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I've been looking for a decent small, lightweight sleeping bag to reduce the weight and volume I pack around.
At SHOT Show today, I ran across Elite Survival Systems's booth and the line of Recon Gen II sleeping bags and was impressed.
The Thermolite synthetic fill Recon 5 bag -- rated to -20 degrees C (-4 F) -- illustrated above weighs just 4.29 pounds and fits into a sphere roughly 10 inches in diameter when the spider compression sack straps are completely cranked down.
My current 0-degree F North Face bag occupies more than twice that volume and clocks in at about 6 pounds
Manufactured by The Kit Bag of Australia, the Recon line is on issue with the RAAF, commandos & NATO, U.S. forces in Iraq, the outer top shell is made from 210T Ripstop Nylon with a Teflon finish that reduces stains and offers a degree of water resistance on the outer shell.
The outer bottom shell made is from 210D Nylon Oxford with PU2000mm waterproof finish and the inner shell is made from 210T Ripstop Nylon.
The 100gm per square meter Dupont Thermolite™ Micro insulation incorporates an ultra-thin barrier of anti-bacterial pure silver micro fibre which also increases its heat retaining capability.
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While Lowe's searching for love, boxer Lola and Labrador Ellie will always hold a special place in his heart
For any of the 25 women looking to win over this season's Bachelor, Sean Lowe, here's a tip straight from the source: "The girl I'm dating must be into my dogs," he tells PEOPLE.
The proud pet parent to two pooches, a boxer named Lola and a chocolate Labrador named Ellie, Lowe says, "For so long it's just been me and my two dogs, and I'm certainly not going to replace them with any woman."
Having had both animals for the past six years, the hunk has developed a special bond with the duo – though he admits his quest for love has forced him to make some changes.
"For many years, my dogs would sleep in the bed with me," he says. "I'm a big guy and I've got two good-sized dogs, so it's a full bed. Then I just realized one day, 'Alright, if I get married and a woman's going to join me in the bed, there's not going to be enough room.' I had to break the dogs of the habit of sleeping in the bed."
Luckily for Lowe, the pair have taken to their new accommodations easily.
"They're very intelligent dogs; they pick up on things really quickly," he says. "They learn pretty fast."
To hear more from Sean Lowe – including how his dogs help him navigate the dating world – check out the video above.


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Alabama Regulation Helps Curb Long-Term Care Insurance Rate Increases
Alabama enacted a long-term care insurance regulation on July 1st, 2006. Alabama residents purchasing long-term care insurance after that date are protected by Alabama's Rate Stability Regulation*.
The regulation has helped curb long-term care insurance rate increases in Alabama because it forces long-term care insurance companies to lower their profits if they seek a rate increase.
Of the 12 companies selling long-term care insurance in Alabama today, 8 of them have NOT had any rate increases on any of the policies they've sold in Alabama since the effective date of this regulation (7/1/2006).
Approximately 96.6% of the long-term care insurance rate increases in Alabama have been on policies purchased before July 1st, 2006. Policies purchased before July 1st, 2006 are NOT protected by Alabama's Rate Stability Regulation.
Of the policies purchased after July 1st, 2006 which have had rate increases, the average rate increase has been 18.72% (cumulative). The median rate increase has been 15.0% (cumulative).
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Profit Incentive
Under the old rules, when a rate increase was requested the insurance company could price normal profit levels into the rate increase. In many cases, a rate increase would result in increased profits for the insurance company.
Under the new rules, if an insurance company requests a rate increase they must decrease the profit levels in their pricing to a cap that is pre-determined by the new regulation. This regulation has removed the profit motive from rate increases.
Margin for Error
Under the old rules, the insurance companies were NOT allowed to include in their pricing any "margin for error". There was no cushion priced into the policy in the event their claims exceeded their original projections. This resulted in a lot of rate increases.
Under the new rules, every insurance company is REQUIRED to include a "cushion" in their pricing–a margin for error. The goal of the "cushion" is to try to avoid the need for any future premium increases.
Actuarial Certification
Under the old rules, the insurance companies did NOT have to certify the accuracy of their pricing assumptions. If their assumptions turned out to be wrong, they would just request a rate increase.
Under the new rules, the insurance companies are required to have a qualified actuary certify that no premium increases are anticipated over the life of the policy. This is why they are required to include a "margin for error" in their pricing.
Not all policies are covered under these new regulations.
Although these regulations are working very well in Alabama, these regulations only apply to policies purchased in Alabama after the regulation became effective. These regulations became effective in Alabama on July 1st, 2006. All policies purchased after July 1st, 2006 ARE protected by these regulations.
*Many group policies (like the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program, CalPERS, and other self-funded groups) do not have to comply with the Rate Stability Regulation.
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In part two of this season's ranking of the top 50 players in the NFL, we bring it all home with #25 to #1. This is where the cream of the crop comes out. The faces of the league, the Super Bowl winners and MVPs, as well as the most respected players that may not get the brightest shine. All of that is represented here, as well as the biggest debates of them all.
Whenever word is dropped on who's the best, it sparks up the most heated of all debates. What determines the best? Is it the biggest winner, the most statistically dominant or the best talent? Is it who's hot at the moment or who's got the best resume? All of that and more was represented by the ten voters that participated in determining this year's top 50, and it is sure to inspire even more debate from here.
So why wait? Let's get into it, the best of the NFL in 2011, via the CHEAP SEATS:
25. Joe Thomas (High 12, Low: Unranked): The biggest rock in Cleveland's foundation is the massive protector that keeps the pressure off Colt McCoy and blows holes open for Peyton Hillis with equal ease. He hasn't missed a Pro Bowl trip in his career, and if you're going to beat the Browns, it's going to have to go through another side than his.
24. Jamaal Charles (High 20, Low: 35): An unfortunate injury ended this season for him, but that's about all that can stop KC's speedster. Put the ball in his hands and just look downfield…and usually a long ways down it. Last season, his 6.3 yards per carry placed him only behind Jim Brown (barely) in single season effort. That's good company for a guy entering only his third year as a starter.
23. Arian Foster (High: 19, Low: 40): The Texans ground threat came out of nowhere to go from undrafted free agent, to becoming one of the most unlikely rushing champions ever last year with 1,606 in his first full season as a starter. He's battling a hamstring injury early this year, but once he gets right, more of the same is in store for the up and coming Texans.
22. Patrick Willis (High: 8, Low: Unranked): The Niners could probably get away with using just one linebacker with Willis out there. Nobody racks up the tackles like the 49ers middle linebacker does. He lead the league in them each of his first three years, and when teams began to avoid anything he could reasonably get to last year (which takes some work), he set a career-high in sacks instead…and still had over 120 tackles.
21. Clay Matthews (High: 13, Low: 30): He bares a striking resemblance to both Thor and He-Man, and he plays exactly like they would in football pads. In both of his first two seasons he has reached double figures in sacks and opened up 2010 with six sacks in the first two weeks of the season.
20. Antonio Gates (High: 14, Low: 29): Oh what could have been if Gates' health would've held together last year. In ten games and on just 50 catches, he hauled in 782 yards and got in the endzone 10 times. When he went down, he lead the NFL in TD grabs, was on pace to get up to 18. Let's see if he can pick up where he left off this year.
