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Lewis "Scooter" Libby (formerly chief of staff and national security adviser to the vice-president, Dick Cheney) has been sentenced to two and a half years in jail for perjury and obstruction of justice in relation to the Iraq war. Despite this, Cheney issued a statement from the White House describing him as "a man of the highest intellect, judgment and personal integrity".
In his state of the union speech before the invasion of Iraq, Bush stated "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
That statement was completely untrue.
The CIA advised the president that the claim was dubious, and Bush ignored them. Joe Wilson (former US ambassador) went to Niger to check the facts, concluded they were not supported and said as much in the New York Times soon after the invasion.
This really pissed off Bush and Cheney, and soon after a leak to the press confirmed that that Wilson´s wife (Valerie Plame) was a covert CIA operative. Disclosing the identity of a CIA agent is a criminal offence so an investigation was launched. The FBI and grand jury investigations implicated Libby who stated under oath that he had learned her identity from a reporter, Tim Russert (who denied this). Judith Miller (formerly of the New York Times) refused to disclose her source and spent three months in jail as a result. Then Libby confirmed to her that she could name her source (him) and she was freed.
Libby then claimed that he had "forgotten" outing the CIA operative! Unsurprisingly, the jury did not believe him. Karl Rove also leaked the identity of Plame, but was sensible enough to admit to it and so avoided charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
When the jury found him guilty, Libby begged the judge "It is respectfully my hope that the court will consider along with the jury verdict my whole life." However, the Judge noted "It´s important that we expect and demand a lot from people who put themselves in those positions....Mr Libby failed to meet that bar." He imposed a 30 month jail sentence, a $250,000 (£125,400) fine and two years probation at the end of the prison sentence. Judge Reggie Walton also made it clear that he would not allow a drawn-out appeals process to keep Libby out of jail and will rule next week on whether Libby should be in jail while waiting for his appeal hearing.
Now a number of Republicans are complaining that the sentence was too tough as poor Libby was (in the words of the National Review) "a dedicated public servant caught in a crazy political fight that should have never happened, convicted of lying about a crime that the prosecutor can´t even prove was committed".
Republicans must have short memories - Bill Clinton was impeached for perjury in 1998 during the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit despite the fact that the lawsuit was dropped before proceeding to court. No Republicans complained about that! Furthermore, the Sentencing Guidelines which frame the judge´s decision were imposed by Republican President Ronald Regan (at that time Libby´s boss) and have been frequently defended by Republicans - until now. Interestingly, no-one seems to be claiming that Libby didn´t lie in court. So they accept that he is guilty of perjury - they just don´t care as much when it is one of their own doing the lying.
The White House have stated that Bush is not planning on pardoning Libby despite the pleading of many Republicans. If he does he will only reduce his standing further with everyone else.


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Entourage didn't end its TV run with the best of finales; it offered too much last minute happiness from out of nowhere for too many of its main characters. Magically, things were going to work out for them despite the incredible hardships and issues that had been building. With a movie however, all of that closure (whether or not it was deserved) had to disappear – no conflict, no film.
It is almost by necessity then that the movie opens by immediately dismantling so much of the series' last episode. Vince's marriage is over, having lasted less than two weeks; Eric's on-again relationship with Sloan is off-again; Ari has taken a new job and is returning to Hollywood; and Drama's TV show, which had been testing through the roof, has been cancelled.
The awkwardness of the series finale's destruction is just as awkward as its creation in the first place. Things then get somewhat worse with the viewer being offered a documentary about Vince to catch you up on his life (just in case you've forgotten or are a filmgoer who didn't watch the series). Returning viewers will feel it unnecessary, new viewers can quickly catch up without it, and the laughs it generates aren't great.
The opening is a bad way to begin a movie. It intimates that what we're getting is just going to be more of the same without much of a reason to have made a movie instead of a new season of the series. Fortunately, once the documentary finishes and things truly get going, the tale proves worthy.
If you liked the HBO show, you're going to like what writer/director Doug Ellin puts on the big screen. It is the same as the show he created, only, as promised, bigger. From parties to cameos to lightly raunchy jokes/innuendo, and a fun soundtrack, it is all here.
For the uninitiated, at Entourage's center is Vince (Adrian Grenier), who is once again challenging himself to be more than a typical actor. This time out, he wants to direct, and as it's Ari's (Jeremy Piven) studio making the movie, Vince gets his opportunity.
The main conflict in the film arises from the fact that Vince goes overbudget and one of the film's big financiers, Larsen McCredle (Billy Bob Thornton), is not willing to pony up more dough. Larsen's son, Travis (Haley Joel Osment), heads to Hollywood to sort things out and from there it gets truly bad for Vince's movie with the feature on the verge of being hidden away forever.
Perhaps surprisingly, as a movie, Entourage, works without feeling as though they've just taken an episode of the series and extended it, a trap too many TV shows adapted for the big screen find themselves in. This is closer to a full season of the series, which may be why it succeeds.
Even outside of the bad beginning moments, it isn't perfect as there are other elements which also don't work. Chief amongst these is the tale of Eric's (Kevin Connolly) love life. The will they-won't they with his girlfriend, Sloan (Emmanuelle Chriqui), was never the series' strongest point and even if it didn't end in believable fashion, it was at least nice to have it finished. Watching Eric stress about his love life with her in the movie feels like a step backwards.
