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Thunder Bay teacher named 2019's Outstanding Indigenous Educator
Thursday, July 11, 2019 /
Tesa Fiddler (BA'01, MEd.'12) a Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board teacher has been named the 2019 Outstanding Indigenous Educator by the Canadian Teachers' Federation.
A member of Weagamow and Onigaming first nations, Tesa received the award in Ottawa on July 11th, 2019. The award recognizes an educator who displays "leadership in Indigenous education and excellence in teaching that reflects Indigenous culture."
Fiddler has worked as an Indigenous Education Resource Teacher for the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board since 2011.
"On behalf of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) I congratulate Tesa for her outstanding work in Indigenous education," NAN Deputy Grand Chief Derek Fox said in a statement. "As a caring educator, wife and mother, Tesa has devoted herself to helping youth understand who they are and where they come from, recognize their gifts, and recognize the resilience of Indigenous Peoples." An 'inspiration' "Tesa approaches her work with an open heart and an open mind, and her passion for education is matched only by her compassion for youth."
Fiddler was nominated for the award by the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association. "Education is of upmost priority among First Nations in Ontario and Leadership alike," Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald said in a statement. "It is the foundation for our youth to build a bright future, that is full of opportunities."
"We congratulate Tesa Fiddler in her work for championing the ongoing success of both First Nations and non-First Nations learners," Archibald said. "Her unique cross-cultural technique is the key to preserving our collective indigenous language, heritage and culture. Tesa Fiddler is an inspiration and a true role model for all to follow."
In addition to her work for the Thunder Bay Catholic board, Fiddler has also taught at York University, Lakehead University, Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, and Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education Institute.


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Dogs have their own taste buds and preferences. For me, I don't work for fish. I won't even try it but bring out a nice steak, I'll work for that! When getting/making treats, think variety and value. Not what you find valuable but what your dog finds valuable. Test it out. Grab a muffin pan and fill it with a of treats. See which one attracts them most. Try different textures. Also, the stinkier the better!
When working with Rover, don't limit yourself to the everyday "goodies". Try to match the environment. If I am at home, everyday kibble or something low-value may be fine. If I am at a park, better bring my A-Game like duck jerky, chicken, turkey hotdogs, cheese, peanut-butter in a tube, etc. If I have to fight the environment for the attention of Rover, I need something special in my treat pouch.
(I have some fish jerky coming soon! Stinkier the better.)
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If you are just one of those fledgling body-builders, you should be possibly attempting or have actually attempted various means to build muscle mass quick. Surely, it is one laborious to condition your body, yet adhering to less complex straight means are far better than opting for unwanted methods like health and wellness supplements.
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Recipe directions often say to cook a food until "done." What is "done?"
While we worry about a food being done enough for safety, we also should be concerned about a food being too done for quality. You can assure 100 percent safety if food is overcooked until it tastes and looks like cardboard, a piece of shoe leather or a hockey puck -- no one will eat it!
Doneness Tests - Here are some tests and temperatures to help you know when a food is "done." Remember: "Doneness" helps ensure quality as well as safety. See accompanying chart for a summary of temperatures based on recommendations from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The best way to determine a safe temperature has been reached is by using a thermometer.
1. Cakes, Bars - Insert a clean toothpick near the center. It should come out perfectly clean. Cakes and bars will start to shrink from the sides of the pan. If pressed with a finger, they should spring back into shape. Very rich cakes and chocolate cakes (including brownies) may dent slightly upon touching and still be done.
2. Combination Dishes - Cook casseroles and other combination dishes to 160 F the first time. When reheating or when cooking casseroles containing previously cooked foods, cook to 165 F.
At this temperature, the food will be hot and steamy throughout. Use a food thermometer to take the guesswork out of whether your food has reached this safe temperature. Thoroughly cook meat and poultry BEFORE combining it with other ingredients in casseroles.
3. Cookies - In general, bake cookies until they are lightly browned. If pressed with a finger, they should spring back into shape. Help assure uniform doneness by baking cookies of similar shape and size on the cookie sheet.
4. Custard, Pumpkin Pie, Cheesecake, Quiche - Heat these foods until they reach 160 F. Bake until a metal table knife inserted near the center comes out clean. For softer top-of-stove custards and sauces, the mixture should coat a metal spoon. For greatest safety, use a food thermometer to test the temperature.
5. Eggs - Cook eggs thoroughly so both yolks and whites are firm, not runny.
6. Fish and Seafood - Cook FISH (whole fish, steaks and fillets) until they're opaque and flake easily with a fork. SHRIMP, LOBSTER AND CRAB should turn red and flesh should become pearly opaque. SCALLOPS should turn milk white or opaque and firm. Cook CLAMS, MUSSELS AND OYSTERS until the shells open.
7. Meat - Here are some general guidelines for determining when meat is safely "done."
Ground Meat - Cook ground beef, veal, lamb and pork to an internal temperature of 160 F and ground poultry to 165 F. When you cut into thoroughly cooked GROUND meat, the color is no longer considered a reliable indicator of ground beef safety. Research indicates that a brown middle doesn't always signal doneness. Some ground meat may turn brown before it has reached a temperature at which bacteria are destroyed. Using a thermometer helps assure a safe product.
Hamburger patties are a common ground meat food. A 1/2 inch thick ground beef patty is more likely to cook thoroughly in the middle without being overdone on the outside than one that is too thick. You get approximately four patties measuring approximately 1/2" by 4" -- BEFORE COOKING -- from a pound of beef.
Adding sauces or spices to hamburger patties may make them look brown before they're done. It's easier to tell if your patty is done if you brush or sprinkle sauces and spices onto the surface of COOKED burgers rather than add them to the raw burger.
Large Cuts of Beef, Veal, Lamb - Large cuts of beef, veal or lamb -- like roasts and steaks -- can stay slightly pink in the center if they have reached at least 145 F. Steaks and roasts cooked to an internal temperature of 145 F are medium rare, 160 F are medium, and 170 F are well done.
As described by USDA: "Beef roasts cooked to 160 F will generally have very little pinkness to the meat, and the juices will not be pink or red. Below the temperature of 160 F, the center of the roast will be pink or red, depending on the internal temperature. A beef roast cooked to 145 F in the center can be considered safe since the exterior of the roast would have reached a temperature high enough to destroy bacteria, unless it is a rolled roast or one that has been mechanically tenderized. A consumer would not be able to determine if a roast that was pink in the center had reached the safe temperature of 145 F without a food thermometer." ("Doneness Versus Safety," USDA, October 1998)
Do not serve any large cut of BEEF, VEAL or LAMB at 145 F if it is rolled, tenderized or scored (cut or poked with a fork) before cooking, thus forcing any surface bacteria into the center. Cook these types of roasts and thick cuts of meat to 160 F. When in doubt as to how a piece of meat has been handled, cook to 160 F.
Pork - For safety and taste, cook pork to 160 F. At this temperature, the center of pork roasts may be somewhat pink and pork chops may have just a trace of pink color. Again, using a thermometer is the only way to know if the center has reached 160 F.
8. Poultry - Cook whole poultry, thighs and wings to 180 F; poultry breasts and roasts to 170 F.
Cook ground poultry to 165 F. When poultry is pierced with a fork, the juices should be clear, not pink.
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Class of 2015 Round-Up
By Claire Krackow
Staff Writer
The Executive Council has many ambitious students that make up their President, Vice president, Secretary and Treasurer. They are doing many important things in order to help their class become successful and to have an unforgettable prom in two years.
President of the sophomore class, Bradley Irizarry, says, "My job is mostly to provide fundraiser ideas, represent my class, and be at the most class events that I can make."
"I usually run the Executive Council meetings, and pretty much anything else they tell me to do. It all varies," Bradley says. "I like my class, I'm proud of them. Being president is fun. I like being a leader and that my class voted for me to be their president. My favorite part would be that I get to run the meetings."
