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Just one of those days
So I've been cranky all day (so the mini-pill affect your mood?? I started taking it 3 days ago)...
then tonight I decided to clear out my hotmail account. Between Facebook and our home email account I really don't check my hotmail account at all. So I'd nearly deleted everything when I discovered an email from a friend - from 3 months previously....and my cranky day got infinitely worse!
It was written the day I'd taken the boys to visit her when I was about 8 months pregnant. She wanted to let me know that I had redirected her daughter when she was talking to her and she didn't appreciate it...ouch!!!
I actually can't remember back to what I might have said but I'm mortified to think that I would have corrected her parenting style. I know I read a lot and if someone asks me something I guess I 'think' I am helping by saying 'well I read this or I read that' etc, but I think I need to realise that mostly spouting off about something I've read is not welcome.
I'm not really sure what I said or did for the most part (she gave me one example), all I know is I feel really cr*appy now!! She is a bit of a spiritual person (like some of her facebook status updates don't even make sense to me sometimes!!).... the one thing she did say was that Grace pretended she had a puppy in her shirt and she was saying something to Grace about it and then I said something about her just having a good imagination and she didn't appreciate that because she has been around artists who live in a fantasy world where they aren't in touch with reality and that Grace needs to learn the difference (ie. it's okay if she says there's dragons in the trees, but not that there's a puppy in her shirt - okay I admit I'm slightly confused but anyway..). She herself is an artist who I actually did think had started to lose a bit of touch with reality herself so it was interesting to get that perspective on what she teaches Grace about imagination etc.
Anyway i shouldn't try to justify myself. I emailed back and said thanks for the feedback - it's good to learn something about myself (even if it was hard to hear) - and obviously while I 'think' I am trying to help if I've read something relevant to what she's talking about, I have to remember it's probably not appreciated.
Sorry I know I'm just rambling. I just feel really sh*tty. I AM glad to know it, but I guess I have thin skin and it did hurt to read it. :(
ETA: I guess perhaps it means I need to be more honest in my relationship with her too. A while ago she went on about epidurals and the effect of the drugs on the baby and c-sections and why they were so bad for the baby etc. Now she knows that (at that point) I had had two c-sections and therefore epidurals and the way she said it I guess I did feel angry/hurt, like once again I have to feel bad about my choices.
She got pregnant from a one night stand and I know this is petty because she wasn't planning to get pregnant, but she was smoking pot and drinking the night she conceived, and continued to smoke pot and drink until she knew she was pregnant, and I guess I was angry from her comments and so I pettily thought well if the drugs I put into my body at full term when I had my baby were so bad, then surely so were the drugs/alcohol bad for her baby at the time of conception. I didn't say it of course.
Sigh... perhaps this is a (long) friendship that has run it's course and best for the both of us if we amicably part ways.
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She sounds umm interesting?
I know we all have opinions on raising our children ( seems weird you can believe in a unicorn but not pretend to have a puppy in your shirt), and we can take it personally when someone says something different but it can be used to look at what your doing and see if it is the best.
Same with pregnancy and birth, we can each have our views, but circumstances and other views do not make something wrong.
Have you been in touch with her since the visit when you were 8 months pregnant? She may end up being one of those friends that you see every once in a great while, but not close to. I've had to do that with some of my old friends too.
Anyway- we love you here and feel free to vent and ramble all you want!!
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Oh Lenore, I'm sorry :(. It sounds like she went a little overboard. The whole imagination thing is weird, I guess our kiddos pretend weird things all the time and are still living in reality. As a friend, I guess I wouldn't hesitate to share my thoughts/feelings either. I don't think you did anything wrong. That's what friends do. I know in my life, if a friend of mine corrects one of my children, they usually have it coming ;). I trust my friends enough to be able to do that. Sounds like it might be a good time to "re-evaulate" this friendship. Sometimes certain friends just aren't meant for the long haul. I don't mean that in a mean way, just people move on and change. That's okay. Don't feel bad about letting go if that's what's best.
I'm sorry she got on your case about epidurals and c-sections. I am a pro natural birthing mom-for ME. But would do whatever was required to have a healthy baby and mama. But we all get to make our choices, and my choice, or her choice is not the only "right" way. Sometimes we don't have a choice. And just because we have a choice, it doesn't give anyone the right to belittle your choice. I hope you have had good births and it doesn't taint your memory of them. I'm sorry she made those comments. It was out of line. But it is all a part of silly mommy wars. Who breastfeeds/formula feeds, cloth/disposible, etc. And it keeps going even when they are bigger. There are just so many things we all do different, but that doesn't make it wrong.
I'm not sure if this was helpful or not. I've been interrupted 3 times while writing it. Shame on me for not getting up earlier to do it. You mentioned your friend was "spiritual". I'm not sure if that means she's religious or not. But you all know that my faith is strong and I hope it never comes off as me feeling superior. I don't intend that, ever. But I also speak of my faith, it is central to who I am. I hope people can tell my love for Jesus by my actions, not my words.
I'm not sure if this was helpful at all Lenore :rolleyes: it was written very choppy. I hope you are having a better day and know that we all care about you and I think you are a terrific mom to your trio. And if you want to ever come over and "redirect" any of my kiddos, feel free!
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Thanks ladies. Yes Sam she is interesting!! She has been changing a lot the last few years which isn't a bad thing of course but I guess I have started to realise previously that our paths are probably very different now. We haven't seen each other since I was 8 months pregnant - we don't catch up all that often as we don't live close by but perhaps also she was avoiding me and I just didn't know it :lol:!!!!
No mari you don't come off sounding superior at all with your faith! If anything I think you are quite careful when you talk about your beliefs! She is not spiritual in a religious way - more in a 'walking with the fairies' type thing which she considers spiritual...which is why I don't understand a lot of what she says on facebook...and why I'm not quite sure where she draws the line on the imagination thing with her daughter where pretending one animal is real is okay and pretending another animal is real isn't okay. But, feedback is good because most people would talk behind your back rather than tell you what they're thinking :).
I do feel better this morning - still a little wounded perhaps because it really did knock my confidence, but I'll get over it!
