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Song of the Sea
Director: Tomm Moore
Writer: Will Collins
Cast: David Rawle, Lucy O'Connell, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan, Fionnula Flanagan
Seen on: 6.1.2015
Ben (David Rawle) and Saoirse (Lucy O'Connell) live with their father Conor (Brendan Gleeson) in a small lighthouse. Their mother Bronach (Lisa Hannigan) disappeared after Saoirse was born. When Saorise finds a pelt that belonged to their mother, she discovers that she's actually a selkie. After spending a night in the sea with the seals, she washes up on shore where her grandmother (Fionnula Flanagan) finds her. Gran decides that the kids should come to the city to live with her. But there is a mission Saoirse as a selkie has to fulfill.
Moore's first film The Secret of Kells completely enchanted me. Following that up is tough, but with Song of the Sea, he is more than up to the taks. It's a sweet story that easily incorporates Irish mythology. Above all, it's the beautiful imagery again that makes the film what it is.
Tomm Moore has a very distinct style in his films and you can see at once that Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea were made by the same person. It's highly stylized and especially in it's use of perspective or 3D it reminds me of the time where the myths behind this story were still handled as truths. It's simply evocative and transports you to a world where all of these things – selkies, giant owls, faeries and what have you – are just that much more probable.
This magical atmosphere is only enhanced by the wonderful music, above all the song Bronach sings to her children. Lisa Hannigan's performance of this deceptively simple melody is hauntingly beautiful.
Probably the only thing where I wanted to film different is that I wanted the story to be more about Saoirse and less about Ben. It's her adventure after all, even if Ben plays a part in it, but the movie tells it mostly from his perspective.
But compared to the rest of the film, this becomes a small criticism indeed. Instead of getting hung up on it, it is an easy thing to let yourself fall into the stunning and magical world Moore created.


text: Been looking at who are the best at sharing scientific information. Turns out the museums are getting better than many Universities. I would argue that the weblab that Google built with the UK Science Museum is one of the best. But what will they do with the collection when the year-long project is over?

