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Prominent Egyptian director Khaled Yousif has revealed that he and Egyptian actress Ghada Abd Al Raziq have finally resolved their differences and are friends once again. Khaled stated that the differences of opinion with regards to the Egyptian January 25 Revolution are now in the past and despite that he and Ghada are now on good terms there is still a line that both do not cross with regards to their friendship.
With regards to his recent marriage to Saudi artist Shalimar Sharbatli, Khaled stated that he did not hold a grand wedding ceremony as a sign of respect to those who lost their lives during the Egyptian Revolution that overthrew the government of ousted president Husni Mubarak.
According to the internet website MBC.net, Khaled revealed that his marriage to Shalimar was a result of a love story that formulated after a ten year friendship. He added that he and his wife had met on several occasions with mutual friends and their friendship developed and turned into love.
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Winnipeg, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, is 4,307 miles from Berlin, Germany. Much farther than Hitler's more immediate enemies in Britain and Russia. Away from the Atlantic seaboard, it seemed an unlikely place for him to invade North America.
Yet, in the early-morning darkness of February 19, 1942 the city's residents were woken by gunfire. They looked out their windows to see warplanes painted with swastikas buzzing overhead, driving off the few Canadian fighters that rose to intercept them. German troops marched through the outskirts of the city, backed up by tanks. Air-raid sirens sounded, and the city was put under blackout.
Canadian defenders (composed of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Winnipeg Grenadiers, Veterans Guard of Canada, and others) formed in the center of the city, and were directed by telephone and signal lights. Anti-aircraft batteries opened fire on enemy planes, without success. As artillery thundered and rifles cracked, German forces gradually pushed the defenders inward. Explosions were heard in the distance, as the Germans blew up bridges that might have brought reinforcements to town.
The Canadian forces fought valiantly, but were hopelessly outnumbered. By 9:30 a.m. they'd all surrendered.
|Victorious German troops drive through Winnipeg
Unopposed, Hitler's troops spread through the city. City leaders were rounded up, arrested, and taken to detention areas. Col. Erich Von Neuremburg (the German commanding officer) issued the following decrees:
No one will act, speak or think contrary to our decrees.
- This territory is now a part of the Greater Reich and under the jurisdiction of Col. Erich Von Neuremburg, Gauleiter of the Fuehrer.
- No civilians will be permitted on the streets between 9:30 pm and daybreak.
- All public places are out of bounds to civilians, and not more than 8 persons can gather at one time in any place.
- Every household must provide billeting for 5 soldiers.
- All organizations of a military, semi-military or fraternal nature are hereby disbanded and banned. Girl Guide, Boy Scout and similar youth organizations will remain in existence but under direction of the Gauleiter and Storm troops.
- All owners of motor cars, trucks and buses must register same at Occupation Headquarters where they will be taken over by the Army of Occupation.
- Each farmer must immediately report all stocks of grain and livestock and no farm produce may be sold except through the office of the Kommandant of supplies in Winnipeg. He may not keep any for his own consumption but must buy it back through the Central Authority in Winnipeg.
- All national emblems excluding the Swastika must be immediately destroyed.
- Each inhabitant will be furnished with a ration card, and food and clothing may only be purchased on presentation of this card.
- The following offences will result in death without trial
- Attempting to organize resistance against the Army of Occupation
- Entering or leaving the province without permission.
- Failure to report all goods possessed when ordered to do so.
- Possession of firearms.
Churches were closed, and all services banned. The few clergy who dared object were arrested and taken to detention camps. City buses were stopped by armed soldiers, and their passengers were searched. The city flag was replaced by the swastika, and Winnipeg itself was renamed "Himmlerstadt." German soldiers pulled books off library shelves and burned them in the street.
|German soldiers confiscating papers from a newsman.
Surrounding communities were also affected. Crowds confronted German soldiers in the streets of Neepawa. Virden was taken over and renamed Virdenberg. Brandon and Selkirk were bombed by Luftwaffe planes.
As troops fanned out through Winnipeg they attacked newspaper sellers and destroyed their papers. They took over radio stations, filling the airwaves with martial music and excerpts from Hitler's speeches. The now-puppet local CBC broadcast a program called "Swastika over Canada." The Winnipeg Tribune was forced to publish an edition with a front page written in German. Canadian dollars were banned, and banks were forced to issue freshly printed Reichsmarks.
The German troops went into workplaces and restaurants and took meals from citizens. They also raided stores and police stations for heavy coats, as it was a chilly 18°F (-8 C).
At one local school the principal was arrested and replaced with a German headmaster. He distributed lessons to the students about the "Nazi Truth," explaining why Hitler's leadership was in Canada's best interests.
|German soldiers leading arrested officials out of city hall.
Of course, none of this quite really happened.
The entire occupation, called "If Day," was an elaborate, and remarkably successful, campaign to sell war bonds. The planes were Royal Canadian Air Force fighters painted with swastikas. The German troops were volunteers in rented costumes. The explosions were just show pyrotechnics. The gun, artillery, and anti-aircraft fire were all blanks. Even the books that were burned were old ones that, due to wear, had been marked for disposal. The "Reichsmarks" were counterfeit German money on one side- and an ad to buy war bonds on the other.
The Winnipeg Tribune afternoon edition was satirically renamed the Lügenblatt (German for "lies sheet"). It included an "official joke" (approved by the authorities) which ordered readers to laugh or be imprisoned.
The event was announced in advance, but many were still taken by surprise. 4 years earlier a radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds" had caused widespread panic through the eastern U.S, and the Canadians didn't want a repeat. The days leading up to the "invasion" were filled with newspaper and radio warnings that it would be a staged event. Even people in neighboring Minnesota, which received CBC radio, were told.
As the invasion continued, a large map of Manitoba was posted at the intersection of Portage & Main streets in the city center. When money came in to buy war bonds from different parts of the province, areas were marked as having been "recaptured" from the Germans when they met their fundraising goals.
|The "war map"
The idea was the brainchild of John Draper Perrin. People in the central regions of the country were far removed from the war, and he felt that a good fundraiser would be one that made them realize what life was like for civilians in occupied countries.
All-in-all, it was a very successful event. The cost of the staged invasion was $3000, and $3.2 million in war bonds were sold during its 24 hours. The total collection for the month-long campaign was $60 million. Vancouver was so impressed that it staged a smaller invasion, with similar success, and several American cities looked into doing their own.
The invasion ended at 5:30 p.m. with a ceremonial release of prisoners, victory parade, and speeches. The only real casualties of the day were a Canadian soldier who sprained his ankle, and a housewife who cut her thumb while cooking during the early-morning blackout.


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An adulteress tries to redeem herself by helping her doctor husband fight an epidemic in China.