She did have a natural birth which is fantastic but like you said, there are so many points of 'contention' amongst mothers!... I am lucky to be able to breastfeed, she was breastfeeding but quickly supplemented and then lost her milk supply. I know I am very careful and don't ever say anything regarding things like that - I could have let her know that supplementing too much too soon might lead to a drop in the milk supply... but like the way we give birth, I know that is such a sensitive issue that I keep my mouth shut because I don't think the advice would be welcomed, and would probably make a mother feel worse rather than better if she hasn't asked for help. But I guess the c-section/epidural thing is close to her heart so she likes to talk about it and probably didn't consider it might have hurt my feelings (and that's where I guess I could have let her know that - but I hate conflict).
Anyway I'm starting to ramble again... thanks again ladies. I probably wouldn't have written it all out today- I guess I was just caught at a low point last night right before I went to bed and I often write things out to make me feel better, otherwise I just lie in bed and think think think! (which I still did a bit :) ).
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Behaviour Management in Schools and Wellbeing Dr H i lary Cremin [email protected] Faculty of Education. Wellbeing. Beyond basic needs such as food and shelter: What are the elements of a ' good life ' ? What do people who are thriving do, value and feel?.
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Beyond basic needs such as food and shelter:
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Class teacher AE: "Break duty, I do one down in the hall, so I do that, and I do one up on the field, which is basically telling all the smokers to go further away from me so that I can't see who they are. If I can see who they are I will report them. Yeah so, no I don't allow any smoking, as long as I can see your face."
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Senior teacher IA: "In terms of working practice I don't think there is any dissidence. Not at all, because, you know, the way we guide staff to be and behave and work and so on, they are…they do directly or indirectly, follow the policy. There is no dissonance there. No-one sort of argues about what we ask them to do or how we ask them to do it."
Class teacher EH: "But I think that's a big problem with our policies, that you read them and sometimes – often! – you don't have a clue what they're talking about!"
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A woman with a string of burglary offences to her name has been jailed after she carried out a further crime against a vulnerable victim who mistook her for a meals on wheels worker.
Sonia Eyres stole £510 cash from a 63 year old disabled man.
She has now been given three years jail by a judge who was told she had fallen back into a cycle of offending, being sentenced and landing back in trouble again.
Eyres, 42, of Park Road, Blackpool, had pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary.
Lucy Wright, prosecuting at Preston Crown Court, said the victim, who lived in Hambleton, needed help from carers four times a day.
On the morning of August 5 two carers went to his home and before they left, he asked them to leave the door on the latch. He was feeling unwell that day and wanted any visitors to let themselves in, so that he didn't need to go to the door himself.
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He didn't know her and had not invited her in. Assuming she was an employee of the meals on wheels service, he asked her whether she was delivering a week's worth of provisions for him.
In her basis of plea, Eyres accepted that she had failed to correct that assumption. She asked to use the toilet and left after that.
When the carers arrived at lunchtime, the man explained that a lady from meals on wheels had been. Knowing that wasn't true, the carers searched the home and realised that a wallet was missing from the bedroom.
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The defendant had committed nine previous offences of burglary in the past, said the judge. In February last year she was given a 30 month sentence for similar burglaries against the vulnerable.
Kevin Donnelly, defending, said she had used Class A drugs over a number of years, leaving her in poor physical and mental health.
In recent years she had fallen into a cycle of offending, being sentenced and then returning to offending within a short time of being released.
Mr Donnelly told the court "A report by probation says she responds well while receiving intensive support, but is then unable to maintain progress on her own.
"She starts taking drugs and needs money for it. She regards drugs as a form of self medication and has gone on to commit this sort of sneak burglary.
"Unless and until she finds the means of breaking that cycle the sad reality is she will continue to return to court. She has an appalling record."
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Discovery - The Crocodile Hunter - PART #1 - Steve's Story
PART #1- Steve's Story
Was he raised by rPART #1attlers? Befriended by crocs? Schooled by piranhas? Here's your chance to get inside the adrenaline-charged head of Steve Irwin, star of Discovery's The Crocodile Hunter. You'll learn how an unassuming little tike from Australia turned into the wildest man on television. Peek in Steve's family album. Watch private home movies. See candid interviews. "Steve's Story" is jam-packed with never-before-seen action footage of the Croc Man's early days. It's the straight skinny, the real deal, the inside scoop on Discovery's The Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin.
[b][size=4]PART #2 - Steve's Most Dangerous Adventures
Steve and Terri host this chilling and thrilling look back at some of their most dangerous moments and closest calls! During the making of The Crocodile Hunter television series, Steve has been rattled by rattlers, surrounded by tiger sharks, cornered by cobras and chased up a tree by Komodo dragons. You'll relive Terri's famous cliff fall and see amazing new footage of Steve's confrontation with lions and elephants that will wrack your last nerve!
Greatest Crocodile Captures. Join fearless Steve and Terri Irwin as they struggle to return some crocodile "friends" to safety. Among the cranky crocs are jawless "Nobby", feisty "Lucy", elusive "Bindi" and, in what is probably one of the Irwin's most rewarding captures, the massive and aggressive "Charlie". Don't even think of trying this at home! You'll witness the different skills and techniques needed to stay one step ahead of the giant snapping jaws.
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Read about a school that started "The Catalog Canceling Challenge" in 2007 and since then other schools and scouts have joined the fun. So far 5,000 kids in fifteen states have canceled almost 40,000 unwanted sales catalogs! It saves trees, water, energy, and our climate. In fact, these kids have saved over 600 trees so far!
It's a pretty straightforward idea that kids enjoy. Click here if your program would like more information. (Also, please see comment box at page bottom from the Catelog Cancelling Challenge.)
This is good reminder to include in a newsletter or at an Earth Club meeting...
Sometimes plastic ring-type holders found on six-packs of aluminum cans can end up in the water... fish and other animals that live there can get caught in them. Help your child make these holders less hazardous by using scissors to cut through each ring in the holder before throwing it away.
I was in Traverse City one summer; at the Hotel's water edge was a duck with plastic ring wrapped around his beak. I was told that it was there for at least a day. The duck was frantic and trying to remove it. Several hours later...someone was finally able to get it off...(Photo is of duck with six-pack rings caught on head)
For information visit their website. To keep recycling equipment running smoothly, there are guidelines: • Athletic shoes only (any brand) • No shoes containing metal • No cleats or dress shoes • No wet or damp shoes
Put out notices and containers—and start collecting!!! Ever thrown out a pair of worn-out athletic shoes? Did you know that IT TAKES ABOUT 1,000 YEARS for those sneakers to biodegrade? Wondering what to do with the ones you've already got? RECYCLE THEM. Every year, millions of pairs of athletic shoes are thrown away, not only wasting landfill space, but wasting tons of reusable material. Since 1993 Nike has been running a program called Reuse-a-Shoe. So far they've used 24 million pairs of athletic shoes to create sports surfaces. It's part of the "Let Me Play" campaign, one of Nike's longest-running environmental and community programs, where worn-out athletic shoes of any brand are collected, processed and recycled into material USED IN SPORT SURFACES like basketball courts, tennis courts, athletic fields, running tracks and playgrounds for young people around the world.
