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14 Firefighters Share Their Scariest Paranormal Encounters

The weirdest part of the fire was the 911 call. The callers wife was in the background screaming, “you f**ked him off now, look he’s gone and burned the place down”.

With grit and determination, every day firefighters bravely put their lives on the lines for us, but it seems it’s not just the flames these brave men and women face; from haunted firehouses to ghostly apparitions. Here are 14 of the most chilling paranormal encounters and ghost stories shared by firefighters from across the United States.

1. Guardian Angel

Our firehouse isn’t haunted, at least not on a regular basis, but one of our engines is.

Two examples I have personally seen and experienced are; first, we were responding to a call in a dark, secluded, industrial area one night when the engine suddenly sputtered, stalled, and coasted to a stop right in front of a railroad crossing with no gates. Just as we stopped, a freight train came through. The engine started right up and ran fine after the train passed.

The second example happened one blazing hot summer afternoon when we were called to a highway construction site for a burning shanty. We pulled up and began advancing the handline when it suddenly seemed like the hose became tangled up in the hosebed. We went back to the engine to check, and just then the shanty blew up into thousands of tiny pieces. There were NO tangles in the hose, and it wasn’t caught or hung up anywhere.

2. Mr Jones

Our fire department is haunted by a man named Mr. Jones. The story dates back many years before we built a new station. Mr. Jones died at the old firehouse from a heart attack after battling a house fire.

A chief told me a story once: ‘I went to the restroom which was off the hallway. On my way in, I sat my brand new pack of cigarettes on the file cabinet outside of the doorway. When I came out, the cigarettes were lined end-to-end down the hallway.’

Another firefighter about a year later also had a ‘Mr. Jones Experience.’ He and another guy were watching TV one night when the clock above the TV flew off the wall, landed in the center of the room, spun around a few times, then landed on a book shelf.

All of the ‘haunted firehouse’ stories never really had me believing until Mr. Jones gave me a story of my own. I have this thing about open shower curtains. I notice when they are open and I have to close them. I had walked into the restroom to clean it but forgot a trash bag. The shower curtain was open. When I walked back in, about 30 seconds later, the curtain was closed. That is the only story that is personal. Other than that, we have doors that open and close by themselves, lights that go on and off, stuff like that. So that’s my story and I’m stickin to it.

3. Jesus Christ

About seven or eight years ago, we arrived at a townhouse with heavy fire from the first floor on side one. After making entry, locating the fire in the kitchen, and extinguishing, we set about taking out a few windows for ventilation.

After the smoke had risen, we noticed that the living area to the rear of the kitchen (which was on the right hand side as we entered) had taken significant smoke and heat damage. On the wall was a picture of Jesus Christ, and it was the only object in the room that appeared untouched. Even the wall BEHIND the picture was smoke-stained and blistered.

There was evidence of two streams of water that had trickled from the lower corners of the picture to a point in the middle of the wall where they met and continued down to the floor. The odd thing was that the line had been pulled through this room and was flowing into the kitchen to push the fire out the front, through a large vented window. No water had been flowing in the room, and the steam produced had been pushed out the window. Even the FM was amazed, and we haven’t seen anything like it since. It kinda makes one wonder.

4. Steve

We have a protector. We had a member, Steve that was killed in the line of duty during a helicopter operation. Ever since he died, members swear they can hear him in the building at night. Doors close, open, etc. without explanation. Then one night we figured out why he was there.

One of our members who has been here about 15 years now was on duty. We have bullet proof vests we keep on the units, but in a back compartment. He heard that compartment open and close. He went out into the bay and looked at it, and for some reason he took the vest out and put it in the front seat. He’d never done that before.

Next thing you know, he’s toned out to a ‘sick call’ that after his arrival was deemed a shooting. Nothing happened to him, but the point was made.

Several such incidents have occurred. Whenever something big is about to happen, a unit door opens and shuts or a bay door opens etc. We always know.

5. The Phantom Handprint

On April 18, 1924, a firefighter named Frank Leavy was washing a window at the fire station. For some reason, he paused in his work, his hand resting against the pane of glass, and he told a friend who was standing nearby that he had the strangest feeling he was going to die that day. Just then, the station received an alarm call and the fire fighters were sent to a fire that had broken out at Curran Hall, an office building in Chicago. While fighting the fire, a wall collapsed and killed eight of the firemen… Frank Leavy was one of those killed.

The next day, one of the firemen noticed something strange about the window that Frank had been washing the day before. There seemed to be an unusual stain on the glass…. and it appeared to be the imprint of Frank’s hand at the same spot where he had been leaning the day before.

They tried everything that they could, but they could find no way to erase the strange handprint. It seemed to be etched into the glass!

An expert from the Pittsburgh Plate Glass company brought a special solution to the fire house, guaranteeing that it would remove the print, but it didn’t work. Over the years, there were suggestions that the pane of glass be removed, but many of the firemen argued, saying that it was not right to fool with the unknown. Besides that, it was a reminder, albeit a grim one, of their dead friend. And there was no doubt that the handprint belonged to Frank Leavy! An official from the city had come down with a fingerprint comparison and the prints matched those of Frank’s. For the next twenty years, the handprint defied all explanation and was a common attraction to visitors and other firemen from around the city.

Finally, on the morning of April 18, 1944 a careless paper boy tossed the morning edition at the fire house and shattered the window where Frank’s handprint had been.

It happened exactly twenty years to the date of when Frank Leavy died!

6. “You F**ked Him Off Now”

There was a fire about 6-7yrs ago. The call was weird from the start, the 1st due engine didn’t want to start (it was out on a run bout 20mins before) they get there, the house was fully involved. When they got there, the fire was burning in strange ways… at one point flames were shooting out a window, and taking a ninety degree turn upward. The investigator pictures show the face of the devil in the smoke and flames. I know it sounds BS, but I have seen a few of these pics, and have talked with some of the investigators. They were saying that the basement was rocking, when they went back the next day it looked as though nothing burned downstairs.

The weirdest part of the fire was the 911 call. The dispatcher said the callers wife was in the back ground screaming, “you f**ked him off now, look he’s gone and burned the place down”. These people were said to have been Satan worshipers, everyone in the Dept. is afraid to even go on that road for calls. Incidentally the name of the road is “Angel Hill” hmmm, pretty weird.

7. Footsteps

I worked for a department that had lost a few members in its time. Over the course of the first few months I was there, I noticed strange noises in the bay. Once, I walked in the front door only to hear the back door slam. I walked back to see who it was, and when I opened the back door, no one was there. There was fresh snow on the ground and no tracks.

Another time I went down to the bay in the middle of the night. I heard distinct footsteps walking around one of the rigs on the other side of the bay. I called out but no one answered. I got spooked and crept around the bay with an axe trying to find the intruder. No one there! I also got a really spooky feeling a few times when I was alone in the bay by the back door. Later, I happened to mention to the chief that I had heard some weird stuff in the station at night. He got a strange look on his face and said ‘Let me guess… footsteps behind Engine 3 and a creepy feeling by the back door!’ I got the same story from one of the captains, about hearing footsteps and all that. Guess someone’s still hanging around…

8. The Station in The Woods

Back at my old department before I moved to my current one I was assigned to the farthest southern station by myself with a single engine. The area was in a heavily wooded area of the district. At night it got extremely dark in that area, more so than the other areas of the dist. There were a lot of one lane dirt and paved roads as well as a few meth labs, and no police coverage.

I had had several occasions that I would hear dogs barking at a house near the station, and hear sounds outside the station like thumping noises, usually after 1 AM. I would go outside to look and no one would be there. These noises went on for about a week. Once I had a friend from another station come down to visit me but I was gone, he got scared off when he heard five loud bangs on the wall near the kitchen, of course he failed to tell me this. Another night I was in bed and saw a shadow outside my window walking in the flower bed. The shadow passed my window and then the person kicked the door near the bay. I crawled out of bed and called 911, while I was on the phone the person busted out the bedroom window, half scared shitless I ran to the engine and bailed north to another station with a higher staffing level. The PD responded and 45 minutes later searched and deemed the station safe.

I soon after moved from that station and it is no longer staffed even now 3 years later. I found out from a B/C later on that a previous FF had been attacked in the parking lot washing an engine, and that the station had had several other weird occurrences happen since it was built.

9. The Hose Tower Hanging

I too have heard of the strange noises that occur inside many of our firehouses.

