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The citizens of Liberia can apply for a Kyrgyzstan visa online. As a Liberian citizen, you are eligible for an electronic visa, which you can get online using the services rendered by iVisa. But you should know that the Kyrgyzstan e-visa can only be used at the following border checkpoints: Manas and Osh airports and land crossing with Uzbekistan (Dostuk), Kazakhstan (Ak-Jol, Ak-Tilek, and Chaldybar), China (Irkeshtam and Torugart), and Tajikistan (Bor-Dobo, Kulundu, and Kyzyl-Bel).
Kyrgyzstan visa for the citizens of Liberia – requirements
To get a Kyrgyzstan visa online, all you need to do is fill in an application form. Nevertheless, keep in mind that you are required to provide the following:
- Passport – you cannot apply for a Kyrgyzstan visa if you do not have a valid passport. At the same time, make sure that the travel document is valid for at least another 6 months from the visa's expiry date.
- E-mail address – after you apply, iVisa will send you the e-visa via e-mail in PDF format. Do not forget to print out at least one physical copy.
- Means of payment – iVisa accepts multiple methods of payment. Feel free to pay using your credit or debit card, but you can use PayPal, Alipay, or WeChat as well.
- Invitation letter – if you apply for a Kyrgyzstan Business visa, you need to meet this requirement as well. The document must include the company's name, contact information, and registration number.
Kyrgyzstan visa for the citizens of Liberia – processing time and fees
Many people wonder how much their visa is going to cost. What we can tell you is that the price of your Kyrgyzstan visa depends on two factors: processing time and visa type. As for the processing time, you can choose between three options:
- Standard processing – if you are not in a hurry, you can go for this option. Your application is processed within 3 business days, and you only have to pay $76.20.
- Rush processing – this time, you will receive your Kyrgyzstan e-visa within 2 business days, and it costs $106.20.
- Super Rush processing – in case you need to get to Kyrgyzstan as soon as possible, your best option is the Super Rush processing. Your application form is processed within just 1 business day. However, this is the most expensive option. You will be charged $141.20.
As far as the visa type is concerned, you should know that the Kyrgyzstan Business visa costs an additional $20.60 for each processing time. You will be charged $96.80, $126.80, and $161.80 respectively.
The online form
As soon as you notice that you meet all the requirements, you are free to fill in the application form. It should come easy to you, but if you have any questions, you can contact iVisa's support service 24/7.
The form you must complete consists of three easy steps. The first one invites you to provide your personal information, a few details about your trip to Kyrgyzstan, and passport information. It also makes you choose a processing time and a visa type. The second step wants you to make the payment and revise your form so that it does not contain mistakes, while the third asks for the application's supporting documents. That is pretty much it. When you are done, just hit the submit button and you are through.
The bottom line is that obtaining a Kyrgyzstan visa for the citizens of Liberia is simple when iVisa is your visa service. The document you receive is valid for 90 days since issue, and you can use it to stay in Kyrgyzstan for up to 90 days.


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Once the Die is Cast — All Aspersions Last — CLIMATE CHANGE— Shoot with a Camera — Fight with a Pen: When all the rules have simply changed what IT is simply works or not. Wimpy Weather permitting.
The alchemy of Farts: B'More or Less Brilliantly surmised mass missing .. Where there's no meaningful discussion ever apparent .. Only the Hustle disguised .. Resiliently surprised class kissing .. Reptilian devised gas hissing. It's only make believe of course. Who Farted this time? Senile Citizen Abuse! Door to door MEAT salesman selling quality products out of a freezer in the back of a pick up truck. Door to door clipboard and binder bearers seeking information. Way too many wrong numbers and Robots calling. What da Fa. B'More or Less.
Except for the Enormous White SUV (MDCJ) with the screechy voice either running from the cops or seeking a Drug Fix (1.9.18[23.30]. Attempting to Assist in Keeping the Unit South Safe, the Resident Citizen's Duty, since the City Cameras seem to be another kickback scam manipulated More or Less they B. The Zombies Are Here. The Soup Thickens. The Plight in the Living Dread of Contemporary Farts Competing to Live in a City where Littering and Violence are Competitive sports and Burglary and Scamming Senile Citizens and Car Jacking are Higher Learning and After School Projects. Opening doors for Robots to come. The Enforcers.
Ethics be Damned. They are building a Manufacturing Soylent Green Factory Nearby, Ain't they? Made in America.
Ringy Dingy Bob Bell. What happened to US?
** As Always a Work in Progress for absurdly enough conflicts of contemporary Self Interest in the Daily Farce Leaking Naturally for Oddly Enough Entertainment Purposes Only Multi Versing Originally Concocted by Ken. Is that a disclaimer or what Context? — REFRESH … Disparity in View Anyway Still Too much Fun … Fully Frontal Exposing Lacking Cable.
Independently Linked with the obvious : NPR and TED; The BBC; B'More the Less.
Daily Doubled Down in lieu of a Closer Look at Real Time Whatever networking Cold Beer. Butt Giving Head is IT REAL or Fake newsy?
Though the vulnerabilities to fraud, abuse, plagiarism, switching and missing Links,Trolling whatever that is and other skullduggery are all too obvious when so many are dealing in conflicted Interest the Deal Artfully Deceptive though Multiversing frequented. – -–>> L.T.Rhyme


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Blurring the division between interior and exterior is a trademark of our work. By pulling the architecture of the dwelling into the garden one effectively brings the garden into the house.
Even without any plants, the wetland flows under the bridge and the deck has intimacy. The little recycled 2x4 bridge begs one to walk across and sit on the porch.
Creating a simple covered space allow one to linger at this transition between interior and exterior. It also allows the room to 'borrow' space from the yard. Lois's studio feels bigger with the deck extending the spaces, even with the doors closed. During the summer months, the doors will be open most of the time.
Being too open can be a problem too--lack of privacy and no sense of security. The screens provide a distinction of zones, where public to private can transition seamlessly without barriers.
Above, the 100% recycled deck, downspout and screens. Simplicity and honesty of materials at it's best.
Below, the road beyond the screen feels like it's over there and the space off the deck feels enclosed.
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- Premium Grade A, full serviced, office accommodation
- Located in the heart if the central business core
- Suites available from 100 sq ft to 10,000 sq ft plus
- Available fully serviced on flexible terms
- Stylish and contemporary theme
- Air-conditioning/ electronic door access system
- Equipped with stated-of-the-art IT and telecoms
- 24/7 access
- Car parking
Well known occupiers in the vicinity include Yell.com, Bank of Ireland, Capita, Ulster bank, and Vodafone amongst others.
Full Description
5 star - city centre, fully serviced office accommodation, available from 100 sq ft to 10,000 sq ft +
A single monthly fee, includes the following services:
• Rent
• Business rates
• Service charge
• Electricity and Heating
• Broadband and Telecoms
• Building insurance and maintenance
• Reception staff
• Fully furnished
• Daily cleaning services, supplies and waste disposal
• 24 hour access, 7 days per week
• Building security – cctv, fob entry system, 24 hour monitoring
• Full use of kitchens, including tea and real coffee
• Shower Facilities
• Reception helpdesk / hospitality services
• Access to in-house meeting and conference rooms
• Phone answering, daily mail handling and message forwarding facility
• A team skilled in providing a premium service
The specification includes:
· Individual air-conditioning
· Natural light to all Suites
· Electronic door access control
· Raised data flooring
· CAT 6e cabling
· State-of- the-art IT & Telecoms
· Toilets on each floor
· Shower facilities
· Kitchen / Breakout areas on each floor
· DDA compliant
· Twin 8 person lifts
On application
Available on a fully serviced basis, on flexible terms
All prices are exclusive of but may be liable to V.A.T
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Address: Montgomery House, 29-33 Montgomery Street, Belfast BT1 4NX
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3. The particulars, various plans, photographs, dimensions, references to condition and permissions for use and occupation are given in good faith and are believed to be correct but their accuracy is not guaranteed and any intending Purchasers or Tenants shall satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to correctness of each of them. No omission, accidental error or misdescription shall be ground for a claim for compensation or for the rescission of the contract by either the Vendor/Lessor or the Purchaser/Tenant.