For information visit their website. To keep recycling equipment running smoothly, there are guidelines: • Athletic shoes only (any brand) • No shoes containing metal • No cleats or dress shoes • No wet or damp shoes
It's MUCH more than a children's book!!! It's a GREAT LESSON for all ages! (Beside the movie, there is also a 25 minute video!!!) The Lorax appears and speaks for the trees, since they have no voice of their own. The Lorax warns of the dangers of raping the land for the Truffula Trees, but the Once-ler is so greedy, he pays him no heed. As you can guess, the land soon dies, and all that is left is destruction and pollution. The Lorax sadly flies off, never to be seen there again. But, as it should be, the story ends with hope. He entrusts to you a seed, the very last seed, to start again for the Truffula Trees. BUILD A THEME AROUND THE LORAX SOME Activities to supplement "THE LORAX" for a Theme...
1. Discuss the IMPORTANCE OF TREES for people and animals. With the children...list all the ways the forest is helpful.
2. MAKE A MURAL with trees, etc. 3. PLANT a small tree. 4. Make ENVIRONMENTAL COLLAGES Have children cut out magazine pictures of trees, flowers, birds, sun, clouds, etc. They then glue them on sheets of construction paper to make a collage about their environment. Post collages on wall... talk about the world they live in... And how we can help take care of the trees and birds. 5. DO TREE RUBBINGS Give children a piece of paper and a large crayon with the paper off. Show them how to use the crayon sideways to make a rubbing.
6. MAKE A TREE: Give each child a cardboard toilet tissue tube for a tree trunk. Help each child make several hand shapes out of green construction paper for palm fronds (leaves) have children tape the leaves to the inside of the top of their tree trunks. Before they glue the leaves on--they can color or paint the tubes. 7. MAKE PLAY DOUGH and make it different colors of the earth! The children can make trees, worms, and flower shapes. (There are more than 40 recipes in the Goop, Gak Category and 40 in the Play Dough Category...even one for fossils and dough that looks like mud!)
8. NATURE/FOREST SCAVENGET HUNT (With Pictures for those that can't read) Normal otherwise...
9. PARACHUTE WITH LEAVES FALLING Place pre-cut leaves (lots of them on a parachute. Put on some music and play games with letting the leaves gently fall.
9. PARACHUTE WITH LEAVES FALLING Place pre-cut leaves (lots of them on a parachute. Put on some music and play games with letting the leaves gently fall.
10. HELP THE BIRDS! See Bird Theme for other ideas for Birds!
Lend a helping hand to the birds by supplying them with simple nesting materials.
• If the weather is nice -- READ OUTSIDE under a tree! Have a picnic or a snack there!
• Get a "Sounds of the Rain forest" or woodsy and animal-sounds CD to play .... It will be soothing for the kids (and you) as well as enriching.
• Do a COMMUNITY SERVICE project. Litter spoils the woods and can hurt the animals and visitors. As a special project, have the students pick up litter in your area (with plastic gloves on)--and then dispose of it properly. Make a list of the things that were found. Contact the media to do a story on the children's concern for their environment.
• SNACKS: See below...
Buy food found in the Rainforest: Bananas, star fruit, coconut, chocolate, papaya, bananas, mangoes, etc. Have children try all the different flavors. You can add dimension by adding a graphing of who liked what best. When you do things like this, be sure to indicate the treat on your snack and daily activities calendar –Example: Snack Today: We're tasting the Rainforest!
Make or purchase round cookies. To resemble the Earth, have children spread cookies with green and blue frosting. (Put green, blue and a bit of yellow frosting on cookes in horizontal lines. With a tooth pick-swirl the colors together.)
Have children snack on a variety of foods that come directly from nature: Apple slices, orange segments, fresh berries, and sunflower seeds. Remember to write ...SNACK TODAY FROM NATURE'S BOUNTY! ____________
TRASH SNACK Ingredients: Flat bottom ice cream cones, Cheerios, miniature marshmallows, pretzel sticks, and peanuts.
When serving the snack the kids can take a scoop from each bag or they can combine and mix the ingredients in a large bowl. Nice that there is NO trash when the children have finished eating! Idea adapted from practicalkindergarten in answersyahoo... This idea would be nice combined with a project related to litter and trash!
Two recipes for DIRT CUPS. One mixes cookies into the pudding and one doesn't. #1 version
Canned or Pre-made Chocolate Pudding Mix Milk (If making pudding) Oreo Cookies Gummy Worms Cool Whip Cups, Spoons, Zip Lock Bags • Place Oreo cookies in a zip lock bag; have children break them up by banging the bag. Cover the bottom of cups with crumbled Oreos. Use canned pudding or Combine pudding mix and milk to make your own pudding, pour into the cups--leaving 1/2 an inch of space at the top. Refrigerate pudding until set. Add crumbled Oreos to the top of each cup and garnish with a gummy worm.
#2 DIRT CUP version 2 cups of cold milk 1 package (4 serving size) JELL-O Instant Pudding (chocolate flavor) 3-1/2 cups (8 ounce container) COOL WHIP whipped topping, thawed 1 package (16 ounces) chocolate sandwich cookies (like OREOS) (crush them into tiny pieces in a plastic bag) Gummy worms or insects Measuring cup Medium mixing bowl Wire whisk Rubber scraper or large spoon Measuring spoons 8-10 paper or plastic cups (8 ounce size)
4 cups peanut butter crunch cereal 3 cups rice krispies 2 cups pretzel sticks broken in 1/2 2 cups miniature marshmallows 2 bags white chocolate chips Mix all dry ingredients in large bowl and melt white chocolate chips in microwave and cover and mix, then lay on wax paper until cooled. Break into pieces.
