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Have you ever done this? Go to http://www.thisdayinmusic.com and enter your day and month.
And it shows all the birthdays for that day. Here's mine for Jan 17th. Some good ones! (I left the bad ones out).
1948, Born on this day, Mick Taylor, guitar, John Mayalls Bluesbreakers, joined The Rolling Stones, in 1969 left in 1974. (1971 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Brown Sugar'). Also worked with Bob Dylan, Mike Oldfield, Jack Bruce and Ron Wood.
1955, Born on this day, Steve Earle, US singer, songwriter, (1988 UK No. 45 single Copperhead Road, Country and independent No.1 album Trancendental Blues. Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Gretchen Peters, Shawn Colvin and Eddi Reader have all covered his songs).
1956, Born on this day, Paul Young, singer, (1983 UK No.1 single 'Wherever I Lay My Hat, That's My Home', 1985 US No.1 single 'Everytime You Go Away'. The Streetband, (1978 UK No.18 single 'Toast.' Also lead singer with 1980's Q-Tips a soul covers band.
1959, Born on this day, Susanna Hoffs, guitar vocals, The Bangles, (1986 UK No.2 single with Prince song 'Manic Monday', 1986 US No.1 single 'Walk Like An Egyptian').
1963, Born on this day, Andy Rourke, bass, The Smiths, (1984 UK No.10 single 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now', plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles).


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Director, Business Development, Translational Oncology Solutions (TOS)
TITLE AND CLASSIFICATION: Director, Business Development, Translational Oncology Solutions (TOS) / Exempt
REPORTING LOCATION: Geographic Territory: Based in Philadelphia, New Jersey or New York City.
REPORTS TO: EVP, General Manager, TOS Business Unit
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: Responsible for a geographic territory of Pharma and Biotech accounts. Direct responsibility for scientific and technical selling of Champion's TumorGraft platform. Meet and exceed the bookings quota for each quarter.
- Grow and expand the TOS business in the assigned regional territory through an intimate understanding of customer needs matched with the appropriate Champions product solution.
- Responsible for managing to a quarterly bookings number. Top priority to meet and exceed bookings number.
- Manage time and activity to maximize face-to-face customer interactions and close business.
- Develop a detailed territory plan by understanding the key drug development needs of each sponsor.
- Segment all customers into tiers and categories to better manage time and activities.
- Develop a pipeline of opportunities and manage the pipeline daily and weekly.
- Responsible for targeting, prioritizing and selling Champion's TumorGraft platform.
- Target existing and potential biotech/pharma clients by demonstrating the value and benefits of Champions TumorGraft platform. Generate statements of work and close studies.
- Be the "steward" of the territory. Understand the drug development needs of the sponsors and positively position Champions as the solution of choice.
- Work as a professional teammate with the project management support team and other Champion's co-workers. Bring together and leverage the POS and TOS opportunities in the territory.
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of the preclinical and clinical drug development process.
- Knowledge of cancer genotypes and tumor characterization including: gene expression profiling, oncogene mutations, comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), and proteomics.
- Excellent scientific communications and inter-personal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret and communicate scientific data to internal and external colleagues.
- Goal oriented, organized and detailed oriented – highly motivated self-starter who knows how to get things done.
- Superior planning, organizational, computer, written and verbal communication skills and possess the ability to network and negotiate effectively.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and productively in a team-oriented environment.
- Ability to maintain a strong sense of integrity and confidentiality.
- Comfortable with a start-up company mentality where performance truly matters.
- Masters degree or PhD in biotechnology, pharmacology, chemistry or biology
- 3-5 years of industry experience in drug development or clinical trial management
- Minimum of 3 years experience in scientific or technical selling to include MSL experience
- Ability to lift and move packages weighing up to 30 pounds
- Must be able to sit for long periods of time using a computer
- Typical office environment in a multi-level facility.
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Thoughts on Things You Cannot Say
I am not going to comment directly on l'affaire Derb, the case of my friend John Derbyshire, who was ostracized from the pages of National Review for writing a column elsewhere that expressed unacceptable opinions about race. I would, however, like to register my admiration for what Mark Steyn had to say about the incident, in particular what he has to say about the condition of free speech in the public square. "The Left," Mark notes:
is pretty clear about its objectives on everything from climate change to immigration to gay marriage: Rather than win the debate, they'd just as soon shut it down. They've had great success in shrinking the bounds of public discourse, and rendering whole areas of public policy all but undiscussable. In such a climate, my default position is that I'd rather put up with whatever racist/sexist/homophobic/Islamophobic/whateverphobic excess everybody's got the vapors about this week than accept ever tighter constraints on "acceptable" opinion.
Indeed. As I wrote to another friend, it used to be that if someone expressed an opinion you didn't like, the proper response was to endeavor to refute it. What happened to that ambition? Mark, I fear, is correct: "The net result of Derb's summary execution by NR will be further to shrivel the parameters, and confine debate in this area to ever more unreal fatuities."
I find the aroma of unreality that hovers, miasma-like, around this whole non-debate dismaying but also puzzling. Our attorney general said he wanted to have a frank national conversation about race. What that seems to have meant is national sermonizing about race. Is it the case that certain questions about race are simply unmentionable? You might point to what happened to John Derbyshire and say: "You dope, of course they are. Look what happened to him!"
That's not the whole answer, though. "There is nothing more painful to me ... than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved." That was Jesse Jackson. What John wrote was an elaboration of that observation. I do not happen to agree with many of his conclusions in that column, but what I find curious is the nature of his tort. In Christian theology, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is said to be the one unforgivable sin. Exactly what such blasphemy might consist of kept theologians employed for centuries. That guild has been on its way out for some time, of course, but the impulse to discover unforgivable sins (the vaguer the better) remains alive and well.
"Racism" is one of the new cardinal sins, and it's sometimes forgotten just how new it is. Nowadays you can't set foot on a college campus, or write for an opinion magazine, without running into accusations of racism. But the word "racism" is so recent a neologism that it wasn't in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1971. To be sure, what we would describe as racist attitudes have a long history, but the crystallization of this "ism," and its elevation to being the sin of sins, is of recent vintage. What does that tell us? Maybe, as some commentators seem to believe, maybe it tells us that we are made of finer moral stuff than our forbears. Maybe it tells us something else. I don't have the answer to that.
But the spectacle of John Derbyshire's ostracism reminded me of an article by John Fletcher Moulton, an English attorney and politician, who back in the 1920s wrote an article called "Law and Manners." All social life, Moulton observed, takes place on a spectrum between pure whim at one end and positive law at the other. In between is the realm of manners, morals, prejudice, "the whole realm which recognizes the sway of duty, fairness, sympathy, taste, and all the other things that make life beautiful and society possible."


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In Netcore, the period from last September to December was marked by many changes – both internal and external. We had a few senior members of our management team quit, and we had new regulations from TRAI which saw a sharp drop in the SMS business overnight resulting in immediate losses. Those were tough months […]
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People have gone extremely busy running behind work and money missing out all the fun and excitement. They have no time for their family and friends and a leisure time is the one which they always long and wait for to get out of their work pressure and jump into the other world which is full of colors. Obviously, children also would like to take a break from their studies. The only way to help both are the holidays. Yes, the word sounds so good and bring your heart a fresh breath. And, what if you get the most adventure out of your holidays. Yes. One such trip where you get the most thrilling and adventurous moments that will stay back in your hearts for your entire life will be the Lombok Tour. Lombok is a beautiful island in Indonesia. It connects with part of the Sunda Islands with the Strait of Lombok separating the two islands from Bali on the west and the Strait of Alas separating them from Sumbawa on the east. On the whole, the island is a beautiful place with mountains and sea with lots of adventure.
Although, there are many beautiful places to visit in the Lombok Islands, one adventure that anyone would be excited about is the trekking to mount Rinjani. The Mount Rinjani is around 3726 metres tall from the sea level. It has so many views on the way to its peak. There are views of the sea, mountains, waterfalls and much more which will add up best moments during the trekking. The trekking to Mount Rinjani said to be one among the best locations for trekking in the whole of Southeast Asia. There are two villages named Senaru and Sembalun in the mountains which are located at a height of 600 meters and 1150 meters correspondingly from the sea level. However, it is safer to take the advice of travel agents. It is best to take the trekking package during the period of April to November which is the sunny season. The trekking packages are closed during the rainy season due to the freezing temperature at the mountain peak and also the tracks would be slippery and there are possibilities of serious danger due to the wild animals.
One other adventures that will be exciting during the tour will be the fast boat from bali to Gili and Lombok. There are fast boats available for transport from one island to the other. The Bali and Gili are small islands located on the west and east of the Lombok Islands. One could hire the fast boats to go to these islands and have a fun time with their family and friends. There are different packages available on the fast boats where you can choose from. This transport is the fastest way to transfer and sure you will enjoy them. Anyone visiting Lombok will leave their tears as memories when they return but you will have a lot thrilling memories throughout your life and stories to share with your closed ones.


