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July 2012
Counties receive 2012 tax payments from WDFW
In spring, WDFW made payments totaling $942,187 to 31 Washington counties for Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) and local assessments on land owned by the department.
PILT payments are designed to compensate counties for the loss of local property taxes, which cannot be levied on state-owned lands. In most cases, these payments meet or exceed the amount counties would receive if the property were privately owned and classified as open space for agriculture or forestry.
In addition, WDFW pays annual assessments for weed control, fire protection, storm water control, irrigation, and other services to county governments and local districts.
For 2012, WDFW paid a total of $579,999 to 13 counties for land holdings covering 496,098 acres. The department also paid $362,188 to 28 counties for services provided by local taxing districts.
This year's total PILT payments were down by about half from last year, due to budget reductions approved by the state Legislature. The state's new operating budget temporarily freezes PILT at the level paid in 2009, before several counties increased their state payments by shifting to an open-space rate.
Under state law (RCW 77.12.203), counties may choose to base PILT collections on one of three different rates:
In all cases, PILT payments are based on WDFW property covering at least 100 contiguous acres. Land managed but not owned by WDFW is not compensable under PILT, nor is the value of buildings or other structures, game farms, fish hatcheries or tidelands on acreage owned by the department.
As an alternative to PILT, counties may elect to retain game violation fines and forfeitures collected by WDFW within their borders.
The table shown here lists all 39 Washington counties, the number of acres eligible for PILT and their payment in 2012.
May 2012
Check out proposed land acquisitions on-line
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) proposals to acquire land for fish and wildlife habitat and public recreation are now available at http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/acquisitions/
The proposals were recently presented at the state's annual Land Acquisition Coordinating Forum, which brings together state agencies, local governments, non-governmental organizations, tribes, landowners and other citizens to share ideas about state land actions for habitat and recreation purposes. (More information on the forum is available at http://www.rco.wa.gov/boards/hrlcg.shtml.)
WDFW will seek funding for the current proposals from state and federal grants administered by the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, the North American Wetland Conservation Act and the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation.
WDFW's policy is to purchase land only from willing sellers. The department typically uses grant funding that limits purchase prices to fair-market value as determined by a third-party appraisal. Regardless of funding source, all land acquisitions proposed by WDFW must be approved by the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, a nine-member citizen panel appointed by the governor to set WDFW policy.
Quan noted that WDFW is proposing only about half as many property acquisitions this year as it did during the previous two-year major funding cycle.
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Complain, Avoid Credentials & IgnoreBy Elizabeth Millard | Posted 2008-06-03 Print
Here is a look at how personal online profiles can sink your career prospects.
Complain Frequently, About Nearly Everything
Even if someone doesn't insult a former employer (or a current one), posting negative opinions online can create the impression that the candidate doesn't actually see the world in an optimistic light.
So, perhaps you hate your lawn service, Taco Bell chalupas, that neighbor three doors down, hybrid cars and airplane seats. Why wouldn't an HR rep assume you might also come to hate your boss, desk, co-workers and duties? It's not much of a leap to think that someone who complains online frequently will also grouse often in everyday interactions.
Don't Post Your Credentials or Contribute Thoughtful Insights
Also, when embarking on these formidable complaint sessions, avoid any kind of proper grammar, spelling or other writing rules. Ignore sentence structure, creation of well-articulated thoughts and valid points.
"What you write online can be seen as an example of your writing style, no matter what type of site includes that writing," says Tuck Rickards, who leads the technology sector for the Americas at the Russell Reynolds Association, a firm specializing in CEO and other senior-level recruiting. Since so many positions rely on employees' ability to articulate their ideas in a straightforward, professional way, those who are able to maintain a high standard at all times in their writing—even if it's just for a blog—will have a better chance of standing out from other candidates.
Other differentiators are posting online a complete resume that might also include writing samples, relevant work with client names and details deleted, and professionally taken photographs. Those who boost their professional profiles by contributing to industry-specific online forums are even more impressive, since they're demonstrating an ability to be engaged with the larger industry, rather than just looking for a job at one specific company. So, if you're not interested in being hired, don't even consider doing any of these things.
Ignore Your Larger Network
Sites like LinkedIn exist so that people can tap direct and indirect connections without having to attend in-person events, make small talk or drink bad wine while perusing tiny name tags. Some people just accept anyone who asks for a connection, even if they don't know the person, more intent on boosting their number of professional links than creating a truly useful network of professional contacts. But even more egregious is to ignore this group entirely during your job hunt.
"Maybe you are embarrassed to ask for help or contacts," notes Patricia Frame, founder of Strategies for Human Resources, provider of consulting services and management support. "Or you don't 'have time' to contact someone—even if they could help you understand the organization and tailor your application. Besides, you hate to ask anyone you know for their support and risk hearing 'no.'" She adds that many companies have employee referral programs, which could make contacts eager to help, rather than feeling burdened by a request.
If you're actually looking for a job and want to appear professional online, it may be time to work those contacts, delete the photos and stop grousing in online forums. Personal and professional time may be merging more often as people achieve a balance between their life and their work, but mixing the personal and private online is different, and potentially hazardous to your career.
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We would like a logo designed for a law firm specialising in Family law. The logo needs to be clean and professional but also needs to look strong and dependable.
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When I started dating after my divorce, I quickly found out that it was easier to date guys who had kids. Not for the instant playdates, because the guys I went out with didn't meet my kids, but because they understood the demands of parenting and the trials of co-parenting.
And before I fell in love with the divorced dad who became my second husband, I went out with a handful of these men.
There was the guy whose kid went to my kid's school. The guy whose custody schedule matched mine. And the guy whose ex-wife I ran into at the grocery store, where she gave me the evil eye and the once-over. (Hey lady, you were already divorced when I started dating your husband. Consider yourself lucky to be rid of him. He's no prize.)
Some of them were doozies. Child-like, selfish, emotionally stunted. Whew, it was almost enough to make me want to spend my nights alone with a cat. So to save you a little time, here are 5 types of divorced dads to stay away from:
1. Sitter Dad: This dad isn't comfortable being alone with his kids. He didn't spend this much time with them when he was married. So he wants someone else to be there when it's his weekend with his children who can take care of them.
2. Bitter Dad: He complains about his ex-wife constantly -- and how she's spending his money. Images of a credit card-wielding Medusa come to mind. Until you realize he was probably this way before he got divorced.
3. Sex-Driven Dad: He's the one whose wife didn't put out for the last couple years of their marriage and he's just looking to screw around. Which is fine if that's what you want too. Just beware of his desire for multiple conquests.
4. Emotional Wreck Dad: This dad is so scarred by his past relationships that he can't move forward with someone new. And he thinks you are going to be as controlling as his ex-wife and as critical as his mother. You feel bad for him, but he's not willing to work on healing himself. So, see ya.
5. College Student Dad: He's using his divorce, and his single status, to live like he's in college. Laundry on the floor, mold in the bathroom, video games on constantly, and a fridge full of cheap domestic beer. He hasn't made it homey for his kids, either. But they actually like spending the night in sleeping bags.
So what's the best type of dad to date? In my experience, it's the dad who's been divorced for a while, puts a lot of time and effort into his relationship with his kid(s), and is respectful to his ex-wife.
My husband is like that. Except for one thing: his laundry somehow still ends up on the floor.
Have you ever dated one of these types of divorced dads?
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When a perfect 10 isn't enough, there's EleVen.
That's the name of tennis pro and sports style icon Venus Williams' new "tennis lifestyle brand," with its dresses, tops and bottoms designed to be worn on and off the court.
Williams, 32, is the winner of 21 Grand Slam titles and three Olympic gold medals and has been ranked No. 1 in the world several times since she entered pro tennis in 1994 at age 14. This summer, she's headed back to the Olympics in London, where no doubt her outfits, as well as her game, will make headlines.
Venus Williams: An article about Venus Williams' sportswear line in the June 24 Image section said that she holds 21 Grand Slam titles. She holds seven Grand Slam titles in singles, 12 in women's doubles and two in mixed doubles. —
Black crinoline skirts, corset lacing and puffy sleeves have characterized some of Williams' memorable fashion moments on the court. But her designs for EleVen are more understated.