#2 BIRD'S NEST SNACK 1/3 cup butterscotch morsels 1 cup chowmein noodles Candy bird eggs (jelly beans)
Make the above version, but instead of butterscotch chips, use chocolate chips! (Image by KidActivities.net)
Make the above version, but instead of butterscotch chips, use chocolate chips! (Image by KidActivities.net)
Melt 1/2 cup of butter in a saucepan. Add 1 cup of brown sugar. Boil and stir for one minute. Add a 3 oz. can of chow mein noodles. Put the mixture in 12 paper baking cups in a muffin tin. Use your thumb to press noodles into the nest while still warm. DO NOT BAKE. Give children jelly bean eggs to put in their nests. *You can also put MELON BALLS in the nests...
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March 28. 2010 16:04
Dear Kid Activities.net,
Thanks so much for featuring our "Catalog Canceling Challenge" project on your website here! Let me know if I can help anyone who has any questions. We welcome any new schools or scouts to join! Over 5,000 kids in 15 states have now joined! We're approaching 40,000 canceled catalogs and 600 saved trees, help us break past this goal.
-Ted at www.CatalogCancelingChallenge.com
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From one of the most important and acclaimed writers at work today, a thrilling new novel part murder mystery, part love story set amid the perils of religious repression in sixteenth-century Istanbul.
When the Sultan commissions a great book to celebrate his royal self and his extensive dominion, he directs Enishte Effendi to assemble a cadre of the most acclaimed artists in the land. Their task: to illuminate the work in the European style. But because figurative art can be deemed an affront to Islam, this commission is a dangerous proposition indeed, and no one in the elite circle can know the full scope or nature of the project.
Panic erupts when one of the chosen miniaturists disappears, and the Sultan demands answers within three days. The only clue to the mystery or crime? lies in the half-finished illuminations themselves. Has an avenging angel discovered the blasphemous work? Or is a jealous contender for the hand of Enishte s...
Acclaimed Turkish novelist Pamuk offers this fascinating murder mystery set against the backdrop of 16th-century Istanbul. The story surrounds a sultan who commissions a book to celebrate his life and times, as well as a set of talented artists hired to recreate the work in the European style. But when one of the artists disappears, the answer to his whereabouts seems to lie in the images themselves. British narrator John Lee reads with a classical tone, drawing on his theatrical experience to create a rousing, epic, but personal reading sure to appeal to a wide range of listeners. Lee reads with such inherent skill that his words seem to be coming straight from memory, recreating Pamuk's ancient world in colorful clarity. A Knopf hardcover (Reviews, Aug. 6).
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Skip to comments.U.S. Becomes Chief Enabler of Christian Persecution
Posted on 05/18/2014 5:51:39 PM PDT by Dqban22
Posted By Raymond Ibrahim On May 16, 2014 In Daily Mailer,FrontPage
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute
Human rights organization Open Doors published its 2014 World Watch List in January, highlighting and ranking the top 50 nations that persecute Christians. The overwhelming majority of countries making the listand nine of the top ten worst offendersare Muslim, and include nations from among Americas allies (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait) and its contenders (Iran); from among economically rich nations (Qatar) and poor nations (Somalia and Yemen); from among Islamic republic nations (Afghanistan), democracies (Iraq), and moderate nations (Malaysia and Indonesia).
The report also indicates that every Muslim nation that the U.S. has helped liberate, including in the context of the Arab Spring, has become significantly worse for Christians and other minorities. Previously moderate Syria is now ranked the third worst nation in the world to be Christian, Iraq fourth, Afghanistan fifth, and Libya 13th. All four receive the worst designation in the ranking process: extreme persecution.
Three of these countriesIraq, Afghanistan, and Libyawere liberated in part thanks to U.S. forces, while in the fourth, Syria, the U.S. is actively sponsoring freedom fighters against the regime, many of whom have been responsible for any number of atrocitiesincluding massacres, beheadings, and the crucifixion of Christians and others.
Despite this track record of interfering in Islamic nations only for the human rights of minorities to plummet, and despite the fact that Syria has gotten dramatically worse for Christian minorities, Secretary of State John Kerry declared in January that, if only Bashar Assad goes away, I believe that a peace can protect all of the minorities: Druze, Christian, Ismailis, Alawitesall of them can be protected, and you can have a pluralistic Syria, in which minority rights of all people are protected.
The same was predicted of Iraq over a decade ago, yet today, well more than half of the Christians are either dead or fled, after years of constant attacks on their churches and persons once Arab dictator Saddam Hussein was ousted.
Libya offers a more recent precedent. Since U.S.-backed rebels overthrew Qaddafi, Christiansincluding Americanshave been tortured and killed (some for refusing to convert), their churches bombed, and their nuns threatened.
Januarys roundup of Muslim persecution of Christians around the world includes (but is not limited to) the following accounts, listed by theme and country in alphabetical order, not necessarily according to severity.
Attacks on Christian Places of Worship
Egypt: Christian churches were severely targeted during the first month of 2014. Among other incidents, during New Year Eve church services, Muslim Brotherhood supporters attacked St. George Church in Ain Shams; one young Coptic man died from a bullet wound to the head. International Christian Concern reports that on Friday, January 3, Muslim Brotherhood supporters also attacked an Evangelical Church in the Gesr El Suez area of Cairo, pelt[ing] stones on the church and chanting slogans against Christians, in the words of a local. Reports indicate that there was no security for the church building and that the attackers operated with impunity. On Sunday, January 5, security forces in Suez disrupted a terrorist cell belonging to the Supporters of Jerusalem, which was plotting to attack a nearby church during January 7 Orthodox Christmas celebrations. Among other things, a bomb was found in the bathroom of the Three Saints Church in Beni Suef city, which was diffused by police. On January 10, security forces arrested a bearded person in possession of four hand grenades in a handbag next to the Church of two Saints, according to a local Christian. (In 2011, a suicide attack on the same church on New Years Eve resulted in the killing of over 20 Christian worshippers). On January 24, authorities found explosives inside a car parked behind the Al Malak church, which was targeted, to be exploded, sources told International Christian Concern. On Saturday, January 25, Security forces in Ismailia Security directorate found 26 Molotov Cocktails inside a bag next to the church of St. Bishoy in Ismailia city. Witnesses say that the person in possession of the bag of explosives was sitting in a car next to the church and that he fled when he saw the policemen. On January 28, A group of armed men, reported Asia News, attacked the Coptic Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary in the governorate of Giza. Police responded to gunfire and one officer died in the shootout, while two others were injured.
