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Fighting Trump: The Sanctuary Campus Movement and Local Points of Resistance

When I asked a friend of mine visiting from Germany if she could have predicted Trump’s victory this November, she surprised me by answering, without a blink of an eye, “Yes.”

She gave two reasons why Trump’s election was unsurprising to her. First, she described dining with a group of Harvard professors who were joking and congratulating themselves over the fact that no one at the dinner party knew anyone who was going to vote for Trump. That kind of self-satisfaction over one’s distance from the so-called “deplorables” shows the political disconnect that helped deliver Trump to the White House.

The second example she gave was of talking with a Lebanese taxi driver in New York, who said he was going to vote for Trump to show that he was not one of those “bad immigrants.”

Many liberal and progressive intellectuals vastly misunderstood the kinds of identifications people made in aligning themselves with Donald Trump, because we were too locked into our complacent bubbles. To change the political dynamics of this country in the long term, we will need to emerge from our bubbles and collapse these divides.

Meanwhile to defeat the many awful initiatives that Trump and his administration will put forward in January and beyond, we must immediately act to form the broadest and deepest coalitions possible to create a solid and formidable wall of resistance and a positive front to protect our rights.

A Renewed Commitment to Grassroots and Local Struggles

We do not need to start from scratch, but we need to reinforce and support movements such as Black Lives Matter and #NoDAPL that were here already before the election and that have been growing steadily. One need only look at the remarkable political platform created by the Movement for Black Lives to see a comprehensive diagnosis and set of prescriptions.

More than ever, we need to form alliances broadly on common goals, even as we remain dedicated to specific issues.

In addition to supporting the Movement for Black Lives and the Standing Rock struggle against the Dakota Access pipeline, in this moment we must also redouble our support for other grassroots movements and organizations that support them, such as the National Domestic Workers Alliance, the National Immigration Law Center, the National Lawyers Guild, the ACLU, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Urban Habitat, Critical Resistance and INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence.

These, and many other organizations and groups, form the backbone of a strong progressive movement with considerable energy, commitment and resources. Many of these are the outgrowth of a historical development toward rights and justice that Trump and his administration now wish to turn back. The fact of the matter is that they grossly underestimate the power of these groups and those who will be increasingly drawn to them. Let us not forget that at least 1.5 million more people voted against Trump than voted for him. This is a wider margin of victory in the popular vote than Kennedy enjoyed over Nixon and nearly as much as Obama won by. And there are still 4 million uncounted votes in California and Utah.

In sum, Trump hardly has a popular mandate and we must always factor that in as a political and moral calculation as we move forward.

Another vital site of resistance will involve work on progressive state and local initiatives. These are already starting to take shape. One example of a starting place for this work is the statement made by the mayors of New York and Los Angeles, who Reuters notes “have sharply limited their cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities seeking to deport undocumented immigrants.” The article goes on to quote Bill de Blasio: “We are not going to sacrifice a half million people who live among us, who are part of our community,” de Blasio said, referring to an estimate of the number of unauthorized immigrants living in New York. “We are not going to tear families apart.” Now the mayors of Denver and Aurora, Colorado, have followed suit.

California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) and California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) also delivered a joint statement along these lines, which states:

California will defend its people and our progress. We are not going to allow one election to reverse generations of progress…. We will be reaching out to federal, state and local officials to evaluate how a Trump Presidency will potentially impact federal funding of ongoing state programs, job-creating investments reliant on foreign trade, and federal enforcement of laws affecting the rights of people living in our state. We will maximize the time during the presidential transition to defend our accomplishments using every tool at our disposal.

The Sanctuary Campus Movement

In the same spirit, students and faculty at colleges and universities are starting to mobilize to defend their communities from deportation. There is a burgeoning national Campus Sanctuary movement already started, with groups at more than 130 colleges and universities. Early on at Brown University, a group issued an appeal to its administration which reads:

As we jointly envision a safe future for our community, the sanctuary of our campus must not exclude members of our city and the broader community. Therefore, we urge Brown to support the work and demands of organizations led by undocumented people in the wider Providence community. We once called Brown campus our home. A home is supposed to be safe. If President-elect Trump implements his promised policies and we do nothing, Brown’s commitment to diversity, justice, and inclusion will be inconsequential. This is not a moment in which we can afford silence.

Similarly, members of the Yale community have started a petition to Yale’s president and provost that includes these words:

In the wake of the recent Presidential election, we — Yale University students, faculty, and workers — call for you to investigate the possibility of our campus serving as a sanctuary for students, staff, and their family members who face imminent deportation.

We see this as a concrete action the university can take to support and protect the people within our community. We have reason to believe that, without the permission of the university, New Haven police officers cannot enter its campus. Similarly, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are subject to restrictions based on a 2011 memo regarding places of worship, schools, and hospitals. (See ICE memorandum.)

Given that many students and their family members now live in fear of Donald Trump’s deportation threats, we urge the university to immediately develop a protocol for making itself a sanctuary campus.

Inside Higher Education reports that what links the efforts on the different campuses is a common basis in law. It cites María Blanco, the executive director of the University of California Undocumented Legal Services Center:

There are at least three kinds of different things that could fall under a sanctuary policy,” Blanco said. “One is a university saying that ICE will not come on their campus to do immigration enforcement without warrants unless there’s an exigent circumstance.” A second, she said, is developing a policy that says a university police force will not act on behalf of federal agents to enforce immigration laws. A third, she said, involves information sharing — “to the extent that universities have any records that identify the immigration status of their students, to protect those if there were a request from ICE for those records.

Refusing to Let Evil Settle Into Everyday Life

In the face of Trump’s rise and the emboldening of reactionary forces in our society, we are all understandably afraid, but we must try not to give into fear. We must take strength from others and lend our strength to others. I found insight in Teju Cole’s piece, “A Time for Refusal,” in which he writes:

Evil settles into everyday life when people are unable or unwilling to recognize it. It makes its home among us when we are keen to minimize it or describe it as something else. This is not a process that began a week or month or year ago. It did not begin with drone assassinations, or with the war on Iraq. Evil has always been here. But now it has taken on a totalitarian tone.

The press will play a crucial role in preventing new forms of totalitarian evil from settling into our everyday lives. As Sophia McClennen points out in Salon, Trump has promised all along to curb and censor the press. We cannot let that happen. For all the mainstream media’s massive failures (and even complicity) in Trump’s winning the presidency, the media as a whole is an instrument we cannot afford to lose. But we must also use it — submit op-eds, challenge the press on its coverage or neglect, demonstrate in front of mainstream media offices to get them to be vigilant watchdogs. We must support organizations, such as the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Center for Investigative Journalism and lift up investigative and independent media, including progressive global media.

And we must also support legal organizations, such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights that will fight to protect press freedoms and the rest of our rights as well. We are fortunate to have infrastructures already in place. We must support them and also press them when they seem unresponsive.

In the days ahead, we would do well to look to the words of Tom Hayden, the great American radical activist who passed away in October. As a youth, he fought for civil rights in the South, then he helped found Students for a Democratic Society. He also penned one of the most remarkable and important political and activist documents of our time, the Port Huron Statement of 1962. Like the Movement for Black Lives platform of the current moment, it was a comprehensive diagnosis of its time. Reflecting back on it, at the time of its 50th anniversary, Hayden wrote:

There are sources of hope now that we couldn’t imagine in 1962. The technological revolution of the Internet and social media is propelling a global revival of participatory democracy. Facebook and Twitter are credited with a key role in movements from Cairo to the volunteer campaign for Barack Obama. For the next generations, perhaps the most important issue for participatory democracy will be ownership and control of the means of producing and distributing information.

We must work even harder to protect and to use these resources well.

As we renew our support of progressive organizations, networks and initiatives, and focus on state and local points of resistance, we need to remember that others have faced similar challenges. There is much work to be done, and we must do it together.


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Simple Gifts

I suppose I should apologize for the awful relationship between the title and what I'm about to write about. Titles, particularly for blog posts should be functional and descriptive: google won't enjoy or take pleasure in your puns. Nevertheless...

