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Le Défi d’être une Adulte avec l’empatie

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

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Et maintenant pour le Parti II du defi pour être Adulte, apés avoir fait les six choses avants:

Avant-d’être-Adulte, les Adultes, et les Rites de Passage …

Chers Amis voici une autre idée  pour vous :  Un nouveau rite de passage .

On a besoin d’un nouveau rite de passage dont chaque adolescent doit a son plein gré  enseigner quelqu’un, de zéro, une habilité utile et   important . Il doit être une habilité dont la personne a besoin dans le monde réale, par exemple d’alphabet jusque au lire les livres simples, ou d’énumérer jusque aux tables de multiplication , ou d’écrire un sentence jusque au un essai, ou de pas de anglais jusque au l’anglais passable dans les états-Unis.     

Ce projet doit exiger un investissement sérieux de temps (de préférence deux ou trois heures par jour) pour au moins an ans . Ainsi le jeune peut être fier…

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Florida Man Charged with Hate Crimes Following Use of Vehicle in Racially-Motivated Attack Against a Black Man Driving with His Family | OPA | Department of Justice

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Roger Handberg for the Middle District of Florida announced today that a federal grand jury in Tampa, Florida, returned a two-count indictment charging Jordan Patrick Leahy, 29, with committing hate crimes for his racially-motivated attack on a Black man who was driving along a public road in Seminole, Florida.

The indictment alleges that on Aug. 8, 2021, Leahy willfully intimidated and interfered with J.T., and attempted to injure, intimidate and interfere with J.T. through the use of a dangerous weapon (Leahy’s vehicle), because of J.T.’s race and color, and because J.T. was traveling on a public road in Seminole, Florida. According to the indictment, J.T.’s girlfriend and daughter were also in the car with J.T. when Leahy allegedly committed the attack.

 

Source: Florida Man Charged with Hate Crimes Following Use of Vehicle in Racially-Motivated Attack Against a Black Man Driving with His Family | OPA | Department of Justice

Hearing Aid Company Eargo Inc. Agrees to Pay $34.37 Million to Settle Common Law and False Claims Act Allegations for Unsupported Diagnosis Codes | OPA | Department of Justice

The United States alleged that, from Jan. 1, 2017, through Jan. 31, 2021, Eargo included unsupported hearing loss-related diagnosis codes on claims for hearing aid devices that Eargo submitted to the FEHBP and on invoices — called superbills — that Eargo provided to FEHBP beneficiaries to obtain reimbursement for such devices from the FEHBP. The United States further alleged that between Feb. 1, 2021, and Sept. 22, 2021, Eargo continued to include these unsupported hearing loss-related diagnosis codes on claims and superbills — even after completing an internal review of its billing and coding practices in January 2021 — resulting in Eargo knowingly submitting or causing the submission of false claims for payment to the FEHBP.

Source: Hearing Aid Company Eargo Inc. Agrees to Pay $34.37 Million to Settle Common Law and False Claims Act Allegations for Unsupported Diagnosis Codes | OPA | Department of Justice

You Say You Won’t Vote In November??? | Filosofa’s Word

You’ve all heard it many times before.  I’ve posted it here on Filosofa’s Word a number of times in various contexts.  But today, I am asking you to read it and think about it from the perspective of those who, given the political chaos and unrest at present, still shrug their shoulders, say that “these…
— Read on jilldennison.com/2022/04/29/you-say-you-wont-vote-in-november/

the sweetest nectar by Jeff Flesch

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the sweetest nectar

by Jeff Flesch, Monthly Contributor
sites: Develop. Inspire. Transform, and on Twitter.

with the wind at my back
I relax

and
sit inside all the glory before me

the blooming flowers
and the resplendent arches on the trees
as they hang with the most delicious fruit seen

they drip with the sweetest nectar
a life in transience and shelter

from the pain
deep inside the veins trees

for it is me
I see

living inside the contexts beneath
the washed out scene

delivering to us all
the gift of humanity

@Jeff Flesch

Jeff grew up in Los Angeles and now lives in Corvallis, Oregon, where he works in Educational Leadership. Jeff’s interests and passions include personal and professional development, developing new ways to increase access to higher education, and creating inspiration, transformation, and more equity throughout society. You can read…

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Member of Georgia Chapter of Oath Keepers Pleads Guilty to Seditious Conspiracy and Obstruction of Congress for Efforts to Stop Transfer of Power Following 2020 Presidential Election | OPA | Department of Justice

In his guilty plea, Ulrich admitted that, from November 2020 through January 2021, he conspired with other Oath Keepers members and affiliates to use force to prevent, hinder and delay the execution of the laws of the United States governing the transfer of presidential power. He and others used encrypted and private communications, equipped themselves with a variety of weapons, donned combat and tactical gear, and were prepared to use force to stop the transfer of power.

