured as a result of the accident the owners of the truck and trailer may have been culpable for any and all damages. | 0 | en |
https://goo.gl/images/Xxqzph | 0 | unknown |
` :No reason to be embarrassed. I am only sorry that I have not gotten to you sooner; if that is the case. Was there something that you wanted to ask me? About the village pump thread you mentioned? I'll be happy to take a look. Kindly ` | 0 | en |
"OK, does Mayor-elect Lucy Vinis have any ideas on how she’s going to tackle this problem?"
She is a Kitty litter clone; much wringing of the hands and 'concern' for the 'unfortunates' is my guess. | 0 | en |
` ::I think you're both right. ;-) ::We must follow what sources say; if you want to put in a rounded number and make up some error bars, but the source gives an exact number that's a Bad Thing. However, we do also have to be pragmatic; population varies over time, most ways of counting have potential inaccuracies, and we should be open on that point. ::So, what do the sources say? An archived link is hardly ideal, so I went looking. ::*The 2010 census says 24,658,823. ::*The [UN http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Ghana] estimates 24,392,000 (in 2010). ::Should we show both to readers? Or if we just said something like ``24,658,823 (2010 census)`` then readers are still being reminded that the number may be slightly out of date, and that it's a census result (which is a pretty good source but might have certain limitations). ` | 0 | en |
The Catechism of the Catholic Church speaks of sin as follows:
"Sin is an offence against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is a failure in genuine love for God and neighbour caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods.... It has been defined [by St Augustine] as "an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law."
"Sin is an offence against God.... Sin sets itself against God's love for us and turns our hearts away from it. Like the first sin, it is disobedience, a revolt against God through the will to become "like gods," knowing and determining good and evil. Sin is thus "love of oneself even to the contempt of God."" | 0 | en |
Background
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Lecture based teaching is common in postgraduate and continuing education. Computer based teaching sessions have advantages over lectures: they are more flexible for doctors to fit into their work and learning programme; there is the ability to pause or revisit areas of the session; they have more learner led interaction; hyperlinks and additional materials can be provided instantly for the learner; they address the issue of standardizing the quality of teaching materials across a region; and they deal with the cost and logistical difficulties of specialist lecturers teaching large numbers of students in different locations \[[@B1],[@B2]\]. Existing studies of knowledge and attitudinal gain by computer based teaching have mainly been at undergraduate level \[[@B3]-[@B5]\].
Education of undergraduate medical students can be enhanced through the use of computer assisted learning. Educationally it would be a mistake to apply these findings to postgraduates. Many trainers mistakenly believe that the two groups learn in the same way but this is not true. Adult learning theory suggests the determinants of learning in the two groups are different \[[@B12]\]. Postgraduate learning is driven by self motivation and relevance to clinical practice whereas undergraduate learning is generally driven by external factors such as curriculum and examinations \[[@B12]\]. The two groups therefore may react differently to new teaching interventions, such as computer based teaching. Based on adult learning theory internally driven postgraduates may be more likely to adopt computer based teaching more avidly than their undergraduate counterparts who are less worried how they are taught as long as their teaching is assessment focused.
For many educationalists it is perhaps a forgone conclusion that doctors will in the future do the majority of their learning through computers. Within dentistry and other allied healthcare groups there have been trials comparing different computer based learning educational interventions and other non computer based learning formats, \[[@B6]-[@B10]\]. Unfortunately there have been no randomised controlled trails at postgraduate level within medicine. Work is therefore necessary in the field of postgraduate medical education to provide evidence that moving across to computer based teaching will not lead to reduced quality teaching and learning experiences for our junior doctors.
Randomised controlled trials can provide robust evidence of educational effectiveness \[[@B11]\]. Randomised trials, in education could suffer due to difficulty with standardising the educational intervention(s), contamination between the two arms of a study, inability to blind the study participants and the teachers from the educational intervention(s) leading to selective co intervention, and finally difficulty with measuring outcomes due to the lack of valid and reliable assessment tools. Some of these factors make randomised trials unfeasible in educational settings, thus necessitating other designs such as non-randomised controlled and before and after studies. Despite such difficulties randomised trials have been conducted into educational interventions with some success \[[@B12]\].
We carried out a randomised controlled trial comparing two methods of teaching, designed in such a way so as to avoid the problems outlined above. EBM was chosen as the teaching topic as this an important area in clinical medicine \[[@B13]\], in medical education evidence based practice is considered a mandatory competency for postgraduates \[[@B14]\], and it can be taught using computer based sessions or lectures. We hypothesized that both teaching strategies will be equally effective in increasing students\' learning.
Methods
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We conducted an individual randomised trial to assess the effect of teaching using self administered questionnaires before-and-after the intervention. The trial was carried out during July 2005. Exemption from obtaining ethical approval was granted by the Local and Regional Ethics Committee. The study was approved by the West Midlands Deanery. The trial compared a short computer based session with an equivalent lecture, of similar content, structure and duration, for their educational effectiveness. The intervention was CD-ROM based, but was developed in a format that could be directly uploaded onto the internet. The teaching package was developed in conjunction with the University of Birmingham\'s information technology department. The cost in producing the package was minimal, well within normal departmental budgets for teaching postgraduate doctors. Microsoft™ producer was used as Microsoft™ is currently the platform of most NHS operating systems and is freely available.
All postgraduate centres in the U.K. West Midlands participating in the foundation program for newly qualified doctors were invited to participate in the trial. Six centres with adequate computer facilities were included. Postgraduate trainees in these centres were randomised to either computer based session or lecture using sealed envelopes prepared by the Birmingham clinical trials unit. The randomisation sequence was generated by computer and the envelopes were coded by a third party to ensure concealment of randomisation. The format of sessions at each centre consisted of: baseline questionnaire (with the initial pretest), randomization of doctors, and simultaneous administration of educational interventions in separate areas to prevent contamination followed by post intervention questionnaire. The time allocated for teaching was forty minutes and ten minutes for each questionnaire.
