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by David and Tim Bayly on September 16, 2010 - 6:31am
(Tim, w/thanks to David W.) When we're near the ocean or one of the Great Lakes, I love to snorkel. PADI certified, I've never had the money for scuba gear, but skin diving is cheap. So being an open water lover, this gave me pause:
...a left leg popped out of its mouth as they hauled it in...
Permalink Submitted by David Baker on September 16, 2010 - 1:08pm
That's almost as creepy as the feet that keep washing ashore in British Columbia. There was also recently one that washed ashore at Whidbey Island, Washington.
The B.C. story is here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4163329.ece
Permalink Submitted by Bike Bubba on September 16, 2010 - 1:13pm
Yeah, watch out for those alewives and lake trout, they'll get ya!

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The Parable of the Sower
13:1-15pp — Mk 4:1-12; Lk 8:4-10
13:16,17pp — Lk 10:23,24
13:18-23pp — Mk 4:13-20; Lk 8:11-15
1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9 He who has ears, let him hear."
10 The disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?"
11 He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12 Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables: 13 "Though seeing, they do not see; 13 though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: 14 " 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; 14 you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people's heart has become calloused; 15 they hardly hear with their ears, 15 and they have closed their eyes. 15 Otherwise they might see with their eyes, 15 hear with their ears, 15 understand with their hearts 15 and turn, and I would heal them.'[a]
16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17 For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
18 "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: 19 When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 20 The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. 22 The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful. 23 But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."
23 24
24 The Parable of the Weeds
24 Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
27 "The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?'
28 " 'An enemy did this,' he replied.
28 "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'
29 " 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "
30 31
The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast
13:31,32pp — Mk 4:30-32
13:31-33pp — Lk 13:18-21
31 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."
33 He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount[b] of flour until it worked all through the dough."
34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. 35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: 35 "I will open my mouth in parables, 35 I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world."[c]
35 36
36 The Parable of the Weeds Explained
36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
37 He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
40 "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
43 44
44 The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl
44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.
46 47
47 The Parable of the Net
47 "Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. 48 When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. 49 This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous 50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
51 "Have you understood all these things?" Jesus asked.
51 "Yes," they replied.
52 He said to them, "Therefore every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old."
52 53
53 A Prophet Without Honor 53 13:54-58pp — Mk 6:1-6
53 When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there. 54 Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?" they asked. 55 "Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? 56 Aren't all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?" 57 And they took offense at him.
57 But Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown and in his own house is a prophet without honor."
58 And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.


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Posted in Wykoff Letter to the Editor
To the Editor,
The April 15th Journal contains a letter critical of my recent factual analysis of the Obama/Biden gun control plan. The writer not only misrepresented my positions, but the letter was obviously meant to be insulting and demeaning. I am not offended. In his defense, what choice did the writer have?
He made no effort to refute the quotes from Mr. Obama, Mr. Biden, Mr. Schumer, or Ms Feinstein. They were direct and in context.
He did not try to debunk the numbers on instant background checks obtained from Syracuse University. The numbers are verifiable and correct.
He could not quote one fact that would support his assertion the proposed legislation will keep our children or our innocent citizens safer. Not surprising. Hype, emotion, and rhetoric are all proponents of the proposed legislation have to work with. He did refer to [ Newtown killer] Adam Lanza and the killers at Aurora, CO., Phonix AZ., Oak Creek, and Virginia Tech as " law abiding citizens". I admit being offended by that. They are in fact criminal mental psycopaths who should, but currently do not, generate a "hit" in the system.
People who buy into an idea that has no facts, proof or statistics to back it up are the ones who are taken "hook, line and sinker." The writer from Harmony is one of those most likely to end up in the net, not people who like facts and truth absent misleading spin.
But by all means, sir, keep on writing!! Emotion filled letters, entirely devoid of logic and facts, do more to promote the cause of liberty than you can possibly know! They drive home the fact that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. PS readers: contact your legislators TODAY!!
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There has always been a chasm between the stuff written by medical correspondents and "health writers" on many newspapers. The former are specialist science writers whose beat includes the latest goings on on medical research. This is territory that is also the natural habitat of many science writers with a broader remit. Now, it seems, we have to find some way to differentiate environment correspondents from "green writers".
Just as health writers will cover any old tosh that deals with the human body, be it quack remedies or copper bracelets that cure snoring, while medical writers want some science behind their articles, we had always thought that an environment writer also built on scientific foundations. Indeed, many science writers also cover the environment which is, after all, a highly scientific subject.
Evidence that the green writers do not need this underpinning of science comes in the shape on an article that appeared in The Independent, My war on electrosmog by Julia Stephenson. The article is yet another in the saga of slow death by electromagnetic radiation that surfaces from time to time around mobile phones and, more recently, wifi. Ms Stephenson, whose own embryonic web site verges on the cleavage side of photography, has been feeling tired of late. Even her plants are in a bad way.
The self styled "Green Goddess" consulted her naturopath who "insisted that my exhaustion was caused by electromagnetic "smog" in my flat". Apart from finding it dodgy that anyone writing on such matters should consult a naturopath, I am puzzled that she also feels the need to talk to a "London-based complementary health practitioner". Ms Stephenson quotes Dr Nicole de Canha as saying "Any imbalance in our electromagnetic field creates a disturbance in cell structure and function, which can lead to illness in sensitive individuals."