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Whatever level of paintball player you are, there's always room to tweak your game and take it up a wee notch. We've got a lot of players coming through our Bedlam Paintball Edinburgh gates this month, which is great for such a cold January(!), but if you're waiting until Spring starts before you get out there again, then now is a good time to consider what changes you could make to improve your playing.
We've covered lots of handy paintball tactics before, but here's a few more to get you thinking about how you play and, importantly, how your mates might play too.
Bunker Hugging
When we say 'bunker' we don't just mean a hole in the ground, we mean anything that gives you cover. Could be a ditch, or an upturned barrel, or even a tree. A common misconception in fast-paced paintball is that a bunker will provide enough cover if most of your body is hidden. Take a look at most players the next time you're out in a game zone, you'll probably notice that most of them don't make the most of bunkers and, instead, assume that covering the bulk of their body is good enough. Never under-estimate how accurate the opposition's shots can be, stay tight into bunkers and only stick the occasional head or marker out to see or shoot.
Learn to fire with both hands
This follows on from the point above actually. If you're cornered behind a crate or a log, then you will probably naturally take shots from the right hand side of the bunker if you're right handed, as this is the side where you can get your marker out without exposing too much of your profile. After a while though, the opposition will be savvy to this and will be waiting for your head to pop round the next time. Instead, try and get used to firing accurately with your other hand, as this will let you really make the most of a bunker. Sounds impossible right? Well markers have very little recoil from shots, so as long as you can hold it then you should be fine.
Give it a go next, what's the worst that can happen?
Practice under pressure
Most paintball players don't really get the chance to practice much (as paintballs can be a bit expensive if you're not making the most of them), so if you do practice, make sure you know how to do it properly. Sure you might be able to hit every target (or empty can) at a fair distance in your garden, but that's not going to help you unless you're appointed the team sniper. What you need to be able to do if hit all those targets, but with movement thrown in to.
Set up a small obstacle course; just a couple of cones will do really. Now jogging in a figure of eight around them, take pot shots at the targets and measure how well you do. You'll soon start to see which side you aim best from and where your accuracy could be improved.
Be a Zen Master
I spoke to one paintball enthusiast you said he treated each game like it was a heist movie. Beforehand he would survey the terrain and get an understanding of where he had to be and, importantly, where the opposition would most likely go. Use any chance you get to take in your environment as, and it might sounds daft, it means when you are actually playing, you can rely far more on your instincts rather than having to watch your footing constantly.
Visualise the win, know your escape routes and predict what the enemy might do in advance.
Be Flexible, not predictable
If you've just won a game thanks to a classic 3-man manoeuvre of two keeping consistently providing cover whilst the third storms the enemy's bunker, then don't try the same thing in the next game. Likewise if you're usually the front guy, take the opportunity to go sniper or wingman for a game or two. Not only will this keep the other team guessing, but it will also improve your overall game and make you a far better all-round paintball player.


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Unfortunately, it looks like many investors are making what I think will be one of the biggest financial mistakes of their lifetime! In just the first month of 2009 there has been a net inflow in bond mutual funds of $14 billion.
While moving to the perceived safety of bonds/CDs/annuities might feel like the right thing to do, investing based on what feels right is generally a terrible idea.


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Talking History: Ten Lessons for Running an Oral History Project
Above: Still from author's interview with former IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei.
Ten lessons for running an oral history project
Diplomatic historians have a love-hate relationship with oral history. Most agree that interviews with former politicians and officials provide important insights, especially when historical records are not (or not yet) available.
But the memories of individuals have limits. Some historians argue that oral history helps access marginalized histories that are not part of the official record, while others warn about overemphasizing the historical relevance of anecdotes.
In 2015, I launched an oral history project of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). My motivation was twofold: first, I wanted to learn more about the history of this international organization, the archives of which are still to a great extent closed (despite some noticeable efforts to increase transparency). Second, I wanted to help preserve the institutional memory of this important institution. The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Austrian Central Bank generously funded the project, during which I conducted interviews with former officials, inspectors, and diplomats. My colleague Klaudija Sabo, a historian and filmmaker in charge of filming the interviews, became the project's creative mind. To date, nineteen interviews can be watched online.
Conducting oral history interviews increased my understanding and knowledge of the IAEA's history tremendously, and I am glad that I undertook the adventure. There is broad disciplinary variety in oral history, ranging from critical oral history conferences to lifetime interviews. Some interviews are published later, others are used as background research for dissertations. Therefore, the lessons I learned over the course of my project may not be true for all projects, but hopefully they can be helpful for those who consider conducting oral history interviews.
- Ask for advice. Colleagues who have managed similar projects will have much experience to share. Likewise, insiders whose professional career is linked to your research topic will be helpful in establishing contacts to potential interviewees. There is also much background material and guidance online, for example on the Oral History Association's website. There is even a special list on H-Net, called H-Oralhist. If you want in-depth training, the Chemical Heritage Foundation is one of several institutions offering courses in conducting oral history interviews.
- Prepare a project summary. Before reaching out to potential interviewees, consider writing a short description of your project that describes its aims, mentions funders, and provides a short bio or a link to your CV. This gives potential future interviewees the chance to learn more about you as a scholar and help them in making their decision on whether or not to give an interview.
- Know your technology. Whether you record only audio or decide to videotape the interviews, there are advantages and disadvantages to both approaches. Video recordings document nonverbal communication (gestures, mimics), while audio-only recordings allow a more relaxed interview. No matter which technology you use: make sure you know it well. There are countless technical problems that can occur and if your interview is not recorded successfully, it is not an oral history interview.
- Be in control of the interview. Interviewing eminent people can be intimidating, but I found that that those who agree to give an interview enjoy talking about their career and sharing their recollections. A rehearsal interview or starting your project with someone you know might help to reduce nervousness. Try to be in control of the interview.
- Don't steal your own thunder. In many cases, you will have a brief preparatory meeting or phone conversation with the interviewee to discuss time, date, and scope of the interview. However, try to avoid too detailed conversations before the actual interview, and limit pre-interview chatter to topics other than the scope of your interview. An exciting story will sound less exciting (and come across less naturally) if you have to ask the interviewee to repeat something she or he said before.
- Choose the location wisely. Your setting should be quiet (to avoid background noise on the recording) and comfortable (to allow for a relaxed interview atmosphere). This can be at an office or at the interviewee's home. Mute your phones (and ask your interviewee to do likewise)—and don't forget about the land line. If you are recording at the university, inform your colleagues in advance or place signs at the office door to avoid disturbances.
- Don't try to impress. Be informed and know your subject, but you don't have to demonstrate your interview partner how well prepared you are. Often, you will feel the urge of saying something to show that you know what she or he is talking about—but keep in mind that you want them to do the talking.
- Stand the silence. That is one of the first things I learned. When the interviewee stops talking, don't shoot a follow-up question right away. Sometimes, it is just a break and they will continue talking after a few seconds—often, that's when the best stories come. In general, ask open questions and avoid asking multiple questions.
- Use incentives. Consider using pictures or historical documents to initiate the conversation or to direct the interview to another topic. Do not keep them as a trick up your sleeve—advise your interviewees beforehand that you might bring historical documents or archival materials. Some interviewees will bring documents or papers from their private collections to the interview.
- Make sure you are allowed to use the recorded material afterwards. No matter the purpose of your interview—a book project, a web publication, or an academic dissertation—inform the interviewees about that purpose. Ask them to agree in writing and consider drafting a model consent letter or release form.
Even if you do not run an oral history project yourself, oral history offers a helpful resource for historical research. There are many great projects out there. Former IAEA official Thomas Shea organized a video oral history project for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which focuses on the foundations of international safeguards. The project's website offers videos and transcripts, covering the history of nuclear safeguards from the first agreements to the Additional Protocol. The United Nations has run an oral history series on various aspects of the world organization's history, in cooperation with Yale University. Audiovisual materials, transcripts, and background information are available at the website of the Dag Hammarskjold Library. In the digital age, you can access many fascinating oral history projects from your own desk.