In late 1940s Hong Kong, American Carol Carwin is spending a romantic afternoon with her lover, French diplomat Paul Duvelle, when she hears someone in the house. Fearing that her husband Walter, a reserved English doctor, has returned home and will discover her affair, she searches the house, but finds only Paul's briefcase, which he accidentally left in the living room. Later, however, the houseboy hands Carol several novels, which her husband left for her. That night over dinner Walter mentions the books with disdain, but does not directly mention the affair.
At a private tearoom the next day, Carol tells Paul that Walter will never discuss the indiscretion but she is sure that he knows of it. Despite his being married with children, Paul assures her that he will stand by her regardless of Walter's reaction. Days later, Walter leaves his office early to tell Carol that he has volunteered to take over a doctor's practice at a cholera-ridden Chinese village and suggests that if she does not join him there, he will file for divorce and create a horrible scandal. Infuriated that she is being blackmailed into isolating herself in the countryside, Carol denounces their marriage. Walter reminds Carol that jealousy of her younger sister's marriage drove Carol to marry the first eligible bachelor and, although Walter deeply loved her, Carol only accepted his proposal in hopes of escaping her family by following him to Hong Kong. When Carol retorts that only Paul unlocked her real potential for love, Walter puts her relationship with Paul to the test. He agrees to divorce Carol quietly if Paul will divorce his wife and marry Carol within a week.
Carol immediately visits Paul at his office to tell him the proposal, but Paul refuses to abandon his wife and children for her. Crushed, Carol concludes that all his previous devotion was only "sales talk" and then announces she will prevent the scandal by accompanying Walter to the distant village. Returning home, a defeated Carol finds that Walter, having anticipated Paul's rejection, has already ordered the servants to pack her bags. The next morning, the couple take a rickety boat to the village, where the suspicious Chinese elder orders the doctor to leave, but Chinese military, by order of the government, escort the doctor and his wife past dozens of corpses and open graves to their new home, the furnished house of Watson, a deceased missionary. While Walter makes his rounds, witty Englishman Tim Waddington, an old friend of Paul, introduces himself to Carol and suggestively compliments her while inviting himself to dinner.
Over dinner, Tim is shocked when both Walter and Carol eat fresh salad. Knowing that the watery greens can easily spread cholera, Tim cynically asks if they have a suicide pact and warns the couple that, although Watson was inoculated, he died of the disease. Days later at the house, Tim tells a bored and restless Carol that her husband's tireless efforts inoculating the villagers have won him respect and mentions a wound Walter received when a scared parent attacked him. He then recounts Paul's various affairs with women and insinuates that Carol's ignorance of her husband's wound, their separate bedrooms and her childishly suicidal behavior prove that their marriage is a failure. Infuriated by the accusations, Carol orders Tim to leave, but then offers her hand in friendship to the one man who has seen through her selfishness.
The next day, Tim escorts Carol on a walk through the village, where she discovers a dead man, his body racked with cholera, among the marketplace stands. Tim takes her to Walter's dispensary, telling her that although the locals believe Walter is a hero, Tim knows that the doctor is working himself to death to avoid his own pain. They then visit the convent, where the Mother Superior introduces Carol to the many orphans created by the epidemic. Shaken by the dead man and the vulnerable children, and humbled by the Mother Superior's lauding of her husband's work, Carol rushes home where she apologizes to Walter and offers him sandwiches "without lettuce" as a gesture of goodwill. Walter, however, cannot forgive her infidelity. Her apology only serves to release Walter's anger, which leads him to rape her.
The next morning, seeking redemption for the wrongs against her husband and the hopelessness of their relationship, Carol asks to work at the convent, but Mother Superior suggests that she has no skills to offer them and only wants an escape. However, Walter soon intervenes and convinces Mother Superior to give Carol a job. Weeks later, Tim finds a content Carol bathing children at the convent and invites her to his home, an exquisitely kept mansion in the village. Carol is shocked when Tim's demure Chinese wife greets them at the door. Tim explains that regardless their cultural differences he is very much in love with her and despite his own infidelities, he has learned to return his wife's love and devotion over time. Weeks later, when Carol discovers she is pregnant, she is forced to tell Walter that the child could be either his or Paul's, but insists that she wants to stay with him. Later at the convent, Carol admits her infidelity to the Mother Superior, who advises her to find her own path and wait for her husband's forgiveness.
Late one night, soldiers find Carol at home and urgently escort her to the hospital, where Walter lies emaciated from the ravages of cholera. As Carol begs him to forgive her, Walter weakly tells her "the dog it was that died" and then dies. Days later, upon hearing about Walter's last words, the Mother Superior suggests to a distraught Carol that her husband died in peace. She explains that Walter's final words come from the last lines of a poem by Oliver Goldsmith. She interprets the lines to mean: A dog bit his owner to hurt him. Instead of the man dying, the dog died of remorse for having harmed the man he loved. Days later, Carol leaves the village telling Tim that she likes herself now and wants to continue to find her own path. As Tim waves goodbye, he whistles the same approving catcall that he greeted her with when she arrived.
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Listening Across the Divide
Rabbi Ted Falcon, Pastor Don Mackenzie, and Sheikh Jamal Rahman, known collectively as the "Interfaith Amigos," have been learning and teaching together since 2001. They blog weekly for YES! Magazine.
The question we Interfaith Amigos are most often asked is, "But how do we talk with those who believe that theirs is the Only Way (to truth, to God, to salvation, to heaven, to forgiveness, to redemption...)?"
Our responses tend to go in two directions.
First, we recognize that it helps significantly if we can establish a positive personal relationship with those whose beliefs are so different from our own. That personal connection can often allow us to engage in conversations that otherwise would not be possible.
Second, we have learned to make room for beliefs that are substantially different from our own. Rather than defending or criticizing, we attempt to greet those expressions of belief with the most expansive "Yes!" we can muster. (How appropriate that we are now writing for a magazine called YES!) And we invite fuller expression through gentle inquiry, making sure we understand the position and the experience of the other person.
It is most comfortable when that person then tries to also understand our own views—but that is not always the case. The more certain we are that we have The Way, the less interested we are in the differing beliefs of another.
I remember a woman pastor I met at an interfaith breakfast event. Following the program, during which she held up her Bible and declared it to be The Word of God, I sought her out. "When you say that this Bible is the unerring Word of God," I said, "I'm not exactly sure what you mean." I had opened her well-worn leather-bound book to the page that identified it as the King James Version of the Holy Bible. "This is one of the many translations of the original Hebrew and Greek texts," I continued.
She was singularly unimpressed. "This is the Holy Bible," she said, and that was that.
I am reminded, too, of a parent-teacher-administrator meeting at a school where a friend used to teach. The topic under (sometimes heated) discussion related to a proposed expansion of foreign language offerings at the school. One woman, clearly upset, rose with a challenge.
"If English was good enough for Jesus," she said, "why isn't it good enough for us?"
Rational responses to such positions would not be particularly helpful with either of these people. They would tend to experience such a discussion to be an attack on their beliefs—and they are probably quite right to think so. The insistence that the King James translation reflects the literal Word of God is simply incompatible with historical analysis. The problems of translation are likewise irrelevant to a belief that the deeply-cherished book does, indeed, contain The Word of God.