Indonesia: In the province of Aceh, where Sharia law holds sway, Christians, who make up 1.2 percent of the population, continue to be denied permits to build churches. According to Agenzia Fides, There are only three churches in the provincial capital Banda Aceh (one Catholic and two Protestant), and even though the Christian population in Aceh is increasing, the requirements to obtain permits and the pressures of radical Islamic groups on the civilian authorities have made it extremely difficult for non-Muslims to build new places of worship. Moreover, the current governor of the province, Zaini Abdullah, who was elected in 2012, promotes a declared program of islamization of society. A human rights leader was reported as saying that the laws that appear within Sharia districts limit the freedom of minorities to practice their faith and are not coherent with the Indonesian Constitution.
Malaysia: An unidentified assailant hurled two petrol bombs at a shrine fronting the Church of the Assumption. Only one bomb ignited, causing minor damage to the structure. This came in the context of anger at Christians using the word Allah to refer to the biblical God. But the incident, said Sky News, stirred memories of a wave of such attacks on places of worshipmostly churchesfour years ago during an earlier bout of divisions over the dispute in the Muslim-majority country . Conservative Muslims have raised pressure in recent weeks for Malay-speaking Christians to stop using the word Allah.
Nigeria: On a Friday in the Muslim-majority north, gunmen suspected of being members of the Islamic organization Boko Haram burned down a church and the house of a National Assembly member. Separately, in the midst of several Sunday morning raids by Muslim Fulani herdsmen, at least fifteen Christians killed.
South Sudan: During clashes between rebel groups and the recently formed government of South Sudan, Catholic and Protestant churches were attacked, priests forced to flee for their lives, and the whereabouts of a bishop who disappeared remain unknown. Some 600,000 people, most of them Christian, have also fled their homes amid reports of mass slaughters and ongoing attacks on churches.
Zanzibar: More than 100 Muslims stormed a church following an evening worship service and beat the visiting preacher. According to a church elder, These rowdy Muslims were shouting and yelling, saying, We are looking for the bishop of the church to slaughter himwe are tired of the existence of this church near our mosque and the noise they are making. The Islamic mob fled when police arrivedbut not before tearing the visiting pastors coat and shirt, and causing him to suffer multiple contusions requiring medication. According to another church member, the congregation has been living in fear for their lives At the moment we cannot worship freely because we are being threatened. The Muslims are accusing us of making a lot of noise while they themselves make a lot of noise.
Attacks on Christian Freedom: Apostasy, Blasphemy, Proselytism
The rest of the history
Egypt: Yet another Coptic Christian child was kidnapped in Egypt. Thirteen-year-old Cyril Rifat Fayiz was abducted in the Minya district by unknown persons who later called the childs parents demanding one million Egyptian pounds, nearly the equivalent of $150,000 USD, an exorbitant sum for Egyptian villagers.
What do you call a country that supports crucifixion
in Egypt, MANPADs transfer to al Qaeda in Libya,
routine rocket attacks into Israel, selling girls
as SLAVES from Nigeria to Syria, and that attacks
its own, previously free, citizens by the IR"S"
and N"S"A?
HOORAY Raymond Ibrahim!
An important reminder why Christians have to stop fighting each other and come together based on our common baptism in the Lord.
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Prussia, which reached the zenith of its power in the late 19th century, is the glorious birthplace of the distinguished surname Adllers. In the medieval era, after the fall of the Roman Empire, the German lands were inhabited by a variety of Barbarian tribes. The borders of the Barbarian kingdoms changed frequently, but the region that became known as Prussia was roughly divided between the areas of Brandenburg-Prussia, West Prussia, and East Prussia. The colorful history of East Prussia, which was located on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea and was bordered by Poland and Lithuania, provides a glimpse at the oldest origins of the Adllers family.
Adllers Early Origins
Prussia, where the name could be considered to make a great early contribution to the feudal society which became the backbone of early development of Europe. The name became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses which played important roles in the savage tribal and national conflicts, each group seeking power and status in an ever changing territorial profile.
Adllers Spelling Variations
Adllers Spelling Variations
In the medieval era, many different cultural groups lived in the German states. There are thus many regional variations of German surnames from that era. Westphalians spoke Low German, which is similar to modern Dutch. Many German names carry suffixes that identify where they came from. Others have phrases attached that identify something about the original bearer. Other variations in German names resulted from the fact that medieval scribes worked without the aid of any spelling rules. The spelling variations of the name Adllers include Adler, Addler, Adller, Addlers, Adllers and others.
Adllers Early History
Adllers Early History
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Adllers research. Another 251 words (18 lines of text) covering the years 1629, 1864, 1630, 1709, 1803, 1839, 1911 and 1891 are included under the topic Early Adllers History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Adllers Early Notables (pre 1700)
Adllers Early Notables (pre 1700)
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The Great Migration
The Great Migration
Since medieval times, the state of Prussia has played an important part in the history of Germany. The state's military powers were historically very strong, and endured until after the Second World War, when the territory was broken up and divided between the Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany and West Germany. A spurt of migration followed, with some Prussians going elsewhere in Europe and many others crossing the ocean to North America. Most entered the United States through Philadelphia. Some remained there, while more moved on to the states of Ohio, Texas, Illinois, California, New York, and Maryland. Others traveled to Canada and settled Ontario and the prairie provinces. Research into the origins of individual families in North America revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Adllers or a variant listed above: Friedrich Adler, who settled in Philadelphia in 1870; Jacob Adler, age 30, who settled in New York in 1893; as well as Moses Adler, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1816..
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Chance to own a very special piece of art: free with Belfast Telegraph
A beautiful watercolour print marking the 400th anniversary of Belfast's first charter is being given away free in the Belfast Telegraph next Friday.
The limited edition artwork, specially commissioned by this newspaper from Joanna Martin, forms part of our Belfast 400 series commemorating four centuries of the city's colourful, industrious and complicated history.
Joanna, from Killyleagh, Co Down, is an experienced freelance graphic designer and illustrator, specialising in commissioned illustrations, graphic design, decorative maps and linocut prints.
She was the perfect person for the job as the hallmarks of her approach are attention to detail and visual appeal.
"To be commissioned by the Belfast Telegraph was very exciting," Joanna said.
"I have an attachment to some of the buildings, so it was lovely for me."
Indeed, Joanna's family were involved in the construction of many of Belfast's landmark buildings including City Hall, the Grand Opera House and St George's Market, which are all featured on the new quality print.