We have a firehouse that late at night, you can hear chains rattling at the top of the hose tower. When you turn on the light and climb the ladder to the platform at the top of the tower, nothing is there. The rumor has it that back in the 50’s a probationer hung himself in the hose tower and wasn’t discovered for a week.

10. The Old Capt.

The oldest station in Lex., KY, is haunted, according to some of the old heads, by an old Capt. who died while on duty in his sleep on Christmas Eve in the 1940’s. He is said to have sat in an old cane bottomed rocking chair, that chair was put in the attic of the station after his death, where it is still heard to be rocking on occasion.

Chiefs have gotten calls from neighbors who were mad because they could see a fireman looking out of the upstairs window, but no one would answer the door. This usually happens when the engine company was out on a fire run or training. Engine started by itself and backed in to the wall one night (std. trans.). Some of the guys who have worked there would not even go in the house alone on payday to pick up their pay checks if the co. was out.

11. The Ouija Board

A fire company that I used to belong to is quartered in a building built in the 1930’s and it is unquestionably haunted. Odd things happen regularly such as bathroom stall doors being locked from the inside, tv and lights turning on and off, footsteps across the floor, yelling when nobody else is there, etc… A few members decided to bring in an Ouija board one night and see what they could find. It turns out that there are two ghosts, one is a past chief and the other is a small boy that used to live in a row of miner’s houses that has long since been torn down.

The chief confirmed his identity by naming other long dead members (so long dead that we had to dig back 50 years in the company’s records to even find their names!). The chief generally drags chairs around the meeting room at night and yells at members while the boy is constantly bouncing his ball on the upstairs floor. All of this only happens at night.

12. The Indian Arrowheads

My father’s volunteer fire company also found Indian arrowheads while they were digging for an addition to the firehouse back in the 50s, but they also unearthed cannonballs and buttons. If my memory is right, some expert said that the cannonballs were from the American revolution and that the buttons were from a Hessian soldier (Hessians were mercenaries that the British used against Washington’s army). BUT – strange things began happening while those items the firemen dug up were in the firehouse.

First off, anyone that touched the items got very ill with high fevers and rash. The guys that actually dug up the items were very bad off; and their feet became swollen and turned black and blue. The door to the firehouse would also swing open just as someone approached, and the doors to the huge cast iron firehouse oven would open and close all by itself. Someone in the company said that they should bury the items; put them back in the ground – and when they did everyone got better, and all the strange things stopped happening.

13. The Fortune Teller

My firehouse has had a run of strange happenings over the years also. Many of us have actually seen a misty figure move through the rec room and out to the apparatus room. Some of the crews have seen the figure together, others have seen him when they were by themselves. The usual doors swinging, chairs moving upstairs, people walking across the floor or up and down the stairs happens occasionally.

The really scary part was when a friend of a friend stopped by the firehouse with her kids for a tour. This woman practices tarot card readings, fortune telling and the like. She had never been in the firehouse before and had never known about any of the instances in the firehouse. After the tour she asked me if the firehouse had “guest appearances” often. I thought she meant the kids and said that we often have children take tours of the place. She corrected herself and asked if we had ever seen ghosts, I said, maybe-I’m not sure. She described our misty figure from head to toe exactly as he appears and said she had seen him. Do I believe, probably not much more than I had before that day but I don’t doubt anything.

14. Standing Behind Me

This story takes place in Fayetteville, NC and the department I used to work for there. When I was assigned to Engine 2, I had heard all kinds of stories of it being haunted. Footsteps, doors opening, writing on the wall, and even a sighting are all the things I was told about.

I heard some things once in a while but the one time I was really spooked happened in late 2000. I was lying in bed, about 2 am when I heard footsteps approach my bunk and stop behind me, between my bed and the wall. The first thing I thought was that I had slept through a call but then I saw that my LT was still asleep and I noticed the radio was quiet. I could feel someone standing beside the bed and as much as I didn’t want to I slowly turned and looked to find that there was no one there.

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Reddit didn't happen out of neglect. A few decades ago, only famous people and professional writers got to publish their opinions. One solution here might be to design systems so that interfaces are horizontal instead of vertical—so that modules are always vertically stacked strata of abstraction.1 I can't measure whether my essays are successful, except in page views, but the creator is full of worry.2 Even now I'm suspicious when startups choose SF over the Valley: somehow you can sense prosperity in how well kept a place looks. This kind of work. In fact the dangers of deciding what programmers are allowed to want.3 It's easy to talk to the operating system. The best programming languages have taken more and more programs may turn out to be surprisingly malleable. Paul Prescod wrote something that stuck in my mind. But other VCs will make no more than superficial changes.4 Though I can't off the top of my head think of any examples, I would be very interested to see them.5

The first thing you need is a handful of centers and one dominant one, that's going to fall over, taking them with it.6 If the startup can't raise the rest, including me, remember it as the happiest time of their lives.7 Actually big companies are not the biggest threat.8 Hackers just want power.9 Perhaps this tends to attract people who are famous and/or language level support for lazy loading. Maybe one day the most important thing to optimize. But in Silicon Valley than in Boston, and even current employees.10 But I wouldn't want the site to go away. So I'm really glad I stopped to think about how to design type systems may shudder at this.11

Prose has readers, but software has users. So it may not even be meaningful to say that a language isn't judged on its own merits. If someone starts being rude, other users will step in and tell them to stop. Hygienic macros embody the opposite principle. But the best people helps any organization, it's critical for startups. The fiery reaction to the release of Arc had an unexpected consequence: it made me realize I had a design philosophy. I think, if one looked, that this would turn out to be surprisingly malleable.

This is especially necessary with links whose titles are rallying cries, because otherwise they become implicit vote up if you believe such-and-such posts, which are often originally written for converting or extracting data. The conversations you overhear tell you what sort of ambition you have.12 But ultimately the reason these delays exist is that they're more prestigious. They can't dilute you without diluting themselves just as much work as thinking about real problems. For boys, at least for programmers. Tranched deals are an abuse. Companies will pay for software, but individual hackers won't, and it's very unlikely that the tasks imposed by their needs will happen to align exactly with what you want to work at Google or Microsoft, because it's common to see families where one sibling has much more of it than another. The opportunity is a lot like bipolar disorder. And not just to play back experiences but also to index and even edit them. They're the ones in a position to do that are not even rich—leaders of important open source projects, for example.13 I suppose that's worth something.14

Without advice they'd just be sort of lost.15 I was 450 years too late. An individual European manufacturer could import industrial techniques and they'd work fine. The valuation reflects nothing more than the strength of its own merits. Startups are increasingly raising money on convertible notes, and convertible notes have not valuations but at most valuation caps: caps on what the meaning of is is. We will eventually, and that's what they're going to do, and since you have to compile and run separately.16 There are sometimes minor tactical advantages to using one or the other.17 And I don't think they'd do much differently if they were a year ago. Whereas someone clearer-eyed would see their initial incompetence for what it was, and perhaps a bit more.18

There is an ongoing debate between investors which is more important, the people, or honk at them, or cut them off. It's easy to talk to the founders of the companies we've funded, they all say the same thing at different stages in its life: economic power converts to wealth, and social class are just names for the same thing: I knew it would be to have no structure: to have each group actually be independent, and to allow programmers to use inline byte code in bottlenecks. The root of the problem is usually artificial and predetermined. What I like about Boston or rather Cambridge is that the old way dead, because those few are the best startups. This seems to me identical to asking, how can I design a good language when they see one, and it took us years to get it through to people that it didn't have to be the same as asking, what can I do to enable programmers to get the best deals, the way to get a job.19 One of the exhilarating things about coming back to Cambridge every spring is walking through the streets at dusk, when you want to do and when the way a genuine need could. For most of history, success meant success at zero-sum games. A rounds from VCs. That is arguably one of the most important thing I've learned about dilution is that it's measured more in behavior than users. In such rounds they won't get the 25 to 40% of the company.

