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This week in Cheap Laughs, we have ice cream cakes, neighborhood shakes, personal screenplays, and a gloriously wild remake of Jurassic Park. Here's our rundown of the best in independently produced New York comedy this week.
Wednesday, February 18
Your Showcase of Showcases
Carolines, 7.30 p.m., $10 here with discount code BOSCO
The show title nods to Sid Caesar's iconic TV program, and it lives up to the billing. This Carolines cavalcade of stand-ups is, pound for pound, probably the best-value night out in comedy this week. Jessica Kirson is a killing machine of laughter, dirty bird Mark Normand is ripping it up on the road, and Tony Deyo is the clean genius whose clips you can send to your grandmother the next day. Host Scott Rogowsky imbues the event with some Old Hollywood charm that Caesar himself would have appreciated.
Yum's the Word
Le Poisson Rouge, 7.30 p.m., $15 here
This is the only show in New York that combines the pleasures of storytelling with the joy of a childhood birthday party. Host Robin Gelfenbien makes ice cream cakes from scratch and prepares nostalgic spreads of candy for her guests to devour as they're entertained by big names from the comedy world. Tonight, SNL's Sasheer Zamata and ex-State and current RISK! impresario Kevin Allison are her headliners.
Thursday, February 19
It's Sooo Up and Coming
739 Franklin, 8.45 p.m., Free
Crown Heights needed a great local comedy night. And lo, did Khalid Rahmaan see it, and made it so. His biweekly showcase gets the neighborhood crowd rocking with mixed and mashed lineups of solid New York comics. Tonight, Canadian Pakistani Sabrina Jalees shares the stage with Brooklyn powerhouse Drew Dowdey and a host of other fine acts. Latecomers will endure standing room only, so shake your tail and get there early.
Stand Up On the Spot
The Stand, 8 p.m., $15
This L.A.-transplant, improvised stand-up show continues to build a loyal following in NYC. Ultra-experienced comedians are thrown to the wolves, shorn of their tried-and-tested jokes and forced to improvise material on any subject the crowd yells out. It could be topical. It could be philosophical. And depending on how many drinks the audience has had, it could be scatological. Everything is on the table. Big Jay Oakerson, Yannis Pappas, and Casey Balsham are some of the best at it, and they're all on the bill tonight.
Friday, February 20
Mike Lemme: The Depression and Swag Tour
Under St. Marks, 7 p.m., $5 for two tickets
Comic Mike Lemme takes to this venerable East Village stage to discuss struggle, survival, and scoliosis. Wetting the bed? Low self-esteem? Visiting family in mental hospitals? Life's rich tapestry of pain is all here, along with the jokes that make it bearable.
On the next page: Dinosaurs and butts (at the same time).
Game Night
The Graham Bar, 8 p.m., Free Will Winner and Kyle Ayers ran one of the hottest shows in Williamsburg. But, being Williamsburg, the bar they called home was sold and will imminently become an Apple Store or kombucha vineyard or some shit. After a brief hiatus, they have relocated, naturally, to Bushwick. Tonight they host the bearded Ben Kronberg, the dreamy Joel Kim Booster, and the deeply disturbed Amber Nelson. The show is still free and still wonderfully ridiculous.
Sunday, February 22
Hold On to Your Butts
The PIT, 2 p.m., $1 for students/$18 for others
Now, this is fun. Do you know what a foley artist is? They are studio professionals who make sound effects — not with computers, but with real-life objects. And foley artist Kelsey Didion is one of the keys to this deeply creative, insane show. Basically, two actors (Kyle Schaefer and Nick Abeel) perform a live, "shot-for-shot" re-enactment of the 1993 smash hit film Jurassic Park, complete with live sound. It's bonkers and hilarious. We didn't think such a show was possible, but…life found a way.
The Macaulay Culkin Show
Shea Stadium, 7 p.m., $5
Jon Glaser is a beloved recurring character on HBO's Girls and Parks and Recreation and the grumpy darling of Gotham alt comedy. In 2014, Brett Davis asked Glaser to be a guest on this monthly comedy show "whenever possible forever." Glaser replied, "Only if you write me a screenplay called Whenever Possible Forever." Davis wrote that screenplay. And at this month's Macaulay Culkin Show, it shall be performed live. We can't guarantee it will get weird, but we'll take that risk anyway.
Tuesday, February 24
Backfat Variety
61 Local, 8.30 p.m., Free
Gary Gulman might be the only living stand-up comedian to have performed on every network late-night talk show. At rough count, it's about seven different shows, which makes him the Jackie Joyner-Kersee of comedy. He performs for the low price of bupkis this evening alongside a packed lineup of variety, featuring musical improv from Pop Roulette and wry observations from the New Yorker's Ben Greenman.
Over the Eight, 8 p.m. Free
Sarah Tollemache is one of the strongest joke writers in the game and just enjoyed her television debut. She is one great reason to attend this goof-around at Over the Eight. Another is the hyperactive hosting threesome of Tynan Delong, Marcia Belsky, and Mike Abrusci. As a trio, they look like a clownish hybrid of Dr. Demento, a punk-rock pro wrestler, and Jewish Annie. They're good people.


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Earlier this week I was contacted by Alan G. Isaac asking me about the whereabouts of the Courier 15 CPU aka Courier Dot 15 fonts I made several years back. The old website at Tripod is gone and I've redirected my energies to other interests in the meantime.
I've digged up the fonts from old backups and I'll repost them all in this blog. Let's see if I'm game to start hacking fonts again. 🙂
NOTE: I managed to delete the file by mistake several weeks ago. It is restored now and I've added an OTF version to boot.


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Dante has a shiny new cuff wrapped around his ankle, and he doesn't like that mess one bit. His new accessory comes straight from Big Guy himself and marks the former demon as a liberator. Despite his gritty past and bad boy ways, Dante Walker has been granted a second chance.
When Dante is given his first mission as a liberator to save the soul of seventeen-year-old Aspen, he knows he's got this. But Aspen reminds him of the rebellious life he used to live and is making it difficult to resist sinful temptations. Though Dante is committed to living clean for his girlfriend Charlie, this dude's been a playboy for far too long…and old demons die hard.
With Charlie becoming the girl she was never able to be pre-makeover and Aspen showing him how delicious it feels to embrace his inner beast, Dante will have to go somewhere he never thought he'd return to in order to accomplish the impossible: save the girl he's been assigned to, and keep the girl he loves.
I didn't love The Collector, bet yes I LOVE The Liberator with something fierce. I was a little hesitant at first to purchase and read this book lest I be slightly disappointed yet again, but I can't be happier with my decision now. Victoria Scott has improved so much with this book, not only on her writing style but also pacing, plot development, and characters. While I felt bored in some parts of The Collector, and felt like some scenes didn't need to be in the book, everything in The Liberator was p-e-r-f-e-c-t. Waiting for The Warrior (book 3) is going to be long and arduous.
As a new Liberator, Big Guy up there has given Dante his first task to prove himself worthy of the title. Forcing Dante to leave Charlie when things finally seem to be settling down to a point, Dante must track down 17-year old Aspen and liberate her soul. Seems easy enough to Dante, who's betting on his wit and charm to complete the mission. Once he sees the life Aspen leads though, he is reminded too much of the life he once had and hasn't really let go of. The partying. The binge drinking. The rebelling. Temptation for Dante is around ever corner and he is struggling to put himself in line, much less liberate Aspen who reminds himself so much of how he once was. It doesn't help that back at home, Charlie seems to be changing into a new girl--and not for the better.
The Liberator, as I see it, is the HUGE game changer of the series. We learn why Charlie's soul has such an important role, and later, how much Aspen's will too. We learn the dynamics of Heaven and Hell...with a detour to Hell itself included ;). This installment is fast paced with action every which way--and I can't say it enough that the amount of action written into a book is huge factor in my ratings, along with character development.
And in that department, Victoria Scott does not disappoint. I wasn't too impressed with Dante in The Collector--he was just that generic hot bad boy (it sounds like an oxymoron, but there are many hot boys out there, just saying). But Dante 2.0? Victoria Scott just starts peeling and revealing Dante's intricate layers, and he turns out to be a really deep character as he struggles to call himself a Collector, or a Liberator.
I thought Aspen was going to turn out being a slightly more feminine version of Dante, and at first she seemed though by the end of the story she seemed so different from him. Aspen has her own set of nightmares to deal with, and her rebellious nature seems right when it's revealed what happened to her. I wouldn't believe it if Aspen could have stayed a good-girl. It also helps that Aspen can fight like a pro. Not joking, I'm pretty sure she could take out Dante (hah!). I'm pretty sure she is my favorite character in the book, no offense to Dante or anything *ahem*.
Then comes Charlie...*taps finger on table*. I just never really liked Charlie from the start. She was a bit too innocent, and I didn't think she fit that well with Dante. I suppose I liked her more by the end of The Liberator, but I wasn't too happy with her for at least the first half of the book. Even though, a well-done to Victoria Scott for her awesome characters!
Now there was this one part that humored me a lot in this book, and that is Liberator School. No that's not really what it's called but that was it's purpose. Watching Mr. Bad Boy Dante in this school was rather...hilarious...but much needed. I think time under Kraven (Mr. White Wings) puts a lot into Dante's change as a character (heh heh :D).
I was overjoyed with The Liberator and really, the amping up of the series. Can't wait to see how Victoria Scott concludes with The Warrior. If anything, if you haven't started the series, read The Collector so you can enjoy The Liberator!


