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Published on September 15th, 2015 | by editor0
Profs Bringing Virtualization to IT Classrooms
Starting in Fall 2015, Information Technology (IT) students across City Colleges will have the opportunity to gain experience in some of the technical aspects of virtualization.
Virtualization is a key technology skill set in today's competitive IT job market. In simple terms, virtualization simulates computer activity, helping students understand and apply key technology concepts. The most common application of virtualization is used with network servers, including the study of operating systems, hardware emulation, storage, networking and paravirtualization.
IT faculty selected virtualization as the focus of a recent training session during Faculty Development Week 2015 at Wright College. Wright College is City Colleges of Chicago's College to Careers hub for Information Technology education.
Sixteen professors representing six City Colleges—Wright, Daley, Harold Washington, Kennedy King, Malcolm X, and Olive Harvey–participated in the training, exploring such virtualization technologies as VMware, Workstation, VMware Player, VirtualBox, WMware vSphere/ESXi and Center, as well as Microsoft HyperV.
Professors discovered practices for using virtualization technology in the classroom, in conjunction with CISCO Networking Academy, CompTia, VMware Academy, EMC Academy, Palo Alto Academy, and Security and Digital Forensics.
Students across City Colleges in the IT curriculum will participate in lab activities and hands-on practices with VMware Player, Workstation and NDG NETLAB+ in the following courses:
- CIS 101 ( Computer Science 101)
- CIS 111 (Computer Operations)
- CIS 116 (Operating Systems I)
- Networking (most courses)
- Security (most courses)
During the faculty training session, faculty members took a moment to show their school spirit, posing in a photo opportunity during Rams Week (see photo). GO RAMS!
Contributor: Karin Kushino, Associate Dean, College to Careers
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2019 Dodge Dart Redesign Concept – There have been many tidbits gossip from now on a 2019 Dodge Dart SRT4 variant appeared and the news on a potential download date is finally here. The interpretation of the Dodge Dart car was revealed at the Detroit car Expo in 2012, and, after its all said and made the adaptation of SRT4 was declared but never executed.
2019 Dodge Dart Redesign Concept
There has been a lot of theory about the model that appears and the individuals were more than announced to see the car being delivered and created as quickly as the weather permits. However, he invested all that energy as of not so long ago that we could get the new SRT4 show one more time.
2019 Dodge Dart Changes
From the point of view of this car, the avant-garde Dodge Dart show has the state of the body impressive and extremely exquisite. Like its predecessor, it will be based on the Alfa Romeo design. It will highlight a meeting of LED lights independently set. When you take a look at it, despite a course look, you will see it as it is exceptionally seductive. In the front fascia it will be equipped with headlamp projectors, cross-over grille, the engraved aerodynamics bell. The ideal curve at the front and also amazing at the back of this car was the colossal point to consider, with the surprising shading decision you will normally have much more certainty to drive this car with someone who hopes to be impressed. Alternative option will be the electric sunroof will give your owners to appreciate the sun, the Moon and the stars.
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2019 Dodge Dart Engine
One of the main problems for the developer was locating a decent engine for the 2019 Dodge Dart SRT4 and it seems that he is still facing some challenges with that meeting. The engine of the 2019 Dodge Dart SRT4 has not yet been asserted. Clearly, simply claimed, the newcomer will be controlled by a 2.0 litre with a more extreme limit of 285 CV. Since the manufacturer has asserted something, we will consider different engines. A theory is a 2.4-Liter inline-4 Turbo engine which is fit to deliver 285 horses and 265 lbs-feet of torque. The engine the producer chooses to put on the engine of the 2019 Dodge Dart SRT4 will be related to a manual transmission.
2019 Dodge Dart Release Date and Price
The model download date will be in the primary quarter 2019, as the Dodge Dart 2019 offers start early. The cost of the SXT sport Trim is $17,995, the DART Turbo costs $19,495, while the GT sport's adaptation is accessible for $20,995 as the basis of the selling price.

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David Miller and his wife, Karen, of St. Charles decided to take advantage of Saturday's sunny weather and enjoy a little art at the same time.
"You don't see the sun out a lot lately here, so my wife and I decided to go out on a morning date," David Miller said as he stood inside the Water Street Studios in Batavia. "This is our first experience checking out the local art even though we've lived here 29 years."
The second annual Fox River Arts Ramble, a joint effort presented by the St. Charles Arts Council, Fine Line Creative Arts Studio and Batavia's Water Street Studios, rolled into the Tri-City area Saturday morning and continues through Sunday.
This year's event, extended to two days, features a self-guided tour of about 50 stops from Elgin through Aurora.
Alison Bastian, director of the St. Charles Art Council, promised the tour "would offer a behind-the-scenes look at the everyday creative pursuits" in the area.
"We have art that may not be found in a traditional space, but there is a lot going on artistically in the area," Bastian said. "This is something we have patterned after gallery crawls found in art hubs throughout the country."
While the Tri-City area might not be as well known, Bastian said they're out to change that.
This year's Ramble again featured local sculpture, art boutiques and collections of artists who were encouraged to team up in order to draw more people. Local galleries and museums were included as well as a student show offered by the Art Council which included work produced by 48 kindergarten through college students.
Elizabeth Bellaver, founder of the arts council and curator of this year's show, said the added day was based on last year's feedback.
"People said there was so much to see and places to go, and even though going from Elgin to Aurora is not a huge stretch people still felt it was too difficult to do in a day," Bellaver said as she walked through the the gallery at The Keep Creative, 220 N. 4th St., St. Charles.
"We're featuring student artists here in our building and this is about the 40th pop up show we've had since 2011."
At the Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles, executive director Lynn Caldwell said it was the idea of the Ramble is to showcase art up and down the river.
"We know what's here and it's rich with resources," she said.
A number of artist demonstrations were underway Saturday at the fine arts center, including faculty member Matt Brej of DeKalb who was painting ceramics.
"I'm showing the pottery I've made and things are not made as you usually expect," Brej said. "I take time to make sure each piece is unique and use layering of colored clay on top of itself."
In another studio, Katherine Steinbring of St. Charles was teaching students about making jewelry out of metal clay. She said she was expecting a bigger crowd this year.
"We have good weather today and I think there are a lot of undiscovered artistic treasures here in the area that a lot of people don't know about," she said.
James and Arlene Gruber of Huntley said there were curious as to what the Art Ramble had to offer and wanted to stop by.
"I'm personally interested in the type of programs they have here," Arlene said as she walked through the Fine Arts Creative Arts Center.
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James Gruber paints pastels and was interested in people doing similar work, she said.
"I do paint now, and I know someone that teaches classes here," James Gruber said. "The facilities they have here are unbelievable — they absolutely blow me away."
To the south, the Millers visited with their niece, Emy Krauspe of Geneva, who said she worked with fiber and natural dyes at the Water Street Studios.
"It's cool that they have an event like this so close by," she said. "When I was growing up, they didn't have this but I love the space. It's a great place for artists."


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Are Sara Ali Khan and Kartik Aaryan a couple?
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Bollywood — Sara Ali Khan and Kartik Aaryan — but, well, they don't really give a fig. They are only too happy basking in each other's company, hanging out all the time, picking each other up at airports, and doing all the things young ones in love do. In fact, even when they aren't together, we hear they are video-calling each other. At a recent brand shoot, Kartik apparently video-called Sara, asking her opinion on his clothes, his hair and his styling. Oh well, we're sure she approved of everything.


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Press ReleaseOct | 3 | 2017
Protein identified that drives initiation and growth of aggressive form of leukemia
A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified a new cancer-causing pathway behind most cases of an aggressive type of leukemia, findings that could lead to new targeted treatment approaches. In the report published online in Cancer Discovery, the team describes finding a protein called TOX (thymocyte selection-associated high mobility box protein) that acts in concert with other oncogenes to initiate the development of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Expressed in 95 percent of human T-ALL cases, TOX is also required for the cancer's growth and persistence.
