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Taken at Burnaby Lake Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, CA.
From last September. How often do you get the whole group with their faces out of the muck, eh?
Better On Black
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"SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BOROWED, SOMETHING BLUE, EVERYONE EQUAL #equalmarriage".
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Governor Earl Ray Tomblin presented a plaque on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, to Upshur County representatives designating the county as an official retirement community. Retire WV reviews each community to make sure it qualifies.
West Virginia's innate strengths of exceptional natural beauty, a large variety of arts, crafts, mountain culture & history, excellent recreational opportunities, a low cost of living, and an abundant supply of important services are key to welcoming you home to West Virginia!
Within a days drive for 60% of the nation's population, West Virginia is the choice retirement destination for those who wish to maintain an active retirement lifestyle. And being within a days drive of home means that it's easy to get back for a visit or to have friends and family come and visit you, and maybe consider setting down roots in West Virginia, too!
Geographically speaking, West Virginia lies in the Appalachian Highlands of the eastern United States, an area of forested mountains and narrow valleys. It is a mix of small urbanized areas and large expanses of rural lands.
West Virginia's distinct but basically mild four-season climate is attractive to retirees currently residing in the harsher climates of the northeast, midwest, and southern United States - particularly those who enjoy the outdoors and related activities.
West Virginia's climate is known as humid continental, with warm summers and cool winters. It can vary considerably between nearby areas depending on the region within the state, but any variation is mainly due to differences in altitude. Statewide, the four seasons are nearly equal in length.
The average state temperature is 72 degrees Fahrenheit in July and 32 degrees Fahrenheit in January.
Quality of Life
A study comparing various salient factors for 17 of West Virginia's cities and towns to United States averages has shown that West Virginia does indeed offer a higher quality of life alternative to retirees who desire to relocate.
Quality of Life measures such things as population density per square mile, air and water quality, commute time, and comfort index.
West Virginia's population density is 12.8% less than the national average. This provides our citizens more elbowroom to breathe our cleaner air and enjoy a water supply that rates right alongside the U.S. as a whole.
Our highways and byways are less crowded as indicated a by a commute time 15% less than the national average.
And although our comfort index is some 10% lower than the national index, our slightly higher summertime humidity is in large part due to our beautiful forested mountains that provide the best autumn vistas in the eastern United States.
Cost of Living
A recent analysis indicated that the cost of living in West Virginia was 23.0% less than that of the Northeastern United States.
Cost of Living is an index that compares costs between areas. It weights and combines the six measurements of housing, food and groceries, transportation, utilities, health care, and miscellaneous expenses such as clothing, services, and entertainment. State and local taxes are not included in any category.
The average cost of living in the United States is represented as a value of 100. A value of 95 would mean that it costs 5% less than the national average to live a particular geographic area, and a value of 110 would mean that it's 10% more expensive.
The overall Cost of Living Index (COLI) for the 17 West Virginia cities rated is 97.0.
Tax Information
There are three separate revenue streams to fund the governmental operation of West Virginia: Income, Property, and Sales tax.
Personal Income Tax
This is a graduated tax, with these graduations beginning at $10,000 and continuing through $60,000. Only that portion of Social Security benefits that is included in Federal adjusted gross income is subject to state income tax.
Military Retirement Exemption
The first $22,000 in benefits derived from military retirement is exempted from West Virginia personal income tax obligations.
Property Tax
Property taxes are levied on both real and personal property in West Virginia. In general, real property is land and anything permanently attached to land, and personal property is all other objects or rights that can be owned. The West Virginia Department of Tax and Revenue supervises the collection of these taxes which is done by local county officials. The primary beneficiaries of the Property Tax are county boards of education. Property is assessed according to its use, location and value as of July 1 of each year. Each county and municipality can impose its own rates of property taxation within the limits set by the West Virginia Constitution. The West Virginia Legislature sets the rate of tax of county boards of education. All county boards of education Statewide use this rate.