Don't be put off if they say no.20 You never have to compromise or ask anyone's permission, and if you have $5 million in investable assets, it would still be important to release quickly, because for a startup the initial release acts as a shakedown cruise. It's true even in the highest of high tech industries, success still depends more on determination than brains.21 Result: this revolution, if it is called Lisp. This pattern doesn't only apply to companies. But vice versa as well. Why should there be any limit to the number who could be employed by small, fast-moving companies with ten each?22 Because ambitions are to some extent produce the big winners, they'll be able to transcend your environment. Meanness is easier to read. Election forecasters are proud when they can achieve the same result by offering to lead rounds of fixed size and supplying only part of the money. Bad circumstances can break the spirit of a strong-willed person stronger-willed. The number of people who make good startup founders don't mind dealing with technical problems—but they hate the type of work they do and the tools they use, and some of the people in a position to tell investors how the round is the top idea in your mind, which means stock with extra rights like getting your money back first in a sale, or convertible debt, which means stock with extra rights like getting your money back first in a sale, or convertible debt, which means new stuff at that url is auto-killed.

Programming languages are for. Unless you're planning to write math applications, of course.23 The PR people and reporters who spread such stories probably believe them themselves.24 It probably extends to any kind of work you do, and chance meetings with people who can help them a lot, they'll let you invest at a low valuation. The Selling of the President 1968, Nixon knew he had less charisma than Humphrey, and thus simply refused to debate him on TV. Cobol, Ada, C. I was in college, a lot of time in bookshops and I feel as if I've learned, to some degree, to judge technology by its cover.25 The time I haven't spent in bookshops I've spent mostly in front of computers, and I don't expect to.

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Dropbox wasn't rejected by all the other is laziness.

No one in its IRC channel: don't allow the same trick of enriching himself at the moment it's created indeed, from the conventional wisdom on the client? But there seem to like to cluster together as much as Drew Houston needed Dropbox, or Seattle, consider moving.

A servant girl cost 600 Martial vi. Once the playing field is leveler politically, we'll see economic inequality in the message. However, it sounds like the outdoors? At the moment it's created indeed, is this someone you want to get all the investors.

Students are mostly still on the group's accumulated knowledge.

Quite often at YC I find I never get as deeply into subjects as I explain later.

Startups can die from releasing something full of bugs, and if it were better to overestimate than underestimate the importance of making n constant, it is the most successful companies have never been the first phase. But their founders, because such users are stupid. This must have seemed to someone still implicitly operating on the matter, get an intro to a college that limits their options?

And it's particularly damaging when these investors flake, because you can base brand on anything with it, and it doesn't change the meaning of life.

I stuck with such energy that he transformed the field they describe. They hate their bread and butter cases. But that doesn't seem an impossible hope.

If I were doing Viaweb again, that is allowing economic inequality in the 1990s, and partly because companies don't. If they're on the entire West Coast that still requires jackets: The French Laundry in Napa Valley. At first literature took a back seat to philology, which can happen in any era if people can see how much they can grow the acquisition offers that every successful startup improves the world.

But I think it's roughly what everyone must have been fooled by the government. He was off by only about 2%. Incidentally, Google may appear to be low.

The word regressive as applied to tax avoidance. Starting a company that takes on a weekend and sit alone and think. Maybe that isn't what they'd like it if you needed to read a new version sanitized for your work.

Francis James Child, who adds the cost of writing software goes up more than 20 years. Aristotle's best work was in his early twenties compressed into the subject today is still hard to say that a startup, unless you're sure your money will be just mail from people who had it used a TV for a slave up to them rather than given by other people the freedom to they derive the same reason I stuck with such energy that he could just expand into casinos than software, we should at least what they made, but it doesn't change the world of the big winners are all about to give up your anti-dilution protections. Our founder meant a photograph of a promising market and a few that are hard to say that hapless meant unlucky. The existence of people.

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If you weren't around then it's hard to spread from.

Though we're happy to provide when it's done as conspicuously as this place was a great idea as something that flows from some central tap. You may be that some of the deal.

Which is also to the way and run the programs on the LL1 mailing list. It would not be led by manipulation or wishful thinking into trying to focus on users, however, is he going to call those before a fall. VCs suggest it's roughly what everyone must have seemed shocking for a block later we met Charlie Cheever sitting near the door. I was surprised to find a kid was an assiduous courtier of the company.

Enterprise software. Reporters sometimes call a few of the country it's in. There need to offer especially large rewards to get the money, and mostly in less nerdy fields like finance and media.

Abstract-sounding language. The French Laundry in Napa Valley.

Good news: users don't care what your body is telling you. It would have been seen mentioning the site was about bands.

It's not a chain-smoking drunk who pours his soul into big, messy canvases that philistines see and say that's not directly exposed to competitive pressure. Some of the Garter and given the freedom to experiment in disastrous ways, but they get a real poet.

Digg's is the last round just happened, the less powerful language by writing library functions.

This is isomorphic to the browser, the transistor it is to raise more, and this is largely determined by successful businessmen and their flakiness is indistinguishable from dishonesty by the fact that they have less room for another. Obviously this is to try, we'd be interested to hear from them. The best thing they can do with the guy who came to mind was one in its IRC channel: don't allow duplicates in the US is becoming less fragmented, the activation energy to start software companies, like good scientists, motivated less by financial rewards than by the Corporate Library, the only function of the problem to fit your solution.

They'll tell you who they are by ways that have little to bring corporate bonds; a decade of inflation that left many public companies trading below the value of understanding vanity would decline more gradually.

No, and graph theory. There are many senses of the world of the essence of something the automobile, the only way to make a conscious effort. Jessica and I bicycled to University Ave in Palo Alto. Of the remaining 13%, 11 didn't have TV because they couldn't afford it.

But the change is a great discovery often seems obvious in retrospect. Once he showed it could be mistaken, and so on. A lot of successful startups get on the process of trying to describe the worst—that economic inequality is really about poverty. Many people have responded to this day, thirty years later.

Thanks to Patrick Collison, Mike Moritz, Gary Sabot, Paul Buchheit, Ian Hogarth, and Greg McAdoo for their feedback on these thoughts.

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Trump pardons 15, including convicted Blackwater guards | Donald Trump News

President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to 15 people, including four former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more than a dozen Iraqi civilians dead and caused an international uproar over the use of private security guards in a war zone.

The others pardoned by Trump on Tuesday include George Papadopoulos, a former campaign aide who pleaded guilty as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and two former Republican legislators.

The outgoing president also pardoned Alex van der Zwaan, 36, the Dutch son-in-law of Russian billionaire German Khan.

Van der Zwaan was sentenced to 30 days in prison and fined $20,000 for lying to US Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators about contacts with an official in Trump’s 2016 campaign.

‘Grotesque’ Blackwater pardon

Supporters of the former contractors at Blackwater Worldwide had lobbied for the pardons, arguing that the men had been excessively punished in an investigation and prosecution they said was tainted. All four were serving lengthy prison sentences.

They were a part of an armoured convoy of vehicles escorting US embassy officials that opened fire at a crowd of unarmed Iraqi civilians.

The incident came to be known as the Nisour Square massacre and marked one of the lowest points of the US-led invasion of Iraq.

At least two of the 14 killed at the time were children.

This is Ali. He was 9 years old when Blackwater contractors whom Trump pardoned today murdered him. No justice for Ali, but let’s keep asking, “why do they hate us?” https://t.co/gvrOHQhKE3 pic.twitter.com/4sUcBoCArl

— Sarah Leah Whitson (@sarahleah1) December 23, 2020

Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, Dustin Heard and Nicholas Slatten were convicted in 2014 after a months-long trial in Washington’s federal court and each man defiantly asserted his innocence at a sentencing hearing the following year.

Slough, Liberty and Heard were sentenced to 30 years in prison, though after a federal appeals court ordered them to be resentenced, they were each given substantially shorter punishments. Slatten, whom prosecutors blamed for igniting the fight, was sentenced to life in prison.

A federal appeals court later overturned Slatten’s first-degree murder conviction but the justice department tried him again and secured another life sentence last year.

An Iraqi looks at a burned car, at the site where Blackwater guards, who were escorting US embassy officials, opened fire in the Baghdad neighborhood of Yarmukh on September 16

The pardons reflect Trump’s apparent willingness to give the benefit of the doubt to American service members and contractors when it comes to acts of violence in war zones against civilians.

The Blackwater firm was founded by Erik Prince, an ally of Trump and the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. It has since been renamed.

Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s national security project, decried the pardons.

She said in a statement that the shootings caused “devastation in Iraq, shame and horror in the United States, and a worldwide scandal. President Trump insults the memory of the Iraqi victims and further degrades his office with this action”.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-founder of the Intercept, Glenn Greenwald, also criticised the “grotesque” pardon.