In the weeks leading to Jan. 6, 2021, Ulrich and others used an application called “Signal” to prepare for the actions that would take place that day. Ulrich encouraged others in a group called “Oath Keepers of Georgia” to join him in Washington. In one chat, on Dec. 5, 2020, he messaged the group, “I seriously wonder what it would take just to get ever patriot marching around the capital armed? Just to show our government how powerless they are!” On Dec. 11, 2020, Ulrich messaged the group chat that “Civil War” may be necessary if Joseph R. Biden became President of the United States, adding, “I made my peace with God before I joined.” Another individual later messaged, “Remember, it is not over until January 20th.” Ulrich responded, “And if there’s a Civil War then there’s a Civil War.”

Ulrich also purchased tactical gear and other items, including two-way radio receivers, a recon backpack, a tactical holster, a medical tourniquet, and a half skull motorcycle helmet. Ulrich was told by another co-conspirator that others would be available with firearms. On Jan. 4, he traveled with other Oath Keepers to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, staying in a downtown hotel with others.

On Jan. 6, after learning the Capitol had been breached, Ulrich and others traveled to the Capitol on golf carts, driving around multiple barricades, including marked law enforcement vehicles. Ulrich was wearing a tactical vest, radio equipment, a body-worn camera, goggles, a camouflage tactical backpack, a black neck gaiter, and an Oath Keepers hat.

He and others weaved through the restricted area in a military “stack” formation with hands on shoulders and gear. Ulrich marched in a line up the stairs on the east side of the Capitol. He entered the building at 3:22 p.m., maneuvering himself toward the entrance to the Rotunda as law enforcement officers were attempting to clear the area. After officers deployed chemical-irritant spray, Ulrich left the Capitol and gathered with other co-conspirators approximately 100 feet from the building. In the aftermath of Jan. 6, Ulrich continued to communicate with co-conspirators on Signal, including one message urging them to “stay below the radar.”

 

Source: Member of Georgia Chapter of Oath Keepers Pleads Guilty to Seditious Conspiracy and Obstruction of Congress for Efforts to Stop Transfer of Power Following 2020 Presidential Election | OPA | Department of Justice

Nine Out of Ten Sri Lankans Think Rajapaksas Should Leave Politics – Groundviews

The survey findings show that an overwhelming majority of Sri Lankans have been affected by the current crisis. Eighty eight percent of Sri Lankans claim that either they or a member from their immediate family have had to stand in queues to obtain essential items such as gas, fuel, milk powder, fertiliser and other basic goods during the past one month. Nine out of ten people claim that either his or her income or the income of a member from their immediate family has been affected as a result of the economic crisis.

The survey findings also reveal how this crisis has awakened public consciousness on democratic citizenship. Close to half of Sri Lankans – men and women equally – have taken part in at least one of the protest campaigns against those who are responsible for the plight of the country.

 

Source: Nine Out of Ten Sri Lankans Think Rajapaksas Should Leave Politics – Groundviews

Deutsche Bank headquarters searched in money laundering investigation | Euronews

German police have searched the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in connection with a money-laundering probe.

The local prosecutor’s office in Frankfurt said it is “the first time” that a German bank has been involved in such an investigation.

“This is an investigative measure by the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s office in connection with suspicious activity reports filed by the bank,” it said in a statement on Friday.

“Deutsche Bank is fully cooperating with the authorities,” prosecutors added.

German media reported that the investigation is focused on whether Germany’s largest bank failed to alert authorities soon enough about suspicious transactions by one of its customers.

Source: Deutsche Bank headquarters searched in money laundering investigation | Euronews