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POLL: Is Goldman Sachs "doing God's work"? Its CEO thinks so
Check out the headline at the bottom left of the Sunday Times front page. The man the London paper calls the most powerful banker on Earth says he is "just a banker 'doing God's work'" .
The report says Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein"proudly pays himself more in a year than most of us could ever dream of — $68m in 2007 alone, a record for any Wall Street CEO, to add to the more than $500m of Goldman stock he owns" .
Goldman Sachs looks set to pay about $20 billion in bonuses for its top traders this year, at a time when the fallout from last year's financial crisis is still being felt and the United States unemployment rate has hit 10.2 percent, a 26-1/2-year high.
In his defence, Blankfein said in the interview: "We help companies to grow by helping them to raise capital. Companies that grow create wealth. This, in turn, allows people to have jobs that create more growth and more wealth. It's a virtuous cycle … We have a social purpose."
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If your god's name is satan, yeah they are doing a great job making people miserable , breaking up families , putting people on the street.Shame on you Esau's children!!The time of Jacob's trouble is almost over so enjoy making misery while you can!
Oh, now they turn pseudo-religious and moralistic. That is the usual trait shortly before getting caught out.I insist: Investigate Goldman-Sachs for insider trading with the US Treasury and Mr Henry Paulson (ex-Goldman boy), and the unjust use of bail-out funds for opportunistic take-overs during the credit crunch.
I thought God's work was destroying the environment to bring about a hell on Earth!
If it is God's work tell that to the one in five unemployed (and increasing) in the USA brought about by the financial meltdown. GS has certainly added to their cheer !
One sick MF
If he were truly doing God's work then he would give all that he has to others in need and follow Jesus whose work manual is the Bible as ordained by God. Let's watch and see where his heart truly lies.
God work my A… it just shows how bad these people really are and our government does nothing but take there campaign contributions#1 contender for campaign funds from Goldman=Obama
To say the least – what a joke-. The sad thing is he probable believes it, but actually someone who believes their own lies is a sociopath.
This is the work of God that you believe in and trust in the One He has sent. John 3.16
Let them survive on their own when next financial crisis hit the wall street. Let them sink to the bottom of the pool and stay there.
(Do not judge lest you be judged….)Bible: Matthew 7:1-5Pull the log from your own eye.God is always in control of all things. He is also the controller of all money.People helping people. Its a win win situation. Those companies that survive this crisis without a hand out are the ones to look to, because they are the financial gurus. Just because companies are smart and stay ahead of the game doesn't make them bad people, just hated by those who are jealous.While you have your Bible out checking my scripture reference. Look up John 3:16 it will change your life.God Bless All
They do the devil's work.
Very little of GS's revenue comes from helping companies raise money. Their main revenue source by far is proprietary trading. In other words GS is just a glorified hedge fund. So explain to me again why a hedge fund has taxpayer backing?
Just what we need, another arrogant and insulting CEO who believes he is "enlightening us". Companies that are raising billions of capital are taking that "capital" and investing it in the thousands of factories, companies and other banks overseas and in China, NOT creating jobs and building new manufacturing facilites here on our soil. Practically all the manufacturing, tech and industrial backbone of this nation has been decimated, gone overseas and it's NEVER coming back. So that companies and other bankers such as Blankfein can get more and more and MORE. Is Every American going to sit behind a foreign-made computer and do "computer work"? God's work might involve selling off Blankfein's $500 million in stock and give back to each taxpaying American citizen their bailout share of $1 million each in restricted accounts specific for life necessities like paying mortgages, cars, food, insurance and school tuitions for the next 10 years (about 300 million in people in the the USA) and Blankfein would still have more than enough for his own "needs". Wouldn't that help get the U.S. economy rolling? Millions of hardworking good people could stay in their homes…Might even be good to soothe his consencious and prove his self-anointed theory. Perhaps this is what he can do to help repair and protect what's left of this country as an American while proclaiming to know God's work. Take all those zeros you own and become a hero.
Goldman Force Lehman into Bankrupcy, made AIG worthless, created the dot-com bubble, The real estate bubble, just so their execs and lawyers could buy an extra ski house. Yes they are evil!
What pretentious hybris!
GS is doing good…really. Too strong to fall.
God must certainly be on his side as he and his cronies are allowed to get away scot-free on every heinous thing Goldman did!
….and they said Tianic would'nt sink, these SOB's are doing Satan's work.Jealousy does not come into it, you are either for this world and all the junk, glitz and vices that go with it ..or like me you choose the Father of Lights- YAHWEH , the Almighty.
….and they said Titanic would'nt sink, these SOB's are doing Satan's work.Jealousy does not come into it, you are either for this world and all the junk, glitz and vices that go with it ..or like me you choose the Father of Lights- YAHWEH , the Almighty.
Good Lawd, even Abraham would turn in his grave. Ethers, just check out what name the Physician of Light uses.
This has to count as the joke of the (GS aided boom-bust) decade. BTW if absolute power corrupts absolutely, then where does that leave god or GS for that matter since they're now his bunch of elves.
@ Harry (09:49) "God must certainly be on his side…"- I think "The Devil looks after his own" is the phrase you're looking for…I really don't think I have ever, ever, in my life heard anything quite as arrogant as Blankfein's statement. Unless of course his god is Rex Mundi, the lord of lies, in which case it makes perfect sense.
GS doing God's work? oh god oh god oh god oh god, They're evil, evil tentacles of doom and hate spread to every corner of the world. They are the gods of old incarnate, cthulu come to earth to reap destruction upon us and the lie; oh how they lie. The detroyer's are amongst us and they should be feared….. *cough* *cough*I don't like them and I think they are bad people.
If God's work means borrowing newly printed money from the Fed,(anybody else doing this would be on a federal charge of counterfieting!) at 0% and then lending it back to the fed at 4% and the interest is then paid by the taxpayer then. yes. it is trully Gods work.
…it just depends on which God this Luciferian minion is referring to.
[…] Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Says He's "Doing God's Work" Lloyd Blankfein said: "We help companies to grow by helping them to raise capital. Companies that grow create wealth. This, in turn, allows people to have jobs that create more growth and more wealth. It's a virtuous cycle …. We have a social purpose." (FaithWorld, Reuters) […]
It's a sick joke, almost blasphemous.They make their money by manipulating the market in cahoots with their Fed buddies, not funding industry and building jobs.For all those who like quoting the Bible, remember the sign of the Beast. I hope you all noticed that the March bottom of the SP500 when they started the current market run-up was 666. It's not God's work they're doing.
Whether or not goldman sachs is doing "god's" work is not the question. The real question is why you silly f%^#s are still peddling this stupid GOD shite. He doesnt exist, get over it. Move on with your lives, and quit trying to legislate this crap.You religious NUTCASES are ruining the WORLD.
" 'For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away, even that he hath'.This passage of course refers to the acquisition of more knowledge of the truth as theologians tell us; but the Money Kings of Wall Street like to give its interpretation a little twist in their favor, and say that it refers to the acquisition of more greenbacks, by the big fellows from the little ones.In fact this class of people appear to hold the opinion that if they would succeed in anything questionable or crooked, there is nothing like misinterpreting the scriptures their own way, so as to apparently justify them in their rascality before the public.The connection of such men with churches…has done more to spread infidelity and cast ridicule upon the good cause of the church than almost anything else.The success of this class of gamblers has an influence for evil upon the business world that is little realize, success through their methods being a contradiction to the good old business maxim that 'Honesty is the best policy' and a travesty upon it."FRANKLIN KEYES ESQ. 1901
And according to OKRA, SORRYOS, AND BUFFATT, Osama yo mama is the messiah
GOLDMAN SACHS, BAILOUT SUPER STARS(Jesus Christ Superstar)WilliamBanzai7Sing along: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvVr2uks0 C8VOICE OF ADAM SMITH JR.Every time I look at you in disgust I don't understandWhy we let Wall Street just get so out of hand.You could'nt have managed better if you'd had it planned.Why'd you choose to sink AIG in derivative quick sand?If you'd come today you would be lynched by a whole nation.The result of your insatiable greed would be mass extermination.Don't you get me wrong.I only want to know.CHOIRGoldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs,Who are you? What have you sacrificed?Goldman Sachs Bailout Super Stars,Do you really believe you're what you say you are?VOICE OF ADAM SMITH JR.Tell me what you think about your former friends at the top.Who'd you think besides yourselves's the pick of the subprime crop?Lehman, was that where it was at? They are not where you are now?Could Bear have found use for Bernanke's magic mountain, or was that just bad PR?Did you mean to go like that? Was it a mistake, orCertainly you know your messy death would have been a record Wall Street breaker?Don't you get me wrong.I only want to know.CHOIRGoldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs,Who are you? What have you sacrificed?Goldman Sachs Bailout Super Stars,Just who the Hell do you think you are?
