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A One Nation candidate has offered his resignation to the party following a series of controversial posts on his website.
Pauline Hanson is yet to decide whether to accept the resignation of Queensland candidate Peter Rogers after a blog post on his website claimed the drowning death of three-year-old Syrian refugee, Aylan Kurdi, and Tasmania's Port Arthur massacre, were fabricated.
In a statement issued by Hanson's office, Rogers said the post wasn't written by him and as written by an administrator who handled the blog while he was on a six-week overseas trip.
"While I was not personally responsible for all the content that appeared in the post, I am ultimately responsible for all of the content that appeared in the post, I am ultimately responsible for allowing this situation to occur," he said in the statement.
"I hope that by taking responsibility for my actions the way I have, I can at least set an example to others. Queensland needs people who are willing to take responsibility and do the right thing."
The One Nation executive will review the comments and assess Rogers' future candidacy, the statement said.
The blog post, entitled 'The Drowned Boy, The Lie That Changed The World', suggested that "the whole photo thing was fabricated".
"As it turns out this kid was alive and well," the blog said.
The same post also said Australia's worst ever mass shooting, the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, was a "fabricated incident", and even suggests that Tony Abbott was somehow a party to his own ousting by Malcolm Turnbull.
Earlier, Hanson told the ABC Rogers was out of the country and "out of his own stupidity he allowed someone to control his website."
Last week One Nation candidate Shan Ju Lin stepped down after she made controversial comments likening homosexuals to 'patients' on social media.


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"We are rated 28 in the world, the United States, think of it! Twenty-eight in the world. And frankly we spend far more per pupil than any other country in the world, by far; it's not even a close second. The U.S. is performing so badly that some 'Third World countries' are beating it."
–Donald Trump, January 2016
The words of the president-elect condemn public education in the United States. As an ex-teacher who has many family members still working in the field of education, I view Trump's condemnation as an affront. Why?
American educators work very hard to assure all receive a good public education while so many of the countries that reportedly do much better than us distribute information that pertains to a particular segment of their population. Comparing U.S. students to students in these countries often reveals different standards of measurement.
And, without a doubt, American public education offers much more than basic skills development unlike so many foreign programs. For example, opportunities for socialization and extracurriculars in our schools continue to build character in American youth. Both a broad range of course offerings and endless clubs, teams, and activities remain important features in education.
Education historian Diane Ravitch argues that the biggest crisis facing public education is the relentless message that public education is in crisis – a message constantly emanating from people like politicians, lobbyists, and CEOs. And, this is a message that comes from many of the privileged like Donald Trump.
American educators work very hard to assure all receive a good public education while so many of the countries that reportedly do much better than us distribute information that pertains to a particular segment of their population. Comparing U.S. students to students in these countries often reveals different standards of measurement.
And, without a doubt, American public education offers much more than basic skills development unlike so many foreign programs. For example, opportunities for socialization and extracurriculars in our schools continue to build character in American youth. Both a broad range of course offerings and endless clubs, teams, and activities remain important features in education.
Education historian Diane Ravitch argues that the biggest crisis facing public education is the relentless message that public education is in crisis – a message constantly emanating from people like politicians, lobbyists, and CEOs. And, this is a message that comes from many of the privileged like Donald Trump.
Any teacher knows living with this criticism is part of their job description. Since American public teachers' daily flocks are comprised of children with every conceivable learning level and capability, working in the trenches requires incredible flexibility and adaptation. Public schools tout success after success; however, it seems only criticism makes headlines.
Ravitch sees the debate about the quality of education as a message concerning the broad power to shape the nation's $600-billion-a-year investment in public education. And, she claims the truth is not always easy to discern. In fact, sometimes the criticisms are just plain false. She says the public is encouraged to look at four key talking points — and the facts (and spin) behind them:
1. China is eating us for lunch
2. Kids can't do math and it's killing our economy,3. We're spending more but schools are getting worse.
4. It's not an education problem, it's an equity problem.
After examining theses points, Ravitch comes to the conclusion that "corporate reformers" and "privatizers" have a vested interest in making it sound like teachers and schools are failing so they'll be invited to run their own schools or sell educational technology at a profit."
(Stephanie Simon. "Maybe U.S. public schools don't stink." Politico. September 21, 2013.)
What promise does the new Trump administration hold for teachers in America's public schools? The general public may be very interesting in finding out the truth – this election may spell troubled times for those who love and support public education. If Trump has his way, private education may receive much more support while public instruction dwindles.
First, it is important to understand Republicans won a record number of legislative sports – a historic high for governorships. In addition Republicans will control two-thirds of the state legislative chambers – another all-time high. The GOP will control both legislative chambers in 32 states. And, 25 states will have Republican control of the executive branch and both legislative chambers.
Of course, this kind of control certainly suggests the dominate Republican makeup of state governments along with the Trump presidency will greatly influence educational policy.
Most experts are predicting more school-choice legislation, greater conflict over education funding, and increased challenges to teacher-tenure laws.
The states have always controlled education policy in this country. Given the Trump administration's priorities, Kenneth Wong, a professor of education and politics at Brown University, predicted that the federal government would continue to take a backseat to the states.
Trump and his advisors will shape the states' agendas on the national stage to advocate for those state-level programs. Vice President-Elect Mike Pence, for example, might encourage states to expand on initiatives that he spearheaded as Governor of Indiana, according to Wong, including new procedures for measuring student growth – through things like testing – and for holding teachers accountable for student performance. Pence also pushed to increase funding for quality charter schools while shutting down the failing ones, and expanded the state's school voucher program.
(Laura McKenna. "How the GOP's Sweep in the States Will Shape America's Schools." The Atlantic. November 25, 2016.)
Trump Chooses Betsy DeVos
It would seem the direction for education is clear since the nomination of Betsy DeVos.
Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for educational cabinet secretary is reportedly one of the most passionate proponents of steering public dollars away from traditional public schools. She graduated from a private, Christian high school in Michigan and attended a private college, according to Yahoo. For nearly 30 years as an educational advocate, she has pushed to give families taxpayer money in the form of vouchers to attend private and parochial schools while trying to strip teacher unions of their influence.
The New York Times reports: "DeVos's efforts to expand educational opportunity in her home state of Michigan and across the country have focused little on existing public schools, and almost entirely on establishing newer, more entrepreneurial models to compete with traditional schools for students and money. Her donations and advocacy go almost entirely toward groups seeking to move students and money away from what Mr. Trump calls 'failing government schools.'"
(Kate Zernike. "Betsy DeVos, Trump's Education Pick, Has Steered Money From Public Schools." The New York Times. November 23, 2016.)
Kate Zernike also reports …
"... if Michigan is a center of school choice, it is also among the worst places to argue that choice has made schools better. As the state embraced and then expanded charters over the past two decades, its rank has fallen on national reading and math tests. Most charter schools perform below the state average.
"And a federal review in 2015 found 'an unreasonably high' percentage of charter schools on the list of the state's lowest-performing schools. The number of charter schools on that list had doubled since 2010, after the passage of a law a group financed by Ms. DeVos pushed to expand the schools. The group blocked a provision in that law that would have prevented failing schools from expanding or replicating....
"DeVos-backed group was the chief force behind the defeat of legislation that would have established standards for identifying and closing failing schools, both charter and public, in Detroit, where a flood of charter schools in the past decade has created what even charter school supporters call chaos."
Lily Eskelsen Garcia, the president of the National Education Association (largest labor union in the United States – 3 million members) slammed the choice of DeVos, saying it would undermine public education. DeVos "has consistently pushed a corporate agenda to privatize, de-professionalize and impose cookie-cutter solutions to public education," Eskelsen Garcia said in a statement.