Perhaps it is because Kevin Dillon is hysterically funny as Johnny "Drama," whereas Connolly's Eric is a more serious role, but Ellin blowing up Drama's would-be success and putting him back to his struggling actor status here in the movie is great. As all the other guys in the group move forward in life -- even Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) is now a mogul -- Drama seems to remain in the same spot he was when the show began.
One of the film's other major faults is its need to sandwich in stories for some of the characters. The vast majority of fans will be exceptionally happy to see Lloyd return, but he's still an agent, and with Ari not working at the agency, there's little for him to do. He is given a story—he's getting married—but it feels like an afterthought. Lloyd as a character (Rex Lee is still great) would be missed if he were not present, but the movie would be stronger without his subplot. Beyond that, the need to sandwich in some characters, like Lloyd, makes the absence of other folks from the series all the more glaring.
The Verdict
After the movie is done almost apologizing for the way the series ended and getting new folks up to speed with Vince and his friends, Entourage offers up a strong tale and a bunch of laughs. The biggest weaknesses it sports are its need to find places to fit every character and its desire to retread Eric's love life. When it sticks to what it has always been best at, the relationship of these four friends, it is as good as the series ever was.

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Canada is the second largest country in the world and has a vast tourism and domestic industry. Canada has four major metropolitan areas that hugely promote tourism. These metropolitan areas are Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. These places are well known for their diverse culture, historic sites and national parks. Canada is believed to receive more than 35 million visitors annually and this greatly boosts their economy.
Places To Enjoy In Canada
(a) Vancouver art gallery
- Founded in 1931 and having been renovated at a cost of more than 20 million dollars, the Vancouver art gallery is considered the fifth biggest art gallery found in Canada. The gallery sits on a 41,400 square feet (about 3,000 m square) of land and has more than 10,000 collections of art. Many a times, this gallery is used for lectures and tourism exhibition.
- The gallery has a library that contains more than 45,000 books, 5000 paintings, audio and visual recordings, hundreds of journals paintings and much more.
(b) Stanley park
- This is a public park that sits on 1,001 acre of land. The Stanley park is densely forested with trees as tall as 75 meters (about 245ft). -The number of trees is believed to be more than half a million trees. This park is home to a variety of animal species and more than 200 bird species can be found here. The birds have made a more than 170 active nests. Other animal species include coyotes, rabbits, beavers and skunks.
- One of the major popular attraction sites in Stanley park is the Vancouver seawall. Fishing, cycling, running and skating are some of the popular sporting games along the Vancouver seawall.
(c) Capilano suspension bridge
- Built in 1889 by the then park commissioner and civil engineer George Grant, the bridge is 70 meters (230 ft) above the water and is 140 meter long (460ft). The bridge was sold to an investor in 1935 and was completely reconstructed in 1956. More than 800,000 visitors visit this bridge with each paying a small amount of fee which is used to maintain and repair the bridge.
- The park also has beautiful scenes of treetops and award winning gardens.
(d) Museum of Vancouver
- This is the largest civic museum in Canada and was founded in 1894. The exhibitions here tell the story of Vancouver from as early as 1900. More than 65,000 collections can be found in the museum of Vancouver. Some of the unique artifacts found here include a mummy bought from Egypt during world war I and journals written by women passing through the British empire.
(e) Gastown
- Gastown has a variety of entertainment spots which include night clubs, restaurants, law firms, computer and internet business, architect and professional offices. The steam powered clock is probably the most recognized land mark in Gastown.
- Gastown is a good place for people who love to walk because of its endless saloons, bar and restaurants.
These are just but a few must go places in Canada. They all offer tourists a chance to experience the beauty and history of people who live in Canada. Visitors who don't know their way around can buy national express bookings ticket and travel all over Canada to experience the Canadians culture.


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I awoke about 6.00am on Friday and the hillside was covered in mist, so decided to have an extra hour in bad. By 7.00 am the mist had lifted but it was looking like it was going to be a cloudy grey day.
We broke camp around 9.00am and headed West to pick up the Monks trod again at Pont ar Elan, this is part of the Elan Estate and also the area covered by the many reservoirs serving Birmingham and the Midlands.
The path climbs in a Westerly direction from the reservoir and eventually plateaus out, it was quite boggy in parts and the path seemed to run off in different directions, there were the occasionally signposts but at time these were 10 to 20 yards away from the path we would be on.
Although it wasn't hot; it was hard and thirsty work, and this did cause a problem. Although boggy there wasn't a good supply of water up on the top. At the Llyn Cerrigllwydion lakes, it looked possible to get down to them from the path but once closer, it was a steep climb down and the way back out didn't look to inviting.
We pushed on and finally found water, in a small crack in the ground with water running off the hillside.
We continued on down to the Afron Claerwen; where we across the river and stopped to have lunch, at this point I realised I'd lost my mapcase, I'm not sure if it was as I was manly striding down the hill or more likely when I bent down in the river to collect water, either way it was pretty stupid and dangerous not to keep my mapcase somewhere safer. Lucky we both had maps; so had to continued on Keith's.
We now had a decision to make; do we continued West and make for the Llyn Teifi lakes or stay on the original route. The route across to Llyn Teifi on the map looked O.K.but on the ground it looked very sketchy and boggy, so we went with the original plan.