I've been working on something of binge of blog posts to prevent this from happening again any time soon, and I've noticed something: my posts aren't nearly as epic as they used to be. Nothing that I have in my drafts folder is longer than 750 words, and most of the posts are under 650.

This probably calls for some sort of celebration.

I'm notoriously long-winded, and although I've been a really bad practitioner of "keep your blog posts short, concise, and clear," I really do think that there's a sweet spot for website-based content around around 600 words that's really easy to read and comprehend on a computer screen. Even if most of my posts are a bit over this mark.

So what gives? why have I finally been able to figure out how to say what I want to say in fewer words? Here are the current theories:

  • The writing I do for the day job is teaching me (slowly) to be a bit more concise.
  • My self imposed schedule is forcing me to be a bit more granular in the topics I choose to attack in a single blog post.
  • I'm getting to the point quicker. I don't feel like I'm spending as much time running around my arguments attempting to explain the premise.
  • I've become more of a textual stylist than I ever used to be before. While I don't think I'm a stunning prose stylist, I'm much more aware of how my paragraphs come together these days, and I think that leads to more clear prose.
  • I'm getting better at using unordered lists to organize information rather than as a rhetorical crutch. (Most reflexive bullet point ever.)

I've written about this before. I had a class in college, where the professor assigned these short (250 words,) "journal" entries that were due on a weekly basis. They didn't have a topic, and most people reflected on the readings. I reflected on my other classes and how they related to the topic of the class I was taking. Half way through my roomate (who was also in the class,) commented that I hadn't actually written about the readings for the class.

"The journal entries don't have topics. And I'm writing about the core material of the class," I said.

"You have to admit that it's a bit absurd," she said. [1] She was right.

I wrote the professor who was apparently fine with my eclectic interpretation of the assignment. The pieces were mostly technical exercises in being clear and concise, and she thought my entries were fine, if a bit esoteric. (I think the exact words were something along the lines of "delightful and widely synthetic.") And so I kept writing those kinds of pieces.

A year later I started really getting into blogging. The rest is history. When I first started at this, I enjoyed the freedom being able to write about whatever I wanted. Now I cherish the structure more than anything.

Its funny how things change, sometimes.

[1]Apologies to H.S. for the liberties I've taken with her words.
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MIND BLOWING COLLABS: Moira dela Torre and AJ Rafael

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Moira dela Torre and AJ Rafael captivates everyone at the Coke Studio Homecoming with their rendition of ‘My Sweet Escape’

Coke Studio Philippines gives us another music-filled episode of Coke Studio Homecoming Season 2. This time, Moira dela Torre and AJ Rafael serenades everyone with their mind blowing collab of ‘My Sweet Escape.’

And here’s a teaser for their much-awaited collab!

AJ Rafael is a Filipino singer-songwriter and a musician who grew up surrounded by music. He started performing at schools and events, and now has been touring internationally to promote his music. AJ Rafael is one of the top musicians with the largest social networks.

Moira dela Torre is well-known in the OPM scene for her songs ‘Malaya,’ ‘Tagpuan,’ and ‘Sunod.’ After her mind blowing collabs with December Avenue, IV of Spades, Ben&Ben, Nieman, and now with AJ Rafael again—we’re starting to think that Moira dela Torre is the queen of collabs, do you agree? #KollabKween

‘My Sweet Escape’ heartwarming performance!

Haven’t had the chance to see this Moira dela Torre and AJ Rafael collab yet? Don’t worry, we’ve got the full performance for you right here:

They say home is where the love is—and that’s what we felt with these two’s collaboration. Moira dela Torre and AJ Rafael’s ‘My Sweet Escape’ is a love letter to their listeners to remind them that they are not alone and they are loved.

Ohhh… ohhh…
Ohhh… oohh…
With you ohh, I’m home
Oh you are my home

Let me pause and breath it in
Let me close my eyes and take it in
No photographs can capture all the
Happiness I have inside

Such beautiful and rich lyrics, right? So why don’t you try singing along with this lyric video?

With the heartwarming lyrics of ‘My Sweet Escape,’ it definitely turned into a mind blowing collab that will remind you that home is where the love is. This is #CokeStudioHomecoming, after all! *wink*

So, what do you guys think of this Moira dela Torre and AJ Rafael #MindBlowing collab? Did you feel the message of their love letter straight to your hearts? Tell us in the comment section below, or message on our Facebook and Twitter @UDoUPh. We would love to know you think!

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These are two of the coolest sports cars of the era.

Honda conceived the NSX as a sports car that challenged the best that Europe had to offer, and it was a revelation in the class upon introduction in 1990. Five years later, the competitors were starting to rise to the challenge. For example, Ferrari replaced the 348 with the 355 in that time, but Honda tried to keep up with the hardcore NSX-R. This interesting time period is the setting for this 1,000-meter (0.62-mile) drag race from Japan's Best Motoring

We won't spoil the results, but it's a fascinating race. Best Motoring also shows where the pair are at 400 meters (roughly a quarter mile), and they're practically side by side with only about three hundredths of a second separating them. There's a clear winner at the end of the course, though.

The race starts a minute into the clip, but the first 60 seconds are worth checking out for a close look at the NSX-R. Best Motoring shows off the yellow coupe in detail and includes some jazz to accompany it. After the Honda and Ferrari, the video follows up with another drag race between a tuned Nissan Skyline GT-R and a modified Toyota Supra. It's a great chance to watch two of Japan's famous sports cars of the era.


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September 7, 2018 / 7:17 AM / 2 months ago

China injects medium-term cash; short-term money rates rise

    SHANGHAI, Sept 7 (Reuters) - China's central bank injected
medium-term cash into the banking system on Friday, effectively
rolling over loans that matured on the same day, but short-term
rates rose this week on reduced expectations for imminent
loosening of cash conditions.
    The People's Bank of China said it had lent 176.5 billion
yuan ($25.80 billion) to financial institutions through its
one-year medium-term lending facility (MLF). The bank left rates
unchanged from the previous MLF operation, at 3.30 percent.
    A batch of one-year MLF worth 176.5 billion yuan was set to
expire on Friday.
    Ahead of the MLF operation, market expectations had spanned
the spectrum from no injection to an injection exceeding the
amount of maturing loans.
    "Liquidity is still very ample. After the MLF rollover,
expectations for another reserve requirement cut took a hit
because it seems like a cut may be pushed back or not done at
all. So rates at the short end have risen a bit," said a trader
at a state-owned bank in Shanghai.
    "Today our expectation was for the MLF operation to exceed
the amount of maturing loans, but it didn't," said another
trader at an Asian bank in Shanghai. "Money is still very loose,
but sentiment in the interest rate bond market is just average."
    The volume-weighted average rate of the benchmark seven-day
repo traded in the interbank market, considered
the best indicator of general liquidity in China, was 2.6725
percent on Friday afternoon, up 6.3 basis points from the
closing average rate of 2.6097 percent on Aug. 31.
    The Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (SHIBOR) for the same
tenor rose to 2.6730 percent, up 4 basis points from the
previous week's closing rate of 2.6330 percent.
    The one-day or overnight rate stood at 2.5861 percent and
the 14-day repo stood at 2.7665 percent.
    Apart from the MLF injection, the PBOC did not inject any
funds into the interbank money market for the week.
    With no reverse repos maturing this week, that meant the
bank did not inject or drain any funds on a net basis this week
through its regular open market operations.
    "Marginal changes to liquidity is an unquestionable fact.
One element is that the trend of central bank operations
changing from large net injections to precise drip irrigation is
very clear," analysts at Huachuang Securities said in a note.
    "Another element is that consistent market expectations of
continued loose liquidity are clearly starting to waver. A
direct result of this change in expectations is a reduced
willingness of banks to lend and a rise in money rates," the
analysts said.
    The cost of insuring exposure to Chinese debt edged down,
with the spread of the five-year credit default swap rate on
Chinese sovereign debt dropping 0.7 percent from
a week earlier to 59.58 basis points.