Garcia continued, saying, "By nominating Betsy DeVos, the Trump administration has demonstrated just how out of touch it is with what works best for students, parents, educators and communities."
Rabbi Jack Moline, president of the Interfaith Alliance, called the pick "deeply disappointing. It suggests that he has little regard for our nation's public schools or the constitutional principle of separation of church and state."
(Eric Westervelt. "Trump Chooses Betsy DeVos For Education Secretary. National Public Radio. November 23, 2016.)
And, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (1.6 million members) said,"The president-elect, in his selection of Betsy DeVos, has chosen the most ideological, anti-public education nominee put forward since President Carter created a Cabinet-level Department of Education. Trump makes it loud and clear that his education policy will focus on privatizing, defunding and destroying public education in America."
(Margaret Chadbourn. "What We Know About Betsy DeVos' Views on Education. ABC News. November 23, 2016.)
What Direction Home?
Do you smell what's cooking? Could that aroma be part of the con job readily accepted by the voting public because they somehow felt that a Trump administration was going to better conditions for the average American? In fact, how many educators across the country voted for Trump never realizing the effect of his presidency on their profession? Of course, "private" is a word associated with Trump in many ways. Now, he intends to bring that exclusion to public education.
Some students have even less choice than others. Students with disabilities often aren't guaranteed the same services in the voucher school that they would ordinarily receive in a public school and can find few voucher schools that offer them the services they need.
Studies consistently show that private school vouchers don't improve reading and math achievement. For example, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – the country's oldest voucher program – a recent study shows that the students in the voucher program do no better in reading or math than their peers in public schools. These figures were based on annual statewide test scores reported in 2011 through 2014; and a study by researchers based at the University of Arkansas
Such studies support the general claim that no research shows that vouchers are going to improve student learning.
(Tom Kertscher. "No evidence that choice students outperform public school students, Mary Burke says." Politifact. May 28th, 2014.)
(Lauren Camera. "Louisiana Voucher Program Leaves Students Behind, One Study Shows" U.S. News. February 03, 2016.)
Are you content to help public education achieve even more in our own community? No doubt, schools have problems with many things, many of which are directly related to lack of funding. Or are you a supporter of Trump's educational philosophy? Donald Trump is not a fan of public schools. He is a product of a privileged family, and he has chosen an education secretary who is married to Dick DeVos, heir to the Amway fortune, and who is product of private schooling.
Think, for a moment, of the schools in our own county that will suffer under the Trump plan – Portsmouth, Bloom-Vernon, Wheelersburg, Valley, Minford, Northwest, Portsmouth West, Clay, Green … more. As an ex-public school teacher, I am proud to say I supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential Election. If you didn't, you still may want to fight for public education as it suffers attack and possible reform based on faulty reasoning.


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Karen training Lazer, a Stopek Stables bred Trakehner/Thoroughbred now owned by Meredith VanBentheysen.
Dart, a Shire/Thoroughbred gelding in training with Karen that is now sold.
Luke, a Thoroughbred gelding ridden here by Heather.
Stopek Stables Price List
Effective May 1, 2007
a. One hour private lesson: $40
b. Half hour private lesson: $30
c. One hour group lesson (per rider): $25
d. Half hour group lesson (per rider): $20
e. Trip charge: (for lessons at locations other than Stopek Stables) $10 and up depending on distance from Stopek Stables. Trip charge may be split among all students riding during same trip.
f. Coaching at Show: $25 per day per student plus expenses (food and lodging if out of town).
g. Stopek Stables' School Horse Show Fee*:$25 per day plus expenses (food and lodging if out of town) Includes use of Stopek Stables school horse that is clean and clipped and use of all necessary clean tack. This fee is in addition to the Coaching Fee. Hauling of school horse and stall fees will be split among all students using that horse at that show.
h. *Students are responsible for their own entry fees payable to show secretary, plus miscellaneous fees and stabling fees if applicable.
i. Stall board (Includes water, grain and hay fed 2x/day, stall cleaned, bedding, plus use of arenas, barn, and tack room). Fly spray and supplements supplied by owner will be given upon request at no extra charge. Daily turnout when available if desired: $300/mo.
j. Pasture board (Includes water, grass or hay twice per day, mineral supplement, use of arenas, barn and tack room): $150/mo.
k. Pasture board Plus (Includes water, grass or hay, plus grain twice per day, mineral supplement, use of arenas, barn and tack room): $175/mo.
l. Half Lease of Stopek Stables' horse (Please ask for availability).
l. Holding horses for farrier or vet (when available): $10.00
m. Training per Month (5 rides/week): $400/mo.
n. Training (per ride if less than one month total): $25.
o. Commission (paid by seller): 10% of purchase price of horse or tack.
p. Hauling: $.75 per mile per horse round trip with mileage beginning and ending at Stopek Stables. Minimum charge of $25.
q. Storage of horse trailer at Stopek Stables: $25/month.
Half Lease:
Some of our school horses are available for a "half lease" program. Leasing a horse provides an excellent way for potential horse owners to test out what it would be like to have a horse of their own. The horses are available to be used by their lessees on the days they are not used for lessons (3-4 days per week). This would include weekends since we do not teach lessons on the weekends. Some restrictions do apply:
1. Leases are only available to students who are currently taking lessons at Stopek Stables.
2. You must be able to demonstrate that you are able to catch, groom, tack, ride and put away the horse correctly, safely, and without the help of an instructor to qualify to lease.
3. Horses may not leave Stopek Stables property without permission from Karen.
4. Lessees get first dibs on showing "their" horse at a show. Plus, if you are leasing a horse and take it to a show, you only pay the coaching fee, not the school horse fee, thus saving money!
5. Tack may also be available for lease (if you do not have your own).
6. Leases will be available in one month terms; therefore you do not need to make a long term commitment!
Since you will be only "half" leasing the horse, you only have to cover half of the horse's expenses! Board will be paid by the lessee, but vet bills, farrier bills and insurance will be covered by Stopek Stables. If you are interested in half leasing a school horse, please discuss this further with Karen. Available horses may be seen on our School Horses page.
For your convenience, we accept Pay Pal. You may pay for lessons, training, board, stud fees, or even the purchase of a horse by using either your credit card, debit card or checking account through PayPal. If you intend to make a purchase through PayPal, please let us know and we will be happy to send you a request via email.
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Would you like to know what gets a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator excited? Well I have something to share with you that answers that very question…. A NEW EXCLUSIVE STAMP!!
Yep, in essence it's pretty simple & seems rather obvious. But wait a minute! This is no ordinary stamp, no sir, this is a very special stamp indeed. You see Shannon West from Stampin' Up! has started a movement that we can all get behind & support. It has relevance to each & everyone of us. It's about simply celebrating birthdays! Shannon is bringing birthdays back! Click here to read more about how Shannon started bringing birthdays back.
You might be thinking to yourself "what on earth does Katrina mean"? Well do you remember when we used to post an actual physical card in the mail? Do you remember how great it felt to open your letterbox & find a card waiting inside? A card that was sent just to you, from a friend or family member….. not an impersonal Facebook message or computer generated reminder. Perhaps you would arrive at work & find that a thoughtful colleague had left you a card on your desk to wish you all the best on your special day….. It felt amazing right?! To know that someone had thought of you & taken the time to send you a little message inside a card to say that they cared & hoped you had a fantastic day :-). Why on earth did we stop? Are we really so busy that we can't take the time to send a friend, family member or work colleague something more than a text or standard Facebook message? We have become so impersonal & distant & I think we need to put more personality back into our relationships.