He doesn't help them raise capital, he LOANS them capital at INTEREST which is usury (contrary to popular belief, usuary is any interest on a loan, not just some arbitrary "high" interest.) He and his ilk are parasites.
Which "god" does he serve?
Until now Goldman sachs could call "doing God's work" not because of what they are capable of doing but what they are allowed to do under the current laws.
I do believeth that for golden sachth is doing thy work of THE LORD.Let light shine down upon his soul!
I love when people are self righteous!HE IS SO self righteous that instead of consulting the shareholders who own his company, oh wait, him and his buddies own enough share to screw the shareholders out of profit and vote themselves these amazing pay packages and bonuses, you have to love your voting rights on common and preffered stock.This guy is really doing god's work. Man, screwing everyone of money except himself.Please just another greedy Wall street banker.I hope his firm fails when the next wave of the recession hits.That won't happen, he'll probably have a hand in orchestrating it.
Of course he is doing God's work. Religion has always been about raising money….and then using a small portion to benefit people. Yea, he's spot on. 10% tithing, the government doesn't even ask for that.
Wot? Since when did religion and selfless profit not go hand in hand?Whats that saying? What medicine without faith……Seriously, whats faith without medicine? And what is religion without profit?
what is this? don't you all know? goldman sachs IS GOD!now, bow down, you fools!
They may well be doing 'god's work'- their 'god'- the god of Mammon.
I think it's about time the Jews change who god is. Jesus is just becoming old-fashioned and his existence is becoming questioned. It was simply a matter of time until they invented some new god to control and profit from the masses. His name is Blankfein. Everyone yield to Him, he is our new lord and savior. Hail Blankfein!
Perhaps those doing God's work should've been allowed to visit their god in the Bankruptcy court.
This guy is overworked. He needs a break.
What does God has to do with trading? What is the social value of trading?GS' bulk of profits comes from trading and not from raising capital for firms.If making loans available to firms is GS' business then they are not different from a bank. In other words, they should be regulated as a bank. PERIOD.
So GS is just helping out the little guy….outta the shirt off their backs……..When is the last time we heard "small business is the back bone of the country"? Has the fed bailed any of these capital starved business meeks?This says it all though & the bubble re inflates….along with Blankfein's egotistical head……..and then…….the meek again inherit their debt in the bailout sequel…..?
He's doing a god's work, but not The God.
We are in strange times, when a corrupt investment firm in bed with the government and the fed. reserve is claiming to do God's work. Just think if the devil was involved how bad off we would all be.
That old camel blankfeln is just squirming trying to get through the eye of that needle. Pretty tight fit, eh?
What a pathetic metaphore. Another smart ass who beleive is doing god's work, not exactly to benefit humanity but his own pocket. If greed is considered god's work, it may well rot in hell…
Let's all get down on our knees and worship yet another cost of living riser pig! These speculator maggots have driven real estate prices beyond the reach of Americans, profited by sending our jobs overseas, advised us to get unsound mortgages, and are again driving up gas prices. This is God's work? Isn't greed a sin? Blankfein is nothing more than a common thief! This is how an American company makes money – off of the wallets of other Americans. They think that our back pockets are their "horn of plenty." Are you getting mad yet? The Plastic Spoon Revolution – fighting the high cost of living – is here! Check out our website at: theplasticspoonrevolution.com(do a search using bing) Help fight these pigs!
Moses ordered the killing of thousands who worshipped the Golden Calf while he was up on the mountain getting the Commandments. I am not for killing but I am for jail. These Goldman Sachs guys conspired with the Fed, J.P,. Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley to do in Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns to take over their business and reduce their competition. They all met in the offices of the New York Fed like the Mafia families planning a hit. They didn't invite Lehman, just the way the Mob holds a meeting and doesn't invite the target of the hit. The RICO statute clearly applies to them. But where is the Justice Department? Steve Cohen, the president of Goldman Sachs is Obama's biggest contributor, which may explain the inaction. We are all suckers!!!!!!
let us put the entire Goldman sachs team (including past high profile folks like Robert Rubin, henry pauslson etc. ) and present employees in jail.These folks are crooks of the highest order.
Gold in Sacks
Self serving bastards.
Definitely This guys have Inflated Asset across the Globe and Created Enough Bubble robing common man and building Corporation.
if they are doing God's work why would they need salary. let them get paid in blessings.
Usury is a sin so there is no way they could be doing God's work. It's sad that they now own America.
mr.blankmind is no more doing 'gods' work than the mafia or yakuza are public servants. GIVE ME A BREAK…if this g-work is real then i suppose we are all in for a big surprise as the big g seems to want to help the rich get filthy rich by lying, cheating and stealing all the way to the top – even when the country is in a 100 yr recession/depression.obama has a nice swiss bank account care of goldman sachs waiting for him when he retires at the age of 50. he is the ultimate investment banker as he swindled every man woman and child while making it sound like he is a saint and can do no wrong.
What a load of horse patootie..Canada's central banker is from the same club..Lots more misery to come for the plebs!
for god all man is equal and does not have a credit rating or a wealth creating potential.
The nerve Mr. Blankfein has.This chap needs to be fired instantly.Why is the Fed sitting idle and inactive? Squandering 20 billion dollars on a bunch of speculative men/women who have utter disregard for the customer's money is absolutely unacceptable.This just goes to prove that history (read the credit crisis) teaches nothing to mankind.-J Mathew
The nerve of some people!!!!!! The Fed should get rid of him
Give me your equities and I throw you a life jacket. This is dirty work, not God's.
[…] POLL: Is Goldman Sachs "doing God's work"? Its CEO thinks so Goldman Sachs looks set to pay about $20 billion in bonuses for its top traders this year, at a time when the fallout from last year's financial crisis is still being felt and the United States unemployment rate has hit 10.2 percent, a 26-1/2-year high. […]
If they are doing "God's Work" how come the Bible says it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into God's Kingdom!! Matt. 19:23-24
Of course GS is doing god's work; separating fools from their money. God does not want fools to have money.
We're getting a lot of comments that sound like they've been copied out of the pages of Mein Kampf. They go straight into the bin.
Just read Matthew 25, and then go through and reread all of the red letter quotes in the gospels and you'll know whether Goldman's is doing "God's work" or whether they are trying to be wolves in sheeps clothing! Along side that, who cares what the commentators and spin masters have to say about it!
I happen to know some GS traders/insiders. What do they have to say: "Is this heaven?" It wasn't long ago they wondered if GS wasn't going to h%$$.
Now now everybody.. don't be bad sports. Goldman Sachs knows the business and had a plan in place like a decade or more earlier to prepare for an event such as the slump in the economy. How twisted is our logic really when we think ill of people because they have what they legitimately (if this is indeed true) earned? "Hey Goldman! Quit your job and give your money to all of us, then go make yourself scarce." Yep, that would balance it all out. It's like me chopping off my limbs cuz the quadriplegics are complaining.Here's some more food for thought on this general topic: If filthy rich people give $10 million to a charity, whereas I put in, say $100.. then who's doing "God's work?" Does intent even matter when the outcome is still positive?
And actually, since WE created monetary systems, I don't see how God is even relevant to the subject, except for what Mr. Goldman Sachs stated. That leads me to believe that intent does matter, but the amount in question is irrelevant. That's the only way I can see this particular situation.