Overall Property Tax Burden
West Virginia's owner-occupied residential property tax burden is among the lowest in the nation. According to a recent study by the Tax Foundation, West Virginia ranked 49th out of 50 states and the District of Columbia in share of median family income necessary to pay local property taxes in 2006. West Virginia also ranked 49th in median annual property taxes paid on a home of just $422 in 2006.
Homestead Exemption
This exemption is for residents sixty-five and older who own and occupy their home exclusively for residential purposes. The homeowner who has legally resided in West Virginia for two consecutive taxable years prior to filing a claim qualifies for an exemption from ad valorem property taxes on the first $20,000 of the assessed value of the homestead.
Other Property Tax Burden Reduction Programs
In addition to the Homestead Exemption, West Virginia offers other property tax burden reduction programs. The State provides a refundable tax credit of up to $1,000 to any homeowner whose residential property tax burden exceeds 4% of the homeowner's annual gross income. Residents sixty-five years or older may choose to defer the payment of an increase in their residential property tax bill if the increase is in excess of $300 in any single year. Lower income senior citizens may also qualify for a refundable State tax credit equal to at least a portion of local property taxes paid.
Sales Tax
Currently, the general tax rate is six percent. Food for home consumption is taxed at a lower rate of three percent. Prescription drugs, insulin, and purchases made with food stamps are exempt from taxation.
Estate Tax or Inheritance Tax
The State of West Virginia imposes no taxes on estates or inheritances.
Photos available for media use. All photos should be attributed “Photo courtesy of Office of the Governor.”
2015-11-14 Hamburg-Germany Demonstration
Refugees Welcome means Equal Rights for all
Right to the City network
Under the impression of yesterday’s killings in Paris, around 9.000 refugees and supporters took to the streets of Hamburg.
We stand together united, in hope not hate!
Let’s be neighbors: Housing in apartments!
No isolation in tents, warehouses and mass-camps!
Migration happens: Freedom of movement is a human right! Right to stay for everyone!
Against defining asylum down; No one is a ›bad‹ migrant; stop deportations!
Make solidarity practical: Support the migrant struggles! For the right to full participation in society!
Equal Sweetener Sugar Substitute Sucralose , 9/2014 by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube.
President Obama, who is traveling to Africa on Air Force One today called the plaintiffs in the Defense of Marriage Act case, congratulating them on their victory.
In a statement, the president said that he applauds the court's decision to strike down "discrimination enshrined in law."
"The Supreme Court has righted that wrong, and our country is better off for it. We are a people who declared that we are all created equal – and the love we commit to one another must be equal as well," Obama said. "This ruling is a victory for couples who have long fought for equal treatment under the law; for children whose parents' marriages will now be recognized, rightly, as legitimate; for families that, at long last, will get the respect and protection they deserve; and for friends and supporters who have wanted nothing more than to see their loved ones treated fairly and have worked hard to persuade their nation to change for the better."
I used the photo shop adjustment equalize for this result
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---- Church of St. Nicholas of Bari of Melia, the monument for the Marchioness Virginia Corvaja Catherine died in a.C. 1760 ----
---- Chiesa di S.Nicolò di Bari di Melia, il monumento funebre della Marchesina Caterina Virginia Corvaja morta nel 1760 ----
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June 10, 1940, from the balcony of Palazzo Venezia in Rome, seat of the Grand Council of Fascism, the Duce Benito Mussolini announces the Italian entry into the war on the side of Nazi Germany; Mussolini already now stands as a military goal to have an enemy to be defeated in order to start the so-called "parallel war" on Germany (Italy would fight so with the German allies, but pursuing autonomous and independent objectives); In fact, the Duce, he wanted to prove to Hitler (who took the decisions on the course of the war without first consult Him) that Italy had to be considered military, political and economic of equal importance to the German one, so in order to achieve that, he need an opponent militarily within his reach, this opponent seemed to be Greece as it was geographically close, seemed to have weak military, a political class unwilling to fight, but the reckless attack proved be a serious military mistake with heavy consequences. This is the scenary as a backdrop to a group of military Sicilians catapulted on the Greek front, young soldiers who immediately realize of the prevailing military disorganization, their life appears hanging by a thread ... but there is a Saint who can help them... they finance the construction of the float of St. Sebastian, patron saint of the town of Melia in the municipality of Mongiuffi Melia (Messina), maybe (the figure is not certain) the idea of the float is from corporal Cingari of Melia, so asking S.Sebastian for help and protection (S.Sebastian is the principal patron saint invoked against the plague .... . isn't the War a plague...?!); participants enter their names in a silver casket bearing cantilevered effigy of the Royal Army, if they will die will remain at least a trace of their earthly life. This particular float has the Saint Sebastian who seems to have the military salute, on the basis of float is written: "The Infantries of the first company and officials of the 3rd Regiment.Infantry. Piedmont Fighters in the year 1940 during the battle of Greek devotees offered" .