"I had a lot of fun doing designs on the court which were unprecedented for sports," Williams said recently from London, where she is training and preparing to play Wimbledon, which starts Monday. "But I wanted to do something that will be available to everyone that's my vision of sportswear."
The "Oh and Oh" tennis dress ($96) could take you to the mall as well as the court, with gray-and-white color-blocked sections (one with an abstract handwriting print) and pale pink grosgrain ribbon trim. The "BFF" tank top ($58) has feminine-looking ruching at the bust line and double crisscross spaghetti straps with a single rose gold charm attached. The "Geo Star" capri leggings ($49) come in a gray-and-white geometric print inspired by Williams' love of Hollywood Regency-style interior design. (Williams also owns the V Starr Interiors design firm, located in Jupiter, Fla.)
Williams said fashion, like tennis, is her "heart and sweat and pride and joy."
She earned a degree in fashion design at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in 2007, and she first launched EleVen for the apparel chain Steve & Barry's, which went into bankruptcy in 2008. She went on to design some tennis pieces for Ralph Lauren and Gilt.com.
Williams, who has homes in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and Los Angeles, is producing the line with an L.A.-based design team and manufacturing partner. She sketches her designs and transfers them onto a computer so they can be interpreted by the design team. After the samples are made, she tries on every piece.
EleVen should fit right into the growing fashion fitness category, sitting alongside such lines as Lululemon and Stella McCartney for Adidas.
"My inspiration isn't from sports; it's more from ready-to-wear," Williams said. Indeed, she's been known to take in a fashion show or two and calls Vogue magazine editor at large Andre Leon Talley a mentor. Her website features a trends section that notes what's happening on the runway and how it relates to her designs. She name-checks Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs and Derek Lam.
With Wimbledon, the Olympics and theU.S. Opencoming up, this summer is the perfect time to relaunch her brand, she said. The collection is available now at ElevenbyVenus.com and in pro shops.
Some pieces incorporate handwritten inspirational messages from Williams, such as "Oh & Oh," "Beat 'Em" and "Bring It." "It's lifestyle pieces you can mix and match," she said. "The 'Oh and Oh' shirt, I wear with a black blazer and heels and jeans. 'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term.... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces."
Williams' first book, "Come to Win" (2010), is filled with wisdom about how competitive spirit can help people master their professions. But her philosophy isn't all about winning. "It's about what you learn from the experience," Williams said.
"Winning, we don't grow. But losing opens our eyes up to what we can be," she said. "Everything in my life came from tough losses, and not only in tennis."
Williams had to withdraw from the U.S. Open in 2011 shortly before her second-round match, when she said her limbs were so swollen she couldn't lift her arm above her head. She announced that she'd been diagnosed withSjogren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease caused when white blood cells, the body's natural defenders against foreign invaders, start attacking the body's moisture-producing glands as well.
The rare disease affects the entire body, including the mouth, eyes, lungs and kidneys, as well as causing joint pain and swelling. She started a raw vegan diet and stress management to try to minimize the effects of the condition, which is incurable.
Because of the disease, she's played only a handful of tournaments this year, most recently losing in the second round at the French open in May. She's fallen to No. 55 in the Women's Tennis Assn. rankings, and for the first time since her Wimbledon debut in 1997, she'll enter the tournament where she's won five singles championships unseeded.
So right now she is more focused on her game than on fashion.
"I'm only seeing tennis balls these days," Williams said. "And maybe the occasional fashion sketch."
She's especially excited about the red, white and blue dress, inspired by her favorite superhero, that she has designed to wear at the Olympics. "Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal."
Williams will produce a limited-edition Olympics capsule collection for EleVen, based on the dress, which will go on sale on her website next month.
Since her sister Serena is under contract, she'll wear Nike at the Olympics, not EleVen. (However, the colors of the sisters' dresses will match when they play doubles.)
But in the future, Williams does want to dress other tennis players. "We have a lot of people interested in wearing the line because it's fun and it stands for something. And it's a nice change from the usual labels."


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Grit, humor...a dead body just sitting around? What more can a girl want?? Not much. Monica was right on telling Jason what THE DEAL IS (the idiot)-- Heather was talking about "Finger Painting"-- AZ was shot point blank. No Foolin' around anymore with that!
In the middle of all this rich-goodness were moments of pure acting genius. My fave moment came when Carly started to "forgive" Johnny for sleeping with Kate and his face got like a little kid's. It was heartbreaking. At that same moment you could see him thinking "but you know not what I've done"... It's my SCENE OF THE WEEK
Here we go-- SCENE TWO--Sonny gets SERVED by Todd. Oh yes, two of my fave men dueling in Sonny's office, being overseen by Bob The Badger himself. HONORABLE MENTION
"Weekend at The Q's" with Dead AZ was hilarious and I loved it. Luke was back in fine form, Heather was in the mix--just like old times. I was surprised this week many times, especially with the new Mayor "Jan". Didn't see it comin'. Nor did I see Johnny shooting Gramps right in front of us like he did. BOOM! Susan Moore mentions were plentiful and Monica--oh MONICA!! Glorious with he line about Alan "installing Jason in the Guesthouse"!!
NOT THE SCENE OF THE WEEK: I really REALLY didn't like the Maxie scene with the "ladies" in Jail... I realize Maxie had to have something huge happen to her to flip but I just didn't need to see that. Plus, all I could think of was how are these chicks just wandering around the place?
AND Mea Culpa: Kate as Kate this week got to me. I did like KS' interpretation of the scenes with Sonny. I was a bit sick of her crying all the time, but when Olivia got there, it was awesome. Lisa LoCicero finally got a decent scene that wasn't connected to Dr. Steve. Again, I do hope it's over soon and the two 'merge'-- but according to some of the rumor/spoilers that's not happening.
This week seemed way more even keeled and had a timeline I could follow. The story flowed and I looked forward to watching each day. I hope "Good Writer" is in the house the next week.


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Zaouiate Oued Ifrane
Zaouiate Oued Ifrane is a city in the Middle Atlas mountains of Morocco.
Better known as Zaouia d'Ifrane, or even Ifrane if you are within the village limits, this Berber village is often confused for another town in the mid-Atlas with the name Zaouia d'Ifrane, and many times it is even confused for the larger city of Ifrane proper itself. Let it be known, Zaouiate Oued Ifrane or Zaouia d'Ifrane or Ifrane or Zaouia is neither of those places, it is much, much more beautiful. The village of between 500-1000 residents (depending on the time of year) sits under a dramatic and extremely unique geological feature, a 200 foot travertine plateau provides a backdrop of caves, hanging plants and waterfalls. Zaouiate Oued Ifrane translates to 'holy place of caves' and the village and its' surrounding landscape creates an air even more awe inspiring than the title suggests.
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Zaouiate Oued Ifrane is located about 100K south of Fez. The road which dead ends at Zaouiate Oued Ifrane turns off from the main roadway after the town of Souk L'Hdd and before the city of Mrirt. Transportation to and from Zaouiate Oued Ifrane is the only deterrent to visiting, if there is one. By personal car/vehicle it is no problem, just head south from Fez toward Azrou, at Azrou, continue on as if going to Marrakesh and then take the left directly after Souk L'Hdd. Coming from Marrakesh, just head up towards Fez and make the right turn directly after you pass through Mrirt. Without ones own vehicle things become exceedingly more complicated and overwhelming. It's a matter of getting to either Souk L'Hdd or Mrirt and then wheeling and dealing with the grand taxi divers from one of those cities over a price into Zaouiate Oued Ifrane. The correct price is 60 MAD to get in (that's buying the entire taxi out, every seat), but don't be surprised when the drivers start at 300.
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Once in Zaouiate Oued Ifrane you can walk anywhere you want to go. The village is small and travel by foot is really the only way around.
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There is plenty to see in Zaouiate Oued Ifrane. There is no need for anyone to explain what there is to see in the village, it is more or less obvious. You will know once you arrive.
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There is not a whole lot to do in the village besides hike around and relax really. I think that's what makes this village so special, the implicit beauty of a simple village and a simple life.