Then there's concept of free will, without which, we couldn't be judged. So he's doing his own work, and it may overlap with God's WILL at times.Really, if GS were to evenly distribute his wealth to every taxpayer for the next $10 years, as someone mentioned early in these comments, WE would then be equally obligated to pass the wealth even further down the ladder to those that can't afford to pay taxes at all (let alone food, shelter, and other basic necessities). Or we could just accept that that would be the right thing to do, and step back so that GS could skip over us and do it directly? Or we could just accept that the majority of us, presently and even after having been given a bailout, would not go on to bailout the people in real trouble, who have a much more legitimate reason to despise us as we do to despise GS, namely in the hypocrisy that is embedded in our position as the middle-men.Would also like to reference Jan Crowder (November 8th, 2009 – 11:44 pm GMT. Excellent comment if I do say so myself.
"Doing God's Work" is exactly what many of the top investment bankers said to Congress when questioned about their role in the Stock Market Crash of 1929.Read the book, "Wall Street Under Oath" to get a flavor of how the public is cheated by those who own the Wall Street casinos.Their slogan should be, "What are you complaining about, we stole the money fair and square."
didn't jeff skilling say the same thing about doing god's work when he was ceo of enron?
When referring to God's work, keep in mind that the Word of God has a script full of bad buys too. Some evils are necessary when a society moves from fixed gold to free floating real-time gold-as-money. Did you all know that the free floating dollar has really been developed as a real-time measure for real-time gold currency ? You see …. some evils are necessary. Follow the script. It ends well.


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After the hullabaloo of the Senate's vote to extend the Bush tax cuts for one year on household income up to $250,000 on Wednesday, the chamber quietly passed another piece of legislation that may do much more to inform debate on Capitol Hill once lawmakers return from their August recess.
By unanimous consent, the Senate agreed to a bill that would require the White House to outline what budget items would be cut under the budget-slashing "sequester" within 30 days of the law's enactment. That bill, previously passed in the House 414-2, heads to President Obama's desk for a signature.
While members of both parties have decried the sequester, the fact that the $109 billion in reduced spending come January does not specify which programs will be cut has caused additional anxiety on Capitol Hill. What this legislation would do, Congress hopes, is frame the argument in terms of concrete priorities rather than large, hard-to-grasp dollar figures.
The sequester is Washington shorthand for the automatic spending reductions mandated by the Budget Control Act, the compromise legislation that ended last summer's debt-ceiling fight. That legislation increased America's loan limit in exchange for imposing spending caps on the 10 years of federal budgets. It also required Congress to find an additional $1.2 trillion in cuts over the next decade, either by negotiation, which failed, or by sequester: $600 billion in defense and $600 billion discretionary spending on items like social services and education.
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Republicans in the Senate are so incensed by the possibility of deep defense cuts that they will be holding a series of town halls across the country in coming weeks to discuss the issue with veterans and military members in key swing states. A trio of GOP senators – John McCain of Arizona, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina – will make stops in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, and New Hampshire on Monday and Tuesday of next week.
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"The president owes it to our forces around the world and to their families to put a plan on the table for all to see now, rather than waiting until after the November elections pass," said minority leader Mitch McConnell (R) of Kentucky on the Senate floor last week. "To keep these details secret and to leave the defense sequester in place as written would be irresponsible, regardless of the outcome of the presidential election."
On the left, the top Democrat on each House committee sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R) of Ohio on Wednesday urging a return to negotiations to undo the sequester. The letter argued that negotiations should begin immediately so that a resolution might be reached before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. At that date, Congress would need to lay out government funding levels for the next year.
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With such negotiations unlikely, Democrats will strive to paint the GOP as unwilling to come to a reasonable compromise. That was the tone struck by Sen. Patty Murray (D) of Washington at a speech at the Brookings Institution last week, where she vowed that Democrats would allow the nation to barrel through the sequester and some $500 billion more in higher taxes and lower spending set to hit the economy at year's end, if Republicans would not accept raising taxes.
"[I]f we can't get a good deal – a balanced deal that calls on the wealthy to pay their fair share – then I will absolutely continue this debate into 2013, rather than lock in a long-term deal this year that throws middle-class families under the bus," Senator Murray said.
While many on Capitol Hill have largely ignored the cuts to non-defense discretionary spending, Sen. Tom Harkin (D) of Iowa released a report Wednesday putting the cuts to that forgotten half of the ledger in stark terms.
Senator Harkin's report argues that 46,000 Americans in the education field would lose their jobs if the full sequestration were to go into effect alongside 1.6 million who would lose job training and employment services. Healthcare screenings for various diseases would plummet.
"A laid-off teacher is just as unemployed as a laid-off defense contractor," said Harkin.
What have the parties done thus far to avoid the sequester?
Republicans in the House, in fact, passed a spending reduction bill that would cancel the sequester in May. That bill, championed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R) of Wisconsin, would have done away with the sequester by lowering overall government spending, leaving in place planned cuts to Medicare providers and added additional cuts to healthcare while increasing federal pension contributions.
"House Republicans remain committed to the full spending reduction required by the Budget Control Act, but we have a plan to replace the arbitrary cuts to our defenses with responsible spending cuts and reforms," said Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R) of Texas, the House's X-ranking member of the GOP leadership, in a statement. "The president and Senate Democrats do not."
Democrats offered a plan during the initial negotiations over avoiding the sequester that paired $1 trillion in spending cuts with $1 trillion in higher tax revenues but have not made any concentrated overtures toward ending sequestration since.
While the legislation passed Wednesday in the Senate will force the sequestration issue into concrete terms, it cannot move Congress to do what it is has been unable to achieve thus far: find common ground.
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- Meditate – Research shows that regular meditation can permanently rewire the brain to raise levels of happiness. Take 5 minutes a day to focus on your breathing, recite an affirmation, or practice progressive muscle relaxation.
- Laugh – Laughter is good medicine. Treat yourself to a good laugh. Rent some funny movies, watch your favorite sitcom, or look up some funny videos online.
- Help Others – Help others by performing random acts of kindness or volunteering and you will see your happiness level increase tenfold.
- Use Your Strengths – Find your core strengths and use them. Explore ways to use them in your work and personal life every day.
- Nurture Positive Relationships – Happiness is contagious so connect with people both on and off- line who support and uplift you.


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Hempel London Boutique Hotels - We can find your London Boutique Hotel!
In memory of the recently closed The Hempel Hotel which was a luxurious London hotel situated in Bayswater. We take a look at other premier designer boutique hotels in London that have a reputation for more than five star accommodation and which cater for the celebrities and stars from the international stage.
London being the city it is, means you will find some quite astonishing hotels in central London that are right on top of all the tourist attractions and essential venues for socialising. However even cheap hotels can feature in these areas.
For a spectacular residence in London and for a high end alternative to the usual standard, you should seek out elegant and intimate hideaways that offer a higher class of luxury and London's boutique hotels can certainly show their appreciation in that respect.
While the Hempel hotel was a sophisticated and stylish architectural deliverance of zen minimalism, the decor was far from ancient and both inviting with the tranquil gardens on hand to relax and settle your mood, no matter the weather.
The majority of London's boutique hotels come with services and decor you would expect to find in most major cities today. Only the likes of the Soho hotel, the Metropolitan by Como in Mayfair and The Connaught around the corner deliver elegance and servitude on a whole different level.
While we won't forget the Hempel too soon, there are certainly plenty of London boutique hotels that can fill the gap and keep the celebrities comfortable and offered a home from home while staying in London Town proper.
If suites with butler service, flat screen televisions above the bath and exclusive use of indoor pools and spas are the type of ordinary food ordered on your menu, then take a gander at the best London boutique hotels on the Hempel boutique hotel website.
While Although The Hempel has gone, there are many other hotels close by, such as the Caesar, Thistle or Cleveland which are all less than 1 minute away, or you could try Trivago or Hotels.com to find an alternative. If you try Trivago or Hotels.com remember to look online for vouchers, many websites offer voucher codes for hotels such as 360vouchercodes or myvouchercodes.
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A hotel clerk stole over £6k in the space of four months to meet injuring payday advance demands, a court was advised.
Kristian Hilton, matured 25, from Holden Road, Leigh, ill-used a position of trust by cheating the Mercure Hotel in Blackrod of £6,132.88 in the middle of February and June.