We re-crossed the river and picked up a sheep track going up and around the back of Claerwen Farm; this brought us out on to the reservoir track, which we had the joy of walking on for the next 4 miles.
So far on this trip we haven't see any walkers, we did meet a couple driving at Pont ar Elan but that was all, until the track we finally met a group of D.o.E.
We had a rough idea on where to pitch or the night; we found an alternative site but did have to carry 3 litres of water up to it.
Two things on this trip I've never seen so much of is sheep and sheep s**t!


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Have you ever entered a situation with high hopes only to learn later on it was a fiasco?
Tyler Bradshaw: Does waking up count?
Annie Quan: Yes. My last relationship.
Lisa Hines: Indeed I have. It's called getting married at the ripe old age of 21.
Jamie Gadette: Yes. Several. They all start with: "Hey, want to be photographed/on TV/an emcee?"
Derek Jones: Like being raised Mormon with high hopes of living a good, married life with lots of children so that you could go to heaven, then realizing at an early age that you're gay? What a fiasco.
Justin Healy: The one I gripe about the most is when I drove down from Idaho to see Murder City Devils and At the Drive In. They both cancelled due to bad weather in Colorado. At the end of the tour both bands broke up. WTF!
Faith Burnham: Let's just say I'm never, ever going to agree to live in the same house as any member of my fiancé's family again. Never!
Jennifer Higgins: Speaking in front of people! Hand me a keyboard, and I can write the most eloquent and concise blog voicing my opinion perfectly. Hand me a microphone, and I'm a stuttering mess who can't quite find the right words to get my point across because I'm tripping all over my thoughts.
Bill Frost: Ever read The Ocho? Happens to me every week.
Natalie May: Um, pretty much everything I plan turns out that way.
Kathy Mueller: Hey … does this have something to do with our new software Smart Publisher?
Valeri Tronier: Tyler Bradshaw's my roommate. Does that count?
Jesse James Burnitt: Almost every time I've entered into negotiations with a record label or touring agency.
Benito J. Chacon: I purchased an old BMW thinking that I could do the work with my buddy cheaply and easily. One problem after the other, part after part ordered. I think I worked on the car more than I drove it. I eventually sold it. And that was in my mechanic days.
Nathan Levinson: I got a job as a marketing manager once. After I accepted and began working, I was also asked to clean the company bathroom as one of my duties. Needless to say, the job stunk and I bounced.
Blade Brown: I remember November 2004. I had high hopes for Florida. But, before I knew it, the Bush was in charge.
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Life hasn't been great these few weeks. I've been going through hell and God forbid I may kill myself one of these days. It's just getting worse and no one knows, not even who you thought might be there for you during your down moments.
It's funny where life takes you, sometimes away from the ones you love. Or maybe you let your loved ones go and regret every second of it. Either way, what's past is past. I had the unpleasant journey of going through something very dear to me. Once you tell yourself that happily ever after does exist, you set expectations. You hope for something magical to happen, that love will be in existent forever and ever. But sadly, it does not. People change, even magically into a whole different person in one night. They forget about you, they leave you, you're back to square 1.
I had a memory of a person that I love very much. Let's make it generic and call The Person a he. The Person is no longer with me. The Person decided that I am not worth his time anymore. It changed overnight. That's how fast a person could change. He once said, "The more time you spend with someone, the closer you can get with the person". I guess what he said is true, I no longer could possibly have the time to spend with him, even though I tried, some times all you need is just two person making time for each other. But it is what it is. Life takes you on a roller coaster.
Not being able to be with him is bad enough, but not being his priority is even worse. You thought you knew someone well, but really, it's not the same at all. No matter how much you fight for it, if he doesn't want it to work, it won't work. I tried to be strong, focus on what matters, but I'm weak. I cling on to people so hard that when someone let me go, I'm helpless.
Initially I don't want to post this tonight, but I cannot hold myself any longer, and I need to move on with my life, even if it means I have to let go. Lesson learnt to not hold expectations, because expectations sets your bar high, and once its unachievable, you're crushed into tiny little pieces. And your life will forever become as dark as you'll ever see it'll be.


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Is Sports Day in the UK supposed to be…fun?
She was so close yet seemed to care so little. My daughter was one beanbag away from landing all three bags in hoops placed at various distances but the last toss skipped through the ring and without a care in … Continued
My anti-tribute to soccer (or the "Why I hate soccer" post)
I hate soccer. There, I said it. No remorse. No shame, and actually it feels quite liberating. Saying you hate soccer is almost as politically incorrect these days as saying you think people migrating to America ought to enter the … Continued
…And then there's cricket
I have repeatedly stated how much I enjoy living in the UK. I love Brits' use of English and the mingling of language use and British humor. I love the rich history. I love the (ethnic) food (sorry, you can … Continued
Dorking to Dover – The postmortem
I should be on a train clattering down the tracks sitting exhausted but blissfully staring out the window at the countryside that only hours before I'd been hiking. I should be exhausted from four days of hiking the North Downs … Continued
Dorking to Dover 2010 – It's on!