19. Calvin Johnson (High: 14, Low: 26): There's no other mixture of size and speed like him in the game. He's fast enough to run past most cornerbacks, and if he isn't, he can just dominate them physically. With Matthew Stafford finally getting healthy and being able to feed him the ball, the best is yet to come for Megatron.
18. Jake Long (High: 7, Low: 44): The Dolphins offense may come and go as far as productivity goes, but it can't say it doesn't have the chance with Long leading the way. The perennial All-Pro tackle is the main reason why Reggie Bush could be about to live up to his potential in Miami.
17. Philip Rivers (High: 13, Low: 27): It's no secret he can fling the ball around the field, but last year he did more than he's ever done, with the most depleted roster he's ever been surrounded with. Despite his top receiver holding out, his All-Universe tight end out with injuries, a depleted offensive line and a rookie running back, he threw for a career high 4,710 yards.
16. Haloti Ngata (High: 4, Low: 35): The most versatile defensive linemen in the NFL, it doesn't matter where the Ravens place him, he makes plays. For years, he clogged the middle of the defense and was a Pro Bowler at tackle. Last year he set a career high in sacks after moving to defensive end, and still returned to the Pro Bowl.
15. Larry Fitzgerald (High: 12, Low: Unranked): The most dangerous endzone target in the game, Fitz still managed 90 catches and actually ended up with more yards than he did with Kurt Warner tossing to him the year before. Now with Kevin Kolb hooking him up way downfield again, he could easily add both a 4th year of over 1,400 yards and a 5th double digit touchdown year.
14. Michael Vick (High: 6, Low: Unranked): Vick's renaissance took him from backup to Pro Bowl starter in under one season. He's still the ultimate weapon in skills; has fast as a receiver and with an arm as good as any in the game. However, now he's a better passer than ever before and has weapons around him just as quick and dangerous. The best is yet to come here.
13. Julius Peppers (High: 8, Low: 19): While he had better statistical seasons in the past, the story of Julius Peppers runs deeper than that. He's never played better football than he is now. He's just as dangerous running down rushers as he is chasing the quarterback and he brought an intensity that was undeniable and placed the Bears four quarters away from a Super Bowl in his first year.
12. Chris Johnson (High: 8, Low: 23): He's the only back in the game that can say he's going for 2,000 yards, and it's not seen as crazy talk. Arguably the fastest player in the game, and is instantly a threat as soon as he touches the ball. He's the all-time record holder for most yards in one season and will continue to carry the weight of the Titans world on his shoulders.
11. Nnamdi Asomugha (High: 9, Low: Unranked): So dangerous that teams don't even throw his way. Since his eight interception breakout season in 2007, opposing QBs have only been brave enough to throw his way often enough for him to grab a total of three in the last four years. Now he moves over to Philadelphia and has a legit chance of turning that fear into the only number that counts: his first Super Bowl ring.
10. DeMarcus Ware (High: 9, Low: 21): It's starting to seem like he can get sacks whenever he wants them. The best pass rusher in the NFL has led the league two of the last three seasons in QBs landed, and has averaged a ridiculous 13 sacks a season in his six year career. 20 of these came in one season, and it's not a stretch to think he could top that number again.
9. Andre Johnson (High: 4, Low: 16): It's not so much about if he's the best receiver in the game now anymore, that's a given. It's more about how high up the all-time list the ninth year Texan is. He gets the job done early and often, and is one of two receivers to ever lead the league in yards two consecutive seasons (and passed 1,500 yards in each year). The other player to achieve this? Some guy named Rice.
8. Darrelle Revis (High: 2, Low: 15): Revis Island is real, and it's lonely. The Jets cornerback is a silencer: he takes the biggest and best receivers in the game on one-on-one, and takes them out the game. For his efforts, he's made three consecutive Pro Bowls and pushed the Jets to two straight AFC Championship games.
7. Ed Reed (High: 4, Low: 10): No player turns defense into offense as often as Reed does. He has 13 touchdowns in his career from a mixture of interceptions, punt blocks, punt and fumble returns. For all of this, his greatest act, in a career with plenty of them, may have come last season when he lead the NFL in interceptions with eight despite playing in only 10 games.
6. Aaron Rodgers (High: 2, Low: 17): The wheeling and dealing Rodgers threw the Pack on his back and took them to the top of the NFL a year ago. He leads one of the deepest receiving groups in the game and is the most dangerous passer on the move in the game. He doesn't waste passes either: he is the All-Time leader in both regular season and playoff passer rating, and has the lowest interception rate in NFL history as well.
5. Drew Brees (High: 3, Low: 9): The face of the New Orleans Saints has made a career of being able to thread the needle like no other QB. To date, he has a 5,000 yard season and four 4,000 yard efforts. He is tied for the most consecutive seasons with 4,000 yards and 30 touchdowns, and opened up this year with a 400 yard day in Green Bay against the team that succeeded his Saints as Champions.
4. Adrian Peterson (High: 3, Low: 9): He's the highest paid runner in the game, and for good reason. There's no player that combines power, speed and instincts like AD. He reached 5,000 yards in third fastest time in league history and passed 6,000 early this year already. He has reached at least 10 rushing touchdowns in every season of his career.
3. Troy Polamalu (High: 3, Low: 8): His effect on the Steelers over the last few years is simple, yet major. When he plays, they go to the Super Bowl. When he doesn't, they aren't even a playoff team. In 2008, they won the whole thing. In '09, they miss the Playoffs when he misses most of the season. He comes back last year, plays better than ever and they go back to the Bowl. He's the very definition of difference maker.
2. Peyton Manning (High: 1, Low: 2): No player means more to his team than Peyton does. His greatness has long been defined by numbers, but now it's shown in presence. With him on the sideline for the first time in his career, the Colts look more like a team that lives at the top of the Draft every year, than one that has taken home seven of the last nine division titles. Last year, Peyton carried the entire team on his shoulders more than ever due to a rash of injuries. Now this year, they are healthier as a whole, but one injury has sunk the rest of the ship. He should win MVP this year even if he doesn't throw one pass.
1. Tom Brady (High: 1, Low: 2): No one came in at the top of more lists than Brady, and for good reason. It's bigger than the 14 win, MVP season he had a year ago. It's the fact that he makes playing the most difficult position in the game look effortless. After landing his second MVP nod with a ridiculous, record-setting 9:1 touchdown to interception season, he picked right back up where he left off in 2011, throwing for 517 yards in the season opener, the fifth best performance in League history. Point proven.
Follow me on Twitter at @CheapSeatFan for more on the never ending debate on who's man around the NFL week-to-week.


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Joint Working in Gibson Way
After the success of the crossing at the Boating Lake my next highways issue was the problem of parking along Gibson Way. The residents of this road have wanted something done, and I felt the problem was important enough to spend some of my limited highways budget on.
The best solution to this problem was to extend the current parking bays to allow more cars to park off the road. The cost however was going to be around £14k.
Working with the newly formed Porthleven Residents Association and Coastline Housing it was decided that to help this project become reality Coastline Housing would contribute to the project the sum of £5500. I am extremely grateful for both the Association and Coastlines help, as without it this project would have been a lot harder to pull off.
The works is now nearly completed, and from the feed back I have so far received the residents are very happy.
It shows working together can achieve something that is of benefit to all. For me, it also allows me to spread my limited highways budget further.