Bolton Crown Court heard how Hilton took money installments for bills, before preparing them as Mastercard transactions utilizing his card to pay them.
He would then pocket the money and case to banks that his card had been utilized illegitimately so installments would be scratched off.
He conferred a comparative offense in 2007 when he stole more than £3k from the Alexandra Hotel in Hindley Green, Wigan, for which he got a suspended jail sentence.
He should likewise reimburse the Mercure the cash he stole at £250 for every month, and in addition finishing a 200-hour group request.
Hilton was figured out after his partners at the Mercure understood that bills had been paid by a card enlisted to him.
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The transformation for Jamie Derrieux took place between her sophomore and junior seasons. It was during track season that her speed flourished, and set Derrieux, now a senior on Grand Junction's girls basketball team, on a path to join the state's elite players.
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Things were on full display during a four-game stretch last month when the 5-foot-10 guard went for 28, 38, 35 and 24 points (and 7, 9, 6 and 7 rebounds). The 38 points were a school record.


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The Funniest Slang Term From Every State
That sweet fizzy water we all know and love is "pop" in the Midwest, "tonic" in parts of New England and "soda" across the country, but in Alabama, it's simply "Coke." Yes, Coca-Cola is "Coke" - but so is Pepsi. And Sprite. And 7-Up. If you simply ask for a coke at an Alabama restaurant, you won't automatically receive a standard cola. You'll be asked follow-up questions.Shutterstock/ Sean Locke Photography
Alaska: "Sourdough"
Alaskans have slang for everyone. Newcomers are cheechako, but Alaskans who have lived in the state their whole lives are... sourdough. Sourdough became the nickname for miners heading to the Klondike at the turn of the century since they often relied on sourdough starter to leaven bread before commercial baking powder and yeast were easily obtainable. In fact, sourdough starter was so important that Alaskan miners supposedly slept with it in order to keep it from freezing at night. Nowadays, seasoned Alaskans happily wear the title with pride.Shutterstock
Arizona: "Swamp Cooler"
What's a swamp cooler? Well, it's just another word for an evaporative cooler. OK, great... Follow-up question: What's an evaporative cooler? If you live in the drier parts of the Southwest, you'll probably already know that this is an air conditioner that uses the evaporation of water to both cool the air and add moisture to it. It's a great way to cool your home in a dry heat, like they have in Arizona.Shutterstock
Arkansas: "Cattywampus"
Cattywampus is funny to hear and fun to say, but in Arkansas, it has a serious meaning. Cattywampus or caddywonkers or caddywonked is a term for sideways, unconventional or askew. It's the perfect word to describe all those back roads in the South that also happen to make for a great road trip.Shutterstock
California: "Hella"
Want a sure sign you grew up in California? Well, you say "hella." Popularized nationally by Gwen Stefani in the No Doubt song "Hella Good," this is a slang term for "very," "really" or "a lot." It originated in the San Francisco area before expanding to the greater Northern California area. It's hella useful, actually.Thinkstock
Colorado: "Pow-Pow"
"Pow-pow" may sound like the noise a little toy gun would make, but it's actually very important in Colorado. It's the fresh powder that falls on the mountaintops. It not only makes for a super fun phrase, but it also makes for some premium skiing conditions.iStock
Connecticut: "Apizza"
Connecticut has some truly incredible pizza, and people from New Haven or people who are familiar with people from this region will call it "apizza," pronounced "a-beetz." It's a Neopolitan-style pizza, and the best apizza pies come with clams on them. Trust us. It's the best pizza in America.Thinkstock
Delaware: "Bagging Up"
Although it might sound like what a cashier does with your groceries after scanning them, this Delaware term actually means something totally different: to laugh uncontrollably. It makes just about as much sense as cracking up.Shutterstock
Florida: "Sun Shower"
You know that brief, 15-minute rainstorm that happens every day around 3 p.m. while the sun is still out? Oh, no? Then you must not be from Florida. This very specific weather describes when just one cloud bursts in to rain. It's probably right over your head, but don't worry. You can walk 50 feet away and be dry again.iStock
Georgia: "Mama'nem"
Short for "mama and them," this phrase refers basically to a Southern family. "How's your mama'nem?" is a friendly way for Georgians to ask how your household is doing. It's not only a useful slang term, it's fun as heck to say!iStock
Hawaii: "Da Kine"
"Da Kine" is a phrase in Hawaiian Pigdin (a Creole language based partially in English that is commonly used by Hawaiians) that is likely derived from "the kind." "Da kine" had endless uses, and it's something only people from Hawaii say. It can be a placeholder (similar to "thingy" or "whatchamacallit"), a noun, a verb, an adverb or an adjective. You can basically use it anywhere, anytime, anyhow.Shutterstock
Idaho: "Jockey Box"
If you're going on an incredible road trip with someone from the great state of Idaho and they ask you to reach into the "jockey box," don't panic. They just want you to grab a map, box of tissues or the driver's manual from that little box in front of the passenger's seat. Called the glove box or glove compartment in most states, Idahoans gave this storage space a unique name.iStockphoto.com
Illinois: "Woo Wap Da Bam"
This phrase was introduced to the rest of America by the Chance the Rapper's verse from Kanye West's "Ultralight Beam," but this Illinois slang has been popular in Chicago for a while. It's basically a more fun version of "yadda yadda yadda" or "so on and so forth." Fill in the blanks as you will with "woo wap da bam."iStock
Indiana: "Ope"
When something small but silly, startling, or surprising happens, you'll hear a little "ope!" Somewhere between "oops" and "uh-oh," this phrase is a charming exclamation that's a guaranteed sign someone grew up in the Midwest. And few states are more truly Midwestern than Indiana.iStock
Iowa: "Padiddle"
Listen, before the iPad took over backseat entertainment, the only way to entertain yourself on long road trips was to play games. In Iowa (and across the Midwest), that meant playing the fun-to-say and even more fun-to-win padiddle. Did you see a car with one tail light out? Hit the ceiling of the car and say this phrase. Related games include punch buggy and the alphabet game.iStock
Kansas: "Shucky Darn!"
You might not be one of the overly polite people that use "shucky darn" as an exclamation of awe, wonder or frustration, but if you're from Kansas (and other rural areas), you've probably at least heard it. If not, well, shucky darn...Shutterstock
Kentucky: "Kentucky Waterfall"
No, this one isn't a beautiful scenic hiking spot. It's a mullet, a signature haircut for the people of Kentucky, according to this slang phrase.iStock
Louisiana: "Wrench"
You should never wrench your chicken before cooking it. In most places, that means maybe hitting your chicken with your toolbox. In New Orleans and throughout Louisiana, it means washing your chicken under running water. (And, seriously, it's a bad idea.)iStock
Maine: "Ayuh"
If you've ever visited America's easternmost state, or simply read a Stephen King novel, you might know that folks from Maine have another way of agreeing or saying yes: "ayuh." Just be sure, for true accuracy, to pronounce the "A" as if you're saying the name of the letter. This term is one of the most Maine things you can possibly say.Shutterstock
Maryland: "Bop"
While this phrase refers to a killer pop song or a whack on the head in most of the country, in Maryland a "bop" is a distance that's just a little too far away to be worth the effort. Is that bar a bop away? Yeah, you're drinking at home tonight.iStock
Massachusetts: "Wicked"
Though most of the English-speaking world would use "wicked" only when referring to something evil, Massachusetts natives use it as an alternative to the word "very." As in: "'Wicked' is a wicked fun word to say."Shutterstock
Michigan: "Yooper"
If you think the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a different place from the rest of the state, you'd be right. People from downstate even have a very specific slang term for people from up there: "Yoopers."Adeliepenguin/Dreamstime.com
Minnesota: "Uff da!"
