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In truly "prophetic" utterances, the analysis of present circumstances, along with a consideration of the laws written into human nature which manifest themselves in history, can yield a prediction concerning the general outline of things to come. This judgment of the well-informed and perceptive mind, is somewhat undermined by only one factor. The universe and the "universe" of human society in which the inherent laws written into human nature by its Creator reveal themselves in historical events, is also a universe which contains free creatures who are undetermined as regards the means they can employ to achieve their specifically human end. Human freedom inserts a variable in the material necessity of the universe. This contingency and variability has its ultimate source in the spirituality of the human soul. It is precisely on account of his materialistic rejection of the human soul, that Karl Marx, for instance, could make such ridiculously precise predictions as to the "necessary" movement of economic, political, and social history. This does not mean, however, that there is not an inherent natural law which determine which human endeavors will "work" and which will lead to catastrophe. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, there were a group of scholars, theologians, philosopher, social critics, and poets, who predicted the inevitable demise of the Capitalist economic system which was just developing in Continental Europe, but had been operative for 100 years in England. When you read their works, especially the British authors of the early 20th century, here we include Hilaire Belloc, G.K. Chesterton, and Arthur Penty, one is struck by the fact that their analysis are more valid today than they were 70 or 80 years ago, their predictions more likely to be imminently fulfilled. What they predicted was nothing less than the collapse of the Capitalist system. In the case of Belloc, in his book The Servile State, it was predicted that capitalism would soon transform itself into an economic and social system which resembled the slave economies of the pre-Christian and early Christian eras. Why did they predict such a collapse or inevitable transformation? In their writings, many reasons are given, however, we can narrow them down to three. The first, they referred to as the "capitalist paradox." The paradox is a consequence of capitalism being an economic system which, in the long run, "prevents people from obtaining the wealth produced and prevents the owner of the wealth from finding a market." Since the Capitalist strives both for ever greater levels of production and lower wages, eventually "the laborer who actually produces say, boots cannot afford to buy a sufficient amount of the boots which he himself has made." This leads to the "absurd position of men making more goods than they need, and yet having less of those goods available for themselves than they need."
The second reason is now more pertinent than when it was first given. The Capitalist system, by its very nature, places the preponderance of wealth in the hands of a small minority. This monopoly on the money supply by banking and financial concerns, becomes more absolute as the capital-needing consumer must go to the banks to borrow money. Usury, now called "interest," insures that those who first possesses the money for loan, will end up with a greater portion of the money supply than they possessed before the loan was issued. As wages stagnate and interest payments become increasingly impossible to make, massive numbers of defaults will inevitably produce a crisis for the entire financial system. When entire nations default on loans, there will be a crisis throughout the entire international financial system. Demise is, therefore, built into the very structure of the Capitalistic system in which capital (i.e., all kinds of wealth whatsoever which man uses with the object of producing further wealth, and without which the further wealth could not be produced. It is a reserve without which the process of production is impossible) is primarily in the hands of the few. As G.K. Chesterton rightly stated, the problem with Capitalism is that it produces too few capitalists! The third fact concerning Capitalism which the Distributists thought would inevitably bring down the system or lead to its fundamental transformation, was the general instability and personal insecurity which marks a full-blown Capitalist economy. What accounts for this general feeling of insecurity and instability, which characterizes both the individual "wage-earner" and the society living under Capitalism, is the always present fear of unemployment and, hence, of destitution and the fact that a laborer's real wages leave him with only enough money to cover the expenses of the day. Saving, so as to provide an economic hedge against the misfortune of unemployment or personal crisis, becomes almost impossible.
The above were only some of the reasons why the Distributists, who formed the Distributist League in 1926, thought that the capitalist economy would eventually collapse. These were not, however, the only problems which they found with the system.
The social consequences of the majority being unable to afford real property, the decline and, eventual, disappearance of the trade guilds and vocational corporations, the "necessity" of wives and mothers entering the "work force," the end of small-scale family-owned businesses and farms, the decline of the apprentice system were all indictments of Capitalism in the mind of those who sought to chart out a "third way" between Capitalism, which is simply liberalism in the economic sphere, and Socialism.
There is little doubt that the problems with Capitalism which were cited by the Distributists have only grown in their proportion in our own time. The concentration of wealth, exemplified by the recent merger of Citicorp and Travelers which produced the largest banking institution in the United States with assets of $700 billion, simply boggles the mind. The institution of usury, always an necessary adjunct of economic liberalism, has caused in recent years more bankruptcies and personal debt than ever before in history. Nations, such as Indonesia, are tottering on the brink of social, economic, and political chaos because of their inability to pay the interest on their hundreds of billions of dollars in bank debt. If such a nation should go into default, it could threaten to throw a whole variety of nations into recession, depression, or worse.
It is not proper to say that the predictions of the imminent demise of Capitalism were totally without fulfillment. The 1920s, 30s, and 40s witnessed reaction after reaction to the radical individualism which is the fundamental idea of liberal Capitalism. Truly, the market is the institutionalization of individualism and non-responsibility. Neither buyer nor seller is responsible for anything but himself. The idea that if every man simply seeks after his own economic interest, all will be provided for and prosper, was almost universally rejected during these decades. We see strong reactions to economic liberalism in Russian Communism, German National Socialism, Italian Fascism, Austrian, Portuguese, and Spanish Corporatism, British Fabian Socialism, along with the American "New Deal" leftism. Thus, in the 1930s and 1940s, most of the world was ordered by ideologies which explicitly rejected the premises of economic liberalism. We must, also, not forget the international economic crash of the late 20s and early 30s, which produced economic depression, totalitarian regimes, and, finally, world war.
There is one fact which separates our day from the days of the 30s and 40s, however. The concentration of wealth and capital, the inadequacy of a man's pay to provide the basics of life and to provide for savings for the future, the lack of real property generously and broadly distributed, is masked by the reality of easy credit. Easy credit, which is not ultimately "easy" at all on the borrower, anesthetizes the populace to the grim facts of Capitalist monopoly. Since we seem to be able to get all the things that we want, the reality of real money being increasingly unavailable to the average man is lost in the delusionary state of the consumerist utopia. Only when the "benefit" of usurious credit is cut off, do we realize the full extent of the problem. The greatest problem with liberal Capitalism, however, is not the concentration of wealth or real property, the greatest "existential" problem created by Capitalism is the problem of the very meaning and reality of work. To work is essential to what it means to be a human being. Next to the family, it is work and the relationships established by work that are the true foundations of society. In modern Capitalism, however, it is productivity and profit which are the basic aims, not the providing of satisfying work. Moreover, since "labor saving" devices are the proudest accomplishments of industrial Capitalism, labor itself is stamped with the mark of undesirability. But what is undesirable cannot confer dignity.
It is not merely that industrial Capitalism has produced forms of work, both manual and white-collared, which are "utterly uninteresting and meaningless. Mechanical, artificial, divorced from nature, utilizing only the smallest part of man's potential capacities, [sentencing] the great majority of workers to spending their working lives in a way which contains no worthy challenge, no stimulus to self-perfection, no chance of development, no element of Beauty, Truth, Goodness." Rather, Capitalism has so fundamentally alienated man from his own work, that he no longer considers it his own. It is those with the financial monopoly who determine what forms of work are to exist and which are "valuable" (i.e., useful for rendering profits to the owners of money). Since man spends most of his days working, his entire existence becomes hollowed out, serving a purpose which is not of his own choosing nor in accord with his final end.
In regard to the entire question of a "final end," if we are to consider Capitalism from a truly philosophical perspective, we must ask of it the most philosophical of questions, why? What is the purpose for which all else is sacrificed, what is the purpose of continuous growth? Is it growth for growth's sake? With Capitalism, there is no "saturation point," no condition in which the masters of the system say that the continuous growth of corporate profits and the development of technological devices has ceased to serve the ultimate, or even the proximate, ends of mankind. Perhaps, the most damning indictment of economic liberalism, indeed, of any form of liberalism, is its inability to answer the question "why."
The History of the "Third Way"
To understand the history of the "Third Way," a name given to an economic system which is neither Marxist nor Capitalist by French corporatist thinker Auguste Murat (1944), we must consider the social, political, and economic realities which originally motivated its main advocates. Originally, "Corporatism," later to be termed "Distributism" by its British advocates Hilaire Belloc and G.K. Chesterton, was a response on the part of German traditionalists and Catholics to the inroads which the ideology of the French Revolution had made into their country in the early and middle years of the 19th century. The institutions which were being defended in Corporatist thought were the ancient "estates" or "guilds" which had been the pillars of Christian Germany for centuries. These corporate bodies, grouping together all the men of a particular occupation or social function, were an institutional opposition to the revolutionary doctrines of individualism and human equality. One early rightist thinker, Adam Muller, upheld the traditional idea of social stratification based upon an organic hierarchy of estates or guilds (Berufstandische). Such a system was necessary on account of the essential dissimilarity of men. Moreover, such a system would prevent the "atomization" of society so much desired by the revolutionaries who wished to remake in a new form that which had been pulverized by liberalism.
Von Ketteler and the Guild System
It was, however, a German nobleman and prelate, Wilhelm Emmanuel, Baron von Ketteler (1811-1877), Bishop of Mainz, who directed Corporatism into new avenues and forced it to address new concerns. The realities which Bishop von Ketteler knew the Catholic mind had to address was the new reality of industrialism and economic liberalism. As Pope Leo XIII himself admitted on several occasions, it was the thought of Bishop von Ketteler which helped shape his own encyclical letter on Catholic economic teaching Rerum Novarum (1891). The "new things" His Holiness was addressing were Capitalism and Socialism. Both meet with his condemnation, although Capitalism is condemned with strong language as an abuse of property, a deprivation of the many by the few, while Socialism is dismissed outright as being contrary to man's inherent right to own property.
Von Ketteler, also, in his book Die Arbeiterfrage und das Christenthum (Christianity and the Labor Problem), attacks the supremacy of capital and the reign of economic liberalism as the two main roots of the evils of modern society. Both represented the growing ascendancy of individualism and materialism, twin forces that were operating to "bring about the dissolution of all that unites men organically, spiritually, intellectually, morally, and socially." Economic liberalism was nothing but an application of materialism to society. "The working class are to be reduced to atoms and then mechanically reassembled. This is the fundamental generative principle of modern political economy." What Ketteler sought to remedy was "This pulverization method, this chemical solution of humanity into individuals, into grains of dust equal in value, into particles which a puff of wind may scatter in all directions." Bishop von Ketteler's solution to this problem of the pulverization of the work force and the ensuing injustice which this would inevitably breed, was to propose an idea which was the central concept of medieval and post-medieval economic life, the guild system. When responding to a letter from a group of Catholic workers who had submitted the question "Can a Catholic Workingman be a member of the Socialist Worker's Party?," Bishop von Ketteler outlined the basic structure of these vocational guilds or Berufstandische: First, "The desired organizations must be of natural growth; that is, they must grow out of the nature of things, out of the character of the people and its faith, as did the guilds of the Middle Ages." Second, "They must have an economic purpose and must not be subservient to the intrigues and idle dreams of politicians nor to the fanaticism of the enemies of religion." Third, "They must have a moral basis, that is, a consciousness of corporative honor, corporative responsibility, etc. Fourth, "They must include all the individuals of the same vocational estates." Fifth, "Self-government and control must be combined in due proportion."
The guilds which von Ketteler was advocating were to be true social corporations, true vocational "bodies" which were to have a primarily economic end, and yet, be animated by the "soul" of a common faith. These "bodies," just like all organic entities, would be made up of distinct parts all exercising a unique role in their particular trade. In the days of corporate giants and trade unions, it is, perhaps, impossible to imagine vocational organizations which include both owners and workers, along with technicians of all types. These organizations would regulate all aspects of their particular trade, including wages, prices for products, quality control, along with certifying that all apprentices has the requisite skills to adequately perform the guild's particular art.
The Guild System and Social Solidarity
Following the intellectual path charted by von Ketteler, another German Catholic, Franz Hitze (1851-1921), wrote of the social, psychological, and, even, spiritual purposes which would be served by the vocational corporations or guilds. Claiming that "economic freedom" was only a myth serving to disguise the fact that capital actually ordered things completely with a single eye to its own advantage, Hitze saw no alternative to the economic and social control traditionally exercised by the guilds. It would be such organizations which overcame the antagonism between capital and labor which fed Marxist propaganda. In his book Kapital und Arbeit und die Reorganisation der Gesellschaft (Capital and Labor and the Reorganization of Society), Hitze states that such organizations would also end the fierce competition which is totally inconsistent with the idea of the Common Good and social solidarity. This idea that an economy can be ordered on the basis of "mutuality" and the identification of the interests of employer and employee, is difficult for those who assume that an economic system must be powered by competition and self-interest. It must be remembered, however, that such was the economic system of Christendom until the guilds were destroyed by the advent of the French Revolution.
What these traditional vocational groups were able to foster during the ages in which they ordered the life of the craftsman, was a decentralization both of property and of economic power. They, also, enabled the average craftsman to have a real say in the workings of his trade. Such economic "federalism" or decentralization prevented the development of financial monopolies. As Hilaire Belloc states, "Above all, most jealously did the guild safeguard the division of property, so that there should be formed within its ranks no proletariat upon the one side, and no monopolizing capitalist upon the other."
Chesterbelloc and Distributism
It was in the early years of this century, that Hilaire Belloc and G.K. Chesterton, joined by a former Socialist, Arthur Penty, inspired by Rerum Novarum, attempted to articulate an economic system which stood on a totally different set of principles than did the "new things" of Capitalism and Socialism. The name they gave to this system, Distributism, awkward as they themselves realized, expressed not the Socialist idea of the confiscation of all private property, but rather, the wide-spread distribution of land, real-property, the means of production, and of financial capital, amongst the greater part of the families of a nation. Such a concept, along with their encouragement of the guild system, of a return to the agrarian life, and of their condemnation of the taking of interest on non-productive loans, formed the core of this "new" economic model.
In his book Economics for Helen, Belloc identifies the nature of the Distributist State by distinguishing this type of state and social and economic system from that of The Servile State and the Capitalist State. The Servile State is the one of classical antiquity, in which vast masses of the people work as slaves for the small class of owners. In this way, the economic state of antiquity is very similar to the economic system of our own time, insofar as a very small minority possess real property, land, the means of production, and financial capital, while the great mass of the population does not possess these goods to any significant degree. How does Belloc distinguish The Servile State from that of the Capitalist State, in which he counts the Britain of his own time? The difference is that, whereas The Servile State is based on coercion to force the greater part of the population, which does not possess property, to work for those who do, the Capitalist State employs "free" laborers who can choose to sign a work contract with one employer or another. In the liberal Capitalist State, one is "free" to choose to apply for work or accept work from one of the various owners of the means of production. In return for this work, the laborer receives a wage which is a small portion of the wealth that he produces.
What distinguishes the Distributist State from the two States mentioned above, is that instead of a small minority of men owning the means of production, there is a wide distribution of property. In this regard, Belloc defines property as "the control of wealth by someone." Property must, then, be controlled by someone, since wealth which is not kept or used up by someone would perish and cease to be wealth.
England's Journey from Distributism to Capitalism
It is Belloc's historical thesis, that it was not the industrialism of the late 18th and early 19th centuries which brought about the rise of Capitalism, but rather, England was a Capitalist state in the making long before the emergence of the railroad or the factory. The Servile State, the state in which a small number of owners controlled the land and the men who worked the land, was a mark of the Roman civilization which gradually transformed itself, under the influence of the Catholic Church, into the feudal system in which the servus went from being a "slave" who owned nothing, to being a "serf" who could retain [some] of what he produced in the fields. The serf had the right to pass the land down to his own kin and he could not be throw off his land. Thus, the personal security and economic and social stability which characterized the Roman estate system, was carried over into medieval times.
This historical movement, under the aegis of the Church, towards a man working on the land which he himself owned, and working for his own benefit and for that of his family, came to an end in England in the 16th century during the reign of King Henry VIII. Since the Distributist State had grown up under the eye of Holy Mother Church, it should not be surprising that it would end when She was attacked and suppressed. According to Belloc, it was King Henry's confiscation of the monastery lands in England, and his action of parceling them out among his wealthy supporters, which marked the beginning of the transformation of England from a nation in which property, the land, and the means of production were widely distributed, to one in which a small number of families control increasingly greater shares of the land. The coming of protestantism marked the transformation of the average Englishman from independent yeoman to tenant farmer. The concentration of wealth would occur, then, long before England would become the industrial power of the world in the 19th century.
Small is Beautiful
There can be no doubt as to the most general form of family ownership foreseen and advocated by Belloc and Chesterton. For them, the most humane and stable economic system was one in which a majority of families farmed land which they themselves owned, doing it with tools which were also their own. Here he was following the lead of Pope Leo XIII, who in Rerum Novarum, advocates a similar aim: "We have seen therefore that this great labor question cannot be solved save by assuming as a principle that private ownership must be held sacred and inviolable. The law, therefore, should favor ownership and its policy should be to induce as many as possible to obtain a share in the land, the gulf between vast wealth and sheer poverty will be bridged… A further consequence will be the greater abundance of the fruits of the earth. Men always work harder and more readily when they work on that which belongs to them; nay, and those that are dear to them. . . men would cling to the country of their birth, for no one would exchange his country for a foreign land if his own afforded him the means of living a decent and happy life."
Being Englishmen, the idea that the land meant wealth was inevitably ingrained in their conception of economics. Ownership of the land by the families who themselves worked the land would also mean financial stability, no fear of unemployment, a family enterprise which could engage, in some measure, all members, an ability to put aside food and supplies to create a hedge against destitution, a way of providing not only for one's children but for one's children's children, along with creating an economic structure which is not oriented towards corporate profits but towards providing for familial subsistence and a local market. Belloc speaks of this type of Distributist economy as the one most general throughout the history of mankind, with the possible exception of the slave economy. Capitalism and Socialism are certainly recent interlopers on the human economic scene.
Next we must address the ways in which such a Distributist idea can be implemented on the personal and community level. In this regard, our next article will focus on the concept of a "parallel economy" formed by those who wish to begin to implement the economic teachings of Rerum Novarum and Quadragesimo Anno, along with focusing on the agrarian idea both as Catholic thought and human good sense.