Vice President Greg Thibault says, "As Vice President of our class, I am required to be a role model and to represent our class well. As far as the council goes, I am responsible to conduct the meeting if the President is not there. I am also present when we try to get something passed through our school Administration." Greg says. "I feel honored to be our class Vice President. I've always wanted to be a class officer, and I will use my position to benefit our class. I truly believe that our class is great, and it is my job to make sure that we end our high school careers with best prom and senior trip as possible."
The Secretary, Ellen Weaver, says, "I take notes during the meetings about the stuff we talk about and the changes we make. I enjoy being the Secretary, I think my class is great," Ellen says. "I always gotta know what's going on, I would love if my class was a little more involved though."
Treasurer, Heather Jackson says, "I handle money funding and how we're supposed to pay for things. I'm glad that the people that are in our positions are in that position because they're all responsible and they're good for that job," Heather says. "I like contributing my ideas, and I'm glad that everyone else can say whatever they want and contribute to what they think."
The 10th grade Executive Council is very successful in helping their class, and they will continue to be very successful and make the best class that they can with their next two years of High School.
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The Municipal Art Society posted an interesting piece about the Carroll St. Bridge yesterday (the picture above is from their Flickr). Did you know that it is a landmark and that "it is one of the oldest remaining bridges in New York City, and one of only four known "retractile" bridges in the United States"?
Definitely worth celebrating the fact that we have such interesting and historical things nearby.
Check out their entire post here and more of their Flickr photos here.
Also, speaking of MAS, we missed the chance to post about a recent screening of their movie about the NYC waterfront called "City of Water," but check out the official page for the film to learn more and see where it might be playing next. The trailer is below:
"City of Water" trailer from MAS on Vimeo.
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Video demonstrates how Chauvin rigs up heavy duty noodles suitable for gar
I've always found wrangling big fish exciting, but doing it from a tiny 8-foot kayak took the thrill to a whole new level. Last month, I spent an evening targeting big alligator gar with noodle lines — and what I ended up hooking pulled me a lot more than I pulled it.
I had hiked deep into the woods and tossed in some lines. Then, I went for a several-hour-long trail run in the rain waiting for the big fish to get hungry.
This video demonstrates how I make these special alligator gar noodles with details on where to find all the pieces to save money.
I use #60 330-pound test nylon rope tied to a 10-inch piece of pool noodle with a 200-pound wrap-around snap swivel on the end. Attached to the snap is a 3-foot, 175-pound 49-strand wire leader with a super strong 2/0 treble hook.
I find my lines made with 12 to 15 feet of nylon do best in the 30- to 60-foot deep areas I often fish. Whole full grown mullet are my bait of choice.
I created a stringing tool from a piece of a broken fishing rod. I just clip off most of one guide, which leaves a nice fork for the top of the leader to hold onto while pushing the leader through the fish starting from the head. This leaves the hook perfectly hidden within the mullet's mouth.
To catch these mammoth alligator gar consistently, you have to have a strong but fairly small treble hook that's easily swallowed. Their ultra-hard, boney mouths make hooking them anywhere else very tough. The gar often chew on their food for 5 to 10 minutes before eating it, so having the hook hidden well is very important.
Sure enough, after the rain let off my wife and I went to look at the lines from the bank, and one was tugging.
I paddled to it in my kayak and landed a nice 4 ½-foot gar with ease. I use an offshore rod and reel to play out the fish and fight it before pulling it to the 'yak. I usually snag the nylon string with a heavy bucktail jig on my rod and reel to get a feel for the size of the fish and to wear it down, and then eventually hook the snap swivel on my noodle line with the jig to get it under control.
Years back I found out the hard way that pulling in a noodle by hand without a rod and reel with a good drag system can lead to a big fish flipping my tiny vessel. Now my kayak is outfitted with four custom boat floats that add both flotation and stability. Another advantage to the rod and reel option is the ability to really wear the fish down with the drag, which makes catching-and-releasing big gars safer and easier.
After tending to the first fish, my wife was filming from the bank and hollered that another one of my noodles had just starting going under.
I paddled out to the darting noodle with the first garfish between my legs and hooked onto it when it resurfaced. My pulls on the rod did nothing more than engage the beast in a tug-of-war that the fish was clearly winning.
I was getting drug all over the place, but after 10 minutes I finally had the fish near the surface, but I still could not see it. Suddenly, I glimpsed the big gar for the first time and its massive tail came up and slapped my boat. It was three times heavier than my 'yak and the 6-foot fish was longer than me.
Finally, I brought it back up from the 50-foot depths. When I got a good look at the head, I shot the big fish with my .22 pistol. After two shots to the skull, the big gar only seemed to fight with more power.
All I had were three rounds left in the gun, and it took all three of those bullets to finish it off for good.
I knew one wrong move could slice me open badly because the fish was still thrashing from time to time, but my poor kayak was floating off in the current and the fish was starting to sink.
I flipped the big 6-footer across my lap and slowly paddled to shore, barely staying afloat with a beast I'll never forget.
Soon after, I saw yet another noodle darting across the water, but it was closer to the bank. I threw out my pole and cranked in another gar around 6 feet long. This area of the bank was nearly 3 feet underwater, so it was a challenge to get the fish subdued while standing, but eventually I was able to land it.
I had a load of quality meat to eat, and kept the skull from the biggest one for a cool bone mount.
Here's my garfish video from last year that shows how I clean these big fish quickly out in the field using only a machete.
Often when I return from a saltwater trip with many fresh mullet caught in my cast net, I pre-string them on the steel leaders before freezing. This way, when I go gar fishing, I simply thaw out the bait, clip the leader onto my noodles and toss them out.
As always, my adventures continue to get wilder and wilder — but in my view these crazy paddle-powered pursuits only get more fun every time.
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Chatham Fincom Opines On Budget, COA, School Funding
By: Alan Pollock
Topics: Municipal Finance
CHATHAM — Speaking to selectmen and the town manager Monday, finance committee Chairman Stephen Daniel praised town staff for producing a "good budget" for fiscal 2020. But he said his group has cautionary words on the proposed new council on aging and on school spending.
Daniel observed that the operating budget, as first proposed, grew only 1.77 percent, a laudable proposal at a time when many costs are increasing. Now, thanks largely to news that most health insurance costs will be holding steady at current spending levels, "that number is now down to 1.29 percent," he said. There are no proposed increases in town staffing, he added.
If approved in full by voters, the town's omnibus budget – which includes proposed warrant articles, school assessments and all other spending – would jump more than 12 percent over the current year's budget. The hike from $49.7 million to $55.7 million is notable, Daniel said.
The creation of a new capital improvement plan highlights the need for some $65 million in projects sought in the next five years, a number that some might find breathtaking. "It doesn't mean we're going to do it all. It doesn't mean we're going to do it all in five years," he said. Excluding items on warrant articles, the FY20 spending plan calls for a marked increase in capital projects in proportion to the operating budget, which represents a potentially significant policy shift, he wrote.
When the town pays down debt to a certain level, it routinely uses that extra capacity to borrow funds for the next capital project, yet Daniel said this practice, known as using "debt drop-off," isn't referenced in the town's financial policies. The finance committee advised selectmen to "periodically review the unstated policy of, and assumptions behind, the use of debt drop-off," Daniel wrote in a memo to the board. Selectmen Chairman Dean Nicastro agreed, likening the policy to "sleight of hand," saying that when a person pays down his mortgage, his first impulse is not usually to incur more debt.
The finance committee is also concerned that the new council on aging, as designed, will be larger than necessary. Daniel said he has heard some informal talk of the facility being built to include a swimming pool and walking trails.