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Custom Console With Red Fabric and Nailhead Trim
A custom console table covered with red fabric and nailhead trim provides a pop of color to this small foyer niche.
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Bright Blue Changing Table in Boy's Nursery
The bright blue dresser turned changing table makes a dramatic statement in this contemporary boy's nursery. A striped rug softens the hardwood floors, while a round mirror with wooden frame adds a rustic touch. Well-placed baskets are perfect for quick cleanup.
After: Tiffany Blue Teen Bedroom with Daybed and Piano
A bold wall color, reminiscent of Tiffany blue, is one of the most inexpensive ways to start off a bedroom makeover, says Atlanta designer Jennifer Foster. The room now has a sophisticated playful style, with a daybed from a home decor store that makes room for a baby grand piano passed down from a grandmother. The lamps also are off the shelf from a discount home goods store.
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Designer Jeff Tohl combines the functions of living, dining and cooking into one open, modern great room.
Black and White Traditional Bathroom with Teal Shower for a Pop of Color
The black and white bathroom in this Tudor home highlights the traditional style of the home's interior spaces. The black and white penny-round tile, wainscoting and white walls reflect that style; however, the teal tub in this sophisticated bathroom helps to liven the space, adding a pop of color and making the space more modern.
Rustic Wet Bar With Walnut Countertop
Beyond offering a place to mix drinks, a wet bar can play an important design role in a home with an open layout, linking the kitchen workspace with the entertaining areas of the house. Here, designer Amy Darooge used rustic materials to create a coherent style throughout. She chose distressed wood cabinetry, a copper sink and faucet, and "the material on the counter is walnut with a live ledge," she says.
Neutral Asian Courtyard and Spa Bathroom
A huge glass window wall rolls back to open up the spa bathroom to this charming courtyard and its sculptural details. At night, the whole area is dramatically lit.
Contemporary Black and White Bedroom with Metallic and Geometric Accents
Pile on the pattern. Here, Claire Sulmers of Fashion Bomb Daily layers decorative boxes, a lamp and geometric-shaped accessories for a chic, upmarket result. Group patterns by style, shape and function for added effect.
Fire-Lit Living Room With Antique Furnishings
Antique wall art and furniture create a historical look in this living room. A fireplace, bordered by a mirror and two wall sconces, adds warmth to the space.
Fireplace Focal Point with Effortless Tile and a Family Heirloom Painting
To update the fireplace, designers replaced the original hearth tile with tile that feels effortless, as if it had been there forever. To make the feature special to the homeowners, it features a family heirloom painting that completes the design's natural feeling for the family.
Warm Lush Master Bedroom
A wallpaper accent wall brings elegance into this bedroom. Designers Cate Dunning and Lathem Gordon of GordonDunning suggest layering a duvet and coverlet for a more luxurious look, and having one "boom-pow" statement pillow can make a big style difference, too.
Airy Contemporary White Bedroom
To create an architectural element worthy of a luxury hotel, Atlanta designer Rachel Greathouse started with a $30 mirror at a flea market. She painted the four-paned frame in a gloss that matched the wall color, and then hung the mirror at a 45 degree angle for an interesting visual effect. From its place above the bed, the mirror can appear like a diamond-shaped window because it reflects the windows on the opposite wall.
Midcentury Modern Dining Room With Bold Blue Chairs
This stylish dining room features plush, bright blue chairs that surround a spacious glass dining table. Two metal starburst chandeliers hang from the exotic wood plank ceiling, while a neutral stone wall adds a natural accent. A floating cabinet provides ample room for stowing dishes and other dining room items.
Infinity Edge Pool Seems to Blend Seamlessly Into Ocean Beyond
From under the warm covered patio, the family can enjoy their view. Just off the patio, a swimming pool with an infinity edge looks as if it blends seamlessly into the ocean beyond it.
After: Gold Guest Bedroom Makeover with Slipcovered Headboard
Gold is a regal choice that demands attention in this once-overlooked guest bedroom. Glass and antique brass side tables give the room a more modern look, and are topped with lamps from a discount home store selected by Atlanta designer Jennifer Foster. A streamlined slipcovered headboard offers flexibility for future makeovers.
Modern Master Bedroom With Boho-Style Chairs
To give the homeowners an additional seating option in their master space, designers brought in a pair of Boho chairs and coffee table for the master bedroom. To make this area more comfy, they added a faux animal skin rug for a soft touch.
Minimalist Master Bathroom
Keeping with the minimalist feel of the master bedroom, the master bathroom uses a white-on-white color palette. The spa-like space features a steam bath/shower with multiple ceiling showerheads, a handheld shower and body sprays
Bright, Open Living Room Offers Stunning Water Views
A neutral color palette with crisp white furniture and rich brown accents creates a bright, tropical feel perfect for this bay-front living room. Tall ceilings and large windows help with the open, breezy atmosphere — and the breathtaking bay view doesn't hurt either.
Black, White and Neutral Bedroom With Lush Furnishings
Sink into this clean, comfortable bedroom at the end of a long day and you're sure to feel relaxed almost immediately. The symmetrical look of the space — matching end tables and globe lamps are situated on either side of the room — adds to the visually soothing feel. Funky pillows and a faux fur throw add a modern element to the space, and the black accent wall makes the white elements in the room pop.