NOTE: The postmortem is here after you read this one. You can find out what happened. I haven't blogged for close to three months. I could say my time has been filled with intensive sprints up and down steep grades, … Continued
The lamentation of Easter
This is what is historically known and recorded by multiple historians and writers of the day: There was a Jew named Jesus who claimed to be the Son of God (and by the claim being God Himself) and had a … Continued
More reasons why I'm quite keen toward Brits (part 2)
All eyes were directed toward the other end of the parade ground in front of Buckingham Palace watching two of the Queen's Guard moving through the ceremony to change the posted guards. They were dressed impeccably smart in ceremonial uniforms … Continued
My introduction to Istanbul
Minarets rise above Istanbul's cityscape like rockets poised for a moon launch. I scanned the horizon from the narrow observation deck of Galata Tower and saw dozens of the more than 2,700 active mosques scattered across the city of more … Continued


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Be sure to see the basket display in our case this February. Catherine Anderson is both a collector and maker of baskets, so the display features work from around the world and her own intricate designs.
One interesting feature of the collection is the array of subtle colors, with grass, straw, paper, and other dyed fabric. Stand back and see the whole case to gain an appreciation of the useful (and beautiful) basket!


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Colin Glass
Colin Glass is a partner and Head of the Wealth Protection and Private Client Department at DWFM Beckman Solicitors. He has over 24 years post qualification experience, advising on Lifetime and Inheritance Tax Planning, Wills, Trusts, Probate, Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection matters. He also advises non-resident and non UK domiciled individuals who hold assets in the UK and deals with international probates.


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Mommy's Reading Break
I'll read almost anything if it sounds good, but I tend to read mostly YA, and a lot of those are paranormal or dystopian. I have started to branch out into more contemporary lately.
Currently reading
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jim Dale, J.K. Rowling
Eat, Brains, Love
Jeff Hart
Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)
Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Kevin Collins
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This review will contain spoilers for The Other Fish in the Sea.If you've read my blog, you'll know that I am obsessed with Jenn Cooksey's Grab Your Pole series, and after the ending of The Other Fish in the Sea, I was salivating to get my hands on book 3, so I picked it up the day it was released and immediately ignored, er, preoccupied, my children so I could start it!Just so you know, I am struggling with deciding how to write this review. I really don't want to spoil anything, but that's very hard to do. Suffice it to say, this will probably be a fairly short review to avoid ruining anything.Like The Other Fish in the Sea, Shark Out of Water is told from multiple perspectives, but rather than the girls this time, we get to follow the boys around. I really enjoyed this because it's always nice to see things from a different perspective, and let's face it, the guys in the GYP gang are awesome. They're real and hilarious and totally swoon-worthy, each in his own way. I can't even pick a favorite because I love things about all of them! Also, for those who were frustrated with The Other Fish in the Sea changing perspective without being prefaced, that has been resolved. The beginning of each section specifies who is talking.I'm having a hard time really deciding on my feelings and a rating for Shark Out of Water. As part of the series, it was an absolutely necessary book, it made sense, and it was definitely a great addition. However, on its own, Shark Out of Water was not my favorite book of the series. A big part of what I loved about Shark Bait and The Other Fish in the Sea were the humor. Seriously, I was cracking up laughing the first time I read Shark Bait. There were some humorous bits, but obviously, due to the nature of the book, there wasn't as much humor. Camie and Tristan broke up at the end of The Other Fish in the Sea, and neither one of them is in a great place because of that, so Shark Out of Water as a whole is a darker, sadder book. It was still very realistic, though, which I absolutely loved, but I definitely missed the lighter tone of the earlier books at times.Another thing that is great about Jenn's writing is that her characters are just so realistic. I loved getting to know the boys a little better by being in their heads. But obviously, this is high school. Rumors are running rampant, and no one knows the full story (including the reader), so obviously the characters got a bit frustrating at times. We all know how it feels to see people who don't know what's going on running their mouths and how frustrating that can be, so at times, I wanted to smack each and every one of them. This can be fun, though. You're never going to like someone 100% of the time (Seriously, I even want to smack my best friend and husband at times! lol), so it wasn't unpleasant to feel that way.There is so much more that I could say about this book, but it would give too much away. Let's just suffice it to say that I felt several emotions while reading it. There were parts that made me happy, sad, angry, nervous, amused. It was just a great book.I will say that I was very satisfied with the ending. That's all I can really say to avoid spoiling anything.Okay, now for the hard part: the rating. As part of this wonderful series, I easily give Shark Out of Water 5 stars. However, on basing it on its own merits, it would probably be closer to a 4, so I'm going to split the difference and give it 4.5!This review is also posted on my blog, Mommy's Reading Break.
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It can be a little unnerving when you see police lights flashing in your rearview mirror. When you're carrying concealed and you get pulled over by a police officer, an already stressful moment can take on new shades of paranoia and uncertainty.
Just take a deep breath and remember the following as the officer approaches your vehicle.
Following these tips will help keep the officer at ease and keep the traffic stop as stress-free as possible.
Roll Down the Window
When the officer pulls up behind you, roll down your window to make it as easy as possible for the officer to speak to you and for you to hand over your license, registration and concealed carry permit.
It's not a bad idea to turn on the dome light to illuminate the inside of the vehicle and reassure the officer that you have nothing to hide.
Keep Your Hands on the Wheel
As the officer approaches your vehicle, avoid making any sudden movements that may cause the officer to become suspicious.