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It's hard to believe that we are almost at the end of Kayla's 12 week bikini body guide. The time has flown past even though every week has been an absolute struggle from start to finish. Week 10 is now complete and we've got 2 final weeks of pain to get through! We are actually starting to notice a difference now and I'm fitting into dresses that haven't zipped up in years.
Bring on the final 2 weeks!
As part of this whole new addiction to exercise, we have also been eating healthier and constantly hunting down new recipes and healthy alternatives to our favourite naughty meals. This recipe for breakfast pots is based on Jane's recommendation. They are delicious as a quick breakfast at the weekend and because they are already prepared and waiting for you in the fridge, it helps to stop you cooking a bacon sarnie instead.
Breakfast Pots
(Make sure to prepare at least 8 hours before eating).
Jam jars
Porridge oats
Skimmed milk
Low fat Greek yoghurt
Fruit of choice
Granola (optional)
Maple syrup / honey (optional)
Ok let's get started; first you want to fill your jars:
¼ oats
¼ Greek yoghurt
¼ milk and ¼ fruit
Put the lid on, hold the jar in front of you with your arms straight, bend your legs slightly and stick your bum out…..then shake it like a Polaroid picture. Singing is optional.
Once its all mixed up you just need to put the pot in the fridge until you are ready to eat. I'd leave it for at least 8 hours.
On a Saturday morning, I'll hop down the stairs and grab my pot from the fridge. Pop the porridgey oats in a bowl and chuck a handful of granola on top with a teaspoon of maple syrup.
Then get stuck in. It'll fill you up for hours and only has around 350 calories. Don't add the granola or maple syrup if you want to be extra healthy.
Little London Girl x


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The Cornerstone Floor Group is owned by a great friend of mine who happens to be quite a visionary when it comes to reclaimed wood and design. He grew up in the flooring business and eventually split off to focus on this very specialized field. There is a lot of work that goes into nor not only sourcing the wood that they sell. Some of it comes from old barns warehouses, train depots, or homes across the country. Some comes from the bottom of rivers, or out of historic old buildings that are being demolished.
No matter where it comes from, you can be sure it is going to make a one-of-a-kind floor, table, wall-board, countertop, or whatever else you may want to use it for. The wood that The Cornerstone Floor Group sources is hundreds of years old. They have a mill and they saw the wood down into pieces that can be used for tongue in groove flooring or anything else you can think of. When the wood is prepared for sawing it is after things like nails have been removed, or after bugs have eaten small holes in the wood. Milling it reveals these beautiful imperfections that you would otherwise never see, but it is these imperfections that make The Cornerstone Floor Group's products one-of-a-kind.
We built their old website and, as happens with every website, it just becomes outdated. They wanted a new website that was easy to manage, would allow them to write a blog about the cool projects they are always working on, was search engine friendly, and was optimized for social media. They had a limited budget, so we decided to use Squarespace, which is a perfect solution for a project like this.
They work with some very high-end clients but their products are not inaccessible to the general public. I urge you to browse their website and see some of the amazing varieties of wood they offer.


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Program access preserved
The FCC may be inclined to let media companies bulk up, but it is still concerned about how they throw that weight around.
Last week, the FCC voted to extend the life of rules forcing cable conglomerates to sell programming to satellite-TV distributors and other competitors for at least another five years. Though the commission's decision was expected, the supporters' strong endorsement for preserving the mandate was somewhat surprising given the deregulatory leanings of the three-Republican majority. Legg Mason analyst Blair Levin said retention of the program-access rules is a harbinger of future regulation: "As media-ownership limitations begin to fall, the commission will focus increasingly on how companies act."
The program-access rules, which cover programming networks owned by cable operators, were enacted by Congress in 1992 to ensure that competitors such as satellite TV and local cable overbuilders had access to the kind of popular programs needed to attract subscribers.
Since then, cable's share of the pay-TV market has dropped from 95% to 78% and direct-broadcast satellite's has grown from scratch to roughly 18 million subs. Congress ordered the mandate to expire Oct. 5 unless the FCC could justify it.
FCC Chairman Michael Powell credited the mandate with fostering the growth of DBS but said cable operators still have sufficient market power to deny their programming to competitors without threatening the viability of their networks.
Multichannel TV "remains a phenomenally concentrated market," he said just prior to the commission's June 13 vote. "While competitive developments have been healthy, they have not reached the level at which one is confident that the opportunity to use program exclusivity as a barrier to effective competition has been completely mitigated." He noted that the most popular programming, considered most essential for winning subscribers, is still owned by top cable-system operators.
Of particular concern is growing cable-industry consolidation, which places the majority of subs and top programming in the hands of four or five operators.
Ironically, the FCC reiterated its refusal to bar cable networks from striking exclusive programming deals when programs are transmitted to cable systems via fiber-optic links rather than by satellite. The 1992 law applies only to programs transmitted to distributors by satellite, and DBS companies have complained for years that some cable systems are using the fiber "loophole" to circumvent access mandates for local sports nets in Philadelphia and New York.
Even though clustering may give cable systems more opportunity to transmit local nets by fiber, the FCC said it can't stop the practice without a change from Congress. Federal appeals judges on June 11 upheld the FCC's reading of the law.
Still, the satellite industry praised the FCC action. "This five-year extension will be of great benefit to our customers," said DirecTV President Roxanne Austin. The Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association urged Congress to "close this loophole."
The FCC's Republican Kevin Martin and Democrat Michael Copps backed preservation of the rules. Republican Kathleen Abernathy voted against. "Increased competition in both video distribution and programming markets renders the ban no longer necessary," she said, adding that, without the mandate, cable programmers will have more incentive to develop new content.
Public advocates called the vote a sign the commissioners' relaxation of media-ownership limits is not a fait accompli. "Today's ruling gives us hope that the FCC will fairly consider the evidence," said Media Access Project, in a statement.
The cable industry pushed to kill the mandate. "We're disappointed that the FCC chose not to eliminate this regulatory relic," said Daniel Brenner, NCTA's senior VP for law and regulatory policy. The commission will revisit the rule in 2006.