Adopted by Scandinavian-Americans and Minnesotans from a similar phase of Norwegian origin, "uff da" (or huffda, uff-da, uffda, oofda, or numerous other spellings) is used to express sensory overload, as well as emotions like surprise, astonishment, exhaustion, relief, dismay and almost anything else. Uff da! That's a lot of uses.Shutterstock
Mississippi: "Buggy"
A "buggy" is best known in most of the country as that thing horses cart around. But in Mississippi and other parts of the South, it's a different kind of cart: a grocery cart.Thinkstock
Missouri: "Hoosier"
Though "hoosier" has a different and more positive meaning in the Hoosier State (Indiana), in Missouri it's a derogatory slang term for local yokels or rednecks.Shutterstock
Montana: "Graupel"
You know that sort of snow-like precipitation that's like little balls of ice stinging your skin? You may not have a phrase for it, but in Montana, they call it "graupel."Hail_Dreamstime
Nebraska: "The Farmer Wave"
You don't need to be from Nebraska to know about or use the farmer wave (also called the "lifted finger"), but considering the fact that the Cornhusker State has a higher percentage of farmland than any other state in the country, they use this gesture more here. The farmer wave is a very casual wave, using minimal effort, that people do while driving a car, truck, tractor, or other vehicle. It usually involves keeping part of your hand on the steering wheel while briefly waving with only one or two fingers. It's a subtle "thanks" or "hey."Thinkstock
Nevada: "Toke"
If you think "toke" has something to do with illicit drug use in Las Vegas, think again; a toke is actually a tip given to a casino dealer. It may be short for "token of appreciation," but that's not known by everyone, so be careful if you say you "want to give your dealer a toke" when in Nevada.Shutterstock
New Hampshire: "Hornpout"
What the rest of the country refers to as catfish, people from New Hampshire almost exclusively call "hornpout." If you're going out on the river and fishing for this particular sea creature, you're going hornpouting.istockphoto.com
New Jersey: "Jughandle"
Jughandles exist all over New Jersey but are seldom seen elsewhere throughout the country. For those who are unfamiliar, these are ramps or slip roads that force drivers approaching major intersections to exit to the right prior to making a left (or sometimes both a left and right) turn. There are also "reverse" or "far-side" jughandles that occur just after major intersections and forces drivers to exit to the right and loop around in order to make what would normally be a left-hand turn at the intersection. Confusing? You bet. Frustrating? Oh yeah.Shutterstock/ MariaSW
New Mexico: "Christmas"
We're not talking about the best Christmas light display in New Mexico, we're taking about another red and green display: chiles. If you want both red and green chiles with your meal, there's no better (or more fun) way to express this than asking for Christmas while in New Mexico.Thinkstock
New York: "On Line"
Want a sure sign you grew up in New York? You don't wait in line for your burger or morning bagel, you wait on line. It's just different enough to make other people's ears wonder if they misheard, but they did not.robertcicchetti/istockphoto.com
North Carolina: "Bless Your Heart"
"Bless your heart" showcases that perfect balance between the Southern charm the region is known for and the snide confidence Southerners can often have. Sure, "bless your heart" can be delivered directly to someone's face with sympathy and sincerity, but it can also be used with pity or with the intention of being condescending or patronizing someone. It's something only people from the South say, but it's also certainly a North Carolina phrase through and through.Shutterstock
North Dakota: "Hotdish"
What is known as a casserole to the rest of the country is called "hotdish" in North Dakota. This meal is immensely popular in the region, thanks in part to the frequently frigid weather. The exact ingredients can be tinkered with, but ground beef, green beans, corn and a can of cream of mushroom soup make for a solid, standard base.iStock
Ohio: "Sweeper"
"Sweeper" sounds like another term for a broom, but it actually refers to a vacuum. People born in Ohio know that sweeping the living room means that you break out that Hoover and suck up all that dirt. It's all about context, you see.Shutterstock
Oklahoma: "Quakenado"
A "quakenado" is not an official weather term, but Oklahomans have sure had their fill of the word ever since it was coined in November 2011 when a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the state while it was also under a tornado warning. Locals took the name and ran with it, as both a joke and a badge of honor for experiencing and surviving such a unique event.Shutterstock
Oregon: "Spendy"
Want to learn a new way to say something is pricey and expensive? Try saying it's "spendy." This simple term is used in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.Shutterstock
Pennsylvania: "Yinz"
"Yinz" is basically the Pittsburgh slang equivalent of "y'all." English is a deeply flawed language, because it has no plural version of the word you, so this is the western Pennsylvania solution to that very specific query.Shutterstock/ Joy Fera
Rhode Island: "Frappe"
For most people in the United States, a frappe is a blended, iced coffee drink (you know, like you get at Starbucks). In Rhode Island, if you order a frappe, you're going to get a simple milkshake. No caffeine added.iStock
South Carolina: "Yonder"
In South Carolina, if something is "over yonder," it's a fairly significant distance away. Is it north, east, south, west? I don't know. It's over yonder, accompanied by a broad hand gesture.iStock
South Dakota: "Pert'near"
In South Dakota, saying something is close by or pretty nearby is too taxing, thus "pert'near" This phrase also can substitute for "almost," as in: "The hotdish is pert'near done cooking in the oven."Shutterstock
Tennessee: "Fixin'"
"Fixin'" (almost always said without the final "g") is used in Tennessee to say you're about to do something, preparing to do something or want to do something. Like, "I'm fixin' to head down to Bojangles' for some biscuits." It has nothing to do with making repairs.Shutterstock
Texas: "Washateria"
You eat in a cafeteria, and you do your laundry in a washateria. At least, that's the case if you grew up in Texas. What most people call a laundromat, Texans refer to by this fun portmanteau.iStock
Utah: "Sluff"
If you're cutting class or playing hooky from work, in Utah, you're sluffing it. It's fun to say and even more fun to do.iStock
Vermont: "Peepers"
Those in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest may take for granted the glorious, rich shades of gold, red and orange that leaves bring to the landscape in the autumn. But in Vermont, this phrase refers to city dwellers (often New Yorkers) who travel up the coast to take in some of that sweet, sweet fall foliage.Shutterstock
Virginia: "Poke"
What most people in the United States refer to simply as a bag is a "poke" in parts of Virginia. It's related to an old colloquialism "to buy a pig in a poke," which is when grocers would try to pull a fast one on customers in the Middle Ages by selling them a cat or dog in a bag instead of a pig.iStock
Washington: "Tolo"
This is one of the few Chinook jargon terms to have a lasting and mainstream usage in Washington. What's known as a Sadie Hawkins dance (where girls ask boys out) in most of the country is a "tolo" in the Pacific Northwest.iStock
West Virginia: "Britches"
Many people around the country know this phrase, but very few use it - with the exception of West Virginians. Britches are pants. Common uses of the term include the sayings, "He's too big for his britches."Pixabay
Wisconsin: "Recombubulation"
You've heard of being discombobulated, but in Wisconsin, you can get recombobulated. Thank the Milwaukee airport, which has officially designated that tricky area after you get through the TSA checkpoint as the "Recombubulation Area."area_400tmax/istockphoto.com
Wyoming: "Buckle Bunny"
Are you attracted exclusively to rodeo cowboys? Well, not only are you probably from Wyoming, but you're also what is often referred to as a "buckle bunny." And if you think this regional phrase is hilarious, wait until you read the absolute weirdest regional slang terms.More from The Daily Meal:Things Only People in Big Cities SayThings Only People in Small Towns Say25 Phrases Americans Say That Other Countries Don't Understand
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Quiz: Can You Guess the US State by Its Mascot?iStock


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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Devine on Irish neutrality during World War II
Karen Devine, Dublin City University, has posted a new essay, A Comparative Critique of the Practice of Irish Neutrality in the 'Unneutral' Discourse. Here's the abstract: This article takes a comparative, empirical look at the practice of Irish neutrality during the World War II. It critiques a model of neutrality presented in a thesis on Irish neutrality called Unneutral Ireland, consisting of factors derived from an analysis of three states regarded as well-established European neutrals, Austria, Sweden and Switzerland that reflect the practice of neutrality. That model focused on the rights and duties of neutrality; the recognition of Ireland's status by belligerents and others; the disavowal of external help; and the freedom of decision and action. This present article focuses on the factors flowing from these latter obligations that are cited in an analysis of the practice of Irish neutrality, in the Unneutral thesis as proof of Ireland's 'unneutral' status, i.e. ideology; involvement in economic sanctions; partiality; the practice of Irish citizens joining the British army; and post-World War II factors such as Ireland's EEC membership. In this article, Ireland's practice of neutrality is evaluated against the practice of other European neutral states - Sweden, Switzerland, Austria and Finland (including Norway's truncated practice of neutrality) - vis-a-vis the above variables. This article also deals with the perennial myths that crop up in 'unneutral' discourses on Irish neutrality, for example, the oft-cited incidence of de Valera's alleged visit to the German legation in Ireland to sign a book of condolences on Hitler's death and the suggestions of a British government offer of a deal on Northern Ireland in exchange for Ireland dropping its neutral stance and supporting the Allies in World War II. The article concludes that the practice of Irish neutrality is equivalent to or superior to the practice of other European neutral states, thus undermining the dominant discourse that Ireland's neutrality is a myth and that Ireland is 'unneutral'.