"We have to look at actual needs and projected needs," he said. The finance committee would have preferred that the board incorporated existing town facilities into the senior center project, but acknowledges that selectmen prefer the site on Middle Road, which provides opportunities for the building to be expanded, Daniel noted. He questioned some of the town's estimates of the future use of the senior center, saying they are likely too high.
"We have to understand very clearly what the demand is," Selectman Peter Cocolis said, but the town shouldn't take too long to re-analyze that need. It would be unwise for the town to delay the project one or two years in the interest of scaling it back, "and all of a sudden it costs us a million dollars more."
Daniel acknowledged that view, but said it would be just as unwise to bring an overly ambitious project to voters and have it "shot down" on the floor of town meeting.
With regard to the Monomoy Regional School District budget, Daniel said the finance committee understands the financial challenges facing the district.
"This committee has thought in recent years that the budgetary pressures on MRSD are both largely political, and largely unfortunate," Daniel's memo reads. The finance committee believes that the district has spent too much from its stabilization fund in recent years, leading to shortfalls like the current one, he said. Daniel said the staff reductions proposed in the FY20 budget are likely to have a negative impact on students, and that's harmful to year-round working families.
"From the context of the [Chatham] 365 initiative, cutting teachers from your school is not something that's going to be a magnet to draw families to town," he said. When it comes to seeing the results of discord in a regional school district, "you don't have to look very far to the west," Daniel said. The Dennis-Yarmouth regional school district is deeply divided over the proposed construction of a new middle school, and the town of Yarmouth has filed suit to try and block the project.


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Thursday was a great day for Luke Elloitt, as he hit two home runs to carry the Panthers to a 12-2 victory over Muncie Burris in five innings.
The Panthers blew out Muncie Burris thanks to 13 hits, including seven extra base hits.
The Panthers hit three home runs in the win. Home runs for the Panthers came when Nate Shaw homered in the fifth inning and Luke homered in the first and fifth innings.
Kyle Martin recorded the win for the Panthers. He allowed two runs over three innings. He struck out four, walked five and surrendered two hits.
The Panthers' Kyle, Nate, Andy Black and Luke combined for 11 hits and 10 RBIs.
Austin Applegate took the loss for Muncie Burris. He allowed 12 runs in four innings, walked four and struck out two.
The Panthers never trailed after scoring two runs in the first on a solo home run by Luke and an RBI single by Nate.
After pushing across two runs in the top of the third, Muncie Burris faced just a 3-2 deficit. A two-run single by Jonny Norris gave Muncie Burris life. Finally, Kyle got Joey McMinn to ground out to end the threat.
After a quick strike from Muncie Burris, the Panthers responded with three runs in the third. The Panthers scored on an RBI double by Nate, an RBI double byAlex Campbell, and a groundout by Josh King.
The Panthers increased their lead with six runs in the fifth. Luke started the inning with a three-run blast, plating Kyle and Grant Brown. That was followed up by Nate's three-run home run, scoring Andy and Evan Brankle.
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ance tights are a staple of any dancer's wardrobe (during the Christmas Spectacular, we Rockettes go through about 1,400 pairs!). But instead of just throwing those old tights in the garbage, dancers have been known to repurpose them in clever ways. From using the stockings to remove nail polish from your nails to nixing stubborn deodorant marks from your costume, here are 10 ways to reuse dance tights around your house:
Remove makeup. Cut the feet from your old dance tights and cut the rest into square cloths. After a night out or a performance, the fabric gently exfoliates your skin and makes taking off your makeup (even eyeliner!) a breeze.
Aromatic enhancement. Filled with the right ingredients, old dance tights work wonderfully as bath bags, potpourri sachets or air fresheners. Pour the ingredient into the toe section of your recycled tights, knot off the contents and then cut off the remaining hose.
Dusting. Put the tights over your hand to swipe up dust from household surfaces or use a rubber band to attach balled-up nylon tights to a broom handle or yardstick to dust under your fridge. Genius!
Gardening. Old dance tights have tons of uses in the garden. Strips can be used to tie stakes. The feet portions can be placed around fruits or veggies to keep them off the ground or protect them from pests. You can also line the insides of pots to keep soil from leaking out with the water.
Wrapping paper storage. Unless you're using alternatives to wrapping paper, you probably know the struggle to keep open giftwrap rolls tidy. Slide the legs of old dance tights over the roll to prevent unravelling. You can also use this method to store posters, wallpaper or magazines.
Shining shoes. Buffing shoes with nylon tights gives them a mirror-like finish. Try it, you'll see.
Pack light. Savvy travelers know that you can fit way more in a suitcase when you roll your clothing, but sometimes keeping it rolled is tricky. Cut the legs of old tights into 5- to 10-inch, tube-like lengths and stuff your bulkier rolled garments inside to keep everything neatly packed.
Hair styling. Use small cross-sections of old tights to create headbands or hair elastics for your favorite hairstyles. Use them just like this or braid, loop or knot them together to create something prettier and longer-lasting.
Remove nail polish. If you're not a fan of cotton balls or are on the hunt for a more eco-friendly way to remove nail polish from your nails, your old dance tights will do the trick! You can even reuse them—just rinse them out and air dry.
Get rid of deodorant marks. Don't you hate it when you get deodorant on your costume or little black dress? Turns out your old tights work like a charm to brush these unsightly marks off your clothing. It'll even work on powder-based makeup, too.
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The Federal Salary Bubble
There are two Americas. One America is employed by the Federal government. The other America makes half as much, with uncertain security, shoulders the federal budget and guarantees federal benefits that they themselves might never see.
The US Department of Commerce publishes a series of income tables comparing compensation for all public and private employees. If you think that private workers have higher incomes and that government benefits and security are balanced by their lower pay, well, times have changed.
Odds are that the average federal employee (civilian or military) makes twice what you do.
In 2008, the average private sector compensation (wages plus all benefits) was $59,909. More for some professions, less for others. State and local government workers got a little bit more: $67,819 (although they too claim to get less).
But one of the highest income groups in America was "federal government worker", who made far more than one would ever suspect.
In 2008, the average federal government worker got $111,446 in total compensation. Military salaries, surprisingly, did not bring the average down — the average military compensation was $113,871. Only when you get to "government enterprises" (such as the post office) do you drop under $100K. These low-paid government workers received a mere $85,478 — but that was still 143% of the average private sector compensation. At the other end, civilian federal workers averaged $119,982 per year, almost exactly double what the poor private sector schmuck got.
Mind you, this is US government data, not something Sean Hannity made up. Check it for yourself. Particularly tables 6.2d, 6.3d and 6.5d. I've included summary data from these tables after the break.
This is beyond nuts. It is unsustainable to have a large government workforce making double what their tax-paying supporters get, with iron-rice-bowl jobs and full pay on retirement at an early age, while the poor slob footing the bill is wondering how on earth he's ever going to manage on Social Security, should that exist when he's 65 67 70.
If Greece is the canary, this is the coal mine.


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NAME(S): Families living in the informal settlement of Canaan, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.
Several hundred families living in an informal settlement known as Canaan on the outskirts of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince are at risk of imminent forced eviction.
An individual who lays claim to 56 hectares of land there, stated on 22 January that he would evict everyone living there in 48 hours. It is believed that he is not in possession of an eviction order, and the residents have not been directly informed of his intention to evict them.
The same individual instigated the forced eviction of more than 200 families between 7 and 10 December 2013 in the sector of Titanyen in Canaan. Although there was apparently a court order, it was a forced eviction as the order was only against ten of the residents, while over 200 families were evicted. In addition, families were not given prior notification of the eviction and therefore they did not have the opportunity to challenge the decision. Excessive use of force was also used, as the police reportedly used tear gas grenades and fired shots into the air to intimidate residents who tried to resist the operation. A dozen people were assaulted, including a woman who was four months pregnant.