Where, we have to ask, did Dr de Canha acquire that PhD? Therapynet, which seems to be a place for such folks to advertise their magic, tells us little beyond saying that the good doctor has a Doctorate in Homoeopathy, as well as Sports and Therapeutic Massage Diploma, Indian Head Massage, Ear Acupuncture Diploma. There is a link to Relax-O-Therapy but the website wasn't there when we clicked it.
It is depressing that a newspaper as solid as The Independent carries this sort of tosh. Perhaps the one saving grace is that they file it under "Lifestyle".
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Labels: electromagnetic radiation, environment, lunatic fringe, science journalism, The Independent
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Why don't you do some research before you spout off ignorant diatribes such as this? Your viewpoints are worthless - they're not even entertaining. What do you know about electromagnetic radiation?
- 1:14 am
- Glenna said...
Oh I don't know. I'm with Mr. Kenward. I work a respiratory therapist in a hospital and I like a little science to back my diagnoses too. Having people ignore the pulmonologist who's working from actual medical studies in favor of what "my chiropractor" or "Massage therapist" said gets a little old. He works in the world of print. I work clinically. It still gets old no matter where you see the bullshit.
And by the way, I'm not flaming anybody but even when I disagree, I sign my name. I'm not ashamed of my opinions. - 4:09 am
- MK said...
Thank you Glenna. Ignorant "your comments are worthless" jibes tell us how much attention we should pay to their anonymous sources.
I have followed the discussion of the effects of radiation, electromagnetic and otherwise, for some years. It isn't just that no one has come up with a convincing mechanism for the alleged effects, there isn't even the epidemiology to show that there is an effect. (Sorry to "anon" for the need to use long words, but they are essential in science and medicine.)
I may have an aged physics degree but as a writer my main interest is in how people write about these things. Anyone interested in dismantling the quackery would do well to consult David Colquhoun's Improbable Science page and Ben Goldacre's Bad Science.
I confess that it was Ben who first alerted me to the self styled "Green Goddess". She is, it seems, a Green Party candidate in some election or other, which may tell us a lot about their approach to science. - 9:14 am


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I don't know quite what to say today.
It should be a wonderful day - full of great food, wonderful friends and fun times as well as volleyball. But, I just can't get into.
Today is Senior Night. Aggie fans don't like Senior Night. Senior Night means the season is, for all intents and purposes, is over. It means having to go back to counting down the days until the season starts again. It means checking around for news of spring ball.
More importantly, it means saying goodbye and I really hate saying goodbye.
I started watching Aggie volleyball 4 years ago. So this senior class is the class that I started my volleyball addiction with. I watched as Krystal and Amber became amazing forces in their respective positions. I got to learn a lot about Lindsey and Alyssa and realize what tremendous athletes they are. While watching each of them, I took mental notes then rushed home to the net to look up different things about each position.
Think about it - both Amber and Krystal broke long standing school records in blocks and digs respectively. The blocks record was formerly held by Jonna Steffens who attended NMSU from '89 to '92. The digs record was formerly held by Vanessa White who played for the Aggies from '88 to '91. I have a feeling these records will stand for a very long time. Krystal and Amber have built up their respective records after having broke them mid-season. I don't have the current numbers as I type this. The records portion of the NMSU athletic website doesn't come up.
So, let's talk about tonight. After a turkeyday tailgate, we'll head into the Pan Am and watch the Aggies take on Virginia Commonwealth. Who? VCU is coached by James Findley who is in his fourth year. He's familiar with our area. He's a graduate of Sul Ross State in Alpine, Tx, and he was an assistant at UTEP for 2 years. VCU is in the Colonial Athletic Association and finished 2nd in the conference with an overall record of 19-11.
Having said all of that - I don't know what to expect aside from a great game, of course. It's always fun to see a new team on the court of the Pan Am.
Our tailgate starts at 4pm and you are cordially invited. It's the last Volleyball Tailgate of the year. Expect to see us continue to set up before all womens bball games as well as softball.
Tomorrow, we'll talk about our annual match vs. UNM. It's happening at Johnson Gym at 6:30pm. I don't think there is a big crew from Las Cruces going up so we're counting on the Albuquerque Aggies to show up in force.
We'll also talk about the NCAA Selection Show on Sunday at 7pm at the Encanto de Las Cruces. ($10 per person, cash bar)
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- Posted October 8th, 2007 at 07:34 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Rockstar's Manhunt 2 has been rejected for a second time by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), despite the developer submitting an edited version to the company for approval following its ban in June 2007.
"We recognise that the distributor has made changes to the game, but we do not consider that these go far enough to address our concerns about the original version," commented BBFC Director, David Cooke.
"The impact of the revisions on the bleakness and callousness of tone, or the essential nature of the gameplay, is clearly insufficient."
"There has been a reduction in the visual detail in some of the 'execution kills', but in others they retain their original visceral and casually sadistic nature", he added.
The company added that any appeal to the decision is now squarely in the hands of the games publisher, Take Two.
The title fared better overseas, where an edited version of Manhunt 2 was approved by the ESRB, granting it a Mature (M) rating for regional distribution in North America later this month.
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- 3:56am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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Lets face it.. theres bias on BBFC's behalf. Its Rockstar. Its Manhunt. And unless they have fairies and elves dancing around a camp fire singing a PG-Britney Spears song, they wont have a bar of it. If it got an M in the US - it should at least get approved in the UK.