This is a short and long reports on the traditional festival that the village of Melia (Mongiuffi Melia - Messina) celebrates in honor of its Patron Saint San Sebastian, with thet float that was so ardently desired by those Sicilians soldiers in those bleak darkest hours in our history.
A curiosity, every year on the occasion of the procession are distributed to the population of the loaves in the shape of arrows (they remember the 1st martyrdom) , this year the priest Father Di Bella has expressed the wish about the bread don't have the form with the shape of arrows because this form carriers in itself a sign of violence, this year the loaves had the shape of a "cuddura" (donut-shaped), as is the case for the San Leonardo holiday, celebrated in the other fraction of Mongiuffi, opposite of Melia.
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il 10 giugno 1940, dal balcone di Palazzo Venezia in Roma, sede del Gran Consiglio del fascismo, il Duce Benito Mussolini annuncia agli Italiani l'ingresso in guerra dell'Italia a fianco della Germania nazista; già da subito Mussolini si pone come obiettivo militare quello di avere un nemico da sconfiggere per poter avviare la cosiddetta "guerra parallela" alla Germania (l'Italia avrebbe combattuto sì con gli alleati tedeschi, ma perseguendo obiettivi autonomi ed indipendenti); il Duce infatti, voleva dimostrare a Hitler (che prendeva le decisioni sull’andamento della guerra senza preventivamente consultarlo) che l'Italia doveva essere considerata potenza militare, politica ed economica di uguale importanza a quella tedesca, quindi per poter raggiungere tale scopo, aveva bisogno di un avversario militarmente alla sua portata, questo avversario sembrava essere la Grecia in quanto era geograficamente vicina, sembrava avere forze armate deboli, una classe politica poco disposta a battersi ed una popolazione poco interessata agli eventi nazionali, ma l'avventato attacco si rivelò essere un grave errore militare con pesanti conseguenze. Questo lo scenario che fa da sfondo ad un gruppo di militari Siciliani catapultati sul fronte Greco, giovani soldati i quali subito si rendono conto dell'imperante disorganizzazione militare, la loro vita appare appesa ad un filo...un Santo a cui votarsi forse c'è...si autotassano per finanziare la costruzione della vara di San Sebastiano, Santo Protettore della frazione di Melia del comune di Mongiuffi Melia (Messina), forse (il dato non è certo) l'idea della vara è del caporale Cingari originario di Melia, chiedendo così protezione ed aiuto a S.Sebastiano, Santo Protettore invocato contro la peste (esiste una peste meno grave della Guerra ?!); i partecipanti alla colletta inseriscono i loro nomi all'interno di una teca in argento recante a sbalzo l'effigie del Regio Esercito, se moriranno resterà almeno una traccia della loro vita terrena, in più collegata al Santo. Viene realizzata questa particolare vara col Santo che sembra eseguire il saluto militare, sulla base della vara è scritto " I FANTI DELLA 1a COMP. E UFFICIALI DEL 3° REGG.FANT. "PIEMONTE" COMBATTENTI NELL'ANNO 1940 AL FRONTE GRECO DEVOTI OFFRIRONO".