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By Anonymous on Fri, 03/18/2011
Is your iPad too slippery? Are you afraid it will fall out of your hands, but you like the "naked" look? Try the Pad Strap.
The Pad Strap, made of two leather "pockets" and an elastic strap, hooks over two opposite corners. This provides a secure way to hold your iPad without keeping it in a case.
I like the idea. It works well and feels fairly secure. I'm not sure if the elastic will stretch out over time, but it appears fairly stable. It doesn't add weight and doesn't get in the way.
Personally, however, I still like my iPad in a case that I can throw in my purse. To protect the iPad with the Pad Strap attached, you'll need to store it in a case of some type


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Olympic and Paralympic Games have traditionally always been about gold, silver and bronze, but organizers of Tokyo 2020 want their Games to be remembered for being green. The Japanese public have been asked to donate unwanted mobile phones and other electronic items to help make 5,000 medals.
Organizers hope to get eight tonnes of metal from collection boxes which will be placed in local offices and telecoms stores around the country from April.
"There's a limit on the resources of our earth, so recycling these things will make us think about the environment," said Tokyo 2020 sports director Koji Murofushi.
Recycled materials have been used in previous Games to make Olympic medals, with 30% of the silver and bronze medals at last summer's Olympics in Rio made from recycled materials.
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but always seem to get distracted by one thing or another.
(sound familiar?)
Dramatic skies the night of the funeral
for the 3 slain RCMP officers in Moncton...
When something like this happens so close to home,
it always makes me think about those places in the world
that are in constant conflict.
Places where people kill one another
like it was a sport.
Hard to understand the world sometimes...
But life goes on...
A happy apple tree!
not sure i'm done with it yet.
I'll most likely be adding something to it.
Probably dots.
I did this a few nights ago,
with the intention of doing a collage of words.
Then out of the blue,
was inspired to draw this...
thinking I would somehow tie in the words later
But then it became all about the illustration
and less about the words.
So i resigned myself to the fact that Sister Golden Hair
wanted all the space to herself.
So i let her.
It was so much fun doing this.
(photo taken in natural light, the next morning)
It always amazes me how we can have one intention in the beginning,
and then the piece takes on a life of its own.
They say it's the same with writing.
Speaking of which,
I've been working feverishly on my book.
Well, ok, maybe feverishly is a strong word.
If i get any fever at this time of the year,
it's caused by too much sun. ;-)
Happy Wednesday everyone!
For all the hippies out there...
Sister Golden Hair.


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BLACKPOOL NETBALL CLUB (Stanley Park)
Location :
The courts are towards the south end of Stanley Park, next to the Cocker Tower, and can only be reached on foot. (See map)
Parking :-
There are free car parks at Blackpool Sports Centre (closest to courts) or by the Café in Stanley Park.
Alternatively you can park on one side of West Park Drive or on the road round the bottom of the park.
Refreshments :-
There is a café in the Art Deco Pavilion and there is a kiosk by the Children's Play Area (not guaranteed to be open).
Vending machines, including hot drinks are also available in the sports centre foyer.
TOURNAMENT FIXTUREs
Note : Provisional fixtures, may change.


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Rachel Zoe's Former Assistant, Taylor Jacobson, Is Styling Mena Suvari!
It looks like there's another name we can add to her slew of a-listers — which already includes Kate Beckinsale!
While Rachel Zoe is expecting a son, Taylor Jacobson the stylist's former right hand, is busy working on her portfolio! Now it looks like we can add another celeb to her roster, Mena Suvari!
Mena tweeted, "So glad they made the connection!☺ thanx to my lady Taylor Jacobson for such a gorgeous Kate Spade dress!♥"
Mena joins the ranks of other stylish stars working with Taylor, (including Kate Beckinsale, who used to work with Zoe). Considering how great Kate looks, we aren't surprised so many stars have opted to work with the stylist.
Congrats, Taylor! Keep up the good work. Are you happy to hear that more celebs are working with the stylist?


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Adam Rubin points out that Mets GM Sandy Alderson is on track to become the first general manager in the 52 year history of the franchise to post increasing loss totals in each of his first three seasons.
Sandy Alderson soon will become 1st GM in #Mets history to post increasing losses totals in each of his 1st 3 seasons from team inherited.
— Adam Rubin (@AdamRubinMedia) September 14, 2013
After losing the first game in tonight's doubleheader, the Mets have clinched their fifth consecutive losing season. It is the fourth-longest losing streak in franchise history.
As a general manager, Alderson now has a streak of eight straight losing seasons that goes back to his tenure with the Oakland A's when he left after five consecutive losing seasons and gave way to Billy Beane.
The pressure will be on for Sandy this offseason, his fourth since taking over the Mets.