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Labels: Comparative Legal History, International Law and Foreign Affairs, Scholarship -- Articles and essays, War
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In his book Landfall Ireland, Donal MacCarron gives numerous examples of the Irish version of neutrality. Page 36 referring to the corridor over Co.Donegal is of particular interest.
The current state of Ireland's neutrality can be observed at Shannon Airport most days when there are more of "your boys" here than at camp Pendleton!
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- November 26, 2008 at 5:27:00 AM EST
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AFRO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter, Volume 5, Number 2, October 2008. Counterfeit Medicines
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A familiar sight in the open markets and the streets of some African countries is a display of a wide range of pharmaceutical products intended for sale to the general public. Such medicine sales constitute a real danger to public health since the authenticity, the origin and the quality of the medicines cannot be ascertained. Although such sales are not authorized, they are tolerated by local medicine regulatory authorities. In addition, the people involved in such sales are not authorized as they are not pharmacy professionals...


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The Emmy's have taken over Hollywood and it's time for the nominees to be pampered in style with the hottest swag in town. The one stop luxury gifting soiree for the 2013 Emmy nominees and celebrity guests had to be Bellafortuna's Luxury Gifting Suite held at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Celebrities such as Mayim Bialik, Sean Kingston, Dan Bucatinsky, Kyle Richards, Alexis Bellino, Brandi Glanville, Christina Millian, and more picked up this season's latest swag.
Zik by Parrot: The world's most advanced wireless headphones includes touch control, motion detector, simple pairing, active noise cancelation, Bluetooth hands free telephony, Parrot concert hall effect, and much more! For more information please visit www.parrot.com.
Blushington: The make up and beauty lounge featured certificates for one complimentary full face make up application and their Jouer glisten moisturizing lip gloss. For more information, please visit www.blushington.com.
Chambord: Chambord is the premium black raspberry liqueur with a fine French heritage. Chambord stands alone in its category — and in its iconic, captivating packaging. For more information, please visit www.chambordonline.com
Vera Moore Cosmetics: Luxurious cosmetics were gifted in a cute Vera Moore branded pouch with an attached lacey bow to open and close. Vera's Red lipstick, 24 Karat eye shadow, and Barely There Blush were tucked inside for the lucky guests.
Among Friends Hand-crafted Baking Mixes: Gluten Free? Most of Hollywood is sure indeed! Luckily this gluten free baking mix allows Hollywood to enjoy yummy deserts in minutes! For more information, please visit www.amongfriendsbakingmies.com.
SmartScarf: The SmartScarf is a faux fur scarf with attached muffs to keep your hands toasty and warm. It has a velvet interior lining with pockets to safely store your valuables such as your credit card, money, glasses, lipstick, iPhone, etc. Fore more information, please visit www.furfrenzy.net
Feri Mosh: Jewelry, sunglasses, and handbag richness by Feri caught much attention. You can never go wrong with wearing jewelry made from the most advanced jewelry manufacturing technology in the business. For more information, please visit www.globalwealthtrade.com
Vida Emanuel European Day Spa: Gift certificates were provided to complimentary Microderm facial. Their expert estheticians will effectively slough off dry, dead skin cells revealing a youthful glow. Microderm exfoliates, minimizes age spots, crow's feet and scarring. For more information, please visit www.vidaemanuel.com
San Diego Gel Candles: These gel candles are reusable top of the Line, best gel wax available in Penreco gel wax. Embeded with large white starfish, spiral shells, Limpets shells, real white coral, various other sealife scented with top-sellers French Vanilla, Coconut, or Spa scent. For more information, please visit www.sandiegogelcandles.com
Agadir International: Daily moisturizing Agadir shampoo, conditioner, spray treatment, and oil treatment detangles, smoothes, shines, and corrects dry, frizzy hair. For more information, please visit www.agadirint.com
Pretty Clean Soap: Pretty Clean Mist and Hot Candles are enriched with natural botanicals. Nourish your hair and enjoy premium grade fragrances and oils. For more information, please visit www.prettycleansoap.com
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Bed of Nails: Bed of Nails is an excellent aid in self-treatment and stimulating energy in the body. Bed of Nails may also help the body rid itself of toxins, so it is important to remember to drink water after using Bed of Nail. For more information, please visit www.bedofnails.org
Congratulations to all of this year's nominees! Win or lose, you still have your swag!


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Race fans, you have another dimension to explore if you want speed: The Future. Actually, I am not quite sure that the Future qualifies as a new dimension, but Assyria Game Studio's new title certainly qualifies as an interesting take on future racers. In the tradition of F-Zero, it is sci-fi esque, fast, and streamlined; but it also follows the 3D style of more modern racers like any of the myriad Star Wars Pod Racer clones. As in all racers, your basic mission is to beat each level with the best time and best placement: two details which require some leg-work. Strap in folksies, we is goin'Â for a ride.
Got this from Assyria Games Studio's Facebook page: Future Racer will be only 99 cents!
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Self-loathing is not a fucking character-builder. It doesn't make you stronger. It doesn't make you better. It's just an ever-deepening, creepy-ass trap; a trap that is a huge moneymaker for corporations that do not have and never will have good intentions. You're not disgusting. You're not freakish. You're not ugly. And you're never going to be perfect. And holy shit, that is so okay. —Jane from Casual Blasphemies, in an awesome post about Kirstie Alley
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As the Henry Awards near, Colorado Theatre Guild unveils three special prizes
With little more than a week before the 7th Annual Henry Awards ceremony, the Thunder River Theatre Company has been named this year's recipient of the Colorado Theatre Guild's Outstanding Regional Theater honor.
The Carbondale outfit joins recent winners Openstage Theatre & Company in Fort Collins (2011) and Backstage Theatre in Breckenridge (2010). In addition to mounting works by Euripides, Shakespeare, Chekhov, Ibsen, Max Frisch, Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, and Bertolt Brecht, the company stages plays by newer lights, among them Sarah Ruhl and Yazmina Reza.
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10 Years in the Making!
Nov 10, 2016
We recently got interviewed for lifestyle magazine Hot Brands Cool Places who pointed out we have been at this for 10 years!... '...so Charlie, what were the highlights?' ... 'There is a time in the workshop after all the initial design work is done and the making is underway, when you find out what a piece of work is really like and how it feels. Sometimes it is a bit of surprise, and you leave the workshop feeling really happy, like a scientist who has made a new discovery. We got this
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Nov 09, 2016
Work we sent to Kyushu Island, Japan earlier this year have been installed. We sent a total of 80 individual steam bent artworks, some parts were still in transit during the terrible earthquake, but now all together and finished in the newly refurbished Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort. The sculptures are all steam-bent Ash, each one unique, made using our own special free-bending technique and designed individually by Charlie Whinney. The sculptures started life as an Ash tree from a local
Marble Run River
Oct 14, 2016
Come and join us on Monday 24th October at Tullie House Gallery in Carlisle to have a go on possibly the world's first and only steam-bent marble run. 'Marble Run River' is a playful and interactive kinetic sculpture made with help from excellent young people from NACRO. The 2015 floods have caused much debate about how rivers should be managed and changed how many people in Carlisle feel about their river. This sculpture is inspired by the fun and beauty of spending time next to the river,


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Paul McCartney: On The Run Tour - Live in Helsinki, Finland
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John Lennon on the Beatles Reforming - Press Release (1973)
"Although John and Yoko and George, and George and Ringo have played together often, it was the first time the three ex-Beauties have played together since, well, since they last played together. As usual, an awful lot of rumours, if not downright lies, were going on, including the possibility of impresario Allen De Klein of grABKCo playing bass for the other three in an 'as-yet-untitled' album called I Was a Teenage Fat Cat. Producer, Richard Perry, who planned to take the tapes along to sell them to Paul McCartney, told a friend, 'I'll take the tapes to Paul McCartney.' The extreme humility that existed between John and Paul seems to have evaporated. 'They've spoken to each other on the telephone, and in English, that's a change,' said a McCartney associate. 'If only everything were as simple and unaffected as McCartney's new single "My Love," then maybe Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis would be reunited with the Marx Bros., and Newsweak could get a job,' said an East African official - Yours up to the teeth - John Lennon and Yoko Ono."