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Turning The Cardboard Bottle Stopper
Turning cardboard on the lathe. I needed a quick project after a failed larger project. This started out as an experiment, but I have to say I really like the look of it!
I not sure if another cardboard project is in my future but for now, I'm just happy to follow up a failure with a success!
Step 1: Cutting up the Material
I simply took an old HP printer box from the office and cut some of it into strips. It's interesting because cardboard had a pattern similar to wood grain. I really liked the way the "end grain" of the corrugation appeared, so I tried my best to preserve that.
I cut five pieces into 1 1/2″ discs for placement into a mold. Exact fix is not required as you'll be turning most of it down anyway.
Step 2: Casting Cardboard
I was looking through my PVC pipe collection for a 1 1/2 to 2″ end cap for the casting. What I found was this reducer. So I put a couple pieces of masking tape over one end and got out my epoxy.
In the shop I used West System epoxy. It's pricey at $70 a quart but not the only option. I've also had good luck with Super Glaze and I've heard good things about a resin called Castin' Craft I want to try.
I mixed in about 2oz of resin with the 5 cardboard discs and let them harden over night (a couple nights in truth)
No, right behind me this whole time was a bottle of mold release that I bought just for this reason, but in my haste I completely forgot it. As such removing the casting from my mold took quite a bit of persuading…
Step 3: Mounting the stopper blank.
What was interesting was that most of the epoxy wicked into the cardboard, leaving the holes open, and just adding rigidity to the cardboard. I really liked this idea and decided to try and turn away as much of the epoxy as possible to reveal this look.
Now, I've turned a lot of bottle stoppers on the lathe, so forgive me but the steps are rather second nature, and I have all the parts required. Lets talk about what it is you'll need…
First you need a hole 3/8″ drilled in what will become the bottom of your stopper. I do this in my with my drill bit in the tail stock. You could do this with a handheld drill, or at the drill press if you have one.
Step 4: Turning
I have a bottle stopper mandrel, but it is basically just a 3/8 bold held in the head stock. You could accomplish this my hacking off a 3/8 carriage bolt and holding it in Jacobs chuck. Before I bought my mandrel, this is what I did.
It turned easily enough with my spindle gouge, though I did have to stop and sharpen it twice during the process!
I then sanded it with 400 grit and gave it a few spray coats of lacquer.
After the lacquer dried, I used an tooth pick to pick all the loose bits out if the holes. You can see and blow air right through all the holes. In fact it just looks like cardboard, but it is rock hard like epoxy. A strange little object!
The stopper assembly is simple. The corks come pre-drilled. You just cut a 3/8 dowel to length and glue it into the stopper and add the cork to the end.
Done. Now you've got a cardboard bottle stopper. Well, at least I've got a cardboard bottles topper…


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Boomer retirees seek life of luxury
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As baby boomers age, they're demanding better options for where and how they live. In response, senior-living companies are raising the bar on the level of accommodations and activities available for seniors who can afford it.
Their goal is to capture the market from the time seniors are active and ready to chuck home maintenance through their need for assistance and consistent medical care. The goal for residents and their families is to have a high-end, low-maintenance lifestyle, with assistance available when they need it, without having to relocate from all that is familiar.
At least two developments planned for metro Denver aim to capture this market with projects promising the ultimate in luxury for their well-heeled customers.
The Stratford at FlatIrons in Broomfield, scheduled for completion in May, and the Balfour Cosmopolitan Club in downtown Denver, expected to open in 2011, promise to raise the bar for luxurious senior living.
Sunrise Senior Living, developer of The Straftord at FlatIrons, says it will provide all of the elegance, pampering and services of a luxurious five-star hotel at the 206-unit independent and assisted-care center near the FlatIron Crossing shopping area.
"Right smack in the action"
Meanwhile, Michael Schonbrun, founder and chief executive of Balfour, is touting his project at 15th and Little Raven streets as "the only luxury senior living community with an in-city location that puts seniors right smack in the action of dining, shopping, cultural and sports opportunities without having to drive a long time to get there."
Larry Arnold, executive vice president of 50 Plus Community Marketing Inc., says the market for high-end retirement communities like The Stratford and The Cosmopolitan Club is driven by active adults and empty-nesters who can use their home equity to afford more high-end living situations.
He estimates that 8 percent to 12 percent of the senior population can afford luxury retirement living.
Their reasons for wanting to move to a senior living community include "wanting to put the lawn mower away for good, having the ability to 'lock and leave' when they go on vacation, or wanting to remain in Colorado's four seasons," says Arnold.
Some feel isolated and want to be around other seniors. Still others feel they've earned the ability to live well and simply want to show off, he says.
First project from ground up
Although Sunrise Senior Living has been around since 1981, The Stratford marks the first time the company has built an independent-living facility from the ground up. In the past, Sunrise has taken existing buildings and modified them to its specifications.
The company chose the FlatIrons location because of the proximity to shopping, entertainment and the highway as well as the demand in the growing Broomfield area. Sunrise found that approximately half of their prospective residents are relocating to the area to be closer to their adult children and grandchildren.
"Those children have higher expectations for the features of their own homes and want the same for their parents," says Jennifer Henkel, executive director of The Stratford.
Monthly rent at The Stratford will include utilities, meals, housekeeping, security and handyman services. Apartments will have the sophisticated feel of newer homes, with such touches as granite countertops. The building will have restaurants, a high-tech movie theater, art studios and full-service spa.
In true hotel fashion, a concierge service will assist residents with most anything, from making theater reservations to helping plan a party. When they don't feel like driving, a chauffeured car will take residents wherever they need to go.
Like The Stratford, the 298-unit Balfour will have luxury touches such as granite countertops, fitness and spa areas as well as a movie theater, concierge service and a variety of dining options in the building.
In contrast to The Stratford's rental system, the Cosmopolitan Club works on a refundable entry fee program commonly used by many other retirement communities. Residents pay a lump sum to, in essence, hold their apartment. When they leave, they or their estate is refunded 90 to 100 percent of that amount. In addition, residents pay a monthly fee that covers utilities, most meals, services and amenities.
Luxury senior-living communities have existed in Colorado for about 10 years, all with varying degrees of accommodations, luxury and cost.
According to Brett Robinson, senior vice president for MacKenzie House LLC, designer and builder of senior living communities, part of the struggle to capture a piece of the market is that the people who can afford to live in the communities also can afford to stay put and hire in-home care.
They also battle the perception that retirement communities are grim places where seniors go to live out their remaining days. The goal of the new breed of retirement community is to change that notion, emphasizing that seniors deserve to live it up while others take care of the mundane tasks.


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The aims of the course of studies in Dance Bachelor is the training of professional dancers within a degree program that encourages their personality as a dancer with great individual artistic expression, who master a wide range of classical and contemporary dance techniques at their command and who are able to understand dance as an art form in an artistic, historical and social context. Furthermore, the aims of the course of studies are to enable the students to act self-confidently and responsibly in groups, give their positive input as well as to develop social and political commitment.