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Would you like to receive a handmade card from me on your birthday? If you would, simply leave me a comment with your email address or send me an email to firstname.lastname@example.com & don't forget to include your date of birth & mailing address. I'll stamp your card or envelope with the #imbringingbirthdaysback stamp, all you need to do in return is post a pic of your card or yourself (with your card) on either facebook or another form of social media & add the #imbringingbirthdaysback …. If you want you can even leave me a message either here or on my facebook page letting me know you received your card :-).
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I can't really call myself a blogger anymore... considering I can't seem to find time to write... or clean or exercise or breathe. You know all the usual things we lack time for.
I'm off today but not as celebratory as I would like. I have inventory Friday and had to move my schedule around to make sure I'm there to prep, count and enjoy the wonder of my pidglets complaining they didn't get to see me when they got off the bus before they went to their dad's house.
While I'm trying oh so hard to make things for the cottage. And... I have been somewhat successful it's still not listed yet.
Yesterday was pretty much an awful day. I went to the doctor last week and did get a "much better" bill of health; however I am definitely slowly but surely sliding a bit backwards. I've been sick but functioning for a week now.
Here's the frustration in that... I'm not "sick" anymore. I don't have C-diff anymore and I'm taking care of my Celiac and reluctantly (at times I near the bakery) staying off of gluten. So, I should be done right? No more of this stuff. Well, it shows you what I know. (wink)
I asked the doctor, "Is this just permanent now? Am I just fragile now?"
Fragile... eww... I shudder at that word when linking it to myself. Pshhh... I learned I have limits but this is not cool. Of course she gave me the doctor answer, "Well, only time will tell. You might very well be facing this for the rest of your life. Or, it just might take a lot longer than you anticipated."
Really? I had to pay for that too.
As you can see I've been in a funk for a bit. I'm mad at my body, mad at the Pidglets, mad at people who make GF products so dang expensive and mad at the last king size snickers bar I ate that I use to keep my weight up... because I ate it and it's gone.
But I'm happy with Fall who is on it's way, happy with the two awful dogs that are curled up at the bottom of my bed. I'm pleased with the pumpkins and birds that are sitting on my desk and the pumpkin spice Scentsy that is permeating through the house.
Oh, and I'm mad no one in this house likes chili because I really want it but only make in "vat" size. Yes, I can freeze it but that's not the point, they should love it.
Well, now that we've gotten all of the important stuff out of the way I'll leave you with one more thing that makes me actually keep my children.
This morning I had to run Po to work at 5am. I had woken up with a terrible brain ache so I went to lay down before I had to take the girls to seminary at 6am. Lil man had wandered into my bed after I had run out so I climbed in and grabbed a small stuffed dog he offered me. He is always very concerned that I have something to snuggle with. He keeps a stash of stuffed animals on my side table that I have to choose from each night.
Next comes Moi... she slips in from the kitchen and crawls in behind Lil man. Then through my door I see Lil Red sleepily appear She walks around and looks in from the kitchen door, "Awww man.... Lucky." she says, then quietly places herself at the bottom of the bed. We haven't done this in a while and it was nice and quite and relaxing .... until Busy comes in and starts being the mom telling us we're all going to be late. No doubt she was only irritated because there wasn't room for her; which has never stopped her before.
I asked Lil Red to go get Ethan up, which she strangely - promptly did. I hear her in the next room waking him up as if she was a news reporter. After a minute he's giggling and I hear Lil Red, "Back to you Clint..."
Yes, they still fought to and from seminary but it was that earlier moment I chose to think about all day.
Over and Out...


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For the first time in nine incarnations, hip-hop's Mecca festival, Rock the Bells, expanded to two days, the first of its three regional events taking place Aug. 18-19 in Satan's Sauna, San Bernardino's frustratingly hot NOS Events Center. (The fest hits Mountain View this weekend and Holmdel, N.J. just before Labor Day.)
Another big change: Alongside RTB veterans such as Nas, Common and various Wu-Tang Clan members, this year's roster embraced a significant number of more radio-ready acts – most notably J. Cole, Kid Cudi, Tyga, 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa. All of them are more likely to turn up at a Powerhouse at Honda Center than this traditionally underground-focused bash.
Organizers claimed they wanted to construct a lineup that fulfilled an old-school-meets-new-school theme. But given that Day 1 comprised mostly maainstream players and Day 2 predominantly underground and classic artists, it's debatable whether that goal was actually met.
Regardless, what was achieved amid that milieu was what Rock the Bells does best: draw in rare performances and reunions that continue to solidify it as the world's highest-tier hip-hop and rap gathering.
On Saturday, the strongest of all performers – absolutely uncontested – was Eve's return to the stage alongside fellow Ruff Ryder star DMX. Not that it wasn't a blast witnessing the latter rapper hype fans with the ever-aggressive hit "Party Up (Up In Here)," but it was infinitely more thrilling when Eve, exuding more beauty and confidence than ever, strutted down the main stage's center catwalk, downright killing it on her verse of "Ruff Ryders Anthem."
Her following five-song mini-set, including a few invigoratingly fierce new cuts plus closing smash "Let Me Blow Ya Mind," incited the weekend's biggest dance party. It was just a taster, but enough to conclude that it would be worth good money to see her deliver a full-blown performance sometime soon. (Chances are good, too, as she's been fairly vocal lately about a new album dropping later this year.)
For many, Sunday's big attraction was the reunion of all five original members of Cleveland collective Bone Thugs-n-Harmony reviving their classic third album E. 1999 Eternal, a 1995 breakthrough bolstered by the group's Grammy-winning tribute to the late Eazy-E, "Tha Crossroads."
Personally, though, Bone Thugs, with their excessive R&B-infused tributes to the love of marijuana, put me to sleep. Besides, though they've said they will rarely appear in original form again, their set was no match for another, far more anticipated reunion, that of Deltron 3030.
The hip-hop supergroup – comprising producer Dan the Automator (of Handsome Boy Modeling School fame), DJ Kid Koala and rhymer Del the Funky Homosapien (known by most for his 2001 cut with Gorillaz, "Clint Eastwood") – hadn't played a stateside gig in about a decade. (They premiered new material in Toronto in June.) For this show, which celebrated several tracks from their self-titled 2000 disc plus bountiful new songs from the forthcoming Deltron Event II, the trio was backed by a full band, horn and string sections, and a small choir, all literally conducted maestro-style by Dan.
I try to minimize using the term "epic," but this set epitomized that descriptor. Del's lyrical delivery was at times slightly shaky on new songs, yet the sheer volume emitting from that smaller second stage was breathtaking, while Koala's samples and scratch breaks were overpowering and otherworldly amid such beautiful punctuations of brass and strings.
Added bonus: a guest spot from Aaron Bruno, frontman for alt-rock outfit AWOLNATION, which prompted Dan to confirm that Deltron 3030's long-awaited sophomore album, rumored for at least six years, is not only mastered but will feature "a lot of friends," among them Rage Against the Machine's Zack de la Rocha.
While Del's role here was a highlight, his complete absence from his own crew, Hieroglyphics, earlier in the day on the same stage was a huge letdown. Why, when he has so many excellent verses to add to their songs, wouldn't he pop out for at least one?
Another bummer: Mix Master Mike, longtime DJ for Beastie Boys, did not elect to include an MCA tribute, although he did mix plenty of Beasties into his routine and hinted that a show honoring Adam Yauch would happen eventually.
Overall, despite the strange collision of mainstream and indie hip-hop crowds, the weekend was a blast. I'd guess that scheme was designed to attract bigger sponsors (Boost Mobile, Blackberry, Coca-Cola and MySpace, among others) more so than unifying demographics.