"Despite the ability of front-line chemotherapy to induce remission in T-ALL, in many patients the cancer either does not respond to treatment or relapses after a first remission," says David Langenau, PhD, of the MGH Molecular Pathology Unit and the MGH Cancer Center, senior author of the report. "Sadly, 70 percent of children and more than 90 percent of adults with treatment-resistant or relapsed T-ALL eventually succumb to their disease. Treatment resistance remains the greatest clinical challenge, which makes identifying common mechanisms that drive cancer growth a major imperative."
T-ALL has several molecular subtypes, many driven by common oncogenes such as MYC and NOTCH, yet evidence has suggested that the cancer's initiation is likely driven by aberrations in DNA repair. Using an innovative zebrafish model of T-ALL, lead author Riadh Lobbardi, PhD, of the MGH Molecular Pathology Unit and colleagues revealed that TOX works in collaboration with known oncogene pathways to transform T-cell precursors into leukemia cells by altering DNA repair and then expanding the population of transformed cells.
The team's experiments revealed that TOX altered DNA repair and initiated genome instability in zebrafish T-ALL and in mouse cells. In human T-ALL cells, TOX was shown to suppress non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) repair, an important pathway required for repairing double-strand DNA breaks that when disrupted is known to cause errant DNA repair and genomic instability. Practically all tested samples of human T-ALL were found to express TOX, which was also found to be essential for the proliferation and survival of human T-ALL in both cultured cells and in tumors implanted into mice.
Langenau explains that TOX is known to have important roles in the development and maturation of several types of immune cells, yet its roles in leukemia initiation and genomic instability were not described until this work. TOX is one of a group of proteins known to regulate the configuration or expression of genes by binding to DNA molecules, yet its mechanism in T-ALL – blocking NHEJ repair by binding to DNA repair proteins rather than directly to DNA – was totally unexpected.
"A major role for TOX in T-ALL is to elicit defects in DNA repair leading to genetic changes that drive normal cells into cancer," he says. "TOX then continues to be expressed within leukemic cells and is required for continued tumor growth. That means that, if we can successfully target TOX with small molecules in the future, the 95 percent of T-ALL patients whose tumors express TOX would have new treatment options for this aggressive leukemia." In addition to better understanding how TOX regulates the continued growth of T-ALL, it also will be important to determine whether related TOX proteins have similar cancer-causing molecular functions in other types of cancers.
Langenau is an associate professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and a research scholar in the MGH Cancer Center and the Molecular Pathology Unit. Additional MGH co-authors of the Cancer Discovery paper include Marjorie Oettinger, PhD, MGH Molecular Biology, and Wilhelm Haas, PhD, and Raul Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD, MGH Cancer Center.Support for the study includes grants from the American Cancer Society, the Leukemia Research Foundation, the MGH Goodman Fellowship, the MGH Research Scholars Program, the Live Like Bella Foundation, the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health.
Massachusetts General Hospital, founded in 1811, is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The MGH Research Institute conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the nation, with an annual research budget of more than $850 million and major research centers in HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, computational and integrative biology, cutaneous biology, genomic medicine, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders, regenerative medicine, reproductive biology, systems biology, photomedicine and transplantation biology. The MGH topped the 2015 Nature Index list of health care organizations publishing in leading scientific journals and earned the prestigious 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service. In August 2017 the MGH was once again named to the Honor Roll in the U.S. News & World Report list of "America's Best Hospitals."


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Food, eating habits and cusine of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's agricultural sector is rich in variety of goods and this will surely prove that the Zimbabwean cuisine has a lot to offer. Zimbabwean dishes are more of vegetable and fruit dishes eaten with meat or other spices. Their cuisine is very much their own though there are some influences from the British and the Africans, along with other neighboring countries.
Corn or maize is the most abundant agricultural product of Zimbabwe and it is inevitable that corn be a part of their everyday lives. The country's national dish, the Sadza, is a cornmeal eaten with vegetable stew. Some families who can afford to buy meat eat Sadza with meat like beef or chicken. The Sadza is cooked slowly until it becomes thick, just like the porridge in the United States of America. It is most often the breakfast meal for Zimbabweans. Aside from food dishes, Zimbabweans also use corn in making beer. They usually drink their locally brewed corn beer in occasions.
It is customary in Zimbabwe that you wash your hands before having a meal. Zimbabweans place a bowl of water at the dining table and everyone is to clean their hands there. While eating, it is proper to use the right hand, even if you are left handed. Also, food sharing is the norm in Zimbabweans where they eat from just one bowl of dish. At that it is best to pace yourself with the others. In the afternoon, Zimbabweans like to have tea either at home or in food establishments.


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After many weeks of feeling deprived, I finally made it to a yard sale! So you might say this is the confession of a desperate yard sale addict! Other addicts will understand, you get to the point where you need a fix. Or I could call this…
"Confession of a Desperate Yard Sale Addict or You Know You're a Yard Sale Addict When…."
- You're going to a yard sale on crutches
- You're asking your hubby to go to the sale for you as you're biting your nails in the car.
- You're plotting how you CAN go to the sale, yet still sit in the car. Maybe a camcorder and a walkie-talkie?
- You're politely telling him (while gritting your teeth) to please park the car so you can at least LOOK at the sale.
- You're at the yard sale anyway even when the doc told you no…how stupid is that???
I must explain…I have a broken kneecap, and am not supposed to be walking on it, even though it doesn't hurt. But doc said I may walk around in the house.
Once in the distant past, Gary told me he would go to sales for me. AH! File that away in the brain for future reference. So the time had come to take him up on it. I
coerced, arm-twisted, wheedled, sweet-talked him into going even though he was suddenly suffering from amnesia.
So there was a sale. Like Cinderella, I was DYING to go to the ball. I pointed out the things from photos ahead of time I wanted him to look for, and where they would be. I knew this was risky because as we know, men have a difficult time finding things. And sure enough, he couldn't and didn't. Someone else scored the little chest I wanted. Oh well…. This is what he came back with: not exactly my vision…of a productive Friday! Don't get me wrong…I AM grateful he went. Desperate yard sale addicts can't be too picky.
Saturday he talked me into going with him while I sat in the car. We went to about 5 sales, and he walked around forever, but came back empty-handed! (How is this possible???) I was cringing over what he was missing.
At one sale, he came back to the car saying "they have Barbie dolls and tons of other vintage items." Arrgghh….before I knew it I was casting caution to the winds and going to look! I had my cane, and it's almost like walking around in the house, right???
Vintage items were priced outta sight. The people kept saying everything was negotiable, but they could have sold a whole lot more if their prices were better. Badly tarnished silverplate trays…yes, I know it doesn't matter if they are tarnished, but…$20 and $10? No way.
Lots of LP records…saw a Beatles record with a very worn cover….$15…NOPE! They had obviously checked Ebay. But it's a mistake to price a yard sale like the winning bid on ebay. I'm not usually one to turn down the Beatles. However, I did find a few bargains.
This lovely vintage bookcase for the haggled-down price of $8. I love the pretty details on the edges and the shelves. Just a little peeling veneer on the top, which can be fixed. For an awesome tutorial on how to remove veneer, check out this post by Denise of Salvaged Inspirations.
A lovely paneled door with possibilities
and only $3!
THAT could be THIS lovely rustic chalkboard door~
From my friend Wanda Craft at Just Vintage Home (used by permission)
or THIS….beautiful hand painted cabinet door by Debi Coules Romantic Art and Design. http://www.debicoules.com/
(used by permission)
Here are my other priceless finds of the day~lovely vintage hardware which I literally grabbed…
If anybody knows what this is, please tell me! Close up of item in bottom row of photo above:
More hardware lovelies~
And last but not least….sewing trims and notions are irresistible to me….