To reach the above-defined aims a teaching model based on seven pillars, which are linked to each other, has been created. This will lead to an integrated course of studies: Technique, Creativity, Body Awareness, Theory, Projects, Interdisciplinary work, Performances
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Admission to the Bachelor's degree in Dance requires proof of having obtained a higher education entrance qualification (Hochschulzugangsberechtigung; Abitur/Fachabitur gemäß § 54 Abs. 2 des Hessischen Hochschulgesetzes vom 14.12.2009 i.d.F. vom 21. Dezember 2010). Candidates who do not hold an entrance qualification must demonstrate they have knowledge and skills corresponding to a degree appropriate for the chosen study program during the audition.
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I Have a Dream - The Commerce Clause and Race under the U.S. Constitution
As U.S. cultural and political attitudes change, so do trends in U.S. law. Where is the U.S. Constitution in all of this? Guest lecture by Professor Steve Barnes, Penn State Law.
Professor Stephen (Steve) Barnes, Assistant Dean, Penn State Law.(photo: Penn State Law)
How rigid—or how flexible—is the US Constitution?
In this presentation, Penn State Law Assistant Dean Stephen (Steve) Barnes, shares how the U.S. Congress flexed its power under the Commerce Clause to address racial discrimination in the 1960s in the United States.
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From the Congress great interest to ENTO activities
During the ENTO bureau meeting in Strasbourg, a specific session was devoted to sharing information and views with Congress Secretariat Representatives, Ms. Marité Moras and Mr. Dimitri Marschenkov. Mr. Marschenkov explained the activities that the Congress is undertaking within the Neighbourhood Programme, especially with Morocco and Tunisia. He underlined that one of the priority consists in strengthening the training capacity of local training institutions and associations. That is why he showed a specific interest in ENTO training of trainers initiatives and specifically in the job-shadowing programme.
Ms. Moras illustrated the state of the art of cooperation programs with Ukraine, Armenia, Moldova and Georgia. She expressed a specific interest in the proposal of a certification in the field of local leadership as described in the VESTA action plan.
Both Mr. Marschenkov and Ms. Moras underlined as a cutting-edge topic for all projects within the Council of Europe is gender mainstreaming, so ideas and training proposals that deal with such a topic can be of great interest.
They also expressed their intention to come back to ENTO with concrete cooperation proposals in the next months.


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Fallout 4: Institutionalised – Find Shaun, Allie Fillmore, Meet the division leaders and Network Scanner Holotape
If you seriously think the Last Main Mission quest to be really tough, then you are wrong, it is just like a piece of cake where you need to meet the Institute Leader called Father and he will guide you to Shaun and in return will ask you to join the Institute as well. Let's check out what happens in the Last Main Quest of the Fallout 4.
Now that the Transporter is ready to get going inside the Institute, go ahead and continue to get inside and search Shaun. Once you are transported to the Institute, exit the chamber and head east and you'll notice a voice will ask you to use the elevator and get down the Main Quest will begin.
Enter the Elevator
As you step in the elevator, the door will be closed automatically and as you are heading down the voice which you are hearing will inform you that they already know why you are here and what are your purpose, they will also tell you more about the Institute. From one elevator, it's time to take the second elevator from the east from the corridor.
As the second elevator comes down to the end you need to head straight to the room and approach the boy behind the glass. The Boy is none other than Shaun, so convince him that you are looking for him from very long and also inform him that you are his Dad/Mom(the character you have chosen) and ask him to open the door. Once he refuses to approve your word he will ask you to go and talk to 'Father' and a Man approaches.
Try and interact with him to know about him more and ask where is Shaun. When the Man 'Father' reveals his true identity you are surprised and call him crazy, but when he offers you to join the Institute agree with him in order to uncover the complex future. So if you agree with him Father will ask you to go and have a meet with the Four Division leaders of the Institute: Clayton Holdren, Allie Filmore, Justin Ayo and Madison Li.
Meet the Division Leaders
The first thing to do is return to the top and move south in order to take Shaun's terminal password from the office cabinet. Once you have the password head right and use the password to access Shaun's Terminal. Now go from the east doorway head to the lowest level and meet Doctor Allie Fillmore. Convince her that you work with Institute now and know more about the Facilities Division.
Now get out of the Institute's central Hub and move towards the Bioscience lab to meet Doctor Holden and talk to him casually and once you are done with it just end the conversation and make note of the master-locked terminal from the north-end of the doorway.
Now keep following the Blue line towards the Advanced Systems lab to meet Doctor Madison Li. She will try to install a Courser Chip inside your Pip-Boy so that you can fast travel inside the Institute. Once you spot the final director behind the glass of the corridor, just keep following him and try to have a conversation with him as well. Tell him how you defeated the Courser and bring the current objective to close.
Use the Network Scanner Holotape
Now before you decide to leave the lab to make sure you explore the area very carefully. In fact you should explore the Institute whenever possible as it has many new things to explore and know. Now load the Holotape menu option and select the Network Scanner Tape to initiate the scan to complete the Main and the Final Story Quest in Fallout 4.
Note: If you select the 'Copy encrypted message' option then you will be sent back to the Railroad's 'Underground Undercover' faction as your current quest.
So make your decision very wise to play with which faction's loyalty first. Later the Fast travel option in the Institute will be available along with the next side quest Synth Retention to your Log as you agreed with Father to work for Institute and with this you start with Institute-based faction quests. From here you are all alone with the Side and the Faction Quest to be completed. Remember the Faction quest you choose will cause disturbance to your relationship with other Factions. Ultimately, you need to choose a faction to be with which will disclose the True Ending of Fallout 4.


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Month: November 2017
e-lofts Wins 3 Awards in 2017!
November 28, 2017
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Here at e-lofts we understand that modern life demands flexibility. Our revolutionary live-work spaces are built for just that. We've been recognized for several awards recently that just solidifies the fact that we are ahead of the ever-changing curve. At e-lofts you can surround yourself with premier commercial and residential amenities, while becoming part of […]
NOVEMBER DISH OF THE MONTH: Palette 22
November 7, 2017
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Food. Art. Fun. That's the motto of Palette 22, located just a few minutes away in the Village at Shirlington. Palette 22 offers an artful dining experience that is far from ordinary. Everywhere you look the building is covered in art. From paintings to prints, you'll never run out of gorgeous views while you dine! […]


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Commentary: Paul Ebeling on Wall Street
Earnings season is in full swing now, and ramps up with FAANG's GOOG (23 April atm), AMZN (26 April atm).
Many others are scheduled to report too, The Bulls are looking for these leadership stocks to trigger a new leg North.
There are lots of good patterns formed up to drive the market North
That being the case, look at more positions as the market heads up on the back of the myraid of good patterns.
Crude Oil, big leaders and, reliable retail, this move is still in relief bounce mode, and while it is there is good money to be made, we will know soon if it holds or fades at the old highs.
Should it hold it can move higher as there are lots of really good patterns.
Watch this
If the semis dropping out not good a good sign, watch for a SOX rally off Fibo double
bottom. That happens, then super, we will see, Yes?
The Bulls Vs The Bears
Sentiment Indicators
Put/Call Ratio (PCR) CBOE: 0.98; +0.01
The Bulls and The Bears
The Bulls rose a bit, while The Bears continued to rise. That is significant because The Bears have been so low for too long.
The Bulls are at 43.6 Vs 42.2 last
The Bears are at 19.8 Vs 18.6 last
Support and Resistance
We have the indexes test to Key support, and now see it running up to and perhaps through the 50-Day MAs, a clear break and hold above them will be Very Bullish for this market now..
HeffX-LTN's Market Major US Stock Market Indexes Technical Analysis
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Curtis Dickson is returning to the Maple Ridge Burrards.
Dickson, known as 'Superman' for his aerial goal-scoring moves, rejoined the WLA team as of March 12 after three seasons back east with the Peterborough Lakers, this year's Mann Cup winner.