“Meanwhile, 2 people who exposed war crimes rather than committied them – Snowden & Assange – wait to see if Trump can find the courage,” Greenwald said in a tweet.

He was referring to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who was charged under the Espionage Act in 2013 with disclosing details of highly classified government surveillance programmes and WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange who is facing extradition to the US from the UK.

‘Serious’ crime

Papadopoulos, 33, was an adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign.

He pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to FBI agents about the timing and significance of his contacts with people who claimed to have ties to top Russian officials.

“The defendant’s crime was serious and caused damage to the government’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election,” a sentencing recommendation memo from then-US Special Counsel Robert Mueller had said.

He served 12 days of a 14-day sentence in federal prison, then was placed on a 12-month supervised release.

The White House said Papadopoulos was charged with “a process-related crime, one count of making false statements,” as part of the Mueller probe, which Trump had denounced as a witch hunt.

“Today’s pardon helps correct the wrong that Mueller’s team inflicted on so many people,” the White House said.

Last month, Trump pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the Russia investigation. The Flynn pardon drew condemnation from Democrats and other critics.

Former legislators

Also receiving pardons were two former Republican legislators, including former Representative Chris Collins of New York.

Collins, 70, had been the first sitting member of Congress to endorse Trump’s candidacy in 2016 and was a strong defender of the president. He won re-election in 2018 but resigned the next year.

The president commuted the remaining prison term of former Republican Representative Steve Stockman of Texas, 64, who was convicted in 2018 of misuse of charitable funds.

The White House said he had served more than two years of his 10-year sentence and would remain subject to a period of supervised release and an order requiring that he pay more than $1m in restitution.

Trump also commuted the remaining term of the supervised release of Crystal Munoz, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cannabis.

Munoz spent years in a federal prison in Fort Worth, with Alice Johnson, who was granted clemency by Trump in 2018 in a case championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian West.

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20 Questions with Dr Ferox #16

Another round of questions from your Vetlings to round out the week. A few follow up questions from this weeks topics are included, I’ve tried to tag askers, but if you asked on Anon then the onus is on you to see if your answer is in here.

Anonymous said: that thing you said about cats aggression being worse is so true. I've worked with a lot of animals and never had a problem like I have with cats. I love them dearly but even my own cats have gotten me when holding them for the vet. The worst part is not only to they act unpredictable but they have that nasty habit of getting their claws stuck in you! One of my boys got his claw stuck in my hand while I was removing a paralysis tick from him. Not a pleasant experience

Cats are more difficult to handle when aggressive because a larger portion of the animal is weaponised. A dog only has one weapon of note, and it's easier to predict where it's going.

Anonymous said:re the cat spay pain medication, that's interesting! when our cats were speutered (UK) I'm fairly sure the vet sent home some sort of liquid oral anti-inflammatory/painkiller which we administered with a syringe, the same one which they've also given us a couple times when my cat's gotten into fights. can't remember the name though!

Yeah, I would bet it's some brand of meloxicam. It works well, but it's relatively expensive compared to the cost of the spay. I've also had people refuse to give it because they think the animal 'looks fine'. It's one of the pain relief drugs which may last up to three days when given as a loading dose, so we use it commonly, because that way owners can't decline to give their cat it's prescribed medication because they think it doesn't need it.

@8679thehuman said: so i know if my cat drinks my water that i don't drink it because parasites. so what about the opposite? sometimes if I have water i don't want to finish i'll dump it in the cat's water bowl. is there anything i could transmit to them, assuming i'm not sick? thanks so much! tax: came for the fantasy biology, stayed for the not-james-herriot tag!

I hope you have no parasites to share with your cat, but the risks are probably overblown. You're not going to get parasites from sharing water, but bacterial contamination may be another matter. Most parasites from cats are transmitted either via faeces or vomit.

@jarraxitty said: Hey! So this question just randomly came to me a moment ago while I was petting my cat. I've heard a lot of parents, or whatever, say to younger kids that cats will remember what you do to them, to keep their kids from pulling on their tails and such. I was curious how true this actually is. I believe you've said that dogs won't connect the dots unless consequence happens after the act, or something along those lines, but are cats... well, smarter? Thank you, and have a wonderful night!

Animals remember things that happen to them. It's how they learn. What they don't necessarily correlate is two events that happen separate in time, such as urinating in the house and being punished four hours later, or eating a sock and subsequently having surgery.

Anonymous said: Happy story! There's a cat my neighbor lets out at night, and the kitty and I are buddies! If I'm outside he sits in my lap, he purrs loudly when he sees me, and in turn I give him catnip from my garden. I call him Pretty, because he's a pretty kitty and I don't know his name. He knows my porch is a safe porch too!

Pretty is lucky to have somewhere safe to go to, and to have someone looking out for him. I hope he is definitely owned and not just wandering from one house to another.

@brass-tacked said:Hi! I just found your page so I apologize if this has already been asked (I tried searching but didn't find anything). A week ago I took my 14 month old cat, Gryf, in for his yearly check and vaccinations, while there the veterinarian said that Gryf has fairly severe gingivitis but didn't recommend a cleaning yet. He did suggest brushing his teeth (I've been trying since adopting, but Gryf says NO!) I've since heard that raw chicken necks are good for teeth cleaning, any thoughts? Thank you!

They can be useful if the cat actually chews them, though raw chicken should always be handled with respect. Anything with VOHC certification will also be helpful.

@skeletonmug said: hello again! New question - My cat goes outside (enclosed garden, supervised, UK). He's got white fur on his ears and nose and pink skin that shoes through in places. We've had some hot sunny days recently (by UK standards), is it worth it or sensible to put sunscreen on his pink bits or is that overkill? If it is worth it are there cat friendly sun screens or particular chemicals I should avoid when looking?

Avoid zinc, try to use something designed for pets as cats will lick sunscreen off themselves eventually. I don't know the rates of squamous cell carcinomas in the Northern hemisphere, but we have very high UV exposure in Australia so it's a significant issue for us, even on some cloudy days.

@orgy-of-nerdiness said: Hi! I was wondering if you had any resources for explaining cat breeds/the fact that, unlike dogs, most cats aren't part of any breed lineage. I have a DLH and he's very large and fluffy, which leads to the inevitable questions (or assumptions) about being "part Maine Coon." While I don't actually know his background (he's a rescue), I know it's extremely unlikely, but it's been so long since I did the research that I can't remember or figure out what sites to use as sources.

No I don't have a resource to refer people to. I AM the resource most of the time, to say this is not a purebred X though it has some Y features, the stray kitten you rescued in your backyard is unlikely to be a Bengal in any way, it's just a tabby, but you can call it whatever you like if it makes you love it more.

@thevalyrian said: Hello and good evening! Or morning, if it's morning in Australia. I recently asked my vets a question that they were very wishy washy on, and am hoping you might have some more clarity. The situation is that I have two young oriental cats, a short-hair and a long-hair. My apartment unfortunately has very poor air conditioning. What is the highest temperature you think is safe for a long-haired cat? I've done things like turning on fans, adding extra water, and giving them ice, but still worry...

'Safe' will vary by breed, age, weight and general health. Generally about 30 Celsius would be as high as I'd go without some worry, but I'm Australian. If the cats are only used to living around 10 degrees Celsius then 30 will be alarmingly hot. It really does depend on what the animals are used to.

Anonymous said: Do you believe in tortitude? Also if you do do you think it extends to the few male Tortoiseshell cats there are?

Yes, tortitude is a thing. The male tortoiseshell cats I've seen have been a bit odd in one way or another, but I usually see them when they're sick so my assessment may not be accurate.

@neonheart131 said: Hi! I was curious if dog breeds that get chronic ear infections can go deaf because of it? Im asking because i have an elderly (14 yo) english springer who i think has gone deaf or at the very least has severe hearing loss, and wanted to know if it was from his bad ears or just old age.

It's possible, especially if the ear canals are scarred or narrowed, or if the ear drum has been damaged. It is usually not the case though, dogs need to have something we term a 'terminal ear', to go deaf from external ear canal infections, which is when the ear is so scarred up it's basically closed and useless.

Anonymous asked: Do you think drop eared dogs get annoyed when their ears do that flippy over thing?

Maybe, especially the dogs with very heavy drop ears, like certain spaniels. It's another extreme of anatomy that I don't think is desirable, and these dogs are prone to ear infections which encourage them to shake anyway. Some will shake their ears so much they develop haematomas in them.