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Dog Friendly Camping NSW: 4 places to camp with dogs near Sydney
We flippin' love dogs, as do the around 40% of Australians that have a dog living with them. They're cute, they're fun, and they're some of the best mates you'll ever have. So it makes sense you'd want to take your dog camping with you. But dog friendly camping in NSW is hard to find, for one big reason.
Most NSW camp grounds are in National Parks, but if you plan on camping there, your pupper needs to stay home. NSW National Parks have a blanket ban on dogs to protect native wildlife. Because native animals see dogs as predators, your dog's presence or scent can scare them from an area. That means even the nicest dog in the world can pose a risk.
With that in mind, here are our top picks for dog friendly camping spots in New South Wales. We've shied away from caravan parks or expensive retreats, but we've added links that include those at the bottom of this article. If you're ever worried if a spot allows dogs (on this list or not) call ahead and ask. Better safe than sorry.
If you're keen to do some Blue Mountains camping without your pup, check out our article on the best free Blue Mountains camping spots!
Glen Davis Camping Area
Just north of Lithgow, about 3.5 hours drive from Sydney, lies the sleepy town of Glen Davis, just west of the Blue Mountains national park. In town there's a stunning camp ground, with swimming and shops close by. The camp ground is free and has bins, hot showers, and a small play ground for kids.
Note: We're talking about the camping ground in Glen Davis town itself, not the Coorongooba campground up the road. Coorongooba is in the national park, so dogs aren't allowed.
Lake Lyell
On the outskirts of Lithgow, just under 3 hours from Sydney, Lake Lyell is a fantastic place to spend a weekend. The lake was man made in 1982 for the Mount Piper and Wallerawang Power Stations, and is suitable for fishing, water skiing, swimming, and jet skiing. Camping is $24 a night or $29 for a powered site, with hot showers, toilets, barbeques, and a boat ramp available.
A few things to note: The showers are coin-op, so bring change, and there is a kiosk where you can purchase firewood, if you didn't bring your own (which you should do). There are entry fees if you're not planning on camping – you can see those here.
Delicate Campground
Delicate campground is just north of Port Macquarie, and despite being managed by NSW National Parks, it does allow dogs. It's a remote spot, so you'll need to bring everything you need for the stay, but you can drive all the way in and camp next to the car. Caravans and motor-homes are also welcome.
A few things to note – there are toilets here, but they're pit toilets, so BYO toilet paper. The price is $24 per site per night for 2 people, $12 for extra adults, $6 for extra kids aged 5-15, and it's cash only. Camp fires are allowed, but you need to bring your own firewood. Check out this site for more information.
Mystery Bay Campground
For those who love the surf, this is a good option. A little over five hours from Sydney, Mystery Bay is a stunning spot by the sea, just north or Bermagui. While Mystery Bay is a dog friendly camp ground, the beach is only dog friendly between 5pm and 9am. for the humans, there are a few other beaches nearby that offer beach fishing and decent surf – something for everyone! No bookings are needed for camping, but it can get busy and fill up. Check out the Mystery Bay Camp Ground website for details.
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Dr. Martin Chan is part of a 20+year West Sacramento tradition of comfort and dental care. His life here started long before his dental career began as he grew up in West Sacramento. He went to school locally at James Marshall High School, graduated from the University of the Pacific in 1981, and is a 1985 graduate of the University of California at San Francisco Dental School. He has since dedicated his life to providing his patients with the best that dentistry has to offer.
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Swiftly following that clash is Ireland's first match of the Championship against Georgia. Ireland have finished first, second and third in the last three years and they will be looking for a return to the final in Poland. That match kicks off at 14:00 (local time) in Opalenica.
Also at 14:00 (local time) in Pobiedziska, Scotland will face Wales, having won the fixture 12 months ago, and at 16:00 France play Italy back in Plewiska.
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Meg here. I want to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving, when we meet to gather and feast as our forebears did–whether in meadhall or living room, over the epics of a skald or a football game.
Also, please note our practice schedule for the upcoming holiday week. We will be meeting tonight, Tuesday 11/23, at Highland Recreation Complex, 400 Highland Ave. Largo, Fl, for our regular practice from 7p-9p.
We will also be meeting for a Black Friday practice, from 7p-9pm at McFarlane Park in Tampa as per our regular schedule. The park is located at the corner of W. Main St. and N. MacDill Ave. We'll be meeting near the tennis courts, and I may even have some goodies along for us to celebrate the holiday.
That being said, I wish all our fellow Krieg School students, fellow HEMA practitioners, friends, and family a safe and happy holiday. Be well, and if you're flying, make sure you the TSA employee at least buys you a drink before they pat you down. 😉