text: Berfin was 14 when ISIL attacked her village and forced her into sexual slavery [Mona van den Berg/Al Jazeera] Germany - Berfin* was 14 when Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) fighters attacked her village. They killed most of the men and separated the married women from the young girls, who were taken away and forced into sexual slavery. "ISIL fighters locked us up in an empty house in some village. We were nine young girls," she recalls. "In the evening more fighters came to that house. One of them wrote our names on pieces of paper and dropped them in a bowl. Each fighter took a piece of paper out of the bowl and the girl whose name was on it, was his.'' She looks down as she speaks, fidgets and barely pauses for breath. Her short black hair is held back by a thin hairband. She wears a hooded sweater with teddy bears on it. WATCH: Inside the Calais 'Jungle' Clinic "The man who took out the piece of paper with my name was 53 years old and had a long, grey beard," Berfin, who is now 16, continues. "He took me to his house and said: 'Now you are going to wash yourself.' When I resisted, he cut my clothes open with a knife and pushed me into the shower. He took me to a room where there was a laptop showing a porn film. In that room he tied me to the bed and raped me.'' This was just the beginning of Berfin's ordeal. She was imprisoned by ISIL for nine months. In that time she was raped and abused by Afghan, Syrian and British ISIL fighters who afterwards sold her on, on one occasion for $6, she says. In April last year, Berfin was rescued by a network that frees Yazidi women from ISIL captivity. She now lives in a village in southern Germany, where the peaceful streets are lined with blossoming trees. About 30 other Yazidi women and children who escaped from ISIL are here. They are part of a unique humanitarian project. 'A humanitarian decision' In October 2014, two months after ISIL invaded the district of Sinjar in Iraq, massacred Yazidi men and captured 7,000 Yazidi women and girls, the German state of Baden-Württemberg took a decision: it would bring 1,000 Yazidi women and children who had escaped captivity to Germany on a special visa to receive free treatment. The budget for this programme was set at 95m euros (around $107m). We think these women would simply not have survived their heavy traumas if they hadn't come to Germany. Jan Kizilhan, an expert in transcultural psychiatry and traumatology The women and children are housed in 22 villages and cities. In the interests of their safety, the whereabouts of the shelters are kept secret. "It was a humanitarian decision,'' says Michael Blume, head of the Special Quota Project, as it is called. "Our main goal is to offer these women and children, who suffered so much, the chance to build a new future." This is the first time that a federal state in Germany has created a humanitarian admissions programme. "It was legally possible, but it was just never done before," Blume says. "We think these women would simply not have survived their heavy traumas if they hadn't come to Germany," explains Jan Kizilhan, a German-Kurd who is the programme's chief psychologist. He is a professor at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University in Villingen-Schwenningen and an expert in transcultural psychiatry and traumatology. Deciding who to help Kizilhan, a Yazidi Kurd who emigrated to Germany from Turkey as a child, travelled in 2015 to the refugee camps near the city of Dohuk in northern Iraq, with the near-impossible task of selecting the women who would come to Germany. He spoke to 1,403 women and girls who had all been forced into sexual slavery by ISIL. ''Every time a woman told me her story, I thought, 'It can't get any worse'. But then another woman came with a story that was even worse," he says. "The youngest girl I spoke to was eight years old. After seeing her father and grandfather being executed, she was raped hundreds of times, five or six times a day, over 14 months. She was sold and resold many times.'' Kizilhan weighed up two main considerations when deciding who should be taken to Germany: the severity of their psychological and physical trauma and how much they would benefit from the treatment offered. READ MORE: 'In five years there won't be any Yazidis left here' It was decided that for very elderly women, for whom it would be more difficult to build a new life without their relatives, the programme would be less beneficial. On average, the selected women are below the age of 20. ''It was very difficult to decide who could come to Germany and who could not," Kizilhan says. As there is little help available to the women in their communities or in refugee camps, his task effectively meant choosing who was going to receive treatment and who wasn't. "There are only 25 psychologists in northern Iraq," Blume says. "And most of them are male and Muslim. A heavily traumatised Yazidi woman would never want to be treated by them." Those who have come to Germany will all undergo therapy, but the women in the village where Berfin lives are still in the first phase of settling down. Their daily lives revolve around German language lessons and simple activities like buying groceries and learning how to ride a bicycle. The children attend school. "Before we can start treatment, they first need to stabilise, find a new orientation in their lives and a feeling of safety," Kizilhan explains. "These women suffer from nightmares, flashbacks and panic attacks. They are afraid of people, they find it hard to trust anybody. Some are scared to go outside, many suffer from psychosomatic pains. We really have to give them time to settle down first." Settling into village life Mayor Helmut Muller drives through his village to visit a Yazidi mother and her children. He is an energetic man in his 50s and his aim is to help the women to lead independent lives in about two years' time. He estimates that for some it could take longer. "The decision to offer shelter to these women in our village has been far-reaching,'' he says. "There was so much we needed to organise. In the beginning I spent at least 20 percent of my time on this project.'' He had expected individual women to come, but to his surprise, entire families arrived: mothers with children, the youngest of whom are still babies, who had all been in ISIL captivity. He says he specifically asked for women from villages, hoping they would be able to identify somewhat with life in his community. "I am convinced of the wholesomeness of village life,'' he adds. WATCH: Iraq's Yazidis: Horrors of the past refuse to go away The women live in comfortable homes with daffodils and forget-me-nots in the gardens. "They have been through so much, we want them to live in a beautiful place, not in some impersonal building," the mayor says. When Muller announced that the village would shelter a group of refugees, not all the locals were happy about it, he says, mostly because people didn't know what to expect. "There was some resistance, but now that the women and children are here, neighbours bring them chocolate and shopkeepers offer them work experience," he says. Still, cultural and language differences have made communication difficult at times. "These women not only come from a totally different culture, they also come from a different era,'' he says. "Things that are normal to us, like bikes and keys, are unknown to them. We have to explain a lot, but they only speak Kurdish." Two Turkish Kurdish women from the neighbourhood offered to help as volunteers and now have part-time paid jobs as interpreters. Beritan Demir, 34, a former nurse, is one of the interpreters. Her main role is to accompany the women on visits to the doctor. "To me this is not just a job, I do this with whole my heart," she says. "I feel so sorry for what these innocent people have been through." She says the women are often ill and suffer from all kinds of pain. "'Their health is destroyed during their imprisonment. They suffer from insomnia, they suffer from stomach pains when they eat. They were often given only bread and water - and the mothers gave their food to their children.'' Rana, 15, lives in a village in southern Germany after escaping ISIL captivity [Mona van den Berg/Al Jazeera] Working within Yazidi culture Fifteen-year-old Rana pours tea for the mayor, Demir and social worker Brigitte Neuhaus, who are visiting her family. She has a long braid and a pale face which betrays no emotion as she shares fragments of her story. ''When Daesh attacked our village, they took me and all the other girls with a bus to Mosul. Along the way Daesh fighters got on that bus. Their feet were spattered with blood and they stank. They took photos of the girls and would say things like: 'I will come to get you later'. One fighter was very big, he had an enormous black beard. He came to me and took my picture. He said: 'You are so pretty. You are mine now'. I was so scared." Rana doesn't say explicitly that she has been raped. "We know almost for sure that all the girls have been raped," Demir says later. "But most of the women find it extremely hard to talk about it. They never use the word 'rape', they say 'marry'. They are so ashamed, they just can't pronounce the word. They are even ashamed for each other.'' Berfin, for example, has never told her mother what happened to her. "She often asked me about it, but I have always denied it. After everything she's been through, I don't want to hurt her even more," she says. "Chastity and family honour are extremely important in Yazidi culture," Kizilhan explains. "When a Yazidi woman has had sexual intercourse with a non-Yazidi, she traditionally is expelled from the community, whether it was voluntary or not. This 800-year-old rule has complicated the situation of these women. Some women have been rejected by their families," he says, adding that some women in the camps in northern Iraq have committed suicide. The tradition of ostracising women who have been raped has been the subject of discussions between Kizilhan and the Yazidi spiritual leader, Baba Sheikh. The leader subsequently issued an official declaration that women who have been raped by ISIL have not lost their honour and are still considered part of the community. Before going to Germany, the women of the Special Quota Project were brought to Lalish, the Yazidi religious centre in northern Iraq, where Baba Sheikh blessed them and told them he was proud of them for escaping captivity. "This was psychologically very important," Kizilhan explains. "Because it gave them back their identity and self-worth." Kizilhan believes that working on the women's sense of self-worth needs to be a crucial part of their therapy. "It is important to make them feel they are valuable women. That they haven't lost their honour because they were raped, but that the ISIL fighters have lost their honour by raping them.'' He emphasises the importance of taking into account their cultural and religious values. "If we work from Western values, we won't be able to reach them. We have to take into account the crucial importance of family honour in their patriarchal culture. That's why I have given many courses to psychologists, social workers and interpreters who are working with these women.'' 