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Google Play Store has turned three today, and to commemorate the third anniversary, Google has decided to offer 33 apps, movies and books on discounts. Only some of them are free, while others have received significant price reductions. The available collection is sort of a mixed bag and includes the likes of The Dark Knight trilogy, an album from Drake and some other content, all with significantly cheaper prices.
While some of them are as cheap as $0.10, some titles will set you back by $2.99. But overall, there's a lot of money to be saved here, so make sure you give it a closer look if you're interested. Since the Play Store page specifically mentions that this is a 3 year anniversary promotion, it is likely that these prices will only last until the end of today. But we won't be surprised if Google stretches the discount promo further to attract more users.
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Apple has received planning permission for an expansion at its European HQ in Cork that is to deliver 1,000 jobs.
An Bord Pleanála gave the expansion plan the go-ahead after dismissing an appeal against the development by local residents.
The plan by the iPhone maker comprises a four-storey office block and a 752-space car park that is planned to accommodate the additional 1,000 employees.
The move will bring Apple's workforce in Cork to 6,000 and in documents lodged with Cork City Council, Apple stated that the proposed new office space will enable Apple to expand its workforce at the Hollyhill site while also supporting its economic development objectives.
The appeal by residents has thrown off Apple's timeline for the development. It told the City Council that it planned to commence construction on the project, subject to planning, in June of this year and the proposed development to become operational during November.
However, with the appeal delaying the planning process by four months, it is now likely that the new development will not come on stream until 2017 as the construction period is five months.
Apple has confirmed that the construction phase will employ 200 workers.
In an Environment Impact Statement (EIS) lodged with the City Council, Apple warned that "it is possible that if the development did not go ahead, there would be a potential serious negative impact on the local and national economy".
The EIS further warned: "Restricting the expansion of the campus could result in Apple relocating to an alternative location which could have serious implications for the economy."
The residents' appeal was lodged by Thomas Murphy for 'Residents of Ardcullen' adjacent to the Apple HQ site.
In the appeal, Mr Murphy stated: "We are objecting on the grounds that we are now practically living on an industrial estate, our homes being closer to the existing extension that the staff car park is to it.
"When we were housed on this estate our homes were facing a green space. This was the case for 20 years. However, we now open our curtains and front doors to an office block and the people working inside the building are in full view and clearly visible from our homes."
Mr Murphy added: "The last extension took its toll on us and our families."
Mr Murphy said: "The plan to now build a four-storey building will further diminish not just our view, but as our homes are two-storey units and the proposed build is to be four storeys.
"This will overshadow our homes and have a very serious impact on us as residents."
Mr Murphy claimed that the proposed extension "will be too close to our homes and has the real potential to do further damage to our properties."
He claimed: "There is plenty of land to build on the opposite side of the plant and we suggest that this be utilised by Apple it extend their plant and we further ask that those charged with regenerating the area remember that we the residents have to live here."
The objection was signed by 32 residents.
However, in its formal order giving the plan the go-ahead, An Bord Pleanála determined the plan would not seriously injure the visual or residential amenities of property in the vicinity, would be acceptable in terms of traffic safety and convenience and be in accordance of the Cork City Development Plan.
In reaching its determination, it stated that it had regard to the established use and planning history on the site, to the nature, extent and design of the proposed development and to the pattern of development in the vicinity.
Its inspector in the case, Pauline Fitzpatrick, stated that while the proposal will be a prominent element in views from Ardcullen housing estate, the proposed landscaping proposals along the affected boundaries should assist in ameliorating the impact.
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Generic Pramlintide: An OverviewPramlintide acetate (Symlin®) is a prescription medication that has been licensed as a type 1 and type 2 diabetes treatment.
Pramlintide is manufactured by Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. It is currently under the protection of a patent that prevents any generic pramlintide from being manufactured in the United States. Yet, if you search the Internet for "generic pramlintide," you may find a number of companies selling it. These medicines could be fake, substandard, and potentially dangerous.
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From the Foreword by U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Bill Frist:
The United States Senate is often referred to as the world's greatest deliberative body. And that is for good reason. The Senate Chamber from its inception to its Golden Age to the present day has been the setting for some of the most moving, decisive, and consequential debates in American history.
But why the Senate? Why the Senate and not its sister chamber the House of Representatives? Why the Senate so unlike the upper chambers of many other nations? Why the Senate not for a few years or even decades but continuously over the entire course of the Republic?
The Senate is first and foremost a legislative body. It exists to pass legislation that may become law or to prevent legislation from becoming law. Beyond that, its responsibilities are to consent or deny consent to the ratification of treaties, to provide advice and consent on presidential nominees, and to try impeachments. It is by far the most powerful and influential upper chamber anywhere in the world.
The Senate has a unique character it is a small, stable, stately, thoughtful, independent, experienced, deliberative body. With equal legislative authority to the House of Representatives, it was hoped by the Framers that the Senate would be a steady anchor in the sometimes raging seas of representative democracy.
This along its duties specified in the Constitution was the Framer's design for the Senate. But it was just a design. The Senate required a structure from which it could operate. And that structure has for more than 200 years taken take the form of Senate procedure standing rules, rule-making statutes, and precedents.
The Senate's rules, rule-making statures, and precedents are nothing less than the institution's DNA: they have evolved over time; they are intertwined; they are complex; and those who unlock and understand and apply Senate procedure can hold tremendous sway over their colleagues and the course of the Senate's deliberations.