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This 1890 painting by Robert Vonnoh (1858–1933), called "In Flanders Field," depicts how beautiful red field poppies appeared in the late 19th-century. Today the original work is part of the permanent collection at The Butler Institute of American Art. Click on the image for a better view.
Over the years, the poppy has come to symbolize post-war commemorations in some of the Allied countries. And the poem—"In Flanders Fields"—is part of "Remembrance Day" in Canada (the home country of John McCrae and Alexis Helmer) as well as in other nations.
Let's examine a few questions about these red poppies, which are also known by the scientific name Papaver rhoeas:
As it happens, there are some interesting facts about these flowers which appeared on the bleak battlefields of Belgium, and Northern France, during WWI. Seeds—which can lie dormant for more than eighty years—grow in disturbed ground. That is why red poppies also appeared on the battlefields of northern Belgium during the Napoleonic Wars.
This 1890 painting by Robert Vonnoh (1858–1933), called "In Flanders Field," depicts how these beautiful red poppies appeared in the late 19th-century. Vonnoh, an American impressionist, was unable to sell his most-ambitious work at the time he produced it.
In 1919, however, after WWI was over—and John McCrae's poem had become the most-famous poem of the war—Vonnoh sold "In Flanders Field" to Joseph G. Butler. It is still part of the permanent collection of The Butler Institute of American Art (in Youngstown, Ohio).
Why were field poppies growing so well in the spring of 1915, when McCrae penned the words to his poem? Several facts, working together, made that happen:
The spring of 1915 was the first time that warm weather began to warm up the countryside after the cold winter at war in 1914-1915. In the region around Ypres in Belgian Flanders the months of April and May 1915 were unusually warm. Farmers were ploughing their fields close up to the front lines and new life was starting to grow. One of the plants that began to grow in clusters on and around the battle zones was the red field or corn poppy (its species name is papaver rhoeas). It is often to be found in or on the edges of fields where grain is grown.
The field poppy is an annual plant which flowers each year between about May and August. It's seeds are disseminated on the wind and can lie dormant in the ground for a long time. If the ground is disturbed from the early spring the seeds will germinate and the poppy flowers will grow.
This is what happened in parts of the front lines in Belgium and France. Once the ground was disturbed by the fighting, the poppy seeds lying in the ground began to germinate and grow during the warm weather in the spring and summer months of 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918. The field poppy was also blooming in parts of the Turkish battlefields on the Gallipoli Peninsula when the ANZAC and British Forces arrived at the start of the campaign in April 1915. (See "New Life on the Battlefields," at "The Great War, 1914-1918.")
Just days before the Great War ended, someone was reading John McCrae's poem about the poppies in Flanders Fields when she had an idea. To really remember the men who had died, she would always wear a red poppy.
Who was this person ... and ... how could it be that her widely embraced idea still endures?
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About us
ID was created by independent dance artists in the 1980s to further the professional practice of dance artists, and has the longest running year-round training programme in the UK. We act as a hub to develop dialogue beyond our own borders.
We are based at Siobhan Davies Studios in central London.
For information on ID's beginnings and recent past see the Timeline.
Heni Hale – Co-Director
Henrietta Hale sets the overall artistic direction for Independent Dance, and develops the year-round programme in collaboration with the ID team, artists and partner organisations. She also develops opportunities and partnerships for Independent Dance relating to H.E.
Henrietta is an independent artist, working as a choreographer, performer, researcher and educator in diverse contexts with a collaborative focus, with dancers, musicians, film-makers and visual artists. Much of her work has been realised as co-director of Dog Kennel Hill Project, a collective company of performance makers with Rachel Lopez de la Nieta and Ben Ash. They produce and tour work for theatres, screen, galleries and non-traditional sites in the UK and internationally, working with a range of partners such as Dance4 with whom they were associate artists 2010-2014, Dance Umbrella, Modern Art Oxford, Whitechapel Gallery, The Barbican, Imagine Watford Festival, and Stour Valley Arts.
As well as teaching professional classes she was a regular lecturer in dance technique, choreography and performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance, and choreographed for a variety of groups in higher education.
Henrietta's practice involves experimentation and play drawing from experiential anatomy, yoga training, and improvisation methods, as well as studies in psychology, in particular social interaction and processes of attention and perception. Currently her interests lie in unpicking how and where dance gets valued, from its processes of production and making, to its realisation in relation to an audience.
Henrietta performed as a collaborative dancer for fifteen years with companies and artists including Ricochet Dance Productions, Rosemary Lee, Angela Woodhouse, Yolande Snaith Theatredance, and Russell Maliphant.
Gitta Wigro – Co-Director
Gitta Wigro provides executive direction for Independent Dance, across organisational, creative and financial work.
Gitta has been working in dance management since 2000. Before joining ID in 2012, she worked for Arts Council England as a dance relationship manager in the London team, and was a key member of the Artist Development team at The Place for several years.
She also works as a programmer, curator, lecturer and mentor for international dance film projects, and leads a module on dance film programming and curation for the new MA in screendance at London Contemporary Dance School.
Gitta trained and worked as a choreographer, dancer and teacher in England and Germany. She holds a BA from London Contemporary Dance School (1999) and an MA in choreography from Laban (2003).
For more information about Gitta's work in dance film, visit her website at https://gwigro.wordpress.com.
Clare Brzezicki – Administrator
A graduate of Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Clare has worked with artists/companies including Maresa Von Stockert, Stephanie Schober, Pablo Bronstein, Liv O'Donoghue, and aboutNOWish. This comprises site specific work, film, installations and theatre for children, including young people with Autism and learning difficulties.
Since 2013 she has been teaching English to a range of people, from young learners to business executives. Communication, exchange and finding a common language across disciplines is central to her work, and Clare's practice focuses on the relationship between movement and language.
Kirsty Alexander – MA/MFA Creative Practice Programme Lead Tutor
Kirsty is the module leader for the MA/MFA Creative Practice: Dance Professional Pathway course run by Independent Dance and Siobhan Davies Dance in collaboration with Trinity Laban.
After studying law and then training in contemporary dance Kirsty performed with a diverse range of artists including Gill Clarke, Gaby Agis, Rosemary Butcher, Michael Clark, Michel Laub and Station House Opera. Her own choreographic work is generally site specific and in collaboration with artists from other disciplines.
She has been involved in educating dancers within the higher education sector for over 15 years, including as Head of Undergraduate Studies at Laban from 2000-2004 and as Assistant Director of London Contemporary Dance School from 2005-2010.
As a certified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique her approach to the philosophy of education has been significantly influenced by somatic practice and she is associate editor of the Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices.
Being curious about how kinaesthetic experience could influence wider philosophical and educational thinking she undertook the MA Values in Education at the Institute of Education, London and in October 2010 was awarded a University of Stirling PhD studentship in order to approach the question of a just education from a kinaesthetic perspective.
From February 2015 to December 2017, Kirsty was co-director of Independent Dance, setting the overall artistic direction for Independent Dance, and develops the year-round programme in collaboration with the ID team, artists and partner organisations.
ID and SDD jointly host 30-week placements from University of Surrey's BA Dance and Culture programme.
We value that many of the former placements continue their relationship with ID in one way or another.
Mary Adams 2019/20
Jonathan Lui 2017/18
Claudia Tonietto 2016/17
Sarah Teasdale 2015/16
Georgina Batchelor 2013/14
Alana Jones 2012/13
Rachel Gildea 2011/12
Julie Havelund 2010/11
Siân Goldby 2009/10
Dawn Threadkill 2007/08
Iris Chan 2006/07
ID would not be the same without the support of its dedicated volunteers.
Ambassadors offer their help at ID events and are advocates of the organisation in their professional lives.
Our first cohort of Ambassadors (then known as 'Angels') started in November 2011:
Helka Kaski
Margarita Zafrilla Olayo
Rachel Gomme
Rosalie Wahlfrid
and new Ambassadors joined the group since 2013:
Iris Chan
Rachel Gildea
Julie Havelund
Stephanie Townsend
Siân Goldby
Claudia Tonietto
Ella Tighe
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We left Italy more than two months ago. There has been so much living since then. So much good, so much chaos, so many good meals. Still, sometimes I just close my eyes and imagine myself right there, on that shore, looking at those rocks and the water lapping against them. There was peace.
When we were in Italy in May, teaching cooking classes for Jovial Foods, we were content to wander around the villa and meander down the hill to the tiny town at the bottom of that hill. However, one day, the wonderful Carla (head of Jovial Foods and tremendous tour director as well), arranged for a bus to arrive at the villa early the next morning. Anyone want to go to the Cinque Terre?
Everyone wanted to go to the Cinque Terre. For decades, I had been hearing from friends that these five tiny towns perched on cliffs above the blue Mediterranean collectively are one of the most beautiful places in the world. How were we going to say no?
So we piled into a bus with the folks who were staying at the villa, people whom we had been teaching in classes, then cooking with them, then laughing in the evenings in the enormous villa kitchen. Lu played games with Jenn and Mark, who took astonishing photos of her through the trip. There was much laughter on the curvy winding roads up to the first town.
When we all finally tumbled out of the bus, there was much talking and then we stopped. None of us could believe it.
How was this place real?
I love the benches of Italy, the old men gathered, gossiping with the woman who walks by.
I love the real food of Italy, not the tourist Italian-American food we think of as Italian food. Everywhere we went, the tiny markets displayed boxes of gorgeous ripe fruits in front. Tomatoes had just come into season.
And the coffee. Oh, the coffee in Italy.
I've written this before, many times, but it is wonderfully easy to eat gluten-free in Italy. In the Cinque Terra, we saw this sign a few times, at least. No glutine foods!
The restaurant we stopped in, after meandering down the hill with our friends Debra and Rod, had a big SENZA GLUTINE sticker in the window. It really couldn't be any easier.
After making sure I would be fed safely, I forgot the gluten. The waitress brought a basket of stiff gluten-free bread, but I let it sit there. Who needs bread when there were prawns like these?
They had been fished out of the ocean that morning. The fresh briny taste of the sea shone through that spicy tomato sauce and the flecks of scallions. It was a dish that called for lots of napkins and loud sucking and slurping and entire enjoyment.
After eating this cioppino, with more seafood fresh from the ocean, I'm pretty much ruined for any other cioppino. I'm willing to make the sacrifice of not eating cioppino until I get back to the Cinque Terre again.
After that long, leisurely lunch did you know that you can sit in an Italian restaurant without receiving a bill? you have to ask for it if you want to pay we took a boat, out on the ocean. We let the wind blow through our hair and smelled the salt on our skin for a few moments. And then we walked slowly through the next town. There was gelato, of course. And a slow walk up to the top of the hill to see this.
There weren't many thoughts that day, besides wow. And sigh. And look at that. And how is that real?
I love those too-infrequent days, free of thoughts, full of joy instead.
And Lu, our darling girl? She danced up and down the stairs of those towns, even at the end as we sat in the sunlight, eating farinata together. She loved the people we met and ate with that week in Italy. She still asks us, "When are we going to see our friends from Italy again, Mama?"
She also found a pair of Ariel flip flops on a rack outside a tourist shop in the Cinque Terre. We had told her she could choose a special treat from the town, so we agreed to buy the Disney princess shoes. It's pretty much the first thing she told our family and friends when we returned home, "I went to Italy and found Ariel flip flops!"
Ah well. She had her own experience. And she enjoyed the hell out of her day.
Regular life is rarely as joyful and peaceful as it is on vacation, especially if you're lucky enough to go to the Cinque Terre in Italy.
But that day of calm? It stays with me still. Our days have been far more peaceful this summer than they were before we left. It stamps you, this place. It stays with you.
And if I ever need a bit of calm? I look at this photo, remember this moment when I stood on the edge of the ocean, and breathed it all in.
We are teaching another week of gluten-free cooking classes with Jovial, in the beautiful villa outside Lucca. We'd love to see you here, and perhaps take you to the Cinque Terre too.
And, if you click on this link, you could win this 8 day/7 night vacation in Lucca for two of you. Go! Enter! We'd love to meet you and cook with you.
Full disclosure. Jovial Foods is one of the sponsors of this website, because we truly believe in the food they make. They paid for airfare for the three of us, as well as putting us up in the villa and providing train tickets. All opinions expressed here are our own.


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The Conservatory of the "Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde" was founded in Vienna in 1812. It was the biggest and most important conservatory of the Habsburg monarchy, and, together with the Paris conservatory, one the oldest and very few high-ranking institutions in Europe which received an international reputation from its beginnings. The pupils came from all continents, the teachers came from all over Europe. In 1817 Antonio Salieri began teaching in Vienna followed by well-known artists like Anton Bruckner, Elias Parish Alvars (harp), Eduard and Richard Lewy (horn) and Richard Baumgärtel (oboe). Among the pupils were Anton Bruckner, George Enescu, Fritz Kreisler, Leoš Janáček, Gustav Mahler, Hugo Wolf and Alexander Zemlinsky.
The exhibition gives an overview of the early history of music and music teaching in general, from the Middle Ages, Tinctoris (1474) and Boethius (1492) up to the 19th century. Besides, it presents the mission and the history both of the Conservatory and the "Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde". On show are outstanding bibliophile treasures: autographs and manuscripts by Joseph Joachim, Anton Bruckner, Gustav Mahler, Hugo Wolf and other famous members of the Conservatory as well as historical documents, very rare early printed books from the history of music and, as one of many highlights, Guiseppe Verdi's high praise of the Conservatory which he wrote down after his visit in Vienna.
An exhibition on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the "Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde" in Vienna.