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Zahir Ebrahim | Project Humanbeingsfirst.org
Wednesday, February 19, 2014, 08:00 pm
The following look at Sibel Edmonds illustrates how dissent contributes, unwittingly, or wittingly, to the "doctrinal motivation" of empire that ab initio launched, and now sustains, its "imperial mobilization". These quoted phrases are not mine but Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski's from his American Mein Kampf, The Grand Chessboard - American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives ---- And most criminally, virtually all the "rebels" of the world who maintain that 9/11 was done by "militant Islam", an invasion from abroad, are part and parcel of this same diabolical exercise to corral the public mind for imperial mobilization because, as Brzezinski summed it up: "Democracy is inimical to imperial mobilization". Nothing that might interfere with that exercise of imperial power can be permitted, and that includes dissent which is so laudably encouraged in the so called "free societies" of advanced Western democracies.
The neutralization of dissent by the control of the narrative to ensure that consent is effectively and continually engineered among "the crowd of simpletons and the credulous ... when the voting papers of the masses are the deciding factor", as Hitler had so colorfully put it in his Mein Kampf, is evidently not taught in America's dissent landscape. It has been made a taboo topic, just like many other taboo topics in Western freedoms. Try challenging the official Holocaust narrative and immediately finding oneself without a job, for instance. In Europe and Canada, one actually goes to jail for it. Often, self-policing succeeds as much for unwittingly co-opting dissent as it does for manufacturing consent. However, more pernicious are the actual assets, the brilliant superman (in Nietzsche's parlance) diabolically planted in society, as journalists, academics, whistleblowers, et, al., who wittingly and willingly deceive the public with the exact same big lie in their dissent against empire as the mainstream scholars and intellectuals do pitching for empire. This Mighty Wurlitzer's machinery subsequently acquires a natural life of its own, catching in its deceptive wake many an unwitting accomplice who come to believe the big lies and echo it in their own celebrated dissent. Not sure how the two can be easily disambiguated – those who lie unwittingly because they believe the big lies themselves, i.e., self-deception, and those who are just ideological mercenaries, i.e. superman. Both are often highly intelligent, and to my mind, remain indistinguishable, unless they can be shown to be outright morons and mental midgets who, despite their high-falutin credentials, are ignorant of the vile and sordid history of false flag operations and self-inflicted terror as pretexts. Such blame can, however, hardly be laid at the doorstep of the brilliant high achievers who typically populate the avant-garde dissent-landscape and are celebrated as the grand conscience of the nation.
At Nuremberg, I often wonder, had engineered-dissent been part of the state sanction of the Third Reich to corral the type-2 and type-3 people whom Hitler had chosen to ignore as part of his engineering consent among the mainstream, the type-1 as he classified the categories of the public mind in Mein Kampf, would manufactured dissent con artists have escaped condemnation as having directly contributed to aiding and abetting the core lies, first lies responsible for enabling and sustaining all the war crimes of World War IV (II then) that followed?
Indeed, if Nuremberg set the precedent for making aggression culpable, in the immortal words of Robert Jackson, the chief prosecuting counsel for the United States, as the supreme international crime: "... the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole" from which "all the evil that follows" is on the aggressor's sole neck, then, the core lies which enable aggression belong to the same logic. That was even proved by the military War Crimes Tribunal rejecting Nazi Operation Canned Goods, the pretext for launching the invasion of Poland, as nothing but a self-inflicted wound, a big lie, to "goosestep the Herrenvolk across international frontiers", as Robert Jackson successfully demonstrated to the Military Tribunal. Jackson went even further. To deny charges of victor's justice, he piously argued: "... we are not prepared to lay down a rule of criminal conduct against others which we would not be willing to have invoked against us."
The subsequent fate of Nazi philosopher Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, and Nazi Reichminister for Propaganda Dr. Joseph Goebbells, is known to us all. If propaganda to control the public mind was not merely passed off as "freedom of speech", and Goebbels didn't escape the fate of vulgar propagandists, he only cheated the hang-man's noose with cyanide (see images here), then even propagandists who connivingly manufacture dissent, and aid and abet in promulgating the core-lies of empire in the name of freedom of speech, have a legal precedent before them --- only waiting to be argued by the likes of a future Robert Jackson at a future Nuremberg, victor's justice notwithstanding.
Just a thought.
Perhaps the brilliant dissent scholars of America may offer their wise opinion on the legality of hanging all vulgar propagandists today, and how they might go about framing who is a propagandist and who is merely using "freedom of speech" and "freedom of academe", keeping the precedents set at Nuremberg in mind. Specifically, I appeal to Dr. Francis Boyle who has at least multiple degrees in framing International Law, and Dr. Noam Chomsky, my own former professor who taught me all about Nuremberg, victor's justice, and hypocrisy.
But when the victors make the law, then like the proverbial king, the law-givers decide who is the pirate and who's the emperor.
Legalism or not, morally we already know where all narrators of the big lie stand.
Zahir Ebrahim
Project Humanbeingsfirst.org
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Subject: Wikispooks page on Sibel Edmonds
In this letter, I just wanted to contribute a minor, tiny, dissenting view to the wikispooks webpage on dissent-chief Sibel Edmonds: https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Boiling_Frogs_Post.
I chanced upon that page today, and clicking on the bolingfrogspost link provided took me to Sibel's so called "whistleblower" homepage where I again noted that dissent-chief, con man extraordinaire, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, is most prominently displayed. But first, to set the backdrop so I don't have to rewrite a whole new essay here, below is an excerpt from an Open Letter to Iranians, the part-origin shared by Ms. Sibel Edmonds. It situates the great Sibellian voice in the scheme of dissent that is permitted by empire:
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October 23, 2009
I composed this letter especially with you in mind, dear Iranian expat. living in the West. I feel it might be of at least some interest to you. Please share it with your many Persian as well as Occidental friends, colleagues, co-workers, and also family members living in the West. It examines the Iranian Question which has been prominent in the Western newsmedia ever since 911. But of late, the war-rhetoric is rapidly ratcheting up in many a public relations campaign of the Mighty Wurlitzer and is imperiling almost everyone's commonsense.
Many (but surely not most) Iranians living in the West since the Iranian Revolution, are the 'Shah' vintage. What that pertinently means is that some among them are easily harvested as dupes, patsies, and 'native informants' to speak against, and work against, their own native nation in the name of bringing it "democracy", disarming it of its self-defense options, and what have you. This is of course called "secular humanism" in the West, and "enlightened moderation" in Musharaf's Pakistan. Most Iranian authors on the proverbial left, i.e., those dissenting with empire's barbarianism, are often quite anti-Iran in Iran's present dispensation.
For them, to oppose the crimes of empire is not necessarily to also not share in its aspiration of bringing Iran the West's 'white man's burden', its 'la mission civilisatrice', or in plain language, "democracy" western style. A perfect example of this ideological subversion disguised as lauded dissent is http://velvetrevolution.us (see http://www.velvetrevolution.us/#091609 ), even assuming it isn't a "Soros" or "CIA Revolution". Many native as well as second generation Iranians are part of this Hegelian dialectics seeded game, knowingly or unknowingly, as patsies or mercenaries, only they can tell.
I have unfortunately discovered that most Iranian authors become either inadvertently aligned with the hectoring hegemons which naturally colors their outlook/analysis/perspective on Iran to shades which are entirely under the same primary color scheme of the aggressors who wage endless wars – some obviously loud ones with signature-bombs, but many more silent ones by way of deception – or are outright ideological mercenaries and work against Iran. Here is an example of each. Surely one can come up with one's own favorite names in each category.
Someone who is ostensibly an anti-imperialist: the young Dr. Trita Parsi ( see http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/component/comprofiler/userprofile/tritaparsi.html ). Same with the highly celebrated elder academic and dissent-chief Dr. Juan Cole (a Bahai) on Informed Comment ( see http://www.juancole.com ). If you forensically examine their work, it remarkably retains all the same sacred-cow axioms of empire, and mainly disagrees (dissents) with the empire in the "How" and to "what extent". In their often erudite commentaries, they analyze the blood drenched puppet-shows enacted by the empire in great depth, analyze its impact upon the victims, analyze the victims' options, sometimes blame the victims intransigence, but to my knowledge, never proclaim, for instance, that 911 was an inside job, that the prime-mover of all the tensions and threats to the world is "imperial mobilization" and therefore, its prime harbingers, the Hectoring Hegemons, are the main problem as supreme war criminals; that they would all hang at Nuremberg; and the issue is not with Iran, Pakistan, Lebanon, Afghanistan, who are all its victims, or militant Islam, radical Islam, etc. which is a manufactured boogieman only to sustain its new transformational war, World War IV. See for instance, this response to Juan Cole's belated ex post facto discovery in March of 2008 that the invasion of Iraq was a conspiracy! Whereas, the un co-opted, or perhaps only the ordinary plebeians, protesting in the streets seem to know that even in 2001-2003, before it became a fait accompli.
An example of someone who is unabashedly an imperialist, like the Afghani-born neocon Administrator of Afghanistan and Iraq, Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, and Pakistani-born neocon Ambassador of Pakistan and Hudson Institute Fellow, Hon. Husain Haqqani, is the pathetic war-mongering native-informant son of the distinguished Iranian Sufi-Muslim scholar Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Dr. Vali Nasr. This pathetic excuse for a hominid, like all the rest of the war-mongers, is routinely published by the Council on Foreign Relations' Foreign Affairs magazine and is the Iranian version of Islamophobe Daniel Pipes cheerleading the mantra of "clash of civilizations" ( see for instance Foreign Affairs article: "When the Shiites Rise" reprinted at http://www.mafhoum.com/press9/282S26.htm ).
In my experience, between the two categories, they together often color even the lenses of well meaning Iranians in the West, never mind the mostly ignorant Westerners, especially the Americans. There are numerous Iranians I know who don't seem to comprehend modernity at all. In fact, sadly speaking, despite their high education and affluent lifestyles, I have found them to be no different in their perceptions than many an ordinary mainstream American. What is most pathetic, I find that they have a few things also in common with "Uncle Tom" in their apologetics. Similar patterns, unfortunately enough, also exist among the expat. communities of Pakistanis, Arabs, Turks, and other minority immigrant communities whose native nations are under assault by their adopted nation.
The best example of the latter is the well known whistleblower Sibel Edmonds of Turkish/Iranian origin, and the new darling of Western dissent. To illustrate the convoluted interlocking of dissent-space with the pernicious bringing "democracy" aims of empire, the co-founder of the aforementioned VelvetRevlution.us is among Sibel Edmonds most ardent exponents as the founder of bradblog.com where he prominently features her travails. Here are my two letters of March 18 and March 27, 2008 to Sibel Edmonds regarding her whistleblowing-revelations. ...
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Source URL: http://print-humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2009/10/letterto-iranian-expat-by-zahirebrahim.html
In the afore-cited first letter to Ms. Sibel Edmonds, dated March 18, 2008, I had observed to this "new darling of Western dissent"
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To: The courageous Sibel Edmonds (via email)
Founder, National Security Whistleblowers Coalition,
Alexandria, VA 22320.
March 18, 2008.
Dear Ms. Sibel Edmonds,
I chanced upon your work today from Daniel Ellsberg's essay "Pakistan's Bomb, U.S. Cover-up" (http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7884), and followed up on some of your fascinating disclosures and courageous efforts.
[T]his letter is mainly about the interpretation you have given to the facts that you discovered. It is not about your long and horrendous ordeal in getting the U.S. Government and the newsmedia to acknowledge that you indeed did speak truthfully about your discoveries and of your experiences and ordeals while attempting to bring them to light as a patriotic and concerned citizen.
The following observation by Daniel Ellsberg in his essay pointing out your work is intriguing:
' ... various American journalists in the last weeks have reportedly received calls from "intelligence sources" hinting that "what Sibel Edmonds stumbled onto" is not a rogue operation by American officials and congressmen working to their own advantage -- as believed by Edmonds and some other former or active FBI officials -- but a sensitive covert operation authorized at high levels. ... '
Indeed, the absence of this sense from your own writings, public disclosures, and the recent Times articles, in itself is intriguing to me. As one close to the investigations and to the 'gagged' data, i.e., being an informed insider, and also surely far better well versed than most among the public with the notion captured in this pithy saying of a former CIA counter intelligence chief (of over 2 decades) "deception is the state of the mind; and the mind of the state", why is this line of inquiry missing from your own public assessments of your discoveries in the FBI recordings and in its files?
The consistent impression one gets from your articulations of your profound discoveries is one of mercenarial 'criminal rogue operators'. The Times article of January 8, 2008, too is sensationally titled "For sale: West's deadly nuclear secrets". Looking at 'Iran-Contra' in the same light (had such data been available) would certainly have led to an altogether different conclusion space. Whereas in reality, as known to all and sundry today, it was an officially sanctioned White House covert-policy to get Iran and Iraq to fight it out by arming them both in order to neutralize and contain the Iranian people's revolution, 'plausible deniability' and Presidential pardons among the guilty at the highest levels not notwithstanding. ...
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Source URL: http://print-humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2008/03/letter-sibeledmonds-nuclear-security.html
Those who have mentally accepted 9/11 being an inside job can easily recognize the Sibel Edmonds' revelations as belonging to the "red herring" and, at best, "limited hangout" genre. The intent of both is obviously to mislead people.
By that date of the letter, I had Ms. Sibel Edmonds pegged as only a "useful idiot" who knew very little of the matters she reported on and the snippets of low level chatter that she had translated was entirely contextless and most cleverly being used as a red herring. Meaning, not even "limited hangout" which imports to tell at least a half-truth, or a quarter truth, or weak version of truth in order to "inoculate" against the whole truth.
As a new "white man" (recent American citizen), Sibel Edmonds was psychologically behaving whiter than the white man in her expression of concern for her new nation as the proverbial house nigger. I have explored this topic in considerable depth in my article FAQ What is an Intellectual Negro?.
Anyway, as one can see, the tone of my first letter to Ms. Sibel Edmonds was deliberately most measured, respectful, and inviting her to study deeper under her own self-realization that she is merely being unwittingly duped. In a nutshell, Sibel Edmonds maintained the same core-lies of empire, the Osama Bin Laden, the invasion on 9/11 was from abroad by "militant Islam" due to American foreign policies, and generally the "blowback" version of the narrative sanctioned by empire. That "rebel" narrative had been the bread and butter for decades in America, at least since the Vietnam War, but especially most vocally since 9/11 for virtually all its dissent chiefs across its fictitious political divide, including Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, Howard Zinn, Greg Palast, Robert Fisk, etc., on the left liberal nexus, and Ron Paul, Paul Craig Roberts, a couple of FOX news anchors whose name I now forget, etc., on the right conservative nexus. Ms. Sibel Edmonds, the good looking liberal new immigrant, like the conservative Indian Dinesh D'Souza already a presence in the Bush White House, nicely added the bird's voice to corral the remaining house-nigger immigrants from Asia as well as the American feeble mind that gravitates to beautiful faces (which is why advertising is big business), to this "collection pool" of dissent sanctioned by empire.
But in my second letter of March 27, 2008, written after most diligently studying her congressional testimonies and other statements for hours on end, I became convinced that she was a "witting" accomplice --- that she appeared to enjoy all this limelight and fame, and couldn't be just a simpleton moron who had just swam to the shores of America. So my tone changed in this next letter because now I felt she was deliberately participant in bringing imperial harm to our nations, Iran, Pakistan specifically, by lending doctrinal credence to future justifications of imperial attacks now in the making. That mantra today is firmly seeded into the Western mainstream narrative, called "loose nukes" threat for Pakistan, and the threat of Iran getting their own "nukes" and destroying Israel and the West.
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March 27, 2008.