Dickson had 14 goals and 27 points in six Mann Cup games with the Lakers, who defeated the New Westminster Salmonbellies for the national championship.
Dickson currently leads the Calgary Roughnecks of the NLL in both goals (27) and points (45).
"We couldn't be more thrilled to have Curtis re-join the Burrards already potent offense," said Burrards general manager Rey Comeault.
"Curtis is happy to be back in the WLA and very excited for another run at the Mann Cup, this time with the Burrards."
The Maple Ridge senior A lacrosse club is 81 years old, with 21 years in Maple Ridge.
The Burrards won the WLA championship in 2016.
In 2014, between playing field lacrosse, losing time due to injuries, Dickson was limited to five games with the Burrards, but put up 10 goals and 15 points.
In the 2013 campaign, he led WLA with 58 goals and 103 points in 17 games, and was the league MVP.
For his career with the Burrards, he has 140 goals and 243 points in 53 games.


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In this science article we look at the evolution, pollination, growth and seed dispersal of the Coco de Mer (Lodoicea maldivica) palm tree, also known as the 'double coconut'.
This is one of those few examples of how seed dispersal occurs by gravity alone.
In the 18th century (and in many preceding centuries) people used to find enormous Coco de Mer seeds (or 'nuts') washed up on the beaches….
… of the Maldive islands in the Indian Ocean.
All the washed up nuts immediately became the property of the sultan, who either sold them for a high price or gave them away as royal gifts.
Some ended up as beautifully carved storage containers…
….while others became perfume bottles. This perfume bottle is made of one half (or 'lobe') of a Coco de Mer nut.
No one knew where the Coco de Mer nuts came from. Local legend would have you believe that the nuts grew inside fruits which hung off trees growing on the bottom of the sea. When the fruits ripened they fell off the trees and rose to the surface.
Fishmen sometimes believed that they saw Coco de Mer fruits growing on trees on the sea bed. By the time they dived into the sea to investigate further the trees had mysteriously disappeared!
The mystery was finally solved in 1768 when French explorer Marion du Fresne discovered Coco de Mer nuts growing on dry land.
He found them growing inside fruits….
…of a previously unknown species of palm tree. This new species of palm (named the 'Coco de Mer') grew in isolated valleys on Praslin Island in the Seychelles. The trees towered above all other vegetation.
© Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Painted in 1883
Botanists soon realized that all the giant nuts found washed up on beaches in the Maldives had actually grown on the Seychelles islands some 2130 kms (1324 miles) away!
The Coco de Mer nuts had reached the Maldives after drifting eastwards in the prevailing ocean currents.
Despite the large number of nuts that were often washed up on the beaches of the Maldives, not a single one had ever germinated; 1,200 islands and atolls in the Maldives Archipelago and not a single Coco de Mer palm tree to be seen anywhere!
We now know that the Coco de Mer nuts that floated on ocean currents from the Seychelles to the Maldives were the rotten and infertile ones that could never germinate.
Healthy nuts became rotten and infertile after their fruits fell off the trees and landed in the sea.
Healthy fruits that landed in the sea were very dense and heavy; as a result they were incapable of floating on water and sunk to the bottom.
The fruits stayed at the bottom of the sea for a few months; during this time underwater the outer skin (or 'husk') rotted away and fell off, exposing the nut to sea water.
Gases now formed inside the nut making it much lighter. The nut then rose to the surface; it could now float but was no longer fertile.
So when the ocean currents washed the nut onto the distant beaches of the Maldives several months later the nut could never germinate.
By way of contrast the Coco de Mer's distant relative, the coconut, (Cocos nucifera) could germinate after spending months in sea water.
The Coco de Mer is unique among palm tree species in that there are distinct male and female palms.
The female palms grow the fruits. The male palms are taller, more slender and have catkins growing on them.
© Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew Painted in 1883
The small flowers on the catkins of the male palm have a strong scent, produce large amounts of nectar……
….and are very small.
The flowers on the female tree produce a similar scent to the male flowers, but the scent is less strong. Only one flower is active on a female tree at any one time and then for only for a few hours each day.
There has been some debate about how Coco de Mer palms are pollinated.
It is now believed that their primary pollinator is a long legged fly, the Ethiosciapus bilobatus.
(See Parts of a Plant-the Flower and Plant Pollinators for an explanation of plant pollination)
J. Gerlach, palms.org/palmsjournal/2003/
Coco de Mer palms grow the largest fruits and the heaviest nuts of any tree in the world.
To answer this question we need to go back in geological time some 184 million years. It was 184 million years ago, during the Jurassic period, that the supercontinent of Gondwana started breaking up. At that time the Seychelles Islands formed part of what we now call the Indian sub continent.
75 million years ago, as the Indian subcontinent was drifting northwards, the 45 rocky Seychelles islands broke away and inched slowly towards their present location in the Indian Ocean.
© Ron Blakely Northern Arizona University
As the 45 rocky islands moved northwards their climate changed from dry and arid to wet and tropical.
© Ron Blakely Northern Arizona University
The islands remained geographically isolated; all the plants and trees that continued to colonise the islands were descended from plants and trees that had evolved on Gondwana.
As a result of this geographical isolation, species of plants and trees living in distant lands that were well adapted to hotter, more moist conditions were unable to migrate to the Seychelles. This continuing geographical isolation gave species of palm tree already resident in the Seychelles plenty of time and space to adapt and evolve to meet the new challenges they faced.
It is now believed that the Coco de Mer palm evolved from a Borassus-like palm tree. Today palm trees of the Borassus genus are native to drier regions of Africa and the Indian sub continent.
These Borassus flabellifer palms are from Mumbai, India.
As the climate of the Seychelles became warmer and wetter the vegetation on the islands became taller and more dense. These conditions encouraged the growth of tropical rainforests.
Palms in Mahe,Seychelles © Royal Botanical Gardens,Kew
In the newly formed tropical rainforests competition to access sunlight above the forest canopy grew more intense. Proto Coco de Mer seedlings had to adapt or die.
Evolution by natural selection favored Coco de Mer palm trees with larger nuts. It was the larger nuts that grew into taller juvenile palms. The taller juvenile palms had a better chance of competing for light and surviving.
After germination a Coco de Mer nut provides enough nutrients to sustain a juvenile palm for up to four years!
Juvenile palms grow incredibly fast; they can grow leaf stems to a height of ten meters in no time at all. The leaves of young palms can reach a length of 14 meters or more. Trunks do not appear until the palm is 15 years old.
Palms reach maturity when aged between 20 and 40. They can live anything between 200 and 400 years!
The evolutionary pressures in many tree species has been to evolve smaller nuts. Smaller nuts are often easier to disperse away from the parent plant using animals, insects or wind power.
A Coco de Mer fruit contains one nut; after reaching maturity the fruit it falls to the ground near the base of the trunk beneath the parent plant.
With most tree species the worst place to grow is underneath the parent tree where juveniles have to compete with their parents for light, food and space to grow.
The evolutionary solution to fixing this problem is ingenious. If the nut is too big to move, then why not move the seedling!?
After falling to the forest floor beneath the parent plant, the hard fruit wall ('husk') takes 6 months to disintegrate. The nut then sends out a stem that 'digs' a tunnel beneath the surface of the forest floor.
This stem (or 'rope') can sometime extend for a distance of 10 meters before a seedling starts to grow. The 'rope' is the seedling's pipeline to the foodstore in the nut.
A larger nut can grow a longer 'rope'; a longer 'rope' means more effective nut dispersal away from the parent palm.
Growing 10 meters away from the parent plant gives the seedling a better chance of survival; the parent palm growing nearby will block out less sunlight.
It is worth noting that the 'crown' (all the branches and leaves) of a Coco de Mer palm is very narrow compared to the crowns of many other species of tree. Narrow 'crowns' block out less sunlight than broad 'crowns'.