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What is Street Dance Exactly?
So what types of dance styles do we cover in our Groove Therapy beginner adult classes? Is it just hip hop? The overarching term we use is 'street dance' as all the genres of dance that we cover at Groove Therapy falls under this broader category. Street dance is basically any type of dance that is born outside of the dance studio context, i.e. often on the street. The most common dance types we cover in class hails from hip hop culture, but some of the other street styles include Afrobeats (Nigeria) and dancehall (Jamaica).
Our adult street dance classes for beginners follows a fairly simple format. We begin with basic street style grooves, so think of it as a fun warm-up that teaches you how to move your shoulders, loosen your hips, nod your head and body rock. Once we've got these fundamentals down we follow up with a break down of street style social dances. Think the running man, dougie, charleston or the bus stop. Once we've nailed a few of these moves we end class by stringing a few of them together into a combo. Rather than walking away with a frazzled head from complex choreography, you will learn a few solid party dances which can be applied on a dance floor (or in the privacy of your house if you're not ready to show the world).
When we first launched Groove Therapy we decided to focus on street dance classes for beginners in an effort to make social dance more accessible to the general public. Australia can sometimes lack a vibrant dance floor culture and we are proud to be at the forefront of the dance movement that is changing this. We believe that our street dance classes teach you how to rock a dance floor so you walk away from class with us armed with huge party dance vocabulary. It's a much more practical application for your new found skills (because who whips out choreography in real life anyway).
Each of our street dance classes for adults across Australia will draw from a different sub-category of street dance, and each of our teachers has their favourite styles and areas of expertise. You will be getting a fun mixed bag of skills for your next dance floor encounter. Whether you're taking Ben's class and learning some fundamentals of the top rock in a break dance context to breaking it down with Rachell whilst the infectious rhythms of the latest Afrobeat tracks play, you won't really know what you're getting yourself into each time you step into one of our beginner street dance classes. All we can guarantee is that you'll walk away with some legit foundations and a big smile across ya gorgeous face.
Where do you live? Want to get amongst our beginner adult street dance classes? Check out our schedule and book yourself in bebe. It'll be the best thing you've done for yourself all week.


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PepsiCo Dives into Its Water Footprint in 5 Water-Stressed Regions
PepsiCo Dives into Its Water Footprint in 5 Water-Stressed Regions
PepsiCo operates nearly 700 facilities in more than 200 countries worldwide. Together, these operations produce hundreds of product lines, among them billion-dollar brands like Frito Lay, Tropicana and Quaker, in addition to the company's famous namesake.
While these facilities differ in the type of products they make, they do have a few things in common: They use lots of water. Many are located in water-stressed regions.
This makes it clear to PepsiCo that protecting water resources and ensuring safe supplies isn't just good for business, it's vital for its short- and long-term survival. So the company today is announcing a partnership with The Nature Conservancy to study the watersheds surrounding five of its manufacturing facilities in the hope that the lessons learned there may be applied across the beverage giant's global operations.
"We needed a toolkit to help all our individual plants in all their various settings determine the most feasible approach to protecting and restoring their water supply," said Liese Dallbauman, PepsiCo's Director of Water Stewardship.
I caught up with Dallbauman last week ahead of the release of a white paper detailing the early findings [PDF] of The Nature Conservancy pilot program. The company is releasing the white paper today during World Water Week in Stockholm, but the findings will eventually become part of a larger and more detailed report.
While individual PepsiCo plants and business units have for years engaged their surrounding communities on water issues, Dallbauman told me, The Nature Conservancy pilot project is the first concerted corporate-level water effort that goes beyond the company's four walls.
In addition to becoming one of the first companies to declare water as a human right, PepsiCo has set several water-related goals, including a 20 percent water use efficiency improvement per production unit by 2015, and achieving what it calls a "positive water impact" in its operations. A little backstory: The company's India unit had already met its goal in 2009 to deliver a "positive water balance" -- returning more water to the community than it consumed in its operations -- following charges it was depleting water sources in the water-scarce country. PepsiCo has now gone further by striving for positive water impact.
"We needed to look not only at the amount of water, but also the quality of water," Dallbauman said. "People don't just need enough water, they need clean water. Positive water impact is intended to include both the amount of water and quality of water."
Sangareddy, India, is one of the sites studied as part of The Nature Conservancy pilot project. The others include: Phoenix, Arizona; Mexico City, Mexico; Boxford, England; and Zhanjiang, China.
"The five locations were selected based on where we operate, where we're growing and where we expect there is probably a water shortage imminent, if not already there," Dallbauman said.
Indeed, the five locations differed in nearly every imaginable way: type and number of facilities located in the regions, watershed histories, competition for water. The types of mitigation strategies also varied considerably for each locale.
"You shouldn't expect the same answer to make sense in Sangareddy, India and Mexico City," she said. "I'm pleased to say that the options that ended up making sense in the local context in the different places, although there was some overlaps -- I think The Nature Conservancy came in with something like 18 to 20 options -- there wasn't a single one of those that made sense for all five sites, which tells me we have correctly wiped out any preconceived notion about what the answer is."
Other lessons: You need to understand the source of your water, not just who supplies it. Studying the watershed to identify opportunities also isn't a linear exercise because all the information you need, such as economic or political information, probably won't be available for you all at once.
The paper is a good read for anyone interested in the complexities surrounding water use, and is a must-read for those who are actually working on the front lines of water-related issues. PepsiCo views the pilot as an investment (it spent about $200,000 on the project), and while it's too early to say whether the future toolkit will be proprietary or open source, the company does plan to release more information about the project.
For those companies large and small looking for opportunities to address water issues in their communities, Dallbauman offered a few words of advice.
"You do need to have your own house in order, so you need to be operating as efficiently as you can," she said. "That's the first step. You need to be pay attention, you need to be taking action to save water in your own plant, partly because it's a smart business thing to do, and partly too because your neighbors are going to know that.
"If you are viewed as a place that's got open hoses and water running down the streets, you're not going to have a lot of credibility in your community."
Top photo -- of a Chinampa, a traditional agricultural methodology in Mexico established by Aztecs -- courtesy of PepsiCo.


