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A US Navy warship sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea on Sunday (2 July), making Beijing's hackles rise. China accused Washington of trespassing its territorial waters and called the move a "serious political and military provocation".
According to Fox News, which first reported the operation, the USS Stethem sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island, part of the Paracel Islands in the hotly contested waters.
While China has occupied the island, Vietnam and Taiwan too have overlapping claims on the territory. The US is said to have challenged the claims of all the three countries by sailing in these waters.
China refers to Paracel islands as Xisha and Vietnam calls it Hoàng Sa. Beijing took full control of the island in 1974 after it forced the-then South Vietnamese navy off its holdings, according to Reuters.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the US destroyer of making an unauthorised entry into the waters it controls.
Beijing had dispatched warships and fighter jets to warn off the USS Stethem during the operation, the ministry said in a statement late on Sunday (2 July).
"China strongly urges the US side to immediately stop this kind of provocative action which seriously violates China's sovereignty and puts at risk China's security," ministry spokesman Lu Kang said.
He added that the communist country would take all necessary measures to defend its national security and sovereignty.
The so-called freedom of navigation operation, or fonop, affirming the right to passage, is the second such action by the US Navy under Donald Trump's presidency. The first was when the USS Dewey, a guided-missile destroyer, carried out a "manoeuvring drill" when it conducted a fonop operation within 12 nautical miles of the Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands.
The US conducted the fonop just hours before President Donald Trump was due to speak to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over telephone.
According to a UN ordinance, 12 nautical miles beyond the shore of all the claimant countries marks the territorial limits recognised internationally. By sailing within those limits, the US is suggesting it does not recognise territorial claims there, Fox News noted.
Washington's patrol has infuriated Beijing considering the US is not a claimant in the territorial dispute in the mineral-rich South China Sea. However, the US says its patrols are aimed at showing support for free passage to vessels in international waters.
The sailing came at a time when the Trump administration is relying on China to rein in an increasingly belligerent North Korea. However, the US Pacific Command is also thought to be keen on admonishing Beijing as an aggressor in the strategic waterway.

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Over the course of the last several years, the Charlotte area has lost the few Chicago-styled pizza shops it had, including Pizzeria Uno downtown. Most pizzerias here offer New York-styled pizzas. The common response about Chicago-styled pizzas from local pizzerias has been, "We don't have them, but I'm sure somebody does." But, in fact, nobody does.
Jill Sauer of Matt's Chicago Dogs, the local source for Chicago dogs, tells CL that there isn't a place around to get Chicago-styled pizza. Meanwhile, the other side of the state has Rosati's Authentic Chicago Pizza in Morrisville (near Raleigh). They claim their pizza is the only Chicago pizza in the state now.
To be clear, Chi-town has three styles of pizzas. One is the flat pizza with a thin, crispy, cracker-like crust that's popular from the Midwest to the Pacific Coast. Many national pizza chains serve — or had served — this style of pizza. The next style is the newest: the stuffed crust.
But when people think of Chicago-styled pizza, they think of that traditional, 3-inch buttery crust which acts like a shallow round bread bowl, with chunky tomato sauce, Italian sausage, onions, mushrooms and peppers. Key to the taste is the cornmeal on the bottom of the dough and the fact that the layer of cheese and meat is on top of the dough and is then sauced.
Charlotte does deep dish pizza. But while Sicilian pizzas and NYC-area Tomato Pies have thick crusts and are readily available at pizzerias throughout the area, these pies are not Chicago-styled pizzas.
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The sun unleased a powerful solar flare late Monday, releasing waves of radiation into space that have already caused a short radio blackout on Earth.
The flare erupted from the sunspot AR 1159 (short for Active Region 11598, and reached peak brightness at 11:22 p.m. ET Monday, according to scientists working on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, a space telescope that constantly monitors the sun with high-definition cameras. It ranked as an X1.8 solar flare. That's one of the strongest types of solar flares, according to the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center, which is run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service.
The same sunspot produced three strong flares before this one in just the two days since it became visible from Earth's perspective.
Space news from NBCNews.com
Teen's space mission fueled by social media
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: "Astronaut Abby" is at the controls of a social-media machine that is launching the 15-year-old from Minnesota to Kazakhstan this month for the liftoff of the International Space Station's next crew.
- Buzz Aldrin's vision for journey to Mars
- Giant black hole may be cooking up meals
- Watch a 'ring of fire' solar eclipse online
- Teen's space mission fueled by social media
"This means more flares are probably in the offing, and they will become increasingly Earth-directed as the sunspot turns toward our planet in the days ahead," astronomer Tony Phillips wrote on Spaceweather.com, a website that tracks skywatching and space weather events.
Solar flares are caused when magnetic activity ramps up in certain patches, called sunspots, on the surface of our star. Scientists measure the strength of solar flares in terms of energy classes, with X-class flares the most powerful sun storms. Moderate flares rank as class M storms and can supercharge Earth's northern lights displays when aimed at our planet. Class C solar flares are the weakest of the bunch and have little effect on Earth. [Photos: Sunspots on Earth's Closest Star]
Monday's solar flare was captured in photos and video by SDO, and appears as a bright white flash coming off the sun. The flare was a short-lived type of solar eruption called an impulsive flare (as opposed to the other type, called a gradual flare).
"Impulsive flares aren't generally associated with severe space weather, and additionally, this region is still several days away from directly facing Earth from center disk," forecasters at the Space Weather Prediction Center wrote. "Nonetheless, the potential for continued activity remains, so stay tuned for updates as Region 1598 makes its way across the visible disk."
Solar flares often release bubbles of charged plasma (called coronal mass ejections) into space that, when they impact Earth, can cause geomagnetic storms that disrupt radio communications and power grids and create especially beautiful displays of the northern and southern lights (auroras). This flare, however, did not unleash a coronal mass ejection, so it is predicted to cause little disruption on Earth and no special auroras. Its powerful radiation was enough, though, to briefly disrupt radios Monday night.
The sun is getting more and more active lately as it approaches an expected peak of magnetic activity in 2013. This activity naturally waxes and wanes on an 11-year weather pattern. The sun's current cycle is called Solar Cycle 24.
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- Stunning Photos of Solar Flares & Sun Storms
- The Sun's Wrath: Worst Solar Storms in History
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Over here in Bend we have skipped winter and jumped straight to spring! The mornings can still be chilly, but the days are proving to be a great temperature for hiking and mountain biking or spring skiing.
With all the warm sunny days ahead be sure you don't miss the trails opening up and all the festivities ahead.
Some exciting events coming up are:
February 16th through 18th – Oregon Winter Fest
February 17th – Fly Fishing Film Tour
March 14th – Sister Folk Festival
March 31st – TEDX BEND
Springtime in Bend is the BEST time to go hiking and explore the local landscape; in the spring you can avoid the summer crowds and the summer heat!


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You may be being a little too speedy during your time in the bathroom. If you don't take your time, then chances are that you're not finished your business by the time you get up and out. Your body doesn't recognize the sudden change and it still lets some slip out. It could also be that you're not properly wiping afterward.
Any of those three could be the culprit here. It's best to figure out in a type of trial and error sitch. I'd say making a visit to the doc is your last step after seeing if the other two are tried and true, fixing your problem.
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doTERRA has an awesome promotion running currently. I LOVE this supplement pack and have taken them since March now. They DRAMATICALLY improved my vitality, strength and health.
I never leave home without my LLV supplements anymore because they changed my life within a few weeks. Here's a post I wrote about my personal experience.
You see… doTERRA's best selling product isn't even their single essential oils… it's their supplement range. & for a bloody good reason. Not only are they TGA approved (PDF here) they are also available to be rebated through some health insurance policies now.
Microplex VMz® – This multi-vitamain is high in vitamin C, high in B vitamins and even broccoli and spirulina in it's whole food form.