Questo è un breve e lungo report sulla festa tradizionale che il borgo di Melia compie in onore del suo Santo Patrono San Sebastiano, portando in processione quella vara che fu così ardentemente voluta da quei militari Siciliani in quelle ore tetre e buie della nostra recente storia.
Una curiosità, ogni anno in occasione della processione vengono distribuite alla popolazione delle pagnotte a forma di frecce (a ricordare il 1° martirio del Santo Bimartire), quest'anno il sacerdote Padre Di Bella ha espresso il desiderio di non dare quelle fattezze al pane poichè portatrici in sè di un segno di violenza, quindi i pani hanno avuto la forma a "cuddura" (a ciambella), analogamente a quanto avviene per la festa di San Leonardo, festeggiato nell'altra frazione di Mongiuffi, dirimpettaia di Melia (entrambi i borghi formano il comune siculo di Mongiuffi Melia).
Equal-armed brooch.
Bronze, iron and textile.
Equal-armed brooches are significant for the Swedish mainland and often have geometric decor or animal ornamentation.
Grave find, Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden.
SHM 34000:Bj 1081
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Infographic text:
"SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BOROWED, SOMETHING BLUE, EVERYONE EQUAL #equalmarriage".
Read the DCMS news item at www.culture.gov.uk/news/news_stories/9692.aspx
Women in leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World. A panel discussion at the Ministry of Foreign Aairs, 3 March 2021.
Photo credit: UN Women/Ploy Phutpheng
Mayako Nakamura Solo show
"One equals two equals one"
Gallery Hinoki BC / Kyobashi, Tokyo
2011.10.17-22
中村 眞弥子 展 ふたごの部屋
ギャラリー檜BC / 京橋
2011.10.17-22
ふたつがひとつ。ひとつがふたつ。
ふたごの部屋で
ふつうではないけれど、ふつうなことを。
ふしぎではないけれど、ふしぎなことを。
そっと、感じてみたい。そっと、感じていたい。
Please view panoramic photos of my show at:-
www.jpartmuseum.com/jam_live/hinoki06/_flash/01.html
Знания студентов в области защиты леса не станут скуднее от того, что им их будет преподавать гомосексуал.
По статистике от 7 до 13% населения планеты гомосексуальны или бисексуальны. ЛГБТ — обычные члены современного общества, и присутствуют во всех его сферах.
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Students will not know less about forest protection if they are taught by a homosexual
Statistics says that from 7 to 13% of the whole population of the Earth are homosexual or bisexual. LGBT people are not different from other members of today society, and are present in all its segments.
Equal Pay Day
21. März, 12 – 14 Uhr
22 % auf ALLES für Frauen im sattgrün
Satte 22 Prozent – so hoch ist der Lohnunterschied zwischen Frauen und Männern im Durchschnitt. Gründe dafür sind:
Frauen arbeiten oft in Berufen, die schlechter bezahlt werden.
Frauen sind es meistens, die für die Erziehung ihrer Kinder oder die Pflege von Angehörigen eine Berufspause einlegen.
Frauen arbeiten häufig in Teilzeit und in Minijobs. Frauen erhalten bei gleichwertiger Qualifikation und gleichwertiger Arbeit weniger Geld.
Das wollen wir ändern und mit Ihnen hierüber ins Gespräch kommen.
Am Freitag zahlen Frauen im sattgrün am Hafen von 12 bis 14 Uhr für Essen und Getränke 22% weniger. Die GRÜNEN in NRW möchten mit dieser Aktion auf die immer noch bestehende Lohnungleichheit zwischen Frauen und Männern aufmerksam machen und laden ein zum gemütlichen Mittagessen mit:
Barbara Steffens
NRW-Ministerin für Gesundheit, Emanzipation, Pflege und Alter
Sven Lehmann
Landesvorsitzender der GRÜNEN NRW
Miriam Koch
GRÜNE Oberbürgermeisterkandidatin für Düsseldorf
Terry Reintke
GRÜNE Kandidatin für das Europaparlament