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Monday, July 24, 2006
Israelis Kill Three Teenagers 'In Cold Blood Without Guilt or Reason'
Israel, which refuses to implement Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 13, Section 2, which states that "Every man may leave his home and return to his home," displaying their usual immorality and inhumanity did not let ambulances access the youths.
At Husam's funeral a relative eulogized him: "He was in the flower of youth, 18 years old, however, the Israelis killed him in cold blood without guilt or reason."
But they have their reasons. Dr.Harold Sternlicht, American, recently immigrated to Israel. He says: "I believe that Israel is God's gift to the Jews, and that's where we belong." And his God, evidently, believes Palestinians belong in their graves.
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Washington (CNN) - It's what all political candidates probably want but few will actually admit: if they could control the press, they would. But Sharron Angle is openly saying that she prefers talking to journalists that "ask the questions we want to answer," prompting one conservative publication to ask, "Did she just say that out loud?"
The criticism is in response to comments that the Republican Nevada Senate candidate made in an interview that aired on Sunday. Angle hopes to oust the most powerful Democrat in the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid, in an increasingly brutal race. A fresh poll shows Reid with a slim lead.
On Fox News, Angle was asked about her defensive posture towards the press. She recently explained why she routinely refuses to do mainstream media interviews.
"We needed to have the press be our friend," Angle said in the Sunday interview that, Angle's campaign said, was done shortly after the June 8 Nevada GOP primary.
The interviewer then asked if Angle was being "naïve."
As part of her response, Angle said: "We wanted them [the press] to ask the questions we want to answer. So that they report the news the way we want it to be reported."
Angle went on to say she would like to use the media to raise campaign funds.
The conservative National Review's website put up a post with a headline blaring, "Did She Just Say That Out Loud?"
Others have questioned why a political candidate, even one as outspoken as Angle, would seem to suggest she'd prefer to manipulate the media.
Jon Ralston, well known Nevada political journalist, called Angle's comments "pretty astounding."
"All politicians want to answer the questions they want to answer," he told CNN. But Ralston said, "It is, at best, naïve."
Angle's campaign explained the comments to CNN.
"Nevada is in a state of despair and voters need a candidate that is going to focus on the issues that effect everyday lives like sky-rocketing unemployment and reckless government spending. Sharron was simply stating that we need to focus on solutions for those key issues, not 'gotcha' moments like Harry Reid wants to distract people with," Communications Director Jarrod Agen said in a statement.
Reid's campaign obviously disagrees.
"Sharron Angle is clearly starting to see that her positions on killing Social Security, eliminating the Education Department, and bringing nuclear waste to Nevada are quickly being rejected by Nevada voters," Reid campaign spokesman Jon Summer said in a statement.
Angle's campaign denies it wants to "kill" Social Security. The candidate has publicly said that she advocates a transition to personalized accounts as a way to salvage a broken Social Security system. As for the Education Department, the campaign has previously called it "unconstitutional" and blasted its "one-size-fits-all policy and programs that fit no one."
America is not Burger King Sharon. You CAN'T have it your way. You don;t stand a chance of winning if you're afraid to speak to the press. Why do you think the lead you once held has all of a sudden vanished.
She is clearly from the Michele Bachman/Sarah Palin deraged women dingbats part of the GOP. Bring 'em on. They give a public face to the disaster that the Republican'ts have become.
That is what happens when mindless people vote to nominate (elect) someone who has no qualifications for public office. All they do is mouth the mindless drivel that people give them to say. Ideologically pure people have no place in public office. That approach files in the face of our democratic system. Heaven forbid that we actually listen instead of shouting slogans.
I am not a huge fan of Harry Reid, but Angle should not be elected coroner – let alone US Senator
Yeah, that's right. Don't you believe in freedom of press? What are you, a commie? Seriously Sharron, you can't have it both ways. If you are going to run for office, WE THE PEOPLE want to hear all of your answers, no matter what news organization questions/covers your appearances. THAT IS THE AMERICAN WAY! Any other way would be the Communist way.
No Comment about this lady.
If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen or the blacksmith shop. Plus, as SP says, it takes cajones to be a politician. Angle is an amateur at best.
She is right. For example, it is a known fact that those congressmen were never called the N word by the great Tea Party Americans, yet the lib media will ask a lie based question like that to someone like Angle.
The American people, well the ones who are not George Soros programmed Obama-bots, want the media to ask the questions that affect our lives. How these politicians are going to thwart the socialist in chief from carrying out his George Soros plans of destruction of our great nation, how they can reduce spending and take on the corruption of the Democrats with thier code pink seiu and other anti-Americans ETC.
This mini-bagger [R] is in a race with Palin to the intellectual bottom. These moronic women are self-fulfilling [R] prophesies when it comes to the good-ol' boy regressive preconceptions about women that were prevalent in the 1950s. No wonder these neo-women are so popular amongst the vacuous human fodder that feeds today's [R] machine. This is America at her worst.
Hahahaha!!! Clearly not ready for primetime. If this lunatic gets elected, The people of Nevada will get exactly what they deserve. Have a nice day!
All she is saying is what the Dems have been doing. Dems like to show up on MSNBC, The View, NBC, ABC, CBS, and others. That way they get friendly softballs tossed at them. Yet they avoid Fox and the tough questions That's all she's saying! She just had the guts to say it it aloud, while the Dems don't!
We don't want to face people other than ourselves is what she is saying. She seems to think that only the people like her matter and the other residents of the state don't. This smacks of arrogance and the idea that she doesn't care about the rest of the state. There is no way that she fully understands the rest of the state if she refuses to answer questions from reporters of the state. CBN and Fox don't live in Nevada and rarely have reporters there. How will talking to your ideological base help you in a general election?
Not only is her comment regarding the wish to control the media "astounding" ... it's very disturbing. Add that to the increasing pile of evidence that she is not only unfit for representative service – but dangerous.
Who in the asylum let this woman out of her cell?
"did she just say that out loud?"
c'mon smart people of NV. get out and keep this moron out of office.
up here in MN we are humiliated that we let Bachmann sneak in.
Don't let that happen to you!
What planet did this woman grow up on?
Doesn't everyone want this. What her comments seem to offer is that the media should only report what we want them to report and nothing more. If this sounds vaguely familiar, you can visit China, North Korea, or Iran to see how that's working out.
I need easy qwestins. Politics is harde y is so bad for me to want to anser easy qwestins?
Agel, Angel, Angel the clueless Angel, why don't you go away before you finish ruining this country, that is finish what Bush & cheny did not have time to finish
"Angle wants journalists 'to ask the questions we want to answer'"
LIKE – What is your favorite color? Do you like roses? How much is 2 plus 2? Do you like me? Are you my mother?????
Give me a BREAK!!
"We needed to have the press be our friend," Angle said... "...We wanted them [the press] to ask the questions we want to answer. So that they report the news the way we want it to be reported."
OMG – How old are you Angle???? And this is what the Tea Party and the PA'IN is promoting???? REID WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROTFLMAO!!
A communist is still a communist which ever Angle you look at it!!! hate the Government, hate the Taxes, brabrahhh. Why can't this woman buy one way ticket to Somalia? No Government there and no taxes!! and thats the ideal world of some one whose brains are in obtuse Angle!! by the way the press is there to do its job! asking tough questions not to baby sit you like fix news does. Anyways a cow is a cow is a cow which ever Angle you look at it!!
yep, thats why the press here never tells a politician that he/she is a liar. They do not want to hear the truth.
Angele only will answer questions that she submitted before to Fox-News.
Awsome. This is another example of Free Republican Press.
In the former Soviet Union, this was called PRAVDA (TRUTH)
Thats what Republicans want
Good response, Lady and you believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and leaving home immediately after high school graduation?
It's not about "gotcha questions" you fool. Anyone that votes for this disaster needs their heads examined.
If she wins then what – I only want to work on things i like, or I only vote when it concerns my pet projects, or if their is not money in it for me I'm not doing it.
What a disaster. Way to go republicans, find the worst of the worst and then nominate them for higher office.
Why can't she just take a question, and then revert it back to a list of 10 memorized talking points? Sarah Palin does it. The journalists don't ask any follow up questions anymore, so it works.


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The University of Batangas (UB) once again proved its supremacy in the field of Campus
Journalism as its publications were awarded as the 'Best School Papers', producing 67
Regional qualifiers both from the Elementary and High School Department during the Division
Schools Press Conference (DSPC), which by far is among the remarkable achievements for
years, the Culture, Arts and Publications in Basic Education (CAPBE) Director expressed.
In an interview, Dr. Redentor S. Rodriguez said that this year's triumphs were out of the
combined efforts of the campus journalists and their advisers.
"We are overwhelmed with the results of the competition because after 22 years, the
Elementary Department has also flagged the university's excellence in DSPC," Dr. Rodriguez
After the creation of the CAPBE Office just this year, both departments were subjected under
one supervision which made it a lot easier for trainings and workshops to be conducted.
Moreover, the director also added that the whole office is driven enough to beat its last
performance after being hailed as the Best School Paper in the Philippines last NSPC 2018.
In addition, the Division Office also awarded the university with the Hall of Famer Award and the
Top Performing School for both Elementary and Secondary levels.
Furthermore, the university also bagged numerous awards for both individual and group
categories for both departments.
School paper advisers and campus journalists also expressed great satisfaction after an eight-
year winning streak in DSPC, which urged them to prepare for a more serious battle in the
regional and national levels.
According to Mr. Jay Mark A. Balason, one of the School Paper Advisers in High School, the
whole team is doubling its effort to remain victorious in the upcoming competitions.
"Every day after class, we assure that we give at least an hour of our time to practice. Also, we
conduct weekend trainings just to assure that we will come up with the best outputs," Shanelle
Rae Lacsamana, the Editor-in-Chief asserted.
Meanwhile, the Brahman scribes are set to battle out their wits and eloquence in the upcoming
Regional Schools Press Conference on November 5-7, at Sta. Cruz, Laguna.