One of the collars has stains, but I get around this by dyeing, which causes the stain to blend in.
Advice about selling vintage sewing notions:
- Hoops & wooden spools always sell.
- Notions and trims do better sold as a grouping or lot, although I have sold them individually. Vintage trims are very popular, but make sure they are vintage. They aren't dated, so you have to guess by how old the packaging looks.
- Generic, solid color yarn with no labels is a hard sell, unless in a lot with others and priced cheap.
- DMC embroidery is difficult now that embroidery is out, unless you have a lot of it, with unusual colors.
- Embroidery patterns are almost impossible to sell unless the pattern or kit is extremely cute.
- Aunt Martha's iron-on's? Never tried, but I doubt they sell well.
I always tell myself not to buy sewing notions, but I do it anyway. I still love them, even though my machine and I have not met for many years!
All of the smalls (hardware and sewing notions) will be headed to my shop on Etsy: vintagesouthernpicks.etsy.com.
Otherwise, I would love to know what you think of this post!
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- The Latest Vintage Hauls - February 10, 2020
- A Vintage Fall Haul - November 3, 2019
- September Sales on Etsy and My New Antique Booth - September 30, 2019
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Jet lag! Well I was truly suffering at the beginning of January, not because of the holiday season festivities which were quite some time ago but due to the severe jet lag caused by travelling from China to Miami (with stop offs in Helsinki, London and New York on route, so as to keep the cost down). I was so exhausted, not just with the physical tiredness, but mentally, and nothing to do with old age as several of my peers have recently admitted to putting a credit card in the fridge or finding themselves half way up the stairs and too tired to remember if they were on their way up or down! In an effort to kill the jet lag I finally went for a run after 3 days but even then, I managed to get lost in Miami, the place with the most local street names ever. Coming back after having been away for over twice as long as expected I found a very worried Tuula who had been googling how to contact people regards a missing person!
Well, why such poor preparation for a regatta…. The truth is Fort Lauderdale was hosting the US Nationals and we decided that this would be the perfect warm up (training regatta) for the World Cup in Miami. It was close enough to have the same accommodation for both events and gave us the opportunity to get in some much needed racing, having not raced since September/October in Japan.
Actually, I quite enjoyed the logistics: while the boats went by road from the container in Miami and back to the US Sailing Center, the RIBs went by water. Alberte Dahlbery very kindly drove my RIB up to Fort Lauderdale and then we both drove back in convey after the regatta – full speed! We even beat those who went by road and I had time for a cup of coffee and something to eat at the nearby Starbucks whilst waiting for the Radial girls.
Whilst not all the Sailors were there: we had Paige Railey, Sarah Douglas, Erika Reineke, Hannah Snellgrove, Josefin Olsson and Mari Erdi to mention a few. So, there was definitely a high-quality fleet and difficult conditions as you can probably tell from the results… all of which lead to continued improvement. Tuula Tenkanen made a top 5 finish despite 3 results out of the top 10, showing just what a high scoring regatta it was. The results may be found:
For me this was a timely reminder of how important good preparation is, and even sitting in a coach boat you really need the focus. Hopefully my next blog will make more sense when I have adjusted correctly to the time zone. Fortunately, we have many days before the Miami World Cup!
Jon Emmett has over 20 years of coaching experience from grass roots to Olympic Gold.


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|The Mental Health Strategist works to build capacity within the UNB community to foster positive mental health.
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|The UNB Student Health Centre is committed to providing quality primary health care. Open year round to full-time UNB and STU students, we assess and manage a wide variety of medical problems. Additionally you can access a Dietitian, Specimen Collection, Psychiatrist, and referrals to other specialists. Call or drop by to book an appointment.
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|The Writing and Study Skills Program provides individual appointments, drop-in consultations, and workshops for all full- and part-time UNB students. Our specialty is academic writing, but we also work with students to develop other abilities such as time management, note-taking, examination preparation, and presentation skills.
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Mexican Constitution
History helps us to know how things and people have been participating in each event a long our lives, it is important to know dates, names and places really important to understand our culture.
In this class, we discuss about the problems our planet is facing with all the wastes people are producing every day.
Talking About Arts
To be able to talk about any kind of topics in our lives let us to increase our cultural background and grow as human beings, for that reason our English program takes into account topics related to arts, tourism, politics, ...
Talking about travel arrangements
In this class, we discuss about all the things you need to take into account when you travel abroad, the use of modals verbs to express need, duty or pieces of advice.
Describing our state and its cities / towns
In this class, we describe what attractions we can find in our towns and cities in Hidalgo, how people's life is, what they eat and drink.
Famous mexican people
In this class, we discuss about intellectual Mexican people who were winners o the most important prize for researches, proporsals or contributions in academic, cultural and scientific fields to help our world becomes ...
Talking about inventions
In this class, we talk about great scientific, artistic, technological contributions around the world and how they have change our lives.
Describing ecological problems
In this class, we identify and describe some ecological problems around the world and how to give possible solutions to avoid these problems.
Expressing Opinions and feelings
In this class, we will express our feelings and opinions about things, activities, people and/or situations in our life.


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Author(s): Ray Hamilton
You can never know too much stuff. For example: * Today, the people of earth take more photos in two minutes than they did in the whole of the nineteenth century. * When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris in 1911, one of the suspects was Pablo Picasso. * The surface area of Russia is larger than the surface area of Pluto. This outrageously informative book is packed full of fascinating nuggets of history, science, literature, technology, sports, geography, culture and miscellanea from every corner of the world - enough mind-blowing trivia to ensure you're never short of a jaw-dropping conversation starter (or stopper) again.
Ray Hamilton is a freelance writer and editor, whose lifelong passions are travel, languages and history. He has edited books on a wide range of subjects, including politics, history, travel, sport, gangland violence and birdwatching! He previously pursued a varied career in government, the highlights of which included multilateral government negotiations in Paris and forays into sub-Saharan Africa


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Call center dialer software is basically an outbound and inbound call management solution that can automatically dial calls from the already organized lists of contacts. This list is uploaded on to the dialer software and in case of inbound calls, it efficiently distributes all the received calls to the call the center agents on several parameters.
A predictive dialer is a major type of dialer software that has the ability to predict the moment when agents are ready to make or receive next call. Another amazing feature of predictive dialer software is that they can dial numerous numbers within few seconds. The purpose is to approach the right person and generate maximum leads to ensure the best performance.
Efficient time management:
Predictive dialers can easily approach the call management solution by using algorithms. It can intelligently predict when call center agents should be ready to make or receive calls from their clients and prospects. It can predict the moments that clients are available to take the call, so the call center agents won't be connected to an answering machine, a busy tone, or have a disconnected call.
Among these things, predictive dialers can also identify when the call center agents finish their current call. By doing this, the dialer software can be able to provide a steady stream of live connections to the agents. They won't waste their precious time on tight deadlines.
Enhance productivity:
Sales and marketing departments rely on their inside sales techniques and outbound agents to generate maximum numbers. Among all these tough challenges faced on phone call sales, the length of time utilized in making calls can waste your energy and time as well; because most of the times agents have to wait for the call to connect with the relevant person.
So, if you are dialing manually, it will take almost 40 seconds to connect with each call. And when the call goes unanswered, the agent will need to take the note of that call, so the number can go back to the pool to be contacted again later.
High quality leads management:
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Watch a 'pro-Trump' Republican's wacky colonoscopy ad [VIDEO]
As of Friday morning, this political ad for the Noel Collis for Congress campaign has been watched 760-some times on YouTube.