- 4:06am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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well I live in US, as long its not banned its good to go for me
- 5:49am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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But isn't the leak unedited version of Manhunt 2 a PAL game?....just get that one and call it that. Yeah you will need to meet certain requirements to play it but hey...if you planned on buying it in the first place, now since its not being released in your region you guys would have alittle extra cash to make it happen ;)
- 5:56am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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Don't see what the big issue is. This kind of game should not be on the Nintendo console anway since it is fared as a "family" machine... No matter what it gets released as... It will have at least a "M" rating which just means you have to be of age to get it...... Sounds like a great game...never played the first though. Would like to get the original version that T2 planned to release... wonder if that is possible.
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The worst part about things like this is that, The rating system is voluntary, so companies do not have to submit a game for rating before selling it. However, most game publishers in the United States use the system. The reason they use the system is because the sponsers usually will not give any companies money if they don't use the system. If a company were to put up it's own cash and release a game that didn't use the stupid rating system, I for one would buy a bunch of copies just off of principle. We need to stop letting random people put ratings on games they don't understand, never play, and try to limit our enjoyment by forcing developers to change the incredible game that they made to something more mediocre
- 10:18am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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Oh, screw this. It's BBFC that controls the whole European market, right? This way, R* might as well cancel the whole European launch. Noone's going to buy it anyway I guess.
- 10:43am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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i don't understand the problem?? can they not release the game at all?? i mean this game clearly shouldn't be played by children under the age of 18 so what is Rockstar trying to get it rated at?? i feel way too many games get by too easy as it is with these ratings....and then game stores selling them to kids who are clearly underage is worse. i am glad they aren't giving it a rating that would allow children to play this game. at least let their parents be forced to judge if it is ok for them. i wouldn't want my kids playing this and alot of parents don't have the time to keep an eye on what their kids play or purchase. at least they would have to be aware what this game is about and how callous this game is. now if we could just get america to wake up and fix the ratings and start cracking down on underage gaming. that said....i can't wait to pick this up. should be a killer game.
- 11:54am EDT - October 8th, 2007
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F-you BBFC. I'll just import it.
This game can't be any worse than the first Manhunt. I reckon someone put preasure on BBFC not to allow the game come to UK at all.
I bet David Cooke is someone who has watched far worse in his personal collection and snorts crack at the same time.
- 5:01pm EDT - October 8th, 2007
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aww crap. well since i can't kill people viciously in video games....
yeah, haven't these people ever heard of "emotional outlets"?
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Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) vigils, services, and die-ins begin next week to remember and seek justice for those who were murdered because they chose to live as their authentic selves. As you consider planning and participating in local TDOR events, check out this video of a "die-in" that took place recently at Boston's South Station to see what it looks like and the power is has to make people take notice.
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In the wake of controversy around an anti-Islam constitutional amendment in Oklahoma, it is heartening to see Unitarian Universalists continuing to speak out against anti-Muslim bigotry, and for religious freedom.
The following letter is reprinted from the Bennington Banner.
Saturday November 6, 2010
What do we find in the Qur'an?
by Erica Baron, Consulting minister to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bennington.
In September, a minister in Florida sparked an international controversy with a plan to burn copies of the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam. In response, my colleague the Rev. M'ellen Kennedy organized an event in Barre to "read the Qur'an, don't burn it." In keeping with other letters on topics of inclusion, I invite us here in our community to take up that challenge.
What would we find if we joined in reading the Qur'an? For those who have read the Bible, much would be familiar. The Qur'an tells stories of Noah and Abraham, of Ishmael and Isaac, of Moses. The Qur'an speaks of Mary the virgin giving birth to Jesus. When angels come to tell Mary that she will give birth, they say:
"O Mary! Allah gives you glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honor in this world and in the Hereafter and be (of the company) of the righteous." (Surah 3, verse 45, as translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali.)
In addition to familiar stories, familiar concerns come across in the Qur'an, particularly a concern for the weakest and most vulnerable people in society. In the Qur'an, these are orphans, widows, and the poor. The Qur'an instructs Muslims to take care of these vulnerable people, to treat them with respect and kindness, and to deal fairly with them in financial matters.
For those more familiar with the Bible, there are also surprises in the Qur'an. For example, unlike the Bible, the Qur'an is not organized chronologically. Rather, the stories are woven throughout the whole text. Each chapter or "Surah" of the text contains the fundamental articles of faith, so that reciting any of them, the practicing Muslim is reciting the things that the faith believes are most important. For those of us used to reading a more or less chronological account, this is a change.
Of course, the Qur'an also tells the story of Muhammad. In the Qur'an, Muhammad is a prophet of Allah, the Arabic for "God." In the line of the prophets of the Hebrew scriptures and the Christian New Testament, Muhammad seeks to bring the theology of God's love, justice, and care for the poor to a new community. It is also the story of this new community as it struggles against adversity and eventually grows and prospers.
Muslims in our country right now face discrimination, hate speech and violence at unprecedented levels. Intolerance against this religious community is growing in our country. As a person of faith, I feel a need to speak out against this kind of religious intolerance. One of the promises that the United States makes to all her citizens — including her Muslim citizens — is that our right to practice our religion is protected. Thus, the persecution — in violence or in hate speech — of any religious group in our country is a violation of all that we stand for as a nation.