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Supporters of an effort to keep St. Paul's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 17 have started an online petition to stop officials from changing it.
The St. Paul mayor's office has asked organizers to move the parade to Saturdays, permanently, in hopes of making it less disruptive for businesses and a bigger draw downtown. The thinking is that weekend parades attract at least 20 percent more visitors, and families don't have to skip work or school.
"We're going to work with the committee and make sure that we are able to get organized and work together in such a way that they feel good about the event," said Joe Spencer, the mayor's arts and culture director.
Traditionalists have brought up a number of objections — Saturdays tend to be boozier celebrations and therefore less kid-friendly — and created a petition on Moveon.org asking St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman's office to reconsider.
"The St. Patrick's Day Parade in St. Paul has always been held on the 17th of March," wrote Katie Launderville, who organized the online petition. By Friday afternoon, more than 600 supporters had added their electronic signatures.
The petition continues: "It is always fun to see kids from the city schools taking a break to come out and watch, business people standing in the few skyways the parade route marches under and the same faces of those who just want to take part in the day's events."
The switch to Saturdays had its supporters and detractors among parade goers and participants interviewed this week. A nonscientific poll on TwinCities.com this week drew 2,792 votes, with 48 percent of respondents favoring moving the noontime parade to Saturdays. Another 46 percent voted to keep the parade on March 17, and 5 percent were undecided.
Katie Martin, secretary of the St. Patrick's Association of St. Paul, said her organization is completely volunteer-run and has been too busy getting the 2014 parade and associated events organized to discuss the issue at length. The group, which meets once a month, will dissect the question in early April.
Some association members worry that marching units — who pay to participate — will drop out and go across the river to Minneapolis' parade if St. Paul's is not held March 17. Such a reaction would hurt the St. Paul parade's finances. Meanwhile, Saturdays are pricier because of assorted costs such as security.
The outcome of the Saturdays-vs.-March 17 debate will affect the two-day Irish cultural celebration at the Landmark Center, which hosts dancing and dance instruction to coincide with the parade date, among other events.
"There are a lot of other associations tied to us and what we do," Martin said. "There's an expectation after 48 years. Saying that it's going to change is not that easy."
City officials have pointed to heavy turnout two years ago, when St. Patrick's Day fell on Saturday, as evidence of the success of weekend parades, but some organizers are skeptical. They said the weather is a better predictor of spectator participation.
"Weather is a factor … but this year we had 103 units represented, which is very close to what we would have on a Saturday," said Heather O'Keeffe Schmidt, president of the St. Pat's Association. "We just march faster when it's cold, and sleeting and raining."
In addition to record-high temperatures of 80 degrees, the 2012 parade coincided with the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Five tournament at the Xcel Energy Center. The Minnesota Wild held a professional hockey game at 1 p.m. that day, further boosting restaurant and bar owners' coffers. An estimated 100,000 people swarmed downtown.
That "Saturday, it was just this perfect storm of things — hockey, more hockey, and 80 degrees," Martin said.
This year, when the parade was held on a Monday, and last year, when it was also held on a Saturday, temperatures in the 20s cut attendance sharply.
Martin participated in the parade as Miss Shamrock in 2010, another healthy attendance year. "That fell on a Wednesday, and it was about 60 degrees that day, and it was packed," she said.
Tom Barrett, a 2008 Mr. Pat whose father helped launch the parade 48 years ago, said he has friends on either side of the issue. "I love St. Paul. I love St. Pat's," said Barrett, who helped facilitate discussions between the mayor's office and the St. Pat's Association in January 2013.
"I think (city officials) were expecting this year to be on a Saturday," Barrett said, but bagpipers and dance groups had already been booked. Those conversations will continue. "The bottom line is I hope we all do the right thing," he said.
Frederick Melo can be reached at 651-228-2172. Follow him at twitter.com/FrederickMelo.


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The title of this paper invokes the phrase 'lost places', coined by historian Peter Read to describe the profound social attachment that people feel towards their former homes, neighbourhoods and homelands when they are divorced from them. In his expose of the connections people feel for lost places, Read was more concerned with the idea of attachment to place and the way in which this articulates itself in the face of threat or loss, than with the relationship between this attachment and the physical things that people leave behind them. Recently in a number of different disciplines, attention has moved away from the oral tradition of memory to the relationship between social remembering and the artefact, and the way in which objects act as memorials that shape the consumption of the past as a shared cultural memory. This, coupled with an increasing global awareness of the phenomenon of diaspora, suggests the need for a consideration of the relationship between the social significance of places from which people have been forcibly removed, and the fabric that remains behind them. Particular reference is made to a case study from western NSW, where I have been mapping the material remains and recording memories associated with a former Aboriginal reserve, abandoned in the period 1938-40. Since its abandonment there has developed a tradition of pilgrimage to Dennawan during which the material traces of the past are interrogated and recontextualised in the light of the present. This tradition of pilgrimage and recollections of interactions between people and objects on the site forms the basis for my contention that the interplay between objects, ruin, landscapes and memory are part of the active 'creation' of locality that forms the basis for an understanding of the social significance of such heritage places.
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According to various sources there have been 30 or more movie versions of Carol - the first by Thomas Edison back in 1908. There are on-going arguments as to which is the best but even though I have always enjoyed the 1938 MGM version with Reginald Owen, I go with the majority in putting the 1951 Alastair Sim version at the top. Sadly I only have the DVD in the colourized version (it was all that was available at the time) which robs it of much of its atmosphere and it appears the excellent VCI release is now out of print. But despite the "technical improvements" the brillance of acting, directing, writing and cinematography still shine through.
Back when I was doing movie reviews for a magazine in Eastern Europe I wrote the following observation:
A powerful performance is at the center of the 1951 British adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol: Alastair Sim's Ebenezer Scrooge. Write Noel Langley has let Dickens' story speak for itself, and the crisp black and white cinematography of C. M. Pennington-Richards captures Dickensian England perfectly. Director Brian Desmond Hurst avoids excess sentimentality and surrounds his lead performer with the cream of British cinemas' supporting players - Ernst Thesinger, Miles Malleson, Hermione Baddeley, Michael Hordern, Mervyn Jones - who bring the familiar characters to lifeAs a sidebar: In 1968 I saw Sim on stage at the Chichester Festival in The Magistrate with a very young Patricia Routledge (sadly only known as Hyacinth Bucket to most of the world.) There was a wonderful scene where after being lead astray on a wild night on the town Mr Poskett (Sim) attempted to clean himself up for court. It was a comic tour-de-force as we watched this already beaten man further defeated by a washbasin, a small towel and a bar of soap in his attempts to regain respectbility . Without a word spoken Sim had us holding our sides with laughter for a good two minutes. In 2002 my dinner table companions on the Trans Canada train travelling from Winnipeg to Vancouver were a charming British couple. During our conversation somehow Chichester and Sim's performance came up. It turned out the lady had been assistant-stage manager for that production 34 years before - it was her first job in the theatre. I recounted my memory of the washing scene and she let me in on a little secret, Pinero's stage directions simply read: Poskett washes his face. The entire scene had been Sim's invention. She said she would time the scene each night and no two performances were ever the same length. He always knew exactly when to cut it off. And apparently Routledge said that she learned how to play comedy watching Sim that summer. Well he had started life as a teacher.
But the true wonder is Sim: he is Scrooge. Listen to the way he delivers the infamous question about workhouses on Christmas Eve - it gives full meaning to the word heartless. And that long craggy face reveals a man whose heart died long ago. Then watch that same face as he questions the small boy about the goose on Christmas morning - it gives new meaning to the word joy. Sim creates a complex character and gives us a compelling view as to how this once loving man had become a bitter curmudgeon. It is this complexity that allows us to accept Scrooge's overnight conversion. This is film acting at its best
Over at YouTube tgs01 is posting the entire movie in black and white in installments - unfortunately it is not available for embedding.
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