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She received her education at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1887 she made her debut at the Opera House in
Lyon, where she remained during two seasons.
Then she was engaged by the Opera House in Marseille and appeared in the 1892-1893
season at the Grand Opéra in .
Till 1895 she sang at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Paris , where she sang among other things
in 1894 the roel of Isolde in R. Wagner's ''Tristan und Isolde''. Then she
returned to Brussels
and now was to be found above all at the Opera House in Marseille, however,
guested also at the other famous opera houses in the French province. Her repertoire
included Valentine in ''Huguenots'' of G. Meyerbeer, Rachel in ''La Juive'' of F.
Halévy, Brunehilde in ''Sigurd'' of E. Reyer, the title role in ''Salammbô'' of
the same composer, Dolorès in ''Patrie!'' of Paladilhe. France
Chronology of some appearances
Lyon Opera House
Grand Opéra Paris
1894-1895 Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie
Pathe cylinders, Paris 1902/1903
Faust (Gounod): Trio final with Maurice Vallade and Rene Fournets 0759
Sigurd (Reyer) Duo de la fontaine with Agustarello Affre 0731
Dutreih cylinders, Paris 1903?
Faust (Gounod): Anges purs (Trio final) with Minvielle and Marius Chambon 150.699
Pathe, Paris
Robert le Diable (Meyerbeer): Quand j'ai quittai la Normandie 8311
Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Sombre forêt desert triste 8352
Sigurd (Reyer): Sigurd, les dieux dans leurs clémence 8312