'Not a single suicide' Despite their efforts, there are critics. "Some people said that we should have given the money to Iraq so the women could be treated at home,'' Blume says. "But there simply aren't enough psychologists in northern Iraq to treat all these heavily traumatised women who need intensive therapy." The project has also been accused of being idealistic. "I agree with that," Blume says. "And we are already seeing results. Some women have jobs now and rent their own apartments. Others are still struggling, that is certainly true. But we haven't had a single case of suicide, whereas in the camps in Iraq there were many." Baden-Württemberg has recently invested one million euros (more than $11m) in a programme to train psychologists in Dohuk. Dilan, 50, is the first woman who arrived in the village [Mona van den Berg/Al Jazeera] 'Our hearts are broken' It's Wednesday morning and the Yazidi mothers are at their German lesson in the village. Today they are learning how to count in German. One of the women nurses her baby and the atmosphere in the classroom is relaxed. When the teacher goes too fast, the women start to laugh. "No problem," she says. "'You are all super students.'' She explains afterwards that the mothers are all illiterate. "That's why learning how to read and write German is extra difficult for them. We have to repeat a lot. But they are very motivated. It is important for their self-esteem and it is a good distraction for them.'' One of the women in the German class is 50-year-old Dilan. She wears a purple scarf and has soft, dark eyes. ''I am happy and grateful to be here,'' she says. "We live in a beautiful house and we are safe now. The people are very kind to us. But our hearts are broken.'' Dilan was the first woman to arrive in the village in the autumn of 2015, along with seven of her eight children. She was enslaved by ISIL for nine months. One of her daughters is still in captivity and she doesn't know if her husband is alive. On the wall of her living room there are pictures of family members who have gone missing since ISIL attacked her village. "We are thinking of them day and night."Three types of trauma Having family members in captivity complicates the women's treatment, Kizilhan says. He explains that the women face three types of trauma."First there is their personal trauma," he says. Then, he adds, there is the "deep rooted historical trauma" caused by the massacres and persecution the Yazidis have experienced in the past. The third trauma, he says, is the collective trauma of the Yazidi people. More than 3,500 women and 1,000 children remain imprisoned by ISIL. "While they have to deal with their own trauma, these women's minds are constantly occupied by the fate of their family members. While treating these women you have to take into account these extra traumas," he says. "You have to keep in mind that their story is more complex than that of, for example, a war victim." 'Cruelties you can't imagine' Berfin attends a daily intensive German language course in a neighbouring city. She also does the shopping and cooks for her family. "She is a great support for her mother,'' says Neuhaus, the social worker. Neuhaus says working with the women has changed her life. "I have been confronted with cruelties you just can't imagine," she says. "ISIL have systematically destroyed these people. You can compare it to what the Germans did to the Jews." In spite of their trauma, Rana and the other young girls regularly attend school. They are passionate about football and are often seen playing a game together in the village. "The women and children visibly have made progress ever since they have been here," Neuhaus says. "They look better than when they first came to the village. And they have taken up the daily routine remarkably well. In the beginning they didn't cook for themselves. There were women who did nothing but sleep. But now they invite us to tea or to delicious dinners. All the children go to school or kindergarten. I really feel they have come to trust us a little.'' "I have gained new insights by working with these women," Kizilhan says. "What has impressed me most is their resilience. I realise that to make treatment successful, we really need to work with the inner strength they still possess. It's amazing how strong these women are. They really want to survive.'' *For the safety of the children and women, all the names in this article have been changed, except for those of Dr Jan Kizilhan and Michael Blume. Follow Renate van der Zee on Twitter: @renatevdzee SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Renate van der Zee Yazidi ISIS Germany


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5 Things to Look For when Choosing the Best Baby Monitor for You & Your Baby11.11.2016
When I had Isaac, I remember stressing a lot about what kind of baby monitor to get for him once he moved into his nursery. With so many options available, buying a baby monitor can be quite tricky. Especially if you are a first time parent. Something I remember all too well when I went through this same experience almost 6 years ago. But, after having four kids and going through a few baby monitors I've learned a lot when it comes to choosing the best baby monitor; and have come to the conclusion that the best baby monitor on the market is the Owlet. Have you heard about it? If not, then I'm glad you stopped by today! Aside from syncing with your smart phone through an app and letting you know when your baby is awake, the Owlet uses the same technology hospitals use to monitor a baby's heart rate and oxygen levels through a wireless 'smart sock' that fits snuggly around the baby's foot. Then, if the baby's heart rate or oxygen levels drop while they're asleep, the owlet base and phone app will instantly notify parents to let them know something is wrong. Talk about having a solid piece of mind!
How to Choose the Best Baby Monitor for You and Your Baby
1) Read the Reviews.
If you are purchasing a baby monitor online, make sure to read the reviews. This will give you better insight on the product from real people who have actually tested it out, and will give you a better idea whether you should purchase it or not.
2) Consider a visual monitor.
By choosing to purchase a monitor with this feature, you will be able to check in on your baby but not have to constantly get out of bed and disrupt the few and precious hours of sleep you are getting during this phase of life.
3) Ask your friends.
Know anyone who has more than one kid? Ask them what kind of baby monitor they use. Chances are, they have been through a few baby monitors and know exactly what works best.
4) Be aware of the security factor.
Baby monitors come in two types. Analog and digital. Analog monitors are definitely less expensive. But anyone within range can listen in to the signal they emit. A digital monitor, however, encrypts the audio transmission making it impossible for other people to eavesdrop.
5) Know the perks.
Almost every baby monitor out there comes with its own set of perks. Some monitors have low battery indicators while others come with an extra monitor. This can make the choosing process a little more difficult. So I say go with the monitor that makes your life easier.
Can I just say how grateful I am for baby monitors? I seriously don't even know what I would do without mine! Hope you all find one that you can't live without too!
On a side note...
Isaac started Jr. Jazz today. Emi and Zachary were insistent that we go as a family to watch his practice and game so we could cheer him on together. During practice, Isaac kept looking over at me for reassurance that what he was doing was right. I just love that he would rather get basketball advice from me than his coach. Especially because I hardly know anything about basketball. haha! His coach was a good sport about it though and I can't wait to see how Isaac grows and develops in this sport!


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1 cup(250ml)granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 cup(250 ml)canned pumpkin
2 cups(500 ml)all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp.(10 ml)Baking powder
1/2 tsp.(2 ml)Baking soda
1/2 tsp.(2 ml)salt
1/2 tsp.(2ml)cinnamon
1/2 tsp.(2 ml)nutmeg
1/2 tsp.(2 ml)ginger
1 cup(250ml)semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup(125 ml)chopped nuts
1.Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl.
2.Beat in eggs one at a time until smooth.
3.Stir in pumpkin>
4.In another bowl combine remaining nine ingredients.
5.Stir to mix then pour into mixing bowl.
6.Stir all together until just moistened.
7.Spoon into greased 9x5x3 inch(23x12x7xcm) loaf pan.
8.Bake in 350 F (180 C )oven for 1 hour until it tests done.
9.After 10 minutes cooling time, turn loaf out to cool on a rack.
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3 eggs, beaten until foamy
1 cup oil
2 cups grated zucchini
3 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
3 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup raisins
1 cup nuts, optional
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2/3 cup(150 ml) granulated sugar
1/3 cup(75 ml) brown sugar,packed
2 tbsp.(30 ml) all purpose flour
1/2 tsp.(2 ml) cinnamon
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2/3 cup(150ml) all purpose flour
6 tbsp(100 ml)brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup(60 ml)butter
1/4 tsp.(1 ml)cinnamon
1/4 tsp.(1 ml)salt
Quarter apples. Cut each quarter in half lengthwise then cut twice crosswise into large bowl. You will need 5 cups(1.12 L).