The Muslims I've known in my life, are, like me, people of faith. They take their faith as seriously as I do mine. While we don't agree on every point of faith, the Muslims I've known are gentle, loving people, doing their best to understand and follow God's will. In fact, Islam means submission — submission to Allah. I honor the quest of American Muslims to follow their tradition, and see in them a reflection of my own life of faith. May we all learn to respect the faiths of our neighbors as we work together to create a community bound by ties of tolerance and love.
Erica Baron is the consulting minister to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bennington.
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Rev. Paul Langston-Daley is the Consulting Minister at Prescott Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Living authentically takes courage, strength, and above all, faith. On or around November 20th, in many communities around the globe, people will honor and remember those whose lives were taken for no other reason than they lived authentically.
The 12th International Transgender Day of Remembrance is very personal to me, as I transitioned from female to male five years ago. Prior to my transition, I had friends who had done the same, but none that I kept in touch with. It was too painful to see them and know deep down that I, too, wanted to be truly seen.
But I was afraid to be my authentic self. What if friends deserted me the way I had deserted others? What if no one took me seriously? Could I find a church that would accept me as their minister?
I also knew the horror stories of trans people who had been "found out," then beaten or killed. I avoided attending Transgender Day of Remembrance vigils; it was too close to home, too real.
This year, I will attend a vigil not just in body, but also in deeper spirit.
We must remember not only those who have been killed, but also those who have been rejected by friends and family because of insecurity and fear.
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Since my own transition, some of my fears have been realized. I have lost a few friends, and I have had trouble being taken seriously in my professional life because of my transition. I am seen by most as a man, and unless I tell people of my gender transition, most have no idea. But when some people find out, their confusion and fear step in and prevent them from taking the opportunity to get to know me.
Thankfully, my worst fear was not realized. I am alive.
As November 20th approaches, I will hold in my heart all of the transgender individuals who have made the brave move to be seen for who they truly are, as well as those who are still too afraid to be their authentic selves. I will hold in my heart the families and loved ones of those individuals whose bravery was met with misunderstanding, ignorance, fear and anger. I will even hold in my heart those who are unaware, ignorant and afraid, in the hope that they will understand and find compassion and love.
Please join me in commemorating the Transgender Day of Remembrance in your local community. I invite you to attend an event, and if there isn't one planned in your area, plan something.
Click here for more information on attending or planning a vigil in your community.
We all need help to live our full potential, and when we stand side by side with others, we stand more firmly, more confidently, and more securely in our authenticity.
I hope you will stand with me on the side of love on November 20th as we remember the lives of those transgender individuals who risked all to be fully and wholly seen.
More >Neo-Nazis from Across the Country are Rallying in Phoenix – LOVE is Needed for a Peaceful Counter-Demonstration!
On November 13th, the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi party in the United States, will march in Phoenix in support of Arizona's anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, as they continue their "campaign to reclaim the Southwest."
Help us spread a message of love to counter the fear and hatred of Neo-Nazis.
Saturday, November 13th
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We will carpool downtown to the Sandra Day O`Connor U.S. District Court of Arizona, 401 W. Washington St., Phoenix
Wear your yellow Standing on the Side of Love shirts.
Bring signs and water, drums, noisemakers, and yourselves.
Be aware that parking may be difficult to find nearby if you are driving directly downtown.
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Susan Leslie is the Congregational Advocacy & Witness Director for the Unitarian Universalist Association and a member of the Social Justice Council of First Parish Cambridge MA Unitarian Universalist
On Tuesday, my husband, Bruce, and I joined our congregation in bringing love to the polls. We donned our yellow Standing on the Side of Love t-shirts and buttons, carried Love placards, and handed out Love wallet cards. Across the country, many of you did the same.
When voters inquired about the purpose behind the Standing on the Side of Love campaign, we explained that we were there to call for an end to marginalization, discrimination, and scapegoating in elections and beyond, and to ask others to work towards the same for our entire country. Universally, we were greeted with positive energy, smiles, and thanks for our being there. For many, seeing our yellow messages of love opened up a dialogue about the need for more non-polarizing activism that reaches across partisan divides.
Bruce and I were blown away by the beautiful diversity of people from all walks of life who came to vote – but saddened to think there is so much fear in our culture about that very beauty. How disheartening that a number of candidates won their elections with platforms that preyed on this fear!
Now, more than ever, people need our movement.
That is why I am asking all of us to keep the faith, continue to be visible with our values, and to look ahead…
National Standing on the Side of Love Day – February 14, 2011 — will be the moment for us to elevate our most important values in the public square, just weeks after a more conservative 112th U.S. Congress will begin its session.
Please mark February 14, 2011 on your calendar now, and begin thinking about how you might re-imagine Valentine's Day as National Standing on the Side of Love Day – an opportunity for your community to inspire love, connection, and compassion.
With the outcome of election 2010, I am completely recommitted to standing on the side of love. In the face of fear, this campaign is exactly what we need to elevate the tone of debate in this country, to change hearts and minds, and to call forth those who believe in the values of respect and inclusion.
Bruce and I will be asking our congregational leaders to put February 14, 2011 on the calendar as an all-out, visionary public witness. Last year, our congregation collected immigrant rights postcards and delivered them to Sen. Scott Brown; partnered with the Haitian Coalition on a joint service; and then went outside and sang "Stand" in Harvard Square holding our Love banner.
We have already started thinking about how we can visibly share our values this coming February through meaningful partnerships on National Standing on the Side of Love Day.
Please look forward with us — and mark your calendars for February 14, 2011.