The interventions consisted of: (A) Computer based session; and (B) Lecture based session. The content covered EBM teaching on question framing, literature searching, critical appraisal of systematic reviews and meta-analysis, and application of findings of systematic reviews. The lecture was scripted and then recorded for the computer based version. The recording was then merged with power-point slides and links using Microsoft™ producer. The computer based teaching consisted of slides, a talking head which guided the lecture, play, pause and skip options and hyperlinks to main sections within the session, this can be seen in the screenshot (see figure [4](#F4){ref-type="fig"}). This was delivered by uploaded CD-ROM to participants in hospital computer clusters using individual personal computers and headphones. The lecture based session consisted of exactly the same scripted material, delivered using a session plan by the same tutor, at all the centers. Every possible effort was made to ensure the lesson plans and educational content were equivalent in the two groups; the only differences related to the method of delivery.
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We developed a questionnaire for pre and post intervention measurements in knowledge and attitudes using previously validated assessment tools for evaluating EBM teaching \[[@B15]-[@B17]\]. From previous studies the questions we used were shown to have face and concurrent validity. The web sites linking to these questionnaires can be found in appendix 1 (see Additional file [1](#S1){ref-type="supplementary-material"}). Items included for knowledge assessment (primary outcome) were carefully chosen and adapted so as to achieve content validity. These were five knowledge questions (two structured questions and three multiple choice questions) with a pre-determined validated marking scheme, with a maximum score of 16. There were six attitudinal questions, previously validated for content validity, on a five point Likert scale \[[@B18]\]. The questionnaires were marked by an examiner blind to group allocation.
Our hypothesis was that the ability of both interventions to change students\' scores would be similar. Thus we defined the primary outcome to be the change (improvement) between baseline and post intervention knowledge assessments. We predefined the range of equivalence between both arms of the trial as any difference between both groups in this variable lying within 10% of the maximum score (± 1.6 points). Assuming that the standard deviation (S.D.) of the change will be 2 points, we needed 25 subjects in each group to have 80% power with a 5% type I error rate to exclude a difference between both groups greater than the equivalence threshold. We used ANCOVA to compare score changes in the two study groups, with teaching interventions as the main factor and baseline score as a covariate \[[@B19]\]. To estimate the difference between intervention groups, difference between least-squares means and corresponding 95% CI were calculated based on the ANCOVA model. For ordinal data (Likert scales), non parametric statistics were used. To compare the proportion of participants with attitudinal gain we used Fisher exact tests. All statistical tests were two-sided with a significance level of p \< 0.05. Analyses were done using SPSS version. 12.0 (SPSS Inc.)
The sponsor (West Midlands Deanery) had no input in conduct, analysis or interpretation of the study.
Results
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The flow of participants throughout the trial is shown in figure [1](#F1){ref-type="fig"}. The baseline characteristics of the two groups are shown below in table [1](#T1){ref-type="table"}. The three centres which did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded because at the date of teaching none of these centres had adequate computer facilities to allow the trial to be run.
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Baseline characteristics of participants in Evidence Based Medicine teaching trial.
Computer N = 25 Lecture N = 30
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n % n (%)
Access to a staffed medical/health care library 25 (100) 28 (93)
Access to literature via the Internet 24 (96) 29 (97)
Searched the literature for evidence 23 (92) 22 (73)
Education or training in Research methods 11 (56) 16 (53)
Education or training in Epidemiology 9 (36) 18 (60)
Education or training in Statistics 9 (36) 17 (57)
Personally been involved in conducting research 20 (80) 20 (67)
Evidence based medicine and literature review teaching is not currently part of the UK undergraduate medical curriculum.
Assessments done immediately after the interventions revealed that both groups significantly improved their scores as shown in figure [2](#F2){ref-type="fig"}. The changes in score in the computer based teaching group and the lecture based teaching group were 2.1 \[S.D. 2.0\] and 1.9 \[S.D. 2.4\] respectively. The difference between the least-squares means computed by ANCOVA model was 0.8 (95% CI -0.1 to 1.7) and not statistically significant (p = 0.078). The confidence interval of the difference completely excludes the lower margin of inferiority of computer based sessions pre specified (methods section). It cannot exclude at the upper margin the possibility that performance of computer based teaching was slightly better than lecture based teaching.
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Comparison of attitudinal gains between the two groups showed a similar change between baseline and post-intervention (figure [3](#F3){ref-type="fig"}).
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Discussion
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This trial showed that in our setting when teaching EBM and systematic reviews to postgraduates there was no difference between computer based session and lecture considering knowledge. We cannot exclude the possibility that computer based teaching may be better, but we are certain that it is not inferior to lectures. As a secondary outcome attitudinal gains were equivalent.
Our study represents the first randomised trial of its kind in postgraduate medical education. We were able to comply with CONSORT \[[@B20]\] guidelines for reporting. There was concealment of randomisation, all interventions were delivered by the same tutor, there was no contamination of interventions, the assessment was validated and blinded, and the power was sufficient to demonstrate non-inferiority. The attendance was poor so many potentially eligible doctors did not participate. Junior doctors are currently under increasing pressure to provide service at the expense of their education. Another reason for the low attendance could be the fact that our study was entirely voluntary. Those undertaking similar trials in the future may wish to make attendance mandatory. The trial\'s generalisabilty may be is limited in that the educational intervention itself was brief and only looked at a specific teaching area of EBM and systematic reviews.
The trials small sample size may limit its generalisabilty, but it was adequately powered to address our null hypothesis. The trail forms an important foundation for the development, adaptation and evaluation of new computer based learning techniques for wider application in postgraduate and continuing education. This emphasizes the relevance of computer based teaching which can be made available at their convenience.