In Spring it is a good idea to get in some camping in and around Zaouiate Oued Ifrane. Using the village as a base camp, one can walk out into the cedar forest and spend a few days living off of the land and getting lost amongst the trees.
In the Summer there is a great swimming hole up the river where one can relax on large rocks in the sun and take dips into the cold spring fed river at their leisure. Or if you crave something a bit colder and more adventurous, take a shower under the 100 foot waterfall.
Autumn is a great time to take photographs and day hikes around the village and the waterfalls. Sitting on a roof-top for an entire afternoon, watching the fig leaves change color never seemed a half bad idea either.
Winter can be fairly dismal, yet there is something intriguing about staying in, making a fire and watching the cold of the outside from the inside.
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Zaouiate Oued Ifrane is a very small Berber mountain village, there are no restaurants and there are only a couple of stores that sell some food products. It is easy, if you know this, to plan ahead and grab food and produce in a larger town or city on your way to Zaouiate Oued Ifrane. The other way to get around this is to stay with at a gite or with a family, and pay for the whole treatment: meals, housing, information, etc.
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There are a few different gites to stay out when in Zaouiate Oued Ifrane. These are just families who usually have extra space in their homes and offer this space for a decent price. The price usually always includes meals since food is so difficult to come across within Zaouiate Oued Ifrane.
He lives with his wife Samira and their two boys, Adam and Sahar, in a beautiful, quaint home in an apple orchard just outside the village center. He is currently building an add-on to his house to accommodate more guests. A stay here won't run you too much cash (between 120-150 MAD per person, per night) and it will include delicious meals made by Samira.
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Once in Zaouiate Oued Ifrane, getting out is easy, you just wait at the entrance to the village for someone who is going out and you can catch a ride out that way.


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CRESTVIEW � Following a recent science fair, the students at Davidson Middle School continue to excel in the subject, said science teacher Sharon Richardson.
CRESTVIEW � Following a recent science fair, the students at Davidson Middle School continue to excel in the subject, said science teacher Sharon Richardson.
"Our students have been successful because we have established high expectations for their projects," she said. "Science projects support the concepts that our language arts and math teachers are teaching."
See the Davidson Middle School science fair photo gallery>>
Several students are going to compete with their Okaloosa and Walton county peers in the East Panhandle Regional Science Fair scheduled Feb. 4-6 in Fort Walton Beach.
Based on research, presentations and overall knowledge on the projects they experimented on, several students are now in the running for regional competition, including Jacob Kitchen.
Kitchen, 13, won first place in the physics category with his project, "The effect of a magnetic field on the color spectrum."
"It really doesn't have that much effect at all," he said.
This is second time that Kitchen has won first place in the school science fair. Kitchen's project testing the different temperatures on magnets took him to the state science fair last year.
"It was a good experience, because I got to go and meet a lot of new people and see their projects," he said.
Kitchen said his love of science comes from the "wanting to know how things work." His interest also runs in the family.
"My dad is an engineer and so are my grandpa's on both sides (of the family)," he said. "I'm thinking about being a biomedical engineer (as a profession)."
His mother, Laura, is proud of her son.
"He set a goal that he wanted to make it back to state, and I hope he makes it," she said.
Laura was also impressed with what the other students had to offer.
"We saw some really interesting ones, really creative and thought-provoking," she said. "I don't really remember doing (science projects) when I was in middle school. I think this really sets a foundation for when they go into high school."
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Matthew Brown at 850-682-6524 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbMatthew.


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Let me be clear: By "you," I do not mean you, lovely reader of this blog, but the "yous" who've felt obliged to tell me elsewhere that I'm screwing up my life. And by "me" I do not mean me alone but all of us sharing our tender, uncertain, sometimes-painful stories in the larger blogosphere.
In particular, I'm thinking back to comments sparked by the guest post I wrote for the Wall Street Journal's "Laid Off and Looking" blog in my early days of unemployment.
In this post—which ran just a few hundred words—I talked about the possible upside of losing my job. Mind you, I acknowledged the anxiety and risk but I also admitted to a certain excitement about embarking on what I described as The Next Big Challenge.
Here are two typical responses:
"Get real folks and stop dreaming. I stopped dreaming a long time ago, and it's better now because I don't get let down each and every day."
"If you're laid back and irresponsible, then the bills don't mean a thing to you. Well we're not blessed with being the laid-back type who don't give a damn about doing what's right."
In fairness, there were many positive comments. Still, I found myself intrigued by the vitriol heaped on this little post by those for whom it hit a nerve.
As I pondered the dynamic, I found myself thinking about risk tolerance—a topic all-too-often left out of the job search conversation.
We frequently seem to assume a one-size-fits-all answer to questions such as: "Should I do everything in my power to keep the job I have, or should I read the writing on the wall and accept the offered package?"
In fact, risk tolerance varies with the individual. Without knowing where a questioner falls on the spectrum, it's impossible to offer sound advice.
If you have a mortgage, kids, and are a few paychecks away from financial crisis, your risk tolerance—and thus your "right" answers—will differ from those of someone without those obligations who has a financial cushion.
If you're comfortable with uncertainty, your answers will be different from those of someone who freaks out if they can't predict what they'll be doing a year from Monday.
This isn't because one person is right and the other is wrong: It's because people have different obligations, different temperaments, different levels of risk tolerance. Our risk tolerance is ours alone. It's not a moral virtue, a settled fact—it's simply our situation.
And for the record, I'm happy to say that I'm doing fine now. The decisions I made two-plus years ago were—for me—the right ones. My search for work is now paying off, in part thanks to this blog. I've also had a chance to grow in ways that I wouldn't have otherwise. I'd be lying if I said that this was the path I would have chosen. But while these aren't the experiences I would have picked, I can't say that I regret them.


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User can now de-authorize a PC if they would like to un-install the game from it. This is a system that is very similar to iTunes which allows for de-authorizations of computers they no longer want to use.
For example, lets say a gamer has installed FIFA 09 on his/her home PC and work PC, using two out of five authorizations available. Then lets say he/she decides to buy a new PC for home, and would like to install FIFA 09 on the new PC and no longer needs to play the game on the old one.
Now, With Patch #2, any gamer can un-install the game from his/her old PC and de-authorize that PC, so he/she is again at two out of five authorizations.


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For our Memorial Day celebration, I was in charge of the sweets. And what says summer better than watermelon? I've seen the Betty Crocker watermelon cake, and it was my inspiration, but I did not use their recipe.
You will need:
white cake mix
Mix the cake according to directions. Then add coloring until you reach your desired shade. Then add chocolate jimmies & stir.
Bake according to your pans directions, let cool & frost. And that's it! You can see my attempts to copy the stripes of a watermelon. I just dyed my frosting a lighter shade of green, frosted it and then dyed the rest a darker green. I used a spatula to add the dark green & drag the stripes. It probably would have looked better if I had used homemade frosting.
And there you have it, Watermelon Cake! You can see that the jimmies resemble the black seeds.
I hope you had a good Memorial Day! How did you celebrate?


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NWSB Insider and Vancouver Canucks writer Josh Hall's best edition of Oh The Sites We Can See yet. The Dallas Stars await but the Nucks won't come to Dallas without having some fun. Is Mason Raymond to be traded for something at the zoo? Does Cory Schneider need a nice, soothing massage after that tough game in New Jersey? Maybe Keith Ballard could have used a ride at the Amusement Park for his concussion.
Game 63 Canucks vs. Stars: Oh The Sites We Can See (Part Four)
February 25, 2012 By Josh Hall
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Good story and great battles. Really what happened to the boxes at the end of the movie. Why bring superman back. How did the bad guy know ever all the boxes were. What happened to the bad guy at the end did he die or is he just gone for now and will appear in the next one. If it was such a good plot why did it have holes in it unanswered. Terrible. Don't waste your time and money. Not much action just mostly watching Batman and wonder garbage get the team together to take out the bad guy. Go see third instead so much better or go see daddy's home 2. That was really good too
It is one of my favorite movies of dc comics
Good story. Great battles
Loved it...good entertainment....
This is better the Thore really. I think not. This is worse then thore at least marvel can make a good movie unlike DC. They can't at all. Plot was terrible and acting wasn't that great. Don't listen to these positive reviews. They should give this movie a 1 star like I do. Will not support DC anymore. It is a war now between DC and marvel. I support Marvel.