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"This beautiful red, white, and blue cake is perfect for any 4th of July gathering. This fun recipe is a great make ahead dessert; strawberries, blueberries, whipped cream, and angel food cake are layered and refrigerated to set overnight. The cake can be made with any macerated fruit." — Robin
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2 pints fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
1/2 cup white sugar
1 (.25 ounce) envelope plain unflavored gelatin
2 pints fresh blueberries
2 (10.75 ounce) loaves angel food cake, sliced 1 inch thick
2 (8 ounce) tubs frozen whipped topping, thawed
I prepared this for a 4th of July cookout and it was FABULOUS! I even had sparklers (thanks to my niece) to light as "candles" before we sliced it!! YUMMO!! The only thing I'd suggest doing (for looks as well as taste) is cook the blueberries a little bit - the gelatin layer with the blueberries was a little stiffer than the strawberry layer. Cutting an uncooked blueberry is gold in the center and a little strange looking (to me anyway)! But everyone raved on how festive it looked and it tastes just like a strawberry/blueberry shortcake in an all-in-one pan!
I also made this recipe layering the cake and whipped topping, except for the fruit I used store bought rasberries, thawed and mixed with orange juice. Then mixed a pack of gel. The tartness of the orange juice with the sweet of the cake was soo good. You may not need to use the gel unless you don't plan on serving right away. I found the weight of the mold itself held the cake together just fine as long as it was served right away.
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Stars and Stripes Grand Finale Cake
Serving Size: 1/16 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 16 Amount Per Serving Calories: 278 Calories from Fat: 70
Watch how to make this festive Mardi Gras cake.
It's the perfect cake for the Fourth of July.
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Election Day is finally here and after a year and a half of non-stop campaigning it can't come fast enough. But before today's race becomes yesterday's news and we move on to the transition or the fiscal cliff or (God forbid) the recount, we at TPM wanted to take one last look back at just how far we've come.
From a wild primary that saw everyone from Donald Trump to Herman Cain briefly hold onto frontrunner status to a general election that taught America the importance of drinking coffee before debates, there's plenty of memorable moments to look back over. So, submitted for your approval, here's a collection of some of the best — and worst — events to emerge from the dust of tweets and trivia.
Best Ad (Primaries): "Rombo"
Badly outgunned on the airwaves, Rick Santorum produced this fun spot that tried to turn Romney's attack ad "Death Star" against him.
Worst Ad (Primaries): "Strong"
Collapsing in the polls, Rick Perry bet the farm on Iowa Republicans' hatred of gay people outweighing their desire for a nominee who could string two sentences together. He was wrong and the result is one of the most reviled videos on all of YouTube, with a staggering 778,000+ "dislikes" and counting.
Best Ad (General): "Firms"
Almost every ad from this election will be quickly forgotten — except this Romney-bashing spot by the Obama campaign that's as perfectly executed as it is shamelessly populist.
Worst Ad (General): "Freedom To Succeed"
Just because you have a billion dollars and don't like Obama doesn't mean you have the slightest idea what to do with your money. Hungarian born investor Thomas Peterffy spent millions on this national ad telling people to stop being mean to the rich or the United States will turn into 1950s Eastern Europe.
Most Brazen Spin: 'Blah People'
When Rick Santorum got caught on camera saying "I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money" back in January, he found a novel way to defend himself against the outrage the remark brought. He claimed to be "tongue-tied" and therefore what he was actually saying was "blah" people.
Most Awkward Spin: That Joe Soptic Ad
Priorities USA's radioactive ad (that barely aired on TV) featuring the story of Joe Soptic — whose wife died of cancer in the years after he was laid off from a Bain-owned steel mill — understandably blew up the news cycle for a couple of days. That led to some of the failingest spin of the 2012 cycle.
The Obama campaign first refused to condemn the ad, which conservatives said pretty clearly suggested Romney was indirectly responsible for the death of Soptic's wife. Then they claimed to not know anything about Soptic's story, despite the fact he had recounted it on an Obama conference call. Confronted with the spot, Priorities simply denied it showed what most people who watched it said it showed. All while Romney touted the ad as evidence that Bain attacks had jumped the shark.
Most Epic Flip Flop: Newt's Libya Word Puzzle
Newt Gingrich thought it was safe to dump on Obama for not getting involved in Libya's civil war. But then Obama screwed it all up by doing what Gingrich recommended, sending Gingrich scrambling to reverse all his positions on deploying the Air Force, ousting Gaddaffi, and even the basic concept of whether humanitarian interventions are ever justified. The sheer scale of cynicism puts this flop into its own tier.
Worst Self-Inflicted Wound: Michelle Bachmann's Vaccine Scare
Live by the crazy conspiracy theory, die by the crazy conspiracy theory. Michele Bachmann was actually a top tier presidential candidate for a moment until she suggested that the HPV vaccine Gardasil causes mental retardation. Thus began her long fall into irrelevance. Now even her own party leadership feels free to dump on her kookier claims without fear of tea party reprisal.
Runner Up: Rick Perry Has A Heart
Well before "oops" made him a national punch line, Perry's debate suggestion that anti-immigration hardliners don't "have a heart" kicked off his rapid collapse from frontrunner to also-ran.
Most Surreal General Election Moment: The Empty Chair
"Wooo, Clint Eastwood! Hmm, he sounds a little creaky. Wait is he talking to a chair? Is this happening? How long can he keep speaking?"