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nothing helps the nausea
except, maybe, sometimes, Mario on the wii
I'm drinking milk and chocolate milk by the gallon
I don't like milk
mandatory afternoon naps
a scare of bloody spotting
more "resting time"
boys offering to sleep with me "so we can take care of you, Momma"
roasting pounds of chicken at a time
for the boys
so they can eat
since I'm apparently unable too
unless it's toast
can gluten-free toast count as a food group?
toast with grape jelly
toast with honey
toast with strawberry preserves
toast with butter and cinnamon sugar
why does butter taste too buttery?
toast with seedless blackberry jam
garlic toast
oh, yes, garlic toast
handfuls of fiber gummy vitamins
since not eating means "things don't move along"
and the doctor insist that "things get moving along"
a puppy who is obsessed with my belly
children who tell the baby to be nicer to me
and who love the baby more, since it's already being ornery
Thursday, January 28, 2010
The Way You Make-a Me Feel
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- jac said...
Mmmm. Toast.
- Friday, January 29, 2010
- The Nice Lady said...
does ginger not work? Ginger is one of the best things for nausea.
- Friday, January 29, 2010
- Unknown said...
I was going to say ginger too!!
(here in England the midwife said to me to eat a ginger biscuit BEFORE getting out of bed and moving about... surely you have a recipe for gluten free ginger cookies?)
take care.
- Sunday, January 31, 2010
- Unknown said...
Ugh! I remember feeling that way, in the early months. :( Hang in there! I do remember that string cheese and real ginger ale helped.
- Thursday, February 04, 2010
- kirsten said...
um, WOW!! Congrats! Sorry I'm a bit late!
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A 44-YEAR-OLD bricklayer suffering from tinnitus was found hanging just hours after asking his wife how to kill myself, an inquest heard yesterday.
Anthony Wheeler, of Shepherd's Hill, Blackbird Leys, was found by his wife Susan on the morning of October 21 and he was rushed to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, where he died.
The inquest at Oxfordshire Coroner's Court heard Mr Wheeler had a motorcycle accident in his youth and had to take painkillers and suffered tinnitus as a result.
He was admitted to hospital in August following an overdose of an anti-depressant drug.
In a statement read to the court, Mrs Wheeler said: "Anthony's health deteriorated over the last few months leading up to his death.
"He became more depressed and used to say he wanted to stop the constant noise in his ears. He began to drink alcohol quite heavily and was saying he had enough."
She added that on the morning of his death: "I saw Anthony sat up on the sofa in the living room. He didn't even say good morning. He said: 'How do I kill myself?'"
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A Maricopa County man, Roger Forney, who had been indicted on 10 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, a Class 2 Felony, pled guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in the Arizona Department of Corrections last week.
On October 21, 2012, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) responded to a complaint from a concerned resident at an apartment complex. The concerned Samaritan had discovered several garbage bags in a dumpster that contained sketch drawings depicting graphic bondage and sexual activity of young boys. Printed pictures of young boys that were sexually exploitive were also found. Once on scene, MCSO located a laptop computer that had been destroyed amongst the items and also left in the garbage. MCSO was able to salvage the hard drive and conducted a computer forensic examination of its content. The examination revealed hundreds of images of young boys in sexually explicit images. MCSO was able to identify the defendant, Roger Forney, as the owner of the property based upon items found in the dumpster and documents on the laptop computer.
On October 23, 2012, MCSO executed a search warrant at Forney's residence where they found another computer with images that were sexual in nature. After being Mirandized, he admitted to destroying the laptop and sketch drawings found in the dumpster because an FBI warning popped up on his computer, causing it to lock up. The computer forensics completed by MCSO determined that the defendant downloaded malware and that the FBI had nothing to do with the warning. During the interview, the defendant also admitted he was sexually attracted to young boys between the ages of three and twelve.
On October 29, 2012, the State Grand Jury indicted Roger Forney for 10 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, a Class 2 Felony. The defendant entered a plea agreement to a count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, a Class 2 Felony and Dangerous Crimes against Children and to a count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, a Class 2 Felony. On January 10, 2014, Roger Forney was sentenced to 15 years in the Arizona Department of Corrections and upon his release from prison will be placed on lifetime probation with sex terms and computer usage terms. Roger Forney will also be required to register as a sex offender.
Arizona's Attorney General Tom Horne stated, "Forney had sexually explicit pictures of young boys. The taking of these pictures was a horrible assault on the boys. We must destroy the demand for those pictures, so it will no longer be profitable or tempting to abuse children in this way."


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Restoring data: Increase your efficiency
This tip highlights an aspect of backup that most are not as experienced and comfortable with -- restoring.
Attempting to make a distinction between backup and restore may seem like pure semantics at first; after all -- don't we always refer to backup and restore as one discipline?
Ironically, we spend years learning how to master backups and then one day we are faced with having restore an entire environment in 24 hours! Shouldn't we learn to master the restore process instead? The problem is that we don't restore often enough, and when we do, it is typically a partial restore.
As we design our backup strategy, we need to start planning for restores. Here are a few items that should be addressed in order to increase the efficiency of the restore process:
Complete restore test: The ability to successfully restore critical applications from backups should be tested regularly. Avoid shortcuts; every step of the process should be executed and reviewed for possible issues. Restored data must also be validated to ensure everything is as it should be.
Documentation: As the above restore test is performed, each step should be documented. This will ensure that a single employee does not possess all the knowledge. The documented procedures can then become part of a master plan.
Restore dependencies: Some components of an environment need to be recovered before others can be restored. It is surprising to see how often authentication and networking is overlooked. This must be understood and documented.
Restore priorities: It is essential that the restore priority of applications be clearly established ahead of time by the various business functional areas. The IT team can only restore so many applications at once and unless properly informed, IT will set priority based on their understanding of criticality.
Know what to restore: If your recovery strategy includes a number of standby systems with a loaded operating system and applications, is it necessary to restore any of those files? This requires some backup planning to avoid having to sort out what to restore after the fact.
Backup data retention: How backups are expired must be closely monitored and managed. For example, the relationship between full database backups and associated logs must be clearly understood. Don't assume that automated deletion always works flawlessly and give it a regular check.
Have a plan: Last but not at all least is to have a plan. The critical applications recovery procedures must include the data restore and validation procedures. These procedures are then included as annexes to the disaster recovery plan and ultimately, become part of the overall business continuity plan.
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Nation Of Ulysses(Spring 1988 - Fall 1992)
Ian Svenonius - vocals
Steve Kroner - guitar
Tim Green - guitar
Steve Gamboa - bass
James Canty- drums
The Nation of Ulysses was a violent separatist political party and terrorist group operating out of Washington, D.C. in the early 1990's. Though they've disappeared into obscurity, they've spawned countless milquetoast imitators who've tried to appropriate their looks, language, sound and presentation for the sake of career advancement. These cheap imitators can't comprehend that the Nation of Ulysses derived their awesome power from their unswerving commitment to secession and havoc wreaking, and not to the banal and unimportant pursuit of fame and wealth. The N.O.U. is probably the most important development to beset music since electrification, as they were the first to articulate intent through written manifestos and stage histrionics, refuting rock'n'roll's traditional policy of posturing rebelliously while aping parent culture values.