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'One More Thing - Stories and Other Stories' - BJ Novak
This selection of short stories was surprising and delightful! I actually thought I was getting the trad. comedian-memoirs-this-is-how-I-made-it (>> Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling, Miranda Hart etc) but nope. Just clever, funny, often poignant stories and snippets. I'm not usually a huge reader of short stories and I'm not sure that I would have picked it up had I known, but happy happy accident that lead to this!
Some of the stories have really stuck with me (only the occasional slightly boring/disappointing one) and I have this on my must-own-must-reread list. I was able to read a bunch of books around it, and it perfectly filled the gaps when selecting a new title. A 2014 favourite.
'Don't Look Back' - Jennifer L. Armentrout
I went in cold with this one, with no recommendations other than a Goodreads Best YA Fiction of 2014 nomination. I enjoyed but definitely won't remember this book...
Pluses - Excellent pacing and refreshingly smooth writing. One of those writers you pick up and immediately know that you are in safe hands. There was a satisfying level of intrigue the entire way through, making for a fun 'whodunnit' read.
Minuses - There was no element of surprise when the climax arrived. I actually had a pretty great theory going, and felt deeply disappointed that Armentrout made such an obvious choice. I thought there would for sure be a bunch of punch-in-the-gut plot twists saving themselves for the end, but other than the protag figuring out what had been pre.tty obvious all along... just nothing. Disappointingly, I couldn't really get on board with any of the characters, I didn't hate them, but I didn't love 'em. I thought there were missed opportunities for toxic characters to redeem themselves, and I had conflicted feelings towards the 'good guys'.
Also, sexual content warning. This one's for older YA readers for sure.
YA novels
Iron King - Julia Kagawa (read)
How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff (read)
Prized - Carah M. O'Brien (read)
Promised - Carah M. O'Brien (read)
Forest Born - Shannon Hale
Cinder - Marissa Meyer (read)
Scarlet - Marissa Meyer (read)Cress - Marissa Meyer (reading)
If I Stay - Gayle Forman (read)
The Fault In Our Stars - John Green (read)
The Jewel - Amy Ewing (read)The Selection - Kiera Cass (read)
The Elite - Kiera Cass (read)
The One - Kiera Cass (read)
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman (read)
Boy 21 - Matthew Quick (read)
Love Letters To The Dead - Ava Dellaira (read)
We Were Liars - E. Lockhart (read)
Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell
Okay For Now - Gary D. Schmidt (read)
Don't Look Back - Jennifer L. Armentrout (read)
Contemporary/Adult lit
Me Before You - Jojo Moyes (read)
Rules of Civility - Amor Towles
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn (read)
One More Thing - BJ Novak (read)
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
NZ fiction
(Middle Grade) The Volume of Possible Endings - Barbara Else (read)
Spark - Rachael Craw (read)
Is It Just Me? - Miranda Hart (read)
I Am Malala - Malala Yousafzai


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Certification in Leadership and Management
Unique in its kind, this certification is offered in partnership with Concordia University's John Molson School of Business Executive Centre. It was designed in collaboration with University professors and accomplished business executives who are also the program facilitators.
The curriculum of this certification aims at shaping successful leaders to become champions of change, to manage conflict effectively, to mobilize their teams with managerial courage and to overcome their company's specific challenges.
Resulting of an agreement between the Institute and CoachingOurselves, the Certification in leadership and management includes an approach developed by Phil Lenir and Professor Henry Mintzberg. The latter is often cited among the world's greatest thinkers in the field of management. This approach aims to promote rich discussions and to share knowledge and ideas between participants.
Who Is this Program For?
This program is targeted to professionals who hold leadership positions in their organizations, and who wish to further develop their strategic leadership skills. They represent a broad range of industries and profiles such as:
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Certification Program Outline
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- • Rally internal and external stakeholders to successfully implement desired changes.
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• Communicate your vision and its expected outcomes clearly and strategically.
• Enhance both your oral and written presentations to be more effective and persuasive.
• Learn to prepare for a presentation to be delivered to colleagues, supervisors, clients or the board of directors.
• Explore and practice different approaches and techniques for data selection and visualisation.
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• Recognize the importance of innovation and creativity for your organization.
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Internationals: Joy for Lovren as Croatia edge closer to the World Cup
Dejan Lovren played the full 90 minutes as Croatia took a big step towards qualification for the World Cup with a 4-1 win over Greece in the first leg of their play-off on Thursday night.
Luka Modric gave the hosts the perfect start on 13 minutes, opening the scoring from the penalty spot, and after Lovren went close with a header, the lead was doubled when Nikola Kalinic netted.
On the half-hour mark, Sokratis Papastathopoulos scored to give the away side hope but three minutes later it was 3-1 when Ivan Perisic got a goal of his own.
Within four minutes of the restart, Andrej Kramaric pounced to make it 4-1 and put his country in a great position to qualify for the World Cup ahead of Sunday's second leg.
Andy Robertson and Georginio Wijnaldum both lasted the full distance as Scotland lost 1-0 to the Netherlands in a friendly encounter in Aberdeen.
The only goal of the game was scored five minutes before the break by Memphis Depay and came courtesy of an assist from former Liverpool star Ryan Babel.