Lawyers representing the evicted families have filed a complaint against the alleged owner in relation to the December forced evictions.
Two sectors adjacent to Titanyen, known as Village des Pêcheurs and Village Grâce de Dieu are thought to be part of the 56 hectares claimed by the alleged landowner. Approximately 350 families live in Village des Pêcheurs while between 2,500 and 5,000 families reside in Village Grâce de Dieu. They are all potentially at risk of forced eviction.
On 24 December 2013, five residents of Village des Pêcheurs received a summons requesting them to leave the land. However, the summons does not allow the owner to proceed with the eviction of the occupants.
Titanyen, Village des Pêcheurs and Village Grâce de Dieu are parts of an area commonly known as Canaan, a large tract of land which was declared for "public use" (utilité publique) by the government two months after the earthquake in March 2010. Tens of thousands of people who lost their homes in the earthquake have subsequently relocated there. However, there is still confusion regarding the exact portion of land which has been declared of "public use" and about the completion of the expropriation procedure. People living there have no security of tenure and many face eviction from people claiming ownership of the land. Many of the residents are people internally displaced after the earthquake in March 2010.
Please write immediately in English (or French if possible):
- · Calling on the authorities to ensure that residents of Canaan are not evicted without due process, adequate notice, consultation and that all those affected have access to adequate alternative accommodation;
- · Urging them to seek durable solutions to the housing needs of Canaan residents and the hundreds of thousands of others still living in makeshifts camps.
Minister of Justice and Public Security
(Ministre de la Justice et de la Securité Publique)
Jean Renel Sanon
18 avenue Charles Summer
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com
Salutation: Monsieur le Ministre / Dear Minister
General Director of the Haitian Police (Directeur Général de la PNH)
Godson Orélus
Police Nationale d'Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Email: email@example.com
Salutation: Monsieur le directeur / Dear Director
Minister for Human Rights and the Reduction of Extreme Poverty
Rose-Anne Auguste
33, Boulevard Harry Truman
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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Salutation: Dear Minister / Madame la Ministre
Please also send appeals to the diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.


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Age-specific survival and recruitment of piping plovers Charadrius melodus in the Great Lakes region. Journal of Avian Biology. (5):437-449.. 2014.
Atmospheric N Deposition Increases Bacterial Laccase-Like Multicopper Oxidases: Implications for Organic Matter Decay. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80(14):4460-4468.. 2014.
Afforestation Effects on Soil Carbon Storage in the United States: A Synthesis. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 77:1035-1047.. 2013.
Auditory and visual threat recognition in captive-reared Great Lakes piping plovers (Charadrius melodus). Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 144(3-4):153-162.. 2013.
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An airborne and wind tunnel evaluation of a wind turbulence measurement system for aircraft-based flux measurements. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 23(12):1696.. 2006.
Algology and algologists at Bowling Green, a short history. Hydrobiologia. 56:1-11.. 2006.
An analysis of soil respiration across northern hemisphere temperate ecosystems. Biogeochemistry. 73:29-70.. 2005.
Atmospheric Mercury: A Decade of Observations in the Great Lakes. Dynamics of Mercury Pollution on Regional and Global Scales: Atmospheric Processes and Human Exposures Around the World. XII:611-636.. 2005.
Atmospheric nitrate deposition and enhanced dissolved organic carbon leaching: test of a potential mechanism. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 69:1233-1237.. 2005.
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Atmospheric variability of biogenic VOCs in the surface layer measured by proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 239(2-3):77-86.. 2004.
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Auditory behaviour of a parasitoid fly (Emblemasoma auditrix, Sarcophagidae, Diptera). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 187:581-587.. 2001.
Assessment of dry deposition and foliar leaching of mercury and selected trace elements based on washed foliar and surrogate surfaces. Environmental Science and Technology. 34:2418-2425.. 2000.
Atmospheric CO2 and the composition and function of soil microbial communities. Ecological Applications. 10(1):47-59.. 2000.
Atmospheric CO2, soil-N availability, and allocation of biomass and nitrogen by Populus tremuloides. Ecological Applications. 10(1):34-46.. 2000.
An apparatus for individually isolating large numbers of snails. Journal of Parasitology. 84(1):165-167.. 1998.
AMS radiocarbon dating of Lake Michigan beach-ridge and dune development. Quaternary Research. 48:137-140.. 1997.
Antipredator behaviors of newly metamorphosed green frogs (Rana clamitans) and leopard frogs (R. pipiens) in encounters with eastern garter snakes (Thamnophis s. sirtalis). The American Midlands Naturalist. 137:136-144.. 1997.
Atmospheric deposition and foliar leaching of trace elements in throughfall. 40th Conference on Great Lakes Research.. 1997.
Abundance and distribution of coarse woody debris in 65 and 115 year old red pine (Pinus resinosa) plantations in upper lower Michigan (Unpublished report). :33pp... 1996.
Avian assemblages in northern Michigan: a long-term perspective. School of Natural Resources and Environment. Master of Science:71pp... 1996.
Atmospheric CO2, soil nitrogen and turnover of fine roots. New Phytologist. 129:579-585.. 1995.
Atmospheric sources, transport and deposition of mercury in Michigan: two years of event precipitation. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 80:199-208.. 1995.
Above- and belowground response of Populus grandidentata to elevated atmospheric CO2 and soil N availability. Plant and Soil. 165:45-51.. 1994.
Acclimation of photosynthetic phenotype to environmental heterogeneity. Ecology. 75(2):301-314.. 1994.
Alarm responses in the crayfish Orconectes virilis and Orconectes propinquus. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 20(7):1525-1535.. 1994.
Antipredator behavior of newly metamorphosed American Toads (Bufo a. americanus), and mechanisms of hunting by eastern garter snakes (Thamnophis s. sirtalis). Herpetologica. 50(2):137-145.. 1994.
Are evolutionary tradeoffs evident in responses of benthic diatoms to nutrients? Proceedings of the 13th International Diatom Symposium. :71-81.. 1994.
Aggregations of newly metamorphosed Bufo americanus: tests of two hypotheses. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 71:334-338.. 1993.
Augmenting small populations of plovers: an assessment of cross-fostering and captive-rearing. Conservation Biology. 7(1):160-168.. 1993.
Arion hortensis s.s., an introduced slug in Michigan. Walkerana. 6(16):245-246.. 1992.
Affinity analysis: effects of sampling. Vegetatio. 86:175-181.. 1990.
Aggregation behavior of a willow flea beetle, Altica subplicata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Great Lakes Entomologist. 23(2):65-76.. 1990.
The algal mat of Douglas Lake, Michigan: its composition, role in lake ecology and response to chemical perturbations. Master of Science:78pp... 1990.
Ambient concentrations, scavenging ratios, and source regions of acid related compounds and trace metals during winter in northern Michigan. Atmospheric Environment. 24A(12):2981-2989.. 1990.
The apple snails of Thailand: molecular genetics. Journal of Medical and Applied Malacology. 2:1-44.. 1990.
Additional sources of disturbance pheromone affecting the crayfish Orconectes virilis. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 15:381-385.. 1989.
Algal and protozoan community response to individual and combined treatment of zinc and phosphate. Current Practices in Environmental Science and Engineering. 4:133-149.. 1989.
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Allopolyploidy in bryophytes: multiple origins of Plagiomnium medium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 85:5601-5604.. 1988.
Amphipods and watercress: potential chemical defense in a stream macrophyte. Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society. 5(1):103(Abstr.. 1988.
Aposematism and Batesian mimicry. Evolutionary Biology. 22:227-259.. 1988.
Asynchrony between Batesian mimics and their models. The American Naturalist. 131:s103-s121.. 1988.
Affinities and high-order diversity within landscape mosaics. Evolutionary Ecology. 1(1):11-29.. 1987.
Affinity analysis: methodologies and statistical inference. Vegetatio. 72:89-93.. 1987.