This was a pretty good movie. Lots of action, plot was good, won't spoil it for those that haven't seen it. However, Gal's acting skills are limited to giving really stern glares. The other actors were great. This is indeed better than Thor.
those giving bad ratings, keep in mind that if it wasn't for Zack Snyder, we would of never gotten the Superman, Wonder Woman costume and action that we're seeing today! Bravo to Zack for bringing these characters to life, and they look amazing. Movie wasn't that bad, it was awesome. Sure the Marvel movies are funnier, who cares. I think the majority expect too much out of these DC movies. Its not meant for just adults here! family and youth has well.
the movie should of ben 3 hours long, can never get bored watching this :). I think they remove too much of Zack footage, but turn out to be good except a few scenes where it was cut too short. So don't have a low rating just because of lack of scenes or acting, like c'mon, the action is awesome and if you love any of these characters, you will enjoy it. I'm 38 years old and this movie ROCKS!! suitable for all ages 10+
This movie was great. Of course all movies have their flaws but this movie was exciting, good paced and had some great humour. I especially loved the Flash and his naïveté. He fit in nicely with the story. The return of Superman was just that, super. The other characters were awesome and I love Gal Gadot like everyone else. Watch until the end of the credits. Great way to spend 119 minutes. If you didn't like this movie, kiss ass!!
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Born November 13, 1922 Died September 28, 2012
graveside funeral service will be held in the West Side District Cemetery on Thursday, October 4, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. for longtime Taft resident, Jonathan "J.E." Chambers, 89. Jonathan went to be with our Lord on September 28, 2012. He was born on November 13, 1922 in Bastiste, Oklahoma to William and Meacie Chambers. He was a veteran of WW II. Before he enlisted, he was a coal miner. His rank was U.S. Army, PFC, 381st Engr, CBT BN; WW II – Europe 1944-1945, Pacific 1945. Medals, GCM, EAME with Batt. Star, HPCM with Batt Star, Philippine Victory Ribbon. He was honored by having his name engraved on the "Wall of Honor" Veterans Memorial at Washington Park Mall. After coming home, he worked for Standard Oil and retired in 1973 due to health issues. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, sister, and the love of his life, his wife, Dora, daughter, Betty, son, John and grandson, Gregory. He is survived by his daughter, Patricia Beard and her husband, Ken; his son, Darrell Chambers and his wife, Julia; his grandchildren, Lisa Tweedy and her husband, Lance, Kenny Beard and his wife, Debbie, Kimberley Rawles, Jennifer Grijalva and her husband, Dan, Justin Chambers, Jeff Rubright and his wife, Vallorie; his great-grandchildren, Lindsay Kendall and her husband, Chad, Stephanie Beard, Christopher Beard, Brandon Rawles, Karissa Rawles, Alex Stearman, Kaleb Grijalva, Tyler Royal, Bryndon and Preston Rubright; his great-great-grandchildren, Jayden Beard, Lyrik and Makenna Kendall; and a special adopted son, Gary Simmons. He loved being with his family and his family loved and adored him. He was also a hero in our eyes and always will be. They would like to thank Dr. Tang and Erickson & Brown Funeral Home and everyone else for their help and prayers. Our family will never be the same without this beautiful loving caring man, be we will never forget everything he taught us. He will be in our hearts and memories forever. There are no visitation hours scheduled and the arrangements are under the direction of the Erickson & Brown Funeral Home. To convey online condolences please visit www.EricksonAndBrown.com.


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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — The Japanese yen jumped against the U.S. dollar Tuesday, strengthening as investors learned that planned asset purchases by the Bank of Japan will start later than anticipated.
The greenback also lost ground against the euro following a better-than-expected survey of German sentiment.
Against the Japanese currency, the U.S. dollar USDJPY, -0.03% fell 0.9% to 88.74 yen, down from ¥89.71 in late Monday trading. The euro EURJPY, +0.00% also dropped, changing hands at ¥118.10 compared with ¥119.56 late Monday.
The Japanese central bank adopted a target to reach a 2% increase in consumer prices, and said it will conduct asset purchases on an open-ended basis in a bid to bolster monetary stimulus. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was elected in December, has urged the Bank of Japan help spur growth in the world's third-largest economy and end decades of falling prices.
Initially reacting to the announcements from the central bank, the dollar popped higher to around ¥90.18 before dropping back.
The open-ended asset-purchase program will go into effect starting January 2014, once the current program ends. Read: Bank of Japan adopts firm target of 2% inflation.
While the market had anticipated asset purchases, "it's the timing" that appeared to support the strengthening in Japan's currency, said Dean Popplewell, chief currency strategist at trading platform Oanda.
"Investors are disappointed that the asset purchasing will predominantly take place in 2014, which is much further along the curve than people had anticipated," he said, adding that the market had expected "a bit more urgency" from the central bank and Abe's recently installed government.
The ICE dollar index DXY, -0.01% which measures the greenback against a basket of six major global currencies, dropped to 79.892 from 80.046 late Monday. The WSJ Dollar Index BUXX, -0.10% which uses a slightly wider basket, also fell 0.3% to 70.73.
Yen's room to run?
The dollar/yen pair could be pushed lower toward the ¥86.50 to ¥87 level, giving the market a chance to test that support range and "see what demand there is for U.S. dollars down there," said Popplewell. But as of now, the market's opted to "buy back some of their short yen positions they've been accumulating over the last three months or so."
Analysts at Danske Bank told clients if the Japanese currency begins to appreciate, "we are certain that we will see new measures from [the Bank of Japan] and the government. Hence, we still forecast that both EUR/JPY and USD/JPY will move higher in 2013, but the pace will most likely slow now."
Meanwhile, analysts at Brown Brothers Harriman said the central bank appeared to be in a "compromise formation" in light of its latest moves, which can hardly be seen as aggressive.
"A more aggressive central bank that could cut interest on current deposit account at the BOJ and purchasing foreign bonds, for example, will likely await the new leadership that should be in place in the April-May period," they said.
The U.S. dollar largely held steady after an industry report showed U.S. sales of existing homes edged down by 1% in December, while the 2012 total reached its highest level in five years. Read about the latest data on U.S. existing home sales.
German investor sentiment rises
Within other currency crosses, the euro EURUSD, +0.0000% was largely steady at $1.3311 versus $1.3312 in late trading on Monday.
Underpinning the euro, the German ZEW economic-expectations index, a gauge of investor sentiment, rose more sharply than anticipated in January. The indicator for economic sentiment in the country rose to the highest level since May 2010.
"It is important because it lends credence to the Bundesbank's optimism that after contracting in Q4 (by as much as 0.5% q/q), the euro area's largest economy was already recovering," said analysts at Brown Brothers Harriman. "Attention now shifts to Thursday's flash PMI readings for further confirmation."
The analysts said speculation of a resignation by Bundesbank President Jans Weidmann, which they noted was denied by the central bank, and rumors of a large loss at a German bank had weighed on the currency earlier.
Weidmann warned in a speech a day earlier that central banks were in danger of losing their independence. In loosely translated remarks, he said attacks on independence by those banks can already be seen in Hungary or Japan "where the new government intervenes heavily in the affairs of" central banks. Read about Weidmann's warning on currency wars.
One consequence, he said, is an increasing politicization of the exchange rate. "So far, the international monetary system came without competitive devaluations by the crisis and I hope it stays," he said.
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This is a brilliant kid craft--so brilliant that you may indeed find yourself playing with it too. Not that I'd have any experience with that or anything. Not at all.
You only need four things:
a CD
a push-up water bottle top
a balloon
Step 1
Superglue the water bottle top to the CD right over its center opening to make a valve. If you don't have a push-up water bottle top you can always use one from an old bottle of dishwashing detergent.
Step 2
After the glue is dry and with the valve in the closed position, blow up the balloon and fix it over the valve in the middle of the CD.
Step 3
Place the hovercraft on a hard and flat floor (not carpet), let go of the balloon and pull the bottle valve to the open position. Watch it hover over the floor as the air escapes from the balloon through the valve.