Yet inexplicably, we observe courageous whistleblowers like Ms. Edmonds entirely silent on matters of "imperial mobilization" of her own adopted nation, or that 911 could have been an inside job because the "imperial mobilization" and dramatic increase in defense spending to affect the military transformation that immediately followed was precisely predicated on such a shockingly catalyzing event – the "new pearl harbor"!
She is also silent on how 911 could possibly have occurred in an armed to the teeth superpower without treasonous peoples on the inside aiding and abetting in its operational planning, logistics, and execution. And not just aiding and abetting inadvertently through their incompetence, or aiding and abetting thugishly by being in the pay of foreign governments, both of which Ms. Edmonds asserts likely caused an otherwise preventable 911 from occurring, but aiding and abetting in actually making 911 happen on purpose as a deadly military covert-ops by a rogue cabal inside the United States upon the American nation like Hitler's 'Operation Canned Goods' and the 'Reichstag fire'! For the latter definition of aiding and abetting, the ultimate in treason, she is silent. One imagines that like Noam Chomsky and Robert Fisk, she too believes that 19 Muslim jihadis, controlled by a man on a dialysis machine in the Hindu Kush and armed with laptops and cell phones, trumped the world's largest most sophisticated superpower into lowering its air defenses, into not following routine operational procedures, and suspended the laws of physics by demolishing the towers at free fall speed.
Ms. Edmonds is bizarrely mute on the empirical observation – which requires no interpreters or translators or intermediaries – that the towers collapsing into their own footprints is suspiciously similar to how buildings collapse under expert controlled demolition. Nor is she willing to opine on the logical implication of the highest levels of treason that would be involved in such a case if the empirical evidence of the eyes, years of engineering experience, and the rational mind are taken as the starting point of forensic analysis instead of the facile unproven theoretical expositions from the Pentagon and 'Popular Mechanics'. Indeed, she seems entirely fixated in her untiring efforts, to draw attention to, and elevate the threat from, the boogiemen 'pirates', who are now, in effect, made out to appear more real and less fictitious because real identifiable 'treasonous thugs' from within the US Government themselves sold the bad guys America's nuclear secrets for a song! (Sibel Edmonds' words, non-utterances, and omissions gleaned in only these references: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N as of 03/27/08)
Therefore, it is legitimate, it may be tortuously argued under certain ripe conditions, to nuclear decimate both Pakistan and Iran, in order to claim back America's stolen nuclear secrets that Ms. Edmonds is drawing attention to as an insider whistleblower. Especially if it's carried out in the guise of retaliatory-response to another even more horrendous 911 as President Bush himself prognosticated on February 13, 2008 is imminent: "terrorists are planning new attacks on our country ... that will make Sept. 11 pale by comparison". Or even in response to another Gulf of Tonkin scenario that Congressman Ron Paul had prognosticated on January 15, 2007: "I am concerned, however, that a contrived Gulf of Tonkin- type incident may occur to gain popular support for an attack on Iran". Or in response to perhaps an entirely different scenario that will appear so publicly shocking at the time of its occurrence that it would necessitate Martial Law in the United States, and hurriedly lead to nuclear 'retaliatory' "shock and awe" upon all pre-planned targets. That such reasons for nuclear retaliation and preemptive nuclear strikes are not far fetched is ominously foreshadowed in build-up statements from American military commanders such as this one reported in Pakistani newspaper Dawn on February 7, 2008: 'Defence officials told Congress on Wednesday that Al Qaeda is operating from havens in "under-governed regions" of Pakistan, which they said pose direct threats to Europe, the United States and the Pakistan government itself. ... Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, predicted in written testimony that the next attack on the United States probably would be launched by terrorists in that region.' More of such ominous statements building up the boogieman in the Hindu Kush can be gleaned in this open letter to a Pakistani General warning Pakistan's leaders that they are unwittingly (or perhaps deliberately) suiciding that country by continuing to engage in the American fiction of the 'War on Terror' which has made Pakistan "Terror Central", the "very petri dish of international terrorism".
But it suffices to examine the above cited Adm. Michael Mullen's clairvoyance even with a modicum of one's own commonsense and a bit of un-indoctrinated rationalism.
"Next attack on the United States"? Is it so easy to attack a Goliath superpower isolated on a continent with a natural coastline from sea to shining sea and which spends trillions of dollars on its high-tech defense? Some barefoot mullahs with sticks and box cutters can so outwit the sole superpower and reduce it to such shambles that it has to enact draconian laws and deny its own civilians their own Constitutionally mandated Bill of Rights and Democratic existence? Then what's the point of all this defense spending if some "under-governed regions" of Pakistan can "pose direct threats to Europe, the United States"? Why not just take all that monies and put a roof over every man woman and child on the planet, provide everyone with clean drinking water, primary medical care, K-16 education, and lifetime livable-pension after retirement? And still have monies left over to build libraries, roads, and social services for all? That would most assuredly take the wind out of the sails of all terrorism – unless of course Daniel Pipes is to be believed, that it's not the peoples, but radical Islam and Islamism which is the enemy! That, it's "Not [even] a Clash of Civilizations, It's a Clash between the Civilized World and Barbarians". Even there, such genuine altruism and world-benefaction would surely eliminate the fertile recruiting grounds that are harvested through economic conscription and dead bodies created by the imperial bombings itself! Thus if despite this enormous defense spending, the American military-industrial complex failed to protect the Americans that they now cannot even disclose their true identities in most countries of the world, and often have to pretend that they are Canadians, shouldn't some peoples be demanding that the Pentagon be dismantled and its enormous kitchen-sink budget used for the good of the majority of the ordinary peoples of the United States?
Because these statements from the American President and his military commander can only be true at the 'unbirthday party' with the 'Mad Hatter' and the 'Dormouse' boisterously singing the war song "United We Stand", it is not difficult to imagine the purpose of this facile charade of governmental secrecy behind Ms. Edmonds' travails. Indeed, these FBI recordings may become a tortuous setup to authenticate the supposed 'nuclear signature' of the fateful tipping point, wherein, nuclear attacks on targeted countries would finally be deemed acceptable by the public – when once, just contemplating its use was unimaginable because of the MAD deterrence that had kept the world precariously perched on the edge of Armageddon for 40 years. When the conditions are ripe, all of a sudden, Ms. Edmonds' wishes for Congressional inquiry may get granted! It will be determined that the nuclear signature of the terrorist event matched that of 'loose nukes' based on stolen American technology, hijacked from Pakistan by the Taliban and al-qaeeda, and squirreled into Iran and used by them to inflict shocking harm to the peoples and interests of the United States! For an outlandish scenario where this could plausibly be sold to the gullible American public no differently than the facile pretexts of WMDs to invade Iraq, see "Wakeup to the grotesque reality of the 'Grand Chessboard'".
Beware of both, diabolically crafted, as well as inadvertently spun, endless trail of red herrings and dupes and patsies being made the pied pipers to hell. The 'technique of infamy' in its many variations is all pervasive in times of war, and this is, after all, 'World War IV', slated to last an entire lifetime! It will surely require highly inventive minds from 'Hollywood's script writers guild' to continually come up with increasingly compelling 'Alice in Wonderland' sequels to continue the pretexts for perpetual war! ...
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Source URL: http://print-humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2008/03/beware-redherrings-nuclear-security.html
The above texts are self-explanatory. Sibel Edmonds is the white man's witting Trojan horse planted into dissent. And that is further demonstrated by the likes of whom she willingly associates with, and which kind of people are her exponents and supporters. I will just draw your attention to the name mentioned up-top: Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, who so generously anointed me: "you are a completely stupid fool, a disgrace to humanity" when I called his bullshit on Dec 06, 2008, that India's 26/11 was due to "Muslim Revolution": Rebuttal to Paul Craig Roberts': 'Washington Arrogance has Fomented a Muslim Revolution'. (Further factual discoveries of what really happened on 26/11 may be read here)
What more can I say!
Sibel Edmonds' face is beautifully plastered on her much heralded new book, and if the glowing Amazon reviews are an indication of popularity, she is evidently raking in the compensation for her specious narratives no differently than Noam Chomsky for his 9/11 booklet (see Noam Chomsky, Closet Capitalist by Peter Schweizer, 2006). While Noam Chomsky was suitably anointed with the epithet: "Arguably the most important intellectual alive", by the empire's own mouthpiece, The New York Times, which not only helped sell his books but also afforded him mainstream credibility as dissent-chief extraordinaire, the new darling of Western dissent has been adorned with: "the most classified woman in U.S. History", by Amazon to help sell hers and perform the same manufacturing of a celebrity function before the "crowd of simpletons and the credulous". The Paul Newman Award, one can believe, is for her courageous and harrowing experience with the FBI, of course, but also for echoing the same core-lies of empire that 9/11 was an invasion from abroad! No awards were given to the late Eustace Mullins for his far more substantial dissent and significant real exposés of the Federal Reserve, nor to Ezra Pound who was locked away for life in St. Elizabeth for his real dissent with the American empire, and nor to Socrates who chose to drink the Hemlock instead. And as per Wikispooks' own disclosure concerning her website: "A partly free, partly pay for access website which takes a firmly establishment sceptic line." Pay per access, indeed (!), and for what (?): to read the "firmly establishment sceptic line." Some public service! Only in America --- where making money, fame, and shameless self-promotion on the blood of the 'untermenschen' has been raised to towering heights. Let the narrators of future history not neglect to mention this zenith of achievement of Western civilization among its highest and most lauded consciences.
To be fair, I have not read her book, nor followed her opinions since that second letter in 2008. That was nearly 7 years into 9/11. Now, in 2014, perhaps she is singing a different song --- I don't know --- one can never rule out metanoia. I read recently somewhere that even Noam Chomsky, ex post facto, way past the time of fait accompli, may have come around that 9/11 was not done by al-qaeeda (but I have not confirmed that with him directly). Who knows --- in 40-50 years, they will all be experiencing collective metanoia, happily revealing how the One-World Government was fashioned in the blood of the "useless eaters" of humanity. Then, the likes of Sibel Edmonds may even be given the Nobel Prize for history writing, or whatever is in vogue then, for more truthfully revealing it all so that even sixth graders can remorselessly read about it in their history books. Just as they do today about how the American continent was settled.
If ever the predictions made in my letter come true and Sibel Edmonds' "whistleblowing" is used for fashioning justifications to launch invasions of other nations, the blood of my peoples will equally be shared by Sibel Edmonds with all the rest of vulgar propagandists who have maintained the core lies of empire. I have little sympathy for any ex post facto claims of having been "ignorant of knowledge" --- especially when it is public knowledge easily accessible to anyone. If one is unable to add two plus two but leads in making the public mind as a surrogate of the Mighty Wurlitzer, one is a propagandist. Referring back to Nuremberg Military Tribunals, justice Robert H. Jackson had even set the legal precedent for international law when he eviscerated all Shakespearean claims of the Nazi leadership of their being ignorant of the real facts of the matter underlying Hitler's imperial mobilization: "The plans of Adolf Hitler for aggression were just as secret as Mein Kampf, of which over six million copies were published in Germany."
Thank you
Zahir Ebrahim
Project Humanbeingsfirst.org
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Ola! Just me again sharing my latest photo diary with you.
Last week New Balance commissioned Sporteluxe to showcase their latest collaboration with J.Crew. And it was everything I ever dreamed of! Every morning I sit at my desk and the product just hangs there staring at me like, "put me on, put me on", So, I got a little antsy, put it on and dragged my hubby up to the rooftop to help me shoot these key pieces. Pretty eh? Cotton candy pinks, skinny stripes and bold colour blocking. My kinda style 🙂
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One of the bill's objectives is to see the legal detention period of those who have been refused asylum prolonged from the current 90 days to 135 days while awaiting deportation. Another aim is to shorten the time frame in which a migrant can apply for asylum from 120 to 90 days. Rejected applicants would no longer be able to apply for another residence permit and the appeal period would be reduced to 15 days. Financial assistance would be offered to those rejected applicants who are willing to return to their home countries voluntarily. Interior Minister Gerard Collomb, who introduced the reform in January, said: "the bill is balanced and will align our procedures with those existing in neighbouring countries". He also suggested that France's "lax asylum policies" were responsible for the influx of migrants. 'Inhumane measures' However, the immigration bill has faced fierce criticism from non-governmental organisations and French government agencies dealing with refugees. La Cimade, an organisation that works with undocumented immigrants in France, is one of the NGOs leading the battle against the bill. "The objective is; grant fewer rights, expel more people, migrants and rejected asylum seekers," Rafael Flichman, communications officer at La Cimade, told Al Jazeera. "Locking up thousands of people for 45 days or more to expel a few hundred more a year is an inhumane measure that will undoubtedly generate trauma and violence related to deprivation of freedom," he said. "Detention centres are prisons. For example, someone recently committed suicide in a detention centre in Marseille. Self-harm and suicide attempts are very common in this situation," Flichman added. {articleGUID} According to Flichman, countless asylum seekers living on the streets in Paris also "do not have access to a lawyer, support from an association, no legal skills, and no internet access" and thus would be unable to appeal in under 15 days. In a letter to the French newspaper Le Monde published in January, a group of analysts and academics accused Macron of "double language" on migration. The group includes Jean Pisani-Ferry, an economist who put together Macron's economic programme. "Mr Macron, your policies contradict the humanism that you advocate," the letter reads. "Unfortunately, we have woken up in a country where we tear the blankets off the migrants in Calais... deface their tent canvases in Paris. Where one can get lost, hands and feet frozen, on the snowy slopes of the Franco-Italian border. "Thus Eritreans, Sudanese or Syrians, humiliated in their country, tortured in Libya... terrorised in the Mediterranean, who have entered Europe by Greece or Italy, may soon be deprived of their liberty in France," the letter adds. The Jungle In an effort to clamp down on the migrants, France began dismantling the "The Jungle" camp in Calais, in northern France, in 2016. It was home to as many as 8,000 people, including 1,200 children, who were seeking to cross the English Channel to reach the UK. The United Nations have warned this month that hundreds of refugees are still living in "inhumane" conditions in northern France with no access to sanitation and only polluted rivers to wash themselves in. It is estimated that up to 900 asylum-seekers and migrants are still in Calais. "This law is not based upon a humane philosophy at all," Marion Beaufils, a legal adviser in a detention centre, told Al Jazeera. "It applies a very punitive approach to immigration." "The people currently detained in administrative detention centres are very worried that this new law will be passed," she added. Last year, applications for asylum in France rose to 100,000, an increase for the third consecutive year, even though the number across Europe fell, according to Eurostat. Minor positive aspects The draft bill proposes plans for better protection and housing for refugees. {articleGUID} It would also extend the right to family reunification to cover the siblings of refugee minors, whereas before they had only been able to bring their parents to join them in France. Measures to protect young girls in France who are at risk of female genital mutilation would also be reinforced. But "the positive aspects of the reform are very minor and will concern only a few hundred people per year," Flichman said. The government argues that its proposed bill is balanced and that it seeks to comply with European Union regulations with regards to immigration by 2020, to be on equal footing with other EU member states. "The government takes two risks with this project; disappointing the left who want more tolerance and generosity in the field of immigration, even if they agree with the idea of fighting illegal immigration; and to disappoint the right who seek to defend strong themes on national identity," Bruno Cautres, a political scientist and researcher at Sciences Po in Paris, told Al Jazeera. Cautres argued, "we must not stop educating the French on tolerance towards people from other countries and cultures". "But the government also needs to show that it is working together with its European partners on the issue of immigration. We cannot say that we want a stronger European integration and at the same time leave this problem to our neighbours, Germany or Italy in particular. "France is not doing enough to welcome refugees," he said. SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Katya Bohdan @ katyabohdan France Refugees Emmanuel Macron Politics European Union