Our findings have implications for the way in which postgraduate trainees can be taught. Computer based learning has the potential to meet medical training needs and other professions have already started to embrace it in continuing professional education \[[@B21]\]. Our trial suggests that computer based teaching is a viable alternative to lectures, at least for the teaching of EBM. For those who did not attend sessions it would be available at other times, whereas lectures could not be readily repeated. This would be a massive advantage for doctors who are under constant time pressure. Computer based sessions also allow standardisation of teaching between institutions and addresses the difficulty of teaching a large number of students dispersed over different sites. Computer based learning can be made interactive to encourage better deeper learning \[[@B22]\]. The addition of links to material on the web or contained in other files can enhance the learning experience. With such enhancements, computer based teaching may perform even better than lectures, a hypothesis that will no doubt be subject of future research. As continuing medical education becomes more central to doctors\' lives, computer based teaching is one of the ways to meet demands for knowledge.
Conclusion
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Our recommendation is that computer based teaching is a ready alternative to lecture based teaching in EBM for postgraduates. We need to conduct further research to explore the wider potential of computer based learning in medical education.
Competing interests
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The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors\' contributions
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JD carried out the assembly of questionnaires and teaching as well as the recording of the web based teaching sessions. KK carried out assembly of the questions and validated the teaching content. AC helped assemble questionnaires and advised on randomisation techniques. EC recorded the web based teaching and assisted JD in teaching the sessions. JZ analyzed all the data and performed statistical testing as well as advising on statistical techniques. DD providing equipment for the recording of sessions as well as IT support. All authors read and approved the manuscript.
Pre-publication history
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The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here:
<http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/7/23/prepub>
Supplementary Material
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###### Additional file 1
Berlin and Fresno questionnaire, web addresses. This file provides web links to the Berlin and Fresno evidence based medicine questionnaires.
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Click here for file
Acknowledgements
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The Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, England. Sponsors: West Midlands Postgraduate Deanery, Birmingham, England.
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Effect of phenylpropanolamine on incontinence in children with neurogenic bladders. A double-blind crossover study.
In children with myelodysplasia and a low-level spinal cord lesion (low lumbar-sacral), detrusor hyperactivity together with dyssynergic urethral function forms the main pathophysiological basis for incontinence. Pharmacological treatment of incontinence due to neurogenic bladder dysfunction has been tried, mainly with anticholinergics and alpha-adrenoceptor antagonists. In this study, the effects of the alpha-adrenoceptor agonist phenylpropanolamine on urodynamic parameters and incontinence were investigated in 10 patients. Effects on incontinence were evaluated in a double-blind crossover trial. Plasma concentrations of phenylpropanolamine were measured by means of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Phenylpropanolamine reduced detrusor hyperactivity and improved continence, but the effect was not so pronounced as to make the patients continent. | 0 | en |
I hope you aren't implying that the six corporations that own most of the news are conservatives? That is always the assumption by liberals, that the rich are conservative. Wrong. I do the love corporate welfare myth. Some get tax breaks set up by Congress, a Congress often run by Democrats. Some get subsidies. But none of it is welfare and all of it could have been changed by liberals had they an inclination to. And yes, we do want to bring us back to what Framers intent. We don't want an evolving Constitution through judicial fiat. We do want it to change through the process outlined within the Constitution. Finally, this sentence "Conservatives are miserly until it comes to mass death and destruction, then they're all spend spend spend..." is just stream of consciousness or something like that. | 0 | en |
There is some truth the the premise - as we have already learned Navy mitigation funds for education have been greatly reduced over the last three years in comparison to the previous eight years. Oak Harbor school district taxpayers have to make up the difference in increased taxes.....
Regarding real estate - yes and no. Supply and demand & location are usually the factors that define how much value a home has. As we all know real estate slumped here as well as the rest of the nation. But with a resurgence of the housing market and the supply reducing in the Oak Harbor area due to the increase in Navy personnel - that isn't an issue (on the supply and demand side).
The partial truth is the location. There is a discount for buyers who buy in and around a noisy airbase that isn't there for locations out of the noise zone. I know - because that was a factor in why I bought my property....the noise discount. | 0 | en |
Oh great, Dick, tell us how much skill does it take to jump on the back of a garbage truck and sling garbage into the back of garbage truck? Instead of you begging for more money while on the job, you gave consent for your city collective bargaining unit to do your begging for you. All you brought to that job was a mass of flesh waiting to get a handout off the back of professionals that negotiated your wages, benefits, including a retirement. And how do you pay those skilled professionals that negotiated your pay and bennies? You turn around and come on this site to bash them every chance you get. Why don't you give back that retirement and give it to someone else that deserves it, Dick. | 0 | en |
` == Response == Sorry for the late response. I was taking a nap. Anyways, a block does not seem too bad as it is clear that it is the same person and they falsely warned an admin of all people of vandalism and made a clear vandalism reversion. Not an admin ` | 0 | en |
Revocation without a hearing is wrong. No matter whose citizenship is in question. | 0 | en |
good kid | 0 | so |
Man I think I should get back into drawing. I kinda slacked off because last year I broke my arm and barely could write, nonetheless draw. Anyways I'll bs sure to eventually make my own dA account and post some stuff. Hope you guys can check it out and tell me what you think when I'm done. | 0 | en |
Thank you ADN for eliminating the despicable racist,
now eliminate his faked accounts too please. | 0 | en |
3. Man, so like, she shouldn't have done this, but like.. is this kid a faggot? I'd have busted my 11 year old nut in her pussy so fast.. | 1 | en |
Bingo. The city doesn't revolve around this lady. She came, she used, she created, she enjoyed, she left.