Her father, brothers and cousins all continue work at the family firm H&J Martin Ltd, which was founded in 1839.
The company is going strong and recently completed projects include the City Hospital Oncology Unit and the Royal Victoria Hospital's forensic building.
Joanna is very proud of the construction firm's long tradition of building and refurbishment which shapes and transform the landscapes of Belfast and beyond.
She explained her career path was heavily influenced by her father's collection of prints of Ireland and her passion for sailing.
"My inspiration came from the fact we do a lot of sailing on Strangford Lough – it was the first print I did," Joanna said.
"It all started from there and my dad collects old prints of ports of Ireland, so I was inspired by those as well.
"The maps I've completed all mean something to me.
"The latest one I've done is of the Fermanagh Lakes, which is coming out quite soon."
Joanna's work is available from a variety of outlets, including The Wickerman, The Yard and The Crafty Fox.


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Godard Preserve
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Alice H. Godard in honor of The Godard Family
Date of Gift:
December 11, 1997
35 Donahue Road, North Granby
Easily accessed via entrance on Donahue Road (one quarter mile from Mountain Road / Donahue Road intersection…on the right)
Property Steward:
Steve Burnett and Vince Rowland
Property Notes:
The trail system is made up of two loops. The Blue trail starts in the southwest corner and involves two beautiful stream walks as well as plenty of reasonably flat woodland walking. The Yellow loop starts in the northeast corner and is the shorter loop with one long stream side walk passing by a large glacial boulder. This loop does involve a longer stretch of uphill (and downhill) walking. Enjoy the loops separately or connect them in your own way for longer walks.


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Camera Traps & Killer Housecats
SciWorks Radio is a production of 88.5 WFDD and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County, located in Winston-Salem.
Domestic house cats have an important role in our hearts and in their outdoor habitats. In general, one problem with habitat management is an incomplete picture of what animal species are present. One way to discover elusive species is through camera trapping.
To learn more about this, I spoke with Dr. Roland Kays, Research Associate Professor at NC State University, and Director of the Biodiversity Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
We use a lot of camera trapping to collect data on where animals live. And you can use this to learn about the type of habitat they need, how they interact with people, and especially how do people impact where the animals live. So by running camera traps and seeing, oh well, we get a lot of a certain species here, a lot of pictures and we get zero of them over here, we can compare those places and see what's different about that and what type of habitats do these animals need to survive?
Camera trapping involves mounting a motion-sensitive camera to a tree, and leaving it for a while to collect images. It's not a new concept.
Camera trapping has been going on for almost a century now. A hundred years ago there was a guy named George Shiras who would sneak up on animals and take pictures. They were some of the first wildlife pictures ever. The public was just fascinated with them. What he realized is that he could actually leave the camera there and tie a string to some bait. When the animals would pull the string, they would take the picture. These were the big, full format cameras on giant wood tripods with cakes of magnesium powder as flashes so when it would go off there would be an explosion basically. It must have totally freaked the animals out. But he got these really nice pictures. Today we've got digital cameras with infrared flashes so the animals aren't disturbed. We set hundreds of cameras and get millions of pictures.
Dr. Kays collected data for his recent publication from 485 volunteer citizen scientists, people like you and me, who set hundreds of camera traps over six states.
We've run cameras from South Carolina up to Maryland in 32 different parks. That was volunteer citizen scientists working with us, going into these parks, taking hikes, running cameras.
Camera traps were also deployed in backyards and urban wooded areas around Raleigh. All this because cats . . .
Domestic cats in the United States kill many billions of native birds and mammals. Which just adds up because there are so many cats in the United States. We wanted to know where this is happening. Because if the cats are going into the nature preserves and killing animals there, that's a much bigger problem than if they're going into their backyard or the local urban woodlot where they're probably killing local urban species. And so, this data set, all these cameras, we knew whether or not they detected a cat and how many cats they detected. What we found was virtually no cats in any of the nature preserves. Half of the preserves had zero cats, some of them had one single cat, and some of these were really urban. What we did find was a lot of coyotes. What we think is that the coyotes are basically protecting these parks from these invasive cat species by either killing the cats or making the cats too afraid to go in there in the first place. We get 300 times more cat activity in the average backyard, but very few coyotes in backyards. And then if you go into the small urban woodlots, that's where we would find both coyotes and cats living together.
Thanks To Dr. Kays and his army of citizen scientists, we now know that cats, while responsible for considerable carnage, have almost no impact on protected areas. However, the usefulness of camera trapping goes far beyond keeping tabs on our family pets.
What we want to look at is . . . not only about the cats but about the other animals that live near us. What are those animal communities like in suburban areas and in rural areas and in more wild areas. We want people to run cameras at different distances from the city center and also in different habitats. What are the animals that are living in the backyards, in the woodlots, in the golf courses, in the cemeteries, in the more open areas, and also in the forest? We'll actually be going down to Panama later this year to look at an area where coyotes and a species of South American Fox are colonizing new land at the same place at the same time. You'll probably never see one with your own two eyes, but you leave the camera up and you can get the data and the pictures.
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Bars face a real challenge in trying to draw in new customers. While it is true that word of mouth can build your reputation, many people find new watering holes through simple Google searches. If you aren't in the first spot or two, you are likely to be overlooked. To bring in as many customers as possible, you must find your way to the head of the rankings.
We will walk you step by step through our proven process to lift your company to that all-important first spot. Before we get started, though, let's take a look at why local SEO is so vital for bars.
3 Reasons Bars Should Invest in Local SEO
The Yellow Pages Are Dead. Long Live Google:
Until not too long ago, a bar could simply take out an ad in the Yellow Pages and wait for new patrons to show up. Today, however, fully 97% of people search for local businesses online, and Google is the undisputed search leader.
Free Traffic:
Although it is quickly changing, advertising remains one of the largest expenditures for many small businesses. If you boost your Google rankings, you will enjoy a steady stream of free traffic that you can easily convert into paying customers.
Swift Results:
On average, national and international companies must wait for 6 to 12 months to see much movement in their rankings from a new SEO campaign. As a bar, though, you have a big advantage. You are competing only with nearby bars, not those located half a country or half a world away. And many of your competitors are not taking advantage of local SEO. With a targeted campaign, you could easily reach the first page of Google local listings in as little as 30 days!