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It is hard to believe February is already upon us. As the amount of sunlight hours steadily increases bit by bit each day we are reminded that spring is right around the corner. And as we gear up for the 2013 season it is time to begin checking things off of the winter projects list. First priority is the greenhouse where we will begin seeding brassicas over the next few weeks.
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Roczen dominates MX2 USGP at Glen Helen
Start MX2: Musquin (#1) in front of Roczen (#94), Herlings (#84) back.
"The German Sensation" on fire again.
Herlings flying at the second position.
Roczen celebrates his victory with Herlings and Searle.
Red Bull/Teka/KTM Factory rider Ken Roczen dominated the MX2 class at the U.S. Grand Prix of Motocross held at Glen Helen Raceway to lead every lap in both motos and finish ahead of teammate Jeffrey Herlings on both counts. The GP also saw the return of Marvin Musquin after a long injury pause.
The German teenager, who celebrated his first career win in the AMA SX Lites in the closing round of the competition earned first gate pick after winning Saturday's qualifier by 16 seconds over Herlings. He nailed the holeshot in the first moto with Herlings and Musquin on his tail. Roczen and Herlings pulled away but Musquin washed out in the second corner before scrambling to get back in the race from near last. The French rider, who is competing for the Red Bull KTM US team in the AMA outdoors in 2011, crashed once more on the deeply rutted track and had to return to the pits for some adjustment to his front brake.
Meanwhile Roczen had no trouble taking the first moto win. "I like to consider this as one of my home races now that I have been living in California the first half of the year. It feels great to get a win here for my European team but to also have my American team celebrate with me," commented Roczen. Herlings went on to finish second while Musquin was back at nineteenth.
KTM fans were looking for a showdown between the team's two talented teenagers and were not disappointed in the second moto when Roczen and Herlings again delivered stunning performances. Roczen pulled the holeshot with Herlings on his tailpipe and they stuck close together for three-quarters of the race before Herlings fell slightly off the pace and settled into second. At the finish they were 1-2 again, while Musquin had a much better showing to be a confidence building sixth at the flag.
Ken Roczen: "I had some good fights with Jeffrey. I made some mistakes, which I am not very happy about but I like to ride in the mud. Here its kind of sandy and I knew Jeffrey was going to be fast but I won both motos and it was good."
Jeffrey Herlings: "I'm really satisfied and it was a good weekend. I wanted to go for the win in the second moto but I made a big mistake and almost crashed so I decided to slow down and just go for second."
"We were very proud to see Kenny (Roczen) and Jeffrey (Herlings) finish so well today. It is great to see both of our team riders up front. I also would like to give credit to Marvin (Musquin) because I know how hard it is to return from injury and I am happy with his second moto result. He will need a few more weeks to build up his speed and he'll be back on his game," commented Red Bull/Teka/KTM Team Manager Stefan Everts.
1, Ken Roczen, Germany, KTM (1-1)
2, Jeffrey Herlings, Netherlands, KTM (2-2)
3, Tommy Searle, Britain, Kawasaki
4, Max Anstie, Britain, Kawasaki
5, Zach Osborne, USA, Yamaha
Other KTM
8, Nick Aubin, France, KTM
9, Joel Roelants, Belgium, KTM
10, Jordi Tixier, France, KTM
11, Marvin Musquin, France, KTM
17, Pascal Rauchenecker, Austria, KTM
18, Nikolaj Larsen, Denmark, KTM
Standings after three GPs
1, Ken Roczen, German, KTM, 144 points
2, Jeffrey Herlings, Netherlands, KTM 130
3, Tommy Searle, Britain, Kawasaki, 120
4, Zach Osborne, USA, Yamaha, 90
5, Max Anstie, Britain, 87
Other KTM
9, Joel Roelants, Belgium, 67
11, Nicolas Aubin, France, 59
12. Jordi Tixier, France, 39
13, Jeremy van Horebeek, Belgium KTM 31, (currently injured)
*KTM leads the Manufacturer's Standings by 24 points after three GPS
Nagl earns an impressive MX1 second at USGP
Nagl enjoys his podium moment
Great performance at Glen Helen for Max Nagl
Cairoli scores more championship points for USGP
Red Bull/Teka/KTM Factory rider Max Nagl put together two solid performances for a 3-2 result to take home second overall at the U.S. Grand Prix of Motocross held at Glen Helen Raceway on Sunday to set the stage for a great result in the team overseas excursion.
Nagl got off to a great start in the first moto and was in fourth going into the first corner while his teammate and reigning MX1 World Motocross Champion Tony Cairoli nearly grabbed the holeshot and was second at the turn. Cairoli looked solid but Nagl bobbled a few corners in and dropped to sixth. By lap eight he had moved himself into podium position after passing Kevin Strijbos while Cairoli had been slowly gaining on race leader Clement Desalle and was set to challenge him for the lead. He was all over the French rider's back wheel halfway round the last lap when he cross-rutted and had to setting for second. Nagl joined him on the podium in third place.
Nagl repeated his first moto start as he rounded the first corner of the second moto in fourth position but shortly into the first lap Cairoli crashed on an uphill with Steven Frossard and the two riders dropped to the back of the pack.
By now the event announcers were hailing Nagl's ride as impressive as he fought his way through the pack. He moved up to fourth then slipped back Evgeny Bobryshev for third around the large sweeper on lap six. He made the same pass on Strijbos on lap eight to advance to second behind Desalle and with five laps to go Max had him in his sights. At one point he narrowed the gap to four seconds and despite a mistake three laps before the flag, he put in a very strong showing in the final two to be just 1.5 second behind the Frenchman. Meanwhile Cairoli made a huge effort to gain ground and was eleventh at the flag.
Cairoli said he was a little disappointed with the result as Glen Helen is one of his favorite tracks. He said he had fared quite well in the first moto but a mistake in the final stages meant he wasn't able to tackle Desalle for the lead. Then after a bad start in the second moto, his luck ran out as the race progressed when he broke his clutch lever in a crash. "I made two stupid mistakes but all in all it wasn't such a bad weekend. I was fourth in the championship and I gained some points and am now third so that's a good thing."
MX1 GP Results
1, Clement Desalle, France, Suzuki
2, Max Nagl, Germany, KTM
3, Evgeny Bobryshev, Russia, Honda
4, Kevin Strijbos, Belgium, Suzuki
5. Tony Cairoli, Italy, KTM
Standings after 3 GPs
1, Clement Desalle, France, Suzuki, 128
2, Max Nagl, Germany, KTM, 122
3, Tony Cairoli, Italy, 104
4, Steven Frossard, France, Yamaha, 96
5, David Philippaerts, Italy, Yamaha
*KTM leads Manufacturer's Standings by 1 point