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Malkah Forbes, born in Upstate New York, studied Computer Science at SUNY Oswego (B.A.), where she met her future husband, Jason. Soon after, they moved to the Seattle area where her husband could pursue his career in software engineering. In tandem, Jason was studying to become a rabbi. After Jason received his smicha (rabbinic ordination) from the UMJC, both he and Malkah became leaders of their current congregation, Beit HaShofar Synagogue in Seattle, WA. Currently, Malkah is an active rebbetzin and not only teaches Hebrew, but helps to oversee and spearhead new synagogue programs. Her latest project includes Riverton Mussar, which she and her husband co-founded in 2010. She has been a frequent contributor of drashes for the UMJC website, served on the board of the UMJC National Sisterhood, Achot, and has been a speaker for various sessions at the UMJC International Conference.
When Malkah is not writing for Riverton Mussar, she can be found enjoying her three teenagers, her two delightful cats, working on her interior and garden redesign business, knitting, and sporting a serious game of Mah Jongg.
"All your actions and possessions should be orderly – each and every one in a set place and set time. Let your thoughts always be free to deal with that which lies ahead of you." – Rabbi M.M. Lefin of Satanov, Cheshbon Hanefesh
Rabbi Israel Salanter was in a hotel once, and the person in charge, a Jewish fellow, asked the rabbi, not knowing who he was, if he knew how to do shechita, (how to properly slaughter animals). Rabbi Salanter then said, "Why do you ask?" The fellow answered that he had an animal that needed to be slaughtered for dinner, and instead of taking it to the slaughterhouse, he hoped that Rabbi Salanter would be able do it right there. Rabbi Salanter answered that he was sorry, but he was not an expert in shechita.
Later that day, Rabbi Salanter went to the same fellow and asked to borrow 5 rubels. The fellow looked at the rabbi and said, "How can I lend to you 5 rubles, for I don't know who you are? I never met you, so how can I lend to you 5 rubles? Who says you are going to pay me back?" Rabbi Salanter replied that when it came to asking about shechita, the fellow didn't know him but trusted the rabbi anyway simply because he had a beard. But now when it came to money, he didn't trust the rabbi at all. His money was more important to him than his religion.
The Hebrew word for trustworthy is ameen. It comes from the root meaning faithful. When we consider what it means to be trustworthy, it is really a component of faithfulness. And one of the best examples of trustworthiness is Hashem Himself.
Shammai taught: "Say little and do much." — Avot 1:15
Rabbi Natan said, "What does this mean? It teaches that the righteous say little and do much, whereas the wicked say much and do not even a little." — Avot 13:3
An ancient Indian sage was teaching his disciples the art of archery. He put a wooden bird as the target and asked them to aim at the eye of the bird. The first disciple was asked to describe what he saw. He said, "I see the trees, the branches, the leaves, the sky, the bird and its eye." The sage asked this disciple to wait. Then he asked the second disciple the same question and he replied, "I only see the eye of the bird." The sage said, "Very good, then shoot." The arrow went straight and hit the eye of the bird.
Rabban Gamliel said, "All my days have I grown up among the wise and I have not found anything better for a man (literally, "better for the body") than silence." --Pirke Avot 1:17
The pious ones of earlier generations spent an hour in contemplation before the beginning of their prayers, and one hour after. --Tractate Berachot, 30b
The books of Martin Buber, and especially his seminal work "I-and-Thou", allow us, it seems to me, to distinguish with better precision between Olam Haze and Olam Haba, using criteria which are meaningful to the individual and communal life of any educated reader, be (s)he Christian or Jew, religious or secular or even an agnostic.
In his "I-and-Thou", Buber distinguishes between two types of human existence which are characterised by two kinds of relationship: "I-Thou" and "I-It". Taking exception to the way Buber's originally German book was translated to Hebrew, I propose that what he calls "it" is what is in Biblical and Modern Hebrew "Ze" to denote "that", and denotes a form of distancing and alienation. From the alienated relationship between self and other or self and environment grows an alienated world. It is possible to point at different types of alienation, and they seem to multiply. Buber was concerned both with alienation between people and the alienation between humans and God, which is, of course, the alienation that concerned the author of Genesis and our sages of blessed memory.
The most crucial question is perhaps the amount of alienation in inter-human relation and the recognition of each person as a brother and a "thou". (Many traditional societies which might have had an extremely strong inner solidarity probably did not recognize the native of the next village or next valley as a human identical to themselves and certainly not the native of another continent with a different skin color). The real test, in my opinion, to the emergence from the "Olam Haze" state of alienation to "Olam Haba"(world to come) is that each human being receives any other one as "welcome". —Dr. Yitzhak I. Hayutman [1]
The Hebrew for awareness is mudaut. Living on the third rock from the sun, we are very aware what would happen if we were closer to the sun or further away. Life is not supported on the planets on either side of us and neither is our conspicuous placement coincidental; rather, it is perfect, intentional and life-giving. How we tune our awareness beyond this simple knowledge can be life-giving as well.
Rabbi Salanter once noticed that a fancy restaurant was charging a huge price for a cup of coffee. He approached the owner and asked why the coffee was so expensive. After all, some hot water, a few coffee beans and a spoonful of sugar could not amount to more than a few cents.
The owner replied: "It is correct that for a few cents you could have coffee in your own home. But here in the restaurant, we provide exquisite decor, soft background music, professional waiters, and the finest china to serve your cup of coffee."
Rabbi Salanter's face lit up. "Oh, thank you very much! I now understand the blessing of Shehakol -- 'All was created by His word' -- which we recite before drinking water. You see, until now, when I recited this blessing, I had in mind only that I am thanking the Creator for the water that He created. Now I understand the blessing much better. 'All' includes not merely the water, but also the fresh air that we breathe while drinking the water, the beautiful world around us, the music of the birds that entertain us and exalt our spirits, each with its different voice, the charming flowers with their splendid colors and marvelous hues, the fresh breeze -- for all this we have to thank God when drinking our water!"


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About Oshy
I'm Always Working
In the world of music there are great singers talented songwriters amazing producers wonderful stylists and great performers who are at the top of the game but it is a rare thing to find all of those mentioned embodied in one person. However Oshy is an extraordinary RB artists who possesses those qualities.
Oshy who was born Thomas Byrd discovered the art of singing and songwriting while watching his father rehearse record and perform. His father was a member of the RB group "Total Climax" and when Oshy heard them sing and harmonize he knew that it was something he wanted to do. Using an old tape recorder he would study his father and then try to emulate his father's vocal abilities. It was obvious to all that Oshy was gifted but at his early age he had not yet found his true voice. It would be years before he would find it. At the age of fifteen everything changed. He was at church in Harlem NY when he walked out in front of the choir and sang a solo. It was the most soulful and emotionally song he had every sung. It was so powerful that it actually put tears in his eyes. Wanting to become that type of vocalist Oshy worked on his craft like never before. He worked on his vocals as if his life depended on it… and in many ways it did. His childhood hadn't always been easy and he had watched family members and too many people he knew get lost or taken by the streets. Oshy wanted more and he knew that what one achieves was completely a reflection of what one puts into it…and he put in all he had. Celebrated RB/ Hip Hop producer Ron Browz (Lil' Kim Snoop 50 Cent Ludacris Lloyd Banks Tony Yayo DMX Big L Fat Joe Jae Millz and Nas) saw something special in the young singer and encouraged him to not only sing but to learn and understand writing and vocal arrangements etc. Browz was really influential in Oshy's early growth as a songwriter. Over the years Oshy has been a member of a few groups where he wrote and vocally stylized 90 of the songs.
His talents helped lead to deals and offers from Atlantic records Sony and Warner Bros. just to name a few. But as they say "All things happen for a reason and don't settle for the first offer that you get" this was definitely true for the aspiring singer. Each time with each group due to situations and the wrong team around him the deals didn't go through which led to the groups demise. Oshy then focused on what he always knew was his true path which was to be a solo Artists. Aside from Ron Browz Oshy has worked with industry powerhouses such as Big Drawers (Destiny's Child) Wynetta Wynn (Sony songwriter) Red Spider Frantic and Frost. He has also sat in on sessions with RB groups such as 112 and Jagged Edge. Oshy which means "The Best Comes" in Cherokee Indian (is a part of his heritage) is now focused on taking his solo career to the top of the charts.
To hear some of his music you can go to his YouTube page http://www.youtube.com/user/oshymusic