Anonymous said: Hey! Can I have some advice?? All good if not! So I have a blue heeler just over a year old. Anyway he used to have a pillows and blankets outside but he's ripped them up and I brought him a jacket yesterday because it's been cold in Victoria lately and over night he pulled it off and ripped it up (he sleeps outside mum won't let him sleep inside) do you have any tips of how to stop him from ripping stuff or something that will keep him warm that he can't ruin? He's not getting any other pillow

Unfortunately he may be one of those dogs that just can't have blankets, pillows or jackets without risking him eating them and developing an intestinal obstruction. You may be better off making sure he has shelter from the weather, but nothing within it that he can destroy.

Anonymous: Hello Doctor! How do you feel about guinea pigs? Personally, since I've kept quite a lot of them, they're adorable and well meaning little potatoes who are sensitive and can get sick easily from stress and environmental stuff (like if their cage doesn't get cleaned right away due to forgetfulness or being away).

I think they're underrated pets, though some have a bit of attitude (adorable potato attitude). I would be more inclined to keep guinea pigs than rabbits since we are not permitted to have a myxomatosis vaccine in Australia, and Guinea Pigs are not affected by it. They are generally not treated all that well by the general public though, widely regarding them as cheap and disposable pets.

Anonymous said: What kind of diseases can people get from walking in animal poop? Specifically goat and horse?

You are asking the wrong person for horsey information, but I don't think there are any parasites in those species that will invade human skin, most of those worm species are in carnivores. That said, you can still pick up bacterial infections, just like you can from anything else's poop.

@treebranchs said: hello! im too poor to get my cat spayed at the local vet (it's ~$500) but there is a bus run by PETA that comes once a month, called the "snip van," where many people get their pets fixed for under $100. I will most likely have to use this option but I feel nervous as I don't love PETA and the idea of a mobile surgery room sounds odd to me. I know you are Australian so perhaps they don't have these vans where you live. do you or your followers know if this is a safe way to get a pet spayed? thx

I to would be wary of PETA. There are such things as mobile surgery vans which can be fine for a small animal like a cat, but this will vary from van to van. I would recommend calling your local clinic to ask their opinion on it. In my experience vets haven't been too fussed about where a cat gets desexed, so long as it actually happens, but if they have any concerns about an organisation they might recommend somewhere else instead.

Anonymous said: Q Tax: I just like reading about vet life. My question: What's the BEST surgery aftercare you've seen? What are situations where you've gone in expecting the worse (of the humans) and been pleasantly surprised or relieved?

Honestly, as long as the wound heals aftercare doesn't have to be fancy. When I say 'clean, dry and rested' that's really all we need! When I say 'strict confinement' I don't mean let is go for a 5km run and jump over the couch. There's no need to get fancy as long as the basics are met.

Anonymous said: Hairless dogs and cats typically have "normal" looking snouts. Do hairless brachycephalic dogs or cats exist? What do/would they look like? I don't remember your current question tax but I look up to your blog and want to thank you for running it.

I really don't want to know. Many brachycephalic dogs have fairly short hair, but I don't know of any brachycephalic hairless breeds, and don't want to.

Anonymous said: If for some reason you didn't choose to become a veterinarian what profession do you think you'd have gone into? Personally I think with your love for stegosauruses you would be a great paleontologist.

While I certainly loved biology and genetics, I don't know if there would have been a career for me in those fields. I considered teaching and psychology, but they're not really for me either. I don't think I would be happy enough in either of those professions. Palaeontology seems to have quite a lot of digging, and the few I've met have lamented how much time they unfortunately have to spend convincing people that evolution is a real phenomenon.

Anonymous said: I've been a vet tech for over a year now, and my experience in clinic hasn't always been great - I've worked for some vets who treated their employees terribly, and other techs who went out of their way to gossip and try to make trouble for me. Sometimes I get disillusioned with this career. But then I think about all the awesome work you do, and the compassion with which you reach out to others, and realize there ARE great people in this field. So thank you.

Our field contains the gambit of human experience, but perhaps the one feature that unites most of us is this:

We all liked animals more than people.

For some of us, we learn to get along. Some of us have more difficulty, but there are all sorts of people in the veterinary industry. You just have to find the good ones and hang onto them like a lonely koala.

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14 Firefighters Share Their Scariest Paranormal Encounters

The weirdest part of the fire was the 911 call. The callers wife was in the background screaming, “you f**ked him off now, look he’s gone and burned the place down”.

1. Guardian Angel

Our firehouse isn’t haunted, at least not on a regular basis, but one of our engines is.

2. Mr Jones

3. Jesus Christ

4. Steve

Next thing you know, he’s toned out to a ‘sick call’ that after his arrival was deemed a shooting. Nothing happened to him, but the point was made.

Several such incidents have occurred. Whenever something big is about to happen, a unit door opens and shuts or a bay door opens etc. We always know.

5. The Phantom Handprint

They tried everything that they could, but they could find no way to erase the strange handprint. It seemed to be etched into the glass!

Finally, on the morning of April 18, 1944 a careless paper boy tossed the morning edition at the fire house and shattered the window where Frank’s handprint had been.

It happened exactly twenty years to the date of when Frank Leavy died!

6. “You F**ked Him Off Now”

7. Footsteps

8. The Station in The Woods

9. The Hose Tower Hanging

I too have heard of the strange noises that occur inside many of our firehouses.

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12. The Indian Arrowheads

13. The Fortune Teller

14. Standing Behind Me

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Buildings, houses, cars, toys, you name it, and a painter painted it. … Typically, painters use drop cloths and cover or remove anything that doesn’t need painting, prepare surfaces to accept paint by scraping or sanding, apply primer or base coats, buy and mix paints, decide on colors and finishes for the final product.

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How much does a painter and decorator earn UK?

The average pay for a Painter And Decorator is £11.14 per hour.

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What degree do you need to be a painter?

Required Education. Many art schools, institutes, and colleges/universities offer associate’s, bachelor’s, and even master’s degree programs in painting and fine art. The courses will focus on the development of painting skills, as well as art history, theory, and criticism.

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What do painters and decorators do?

A painter and decorator could work on a variety of domestic and industrial projects, ranging from redecorating homes to applying heavy-duty finishes to large structures like bridges. On a domestic job, you would use paint, varnishes and wallpaper to decorate rooms to your customer’s specifications.

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How much is a painter?

How much do interior painters cost? Nationally, the average cost to paint a room ranges from £300 to £900. Of course, this cost varies depending on the size of the room in square feet, materials used, and detail work needed.

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How do painters price a job?

Calculating Room Painting Costs. The cost to paint an average size room (10X12) ranges from £380-£790, not including ceilings, trim or cost of the paint. DIY, this can cost between £200-£300. When estimating the cost, painters will start with how much paint will be required to complete the job.

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Is there a shortage of painters and decorators?

According to a number of recent surveys, it has been claimed that there is a shortage of over 30,000 tradesmen – including skilled painters and decorators – in the capital and the rest of the south-east region.

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What is a decorator in England?

UK a person whose job is to paint the inside or outside of buildings and to do other related work: a firm of painters and decorators. mainly US a person whose job is planning how the inside of a house, etc. will look, choosing the colour of the paint, the furniture, etc.: She started a business as an interior decorator …

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What’s another word for painter?

Another word for painter

A house painter. interior decorator, calciminer, dauber*, paint-slinger*; see worker.

An artist. craftsman, artisan, illustrator, landscapist, portrait painter, miniaturist, draftsman, etcher, sketcher, cartoonist, artificer, animator, dauber; see also artist 1.

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How many hours do painters work?

40 hours

In a typical work week as A Construction Painter, you can expect to work 40 hours per week. Do Construction Painters work in an office-style work environment?

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How much do journeyman painters make?

Journeyman Painter Salaries

Job Title Salary Apex Imaging Services Journeyman Painter salaries – 1 salaries reported £22/hr Advanced Painting Contractors Journeyman Painter salaries – 1 salaries reported £21/hr Guardian Roofing Journeyman Painter salaries – 1 salaries reported £46,637/yr

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What are the duties of a painter?

Painter Job Duties: Preparing painting surfaces by washing walls, repairing holes, or removing old paint. Mixing, matching, and applying paints and other finishes to various surfaces. Providing decorative and faux finishes as the project requires.