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                  Volume-wei  Previous    Change     Volume
                  ghted       day (%)     (bps)
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 Interbank repo market
 Overnight        2.5861      2.4929      +9.32      0.00
 Seven-day        2.6725      2.6027      +6.98      0.00
 14-day           2.7665      2.3963      +37.02     0.00
 Shanghai stock exchange repo market
 Overnight        2.7550      2.4150      +34.00     338,420.1
 Seven-day<CN7DR  2.6300      2.5600      +7.00      51,829.50
 14-day           2.7150      2.5900      +12.50     9,974.20
 PBOC Guidance Rates
 Overnight        2.6000      2.5000      +10.00
 Seven-day        2.6900      2.6000      +9.00
 14-day           2.7800      2.4200      +36.00
 Overnight        2.5910      2.4940      +9.70
 Seven-day        2.6730      2.6330      +4.00
 Three-month      2.8510      2.8450      +0.60
 Instrument            RIC         Rate      Spread vs 1 yr
                                             official deposit
 2 yr IRS based on 1   CNABAD2YF=    0.0000              -1.5
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 5 yr 7-day repo swap  CNYQB7R5Y=    3.1800               n/a
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expectations of an interest rate cut or rise
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 Reports on central bank open market operations:
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Netherton (Dudley), Worcestershire

Historical Description

Netherton, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Dudley parish, Worcestershire. The village stands on the Stourbridge Canal, near the boundary with Staffordshire, 1½ mile S of Dudley. It has a station on the G.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Dudley. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1844. Population, 12,418. The manor belongs to the Earl of Dudley. There are some good residences. Mineral springs, similar to those of Cheltenham, with baths, are at Saltwells Wood. Scythes, spades, shovels, boilers, iron tanks, iron boats, gasometers, and chain cables are extensively manufactured; coal and ironstone are mined; and there are breweries and malthonses. A public hall, free library, police and fire station was erected in 1895. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Dudley. The church was built in 1830 and was restored in 1886. It stands on an eminence, and is a conspicuous object for many miles round. There are chapels of ease at Darby End and Dudley Wood. There are Baptist, Congregational, Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and New Connexion Methodist chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient County Worcestershire
Civil parish Dudley
Hundred Halfshire
Poor Law union Dudley

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

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We have transcribed the entry for Netherton (Dudley) from the following:

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The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.

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Confiscation of rape prisoner’s family photos not breach of right to family life

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Broom v Secretary of State for Justice [2010] EWHC 2695 (Admin) – Read Judgment

When he was transferred from Whitemoor prison to Wakefield Prison in May 2008, Mr. John Broom had 24 historical photos of his children and nieces confiscated. He had been in possession of those photographs for 18 years. He challenged the decision not to return the photos to him by way of judicial review, claiming that it breached his right to respect for his private or family life. Mr Justice Behrens concluded that there was no infringement of Article 8 of the ECHR in this case.

Mr. Broom is currently serving a discretionary life sentence following his conviction in 1992 for buggery and rape of a female. There were two females involved, one of whom was 16. The nature of this conviction was central to the decision to withhold Mr. Broom’s photographs. The Safeguarding Children Panel said that:

Evidence of your current conviction suggests you have a sexual interest in children, and so allowing you access to material, the photographs, which may fuel this interest, could be detrimental to public protection. Your OASys document dated May 2009 assesses you as posing a high risk of general reconviction. The risk matrix assessment indicates that you present a high risk of sexual reconviction. You are currently assessed as posing a high risk of serious harm to children, the public, a known adult in the community, and a medium of serious harm to children in custody.

The Panel also took into account:

[T]he risks that arise within the prison setting, in particular the fact that HMP Wakefield is part of the high security estate, houses a large number of sex offenders, many of whom have been convicted of offences of children. With a large number of child sex offenders located together, there is a risk of photographs of children being shared among offenders. Accordingly, the panel was concerned to ensure that individuals entrusted with such photographs would not become involved in such activities.

In regards to the human rights issues in the case, there was no real dispute on the law to be applied. When considering the question of an infringement of Article 8 of the ECHR, the Judge looked at the series of questions set out in the House of Lords case of Razgar [2004] UKHL 27. The Judge must firstly decide whether there has been an interference with Article 8 rights that is sufficiently serious so as to engage the protection of the article. On this point Mr. Broom emphasised that these cherished photos were all he had left of a family he once had. Although he possessed some up-to-date photographs, his family had now become like strangers to him because he had not seen them grow up for so long. Counsel for the Secretary of State noted the limited consequences of the decision: it did not prevent family visits or the possession of up-to-date photographs, and if the risk assessment changed, then the decision could be revisited.

The judge said this was a “marginal decision”, but ultimately decided that if there had been an interference with Article 8 rights, then it had not been sufficiently serious to engage the article. This removed the need to consider the remaining questions set out in Razgar, but to account for the possibility that he was wrong, he indicated his view on the proportionality of the decision. Although the risk of harm to children which Mr. Broom posed was not precisely specified, the Judge considered that:

…the removal of the photographs is proportionate in the light of the general risk to children, and also the possibility of networking.

When it comes to the rights of convicted criminals, the operation of the Human Rights Act has frequently been criticised. In 2004, then Shadow Home Secretary David Davis said the act had given rise to “too many spurious rights“, and that “all to often it seems to give criminals more rights than the victims”. In 2007, David Cameron (as opposition leader) called for the Act to be scrapped altogether. To those who use “rights culture” as a pejorative term, a decision such as this may be a source of relief.

Yet there is a real argument to be made that the judge was wrong in this case, both as to the gravity of the interference with Mr. Broom’s Article 8 rights and as to proportionality.

It might be said that the possession of historical photographs could not meaningfully contribute to any current family life Mr. Broom had with his family members, and therefore their confiscation could not be serious enough to engage Article 8. Yet one of the key joys of family life is the shared history and memories attendant upon it. In prison, such photographs may be the only way of revisiting such memories, and without them, an important part of one’s family life is significantly diminished. I would be devastated if my old family photographs were lost, and I am in the happier position of being able to reminisce with my loved ones as and when I choose. In this “marginal” case, the judge came down on the wrong side of the line.

The proportionality point is also finely balanced. On the one hand, as Mr. Broom’s 1992 conviction involved a girl of 16, it seems unfair to cast him as a paedophile, and the offences did not involve his own children. In these circumstances, it might seem difficult to see how having his photographs, which were entirely appropriate in nature, could fuel a sexual interest in children, or understand why he would choose to expose his children’s photos to other child sex offenders in Wakefield prison. No specific evidence was advanced on these matters. On the other hand, as the Judge noted, upon his transfer to Wakefield in May 2008, Mr. Broom was assessed by the Safeguarding Children Panel as posing a high risk of serious harm to children. This general risk is serious in nature, and Mr. Broom had not undertaken any relevant prison courses to mitigate this risk.

The Judge considered that the general risk was sufficiently serious to warrant the action taken. But his decision could be argued to have taken insufficient account of the fact that the risk being assessed in this case is in respect of people who are already in prison. Any risk posed to children by someone who had sight of the photographs may be significantly diminished by that fact alone, although clearly there were concerns about “trade” in photographs of children among child sex offenders in certain prisons. The decision of the Panel seems to have proceeded on the basis that Mr. Broom (or some other person who might see the photographs) is likely to be imminently released. The judgment does not show that any evidence was heard on this matter, and indeed in Mr. Broom’s case (although perhaps not that of at least some of his fellow prisoners) the very risk assessments which informed the Panel’s decision suggest that release is unlikely.

Although the legal approach to the alleged breach of Article 8, based on the test in Razgar, may be unimpeachable, the outcome nevertheless could be suggested to be rather harsh.  Mr. Broom has spent a very long time in prison for committing a heinous crime. Consequently, his family life has largely evaporated. In the absence of more solid evidence that his possession of the photographs gave rise to a specific risk of harm to children, or a risk of illicit photo-sharing, it may be thought to be unnecessarily severe to deny him his family photos.

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Therapy for Eating Disorders

Dealing with an eating disorder can be a complex process. Although there are primarily six main disorders, some people can suffer with food issues that fall outside of these boxes. However, therapists are trained to help with all types of eating disorders, no matter which category they fall into so whether you are suffering with Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa, Binge eating, Avoidant/Restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), Pica, Rumination disorder or something unclassified, they can help.