So many of us today are nutritionally deficient and this covers our bases. Also, despite us and maybe because of us living under the 'hole' in the ozone layer (we're OVER-doing the sun protection), most of us in 'Straya' are D deficient.
We can often be unaware of this, as I was, because, for many people, the symptoms are subtle.
Yet, even without symptoms, too little vitamin D can pose health risks. Low blood-levels of the vitamin have been associated with the following:
+ Increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease
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It's got Green tea extract which has antioxidants EGCG which we know can be beneficial in supporting our body's metabolism. PLUS it contains turmeric and curcumin which supports inflammation & the liver. Grapeseed extract, resveratrol and CoQ10. SO GOOD! Supports cellular function of the body.
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There is a reason why this is doTERRA's #1 best seller. I for one experienced the following after only a week on LLV: A MASSIVE energy boost, I was running faster and harder than before, getting up at 5.45am to hit the gym, which I have NEVER done before and which had my husband wondering what had changed (ummm LLV!), sleeping better, and feeling more vitality in my life.
A witty way of explaining details of this promo:
Alice, What the F🙈🙊K does 'pv' and 'LRP' even mean? 🙎
Breaking down the doTERRA lingo so YOU get a better experience.
doTERRA unleashed an incredible promotion on the 17th here in Aus. If you enrol with a 100pv+ order and then put through a 100pv+ LRP (loyalty rewards order) in August, you get a $153 entire supply of the incredible LifelongVitality Supplements for FREE. (or if you do the same in August with the LRP set to September).
For those not used to purchasing doTERRA oils, there's a few pieces of jargon that probably have you scratching your head and may be holding you back from grabbing this with both hands.
Let's break it down.
✚ What the F🙈🙊K does it mean to 'enrol'?
🙌 'Enrolling' with doTERRA simply means you purchase your first oils by creating a doTERRA 'membership' and get WHOLESALE prices (without having to buy wholesale quantities of oils).
This gives you a minimum of 25% off EVERYTHING you purchase from doTERRA in the next 12 months. I like to call you a 'dIP' (doTERRA Important Person). There's no contracts, no minimum monthly order, no expectation to share the oils like I do. You're literally one loved-up little oils using bunny! (Over 80% of our customer base is this).
Plus – and though I don't expect this to happen because the oils are THAT good – if you decided never to purchase again… that's totally cool! We won't kneecap you. You're free to do as you please.
🙏 You can purchase your membership for $35 (like Costco) and then reap that minimum 25% off everything you order (even purchasing 3-4 oils when you enrol will absorb that membership $ as you'll be saving OVER that $35 with the 25% off!).
🙏 You can make your first purchase ANY enrolment kit and it 'waives' that $35 membership. Yippiiieeeee (in the pics below the Essentials Collection fits in this category!)
✚ What the F🙈🙊K does enrolling with 100+ 'pv' mean?
🙌 Every doTERRA product has a 'pv' which stands for 'product value' or 'points value'.
It helps us to even out the global value of the goods. For instance, the 'Essentials Collection' is $174 and has a 113pv.
Or a bundle of 'hormone' oils: Geranium, Fennel, Clary Sage and Clary Calm has a combined pv of 118pv.
🌼 Here is the product guide/price list so you can see all of the doTERRA oils and products. You'll note the amazing difference between wholesale and retail prices (remember you'll only be paying wholesale). There is a column that says 'PV'. THAT is what we base the 'pv' metric off. ✚ http://media.doterra.com/au-otg/en/flyers/local-product-order-form.pdf
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🙌 doTERRA Incentivise those of us who want to place a small monthly order by gifting us points 'pv' to spend on free oils. It's an incredibly generous program. You can cancel it at any time with a phonecall. There's no minimum monthly spend, no contracts, and you're in complete control of whatever it is you want to order. (the doc below explains how I use it). Most people using the LRP are customers who are replacing oils they use the most, growing their collection or buying their 'monthly use' household and care items from doTERRA and reaping the benefits of points for free oils along the way. (doTERRA sell laundry concentrate, cleaning concentrate, toothpaste, etc).
🙏 Here is a 2 minute video that elegantly explains it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqV1tV3WK60
🙏 OR here is a document I created that will walk you through the value I see in it and how to set it up step by step with pictures. http://bit.ly/2o9Dbx1
✚ How the F🙈🙊K do I get this promo then?
🙌 All you have to do is follow the instructions below, choose your kit (or – if not purchasing a enrolment kit and waiving the $35 membership – choose your single oils + ADD the $35 Instoductoey Welcome Packet you'll see in the shop) and open your wholesale account.
Then set up your LRP for NEXT month with a minimum 100pv order using the instructions in my doc or in this doTERRA Training video here: http://bit.ly/2qWb44n
THEN doTERRA will ship you a FREE $153 Lifelong Vitality Pack with your LRP order!
Phew…. LOTS of info but I hope that helps.
You will see in the comments below I have given you some examples of what 100pv looks like.
🌼Check out the pic in the comments also for TWO sweet 'bundles' of oils you can choose for your LRP order next month. I have put together one for Cleansing and Detox and one for Women's Hormone support.
I will be notified when you order through me + welcome you to my beautiful team.
HOW TO ENROL/PURCHASE – I will be notified when you order through me + welcome you to my beautiful team. ❤🌱
Click this link http://mydoterra.com/alicenicholls
Click Join and Save
Choose the country and language that's appropriate for you.
Click 'Local.'
Choose Wholesale — NOT Preferred Member
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At *Enroller id*, enter my number: 3288471 (it should show you my name)
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Rules and Terms:
- Enrollment Order: An enrollment order is the first order placed by a new Wellness Advocate when they sign up that includes the introductory packet ($35 enrollment fee).
- PV is NOT always equal to the cost of an order. Before completing the enrollment order, the new Wellness Advocate must verify that the order is 100 PV or more.
- Enrollment orders, once placed, cannot be changed, adjusted, or combined to qualify for the promotion.
- Enrollment orders placed outside of the enrollment period do not count as qualifying enrollments for the promotion. No exceptions will be made.
- Preferred Member upgrades to a Wellness Advocate account will qualify if a 100 PV enrollment order is placed on their new Wellness Advocate account, and includes the upgrade fee.
- Reactivations DO NOT count toward this promotion. A reactivation is an individual that was previously signed up as a Wellness Advocate and would like to reactivate their account.
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The Supply side
Last time we talked about currency fluctuations, low inflation environments, fierce local competition and reduced local consumption particularly of higher end wines due to a firmer hand on government 'gratuities'…
This last 5 months we have definitely felt a positive impact due to falling global oil prices. This massive reduction in transport costs looks likely to continue to have such an impact and we can expect that this should certainly have some effect on the transportation of premium commodities, such as Estate Bottled wines over Bulk Transported wines, due to the more marked effects on transport costs on bulk shipments where glass is removed form the weight equation. (aside: bulk wine is destined for local bottling and is therefore best avoided if you have food safety concerns; and know how to pick them out in a crowd).
The oversupply of low end wines, and the initial price war exchanges which were a feature from late 2013 to early 2015, between major distributors and the plethora of 'nouveaux independent importers' that sparked heightened attrition, might be over for now, but there are plenty of ripples still permeating out through the industry; evidenced by the continual appearance of more and more Chinese import labels from a bewildering field of new sources (we spy with skepticism).
It may be that first blood in that struggle has gone to the independents, who are more flexible and adaptable and have less to lose, so can take risks easily. We'll have to see. But the majors are still expanding deep into China, albeit with lower levels of vigour.
After perhaps a little more downside at the lower end of the market over the year, as yet more semi professional importers look to emulate 'les nouveaux', by offloading ill-researched, and even less understood, unsaleable stock, onto local retailers, who are also (frankly) clueless, we can expect that sector to become more the domain of such 'fly-by-night' and 'here today: gone tomorrow' traders and for the larger established businesses to concentrate on higher turnover on lower margins on higher end wines at the Chinese Middle class.