"I don't want to buy a house, I want to rent. I don't want to sell my art for more than $12. I don't want to live somewhere without a yard. I don't want to live in a different neighborhood. Portland forced me out." | 0 | en |
Это всё хорошо, но страна.уа контора уровня ФБК или цензора, половина новостей фейк Пруфов что это фейк конечно же не будет, да порохобот ебанный? | 0 | ru |
Chinese President talked about housing: " It is a place to live in".
Canadian prime minister and BC premier talk about housing:" market economy, demand and supply, equity, retirement plan", without any words about home or family. Thank you Clark and Trudou from BC realtors. | 0 | en |
So, the Trumps are seriously out of touch with normal Americans. | 0 | en |
dear professor x
Either there is Universal suffrage and - all - people have equal rights or they do
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tell us which Arab country has this UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE you talk about
Arabs in Israel have more rights than Arabs in Arab countries
GAY RIGHTS
women's rights
the right to be an atheist
I rest my case | 0 | en |
One of the ugliest politicians in Europe. | 1 | en |
If mandatory minimum sentences are unconstitutional shouldn't mandatory maximum sentences be unconstitutional as well? | 0 | en |
This is a fascinating study in how a smart, tech savvy entrepreneur can get things accomplished that seemingly baffle government bureaucracy. If Ms. Idrees makes a go of Dot Health she will become an international 'name' with the cachet of a Steven Jobs. Very impressive indeed! | 0 | en |
== November 2007 ==
Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing.
:If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make any unconstructive edits, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant warnings. | 0 | en |
The changing profile of acute childhood illness: a need for the development of family nursing knowledge.
The profile of the acutely ill child and family has undergone dramatic changes in recent years. Advances in medical technology have substantially altered the life-death trajectory for ill children and their families; however, they have also left families to endure increasingly difficult situations with uncertain outcomes for prolonged periods of time. Nurses are interested in understanding how families manage in the face of serious illness, yet a review of the literature has revealed little progress in this area. While the importance of the family has been repeatedly documented, theoretical developments regarding family process during acute illness have been limited. This paper analyses those factors that have limited nursing knowledge development and, as a result, contributed to gaps in current thinking regarding the acutely ill child. They include: (a) a history of theoretical nursing models which, until recently, focused on the individual; (b) research that has focused on the individual parent or child while virtually ignoring family variables; (c) an outdated definition of acute illness which does not reflect the current population of hospitalized children; (d) limited use of theoretical frameworks borrowed from other disciplines; and (e) unresolved methodological issues related to the study of families in nursing. | 0 | en |
Funny enough, that's a trite little comment favoured by those who deny the scientific evidence of human-induced climate change. | 0 | en |
I have a higher opinion of that when it come to the WSJ. Of course they have an ideological bias, but they are more sophisticated than the street thug you make them out to be. But I couldn't get to the article either..... | 0 | en |
Funny how when the intel agencies claim such and such attack was orchestrated or planned by ISIS, the Trump supporters and the right wingnuts all want them to be bombed back into the Stone Age yet when the intel agencies claim Russian interference into U.S. elections, or anything else that puts Trump or the Republicans in a bad light, the same people all get out their infamous "fake news" talking point. The sheep clearly have the wool pulled over their eyes. | 0 | en |
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In the news
The wording is accurate and does not use buzzwords like ""terrorism"" to describe the incidents. This is a neutral stance and objective to conveying information. " | 0 | en |
What's your point? I wonder how many males killed untold millions of potential lives last year. I bet you were one of them. Millions of lives lost.
Millions. | 0 | en |
Lets all get acquainted with the Faro mine disaster in the Terrirories.....a multi dollar boondoggle that is going to take centuries to clean up. So who was responsible for this disaster. I believe it would have been the Feds back in the 60/s when this mine was firsr commissioned.
Unless we have checks and balances by some governing committee the north will be run shod over by multi nationals leaving many many Faro/s in their wake.
Before commenting please google Faro mine and acquaint yourself. | 0 | en |
The most intelligent, logical, and true article that you have ever written. Your exposure to the fruits of the fascist labors likely aided in your clear exposure of the like events and like-mindedness of the coming storm. The White Racists jump in with barrels blazing attempting to deny the truths and twist the vocabulary to claim racism against their pure white selves. At the same time justifying the Holocaust, slavery, and all of the historical tragedies created by totalitarian regimes denying human and civil rights to any segments of population not "right" in color and religion. Keep reporting as your essays continue to bring truth to the ADN readership. | 0 | en |
Mr. Diaz Sese said Tim Hortons’ “restaurant evaluation systems ensure high quality standards that help us deliver quality products and experiences for our guests – critical factors in our success.”
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Tims franchises in Canada did not need RBI's "restaurant evaluation systems" that are merely ensuring RBI takes more profit from the hard working franchisees. Canadians have enjoyed superb product and quality standards from Tims outlets since 1964... long before RBI bought the brand...and promptly applied their high level of greed requirements in order to remove profitably from the franchisees. RBI removed my $$ from their pockets with their cost-cutting product adjustments that REDUCED the former high quality standards. | 0 | en |
Half of the people saying that never watched games anyways. If you don't see the irony in calling for someone to be fired over an opinion that is supposedly disrespectful to the flag, Bronco Country doesn't need you. We don't view our players as children without rights, modern day gladiators here just to entertain us. You were a fan of the franchise's success, not a fan of the men out there playing. | 0 | en |
The revolving door at Minnesota’s Capitol moves so quickly, it can be dizzying.
Longtime Rep. Jim Abeler pushed through this year. On Jan. 6 he ended his 16-year run representing Anoka in the Minnesota House. On Jan. 21, he registered to lobby his former colleagues.