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Interesting Comments made by Aussie People
seen Somewhere!
Sakio Bika
Do any of the forum members here think that Sakio Bika doesn't get the
attention, praise and adulation he deserves? Amongst boxing fans in OZ,
the general public, media and forums (including this one) he seems to
not be on the radar a lot of the time. Why people still continue to give
Mundine more of their time and hard earned is beyond me when you have a
more credentialled and fearless aussie fighter doing what fighters are
supposed to do. If you break down his career so far, how could you not
consider this guy to be the truest fighter in OZ. Current boxers who I
think are the best and realest fighters are Vic Darchinyan, Michael
Katsidis, Nader Hamdan, Hussein Hussein and Sakio Bika. All willing to
travel, box whoever and if they are going to go down.....they go down
fighting. When the most of the boxing public think of those guys
mentioned, they think tough guys who like to brawl and swing hard. But
anyone who knows a little something about boxing knows that they are
fine boxers too. When you break it down, they are stubborn, hard headed
guys who love to fight but they can just as easily box your ears off
too. I say good luck to this Mundine guy and his bank account. He is
playing a game and winning it well. But in the history books and the
eyes of real boxing fans, is he being a real fighter? How many of these
"real fighters" do we have in this country at the moment?
Anyway I did a quick breakdown on Sakio's career so far, thanks to
boxrec and fights I've seen.
1999-2000 All-African Amateur Boxing Champion. I'd say being the
Champion and beating all the other tough boxers in Africa wouldn't be an
easy task.
2000 Sydney Olympics representing Cameroun
2002 Fought in Sam Solimans BACKYARD (Melbourne), losing a 12 round
majority decision which I thought Sakio won.
2003 Won first Australian Title
2004 Fought in Yoshihiro Araki's BACKYARD (Japan), winning OPBF
middleweight title 10round TKO.
2005 Fought in Yoshihiro Araki's BACKYARD (Japan)(Rematch),
winning/defending OPBF title 5 round KO
2006 Fought in Markus Beyers BACKYARD (Germany), resulting in a 4 round
technical draw. Sakio was on top, hurt Beyer and the Germans knew it of
2006 Fought in Joe Calzaghe's BACKYARD (UK), losing 12 round points
decision. Even Calzaghe said it was one of his toughest fights ever.
2007 Flew to Mikkel Kessler's BACKYARD (Denmark) for 4 weeks sparring
after Kesslers previous sparring partners flew home within the first
couple of days.
2007 Fought in Lucian Bute's BACKYARD (Canada) losing 12 round points
decision. Many don't know that Sakio jumped in a pool 2 days before the
fight, thinking it was the shallow
end as he couldn't swim. It was in fact the deep end and he had to be
saved while he was fighting to get above water. Fighting 2 days after
you nearly drowned and lost your
life wouldn't help your mental state!
2007 Fought in Jaidon Codrington's BACKYARD (USA east coast) winning the
Contender title against the odds TKO 8. Plenty of people didn't want
Sakio to win and made his time
there more difficult than Jaidon's. That's for sure! Jaidon still hasn't
recovered one year and one fight later. Many want him to retire already.
2008 Fought in Peter Manfredo's BACKYARD (Providence, RI, USA) smashing
Manfredo into retirement. TKO 3. IBO World title.
One of the points I'm trying to make here is that Sakio genuinely puts
his heart, body, head and boxing ability against anyone and fears not
about challenging them in their backyard. He might have lost a couple,
but look who it was to and look where he is at now. Still there, still
fearless, still putting his ability to the test. Trying the hard way to
make a better life for his family. Big respect for that.
Personally I think Sakio deserves much more attention and support from
the Aussie public. I'd pay $50 to watch him over paying $50 to watch
mismatches. Anyone have any thoughts?
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"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot." - Mark Twain
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Please Watch These
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I don't watch Beck. He's a propagandist. I've heard him stir up religious fear/hatred between Christians and Muslims, I've watched him defend warrantless searches and illegal wiretapping, etc etc etc. I watched him trash and ridicule Ron Paul during the election campaign and I watch him raise legitimate issues against Obama when he remained silent as Bush did similar things.
Becks propaganda role is to promote the lie that there are two parties, and to protect the fact that our government is controlled by private finance. He's an excellent presenter and his valid points are often compelling, but they are always a piece of the truth rather than the whole truth, in order to manipulate people into continuing to live a lie.
- August 29, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Sorry to change the subject but I just had to put this out there for discussion:
Tom John's comments on the Democrats lining up to run against mayor Ballard. Here's what I think:
Tom John, because of his employment status and direct report (Ice Miller/Lacey Johnson) Tom's income and employment is tied to his ability ot undermind the local GOP. As someone who has ran several campaigns doesn't it strike you odd that the COunty Chairman who is with the incumbant party say something so divisive and juvenile? IMO this was done deliberately to undermind the local GOP and drive away independents. My question is how can you trust someone who sold out his party during a very contentious election, kick out the most supportive Republican activist and works behind the scenes to ferret out rising stars so that he can destroy them before they can rise up against the status quo.
Maybe Im jaded a bit but I've seen this before...in Lake County. There the GOP leadership is in place to make sure there's no uprising. The local Chair is compensated directly and indirectly by Democratic powebrokers to make sure no one opposes the status quo. In return the Chairman is kept in the lap of luxury never benefitting more than the Democratic Chairman but goven enough to keep him loyal and hungry for more.
Just my humble opinion
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The Bush administration said Tuesday it hopes to see a moderate consensus emerge in Pakistan after parliamentary elections that will continue reforms and combat extremism and terror. Pakistani voters Monday dealt a major setback to the party of President Pervez Musharraf. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.
Despite the blow to President Musharraf, a key U.S. ally, officials here reject the notion the election was a defeat for the Bush administration. They say the United States is ready to work cooperatively with both Mr. Musharaf and the government that emerges from Monday's voting.
Asked about implications for Washington from the Pakistani election, State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack quipped that he did not recall seeing the United States on the ballot.
But he said the parties that gained in the election, led by the Pakistan People's Party of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, all have in one form or another expressed what he termed "an abiding commitment" to combat extremism and terror. He said he hopes that consensus is reflected in the policies of the coalition government that will now take shape:
"What we will urge is that those moderate forces within Pakistani politics, who now have a seat at the table so to speak in winning seats in the parliament, should band together, should work together for a few goals that are in the interest of Pakistan: broaden and deepen Pakistan's economic and political reforms, remain committed to fighting violent extremists and terrorists in the region and on Pakistan soil," he said. "This is in the long-term interests of Pakistan and the Pakistani people."
McCormack said the United States has a "deep national interest" in working with Pakistan in breaking up terrorist cells that operate from that country's remote, federally administered tribal areas of north and south Waziristan.
At the same time, he said the most important bulwark against terrorism in Pakistan is the development of a more open, free and prosperous society.
The comments follow a Washington Post report Tuesday that a rocket attack that killed a senior al-Qaida commander, Abu Laith al-Libi, in northwestern Pakistan late last month was staged by a CIA-operated drone aircraft operating without explicit Pakistani approval.
McCormack said he would have no particular comment on the newspaper account, because it involved intelligence-related activities.
But the spokesman said the Bush administration has a "good level of cooperation" with Pakistan in fighting terrorism and said the United States "respects the sovereignty" of its friends and allies.