This is bad news for the average consumer, who, under the influence of the 'majors', enjoyed international standards of product security and food safety: checks and balances in-built into the system due to their own trading standards. The bottom segment of the market now looks set to be open to further threat from smuggling, counterfeiting and contraband, with all the perils that that brings for the end user. It looks to be the end of the beginning for the 'restructuring period'. We can also expect to have to watch out for lowering quality at the bottom end, as the bulk wines become more ubiquitous.
If the bigger players do exit the low end market, and price competition falls away in that sector, we would expect prices to rise but with poorer wine supply security, and hence greater price instability. It's still unclear to what degree any rises might be tempered by any continuing oversupply of the low end wines especilly when that scenario could be underpinned by the Australian wine recovery and the impending signed, sealed and delivered Free Trade system with China.
Conversely, the 'upper echelons'; outside of Bordeaux (Tuscany, Burgundy and certain high demand brands) can continue to expect further price rises as Chinese consumers continue to spread their 'taste bud wings' to new regions. Much depends here on Chinese Gov't fiscal and monetary policy which has a habit of appearing and disappearing at will. Might be great time to look into western influence: good Chinese wines.
The mid-range (tiers 2 to 6) will continue to be the place where the best values can be found as this level represents the proving ground and birthplace (like astronomical nebula do) for tomorrows stars. It is also the place where the majority of new players are positioning themselves and seeking market share in a part of the market largely ignored by more price concious consumers.
This last paragraph describes a circumstance which has, interestingly, not much altered in 12 months.
After a year of instability, we expect to see in the short term, a return again to the general price stability of imported wine. There will be some variation according to region and price point, as ever: and that's the issue we'll look at next time.
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March 2015


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99.9999% of planets in the milky Way are either very young for the origin of life, or is unfit for its existence.
Astronomers from Austria, Serbia and France conducted a simulation of the fate of potentially habitable planets around the stars, located in different parts of our Galaxy. The researchers came to an unexpected conclusion: the Solar system because of its unusual location is one of the oldest planetary systems in which the possible existence of complex life forms. The vast majority of other potentially habitable planets in the Galaxy where younger and if life exists, then it is less developed. The corresponding article was published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and with its Preprint available on the website of Cornell University.
The authors conducted a complex simulation of star formation in a spiral galaxy identical to the milky Way. In the model of scientists "replayed" the first 10 billion years of the history of this galaxy (that's the estimated age and the milky Way). How they managed to figure out a lot of stars are formed in regions of the galactic nucleus and its vicinity (up to 20 thousand light years). Almost all their planets life can exist, but is almost guaranteed to not reach the stage of complex surface forms.
Closer to the center of the stars and the distance between them is many times less than in the solar vicinity. Due to frequent explosions of nearby supernovae, the hypothetical biosphere of planets in the habitable zone is subjected to systematic the strongest impacts of ionizing radiation. In addition, the ozone layer on earth-like planets long destroyed by the supernova explosion, if the explosion had happened closer than a few dozen light years.
Another hazard for life on planets near stars in the center of the galaxy are systematically close the passage of stars at a distance of less than 15 billion kilometers from each other. Such convergence with high probability destabilisateur the orbits of the planets of both systems, moving them from areas inhabited in uninhabited and on the contrary. Also dangerous approach seriously disturb the orbits of many large asteroids and comets, threatening a massive heavy bombardment of inhabited exoplanets.
All this means that the history of evolution of life on planets around stars near the center of the Galaxy will be a continuous chain of mass extinctions. The authors believe that part of this situation is true for the Earth, which is only 26,000 light-years from the galactic center. It is a safe distance, precluding the systematic mass extinction for astronomical reasons, goes much further — 30-50 thousand light-years from the center.
However, from this safe distance takes the action of another factor. According to the calculations of astronomers, in the periphery, in a kind of "galactic habitable zone," the average age of systems with potentially habitable planets is just three billion years. When the Earth was in such age, it only began to appear multicellular. This means that although theoretically most of the civilizations of the Galaxy should appear exactly on its periphery, the time has simply come.
When you try to calculate, what are the chances earth options — that is, the existence of potentially habitable planet in 4-5 billion years, only 26 000 light years from the center, scientists found that it is relatively low. And while talking about specific numbers is difficult, it is, apparently, less than one percent. Besides, this range is not excluded systematic mass extinction that hinder the development of complex life forms.
In this regard, the authors propose to focus the search for traces of extraterrestrial life in the regions lying further from galactic center than our Solar system. The most likely object of search of this kind they consider primitive bacterial form, giving marks for technical activities. This means that projects such as SETI are overly optimistic to the level of development of extraterrestrial life. If we are one of the oldest inhabited planets in our region of the Galaxy, the chances of registration of radio signals close neighbors may not be.


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PETALING JAYA: Berita Harian has issued a public apology (FORCED TO!) over its publication of a cartoon depicting the devastating tsunami and earthquake that swept Japan and killed thousands.
The Malay daily published the apology on its website, Twitter and Facebook accounts yesterday after several quarters demanded that the newspaper apologise for the publication.
"We apologise for the publication of the cartoon in Berita Minggu. We had no intention of poking fun at the disaster that has befallen the nation of Japan and its people.
"In fact, we greatly sympathise with their plight and share the sorrow of the Japanese people," the daily's editor wrote.
The cartoon, drawn by Mohd Zohri Sukimi or more popularly known as Zoy, showed the popular Japanese icon Ultraman running away from an oncoming tsunami.
The publication created a buzz on social networking sites with politicians and the public criticising the daily's poor judgment, describing the cartoon as "distasteful" and "insensitive".
Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin tweeted that the paper must apologise for publishing the cartoon which was "totally insensitive towards the Japanese".
"It is unfortunate that it was published below Berita Harian Sdn Bhd group editor (Datuk Mior Kamarul Shahid's column)," he tweeted.
Bukit Lanjan assemblyman cum Selangor executive councillor Elizabeth Wong tweeted that "the matter was not funny".
Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Azmi encouraged the public to sign an online petition to protest against the "inappropriate cartoon".


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The contest for the Republican Party's 2016 presidential nomination has become so raucous, xenophobic, bigoted, and overall ugly that I find myself desperately reaching for facts to counteract the flood of hateful talk spewing from the mouths of the candidates. What follows is as much security blanket as analysis. Use it as you will.
Here are some indubitable facts:
1. Contrary to present appearances, the Republican Party will nominate someone to serve as their standard bearer in the 2016 election. I know that there are House races, and even the occasional Senate race, in which one party simply takes a pass, but I am convinced, after a deep historical and ideological examination, that the Republicans will indeed nominate someone.
2. There will be 2470 delegates to the Republican Convention. Therefore, a candidate must accumulate 1236 delegates in the state caucuses and primary elections in order to enter the Convention assured of nomination. The allocation of delegates to the several states is determined by a complex formula that takes into account the number of Representatives and Senators each state elects, whether the state voted for the Republican candidate in 2012, and so forth. Those interested in the details can consult this website.
3. If no candidate has won 1236 delegates, the nominee will be chosen on the floor of the Convention. This has not happened since the modern system of primaries was instituted. It is the secret wet dream of all TV commentators, but I am on balance doubtful that it will happen in 2016. However, that is by no means certain.
4. Each state has its own rules, regulations, and deadlines governing the selection of delegates. Some of these are determined by the state Secretary of State and are binding on both major parties; others are determined by the state Republican Committee; and still others are determined by the National Republican Committee.
5. It is not at all a trivial matter to ensure that a candidate appears on the ballot in all fifty states [and the Territories, but never mind those.] A candidate's campaign operation must have people knowledgeable about such matters who keep track of all the rules so that the candidate even has a chance of picking up delegates. All eyes may be on Iowa and New Hampshire, but those two states together only account for 53 of the 2470 Convention delegates.