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Merry Christmas!
Just a quick post to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Naturally we'll be posting a bit less over the next couple of days or so, but we've still got plenty of content lined up in the run up to New Year, and of course, beyond. This includes more reviews, a DLC Digest, maybe some news, and an article about what we think are the best games of 2010. That last one is due to go live on New Year's Day, so stay tuned to the site for that.
Thank you also to everyone for your support in 2010 – it's a been a great year for the site, including taking on new staff and launching the podcast. Let's hope 2011 is even better!
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At Smartgroup (stock market ticker SIQ.AX), we recognise our team member's efforts at quarterly awards breakfasts. Some of our staff go to extreme efforts to satisfy our customers, so we recently introduced the 'Fully SIQ' award to acknowledge team members whose story best encapsulates the Smartgroup spirit! Over the last two quarters we've had some fantastic nominations for the award, and I wanted to share the stories of our last two winners with you:
Michael Bell, Mobile Leasing Consultant
Back in December, our QLD customers and staff were hit by severe hail storms. As a result, there were delays with new car deliveries from dealerships. In fact, one of our customers was not going to get his car in time for a wedding and family reunion.
Michael Bell, the Smartgroup Mobile Leasing Consultant, went the extra mile and took matters into his own hands. He took the initiative to fly from his home in Townsville down to the car dealer in Brisbane to pick up the car and then drive it back up to his customer in Rockhampton. Of course, he also cleaned and refueled the car!
Michael said: "It was the right thing to do – I think that the core values of Smartgroup actually demanded this response. I met the client in Rockhampton – there was true country gratitude – I made new friends which was rewarding in itself and Smartgroup proved that what we say we do is followed through with action."
Peter Arthur, Salary Packaging Consultant
Another great QLD story from one of our Salary Packaging Consultants Peter Arthur. Peter was on the road in Bundaberg, when he was pulled over for a random breath test (which he passed of course!). Not only did he get to chatting with the Officer about novated leasing, but he actually went back to the police station to chat with the Officer's colleagues about their novated leasing options too . . . talk about making the most out of a situation!
Peter said: "I got pulled over for a random breath test and was asked what I was up to today by the officer. I told him I was actually going to be dropping in at his police station to provide staff with some information about salary packaging. I thought it couldn't hurt – you have to make the most of any opportunity you can get when you are on the road!"
Of course Peter would have been happier to get a few sales after his visit, though we can't help but admire his efforts!