Yet, if those entities can keep the cash flowing to draw back the heaviest hitters year after year, no one should quibble even a bit. Heck, I'd take encore performances of Big Daddy Kane, Salt-n-Pepa (so fantastic!) or Atmosphere any day.
Then there was Nas, the perfect choice to close this festival, running through all the best tracks from Illmatic plus choice cuts off his latest chart-topping album, Life Is Good. And that came after Ice Cube slayed on the second stage with a set of party-starting tunes that only sporadically ventured past 1995, a performance that defined this gathering's history-celebrating spirit.
So long as such timeless artists continue to return, rest assured Rock the Bells will remain hip-hop's holy land.


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Jessica Alba: Many Reasons, Many Rewards
Lifestyle After seeing a lack of options without harmful chemicals, Jessica Alba says creating her own company was the only option left.
Flawless beauty Jessica Alba always made healthy eating and beauty choices for herself. But it was becoming a mother that heightened her concern about toxins that are part of daily living.
A healthier life
"When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I wanted to make a healthy home for her," recalled the mother of two daughters. "But after one load of laundry, which I washed in 'baby safe' laundry detergent, I broke out in a rash. If I had such a bad allergic reactions I knew it couldn't be good for my daughter." Alba sprang into action, becoming smarter about her options, educating herself about what's really in conventional market such as baby shampoo, diapers, home furnishing and household cleaners.
"Frustrated about the lack of healthy options that performed and were accessible, I saw a void that needed to be filled.I wanted to make it easier for myself —and for all families — to have safe, beautifully designed, affordable products that actually worked, too."
After trying products touted as natural, she found there were still ingredients she wished to avoid or that some of the natural items were ineffective.
Cleaner solutions
"Frustrated about the lack of healthy options that performed and were accessible, I saw a void that needed to be filled.I wanted to make it easier for myself —and for all families — to have safe, beautifully designed, affordable products that actually worked, too," Alba explained.
Alba helped create The Honest Company. Honest sells items ranging from laundry detergent to diapers. "Through my work at The Honest Company and my advocacy for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, I've learned the things we least suspect in our everyday routines, the things we can't even see, are filled with toxins that been linked to allergies, asthma, obesity and even cancer," she said.
Alba encourages opting for organic when possible to avoid exposure to harmful ingredients, especially for children whose bodies are even more vulnerable to toxins. The good news is that Alba said living a healthier lifestyle doesn't involve a major overhaul. "It's really about taking baby steps, doing what you can and finding healthier choices each day — so don't feel pressured to make the organic switch at once."
She encourages education because there's swirling confusion about what is truly organic. "Use of the term doesn't mean it actually is. All in all, living organically is all about being authentic and true to you."


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CiviCRM is a web based solution, and as such, requires a web server to run. When web servers store sensitive data and are publicly available over the Internet - as CiviCRM is designed to be - security is an important aspect to consider. The recommended approach to securing CRM data is to use a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to encapsulate data transferred over public networks in encrypted packets. One of the simplest methods of implementing this is through forcing the use of encrypted tunnels when accessing the server through various data protocols (e.g. SSH, SSL and FTPS, explored below); this effectively wraps and the data in a protective shell, which can only be opened by the user's web browser, and the server.
Encrypted data transfer¶
There are a number of different protocols (methods) for transferring data from one point to another.
- FTPS: for uploading files to the server outside of the CiviCRM interface (admins only), you may wish to use a FTPS (Secure File Transfer Protocol) client. If possible, set up FTPS accounts with usernames and passwords.
- SSH: the SSH (Secure Shell) is a method which can be used to authenticate a user - by password or a key - and tunnel them into the server to execute command-line instructions.
- SSL: this affects your everyday users accessing CiviCRM through a web browser. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encrypts the data submitted on a page by a user and sends it to the server - the only entity holding the 'key' to decrypt the data, and vice versa. SSL may be required for PCI compliance, or simply to prevent the interception of sensitive information during transit. By default, CiviCRM is not secured for browser access, please read the section 'Setting up SSL' for configuration instructions.
Note: ensure passwords used by one person across several protocols are different, as each carry with it varying levels of control.
Should I use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)?¶
PCI compliance¶
American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa Inc. work together to form standards for online payment processing (see https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/organization_info/index.php).
Hosting for websites that accept payments using CiviContribute and CiviEvent should comply with their standards if the plug-in you are using does not route the user to external pages for payment processing (e.g. PayPal Standard redirects users to PayPal pages to make the transaction before returning to your website, and should therefore meet these standards). If credit card information is being processed or stored on your server, there are a number of PCI Payment Application Data Security Standards (PCI PA-DSS) which must be met, including the need to use SSL. Each CiviCRM installation must also be tested for PCI compliance every 4-12 months. Consider the payment processing method you intend to use carefully before implementing it, use SSL if you are using a credit card payment processor, and seek security consultation if you decide to store credit card information on your server (this is not recommended).
For further information, see: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/merchants/index.php.
Unauthorised data access¶
Aside from the potential need to meet PCI compliance, you should use SSL if you wish to ensure:
- your data cannot be read by unauthorised users (e.g. through intercepting un-encrypted data during transit between the user and server).
- a user's session is not hi-jacked through acquiring the cookie used to authenticate their access. If this occurs, an unauthorised individual could assume their identity and proceed to use the system through their account.
Setting up SSL¶
Before choosing a hosting company or web server provider, check that they support SSL certificates. As explained above, SSL encrypts the data transferred between a user's web browser and the server, but this is not enabled upon installation as it requires the purchase of an SSL certificate from a trusted vendor. To install SSL:
- Determine what your server requirements or procedures are for enabling an SSL certificate. On shared servers this may require purchasing a static IP from your host. Important: your host must be willing to install the certificate on your domain, not one at a higher level. CiviCRM does not support shared SSL.
- Purchase an SSL certificate from a security vendor.
- Install the SSL on your server following the procedure you learned in step 1.
- Enable 'HTTPS' redirection on your CiviCRM site so that the login, online contribution, member, event and administrator pages use SSL encryption. CiviCRM has an option in global settings to check the certificate and enable SSL for these pages (Administer > System Settings > Resource URLs). To use SSL for all CiviCRM pages, either edit the server's apache .htaccess file to force SSL and redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS, or enable the option in Drupal.
Backups and their security¶
All computer systems are prone to failures - both hardware and software. It is advisable to create periodic backups of all existing data (and possibly the software) to fulfil two important purposes: recovery and retention. In regards to recovery, the organisation can ensure that the data gathered and stored in its database is not lost in the event of failure. Backups can also aid in the strengthening of service continuity. In some situations it is essential that data gathering or analysis operations do not cease, and the ability to build a working tool from a backup (while the issue is being addressed) minimises downtime. Conversely, retention is useful when the organisation needs to check the state of data gathered at a given time in the past.
Once made, the backups themselves must also be secured from natural disasters, fire, vandalism and theft. It is good practice to encrypt backups and duplicate them, keeping one copy on premises, and sending the other to storage at another external location.
Data storage jurisdiction¶
CiviCRM can be run on a web server managed by your organisation, or by an external hosting provider. When working with issues related to human rights, or if your organisation is gathering sensitive information about a country's government or its officials, it may be important to know where your data is stored. Consider gathering detailed information about where the servers are physically located, and the country whose jurisdiction the data will fall under in case a governmental agency requests information.
Other security concerns¶
Data may be accessed by unauthorised individuals through a variety of methods, many of which do not directly relate to the CRM's security. Amongst others, the following are areas that should be examined:
- Physical access to the server: the building holding the servers should be adequately protected against break-in.
- Passwords: an organisational policy should be implemented where passwords are of a sufficient complexity and length (e.g. minimum 8 characters, including letters and numbers), and must not be shared or divulged over insecure communications like email.