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Most Surreal Primary Moment: Herman Cain
Facing a wave of sexual harassment accusations, Cain offered up an impromptu gospel performance at the National Press Club.
Runner Up: Herman Cain
Facing a wave of sexual harassment accusations, Herman Cain quoted a song from the Pokemon movie at length in his speech suspending his campaigning.
Second Runner Up: Herman Cain
Having left the race after a wave of sexual harassment accusations, Herman Cain started producing Nine Inch Nails videos disguised as issue ads.
Best Debate Performance (Primary): How Dare You, Sir!
Newt Gingrich ripped "despicable" debate moderator John King in South Carolina for bringing up his ex-wife's claim that he asked for an open marriage. He read the base's hatred of the press perfectly — they rallied to his side and the moment became the talk of the trail.
Worst Debate Performance (Primary): Rick Perry
Best Debate Performance (General): Romney, obviously.
Worst Debate Performance (General): Obama, obviously.
Most Annoying Pander: Obama's Bracketology
Oh hey, what a coincidence, three of Obama's Final Four picks were in swing states.
Most Epic Pander: Newt Gingrich's Moon Base
Newt Gingrich traveled to Florida's NASA-heavy space coast in a tight race and literally promised them the moon. Or at least a base on it for "science, tourism, and manufacturing." He said they could talk about statehood for it later.
Most Desperate Pander: Women For Cain
Days before dropping out, Cain launched a "Women For Cain" website. Highlights included a German stock photo up top and an array of vicious testimonials from female supporters against Cain's "pathetic husbandless" accusers.
Most Underappreciated Meltdown: Thad McCotter
Admit it, you didn't even remember Thad McCotter ran for president until you read this. But no candidate did more damage to his or her career by joining the GOP fray — and that is a very competitive feat. Not only did he drop out before a single vote was cast, but the distraction kept his office back home from gathering enough signatures to get him on the ballot in his Congressional district. The staffers who put the petitions together were charged with fraud for allegedly making up signatures to close the gap. McCotter decided not to run for another term, but the greatest indignity came later when his disgruntled staff leaked a copy of a raunchy sitcom pilot written by McCotter. The catch phrase for the wacky, sex-crazed character: "I'm Thai!" He resigned shortly after the story ran, citing his "nightmarish" month.
Most Successful Troll: Harry Reid
Harry Reid bullied Mitt Romney like a high school pro over his tax rates, telling anyone who would listen that Romney paid zero taxes for years (with zero evidence to back up his claims). Romney was so frustrated by the accusation he'd underpaid his taxes that when he finally released his most recent returns he deliberately didn't claim over $1.75 million in charitable deductions just to keep them above an arbitrary tax rate he set in an interview responding to Reid. That put the price tag on Reid's trolling at over $250,000.
Best Campaign Song: "I Am America"
Try to get it out of your head. You can't.
Worst Campaign Song: "Only in America"
Basically nothing in the lyrics happens exclusively in America, from red, white and blue flags to children using school buses to legalized dancing ("everybody gets to dance!"). In a rare case of bipartisanship, both Romney and Obama used the song constantly, which just meant you had to hear it twice as much.
Most Telltale GOP Debate Moment: Death To The Uninsured!
The primary debates were generally a red meat fest that saw the candidates appearing in front of the most extreme wing of the GOP base. Case in point: At a September 2011 debate, the candidates stood by silently as a group in the audience cheered on the idea of letting an uninsured man die rather than have the state pay his medical bills:
The presidential candidates were forced to apologize for the behavior of debate audiences more than once, leaving Democrats room to cast the whole party as out of touch at best and just plain mean at worst.
Most Awkward Handling Of Radioactive Supporter: Mitt Romney And Richard Mourdock
A lot of Republicans dropped Richard Mourdock after he upended the Indiana Senate race with his comments about rape, conception and God's will. Most national Republicans did not, following the precedent set by Romney, who reupped his endorsement and kept his ad for Mourdock on the air.
Runner-Up: Bill Maher And Team Obama
Republicans tried to deflect attention from Rush Limbaugh's "slut" remark by noting that comedian Bill Maher — who donated $1 million to Obama's super PAC's Priorities USA — had once called Sara Palin "a c**t." Team Obama stuck with Maher, until it didn't. Priorities called his words "vulgar and inappropriate" (it kept the money however) and Obama adviser David Axelrod dropped plans to go on Maher's show.
Best Walkback: Don't Quote Me On That
Newt Gingrich almost fell out of the presidential race after he called the Ryan budget "right-wing social engineering." After he apologized he said it wouldn't be right for Democrats to use the line in campaign materials. They didn't listen.
Best Billionaire: Foster Friess
Most of the billionaires who flooded the campaign with cash preferred to keep their names out of the press. Then there's Foster Friess, who steered the entire news cycle off kilter by joking that women in his day could use aspirin for birth control. "The gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly," he said in February.
Best Joe Biden: Joe Biden
Trumpiest Trump: Donald Trump After The Birth Certificate Release
Trump on April 27, 2011, after Obama released his longform birth certificate: "I'm very proud of myself because I've accomplished something that nobody else has been able to accomplish. I'm really honored."
Grumpiest Trump: Donald Trump After The White House Correspondents Dinner
Trump on May 1, 2011, on the jokes lobbed his way by Obama and White House Correspondents Association Dinner host Seth Meyers: "Some were fun, but not the greatest."