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Squirrel on a Wire
637 // December 20, 2009 The weather has been unseasonably warm down here in Denver. Which, I don't mind at all. Keep all the snow in the mountains… (well, unfortunately, that hasn't been happening, either). I took Mr. Cub on a walk today around the neighborhood, this squirrel followed us for about a solid two […]
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623 // November 30, 2009 At the top of the trailhead of Mayflower Gulch, my two boys are dwarfed by the mountains behind them.
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Little Guy
572 // September 23, 2009 Fun subject to photograph when I was recently in Florida.
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Glorified Desert
563 // September 09, 2009 On a hike up near Red Rocks in Morrison.
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569 // August 04, 2009 This is one of a few feathers I have seen around Denver – can anyone name what bird it comes from? I'm horrible with identifying them – aside from all the diseases it's probably carrying, sure is a pretty one.
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Just "Bee" Yourself
558 // July 18, 2009 If you have ever crossed the path of a bug and yours truly at the same time, you'd know that I hate 'em. I jump, scream – act like an unnecessary spaz. I can't help it! The critters freak me out. Except when they are docile and not moving. This […]
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White Observer
558 // July 07, 2009 Mountain goat on Mt. Quandary. He tried to get kind of close to us on our descent down the mountain — we think it was because of the pups and unfortunately, some people do feed them. In either case, he quickly lost interest and we continued on our way.
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Walking the Tightrope
538 // June 13, 2009 Blue Heron just off the dock.
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Body Cap Experiment
509 // May 5, 2009 With my new pinhole photography experimentation lately, I've seen some ways you can alter the body cap for a DSLR into a pinhole lens. Extra body cap? Check. I followed these directions and shot a few. The pictures came out decent enough – both these were taken at a 30 […]
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Coors Sparrow
485 // April 10, 2009 Red Breasted Sparrow by Coors Field in April. He kept flying around so it took a few tries to get him through the branches, but I think the patience was worth it.
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462 // March 12, 2009 Tracks in Summit County, Colrorado.
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430 // January 29, 2009 How much do you wish you were these guys right now? Sun, beach, warm and in Hawaii. I was randomly showing a friend today some pictures of my honeymoon back in 2006 and came across this picture. It's an oldie, but goodie – and don't think I've shown it on […]
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One Fourth – A Quarter – 1/4
429 // Januray 28, 2009 Polarizing UV filter used – no post processing on this photo.
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419 // January 16, 2009 Summit County, Colorado.
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"The effects of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) remain controversial. Many studies have examined the effect IMT has on exercise performance, but any changes to the body that come from IMT have yet to be looked at.
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Tips to stay healthy celebrate New Year's Eve
Tips New Year's feast
SIS can still celebrate a great party with festive while still serving various meals and snacks were delicious and tempting! Here are a few tips!
- Provide drinks free or low-calorie feast SIS. The types of low-calorie drinks can be: tea and coffee, use an artificial sweetener mineral water drinks diet soda with diet soda Holiday Punch
- Serve healthy snacks such as salads that SIS can fill with vegetables and fruits. Use pieces of carrots, broccoli, apples, oranges, and so on to create a colorful salad creations and savory taste.
- Reduce foods that are too oily dish, cooked with fried but if that is not possible, use low-fat oils, such as olive oil to replace the ordinary coconut oil.
- Select lean meat and high in protein. SIS can serve roast beef or grilled chicken, and smoked salmon as the main course in the party. Serve dessert in small portions. No harm in presenting strawberry cheese cake, pia apple, blueberry muffins as long as in small portions. The portion of each dessert that can be discharged in 1-2 bites.
- Plan activities to do activities together in SIS party. Dancing, playing ping pong, billiards, whatever it is that the party guests to stay active and keep the party atmosphere remains exciting.
- If the SIS serves alcoholic beverages in a party, do not let guests SIS consume too much or mix their own drinks. Never provide liquor to minors and do not force the guests to drink. A festive party is NOT synonymous with alcohol and be drunk for a long period ria. Drunken condition will lead to the act and behavior is no longer under control so it is possible to interrupt the party.
- Tips last and most important, namely: Have fun! But not to excess. SIS should be a good host so that guests can behave well.
- Provide small dishes to guests SIS so that they can take in small amounts even though there must be some guests who piled tower foods like pizza.
Tips when invited as guests feastHere are some tips to keep the night for the SIS will enjoy the festive spirit of the end of the year!
- Consumption of snack before coming to the party can prevent SIS eat too much at the party
- Choose carefully what foods to be eaten SIS, which will be tasted alone, and who will SIS pass. Enjoy the party, do not make arena fights eat
- Do not rush to eat, socialize and mingle before going to the dinner table
- Avoid socializing near the dining table or snack to avoid snacking behavior unconsciously
- Before deciding to consume alcohol, drink more soft drinks that SIS is not too thirsty and limit the number akohol to be taken,
- Lastly, remember to NOT drive a vehicle if the SIS when too much alcohol.