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Taking part in a clinical trial may be the best treatment choice for some acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. Clinical trials are under way for patients at every treatment stage and for patients in remission. Today's standard treatments for cancer are based on earlier clinical trials. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society continues to invest funds in AML research.
Click here to read more about clinical trials.
Current AML Research and Clinical Trials
- Genetics of Leukemia. The many chromosomal and genetic abnormalities in AML make treating AML challenging. There is a need to identify these genetic variations and customize treatment options based on the genetic characteristics of the leukemia cells. Newer techniques in gene sequencing have revealed novel mutations that may be involved in the development of AML. This information will help researchers develop new targeted therapies, tailored to each patient's disease. For example, two genes appear promising for guiding AML therapy in the future. AML patients with a DNMT3A gene mutation may respond better to highdose anthracyclines, and patients with a RUNX1 gene mutation may have better outcomes with an allogeneic stem cell transplantation. These findings demonstrate that testing for gene mutations may improve treatment options. Additional testing will be needed to confirm these findings.
- New Drugs and Treatment Regimens. Researchers are trying to find more effective and safer treatments for AML. Researchers are studying new drugs, and they are also studying the use of existing drugs given in different doses and on different schedules. In the last 10 years, improvements in overall survival of AML patients has been driven by using older chemotherapy drugs more effectively. Researchers are continuing to modify and reformulate traditional chemotherapy drugs to improve overall survival. They are also looking at combining chemotherapy with newer types of drugs to see if this approach may work to increase patient survival. Researchers are studying many new drugs for use in AML including
- Targeted therapy. A treatment that uses drugs or other substances to block the action of certain enzymes, proteins or other molecules involved in the growth and survival of cancer cells but cause less harm to healthy cells.
- FLT3 inhibitor. Approximately one-third of AML patients have a mutation in the FLT3 gene which can increase the growth and division of AML cells. Patients with FLT3 mutations have a poor prognosis. Sorafenib, midostaurin (Rydapt), quizartinib and crenolanib are FLT3 inhibitors that target this gene mutation. Gilteritinib is a FLT3/AXL tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the treatment of relapsed or refractory AML patients. These drugs have shown activity against AML cells especially when combined with chemotherapy. Thus far only midostaurin is approved by FDA in combination with chemotherapy.
- BCL-2 inhibitor. A mutation in the BCL-2 gene allows cancer cells to evade "programmed cell death." One promising drug under research is venetoclax (Venclexta™), a BCL-2 inhibitor that binds to the leukemia cell and leads to apoptosis, cell death. The drug is being studied alone and also in combination with low-dose cytarabine and hypomethylating agents such as decitabine or azacitidine.
- IDH1 and IDH2 inhibitors. Mutations in IDH1 and IDH2 genes causes cells to remain immature and grow too quickly. Several IDH inhibitors are being studied including the approved enasidenib (Idhifa®) in patients with such genetic markers in their leukemia cells.
- PLK inhibitors. Volasertib is a potent PLK inhibitor that is being studied. Volasertib is designed to inhibit the activity of PLK1, an enzyme that regulates cell division. This inhibition ultimately results in cell death.
- HDAC inhibitor. Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor is a substance that causes a chemical change that stops cancer cells from dividing. HDAC inhibitors under study in clinical trials include vorinostat (Zolinza®), pracinostat (SB939) and panobinostat (Farydak®). Additionally, in August 2016, the FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation for the HDAC inhibitor pracinostat in combination with azacitidine for patients newly diagnosed with AML who are over the age of 75 and ineligible for intensive chemotherapy.
- Immunotherapy. A type of biological therapy that is designed to either boost or suppress the immune system to help the body fight cancer. It uses materials made either by the body or in a laboratory to improve, target, or restore immune system function.
- Monoclonal antibody treatment. This treatment is a type of targeted therapy being studied to treat AML. Antibodies are part of the immune system. Normally, the body creates antibodies in response to an antigen such as bacteria, viruses and even cancer cells. The antibodies attach to the antigen in order to help destroy the antigen. Researchers are analyzing specific antigens, including CD33, a marker that is found on most AML cells. Gemtuzumab ozogamicin (Mylotarg®) is a monoclonal antibody with the toxin, calicheamicin, attached to it. When gemtuzumab ozogamicin binds to the CD33 antigen, it releases the toxin resulting in the death of the myeloid cell. Gemtuzumab ozogamicin is FDA approved for AML patients. It continues to be studied in other combinations. Researchers are also studying SGN-33A, another anti-CD33 monoclonal antibody designed to deliver the cytotoxic agent, pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) dimer, to myeloid leukemia cells. SGN33A is undergoing clinical investigation as a single agent and in combination with hypomethylating agents. Another approach is using the treatment AMG330 to harness T cells, which are part of the body's immune system, to target cells with the CD33 antigen.
- Vaccine therapy. Researchers are developing vaccines that can be personalized to individual patients to stimulate a strong immune response against their cancer.
- CAR T-cell therapy. This is a promising new way to get the immune system to fight leukemia. For this technique, immune cells called "T cells" are removed from the patient's blood and altered in the lab so they have specific substances (called "chimeric antigen receptors" [CARs]) that will help them attach to leukemia cells. The T cells are then grown in the lab and infused back into the patient's blood, where they can now seek out the leukemia cells and attack them.
- Targeted therapy. A treatment that uses drugs or other substances to block the action of certain enzymes, proteins or other molecules involved in the growth and survival of cancer cells but cause less harm to healthy cells.


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Svpply: Like Pinterest For Cool StuffKevin Whipps on April 19th 2012
Ever have one of those friends who always seems to know where to find the cool stuff? You know, the guy who has that awesome desk made out of reclaimed wood, or the girl who constantly has vintage apparel but finds it in the weirdest places? How sweet would it be to have their connections and be able to get all that stuff without doing a lot of the hard work?
That's pretty much the concept behind Svpply, a website dedicated to collecting all the good stuff and the shops that sell it, without you having to hunt it down yourself. Now they have an iPhone app, and it's pretty innovative in its own right. Let's dig in and find out more after the jump.
Finding the Good Stuff
Face it: the Internet is full of people with better taste than you. I know, that can be a tough thing to accept but once you do, your life will be much better for it. That's one reason why Svpply is such a cool concept. You don't need to spend your own time hunting down things that are cool, you can have the Internet do it for you.
While the website is both about discovery and presenting your own goods, the app is focused more on looking through what other people have found and marking what you want or buying what you need. It's kind of like Pinterest in that you can see people's feeds and follow those that are hipper than you, but you can also just go off and do your own thing.
Starting Up
It's not completely necessary, but a good place to start when opening up Svpply is by registering for a new account. You can either enter in your email or do the usual Facebook/Twitter login deal, and once that's done, now you can mark each item appropriately.
That may sound confusing, but basically, every item has three options: Want, Collect and Buy. If you Want something, it's added to your personal feed that you and your friends can view. If you Collect it, you can add the item to a collection that you make — maybe it's Cool Desks, Fun Clothing or whatever — and Want directs you to the company's website where you can buy your stuff.
Navigating Through the Svpply
The navigation scheme in the app is pretty intuitive, which is actually the reason I heard about it in the first place. The top of the screen has these three horizontal lines in the right corner, and that pops up a menu that reads You, Feed, Shop, Search and X (to remove the menu from view). This is how you get through the app's major portions, and that's all pretty self explanatory. When it gets interesting is when you decide to go Shopping.
Once you hit the Shop button, you get a menu on the left of the screen with all of your major categories. There's Men's, Women's, Tech, Media, Home, Art and Other, and each one has its own subsections as well. Navigating through the app becomes touching the colored category, then subsection, then flipping through to see all of the cool things that you can find. It's quite cool really, reminiscent of Clear, and yet not really. It's one of those things that you have to experience yourself, but once you do, you might find yourself using the app more because of it.
The Social Component
Like everything nowadays, this app has a social component as well. The usual "box with an arrow" icon is up in the top of pretty much every screen, and when pressed, you're shown the Facebook icon, Twitter icon, email and text options, allowing you to send whatever awesome thing you've found off to the next person.
You also have your own Feed, and you can follow other people who you discover via the app. This isn't the strongest part of the system to me, because there's no real motivation to follow one person or another. You're free to "Want" or "Collect" whatever you want, so what does it matter if you follow Tom from accounting? In my eyes, this app is more about finding the cool stuff than sharing it with some Facebook-esque feed, but maybe I feel that way because of the social overload we're all going through.
Final Thoughts
If you look at Svpply as a social networking app, then you're probably going to be disappointed. There's not a lot of interaction, there are no real rewards for following someone or their stuff, and really, it's just another thing to do on that social networking checklist.
But I don't think that should stop you from picking up Svpply. If you ignore the social part, the app still shows off some really cool products that you wouldn't have found otherwise. And even if you don't have the money to buy any of them, it doesn't mean that they can't give you ideas. Since I picked it up, I've found myself flipping through the app like I would any of my usual feeds — I just focus on the products, not the people.
What do you think? Do you like seeing new products or are you looking for more social networking? Let us know in the comments below.
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There's a general misunderstanding that suggests that the only way to do good, is through donations and other monetary channels – InterContinental Hotels Group, however, take a very different tact with its own good deeds.
Launched in 2016, the IHG Foundation has aimed to enrich and strengthen the local communities around InterContinental properties across the world through a number of different initiatives and activities, in which staff are directly involved.
This year, Cairo's own InterContinental Semiramis got involved, taking on a program that touched on everything from the aims of bettering underprivileged communities, to promoting healthier lifestyles.
The first activity of what was a busy week came in the form of a visit to the underprivileged are of Stabl Antar, specifically at the Dreams school, where the Semiramis team hung out with the students and distributed lunch boxes. The school is a particularly valuable institution in the area, providing education opportunities to street children and engaging them in ways that help them build a future.
In promoting healthy living, the Semiramis also arranged a walking tour that took them to the Cairo Tower, Kasr El Nil Bridge and the Egyptian Museum, while also holding fitness classes such as Zumba and even dodge ball. Healthy living is, of course, a two-sided game and the Semiramis also tackled the nutrition side of things by adding a special salad menu for its team. Speaking of greens, every department head at the hotel also pledged to plant a tree in the Semiramis Garden.
The week showcased a rarely seen side of one of the most popular hotels in the city; one that boasts some of the top restaurants and facilities in the city.
For more information on IHG Foundation Week at the InterContinental Semiramis, click here.
By Kalam El Qahaira