Step 1: Pick Your Keywords
Step 1 starts with a simple list of keywords that match your services. For example, you might try "bar", "pub", "English pub", "local bar", and "new bar". When your list is fairly complete, sign up for a free Google AdWords account.
You do not need to create or fund an ad campaign, but you need the AdWords account to access the free Google Keyword Planner tool. This tool allows you to input your chosen keywords to discover how much traffic they get. It also suggests additional related keywords that you might not have thought of.
Now you are ready to narrow down your final list of keywords. All keywords fall loosely into 2 categories:
- Buying Intent: Buying intent keywords mean that a prospect is imminently ready for your services. For example, a search for "gay bar downtown Miami" suggests that the person is imminently ready for drinking and dancing.
Place your primary focus on buying intent keywords, as these drive the fastest results. Feature them on your homepage, and develop your service pages around them.
- Research Intent: Research intent keywords signal that a prospect is "just looking." He might want to visit a bar in your town someday, but not now. For example, someone searching for "does Tampa have piano bars" may be gathering information for a future trip.
Make these keywords a lower priority, since they do not drive fast conversions. Hold onto them, though, as there are highly useful for FAQs and blog posts. These posts introduce you to prospects who might remember you when they are looking for a bar in your area.
Step 2: Optimize Your Keywords
When you have finalized your keyword list, you are ready to optimize for them in 2 spots—your Google My Business page and your website. Here's how:
Google My Business
Think of your Google My Business page as a mini-website that appears in Google's "Map" section. It increases your overall online presence, and provides a quick snapshot of your company. It can also give you a quick rankings boost, as it is much easier for a Google My Business page than for a website to achieve high rankings.
For the best results, make sure these elements are accurate and complete:
- Verification: The first step is to simply claim your page and submit it to the Google verification process. When this is complete, you will see a checkmark and the word "Verified" next to your business name.
- NAP: Your business NAP (name, address, and phone number) must be both accurate and consistent across all web appearances. Reassure Google that yours is a local business by listing a local phone number instead of an 800 number.
- Categories: Google requires all categories to focus on services instead of results. Besides Bar, you might try Pub, Cocktail Bar, or Sports Bar, if any of those reflect your bar's style. Try to think of 3 to 5 categories.
- Description: The description is simply a quick overview of your company that ends with a call to action. Keep it between 100 and 200 words long and use a format similar to: {Name of Bar} offers {unique signature cocktails, or similar} in {Your City}. {Provide some information about your bar and/or why your regulars love you.} Call {Phone Number} today for free VIP access on your first visit.
- Hours: Double check that your hours of operation are current, and are identical across all of your web listings.
- Images: Images can dramatically raise customer engagement, and show prospects what they are missing. Add a few photos of your VIP room, your staff, or your crowded dance floor. Your images must have a sharp focus, be sized between 10KB and 5MB, and have a minimum resolution of 720px x 720px. We also recommend replacing the generic Google My Business background image with a branded image.
Website Optimization
First, optimize your "core" pages (your homepage and service pages) for your buying intent keywords. Afterwards, you can optimize your "content" pages (FAQs and blog posts) for your research intent keywords. Here is what to do:
- Homepage: The title tag is reminiscent of a book's chapter title, and is the single most important element on your homepage. Aim for 50 to 65 characters in length and a format similar to: Bar in {Your City} | {Name of Your Bar}.
The next element is the meta description, a 100 to 150-character overview of your main services that ends with a call to action. Try to approximate this format: {Name of Bar} offers quality {bottle service and craft beers, or similar} in {Your City}. Call {Phone Number} today for free VIP access on your first visit.!
The visible headline, or H1, needs to be concise yet descriptive, and must include your primary category. This format works well: {Bar} in {City, State}.
Finally, consider your page copy. It should be descriptive, clearly written, and tightly edited. At approximately 500 to 1000 words in your length, give some background information about your company, briefly present your core services, and close with a strong call to action. Incorporate your primary keyword as it naturally fits.
- Service Pages: Develop a keyword-optimized page for each core service. Optimize these service pages identically to the homepage, making sure to substitute in the relevant keyword.
Step 3: Gather Citations and Links
With the overall bones of your SEO campaign in place, you can develop your citations and links. These improve your online reach and help to increase your Google rankings.
- Citations: A citation is simply a listing of your business NAP (name, address, and phone number) in an online directory. You can choose general national directories (yellowpages.com and Facebook), general local directories (Chamber of Commerce website), and targeted directories of bars and pubs. Your NAP must be identical in every listing.
Note that while many directories are free, some accept only paid listings. Before you invest, take a peek at Google Analytics. Do not pay for a site that does not drive traffic and conversions.
- Links: Inbound links from authoritative, credible websites are essential to reach the highest Google rankings. Focus on relationship-building, both online and in person, with companies that offer complementary services. When a relationship has been secured, ask to trade links. You can use a tool such as the Moz Open Site Explorer to see where other local bars are finding their links.
Step 4: Ask for Reviews
Customer reviews play two key roles in any local SEO campaign: they convince prospects to try your services, and they reassure Google that your business is legitimate. While all review sites are important, the swiftest rankings boost will come from Google My Business reviews. Send an email to your satisfied customers with a link to your Google My Business profile, and ask them directly to write a review. Doing this regularly will give you a steady flow of new reviews.
Step 5: Track Your Results
You can only determine if your local SEO campaign is getting results, and identify those areas that need a bit of help, if you track your results. You can use many different methods to analyze your data, but these 3 core metrics are the most important:
- Rankings: Google's search results are customized based on the user's previous browsing behaviors. To learn your true Google rankings, you must use a tool. An excellent free tool is the Google Search Console (formerly Google Webmaster Tools). Ask your webmaster to install it, and check your results at least once each month.
If you want to dig more fully into your rankings, consider switching to a paid rank tracking tool. We particularly like the one offered by RankRanger.com. It can track your Google My Business page as well as your webpages, and will provide automatically updated ranking data from all of your SEO campaigns.
- Traffic: Google Analytics is arguably the best way to track the visitors to your website, known as your traffic. You can view your total traffic, the traffic for each individual webpage, and the percentage of traffic that reaches you through Google search. Check your report every month, and keep an eye out for any long-term trends.
- Conversions: A conversion is any specific behavior that you want your prospects to perform. For a bar, this might be contacting you for free VIP service on the prospect's initial visit. Google Analytics lets you track both web and phone conversions, learn which of your services drives the most conversions, and even find out which of your webpages have the highest and lowest conversion rates.