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text: Red Pill News Pressure mounts for Tony Blair to finally face a court over war crimes he committed by starting the illegal Iraq war Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair should face a war crimes trial, according to the left-wing Labour Party leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn. Blair is already facing criticism in a yet-to-be published inquiry into the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. Published 4 years ago on August 7, 2015 By alexrpt 0 Views Share Tweet While #PM urges #Chilcot Inquiry timetable, #Corbyn says #Blair could be tried for #war crimes http://t.co/NgOXBx3p73 pic.twitter.com/iBYVtxUjR8 — British Forces News (@ForcesNews) August 5, 2015 Corbyn said it was an illegal war; if Blair is guilty, then he should be tried. I want to see Chilcott report and… http://t.co/KHz6bPF469 — Nara Morrison (@NEMHBA) August 4, 2015 There can be no doubt that Tony Blair should be convicted of war crimes and be placed in prison. He started an illegal war based on flat out lies and deception. Now if only George Bush and the neocons in Washington would also face the same war crimes charges, justice will have been served for the nearly 1.5 million people that died in the WMD farce that plunged the Middle East into absolute chaos. Via Sputnik News Agency… Blair has come under increasing pressure over his decision to join US President George W. Bush in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, which led to the toppling of Saddam Hussein, who had been president since 1979. Blair was heavily criticized for releasing a 'dodgy dossier', justifying the invasion, which turned out to be largely plagiarized from unattributed sources. Another document released for the same effect said that Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, which he could deploy to UK targets within 45 minutes – a claim later withdrawn by the head of MI6, according to a House of Commons statement by Blair's then foreign secretary Jack Straw. Blair was further accused of breaking international law because his invasion of Iraq was illegal and did not having the backing of the United Nations. In 2004, the – then – UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, was asked in an interview if it was true that the invasion was not sanctioned by the UN security council or in accordance with the UN's founding charter. He replied: "Yes, if you wish." He then added: "I have indicated it was not in conformity with the UN charter. From our point of view and from the charter point of view it was illegal." Labour Party leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn added his criticism of Blair. He told the Newsnight program on TV: "I think it was an illegal war. Therefore he (Blair) has to explain that." Blair's government, in the run-up to invasion, faced down one of the biggest popular uprisings Britain had seen against going to war against Saddam Hussein's regime. Blair agreed with the US President, George W. Bush's view that the Iraqi dictator had weapons of mass destruction that could be used against British targets. Bush and Blair held private talks, the details of which have been kept confidential, but which – many believe – would lay bare the agreement Blair made with Bush to follow the US into a war for regime change in Iraq and lay Blair open to charges of war crimes. After years of pressure to uncover the deals made between Bush and Blair, the then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown caved in to public pressure and called for an inquiry which was launched in July 2009 chaired by Sir John Chilcot. Its terms of reference were to "consider the period from the summer of 2001 to the end of July 2009, embracing the run-up to the conflict in Iraq, the military action and its aftermath. …. the way decisions were made and actions taken, to establish, as accurately as possible, what happened and to identify the lessons that can be learned." Four years after hearing the last evidence, the Chilcot inquiry – which has cost over $16 million – has yet to report. Those who are subject to criticism have been allowed time to read parts of the report and respond to them ahead of publication. Blair's office has always denied using the process to hold up the publication. References: http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150805/1025414421.html Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! 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While the legal position in the United States on abortion is generally legal under all conditions as determined by the outcome of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision in the US Supreme Court, the social context of the practice is highly debated and generally disapproved of, even by those Americans who believe that the procedure should still be kept legal. One of the most emotionally satisfying statements in the US that actually summarized the attitudes of many "pro-choice" Americans was that of Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill Clinton's statement that abortions should be "safe, legal and rare." In other words, the legality of the procedure is one thing, and the promotion of the procedure is quite another. It was summarized in this thought: We think that to be in the position of determining whether or not to abort a child is a horrifying and extremely serious matter. However, we believe it to be safer if this procedure is kept legal, lest it actually become dangerous because of inferior resources if it were banned, and done clandestinely. This point of view was generally accepted as a secular compromise to a horrifying situation. Far from the ultraliberal attitudes of progressive Europe, the United States remained a relatively conservative country, socially guided by Christian attitudes concerning the sanctity of life, even that life which is yet unborn. All this has changed. Starting with the signing of New York State's "Reproductive Health Act", many states are now moving towards ensuring that abortion is legal under all conditions, to the full term of pregnancy, even to the point where perfectly viable, birthed babies may be killed after delivery if the mother so desires. This report from New York was immediately followed up by this news item from Virginia's own Legislature, in its attempt to pass a similar law, made even more clearly brutal by Governor Northam's defense and explanation of the procedure post delivery in which a living baby would be subject to being deliberately killed at the wish of the mother. This law, like the New York constitutional amendment allows the unborn, or just-born (and alive even though "aborted"), no human rights. There is really no way this action cannot be seen for what it is: infanticide, a very particularly cruel form of murder of the innocent, on no further grounds than that the baby exists and that the mother does not want it. We covered in another news piece how this ability appears to be the prize "right" of feminist women, who were represented in Congress by the infamous Women in White, who sat stone-faced as President Donald Trump appealed for Congress to make and pass a law banning late-term abortions. However, the President's request was well-met by conservatives in the House chamber, and indeed, even some pro-choices were set off their guard by the New York and Virginia legislative moves. Virginia's attempt failed. Abortion is legal in the US, and it is legal at any point in the pregnancy in many states. This is not often reported, probably because abortion is not palatable to public discourse when a fully-formed, living baby is to be the subject of this procedure. The national discourse has for years been "safely" diverted to what appears to be more metaphysical debate about the unseen processes in pregnancy, such as "when does life really begin", and even "when does the embryo receive a soul?" This is probably by design to avoid the much harsher realities that were exposed in New York, Virginia and Massachusetts, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Washington and Vermont. All these states have either passed or are trying to pass laws that protect abortion rights, sometimes to similar extremes as New York's law contains. However, many other states, such as Colorado, already allow full and late-term abortion procedures. However, not every state in the US is trying to magnify abortion rights. Some are trying to limit this procedure, or even outlaw it entirely, should Roe v. Wade be overturned by the Supreme Court, a possibility that seems enhanced now with five "conservative" Justices on the US Supreme Court. States like Tennessee, South Carolina, Arkansas, and even the aforementioned Rhode Island are seeking passage of laws to sharply limit or completely outlaw the procedure in this event. CDC graph showing abortion rates per 1,000 US women from 1969 to 2014. Courtesy: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Guttmacher Institute. Interestingly, both the abortion rate and the actual number of abortions performed in the US has fallen drastically in the time period between 1980 and 2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention record that there were almost 1.3 million babies aborted in 1980, peaking at 1.43 million in 1990, before dropping again to 2015's rate of 638,000. Numbers and counts vary by statistical poll, however, with 2017's numbers showing 882,240 in this study. The common feature of declining numbers and rates is still evident. Statistical sources on this issue were not able to explain the reason for the drop in both rate and number of abortions, but a speculation might be that some exposure to the reality of what abortion actually is has served to deter both unwanted pregnancy from even happening, and also to try to find a way to take care of human beings guilty of nothing more than their existence. Perhaps this is too generous an assessment, but it is one possibility. President Trump was loud and clear on several occasions about his stance on the issue of abortion. His State of the Union speech featured his saying, "all children, born and unborn are made in the Holy image of God." This was followed up by further comments at the National Prayer Breakfast, in which he continued to show a strong pro-life position. Naturally, some pols dismiss this as nothing more than the President's attempts to energize his base for the 2020 elections. To credit such opinions, it may indeed do this. But President Trump has really put his money where his mouth is in terms of governing as a conservative, or at least, common-sense oriented President. The combination of Governor Andrew Cuomo's legislation, the Virginian attempt and the March for Life, featuring its highly slurred story about Roman Catholic teenaged boys who were at the event, plus the President's speech have made for a truly polarizing moment. To be sure, political winds in the US are so unruly now that longstanding position issues are now pushed aside in mere days, or even hours. However the mainstream media is hard-pressed to refute what happened here. The American Left tipped its hand, perhaps a little too much for even some who are ideologically liberal, and some of the harshest, most sinister aspects of their worldview were brought into focus. This reaction extends even to both real-life and Internet commentary on such news pieces. Tucker Carlson took on uber-feminist Monica Klein on his program on January 30th, and their exchange, most notably Monica's sheer fury, was a sign that the Left is energized on this subject, so much so that any sense of nicety has been discarded: For Ms. Klein, this issue is a source of pure anger, as is clearly evident on her face. This was not a woman who was playing the ideological talking head for the news media hit; far from it. She really believes what she says, and has taken that fury to the point of irrationality. Some comments on this issue appear in many publications that also reveal extremely fiery emotion on both sides. The rhetoric swings from "baby-killers" to "woman-haters" quite freely on this topic, and this is honestly a shame. Such emotional incendiary bombs are avoidances on both sides. While people call each other names, no one pays attention to the topic itself. This is, of course, by design. When the real issue is looked at, as was shown so clearly in New York and Virginia, the topic of the value of human life shows its profound reality to everyone. If that happened often enough or long enough, it might change the substance of the conversation. The result might then be a real change. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Facebook: The Government's Propaganda Arm? The social media giant has a disturbing number of former Obama officials in key positions of authority over content. Published 7 days ago on February 10, 2019 By The Duran Authored by Jeff Charles via Liberty Nation: Imagine for a moment what it would look like if the federal government launched its own social media network. Every day, Americans could freely use the platform to express their views on everything from economic theory to the best tips for baking peanut butter cookies. They could even discuss their political views and debate the important issues of the day. But what if the government were empowered to determine which political views are appropriate and which are too obscene for the American public? Well, it looks like this is already happening. Of course, the state has not created a social media network; they didn't have to. It appears the government is using Facebook – the world's largest social media company – to sway public opinion. The Government's Fingers In Facebook The Free Thought Project recently published a report revealing that Facebook has some troubling ties to the federal government and that this connection could be enabling former state officials to influence the content displayed. The social media provider has partnered with various think tanks which receive state funding, while hiring an alarming number of individuals who have held prominent positions in the federal government. Facebook recently announced their partnership with the Atlantic Council – which is partly funded by tax dollars – to ensure that users are presented with quality news stories. And by "quality," it seems that they mean "progressive." The council is well known for promoting far-left news sources, including the Xinhua News Agency, which was founded by the Communist Party of China. Well, that's reassuring. What red-blooded American capitalist doesn't want to get the news from a communist regime? But there one aspect of this story is even more troubling: the government-to-Facebook pipeline. The company has employed a significant number of former officials in positions that grant them influence over what content is allowed on the platform. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's Head of Cybersecurity Policy, prosecuted cybercrimes at the Department of Justice under President Obama. Now, he is responsible for determining who gets banned or suspended from the network. But that's not the worst of it. He also spearheaded the company's initiative to scrub anti-war content and "protest" movements. In a blog post, Gleicher wrote: "Some of the Pages frequently posted about topics like anti-NATO sentiment, protest movements, and anti-corruption." He continued, "We are constantly working to detect and stop this type of activity because we don't want our services to be used to manipulate people." The company has also hired others who served in key positions in the Obama administration. Some of these include: Aneesh Raman: Former speechwriter Joel Benenson: Top adviser Meredith Carden: Office of the First Lady To make things more interesting, Facebook has also hired neocons to help them determine the type of content that is being published. So if you happen to be a conservative that isn't too crazy about interventionism, your views are not as welcome on the network as others. After all, how many times have you heard of people being banned for posting pro-war or socialist propaganda? Are Private Companies Truly Private? The notion that government officials could be using positions of power in the private industry to advance a statist agenda is disturbing, but the fact that most Americans are unaware of this is far worse. It would be inaccurate to argue that the government is controlling Facebook's content, but the level of the state's involvement in the world's biggest social media company is a disturbing development. This is not the only case of state officials becoming involved with certain industries. This trend is rampant in the certain industries in which individuals move back and forth between private organizations and the FDA. For example, Monsanto, an agricultural and agrochemical company, has been under scrutiny for its ties to the federal government. It is not clear if there is anything that can be done to counteract inappropriate relations between the government and certain companies – especially organizations with the level of influence enjoyed by the likes of Facebook. But it essential that the public is made aware of these relations, otherwise the state will continue to exert influence over society – with Americans none the wiser. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Is nouveau racism righteous retribution or just insanity? [Video] The weaponization of racism only creates division and violence, but liberals drive for power cares little about collateral damage. Published 1 week ago on February 8, 2019 By Seraphim Hanisch We know that nouveau racism has been on the rise in America, even though no one calls it by this name. What is it? Nouveau racism is racism. However, it is that racism which is embraced by "minority" groups, like African-Americans, Latin-Americans, feminists, and any group that is not the target group of their invective: the European-originated, white, Christian male. Tucker Carlson gives a solid introduction to this topic in his own words in his reflection about one of America's leaders in the crusade of identity politics, Stacey Y. Abrams. Nouveau racism is often considered as "righteous retribution" by liberals who practice it. The logic is simple: After all that the European white MEN perpetrated upon native American nations, and upon the African peoples who were forcibly seized and brought to the New World as slave labor, women, blacks and native Americans now ought to give the white men a good taste of their own medicine. Let them see how it feels to be treated like we were, the narrative says. The only thing is that the descendants of those European white men have largely long since renounced racism. The passage of the Civil Rights Law in 1964 marked the turning point that really had already been reached. The Act merely formalized what for many was already a present reality. After that, racism was loudly and strongly denounced in public service advertisements in the 1970's like this one: In an even-handed way, many young people in the 1970's learned that prejudice was wrong, and that the attitudes of the past, judging people by their religion or color was simply… wrong. The lesson was learned deeply, to the point where white Americans were uniformly horrified by slavery or racism. This was amplified by many movies and TV programs in the 1970's and 1980's that viscerally showed their viewers what it was like to live a life of prejudice, but it also increased the desire to never be that way. Consequently, to most white people in America, one never refers to a black person as "black" or discusses it. The white person usually defers to anyone of color and will not discuss their skin color to prevent any chance of repeating the past by making a prejudiced judgement. It would seem fair to presume that with the exceptions of very tiny fringe groups, racism among European-bred white-skinned Americans is gone. Even the trope against Mexicans and "brown-skinned" people is one that most white Americans will not express. While there is often frustration expressed over Latin American immigrants not learning English, there is little to no connection between their skin color and a prejudged notion. Racism among white people is a thing of the past. So, what do we see now? According to the news media in the US, the assertion above is completely wrong, and in fact, white people are motivated by hate and the desire to continue to oppress and humiliate non-whites, especially the black man, Latin Americans and Native Americans. Further, there is a bevy of research that points at continuing attitudes being "hateful" and worse, that such people are worthy of nothing good – that they should be humiliated, brought low and stripped of their "white privilege." In fact, for the mainstream media, racism has never been so rampant in America. The only problem is that this is simply not true. If anything, white people are very afraid of being perceived as racist, and this has opened the door for what is going on now. This effort in the liberal press is their assent and promotion of nouveau racism, but like many such fearsome or incendiary topics, this one is not addressing a real problem at all. It is, instead, creating and fomenting a real problem in the country by agitating groups that are already touched by this sort of attitude, to become more extreme. Nouveau racism seems to serve the purpose of maligning President Trump and Republicans overall, and though President Trump easily swats such nonsense attacks away by his actions, his party's politicians in Congress often stumble when so accused. One of the powers of this great weapon is to get a person so accused of racism to do two things: To assent to the horrors of racism and how those "maligned" by it have long suffered, and to go on the defense as though they had to apologize for being racist themselves. Of course, in most cases, there was no racism in the first place. But once someone apologizes for it, this has the effect of making them look like the allegation is true, and from that point a person's reputation may be destroyed because of the accused person's lack of honesty. This form of attack is not limited to racism, of course. Feminists perfected the technique and successfully used it against many people until they tried it on Donald Trump, and again on Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The forceful swatting away of the allegations by (now) Justice Kavanaugh and the simple admission of "I said it, I am wrong, and I am sorry" by Candidate Trump after the Access Hollywood recording attack gave the feminists nowhere to go. The same tactic needs to be employed about racism in any form. As Tucker Carlson rightly noted, identity politics divides people into groups who are afraid of one another. Being kind and polite is a great thing. But being cowed into letting a possible accuser have their way all the time lest you be called racist is tyranny. It is not righteous retribution in any form whatsoever. Fox Host David Webb said it very simply: ""our skin is an organ. It doesn't think. It doesn't formulate ideas." He is right. Also, nouveau racism is part of the victim culture. Applied to people who embrace it, they only ensure their own enslavement. As we noted in the article about David Webb, Areva Martin, a racist CNN reporter who accused Mr. Webb of white male privilege, made the assertion that white men talk about following the law because they are white and they can follow the law. But look where this assertion leads. White men talk about following the law because they are white and they can do this. They therefore do not understand black men and women, because black men and women are special cases (for Areva Martin, the CNN reporter, this was her argument) Their special nature means that the arguments of following the law do not – and must not – apply to them Apparently this means that black people are incapable of following laws It means that they are incapable of taking personal responsibility for themselves If this is so, then it also follows that someone must run their lives, which leads us to upholding… Slavery! Hell, seen in this light, slavery is the only humane, reasonable and kind way to treat such people! Nouveau racism is a lose-lose option. It can only lead to bitter division, senseless hatred, insanity and the disintegration of any society in which it exists. Dr Martin Luther King said his dream was that a man be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. It appears that this good man's observation is all-too-often, sadly ignored. 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Fibroadenoma of the breast is a benign tumor. Benign tumor means it is not caused by cancer.