Place your hands near the top of your steering wheel in the plain sight of the officer. Doing so will reassure the officer that you are not a threat.
Stay Calm, Collected and Polite
Regardless of the reason you've been pulled over, it is important to remain respectful when you communicate with the officer. Don't make any excuses or assumptions about the reason you may have been pulled over.
Keep your trap shut until the officer informs you of the reason.
Know Your State's "Duty to Inform" Laws
You should always know the concealed carry laws of the jurisdiction in which you're driving.
Some states require citizens to inform officers that they are carrying concealed. If you are in a "duty to inform" state, you must tell the officer that you are carrying a concealed weapon.
Even if you don't have a duty to inform, it's still a good idea to inform the officer that you have a permit to carry concealed and that there is a firearm in the vehicle.
Doing so will prevent any "surprises" if the stop is prolonged or a search is performed on your vehicle.
Present Your Driver's License, Registration, Insurance and CCW Permit
If you haven't already gathered your documentation, inform that you will be retrieving it and let him or her know where it is.
Don't speak and start moving at the same time.
Wait for the officer to reply that he/she understands you will be reaching for your documentation and where it is.
Move slowly to reassure the officer that you're not a threat. Slowly hand them to the officer and wait for further instruction.
Don't Exit the Vehicle or Leave the Scene Unless the Officer Says So
Remain in your vehicle unless the officer tells you to get out. Don't assume you're free to go until you hear it from the officer.
While it's never fun to get pulled over while driving, following these tips will make the experience go as smoothly as possible.
Officers have a tough job and they're always on alert for potential threats. Following these steps will put the officer's mind at ease during the stop.


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Jims Lodge Bangkok
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Overview of Jims Lodge Bangkok
Sometimes a humble lodge incorporate all that you're looking for in your vacation accommodation. Check out Jim's Lodge and you'll see it has everything you'll need for a comfortable stay.
When you're located in the city centre all you might really need is a nice, clean, and comfortable room to lay your head. Everything else like variety of dining, leisure, and entertainment will be available all around you.
Thus Jim's Lodge gives your wallet a rest while offering spacious rooms with basic amenities, reasonably varied dining, a business centre, and even a roof top pool with great city views.


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100manieres spa mas ... 1.1Km
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Vieille longere redecore en contemporain jardin spa massages trois chambres trois salons.
Vieille longere redecore en contemporain jardin spa massages trois chambres trois salons.
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Moulin de Nancray 3.6Km
Moulin de Nancray is a 300-year-old water mill situated on a property of 3.5 ha surrounded by farmlands and forests of one of the most unspoilt regions of France: the Cher.
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Aux Logis du Grillo ... 13.6Km
In Sancerre, self-cattering accommodations, 3 holiday cottages for rent. In the heart of the historical and Winemakers'district. Authenticity, cleanliness and confort. Week end and holidays in center of France val de Loire vineyards. Tourism, wine taste, golf, wine tour, castles, language school to learn French, culture, nature... Quiet place to stay with a lot to do in one of the most beautiful village in France. English fluent owners.
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Le Lac aux Fees 15.5Km
This charming restored farmhouse the lake of fairies has four guest rooms with independant access.All with private facilities.Kitchen and lounge area for guests. Wooded grounds,terrace,garden furniture.
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Stuart Lodge 15.7Km
in a protected and secure. STUAT LODGE offers two cottages LABEL "9001", air-conditioned, independent entrance, private garage. 30m2, LIT 160/200, Italian shower, 1 bedroom standard "tourism and handicap"
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Deux chambres tout confort au premier étage dune authentique fermette du haut val de Loire. Située a 12 kilomètres de Sancerre et de son vignoble , deux chambres 3 épis vous attendent pour un week end ou un un séjour plus long. Notre table d'hôtes vous accueillera après une belle journée de visite.
Deux chambres tout confort au premier étage dune authentique fermette du haut val de Loire. Située a 12 kilomètres de Sancerre et de son vignoble , deux chambres 3 épis vous attendent pour un week end ou un un séjour plus long. Notre table d'hôtes vous accueillera après une belle journée de visite.
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Roses & Vignes 18.1Km
Near City Hall Cosne sur Loire, in a house built in 1900 renovated, Roses & Vignes offers two guest rooms carefully decorated and furnished, each with bathroom and toilet, central heating , heated pool, Wi-Fi. Garden overlooking the river Loire.
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La Bergerie 18.2Km
B& ;B 8 km Aubigny sur Nère, Blancafort in Cher région, chambre d'hote, Cher, Sologne, Berry and Pays Fort an Val de Loire
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La Montagne 18.8Km
All the heart of the Menetou-Salon, between Bourges and Sancerre. This farm is extremely stylish and boats unique, confortable rooms. The serene calm of this wondrfull place makes for a holiday you'll never forget.
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Villa Stuart 20.3Km
Villa Stuart, built in the Thirties, offers an imposing frontage. This residence of charm, entirely restored in 2006 by the hosts, welcomes you in a cosy, spacious and harmonious interior. You will discover comfortable guest rooms, hosts' rafined Table and a unique space for your professional seminars and cooking classes.