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Treatment varies from person to person and may take a few months or several years. Your psychoanalyst will help you to maintain the energy and motivation to keep going to ensure that you carry out the work required of you. Recovery from an eating disorder will deal with removing negative thoughts and damaging behaviour and getting back in touch with yourself, accepting who you are and no longer continually beating yourself up.

Psychotherapy treatments

Counsellors use a whole range of psychotherapy treatments to deal with eating disorders including cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy or whatever they deem suitable to match your particular condition. Just as no two patients are the same then neither are the treatment plans.

Group therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) may be powerful treatments suitable for you, all of them helping you to regain control of your relationship with food. Family can also be included, particularly if the sufferer is fairly young. Medication may be recommended but most of the time your analyst will treat food as the ‘medicine’, using psychotherapy to even out your moods and control your worrying thoughts or urges.

If you would like us to put you in touch with a counsellor that can help you to deal with your eating disorder, fill in the form below. We will identify a practitioner that is suitable for you and who will be able to assist.

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Identify the key functions of stained gclass windows in the Gothic style in Europe’s cathedral architecture. Identify two (2) differences between the Romanesque and Gothic cathedral structures, and discuss which you prefer and the reasons why. Identify one (1) existing structure (the closer to your home the better) that is Romanesque or Gothic, and explain the features that support your identification.

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The HP LaserJet Enterprise 600 Printer M602dn is a fast mono laser for a busy workgroup, with great paper handling and a very low cost per page.

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The HP LaserJet Enterprise 600 Printer M602dn is a fast mono laser for a busy workgroup, with great paper handling and a very low cost per page.

The M602dn measures 15.7 by 16.3 by 20 inches (HWD) and weighs 58 pounds. The front panel has a 4-line monochrome LCD and some basic control buttons: Home, Help, Stop, and Back, plus a 2-way rocker control with center button. To the right is a numeric keypad for entering PIN numbers for password-protected printing; below the panel is a port for a USB thumb drive.

The M602dn has a standard 600-sheet paper capacity, split between a 500-sheet main tray and a 100-sheet multipurpose feeder. It has an automatic duplexer for printing on both sides of a sheet of paper built in. Additional paper-handling options include a 1,500-sheet input tray ($499 direct), a 500-sheet input tray ($299), a 400-sheet custom media cassette ($229 direct), a 75-sheet envelope feeder ($249), a 500-sheet stacker ($149), a 500-sheet stapler/stacker ($249), and a 500-sheet 5-bin mailbox ($399). Maximum paper capacity is 3,600 sheets.

The M602dn is the middle model of HP’s M602 series. The M602n ($999 direct) lacks an automatic duplexer, while the M602x ($1,499 direct) includes the duplexer and adds an additional 500-sheet paper tray.

The M602dn provides USB and Ethernet (including Gigabit), with optional WiFi. I tested it over an Ethernet connection with its driver installed on a PC running Windows Vista.

Printing Speed
The M602dn’s rated print speed is 52 pages per minute, while the M603dn is rated at 62 pages per minute and the M601dn at 45 pages per minute. Unsurprisingly, the M602dn tested at a print speed in between those two models. I timed it on our business applications suite (using QualityLogic’s hardware and software for timing), at an effective 14.1 pages per minute (ppm), while I clocked the M603dn at 14.5 ppm and the M601dn at 13.4 ppm on the same tests. (The rated speeds are based on text-only printing, while our test suite combines text pages, graphics pages, and pages with mixed content.) The OKI B730DN , rated at 55 pages per minute, tested a bit slower, at 12 ppm.

Output Quality
Overall, output quality was a bit below par, but still fine for general business use. Text quality was slightly subpar for a laser, but still suitable for most any business uses except for those requiring very small fonts.

The M602dn’s graphics quality was slightly subpar for a mono laser, good enough for typical business uses, though I’d hesitate to use it for reports I’d be handing to colleagues I was seeking to impress. It had trouble rendering differences in shading in certain figures. Some illustrations exhibited mild banding, a regular pattern of faint striations—an issue that I didn’t see with the other M600-series printers.

Photo quality was typical of mono lasers, good enough for printing out recognizable images from files or Web pages.

The M602dn shares the M603dn’s very low running costs (1.2 cents per page). The OKI B730DN’s cost per page is 1.4 cents, while the M601dn’s is 1.7 cents per page.

In price, speed, and duty cycle, the HP LaserJet Enterprise 600 Printer M602dn stands between two Editors’ Choice models in HP’s lineup, the M601dn and M603dn. It shares the M603dn’s very low cost per page and its keypad for secure, password-protected printing. It costs $300 more than the M601dn, but with a lower cost per page you’d make up the price difference after printing 60,000 pages. The M602dn’s output quality didn’t quite match the other two in our testing, but it is fine for most business needs. This model has a lot to offer, and is worth a close look by businesses looking for a fast mono laser for high-volume printing for a large workgroup.

  • Printer TypeWorkgroup printer – laser – monochrome
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  • Weight52.25 lbs
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Honda Powersports USA has just released the attached video of the Johnny Campbell Racing team piloting their CRX enduro machines in the desert.

These dark conditions, typical in races like the Baja 1000, require high-performance lighting systems on the machines. And the JCR Honda crew says these lights work amazing, almost spaceship like.

Speaking of piloting a motorcycle through the desert at night, Johnny Campbell says “you have a hyper-focus…it creates a whole other level of excitement.”

As for Johnny Campbell himself, the 11-time Baja winner will compete at the 2013 Dakar Rally aboard a factory Honda CRF450 Rally alongside many top competitors, including Helder Rodrigues (Portugal) Felipe Zanol (Brazil), Sam Sunderland (United Kingdom) and Javier Pizzolito (Argentina). It’ll also be the first time in 21 years Honda has entered a factory bike in the world’s toughest rally.


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Reserve Space for Spring 2019 Events

The Registered Student Organization (RSO) Lottery is where RSOs can enter to reserve a Wisconsin Union large room space on a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday evening. These large spaces can accommodate a dance or social event.

Space lottery tickets will be given to representatives from each group that signs up and groups will be called in the order in which tickets are chosen.  When a group is chosen, they can pick from a list of available dates. When a group picks a date, it is entered by an event planner and we move on to the next group until all available dates are filled or we run out of groups.

The group representative will be the main contact for the reservation, and should come prepared to provide contact information and with a date or dates in mind. Groups may only receive up to one date.

Good luck!

Additional details:

Registration will be held in the Annex Room (just across from Main Lounge) from 4PM to 5PM. We will begin drawing tickets promptly at 5PM. Any group arriving after 5PM may have the opportunity to book space only if spaces are available, after every group who arrived to register has had the opportunity to book.

  • Registered Student Organization (RSO) status will be confirmed in WIN on the evening of the lottery. Groups who are not in active status in WIN will not be permitted to reserve space that evening and will need to confirm their status through Center for Leadership & Involvement (CfLI) prior to being permitted to reserve space.
  • This lottery is for social events for 50 people or more in Great Hall (Memorial Union), Tripp Commons (Memorial Union), or sections of Varsity Hall (Union South) on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 8PM to 12AM. Groups who would like daytime events must contact us after the RSO Lottery date to inquire about available space. We will not be able to book outside of the 8PM to 12AM time slot on this evening.
  • Groups will only be booking a date during the lottery. Additional information on planning their event will be provided via email following the lottery.
  • Campus Event Services staff will be on hand to answer questions related to planning a social even

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Cohabitation Records – Invaluable to Documenting Marriages of Those Formerly Enslaved #BlackHistoryMonth

Cohabitation Records – Invaluable to Documenting Marriages of Those Formerly Enslaved

As we celebrate Black History Month, we are reminded what rich records cohabitation records can be via a brand new YouTube video from the State Library of North Carolina, Using North Carolina Cohabitation Records to research your African American ancestors.

As a refresher, cohabitation records reflect those “unions’ that occurred before the end of the civil war and were typically recorded 1866-1868.