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In a recent blog entry, I talked about a Bisnow seminar I attended on the current boom in data centers. Where are such centers located, and what factors affect how location decisions are made?
It turns out, by the way, that Northern Virginia is right in the middle of this data center boom. There are currently 8 million square feet of data center space in Northern Virginia, with a vacancy rate of only 4.7%. This is much lower than the commercial real estate vacancy rate! A number of new data centers are under construction, particularly in the Ashburn area of Loudon County.
One of the key considerations in locating data centers is access to electrical power. Data centers use huge amounts of power to drive servers, storage devices, and cooling. One of the seminar speakers noted that data center providers will run out of power long before they run out of floor space (especially with Moore's Law continued to shrink devices). Dominion Virginia Power (our local utility) has estimated that, in the next few years, 10% of all electrical power used in Virginia will go to data centers!
Hand-in-hand with the increasing need for power, of course, goes concerns about the impacts of power generation. Thus, there is a large emphasis on energy efficiency and "going green" as new data centers are built.
Another location consideration is network throughput. Video on demand (think Hulu, Netflix, and YouTube) not only requires a lot of storage, it also requires a lot of bandwidth. The quality and reliability of the bandwidth is also important. Thus, data centers should be located close to large fiber optic trunkways.
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This autumn the critically acclaimed Table of Delights – a unique, interactive and hilarious food and theatre experience for kids – is heading to London. We talk to chef and co-founder, Claire Thomson, about singing dairy cows, making food education fun and why they're now turning to crowdfunding to keep the project alive.
Eggs fired from cannons, a songstress cow named Barbara, two star-crossed beetroot lovers and ice cream churned by goggled chefs in clouds of dry ice. If it sounds like a home economics lesson taught by Spike Milligan and Vic Reeves you'd be along the right lines. But since opening in Bristol last year, the Table of Delights (a collaboration between two couples: two actors and two chefs, with 6 children among them) has enthralled and enchanted its young audiences, sold out two runs and garnered 5 star reviews.
"What we really didn't want to do was some awful food education show with characters like Tommy the Tomato telling kids they must eat their seven a day," explains Claire, the chef and Guardian columnist behind the brilliant family cookbook The 5 O'Clock Apron.
"We set out to create something bonkers. Think Monty Python meets Lauren Child meets Roald Dahl, with a bit of Horrible Histories thrown in. We wanted all this madcap crazy food to be thrown at the kids so that they come away feeling elated by what they've eaten rather than having been 'educated' or sat through a boring didactic food show."
The show is unlike anything you've ever seen: 60 kids are seated around a ten-foot table, which extends out from the stage like a catwalk. (Accompanying parents sit around the edges overseeing, but staying out of, the action. Parents who want to get stuck in should book for the special evening performances, complete with wine).
The production, described as a 'participatory picnic', is served in five courses, spanning five acts, around five humble ingredients: bread, beetroot, milk, honey and spices. Each ingredient forms the basis of a field-to-fork narrative that is delivered as a frenetic, multi-sensory experience combining cooking, eating, drama, music and dance. Claire and her husband Matt (also a chef) cook live on stage during every performance and the children taste all the food – organic and locally sourced – as the show progresses.
Even picky eaters seem to be won over: "Food is such a great tool to use – the language, history and narrative of food are endless. The children are being enthused and entertained by it and they all happily eat things like beetroot and spices during the show. They are so immersed in the magic of it that we don't get any of the 'urgh I don't want to eat that'. They want to be part of it."
It's clear the chaotic storytelling strikes a chord with kids, and there is never any shortage of volunteers to get up and help with the cooking during the show. From the star-crossed love story of beetroots Bert and Betty (who meet a grizzly end in a blender behind a white curtain in a cacophony of screams, and then reappear as beetroot jelly and beetroot chocolate cake), to the sequin adorned jazz-singing queen bee who shimmies along the table while delivering an ecological message about the fragility of our bee colonies, the performance is endlessly imaginative and very deliberately raucous. "We wanted the kids to feel like it was a bit anarchic".
Under all of the theatre, though, the underlying ambition is very clear: to teach children about the provenance of their food, its importance and its journey to their plate but by getting them excited and intrigued by it, rather than lecturing: "It's education, definitely. But it's not serious or stale. It's fun."
Last year 17 schools – ranging from struggling inner city schools to elite boarding schools – organised KS2 trips to see the show during its run at the Bristol Old Vic and each was a triumph: "The brilliant thing was that no matter which school it was, they all got the same out of it. At the end we have them all dressed as bees with head boppers on and they conga out of the theatre. The difference between the children in terms of background was incredible – you couldn't get a more diverse set of kids – but every single one of them behaved the same way. They were so enthused by it."
According to food writer and school food plan pioneer, Henry Dimbleby, who took his own children to a Bristol performance, all schools should see it.
With processed food consumption and childhood obesity becoming a wide scale health and cultural issue in the UK, the project, with its focus on 'real' food, is a very timely one. But Claire believes that it's imperative that we engage kids through focusing on the positive: "We want to promote and embrace the enjoyment of food, rather than further the negative 'you can't eat this or that' approach. Food is increasingly demonised, which I think is wrong. Teaching our children that a little goes a long way and to enjoy everything in moderation is a much more sensible way to teach kids about food."
It wouldn't, however, be a true theatrical performance without a little (real-life) drama. After two years of Art Council funding, government cut backs meant that at the last minute the expected grant for this year didn't materialise, leaving the venue booked, the actors raring to go and a significant cash shortfall.
Given the successful run to date and the positive impact it's had on the children who have participated, the production team are determined that the show must go on and are seeking to raise the money themselves through crowd funding. The campaign launched last week and donations (which start at £10) attract a range of great incentives, from signed copies of Claire's book and show CDs through to the opportunity to don some whites and get up on stage yourself (or have Claire and Matt cook a dinner party at your home, if you're less of an exhibitionist).
Claire's passion for the project is palpable. "We know the children of London will love the show; Bristol's kids certainly did. Not getting the majority of the Art Council funding at the last minute was a setback but all is not lost. If we can raise some money through crowd funding and secure as many advance ticket sales as possible, we feel confident that this heartfelt and necessary show will go ahead."
We've joined the crowd funders and are looking forward to both the kids and the adults evening shows. If nothing else, we need to find out how beetroots fall in love. We're certainly hoping that the show does go on.The Table of Delights is a co-production between the Print Room at the Coronet and Theatre Damfino and will (hopefully) be running from 23 November to 13 December. Matinee shows on Saturday and Sunday at 3pm and early evening family shows at 6pm (Thurs-Sun). It is recommended for children aged 6+ but younger children have happily attended the matinee performances. Tickets can be purchased here.
The crowdfunding campaign closes on 9 October and more details, along with a short video preview of the show, can be found on their Crowdfunder page.


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The Fountain is a visually interesting, totally boring, directionless (pun intended), movie.
Actually, there are three stories* (I am using the term stories very loosely here as a story is supposed to make a certain amount of sense) which I won't discuss mainly because I never figured out what they were about. They are repeated multiple times and go nowhere.