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Oct 4, 2011 clicker updates
I know I needed a moment to let this one sink in. Mind you, this is good news, but that doesn't make it a little less surprising.
Jason Bigler has returned to Google to lead Product in Display, in EMEA. He's moving to London in the new year and started yesterday. Clearly, he ignored all the advice he got from Ari.
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Obamas First 100 Days: Worse Than Even We Predicted
From protecting Bush officials who ordered torture from prosecution, to maintaining and expanding the American empire, to warrantless wiretapping of American citizens, all have remained and intensified under Obama
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Monday, April 20, 2009
As President Barack Obama approaches his first 100 days in office, the corporate media prepares a new round of fawning idolatry about the Obama administrations achievements, yet a summary glance at what Obama has actually done in that short time with regard to expanding the Bush police state and the Neo-Con empire is worse than even we predicted.
The day after Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States in November last year, we challenged Obama supporters and the administration itself to follow through on the rhetoric of change by starting to dismantle the architecture of the Bush police state and beginning to roll back the unwieldy morass of the American empire. Obama has done neither, and in fact his every action has been about ensuring the Bush police state remains in place, that the people who put it in place are protected from prosecution, and that the empire continues to expand.
We presented Obama and his supporters with a series of issues on which to make progress. While we did not expect Obama to accomplish much in his first few months in office, we at least challenged the new President to take the first steps in reversing eight years of what was a de facto dictatorship and plotting the course for the change that was so consistently promised.
We asked the following questions of an Obama presidency;
- Will Obama support Dennis Kucinichs efforts to bring war crimes charges against Bush, Cheney and others for deceiving the country into a war or will he protect them against such charges like Nancy Pelosi has done?
In April 2008, Obama promised that as President he would ask his Attorney General to immediately review potential war crimes that occurred under the Bush White House. Obama or his Attorney General have done no such thing, and every noise they have made suggests that top Neo-Cons will be protected from deceiving America into a war.
Similarly we asked;
- Will Obama bring war crimes charges against Bush, Cheney and others for authorizing torture and will the torture of suspects under U.S. detention, a complete violation of both the Constitution and the Geneva Conventions, cease under an Obama administration?
As we found out last week, the answer was a resounding NO. Upon the release of the torture memos, Obamas right-hand man, chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, told ABC News that top Bush administration officials should not be prosecuted either and thats not the place that we go. In addition, Obamas statement that accompanied the release of the torture memos stated, In releasing these memos, it is our intention to assure those who carried out their duties relying in good faith upon legal advice from the Department of Justice that they will not be subject to prosecution.
So no retribution for the people who ordered the torture, and no retribution to the people who carried it out, thus setting the precedent that future administrations are free to order torture - safe in the knowledge that they will face no consequences whatsoever.
- Will Obama withdraw American troops from Iraq and Afghanistan without sending them away again to bomb another broken-backed third world country?
The answer again is a resounding NO. Upon taking office, Obama announced that he would be sending another 17,000, and eventually perhaps as many as 30,000, extra troops to Afghanistan.
Regarding Iraq, after the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 19 months, a timescale that has since been put back again, Mr. Obama plans to leave behind a residual force of tens of thousands of troops to continue training Iraqi security forces, hunt down foreign terrorist cells and guard American institutions, reported the New York Times.
In terms of bombing another broken-backed third world country, Obama has beefed the U.S. military role in Pakistan beyond that pursued by the Bush administration and expanded the covert war run by the Central Intelligence Agency inside Pakistan, according to the New York TImes, with an increase in missile attacks by drone aircraft.
Meanwhile, Obamas war chest demands came to a total of around $800 billion in war funds and subsidiary costs just to cover the rest of 2009.
Does any of this sound like a move towards bringing the troops home and rolling back the American empire, as Obama promised before he was elected?
- Will Obama end the warrantless secret surveillance and phone-taps of American citizens?
Youll be shocked the learn that the answer was a resounding NO. Earlier this month, The Obama administration formally adopted the Bush administrations position that the courts cannot judge the legality of the National Security Agencys (NSAs) warrantless wiretapping program, reported the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
President Obama promised the American people a new era of transparency, accountability, and respect for civil liberties, said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. But with the Obama Justice Department continuing the Bush administrations cover-up of the National Security Agencys dragnet surveillance of millions of Americans, and insisting that the much-publicized warrantless wiretapping program is still a secret that cannot be reviewed by the courts, it feels like deja vu all over again.
- Will Obama cease his support for the Bush-administration backed banker bailouts, hated by the majority of Americans, and target the real cause of the problem - the Federal Reserve - or will he continue to give taxpayers money to banks who are merely hoarding it all for themselves?
Obamas zealous push for more bailouts, along with increased power for the Federal Reserve and the implementation of global regulations that will effectively end any notion of a free market was perhaps the defining issue of his first 100 days as President. Obama has vigorously promoted the same financial policies that were introduced by the Bush administration in its final few months.
- Will Obama repeal Patriot Acts I and II as well as reversing Bushs signing statement and acknowledging the repeal of the John Warner Defense Authorization Act? Will Obama seek to continue the militarization of America and preparations for martial law through Northcom and the secret government or will he dismantle the police state that has been constructed over the last eight years by the Bush administration?
Despite initial rhetoric about reversing Bushs infamous signing statements, Obama himself stated that he will continue to use signing statements. The Patriot Act and its additions as well as the John Warner Defense Authorization Act, both core planks of the Bush police state, remain firmly in place, with no sign of any reversal.
Regarding militarization through Northcom, weeks after Obamas election victory it was announced that, The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials. Militarization of law enforcement and troops being used domestically in preparation for martial law is continuing apace under the Obama administration.
- Will Obama follow through on his rhetorical support for the second amendment or will he seek to ban guns as he did in Illinois?
Despite Obama promising that he was not interested in going after the second amendment before his election, one of his first actions was to appoint the rabidly anti-gun Eric Holder as his Attorney General. Obama has also falsely blamed the drug war crisis in Mexico on American gun shops. The leaked Obama gun ban list would make millions of Americans criminals for owning weapons such certain types of rifles or pistols. Anti-gun legislation has found its way into stimulus and other unrelated bills as pork barrel. The first steps of the Obama administration with regard to gun control have resulted in record firearm and ammunition purchases across the country.
Upon Obamas election we made a cynical but unfortunately accurate prediction of how the much vaunted promise of change would actually manifest itself. The fact is that the change began and ended on the day Obama won the election.
- Illegal warrantless surveillance and wiretapping of American citizens will continue under Obama.
- Top Bush administration officials who ordered torture and those that carried it out will be protected from prosecution under Obama.
- Top Bush administration officials who deceived America into a war will be protected from prosecution under Obama.
- The expansion of the military empire through continued occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan and further military incursions into Pakistan will continue and expand under Obama.
- Banker bailouts, reckless spending, inflation of currency through overprinting and global regulations stifling the free market, all of which were initiated under Bush, will continue under Obama.
- The militarization of the United States and the architecture of the police state that was set up under Bush will be preserved and expanded under Obama.
- The attack on the second amendment right to bear arms will continue under Obama.
The egregious spending will continue, government will balloon in size, American soldiers will be used as cannon fodder for more interventionist wars of the military-industrial complex, U.S. citizens will continue to have their phone calls tapped and their rights curtailed, we forecast last year, and the Federal Reserve will continue to rule the financial system with an iron fist while the middle class is squeezed out of existence.
Who can deny that all those things have only intensified under the Obama administration?
The honeymoon is over - Barack Obama has proven himself to be nothing more than we predicted all along - another stooge for the global banking syndicate that has controlled every U.S. president since JFK, and nothing more than a black face on the new world order - sworn to continue and intensify the same agenda that the Bush-Clinton-Bush dynasty advanced before him.
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Life is about creating yourself – The quote of the week
Hello Everyone and welcome back to our blog.
The new life as a father is quite awesome and I really enjoy it, the first month of life of our son was a blessing for us with all the small down sides and inconveniences, all of them are shadowed by the joy of new life.
That is why I did not wanted to make time for anything else, like posting on the blog, or even going to work – 🙂 I had so many days off those days…but that it the best time to do that. Raluca has shared her experience, I will share mine later, now I am coming with a quote about life, inspired by the new life that has come to us:
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Quote by George Bernard Shaw
If you search online and if you go on social media websites you see people in the search of finding themselves but I believe that life is indeed about creating your own self and not really about finding yourself. What is to find if you haven't created yet anything?
First you need to create and develop yourrself and then you can go find what you created.
Now I gotta get back to creating a life , mine and my son's life… so enjoy your life, enjoy all the small things in your life and do not forget to create a life before venturing out there to find it….