With the benefits of larger nuts comes significant evolutionary costs. It can take a decade for a nut to reach maturity growing inside a fruit. The number of nuts any one female palm can grow is also limited- most female palms produce under one hundred in their lifetime.
Contrast this with a coconut palm which often produces more than a hundred nuts in a single year.
© Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew: Coconut Palms in Ceylon 1876
A female palm may carry half a tonne of developing fruit on branches in her crown. In high winds branches holding the heavy loads of fruit sometimes break off, resulting in the loss of the immature fruit and often the loss of the female palm.
As a consequence of the loss of so many female palms, the ratio of female to male trees in many areas is 1 to 2; one female palm to every two male palms.
Today the Coco de Mer only grows naturally in the wild in the Seychelles in national parks on the islands of Praslin and Curieuse. The species is critically endangered as a result of habitat loss.
The harvesting of nuts is strictly controlled and firebreaks have been introduced to prevent fires sweeping through the forests and destroying the precious palms.
There are now very few, if any, nuts falling into the sea to be swept along on ocean currents from the Seychelles onto the beaches of the Maldives.
Fishermen no longer see Coco de Mer trees growing at the bottom of the sea….or do they!?
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Reddish rice skin is purple and red. It has an acid taste and mild taste. It has a strong coloring power for protein, so it is often used as food coloring
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Red yeast rice is what is referred to as a "koji" in Japanese, meaning "grain or bean overgrown with a mold culture", a food preparation tradition going back to ca. 300 BC. In both the scientific and popular literature in English that draws principally on Japanese, red yeast rice is most often referred to as "red rice koji". English works favoring Chinese sources may prefer the translation "red yeast rice".
Because of the low cost of chemical dyes, some producers of red yeast rice have adulterated their products with the dye Sudan Red G
The amount typically used in clinical trials is 1200–2400 mg/day of red yeast rice containing approximately 10 mg total monacolins, of which half are monacolin K. This does raise a question about the function of the other monacolins and non-monacolin compounds in the products, as the monacolin K content is lower than what is usually considered effective for lovastatin (20–80 mg/day). A meta-analysis of 20 clinical trials, range of red yeast rice dose 1200 to 4800 mg/day, reported LDL-cholesterol lowered by 1.02 mmol/L (39.4 mg/dL) compared to placebo. The incidence of reported adverse effects ranged from 0% to 5% and was not different from controls.
Within this review, the largest and longest duration trial was conducted in China: the China Coronary Secondary Prevention Study (CCSPS). Close to 5,000 post-heart attack patients were enrolled for an average of 4.5 years to receive either a placebo or a RYR product named Xuezhikang . The test product was an ethanol extract of red yeast rice, with a monacolin K content of 11.6 mg/day. Key CCSPS results: In the treated group, risk of subsequent heart attacks was reduced by 45%, cardio deaths by 31%, and all-cause deaths by 33%.
The safety of red yeast rice products has not been established, and some commercial supplements have been found to contain high levels of the toxin citrinin. As commercial products will have highly variable amounts of monacolins, and rarely declare this content on the label, defining risk is difficult. Ingredient suppliers have also been suspected of "spiking" red yeast rice preparations with purified lovastatin.
As evidence, one published analysis reported several commercial products as being almost entirely monacolin K - which would occur if the drug lovastatin was added - rather than the expected composition of many monacolin compounds.Statin-associated rhabdomyolysis can lead to kidney damage and possibly kidney failure (renal failure).
Half got a RYR product (3600 mg/day, 13 mg monacolins, 6 mg monacolin k) for 24 weeks; and half were administered a placebo. In the treated group, LDL-cholesterol declined 21%. Two patients dropped out because of myalgia, 1 for diarrhea, and 1 for dizziness. In the placebo group, one dropped out for myalgia. Creatine phosphokinase increased slightly in the treated group (from 122 to 128 IU/L) versus decreasing with placebo (117 to 101 IU/L), but the shifts were not statistically significant. For those having completed the trial, subjective muscle pain scores were similar for the two groups. "
The potential safety signals of myopathies and liver injury raise the hypothesis that the safety profile of RYR is similar to that of statins. Continuous monitoring of dietary supplements should be promoted to finally characterize their risk profile, thus supporting regulatory bodies for appropriate actions."
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Approximately seven out of ten U.S. households own a pet. It has become increasingly common for pet parents to share a meal, trip, and even a bed with their furry children. While pets are being treated more like kids and less like a tangible good, family law statutes throughout the United States fail to treat a dog or a cat any different than a lamp when it comes to divorce. Courts have remained detached from hearing, ruling on, or enforcing pet custody and/or visitation arrangements. The household pet is simply another asset to be allocated.
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Voters in Columbus — Ohio's largest city — will head to the polls this November to choose between a group of Democratic Party-endorsed incumbents for city council and the school board and a slate of progressive challengers backed by the Working Families Party. The challengers, running under the banner of "Yes We Can," were inspired by the Bernie Sanders campaign and seek to unsettle a narrative that claims "Columbus Is Already Great."
By many measures, Columbus is doing pretty well. It's the fastest-growing city in the Midwest, it recently won a $50 million competitive grant from the U.S Department of Transportation to revamp its transportation systems, and it's one of the few cities in the nation to boast a AAA bond rating, a signal of its strong financial position. Its Democratic mayor, Andrew Ginther, has taken to calling Columbus "America's Opportunity City," an epithet reiterated recently by national publications.
"Columbus is a great place to live, we are a very diverse city, and we have maintained a strong economic base," Mike Sexton, chair of the Franklin County Democratic Party, said to The Intercept. "I think people are pretty happy with the direction that Columbus is going in."
Will Petrik, a Yes We Can candidate running for city council, doesn't think so. "We're here to say no, we actually have mass income inequality, one of the highest infant mortality rates in the country, and a drug crisis that's tearing apart families and communities," he said. "Saying everything is awesome doesn't reflect the experience of all Columbus residents, [and] we need to be honest in order to develop real solutions to improve people's lives."
Despite the city's booming aura, it's true that sharp disparities exist in Columbus. The Brookings Institution released a report this year that found that 42 percent of jobs created in the Columbus region between 2010 and 2015 were low wage. Richard Florida, an urban policy professor at the University of Toronto, found that among all U.S. metropolitan areas with over 1 million people, Columbus ranks second in terms of economic segregation.
The races in Columbus are emblematic of a question the Democratic Party is grappling with nationwide: Does the future belong to the populist left à la Vermont socialist Bernie Sanders, or will more moderate Democrats continue to dominate the party? Progressive candidates have been finding success in municipal elections. For instance, Christine Pellegrino, who was a Sanders delegate at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, was elected to the New York State Assembly this year, and Edie DesMarais became the first Democrat to win a state House seat in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Just this week, populist Randall Woodfin, supported by the Sanders-backed campaign group Our Revolution, was elected mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
Yes We Can, which held its first meeting in Petrik's living room in January 2016, felt that the Democratic Party too often overlooked quality candidates in favor of operatives who had sufficiently demonstrated their loyalty and "paid their dues." Inspired by the recruitment process of Brand New Congress, a PAC formed by former staffers and supporters of the Sanders presidential campaign, Yes We Can sought to urge new kinds of people to throw their hat into the political ring. For example, Jasmine Ayres, a first-time candidate and community organizer, is running for city council with Yes We Can, and Erin Upchurch, a social worker and first-time candidate, is pursuing a spot on the school board.
"[We] know we need to change the game, not just play it," reads one Yes We Can flyer. "That's why we're the only group in Columbus focused on electing new, progressive leaders who speak up about income inequality, tax giveaways to wealthy developers, violence in our communities, and the challenges facing our schools."