The mentioned video shares a bit about researching these records in NC. Learn more via First Wednesdays – Cohabitation Certificates (North Carolina Civil War 150 blog). Some of the NC cohabitation bonds can also be found in the State Archives of North Carolina catalog, MARS.  For example, if you search on call number CR.010.606, this brings up the cohabitation records indexed for Bertie County, or on C.003.928 for those for Alexander County, or C.018.63001 for Camden County and so on.  Not all counties for which cohabitation bonds survive are found in the catalog and it’s always worth a check.

Do know that for other southern states, cohabitation records were created, though, not always by the state.  The Freedmen’s Bureau also registered slave unions in the immediate post-Civil War era. There is a great article in Prologue (from NARA) that talks about Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records and the situation in each of the southern states.  A must read!

Additionally, Virginia, via its “Register of Colored Persons, xxx County, State of Virginia, Cohabitating Together as Husband and Wife,” as records created by the Freedmen’s Bureau and are accessible through this link.

If you are seeking evidence of a slave-era union/marriage, do check out these records.  Though, recognize that “both parties” had to be alive for such a union/marriage to be found via post-Civil War marriage records!  If one party was already deceased, no record.  And, some couples opted not to register their union/marriage.

Were you successful in finding your ancestor’s cohabitation records?

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Epsom Salts - Tablet Case

This striking red and blue tablet case features an image of magnesium sulfate under the microscope. Also known as Epsom salt, this mineral compound has many uses, most notably for soothing your aching tootsies in a foot spa bath. Under a polarized microscope, its healing crystals refract light into beautiful colours creating a stunning image that's perfect for wrapping around your tablet case. Healing your feet and helping you to stand out from the crowd: our Epsom salt tablet case gives your iPad that unique (and protective) edge.

Design created by Matt Inman, a Sydney-based graphic designer by day, and a wonder-microscopist by night. late 2014, Matt started using his very second-hand Leica ATC2000 microscope to explore the possibilities of polarized light microscopy as an artistic medium.

Design features:

  • 100% real scientific image
  • bright, vivid (long lasting)
  • full wrap 3D print covering sides of the case
  • gloss finish

Protective features:

  • one-component case with polycarbonate shell
  • protects from bumps and scratches
  • protects back and all sides of the device (and leaving one side free for optional application of iPad Smart Covers)

Other features:

  • precision fit for your device
  • durable and lightweight
  • easy accessibility of camera, charging socket and volume controls
  • made in the UK and South Korea

UPROSA products are handmade to order in the UK - this means our production process starts after you placed your order. Orders are fulfilled (placed into the production cue) within 24 hours after an order was placed. The production time varies and depends on the product category (e.g. Phone Case vs. Make-up Bag).

Please find our production times and geography-specific shipping estimates below:

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  • EU and international orders are shipped with tracking ( Royal Mail Tracked & Signed For or DPD)
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If you are unsure about the model of your phone or MacBook and are worried about ordering the wrong case, we can help! Please feel free to contact one of our scientists at hello@uprosa.com for any purchasing advice. As most of our products are handmade to order, we unfortunately cannot replace your product if you ordered a product in the wrong size.

However, if you detect that you ordered the wrong product within 24 hours of placing the order, please contact us at hello@uprosa.com and we will either amend or cancel the order. In case we accidentally shipped a product with the wrong size (e.g. iPhone 6s instead of iPhone 5se) please contact us and we will replace the item immediately.

We really want you to be completely happy with your UPROSA products! If for any reason this is not the case, please contact us at hello@uprosa.com within 14 days of your purchase explaining what the issue is and we will make sure the situation is resolved to your satisfaction.

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Etana To Tour Europe… Dates Inside

Reggae singer Etana is set to embark on a new tour in Europe this weekend.

The soulful reggae diva will kicked off her busy European schedule this Saturday at the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris, France, and climax on Tuesday in Sweden.

See the full list and dates below

Saturday 23 October 2010
Cabaret Sauvage,Paris, France

Sunday 24 October 2010
Off Corso, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Monday 25 October 2010
Melkweg,Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tuesday 26 October 2010
Babel,Malmö, Sweden

Wednesday 27 October 2010
Gota Kal…

Etana is set to make her movie debut next year in a Jamaican film called Ghett’a Life.


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'Game of Thrones' [VIDEO] season 7 finale practically arranged all the pieces for the final showdown that season 8 is expected to bring to the table. The narrative has Westeros, a land that has been overwhelmed by crime, death, and despair for years, facing the danger of total destruction. The Realm turned out to be the convergence point of all narrative threads that one way or another, are about to collide.

At a first glance, it should be easy to spot sides or in some cases natural allies, but the balance of power is more complex than that. Apparently, a life vs. death clash doesn't meet the criteria for some factors within the narrative plot.

The fragmentation point hasn't reached its bottom yet as Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow [VIDEO] are about to face the biggest dilemma of their lives.

Game of Thrones came up with several weak links

Jon Snow's true origin is by far a hotspot of the story for season 8, but it's not the only one. Although it came at a great cost (one of Daenerys' dragon was killed in the process), the acquiring of an Army of the Dead's exponent hasn't produced the expected response from Cersei Lannister. Her decision to further pursue some reckless ambitions is a ticking bomb.

Furthermore, Jaime Lannister and his brother Tyrion may play an important part too. Two intriguing characters whose actions had a huge impact on the overall story, these two are far from being vetted as a clean bet. They are seeking for a particular type of redemption but without having a certain strategy to work to.

Moving up North, Winterfell which stands as a first testing ground against the Army of the Dead coming down from the Wall has its own issues. Bran may be holding the key now that he can see all the past actions. Arya Stark remains a-hard-to-see-through character while her older sister Sansa may not be ready to endure the dark days to follow.

The Night King might reap all the fruits

A highly-fragmented political system would do the Night King a favor. He and his Army of the Dead have already breached through the Wall and it seems like an ice age of civilization is coming. Basically, he brings cold and death just like a typical ice age does to a planet.

The Worst Case Scenario of how 'Game of Thrones' might end would definitely have the Night King as the ruler of a glacial dead realm. There are solutions to prevent this from happening but the living ones must understand and pursue a common goal rather than personal agendas.


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There has been a lot of news around the NFL with New York Giants star Victor Cruz choosing to retire [VIDEO] and become an analyst for ESPN, along with the league's new helmet rule. It remains to be seen what will happen with the anthem protests due to the new rule allowing players to stay in the locker room for the anthem/possibly getting fined for protesting while on the field.

The value of quarterbacks has only risen in the NFL. Without a good QB, a team can only go so far. One of the best in the game, Aaron Rodgers agreed to a groundbreaking deal to stay with the Green Bay Packers.

Record deal

According to Bleacher Report: "The Green Bay Packers have agreed to a four-year contract extension with quarterback Aaron Rodgers worth $134 million, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network." Not only is it a lucrative contract, but Rodgers will be getting a lot of money, with $80 million guaranteed between now and March.

It was reported that the team and Rodgers were nearing a deal and that both parties wanted to get this done. The deal will make the quarterback the highest paid in the league. Bleacher Report mentions that Matt Ryan signed a deal over the offseason for $100 million guaranteed.

More importantly, the new deal will keep Rodgers with the team until 2023 -- according to SBNation. The QB will be about 40 years old when the deal is up. Aaron Rodgers is not the only one who has gotten paid, as New York Giants star wide-receiver Odell Beckham Jr. recently got a huge deal done [VIDEO].

Coming back from an injury

Aaron Rodgers will be coming back from an injury that plagued him last season as he suffered a broken collarbone against the Vikings in Week 6. The two-time NFL MVP will be looking to come back even stronger and with weapons at his disposal, as the team acquired Jimmy Graham over the offseason, they have Randall Cobb, and they signed rising wide-receiver Davante Adams.

There is some risk with the injuries that Aaron Rodgers has suffered, but the team knew that they wanted to lock up their franchise QB.

Without him, the Packers have been pretty lackluster. The team's issue has been defense, which has been at the bottom of the NFL for quite some time now.