“I never thought I would be a lobbyist,” said Abeler, a former chairman of the House’s Health and Human Services Finance Committee. But he now roams the Capitol halls representing a Somali community organization, a veterans’ service organization and other groups that likely would have come before him during his House service.
Comparing the view from the lobbying ranks to the one he had as a Republican House member, he said: “It’s the same neighborhood, different dialect.”
While many states and the federal government prohibit such quick moves, in Minnesota it is commonplace.
A Pioneer Press analysis of registered lobbyists found that since 2002 alone, at least five dozen legislators have registered to lobby their former colleagues once their election certificates expired. Their ranks include three former senate majority leaders, former House and Senate minority leaders, former committee chairs, former lawmakers who worked for the state government and then turned to lobbying, and a host of others.
The lawmakers turned lobbyists are equally likely to be Democrats as Republicans. While they are more likely to have House experience then Senate experience, both chambers are well-represented in their ranks.
Some wait years after leaving the Legislature before becoming lobbyists. Others, like Abeler, delay only days.
And a few, like former Sen. Dick Day, left their terms mid-session to lobby for issues on which they had previously voted. Day, a Republican from Owatonna, resigned from lawmaking in 2009 to lobby for a group pushing for slot machines at racetracks.
MINNESOTA LAW
Minnesota law is silent on the matter. But a House rule calls for a one-year cooling-off period for retiring legislators.
“Former state legislators must not register as lobbyists within one year from the date they leave office,” the rule says.
That instruction is routinely ignored. Meanwhile, Senate rules do not address the matter.
The newspaper’s analysis found at least 39 lawmakers from the House went on to become lobbyists and at least 16 did it before a year had expired on their service. Nine, though, happened before the House rule was enacted in 2007.
If former House members violate the rule, there is no consequence.
“Our House rules aren’t enforceable if you aren’t in the House,” said House Majority Leader Joyce Peppin, R-Rogers. She said she voted against the rule but did not sense the political will to dump it during this year’s biannual rule rewrite.
Even the lawmaker who pushed to create the rule admits it has “no power.”
“It was a statement. It was symbolic,” said former House Speaker Steve Sviggum.
A Republican from Kenyon, Sviggum led the Minnesota House from 1999 to 2006. During his tenure, he worked to get the state to adopt a law banning quick turns from legislating to lobbying.
He failed.
“I was the speaker, and I couldn’t get it done,” he said.
State Sen. John Marty, DFL-Roseville, was a partner in those efforts. Still in the Legislature, he is trying again.
“There’s a revolving door between the public sector and the private-sector lobbying that should be broken. When they’ve got the ties, the inside knowledge and everything else, I just don’t think that’s appropriate,” Marty said.
This year, he proposed a ban on lawmakers, commissioners, their immediate subordinates and constitutional officers from lobbying for seven years after they leave state employ.
“The reality is these are extremely popular concepts with the public,” Marty said. He is hopeful the measure will win traction next year.
But many, including Peppin and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, see no reason to limit lawmakers’ post-employment options.
“I think once a person leaves the Legislature, they ought to be able to pursue whatever occupation they want,” said Bakk, DFL-Cook.
‘THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM’
As Bakk recently spoke inside the Senate chamber about lawmakers turned lobbyists, several of his former legislating colleagues pressed through the Capitol’s marble halls. The former lawmakers blend in to the bustle with little notice.
“I think newer members would be surprised how many lobbyists outside the chamber are actually former members. There are a lot of them,” Bakk said. “They make very good lobbyists for a client to pick up because they understand the place.”
Former Republican House Leader Marty Seifert now hangs outside of the House chamber lobbying for outstate cities. Three of Bakk’s predecessors running the Senate — Roger Moe, John Hottinger and Dean Johnson — also now are registered as lobbyists.
Moe retired from the Senate in 2002 because he was running for governor that year. After losing to Republican Tim Pawlenty, he waited about seven months and then registered as a lobbyist.
The DFLer who led the Senate for two decades said his decision to lobby was financial. He now represents some of Minnesota’s largest companies: 3M, American Crystal Sugar, Delta Airlines, the Mall of America, HealthPartners and other household names.
“It has to do with having some hay in the barn. That’s the bottom line,” said Moe. Lobbying is far more lucrative than lawmaking.
Dan Larson, a DFLer, bookended a 10-year-stint in the Legislature with lobbying. He is now the director of the state and local government affairs group for the Lockridge Grindal Nauen legal and lobbying powerhouse.
Echoing a refrain common across the Pioneer Press’ interviews with former lawmakers who lobby, Larson said his service in the House and Senate may help cement his relationships but does not win him votes.
“It’s not about favors,” said Larson.
“Some of my best friends have voted against me,” said former Rep. Loren Solberg, a DFLer from Grand Rapids. He now represents nine lobbying clients, largely from his hometown.
Former state Rep. Michael Beard, a Republican who represented Shakopee for more than a decade, left the House last year and now lobbies for the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Coalition and the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota. He said his former House-mates feel free to be even less polite in telling him “no” than they might with other lobbyists.
Like several other former lawmakers others the Pioneer Press interviewed, Abeler said lobbying pursued him — he did not pursue it. The former Anoka representative, who unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate last year, said autism treatment advocates asked him to join their lobbying team last year.
After some thought, he decided it would fit his “mission” to help them. And other clients have come along as well.
Among them: the Isuroon Project, a Minneapolis non-profit organization that “helps Somali women to build self-sufficiency and maintain healthy lives.”
Just last week, Sen. Michelle Benson, R-Ham Lake, introduced a measure to provide Isuroon $500,000 in grant funding for health equity work. Others have similarly proposed funding the project.
The senator, whose district abuts the area Abeler used to represent, said the former representative was the one who approached her about the grant. But, she said, her previous relationship with Isuroon’s executive director was her inspiration.
Benson said her stance on lawmakers who turn to lobbying has changed.