Fibroadenoma is the most common benign tumor of the breast. Fibroadenoma is the most common breast tumor in women under age 30.
A fibroadenoma is made up of breast gland tissue and tissue that helps support the breast gland tissue.
African American women tend to develop fibroadenomas more often and at an earlier age than Caucasian women. The cause of fibroadenomas is not known.
Fibroadenomas are usually single lumps. About 10% to 15% of women have several lumps that may affect both breasts.
Lumps may be any of the following:
Easily moveable under the skin
- Painless
Lumps have smooth, well-defined borders. They may grow in size, especially during pregnancy. Fibroadenomas often get smaller after menopause (if a woman is not taking hormone therapy).
Exams and Tests
After a physical exam, one or both of the following tests are usually done:
Breast ultrasound Mammogram
A biopsy may be done to get a definite diagnosis. Different types of biopsies include:
Open surgical
Stereotactic Ultrasound-guided
Women in their teens or early 20s may not need a biopsy if the lump goes away on its own or if the lump does not change over a long period.
If a biopsy shows that the lump is a fibroadenoma, the lump may be left in place or removed.
You and your surgeon can discuss whether or not to
Abnormal biopsy results
Pain or other symptoms
Worry or concern about cancer
If the lump is not removed, your health care provider will watch to see if it changes or grows. This may be done using
- Mammogram
Physical examination
Sometimes, the lump is destroyed without removing it, using freezing. This is called cryoablation.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Women with fibroadenoma have a slightly higher risk of breast cancer later in life.
If the lump is left in place and watched carefully, it may need to be removed at a later time if it changes or grows.
In very rare cases, the lump is cancer, and will need further treatment.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you have a lump that you think is a fibroadenoma and it grows or changes in any way.


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Some whispers have been heard in the market recently, tentatively asking whether the extremely low interest rates resulting from Federal Reserve policies really are working to help the U.S. economy out of its multi-year recession. Whether or not the present rate structure is helpful, hedgers and traders use interest rate futures for profit and protection from adverse shifts in rates and yields. Interestingly, several Eurodollar-based tools can do double duty — reducing interest rate risk and creating a positive return on interest rate trades.
"Eurodollar call options" (below) shows the price curves for five quarterly sets of call options on Eurodollar futures, beginning at the December 2011 expiration and going through December 2012. The curves include 20 premiums per contract, computed by a regression equation based on five calls for each of the futures.
Call option premiums are shown increasing as the strike rates increase. Because the conventional way to express Eurodollar futures prices involves subtracting the quarterly interest rate from 100 (a rate of 5.25% results in a 94.750 price), calculations quickly become unwieldy because the quarterly rate is small compared to the price. It is easier to consider that calls on Eurodollar futures are the same as put options on quarterly rates. Thus, instead of the usual strike prices, the calculations use strike rates, and as with put options, the premiums increase as the strike rates rise relative to the underlying futures rate.


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Fat Joe In Angola, Africa! I Know People Got Robbed Over Their. Im The King Of Africa"
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The Comet
The Comet is a zine that was first published in 1930 in the U.S.A. by Raymond Palmer.
The Comet is widely acknowledged as being the first science fiction fanzine ever published. It was edited by Raymond Arthur Palmer and published by the Science Correspondence Club. As the name of the publishers suggests, it has its origins in correspondence between science fiction fans. Naturally, the letter section of The Comet was a prominent feature of the zine, where readers discussed issues concerning science, science fiction and fiction.
Other science fiction zines following in the wake of The Comet included The Time Traveller and Science Fiction, edited by Jerome Siegal, one of the creators of Superman.
The Comet was published for many years, later being renamed Cosmology. Raymond Palmer went on to edit Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures and a number of other magazines issued by his own publishing company.


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Knot List: Trucker's Hitch (Power Cinch Knot) ‐ Step-by-Step
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Trucker's Hitch (Power Cinch Knot) TyingForm a bight in the standing end and use it to tie a Directional Figure 8 Knot. Pass the tail round the hook below and through the Directional Figure 8 Loop, and pull tight. Complete the knot with two Half Hitches below the loop.
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Use: The Trucker's Hitch (Power Cinch Knot, Lorry Knot, Haymaker's Hitch, Harvester's Hitch) (ABOK # 2124, p 344) has the distinctive feature of providing a mechanical advantage when being tightened. The variety of names for this hitch is a tribute to its widespread use. It is a valuable knot - particularly for securing loads or tarpaulins.
Real Truckers: The Animation was prepared to show the structure of the knot. In practice at step 6, a Real Trucker will pass a bight of rope through the loop and then use the bight to tie off the knot with half hitches. This allows him to use one long piece of rope to tie many Trucker's Hitches.
3:1 Purchase: The arrangement of line provides a theoretical 3:1 purchase. However, rope is running over rope with considerable friction. In practice the mechanical advantage is much less, may be more like 1.6:1. However, hauling on the line can be surged and then the friction is an advantage as it helps hold the gain while the end is secured. The theoretical 3:1 gain assumes that the lower attachment point is fixed and the upper point is being moved.
Structure: There are several variations in widespread use. The common factors are: a knot to create an eye at the top; the three to one purchase; and a hitch to secure the end.
Several knots may be used at the top including the Directional Figure 8 (used in the animation, the Slip Knot, the Bowline on a Bight, the Alpine Butterfly, and, simplest of all, a mere twist of the rope to create the loop.
Finishing with a Rolling Hitch has the advantage that it facilitates adjustment. Whichever hitch is used, the rope may be passed around the lower hook a second time before being secured.
Classical Structure: Early descriptions show a Figure 8 Loop used to form the initial loop. However, this tends to be hard to untie after heavy loads and the version in the animation is preferred.
Taking the Strain: After the free end is threaded and tightened, the load can be taken temporarily by pinching the rope where it passes through the loop. The other hand is then used to form the two Half Hitches.
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Panetta Departing as Tensions With Iran Escalate
In an exclusive interview with the Wall Street Journal Thursday, outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sited illicit arms trafficking by Iran for what he called a "dangerous escalation" of tensions. WSJ's Julian Barnes shares his take-aways from the exit interview.
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Rebecca1982 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 332 designs submitted by 102 freelance designers.
ASCK- Agency Services Corporation of Kansas
We are a subsiderary (the for-profit) of the state trade association for insurance agents. ASCK provides insurance markets to insurance agencies in the state of Kansas both for their clients and for their agency. Agencies must be a member of KAIA.
The largest part of the business is writing the Errors & Omissions policies for the agencies to cover them if they do something wrong. Our member agents and brokers in Kansas look toASCK for stable rates and a long-term market that they can rely on to protect their greatest assets—their businesses.