The "Yes!" response acknowledges that we have understood what the other person is saying, and that we are not about to attack their position. But if they do not reciprocate interest in our beliefs, what are the possibilities for dialogue? Does the conversation end there?
What Do You Say
to a Screaming Bigot?
Clearly, while there is little room for a conversation of belief—unless we are simply to encourage further elaboration of their position—it is still possible to seek a common ground for conversation. In the school meeting I mentioned, it is likely that the woman and I shared a common denominator of interest in education that best prepares students for college admission and for living in the world. And the conversation with the pastor occurred in the context of an interfaith breakfast. It proved far more appropriate to learn what brought her to that gathering, and what her hopes were for greater interfaith understanding and cooperation, than to get mired in a discussion of translations.
To meet conflicting beliefs with defensiveness—even when there are objections both rationally and historically based (in our opinion, of course)—will cut off the conversations that we need most. While it is often not easy to remain centered in such situations, if we are able to seek the greater context in efforts to cooperate on shared concerns, we can create foundations of friendship upon which those earlier conversations might someday be revisited.
How do we form a more perfect union—or at least find enough common ground for a civil conversation?
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In 1995, Professor Trelawney showed her fourth-year Divination class a magical model of the solar system, complete with a "fiery sun" surrounded by the nine planets and their moons, all suspended under a glass dome.[2]
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When I was a child, we had a real tree and we always bought it from the tree lot run by the city fire department. Since my dad worked for the water department, we knew many of the firemen. This was part of our holiday traditions. As you can imagine, with 5 children running in different directions looking for the "best" tree, getting a decision was a major project.
Once the tree was home Dad would put on the lights. Struggling with the lights was more like it. These were BIG lights, and we had aluminum reflectors to go behind them. And, if one light went out or was bad, then the entire string of lights was off. During the entire season we had to go back and switch bulbs to see which one(s) were not working this time.
The 5 children in the family took turns putting on the ornaments. The special ornaments were attached by my mother and, for years, they were always put up high. Some of them were her grandmother's small ornaments, and a few she acquired in other places.
We also had bubble lights on the tree. I loved watching them bubble. Trying to get them to stay up straight, so that the bubbles would rise, was something else we worked on during the entire holiday season. Again, think of 5 children, and a dog, walking past the tree many times each day.
Usually my mother and I put on the tinsel: those thin strips of light-weight foil. Of course, with a dog, some of them always were all over the house.
For some reason I don't remember taking down the tree and packing up all of the ornaments.
As an adult, when our children were small, my husband and I would apply for a tree-cutting permit. Then we would drive (2-4 hours) to the designated national forest. With 2 children bundled for cold and snow (we lived in Phoenix), we found a tree and cut it. Most of the time we found out that the SMALL tree that we found in the forest needed at least 10 inches cut off of the bottom once we got the tree home.
Walt, my husband, put on the lights. Then we all put on ornaments. Many of them were made while the children were in preschool or they had other special memories. Every year, I bought or made each child a special ornament. Those ornaments were given to them when they moved out so that they would have special ornaments for their first tree.
We began decorating the tree in the afternoon. Since we never knew how long it would take, we usually had homemade New England style clam chowder and popcorn for dinner. Sometimes we finished decorating after dinner. Of course we listened to Christmas music while decorating the tree.
Some years later, we bought an artificial tree because we were usually gone for a week. With the "live" tree, we would return to dead needles that were difficult to clean up. An artificial tree made sense. And now we can have the tree up for a couple of weeks before traveling, and it isn't dead when we return.


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MARINE CORPS AIR SATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. -- When Marines load into the back of a CH-53E Super Stallion for a night raid in the mountains of Afghanistan, they entrust their lives to the man at the stick. To ensure the Marines safely reach the fight, the pilot is highly trained in the night vision equipment he uses to navigate.
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 trains its pilots and co-pilots to ensure they can meet all mission requirements, including troop transport, confined area landing, and transporting external cargo loads even in the absence of moonlight to guide them. To meet this challenge, the squadron trains select pilots to become night vision system instructors, who are then certified by trainers from Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1.
"The most dangerous thing we do is flying at low-light level, which is basically starlight with no moon out," said Capt. L. Orion Jones, a CH-53 instructor pilot for MAWTS-1. "The goggles don't pick up a lot of details or a lot of contrast in the scene that you're looking at. You're looking through a straw tube; you have a 40-degree field of view, so you lose all of your peripheral vision."
Instructor pilots also have to fly their own aircraft through the night while guiding students experiencing low-light flights for the first time in order to accomplish training objectives.
"The low-light environment itself is stressful even when you're with people who know what they're doing and you have confidence in the guy sitting next to you," said Capt. Eric B. Philips, a pilot with HMH-366 who qualified as a night systems instructor Jan. 15. "And then to be an instructor and take someone out who's brand new and has never been in a low-light environment, that in itself is stressful. You have to be confident in your ability to operate safely."
That confidence is reinforced by extensive experience. Prospective instructors are required to log 100 hours flying with the night vision goggles, at least 50 of which have to be in a low-light environment. During the certification process, they are required to pass a 50-question written test, give a lesson to the MAWTS-1 instructor, and then go on a flight with the instructor demonstrating how to teach students about CH-53E capabilities at night.
After certification, pilots can train others to fly in low-light environments, which in turn increases the squadron's night operations capability in real-world scenarios.
"The whole idea is to train with our weapon system, which is our aircraft, in a more tactical and effective manner," said Philips. "Any time you can have somebody come out with some expertise and teach you to do that better, and any time I can instruct a young guy in how to use that system better and more effectively, that's what it's all about."


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On February 27, 2006, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced a pilot program that included two additional options for deployed troops participating in the 2006 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). The pilot program seeks to address the loss of CFC contributions to local charitable organizations due to the deployment of DoD personnel to certain war fighting areas of responsibility. Under the pilot program, the CFC Overseas Campaign (CFC-O) will offer affected deployed DoD personnel a modified CFC-O Campaign pledge card with two added donation options, as follows:
The option of giving to the National and International charities listed in the CFC Overseas Campaign is unchanged.
All other campaign practices and policies affecting the solicitation of DoD personnel deployed to the affected war fighting areas of responsibility remain the same. Personnel deployed to the affected war fighting areas of responsibility during the campaign season can only be solicited by the CFC- Overseas. The only exception to this policy is when a Navy ship has been deployed but is still considered "homeported." In this instance, the stateside campaign should continue to solicit the donor stationed on the homeported ship.
The pledge card contains a place for each donor to identify his/her post, camp, base or station on the pledge card so that any donation under the pilot program can be correctly processed to the appropriate stateside campaign.