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When you look to the horizon from certain cliffs of County Kerry, you'll see two peaks jutting up from the sea. On a stormy day (there are plenty of those in Ireland), they'll constantly be disappearing in the rain and mist, and you'll wonder if you just imagined the sight.
Oh, they're real - and they've obviously been capturing the imagination of humans throughout history. Over a thousand years ago the first band of intrepid monks grew tired of just looking from the shore and established a remote monastery here which endured for centuries. So when a new Star Wars film arrived in the world and Luke needed a jedi island to hide on, there's really only one place in the entire galaxy he'd escape to: SKELLIG MICHAEL.
Today's post is a review of our trip to Skellig Michael! It will be a mix of tips and memories and Star Wars references. ;) As the one and only Poe Dameron said to Finn, "WE'RE GONNA DO THIS."


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Morning session at Sugarloaf
Patti Kinney's keynote kicked off the MAMLE conference with her presentation called Leave Your Mark. What legacy do you want to leave as a middle level educator? What educators do everyday in the lives of students makes an impression and has the potential to make an impact.
- It takes courage – courage derived from French word coeur which means "heart". Risk takers and living a life of courage
What does it take to leave a legacy?
- Shared vision – Yogi Berra said "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
- Serving each student – look at the individual student and have high expectations and work to help them succeed
- Communicating effectively – George Bernard Shaw said "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." C.A.R.E.S. – Communication, Appreciation, Respect, Encouragement, Student-centered "Crustaceans are at their most vulnerable when they are between shells."
At one point Patti asked middle school leaders what we have learned from middle lessons from the past and the consensus was that we need to focus on both – academic and personal growth.
- Modeling personal growth/learning
- Advocating for middle level education – what are you doing to get the word out about middle level education for all students
The parable of the pencil –
- Capable of many great things but only if you allow yours to be held by someone. (Whose are you holding and who do you let hold yours?)
- Pencils have the ability to let the mistakes made be erased. (Do you acknowledge the mistakes that you make with your students?)
- The most important part of you is inside. (Kids are like a box of Cracker Jax – they all have a prize inside.)
- You will experience a painful sharpening once in a while but it is needed to become a better person. (The only thing that we have control over is how we respond.)
- On every surface where used, it leaves a mark. (What mark will you leave?)
If the world would end in December, what type of legacy are you leaving behind?
Patti is the Associate Director of Middle Level services for NASSP. Formerly she served as a music teacher, middle level classroom teacher, assistant principal and principal.


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There could never be
A portrait of my love
For nobody could paint a dream.
You will never see
A portrait of my love
For miracles are nev - er seen.
Any one who sees her
Soon forgets the Mo-na Li-sa.
It would take, I know,
And he would need the glow of dawn
That paints the sky above
To try and paint a portrait of my love.
Veldu hljóðfæri
Veldu nýja tóntegund


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Marouane Fellaini proved head and shoulders above Manchester United on Monday night, climbing above Michael Carrick to score and set this famous old ground rocking joyously on its ancient foundations.
United were certainly shaken to the core, left chastened and deservedly defeated. Without the reflexes of goalkeeper David De Gea this would have been an even more damaging evening for the visitors.
Those United supporters congregated in one corner of Goodison Park waited 67 minutes to glimpse Robin van Persie and now have to wait even longer to see their first points.
Everton were superior in all departments and their manager David Moyes could reflect proudly on a collection of fine individual displays.
The headlines will inevitably brim with swooning eulogies to Fellaini, who was immense, repeating the strong form that forced the 4-4 draw at Old Trafford last season, so unhinging United's Premier League title push. Sir Alex Ferguson's men could not get close to the tall Belgian on Monday night.
Jean-Claude Van Damme might have been a less daunting opponent for Carrick, who was pressed into defensive service because of injuries to Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones.
In truth, Fellaini was unplayable. Few defenders could have lived with Everton's No 25. Even a gang of them.
Fellaini's height and strength were only some of the weapons in his rich armoury. His touch was good, controlling the ball instantly, ensuring Everton had a powerful clearing house in the danger zone.
Fellaini was playing just off Nikica Jelavic, causing United as many problems tactically as well as physically and technically.
Carrick was nervous about stepping out towards Fellaini while United's central midfielders, Paul Scholes and Tom Cleverley, did not drop deep enough.
Even if they had, such challenges would have been Lilliputian against the giant Belgian.
If Fellaini was the obvious man of the match, victory was also rooted in the exceptional contributions of others.
Everton's defence was outstanding, four rocks on which United's occasional attacking waves crashed and then seeped away. Tony Hibbert reminded everyone of the sad decline of Patrice Evra, who simply could not get past Everton's redoubtable right-back.
Phil Jagielka kept timing his tackles and interceptions immaculately, thwarting Danny Welbeck, Shinji Kagawa and Cleverley.
Sylvain Distin resembled an air traffic controller, dealing with everything flying in. Leighton Baines was his typical self, a model of consistency, industrious up and down the left.
Moyes was full of praise for his players. Another Scottish manager, Ferguson, was left with much to ponder, although there were the positives of Kagawa's debut and De Gea's defiant leaps to keep all but Fellaini at bay.
Kagawa immediately looked a United player, never hiding, always showing for the ball and playing some clever passes, linking particularly well with Wayne Rooney, although the Englishman was largely off the pace here.
Kagawa's excellence as an attacking midfielder presents Ferguson with the obvious problem of how to accommodate Kagawa, Rooney and Van Persie in the centre, while keeping the balance out wide. Nani was especially poor at Goodison, eventually replaced by Ashley Young.
Welbeck started on the left until replaced by Van Persie while Antonio Valencia was required at right-back. If Young and Valencia start on the flanks, and Rooney operates behind Van Persie, the question Ferguson faces is will a Kagawa-Carrick central midfield be overrun?
Cleverley's energy is needed while Scholes could easily have been dismissed at Goodison.
Ferguson needs his defenders fit. Darting between Valencia and Carrick, Fellaini hit the post as this compelling encounter unfolded. It was not to be the last time Fellaini eluded Carrick.
Everton had clearly decided to test De Gea's resolve and blue shirts buzzed around him at set-pieces. Appearing through a crowd of players, De Gea punched one ball clear but took a clattering.
The sinewy Spaniard responded admirably, pulling off a series of saves, highlighting his agility and positioning. First he tipped over a Steven Pienaar header, then pushed away a Leon Osman shot and then a vicious free-kick from Baines.
Down the other end, Jagielka slid in to dispossess Welbeck and Rooney.
When Pienaar brought down Scholes, a slight role reversal, Rooney's free-kick was pushed away by Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard.
The attention swiftly switched back to De Gea's goalmouth in a riveting second half. When Hibbert lifted over a cross from the right, Fellaini headed down and there was Osman crashing the ball against the bar. Frustratingly for Everton, the ball fell clear.
No matter. Everton took the lead their dynamism and discipline deserved just before the hour-mark. When Darron Gibson, looking more confident and sleek than during his United days, bent in a corner, Fellaini bullied Carrick to reach the ball first.
United almost equalised shortly afterwards but there was Jagielka anticipating the danger and racing back to clear Cleverley's snapshot off the line with his left thigh, following a good move involving Kagawa, Rooney and Valencia.
Van Persie, having sat for more than an hour patiently between Anderson and Rafael, then sprinted on, taking up a roving brief across the front line, occasionally up top, then left and finally right.
United briefly threatened Howard's goal. Van Persie whipped in a high cross that Nani failed to reach. Van Persie then found Rooney, winning a corner. Rooney curled it in but Jagielka was there again, heading clear.
Nani's delivery was poor so Ferguson sent on Young. The England international quickly played a fine pass, releasing Van Persie down the inside-right channel. The Dutchman immediately turned the ball across to Kagawa but failed to keep his effort on target.
As United became frustrated, Everton fans screamed themselves hoarse in exhorting their team to hold on. They all stood to salute Fellaini when he was withdrawn during injury time, his every step across Goodison's gleaming surface followed by rapturous applause. The noise intensified moments later when the final whistle was instantly drowned out.
Match details
Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Baines, Jagielka, Distin, Neville, Osman (Coleman – 80), Pienaar, Fellaini (Heitinga – 90), Jelavic (Naismith – 89)
Booked: Gibson
Goal: Fellaini
Manchester United: De Gea, Evra, Vidic, Valencia, Carrick, Nani (Young – 78), Scholes, Cleverley (Anderson – 85'), Kagawa, Rooney, Welbeck (Van Persie – 68)
Booked: Nani, Scholes
Referee: Andre Marriner
Attendance: 38,415