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The median sales price for Tower Lake homes for sale in the month of December was $265,000 for 2012.
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Tower Lake homes for sale over the past three years have been all detached and no attached properties. The amount of listing activity is low along with its month supply of inventory, median sales price and the number of homes for sale. The amount of closed sales and market time for Tower Lake homes has increased for December 2012.
Tower Lake properties average one new listing during the month of December and has many detached homes available. The month supply of inventory does not include condos or townhomes in Tower Lake. From December 2010 to now, the average amount of monthly supply of homes for sale averages around 6 months of inventory. The median sales price for Tower Lake homes for sale in the month of December was $265,000 for 2012. This month's median sales price average dropped 22% from three years ago when the median sales price was at $398,000 in December 2010. Within this average of median sales price, the traditional homes for sale listed around $222,700, which is significantly lower than in December 2010 when traditional homes listed at $398,500.
Homes for sale in Tower Lake have not included REO activity for the past three years. However, in the past two years there has not been any Short Sale activity until this year with December 2012 having a median sales price for its Short Sale properties at $265,000. Also during this month, the number of homes for sale in Tower Lake averages around 9 properties for sale for the past two years. The market time for the amount of days a property is for sale during December in Tower Lake has an average of 182 days on market. This time last year the market had a stale issue with homes staying on the market for an average of 308 days. The number of closed sales has increased in proportion to the amount of the decrease of median sales price for Tower Lake homes. A total of 3 closed sales occurred for the month of December 2012, accounting for more activity this year than the past three years.
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Want somebody to root for this in weekend's Saints-Falcons game? On the rare occasion when the Saints drop back to punt, resist the urge to change the channel or re-fill the dip bowl, and tip your glass to Mr. Glenn Adam Pakulak.
Ninety players will suit up for Sunday's NFC South Division battle at the Georgia Dome.
None will be happier than Pakulak, the Saints' freshly signed first-year punter whose appearance Sunday will culminate a six-year quest to earn a regular job in the league.
"I never gave up hope, " he said this week, a few days after signing a free agent contract with the team. "I've always believed in myself and thought if I put my mind to it, something eventually would crack."
Earlier this week, it finally did. Pakulak beat out three more experienced competitors during a tryout to become the Saints' third punter in as many games.
Pakulak, a LaPeer, Mich., native, lands on his first NFL regular-season roster as a 28-year-old rookie, a modern-day NFL version Roy Hobbs.
His story is testament to the audacity of hope, his career a case study in perseverance.
Born and raised in the "thumb" of Michigan by working-class parents, Pakulak played four positions at LaPeer East High School, but none of them well enough to attract a Division I offer.
"I was just raw, " he said. "All these kids go to these kicking and punting camps. I never did that stuff. I played three sports in high school, and I had a strong leg. So the coach put me back there, and I kicked the crap out of the ball."
So he took his powerful left leg to Rochester College, an NAIA school of about 1,000 students near his hometown, where he spent a year playing baseball and basketball. But he quickly aspired to grander ambitions and began to hunt for an opportunity at a bigger program.
He landed at Kentucky, where then-Coach Hal Mumme gave him a chance to play for the junior varsity team. Pakulak paid his own way for two years and eventually beat out several other punters in the program.
By his junior year, he'd earned a scholarship, a starting job and a reputation for head-hunting return men with his strapping 6-3, 225-pound frame.
By his senior year, he was chosen All-SEC over more heralded punters Dustin Colquitt at Tennessee and Donnie Jones at LSU, and he was a finalist for the Ray Guy Award, given annually to the nation's top punter.
Despite his lofty credentials -- and being ranked second among punters by Mel Kiper Jr. -- Pakulak was overlooked on draft day. Forced to sign a free agent contract with Seattle, he never got a chance to punt. The Seahawks cut him before camp opened, opting instead for veteran Tom Rouen.
Thus began a six-year odyssey that took him to 11 states and two separate stays in Amsterdam. Along the way, he was cut eight times: once each by the Seahawks, Steelers, Falcons and Bears and twice by the Raiders and Titans.
Between camps he stayed with friends and worked part-time jobs to make ends meet. Personal trainer. Construction worker. Golf course attendant. "I've done just about everything, " Pakulak laughed.
In the fall of 2004, he even worked a short stint at a bar on Bourbon Street during his stay with pal Kliff Kingsbury, who played quarterback on the Saints' practice squad.
"I can't remember the name of the place, " Pakulak said. "I was the door guy for about a week and a half. You stand outside and say, "Hey, come on in and check out our place!" . . . Just trying to make some money."
Pakulak practiced at LaSalle Park, right across the street from the Saints' training facility in Metairie. He even ran pass routes for Kingsbury after hours at the team complex.
Four years later, he stood in the same facility and marveled at the fickle finger of fate.
"Everything comes full circle, " he said.
Somehow, despite the humbling releases and empty excuses -- "You just need to work on your consistency" -- he never lost confidence. Despite the long plane rides home and lonely nights of practice, he never abandoned his dream.
"I just wish -- and I'm not saying this in a cocky manner -- I just wish I wasn't that good at it because then maybe I could have quit, said, 'Oh, I just wasn't good enough to do it, time to move on to something else.' But I punted against guys like Dustin Colquitt and Donnie Jones in the SEC, and I was the leader of the pack and All-SEC. Those guys have been in the NFL four and five years, respectively, and I'm still poundin' nails in roofs at home in Michigan. I'm thinking, Man, when am I going to get my break?"
Sunday he gets his chance.
"It's going to be awesome, " Pakulak said. "It's to the point now where I have nothing to lose. I've been trying to get into the league for six years. I'm going to go out, have fun, do what I've always been able to do and, hopefully, kick the crap out of the ball."
And if he doesn't, well, Pakulak understands the harsh nature of the business as well as anyone. As an unproven journeyman, he knows the only sure thing about his job status is its tenuousness.
That's why he asked his family and friends to stay away from Atlanta this weekend. He used some of the cash from his first real NFL check to buy his parents the Sunday NFL Ticket so they can watch him on their satellite back home in Michigan.
If things go well, he might fly some family and friends to New Orleans for the next home game in two weeks against Green Bay.
"Who knows, " he said. "I've got to go out and punt Sunday. If I go out and punt (poorly) -- as history shows -- I may be here only a week."
And somehow you get the feeling Pakulak could live with that reality.
At least he made it.
After six years, eight cuts and 11 change-of-address forms, he's finally going to punt in an NFL game.
"I'll make more money this week than I make in a year, " he said. And even if I don't get rich off of it, at least I can say I punted in the NFL -- and I knew I could. It's been a long road."
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Jeff Duncan can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 504.826.3404.
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WASHINGTON, December 16, 2009 - A number of groups representing minority interests are advocating that special rules be created by the government for Native Americans applying for broadband stimulus grants. The awards are being decided by the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Agriculture Department's Rural Utilities, which were charged by Congress in January to distribute $7.2 billion of federal funding to expand broadband penetration across the country. Keep Reading


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The one and only Brother Nathanel Kapner of www.realzionistnews.com returns for a special program discussing the recent threats made by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu towards the Obama administration.
With the advent of one book, the internet, where everyone can be connected, deceit is easily exposed. All the past religions and attempts to rule the world will vanish, as there can only exist truth. The most powerful element every to encroach on mans belief systems in the words of preliterate scribes, which created the sub-cultures of society, always at war, over the words of preliterate scribes, writing to please the ancient kings. Now with the one book, the truth will prevail, all else will perish, and with it the lies that have kept mankind at war, since the beginning, has enabled the remanents of one sub-culture to evolve into a world class mafia, controling the newsmedias, the trade routes, financial institutions, illicit trade of narcotics, slaves, etc. Creating for themselves a world of virtual Nobility, a world where everyone else is but a slave, servant, hireling, or enemy, In their wake, for the last 3,000 years are thousands of murdered tribes. Cultures with valuable information on the use of nature, that if identified, all together would have shortened our search for truths immensely. But hey, they hide behind fashion and law, they tell us what to buy and then sell it to us, Try and get into one of their trades and become destroyed. They keep lists, hunt people down, destroy lives, businesses, nature itself, all in the name of their god, greed and lust. Now they cannot hide, Their PR Stunts all backfire on them, their real estate wars are seen by the entire world, As are their intentions. What are their chances for survival ? Good, if they abandon their deceitful ways and join the world as equals, giving back their stolen bounty. The otherway is the end to their existence. I do not judge them, for if I were one of them I would be as they are, and vise versa, however, I am myself, a person, the remanents of many dead cultures, My mom, from 4 native american tribes, my dad, celtic, himself the remenants of many dead tribes. We are not cattle, people were not ment to be farmed, nature was not created to be used for landfill, the other species , not ment for extermination, by a tribe that doubles their population every 17 years. Changing names, cultures, lieing in order to control and manipulate, and for what ? Money, Women, The chance to destroy other peoples lives and dreams. This website may well be just another one out their, trolling for names to list and destroy in an effort to continue in their stupid goal of world control. Imagine, a peoples so ignorant as to believe they can actually accomplish their impossible dream, when all they do is hasten their end