The CFC-O will collect and process all pledges from deployed troops. Payroll offices will transmit employee contributions to the CFC-O directly. The CFC-O will report these pledges on its 1417 report and for any media/marketing/advertising purposes as they will be considered pledged through their campaign. The stateside PCFO will need to track these receipts separately from its own Campaign receipts and then make payments to the MWRs and ALCs along with the usual monthly/quarterly disbursements. Although receipts from deployed troop contributions must be accounted for financial reporting purposes as "Other CFC receipts", these amounts cannot be combined with the totals reported by employees locally. Stateside PCFOs may however, recognize these additional contributions as long as they are not reported as campaign totals.
Stateside campaigns will receive a report from the CFC-O that provides details on how much should be paid to the MWRs and ALCs. For MWRs it will identify the post, camp, base or station associated with the amounts to be paid. The CFC-O will transmit these reports to the stateside local campaigns no later than March 15, 2007. Based upon the contributor's identification of stateside post, camp, base or station on the pledge card, the CFC-O will provide the participating stateside PCFO a one-time distribution for those receipts of $1,000 or less, less costs and shrinkage, and regular monthly distributions for receipts of over $1,000. Final payments in the distribution cycle will be sent early enough that the recipient campaign can include them in its final payment to charities. In order to distribute these designated funds to MWRs and ALCs, the stateside PCFO only needs to adjust its distribution schedules and include these CFC-O Campaign contributions in its regular monthly/quarterly distributions to the local charities and track as cash received. Consequently, no additional processing costs to distribute these donations are required or permitted.
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Funds designated to stateside MWRs will be allocated by the stateside Local Federal Coordinating Committees (LFCC) in coordination with the appropriate installation commanders or designated installation staff. The LFCC will be able to identify which installations (posts, camps, bases, or stations) it needs to coordinate with and will need to document either through meeting minutes or written agreement how funds will be allocated to the eligible MWRs participating in the stateside 2006 CFC for that installation. For example, the LFCC and installation commander may decide that each of the MWRs participating in the CFC for the particular CFC will share any funding equally or based on some other percentages. This agreement needs to be documented and retained for auditing purposes.
Because of wide variations in the participation of MWRs by military branch the stateside PCFO may encounter the following scenarios:
If deployed troops designated funds to a particular post, camp, base or station that does not have any eligible MWRs participating in the stateside local CFC, then the stateside local campaign will allocate funds equally to any installations from the same branch of the military that have MWRs participating in stateside CFC. The LFCC must coordinate with the installation commanders on how the funds will be shared with the MWRs on the local installation that participate in the CFC. For example, if deployed troops from the Coronado Naval Base in the San Diego CFC select the MWR option on their pledge cards, but no MWRs from the Coronado Naval Base participate in the CFC, then the funds should be divided equally among any other Naval installations that have MWRs participating in the CFC and the LFCC will coordinate with those installation commanders on how to allocate those funds if there is more than one participating MWR at those installations. If no other MWRs from the same branch of the military participate in the local CFC, then the stateside local campaign will allocate funds equally among all installations that have participating MWRs. The LFCC will coordinate with those installation commanders on how to allocate those funds if there is more than one participating MWR at those installations.
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Vanessa Carlton Is Pregnant — See Her Baby Bump! [PHOTO]by Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
Congratulations to Vanessa Carlton! The 'A Thousand Miles' singer is pregnant, she announced via Facebook last night, June 26.
"I can now reveal the reason as to why [my next album] 'Liberman' will not be released until next summer. See the picture below. No, those aren't a bunch of croissants," she jokingly captioned the photo of herself in shadow, showing off her growing baby bump. "We're expecting a baby. It's healthy and moving around like a champ. I'm bummed to delay the album because it's so special to me and the perfect combination of England and Tennessee. When I put the record on it feels like medicine. I hope it does the same for you…in due time!"
"John, Victor and I are over the moon," the pianist added, referring to husband John McCauley and their pup, Victor. This will be the first child for the happy couple.
In November 2013, the 'Ordinary Day' singer/songwriter revealed that she had suffered a fallopian pregnancy and sadly lost the baby. A month later, on December 27, 2013, she and McCauley tied the knot in a ceremony famously performed by legendary rocker (and Fleetwood Mac frontwoman) Stevie Nicks.
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Mind. Body. Soul. (Art Journaling)
20 comments:
- craftattack said...
Beautiful work, love those colours, so vibrant and full of life! Have a good weekend, hugs, Valerie
- April 13, 2012 at 11:47 PM
- Lesley Edmonds said...
Hi Kristin,
I love how this page evolved. It's wonderful. Great images incorporated too.
I have ordered CT's new line of goodies from her website Scarlet Lime and await them with excitement - they just take such a long time to get here from the US. Enjoy!!
- April 14, 2012 at 12:30 AM
- Mandy said...
Ooooow...love this...the colours are my favourites...i love the little girl and that pram ..just beautiful...xxx
- April 14, 2012 at 2:00 AM
- Jenny said...
Beautiful and gorgeous pages Kristin... love the mix of crackle, ink and sanding... and so glad you got back to your studio...
Jenny x
- April 14, 2012 at 2:16 AM
- Diane said...
This has to be one of my favorites--love it!
- April 14, 2012 at 3:27 AM
- Kathy, PaperPumpkin said...
Wow, this is just so cool and so clever! Love it!
- April 14, 2012 at 4:16 AM
oh my gosh what a treasure this book is, amazing!
- April 14, 2012 at 5:10 AM
- missy k said...
I love these pages.... especially the pram with the milk top lid!
Have a great weekend
- April 14, 2012 at 5:32 AM
- Janet Ghio said...
Wonderful pages. I love the orange!
- April 14, 2012 at 5:55 AM
- Bethany Kartchner said...
Awesome page! Love your use of color, yet none of them over power each other. Great eye.
- April 14, 2012 at 6:24 AM
- Joanna said...
Absolutely stunning! Love the background and everything you've done here. Fantastic!
- April 14, 2012 at 6:29 AM
- Daniele Valois said...
This really came together just perfectly. THe colors, the quote, and the scallop!!! There is a great flow, and all the tiny details! It is sad, but not really, since it is about overcoming difficulties! It is so you and perfect! It will totally end up in Artful Journaling!
- April 14, 2012 at 7:52 AM
- Netty said...
Naughty girl letting that pram roll down the hill.....cry she may well do....grouch grouch.............lol
Loving your two page spread, such fab colours and design. Enjoy the weekend Kristin. x
- April 14, 2012 at 7:58 AM
- mette laumann said...
You make it look so easy! I'm loving your pages .....and your dog
Nice weekend
xo Mette
- April 14, 2012 at 9:43 AM
- Jen @Sadie Inspired said...
Wonderful pages again Kristin!!! I love the white coming through all that "darkness." Loving the pram... I always wanted one. ;) I have heard of Paper Tales...I bet it is filled with all kinds of goodies. Happy weekend!! xoxo
- April 14, 2012 at 9:46 AM
- Janet said...