The national progressive movement has taken notice: On Tuesday, Our Revolution endorsed the three Yes We Can candidates who performed best in the primary elections: Ayres for city council and Upchurch and Amy Harkins for school board.
ENDORSEMENT: We're joining @YesWeCanCbus to support these local progressives running for Columbus City Council & Board of Education! pic.twitter.com/VqXkgYvdVG— Our Revolution (@OurRevolution) October 4, 2017
The Democratic Party in Franklin County isn't so thrilled about these new challengers in the nonpartisan elections.
Jen House, who chaired Franklin County's most recent Democratic endorsement process, was quoted in the Columbus Dispatch in May as saying that Yes We Can was trying to undermine the work of the local Democratic Party. When The Intercept asked for further clarification, House expressed frustration at those "who call themselves Democrats standing out there and refusing to acknowledge" the good things that Democrats are doing. And "being constantly negative," she added, fuels a feeling in Columbus and throughout the state that government can't do anything right. "It's really easy to stand on the sideline and throw rocks, but it's a whole different ballgame when you're forced to govern," she said.
House also pushed back against the idea that Columbus has long been a safe bet for the party. "Things have been run by Democrats for a very long time in other cities, but in Columbus, it's all still relatively new," she told The Intercept, adding that some countywide offices are still held by Republicans, including the county prosecutor who was re-elected last year.
The Franklin County Democratic Party endorsed the establishment candidates for city council and the school board months before the primary elections, drawing criticism that it rubber-stamped the incumbents. House defended the party's actions, emphasizing that all candidates received equal time to make their case before the screening committee. In the end, she said, her committee felt the incumbents had more experience, had done good work, and deserved their support. "What's getting lost is that people just assume that we did not put a lot of thought into this," House said. "We do not just automatically support incumbents, but we endorse candidates we think are worthy."
Columbus Democrats also question Yes We Can's affiliation with the Working Families Party, a national political organization that helps elect progressive candidates for office. The group endorsed Yes We Can in March, its first official endorsement in Ohio, where only the Democratic, Republican, and Green parties are recognized. Under state law, candidates' party affiliation is determined by how they voted in the last partisan primary. All five Yes We Can candidates voted during the last Democratic primary, meaning they are considered Democrats.
"It seems a little disingenuous to call themselves a party when [WFP] is not recognized in Ohio," said House. "And then they also get to call themselves Democrats. It's not really fair to voters."
Joe Dinkin, WFP's national communications director, said that for his organization, a party is defined as a group of people who share a set of values and work together to make change through the electoral process. "That can take a lot of forms," he told The Intercept, "including backing a challenger in a Democratic primary, helping a progressive Democrat beat a Tea Party Republican, or fielding candidates in nonpartisan races, or putting an initiative on the ballot." In other words, the group's definition of a political party extends beyond the formal party structure.
WFP is recognized as an official political party in New York, Connecticut, and Oregon, three states that allow for cross-endorsements, meaning a candidate can accept more than one party's nomination. The strategy has helped the group get candidates elected, most notably in the 2013 election of Bill de Blasio as New York City's mayor. But in Ohio, where cross-endorsements are not permitted, WFP has no strategic incentive to seek formal party status.
As Yes We Can candidates seek to distinguish themselves from the local Democratic establishment, they have begun to highlight the issue of police violence. "None of our elected officials — especially those running in this election — are speaking up about police brutality," said Upchurch. "There's absolute silence, and it speaks volumes."
The city has witnessed a number of incidents of unchecked police violence in the recent past, and locals are dissatisfied with the official response. In June 2016, two Columbus plainclothes police officers shot and killed Henry Green, a 23-year-old black man. Three months later, a Columbus police officer fatally shot Tyre King, a 13-year-old black boy who pulled a BB gun from his waistband. None of the three cops involved in Green and King's deaths were criminally charged, and following King's death, the city's mayor stressed that Columbus is still "the safest big city in America."
Then last month, more than 100 protesters took over a Columbus City Council meeting to call for the firing of police officers recently caught on camera beating a man and threatening to "choke the life out of [him]." Following the meeting, the city council president reiterated that he had confidence in the police department and the police chief.
Yes We Can also sees an opportunity to change the narrative around Columbus public education, in part by scrutinizing the school board through a social justice lens. One issue the candidates have focused on is the number of tax abatements the city has been awarding developers, largely at the expense of school funding.
In September, the Columbus Education Association, the city's local teachers union, voted "no confidence" in the seven-person Democratic school board. After a period of intense negotiations, the union ratified a new contract that many members felt was disrespectful. "It was the board's final offer, we were not satisfied," said Tracey Johnson, the union's president. Johnson would not tell The Intercept whether the Columbus Education Association would be endorsing the school board incumbents or the Yes We Can candidates, though she said her union would make its announcement soon.
Regardless of which Democratic Party wing succeeds in the Columbus elections, the Republicans, who have supermajorities in both chambers of the state legislature, have worked to sharply limit what blue cities like Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati can accomplish on their own. In a lame-duck session at the end of 2016, the Ohio legislature rushed through a measure that prohibits Ohio cities from raising their local minimum wage, joining 22 other states that passed similar "preemption" laws.
"I will say, there are people in Yes We Can who think the Columbus City Council should just take up the challenge — raise the minimum wage — and go fight the state in court," said House. "However, our city prosecutor has said he doesn't think it would be successful, in part because there is only one Democrat on the Ohio Supreme Court." House thinks the move would result in a large, unsuccessful legal expense for local taxpayers, and that perhaps the best route to raising the minimum raise in Columbus is working to elect Democratic state House candidates in rural Ohio.
Upchurch told the Intercept that at the very least, she sees more room for local progressive governments to make noise. "We can raise awareness, I know for a fact that most of our residents don't even know what's happening at the state-level around the minimum wage," the school board candidate said. "Progressive leaders can start these conversations, and then advocate fiercely around them."
Petrik concedes that Yes We Can's odds of uprooting the Democratic establishment are a long shot, but winning this year is not necessarily the goal. "Bernie didn't win, but he shifted the conversation and inspired a movement," Petrik told The Intercept. "There is a new base of people who've become politically engaged, and they understand how broken the system is. We know change takes time, so it might not be this year, and may not be in three years, but we believe that we will win."
Racial stratification is the natural response to group differences that are largely genetically mediated. It is interesting to note how it continues despite government attempts to criminalize or at least penalize Whites for their natural desire to live separate from Blacks. (Whites now have to move frequently into ever-more-expensive and inconvenient suburbs to avoid Section 8).
By pushing the forced-integration dogma that Whites have long rejected (witness the epic failure of busing), these progressives will continue to shoot themselves in the foot, even though some of their economic and social ideas are great.
"And then they also get to call themselves Democrats"
It is the state rules that Dems helped write by which their party affiliation is determined… not an endorsement.
The "they're not REAL Democrats" argument is not only not true officially according to their own rules… and her "real" Dems are disgusting corporate sellouts who have abandoned the parties' historical principles, values and policies… it's simultaneously a selling point that these YWC candidates aren't like the establishment Democrats.
Democratic machine politics certainly isn't fair, so being unfair to the unjust is necessary.
Them whining about it is unintentionally funny too.
But hey, the tactic of lying about your opponent worked well enough for Hillary Inc., so I doubt anybody is surprised about House lying too.
One overlooked point in this story is the process by which city council is filled in Columbus. Vacancies on the council are filled through an interview process conducted by current council members. Then, the council runs for reelection as a unit. Campaign funds are pooled and generally spent equally or used to lift up the most vulnerable member. The county party endorsement isn't just an endorsement. It's a sign that no one else is allowed on the field and all resources will be used to keep those people out.