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Florida has been an afterthought in electoral politics over the last few cycles, but it is positioned to return to the forefront. No state looms larger as the Republican Party mulls its future.
It's not just because two of the party's top presidential hopefuls — Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio — are from the Sunshine State. The state's growing diversity will make it far harder than commonly believed for Republicans to retake Florida, the nation's most populous swing state, in 2016. If the country's growing diversity dooms the modern Republican Party, then Florida will be the first exhibition of the G.O.P.'s demographic death spiral.
Florida's non-Hispanic white voters have plummeted since 2000, to 67 percent from 78 percent, according to the Census Bureau. The number of eligible Hispanic voters doubled over that period, and the state's new Hispanic voters aren't Republican-leaning Cubans. They include Democratic Puerto Ricans, who have flocked to the Orlando-Kissimmee area, and other non-Cuban Hispanics settling elsewhere in the peninsula. The newest Cuban voters aren't as Republican as their parents, either; younger, third-generation Cuban-Americans didn't grow up during the Cold War.
The influx of Democratic-friendly Hispanics and broader Democratic gains among Hispanics combined to flip Florida's Hispanic vote. According to the exit polls, President Obama won Florida's Latinos by a 21-point margin, 60 to 39 percent, a reversal from 2004, when Latinos voted for George W. Bush, 56 to 44 percent.
Certainly, Florida's politics have been stubbornly resistant to change. The margin there in both the 2000 and 2012 elections was closer than in any other state, even as those experiencing similar demographic changes, like Nevada, lurched decidedly toward Democrats.
Florida remained so close because the Republicans made nearly countervailing gains among the state's white voters. Mr. Obama lost Florida's white voters by 24 points — 9 points worse than Mr. Kerry's defeat in 2004. There was no other battleground state where Mr. Obama lost so much ground among white voters. Florida would have gone the way of Nevada if Republicans hadn't made those gains: Mr. Obama would have won by 7 points if he had retained even John Kerry's tepid support among white voters.
Mr. Obama didn't do well in Florida, but that isn't necessarily a sign of strength for the Republicans. He was a terrible fit for the state's eclectic mix of white voters. The Florida Panhandle is full of the culturally Southern white voters who rejected Mr. Obama, as they did across Dixie. Mr. Obama also struggled with whites over age 65, who represent 30 percent of the state's white voters, and among Jewish voters, who represent about 15 percent of self-identified white Democrats in Florida. Mr. Obama's strengths — like his appeal to young, socially progressive voters in well-educated metropolitan areas — lack pull in Florida.
All of this will be reversed if the Democrats nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is a good fit for the state's odd combination of Southerners, New York expats and older white voters. Mrs. Clinton doesn't even need to outperform Mr. Obama among Florida's white voters anyway, as she'll benefit from four more years of demographic change.
A Democratic rebound in Florida would make the G.O.P.'s path to victory extremely challenging. Republicans could flip Ohio, Virginia, Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin and New Hampshire and still fall short. To compensate, Republicans would probably need to win states like Minnesota, Michigan or Pennsylvania, which were not seriously contested in 2012 and have been out of the reach of Republican presidential candidates for a generation.
Yet Florida is where the G.O.P. has the most opportunities to improve its chances. There are few places where an immigration reform bill could help the party more than in Florida, where 22 percent of the population is Hispanic.
Immigration reform may not be sufficient for the G.O.P. to make significant gains among Hispanic voters, who lean Democratic on economic issues. But two of the G.O.P.'s presidential front-runners hail from Florida, and presidential candidates tend to perform better in their home states. For all of the other reasons that establishment Republicans are drawn to Mr. Bush, his biggest political asset may be the lift he would give his party in Florida.


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The Vinyl Revival
A Return To Psycadelic Rock
There's something about a power trio that always takes me back to when I first fell in love with music. It's a love that had a lot of room to grow – my father is a master tassa drummer and also played the steel drums professionally back home in Trinidad.
My father's sister is the first woman in Trinidadian history to play the tassa drums as it is a very male dominated art form. She is currently in her 60′s and still plays the steel drums professionally in Trinidad and competes every year at Panorama (an international steel drum competition held every year at carnival time).
When the family trade is music, you grow up with an eclectic vibe – But still, through a million calypsos, Beatles albums, and Michael Jackson videos, the power trio was always the thing that brought me back to the roots of what I wanted to do in music. Like my aunt, I am the first family member to play rock music. I turned a few heads when they found out what I was doing. 😉
I think that maybe a return to the basics is what I was looking for when I started recording The first Vinyl Revival CD. Don't get me wrong, my time with the Mercenary Saints – a five-piece rock outfit from the Waterloo Region – was incredible and shaped the kind of music I was longing to write.
The underground jam halls there connected me to brilliant and talented like-minded artists who were also being pulled towards the power trio. That's what happens when you work with incredible talent – iron sharpens iron, and before our eyes we were producing our return to the basics in a very exciting and unexpected way. What we have is raw, bass, drums and guitar were recorded live off the floor, and we wanted it that way.
We were inspired by Band of Gypsies, and the kind of feeling that only comes from recording the jam hall experience like Hendrix, Miles, and Cox did. If we were looking to take a ride back home, it was our collaboration that drove us there – fast.
The future of The Vinyl Revival is bright and unhindered. I once had a long conversation with a professor from York University on a train trip from Toronto to Ottawa Ontario. I attempted to explain to her the infinite nature of music. Needles to say, I had the attention of everyone on that train car.
I explained my thoughts to her this way; There is a limit to the amount of frequencies that the human ear can hear. Other physical creatures such as dogs can hear more. So mathamaticly there are only X amount of frequency combinations that are actually possible in music for the ear to pick up, but when you add the human element, music becomes infinite.
Man will never run out of stories to tell, due to the fact that he is adventurous by nature, therefore we will always have new music to listen to.
I'm excited for what comes next. But as this next album gets finished up, I want to re-present what the first Vinyl Revival album is – the power trio revisited, and a kickass trip home. I think you'll dig it – Deion Roberts
Check Out http://www.thevinylrevival.com


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- Spain Expat's freelancer in Spain section brings you... This article has information about alternative ways to get a working visa for Spain in particular for journalists. It will give you detailed instructions on how to get the visa, what documents you need, who to contact and if you are eligible to get a freelancer's working visa for Spain. It can help set up your visa before you have an actual job in Spain which is often hard to do.


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Camille is without doubt, one of my fashion muses. She combines French elegant with her own stylish flair, and she always looks perfectly chic in all her outfits.
In her blog, The September Issue, she share her looks and everything that make her happy.
One of a kind and truly unique, Siren is a small retro boutique company, inspired by vintage fashion from around the world.
I have sent out emails to all the ten winners of their super generous giveaway here. Congrats to Madeleine, Cindy, Emilia, Wi, Amy, Lindsey, Mihaela, Claire, Mong Shan and Rhi! :)
Apothica is a beauty haven stocking brands like Too Faced, Clarisonic, Deborah Lippmann, Crabtree & Evelyn, Dermalogica, Jurlique and many more.


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Tru-D SmartUVC to Exhibit and Sponsor Pre-Conference at the APIC 2015 Annual Conference
Tru-D SmartUVC LLC will return to the APIC 2015 Annual Conference to demonstrate the UV disinfection robot's one-of-a-kind technology and newest innovations, as well as sponsor the pre-conference workshop "Disinfection, Sterilization, and Antisepsis: Principles, Practices, Current Issues, New Research, and New Technologies." Tru-D SmartUVC will be exhibiting in booth 1414 from June 27 to 29.
Featuring William A. Rutala, MS, MPH, Ph.D., CIC, a premier scientific authority in the field of UV disinfection research, the pre-conference program will present scientific and practical information related to the use of sterilization technologies and environmental disinfectants in health care settings, specifically about the importance of selecting the correct automated UV disinfection system for optimal results. Additionally, the international symposium will include lectures and panel discussions on the latest breakthroughs regarding cleaning and disinfecting of environmental surfaces. Other presenters include Michelle J. Alfa, Ph.D.; Elaine Larson, RN, Ph.D.; Rose E. Seavey RN, BS, MBA, CNOR, CRST, SSPDT; Craig A. Wallis; David J. Weber, M.D., MPH; Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett, Ph.D.; Judie Bringhurst, MS; Charles P. Gerba, Ph.D.; and Curtis J. Donsky, M.D. Tru-D SmartUVC LLC is one of the main sponsors of this event.
The ECRI Institute named disinfecting robots as the No. 1 technology in the Top 10 Hospital C-Suite Watch List for 2015. And, by no coincidence, the highly anticipated results of the most comprehensive UV disinfection study to date, Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room Disinfection performed by the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, are due out later this year and are expected to be a major topic of the UV disinfection conversation at APIC 2015. Tru-D's exclusive selection in the $2 Million study, which was funded by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, resulted in an epidemiologically correct double-blind data pool inclusive of 25,000 room disinfection cycles and 100,000 patient days in 10 hospitals of varying size and census. This vast data pool allowed for the exclusion of confounding factors and conflicts of interest related to the current literature available, making the real-world results of this study the first of its kind.
"In regards to UV disinfection, hospitals demand more than just delivering consistent outcomes – they want the data to prove it," said Chuck Dunn, president of Tru-D SmartUVC LLC. "Hospitals are insisting on solid reporting data that integrates into software found in environmental services and bed tracking software packages. Tru-D SmartUVC's built-in sensor technology ensures consistent outcomes through measurable dose delivery, but the device's cloud-based usage tracking device provides hospitals with the data they need for this integration."
Tru-D SmartUVC is the world leader in disinfection systems with its patented method of delivering an automated measured dose of germicidal UVC to consistently disinfect an entire room during a single cycle. Tru-D operates from a single position within the room, ensuring 99.99 percent pathogen reduction in direct and shadowed areas and eliminating the threat of human error in the disinfection process. Additionally, the robot's cloud-based data-tracking technology, iTru-D, transfers usage data to a customized portal to provide real-time results through concise graphics and exportable records. Validated in more than 12 independent studies, Tru-D's combined automated measured dosing capabilities and real-time usage-tracking features make Tru-D the most precise and advanced automated UV disinfection system available.