Such wonderful pages. I hope things are more settled now so you can enjoy creating again. It's fun having company but it's also fun when they go home and you can get back to making art!
- April 14, 2012 at 10:00 AM
- Janelle said...
I love these two journal spreads. They are both so different, but powerful in their own way. I like the bits of blue showing through in the first one and the contrast between the blue and orange in the second one. I love all the sparkly bits. Thanks for sharing and all the wonderful comments that you leave me. You are a wonderful person and very encouraging.
- April 14, 2012 at 10:00 AM
- sugar Creek said...
Love these pages! Lovin that bright orange! The thing is, I have a hard time with double sided papers, I don't know which one to use! xx
- April 14, 2012 at 7:26 PM
Wonderful, wonderful pages! I'll say it again. This course really suits you... your pages are fantastic!
- April 15, 2012 at 2:50 AM
- scrapwordsmom said...
As always your work is stunning. Kristin I appreciate your support of my ecourse. Have a beautiful day:)
- April 17, 2012 at 6:27 AM


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City College of New York graduate history major Emilie Gruchow discovered a handwritten draft of the "Letter of the Twelve United Colonies to the Inhabitants of Great Britain" at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, where she works as an archivist.
City College alumnus Michael Hatten, 2011, now a doctoral student at Yale University, conducted a handwriting analysis that determined that Robert R. Livingston was the author. He also concluded that the document that Ms. Gruchow found was a first draft.
Portrait of Robert R. Livingston attributed to Gilbert Stuart.
Letter drafted by Robert R. Livingston was part of 'last-ditch effort' by Continental Congress to reconcile with Great Britain
When City College of New York graduate history student Emilie Gruchow came upon an old, hand-written manuscript in a box at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, where she works as an archivist, she knew what it was because she had read the printed version in class. What she – and the rest of the world – did not know for certain was the author's identity.
The mystery was solved by one of Ms. Gruchow's former classmates, Michael Hattem, now a PhD student and teaching fellow at Yale University. The story of the letter's discovery and author's identity as New Yorker Robert R. Livingston was reported New Year's Day in "The New York Times."
The document was a draft for what would be the "Letter of the Twelve United Colonies to the Inhabitants of Great Britain." The Continental Congress hoped to circulate it in Britain to win over public support to their cause. It was part of a last-ditch effort to reconcile with England, on favorable terms, and remain part of the British Empire.
Most scholars assumed that Richard Henry Lee, a Virginian, had written the letter. Lee, along with Livingston and fellow Virginian Edmund Pendleton, served on the committee that drafted it in June 1775. However, Mr. Hattem, who is also a research assistant at The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, conducted a handwriting analysis that pointed to Livingston.
Ms. Gruchow knew there was a possibility that Livingston could have been the author. After transcribing the document and comparing it to a printed version, she reached out Mr. Hattem, a 2011 City College Great Grad, at the suggestion of Dr. Carol Berkin, a historian at Baruch College and the Graduate Center/CUNY , to get his insight as to its authenticity and significance. They had been classmates in Professor Darren Staloff's spring 2011 research colloquium.
After researching Continental Congress records and other primary resources, Mr. Hattem did extensive handwriting analyses that proved conclusively that Livingston wrote the draft. "I did this by comparing the draft to correspondence of individual "founders" from around the same time, particularly comparing uppercase letters and specific combinations of letters that tended to be unique to the individual in the 18th century, when handwriting was not yet standardized," he said.
Through textual analyses of the edits, he determined the document was a first draft. The large margin on the left side was to be used to record notes and changes that would be suggested once it was brought on front of Congress as a whole, he pointed out.
Identifying Livingston as the author will revise how historians view him and his path to becoming a revolutionary, both Ms. Gruchow and Mr. Hattem said.
Although he opposed British policies, Livingston did not embrace certain forms of resistance, such as the Boston Tea Party, Mr. Hattem said. "He was thought to have been a "reluctant revolutionary" essentially until the moment of independence. That is not to say he was a loyalist, but, like most Americans, he did hope for reconciliation on terms favorable to the colonies."
"In most history books, he is treated as a bit player," noted Ms. Gruchow, who as a City College Fellow was mentored by Assistant Professor of History Anne Kornhauser. "If anything, as a reluctant revolutionary, Livingston is all the more interesting as an accomplished rhetorician with strong political influence who might easily have become a pivotal leader, but who was ultimately too conflicted about the consequences of the Revolution to stand in front of it."
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We need your support now more than ever. The inspiration and energy to create an amazing record is there but this time we will be working without the support of a label. This gives us incredible artistic freedom, but it also means we need to raise our own financing. Our hope is to release an album in 2013, ten years after our initial final show.
We are shooting for the financial goal of $30,000.Your pledges will be used to pay for demoing new material, recording, mixing, mastering, and associated travel expenses.Keep in mind, this budget covers making the album only. Every dollar we raise over $30,000 will be used for such things as promotion of the album once it's released because we think it would be great to have this album reach as many people as possible! Additional funds could also enable us to play some shows, because yes, we would love to play shows!
Thank you so much, every one of you for all the love, kindness, support, humor, prayers and friendship you have shown us since 1995. To our absolute joy this band continues to be more than just a band to many of you....and you are more than just folks at a show to us. If the past is any indication of the future we may all be in for a very wild ride.
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By the time you read this I will be in a Greenpeace boat in the Baltic Sea to confront the ice-breaker Nordica that Shell has contracted to help it drill for oil in the Arctic.As I write this I don't know how things will turn out but you can see it unfolding live on the Greenpeace website.I'm a long way from my home in Whangarei and, as I bunked down with a group of Greenpeace activists in Germany last night, I will confess I was a tad nervous about what we're hoping to do.
But there are lines that shouldn't be crossed and for me, drilling for oil in the Arctic is one of those lines - just like the deep sea oil drilling we face back there in New Zealand - it's a step too far.In February, seven people including Lucy Lawless scaled Shell's Arctic-bound drillship in Taranaki. They occupied the ship for 4 days and inspired a worldwide wave of opposition to Arctic drilling. As Lucy said, there were seven who climbed up that day - but 130,000 that climbed down. That's how many people rallied for the Arctic and sent a protest message to Shell in just 4 days.But it hasn't stopped there - the ripples of their action in Taranaki have reached Finland this week and continue to multiply.On Tuesday more than a dozen activists boarded the Nordica in a Helsinki port - and as they did, the number of people who've joined us rose to 400,000 - and continues to climb.Then yesterday, as the same icebreaker began its voyage to the Arctic, another team of activists met it at sea near Sweden, climbed aboard and delivered the message once again. Their presence on the ship delayed it for at least 10 hours before they were taken off and arrested by police.Now it's my turn.