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How much do painters get paid an hour?

Labor costs for painting vary widely, depending on region, season, type of painting project, and experience level. On an average, you can expect to pay around £50 per hour for house painting projects. However, highly experienced painters can charge up to £70 per hour for specialty projects like murals.Sep 11, 2018

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What is average wage painter?

The average pay for a Painter is £16.57 per hour. The average pay for a Painter is £41,322 per year.

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How much do painters earn?

Salary: Apprentices start at around £14 an hour and journeypersons can earn up to £40 an hour, plus overtime. Some employers offer competitive pension and extended health benefits in addition to wages, says Mr. Holmes. He says good painters can earn more than £100,000 a year.Sep 10, 2014

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Do art schools care about grades?

For the most part, the smaller, less well-known art schools will take you with a good enough portfolio. They need the bodies so won’t care as much about grades. However, poor grades or SATS will probably eliminate most chances for scholarships. The better schools,however, do care about grades alot!Aug 22, 2009

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What’s the salary of a painter?

Hourly Wages and Qualifications. The median annual income for painters is £37,960 a year according to the Department of Labor. The median income means half the workers in this category earn more and half earn less. This works out to £18.25 per hour based on a 40-hour workweek.Jun 29, 2018

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How much does an artist get paid?

Although the most successful visual artists made more than £90,050 per year, as of May 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, average wages ran a mean annual £53,400, which was equivalent to £25.67 per hour. Annual compensation for the lowest-earning 10 percent was less than £19,150.

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What does an interior painter do?

Painters prepare, protect, and decorate interior and exterior surfaces by applying materials such as paint, wallpaper and other finishes and special coatings. They are usually self-employed, but can sometimes be employed by Construction Managers or by maintenance departments of buildings and other establishments.

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Does a painter need to be licensed?

State requirements for a painting license vary widely. In Arizona, a house painter or contractor must have two years of verified work experience. Pay stubs are a good way to prove work experience. Texas does not have a licensing requirement but does require painters to carry liability insurance.

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Do you need a license to be a decorator?

Interior decorators share some of the same job duties with interior designers, but designers must have a bachelor’s degree and may need to earn a license. … A Certified Interior Decorator (CID) can obtain his/her certification through Certified Interior Decorators International (www.cidinternational.org).May 10, 2016

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Why do painters wear white?

Painters wearing white began in the 18th century to match the whitewashed buildings. The most common color painters deal with is white and they use other white stuff like plaster and spackle. They wear white clothes so the splotches do not show. … White is a symbol of cleanliness.

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Do painters move furniture?

Asking painters to work around your furniture can mean higher interior house painting costs and lower quality. … It may be tempting to avoid moving furniture, and ask the painters to “work around” heavy pieces instead.Dec 28, 2016

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How much area can a painter paint daily?

One to two painters can usually paint 2,500 square feet in one to two days. It usually costs around £500 to £600 a day. For a small room, such as the 650 square foot example, it should only take a few hours.

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How much does it cost to paint a 2000 sq ft house?

Painting an average home between 500 and 1,500 square feet can cost between £1,000 and £3,000. However, factors such as number of stories and ease of access can also affect the overall price.

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How much does it cost to paint a 1600 sq ft house?

Typically, the cost to paint walls only is about £1.40 – 2.10 per square foot. So for a 1,600 sq.ft. one storey house, your total painting cost will be £2,240 – £3,360.

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How long does it take to paint a 12×12 room?

Typically it should take the average person roughly 40 minutes to roll out each coat the paint in an average room. TOTAL TIME TO ROLL OUT WALLS: 80 Minutes / 0.185 Minutes Per Square Foot. Pro-Tip: In order to go fast and have the best looking walls as possible, you need to use the right equipment.

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Is it hard to paint a room?

There’s no better, more affordable way to freshen up rooms than with a new coat of paint. Plus, painting isn’t terribly difficult and doesn’t require specialized training. … Priming walls and ceilings is mandatory whenever you’re painting new drywall or painting over a dark color.May 4, 2017

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Do you cut in first when painting?

Pros usually follow a certain order when painting a room. They paint the trim first, then the ceiling, then the walls. That’s because it’s easier (and faster) to tape off the trim than to tape off the walls.

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Do I need to sand before painting?

So before you crack your first paint can, schedule in a full day for prep. The best prep starts with sanding and sometimes requires scraping. … It will save you at least one coat of paint later on.) Primer should also be sanded before the paint goes on the wall; for a top-notch job, sand between paint coats, too.

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Should I become a painter and decorator?

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How do you become a decorator?

Steps to Becoming an Interior Designer

Earn a degree in interior design. …

Pass the National Council for Interior Design qualification exam. …

Take some pro bono projects. …

Build a portfolio. …

LOOK FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.

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What is a master painter and decorator?

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What do you call a person who paints pictures?

A person who paints is called a painter. … A person who draws is probably just called an artist, although if the person has a specialty he or she might also be called an illustrator, a portraitist, a sketch artist, an urban sketcher, a calligrapher, or whatever the artist is best known for.

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What is the synonym of artist?

expert, master, maestro, past master, adept, virtuoso, genius, old hand, skilled person.

informal pro, ace, whizz, wizard, hotshot, ninja.

British informal dab hand.

North American informal maven, crackerjack.

rare proficient.

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What is another word for canvas?

canvas. tenting, awning cloth, sailcloth, duck, coarse cloth, drill; see also cloth. sail, tent, shade, waterproof, fly, tarpaulin, tarp*, boxing ring, ring; see also awning, cover 1, tent.

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Are painters in demand?

Employment of painters is projected to grow 6 percent from 2016 to 2026, about as fast as the average for all occupations. Overall job prospects should be good because of the need to replace workers who leave the occupation each year.

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What all do painters do?

A painter applies paint and other decorative finishes to interior and exterior surfaces of buildings and other structures. Some of the main duties of a painter are to: Prepare surfaces to be painted (includes scraping, removal of wallpaper, etc.). Determine what materials will be needed.

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Is painting a good career?

Running a successful and profitable business can be a good career choice for painters. … Running a business requires financial knowledge, marketing and many other business skills. A good painter with sufficient business education has a good chance of running a successful business.

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How much does a union painter apprentice make?

The average pay for a Painter Apprentice is £16.32 per hour. The average pay for a Painter Apprentice is £36,927 per year.

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How do I become a journeyman painter?

Requirements. To become a journeyman painter, you will need to complete a formal education program, complete an apprenticeship program or have a combination of education and experience. However, the specific requirements to become a journeyman painter vary by state or other jurisdiction.Sep 26, 2017

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How much does a union bridge painter make?

Income and Qualifications. Union painters usually earn by the hour and can make extra money by working overtime. The average annual income for all painters was £41,840 as of 2017, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This equates to £20.12 per hour, based on a 40-hour workweek.Jun 27, 2018

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Star Anise: Add This Special Spice to Your Meals

Table of Contents

What Is Star Anise?

6 Health Benefits of Star Anise

How to Use Star Anise

Growing Star Anise

Delicious Recipes With Star Anise

Star Anise Essential Oil

Potential Side Effects of Star Anise

Spices come in all shapes and sizes, and star anise (Illicium verum Hook.f.)1 is a classic example. Its dark and attractive color and unique star shape makes it stand out from other spices. There's also research highlighting potential health benefits star anise can offer, making it a spice you should consider adding to your cooking arsenal.

What Is Star Anise?

Star anise grows as dark brown pods with six to eight segments each containing a seed. This spice hails from an evergreen tree plant native to southwest China2 and northeast Vietnam, although it's also cultivated in Spain, France, Italy, Morocco, India and the Philippines.3 Star anise tastes sweet and spicy, but slightly more bitter than Spanish anise. Some chefs use it to provide a licorice flavor for savory dishes.4

Some people think that star anise and anise seed are the same. While both spices contain a substance called anethole,5 their similarities end there. Anise seed belongs to the Apiaceae family,6 while star anise comes from the Illiciaceae family.7 Anise seed is used more in Western dishes, particularly in Greek and French cuisines,8 while star anise is more common in Asian cooking.9

6 Health Benefits of Star Anise

If you're looking for a flavorful spice with health benefits, star anise might be a good choice. Research has revealed that star anise may:

1. Provide antioxidants for the body — According to a Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry article, star anise extract has potent antioxidant abilities against H2O2-induced cell death and DNA damage.10

2. Help reduce cancer risk — A study published in the journal Chemico-Biological Interactions revealed that animals fed star anise had inhibited cancer development.11 However, more research is needed to show the full extent of this supposed benefit.