Five of those were by this author. This video merits repeat viewings.
Collis is one of five Republican candidates running in the 7th Congressional District primary, where former state Sen. (and would-be member of a Republican "Squad") Michelle Fischbach is the GOP-endorsed candidate to challenge DFL U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson.
If you've heard of Collis, it might be because you live in the massive western Minnesota district, and have been getting his phone calls. This week, the Republican Party of Minnesota complained to the Minnesota Attorney General's office, saying "numerous Republican voters" had been on the receiving end of robo-calls from Collis's campaign.
In a response from its legal counsel, the Collis campaign says it merely "utilizes a server-to-server connection to transfer a pre-recorded message directly into a recipient's voicemail box without making a call to avoid a phone from ringing."
Fischbach's toughest challenger is clearly Dave Hughes, the Air Force veteran who ran and lost against Peterson in 2016 and 2018. For evidence, look no further than what happened to Fischbach's former press secretary Sam Winter, who resigned after allegedly jamming Hughes's home phone line with 300-plus calls in April.
But her wackiest challenger is clearly Noel Collis, a "lifelong Minnesotan" and practicing gastroenterologist. On his (beautiful) campaign website, photos reveal Collis is just as comfortable holding a rifle as he is leaning on farm equipment and looking off into the distance.
On postings there, Collis has expressed his "musings" on everything from the bald eagle--("a majestic symbol that soars above all—and is free") to Kanye West ("his message is one that popular culture needs to hear") to having a dog ("a wonderful, faithful, and loyal companion.")
The real bright spot of the Collis campaign, however, is its advertising. A page for "TV & Radio" ads features six video spots supporting Collis, three of which come with a description explaining (warning?) that they use humor.
We now invite you to watch the "hillarious not so subtle" ad referenced above.
We're positive Noel's not qualified to be in Congress, we cannot endorse his grasp of humor, and given his description that a colonoscopy of Congress would "clean them out," we're a little worried about what's happening at his clinic.
Frankly, he should've made his whole campaign about how great dogs are.


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Probably two of the lesser famous members of the Justice League, and characters of the DC Comic books, The Green Arrow and The Flash are making a larger splash than anticipated.
With Arrow on its fourth season and The Flash on its second season, the two CW television shows are bringing in viewers of all ages and are helping increase the awareness for the upcoming movies for DC Cinema.
While the television shows and the movies are two completely different universes and are not going to co-exist in any possible way. A lot of fans were very disappointed to hear that a new The Flash movie would be released in the upcoming years, without seeing how the success of the TV show would go.
As well as stating multiple cameos for the Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice movie, to amp up the possibility of a Justice League movie. Many complaints are the main actors for the Arrow (Stephen Amell) and The Flash (Grant Gustin) should be in the upcoming movies and should have larger parts than higher priced actors.
While the Arrow is a sort of knock off version of Batman, the Arrow is doing a great job of casting amazing super villains and having a great story line to go along with the show.
Now viewers must remember, that this is a television show filmed based and filmed in Canada, so some of the fighting and choreograph is a tad corny, yet the Batman influenced villains and small love stories of Oliver Queen and doing whatever he can to protect his city. This is hands down one of my favorite television shows on TV now, and has the chance to be airing for many years to come.
Next up, The Flash and how Barry Allen is doing whatever he has to do to learn how to control his speed, and discover the identity and take down his mothers' killer. The Flash is a larger known character in the DC Comic universe, and recently introduced a theory to ensure no misconceptions of the new movies coming out. The Flash recently discovered how to travel and understand multi-universes, allowing the never-ending possibilities for multiple movies and spin offs to happen because of this theory.
Finally, these two shows are becoming the stepping stone for DC Comics and their television deals, with just this year the start of two new DC Comic television shows: Supergirl and The Legends of Tomorrow.
The Arrow and The Flash also do cross overs, to help boost the amount of views for both shows and keeping a true connection between all characters. Which one, if not both, of these shows are your favorite, and how do you feel the shows are doing compared to previous DC Comic television shows?


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In life one should be happy. Kids are always happy and its because of there innocence and purity. Sometimes the box becomes heavy and hard to carry but its important to keep trying. I truly believe good things come to those who wait. Laugh live love smile and take pictures. The little things that make me smile..
Me and my nephew jayden Ortiz
Its also important to look good and feel good
Hanging out with friends and family is also important
Eating is also important LOL! !!
Enjoy life so u can sleep at night in peace and live longer let stuff go it's good for your heart ..


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The dissertation compared the leader programs in Monmouthshire, and South Lanarkshire, with a greater
focus on the latter. The aim of the leader programmes was to develop tourism projects in rural areas, with consideration of all aspects of rural tourism. This includes bed and breakfasts, farms for example, farming holidays, or petting farms, equine, hunting and fishing tourism, traditional skills including residential dry-stone walling courses, or blacksmithing, food and drink and arts and crafts Rural tourism is especially important in South Lanarkshire, given that its largest towns with the largest population.
Retrieved fromhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/137942/Kaminsky_Amanda_Thesis_2017.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Chinese nationalists continue to increase both commercially and diplomatically in Africa. This offers a ready market for safari operators, especially at a global level. The research explored the potential for tour operators to promote safaris specifically to a Chinese market including issues of cultural awareness, pricing, shopping, and accommodation. The study further looked at how a London based firm wants to venture into this kind of business and the Chinese firms may have learned from the experienced safari tour providers to provide space for only the Chinese without interruption of African/Chinese.
This study concluded that there is need for countries to market their tourism activities to the numerous Chinese tourists around the world. It was evident that China is becoming a major economy and its number of tourists to African countries is increasing day by day. Evidently, the authors noted that there is a high number of Chinese tourists visiting the African continent recently and more should be done to capture their full attention and to attract them to invest in various African countries. The study mainly involved the use of participant observation and interviews as methods of data collection. The researchers also included surveys of Wildlife officials in Kenya where there is a high number of Chinese tourists with different cultures and programs.
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The Annapurna Conservation Project Area in Nepal seeks to redress the balance lost in the expansion of trekking tourism over the last thirty years. The dissertation examined the success of the project in restoring cultural and ecological integrity to the area, without any diminution of the economic benefits that the region needs for survival. A particular focus was on the success of tourism training projects among the indigenous residents of the area, and the effect of such training on tourism, given that eco- and adventure tourism continues to rise. Using secondary research methods and primary research through interviewing key informants, the study offers considerable scope for creativity and research rigor.
The researchers concluded that ecotourism is important and it has been promoted to reconcile promote the goals of tourism development and growth around the world. It was also noted that activities and programs associated with environmental protection and nature conservation is important in attracting various tourists around the world. The study covered a period of more than ten months and the main research methods to collect data adopted included the use of interviews, surveys as well as tourist's observation and field research. The researchers noted that tourism development should be part of government programs around the world.
Retrieved from https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/23795/dissertation.pdf?sequence=1
The boutique hotel sector has several definitions. Nevertheless, most people agree that such hotels have relatively few guest rooms, offer a distinctive art and design style, and a high standard of service. The dissertation considered how much the role of art in hotels has escalated in recent years and has become a characteristic of boutique hotels. It explored the cost of individual and original art in a number of boutique hotels in the UK, and interviews were conducted with hotel management and guests to determine the role that art plays in choosing to stay within particular hotels.
Based on the study findings, it was evident that although there are similarities between hotel and other commercial property developments especially in terms of land, structures and services development, it is important that investors consider various factors when developing hotels. This includes the consideration of the unique characteristics of the hotel and tourism industry. The researcher also noted that effective and proper management expertise and experience is important within the tourism industry. Tourism companies must adopt effective management and planning to increase their profitability
Some of the factors that management must consider to promote the hotel industry include the principles of a hotel business as well as fundamentals of the tourism industry as a motivator for hotel development and growth in various regions around the world. The authors also noted that adoption of hotel property development, strategic hotel management, as well as other hotel property development feasibility studies and hotel market analysis is important in managing risks within the hotel and tourism industry.