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Adult emergence in two univoltine Callosamia promethea populations: preponderance of the early emerging morph in the north and of the late emerging morph in the south (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Great Lakes Entomologist. 18:139-142.. 1985.
Algal periphyton growth on nutrient-diffusing substrates: an in situ bioassay. Ecology. 66:465-472.. 1985.
Alternative mate-finding tactics in a non-territorial damselfly (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Animal Behaviour. 33:1124-1137.. 1985.
Analysis of gas exchange in seedlings of Acer saccharum: integration of field and laboratory studies. Oecologia. 65:338-347.. 1985.
Atmospheric concentrations and the deposition velocity to snow of nitric acid, sulfur dioxide and various particulate species. Atmospheric Environment. 19:1819-1827.. 1985.
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Artificial substrates which release nutrients: effects on periphyton and invertebrate succession. Hydrobiologia. 114:29-37.. 1984.
Acquisition of digestive enzymes by Siricid woodwasps from their fungal symbiont. Science. 220:1161-1163.. 1983.
Aging effect on nectar production in two clones of Asclepias syriaca. Oecologia. 56:121-125.. 1983.
Albedo following fire in a northern hardwood forest. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology. 22:1733-1737.. 1983.
Associations of species of Vorticella (Peritrichida) and planktonic algae. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 102:48-54.. 1983.
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On November 13, Governor Pat Quinn and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle kicked off the second year of open enrollment for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) at a news conference at Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center (PSMEMC).
This year, Presence Health is partnering with Enroll America, a nonprofit organization focused on maximizing the number of Americans who are enrolled in and retain health coverage. Presence Health is also partnering with several in-person counselors (IPCs) from trusted community partners, such as PrimeCare Community Health and the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, to help answer questions and enroll people in health insurance plans. Open enrollment to sign up for health plans began November 15 and will end February 15, 2015.
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ZIMBABWE was one of the African nations with a leading population of wildlife.
These included elephants, giraffes, rhinos, hippos, buffalos and lions, among others.
With the turn of the millennium, Zimbabwe's wildlife population has sharply decreased.
This is owed to poaching by foreigners.
In 2000, the Land Reform Programme was launched.
Many blacks started re-occupying lands that were formerly owned by settler-whites.
This was a necessary step taken to right historical wrongs and correct wealth imbalances pertaining to race.
Many of these lands were not used but were left as forests to stand as reserves for the future generations of the white settlers.
Unfortunately, the Land Reform Programme was not coupled with a wildlife conservation programme.
When blacks entered these forests, they ran into much wildlife which they indiscriminately hunted for meat.
This led much of Zimbabwe's wildlife to escape, most towards the north and some towards the south.
I would not have believed it if I had not seen it myself, but even unlikely animals such as monkeys, pythons and leopards were caught and eaten by some people after the land resettlement began.
This has cost us a large number of animals that migrated to neighbouring lands.
Animals do not want to live where humans live.
They enjoy the tranquility of nature and do not tolerate machines, fumes, manmade sounds and activity.
They will only be seen in such places deep in the middle of the night and by daytime they would have retreated.
The grazers and browsers follow grasslands and large water bodies.
These grazers and browsers are followed by carnivores such as cheetahs, leopards and lions.
Wildlife thus rarely clashes with humans unless humans also choose to share the same resources such as rivers. This explains the close interaction between humans and wildlife in places like Kariva (Kariba) and Mosi-oa-tunya (Victoria Falls). The cause of this rare interaction is the Zambezi River.
In olden times, people knew where and when to see certain animals during the night.
Elephants bathed and played in the water a few hours before dawn.
Foxes began calling at sundown and the hippo would scout the land for food throughout the night.
Understanding the mannerisms and timetables of the animals minimised the risk of confrontation and allowed for peaceful cohabitation.
The 'chamuka inyama' attitude that we have now is not good for the environment.
Accidents have occurred on the roads after drivers have tried unsuccessfully to hit wild animals on the road.
Antelope of all forms are now afraid of humans and only gaze at us from a distance because diet wise, we have become carnivorous and our thoughts predatory.
There were no refrigerators and meat was eaten fresh after slaughter then dried if any remained.
Livestock was kept to conserve wealth, which would be used to trade or when marrying.
Livestock was also a food store which sustained life in times of drought and famine.
Besides this, humans in southern Africa were omnivorous to a small extent and for the most part vegetarian.
This lifestyle is still evident in rural areas.
Besides the hen that is killed to welcome a guest, no meat would be eaten for months and such is the norm for many rural folk.
This meatless diet is wrongly associated with poverty, both in the city and the country.
It is a healthier and more traditional way of eating.
Since meat is eaten rarely in such areas, activities such as gathering seasonal mushrooms, wild vegetables and indigenous fruits are very much the norm.
Hunting exclusively for meat is also common and in no way threatens the population of animals because it is not industrialised and is only practised by a few skilled individuals.
In places like India, where meat is not eaten as much and people are not so predatory against animals, one can find antelope approaching humans and being hand-fed by little children.
These animals flee from tigers but treat humans like fellow plant-eaters because they rarely attack them.
This is an admirable relationship between humans and animals that Africans must learn to emulate.
The restoration of such human-animal relationships cannot be achieved if European settlers continue facilitating the Western world with hunting grounds on our land.
During the Chimurenga wars, wildlife was known to assist the fighters in the forests.
Monkeys would signal guerillas when whites were approaching their hiding place.
In some cases, serpents would block fighters from taking a road that they would later find out was riddled with traps or ambushes.
Long ago, African leaders like Hannibal and Theodore II of Ethiopia used large beasts like elephants and lions respectively in times of war.
This shows that wildlife was not as alienated from humans as is the case now.
Even the taming of dogs and cats is testament to how close humans used to be with these formerly wild but now domesticated animals.
Game farming without trophy hunting is a good way of conserving wildlife.
A game farm is a true wild animal reserve where game is bred and kept in a large fenced and protected area.
This is not the same with the hunting grounds that we discussed in the last part of the article.
Rather, these are programmes that strictly focus on raising the numbers of wildlife and releasing them back into the wild.
It is also a good way of increasing the numbers of extinct animals.
In China, the panda is protected and several measures are being taken to raise their numbers.
Hunting or trading in pandas is illegal.
Humans simply contribute in ensuring that the pandas are healthy and assist them in copulating and conceiving their young.
Otherwise they are left in their natural environment among bamboo trees or places that closely mimic their habitat.
The pandas are not allowed to leave China and can only be adopted when bought, but cannot be physically taken.
This means the buyer is recognised as the guardian of the panda but cannot have custody of it.
One such buyer is retired boxer Floyd Mayweather who adopted a panda in 2017 for a substantial amount of money.
The money will be used to help rear the pandas.
This is an example of how wildlife numbers can be increased in Africa.
It is time people stop making a sport out of killing animals.
The Americans have depopulated the bison in the West and now wish to depopulate the animals in Africa.
It is up to the governments of African nations to shun such acts and begin to play a protective role towards the wildlife that we co-habitate with.
Otherwise it is just a matter of time before indigenous animals become extinct, for example the white rhino.
Colonisation and wildlife: Part Three…human-wildlife conflict escalates
ZIMBABWE was one of the African nations with a leading population of wildlife.


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In the international publishing house The Royal Society of Chemistry, a new collective monograph "Layered Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion" was published, one of whose authors are employees of the department of mathematical modeling - Head of Department, doctor of sciences O.E. Glukhova and leading programmer, Ph.D. M.M. Slepchenkov.
The published collective monograph consists of 9 chapters, which provide a detailed overview of current advances in research into the prospects for the use of layered materials for various areas of application, including storage and energy conversion. The chapters of the monograph are devoted to such topics as electrocatalysis for fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries, photovoltaic devices, thermoelectric devices, supercapacitors.