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Opuntia Species, Prickly Pear Cactus, Beavertail Cactus, Beavertail Pricklypear
Opuntia basilaris
|Cactaceae (kak-TAY-see-ee) (Info)
|Opuntia (op-UN-shee-a) (Info)
|basilaris (bas-il-LAIR-iss) (Info)
|Opuntia brachyclada
|Opuntia whitneyana
|Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris
|Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada
Alpines and Rock Gardens
Cactus and Succulents
Water Requirements:
Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Sun to Partial Shade
Grown for foliage
Provides Winter Interest
Foliage Color:
6-12 in. (15-30 cm)
12-18 in. (30-45 cm)
18-24 in. (45-60 cm)
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
3-6 in. (7-15 cm)
6-9 in. (15-22 cm)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 �C (10 �F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 �C (15 �F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 �C (20 �F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 �C (25 �F)
USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 �C (30 �F)
USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 �C (35 �F)
Where to Grow:
Can be grown as an annual
Plant has spines or sharp edges; use extreme caution when handling
Bloom Color:
Magenta (pink-purple)
Bloom Characteristics:
Bloom Size:
Bloom Time:
Mid Spring
Late Spring/Early Summer
Other details:
Soil pH requirements:
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
Patent Information:
Propagation Methods:
From woody stem cuttings
From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse
From seed; direct sow after last frost
Seed Collecting:
Allow unblemished fruit to ripen; clean and dry seeds
Unblemished fruit must be significantly overripe before harvesting seed; clean and dry seeds
Wear gloves to protect hands when handling seeds
Properly cleaned, seed can be successfully stored
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Ajo, Arizona
Chandler Heights, Arizona
Gilbert, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Queen Creek, Arizona
Salome, Arizona
Show Low, Arizona
Wellton, Arizona
Anza, California
Auburn, California
Bostonia, California
Inglewood, California
Inyokern, California
Livermore, California
Ontario, California
Pittsburg, California
Reseda, California
San Diego, California (2 reports)
Spring Valley, California
Boise, Idaho
Meridian, Idaho
Owatonna, Minnesota
Lucedale, Mississippi
Henderson, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada (2 reports)
Sparks, Nevada
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Penn Yan, New York
Norwood, Pennsylvania
Austin, Texasshow all
Gardeners' Notes:
On Dec 13, 2018, jonsnow from Inglewood, CA wrote:
Do these only grow new pads in the spring?
On Aug 17, 2017, miho from auburn,
Have a desert garden in the hottest part of the yard. Layed a mixture of 50-50 sand and pea-gravel to a depth of 1 1/2 ft., as rainfall is usually too much in the winter months here. Have Opuntia basilaris and some Echinocereus planted in there among desert shrubs and wildflowers. Had 55 inches of rainfall last season, nothing rotted! And contrary to the pros, which call for draught conditions in wintertime, mine were drenched, still blossomed very well in spring. Our winters get down to 20 here.
On Mar 21, 2015, Kell from Northern California, CA (Zone 9b) wrote:
Per Jan Emming owner of the Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden and sustainable living homestead in the Arizona desert with a nursery:
On May 27, 2014, kinderegg from Las Vegas, NV wrote:
This plant comes with trade offs. The big plus is, it need no water even in the Mojave desert, and has stunning magenta flowers. The big negative is it is covered in glochids (tiny spines resembling fiberglass). These glochids will cover a glove and render it unuseable, stick to a hose or anything that comes in contact with it and find their way into your skin. They are highly irritating, and difficult to remove with either a pair of tweezers, razor blade or duct tape. Only suitable to plant in an area you will observe from afar.
On Jan 7, 2013, idahocactus2 from Boise, ID wrote:
Opuntia basilaris is found quite abit in the desert yards here in southwest Idaho. Our low elevation and dry climate makes it ideal for many of the varieties of this plant. The pads can get up to a foot long, depending on the variety, and covered with many blooms every season. They do better when they are planted on well draining loose gravelly to sandy/volcanic soils which are raised about 2 feet or more. Very little damage is noted even in severe below zero weather, except on some of the most southerly varieties from Arizona.
On Feb 13, 2012, beckstrommarc from Livermore, CA (Zone 9a) wrote:
I am doing a Taxonomic Revision on Opuntia basilaris, there will be lots of changes many new varieties and several natural accruing hybrids.
On Apr 13, 2011, DMersh from Perth,
There seems to be some variation in the hardiness of different varieties, a plant I had disintegrated at the joints after being snow covered
On May 22, 2009, BobBrins from Norwood, PA wrote:
A neighbor gave me this. It flowered last year, 2008. This year it looks like there will be many more flowers than just the two we had last year.
On Jun 4, 2008, Scorpio_69 from Show Low, AZ (Zone 6b) wrote:
Grows wild (in my yard) here in Zone 6b at 6,300 ft elevation. Did fine with a fair amount of snow this winter. Gave a little attention and some extra water in spring, many new pads and buds. I'm looking forward to experimenting with eating the fruit and pads.
On Mar 31, 2005, nevadagdn from Sparks, NV (Zone 7a) wrote:
Go figure. THIS opuntia survived 4 feet of snow piled on top of it and a Zone 7 winter. It looked pretty awful right after the snow melted, but it's perked up must faster than its hardier cousins.
On Nov 9, 2004, smiln32 from Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) wrote:
Oval shaped, upright, blue-gray in color. Spineless with pink flowers which are up to 3" in diameter.
On Sep 26, 2004, palmbob from Acton, CA (Zone 8b) wrote:
plant labeled as this in Huntington Gardens has attractive pale purply leaves all heart-shaped and spines barely protruding from the surface of the pads. Pads up to 6" long and 5" across.
On Sep 4, 2004, Xenomorf from Phoenix, AZ (Zone 9b) wrote:
Has smaller pads than the root species. Grows in chaparral vegetation and on the edges of the California deserts.
On Sep 4, 2004, Xenomorf from Phoenix, AZ (Zone 9b) wrote:
This variety is the most common occuring throughout the species. It has more obovate pads to more than 6 inches long.
On Mar 28, 2004, palmbob from Acton, CA (Zone 8b) wrote:
Whether on not this should be entered separately is not known to me... there are plenty of references describing this miniature form, but some think this is just a variation of the species Opuntia basilaris. This is a native cactus to Southern California- has a nice turqouisey coloration and very short spines (still sharp and annoying)


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Siemens has 3D-printed and engine tested a dry low emission (DLE) pre-mixer for the SGT-A05 aeroderivative gas turbine, with the impressive results showing a potential for significant reductions in CO emissions.
"This is another excellent example of how additive manufacturing is revolutionizing our industry, delivering measurable benefits and real value to our customers, particularly as they look to further reduce emissions to meet environmental targets," said Vladimir Navrotsky, chief technology officer for Siemens Power Generation Services, Distributed Generation.
"Our achievements using AM are paving the way for greater agility in the design, manufacturing and maintenance of power generation components."
The achievements resulting from using AM to manufacture this particular gas turbine component are significant. From concept to engine test, the development took only seven months, which is impressive for a component that requires such tight tolerances and works in high load and temperature. The DLE pre-mixer is highly complex with over 20 parts involved in the casting and assembly using traditional manufacturing methods.
By utilizing Siemens qualified nickel super alloys as the AM printing material, the 3D-printed component requires only two parts and lead time is reduced by approximately 70 percent. 3D-printing of the DLE pre-mixer allows Siemens to simplify complexity in the production process, reduce external dependencies in the supply chain, and improves the geometry of the component, thus allowing a better fuel-air mix.