Ready to Get Started?
Now you understand why a comprehensive local SEO campaign is so important in driving more potential customers to your bar. Make your way through the steps in order, and fully complete each one before starting the next. Here is a recap of the 5 steps:
- Keyword research
- Keyword optimization
- Citations and Links
- Reviews
- Tracking
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Hi my name is MiK3HWNT today if you care to read this it is a explanation of what Kalista's role is. Kalista is a new champion to league of legends. Her play style is accommodated bot bottom lane marksman(adc), adc is more than likely gonna be played by a marksman. Okay so playing adc as Kalista can be very difficult due to the fact that her auto attacks can not be stopped so if u commit to attacking then theirs no way to get out of it, however her passive also allows her to jump in a direction after the auto attack. Granted if you auto attack then u click some where next to her weather that is forwards, backwards, or side to side, theses jumps can be used to move around the minions or the selected champs you are auto attacking. These jumps also allow Kalista to dodge skill shots such as Morgana's binding or even Thresh's hook. Kalista starts with a item in her inventory called The black Spear, this item allows Kalista to soul-bind with a teammate of her choice the most likely champ is going to be her support. after soul-binding with said teammate her ult allows her to pull them to herself and the said teammate is not able to be damaged, while using her ult the said teammate can right click in a direction to either knock up the enemy champs in range or to run away from a fight they would not have won.
Runes can vary they depend on your play style these are the runes that i use on any of my build for Kalista.
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The Fall Issue (#22) of Graham and Doddsville is out and it's a great read.
Wally Weitz on the Power of Good Management, Volatility, Liberty Media and John Malone, Valeant / Allergan.
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With a stay at Gold Keep Hostel in Kowloon (Mong Kok), you'll be minutes from Mong Kok Computer Centre and Ladies' Market. This hostel is close to International Commerce Centre and Sky 100.
Make yourself at home in one of the 20 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and an elevator (lift). A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request).
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Chicago saxophonist Pat Mallinger's seventh record, Elevate, is a sophisticated, intricately constructed and a tightly cohesive work without a single superfluous note. A lean quartet date, Elevate consists of nine intriguing Mallinger compositions that allow plenty of room for individual expression. There is a seamless fusion of the prewritten and the spontaneous in these performances as the boundaries between the two are deftly blurred. On the energetic and nimble "Double Whammy,"Mallinger unleashes a flood of ideas over the loosely swinging refrains of his band mates. His intelligent monologue maintains a refreshing originality and a delightful groove that makes it simultaneously accessible and stimulating. Pianist Bill Carrothers takes one of his signature, complex and provocative solos, while drummer George Fludas closes the tune with a propulsive burst of polyrhythms. Carrothers demonstrates his unique take on the blues with an angular and thrilling improvisation... Read More CHICAGOJAZZ
01. Copacetic
02. Sunshine Rollins
03. Ho-Ho-Kus Blues
04. Singing Praises
05. No Rolling Rock
06. Prognosis
07. Double Whammy
08. 240 Edith Drive
09. Oatmeal Song
10. Oakdale Avenue
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John White has been named the new President & CEO of the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA), said CADA Chairman Harry Mertin in a communique issued by the organization.
The former President & CEO for Volkswagen Group of Canada will be replacing Rick Gauthier, who announced his retirement from the role in November 2015.
In his new role, White will lead the national dealer organization from its headquarters in Markham, Ont. and will assume responsibility for its day-to-day management, reporting to the CADA national Board of Directors, said Mertin.
White will be officially introduced to the CADA Board at its spring meeting in Victoria, B.C. on April 18, 2016. Over the next few months, Mertin said White will work closely with Gauthier as they implement an effective transition plan leading to Gauthier's official departure in July of this year.
"We are very excited about Mr. White joining CADA at this particular time in its history as it prepares to celebrate its 75th anniversary later this year," said Mertin.
White will be well-known to Canadian dealers, having served as President & CEO of Volkswagen Group of Canada from 2008-2013 and in other positions with Volkswagen Credit Canada.
Most recently, White was President & Managing Director of Volkswagen Group Australia from 2013-2015. He's also held multiple positions with General Motors of Canada.
In addition, White has held numerous board positions with automotive-related organizations and volunteers with Muscular Dystrophy Canada.
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Putting A Price Tag On Mideast Peace
July 18, 2000
If Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are successful, American taxpayers will pay for billions of dollars to finance peace in the Mideast, say political observers.
- Estimates of the financing range all the way from $15 billion to $150 billion.
- U.S. foreign aid to Israel and Egypt following President Jimmy Carter's 1979 Camp David peace treaty continues to this day.
- Leonard B. Zuza, a former official of the Office of Management and Budget, writes in the May-June edition of "Mideast Insight" that aid to the Middle East has cost the U.S. $230 billion in 1999 dollars over the past 25 years.
- He estimates the demands for aid associated with the current negotiations at a whopping $264 billion.
Financing is wanted, for example, for resettlement of Israelis who now live on the Golan Heights claimed by Syria and in the areas east of Jerusalem coveted by the Palestinians. The Palestinians are demanding an estimated $137 billion for the lands they claim were confiscated from Palestinians who felt compelled to leave Israel during the 1948 war.
Source: George Melloan, "Looking at the Money Side of the Camp David Talks," Wall Street Journal, July 18, 2000.
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Alaska's budget impasse might elicit major transportation infrastructure cuts
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker's administration has told all public sectors to prepare for cuts to services and employees in case the Legislature can't pass a budget in time for the July 1 start of the fiscal year. The governor has even brought in a professional mediator in hopes of making headway in the negotiations.
"We are still hopeful that the Legislature will pass a fully funded budget," Alaska Transportation Commissioner Marc Luiken said. "However, we must have a plan in place so that the traveling public is prepared and understands what services will and will not be affected."
If a budget isn't passed, the department would be forced to suspend all 11 of the state's ferry vessels that act as the Alaska Marine Highway. It also would limit roadside weights-and-measures checks, and cut down on preventive-maintenance projects. The Department of Transportation's support staff would be reduced to only paying bills and processing payroll.
Some services would continue to operate as normal, such as the state's international airports. Alaska's many smaller airports would continue to operate, but with reduced hours. Construction projects that are underway and already under contract would go forward as planned.