6. There are deadlines that must be met if a candidate wishes to appear on the primary ballot, and those deadlines will start coming up almost before we know it. As everyone knows who is really paying attention, the first four caucus and primary states are Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada, with Iowa leading off on February 1, 2016. But on March 1, 2016, a large number of states hold their caucuses and primaries -- this is referred to as Super Tuesday. Here are some deadlines for just four of those states:
Virginia [49 delegates] and Louisiana [46 delegates], December 10, 2015
Texas [155 delegates], December 14, 2015
Ohio [66 delegates], December 16, 2015.
In short, during one week a month and a half before the Iowa caucuses, the deadlines will come up for filing in four states that produce a quarter of the delegates needed to win the nomination.
It would be extremely interesting to know whether the Trump, Fiorina, and Carson campaigns, for example, have fulltime staffers concentrating on meeting these and the other forty-six deadlines. If they do not, it will not matter how well they do in Iowa and New Hampshire.
I desperately hope that the Sanders campaign has someone handling these technical matters. You can be absolutely certain that the Clinton campaign is all over this like white on rice [as we used to say in the UMass Afro-American Studies Department.]


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Used in Japan as a sweetener, beverage, or a simple alcolholic drink. Amazake is one of the best known cultured and fermented items from Japan. There are several recipes for amazake that have been used for hundreds of years. By a popular recipe, kōji is added to cooled whole grain rice causing enzymes to break down the carbohydrates into simpler unrefined sugars. As the mixture incubates, sweetness develops naturally.
By another popular recipe, sake kasu is simply mixed with water, but usually sugar is added.
In this recipe, amazake becomes low-alcohol beverage if given time.
Amazake can be used as a dessert, snack, natural sweetening agent, baby food, added insalad dressing or smoothies. The traditional drink (prepared by combining amazake and water, heated to a simmer, and often topped with a pinch of finely grated ginger) was popular with street vendors, and it is still served at inns, teahouses, and at festivals. Many Shinto shrines in Japan provide or sell it during the New Year!
What is needed…
3- cups cooked brown rice
1- cup light koji rice
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Yield: 4 cups of fermented rice to use as a sweetener or 3 quarts Amazaké drink
Incubation Temperature: 120-140 F (50-60C)
Start by cooking the brown rice and allowing it to cool to at least 140 F (60C). Once cooled, stir in the koji rice and mix well. Place mixture into a glass or stainless steel container that will allow an inch of "headroom" to allow for expansion during the fermentation process. Cover container and incubate, stirring every couple of hours to prevent heat build up. The finished product can take as little as 6 hours with quality, fresh (not dried) koji-kin at optimum temperatures, after 6 hours start tasting the ferment to see if the cycle is complete.
When finished the ferment should thicken like porridge with a mild sweet taste. The sweetness will increase up to a point after which it will change and start to become sour. Once the taste is to your liking, place into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 3 to 5 min., stirring frequently. Boiling will stop the fermentation process keeping the amazaké sweet. For a smother amazaké consistency purée the mixture in a blender until smooth. Refrigerate any ferment not used right away. If not, the amazaké will become very sour.
Amazaké Sweetener: Use ¼-cup ferment for each tbsp of sweetener called for in your favorite recipes and reducing the cooking liquid by 3 Tbsp. Baked goods will be rich and moist with a more subtle sweetness.
Amazaké Drink: For HOT amazaké, heat one part ferment and two parts very hot water. Add a dash of shoyu and a grating of fresh ginger root. Serve blended mix in heated mugs. For a cold drink, blend 1 part amazaké ferment and 2 part fruit, fruit juices, soymilk water and/or flavoring of your choice.
Doburoku ( どぶろく or 濁酒 ) is a kind of sake . It is an alcoholic drink made in Japan . It is made with steamed rice, kōji , water, and yeast . Actual doburoku is only made with special permission. Something similar is often sold as nigori sake.
For simple "grog", leave the amazaké ferment in the incubator for several days, stirring and tasting occasionally, until it develops a heady, alcoholic aroma. Blend as above, traditionally served in Japan as a thick and creamy drink or dilute to taste.
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This is the historic Consulair Mac C system. It was the first C compiler available for the original Mac, written by the author of Apple's MDS 68000 assembler and designed to be compatible with it. It includes an editor, C compiler and assembler, linker-librarian, a copy of Exec and RMaker, and a small library of standard C functions. The Consulair utilities, including SuperMake, Diff, and Grep are included. This is version 5 of the development system, and is HFS compatible. The key to HFS compatibility is the path resource, which tells the applications where to find applications, source, library, and object files. The paths resource is configured for your directory tree using a utility that is included. Some instructions on setting up paths are included.
There are 5 files in this StuffIt v4 archive. 4 of them are images of 400k MFS disks. These are images of the original Consulair disks. The 5th is an image of an 800k HFS disk. It has the applications.Compatibility
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The Johannesburg Planetarium is situated in Milner Park, Braamfontein.
It's the primary educational centre for scholars, researchers and academics who study astronomy in Gauteng
The Planetarium was opened in 1960, after a Zeiss Projector was bought from Hamburg, Germany and renovated. When it opened, it was the first full-sized planetarium in Africa, and the second in the Southern Hemisphere.
The modern-day Plantarium hosts about 70 000 visitors per year, many of them school children who come to learn about constellations based on star signs and gain an understanding of the movement of the moon in relation to the Earth through high-tech satellite images and telescopic views.
The Planetarium is owned by the City of Johannesburg and as astronomy is not offered at university, the planetarium provides academic support to students and is used by astronomers at other centres. The planetarium hosts a series of exhibitions and workshops which are seasonal and based on realtime conditions in Johannesburg's night skies.
A variety of regular shows, lecture series, night events, school shows and family shows are held throughout the week.
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From The Wall Street Journal
Musician Jason Moran on Winning His MacArthur Genius Grant
By Alexandra Cheney
Jason Moran moved to New York City when he was 18 years old to pursue his craft and dream of being a jazz pianist. Since then, the Houston-born musician has garnered admiration for his fusion of classical jazz rhythms with modern pop beats. He released his fourth album entitled Ten, with his band, The Bandwagon, in June.
On Tuesday, he was one of 23 people awarded a MacArthur Foundation grant, $500,000 that will be given to him over the next five years to pursue his passion. Speakeasy caught up with Moran to talk about his work, his reaction to winning and his plans for the money.
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Samsung Galaxy S 4 vs Samsung Galaxy S III: first look
Highly regarded as force in the industry to this day, even despite the fact that it's nearing the mark of being around for a year, the Samsung Galaxy S III continues to be a fledging device in this day and age. In the face of some newer devices, it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's still being thrown into the midst of conversations. Now that the Samsung Galaxy S IV is officially announced, many of you are wondering how the master compares to the newcomer in the space. It's old versus new, father versus son, and predecessor versus successor. So how do they compare head on? Let's take a quick peak shall we?
From a far distance, you'd be hard pressed to adequately distinguish the two smartphones from one another, seeing that the Galaxy S IV is flaunting very similar design cues to its predecessor. On one hand, some of you are going to be underwhelmed by the updated design of the handset, just because it doesn't greatly improve upon the styling established by the Galaxy S III, but more importantly, we're humbled to find that its size has been maintained. We know that the Galaxy S III is packing a 4.8-inch display, but impressively enough, the Galaxy S IV goes further with a 5-incher – while still maintaining the same dimensions as its predecessor. However, the newer model is both thinner and lighter, which is an astounding feat on its own. As for the other noticeable changes, the Galaxy S IV's design is complemented by its new brushed metallic bezel, which is a nice addition, but doesn't do much to greatly differentiate the styling.
Still, Sammy has included one new magic trick to give people plenty to talk about with this new display – Floating touch technology. Naturally, this new feature brings forth yet another new level of functionality to the Galaxy S IV's display, as it mimics many of the stuff we've seen already with the Galaxy Note handset, but it simply relies on our fingers instead. Overall, it's bigger, sharper, punchier in tone, and better looking than its predecessor – all expected improvement of course, but the inclusion of Floating Touch Technology is without question the coolest part about it.