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Looking for some family night ideas this month? Why not make it a family night out and explore Indy?! We've put together a list to help make planning a little easier for you. Check out our calendar for even more events around the greater Indianapolis area too. Share photos from your family night out on social media with the hashtag #PLAYindy
1. Head out to see the Festival of Lights at Jimmy Nash Park in Martinsville before it comes to a close in early January. – FREE
2. Enjoy unlimited pizza and a night skating with your favorite turtle superheros at Skateland's TMNT Pizza Party on January 2nd.
3. Visit the Indianapolis Children's Museum Jolly Days Winter Wonderland Exhibit for FREE during their Target Free Family Night on January 5th. – FREE
4. Check out artwork from artists of all skill levels and ages during First Friday at Nickel Plate Arts on January 6th. – FREE
5. May the force be strong with you and your family when you participate in Star Wars Trivia Night at Books & Brews: Zionsville on January 9th – FREE
6. Have a blast at Cosmic Climb at The Crux on January 20th. All proceeds from the black light, open climb fundraiser go to help Camptown lead youth to a better path.
7. Check out the fun programs offered at your local library. There are so many to choose from this month including Family Film Festival – Pete's Dragon in Greenwood, LEGO League in Noblesville, Family Flicks – Oceans in Fishers, Evening Explorers at IPL Wayne Branch, and Playing with Robots in Carmel. – FREE
8. Take the family to see Disney on Ice running January 18th through January 22nd at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
9. Grab a dinner out with the family during Devour Indy running January 23rd through February 5th.
10. Reserve your tickets for Unmasked and Before the Nineteenth, the latest Young Actors Theatre plays, showing at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on January 27th and 28th. Make sure to print out our Play Review Template for your theatre critic-in-training! – FREE for Kids (up to 18 years old) / Adults $15 per ticket
11. Cheer on the Pacers as they take on the Houston Rockets on January 29th.
12. Celebrate National Soup Month at one of our 10 Best Places to Warm Up with Soup!


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There's another critical marketing mistake that's almost as deadly as follow-up failure: What happens when you actually do follow up, but you totally botch it? For example, you send messages too frequently; your messages bring no value and aren't informative; or you only contact prospects when you want their money.
In effect, you're training your prospects to ignore you. You have now become just another marketer sending irrelevant information all too often. Before you know it, they'll ignore you all together.
Nurturing the relationship you have with your prospects gives you a one-up on the competition, helps you build brand loyalty and, most important, increases the chances that one day you'll be able to turn your prospects into paying customers.
So how can you avoid being "just another vendor" and position yourself as a trusted expert? The best way is to adopt a two-step marketing process where you give to get. That means first becoming a marketer of information about the problems solved by your products; and, second, marketing your products to those who are familiar with your expertise and are therefore predisposed to do business with you.
Here are the five steps to implement becoming not just another vendor but a true expert:
Encapsulate your expertise into an offer that will attract your ideal audience.
- Build a website or landing page where the copy really speaks to the psychological and emotional realities of the person you're targeting.
- Implement on that website a mechanism for capturing the site visitor's contact information in exchange for delivering to the visitor the free offer.
- Establish the next step in the marketing and sales process, going from offering problem-related information to product-related information, possibly by using a 30-minute consultation as a value-added service. For those not ready for this next step, nurturing them through automation, with follow-up sequences that automatically send out an e-mail, voice message, text or fax tailored based on the prospect's behaviors. .
- Rremember to be relevant to your prospects' needs and be ready to help. Ignite interest using powerful words and themes that hit on pain points and aspirations, then be specific about results.
Clate Mask is CEO and a co-founder of e-mail marketing company Infusionsoft (www.infusionsoft.com), and co-author (with Scott Martineau) of "Conquer the Chaos: How to Grow a Successful Small Business Without Going Crazy" (John Wiley & Sons, 2010). He can be reached at [email protected]


text: OSHA Encourages Businesses to Post On-Job Injury Records Online Posted By Arnold & Itkin LLP || 12-Dec-2013 The government already requires all employers of large companies to keep detailed records of on-the-job injuries that occur at the company. Yet the Obama administration wants to take things one step further by requiring the businesses to post those records online. With the records online and easily available to the public, the Obama administration thinks that they can further workplace safety. Manufacturers and businesses are not too keen on the idea. In fact, many businesses are pushing back, claiming that the information posted online could be misinterpreted. The government says that the new rule about posting injuries online would not come with any new injury recording requirements. It also will not affect small businesses that have less than 20 employees. Firms that have between 20 and 250 employees will be required to report their injuries once a year. The OSHA says that they will restrict this to industries that have high illness and injury rates. Employers that have more than 250 workers will be required to report their information quarterly. The OSHA says that they will take care of the posting. They just need businesses to send all injury reports to them and they will make them available online. The OSHA says that businesses will have to own up to their injury rates if they are in the public eye. This will encourage businesses to do all that they can to reduce these rates. The OSHA also observed that thousands of companies are proud of their injury rates and willing to make them public. It is the companies with poor rates that are pushing back against the statute. The government entity says that they hope that public posting will nudge employers to identify workplace hazards. Categories: Industrial Injury, Workplace Accident


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Renew your faith with the help of these elegant cross designed key chain favors! Lovely and elegant, these cross key chain favors are a wonder to behold and practical for every day use. These key chains can serve as a great memento from your special occasion. Perfect for communions, baptisms, wedding, christening and any other religious occasion!
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Small Smart.
Small but Smart
We understand the struggle of selecting products for your baby without having to compromise on quality or price. Thats why we have brought together a collection of unique, high quality, premier products, all at competitive prices.
We search the globe to find products where outstanding design combines with smart features to help make the joy of parenting even simpler. We used our 10 years of experience in the baby business, an extensive background in art & design, and our own experiences as parents to help make sure you are presented with only the best products.
We choose items that are environmentally friendly and sustainable, such as Tencel or organic cotton, to use across our whole range of fashion, toys and textiles.
Why we do this
When we looked at what was on offer in the UK for parents and their little ones, everything was either too expensive or the quality was lacking. We took it upon ourselves to make a change, gathering the smartest looking products at the smallest of prices.