The Arctic is one of the last untouched natural areas on the planet. It's home to the polar bear, narwhal and Arctic fox. It's wild, it's fragile and it's precious.Because of climate change, the Arctic sea ice is melting at an accelerating rate, which is opening it up to oil exploration. Shell is the first of the big oil companies to make a move but if we don't stand in their way, there will be more.But you and I can make a difference!Together we can stop Shell and other oil companies from destroying the Arctic. Not everyone can board a ship to demand that change. But today, you can send a message direct to Shell and tell them there is a line in the ice that should not be crossed. Please ask 10 of your friends to do the same. If you've already done it, do it again.The Arctic is the last place on Earth anyone should be drilling for oil.If enough people say NO, not in the Arctic, not now, not ever - together we can save it for future generations to treasure.In solidarity,James BellamyGreenpeace volunteer, Whangarei


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If you are looking for a place to hang out, study, have engaging conversations, meet interesting people, listen to live music, or just enjoy people watching, you are in the right place. Here you will find local art on the walls, fresh and locally roasted coffee, live entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights, a changing beer and wine selection and a variety of pastries and snacks. Our staff is welcoming and knowledgeable, and we are looking forward to making OWC your home away from home in Moscow.
We have a meeting room that you can schedule in advance for meetings for up to 18 people. OWC offers seating across two levels - including a mezzanine - that allows you to choose spaces that are more quiet and secluded or buzzing with activity. We (obviously) have free wifi and have tried to provide you with as many power outlets as we could - so your devices can recharge together with you. On weekend nights we often have free live music and entertainment.
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A fire to your Texas City home or business could be one of the most unpleasant ordeals you ever have to deal with. The team at Texas City Restoration Service is here to help return your home, business or industrial complex back to its original pre-loss condition in the shortest time achievable. Our 24 hour, 7 days a week service can be reached anytime by calling us at 409.750.7051. We are here to answer your questions and help resolve any damage caused by fire.
When you contact Texas City Restoration Service, we will organize immediately to protect and secure your property ensuring the surrounding area is secure as well. This public safety procedure will also protect you against any additional damage. Unfortunately, you will soon find out that the fire destruction is not the only issue to deal with. Water used to extinguish the fire and smoke related damage will invariably play a major part in the restoration as well.
If you require emergency fire damage restoration service, than call us on now at 409.750.7051!
At Texas City Restoration Service, we have a wealth of skills and experience to restore your home, business or industrial complex to its pre-loss state. As mentioned , the destruction caused to your property from a fire will often result in water, smoke and soot damage as well. We are standing by and can tackle all elements of the havoc caused by a fire. From tear down to rebuild we will work with you and your insurance provider, when applicable, to make sure you are given maximum entitlement on your fire damaged property.
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Unfortunately, if you found our website, chances are you have gone through the nightmare that a fire at your Texas City property can cause. As mentioned our team of fire restoration specialist are standing by day and night to help assist you during this difficult time. We would also like to share some fire safety tips that will hopefully prevent you from ever having to go suffer through a similar occurrence again.


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All-around effort puts Nationals alone in first
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Nationals showed once again they are one of the best teams in baseball -- at least for this week, anyway. They are getting great pitching and defense. Don't forget the timely hitting.
The Nationals played all facets of the game Wednesday as they defeated the Giants, 6-2, at AT&T Park. Washington has won 10 out of its last 12 games and is in first place in the National League East. The Rockies pounded the Braves, 8-2, in Colorado.View Full Game Coverage
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Nationals showed once again they are one of the best teams in baseball -- at least for this week, anyway. They are getting great pitching and defense. Don't forget the timely hitting.
The Nationals played all facets of the game Wednesday as they defeated the Giants, 6-2, at AT&T Park. Washington has won 10 out of its last 12 games and is in first place in the National League East. The Rockies pounded the Braves, 8-2, in Colorado.View Full Game Coverage
The Nationals got off to a good start against right-hander Matt Cain, who walked the first three hitters he faced. Manager Matt Williams has often watched Cain pitch since 2005, and Williams was in shock to see Cain having problems with his command.
"I've never seen that from Matt," Williams said. "I've stood in that coach's box over there a lot. Ninety-nine-point-nine percent of the time, he's been playing with his control."
Cain would pay for his lack of command, as Adam LaRoche singled to center field to bring home Denard Span and Anthony Rendon. Jayson Werth then scored on a groundout by Ryan Zimmerman to give Washington a 3-0 lead.
"We started the game off and we got some really good at-bats. We kind of got Cain on the ropes early," Werth said. "We got his pitch count up. We got some big hits. The first inning kind of set the tone for the game."
The run support was enough for right-hander Tanner Roark, who was outstanding. He pitched six-plus innings and allowed two runs on seven hits. He held the Giants scoreless until the fourth inning, when Buster Posey scored on a triple by Brandon Crawford.
"He's got four pitches," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said about Roark. "He's throwing 92 [mph] out there. But he can sink it, he's got a good overhand curveball, good slider and a changeup and he showed very good command hitting his spots on both sides of the plate. When you can do that, you're going to probably do well. He's been on a good roll; he's been throwing the ball well like their whole staff."
The Giants could have added another run in that inning, but Danny Espinosa's diving stop on a ground ball by Gregor Blanco prevented the Giants from scoring.
The Nationals added to their lead in the fifth inning, when Werth hit his sixth home run of the season.
The Giants had a chance to score another run in the sixth inning. After Michael Morse doubled with two outs, Crawford looped a ball to left field. Zimmerman dove for the ball in left field and made a spectacular catch to end the inning.
Zimmerman was humble when talking about the play. He said he is still learning to play the outfield on the fly.
"I got a good break on it. It kept tailing away. I dove and caught it. The landing wasn't very smooth. In the end, I caught the ball," Zimmerman said.
Werth said Zimmerman's play in the outfield has been remarkable.
"It's not like beginner's luck. He is getting good reads; he's running good routes. He makes left field look small," Werth said. "As an outfielder, that is the ultimate compliment. He is doing great. He made some great plays tonight."
It's not easy to play left field at AT&T Park, according to Williams. An outfielder has to deal with the wind, and when it looks like the ball is going out of the park, it seems to come back in play. It's really tough to judge a fly ball out there -- even more amazing that Zimmerman was able to make the catch.
"You can't think about what might have happened. He saved the inning for us, right there," Williams said. "It's like he has been doing it for a long time. That's a very nice play. It's like his natural position. He is such a good athlete. It's not easy to play there. He is making it look like he has played out there a long time."
Williams has not changed his mind on Zimmerman's future. He will return to third base once Bryce Harper is activated from the disabled list in July.
"With all things being equal, when Harp is healthy and ready to play, I don't think there is much of a choice," Williams said. "I think the fantastic thing is Zimmerman has approached playing left field with vigor and enthusiasm and has worked hard to be a really good left fielder.
"And that's just a compliment to him and compliment about what he thinks about our team and what he is willing to do. With all things being equal, I don't see much of a choice. He has a Gold Glove at third base. We have to take that in consideration. He is playing really well."