On the surface, there isn't a significant change in how Samsung presents its updated TouchWiz Nature UX experience on the Galaxy S IV, since it looks and feels mostly untouched. Just as before, personalization is in full abundance with the two UIs, as there are plenty of wallpapers, widgets, and icons to select from its vast stable. Diving deeper to the experience, we adore how the Korean based manufacturer has been able to move the experience towards the right direction.
Last year when the Galaxy S III first came to light, we were unequivocally blown away by how the new experience separated itself from everyone else. Moving things right along on its merry path, Samsung has is again redefining the way we're interacting with our smartphones, and quite frankly, this is the area where we see the most progress in the Samsung Galaxy S IV. For starters, we appreciate the Air View functions that are available to us, but even better, it's the cool new Air Gestures in play with the platform that separates it greatly. In addition, Samsung has been able to center the experience around our daily lives, which is evident in the exorbitant amount of new camera modes available to the handset, as well as the Life Care hub that tracks and monitors our health lifestyle. Simply, the new experience isn't just helping us to navigate around the platform, but rather, it has a comprehensive package that centers around our lifestyle.
Let's get the obvious out of the way. The design of the Galaxy S IV isn't anything profoundly new, but we're still most appreciative that Samsung has been able to increase the handset's display size without compromising on size. Above all, it's the updated TouchWiz Nature UX experience that makes the Galaxy S IV inviting on so many levels. Throw in the fact that it gets all the usual hardware upgrades, and some new additions too (like it built-in IR blaster), existing Galaxy S III owners are no doubt going to be tempted to pick up this new flagship when it launches. Ultimately, time will tell how much more the Galaxy S IV is going to be able to separate itself from its prestigious and highly popular close family member.


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Starting from our very first brand ambassador Aman Verma to Amrita Saluja to the Agri expert Dr. DADA, we have moved forward, towards a bright future. We bank on our key players and they have delivered every time.


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Generally, company growth is one of the business owner's primary professional concerns. And in a world where the Internet has become a central component in the personal and professional sectors, developing a strong eCommerce campaign is an excellent way for corporate leaders to keep their companies growing. In many cases, business owners are interested in learning what types of services to seek in order to optimize their eCommerce campaign.
Here are three that can help to really build your brand online:
1. Email Marketing Campaigns.
One of the best ways to enhance your company's eCommerce presence and power is with email marketing campaigns. Unless prospective customers and clients are consistently learning more and more about your brand, your opportunity to optimize conversion will always be unlimited. Yet when you constantly update your target market with information about new products, sales, and other data that is pertinent to your brand, you will likely find that your conversion rates increase substantively. Luckily, there are several digital marketing companies that offer customized, compelling email marketing campaign services. In fact, digital firms like Solid Cactus are pleased to provide this service in conjunction with a wide range of other marketing techniques.
2. Cutting Edge Content.
In addition to implementing a customized email marketing campaign, it's important that you find an advertising company that can consistently produce cutting edge content. Content is incredibly important in the world of online advertising because it is the medium through which the public learns more about your brand. Moreover, ensuring that your content is cutting edge is important because it keeps your brand relevant to contemporary audiences. There are several tools and techniques that content creators can use to make your blog posts and web articles as cutting edge as possible. One strategy employed is the optimization of the content's scannability through the use of textual components like bullets, headers, and numbered lists. Writers will also use information-packed visual images like infographics to keep your content as trendy and catchy as possible.
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1 "Comes exterior." In walking with a companion, the side which is most exposed was called the outer side. When three people walk together, the middle is, for the same reason, the most honorable place, and is therefore always given to the person of most distinction, interior comes.
2 "Quinte, puta, aut Publi." A slave was no sooner made free, than he qualified himself with a surname, such as Marcus, Quintus, Publius, which carried a sort of dignity with it. The Romans saluted each other by their surnames.
3 "Pingui tentus omaso." Furius, in a poem on the Gallic war, had said, "Iupiter hibernas cana nivo conspuet Alpes." Horace applies it to the author himself; adding "pingui tentus omaso" in ridicule of his appearance. "Furius poeta immanis ventris, qui nivem spumam (sputum) Iovis dixit. Ideo hoc ejus persona dedit, tanquam ipse spuat.": Sch. Acr. Orelli considers three several passages of Furius to be referred to: "rubra canicula findit infantes statuas," is a passage in which Furius describes a statuary, and thought he had a happy expression in infantes, since statues are ἀγλώττοι. By "pingui tentus omasi", some general opposed to Caesar is described as a voracious barbarian. "Hibernas", etc., formed the first line of his poetical history of Caesar.
4 "Sublatus" . A word taken from a Roman custom of laying their new-born infants on the ground, and educating only those the father took up.
5 "Prima cera" signifies the first page of the will, in which the testator's name was written. "Secundo versus" was the second line, which contained the names of the heirs and co-heirs.
6 The quinqueviri were a kind of tip-staff or bailiff, in the colonies and municipal towns. A man who had passed through these little offices may well be supposed to be sufficiently knowing in what we call the practice, and from this body public notaries and registers were chosen. Horace therefore means, by "scriba recoctus", a notary sufficiently refined in tricks and cunning of the law. Recoctus is properly double-dyed, that hath fully taken its color.
7 "Quidquid dicam, aut erit, aut non." It is well disputed, whether these words be spoken in jest by Tiresias, to rally the monarch who consults him, or whether he too carelessly discovers his real opinion of his art. There is an acknowledged ambiguity and double meaning in his expression, under which, perhaps, the poet disguises his own sentiments of the skill of these diviners, and the frequent ambiguity of their answers.
8 Although Tiresias gives Ulysses no better reason for his wife's virtue than the avarice of her lovers, yet the monarch hears him patiently, since even this reason proves her sufficiently virtuous. Our poet probably took the hint of this passage from homer, who makes Penelope reproach her wooers with their want of generosity, and never having made her any presents. The next line is almost a translation from the Odyssey.
9 "Elata." Carried out to the funeral pile. Ter. Andr. i. "Effertur, Imus."
10 "Nummo addicere." When a counterfeit sale was made of any thing left by will, the forms of law were to be observed. The buyer and seller went to a public officer called Libripens, or keeper of the scales; and the purchaser, in the presence of witnesses, put a piece of money into the scales, which the seller took out, and the sale was afterward deemed legal. Nummo addicere means here "to sell for nothing."
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan said last August, as the 2014-15 school year was beginning, that he "shared" teachers' concerns about too much standardized testing and test prep, and that he believed "testing issues today are sucking the oxygen out of the room in a lot of schools." Last October, Duncan and President Obama praised an announcement by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the Council of Great City Schools — two organizations representing top education officials in each state and major urban school districts — that testing policies across the country would be evaluated and redundant and/or low-quality exams would be dropped. Since then there have been calls by officials in many states about cutting back on standardized testing.
Here's the question: Will it really happen? Will standardized testing be significantly reduced? Here's an argument that it won't happen. It was written by Anya Kamenetz, an education blogger for NPR who recently published a book called "The Test: Why Our Schools Are Obsessed with Standardized Testing — But You Don't Have to Be." This piece, which I am publishing with permission, is adapted from the book, and a version appeared on penelopetrunk.com.
By Anya Kamenetz
Between kindergarten and Grade 12, students in the United States take on average 113 standardized tests. There is a national movement among parents to protect their kids from this onslaught of tests, and teachers generally can't stand teaching to the tests — or administering them. Which makes you wonder, why is the testing culture so entrenched in our schools and spearheaded by school reform leaders?
Follow the money.
1. Companies that publish the tests make tons of money.
The test industry is relatively static, highly concentrated, and not very competitive. CTB McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin, Harcourt, and Pearson dominate the industry, and most of them have been in the business for decades. They make up what Robert Scott, former education commissioner of Texas, called the "assessment and accountability regime…a military-industrial complex."