The whole thing is like a bad acid trip which, come to think of it, might explain the script.
But it looks good, and the acting is fine. It will irritate the hell out of you after come out of your coma and realize that 90 minutes of your life was just wasted.
* I didn't realize there were three stories until I read some reviews. Actually, there might be four stories because they keep, I think, performing the same operation, on the same monkey, over and over.
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These two series had nothing to do with each other except appear on tv at about the same time.
The 4400 is about abductees being returned to some place in the state of Washington and about the governments response to their return.
The Grid is about our old friends the terrorists. They win some; we win in the end. One curious thing about terrorists is how their "leaders" want the followers to run home to Allah, but aren't willing to lead the charge. But that's another story, isn't it? And, isn't that the way of all leaders. After all, someone has to stay home and lead.
I am not going to discuss the plots except to say that you have seen it all before:
In The Grid terrorists kill people, most innocent, some not. They scare the government; they scare the people; they are up to no good so they must be rounded up, or killed, for our own good.
If you haven't seen the programs I'm sure they will be rerun about 1000 more times before summer ends.
Both ended last night. Both were pretty good until the last episode in the series.
The Grid held together very will except, in the last episode, for the FBI agent with the "Heart of Gold." He has promised the father of an American terrorist that he will not kill him; that he will "take him alive if possible." This leads to the dumb bastard getting shot and another agent with more sense has to kill the terrorist before he can blow up the ship which will send something deadly into the city of Chicago, etc.
The bumbling idiot agent, the one with the extra hole in his body, also spent most of the series telling his wife, and son, he was sorry for all the disruption to family life hunting terrorists was causing. Except that he didn't actually do anything until the last 30 minutes of the program except whine about disruption to his wife and son. Oh, yes, and give the manditory speech about the "friends I lost in The Towers…"
The ending of The 4400 was, to say the least, bizarre. It just stopped going; like they ran out of film or money. We were told that a baby who was being born to an abductee was part of the answer; we were told that the world, or our part in it, was ending some time in the future (I could have predicted that one); we were told that some comatose patient who was no longer comotose, and was also not who he appeared to be, had the answer.
What the f&$k was the question?
The woman who is having the earth saving baby, or whatever it is, has escaped from forces with her boyfriend and lives in a beautiful, expensive cabin in the woods somewhere, I assume, in Washington. They have no money, and no jobs; this has never been a problem in tv land and doesn't matter.
It is now 6 month later; the baby is on the way, or she has stomach problems, so they get in the car and head for a hospital, or somewhere.
Then we see tall trees bow to a passing car and it's over. More next week? Nope. That's it!
The cast of The 4400 was competent. Nobody seemed miscast.
I especially liked Richard Tyler who I have never seen before but has a "screen presence" whatever that means, and Mark Valley, last seen in Keen Eddie, who plays a nasty government villian this time.
The cast of The Grid was also mostly competent except for Dylan McDermott who is just too damn whiny; just like he was in The Practice.
The English cast was excellent.
Two in the American cast stand out: Piter Marek played an American muslim working for the CIA who was, unfortunately, blown apart in the end (probably for having sex with a non-muslim who was, even worse, English), and Julianna Marguilies who got to wear black and play tough and was suprisingly good.
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Rescue Me is a new television series about New York firefighters post 911. It stars Dennis Leary as Tommy Gavin and a cast of unknowns; or at least unknown to me. It is much like The Shield in that it is gutty, new, and edgy. The network, FX, carries both programs.
These guys are real, or at least as real as it's ever going to get on television. When they go to fight a fire in a 4 story walkup, and we see them climbing the narrow stairs to get to the fire, claustraphobic is the word that comes to mind.
There is black humor. When the fire in an apartment is over, the guys are outside resting and they look up to see what appears to be a little girl at one of the windows in the apartment that was burning. They freak, she jumps out the window and they rush over only to find a doll on the ground. Tommy has played a little joke on them.
One firefighter, whose name I didn't catch, has just been examined for colon cancer. He has created a list of 10 people he is going to kill if he has cancer. Liza Minelli is at the top of the list. I don't know who the other nine are but I figure we could all fill in the blanks.
There are ghosts in the program and Tommy sees, and talks, to them all. Fortunately, this isn't a sappy gimmick.
This program is sometimes painfully hard to watch. But you should watch it. It's the best thing on television right now.
Wednesday at 7pm PST. Many repeats during the week. So, if you missed it last night, you can probably see it tonight.
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The Concert, The Event, The Wall!
Before watching this DVD of Roger Waters THE WALL Live in Berlin, I had listened to The Wall twice this week. Obsessive perhaps, but The Wall holds up.
This may well be the greatest concert movie ever made. The time and place is historic; the film work is terrific, the sound is awesome, the cast and crew are great, and, of course, THE WALL is brilliant.
Get this DVD, turn the lights down, the music up, sit back, light up (oops… we don't do that any more!), and be amazed.
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We watched this movie Saturday night. While the pace is much like watching grass, or, more to the point, corn, grow, you eventually get sucked into the whole, silly plot which is about aliens landing in a corn field in Kansas and, instead of taking over the state capitol, or a 7-11, they concentrate all their energy on taking over a farm house where 4 people live.
I have some questions!
Why is it that aliens, who have the technology that allows them to travel 100's of thousand's of light years, can't open a door?
Maybe the aliens aren't from "out there." Maybe they are by products of genetically altered corn. Maybe water makes them swell up and pop.
And, why is corn a symbol of evil, or creepiness? I realize that it is a recyclable food, but evil? I just don't get it.
Also, what does Mel Gibson do for a living now that he is unfathered; what does his brother do besides smoke and watch television in a closet? Why don't the kids go to school? Why is no one bothered when the boy murders his dog with a serving fork? What happened to the meat on the barbecue? Where's PETA in all this?
Why are there 1252 half empty water glasses all over the farm house. I realize the daughter has a problem with water (hmm, maybe she's part alien), but doesn't any one ever clean a glass? Don't they ever run out of water glasses? Do you have 1252 water glasses in your house?
Why does the younger brother hit the water glasses with his baseball bat? Wouldn't it have been easier, and more accurate, just to throw water on the alien? How can you break a bat on a water glass?
How come the alien can't get through the wood slats nailed to the windows, but can carve strange patterns in the same wood. It seems to me that he (it?) would just make one of those patterns bigger, and he's (it's) in.
Why does Mel Gibson, who is the father who was a Father, lose his faith when his wife is killed, but get it back when an alien is watered to death in his house?
Why didn't the aliens bring raincoats, and umbrellas?
Why does the boy who has asthma and sucks on his inhaler every 30 seconds throughout the entire movie not have the inhaler when he is in the basement?
Why is the boy dead and then not dead? Is it a miracle, or is it Hollywood?
Why was this movie made?
Did anyone actually read this script before the movie was made?
Why did we watch it?
Will all these questions be answered in the Director's Cut? Or, will it only get sillier?


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TAB HUNTER – "Young Love"
By way of contrast, Tab Hunter and his producers know their limitations precisely and the result is a modest, earnest and pleasant track. Alas for the MP3 age – I can't gaze at the record sleeve and look into Tab's dreamy eyes, what "Young Love" was surely best suited for. A far from innocent record, exploiting the newly discovered teenage dollar as ruthlessly as anything has, but still one concerned with innocence – the second-hand self-expression pop set free covered passions a lot less earthy than Elvis' (though just as lucrative). "Young Love" is as smooth as young love isn't, but it's a humble and ginger performance, and that'll do.