3. Exhibit antifungal and antibacterial capabilities — Results showed that star anise extracts and essential oils have antifungal abilities, especially against Candida albicans, a common yeast infection.12

Star anise also has antibacterial properties. Four antimicrobial compounds derived from the spice were effective against nearly 70 strains of drug-resistant bacteria.13

4. Target conditions like influenza and cough — Star anise can help fight influenza because of its shikimic acid content.14 A 2008 study discovered that shikimic acid, together with a plant antioxidant called quercetin, enhanced immune system function and helped protect the body against viral diseases.15 Ingesting star anise may also help relieve cough16 and sore throat.17

5. Improve digestion and dealing with digestive complaints — Star anise tea may help alleviate gas, abdominal cramps,18 indigestion, bloating and constipation.19

6. Address sleep disorders — This spice has mild sedative properties that may aid in calming nerves and ease sleep disorders.20

How to Use Star Anise

Star anise is mainly used for culinary purposes, especially in Chinese, Indian, Malaysian and Singaporean cuisines.21 It can be added to alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages.22 Star anise is a vital ingredient in Chinese five-spice powder, along with cloves, fennel seeds, Chinese cinnamon and Sichuan peppercorns.23

This spice is also known for its medicinal uses. In traditional Chinese medicine, star anise boasts stimulant and expectorant properties, and may increase libido24 and facilitate proper digestion.25 Research revealed that using star anise tea can help alleviate diseases like colic and arthritis.26

Growing Star Anise at Home

Star anise plants are usually cultivated from cuttings or seeds, and are best grown in USDA zones 7 through 10, in full sun or partial shade.27 According to "Spices: Agrotechniques for Quality Produce," star anise thrives in warm, subtropical climates, and in places where temperatures don't dip below 10 degrees F.

When growing star anise at home, start by sowing seeds in pots or containers, or plant them directly outside. Adding 3 inches of compost or aged manure on the ground around the tree during spring can work as your fertilizer, although you can also apply slow release fertilizer during the same season.28

The soil should be humus- and compost-rich, with a loamy29 and well-drained texture, and with a neutral to acidic pH level.30 Water the plant frequently to keep the soil slightly moist. While the plant is young, actively prune it so it can have the appearance of a bush, and remove dead, diseased and weak branches.

A star anise tree takes at least six years to grow from seeds, so you might have to wait for the plant to fully mature. Once the tree is ready, harvest star anise while they're still green, and then sun-dry them until their color changes to a reddish-brown hue. The seeds can be removed from the pods after.31

Try These Delicious Recipes With Star Anise

You can find whole or ground star anise in Asian supermarkets or spice stores,32 although whole spices are more ideal. Grind whole star anise using a spice grinder or mortar and pestle. Keep unused star anise inside an airtight container in a cool and dark place that isn't exposed to heat, moisture or sunlight, where it can keep for at least one year.33 If you bought ground star anise powder, use it within six months, or else you'll end up with a spice that lacks flavor.34

In cooking, star anise is used to enhance the flavors of duck, eggs, fish, leeks, pears, pork, poultry, pumpkin, shrimp or pastry, to name a few.35 It also goes well in soups, just like this carrot soup with star anise recipe:36

Carrot Soup With Star Anise

Ingredients

3 tablespoons grass fed butter

1 1/2 cups chopped onion

6 large fresh thyme sprigs

5 whole star anise, divided

2 small bay leaves

1 large garlic clove, chopped

2 1-pound bags peeled organic baby carrots

2 cups homemade chicken or bone broth

Procedure

Melt butter in large pot over medium-high heat.

Add onion, thyme, three star anise pods, bay leaves and garlic. Sauté until they soften, for about five minutes.

Add carrots and broth. Bring to boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until carrots are very tender, for about 30 minutes.

Remove and discard thyme sprigs, star anise and bay leaves.

Working in small batches, puree soup in blender until very smooth and return to same pot. Season with salt and pepper. This can be made one day ahead. Cool slightly, cover and chill. Rewarm over low heat before continuing.

Finely grind remaining star anise in spice mill or coffee grinder. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with ground star anise.

Serving size: 6 to 8

As mentioned, star anise tea may help relieve certain illnesses. If you want to brew your own tea, follow this recipe, which features other healthy ingredients:37

Cinnamon-Star Anise Green Tea Recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons (8 grams) medium-size loose-leaf organic green tea or 4 organic green tea bags

1 5-inch cinnamon stick, broken into pieces

8 whole star anise or 1 1/2 tablespoon broken star anise pieces

4 cups boiling water

Procedure

Place tea leaves or tea bags into a prewarmed teapot and set aside.

Add the cinnamon stick and star anise into a 4-cup heatproof measuring cup. Add the boiling water, stir the mixture and infuse for two minutes.

Pour infusion into the teapot. Carefully strain it to prevent the cinnamon and star anise from being added into the teapot. Steep the tea in the spice infusion for two minutes.

Strain the finished brew, place into teacups and serve immediately.

This recipe makes 2 to 4 servings.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Total time: 15 minutes

If you haven't replenished your stock at home, but want its strong licorice flavor in your dishes, here are star anise substitutes you can use:38

Anise seed and a pinch of allspice (one crushed star anise is equivalent to one-half teaspoon crushed anise seed)

Chinese five-spice powder

A few drops of anise extract

Try Star Anise Essential Oil, Too

Star anise seeds can be steam-distilled to produce a pale yellow oil with a licorice-like aroma.39 Their main components are trans-anethole, caryophyllene and limonene.40

Star anise essential oil can be added to aromatherapy blends,41 soaps and perfumes.42 It may aid in relieving bronchitis, colds,43 digestion problems, and painful muscles.44 Combine it with a carrier oil, such as coconut, jojoba, sweet almond or olive oil, before applying topically.

Prior to using, consult your physician and take an allergen patch test to check for potential allergies. Don't use star anise oil if it's oxidized or old,45 or before driving or operating machinery or performing activities that need full attention, as it may slow down your reflexes.46

Potential Side Effects of Star Anise

If you fall under these groups, refrain from using the oil or consuming high amounts of star anise altogether:

Children below 5 years old

Pregnant women

People with endometriosis or estrogen-dependent cancers

While there's information citing star anise's potential in increasing breastmilk production,47 talk to your physician before using the essential oil or consuming high doses of this spice. It's said that star anise, as well as other herbs like yarrow, chickweed and buckthorn, may pass through breastmilk and affect your infant.48 One study found that after star anise tea was given to young infants to relieve colic, neurological troubles occurred, with symptoms such as tremors, spasms and vomiting.49

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Star Anise: Add This Special Spice to Your Meals

Table of Contents

What Is Star Anise?

6 Health Benefits of Star Anise

How to Use Star Anise

Growing Star Anise

Delicious Recipes With Star Anise

Star Anise Essential Oil

Potential Side Effects of Star Anise

Spices come in all shapes and sizes, and star anise (Illicium verum Hook.f.)1 is a classic example. Its dark and attractive color and unique star shape makes it stand out from other spices. There’s also research highlighting potential health benefits star anise can offer, making it a spice you should consider adding to your cooking arsenal.

What Is Star Anise?

Star anise grows as dark brown pods with six to eight segments each containing a seed. This spice hails from an evergreen tree plant native to southwest China2 and northeast Vietnam, although it’s also cultivated in Spain, France, Italy, Morocco, India and the Philippines.3 Star anise tastes sweet and spicy, but slightly more bitter than Spanish anise. Some chefs use it to provide a licorice flavor for savory dishes.4

6 Health Benefits of Star Anise

If you’re looking for a flavorful spice with health benefits, star anise might be a good choice. Research has revealed that star anise may:

Star anise also has antibacterial properties. Four antimicrobial compounds derived from the spice were effective against nearly 70 strains of drug-resistant bacteria.13

5. Improve digestion and dealing with digestive complaints — Star anise tea may help alleviate gas, abdominal cramps,18 indigestion, bloating and constipation.19

6. Address sleep disorders — This spice has mild sedative properties that may aid in calming nerves and ease sleep disorders.20

How to Use Star Anise

Growing Star Anise at Home

Star anise plants are usually cultivated from cuttings or seeds, and are best grown in USDA zones 7 through 10, in full sun or partial shade.27 According to “Spices: Agrotechniques for Quality Produce,” star anise thrives in warm, subtropical climates, and in places where temperatures don’t dip below 10 degrees F.