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Last week, Yle News ran a debate in English involving political candidates across Finnish political parties. In that debate, the Finns Party was portrayed to be against ALL types of immigration to Finland.
I applaud the mainstream media's initiative to conduct a debate in English with the intention of increasing the accessibility and inclusivity of politics to immigrants.
Having said that however, it does come across as a surprise as to how current debate has relegated to such a low level of intellectual discourse, evidenced by how Yle anchored the following topic:
Finns Party candidate Erlin Yang says that it's "totally wrong" to say that his party is anti-immigrant.
Posted by Yle News on Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Word-by-word QUOTE from the YLE video caption:
"Finns Party candidate Erlin Yang says that it's "totally wrong" to say that his party is anti-immigrant."
Of course The Finns Party–represented by an immigrant Erlin Yang himself– is "totally not" against immigration. Why is there a need to delegate such precious debate time to addressing such a silly anchor?
What The Finns Party is against is uncontrolled immigration to Finland.
Because I personally am tired of the Finns Party being misprepresented, I have taken the liberty to translate Mr. Erlin Yang's stance into English. Also, translation does not mean endorsement. I am personally voting for the Greens Party.
Here is what Mr. Erlin Yang said, which I felt is an accurate official position of The Finns Party:
"The Finns Party is a political party which aims to serve and represent the working class in Finland. It officially espouses the following values:
1. To increase the employment rate in Finland;
2. To foster a healthy start-up scene and to promote entrepreneurship in Finland;
3. To advocate for the development of Finnish culture;
4. To secure the economic security of Finland and therefore enhance the well-being of every resident;
5. To insist on fair wages;
6. To protect the interests of minority and vulnerable groups in Finland;
7. To promote the health of children and ensure safety in schools;
8. To guarantee a high quality and accessibility of basic services to elder citizens and retirees, so that they can enjoy their retirement with dignity.
Related to immigration to Finland, the Finns Party is FOR immigration into Finland under one or more of the following reasonable conditions:
1. For the purposes of professional work;
2. For the purposes of studies;
3. For the purposes of reunion with family.
The Finns Party is against immigrants who are insistent on coming to Finland to exploit the Finnish welfare system. In particular, it is staunchly against immigrants who are involved with human trafficking, drugs dealing and "refugees" who insist on staying in Finland illegally.
The justification is because this latter group is considered net-takers to the Finnish welfare state. Furthermore, this group threatens the very social fabric of Finnish society.
Erlin Yang agrees with the basic tenets that underlie the vision and mission of the Finns party.
As a Chinese immigrant to Finland himself, he greatly respects the Finnish way of life and values. Erlin Yang considers it his personal calling to contribute to the betterment of Finnish society by encouraging more meaningful interactions between legal immigrants and natives. He strongly believes that immigrants and natives can work together to achieve a more prosperous, cohesive and harmonious Finnish society.
Erlin Yang admits that there might have been some members of the Finns Party who previously made controversial and provocative statements targeted at immigrants, in particular refugees. He stresses however, that this is not the official stance of the Finns Party and that these members are in the rare minority.
Here, Erlin Yang attests to the fact that he has never once faced discrimination within his party. On the contrary, he has received overwhelming support from fellow party members who wish for immigrants to be represented.
Against this context, The Finns Party does not necessarily encourage "multiculturalism"—undoubtedly a sensitive term in Europe these days.
As one viable alternative to a "multicultural Finland", he stresses that the will to integrate is key to maintaining a harmonious society. From the current situation, Erlin observes that not all immigrants have demonstrated this desire to integrate.
All in all, Erlin Yang concludes by purporting the view that it is only logical, humane and essential that a country accepts new immigrants along principles of common values.
These values include the pursuit of freedom, the desire for progress, principled virtues of loyalty and integrity, and the willingness to work hard.
Erlin emphasized that it is ideal for immigrants to adapt proactively to the ways of the locals and respect local traditions, people and cultures."
So please agree and disagree to official positions, not what you THINK the official position is. -.- And please do not sensationalise political topics unnecessarily.


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Friday, January 5, 2018
MCT "48 Hour Flash Sale ~ I Adore You Kit!
29 comments :
- My Creative Time said...
WOW lady......these are ALL AMAZING!!!!! That little tag just MELTED my heart!!! Thank you Miss Liz!
- January 5, 2018 at 7:22 AM
- LaurieC said...
EEEK!! Rainbow hearts, love it! Well, love them all actually :)
- January 5, 2018 at 7:24 AM
- Crafting Katie said...
All of your projects are just awesome, Liz! I'm particularly loving your rainbow heart background!
- January 5, 2018 at 7:39 AM
- Joan Smith said...
OMG Miss Liz You Really, REALLY did a Super Incredibly Outstanding Creative job showcasing today Magnificent Kit!!
Your Tag is so Cute...Your cards are so Beautiful!! Everything your Created is Spectacular!! Thanks for all the Miss Emma Inspiration!! YOU so ROCK!!
- January 5, 2018 at 7:53 AM
- jean said...
love your tag and your cards are gorgeous!!! I really like the different colored hearts one!!! so different , whole new and different look...love it!!! firstname.lastname@example.com
- January 5, 2018 at 8:11 AM
- ~ Kendra ~ said...
Gorgeous tag!!! Love the colorful hearts on the second card!! Great use of the new kit!!!
- January 5, 2018 at 9:01 AM
- Gaylynn said...
Hi Liz. I love all of the hearts and stenciling. Super sweet projects. My favorite is the darling tag.
- January 5, 2018 at 9:03 AM
- Marie Campagna said...
Your cards and tag are adorable. Great job
- January 5, 2018 at 9:20 AM
- Helen Gullett said...
Oh theh are such a lovely tag and cards.
Love those hearts and sentiments.
Thank you so much!
Helen Gullett
gulletthm at yahoo dot com
- January 5, 2018 at 10:16 AM
- Mimi said...
Great projects as always! Thank you for sharing!
- January 5, 2018 at 10:25 AM
- cghundley said...
Oh all of your
creations are
so pretty!
Great designs.
Carla from Utah
- January 5, 2018 at 10:28 AM
- Sue LD said...
Sweet tag and cards. Love the colorful hearts on the second project.
slrdowney at hotmail dot com
- January 5, 2018 at 11:05 AM
- Kirsty Vittetoe said...
I LOOOOOOVE your creative idea! You ALWAYS make me SMILE with your GORGEOUS WORK!!
- January 5, 2018 at 11:12 AM
- Maureen Phillips said...
I love all your cards and the tag is sooooo cute!!!
- January 5, 2018 at 12:03 PM
- Rebecca Yahrling said...
Lots of pretty inspiration here - love it!
Love the rainbow of colors on the one card.
- January 5, 2018 at 12:45 PM
- quilt4fun2 said...
Great job using the new kit! Your tag and cards are fabulous. What a wonderful kit...I am loving the new hearts and stencil.
quilt 4 fun 2 at hot mail dot com
- January 5, 2018 at 1:18 PM
- Beckie Williams said...
Your card are incredible, but you tag is just amazing. I love the bold color that you chose for it. Super job!
- January 5, 2018 at 1:31 PM
- Sherrie K. said...
Wow, great job on your projects! I love the inspiration and can't wait to get the set! Perfect for Valentine's Day!
Sherrie K
jskoning at msn dot com
- January 5, 2018 at 4:54 PM
- Scrapper69 said...
WOW! Lots of inspiration with this special set! LOVE the tag & the cards -
cardaddict69 at hotmail dot com
- January 5, 2018 at 6:54 PM
- shabbypinkhouse said...
Super sweet tag! Love the cards with the stenciled hearts! tfs Hugs, Christine
- January 5, 2018 at 7:33 PM
- Vonmariedesign said...
Beautiful cards and tag!! I love your tag so much with all those stamped hearts!! email@example.com
- January 6, 2018 at 12:40 AM
- Linda Hott said...
Very pretty cards! Love the layering effect on the Love die cut and the different colors of hearts with your inking with the stencil. email@example.com
- January 6, 2018 at 2:44 AM
- Diana Hernandez said...
Sweet projects, Love all the colors, so bright and fun. Fabulous job!! tfs
- January 6, 2018 at 3:54 AM
- Marilyn said...
Your tag and cards are beautiful!!
- January 6, 2018 at 4:33 AM
- Lorie Brunner said...
All your projects are fabulous especially the rainbow card!!
- January 6, 2018 at 9:28 AM
- Windy said...
Love these projects! Thanks for the inspiration!
- January 6, 2018 at 12:31 PM
- Chriss America Real said...
Both of your cards are lovely, but I have to say, I love that little tag! So cute!
P.S I am having a prize giveaway on my blog, stop by if you have time!
- January 6, 2018 at 1:48 PM
- Linsey R said...
What a darling card combo and your tag is absolutely precious!!
- January 6, 2018 at 9:57 PM
- Jen said...
Your projects are fabulous! That tag is my FAVORITE! So classic and adorable!
- January 8, 2018 at 7:54 AM