The Giants scored another run in the seventh inning. With Drew Storen on the mound, Pablo Sandoval singled to right field, scoring Brandon Hicks. The run was charged to Roark.
Werth added two more runs with a single in the ninth inning off reliever Yusmeiro Petit.
"The best part about that, we could put the big scary guy [closer Rafael Soriano] in his cage and save him for tomorrow. All in all, it was a good game." Werth said.
Relievers Tyler Clippard and Jerry Blevins blanked the Giants to the rest of the way.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the Time. He also can be found on Twitter @WashingNats.


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The droghte of March hath perced to the roote
And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
Of which vertu engendred is the flour
The new month opens with a series of maybe unrelated, yet possibly linked events, quite staggering in their implications for the general election.
Alan Cochrane has been named as the successor to Jeremy Clarkson in the new Top Gear flagship programme, to be renamed and launched as Gear Sticks United. His replacement on The Telegraph editorial team, in an move that has astonished Fleet Street, will be the Scottish Graphic artist and National cartoonist Greg Moodie, famous for his biting satire supporting the independence cause.
In an interview, Greg shrugged off questions about his change of allegiance and replied in his trademark laconic style "Don't get sarky, guys – a suite in a mock-Gothic castle on Brecqhou clinched the deal for me."
Her Majesty, in an unprecedented departure from protocol, has in a unique and moving ceremony, knighted Tony Blair and Gordon Brown simultaneously. As they knelt before her, the two architects of what was perhaps the last act in the Great Game of Empire, the Iraq War, avoided eye contact with each other as a mark of respect to the dead.
(The Palace said that rumours that John McTernan and Jim Murphy were to be equerries to Sir Tony and Sir Gordon were unfounded, since neither of the new knights owned a horse.)
But the news that has rocked the media and political commentariat broke at midnight. Its constitutional ramifications are as yet not fully understood, as Great Britain's family of nations comes to terms with the announcement that Land of Hope and Glory will no longer close the last night of the Proms.
Four prominent composers – as yet unnamed – have been commissioned to synthesise a new national anthem using key motifs drawn from Land of Hope and Glory, Flower of Scotland, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau and The Londonderry Air which will reflect the combined spirit of our great family of nations. It is to be called O Britedonia
It will be sung by a choir specially coached by Gareth Malone OBE. Early speculation on members of the choir are Alistair Carmichael, Margaret Curran, Theresa May, Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Ian Paisley Junior and historian David Starkey. (No prominent Welsh national will be included as yet, since they can all sing well already.)
Alex Salmond, once a noted boy soprano, has regretfully declined, suggesting as his replacement Aled Jones. (A Palace spokesman said off the record that Mr. Salmond had never been invited: the Queen had vetoed Mr. Salmond's inclusion.)
As yet, no proposals have emerged for the re-design of the Union Jack from the committee of British artists, celebrities and notables who love-bombed Scotland during the Independence Referendum.
Some have said they no longer "feel the love" in view of mounting poll evidence that the Scottish electorate intend to democratically elect representatives from a party that doesn't seem to have felt the love in the way intended.


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WESTMINSTER, Md. – McDaniel jumped out to an 8-2 halftime advantage before holding on to topple No. 13 Gettysburg 12-10 in Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse action on Saturday.
Skippy Clary (Baltimore, Md./Catonsville) scored three goals to lead the Green Terror (8-6, 4-3 CC), who handed the Bullets (10-4, 6-1 CC) their first conference loss of the season. JS Duke (Fort Washington, Md./Upper Dublin) added two goals and three assists in the team's first win over Gettysburg since 1997, snapping a 17-game losing streak in the series. By virtue of a Swarthmore win over Haverford and Franklin & Marshall victory over Dickinson, McDaniel now just needs a victory at Swarthmore next Saturday to secure its third playoff berth in four years.
Ryan Fumai, Bobby DeWees and Bijan Firouzan each tallied twice for the Bullets.
After Firouzan staked the visitors to an early 1-0 lead with a solo run 2:43 into the game, Duke found Mat Dupras (Hillsborough, N.J./Immaculata) for a man-up tally with 9:24 to play that started a 6-0 run to seize control early.
Back-to-back unassisted tallies from Clary followed by Alex Creech's (Fort Collins, Colo./Rocky Mountain) first career goal with 31 seconds to play in the opening period stretched the lead to 4-1.
Michael Woglom (Cranford, N.J./Cranford) finished a Dupras assist 1:44 into the second quarter and DJ Rickels (Forest Hill, Md./Boys Latin School of Maryland) scored with 11:31 showing to make it a 6-1 game.
Evan Thomas momentarily halted the run with 7:46 to play but Nick DiBernardo (Towson, Md./Calvert Hall) responded 26 seconds later and Duke finished from Rickels with 4:35 on the clock for an 8-2 halftime lead.
Four straight goals to start the second half, including tallied from Robby Maddux and Fumai five seconds apart to cap the run, pulled the Bullets within 8-6 with 6:46 remaining.
Duke found Clary with 1:56 to play then Ryan Gillen (Merrick, N.Y./Calhoun) hit Rickels immediately off one of his seven faceoff wins to push the lead to 10-6 just six ticks later.
Duke hit DiBernardo with 10:38 to play in the fourth quarter then finished a solo run of his own 3:28 later to stretch the advantage back to six.
Fumai tallied with 6:37 remaining before Ian Casella found the back of the net 17 seconds later.
Consecutive DeWees scores in the final 3:24 set the final margin.
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Posted by TheShot on 12 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Quality Issues, Restaurant Coffee
Last month I scoffed at a National Restaurant Association survey showing that espresso was "hot" among restaurant trends. In order for an item to be "hot", isn't it a pre-requisite that restaurants should at least be half-way competent at it?
In today's news, the "NRA" announced a presentation at the annual hotel-motel restaurant convention this May that promises to help attendees "discover how to ride the espresso lane to bigger profits": Drinks Media Wire – Andrew Hetzel of Cafemakers Proves Coffee is Hot at the 2007 National Restaurant Show. Apparently the restaurant business model here is to first make tons of money on espresso. And then maybe try to figure out what it takes to make a decent espresso. (Cafemakers is one among hundreds of coffee consultancies out there — with no clients in the S.F. area, btw.)
Oh, I've ridden that espresso lane alright. You pay a Golden Gate Bridge-sized toll for the privilege of crashing and burning down a muffler-ejecting strip of potholes: stale, pre-ground beans; overextracted "Mt.-Etna-in-torrential-downpour" flavor; clueless restaurant owners who cannot be bothered with machine maintenance and employee training…
It is worth noting that the top-rated restaurant espresso on CoffeeRatings.com is from A-16 with a respectable 13th place showing. So I suppose it is possible. But only if the restaurant cares about more than just the profit margins — which will only be fleeting.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College women's basketball (2-5) team got back on the right track, dismantling Allen University 94-42 Saturday evening at the Centennial Center.