In 2012, a report by the Brookings Institution found $669 million in direct annual spending on assessments in 45 states, or $27 per student. When you add administrative costs involved in tests, the total spent on testing rises to $1100 per student.
The profit margins on No Child Left Behind tests are as low as 3 percent, but practice tests and workbooks sold to schools and prep outfits are more cheaply produced and claim as high as a 21 percent profit margin.
2. The test prep industry is lucrative.
The money parents spend on preparing kids for tests dwarfs what schools are spending: $13.1 billion dollars this year (including test preparation, tutoring, and counseling). The global private tutoring market was estimated to pass a whopping $78.2 billion. That total includes programs that accept kids as young as 18 months old for pre-academic and after-school drilling and prepping.
3. The people who determine how we reform education are the people who fund education reform.
Among the top donors to public schools are the Gates family, the Broad family, and the Walton family. They make up what Diane Ravitch calls "The Billionaire Boys' Club" that help drive public school reform.
(Disclosure, and for example: the Gates Foundation funded me to write an ebook in 2011; it funded the nonprofit education news service where I had a blog in 2013; it funds education coverage among other areas at NPR, where I now work.)
The personal interests and convictions of the Gates family drive their foundation's agenda. And the Gates' emphasis on data and metrics has permeated the entire philanthropic world. In the international programs, they track metrics like how many wells dug and how many doses of malarial medication administered. In the domestic education program the metrics of choice have been test scores.
President Obama's education secretary, Arne Duncan, recruited both his chief of staff and assistant deputy secretary from the Gates Foundation. The administration waived ethics rules so that these government staff members could consult freely with their former colleagues at the Gates Foundation.
Gates funded the initial development of the Common Core State Standards through the nonprofit Achieve Inc. Gates also supported charter schools, and in 2009 pledged $335 million to raise student achievement— measured through test scores—and promote teacher evaluation systems tied to student performance—measured through test scores.
4. The Common Core helps make Ed Tech lucrative.
Before the Common Core, 50 states had 50 standards, creating a fragmented marketplace for texts, materials, and assessments. In a 2013 keynote presentation at SXSWedu, Gates pointed out that standards make it easier for education startups to grow very big very fast:
"Because of the Common Core, developers no longer have to cater to dozens or even hundreds of varying standards. Instead, they can focus on creating the best applications that align with the Core."
This idea about the power of standards is borrowed from the web. Online, interoperability standards allow developers to create pages and applications that are viewable and usable by anyone with any browser or mobile operating system.
"When you add textbooks, supplements, and assessments together, you're talking about a $9 billion market that's wide open for innovation," Gates said.
5. School reform in the United States attracts businesspeople. Not educators.
Rupert Murdoch, the CEO of News Corp, cast an acquisitive eye on every public dollar spent on education when he announced the beginning of his education technology brand Amplify. At this point, Amplify produces software for the K-12 market, but Murdoch expects to expand his holdings. As he wrote in 2010:
"When it comes to K- 12 education we see a $500 billion sector in the U.S. alone that is waiting desperately to be transformed by big breakthroughs that extend the reach of great teaching."
Our society is locked into a testing arms race.
The parents who have the most time, energy, and resources are afraid to stop playing the testing game for fear their children will be left behind. The schools that serve the children with the fewest resources are even more determined to push them toward standardized test performances that can somehow make up for everything else they lack.
Some parents will decide not to subject their kids to any more tests. Some will find ways to make the testing experience better. Some, I hope, will be inspired to work toward a collective solution. Whatever parents choose, they can—and must—transform their families' relationships to these tests.
How do we keep our own parental anxieties in check to build corresponding resilience and calm in our children?
How do we let our children be who they are while also motivating them to be the best they can be?
How do we build a world where every child is challenged to achieve her own personal best?
The answer is not multiple choice.
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LOCAL interest rates are falling as the strong Singapore dollar (SGD) is attracting inflows.
The key three-month Sibor or Singapore interbank offered rate used to price home loans is at a 12-month low of 0.87192 per cent on Tuesday, a level it reached on Aug 19. The three-month Sibor is now some 30 per cent lower than the year high of 1.254 per cent on Jan 19.
The three-month SOR or swap offer rate - a benchmark for commercial loans - has fallen even more; at 0.75448 per cent on Monday, the rate has plunged almost 60 per cent from its January high of 1.76235 per cent.
The low interest rates are due to continued strength of the SGD which attracts inflows, though why the local unit is strong has drawn mixed views given that growth here is weakening while some officials of the US Federal Reserve have recently made hawkish statements.
The SGD has appreciated about 5 per cent against the US dollar (USD) since January.
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Improved domestic liquidity conditions and risk appetite holding up are the likely reasons behind why the Sibor and the SOR are low despite some signs of USD strength re-asserting, said Eugene Leow, DBS Bank economist.
"A lot of this optimism and inflows hinges on the market assuming that the Fed would not be able to hike rates," said Mr Leow.
"A strong Singapore dollar is something of a big mystery, the economic fundamentals are not that fantastic in Singapore," said Roy Teo, ABN Amro Bank senior forex strategist.
The government earlier this month revised growth estimates downwards to 1-2 per cent this year, from the previous forecast of 1-3 per cent.
Last week, latest trade data showed that non-oil domestic exports (NODX) got off to a bad start in the second half of the year, with the key NODX sinking 10.6 per cent year on year in July and extending the 2.4 per cent dip in June.
The drop exceeded the 2.5 per cent fall the market was expecting.
Analysts are divided over whether the Monetary Authority of Singapore will keep the zero appreciation policy in the upcoming October policy meeting unchanged or ease to help out exporters.
In the meantime, the SGD has become a mini safe haven because of weak sentiments on the USD as the market is sceptical of a Fed hike, said Mr Teo.
US Federal Reserve vice-chairman Stanley Fischer made some hawkish remarks on Sunday, but some think chair Janet Yellen is still dovish when considering a 2016 rate hike.
Mr Teo noted that the market sold USD on Tuesday following a slightly higher move on Monday after Mr Fischer's comments.
The SGD strengthened to S$1.3496 on Tuesday 5.20pm from S$1.3523 on Monday. Last Friday it was S$1.3460.
"The Fed is creating range bound trading," said Mr Teo.
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The media and Democrats swooned over pro abortion activist and lawmaker Wendy Davis during the fight over abortion bill #SB5, but there was another woman at the Capitol in Austin that day fighting on the pro life side. There are always two sides to everything. One might say Abby Johnson is the mirror opposite of Wendy Davis in beliefs and action, but Abby has an interesting difference. She used to be on Wendy's side. She used to be a former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic. She wasn't involved in the actual abortions. She ran the clinic. She believed she was helping women, but as described at her website, everything changed on September 26, 2009 when Abby was asked to assist with an ultrasound-guided abortion. "She watched in horror as a 13 week baby fought, and ultimately lost, its life at the hand of the abortionist. At that moment, the full realization of what abortion was and what she had dedicated her life to washed over Abby and a dramatic transformation took place. Desperate and confused, Abby sought help from a local pro-life group. She swore that she would begin to advocate for life in the womb and expose abortion for what it truly is."
Planned Parenthood tried to silence Abby with a gag order and took her to court. The lawsuit was and thrown out of court.
As usual, the mainstream media was too busy writing stories on the woman they agreed with, instead of trying to discover both sides.
I decided to ask her some questions the msm never think to ask. Below is my interview with her.
Q: Having worked at a Planned Parenthood clinic as a Director, you bring a different perspective to the pro life/pro choice debate. What brought you to the Capitol to fight for #SB5 that bans abortion after 20 weeks and requires clinics to be up to the same health codes as other medical facilities?