“Before I was an elected official, I would have absolutely said: ‘conflicts of interest’ and ‘using all the relationships.’ But now? I look at someone like Jim (Abeler.) He just knows everybody,” she said. “As a citizen I’m a little concerned, but on the other hand, (former lawmakers who lobby) are generally pretty good at what they do.”
Follow Rachel E. Stassen-Berger at twitter.com/rachelsb. Follow Dan Bauman at twitter.com/ danbauman77.
WHAT OTHERS DO
While Minnesota does not require a ‘cooling off’ period before former legislators can become lobbyists, many states and the federal government do have such requirements. A sample:
Federal: U.S. Senators are not supposed to lobby Congress for two years after they leave the Senate. For U.S. House members, the ban is one year.
Colorado: “For a period of two years following vacation of office, no statewide elected officeholder or member of the general assembly shall personally represent another person or entity for compensation before any other statewide elected officeholder or member of the general assembly.”
Florida: “Members of the legislature and statewide elected officers are prohibited from personally representing another person or entity for compensation before the government body or agency of which the individual was a member for two years following vacation of office.”
Iowa: Legislators are banned for two years from lobbying and receiving “compensation for any services rendered on behalf of any person, firm, etc., in relation to any case or proceeding with which the person was directly participated.”
South Dakota: “No elected officer may act or register as a lobbyist, other than a public employee lobbyist, during a period of one year after the officer’s termination of service in the state government. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.”
Sources: National Conference on State Legislatures; Congressional Research Service | 0 | en |
So, here is why you object to the idea of ALL lives matter, because all lives do not matter to you. This is typical of liberals. | 0 | en |
To the Liberal party machine
Na Na Na Na Na | 0 | en |
` And I read your little ``be civil`` remark. Do not patronize me. I was perfectly civil, just told the others the truth-that you were lying.` | 0 | en |
valla tek tük bişeyler anladım söylediklerinden ama tam olarak sorun nedir onu çözemedim. yani nasıl devriyelik yaptığını anlatmanın ve bana ilişkin gözlemini söylemenin dışında. konu nedir? kibele Burada bilginin doğru olduğu belli demişsiniz. Bu sonuca nereden vardınız? Vallahi ben İngilizce Vikipedi de Hidayet Türkoğlu nun Boşnaklığını kabul ettirmek için dil problemim de olduğu için biraz uğraşmak zorunda kalmıştım. Kişinin Seniçe kökenli olduğu kaynaklı olmasına rağmen nüfusun yüzde şu kadarı Boşnak değil ama denip birkaç defa geri çevrildi. Sonuçta iki kaynak eklenince halloldu. Şu an o maddede Bosniak diye açıkça yazıyor. Bunu orada birkaç yerel internet sitesini gösterip yapabilir miydim bilemiyorum. esc2003 (mesaj) | 0 | tr |
Merhaba. Şablon:Avenged sevenfold ve Şablon:Avenged Sevenfold adında iki şablon yaratmışsınız. İçerikleri aynı olduğu için ilkini ikinciye yönlendirdim ama siz yaptığım değişikliği geri aldınız. Nedenini sorabilir miyim? — Pınar [m] | 0 | tr |
== Transylvanian Diet? ==
Hi,
I noticed you deleted the page Transylvanian Diet a few months ago, on the grounds of being some rubbish about vampires... are you sure that wasn't just a normal page that'd been vandalised? The Transylvanian Diet was the parliament of Transylvania for several hundred years (Diet's German for 'parliament' or 'assembly' or something I think)... there's more info here - Romania in the Middle Ages. I was guessing you'd be able to see the page's edit history even though it's been deleted, being an admin. | 0 | en |
WOW that hit a nerve! | 0 | en |
Free is a four letter word | 0 | en |
i don't read CU posts 99% of time. they more often than not, seem to be a random "statement" from a sci fi book , dropped into the middle of whatever. and his view of women is disturbing and creepy. | 0 | en |
I have been involved with Cafe au Play as a volunteer for 7 years. In addition, my daughter Linsey participated in Cafe au Play's Barista Training Program for a year and a half where she gained immeasurable work experience which will give her a jump start on future employment. I have seen the positive impact that Cafe au Play has had on the community during the past 6 years, from the holiday tree sale to the family-friendly programs for children and families. Most people do not realize the countless hours of work and the enduring dedication of a small group of people that are necessary to keep a nonprofit running. I have personally seen the dedication and hard work that Kristin Heying, the Director, board members, and volunteers have poured into Cafe au Play over the years. Cafe au Play will be greatly missed, but my hope is that whoever takes over the space next will continue the legacy that Cafe au Play has worked so hard to achieve. | 0 | en |
"Opportunistic"? What opportunity do you imagine she expects? | 0 | en |
That is awesome, Curtis! Thanks for making our community better ... I'll work on getting to the above ... | 0 | en |
Почему бы тем людям, которые копипастят Брокгауза в википедию, ну хоть немного не редактировать совсем нелепые пассажи? Ну как можно работу Грубера (1889) называть новейшей ? В каком веке мы живем? | 0 | ru |
Well maybe NOW all the sheep will realize that man created god and that science and reality are the road to take. Now we need to start taxing the religions just like businesses(which they are) and maybe they will fade away and at least return a bit of peace to the world. | 0 | en |
Another push poll in an attempt to make news. Anyone who reads the article discovers very quickly that there was an agenda behind the polling, and the headline | 0 | en |
Every point you just made about public education, can also be said about private education. Except that if you care about numbers, private has better results. Public ed has seriously declined in recent years ... and yes, I explained it for you in a prior comment. | 0 | en |
Based only on the document the article mentions, they do not appear to be seeking "reforms of the Holy Father". | 0 | en |
::Brooks Brothers riot. | 0 | en |
sometimes you wonder if the anti-gun folks stir up and promote these acts of violence as a move to dis-arm americans. we have guns to protect against invading hoards (witness europe) and a gov't gone rabid. | 0 | en |
Don't tell that to Kathleene Wynne or Justin Trudumber. They think everyone's pockets are brimming with cash and at their disposal.