Our client base are members of KAIA- Kansas Association of Insurance Agents. KAIA has over 550 members that are independent insurance agencies. Most members are over 40.
This updated logo should be professional and look good in color, black/white, in print and online. The current logo is attached.
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studio1 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 306 designs submitted by 51 freelance designers.
Studio One Pilates
We are a Pilates based exercise studio that is revolutionizing the way people think about their bodies. The studio focuses on structural integration; getting the body to work as efficiently as possible by creating exercises that put a strong emphasis on posture, balance, all rooted in core strength. Our primary goal at Studio One Pilates is to provide the best client education experience in the world as well as the best group and private pilates classes. Our tagline is: Educate. Inspire. Transform.
*For those of you who aren't familiar with pilates:
It is a holistic form of exercise that emphasizes the development of deep abdominal or "core" muscles. Proper use of these muscles will flatten the stomach, shape and tone the entire body, and provide support for the spine.
Our clients are primarily women. 50% of them are women ages 42-55 . The other 25% are below 42 and 25% are over 55.
Common traits:
Love to learn not just sports anything
Highly educated
Are socially OK - will work out in group setting
Liberal bias in general
Have had injuries -
Some of these people are looking for a "kick-start" into a more active lifestyle, others are athletes who are looking to enhance their performance in their particular sport, and still others are recovering from an injury or plagued by habitual pain that inhibits their quality of life.
Our clients love us because they feel that we have helped to re-build their bodies and get them going again.
We are looking for a logo that will be the beginning of a total revamping of our printed material and website. It will also be used on merchandise such as t-shirts. The logo should be able to stand independently of our name, however, please feel free to create artwork that involves the name "Studio One Pilates"- we would love some original font for our name! Please do not use stock images or clipart. We are looking for clean and graceful lines. We signify fitness but we are not a gym or a spa. The colors in the Studio are earth tones- greens, blues, and browns/creams. Our "look" should conjure feelings of beauty, movement, fitness, inspiration... Have fun with this and we look forward to seeing your work!
We're keen on an 'ident' or graphic to site with the logo but also open to typo-graphic options. In terms of an ident I'm interested in something flat and quite modernist, maybe something that's picto-gram orientated as well would be striking. Nothing too fussy or overly detailed that would cause issue if small or in one colour print.
Our business idea is about helping people helping people to understand their bodies in a new way. I would like to see images that show connections being made - or the way that education, inspiration, and transformation might come together - the idea of "connections" being made and whole lives being transformed. This concept could be represented other than three shapes or colors - a logo with a missing peice be added (not to puzzle like though).
Overlapping circles and shapes might be good.
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Catherine Parr, (born 1512—died Sept. 7, 1548), sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII of England (ruled 1509–47).
Catherine was a daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendall, an official of the royal household. She had been widowed twice—in marriages to Edward Borough (b. c. 1508–d. c. 1533) and to John Neville, Lord Latimer (b. 1493–d. 1542/43)—by the time she married Henry on July 12, 1543. Her tactfulness enabled her to exert a beneficial influence on the king during the last years of his reign. She developed close friendships with the three children Henry had by previous marriages and devoted herself to their education. A humanist, she was friendly with Protestant reformers. Timely access to the king saved her from conservatives, especially Stephen Gardiner, who were bent on her destruction in 1546.
After Henry's death in January 1547 Catherine married a former suitor, Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley, who was admiral of England from 1547 to 1549, but she died shortly after giving birth to a daughter. A learned and deeply religious woman, she wrote A Lamentacion or Complaynt of a Sinner in the last year of her life.


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New Sun Rising: A charitable anthology is available from Amazon now!
With a reasonable price of $10.05 and every cent of the profits going to the Japanese Red Cross to assist in continuing efforts at recovery following the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, you cannot go wrong in purchasing this brilliant anthology.
With the inclusion of many writers and artists, a total of 60 authors from around the world, New Sun Rising is a wonderful anthology and is a perfect example of literary activism at its best.
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My own short story, On The Train to Otsu Station is included in this anthology and I'm proud to be a part of it.


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In 2010 we asked Australia what their absolute must-read Australian is. After thousands of votes were cast we found your answer, the results of which can be found here.
Booktopia is Australia's Local Bookstore, locally owned and operated, full of people who love books and more importantly, Australian books.
January at Booktopia is the month of Australian Stories. All this month we'll be running fresh content from Australian writers and by Australia Day we'll have something very, very special for all lovers of Australian writing, a first of its kind. But more on that in the coming days.
To celebrate Australian Stories, we need your help to discover Australia's Favourite Novelist, living or dead, all through the incredible history of Australian writing.
Please help us by lodging your favourite authors over the next week. At the end of the week we'll take all your suggestions and put them into heats where you can champion your favourite. The process is all underneath to let you know how this huge event is taking place.
Once we have a top 50, we'll put it to a worldwide vote right here, on our blog, where thousands come to visit every day. If you love Australian writers, this is your chance to speak up and be heard!
Then, on the week leading up to Australia Day, we'll count down your votes from 50 to 1, with Australia's favourite novelist to be announced on Friday the 25th of January, just in time for Australia Day celebrations!
WEEK ONE – JAN 1-6 – Let us know your nominations for your favourite Australian novelists. As many as you like, anyone who you think deserves recognition. If you are lucky enough to have a friend who is a writer who you believe in, champion them! You can do this through….
– Email us at email@example.com
– Tweet us on @booktopia
– Let us know on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Booktopia/91043653859
WEEK TWO – JAN 7-13 – The Heats! We'll take all your nominations and split them up into groups you can vote on. Every day from Monday to Friday a new list will appear with new names. This will decide who makes the final cut! With so many names, just a few votes could take your favourite from yesterday's news to immortality.
WEEK THREE – JAN 14-20 – Only the best of the best will make it through to the final poll. We'll have this poll up all week. This will be the final chance to cheer for your favourite Australian Novelist.
WEEK FOUR – A WEEK OF AUSTRALIAN STORY-TELLERS – Voting will close on Monday the 21st of January at 9am. From Monday we'll count up the top 50 and announce them in order, unveiling 10 every day, and then…..
Australia's 10 favourite novelists will be announced on Friday the 25th of January. We'll be profiling all of the top 10 authors and the books that have made them your favourites. We'll also be launching our new proudly Australian initiative, the first in Australian Bookselling history. But that's all we can tell you!
About the Contributor
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Andrew Cattanach is a regular contributor to The Booktopia Blog. He has been shortlisted for The Age Short Story Prize and was named a finalist for the 2015 Young Bookseller of the Year Award. He enjoys reading, writing and sleeping, though finds it difficult to do them all at once.
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Pavers on the Driveway in Sunnyvale!
Tired of long articles that go on and on and on and ON? You'll love today's post and you'll love today's featured home even more. Thanks very much to Burbed reader Michael Boltonestater for these superb snapshots in Sunnyvale! And we hope you enjoy them, because the house is, you guessed it, Pending!
1170 BENNINGTON Dr
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
6 Beds
3.5 Baths
2,246 Sq. Ft.
$512 / Sq. Ft.
Built: 1955
Lot Size: 0.31 Acres
On Redfin: 22 days
Status: Pending Without Release
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Stories: 2
Community: Sunnyvale
Style: Contemporary
View: Neighborhood
County: Santa Clara
Spacious Home located in Sought-After Cherry Chase Area! Kitchen features Built-In Cabinetry, 4 Burner Gas Range, Dishwasher. 3 Wood Burning Fireplaces in the Living Room, Family Room & Master Bedroom. Beautiful front yard with Gazebo. Pavers on the Driveway. Separate Cottage in the Back of the House w/ 1 Bedroom & Half Bath. Great Cherry Chase Elementary.
Want to see those three different fireplaces in the living room? Want to see them burn wood? Sorry, all we have is one fireplace with way too much Photoshop in the way. You're going to have to figure out where they've managed to stash the other two. Perhaps they're behind those sofas.
Enjoy a couple more of these delightfully dialed-up digital pix while you consider what life would be like in this home.
And if you want to feel the cold, hard slap of reality in your face, there's always Google Streetview.