First engine testing of the AM-manufactured DLE pre-mixer, which was 3-D printed in Siemens' AM center of competence in Finspang, Sweden, was recently completed and the data received is promising. It showed no start issues, all fuel transitions were accomplished successfully without any controls modifications required, there were no combustion dynamics or noise, measurable CO emissions reductions were realized and full power was achieved. These positive results reaffirm Siemens commitment to continuing to advance toward serial production of highly complex components, such as this one, using AM.
Siemens' DLE solution for the SGT-A05 gas turbine reduces emissions through advanced lean burn combustion technology, eliminating the need for water injection. The DLE conversion reduces customers' operating costs associated with water treatment.
Application of DLE does not compromise the high dynamic loading response of this aeroderivative engine model. More than 120 engines are successfully utilizing DLE technology to reduce NOx and CO emissions with 3.9 million operating hours accumulated (as of February 2018).
''And now, with AM technology we have an opportunity to go even further with emissions reduction for DLE combustion," said Douglas Willham, Siemens director of Engineering for the SGT-A05. – TradeArabia News Service


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in paper magazine's efforts to "break the internet" this week, kim kardashian graced the magazine's cover balancing a champagne glass on her behind. while we all know this isn't kim's first time flaunting her assets (pun intended), few are aware that the same photographer, jean-paul goude, shot a black woman in similar fashion decades ago. blue telusma writes for black news website the grio that goude was grace jones' long-time boyfriend and described himself as being fascinated with "ethnic minorities—black girls, prs. i had jungle fever." goude's fascination teeters between interesting, provocative and disturbing — he once photographed grace jones in a cage with raw meat. this history supports the feminist theory that images like those above not only objectify women of color, but also pander to white voyeurism.
for more on mrs. west and the history behind black women's derrieres being a source of our objectification read blue's article on the grio.


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Podcast 232: LV
Since the release of last year's excellent Routes full-length, LV has been fairly quiet. Nonetheless, the group's intrepid infusion of South African house rhythms into a UK funky-inspired template has often proved interesting—not to mention enjoyable—so we jumped at the chance to have the UK trio put together an exclusive mix for the XLR8R podcast series. The group certainly can't be accused of phoning it in, as the mix whips through more than 40 tracks in a little over an hour. Along the way, LV explores a wide variety of sounds; South African house and various shades of the UK bass spectrum are of course represented, but the trio actually begins in more leftfield territory and later caps off the podcast with a frenzied dose of footwork and drum & bass, two worlds that are increasingly being thrown together by low-end loving DJs. Throughout the mix, regardless of what genre is being explored, LV's love of drum-heavy percussion and thick rhythms is a constant, resulting in a listen that is quite possibly without a single dull moment.
01 Raffertie "Brevity" (Ninja Tune)
02 Trestle "You Can't Get"
03 TreeFNGR "Fine Fright"
04 Gulls "Miami Coom" (Boomarm Nation)
05 Joakim & Bambounou "Wizard Battle" (Sound Pellegrino)
06 Beneath "PVO"
07 Fenbred "Back Home"
08 DJ Clock "Chynaman" (Soul Candi)
09 Mogringo "Heavyweight" (Shelter)
10 Jook 10 "Get Low" (Soulserious)
11 LV & Mumdance "Broadcast"
12 Professor "Imoto (feat. Character)" (Kalawa Jazmee)
13 Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka "Creeper" (50 Weapons)
14 Scratcha DVA "Polyphonic Dreams" (Hyperdub)
15 DJ Mphulo Presents Angelp Agnelli "Off the Wall (Tshwara Lebota)" (Shelter)
16 Basement Jaxx "Untitled"
17 Portico Quartet "City of Glass (LV Remix)" (Real World)
18 LR Groove "Device"
19 Mock the Zuma "Black Puddle" (Full Fridge)
20 LV & Joshua Idehen "Primary Colours" (Keysound)
21 CHLLNGR "Well Good" (Time No Place)
22 Seb Rochford with Ranjana Ghatak and Gina Loring "Love Is a Sacred Path (LV Remix)" (Days & Nights at the Takeaway)
23 Nico Lindsay "Haunted"
24 Pixelord "Drinky" (Hit and Hope)
25 Visionist "Sodium" (Liminal)
26 Lamin Fofana "Brokedown City" (Sticks 'N Stones)
27 Crakk Nicholson "Whenever You're Here (LDFD Remix)"
28 Mz Bratt "Tear It All Down (LV Remix)" (Atlantic)
29 Africa Hitech "Out in the Streets" (Warp)
30 EQ Why "Back 2 This Track" (Moveltraxx)
31 DJ Earl "Troniklife" (Electropix)
32 Mushroom Buttons "Ice Climbirr"
33 Zomby "Riding with Death" (4AD)
34 Jon Phonics x Pete Cannon "Romes (Pedestrian Remix)" (PRISM)
35 Becoming Real "Like Me (Rashad Remix)" (Moshi Moshi)
36 Stereotyp "Juke My Name"
37 Danny Breaks "Droppin' Science Vol. 1 (Phillip D Kick's Jungle Edit)"
38 Rockwell x Untold "Rekohu Sunrise" (Critical)
39 Bad Company "Night Train" (BC)
40 LV & Mumdance "Steak Night"
41 LV & Dandelion "CCTV (Epoch's Ten Tonne Dub)"
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Families Learning supports family literacy programs in our region, including the partnership we have with Marshall Early Childhood and Family Education.
One of the most powerful influences on a child's academic and life success is the family's involvement in a child's learning from birth through high school and beyond. We want every young person in our community to have the best possible learning experiences. We want all parents to have the knowledge and resources they need to take an active role in their children's formal and informal education.
Your donation lets us provide quality preschool experiences with English class for families who came to the U.S.as immigrants or refugees. In 2016-17, we had a waiting list of more than thirty families because we did not have sufficient funding for two more classes. Your donation will help us reach more families in 2017-18. Your donation helps us train tutors to work with adult learners and young people in other after-school, evening, and weekend programs. Your donation buys books, online resources, and learning tools to use with adults and families.
Here is how your donation makes a difference:
- $30 provides transportation for a parent and two young children to attend family literacy classes for one month. Most families we work with are lower income and do not have funds for reliable and safe transportation, so we provide bus tokens.
- $60 purchases learning resources and lessons for a parent attending our evening literacy, English, and GED-prep classes and leadership events.
- $120 is the average cost of printing materials and purchasing resources (that we re-use) to provide family-focused STEM literacy events with take-home activities that encourage parent-child learning at home
- $240 dollars covers the cost of an annual license for an online resource our English learners (high school and adults) use to improve their language skills
In 2016, we provided classes and tutoring for 87 adults and 99 children and provided STEM and other family literacy activities for 197 children and 111 adults. With your support, we can reach more people.
In addition for monetary donations, we have an ongoing wish list for in-kind donations:
Office supplies, especially copy paper and white card stock; school supplies (pencils, composition books, markers, pens, highlighters, etc.); high-quality children's books (new or gently used); up-to-date print dictionaries for English learners; nutritious snacks and paper supplies for our after-school programs; household items that can be used for science and engineering projects; and quality art supplies. If you have other items to donate, please contact us first. We have limited storage space, so we have to plan where to put your generous donations!


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We are a team of premier manufacturing sites, which is capable to handle the whole project, including design, tooling, manufacturing, printing, assembly, package, shipping arrangement. It is not only for metal fabrication, but also for injection molding, even the combination.
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Being the professional in this line with adequate fund, we have various advanced facilities in house most of them are imported from Japan, Germany, and the USA.