It is widely known that Aaron Rodgers is one of the best quarterbacks in the league today, just behind Tom Brady. It remains to be seen whether Rodgers can win a championship during the next four years. As Rodgers has shown before, with him on the team, they definitely have a shot.


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What is Enamel?

What is Enamel?

We want to give you a bit more history and background into enamelware. Why is it such a classic? What actually is enamelware? Get ready for us to get technical...

In a nutshell, Falcon Enamelware is made from a porcelain enamel – which is a powdered glass - bonded onto steel. The form (your bowl, cup, jug..) is pressed out of a sheet of steel, which is then dipped in the liquid enamel and fired in a kiln.

The porcelain enamel then hardens to a smooth, durable coating on the steel. In order to give good and long-lasting colour, particular metal oxides are added to each enamel mix, the colours are then a result of a chemical reaction in the kiln. Once the first firing is complete, the rim is hand-painted, the Falcon Enamelware crest added to the base and the whole thing is re-fired. And bingo...

The technique of enameling goes back a long way, in fact to the ancient Egyptians and Chinese and then, in Britain, to the Romans (who are heralded for being so inventive). An enamel coating can be applied to stone, pottery, glass and metal - as long as the material can survive the firing process! These early enamel pieces were expensive, decorative and beautiful. It wasn’t until enameled cast iron first became a viable commercial product around 1850 that enameled cookware, sinks and bathtubs bought enameled wares into the home.

Around the same time (give or take a few decades) successful enameling of steel heralded mass market cookware, as it was cheaper than cast iron. The enameling process meant the new cookware was easier to clean and scratch proof (the Victorian version of non-stick), with great heat conductivity and it was also much lighter in weight. In America in particular, enamelware destined for the table was often decorated, with stencils or speckles, in the hope of competing with mass-produced decorative pottery.

The robustness and lightness of enamelware also meant it was great for camping, apparently a late Victorian craze! But stiff competition from other materials, particularly plastic, pretty much saw off enamelware by the mid-twentieth century. Yet tastes for sustainable materials - and the sheer pretty utility of enamelware – have bought it back to grace our ovens, shelves and tables.

Remember that Falcon enamelware is non-toxic, child friendly, easy to clean, resistant to rust and will keep its colour for years...

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Tennessee Outdoor Products

We are compiling an ever growing list of manufacturers from large corporations down to individuals that owns, produces and/or sells 'Outdoor Products' made here in Tennessee.

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Note: Some of the companies listed in this Tennessee Outdoor Products Directory may also own/manufacture/raise/produce them in other states and countries as well. Many businesses alter their brand names, practices and designs with little or no notice, so if there are still questions that remain, we suggest contacting the manufacturer directly.

Have a question, comment, or want to leave a review about any of the Tennessee companies or their products?, use our contact form.

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Anwar Jibawi
Anwar Jibawi 6 days ago
Thanks for watching!
Higo Robo
Higo Robo 19 hours ago
Anwar Jibawy lolloolollllollollolloolollloolollololooloollollollolloloi
Rapid Day ago
Check out this channel usvid.net/video/video-A2Ch-62gi9Q.html Don't forget to like, subscribe and share
Wasabi Polar Bear
Warrior Nooob
Warrior Nooob 2 days ago
Anwar Jibawi good video keep up with the good work
Sayed yasir Shah
M sorry anwar but u r getting down ...if u don't have enough funny stories then take a gap ...m sure u will get the better one u r spoiling the standard of ur recent videos...think about it..
old pump
old pump Hour ago
kiki skylar
kiki skylar 2 hours ago
Hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Abul Kashem
Abul Kashem 4 hours ago
i wated it after playing basketball lol
Mauwa Jordan
Mauwa Jordan 4 hours ago
I wanted to hear the whole song🤣❤
M.E USB 5 hours ago
Omg this video was hilarious! And I am so jealous that my cousin met Stephen, (even tho basketball ain’t my thing) the vid was still good!
Dre Nisay
Dre Nisay 7 hours ago
i could die with phobia
Anwar seems like the young Adam sandler but the smaller version. or its just me?
Unity Of Naais
Unity Of Naais 11 hours ago
Isn't that dad character get up of Anwar Jibawi looking like Ranveer Singh?
Fatemeh Khalafat
Fatemeh Khalafat 11 hours ago
I like the mom lol
Aisha Sultan
Aisha Sultan 11 hours ago
I wish it could be longer or a full movie
j cap
j cap 12 hours ago
Hey you missin your older brother gino d acampo..😂
Andrew P
Andrew P 13 hours ago
I want that Steph Christmas sweater lmao
WOWIE TV 13 hours ago
Sub me niggas
Addae Whitsitt
Addae Whitsitt 14 hours ago
Funniest video I've seen in a minute
ArqishPrasla 15 hours ago
Funny it’s thing ever
taco cats
taco cats 15 hours ago
My family whenever my friends aren't over
DESAVocal #16
DESAVocal #16 15 hours ago
Is he gonna make a video with Lele next??😂😂
Gentel Man
Gentel Man 18 hours ago
Stupid video
Nuran nuran
Nuran nuran 19 hours ago
anwar i have a question for u are u muslim i think u are i watch your vine with bro logan and juampa and u said as a driver u said allhumdolilah my wife gave birth so yhe:)
Johnny pierre
Johnny pierre 21 hour ago
Imagine actually thinking this is funny
Watav Kiddie
Watav Kiddie 21 hour ago
wat is this cringe
love dove49
love dove49 21 hour ago
Stephennnnn curry😍😍😍😍😍😗
The Shopping Bag
The Shopping Bag 21 hour ago
Hey! Im a thrifting youtuber from Ontario, Canada🍁 Check my channel ! I sub all subbies right back!! Any support at all is lovely!💜
Glib Davidyuk
Glib Davidyuk 22 hours ago
My parents when my black friend come over
EvanJBpro 22 hours ago
What did I just watch ohh wait I know now a dad dabbing and trying to floss and rapping xD
Kingsears 99
Kingsears 99 23 hours ago
This is so cringe
Ruben Eker
Ruben Eker 23 hours ago
OMG! is much funny and god all subscribe and like
Abby’s World :3
Abby’s World :3 23 hours ago
*”# Dad Where the fun is a-* *Takes paper and rips and eats*
Daniyal Arshad
Daniyal Arshad 23 hours ago
Your first boring video
Lubna helly
Lubna helly Day ago
Woooow steph is here ☄😍😍
Robenson Alerte
The whole LEG
Yvng Béast
Yvng Béast Day ago
Stephen:you look a lot like your mom man Anwar:I don’t see it 😂
Jade Tejeda
Jade Tejeda Day ago
I'm happy u included Stef curry shout out to him ima big fan he's my most favorite
Travis Brownie
*”ThE wHoLe lEg”*
Masjuice23 F
Masjuice23 F Day ago
Where did curry pull that Brita container out from? His butt?
persian heros
very beauty ... especially In the role of your mother ... good luck brother
Walker Loftin
This was halarious good job man
Express Official
Wtf people find something funny in this video? Its just awkward video.
Keith Pritchett Jr
“You look a lot like your mother” “🤔 I don’t see it.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wasabi Polar Bear
Wasabi Polar Bear
Fake Shroud
Fake Shroud Day ago
BB ki vines
Soccer Freestyles
U have bottle of water and yourself
حيدر امير
متابعك من العراق تحياتي لك انور وان شاء الله نشوفك في هوليوود
Meme Lahib
Meme Lahib Day ago
Omg my uncle used to love that basketball player i love him to
Maryam Fahd
Maryam Fahd Day ago
Cool bro even me and anwar are from the same country
Thuy Wittstock
One like on this comment is one three for Steph Curry next game
Flixzers Blixzers
I thought in the the thumbnail there were two Anwars until I read the title
Haneen Abdelaal
The grandpa had me dying
zlarkthrshr God
Que no anwar jibawi se llamaba el miracle- ?
Hush Whisper
Hush Whisper Day ago
My Christmas Gift to the World usvid.net/video/video-BYD2irfjc38.html
reem a
reem a Day ago
when the dad was 'shook' and then the jingle 2:18 😂
killox Day ago
this is a long advertisement
Νικος Παπαδοπουλος
*bottles fall down* Grandpa: WHaa ? 😂😂😂😂 anwar u rock man
iiBoltStriker Playz
Why do Anwar and Steph look alike
Trisha Belle
Trisha Belle Day ago
Caffeinated Nation
The Nutty Anwar 😂
Oyewale Munirat
God Anwar. I love you *you look alot like your mom*i don't see it* that killed me
Bleh Bleh
Bleh Bleh Day ago
I hate when people say like if you bleh bleh it’s so annoying- like if you agree- LmAo I’m Jp 😂
Mrs Malik
Mrs Malik Day ago
I always keep it 100 #NIGHTSCHOOL
Solange Marks
How many times did you have to change
Hasib YouTube
Ibraheem Hmaad
Hy anwar can you make live tv show please. And thank you
Lucas Santoro
Hahahaha! I LMAO when Dad took the second note. I'm still laughing while I write this.
Elijah Castro
Desiree Jimenez
Just learned how to be thankful for my family. That's exactly how my fam is w/ people we invite or whoever shows up and we're Mexican so.....
C A Day ago
OMAR_XXQ Gaming 2 days ago
where is inanna any more
Kalina Trifunov
Kalina Trifunov 2 days ago
U met curry!!!!!!!
tino sanchez
tino sanchez 2 days ago
sub to pew die pie if you love anwar
rogelio almanza
rogelio almanza 2 days ago
Love it lol
Im NikzX
Im NikzX 2 days ago
Damn Anwar i didnt know u looked exactly like your whole family!
INAMINCART 2 days ago
Back in my day we wore real shorts you could see the whole leg
zagham syed
zagham syed 2 days ago
i just watched a brita water filter commercial by anwar lol
Sebastian Wong
Sebastian Wong 2 days ago
why do stephen and anwar look the exact same ?
Warrior Nooob
Warrior Nooob 2 days ago
I’m not sure if it was part of the video but anwar dad hits his hand with the table
Shitty episode
Creamchiz5OnYT 2 days ago
*Haters Gonna Haters!!*
Med Sousane
Med Sousane 2 days ago
99% of * Anwar Jibawi Fans* won't read this but... . . . . You are the 1%, *Have a good day* ❤❤❤
dan nish
dan nish 2 days ago
Ledri Nuha
Ledri Nuha 2 days ago
im a big fan
Stephanie Rkdjfbdn
Cute and funny
mcmalek 12
mcmalek 12 2 days ago
Like from libyan follower
Leula Vines
Leula Vines 2 days ago
I am your number one fun and I want to follow your foot step. and any one who care sub to me and help me achieve my dreams. From ethiopia 🇪🇹 east Africa.
jeckef jacki
jeckef jacki 2 days ago
You should let your dad sing it was cool
TrollTube 2 days ago
Victor Velazquez
Victor Velazquez 2 days ago
This dude has twin brother he has a lot of twin brothers
12345678910 go
12345678910 go 2 days ago
It was just an add for brita
Boop Btee
Boop Btee 2 days ago
where is grandma
Brotherly Love Nation
Bro, you’ve got to tell me how you cloned yourself to make them act as your family. Like wow.
Christopher Carrasco
Adventure King
Adventure King 2 days ago
Marco 2 days ago
This might have been the cringiest thing I've ever watched
Zariah Ward
Zariah Ward 2 days ago
"I'm thankful that I don't live in this house anymore" I died😂😂😂
Happy squad
Happy squad 2 days ago
toxic.pink 2 days ago
this was the best bad ad i ever got
Better Brandon
Better Brandon 2 days ago
me: i’m thirsty stephen curry: *pops out from under a rug* hErE yOu gO
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Skins you can use as Wildling.