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Come back with me 40 years to the rabid spring of 1970. President Nixon announced the invasion of Cambodia, and campuses exploded. Kids who had never picked up a rock in their lives were occupying the classrooms they used to study in. When National Guardsmen shot four unarmed students at Kent State, virtually the entire system of higher education shuddered and stopped. The fabric of the country seemed to be tearing; everything about the older generation was contaminated, corrupt. Asked in a Gallup poll if there was a generation gap, 74% of the young people of that era said yes.
And now? Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them. The members of the millennial generation, ages 18 to 29, are so close to their parents that college students typically check in about 10 times a week, and they are all Facebook friends. Kids and parents dress alike, listen to the same music and fight less than previous generations, and millennials assert that older people's moral values are generally superior to their own.
Yet even more young people perceive a gap. According to a recently released Pew Research Center report, 79% of millennials say there is a major difference in the point of view of younger and older people today. Young Americans are now more educated, more diverse, more optimistic and less likely to have a job than previous generations. But it is in their use of technology that millennials see the greatest difference, starting perhaps with the fact that 83% of them sleep with their cell phones. Change now comes so strong and fast that it pulls apart even those who wish to hang together--and the future belongs to the strong of thumb.
But we miss the point, warns social historian Neil Howe, if we weigh only how technology shapes a generation and not the other way around. The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So should we be surprised that they learned to leverage technology to build community, tweeting and texting and friending while their elders were still dialing long-distance? They are the most likely of any generation to think technology unites people rather than isolates them, that it is primarily a means of connection, not competition.
That hunger for community further distinguishes them from the radical individualists of the baby-boom years. In fact, in some respects the millennials emerge as radically conventional. Asked about their life goals, 52% say being a good parent is most important to them, followed by having a successful marriage; 59% think that the trend of more single women having children is bad for society. While more tolerant than older generations, they are still more likely to disapprove of than support the trend of unmarried couples living together. While they're more politically progressive than their elders, you could argue that their strong support for gay marriage and interracial marriage reflects their desire to extend traditional institutions as widely as possible. If boomers were always looking to shock, millennials are eager to share.


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What is Girls on the Run of Pamlico County?
Girls on the Run of Pamlico County is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping girls in grades 3 through 5 learn to make healthy choices now and during the challenging years of adolescence. Our afterschool programs offer a positive, nurturing experience that encourages hopes and dreams and big ideas. We follow a research-based curriculum that combines training for a 5K Fun Run with health education, life skills development, mentoring relationships, and physical training.
What is Girls on the Run?
Girls on the Run for 3rd-5th graders is an afterschool program designed to build self-confidence. Girls can register for the Fall or Spring Season. The girls meet twice a week for 10 weeks. Each session is filled with fun activities to develop running and life skills.
How Will My Daughter Benefit?
What Do Girls Love About the Program?
Why Start With Girls in Grades 3 through 5?
Between the ages of 8 and 11 girls are already beginning to feel social and peer pressure, yet they are still receptive to what adults have to say. Studies show that around 5th grade, girls begin to become focused on appearance and popularity. Being a successful girl seems to be more about having the right look, being in the right group, and attracting the attention of boys than about individuality and strength of character. Girls on the Run offers an opportunity to develop individual strengths while exploring personal and relationship issues. Our games and activities help girls learn how to express and manage emotions, how and when to speak up effectively, and how to say no to peer pressure temptations. See Parents' Page for the complete list of Lesson Topics.
Is Girls on the Run a Sports Program?
No. We offer a non-competitive youth-development program that combines life skills and character development with physical activities that include running, walking, and active games that teach and reinforce the lesson topics. The goal is not fitness or physical skills. The goal is to increase confidence, self-esteem and ability to cooperate with other girls in the group.
So what does Girls on the Run do?
One girl put it this way, "I learned that I am the boss of my brain." Girls on the Run inspires girls to take charge of their lives and define the future on their terms. It's a place where girls learn that they can. No limits. No constraints. Only opportunities to be remarkable.
How do we do it?
Lots of ways, but we start with helping the girls get a better understanding of who they are and what's important to them. Then we look at the role of teams and healthy relationships. And, finally, we explore how girls can positively connect with and shape the world.
And remember, we believe that life-changing experiences can be fun too—for everyone—the girls, coaches, families and other volunteers. So don't be surprised when you hear laughter along with self-reflection and see beaming smiles across the beautiful, confident faces of our girls.
Me + Relationships + Community
Meeting twice a week in small teams of 14 girls, we teach life skills through fun, engaging lessons that celebrate the joy of movement. The 21-lesson curriculum is taught by trained Girls on the Run® coaches and includes three parts: understanding ourselves, valuing relationships and teamwork and understanding how we connect with and shape the world at large. Over the course of the program, girls will develop and improve competence, feel confidence in who they are, develop strength of character, respond to others and themselves with care and compassion, create positive connections with peers and adults, and make a meaningful contribution to community and society. Click here for information about Academic Evaluations of the Girls on the Run research-based curriculum.
Power through Service
Acknowledging that accomplishment has many flavors, each team creates and carries out a local community service project. This experience demonstrates to girls the strength that comes from helping others.
Up and Running
To conclude each season, the girls and their running buddies complete a 5K running event. This is an opportunity for for friends and family cheer the girls on while they run and walk 12 laps around the PCHS track. Completing a 5K gives the girls a tangible sense of achievement as well as a framework for setting and achieving life goals. The results are the same—making the seemingly impossible, possible.
Simple, engaging and extraordinary. The result? Healthy, confident girls who can.
How Can We Start a Program at Our Site in Pamlico County?
A successful program requires the enthusiastic support of key staff and parents at your school or Afterschool Program. For more information, see Starting a New Site. Contact the director, Betsy Hughes at firstname.lastname@example.com and tell her of your interest in offering Girls on the Run at your Pamlico County site.


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TV Azteca Expands DTV Network With Jampro Antennas
Mexican broadcaster TV Azteca recently ordered three Jampro Antennas Inc. DTV systems — two Jampro Prostar broadband UHF slot antennas, designed to combine several UHF channels over a segment of the UHF bands IV and V, and a Jampro JHD broadband VHF panel antenna.
The order enables TV Azteca to expand its number of DTV channels to 15, all of which incorporate Jampro antennas, combiners, mask filters, antenna switch frames and Jampro Proline transmission line.
The TV Azteca network has national coverage throughout Mexico and is also available in parts of the southern United States. Its subsidiary, Azteca America, is among the fastest growing television networks in the United Sates.
Earlier this year, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved Azteca 13 as a third-language channel to broadcast via digital paid TV across Canada. The network also operates Azteca 13 Internacional, which reaches 13 countries in Central and South America.