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http://www.clickorlando.com/news/24104479/detail.htmlBold Thief Siphons Gas From Cars
WEDGEFIELD, Fla. -- A Central Florida neighborhood was on alert Wednesday night for a bold car burglar who siphons gas from cars and steals belongings from inside.
A crime spree has been going on for weeks inside the Wedgefield subdivision just off State Road 50 in east Orange County.
The thief initially carries a bag that conceals a gas can, police said. He uses the can to steal gas from cars around the neighborhood. Then he fills the bag with items stolen from the cars.
Investigators are trying to use surveillance images to help capture the thief. It could also be more than one thief working as a group, police said. Investigators said that in similar cases, it is often neighborhood youths who know where to find easy targets.
Resident Bob O'Hara said surveillance cameras on his house on Regents Oak Lane in Wedgefield captured images of the thief. In one shot, the thief pulls on a door handle of trucks up and down the street in the subdivision called The Reserve in East Orange County.
In one surveillance video with a time stamp of about 3 a.m., a shadowy silhouette can be seen snooping near parked pickup trucks. It appears that he makes sure nobody is watching and then goes to work.
"It's stressful because we moved into this neighborhood feeling it was a safer environment for kids. Just to feel safe period, and I don't feel safe now," said Angie Bowen, whose car was broken into.
Bowen lost CDs and global positioning system in two thefts. She and other residents said they have lost belongings and their peace of mind.
"I worry constantly that someone is going to walk into that door any second, really scares me," she said.
It doesn't help ease residents' minds that the gated community hasn't had a working gate in two years. Deputies are warning everyone in the area about the thefts and warned them to lock their cars.


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Hunt set to launch a series of reforms to GP service
Jeremy Hunt will say that every patient should have a doctor who is responsible for their care 24/7 when he announces reforms to GP service.
Jeremy Hunt will say that every patient should have a doctor who is responsible for their care 24/7 when he announces reforms to GP service.
A&Es are getting 'closer to the cliff edge' as ITV News has learned the Health Secretary is to unveil major reforms of Out of Hours care.
The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told ITV News that more staff are needed to cope with demand in A&E departments across the country.
Labour said the pressure accident and emergency departments face "is not going away" and it is the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's "job to find solutions."
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said: "David Cameron and his Health Secretary keep blaming GPs and the 2004 contract for the pressure in A&E despite a clear statement from the NHS Confederation that there is no link between the two.
"In addition, Jeremy Hunt has received official advice identifying other reasons for the pressure, such as the botched introduction of the 111 service and the severe cuts to social care.
"By picking on a convenient political target, the Health Secretary is failing to face up to the real causes of the chaos. That cannot be allowed to continue as the pressure is not going away and it is his job to find solutions."
Read: Jeremy Hunt set to launch a series of reforms to GP service
The accident and emergency system has been left unsafe because of "political meddling" and family doctors will not help shore up the service, the British Medical Association GP chairman is expected to warn.
Dr Laurence Buckman will accuse Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt of spouting "rubbish" and being more interested in criticising doctors.
The GP leader is expected to say in a speech today: "He (Mr Hunt) does not want to bother with the facts when he can have a bash at those of us who on his own admission are overworked and strained beyond endurance.
"GPs are not prepared to shore up a system that has been rendered unsafe by unwise political meddling."
Dr Buckman's speech comes on the day Mr Hunt prepares to unveil his reforms to the GP service.
Read: Jeremy Hunt set to launch a series of reforms to GP service
Dr Clare Gerada, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, criticised the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt ahead of his speech, for "attacking" GPs, saying:
Family doctors are working ever longer hours in surgery as they struggle to cope with ballooning workloads, at a time when the Government is diverting more and more funding and resources away from general practice.
We need to change the narrative from attacking GPs and focus on ensuring that primary care is properly resourced, thus relieving pressure on other parts of the health services, particularly A&E.
GPs work exceptionally hard for our patients. We are the solution to problems in the NHS, not the cause.
GPs are set to see a radical revision of their employment contract to incorporate 24-hour responsibility for patients under plans to be announced today by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
In a speech this afternoon he is expected to outline his mission to change the way GPs work, including the new focus being the direct relationship between a GP and their patient.
Read more: Jeremy Hunt set to launch a series of reforms to GP service
Top A&E doctors have warned the NHS that they are no longer able to guarantee safe care for their patients.
In a leaked letter from 20 emergency medicine chiefs from the West Midlands seen by The Independent the doctors warn of"toxic overcrowding" and "institutional exhaustion."
All of our EDs [Emergency Departments] have been under immense pressure for the last few months.
There is toxic ED overcrowding, the likes of which we have never seen before.
Nurses and doctors are forced to deliver care in corridors and inappropriate areas within the ED, routinely sacrificing patient privacy and dignity and frequently operating at the absolute margins of clinical safety.
– Leaked letter from top A&E doctorsWhat is entirely unacceptable is the delivery of unsafe care, but that is now the prospect we find ourselves facing on too frequent a basis.
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has accused the government of "dangerous complacency" over the growing problems in Accident and Emergency departments.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt had been called to the House of Commons to answer an urgent question over the "crisis" in A&E units.
Senior Accident and Emergency doctors said "toxic overcrowding" and "institutional exhaustion" is putting patients lives at risk, according to a leaked letter seen by the Independent.