The Wildling is one of the Classes you can play as in Vagante with focuses on Close Quarter Combat that is centered around the berserk status.

Starting Set[edit | edit source]

Health: 100 STR: 3 DEX: 4 VIT: 5 INT: 4 LCK: 1

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Fist Weapon Affinities Icon New.png Fist Weapon
Level 1 Heavy Hit Increase the stun/knockback of fist weapons.
Level 2 Brawler Change the direction of fist weapon attacks. Mixed-direction combos deal more damage.
Level 3 Pummel 1 Hold attack to unleash mulitple attacks when using fist weapons. Combos always deal more damage.
Level 4 Pummel 2 Sustain longer rounds of pummeling.
Level 5 Pummel 3 Sustain even longer rounds of pummeling.
Berserk Icon New.png Berserk
Level 1 Berserker's Blood Continuous attacks will cause you to go berserk!
Level 2 Pain Tolerance Take less damage while berserking.
Level 3 Berserker's Blood 2 Attacks while berserking steal life. Increased berserk duration.
Level 4 Killing Bonus Each enemy killed while berserking will increase your strength.
Level 5 Berserker's Blood 3 Increase the effect of berserk.
Animal Icon New.png Animal
Level 1 Lion's Roar Tap [Interact] while holding up to unleash an intimidating roar.
Knocks back both allies and enemies. Deals damage if entities collide during knockback.
Level 2 Bear's Stomp While airborne, press down and jump to perform a crushing attack.
Deals damage every frame you are falling in Bear's Stomp. Negates fall damage. If used too many times in a row, stuns for a short period of time.
Level 3 Wolf's Sprint Press [Interact] while holding left or right to roll to enable inhuman sprint capabilities. Cannot be used while exhausted.
Invulnerable to most sources of damage as long as you continue moving in Wolf's Sprint. Ends after at least ten seconds of running.

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The character is based on the deprived class in Dark Souls and an older design of the first Wildling skin was inspired by Princess Mononoke.[1]

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a better life, awareness, Beliefs, chaos, christmas, dreams, Energy, eternity, faith, game of life, God, hope, Imagination, life, love, order, perspective, salvation, saviour, spirituality, you

Christmas salvation.

Imagine. Believe.

Imagine. Believe.

Christmas is a few days away and it got me thinking.

What does Christmas mean to you?

For me, it has always meant a lot, it meant and still means everything. It means a celebration of a birth, a life, a saviour of the world of one of the most influential person that has ever walked this earth.

Does Christmas mean everything to you too? What does it mean to you?

Or is it just about getting together with friends and families and drinking, eating and merry-making? Or is it about present giving and Santa Claus? There’s a few sitting under our Christmas tree. Or is it about being alone? What does Christmas mean to you?

Like I said, for me, Christmas means everything – it means LIFE.

It is a beginning and it is an end.

It is a time of chaos and a time of order.

It is a time of darkness and a time of light.

It is a time of reflection and a time of hope.

It is a time of aloneness and a time of interaction.

It is a time of blessed relief and imagining and believing all of God’s promises manifest itself in to that one person – Jesus Christ.

Amongst all the chaos and loudness and joyousness of the Christmas period, take a moment or two if you can to try and imagine what it was like for this little baby that was born in to poverty. This little baby that we all believe was and is the saviour of the world.

A little baby called Jesus.

Imagine what the conditions were like during the time of his birth. There might have only been one candle inside the stable. Today, Christmas, like Diwali in the hindu calendar is a celebration of light and you don’t need to look very hard to see it before your eyes in your own neighbourhood – beautifully designed lighting on houses and buildings.

Many people today associate Christmas being filled with the ones you love with lots of noise and laughter. Wonderful version of the truth.

When Jesus was born, I imagine the place located on a hill outside Jerusalem would have wreaked with loneliness. So, for those of you that may feel a sense of loneliness during this time and in particular, on Christmas day don’t be. You’re not alone, you have good company. Jesus too was very lonely at birth.

Jesus’s birth certainly wasn’t in luxury. You could imagine the toughness and roughness of the trough that he laid in. The trough or what was a similar to a modern-day baby cot, he felt at birth may have been as cruel a place as the cross he felt at his death. The end was like the beginning for Jesus. What will your end be like?

What about his first gasp for air? What about his first few cries, what would they have been like to welcome in to this world? I imagine that his infant cries we may have heard coming from stable may have been no less desperate and heart-piercing than his final cry on the cross. I wonder if some of the shouts and yells on Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations this year will be for the pain our saviour cried out over during his arrival and departure from this world. Our world, the world he came to save.