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L'Orée des Vignes 21.9Km
Marie-Noëlle and Michel welcome you in their burgundy farmhouse which is in the middle of the vineyards of the Coteaux du Giennois. Sancerre and Pouilly-sur-Loire are at 15km. There are five bedrooms each with a bathroom with shower, comfortably decorated and furnished individually with style furniture. Fireplace, piano, terrace, large garden, many activities.
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Maison Saint Jean 22.2Km
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Ludo kept looking over his shoulder as the warband of Gnolls got closer and closer. The day was warm and as they climbed further into the mountains the path they were on became nothing more than a goats track, rocky and narrow. He knew if they stopped to give combat they would die. Of course a lot of Gnolls would die as well, but in the end the superior numbers of the Gnolls would be the telling factor. He could see that Maruc was tired from his vigil, prayers to Halav and all his healing to the group, Ludo moved over to him. "Maruc let me carry your pack to give you time to have get your breath back".
Feldard kept his crossbow at the ready, watching the gnoll war party get closer and closer. "We need to slow them down, or pick up our pace somehow," the dwarf huffed, tired and weary after a near sleepless night.
It was hilly terrain. The Foamfire river flowed to the party's left, and with mountains a couple miles to the right, they headed north toward what would presumably be a gorge or pass where the river flows down from the mountain. Feldard searched for any means of causing a rock slide, avalanche or anything that could slow the gnolls' chase, but he did not find any.
Maruc smiled at Ludo's generous offer. "No my friend, I am not so weary as to burden you. I might even suggest that you'd be better placed to fool the pack away into the hills?" The priest thought about it. "Perhaps not, if these creatures are related to dogs they could follow us by scent. We would have to cross the river for any meaningful attempt to loose them."
Miklos was missing his creature comforts. A dry soft bed for one. He didn't like the idea of getting wet in the river either, but given the choice of that or another fight he might well get wet. "What does everyone think? Perhaps we could cross the river to see if we can delay the pursuit?"
"Nay, Miklos," answered Hasan, still groggy from the night's too-short sleep. "The river is swift, angry almost. We cannot cross. Did you not argue last night that we could beat the dogmen to that pass ahead? Let us not despair. We will find our redoubt there." The elf stood and shouldered his pack wearily. He trudged forward, nibbling another dried apple, one of the last from Sukiskyn. "Let us away with speed," the elf admonished, but his own pace was faltering.
The dwarf just grunted as they pressed on. "Miklos, as much as I hate to say it.. I hope you got more of those web spells at the ready should we fall behind in our pace." And then to help keep everyone moving, Feldard began to sing out in his off key voice a dwarven march.
Upon hearing Feldard's singing, Ludo cringed and instinctively lengthened his stride, whispering to Miklos, "I wish you could use your web spell to muzzle him".
Miklos laughed. "Indeed Ludo!"
The foothills grew more lofty as the path began its assent into the high pass. The mist began to part to reveal the crystal blue sky and the frost rimed teeth of the black peak mountains.
Miklos rummaged in his pack for his warmer robe.
Stephan kept quiet and trudged on with the party. Hasan maintained the group at a furious pace; barely allowing time for water. During a brief pause in the march, Stephan spied their pursuers. "If they are like dogs, maybe they'll stop the chase once they have run us off their property."
At the head of the march, Hasan was the first to spot them, then Ludo shortly after. About 100 yards ahead, the glint of armor gave them away. A dozen gnolls lay in wait for them, trying to conceal themselves for an ambush, spears at the ready.


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Long ago, in the days when we were farmers and shepherds in the Land of Israel, the Torah taught us that when we harvested our crops, we were to put the first fruits of our harvest in a basket and bring it as an offering to God. In this passage, the Torah recounts the only prayer of antiquity of which we still have a record. It is as eloquent as it is simple:
"The priest (hakohein) shall take the basket from your hand and set it down in front of the altar of the Eternal your God. You shall then recite as follows before the Eternal your God: 'My father was a fugitive Amamean. He went down to Egypt with meager numbers and sojourned there; but he became a great and very populous nation. The Egyptians dealt harshly with us and oppressed us. We cried to the Eternal the God of our ancestors, and the Eternal heard our plea and saw our plight, our misery, and our oppression. The Eternal freed us from Egypt by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm and awesome power, and by signs and portents, bringing us to this place and giving us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. Wherefore I now bring the first fruits of the soil which You, Eternal One, have given me' " (Deuteronomy 26:4-10).
This is certainly not a prayer in any conventional sense: it doesn't beseech God, it doesn't ask for anything, praise anything—no Hallelujahs or blessings of the Lord. It's just a story. A simple story:
When you harvest your crops, put the first fruits of your harvest in a basket and place it on the altar, and recite this prayer; tell this story:
This is where I come from.
This is where I've been.
This is why I'm here.
And so I offer you these first fruits of my harvest.
The essential prayer, the center of Jewish spiritual life, is to tell a story. It is both a story of our people and a story of myself—a story told in the first person:
I deeply believe that we are each alive for a reason. We each have a story to tell; the story of why we are here. At the center of our lives is a spiritual core. This spiritual core, this essential prayer, is a story:
There is no scale of one to ten when it comes to life stories. Trying to compare and rate my life's story with someone else's only keeps me from fully living my own life. It would be, as I have heard Rabbi Larry Kushner suggest, like having a B part in someone else's movie rather than starring in your own. It is not about comparing my own life's story to someone else's; it's about comparing who we are now to who we might become.