The last generation could support and raise a family on one middle class income. Today, the choice is two incomes and no family, or have a family but no money. Single or married, Justin's Ordinary Canadians are peddling as fast as they can but getting nowhere, and fast.
When will folks wake up to the fact we cannot afford the Public Service wages and benefits being vacuumed from our wages and the bizarre and bone-headed spending of our governments on all three levels. They have bankrupted Ontario and the Feds are headed in the exact same direction. It's criminal. | 0 | en |
Look at Trudeau's selection, Historian, Psychiatrist, Human right activist, Women issues expert, Social worker, First Nation adviser, conservationist...
Why didn't he select people with their feet on the ground instead of dreamers with their heads in the clouds?. | 0 | en |
Europe's despots are in a panic mode. | 0 | ca |
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I killed Iona So I could have Honeyside to myself | 1 | en |
This was a wrong conclusion by the judge, I hope the crown appeals. That water bottle could have contained toxic ingredients. No one should be allowed to interfere with the food chain. She should have been jailed, just like those who contaminate drug products by tampering with the containers or caps (remember tylenol) are jailed. | 0 | en |
صوت كاظم الساهر اجمل صوت | 0 | ar |
I would guess the landlords know exactly what they are doing and probably have tenants lined up who will pay lower rents than the amounts demanded of the extant-or-now-departed tenants.
Incidentally, that branch of the Starving Artist has moved to Mt. Pleasant,..just north of Davisville. Head scratcher. Getting priced out of Lansdowne just north of Bloor and heading over to Mt. Pleasant to obtain a more affordable rent? In Davisville/Leaside? D/L is Toronto's unofficial capital of "bully-bids-and-many-multiple-offers" real estate.
On Lansdowne, it was possible to eat well there for under $10 bucks. How on earth can they maintain that on Mt. Pleasant? The economics are a big puzzle. | 0 | en |
Okay. I still think Bernie would have swept the floor with Trump and that Cruz would have crushed Hillary. I guess we'll never know. | 0 | en |
Trump has a "team" of largely third-rate hacks, including his family members. Trump has no clue at all of how to manage them, deal with co-equal branches, or other nations. He's a travesty. I doubt he can attract any competent, reasonably uncorrupted people. | 0 | en |
Ain't nobody up .. TL slick dead .. Other than the females bashing niccas early dis morning lol | 1 | en |
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These things are as old as the hills in Africa. Won'tdo much to keep thelions out, but they will deter the snakes. | 0 | en |
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whether there might be clashes with other parameters (there shouldn | 0 | en |
Have they revisited the oil taxes or are we still paying the oil companies to take our resource? | 0 | en |
The press have no credibility. It is easy to quote unnamed sources when there are none (fake news). The media does it all the time and says trust us. I personally don't trust the media unless they provide proof. They have brought this on themselves and good for Trump for beating them black and blue | 0 | en |
I call it the Devil's Lettuce. | 0 | en |
I agree with that. There is no reason to delete the above material. | 0 | en |
Suspended MP accuses newspapers of homophobia
Derek Conway defends his gay son
The Conservative MP suspended from the House of Commons after it emerged that he his son and his friend were given public funds in breach of Parliamentary rules has publically defended his gay son and accused the media of homophobia.
Derrick Conway paid his son out of Parliamentary expenses whilst he was a full time student in Newcastle. A number of tabloid newspapers have focused on Henry Conway’s sexuality.
“We have known that he has been gay for a long time,” Mr Conway told The Mail on Sunday.
“We aren’t ashamed of it. He’s a lovely boy and we have always supported him,” he added.
“Yes, he runs a club night at the Mahiki nightclub in London. It is his job. He is earning a living.
“He goes out as normal people go to bed. It is portrayed as a gay lad bouncing round London; drink, drugs, whatever.
“It is hard to watch when you know he has committed no crime.
“One newspaper even tried to suggest that he’d had a sex-change on the NHS.
“It is complete rubbish. These homophobic clowns think every gay wants to be a woman.
“Why should he be pilloried for being gay? He’s my son.”
Mr Conway said: “I know many MPs with family members who have different names registered, so they are not so obviously spotted. Some spouses work under maiden names.”
Last week, Mr Conway announced he would be stepping down from Parliament at the next election after being censured by the Commons Standards and Privileges Committee for paying his son Frederick £50,000 of public money for “work” as a researcher.
David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative party, decided to remove the whip from Mr Conway on Tuesday, effectively isolating him in Parliament.
He has been suspended from the House of Commons and ordered to repay more than £13,000.
Since the Commons Standards and Privileges Committee decision it has emerged that Mr Conway’s elder son Henry, who is gay, had received similar payments during his time at university, totalling £32,000.
Mr Conway’s wife, Colette, has been paid more than £290,000 since he entered Parliament in 2001 in her role as his secretary.
The Sun reports that it has learnt that Mr Conway is currently paying a friend of his son Henry’s, 23-year-old Canadian post-graduate student Michel Pratte, £11,500 a year.
The tabloid press have widely reported that Henry, who is described as a “socialite” and fashion writer, is a patron of upmarket London gay clubs.
A friend of Henry’s, who wished to remain anonymous, contacted PinkNews.co.uk.
“Henry is a charming, generous, and warm-hearted human being,” the friend, who works in PR, said.
“He does not deserve the treatment he is receiving at the hands of the press which seems to be targeting him simply because he is gay and like many people his age enjoys fashion and partying.