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This dissertation investigated the phenomenon of tourism in the slums. Slum tourism dates back more than 100 years. Examined briefly the history of such tours, and considered the value of slum tourism in exposing individuals to inequities in living standards, income and even opportunity. Changes in slum tourism to South Africa, dating from the 1980s, is evaluated throughout its growth to the present day, and compared to those tours currently being offered to the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Dharavi, India. The paper evaluated whether the residents of slums received any short- or long-term benefit from such exposure, thus determining its value.
From a close analysis of the study, it can be argued that slum tourism is slowly becoming a global problem and corrective action must be taken to control the problem. The majority of poor people living within slums are facing many challenges that have not been witnessed in other developed countries around the world. This has led to many tourists from developed countries going in different slum regions as tourists to witness challenges of poverty around the world. This has been witnessed in various regions such as in South Africa as well as in Kenya. The authors also noted that lack of ethics and poor power politics is a big problem within slums and this should be considered.
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This dissertation examined sexual orientation discrimination and other forms of discrimination in the sector, from race to occupation to children. It weighs the rights of the bed and breakfast owners to choose who should stay in their home with them, against the rights of those who are paying for accommodation, and in the light of anti-discrimination legislation. Interviews were conducted with those who had been declined accommodation, bed and breakfast owners, and industry representatives and finally made recommendations for owners to avoid litigation.
The study concluded that the hospitality industry is a big part of the UK's tourism industry and it includes accommodation and food service activities. It was also evident that made food and beverage services are the main driver of the tourism industry in many countries including in the UK. The researchers also noted that many tourists prefer outdoor activities and staying in hotels around the world.
Retrieved fromhttps://web.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-062211-112745/unrestricted/Final_Report.pdf
This dissertation examined the risks in the London hotel market, focussing on over-capacity, in the wake of the London Olympics 2012. According to several researchers, over-capacity is a natural phenomenon, preferable to under-capacity, occurring in cycles, and is often related to specific events. The study evaluated how severe the after-shocks of the Olympics occurred in the London hotel market, both in the luxury and non-luxury sectors. Additionally, it provided recommendations for hotel operators to help reduce the anticipated challenges in the future.
Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327339597_Corporate_Social_Responsibility_CSR_Practices_in_the_Hospitality_Industry_in_Malawi
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) need not be the focus of large companies only, yet the economies of scale available to large enterprises ensure that green initiatives and similar CSR endeavors are often restricted to this market. The research investigated and suggested a co-operative model for CSR, whereby small, independent hotels in distinct regions combine to achieve greater savings in energy, services, and supplies. Even aspects such as staff training could be achieved within a co-operative model, thus enabling small businesses to enjoy the benefits that enhanced CSR brings, without the prohibitive costs for one-off courses and contracts.
Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264972724_WHY_TOURISTS_PURCHASE_SOUVENIRS
Many conference attendees find themselves too busy to shop, but their families look forward to souvenirs; airport souvenir sales outlets do not always fulfill this need, particularly with limited trading hours or have smaller, regional facilities with few shops. This dissertation considered the opportunity for conference souvenirs to expand past the items offered by exhibitors, such as logo-inscribed pens and baseball caps, to a specific sales outlet that retails a variety of souvenirs aimed at different market sectors and price points, and with repeat collectability. Furthermore, the paper reviewed what is currently available, the profitability of such enterprises and made recommendations for conference facilities considering this form of expansion.
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The popular perception that those wishing to die at assisted suicide facilities such as that of Dignitas, in Switzerland, make a single trip is false. At least three trips are required, and patients are usually accompanied by at least one family member. This paper investigated the growing market of death tourism and considers the opportunities for package deals, whereby clients purchase in advance the three components of the travel process. Such packages include specialized excursions, medical assistance or other amenities. The dissertation also examined the legal risks involved in dark tourism and the possible prosecution of companies involved.
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Medical tourism is a growing trend. An increasing number of people travel to another country, seeking medical treatment which is expensive or unavailable in their own. There are various factors that impact the destination selection process for medical treatment purposes. This destination can be local or international. With limited evidence present on these factors that impact destination selection for medical tourism, there is a need for a comprehensive study which explores these factors in detail. Thus, the main aim of this study was to study the factors that impact the destination selection process for medical purposes.
From a close analysis of the study findings and results, it can be argued many tourists support medical activities and they have a positive impact on patient's destinations selection and satisfaction level. Notably, it was evident that Malaysia is a famous destination for Indonesians as a medical tourism destination. It is important that the government promote the medical tourism industry to help develop the health ministry as well as the tourism ministry in Malaysia. It was also evident that6 several countries are offering medical tourism in the Asia Pacific region and attracting a big number of tourist every year.
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With an increasing fare of air travelling the demand for low-cost airline services is on the rising. Ryanair is one of the leading low-cost airline service based in the UK. Many regular travelers are attracted by its low priced air tickets. In view of this, this study explored whether low-cost airlines had a positive impact on increasing international tourism in Europe or not. The research was conducted based on quantitative data that was collected from a sample of Ryanair international tourism travelers.
Retrieved from https://scholarship.sha.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1199&context=chrpubs
There are various technologies and practices available today which can be used to achieve eco-friendliness, such as; internet of things, automation technology, and sustainable building construction. The eco-friendly practices include; water and energy conservation, renewable energy use, waste recycling and management, healthy environment, clean air, and ventilation. Solar panels and automated systems are installed by many hotels in the UK which generate renewable energy and complete automation for lights and water. Therefore, it was worth evaluating how such eco-friendly practices were affecting hotel selection decision of guests in the UK hospitality industry.
This study concluded that there are various sustainability practices that should be considered to promote and improve the tourism industry. This includes the consideration of corporate social responsibility and tourist satisfaction. When tourists are satisfied they are willing and able to come back and visit a region. Managers working within the hotel industry should adopt various programs such as loyalty program points as well as participate in environmental programs to attract more tourists from various regions around the world.
Retrieved from https://msu.edu/course/prr/840/econimpact/pdf/ecimpvol1.pdf
Economic factors have a great impact on tourism. When a country is economically strong, it spends on boosting tourism in the country which results in enhanced tourism. However, on the downside, tourism is adversely affected. This research examined and critically analyzed economic factors of a country that impact the tourism and hospitality industry. Furthermore, the dissertation compared the positive and negative effects and the rate at which they make changes within the tourism sector. In conclusion, economic growth contributes positively to the tourism development of a country.
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Social media plays a huge role in destination selection. The experiences and reviews that people share have a huge impact on tourism. This research analyzed the role of different social media platforms in terms of selection of tourism destinations. Furthermore, the dissertation shed light on the rationale and factors based on which people rely on social media to select their tourism destination.
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The tourism sector of any country is greatly looked after by governmental and regulatory bodies. This research analyzed the role which is played by such bodies in terms of policy-making and regulation implementation. The dissertation focused on developing countries because their tourism sector works differently from developed countries.
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Travel bloggers and vloggers are an important part of the tourism industry now. These are the people who travel the world, document their experience through their writing or videos and influence people. Tourists, throughout the world, now depend on their views and choose their travel destination accordingly. The dissertation explored how these influencers have changed the tourism industry completely.
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Different hotels have different motivation packages for their employees. The packages are different among luxury and other hotels. This dissertation analyzed the factors that have impacted the employee motivation in luxury and five-star hotels in Malaysia.