Head of Department, Doctor of Sciences O.E. Glukhova and leading programmer, Ph.D. M.M. Slepchenkov presented the chapter "Graphene – Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Films for High-Performance Photovoltaic Devices" ("Graphene Hybrid Films - Carbon Nanotubes for High-Performance Photovoltaic Devices"), which contains the results of studies on the use of single-layer and two-layer hybrid films of graphene-carbon nanotubes in optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices. Using computer simulation methods, the authors carried out a numerical evaluation of the electrical and optoelectronic parameters of new hybrid carbon nanostructures.


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mt. 220 a.s.l.
9130 (250 in the historical centre)
Patron SAINT
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Pro Deruta, Piazza dei Consoli
Ph. 075 9711559
The name was born as a variant of Diruta, meaning "ruined", referring to the inhabitants' escape from Perugia set on fire by Octavianus in 40 BC. The inhabitants of the destroyed town settled on the hill of today's Deruta.
Umbria in the dreams of many remains a cluster of ancient villages in green sea.
The territory of Deruta is marked by clayey deposits that enabled its inhabitants to procure the raw material with which they made pottery; and the return to this activity, after centuries of decline, is paid back from an aesthetic point of view.
Everyone in town talks about the art of pottery and ceramics starting with the museum of ceramics.
Entering the old city from the door of San Michele Arcangelo, you can see the remains of the city walls. Further ahead are the ancient structures of some furnaces dating back to the sixteenth century. The polygonal fountain (1848) welcomes you in Piazza dei Consoli, which has an elongated shape and houses the main public and religious buildings.
The ancient Palazzo dei Consoli (XIV century) houses the city hall and the municipal art gallery; the original sober architecture of the building was refurbished during the XVIII century leaving unchanged the ogival mullioned windows that, together with the portal, adorn the façade. In the lobby are Roman and medieval archaeological finds.
The tower has mullioned windows in Romanesque style (XIV century). On the same square is the Franciscan complex: the monastery founded by the Benedictines in 1008 (here Pope Urban IV died in 1264), and the Gothic church of San Francesco, restored and consecrated in 1388 after an earthquake that had almost destroyed it. The beautiful sandstone façade of the church has a pointed portal and an elegant white and golden stone rose window.
Inside are traces of frescoes dating back to the fourteenth and the sixteenth century. Noteworthy are both a fresco depicting the Virgin and Saints Francis and Bernardino, attributed to Domenico Alfani (1520) and, near the main altar, another one representing a Madonna between Saints (XIV century). The bell tower has ogival mullioned windows with two lights and dates back to the fourteenth century. The convent houses the regional museum of ceramics.
Going on you'll get to piazza Benincasa, where the church of Sant'Antonio Abate is (recently returned to its splendour). The first restoration dates back to 1493, the interior preserves Umbrian frescoes by Bartolomeo Caporali (Madonna della Misericordia, 1480) and by Giovan Battista Caporali (Scenes from the life of Saint Anthony Abbot).
The church of Madonna delle Piagge (1601) bears on the façade a majolica panel by Amerigo Lunghi (1929).
Just outside the borgo you can visit the Sanctuary of Madonna dei Bagni, built with a central plan just after a miraculous event of 1657, originated from the discovery of an image of Our Lady on a fragment of pottery, still kept in the main altar.
The strength of faith is expressed here in more than 600 votive tiles, made by Deruta ceramists on commission of the faithful who received grace. The votive majolica (almost unique example) illustrate misfortunes, illness, accidents which ended up happily thanks to the intervention of Our Lady.
icemente per l'intervento della Madonna.
In addition to ceramics, which can be bought directly in the workshops, another important product of the area is the Castelleone extra virgin olive oil, appreciated by the finest gourmets such as, in the past, Gabriele D'Annunzio.
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Sarkodie thrills fans with this new banger titled "Fine". This N-Dex produced tune features Dex Kwasi.
Sarkodie's birthday gift to his fan base, as he turned a year older on Sunday, is a new song with Dex Kwasi.
A super mediocre song, it sounds like one without inspiration by the self-acclaimed rap king with an okay hook by Kwasi.
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"On March 2, 2007 the CRB hiked Net radio royalty rates, and not by a few points. They'll rocket up by between 300% and 1,200%."
The rate hike was then postponed in court while a group of broadcasters appealed the decision. On July 15th, the rate hike goes into effect even while the appeal is still on-going.
"At the request of the Recording Industry Association of America, the CRB ignored the fact that Internet radio royalties were already double what satellite radio pays, and multiplied the royalties even further," says macadavy on pogge.ca, going on:
The 2005 royalty rate was 7/100 of a penny per song streamed; the 2010 rate will be 19/100 of a penny per song streamed. And for small webcasters that were able to calculate royalties as a percentage of revenue in 2005 – that option was quashed by the CRB, so small webcasters' royalties will grow exponentially!
Before this ruling was handed down, the vast majority of webcasters were barely making ends meet as Internet radio advertising revenue is just beginning to develop. Without a doubt most Internet radio services will go bankrupt and cease webcasting if this royalty rate is not reversed by the Congress, and webcasters' demise will mean a great loss of creative and diverse radio. Surviving webcasters will need sweetheart licenses that major record labels will be only too happy to offer, so long as the webcaster permits the major label to control the programming and playlist. Is that the Internet radio you care to hear?"
The article has a distinct "down with corporate fat cats" bent to it, which I couldn't disagree with more. Corporate greed is not what's killing internet radio. It's our complacency with government over-regulation that's put broadcasters in a choke-hold. Corporations will always be greedy and try to throw a knee in the groin of their competitors. That's Hobbes at his best. And that's also the beauty of the free market. Alternatives will evolve, and the best thing the government can do is LEAVE THEM ALONE! But that's not what the CRB and FCC did in this case. They caved to corporate interests, and we let it happen. Why? Because the level of political dialogue in this country has dissolved into Michael Moore vs. Ann Coulter. There is no longer a substantive debate over issues, so much as a name-calling shouting match about who loves the troops more, and who's more patriotic. Meanwhile issues like immigration reform simply vanish in a puff of smoke and artistic finger-pointing. And we're letting it happen. We are letting the Michael Savage's, Bill O'Reilly's and Randi Rhodes' of the world frame our political debate. I can't think of a slower and more painful death for a democracy than to having a growing populace that does not understand the importance of civics; a populace that increasingly turns to sound bites, talk radio rants, and you-tube clips as a primary source of news and information.
This is why internet radio is dying. And a lot of you will read this and say, "who gives a sh*t. I don't listen to it anyway." Do you listen to satellite radio? What makes you think the CRB will stop at internet broadcasters.
"They hated the cassette recorder," said Hodges. "They hated the CD Burner. Soon they'll hate people who hum songs."
Just you wait. Do nothing for long enough and they'll eventually over-regulate something that you DO like. Or need...
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When Marvin Redpost makes a new friend at school, he is introduced to a whole different, challenging and fun perspective on life.
When Marvin Redpost makes a new friend at school, he is introduced to a whole different, challenging and fun perspective on life.
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Texas Lawmakers Aim To Limit Local Governments' Power To Sue
Posted on · If passed, the bill would allow the Texas Attorney General's Office to block Harris County from seeking legal remedies against ITC regarding the Deer Park fire.
Posted on · If passed, the bill would allow the Texas Attorney General's Office to block Harris County from seeking legal remedies against ITC regarding the Deer Park fire.
Posted on · Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton demanded Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Kent Scribner turn over a copy of a sixth-grade health curriculum that includes lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Posted on · The Texas Rangers have been investigating Karolyi Ranch since January, but lawyers for survivors say action from the state attorney general is needed as well
Posted on · "The Texas attorney general is not a crime fighter," said Hugh Brady, director of the Legislative Lawyering Clinic at the UT School of Law
Posted on · After Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton insisted in a letter last week that Texas' anti-"sanctuary cities" bill would survive a legal challenge, immigration attorneys are trying to convince members of the Legislature that he's wrong.