I was there to fight for three if the four components of the bill…Ambulatory Surgical Center requirements, hospital privileges for abortionists and FDA guidelines for the RU486 pill.These three requirements are very important to me. I am confident that abortion supporters truly believe that abortions always take place in clean, sterile, bloodless environments. They believe that women are making informed choices when they have abortions. But as someone who worked in that industry for eight years, I know those claims are inaccurate. Abortion is bloody. It poses significant risks to the woman. Clinics are rarely clean and up to health code. In fact, when giving my testimony in front of the Senate committee, I revealed egregious health code violations found in almost every abortion clinic across the state. It was clear that these abortion supporters were not there to protect the health of women. They were only there to ensure open access to abortion…no matter the risks.
That certainly could be true. The abortion facilities will have a choice to make. They can either comply with the new ASC law (thereby making it a safer environment for women) or they can close. It is truly their choice.
I was surprised by the amount of evil there. It was palpable. I think it was surprising to feel that (for me) because I have been removed from that heavy darkness for almost 4 years. But standing there, and feeling that heaviness brought back many unpleasant memories.I was also so proud of the prolifers that were there. They were so peaceful and prayerful.
Yes, there were many health code violations reported…even at my former clinic. Sterilization issues, expired supplies and medications, failure to transport hemorrhaging patients, failure to report adverse events. The list goes on and on. I certainly did not have to be convinced that abortion facilities needed a higher set of standards.
Q: It seems to me that the pro choice side never wants to acknowledge the humanity of the baby. How can pro lifers do a better job at promoting human rights for the unborn child?
I'm not sure anything we say will necessarily change someone's mind. I believe heart change only comes through Christ. However, this does not mean that we stop speaking truth with love. We must remember that many abortion supporters are post abortive. They are hurting people, trying desperately to justify their own sin. We must speak truth, show compassion, pray and let God do the rest.
Q: Tell us about your organization "And Then There Were None."
'And Then There Were None' is an organized created specifically for abortion clinic workers. We exist to help current abortion clinic workers exit the abortion industry and find emotional and spiritual healing. So far, we have assisted 72 workers leave the industry and find healing and forgiveness.
To read her entire incredible story, get her book, "unPLANNED."


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I'd been on the road for nearly 2 weeks, bumming my way around US national parks. I'd hiked up mountains, biked across slickrock, ran across desert trails. I had wilderness overload. I needed some city life. I needed some entertainment.
So when the Interstate 15 sign shouted out "Las Vegas", I followed the signs straight there. What followed was 48 hours of over-the-top amusement and total sensory overload.
The strip was the first stop on the tour. Within a few miles, I had passed Egyptian pyramids, the Eiffel Tower, Greek Goddess statues, and New York's Statue of Liberty. I saw a lady vomiting out of a cab at 5pm in the afternoon. Someone offered me a business card for a local escort's services. Lads wandered down the street with tanks of margarita. It was more than I could cope with.
I logged on to alltrails.com as soon as I got back to the safety of my hotel. There I found an 11 mile trail to run around, and away from Las Vegas' craziness. It was less than a 30 minute drive from Las Vegas' city centre. But it was a world away from the gambling, drinking, and prostitution that was legally allowed there.
Cool red rock canyons lined the start of the trail. Climbers clung to the rocks as they scaled their silly heights. From there I ran through the desert, looking out for snakes and geckos. Though I lost the trail a few times, I was never far from the safety of the tarmacked scenic drive that parallels the trail. (Have a look at the garmin trail here).
I felt safer in the wilderness than I did in Las Vegas' streets. So I made a mental plan to get out of town the next day. However I decided to make the most of my last night in the midst of this desert debauchery. So I headed to the Cirque de Soleil Ka show, where the most incredible acrobatic stage show ever seen was put on for our entertainment.
Las Vegas was a good reminder that I'm not a city girl. However at least it was still able to cough up a cool trail run on its city perimeter.


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"No! That's impossible!"
Jenna, who had collapsed at the side, was holding on to half her face. Seeing Leylin escape, she shouted in disbelief.
"How did you get out? In the future I saw, there wasn't anything like this!"
Jenna yelled, her facial muscles twitching slightly.
"I know. It has to be! You must be the traitor going against fate!" Jenna's register suddenly became extremely high.
"Who I am is not important! The important thing is that you will have to die horribly today!"
The killing intent on Leylin grew stronger. Ever since he stepped on the path of a Magus, this was the first time he suffered such a big defeat!
The injuries he sustained on his body and his left arm, which was on the verge of breaking, were not easy to treat. His upcoming mission in the secret plane had now become more precarious.
At the thought, the fury in Leylin's heart became more vigorous.
"B*tch! I want you to know the price of offending me!"
Leylin roared, and used his right arm, the only one that was still in good condition, to viciously claw at Jenna!
Streams of rope-like black smoke emerged from the ground, followed the ground, and climbed towards Jenna.
"Guard!" Jenny grasped the large, thick necklace around her neck.
A red gem brightened and a huge lava fireball generated in front of Jenna, rushing towards the black smoke.
A huge energy wave was emitted, the scalding molten lava scattering in all directions, creating large black holes in the ground.
"Even if you have all the spells prepared in that necklace today, it won't be able to save you!"
Leylin's eyes glinted coldly.
Several black fireballs were shot out instantaneously, and merged into the air as one collective fireball! The immense energy waves momentarily exploded with might which reached 51 degrees that immediately burnt a huge pit in the ground.
"Latent Fireball!"
Leylin pointed at Jenna.
The giant fireball seemed to set like the sun, projecting over Jenna's position.
Before the black flames descended, more sweat trickled on Jenna's face, which was ever paler than before.
"Frost!" Jenna gritted her teeth, spitting out a character of the Byron language from her mouth.
At that moment, the necklace around her neck continuously emanated ice magic energy waves as it produced a series of white rays while the pearls emitted light one after the other.
The white rays formed a dozen huge ice shields in front of Jenna.
The large, translucent white shields could clearly reflect the surroundings. The black fireballs from before flew down from the air, and in a flash, struck these ice shields.
Water vapour was being emitted.
A distance away from the fireballs, the water vapour quickly condensed into water droplets and ice chunks that fell to the ground.
After everything had settled down, the frost shields that were in front of Jenna and the Latent Fireball had already disappeared without a trace.
In the mist, a black figure appeared within.
Leylin, whose body was lined with the fine Scales of Kemoyin, immediately charged to where Jenna was.
The layer of icy defense coming from Jenna's necklace was immediately crushed by Leylin's right hand. At the same time, he knocked Jenna away with his body.
*Pa!* Leylin's shoulders crashed with a huge impact on Jenna.
*Chi Chi!* A layer of milky white light appeared on Jenna's robes, enveloping her whole body.
This was Jenna's innate defense spell. It had finally erupted at the most crucial moment.
*Pa Pa!*
Jenna flew backwards like the head of a train that had left its tracks, bashing into many trees along the way.
"This woman…"
Leylin focused his attention on Jenna. After that exchange, he could tell that she was merely a newly advanced Magus. In terms of elemental essence conversion, she was far from his match. If not for having a powerful magic artifact in possession, as well as that incredible gift for divination, she would long since have died at Leylin's hands.
As long as she was given time to set up formations, she could quickly come up with methods that were specifically catered to her enemy's weakness, like that incredible white pillared cage that had trapped him. Even a rank 1 Magus at his peak would be in trouble!
"Enemies with prophesying spells are the most troublesome. I was fortunate enough that her prophecy did not go as planned, but it's unlikely that I'll get so lucky again!"
Leylin's eyes turned cold as ice.
The thought that there was an opponent that was operating behind the scenes with prophesying skills left a bad taste in his mouth. Having this happen once was one time too many.
Never had his killing intent reached such an urgent degree.
"Shadow Stealth!"
Leylin tenaciously glared at Jenna, who had crawled up. The scales on his body flickered and gradually became translucent, and he vanished into the air.
He had decided to go all out when dealing with Jenna, and he made it his mission to ensure that this damned woman remained here forever.