A variation of the 'back single biceps" pose ... on the beach. The combination of chaos + order = Life.

A variation of the ‘back single biceps” pose … on the beach.
The combination of chaos + order = Life.

So, what is Christmas to you?

Celebrate? You say. Yes, of course, I say. Celebrate and be merry!

But if you have a little time, try to … imagine and … project yourself back to that lonely stable and try to imagine celebrating, most heartily with food and wine and dance amidst the stench of the stable. Do you know what that dung-like smell that existed in that little stable could represent today? It could represent the refuse of the world – the ugliness, the hatred, the selfishness, the rubbish.

And when you hope for a better New Year, try imagining celebrating at the foot of that painful cross. And why do I leave you with that ghastly image – not to sound negative, but to point out that that image of us at the foot of that cross is the one and only thing that really keeps that ‘life force’ lit in you for yet another day.

Do you know what that life force is? It is that image that epitomises the whole foundation of Christianity and the whole reason we have Christmas. That image of us Christians at the foot of his cross is the ending and the beginning. It is our belief – our hope. It is the essence of what it means to be a Christian. The unwavering belief and hope that that little baby boy born in to poverty and rejected by many, died for all our sins.

Hope – that is all that we are and all that we will ever truly have within us for as long as we are alive.

Christmas for Christians is the celebration of the saviour of the world! Believe. Really believe. There is a passage that has always stayed with me since my youth:

“Ask and ye shall receive; seek and ye shall find.” Achieve your salvation at Christmas, through Jesus – our saviour.

From me to you – Merry Christmas.

Imagine then. Live and be ALIVE now. Imagine and hope for a better future. A better YOU.

Until next time,

Push-ups on the local beach. Basics can be hard work!

Push-ups on the local beach. Basics can be hard work!

~~Life & wellness COACH~~

~~Life & wellness COACH~~


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Maid of Dishonor

According to TLC a Maid of Honor is suppose to be the Brides right-hand woman. Some of their duties include:

  • Help the bride dress and deal with her hair, jewelry and the unavoidable wedding day jitters.             (she was M.I.A)
  • Check the last minute details, like instructions for the photographer and deliveries to the hall.                 (We were waiting on her)
  • Act as a messenger between the bride and groom (and various family members). (again M.I.A)
  • Handle dress and veil issues. Hold and protect the groom’s ring.  (hmmmm NO)
  • Hold the bride’s bouquet for the duration of the wedding ceremony.  (check she did that)
  • Toast the bride and groom.   (I GOT ROASTED)

Well, my Maid of Dishonor pretty much showed her face and acted like a guest more than anything. She definitely was not my right-hand woman.

When Marie  and I were little (4yrs old) we would play dress up, our Barbies would marry Ken a zillion times, we concocted a mixture of ingredients from under her sink which we called magua (baby powder, jean nate’ body splash, baby oil, shampoo) we were two peas in a pod, sisters from  another mother. As we got older and experienced LIFE, we still managed to remain the best of friends.  We both went through divorces, had children, lived life as single moms, LOVED hard, experienced broken hearts but through that we somehow managed to keep our spirits up for the one day we would find love again and marry our “dream guy”.

When  I got engaged I knew right away who I wanted standing up next to me, my two best friends Marie and Jenny. I would break all the rules and have both be my Maid of Honor. I had visions of the three of us on my wedding day just having some girl time, sipping champagne, listening  to 80’s music while getting all dolled up for the big moment. I just knew that before I was to meet “The Major” (my husband) at the altar I wanted to be surrounded by the women who meant the world to me.

Well, that’s not how it turned out.  Jenny was unable to make it due to an unfortunate situation and Marie…….well……… on.  The wedding was held in Vegas,  we wanted it to be small and very intimate. Just close friends and family……this wasn’t our first rodeo (both been married before). I was still going to make the most of it; I thought that Marie, her 2 girls (my flower girls) and I could get ready together.  Once we met up at the hotel, I went over the schedule with everyone……….then Marie(my maid of honor) informed me that she was going to take her daughters to go “see Vegas”. What??? 3 hours before the wedding and she wants to see Vegas? It’s not like she doesn’t come to Vegas often. Plus, since when does a Maid of Honor just take off? We still had to put the flower girls flowers together, I needed her assistance to get me into that stupid corset contraption that I tried to put it on myself earlier that week  and almost pulled a muscle in my back….it’s a two person job!! I looked at her, waiting for her to say she was joking ….but she wasn’t.  The image of me and my best friends having some girl time before my wedding vanished.

The hair and make up lady came and asked me where my maid of honor was, “seeing Vegas!”  I said. She was sweet and tried to make the experience fun, but the whole time I was wishing Marie was there. Once she left, I had gathered up the flower girls bouqet and tried to hot glue bows and ribbon to them to look pretty, I am NOT crafty and the experience just left me frustrated. When it was time to put on my gown, tears began to well up ……………I called my sister (who was unable to make it due to weather)and told her everything that was going on. “you’re in your room alone?” yes……she was pissed. I ended up having to ask my husbands,best mans wife to help me with the corset….she ended up making the men go get us some drinks and she made the time leading up to the wedding pleasant. She was the sweetest!  When it was time to meet the limo driver, Marie was running late…..of course. When we finally made it into the limo I would have thought she would be right next to me…….i thought wrong. She sat at the very far end with cellphone in hand, texting and calling her boyfriend.  WOW I thought. We got to the chapel and I tried to ignore my maid of honors behavior. Part of me wanted to ask her if everything was ok but I left it alone. The wedding was amazing ……………………..the dinner  was delicious except the unexpected roast. Yeah, my “maid of dishonor” decided to roast me at the dinner table in front of my husbands daughter (who I just met) and his bestfriend, his wife and Maries family. She said some very hurtful embarrassing things……….was this the role a Maid of honor according to TLC,The Knot and all the other wedding websites out there it wasn’t!! Shortly after we had finished our cake she said she was going to take off to gamble. WOW…….. I saw her briefly the next morning and all she said was “ohhh I forgot your gift I will mail it to you” (still waiting…..6 months later) ohhhhh and she showed me a picture of her with Santa and his half naked hot “Elves” that she had taken when she was seeing the sights rather than being with her best friend hours before the wedding.

Her actions really bothered me and as much as I wanted to say something I just hoped it would just go away. I was married to my best friend and that all that mattered….so I thought. Weeks went by and a day didn’t pass that I didn’t wonder why did she act that way. She had been part of so many weddings and had just taken part in her sisters wedding and I know for a fact that when she gets married her maid of honor will be at her beckon call and won’t be “seeing the sights”. I began to think of those times growing up when she had to be in the spotlight…..things had to be about her, as an adult it was the same way. I always made excuses for her self centered behavior because she was my bestfriend, she’s been in my life for 35 years……When she needed help with putting together a surprise party for her boyfriend I was there for her, when she made a spectacle of herself at the party I was there to take care of things……yet on the biggest day of my life she was M.I.A.

A month later I sent her a text and asked her if everything was alright between her and her boyfriend. She said yes and asked me why. I proceeded to tell her that I was just concerned, especially the night of my wedding. I told her how I felt when she decided to “see Vegas” rather than do the prewedding primping together, that the roast was totally uncool and her behavior was just unlike her. I anticipated a text or a hurried call to say she was sorry but instead I got a text stating “I guess I don’t have what it takes to be your friend, have a nice life”.  I tried calling but she avoided my calls, I texted her asking her one simple question “would you be ok if your maid of honor, your best friend acted the way you did on your wedding day? Would you be ok if she left your side to “SEE THE SIGHTS”? ………. I never wanted to admit it but you are very self absorbed”

I haven’t heard from her since. I do miss her …….. but it doesn’t excuse her behavior. I am only hoping that when she gets married and she’s surrounded by her girlfriends that she remembers back to how she treated me, her bestfriend,her “sister” on my wedding day……..on second thought i hope Karma bites her in her ass and her Maid of Honor treats her just like she treated me.

…….. i know , i know that’s wrong…….

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