Retrieved from https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/95352/THESIS2015_kurikkala_ojeda-PDF.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Wellness tourism is perceived as a part of the bigger concept of well-being tourism. This dissertation addressed issues concerning wellness product development and cooperation in the region of Ounasvaara, Rovaniemi, located in the Finnish Lapland. The development of wellness products is treated as an important element concerning the future development of Rovaniemi. The chosen research method was the qualitative method and therefore the information was collected through interviews. The purpose was to examine the current situation in the Ounasvaara region regarding wellness tourism
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This dissertation presented an investigation of the present status of medical and wellness tourism in Bulgaria. Furthermore, it focused on the future development and possibilities of involving key stakeholders in the industry. Secondary research was conducted and previous findings summarised. A qualitative study was also conducted using interviews. According to findings, there was a need and motivation for the development and growth of the tourism sector in Bulgaria. Currently, there are several challenges that need to be addressed based on the analysis.
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TLC's Women's Ministry is led by Pastor Monica and Erica Morin. We are a team devoted to help you encounter God in a deeper way, encourage you to persevere, and use your God given gifts and talents to further His Kingdom. We meet every 1st and 3rd Saturday's each month at Panera Bread, Gold Star BLVD, and once, every quarter at TLC Cafe to get encouraged by a guest speaker.
*Call church office for dates and times.
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Do you hate washing your clothes and washclothes and towels and…I hate to even think about it. Luckily, one day soon, these hangers could make so that you have to do a lot less washing.
They hold specialized charcoal to air out clothes that may only need a freshen-up rather than a full wash. This idea has the potential save save loads and loads of water from being wasted. Not only that, but power and soap as well. It's called the "Bye Bye Laundry" and it is basically a loop-shaped hanger with a filtered glass chamber at the top. Inside are special charcoal pellets processed with oxygen. It is a powerful and effective odor eliminator for the clothes on the hanger.
This idea comes from British designer Lisa Marie Bengtsson. It won't remove stains, but many people wash things just to get the smell out and that's where this comes in handy.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2019, the Year of Our Lord
Pastor Carolyn Sissom
. Amos 5:24: Let justice run down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Amos 1:1The words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders of Tekoa, which he saw…
Amos 7:10-16: Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear his words… (14) Amos answered Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son, but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit. The LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the word said unto me, Go prophesy unto my people Israel. Hear the word of the LORD: You say, do not prophesy against Israel, and do not drop your word against the house of Isaac…
The words of Amos are the words of the LORD and the words the prophet saw by vision. John said he saw the voice that spoke to him.
Rev 1:12And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me.
Amos says the Words he saw spoke to Him: "And the word said unto me."
Friday night I had a dream that Jesus was holding my hand and walking me through the words of Amos and Zechariah. As we walked through and around the words that were written, He was explaining the words to me. Only when I awoke, I don't know what He told me.
Just as Amos was not welcome in "the king's chapel" and the "king's court" (Amos 7:13), Jesus Christ was not welcome among religious Pharisees and Sadducees.
Prophet Amos is a prophet of Justice. He took a machine gun approach to his work. Jesus like Amos was a gatherer of sycamore fruit in the person of Zacchaeus. God called Amos from a sycamore tree just as he called Zacchaeus from a sycamore tree.
Luke 19:4Zacchaeus ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Jesus for He was going to pass that way. when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house. So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, "He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner. Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold
And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham;
Amos pleaded with the people to turn from their sin, restore justice, and to deal righteously with the poor.
It seems worthwhile to take note that God chooses men who are busy occupied with some kind of purposeful livelihood:
Amos 1:2And he said:
"The LORD roars from Zion,
When the Lord roars from Zion, judgment is imminent. The Sovereign Lord has spoken and Amos can do nothing else but prophesy. Zion is God's dwelling place.
Joel 3:16 repeats the motto of Amos: "The Lord also will roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem," and adds the seismic theophany imagery "the heavens and the earth shall shake
Amos prophesies the Words to all the surrounding nations adjacent to Israel and pronounced judgment by fire on the nations, cities, and leaders. His pronouncement of judgment begins with For three transgressions and for four; I will not turn away its punishment. Their sins have risen to such a height; God will not turn away the punishment. Amos presents God as passionate concerning His justice. Justice is relational. It promotes good relationships between people and nations. Injustice breaks down good relationships and breeds anger, hostility and violence.
Amos 1:3 begins the oracles of pending judgment with Syria. The Lord spoke to me on Tuesday that the present shaking of nations has again begun with Syria. It seems to me since the Lord was walking with me through the words of Amos that this oracle is as relevant today to the nations of the world as it was when spoken by Amos.
In God is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (Jas. 1:17).
Heb. 13:8:Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
At Tuesday morning Bible Study, I broke down verse by verse each nation, their sin and their judgment. Today, I am going to list the reasons for judgment on nations, which I propose has not changed since the time Amos saw the words of God. I also propose these sins are piled high and we have come to a day of the Lord when He is once again roaring out of Zion bringing justice to the world.
Jesus Christ is the "good shepherd" who was made unto us righteousness. Jesus Christ, the righteous, is the divine measure, the criterion by which all men are judged.
I am persuaded that through this shaking of nations, there will come forth a great harvest of the earth, a glorious church of Jew and Gentile, an overcoming Church in great power.
Amos prophesied that each nation would be destroyed by a fire which the Lord Himself will send. This was fulfilled by the invasion of the Tiglath Pilesar of Assyria.
Please hear me that I am not prophesying that we have come to the day prophesied by Peter and Paul:
2Pe 3:7But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved (sealed) by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
2Pe 3:12looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
2Th 1:7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Luke 12:49I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Amos declares that God is the God of all the earth, the one who is vitally concerned with all people and will judge sin wherever it is found. He is concerned with the relationships of all states and nations to one another. The laws of conduct are valid throughout the international realm. Yahweh is the God who will have justice and righteousness among all nations. His rule extends to all men, and in all circumstances, doing nothing with partiality.
Exodus 21:16And he that steals a man, and sells him, or if he be
Found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death
4. Edom : Because he pursued his brother with a sword, cast off all pity, and kept
his anger and wrath perpetually. – The present wrath toward our President;
the present wrath between all the nations.
5. Ammon: Because they ripped up the women with child in Gilead, that they
might enlarge their territory. (abortion, kill full term babies).
6. Moab: Because they burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
(assassination, murder and destruction of God's chosen leaders)
7. Judah: Because they have despised the law of the Lord and have not kept His commandments. (Gentiles and Jews who have despised the law of the Lord Jesus Christ and rejected Him and the walk of Holiness).
We have been declaring the prophecy given by Johnny Enlow on 4/22/19 which is in agreement with Amos' prophecy 753 B.C:
"My Roar of Justice is now coming with its next wave. What was able to resist My last wave will not be able to resist this wave. I am coming in stronger, harder and higher---and it is going to be disruptive…I am coming in waves because what I am ultimately uprooting, if done all at once, would not just be disruptive but catastrophic. However, be assured that My waves of Justice will not stop until I have changed the direction of your nation and the direction of the world. This is now MY TIME and I will not be held back. I have predetermined that this is the time I go after nations with their appointed destinies. You will do so with Me. We are just beginning." (Johnny Enlow)
The sealing of the destiny of nations has already been written in the Word of God. I believe the war presently initiated by Turkey against the Kurds is part of this destiny of nations coming into God's plan.
Amos was given the blessing of see God standing upon the altar.
9:1-3: I saw the Lord standing upon the altar; and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake and cut them in the head, all of them, and I will slay the last of them with the sword; he that flees of them shall not flee away, and he that escapes of them shall not be delivered. Though they dig into hell, there shall my hand take them; thought they climb up to heaven, there will I bring them down. Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they re hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.