Seeing Leylin disappear into the air, Jenna's expression became even more serious. She currently felt Leylin's determination to kill her. She was born intelligent, and with her high-grade meditation technique and her strengthened sixth sense, her instincts told her that if she made the slightest mistake then she would be the one that died today!
For the first time, such a terrifying experience had taken control of Jenna's spirit. Deep down in her heart, her willpower, which could not be shaken, had slowly given in.
For the first time, Jenna felt that it was a very bad decision to come out here alone to assassinate Leylin!
This fear and regret were like a poisonous snake which was continuously gnawing at her already weak mental fortitude.
At this moment, a pink heart shape gem exploded inside Jenna's necklace.
Jenna seemed perplexed at first, but very soon her will was strengthened.
"It's a hallucinatory spell, with some psychological coercion!" Jenna's face turned red. "Despicable!"
A black figure appeared in front of Jenna.
With his right hand clenched into a fist, Leylin struck the defensive membrane from Jenna's innate spell.
This innate spell was not in its best condition from its previous consumption, and with Leylin's iron fist, it was shattered into countless white spots, dissipating into the air.
Leylin's right hand was able to grab Jenna's right arm without any obstructions.
*Ka-Cha!* A bone crunching sound was made, and Jenna's right arm had been torn off by Leylin.
"Arghh!" The muscles on Jenna's face contorted in pain. She clenched her teeth and the silk on her robes seemed to writhe with life, bandaging her wound quickly.
At the same time, a large pushing force was emitted from her body, as if wanting to leave Leylin's attack area.
"Thinking of running?"
Leylin's pupils focused on Jenna. "Eyes of Petrification!"
Instantly, a mysterious light emitted from Leylin's amber eyes as he targeted Jenna.
"Petrification magic?"
Jenna made a sound of bewilderment. Petrification magic was something that had long since been extinct in the Magus world. Now, this was a spell that only creatures with ancient bloodlines had as an ability!
Next, creaking sounds emitted from Jenna's body, as if her muscles had become stiff.
A layer of stone began to spread from Jenna's face.
*Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*
In front of Leylin, Jenna turned into an ashen stone sculpture.
When the grey-white colour had completely enveloped her, a light vibration came from the bulky necklace.
The whole necklace floated in the air, where the faint voice of an old person sounded, "Ultimate Guard of Life! Activate!"
Light! Dazzling light shone and enveloped the region in an instant.
After Leylin opened his eyes, the stone statue in front of him had already crumbled. Jenna who was within had disappeared, leaving behind only a pile of petrified skin.
After casting this final spell, that bulky necklace lost all of its powers.
*Ka-Cha!* *Ka-Cha!*
A layer of petrified stone suddenly emerged on the surface of the necklace. The necklace had turned into stone, fallen to the ground, and shattered into pieces.
"This is a substitution spell!"
Leylin's expression turned even more solemn. "This necklace contained so much power and even concealed a final body-substitution spell! An extremely large organisation must be behind Jenna!"
After realising this situation, the killing intent in Leylin's heart grew even stronger.
"You won't be able to run from me!"
Leylin inhaled deeply, where blue light appeared in his eyes immediately and scanned the surroundings.
"Several dozen seconds later, Leylin's brows furrowed and hurried towards a certain direction.
"I… I have to hurry and leave!!"
Jenna grabbed at the stub of her torn arm and rapidly traversed through the woods.
"The family heirloom necklace was destroyed, yet I wasn't able to get rid of him…"
Jenna was very dejected. The necklace from before was an heirloom, and for it to be destroyed while it was in her possession was a huge blow to her.
"Damned heretic! Traitor of fate! There will come a day that I will punish you!"
Jenna pledged inwardly.
"Found it!" Something that sounded like the devil's voice rang in her ear, and a vicious hot air brushed against her.
Jenna quickly pounced to the side.
A huge explosion sounded at the place she had been at, sections of the ground and plants flying everywhere.
Meanwhile, Jenna suddenly smelt something very sweet and immediately after, her entire body became numb and she collapsed to the ground, unable to move.
"This is the end!"
Leylin walked to Jenna, who had breathed in large amounts of chloroform, and raised his right arm expressionlessly.
"You- You can't kill me! Do you know who I am?"
Jenna struggled, stuttering out her thoughts.
Without waiting for Leylin to ask, she quickly answered, "I am the successor of the Guardian family. I'm on good terms with the light Magi domain and various large organisations. The moment you kill me…"
"I don't care who you are!"
With his right hand armed with black flames, he clawed downwards!
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Awards: Comeback Player of the Year
Winning is what every athlete trains for. But sometimes just finishing what they've started is more important, especially when they've had every reason to walk away. Gamecock Illustrated is proud to name this year's Comeback Players of the Year Ericka Stam and Mike Bradford.
Women's Athletics: Ericka Stam
In most cases, a lower-body injury is the absolute worst thing that can happen to a runner.
But when it happened to Ericka Stam, she realized there was something worse: letting it end her career.
Stam, a distance runner from Keller, Texas, began feeling discomfort while she was training for Cross Country season in the summer of 2012. Diagnoses of a stress fracture and nerve damage proved to be inaccurate. The source of pain remained a mystery until that December.
After an X-Ray in her hometown, Stam was diagnosed with joint damage from what is known as Morton's Toe. Her second toe is longer than the big toe and takes on most of the weight while she runs. It led to her missing the 2013 Track season.
Stam graduated with a degree in Nursing that August and could have easily began her life after college. But, Stam knew she had unfinished business at Jacksonville State. She decided to return for a fifth year of competition. She wore a special orthotic in her shoes during training now, but she did not wear it in competition.
She made her return in Cross Country season and became the first woman in JSU history to be named a two time All-Ohio Valley Conference performer at the OVC championship. She ran her 5K in 17 minutes, 50.82 seconds. Then it was on to the Track.
In the Indoor season, became the first JSU woman to run the 5K in under 18 minutes. Her time of 17:51.72 was good enough for fifth in the OVC Indoor Championship. Her goal for the Outdoor season was to run a 5K in 17:30. She only made it to 17:41.31 but it was good enough to break her own JSU record of 17:47.56.
She shattered a record that stood for eight years in her 10K run at the Florida State Relays. The previous record of 37:53.82 was set in 2006 by Sarah Craine. Stam ran it in 37:02.05 in late March. She shattered it againat the Tennessee Relays in April with a time of 36:43.54. She shattered it one final time at the Gregory Invitational in May, her final competition, with a time of 36:17.23.
Stam may not have reached the mark she wanted to in her 5K races, but she still achieved immortality. Her name is on top of the record book in 5K and 10K races and she will always be remembered as the first Gamecock woman to be a two time all-OVC performer. Now will be remembered as the first woman to be named Gamecock Illustrated's Comeback Player of the Year.
Men's Athletics: Mike Bradford
Mike Bradford walked across the stage with his degree in hand on May 2.
It was almost poetic justice that his graduation took place on the same field he spent so much time trying to get back on.
Bradford, a wide receiver from Atlanta, Ga., walked on to the football team in 2009. He survived brutal conditioning and was one of the 10 players selected of the 57 hopefuls who tried out.
As typical with walk-ons, Bradford spent his first year pulling scout team duties. It was more of the same when his second season rolled around. He had earned a scholarship by then and was allowed to dress for home games but never called on to enter a game.
He looked to break into the rotation in his third season but was forced to leave the team mid-season due to off-field difficulties. When the team received its OVC Championship rings that January, he did not.
He took a job at a local Radioshack where he remained for the next year. He continued to train his body to make one last go at the game he loved. He returned to the team in January of 2013 where he was welcomed back with open arms by the new coaching staff.
He finally took the field for the first time against Jacksonville University. He finished with only two catches for 15 yards. He finished with 30 yards on his career. But considering his journey, it was still a mission accomplished. He didn't come back to be the superstar, but to finish what he started with the guys who had become like family to him.
It is because of his determination Gamecock Illustrated is proud to name him as its first man named Comeback Player of the Year.