Writing—and reciting—our life's story is about paying attention to our soul. In what I find to be a particularly compassionate view of sin, Maimonides writes from nine hundred years ago: "The creator does not decree whether a person shall be good or evil. It is we who inflict injury upon the self. One should therefore weep for it and what we alone have done to the soul—how we have mistreated it" (Mishneh Torah, Hilchot T'shuvah 5:2). Losing touch with what our life is about is cause for despair, for anxiety, for depression, for apathy. It severs us from the essential connection to our own soul.
I remember watching Andre Agassi's last game of professional tennis at the U.S. Open of 2006. He ended an extraordinary career of 21 years by losing his last match. The crowd rose to its feet. I do not know how long they stood and applauded. But for as long as they stood, Agassi sat and wept, not that he lost—oh, no—but at the outpouring of love. When he was finally able to speak, he said: "The scoreboard said that I lost today. But what the scoreboard doesn't say is what it is I have found."1 He went on to describe the inspiration, the support, the loyalty and generosity of his fans from whom he has drawn strength and life all these years.
Each of us needs to connect with what it is that matters most, what it is that matters underneath it all. And it doesn't only show up on the scoreboard or in the paycheck or on your report card. It is not possible to rate or rank this achievement.
"Meaning," writes Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, "is a form of strength. It has the power to transform experience. . . . Meaning is the language of the soul." 2
But the story isn't everything. After we have offered our basket of first fruits and recited our story, the Torah continues: "And you shall enjoy, together with the [family of the] Levite and the stranger in your midst, all the bounty that the Eternal your God has bestowed upon you and your household" (Deuteronomy 26:11). After you have recited your story, connect with gratitude, find reasons for joy, and find those who need help and share from your bounty.
1. Kathleen McElroy, "Agassi's Speech to the Fans," The New York Times, September 3, 2006
2. Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, My Grandfather's Blessings (New York: Riverhead Books, The Berkley Publishing Group, 2000), p.170
Rabbi Shira Milgrom is a rabbi at Congregation Kol Ami and is part of a unique rabbinic partnership of two co-senior rabbis in White Plains, New York. She is the author of articles about Jewish spirituality, education, healing, and women in Judaism and is the editor of a unique siddur used now for two decades in settings across the continent. She is blessed to learn continually about loving from her husband, children, and grandchildren.


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"My son's both kidneys have failed. He needs a kidney transplant as early as possible. I am ready to donate my kidneys, but the report that will confirm my eligibility as kidney donor for my son's transplant is yet to be seen by my doctor. There is no such facility in Yavatmal or Nanded, so I had to come all the way to Mumbai," said Ramakant Jadhav (55), who has been waiting at KEM Hospital, Parel since Monday.
Several patients and their relatives like Jadhav have been severely affected due to the state-wide resident doctor's strike that started on March 20.
With nearly 4,500 resident doctors on leave, public hospitals like KEM Hospital decided to cancel all outdoor patient department services and postponed the planned surgeries. Senior doctors decided to carry only emergency duties in the hospital resulting in many patients like Jadhav to either wait endlessly at the hospital or to return home without consulting a doctor.
"My son is on dialysis. We are waiting for doctors to see the report so that we decide on what next step should be taken. And this strike is delaying the process of transplant. Doctors are responsible person of our society. Somebody does something at far place and people like us have to suffer. What is our fault," questioned Jadhav.
Jadhav is not alone who is facing due to strike. 16-year-old Raziya Shaikh (name changed), a Wadala resident, having pain in her abdominal region since last 3 days. They came on Wednesday as doctors were not there to consult, they were told to come on Thursday but they are facing same problem. As Shaikh is ailing and need consultation early to relief from pain they are worried what if doctor's strike continues.
"There are many like us who can't afford to get treated at private hospitals, so such hospitals are convenient for us but this strike has spoiled everything. There is no one to answer our queries, do not even know when this will end," said Shaikh's mother.
"Nurse has given some pain relief injection but she is still paining. We will wait for some time then will leave for home. Just hoping doctors will resume soon," added Shaikh's mother.
Whether it's elders or infants, doctor's strike is affecting everyone. Many patients had come for their regular treatment, had come with proper appointment.
Nilesh and Rekha Sawant (name changed) parents of three month old baby girl are waiting in hospital's premises and wondering why doctors are not there?
"We had given appointment of March 23, but as we came here the doctors are not around to treat. Our baby has been diagnosed with Hernias; today we were supposed to get the date for the operation. As there is strike we will come back again on next Thursday. We feel helpless and do not have any other option," said Rekha Sawant Mother of baby.
"If this strike continues we will have to start the treatment at private, we cannot risk the life of our child," said Nilesh.
Sahil Barude (name changed), 11-year-old, has come with father at KEM, as he has swelling on his neck.
"It's been a year Sahil's treatment is on at KEM for brain tumour. From last some days we are observing painful swelling on his neck. We had an appointment but there are no doctors. OPD is also closed. What are we supposed to do now," said Barude's father.
Every patient who came to KEM is leaving slowly as day is about to end, with the hope of doctors will get back to work and they will get treatment in coming days.