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Experience the taste of Italy in the heart of Vale do Lobo at La Terrazza Restaurant.
Authentic Italian cuisine is served in beautiful surroundings in this hidden gem tucked in the corner of the Vale do Lobo Praça.
Enjoy all of your favourite dishes from Italy served by the professional and welcoming staff in La Terrazza and relax during the warm summer evenings on the terrace or keep cosy inside this rustic and charming restaurant.
La Terrazza is the ideal venue for parties with large bookings welcomed, however it is equally suited to small groups, families and couples looking for an intimate setting with high quality food and a broad menu.
Be sure to save space for dessert at La Terrazza because the homemade desserts are known for being some of the most delicious around
For more information visit the La Terrazza Italian Restaurant in Vale do Lobo website


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Wasted tzedakah, wasted food and increased hunger in US and Israel
In Los Angeles, almost all the chickens used in the pre-Yom Kippur kaparot ritual that were supposed to go poor Jews in this U.S. city were discovered to be going directly from the ceremonies to landfill. From other evidence, such as the following picture from New York's Yeshiva News Service, it seems that the slaughtered kaparot chickens are going into a large bin marked "inedible" and probably not to the poor.
As Arutz Sheva reported, the Israeli Rabbinate wrote:
We appeal to all of those who do the 'pidyon kaparot' ritual before Yom Kippur with chickens and ask that you take care not to cause unnecessary suffering at any stage in the transport and holding of the chicken.
Mistreatment of chickens can cause their meat to no longer be kosher, the rabbinate warned.
Interestingly, the Rabbinate did not address the issue of the "pidyon," the redeeming of the kaparah chicken through use of money, intended to go to the poor, when actually, little or no money or chicken meat go to the poor. This is a widespread phenomenon in the U.S. and likely Israel.
Rising rates of food waste is also happening in the general society. The US is losing up to 40 percent of its food from farm to fork to landfill. This is largely because there is widespread misunderstanding of sell-by, use-by, best-by dates on food products. Over half (52 percent) of fruits and vegetables end up as waste collectively in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand according to the NRDC.
All of this is happening when food insecurity has been found to be increasing in the U.S. In 2011 the U.S. had 15 percent of households which were food insecure which was a fifth less than the proportion of food insecure households in Israel. Israel's National Insurance Institute, in a 2011 survey, found that 19 percent of families in Israel suffer from food insecurity, 10 percent suffer from hunger and two percent suffer from severe hunger.


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Soering's Attorney Discusses New Witness
(by Noreen Turyn, WSET-TV, Lynchburg, March 25, 2011, Link)
Buckingham Co., VA - Jens Soering says he's not asking for anyone to prove him innocent, he just wants to be paroled.
But he says the deposition from the new witness, Tony Buchanan supports his claim that Elizabeth Haysom and an unknown accomplice committed the murders.
Soering's attorney, Gail Ball, says Buchanan is credible, a decorated war veteran, and his information should help the Governor make an informed decision. "We did not seek, we did not go out of our way. It came to us. And this man has no ax to grind. He has no, there is no advantage to him, to put himself forward. Because let's face it, he has put himself in a hard position of being scrutinized."
Soering says he would love it if the governor would launch an investigation to find this new witness, but he doesn't think it should involve Bedford County Major Ricky Gardner, who was an investigator on the case.
"Mr. Gardner is not a neutral party in this. He's trying to preserve his reputation, his career, his life's work. I want this person found, okay, we know he exists, from the fingerprint, the DNA and the witness, but it has to be someone independent looking at this."
Soering is referring to an unidentified fingerprint found on a glass at the scene, and recent DNA results that don't specifically link Soering to the case.


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Decca has been writing every day since last October on the Scooby Doo Fanon Wiki. Scooby Doo Fanon is a place for Scooby Doo fans to create their own shows. movies, or stories using the Scooby Doo characters and world they inhabit. He loves working on his stories and sharing them with everyone, and he is one of the top contributors on the site.
Looking over at his profile page I see that he has made 1,902 edits since he joined. He has earned 1,640 achievement points, and he has amassed a wonderful collection of badges, which means a good deal to him. The latest badge he was working on was to be a contributor every day for 200 days, and after that he was going to try to contribute every day for a year.
He was so close to earning the 200 day badge when something terrible happened, at least it seemed that way to him. He completely forgot about the Scooby Doo Fanon Wiki for a day. I didn't realize it at all because I am very hands-off in this area. It is his project, not mine, and I allow him the time he needs to work on it, but I am not involved with it at all, so I had no idea he had missed a day. He didn't realize it either until a few days later when he went to check on his badges. That was when he noticed his counter toward the 200 day badge had reset. He was back at the beginning.
Decca is very sensitive, and he has trouble talking about anything that upsets him. He didn't come to me and tell me he was sad. I found him all alone in the living room sitting on the couch. I would have never known anything was wrong except for the tears silently rolling down his cheeks. I sat down beside him and after a few minutes he finally was able to tell me what happened. He had missed a day, he had to start all over, he was mad at himself, and he was disappointed. He was extremely disappointed.
I sat with him and talked it over for a little while. There was nothing that could be done I told him, and he agreed. I then said he had two choices, he could either get right back at it, and before he knew it he would be back where he was at, or he could just not worry about the badges anymore. Maybe it would be liberating to not have to log-on every day and do an edit. He thought about it for a while, and he decided that he wasn't going to worry about it anymore. Summer is coming up, and he doesn't want to work on his fanon every day. I agreed with him, and within a few minutes he was back to his happy self. He got over his disappointment fairly quickly.
This whole episode has taught Decca that goals won't always be met, achievements won't always be had, and sometimes we end up disappointing ourselves. However good things can come from disappointment. It forces one to start a new path, one that wasn't planned before.
Decca is a writer and a creator. He always has to be doing something, and now it seems his disappointment has allowed him to branch out. He started a new wiki this week, a Johnny Dixon wiki. He is very excited about it! He also started a new animated series over on Scratch. He's also back on the Scooby wiki working on his stories. He seems to be spending less time at it though, and I think that may be a good thing. His disappointment has led him to new adventures, and for that I am thankful.


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My Friends –
Sometimes it's hard to see HOPE in the fog of fear and fear mongering. Even those with good intentions can propagate fear by spreading frightening information and drawing dark conclusions. I'm not advocating closing your eyes to bad things that are out there, but if you can process them positively, as a problem to be fixed, you can help the save world.
You see – the Bad Guys want you to be afraid. They want to scare you with their FEMA Camps, chem trails, gun confiscations, Agenda 21, endless wars, banking crashes and the destruction of all your Liberties. They literally feed off your fear and know that fear is what makes populations submissive to their leaders.
Today's FEAR MONGERING is nothing new. Read the rest of what FDR had to say in his famous "Fear Speech"…
"This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself–nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
"Yet our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for. Nature still offers her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it. Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply. Primarily this is because the rulers of the exchange of mankind's goods have failed, through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men"
"True they have tried, but their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition. Faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money. Stripped of the lure of profit by which to induce our people to follow their false leadership, they have resorted to exhortations, pleading tearfully for restored confidence. They know only the rules of a generation of self-seekers. They have no vision, and when there is no vision the people perish."
"Finally, in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order; there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments; there must be an end to speculation with other people's money, and there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency."
Ultimately, FDR was not successful in his ambitions to rid the world of the banking cabal as we are still dealing with the SAME Bad Buys.
But this time it will be different. This time We The People are armed with something more powerful than guns and money…
We know what they did. We know how they did it. We know why it was done. We know what they want to do to us. And We know that it is not in the best interest of mankind.
Armed with all this knowledge…
So when the banking crash comes, and it will come SOON, there is only one thing you need to say to those who wish to "fix the system"…
No to bailouts. No to prosperity plans. No to the Politicians. No to the Banksters. No to it all.
We don't need any of it. We have a Constitution to guide our way forward. We don't need to take the advice of those who have lead us down the wrong path for so long. We can make our own way from here on out, thank you very much.
Let's finish FDR's work…Just say NO!
May the Road you choose be the Right Road.
Bix Weir


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- Date: 02/07/2019 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
- Location: Saint Andrew Catholic Church Coral Springs
9990 NW 29 Street
Coral Springs, Florida 33065
Saint Andrew will be having their annual family carnival - Thursday, February 7th until Sunday, February 10th. Largest 4-day Festival in Coral Springs: Rides, Carnival Games, Festival Food, Live Bands, and Community Entertainment, $3,000 Raffle. SAFE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
Fun Starts - Dates and Times:
Thursday, February 7th • 5:00 - 9:00 PM

Friday, February 8th • 5:30 - 11:00 PM

Saturday, February 9th • 11:00 Noon - 11:00 PM

Sunday, February 10th • 12:00 Noon - 9:00 PM
Buy your tickets now!!
Carnival ride 4 day wristbands Pre-sale price is $50.00
Carnival ride 1 day wristband Pre-sale price is $20.00 for Thursday or Sunday only
- Wristbands are available for sale at the School and Church office.
During the Carnival
Carnival ride 1 day wristband price is $25.00
Visit Website: www.standrewcarnival.com/tickets
9950 NW 29th Street Coral Springs, FL 33065
Contact Maggie at 786 379-6096 for vendor information or email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Come early and stay late. We will have Rides for every age, lots of games, food, beer garden, raffles and vendors. Local talent will also be performing. Bring the whole family, there will be something to keep everyone entertained for hours.


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