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"Quality first, Delivery in time, Perfect after service" is our tenet in transaction. Our unique "manufacture and cost control system" helps us coordinate the service procedures. It is good for the implement of "design for manufacture" solution and saving money for the customer. Additionally, EDI trade solution help us get rid of redundant paperwork and improve efficiency of transaction, which will save our money and time, as a result, save your time and product cost.
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Dental Injuries in Children
Chipped primary (baby) teeth can be aesthetically restored. Dislodged primary teeth can, in rare cases, be repositioned. However, primary teeth that have been knocked out typically should not be replanted. This is because the replantation of a primary tooth may cause further and permanent damage to the underlying permanent tooth that is growing inside the bone.
Children's permanent teeth that are not fully developed at the time of the injury need special attention and careful follow-up, but not all of them will need root canal treatment. In an immature permanent tooth, the blood supply to the tooth and the presence of stem cells in the region may enable your dentist to stimulate continued root growth.
With any traumatic dental injury, it's a race against time. Contact ATA Dental Center's emergency dental care office immediately.
ATA Dental Center offers high quality and affordable dental care for children and adults. From preventative, emergency, cosmetic, pediatric, general, family, to medicaid dental services. We are an emergency dentist in Denver, offering emergency care BY APPOINTMENT, and are here to meet all your emergency dental needs. We offer a unique blend of technologies and caring staff to achieve the best dental experience. When you choose ATA Dental Center, you will find a dental clinic that provides an experience that is as enjoyable as possible. Our facility is conveniently located in downtown Denver, and offer comfortable amenities such as:
- Free garage parking
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ATA Dental Center
Tel: 720-440-9598
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507 Lincoln St., Suite 101
Denver, CO 80203
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The Sisterhood of St. John the Divine invites women aged 21-39 to travel as companions along an ancient path for one year.
For further information see "Spend a year living in God's Rhythm".
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How Much Will Your Party Entertainer Cost in 2019?
Having a successful private party or corporate event often requires some type of memorable entertainment present to entertain and enthrall your guests. These novelty entertainers can either work as independent contractors or as employees of a company, and the types of acts they perform are varied. The types of entertainers one can hire for their event can include everything from balloon artists, belly dancers, caricaturists, impersonators, clowns and other circus performers, comedians, face painters, hypnotists, magicians, psychics, and much more.
Regardless of the specific service provided, almost all entertainers will charge an hourly rate, and most services in 2019 will charge somewhere between $50 and $150 an hour. Top entertainers in major cities will end up costing you several hundred dollars as they require a minimum amount of hours to show up for an event. What you will pay will depend on several factors, including how many hours they will be needed, the city or area you live, how much is the market rate for their services, their level of experience, how much in demand are their services, supply and demand factors, and other considerations.
Read on to learn the proper steps to identifying and booking the right party entertainer in your area, what services they can be expected to perform, and some great tips on how you can save money when you need to hire someone for your event.


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Warning: Spoiler Alert
One of the great debates that divides our nation, centers around the argument whether or not "Global Warming's" taking place on our planet. If it's occurring because of toxins that we let into our air, than humanity's destroying our home. The most radical, but most effective way of solving that problem's eradicating every vestige of humanity, but nobody insane enough to dream up that concept, could possess the intelligence to actually accomplish that, could they? In the circles that Raymond Reddington travels in, people with mindset do exist as we witnessed in the latest episode of the NBC series "The Blacklist," as an eco-terrorist group plans to wipe out humans across the planet, by releasing the plague that wiped out millions on this planet 700-years-ago.
The episode begins without the usual previous episodes catch-up clips for the audience, going straight into this story. We see a woman in her late thirties, walking down a city street in Washington, DC, frantically talking to someone on her cellphone. The woman says to the person on the other end, that she needs to stop him and she's going to the police. We see the caller on the other end's a woman about ten-years younger, who tells her friend that she'll come and meet her and go with her to the police, right then we notice the woman walking, has blood dripping down he side of her face. She asks the other woman to please come alone and hangs up.
Moments later the woman, now cleaned up waits for her friend who pulls her car to the curb. She gets out of her car, but we quickly see a man jump out of the passenger side and quickly we figure out this is the man she talked about on the phone. She's got something he wants and he struggles to get it, she tries running and gets hit by a cab, throwing her up in the air, then slamming her to the asphalt. The man searches her handbag, finds what he needed and tells the crowd to call an ambulance, then he and the other woman run off.
Red and FBI Agent Liz Keen, talk on the phone and Keen's rather upset that Red still has his sniper keeping her under surveillance, she tells him to get rid of him or she will. Reddington changes the subject to the reason of his phone call, an incident that took place in the city that morning, as a woman died after being struck by a taxi. What intrigues Raymond's the woman's identity, Carrie-Ann Beck, wife of Maddox Beck, part of a radical environment cult, who allegedly died in a blast a few years before. Red believe that Beck's responsible for his wife's murder and most likely planning something to shake people up. Raymond doesn't realize how much he's understating the situation.
Back at the FBI Task Headquarters, Keen informs all the agents about what she learned from Red, Task Force Chief Harold Cooper tells his agents, he wants them down at the morgue investigating cause of death. The group's IT expert Aram Mojtabai, informs Cooper that Beck's not in the morgue, she's being kept on life support as she's carrying a 30-week old baby, the hospital's hoping to save. Beck's brain-dead, she's just kept alive for the sake of her child.
Aram also reveals that the hospital found ancient clay under her fingernails and he believes he knows the cause. A museum held an exposition featuring 13-ancient paintings and one got stolen, ironically it was the least valued painting in the collection, a painting on loan from a church in Italy. But Aram's got some clues as the museum scanned the painting with lasers and found a map hidden within the work. Cooper tells Aram to ask the woman whose the Bureau's cartography expert to come take a look.
The woman arrives and tells Cooper, Agent Donald Ressler and Aram the lore of the painting. According to legend, the map contains how the plague got contained 700-years earlier, as Priests traveled to the ends of the earth to bury it. When Cooper starts pressing for information about where it could be buried, she informs Harold the whole thing's a fake and the work's worthless.
Lizzie heads to Red's office and the same cartography expert's there and he introduces her to Keen. The woman tells Raymond that the paintings worth a fortune and that it does show where the plague's buried, turns out the ends of the world seven centuries ago, now's known as the United States. Beck arrives at the spot before Keen and Ressler, but walked away empty-handed as the infected priest's grave moved. There's a stone plaque giving the new location in ancient Aramaic, which Aram translates. The body's interred in an ancient church about 30-miles away.
The agents arrive and a priest takes them to the chamber containing the remains but they see that the lock and chain securing the door's cut, Ressler has the priest take him to the other entrance while Liz goes through the door into the chamber. She encounters Beck in a haz-mat suit, with a bag carrying the infected remains, Keen has her weapon drawn and tells Maddox he's not leaving the room alive. He counters that she has a choice, let him leave or he'll expose them both and they'll both soon be dead. Liz contemplates her choices, when Beck's accomplice sneaks up behind her and hits her on the top of her head knocking her to the ground and the two escape.
Red's still working on his own private projects, having little to do with the cases he gives to the Task Force. Through the previous episode, Raymond became consumed with insuring the safety of his former wife, now with that resolved he's moved on to search for a mysterious girl that he gives little information about. He deals with a man we'll refer to as "The Tracker," a tiny misshapen bald little man with coke-bottle glasses. (For fans of "Fringe," he played the guy who owned the store that Peter Bishop got rare books from.) The waiting room for "The Tracker's" clients resemble a huge DMV, with a woman calling out numbers as if she worked in a bakery.