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Butcher's bike
This vintage butcher's bike which is believed to date back to the 1950's was brought back to its former glory by us as part of a commission by a Sheffield greengrocers.
Glynne stripped down the bike and sympathetically restored it in keeping with its original features. He then painted it in line with the customers wishes and added sign writing to publicise the owner's shop. The bike is now back on the road and is back to its former role delivering local produce.


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NEW ORLEANS, May 21 (UPI) -- Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett says opening a Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant in Biloxi, Miss., has special meaning for him.
"Biloxi was the first place I ever made a dollar professionally," Buffett said Sunday in New Orleans.
The 65-year-old Mississippi native has 26 albums, three No. 1 New York Times best-selling books and developed the Margaritaville Cafe and Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chain.
"Actually growing up down there, it's a big part of my family history and musical history," Buffett said.
"And then you throw in a couple of hurricanes and an oil spill ... I care enough about this place to have wanted to do something to help recover from those things, and that's how [the casino] came about."
Buffett said the waterfront complex, which opens Tuesday, will feature special indigenous touches, including memorabilia.
The singer hits the road with his Coral Reefer Band May 30. He plans to record a new album this fall.


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Essay on ELECTRICITY
Jose John March 6, 2015 No CommentsELECTRICITY Electricity is the mysterious force and power, without which we cannot think of modern life. It is indispensable for modern man. Of all the inventions made by science, the invention of electricity has been most wonderful and useful. It has ushered in a long revolution in our lives. Its invention has removed darkness, lethargy and unemployment from our life to a great extent. It has really transferred the whole world into a compact and illuminated heaven. Its absence, even for a few minutes, will result into total chaos, darkness and disruption. Life and all its activities will then come to a standstill. Electricity is one of the most essential items of our daily life. It runs our factories, trains, trams and ships. It has proved an indispensable maid servant to house-wives. It cleans, sweeps, washes, cooks, and dusts like a cheap maid-servant always at our disposal. In winter it keeps us warm; in summer it runs our fans, coolers, air-conditioners, chillers etc. it has relieved mankind from much of drudgery and labour. Consequently, man has more spare time to be devoted to hobbies, pastimes and higher and more meaningful pursuits. It has helped us in overcoming the barriers of time and space. The world has turned today into... read more


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Mitsuru Ushijima
|Native name
牛島 満
|July 31, 1887
Kagoshima, Japan
|June 22, 1945 (aged 57)
Okinawa, Japan
|Empire of Japan
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Years of service
|1908 – 1945
|General (posthumous)
|Commands held
|Siberian Intervention
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Mitsuru Ushijima (牛島 満 Ushijima Mitsuru, 31 July 1887 – 22 June 1945[1]) was a Japanese general who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. He was the commanding general of the 32nd Army, which fought in the Battle of Okinawa during the final stages of the war. Ushijima's troops were defeated, and at the end of the battle he committed suicide.
Ushijima was a native of Kagoshima city in Kagoshima prefecture on the island of Kyūshū in southern Japan. He graduated from the 20th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1908 and of the 28th class of the Army Staff College in 1916. Soon after graduation, he was assigned to the Japanese Expeditionary Force based at Vladivostok during the Siberian Intervention against Bolshevik forces during the Russian Civil War.[citation needed]
From 1933 to 1936, Ushijima served in administrative postings within the War Ministry. He was appointed commander of the IJA 1st Infantry Regiment from 1936 to 1937.[2]
With the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ushijima was promoted to major general and appointed commander of the IJA 36th Infantry Brigade. He was recalled to Japan in 1938 to become Commandant of the Toyama Army Infantry School. In 1939, he was promoted to lieutenant general and again given a field command as general officer commanding the IJA 11th Division in central China, participating in many battles in China and Burma.[citation needed]
Ushijima returned to Japan in 1941, serving a year as the Commandant of the Non-commissioned Officers Academy. From 1942 to 1944, he was Commandant of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy.[citation needed]
As the war situation continued to deteriorate for the Japanese in the Pacific War, Ushijima was sent to Okinawa to take command of the newly formed 120,000 man 32nd Army, charged with the defense of the Ryukyu Islands against American invasion. The 32nd Army consisted of the IJA 9th Division, IJA 24th Division, and the IJA 62nd Division, and the 44th Independent Brigade. The 9th Division was transferred to Taiwan prior to the American invasion. Ushijima commanded all Japanese forces in the southern portion of the Okinawa main island from his headquarters in Shuri Castle in Naha. He led a skillful defense of the island despite disagreements between his second in command, General Isamu Cho, and his chief of staff, Colonel Hiromichi Yahara.[citation needed]
After an offensive action urged by Cho led to a near massacre of the attacking Japanese troops by superior American firepower, Ushijima adopted the defensive attrition tactics urged by Yahara. After the turning of the Shuri Line by the American forces, he led a successful withdrawal of his troops to the extreme south of the island. This defensive line did not meet with the same success, and became a fragmented grouping of isolated defensive positions. Ushijima and Cho retreated to Hill 89 at the south coast. The command and control of the remnants of the 32nd Army soon quickly deteriorated as communication with the last defensive positions was cut. Record numbers of Japanese prisoners surrendered; many were Okinawan volunteers or conscripts.[citation needed]
Ushijima refused a personal plea from the American General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. to surrender. Instead, hearing the sounds of the systematic destruction of positions nearby on Hill 89, Ushijima and General Cho committed ritual suicide, or seppuku, disemboweling himself with a sacred knife just before one of his adjutants decapitated him with a saber.[3]
Yahara was the most senior officer captured by American forces, and the most senior to survive the battle. Yahara had asked Ushijima for permission to commit suicide, but the general refused his request, saying, "If you die there will be no one left who knows the truth about the battle of Okinawa. Bear the temporary shame but endure it. This is an order from your army commander."[4] Yahara later authored a book entitled The Battle for Okinawa, describing Ushijima's last moments.[citation needed]
The bodies of Ushijima, and his chief of staff, Lieut. Gen. Isamu Cho, were buried under U.S. military auspices on 27 June 1945 near the cave where they died in the last hours of fighting on Okinawa. "The bodies of the two Japanese generals were lowered into graves almost above their cave headquarters which was sealed during the American flag service."[5]
Ushijima was described as a humane man who discouraged his senior officers from striking his subordinates, as was their right in the Imperial Japanese Army, and disliked displays of anger because he considered it a base emotion.
- ^ "The War: Okinawa". PBS. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ Ammenthorp, The Generals of World War II
- ^ Rothman, Lily (June 22, 2015). "The Gory Way Japanese Generals Ended Their Battle on Okinawa". Time.
- ^ John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1936-1945, Random House, 1970, p. 723
- ^ Dopking, Al, "Jap Officers Buried By U. S. Forces", Florence Morning News, Florence, South Carolina, Thursday 28 June 1945, Volume XXII, Number 455, page 1.
- Fuller, Richard (1992). Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai. London: Arms and Armor. ISBN 1-85409-151-4.
- Hayashi, Saburo; Cox, Alvin D (1959). Kogun: The Japanese Army in the Pacific War. Quantico, VA: The Marine Corps Association.
- Toland, John (1970). The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1936-1945. Random House. ISBN 0-8129-6858-1.
- Yahara, Hiromichi; Gibney, Frank B. (1995). The Battle for Okinawa. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-18080-7.
External links
- Ammenthorp, Steen. "Ushijima Mitsuru, General". The Generals of World War II.
- Budge, Kent. "Ushijima, Mitsuru". Pacific War Online Encyclopedia.
- Chen, Peter. "Ushijima, Mitsuru". WW2 Database.