God is everywhere and no man can escape His presence or power. His power extends to heaven and hell, the highest mountain and the deepest sea,
Amos 9:6He who builds His layers in the sky,
The Prophet's message then and now is to show how God deals with sin, sending judgment upon all men who sin, whether Jews or Gentiles. He is careful to explain why judgment will come to each nation. He makes it clear to Israel as well as spiritual Israel (the Church) that even though we are chosen and blessed as God's people, without the saving grace of the Blood of Jesus Christ, there are none righteous, no not one.
Believers, made the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Cor. 5:21), have been apprehended to come to the measure of His fullness (Phil. 3: 12-14; Eph. 4:13). God places a higher value on justice and righteousness than on temporal materialism, the things that money will buy---godliness with contentment is great gain.
Amos prophesied that God would restore His end-time Church, the tabernacle of David (Amos 9:11, Mt. 16:18, Acts 15: 15-17).
The spiritual tabernacle of David is the worship of Jesus Christ by both the Jew and Gentile as we gather unto Jesus in unity and love.
Acts 15: 15-17: And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, says the Lord, who does all these things.
Mat 16:18And I say also unto you, That you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
We may be watching as the world may soon hear God's words and actions as He brings the nations of the world to their prophetic destiny as He revealed to His prophets long ago.
1Co 3:13Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
Lord Jesus show us how to open up the Words of this ancient prophecy for the 21st century.
There is nothing "minor" about the Prophet Amos. The weight God placed on this message is immeasurable. Amos had a relatively short word and preached it to a small audience. The combined voices of all today's preachers and prophets lack the authority, the focus and the evidence of God's power compared to the "minor" prophets. Amos is in the lineage of Jesus Christ through Joseph.
(See Bible Study Notes on Amos chapter 1. We will continue Amos chapter 2 on Tuesday.)
Carolyn Sissom, Pastor
Eastgate Ministries Church
Scripture from K.J.V. – I entered into the labors of F. F. Bruce Bible Commentary, J. Keir Howard and Dr. C. R. Oliver, Sealed Unto His Coming. Comments and conclusions are my own and not meant to reflect the views of those who I entered into their labors.
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This week world leaders wrapped up a mammoth session on the Kyoto Protocol at the UN Climate Change conference in Durban, South Africa. In reality it was a ground-breaking session to do nothing for now except keep talking. It also saw Canada state that it will not be bound to any second stage Kyoto commitments. Views on climate change and what can be done about it are in flux. Just four years ago this province announced its own plan to reduce carbon emissions. But it was a different world then — now we live in a time of economic challenge and some are asking if spending on climate change initiatives should be front-and-centre. In May of 2013 Premier Christy Clark, and her equally untested rival, NDP Opposition Leader Adrian Dix, must face British Columbia voters in a general election. For both, the millions of dollars in government revenue, public spending, and future tax hikes and disbursements at stake in B.C.'s climate strategy present irresistible, or perhaps inescapable, targets to define their opposing campaigns. In this Tyee feature by Tom Barrett, Tyee Solutions Society, he looks at some of the advice the BC liberals might get as they revisit their approach to carbon neutral policies.
The B.C. government is reviewing its controversial carbon neutral government strategy and Environment Minister Terry Lake says "everything is up for discussion."
He'll get lots of advice. Critics have complained that the strategy uses tax dollars to pay profitable corporations to cut their greenhouse gas emissions and they've questioned whether public money was needed to make those cuts. Some, like Independent MLA Bob Simpson, have called the strategy a "sham" and want the carbon neutral legislation repealed.
It's uncertain how far the government is prepared to go to answer these charges. Nor do critics and stakeholders agree on what Lake should do instead. The consultations will largely take place in private, but here's a peek at some of the proposals — both solicited and unsolicited -— Lake is likely to hear:
Scrap it
The most radical solution, this is also the least likely to be followed by the government. It's the answer put forward by those who believe that the problems with carbon neutral government are more than growing pains.
The idea that the B.C. government is carbon neutral — a net-zero emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs) — is largely based on the purchase of carbon offsets. If you believe, like Simon Fraser University economist Mark Jaccard, that carbon offsets are an illusion, it's hard to imagine what else can be done with the program except ditch it.
The program works this way: for every tonne of greenhouse gases a government organization emits, it must pay $25. That money goes to a Crown corporation called the Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT), which uses it to buy offsets from B.C. companies and organizations. Offsets represent emissions that these companies and organizations would have produced, but have decided instead to eliminate.
The total emissions reductions are supposed to match, tonne for tonne, the emissions put out by the public sector, which allows the government to declare itself carbon neutral.
The principle behind the scheme is that the private sector emissions cuts would not have happened if the government had not bought the offsets. But Jaccard argues that there's no way to be sure that's true.
He said programs like this tend to attract what are known as "free riders," participants who would have reduced their emissions even if they hadn't been paid. And, if the cuts would have happened without the government's help, then you can't claim they offset the government's own emissions.
(The government and its supporters argue that the PCT's offsets are genuine because they are examined closely by independent consultants who reject any free riders.)
BC Conservative Party Leader John Cummins has promised to kill the province's "carbon bureaucracy," including the carbon tax and the PCT. On the other side of the political spectrum, Independent MLA Simpson, one of the carbon neutral strategy's most persistent critics, has introduced a private member's bill called the Carbon Neutral Government Repeal Act. If passed — and private member's bills rarely become law — public sector organizations would still have to track and report their GHG emissions, but they would not have to buy offsets from the PCT.
Don't subsidize, tax
This option could be done with or without scrapping public sector offset payments. In this scenario, rather than paying corporations to reduce their emissions, government would make those emissions more expensive.
Currently, the carbon tax covers emissions caused by burning fossil fuels. That's about three-quarters of the province's total emissions. The other quarter comes from a number of sources, including landfills, gas pipelines and industrial processes like cement making.
Lake said the government is looking at putting a price on these emissions, but critics complain that the government is moving too slowly.
Ian Bruce, a climate specialist with the David Suzuki Foundation, said industrial emissions should be regulated or taxed.
"Instead of being part of the (PCT) offset portfolio, they should be required like other sectors in British Columbia to be contributing to reducing their own greenhouse gas emissions through regulations or through the carbon tax," Bruce said. "That would help shift responsibility back to industrial polluters to reduce their own pollution. And in the long run it would make B.C.'s industry leaders in energy efficiency."
Simpson points to offsets purchased from Encana as an example of what happens under the current policy. The PCT pays Encana an undisclosed amount to reduce emissions at a northeastern B.C. drill site. The PCT says that's a reduction of just under 85,000 tonnes a year. But Encana is also going ahead with the Cabin Gas Plant near Fort Nelson, which will put out 2.2 million additional tonnes of GHGs a year.
That's 25 times the emissions reduction the PCT paid for through offsets. In fact, it's three times the total annual emissions offset by the entire B.C. public sector.
"That's bad public policy," Simpson said.
Keep it and fix it
Not everyone wants to scrap the program. Matt Horne, of the Pembina Institute, argues that B.C.'s carbon neutral government initiative is a "relatively unique" policy. "To expect to have gotten it exactly right on the first pass through probably isn't realistic."
He said he's concerned about calls to drop the strategy because it has put a price on emissions in the public sector and has caused those working in government to think about their carbon footprint.
"It's not universal, but there's certainly lots of people thinking, 'We're paying $25 a tonne — how can we not pay that,' " Horne said. "That's something that other types of green government programs haven't accomplished."
Horne is one of several people following this file who think offsets could be retained, but with a change in emphasis.
Give more weight
to reducing
The B.C. carbon neutral strategy was policy in a hurry. Public sector organizations were given less than three years to cut their emissions before having to buy offsets. A government eager to develop a B.C. offset industry ended up giving much more weight in its strategy to offsets than to emissions-reducing capital projects.