Posted on · Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's trial on criminal securities fraud charges is set to begin May 1.
Posted on · The Texas Attorney General's Office has prosecuted fewer than 90 cases of voter fraud since 2002, compared to more than 64 million votes cast over the same period.
Posted on · U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos found Texas' voter education campaign is using misleading language that could discourage eligible voters from going to the polls.
Posted on · Texas is working with commercial truckers to help fight human trafficking across the state.
Posted on · The ruling by a U.S. district judge puts a nationwide hold on the directive, issued by the U.S. Education Department in May, requiring that students in public schools be allowed to use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity.
Posted on · The multistate coalition filed suit with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing federal law requires such unclaimed checks revert to the states in which they were purchased.
Posted on · The Attorney General's office will train professionals of that sector on how to identify and report potential cases.
Posted on · Texas has had its share of man-made disasters so you might want to know if you live near anything that could harm you. Under one law, the public has a "right to know". But under another law that reflects concerns over terrorism, state data that might reveal hazards is kept secret.
Posted on · Some of them think it should only apply to the events taking place inside NRG Stadium.
Posted on · A Houston panel discussed the case, saying Bland's story still resonates with many people.


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Lancing's Combined Cadet Force began in 1905 when the Officers Train Corp was formed. Today CCF plays an integral role in the College's vast and varied co-curricular programme, with over 150 pupils taking part in weekly training sessions, overnight exercises and adventurous training camps.
In addition to the weekly programme, the College CCF contingent has a formal inspection every two years. This is a momentous event in the CCF calendar and our avid cadets and staff undertake considerable preparation.
On the day, inspecting Officer Lt Col MacPherson was impressed by the immaculately dressed College cadets. The drill from the Honour Guard (Cpls Ted F, Owen M, Timothy C, L/Cpls Jon L, Sebastian L, Alex L and S/Sgt Russell W) and the Banner Party (Cpls Harry F, Chris B and Lydia B) was exemplary, and Sgts Olivia L, Rebecca L and Max H took charge of drill for Army A Coy, B Coy and RAF in the most impressive way.
After the parade, Lt Col MacPherson, Capt Tamang (Training Officer from the Cadet Training Team), Maj East (Contingent Commander) and WO2 Sophie C (the College's top cadet) inspected the training. This involved shooting in the range, life-saving drills in the pool, first aid, command tasks by the RAF and an excellent Field Craft lesson on harbour drills taught by our NCOs. Undoubtedly, the highlight of the day was a section attack on Sankey's Hill.
Our cadets certainly didn't disappoint, with the inspection enabling the Lancing contingent to demonstrate their hard work and commitment to training.
To find out more about Lancing's CCF programme, visit our CCF page.
This year due to wet weather the parade took place in the Sports Hall rather than in its usual location in the Lower Quad.


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Open Air Yoga this August
Take your mat outdoors with these open air yoga sessions in London this August:
Live Well at Ham Yard Hotel
Ham Yard Hotel are running yoga sessions on their leafy rooftop again this summer. Instructors from Third Space will guide a Hatha Yoga practise for an hour, followed by a healthy brunch from guest chef and author of Happy Food, Bettina Campolucci. There's also the option to add an express manicure or pedicure at their new urban nail bar in the Soholistic Spa. Every Saturday until 31 August, 9.30am. Rooftop Yoga and Brunch £39, Rooftop Yoga, Brunch and Express Manicure or Pedicure £65. firmdalehotels.com
Evening Yoga at Eccleston Yards
This summer's outdoor yoga sessions at Belgravia's Eccleston Yards have proved so popular that they promptly sold out. Lucky then, that they've just added an additional date to the line-up – book tickets now for the 7pm Vinyasa class on Thursday 29 August. Hosted by Phoebe Greenacre, founder of Silou London, a £15 ticket includes the class plus an SMUK London goodie-bag and a smoothie. Tickets at eventbrite.co.uk
Sunday Yoga at the Pavillion, Dulwich Picture Gallery
Enter the Colour Palace and take a yoga class that focusses on a specific theme reflecting the Pavilion's structure. A ticket also includes a tea or coffee from the cafe, and entry to the Picture Gallery's current exhibition Cutting Edge: Modernist British Printmaking. Sunday 11 August and Sunday 1 September, 8.45-9.45am yoga followed by exhibition view, tickets £25 dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk
Free Saturday morning Yoga on the River at Re:Centre
Re:Centre have a beautiful space right on the river from which they run events (GOOP Festival) and host artist residencies and yoga classes. This summer they're offering a free weekly yoga class outdoors on the Thames riverside. Taught by a different teacher each week, the open-level classes run every Saturday 10.30-11.30am until 31 August in the gated Wharf area outside Harrods Depository in Barnes. Visit the Re:Centre cafe for brunch afterwards.
NB. You'll need to bring along your own yoga mat. recentre.co.uk


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Rated R. It's a bad habit, like smoking or reprogramming robots to serve your slovenly ways.
Scoring At The Movies wraps up 2018 by socking you in the bloody kisser with our first boxing picture. Rocky IV might be the dumbest flick in the entire franchise, but it's also an adrenaline-pumping 90 minutes of jingoistic euphoria. And those songs! Pure 80's joy. We discuss all the movies in the Balboa series fairly equally here. Controversial stances abound! Does Apollo have a lust for fame that turns into a death wish? Why is Paulie still around to wreck everything? Just how did these actors get those bodies? And "Hearts On Fire" > "Eye Of The Tiger"! All that and so much more awaits yous in episode #15.
For The Record: Chris is a bit off about the actors' heights. Carl Weathers is 6'1 while Dolph Lundgren is 6'5. Also, Lundgren's fighting background is that he won some karate championships in Europe & Australia in the early '80s. Also also, Hugh Jackman (born in '68) is quite a bit older than Ryan (born in '74).
Links to: Rocky and Rocky II and Rocky III and Rocky V and Rocky Balboa and Creed and Creed II
YouTube links: Drago shows off his punching power and "Living In America" and Apollo goes out his own way and Duke counsels Rocky and Rocky v. Drago and "if I can change…and you can change…"


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When most people switch to a vegan diet, they feel more energetic, or at least similar to how they felt before.
But the adjustment is a lot harder for some.
I see posts and comments often of vegans who report that they often feel tired, dizzy, weak, or hungry.
In most cases, there's an obvious issue with their diet that is easy to fix. I urge you not to give up if you're experiencing these symptoms.
There are 7 common causes of fatigue on a vegan diet. I'm going to explain how they cause tiredness, and the solution to each.
Table of Contents
1. Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies
When you switch to a new diet that's more restrictive than what you're used to, it's easy to miss out on important vitamins and minerals.
There are 5 vitamins and minerals that have been linked to fatigue:
- Vitamin D (specifically D3) – Fish and milk both contain large amounts of vitamin D. If you switch to a vegan diet during months where you don't get much sun, and don't take a vitamin D supplement, it may cause fatigue.
- Vitamin B12 – Healthy B12 stores last for years, so it's rarely the issue, but it's possible for a B12 deficiency to cause fatigue. Here's a detailed guide to vitamin B12.
- Magnesium – A deficiency can cause fatigue, but it's unlikely on a vegan diet. Here are the best vegan magnesium supplements if you suspect it's an issue.
- Iodine – Easy to find on both vegan and non-vegan diets. But if you're lacking, an iodine deficiency will cause thyroid issues, and result in chronic fatigue. Seaweed or iodized salt is an easy fix for this.