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I'm running Mathematica 9.0.1 under OS X.
In order to have separate contexts for each of my notebooks, I used the instructions in the last part of the accepted answer from the following link:
Is there a way to separate variables between multiple notebooks?
To quote the relevant part of the answer:
"To set this automatically for all new notebooks, open the Options Inspector (Ctrl/Command+Shift+O), and change the scope to "Global Preferences." Then, the option CellContext is found under Cell Options -> Evaluation Options. Change it to "Notebook."
However I've found that after I do this, I lose auto-completion suggestions for symbols that I define in my notebook(s). Is there any way to fix this?


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We can always count on Livia Firth to bring eco-friendly fashion to the party and she rocked up to the 2015 Cannes Film Festival wearing a Beautiful Soul purple print dress and carrying an Aspiga Beach clutch.
Beautiful Soul describes its label as being "committed to a conscious approach to fabric sourcing, environmental impact and is committed to local, UK-based production [and] supporting the regeneration of UK manufacturing and textile production," while Aspiga Beach prides itself on "helping to fight poverty through trade" by working with small Kenyan suppliers.
Livia's commitment to eco-friendly fashion goes well beyond her wardrobe. She's the executive producer on The True Cost, a documentary exploring the impact the fashion industry has on the environment which is screening at Cannes this year. At a Cannes reception movie mogul Harvey Weinstein said, "This movie's going to shock the fashion world."
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Photo credit: Livia Firth/Instagram
The film's director Andrew Morgan revealed how Livia helped get the project off the ground by introducing him to some of the biggest players in the eco-fashion industry, such as Stella McCartney who was interviewed for the film.
More: Celebrity selfies not welcome on Cannes red carpet
Livia, who is also in Cannes to support husband Colin Firth and his film Genius, is passionate about vintage clothing too; she posted an Instagram picture of herself in an amazing 1970s Missoni dress yesterday captioned with the hashtag #clotheswithstories.
Photo credit: Livia Firth/Instagram
As the creative director of Eco-Age and founder of the Green Carpet Challenge, Livia Firth has been appointed a UN Leader Of Change and recognised with the UN Fashion 4 Development Award.
In 2014 she won the Rainforest Alliance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sustainability and the Honorary Award of the National German Sustainability Foundation.
The True Cost will be released on Netflix.
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It was fun to have our weavers group gather at my house on a lovely spring day. Once we got show and tell out of the way and stuffed ourselves with quiche and lots of great food we spent some time taking in the view from my deck. The eagles made an appearance in trees across the way. I'm not sure who was watching who. I am very fortunate to live in one of the most beautiful areas of the midwest.
I have been busy weaving for the Winding Roads Art Tour and the weeds are getting a little out of control. Now that the tour is over the battle of the weeds begins again. Nice to be outside fighting the good fight. But I've got to get something new on the loom to show off at the next weavers group. Now, that is motivation!


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I recently helped plan and facilitate a "Place at the Table" conversation sponsored by Children's Book Council and Children's Books Boston as part of Children's Book Week. Below are the questions that I posed to the librarians, publishing professionals, educators and booksellers who attended. The conversations were rich and I would love to continue them virtually. Feel free to add your thoughts to this important dialogue about inclusion.
1. Why is it important that children have access to books with diversity content (ability, age, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic class)?
2. What are the barriers for diversity books that may prevent them from getting into reader's hands?
3. What are some solutions, strategies, or conversations to help shift the barriers to getting these books into the hands of children? (Think about your industry.)
4. Who has access to power in your field? Which voices are denied access? Why?
5. How can we educate the gatekeepers in your industry? Or what do they need to know or believe to create bookshelves that reflect our population?
6. How can your industry promote and reward excellence as it pertains to inclusive literature?
If you are interested in reading more about the actual event, check out Horn Book's post or the article in Publisher's Weekly.
And stay tuned to learn about some of the action steps people committed to taking to create change in their spheres of influence.


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'Man in Motion' Torches to be Displayed at River Green Story Centre
In a private ceremony on May 14, 2010, Mr. Rick Hansen of the Hansen Foundation presented the three 2010 Winter Olympic torches to executive members of Aspac Developments Ltd.
The torches presented to Aspac are artifacts of Mr. Hansen's Olympic and Paralympic journey, including the torch that was carried into the Opening Ceremony at BC Place Stadium.
Mr. Hansen is an advocate and activist of people with spinal cord injuries. Famed for his legendary "Man in Motion" world tour in 1985, he became one of Canada's national heroes. As a paraplegic athlete, he has won honours such as the "Outstanding Athlete of the Year" from the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (1980), and was inducted into Canada's Sport Hall of Fame in 2006. For his work and dedication to enrich the lives of those with spinal cord injuries, he was awarded with the Companion of the Order of Canada (1988), as well as the Order of British Columbia (1990).
During the ceremony, Mr. Hansen thanked Aspac for bringing this "amazing vision to the City of Richmond," in reference to Aspac's newest development project – River Green, and expressed a hope that River Green would "continue the flame in the City of Richmond." Mr. Hansen concluded by pronouncing Aspac the "custodians of the Olympic and Paralympic dreams" as he presented torches to Mr. John Ryan and Mr. Gary Wong. "It is an honour and a privilege to display [the] torches at the River Green Story Centre," Aspac Developments said, "we hope the whole community will be able to feel that Olympic spirit again, and be inspired by all this wonderful legacy."
The torches will be on display for a period of six months at the River Green Story Centre, which is also the presentation centre for what will be Richmond's premier, waterfront master-planned community, to be developed over the next 15 years.
The River Green Story Centre will be open to the public beginning June 19.


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Now that I'm home from I teach K, I finally have a little time to look over (again) all my daughters fun activities from her "TK" year. I met so many teachers in Las Vegas who will be teaching TK for the first time! I thought it would be great to share this project. They worked on it all year. My daughter had an amazing teacherTebby Harrington of Kinderguppycreations who was always doing great projects! I do a ABC Art Book also, and this is how the "Kinder Guppies" did it.
The book is made of full sheets of construction paper.
I love the cupcake hood for her jacket with her photo and this fire truck is sooo darling!
Check out the cute otter with fur on his belly and a seashell!
The X-ray is done with bleach on a q-tip and then the children draw on black construction paper!
We read this book over and over! Such a wonderful keepsake.


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A Tribute to My (soon-to-be) Dead Cat
Mar 14, 2016
This week my family and I made the excruciating decision to put our old, family cat down. I have a lot of feelings about this - too many to express in ordinary words. So many, in fact, that I can't speak about this out loud yet and even writing it down is difficult. Let me explain a thing or two here. Cobweb, said old, family cat, was bought as a birthday present for my mother, Patty. My father, Mike, found her adoption papers the other day and we now know for certain that she has been in our
The OutsideLand
Jan 09, 2016
So, I had an altercation with a possum last night. No, but seriously, he had a hell of an attitude… And the worst bit was: I didn't notice him until after I had a fight with two enormous spiders and a mouse. Nature is leading a revolt! For too long these enormous naked monsters have terrorised us! For too long have they enslaved us, kept us to the wastelands! Well, they shall see… We will be more powerful than them all! We will get into their yards, barricade them in and trap them in their
Last Train to Canberra
Jun 14, 2015
Every day, as I commute to work, I cross Sydney Harbour four times (I know it sounds crazy, I promise it's the most efficient way.) But today it was different... Today I am getting a train down to Canberra. The nation's (freezing) capital city is now home to one of my dear, dear friends and their new house needs to be warmed. So, here I am crossing the bridge… I swear there's another layer to the majesty of the harbour bridge, the buildings in the CBD are more decorative – they glitter in the
The Walk of Shame
Jun 24, 2015
I tried something new this morning. I tried walking to work. You see, I woke up in a house much much closer to work than my own house, so I thought may as well just wander down the street - who needs a bus for a 30 second journey? Turns out, walking is stupid. I hate it. This all started because I had a boozy night at my friend's house and it got to 1am and we thought there's no sense in my going all the way home (15 minutes by taxi in the middle of the night) only to come all the way back for