There are some good members of the current council, but the process is corrupt. Ginther was hand picked to be on council and thenmayor through the same process. He didn't massively out raise his opponents because he was well-liked by the public. He paid his dues and played the game and got the prize. There are still outstanding questions about campaign contributions from a red light camera lobbyist which seem to have been swept under the rug.
The policy differences of the candidates aren't nearly as important as breaking up the undemocratic system.
I'm an Ohio native. I am from the northeastern area where the Democratic Political Machine has run the city and it's suburbs since the Steel Mills of the 50's & 60's.
Youngstown, Ohio's politician's wrote the book on pay-off and pretend that is now the rule in American politics. Only then, it was the mob that was doing most of the payoffs, not the national commitees of our two-party system.
Mob is still present here, "contractors" or in "real estate". Only they get their kid's into congress and largely exploit the gov't of it's every resource through lawyer-politicians "friendly" or related to, this quieter new age mob. They quietly spread money around and have expensive exclusive dinners and events, and are exclusively Democrats.
The people here, diverse (many second and third generation immigrants) are largely "Gotti-esque" in their loyalty to these elite Democrat's, even when a sitting mayor was under indictment. That doesn't mean much of the hardworking population is complicit though. Our county prosecutor has been re-elected since he was shot and survived a mob related assassination attempt in 1996.
Nice to see reform coming from the capital. American voters have gotten too used to invisible evidence of support for the average citizen from the "political machine" who are at least as corrupt as the mob is now, in my home town.
Thanks for this article. The Democrat Party has proven time and again they cannot be counted upon to represent more than the interests of their financial contributors. More power to the Yes We Can folks for challenging the Party and providing a genuinely alternative. After the DNC stole the nomination from Sen. Sanders, ran the absolutely worst possible candidate and campaign against Trump, and then lost!, I vowed never to support another candidate that takes any corporate contributions, no matter what they say or who they are running against. This little snippet at the local level clearly shows the Democrat leadership at most levels is not up to the task of leading us out of this mess. Too bad.
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'Students took to the stage just a few moments after Gastañaga began her remarks. At first, she attempted to spin the demonstration as a welcome example of the kind of thing she had come to campus to discuss, commenting "Good, I like this," as they lined up and raised their signs. "I'm going to talk to you about knowing your rights, and protests and demonstrations, which this illustrates very well. Then I'm going to respond to questions from the moderators, and then questions from the audience."
It was the last remark she was able to make before protesters drowned her out with cries of, "ACLU, you protect Hitler, too." They also chanted, "the oppressed are not impressed," "shame, shame, shame, shame," "blood on your hands," "the revolution will not uphold the Constitution," and "liberalism is white supremacy."'
Any progressives out there, help me out…
Can we expect more or less of this from progressives?
Most liberals identify themselves as progressives, even HRC. Apparently Cornell West, MLK, Paul Robeson and other socialists are, ah, too progressive for your taste?
Democrat and Republican Parties have become a single "Corporatist Party".
The DNC would rather see a Republican elected over a Progressive. The Progressives represent 36% of the voters and hopefully Progressives will primary everyone one of those Democrats in 2018!
The Progressives are coming and the Democrats CAN'T win without them let's see if they screw over us again in the Primary!
You didn't answer the question so I'll ask again…
"Any progressives out there, help me out…
Can we expect more or less of this from progressives?"
Rachel, many thanks for this article on my home town. Everything you wrote is spot on. Jen House is like a mini-Neera Tanden, running around waving her tiny arms spitting at those who dare challenge the authority of the democratic party.
Democrats have run this city for the past 17 years – which nicely balances the previous 16 years under republican control – so her whinging about them being relatively new is utter bullshit.
The current mayor, Andrew Ginther, has been a cowardly rearguard bullwark for a police department that won't even give him the time of day. When Tyre King, a 4-foot-10-inch, less-than-100 pound black boy ran from police he was shot in the back and Ginther made sure that a picture of the toy bb gun he was carrying was prominently displayed at the press conference. There were no subsequent pictures of the bullet holes because he was running away when the police gunned him down and it just doesn't look good to admit that your department would rather shoot someone in the back over $10 than let a kid get away.
The previous mayor, a skeezeball named Michael Coleman, inherited a police department that was being sued by the USDOJ fter he and the police refused to cooperate with the four-year investigation. He was a smooth operator. I sat behind him once on a DC to Columbus flight and fought against nausea as he spent the entire flight trying to sweet talk a woman I'm pretty sure was barely 20, if that. And that was at a time when hos wife Frankie, whom I had the pleasure to sit next to at a charity dinner, was fighting off breast cancer and dealing with the alcoholism that her cancer diagnosis exacerbated.
Jen House and her dem apologists can mewl all they want but they've had their chance. It would behoove them to remember what their candidate, Hillary Clinton, told a young Somali-American woman who had the temerity to challenge her over some of her past racial remarks, including her "super predator" comment. Hillary was not pleased, and said,
"You know what, dear? You have a different opinion," … "Well, why don't you go run for something, then?"
Dear? Binch, please, with your condescending self.
No one, not Hillary Clinton, nor her local supporters, should be surprised in the least that people sick of that kind of attitude from a party who has treated them like a captive audience with nowhere else to go decided to take her ass up on that challenge.
And they should get used to it, because it isn't going away.
So you want a more centralized bigger government who takes even more from people?
Corporation have already taken over and We are now under the Golden Rule, he who has the gold makes the rules.
Elections in the digital World what could go wrong.
Global corporations own all governments in the West. They need militarism as protectionism for the corporate pillage of the planet and welfare innovation via dual-use technologies.
We get the debt that was conceptualized into the neoliberal matrix for stealing all of our public and private assets via structural adjustments, e.g., privatization. If Fidel was doing the same thing, then propagandists would traduce it as nationalization.
For example, the populace is being suckered into believing debt forgiveness
for PR is the issue as opposed to removal of structural adjustments that will
go directly into private colonization via a corporate takeover of a national colony.
Working Families seeking incremental change of this or that. How precious!
Working Families Party? LONG LIVE THE WOBBLIES!
Elitism needs to be make illegal in and for the American Democracy.
Who to blame, who to blame.
Perhaps it was the Russians who made the Democratic Party fail to do anything progressive. Maybe it was evil Republicans. Anyway, it couldn't be stale, entrenched sinecures in a bloated bureaucracy, together with a penchant for soft chairs and stiff drinks.
Jen House comes across as a clueless democrat in this some of her quotes are redic "It's really easy to stand on the sideline and throw rocks" "It seems a little disingenuous to call themselves a party when [WFP] is not recognized in Ohio," "And then they also get to call themselves Democrats. It's not really fair to voters." You mean it isn't fair to your party, the established entrenched party of this city. I can't wait to vote against this cities establishment Democrats, they are corrupt, Mayor Ginther (one of my neighbors) is part of the problem. Electing hostile members to city council would be the best thing for the city, removing Kim Jacobs from the Chief of Police is a minimum thing that should be done to address the police violence in this city.
Are they neo liberal corporatists?
Though unmentioned by the author, several of the issues the "Yes We Can" candidates highlight – infant mortality, income inequality, tax abatements, police violence – are all issues that Council and Mayor Ginther, have been quite focused on. Infant mortality in particular has been a policy centerpiece of Ginther's for several years (a major campaign has been underway since I believe 2014, led by the Columbus Department of Public Health and a variety of nonprofits), and he made police violence a priority after his election in 2015. What's more, the article takes for granted that the YWC's framing of the divide – between progressives and "centrists" incumbents – is valid. While there may be differences in tactics or strategy between the YWC candidates and "establishment" Democrats, in truth there are relatively few at the policy level – both seek policies that would pass the progressive litmus test. The last several elections also saw efforts by so-called outsider Democrats seeking to upend the local in-crowd. Their campaigns attempted to make policy distinctions when few existed, but they didn't yet have the Bernie framework to couch themselves in. There should always be room for new blood and new ideas, and the local Party should certainly be willing to consider fresh faces more than it typically does. But there's a great deal more to the local political story than is described here.