“He’s a talented writer and socialite with a strong family and I am sure he will get through this difficult time.”
The entire incident has led some to question if MPs should be allowed to employ family members.
Sir Christopher Kelly, chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, said:
“This case is undoubtedly a very serious breach of parliamentary rules and further undermines public trust in our politicians.
“I understand why there are calls for rules to ban MPs employing members of their families, and, indeed, there are international precedents for doing this, and it could be the right thing to do.” | 1 | en |
Extensive studies have been made for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery which performs charge and discharge by moving lithium ions between a negative electrode and a positive electrode as a high-energy density battery.
This nonaqueous electrolyte battery is expected to be used as a medium/large power supply in addition to the use as a compact electronic device power supply. The life performance and high safety are required in the application field of the medium/large power supply.
A lithium transition metal composite oxide is used as a positive electrode active material of the nonaqueous electrolyte battery. Examples of the transition metal are Co, Mn, and Ni. In recent years, extensive studies have been made for spinel type lithium manganate and an olivine type compound such as olivine type lithium iron phosphate and olivine type lithium manganese phosphate as an inexpensive and highly safe positive electrode material.
Since the olivine type compound has a low electron conductivity, it is difficult to obtain excellent charge-and-discharge performance. The lithium manganese phosphate is preferable among the olivine type compounds in consideration of the energy density and the oxidation potential of an electrolytic solution. However, since the lithium manganese phosphate has low electron and ion conductivities, it is difficult to obtain excellent charge-and-discharge performance. In particular, the lithium manganese phosphate has low charge-and-discharge performance and accordingly poor rapid charge performance. | 0 | en |
Disgusting attempt at trolling. Flagged. | 1 | da |
I didn't meet any Russians."
"OK, I talked with Russians, but not about the campaign."
"Alright, I talked with Russians about the campaign - who wouldn't?"
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To twist the old phrase: "There are lies, damned lies, and GOP denials. | 1 | en |
Frankly, I like privacy. Overseas I've noticed that the toilet stalls are tall and the door begins at the floor. If we must go down this road--then retrofit. | 0 | en |
2. The dude probably would've been arrested if he had posted it in the UK, to be honest | 0 | en |
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why dose it matter what race she is? -_-"" Bankaiwolfspirit" | 0 | en |
لم يحن ألوقت أن نتكلم كإنسان. إنسان يرنو إلى ألحياة ألكريمه. بدون نبذ ألآخرين (ألذين هم أفضل من ء ألغرب) وبدون ألخطاب ألديني ألزائف (لو لم يكن زائف لكانت في | 1 | ar |
Tying Soros into the narrative does sound tin foil-esque. The fact that Clinton Super PAC Correct the Record pays people to troll online for Hillary is a matter of record, however, Their donor list is accessible online, and it looks like the financial sector is heavily involved in paying those trolls trying to get Wall Street's bought and paid for candidate into office. | 1 | en |
Oh look , Al Qaeda is now over there . | 0 | en |
Nah, Assad is a complete innocent just wanting for his country the very best patriarchy armed force can supply. | 0 | en |
Recurrent glomerular disease after kidney transplantation.
Recurrent glomerulonephritis is the third most common cause of graft failure, ranking only behind immunologic rejection and death with a functioning graft. Knowledge of the rates and timing of recurrent glomerular disease are important in counseling potential transplant recipients and preventive and therapeutic treatment strategies are necessary for those patients at risk. Large observational studies that have analyzed posttransplant biopsies have confirmed the high rates of glomerular disease recurrence in renal allografts. Newer immunosuppressive protocols over the past 10 years have not affected the rate of disease recurrence or graft loss. There is emerging evidence that rituximab may be efficacious in treating recurrent membranous nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; however, larger clinical trials are warranted. Recurrent glomerulonephritis is an important determinant of long-term outcomes after transplantation, requiring appropriate counseling to potential transplant recipients. Currently, there are no proven strategies to prevent recurrent glomerulonephritis in renal transplant recipients. Despite the high rates of recurrent disease, long-term graft survival is still very good and transplantation remains the best treatment option for patients with end-stage renal disease from primary glomerulonephritis. | 0 | en |
He harassed President Obama for his college transcripts, where's his? I suspect those don't look too good either. Trump is a "textbook" hypocrite. | 1 | en |
Can anyone explain what this means:
`the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 214,098 units in April, down from 252,305 in March`
Is this a 12 month moving average or something else with some mysterious `seasonal adjustment`added in. I mean can anyone succinctly say what this number actually is mathematically. | 0 | en |
so tell us how much of my tax dollars did you get ripped from me to have you afford it? | 0 | en |
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: I agree that the material on the opposition to the convention is poorly sourced and written. The statement ""Opposition to ratification by some religious groups, some of whom claim it conflicts with the United States Constitution"" appears as a complete non sequitur to me, and unfortunately no more material is given in the article. The citation to the emory law review article is dead. Also unfortunate is that this poorly sourced claim shows up both in the general article on this UN convention as well as this expanded article. " | 0 | en |
There trainwreck is the one caused by the Democrats. | 0 | en |
In a post that instantly disappeared I stated that I hoped that anger management therapy hasn't been stripped out of Trumpcare as this poster boy for the perpetually seething Republican certainly needs it. | 0 | en |
All the murdered and missing men and women? I though it was just women? Who are all these men you speak of? Where is proof that the rate of native deaths is higher than the total population. Plus how many of these crime are perpetrated inside the community and not by settlers? Probably most of it is by the community against itself. Youth are caught in the middle between a past they don't want and a future they can't have. All the complainers are hurting the children. Set the children free from these encumbrances you are heaping on them. You are trying to bring them into a war instead of a life. | 0 | en |
]] Also, as other users state, this is a competition aka an event which doesn't meet [[WP:EVENT | 0 | en |
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