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Admissions Policy 2019/2020
Admissions Policy 2018/2019
The school admission policy is rigorously applied and pupils are admitted up to the agreed Published Admission Number, which for the 2018/19 academic year will be 165.If there are more applications than places, admission to St Damian's RC Science College will be subject to the over-subscription criteria in the order of priority set out below.
Pupils with Education Health Care Plans (EHCPs)
If the school is named in an EHCP, the Governing Body has a duty to admit the child to the school.
The duty to apply these arrangements rests with the Governors of the College. All preferences listed on the Local Authority Preference Form will be considered on an equal basis with the following set of over-subscription criteria forming a priority order where there are more applications for admissions than the college has places available.
1. Children who are looked after or children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order).
2. Baptised Roman Catholic children with exceptional medical or social needs. (Where evidence is provided from a child's doctor or other agency that he/she has exceptional needs which mean that admission to a particular school is essential, reference will be made to the Community Health Physician, Social Services, or Educational Psychologist, as appropriate. A panel of governors will make a decision as to whether to admit a child under this criterion using the evidence provided. All information provided will be treated in the strictest confidence.)
3. Baptised Roman Catholic children who live in a designated Parish.
4. Baptised Roman Catholic children who attend a designated Roman Catholic Primary School.
5. Baptised Roman Catholic children who will have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission.
6. Other Baptised Roman Catholic children.
7. Other children with exceptional medical or social needs. (Where evidence is provided from a child's doctor or other agency that he/she has exceptional needs which mean that admission to a particular school is essential, reference will be made to the Community Health Physician, Social Services, or Educational Psychologist, as appropriate. A panel of governors will make a decision as to whether to admit a child under this criterion using the evidence provided. All information provided will be treated in the strictest confidence.)
8. Other children who will have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission.
9. Other children who attend a designated Roman Catholic Primary School.
10. Other children.
Tie breaker definition:
If in any category there are more applications than places available, priority will be given on the basis of proximity to the school.
Distance will be measured as a straight line from the child's home address, using the address point assigned by The National Land and Property Gazetteer, to the main gate to the school property.
Measurements will be made using the local authority's school admissions data mapping software, which employs a Geographical Information System based on Ordnance Survey. In the event of distances being the same for 2 or more applications where this distance would be the last place/s to be allocated, the place will be allocated to the pupil that is nearer using walking distance as measured using the local authority's school admissions data mapping software.
The address from which distance will be measured will be the permanent residential address, at the time of application, of the parent with whom the child is normally resident. Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, each for part of a week, the home address is the address from which the child travels to school for the majority of school days per week. If the number of days is exactly equal the home address will be that of the parent who receives the Child Benefit.
Designated Parishes (Criterion 3):
The Designated Parishes are:St Joseph's, MossleySt Anne's, AshtonSt Stephen's, DroylsdenSt Christopher's, Ashton Maps showing Parish boundaries can be consulted in the appropriate parish.
Designated Primary Schools (Criteria 4 and 10):
The Designated Primary Schools are:St Christopher's RC Primary School, AshtonOur Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, AshtonSt Stephen's RC Primary School, DroylsdenSt Joseph's RC Primary School, Mossley
a) The governing body is the admissions authority. The admissions committee is composed of the following governors: chair of governors, parish priest, head teacher, parent governor & independent clerk.
b) All applications for entry into Tameside schools in 2018 should be completed online and copies of "Moving On" will be available via download from the Tameside website. The online application process will enable parents to apply for up to 6 schools as equal preference. The closing date for all applicants is 31 October 2017. All applicants will be considered by the governors at the same time in a fair way according to the published criteria.
c) Parents will be informed of the governors' decision by the LA after 1 March 2018. An offer of a place does not guarantee a place for brothers and sisters in subsequent years.
d) "Roman Catholic" means a person/child who has been baptised into the Roman Catholic faith. Parents who wish their application to be considered under criteria 1-6 are required to submit a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) with their application which is available from the high school or the Local Authority.
e) The term 'brothers and sisters' will be taken to include step brothers and sisters, foster children and children of partners living in the same household. In cases where twins, triplets or other multiple birth siblings would be split when allocations take place, and there are too few places available at the school to accommodate them all, siblings will be offered a place at the same alternative school, which may not be a named preference school.
f) Late applications will be considered after all those that were received by the deadline.
g) Parents are asked to read and confirm receipt of the Governors' published admission policy. Any changes to the policy will be circulated to all applicants on file for subsequent years.
h) Waiting List: If the school is oversubscribed the governors will maintain a waiting list. The waiting list will operate until the end of the autumn term 2018 for those parents who have submitted an appeal or who have opted to go on the list. All pupils on the waiting list will be ranked according to the over-subscription criteria. Places will be offered, should any become available, to the highest ranked application received by the date the place becomes available. If new or late applications have a higher priority under the oversubscription criteria, they will be ranked higher than those who have been on the list for some time. A significant change of circumstances, such as a change of address, will be taken into account: evidence must be provided. Children who have been referred under the local authority's Fair Access protocol or who are the subject of a direction by the local authority to admit must be given precedence over any other children on the waiting list.
i) Appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel: Any parent or guardian who is dissatisfied with the refusal of a school place has the right of appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel. Parents/Guardians will be sent details of the appeal procedures with the letter refusing a place. Parents must be allowed at least twenty school days from the date of notification that their application was unsuccessful to submit that appeal.
If you wish to appeal, your written appeal request should be sent to:
Chair of Governors
c/o St Damian's RC Science College
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Task Force to Meet April 12
Project Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) members have completed their scoring on of three bridge alternatives based upon their expertise. Their scoring results can be found here. Project Task Force members will meet April 12 at 6 pm to consider these scores. If members agree, the Task Force may make deviations from the Technical Advisory Committee's scoring. Both sets are expected to be presented to City Council in May.
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Members will reconvene in the Fall to help host a community open house on bridge types. From those meetings, two bridge options will be selected. After further consideration by the technical and community advisory committees, they will recommend a final design to City Council.
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The 38-year-old victim was returning to his silver Skoda in the car park of Buchanan Business Park in Cumbernauld Road at around 5.40pm when the culprits struck.
The thugs demanded his car keys, and when he refused produced weapons and struck him on the leg.
They then made off in his car at speed, heading towards the M80.
The first suspect is white, in his late teens or early 20s, 5ft 7ins to 5ft 10ins, medium build with short black hair and stubble.
He was wearing a black fleece with an orange AGGREKO emblem, dark trousers and dark shoes.
The second man is white, in his late teens or early 20s, 5ft 8ins to 6ft,slim built and with fair hair.
He was wearing the same kind of fleece as the other man, wand wore dark trousers and dark shoes.
Detective Constable Thomas Kiernan from Coatbridge CID said: "This was a terrifying ordeal for the victim and extensive enquiries are underway to trace the despicable individuals responsible.
"I would appeal to anyone who was either in the car park or the surrounding area, who may have seen two men matching the above descriptions acting suspiciously to get in touch.
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