The last several elections also saw efforts by so-called outsider Democrats seeking to upend the local in-crowd. Their campaigns attempted to make policy distinctions when few existed, but they didn't yet have the Bernie framework to couch themselves in.
If this is so, and I have no doubt that this is your well-considered opinion, then why does the language being used by the local in-crowd track so well with that being used by DNCers who are still attacking the policies of the Bernie framework that differs so little with their own?
There should always be room for new blood and new ideas,
Agreed. Which is why I, and many others, are all the more suspicious when they so vehemently slam the door in the face of anyone who hasn't crawled off the creaky, ever-so-slightly left-of-center conveyor belt of their in-crowd assembly line.
Nina Turner, former Ohio State Senator and Democratic Minority Whip, supports some of these candidates via Our Revolution. She has stated that one of the purposes of Our Revolution is to change the party from within to make it more responsive to its constituents. She has been very, very clear about the things that need changing. While I may maintain some skepticism about the wisdom of believing that the Democratic Party is worth fighting for, I am starting to believe that it's worth making an effort to fight from within, if only because it is causing so much angst and anguish among those who have maintained their in-crowd status long enough to consider that the only thing worth supporting.
"he made police violence a priority after his election in 2015″
Huh. Is that why the CDP's budget has gone up 10% since 2014? Is that why he's supporting Councilmembers who voted to expand the Summer Strike program that caused the unpunished police murder of Henry Green?
As far as I can tell, the only way that statement makes sense is if you mean he made *increasing* police violence a priority.
Middle of the roader Democrats are about to get a dump taken on them. They are part of the problem, not the solution.
The Democratic Party would rather see a Republican win over a Progressive.
The same mind-set that has been driving the Democratic Party into a ditch since at least the '90s wants to keep on driving; "more of the same," "politics of the doable..," "baby steps..," etc.
And so, here we are today. Not so much because of any overwhelming virtue or governing competence on the part of the GOP but rather because of the Democratic response. More of this kind of "leadership" will get you exactly more of this outcome.
Success to the challengers of the status quo..!
Exactly. The Democratic party is in the outhouse and the Republican party is in the big house. What more can they lose? The Clintons lost because they represent the same interests as Republicans. The DNC actively wooed Republican voters and ignored or condemned Progressives. The Democratic Party died from internal corruption – they just don't want anyone to recognize the corpse.
they just don't want anyone to recognize the corpse.
With the stench of Hillary stinking up the place, how's it possible to not notice….;)
Thank you. The Democrats are just Republicans who approve of abortion and gay rights. As far as imperialism and war crimes are concerned, they are all on the same page. All money for war and Wall Street and shit for everybody else.


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More than 15 visibly upset MSM who were involved with and were former service users of the Jamaica AIDS Support for Life organization during the dispensation of the previous Executive Director arrived unannounced on the morning of January 26, 2010 to voice their concerns about the resignation of the Executive Director and associated matters, the former E. D. who in her stead had launched several new campaigns which saw a select group of MSM gaining skills and involved in HIV/AIDS intervention activities.
She was also responsible and credited for the launch of the well needed Homeless shelter for MSMs to which she was said to have suffered at the hand of the Board according to several of the men who were present who believe it wholeheartedly. They feel that she was wronged in some way and has demanded a meeting with the Board to present their concerns. The Board has been accused of snobbery and discrimination as they have been said to be concerned about the defacement of the organization by the behavior of some of the men and their friends who stay or visit the shelter. From my observation it was not a perfect set of circumstances given the limited resources and funds available in running the various initiatives and supervising troubled persons but it was a start and the men felt that the situation should have never been allowed to reach this stage of anger and chaos.
For my regular readers you know I was very concerned about the plight of the Homeless MSMs as indicated in previous posts and a label is devoted to that group where stories of their plight are shared.
The heated exchange ensued for the better part of 20 minutes between a member of the orgnaization and the men who refused to leave until they were satisfied of a meeting date, cool heads returned and a date set to discuss the matters in short order.
Out of respect for the sensitivity of the matter the date will not be mentioned and a post may follow as to the outcome of the meeting.
Many have hailed this disruptive move as a well needed and bold action that should have occurred long before as there are many old wounds and concerns that still resonate with some persons from the older generations of service users and the MSM community.
I do hope that the men however do not spoil this opportunity by raucous behavior but instead clearly and respectfully voice their concerns and opinions and listen as well to the Board's side as the MSMs must not forget that Board has authority and oversight over the confines of the organization and its policies. They ought to try and arrive at some balance and fairness in this issue.
The deep level of mistrust however has been festering quietly for a very long time and even if the other numerous accusations and perceptions held and levied at the organization are not true those issues and perceptions should have been addressed and cleared up over time so that the vulnerable population doesn't feel ostracized and discriminated against to the point that it called for such drastic action by this particular group. This shelter issue is being watched very closely not by just persons previously and currently involved in LGBT activism but refreshingly by ordinary gay men who have become so incensed by what they feel is injustice and unfairness in this matter as expressed by them during the exchange. The men in question never really showed a propensity to be so directly involved in agitation at such a level until now which indicates that we must never again underestimate the people power factor. They had come to respect the former Executive Director's role and the bridge of cooperation which was indeed being mended thus in effect solving the ill of mistrust the organization had been suffering over the years. Her resignation took effect on January 25, 2010.
As mentioned in a previous posts the bad behavior of some of the MSMs in general over the years in truth has indeed cast a shadow over the whole thing and the sometimes negative perception of the organization to some extent but in this particular juncture things just don't look as if they were done above board and persons are wondering what the motives of the organization are.
One wonders if the Board did not expect this snap resignation by the former E.D in question and maybe thought she would have caved in to pressure from them by closing the shelter as they had allegedly insisted and then continue with business as usual, now, the whole thing has left egg on their faces with many of their detractors literally laughing at the whole affair as was evidenced at a certain hang out on the same night.
Speaking of detractors, this blog has its own fair share of those, surprisingly within the GLBTQ community, there are a few who operate under a school of thought that issues like this must kept quiet and swept under the rug, probably to avoid the embarrassment caused by the series of events but it is the very freedoms of speech etc. that some of these hypocrites call for or champion under the sphere of lgbt activism in Jamaica and elsewhere that they seem to forget we MUST exercise and I will exercise the right to speak out, critique and make suggestions as long as those rights are available to us as a people. Funny how we easily complain about injustices meted out to members of the gay community here but cannot take constructive analysis from your own in order to resolve issues when they arise.
On one hand they are involved in so called activism and on another seek to support secrecy, bigotry and seemingly discriminatory practices on a group of disadvantaged folks because they are not of their ilk. The last time I checked the organization in question ought to have been a service organization developing strategies for and catering to the needs of the public including the all important vulnerable populations, it is not a Buena Vista membership boys and girls club with snobbery at its core of operations therefore the Board must also be thanked for giving an ear to the group despite the unofficial way the meeting was demanded.
The days of LGBT people hiding under some rock and pandering to other powerful folks are OVER! We already have our plates full having to stave off oppression and homophobia from the mainstream and now having to vigorously defend basic justice within a framework of service is just doubly marginal to say the least. This group of MSM have taken the courage to demand a hearing, teaching and indicating they are a no nonsense group, to them I say right on and stand up, speak out where you can. We can learn a thing or two from this simple act of courage.
It is refreshing to hear of vigilance at work by a younger generation.
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