The crisis within A&E is now so bad that doctors cannot guarantee safe care for patients, according to the letter from 20 leaders of emergency departments from the West Midlands.
Rising numbers of patients has created a "state of crisis", the doctors said.
They wrote: "What is entirely unacceptable is the delivery of unsafe care, but that is now the prospect we find ourselves facing on too frequent a basis."
The pressures on A&E departments are "growing" leaving the service "closer to the cliff edge", the NHS Confederation chief executive has warned.
Mike Farrar said: "Like many hard-working frontline staff in the NHS, we have been ringing the alarm bells about urgent care services struggling to meet the demands of patients.
"The recent headlines do not lie – the pressures are growing and we are getting closer and closer to the cliff edge.
"In the last ten years, emergency admissions through A&E have increased by 51 per cent; that's an extra 1.25 million more patients going in to hospital on an unplanned basis.
"If we continue with this trend, we will see another extra half a million patients cramming into our A&E department in the next three years. This will be simply impossible for our hospital services to cope with, despite the heroic efforts of staff to date."
David Cameron's official spokesman has defended the performance of A&Es after Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt briefed ministers at the weekly Cabinet meeting.
The Prime Minister's spokesman said: "The most recent statistics (show that) over the last three weeks, A&E performance has actually exceeded the 95% standards for people admitted or discharged within four hours.
"There are also 1 million more people visiting A&E than three years ago."
The Labour whips' office has tweeted:
Urgent Question from @andyburnhammp at 1230 on government's response to A&E crisis
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What do you do when the Duchess of Cambridge sits down next to you at an Olympic event? If you're British gymnast Kristian Thomas, you sit up straight and try to remember all those manners your mother taught you. Thomas was sitting in the second row of the O2 Arena on Sunday ready to watch teammates Louis Smith and Max Whitlock compete in the pommel horse finals when a security guard told him Kate Middleton wanted to hang out. "It was fantastic," Thomas said. "She was really easy to talk to. We talked about the pommel final and some of the elements and what's good and what's bad. She was quite enthusiastic about it." Thomas added the Duchess was "nervous" while Smith competed but was thrilled when he won silver and Whitlock earned bronze. When asked if he asked Kate for sister Pippa Middleton's phone number, Thomas just laughed and said, "I think my girlfriend would mind." — Will Graves - twitter www.twitter.com/WillGravesAP ___ EDITOR'S NOTE — "Eyes on London" shows you the Olympics through the eyes of Associated Press journalists across the 2012 Olympic city and around the world. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
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On the old website, I was able to download old past maths papers (Linear GCSE). I find that the Intermediate tier questions useful to give to my Foundation Tier candidates to help them to aim high. I have a nice collection of these I have downloaded and regularly use, but I don't have those for 2007. Of course, since this tier is not examined, these have been removed from the new website. Anybody know where I can get them please? I work at a small college teaching adults, and we don't have the resources to but the CDs etc which may or may not have what I need on them. Any chance of a free download?
Teachers of Edexcel's qualifications can sign up at www.edexcelmaths.com where all our past papers have been stored. We'll require a centre name, number and your e-mail address at your centre (requests from private addresses can't be activated). All downloads are free of charge - you'll be able to find papers, marks schemes, examiner's reports, grade boundaries and much more.
They are all available in the emporium www.edexcelmaths.com,
If you send me your email address I can send them to you if you don't have a username or login for the emporium
Dave Pierce
Edexcel seem to have the worst possible system I have ever come across to finding stuff. Everything is cluttered and spread out for no reason.
In the past it took me a million clicks and about an hour to find the exam papers(some-I should add), and each time it takes the same amount of time.
they shoul do a course in user interface design
I would change boards just because of this!
As the posts above mention, teachers of Edexcel Mathematics can easily find all past papers back beyond 2000 at www.edexcelmaths.com, along with mark schemes, grade boundaries, examiner reports and more. You can register at the site - accounts are usually activated within a working day.


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Two Italians are due to appear in court charged with attempted murder after a group of English football fans were ambushed in Rome.
At least 11 Spurs fans were injured in the attack at 1am on Thursday as up to 50 hooligans stormed the Drunken Ship pub armed with knuckle dusters, baseball bats, knives and broken bottles.
Essex builder Ashley Mills, 25, was most seriously injured sustaining stab wounds to his leg and head. He was taken to San Camillo Hospital in the Eternal City and continues to be assessed but is not in a life-threatening condition.
He and his fellow Spurs fans were enjoying a drink ahead of the club's Europa League tie against Lazio when the Ultras - right-wing, hooligan fans - stormed the pub.
Fans scrambled to safety as the pub was smashed up in the chaos.
Rome police said two fans of Roma, the city's other Serie A side, had been charged with attempted murder. Francesco Ianari, 26, and Mauro Pinnelli, 25, are due to appear in court.
On Friday, Mr Mills spoke of the horrifying attack. He told the Evening Standard said his attacker "came out of nowhere".
He added: "I didn't see the guy who stabbed me. There were too many of them."
Mr Mills said there was a good atmosphere in the bar, where everyone was having a few drinks before everything turned sour. He added: "I was standing outside drinking and the next thing I knew there were loads of them. It happened very quickly, I don't remember much. I remember being pulled out, along the ground, after I had been stabbed."
On Friday night, president of the Italian Football Association (FIGC) Giancarlo Abete sent a letter of apology to English FA chairman David Bernstein following the attack.


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