- Iron – A healthy vegan diet should have plenty of iron (lentils, beans, nuts), but it's possible that you're not eating much of those (women also need higher amounts). A lack of iron can cause anemia, which will not only cause fatigue, but also other symptoms like dizziness, or even heart palpitations.
So how do you diagnose a deficiency rather than just guessing?
There are 2 main options.
If that's not possible, use a food tracker for a week or so. A free one that I use is Cronometer.
After setting up an account that takes into account your size, weight, and gender, you add in all the food you eat each day.
After a week, go to the reports tab of your account, and it will clearly show if you're significantly lacking in any critical vitamin or mineral.
Alternatively, do some manual calculations of your daily intake of each vitamin and mineral, and then compare your intake to the recommended daily amounts.
2. You're Short on Protein
It's not hard to get enough protein on a vegan diet, but it's certainly harder than on an omnivorous diet.
Protein is especially important if you workout, as you'll need extra to repair damaged muscle tissue. Studies have shown that a sufficient protein intake reduces fatigue.
Current scientific literature dictates that you should have a protein intake of 1.4–2.2 grams per kg of bodyweight if physically active.
For a 70 kg (~155 lb) person, that's 98-154 grams of protein a day. Keep in mind that if you are not too active, you don't need this much.
In my experience, if you're not eating a decent amount of legumes and lentils, it's tough to hit this target.
This is often an issue with new vegans (it was for me), because you might not be used to eating those foods often. Here is a huge list of high protein vegan recipes that should make it easier.
Alternatively, you could also start incorporating a vegan protein powder into your diet for convenience. They take seconds to make, can taste good, and instantly give you 20-30 grams of protein.
3. You Forgot About The Omega 3s
We've known for a long time that omega 3 fatty acids are important for good health.
Studies have linked low omega 3 levels to chronic fatigue syndrome.
Most people can only name one good source of omega 3s off the top of their head – fish.
If you haven't specifically tried to include vegan omega 3 sources into your diet, you're likely deficient.
The absolute best vegan omega 3 sources are:
- Walnuts
- Butternuts
- Chia seeds
- Flax seeds
- Hemp seeds
It's easy to sprinkle these on most meals, especially salads and cereals.
4. You're Eating Too Much "Junk" Food
Everyone always thinks that vegans are healthy until they actually become vegan.
It's very easy to eat nothing but unhealthy junk food that happens to be vegan:
- Cookies
- Non-dairy ice cream
- Pretzels
- Vegan gummies
- Chips (many varieties are vegan)
- Cereal
Even many "fake meats" aren't particularly healthy and shouldn't be a staple of your diet.
Take an honest look at how well you've actually been eating since the switch.
5. It's Psychological
This goes both ways. Some people switch to a vegan diet expecting to feel dramatically lighter and more energetic, and genuinely feel that they are. This is a placebo.
Other's expect that they'll be weaker, more tired, and sick. This is a nocebo.
Your mind is good at making these expectations become a reality if you let them.
The tricky part is that there's no easy way to fix a nocebo, even if you recognize you have one.
The best way to attempt to deal with one is to realize it, and try to look at your diet from a different perspective.
For example, if you came in expecting to feel weak from a lack of protein, spend extra time researching and preparing high protein meals. This should allow you to expect to feel like your normal, energetic self.
6. You're Under-Eating
So many people accidentally lose weight on a vegan diet because it's easy to eat less than you're used to.
You take out a bunch of foods, and then don't replace them with a significant amount of vegan foods.
It can also be tough at first to eat enough because foods like vegetables and beans are very filling. You will get used to it in time as you eat more of them, although I understand the struggle at first.
Again, using a food tracker like Cronometer will tell you if you're way under the caloric intake you should have.
7. You're Stressed
It's important to realize that while diet is a common cause of fatigue, it's not the only one.
Stress can cause adrenal fatigue, as can sickness, a lack of sleep, or depression.
It's normal to have periods of life where you're just a bit tired, and it may just coincide with your diet switch.
Reflect on recent events and changes in your life other than your diet switch. Could any of those be causing fatigue?
Switching to a vegan diet isn't something that's been rigorously studied, and can be very difficult.
It's uncommon, and it's going to come with obstacles.
But you can overcome them if you're willing to put in extra work critiquing your diet and life.
Just about all cases of fatigue on a vegan diet will fall under one of those 7 issues we looked at in this post.
Now it's your turn to take action and (hopefully) get rid of your fatigue once and for all.


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Models of facilitation (therapy, counselling, teaching, coaching, health management, etc.) have rarely dealt with the inter-dependency of emotion and cognition. In the 1980s, NLP researchers developed the concept of the structure of emotion (change a sub-modality of a feeling and you can change the feeling itself). Work in the 1990s on NLP 'meta-states' addressed the modulating of primary emotional states with cognitively led meta-levels of feeling. Here we explore the neurolinguistic basis of emotional intelligence, relating recent scientific research on the structure and inter-relationship of emotion and cognition to David Grove's work in Clean Language and Therapeutic Metaphor.
A Greek poet writes of a woman who has waited more than twenty years for her beloved husband to return home. He embraces her passionately. She is cautious and anxious, unsure of him. He is upset. She is sorrowful. He is angry. She is fearful. So Homer in 'The Odyssey' describes the reunion of Penelope and Odysseus in terms we can readily understand today. In 3,000 years the language of the emotions has hardly changed. It may not have changed much in six million years.
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Welcome to the new United Way for Clinton County website!
Greetings! We have been working hard on our new website and are so glad that you chose to stop by. Please take a minute to look around and review our Community Impact page to find out what we do in Clinton County. If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to send us a message. We look forward to connecting with you soon!
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NYCC Weekly Round Up!
Hey everyone! Know the panel listing is now live, so check it out here
New Guests Announced:
Kieron Gillen:
Kieron Gillen has written comics like PHONOGRAM, UNCANNY X-MEN, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, THREE, YOUNG AVENGERS, IRON MAN, GENERATION HOPE and far too many more. Kieron Gillen continues to write books like THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, ANGELA, DARTH VADER, UBER and MERCURY HEAT.
He will be appearing All Days
Max Brooks:
Max Brooks is a critically acclaimed author most widely recognized for his New York Times bestselling novel World War Z. Brooks' novel was adapated into a blockbuster theatrical release in 2013 and has an upcoming sequel in development. Max travels the country giving advice and lectures on how to survive a zombie attack with his best selling book The Zombie Survival Guide. His graphic novels, Recorded Attacks and Harlem Hellfighters, are New York Times bestsellers and fan favorites. Brooks is well known for his meticulous research into details that support his novels and bring them to life with incredible clarity. His most recent project, Extinction Parade, pits the undead against each other in a world where the zombie plague is poised to wipe out both humanity and the vampire races. Brooks is the leading authority on zombie survival and is always available to impart words of wisdom and caution to fans looking to prepare themselves for an undead outbreak.
He will be appearing All Days
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Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
Revel in the mutation madness as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles nunchuk their way through bad guys, eat pizza and kick Kraang butt! Please join Executive Producers Ciro Nieli and Brandon Auman as they give exclusive sneak peeks for the upcoming Season 3 and talk with the series' amazing voice talent including Seth Green (Leonardo), Rob Paulsen (Donatello), Greg Cipes (Michelangelo) and others. Moderated by Rich Magallanes, Sr. Vice President, Current Series, Nickelodeon Animation.
Archer is an animated comedy that revolves around the International Secret Intelligence Service and its employees who use every covert operation as an excuse to sabotage and betray each other for personal gain. Join the Voice Cast of H. Jon Benjamin, Aisha Tyler, Jessica Walter, Chris Parnell, Judy Greer, Amber Nash, Lucky Yates and Christian Slater, plus Creator Adam Reed, EP Matt Thompson and Co-EP Casey Willis as they discuss bringing this animated series to life.