The Bobcats used a barrage of steals to take down the Yellow Jackets who committed 32 turnovers, compared to just 15 from the 'Cats. Nine Georgia College players were involved in the season-high 20 steals.
A pair of Woodstock, Ga. natives, sophomore Krysta Lewis and freshman Lisa Mitchell, led the way offensively, putting in 15 points apiece.
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Georgia College had three other players in double-digits along with Lewis and Mitchell, including Terryuana Godwin (LaGrange, Ga.), Miklayn DeFoor (Gainesville, Ga.) and Enisha Donley (Loganville, Ga.).
Godwin, Donley and DeFoor all surpassed career-highs, pouring in 12, 12 and 13, respectively. DeFoor used 4-of-7 shooting from beyond-the-arc, paired with a free-throw to grab her 13.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party won Sunday's election, the government said, announcing its figures on Facebook. Recently returned opposition leader Sam Rainsy earlier announced his party had won, but quickly withdrew his statement.
Cambodia's ruling party won Sunday's general election but with a much-reduced majority, according to the government, a result that will be seen as a setback for authoritarian leader Hun Sen, one of the world's longest-serving prime ministers.
Khieu Kanharith, government spokesman and information minister, said on his Facebook page the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won 68 seats in parliament to the opposition's 55, adding that was the final count.
The National Election Committee (NEC) gave a list of results from each polling station but no tally for parliamentary seats.
Backed by a compliant media and with superior resources, the CPP was confident of victory, but analysts had predicted a reduction in its majority after the merger of two main opposition parties plus the return from self-imposed exile of popular long-time opposition leader Sam Rainsy.
While not formally conceding defeat for his Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), Sam Rainsy was conciliatory and called for calm after what were significant gains for the party.
"We want to thank all Cambodian people ... regardless of their political affiliation, Cambodians who support all political parties, for their dignified participation in this election, for their contribution to make democracy move forward," he told a news briefing.
The CPP had 90 of the 123 seats in the outgoing parliament and the parties that united to form the CNRP had just 29.
Sam Rainsy appealed to his youthful supporters not to cause any trouble. "We call for peace and reconciliation," he said.
Military police blocked off a road leading to the home of Hun Sen, who has been in power for 28 years, and one going to the offices of the CPP and the NEC.
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Sam Rainsy's party claimed electoral lists were manipulated to give the CPP more votes and complained about the disruption of meetings and campaigning by the security forces for Hun Sen.
"The partisanship of the military and police has created an intimidating atmosphere for voters in many parts of the country," U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said in a statement ahead of the poll.
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The United Nations organised an election in 1993 that put Cambodia on a rocky path towards stability after decades of turmoil, including the 1975-79 "Killing Fields" rule of the communist Khmer Rouge.
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He returned too late to run in the election or even to vote, and the electoral authorities rejected his request to do so.
But the charismatic former finance minister had attracted large crowds to rallies, appealing to younger voters with no memory of the turmoil before Hun Sen helped restore stability.
At one polling station set up at a pagoda in Phnom Penh, 29-year-old Khat Sreynit said she wanted a better country and jobs for university graduates. "And also that people have a living wage," she said, before rushing into the crowd to get a glimpse of Sam Rainsy, who had turned up there.
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Politics and crime is an ancient tradition that never dies. Macbeth murdered his way to the throne, King David used political power to send his romantic obstacle into battle, and corrupt governors are still trying to sell public appointments. Whether the crime is committed for political purposes, covered up by political power or made possible by political position, crime and politics go together Our panel has written about bad behavior from small towns to the global stage to the long-ago and far-away. And it all looks familiar.
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So, yeah, the racism promised to emerge at Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine actually did, though in classic 1960's spy drama fashion everyone's blaming the Russians. Sweden had no one to blame but themselves, meanwhile, after a stunning performance by Andriy Shevchenko led Ukraine past the Swedes for a 2-1 win. At least one Swedish fan felt dark—very dark—as the result came to pass.
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I think I uttered "holy shit" much more than two times while watching HOUSE! It's an excellent, imaginative, crazy as hell film and I loved every second of it. Good point on the question of intentionality with some of the extreme weirdness... I'm still unsure.
I didn't realize the story was inspired by his young daughter's idea, but that does sort of explain its zany structure.
And Kung-fu! Everyone's favorite character!
I have heard good things about this one. Netflix doesn't have it, and the Criterion DVD comes out late October. :-(
Poor Suito. Sweet is such a small foundation to build a personality on.
Oh, I just saw Salomé's Last Dance is on Hulu, but not sure if that is Canada friendly.
Alex : Yeah, there's no way I uttered "holy shit" only two times, it must have been at least six or seven.
Normally I would classify the weirdness in House as your typical Japanese kookiness. (Tetsuo, anyone?) But apparently they even think it's totally demented.
I'm not surprised. Kung-fu is super-terrific.
Darius Whiteplume: Maybe House will be my first Criterion purchase... Anyway, I saw it on the big screen during its week long run in T.O. back in late July.
Hulu hates Canada. :(
Thanks for keeping an eye out for Salomé's Last Dance. You're very mensch-like in that regard.
There is too much goodness in this review. You should publish this stuff. I don't where to start to comment. I guess the obvious place would be with the cat, since I'm one of those crazy cat ladies.
I love the word "tantamount."
Jeopardy! repeats do suck. :(
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No visit to North Tonawanda. I don't know if I've ever been there, but I can't say it's on my bucket list.
I think the Front 242 fan did wear sunglasses, but it was sunny most of the time. You can imagine him wearing a leather jacket, but he didn't.
XTC had one hit? In Canada?
Thanks, K.A. If I did, I'd have to make sure my Lithuaian was up to snuff. Which I don't think it is.
The cat in House is a definite scene stealer.
Weird. For awhile there it was "equivalent," but I changed it to "tantamount" at the last minute. Anyway, yeah, "tantamount" rules.
I hate it when I answer a clue wrong twice.
Despite the fact that I find their car dealership ads to be super annoying, I'm sure North Tonawanda is delightful.
Apparently XTC's "Dear God" flirted with the charts back in '87.
The American Billboard chart was the only chart that mattered according to VH1, so having multiple hits in Canada (Men Without Hats) or Japan (Swing Out Sister) didn't mean dick to them.
I just thought it was unfair to lump a quality band like XTC with the likes of Don Johnson, Eddie Murphy, Bruce Willis, and Rodney Dangerfield.
Hausu plain and simply alienates me. I caught this one on IFC a few years ago. The local Midnight Movie Madness screened a 35mm print last month. It seems that same print has been circulating venues for a tick. My love for Hausu is so tremendous, that I put much stress on my brain, having to be at work within minutes of the credits rolling[that particular screening]. Sweet read.
Oh, I noticed you likened Hausu to Tetsuo? Although both kick copious amounts of arse... I'm unsure that any movie could exist and be on par with the two. Just saying.
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"kick copious amounts of arse"
Well put. :)