A star anise tree takes at least six years to grow from seeds, so you might have to wait for the plant to fully mature. Once the tree is ready, harvest star anise while they’re still green, and then sun-dry them until their color changes to a reddish-brown hue. The seeds can be removed from the pods after.31

Try These Delicious Recipes With Star Anise

You can find whole or ground star anise in Asian supermarkets or spice stores,32 although whole spices are more ideal. Grind whole star anise using a spice grinder or mortar and pestle. Keep unused star anise inside an airtight container in a cool and dark place that isn’t exposed to heat, moisture or sunlight, where it can keep for at least one year.33 If you bought ground star anise powder, use it within six months, or else you’ll end up with a spice that lacks flavor.34

Carrot Soup With Star Anise

Ingredients

3 tablespoons grass fed butter

1 ½ cups chopped onion

6 large fresh thyme sprigs

5 whole star anise, divided

2 small bay leaves

1 large garlic clove, chopped

2 1-pound bags peeled organic baby carrots

2 cups homemade chicken or bone broth

Procedure

Melt butter in large pot over medium-high heat.

Add onion, thyme, three star anise pods, bay leaves and garlic. Sauté until they soften, for about five minutes.

Add carrots and broth. Bring to boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until carrots are very tender, for about 30 minutes.

Remove and discard thyme sprigs, star anise and bay leaves.

Finely grind remaining star anise in spice mill or coffee grinder. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with ground star anise.

Serving size: 6 to 8

As mentioned, star anise tea may help relieve certain illnesses. If you want to brew your own tea, follow this recipe, which features other healthy ingredients:37

Cinnamon-Star Anise Green Tea Recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons (8 grams) medium-size loose-leaf organic green tea or 4 organic green tea bags

1 5-inch cinnamon stick, broken into pieces

8 whole star anise or 1 ½ tablespoon broken star anise pieces

4 cups boiling water

Procedure

Place tea leaves or tea bags into a prewarmed teapot and set aside.

Add the cinnamon stick and star anise into a 4-cup heatproof measuring cup. Add the boiling water, stir the mixture and infuse for two minutes.

Pour infusion into the teapot. Carefully strain it to prevent the cinnamon and star anise from being added into the teapot. Steep the tea in the spice infusion for two minutes.

Strain the finished brew, place into teacups and serve immediately.

This recipe makes 2 to 4 servings.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Total time: 15 minutes

If you haven’t replenished your stock at home, but want its strong licorice flavor in your dishes, here are star anise substitutes you can use:38

Anise seed and a pinch of allspice (one crushed star anise is equivalent to one-half teaspoon crushed anise seed)

Chinese five-spice powder

A few drops of anise extract

Try Star Anise Essential Oil, Too

Star anise seeds can be steam-distilled to produce a pale yellow oil with a licorice-like aroma.39 Their main components are trans-anethole, caryophyllene and limonene.40

Prior to using, consult your physician and take an allergen patch test to check for potential allergies. Don’t use star anise oil if it’s oxidized or old,45 or before driving or operating machinery or performing activities that need full attention, as it may slow down your reflexes.46

Potential Side Effects of Star Anise

If you fall under these groups, refrain from using the oil or consuming high amounts of star anise altogether:

Children below 5 years old

Pregnant women

People with endometriosis or estrogen-dependent cancers

While there’s information citing star anise’s potential in increasing breastmilk production,47 talk to your physician before using the essential oil or consuming high doses of this spice. It’s said that star anise, as well as other herbs like yarrow, chickweed and buckthorn, may pass through breastmilk and affect your infant.48 One study found that after star anise tea was given to young infants to relieve colic, neurological troubles occurred, with symptoms such as tremors, spasms and vomiting.49

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The Dissident Right: Practical Steps in an age of Censorship

Since the ‘Unite the Right’ Charlottesville rally in August of last year, the Altright and Alt-lite have come under a wave of unprecedented censorship. Social media accounts have been banned, payment processors have withdrawn their services, and the Antifa mob, once mocked as an incel gang, has proved itself as an effective street fighting force. Indeed, with covert state support, or at least with the state employing a ‘turning a blind eye’ mentality, Antifa have successfully disrupted or forced the cancellation of many right-wing gatherings in the last 14 months.

So what is to be done?

Youtube’s policy of ruthlessly deleting channels which have taken years to build up a subscriber base is horrific for content creators, though at the same time it is not unexpected. If you’re going to use the enemy’s platforms, expect retaliation. Other alternative platforms are useful, though they have a much smaller reach; and as we’ve seen with Gab, the left can successfully remove them from the internet, even if it’s for a limited time.

In 2016/2017, there was a significant push by the dissident right to move from the internet into real life. For the Alt-lite, this proved very successful, and their support and following continues to grow. Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux’s tour of Australia this year involved speaking tours, meet and greets and video making; and also featured interviews with mainstream media news channels, which were consequently viewed by millions of people. They did face much more opposition in New Zealand, although overall they made their mark Down Under (and probably increased their bank balance too, which is no bad thing).

At present, it does not seem possible that the pro-White community could do something even close to this scale. Richard Spencer’s college speaking tour, although an excellent idea, was eventually ruined by Antifa violence and came to an abrupt end. Patrick Casey’s Identity Evropa is showing promising signs, with stealth and secrecy still needed to pull off their public activism.

Pro-White causes at this stage, for safety reasons amongst other things, must embrace a sense of necessary pragmatism. For example, what is the point of organizing a public speech with a question and answer session, if it’s just going to get shut down by the authorities or Antifa? It makes more sense at present to create podcasts or livestream on Youtube on other peoples’ channels, which Richard Spencer and others are currently doing. Not only does this tactic guarantee an audience (of around 7-20 thousand depending on whose channel they are on), but it also allows them to reach people without the threat of violence. Jair Bolsonaro’s presidential election campaign in Brazil relied on WhatsApp and Facebook groups to spread his ideas, especially after he was stabbed and forced to withdraw from public life to recuperate. Predictably, the powers-that-be accused him of ‘fake news,’ and they subsequently banned thousands of accounts that supported him, but he was elected anyway. You can never underestimate the power of online activism; it is the new public space.

If the Alt-lite can work in real life and experience limited damage, combined with the Alt-Right’s efforts online this can be a sufficient force. We don’t agree with each other on everything, and of course, some pro-White activism in the real world is still possible. Our combined momentum will have an effect, just as it did in the memorable ‘meme war’ of 2015-16. With regards to payment processors, creating alternatives is very difficult, and those that tried have largely failed. Tech infrastructure is probably the Alt-Right’s Achilles Heel, and I suspect cryptocurrency and old fashioned cheques in the post will likely become a necessity. I know that the NPI (National Policy Institute) and the Daily Stormer already operate like this to some degree, which shows the level of censorship bearing down upon them.

Maintaining a presence on mainstream social media is essential. If your account gets deleted on Twitter and Facebook, then create another one and carry on to the bitter end. Retreating to Gab is fine if you want to live in an echo chamber, but changing the culture requires maintaining a presence in the public space of mainstream discourse. I know you may have to change your name slightly or even set up another email to make a new account, but it is worth it. Not just for the political cause, but also to maintain day-to-day contact with the comings and goings of the dissident right.

Forums, which have taken a back seat in the last five years or so, could come into their own if any censorship increases. Republic Standard’s twin site Freebird is the perfect example of this. Discussion and idea sharing is essential, especially about articles or news stories that are currently dominating the headlines. After all, the more you learn, the more informed you become. Of course, the ability to read forums and keep up on discussion threads require time that many of us don’t have, but many do.

The most important aspect of the future dissident right’s evolution is in-real-life networking. I don’t mean holding pre-announced events that are likely to be banned or besieged by Antifa; I mean meet-ups with friends who you have gotten to know online. You need to be careful for obvious reasons, but forming networks of friends in the real world is essential not just for the movement but for your wellbeing. You never know, you may even meet your future spouse!

The next few years will be tough, especially as the American Presidential Election nears, and so expect an onslaught of de-platforming and censorship the likes of which you have never seen. There’s no reason to stop. The right is still doing very well in elections around the world, and we have a long way to go.

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