A program of government grants eliminated 35,600 tonnes of annual GHGs, about four per cent of the total government output. But that grant program has been cancelled, and public organizations argue that they don't have the capital funds to make further cuts.
Other jurisdictions have given themselves more time to reach the carbon neutral goal. And they've put emissions cuts before offsets. The U.K. Climate Change Department's Guidance on Carbon Neutrality, the UN and ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability all stress reducing emissions before buying offsets.
A report from the Columbia Institute, a Vancouver civic governance think-tank and community group, shows how this approach to carbon neutral government has played out in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW).
"Rather than setting a short timeline that would almost inevitably lead to high offset purchases, the NSW government in 2008 set a target of public sector carbon neutrality by 2020, giving public sector bodies time to implement real emissions reductions in their own operations," says the report, titled Catch $25. "Under the NSW framework, offset purchases will not even be considered until 2014 (Year 6 of the plan), and only then after 'all other means of reducing emissions have been put in place.' If offsets do become part of the NSW plan, they would not be required until 2020, Year 12 of the program."
Charley Beresford, executive director of the Columbia Institute and a co-author of the report, said in an interview that making real reductions before buying offsets should be the "primary principle" of a carbon neutral strategy.
James Tansey, a University of British Columbia business professor and president of Offsetters, counters that if the government had delayed offsetting it wouldn't have gotten the attention of decision-makers in the public sector.
Hadi Dowlatabadi, a physicist with UBC's Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, said that buying offsets doesn't preclude cutting emissions.
"If I can offset my emissions at a lower cost than the offset price, of course I'll be doing that," he said. And if it costs more than $25 a tonne to offset your emissions, then buying offsets from the Pacific Carbon Trust saves you money, he said.
What's important is whether the public sector is being given the right kind of financial help to cut its emissions, he said. Which leads us to the next suggested solution:
Bring back the grants
From 2008 to 2010, the Public Sector Energy Conservation Agreement (PSECA) gave out $75 million to help the public sector cut carbon. But that money has dried up. Almost everybody involved would like to see it come back.
"If there's a cost-effective project in a school we should make sure the funds are there to make sure that project's happening," said the Pembina Institute's Horne.
This is one solution that seems likely to be adopted by the government. Environment Minister Lake said in an interview that "We recognize that people have concerns with private money going to offset private companies. Ideally, what we would do is have a fund that public sector organizations could access to help them reduce their greenhouse gas emissions."
He mentioned PSECA as an example of such a fund.
In answer to the inevitable question of where the money would come from for such a fund, MLA Simpson makes this suggestion: take it from the surplus of the PCT.
Which is a step toward the next proposed solution:
Keep offset money in the public sector
This is a popular suggestion with public sector organizations and is endorsed by the BC New Democratic Party. The idea is that the money now going into offsets could be pooled into a fund that would pay for public sector emissions cuts.
"Those moneys should be remitted back to districts or to a common pot, as it were, to distribute to those districts that could make best use of the money," B.C. School Trustees Association president Michael McEvoy said in an interview.
The money, he said, "needs to remain in the public system. That's pretty simple. I don't think it takes a gathering of stakeholders to figure that out. Our view would be the minister and the government should just move to resolve the problem."
Lake seems less enthusiastic about this proposal, however.
"The problem is, if you take that money and don't reduce greenhouse gas emissions elsewhere, you can't call yourself carbon neutral," he said.
The money currently being paid in offsets won't fund enough capital projects to eliminate all of the public sector's emissions, Lake said, although he added that he isn't ruling the proposal out.
Simpson replies that the cuts would at least be real -- no questions about whether offsets are genuine -- and they would save taxpayers money.
Simpson is among those who have put forward another proposal that's popular in the public sector, but unlikely to thrill Lake.
Give the whole public sector the deal local governments get
Municipalities get their carbon tax payments back if they agree to go carbon neutral. But they have a lot more leeway in how they achieve neutrality. They don't have to go through the PCT. Instead they can buy cheaper offsets on the open market, participate in approved GHG reduction projects or start their own projects.
"There's plenty of solutions available," said theDavid Suzuki Foundation's Bruce.
The last proposal on our list deals with the situation mentioned at the beginning of this series on carbon neutral government.
Deal with indirect emissions
UBC wants to build 8,000 new units of student housing. This would lower overall GHG emissions in the Lower Mainland by 7,700 tonnes a year; not only would the students be living in housing that would be more energy efficient than their current off-campus dwellings, but their commuting would be drastically cut.
But, because of a wrinkle in the way the B.C. government counts emissions, UBC would have to buy an extra $145,000 a year in offsets for cutting these GHGs.
In a study for the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, PhD student Kim Lau and Dowlatabadi argue that public sector organizations should assess and report indirect emissions such as those associated with commuting. However, they say, organizations shouldn't have to buy offsets for such indirect emissions. Instead, they should be encouraged to reduce them and be allowed to claim the reductions as offsets -- either to sell to the PCT or to balance their own emissions.
Dowlatabadi said the government is genuinely interested in this recommendation.
"I applaud what the Climate Action Secretariat have been doing," he said. "They've been pioneers and they should be applauded for what they've been going. Nothing is perfect the first time out.
"What we should be doing is getting feedback on how to improve it, rather than to bash it so that it goes away altogether."
It's unclear when the government's review of the carbon neutral strategy will be concluded. Lake said he's not going to put a timeline on it, other than to say that "Hopefully, into the new year we'll have a lot of these things wrapped up."
Like much of the B.C. Climate Action Plan, it's difficult to say exactly where carbon neutral government is headed or when it's likely to get there. But given the strategy's symbolic importance, a public debate around these proposed solutions can only be good for overall climate policy.
A symbolic gamble:
Despite the controversies that surround the program, carbon-neutral government is really a bit of a sideshow when it comes to climate policy. Total public sector emissions represent about one per cent of the total GHGs emitted by the province. Public sector organizations spend less than one per cent of their operating budgets on offsets.
But the symbolism of the strategy was always more important to government than the actual emissions or dollars involved. "Our government believes it is important to model and to lead and to show British Columbians that this is an important, critical issue," John Yap, former minister of state for climate action, said in the legislature in October.
But many who follow climate policy note that symbolism cuts both ways. While a successful carbon-neutral government could become a positive icon, if that policy fails, or becomes associated with unpopular messages — that tax dollars are being taken from classrooms and operating theatres and given to profitable corporations or wasted on offsets that don't reduce real emissions — the failure could set back the whole fight against climate change.
The goal of a carbon-neutral B.C. government
was first proclaimed in 2007, as part of then-premier Gordon Campbell's sweeping array of climate change initiatives.
By going carbon neutral, the government vowed, it would accomplish a number of goals. It would lower emissions, publicize the importance of fighting climate change, set an example for the rest of the province, foster the development of green technology and a low-carbon economy, and cash in on an expected boom in carbon trading and carbon offsets.
B.C.'s public sector — schools, colleges, universities, hospitals and Crown corporations as well as core government — were ordered to measure their carbon emissions and reduce them where they could.
As of 2010, public sector organizations must buy carbon offsets to cover their emissions. They must buy these offsets, which cost $25/tonne of emissions, from a Crown corporation called the Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT).
The offsets represent emissions reductions elsewhere in the B.C. economy that, in theory, wouldn't have happened without the sale of the offset. Thanks to these private sector cuts, the public sector's net climate impact is supposed to be zero — its carbon "neutralized."
Tom Barrett is a widely published freelance journalist and Tyee contributing editor. This is the latest in the in-depth Tyee Solutions Society series "B.C.'s Quest for Carbon Neutrality: Reports from Canada's Climate Policy Frontier


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