"The Tracker," tells Red he's got no new information on MS. Mysterious, mainly because Raymond's provided him with little information. Reddington starts blasting the little man, but then notices something seems wrong with his old associate and asks what it is. The man responds its his mother, she's got cancer and they're running out of options. He mentions a few different procedures they've tried, then says the Flack seed diet and Red stops believing him. "The Tracker's, " invented fake illnesses for relatives for years and Red knows he's pulling the same routine and he leaves the office.
Aram and Agent Samar Navabi are alone at the Task Force building when Reddington and Dembe enter the building and Aram tells Red that Liz isn't there. Raymond tells Aram he came to speak to him, and the two of them and Dembe find a secluded place to talk. Red wants to see if Aram can track the girl and Mojtabai freaks, asking what Raymond did to the guys who couldn't find her. Reddington gives Aram a sad smile and tells him finding this girl's an important piece of his war with Berlin.
Keen and Ressler arrive back to headquarters and tell Cooper, Aram and Samar what happened. Navabi light's into Liz for letting Beck get away with the remains and Lizzie defensively says, he was going to expose both of them. Samar shakes her head and talks about all the deaths that will occur because Keen allowed him to escape. As she stalks off, Aram pulls Keen aside and tells her he's sure she made the correct decision, as he's seen her under pressure and she always comes out on top. He then says Red asked him to do one thing and he froze, he soon realizes he should have kept his mouth shut as Liz badgers him for what Red wanted.
Beck and his associate ground up all the remains, turning it into a mist that will spread the plague through the air, he heads to his flock and tells them it's time for their sacrifice, then picks one girl as patient zero. They infect her with the plague, then set her loose in the middle of the city, coming in contact with 2300 people before she passed. Those people get quarantined but only have hours remaining without an antidote.
Keen shows up at Red's very upset, as she tells Red the FBI's not looking for his daughter, who Liz believes is the mysterious girl. Red tells her that jealousy usually leaves him cold, but he finds it endearing in Keen's case. She laughs at the accusation but Red says she's just not ready to admit it to herself. Lizzie walks out in a huff.
Beck's ready to introduce the next phase of his plan, having his entire group infect themselves, then take planes to every corner of the earth, insuring humanity's destruction. Each of them get a mister with a mask attached and take the deadly disease deep into their lungs. Then go their separate ways to complete their mission.
The teams back together at headquarters, when Aram announces he's figured out the plan and then describes how Beck's group plan to take flights to 24 cities around the globe. All of the infected have boarded their planes except for one guy at Dulles. Keen and Navabi run off in tandem to stop the man from boarding his plane. The two agents arrive but can't locate the suspect, but Amar spots him on the airports security cameras and direct the agents to where he's standing. Samar locks eyes with the suspect and he breaks into a full run trying to elude her, he trips over some equipment and she tackles him, then the two roll on the ground into a small glass room. They struggle then the guy pulls out a mister and sprays it into Navabi's mouth, realizing she's infected she shuts the door, she's also wounded as the guy shot her in the side. Liz sees her in the room but Samar tells her not to come in, she's infected. Keen weighs her choices for a moment then enters the room, attempting to staunch Navabi's bleeding with her jacket.
"The Tracker," calls Raymond and tells him to get to his office. When Red gets into see him he tells the little man that his vending machine's still broken. "The Tracker," tells Reddington he found the girl, he used an application to make the picture resemble what she'd look like today and he found a 97% match. Red looks at the dossier and smiles saying her name, Zoe D'Antonio, then smiles at "The Tracker." The little man looks through the window in his door and asks Red what's going on, Raymond tells him he got him a new vending machine.
As Red and Dembe climb back into the car, Reddington receives a call from Aram and Raymond tells him the girls been located. Mojtabai congratulates Reddington, but tells him that's not the reason he called, Liz and Samar got infected and Aram's coming up short trying to locate where his compound is. He tells Red that Beck's fallen off the grid and Red tells him that's where Aram should start and hangs up the phone.
Later Mojtabai, comes into Cooper's office and tells the chief he's located Beck's compound after receiving a tip from Red. He says the group would want a solar-energy powered location, not on the grid and only one property in the area meets those requirements. He gives Cooper the address but tells him not to get surprised if Reddington gets there first.
There are just two people at the compound, Beck and the woman who lied to Carrie-Ann, when Red strolls onto the property saying hello. Beck pulls out a knife and asks Reddington who he is and Raymond pulls out a pistol and tells him he's the snake in the grass. He then tells Beck how he used to admire him for taking on polluters, but his message got distorted. Just then Dembe shows up with a tray containing vials of the vaccine. Red tells Beck that only two kinds of people would pull the stunt Beck did, saints or megalomaniacs and tells Maddox he's far from a saint. He knew Beck wouldn't sacrifice his life so he made a vaccine for himself and the woman. Red and Dembe take all the vaccine and leaves as sirens approach. By the time the authorities arrive the pair died from the plague.
The Blacklist's a show that uses music quite effectively in all their episodes and the closing montage featured a very touching tune, serenading the scenes we watch as the episode draws to a close, Lizzie and Samar are both in hospital rooms passed out while receiving the antidote. Red sits with Liz, while Aram's in Samar's room when she wakes up and grabs his hand. The final shot's Red on the street outside of a food-truck, selling food to customers on the corner. The young woman known as Zoe D'Antonio walks out of the truck, dumps some garbage and then heads back inside. Red approaches the "Roach-Coach," as the episode concludes.
The Story Continues Next Monday at 10:00 pm o NBC.


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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner shocked the global business community this week by announcing that she would essentially be nationalizing YPF, the country's dominant energy company, by having the government take a 51 percent controlling stake. Kirchner says YPF has failed to produce enough oil, even though the country is sitting on some of the world's largest reserves of oil and shale gas. The problem is that YPF's majority owner is Repsol, a private Spanish company, and the Spanish government has threatened retaliation for Kirchner's actions. "This president isn't going to respond to any threats," Kirchner shot back, "because I represent the Argentine people." The move is giving rise to fears that no foreign company in Argentina is safe from a state takeover, and investors widely agree that Kirchner's power grab will kill off foreign investment. But Kirchner, 59, is confident Argentines will continue to support her as they did another female populist leader: Eva Peron. Is Kirchner the next Evita?
She is certainly following in Evita's footsteps: At fiery rallies calling for Argentine ownership of businesses, Kirchner can be seen standing "beside an image depicting" Evita, say Helen Popper and Hillary Burke at Reuters. Her takeover of YPF is being hailed "as virtually heroic" by the Argentine public, which blames privatization of businesses in the 1990s for Argentina's spectacular economic crash in 2001 and 2002. Kirchner recently nationalized $30 billion in private pension funds and took over the airline Aerolineas Argentinas — both moves "won broad support." Her populist, nationalist positions have only strengthened her "political capital at home." "Argentina's defiance on YPF strikes chord at home"
She's not Evita. She's Hugo Chavez: Kirchner is taking leadership lessons from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who "has practically turned expropriation into a sport," says Robin Farzad at Bloomberg Businessweek. She can deliver "fire-and-brimstone" speeches "blaming foreigners for the energy shortages plaguing the country," but it's more likely she took over YPF because of the profits that would come from "soaring commodity prices." She is riding a wave of "nationalist-fed popularity" now, but she might not survive the inflation and high international borrowing costs that will come. "Argentina tries the Chavez way"
Evita-like or not, Kirchner will regret this: The YPF takeover is a "shabby act of economic piracy," and "nationalization is likely to deepen" the energy company's problems, says Britain's Financial Times in an editorial. "A state-owned YPF will have neither the technical expertise nor the capital to exploit huge reserves of shale gas on Argentine territory, let alone the country's offshore oil prospects." It's hardly likely at this point that other foreign investors will be willing "to lend a hand." "A shabby act of economic piracy"