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Erratum to: Implementation of the Austrian Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS-AT): A Feasibility Study
- Renate Ranegger1Email author,
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© Ranegger et al. 2015
- Received: 18 December 2015
- Accepted: 18 December 2015
- Published: 30 December 2015
The original article was published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2015 15:75
After the publication of this article [1] it was noticed by the author that the article contained a couple of errors. On page three, under the sub-heading 'Standardized form for data extraction' it is stated that the form contained 6 nursing outcomes, whereas this should read as 5 nursing outcomes. Also, on page four, under the sub-heading 'Data analysis' there are two mistakes which refer to interclass. However, this should read as intraclass.
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The Perfect Life?
Imagine a 42-year-old man named Sam. When he was a kid, his father, an insurance salesman, would take him out for vanilla ice cream. He was very good at math in high school, and in his senior year he met his sweetheart, Karen. On their very first date, he took her out for vanilla ice cream.
Sam went on to college, and as soon as he graduated, he followed in his father's footsteps and took a job in insurance, and married Karen soon after. Sam and Karen have now been married 20 years, he's still at the same company, and every year on their anniversary, they go out for vanilla ice cream.
It sounds like a perfect life, right? And in many ways, and for many people, it is.
But it's also… how can I say this… a bit vanilla.
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While Sam and Karen might be perfectly happy, the story lacks excitement… it lacks adventure… it lacks variety… it lacks a challenge.
These qualities are also some of the words people use to describe their dead-end job, when they're looking to make a change. They might not necessarily be unhappy in their job, but there's no excitement or challenge.
Or maybe when you think of your job, you use another dreaded description:
You're comfortable.
See, when you LOVE your job, that's a good thing. You're excited to get up in the morning, work doesn't feel like work, and you're making a difference.
When you HATE your job, you're usually motivated to get out. You have your eyes open for something new, and you're ready to pounce on any opportunity to get out from your boring life or horrible boss.
But what if you're COMFORTABLE in your job?
The people you work with are friendly and nice. Your boss is usually pretty cool. You're pretty good at what you do, and even get paid a decent salary to do it.
But you're not excited. You're not truly happy. You're comfortable.
And when you're comfortable, it's easy to just do nothing. The days fly by, and then it's weeks and months, and then you've been at your desk another year.
This weekend I took a fantastic class at NYU called Career Planning and Development Throughout Working Life, taught by an amazing teacher, Amy Bandolik.
In our first session together, Amy went around the room and asked everyone to describe themselves and say why they were there, and then she threw in what seemed like a bonus question.
What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Ice Cream
I figured it was just a typical icebreaker, such as your favorite color or favorite football team. But Amy was digging for something else.
After everyone had introduced themselves, she talked about some of the ways we can help people find their dream jobs… what they were truly meant to do.
So she asked us…
WHY was the flavor we picked our favorite flavor?
She asked me directly… "Why did you choose chocolate?"
I didn't really have a great answer. I said I've tried lots of other flavors… sometimes I'll get Oreo… sometimes I'll go for cookie dough… I know I don't like varieties with too much stuff in it like almonds and chips and caramel and marshmallow all mixed in. But all things being equal, I always go back to chocolate. I couldn't really explain it.
Then she talked about dating. Why do you date the type of people you do? For example, why do some women always date artist types? Well, it's probably because they've sampled a lot of different types of guys and dated athletes and bookworms and banker-types and they found they got along best with artists.
But when it came down to marrying someone or entering a long-term relationship, the list of things that might appear on an OK Cupid profile (height, income, job, hair color, religion, neighborhood) really didn't matter. You know the person is right for you, you light up when you see them, and nothing else matters.
And so let's bring this back around to careers.
If we ask Sam how his life was going, there's a pretty decent chance that he wouldn't be too excited. Why? He didn't sample any other jobs before launching into a career, and he didn't test the dating waters before launching into his marriage.
Whether you're just graduating college and have no idea what you'd like to do, or you're comfortable in your job and are ready to try something else but don't know where to turn, try the two lessons from love and ice cream to get the process going.
1) Sample
I know I love chocolate because I've tried Rocky Road and Green Tea Sorbet and Chunky Monkey. You might know you love energetic cheerleader-type women because you've dated artists and drama queens and introverts.
But in order to find your dream job, you have to take lots of samples. This doesn't mean that you need to spend 2 years working at 5 different jobs, although sometimes it can help. Sometimes it's volunteering in the industry for a few months. Sometimes it's doing a few weekends of research around the companies that you think you might want to work for. Sometimes it's just simply TALKING to someone that is doing the job you think you want to do.
For example, a lot of people love food. They love to cook, they love to bake, they have a food blog, they love to throw dinner parties. And maybe they can whip up a fantastic pecan encrusted salmon for 6, and dream of opening up their own restaurant.
But does that mean they should quit their job and spend $10,000 going back to culinary school? Perhaps. But a better move would be to, oh, I don't know… WORK IN A RESTAURANT for a year? Or how about talking to a restaurant owner, where you'll probably hear about the stress of paying rent, buying equipment, navigating health codes, creating menus, ordering food, and hiring and motivating employees. You might not even get to the cooking part in the first hour.
2) You'll know when you know
You don't have to make a spreadsheet of every ice cream flavor in order to answer the question of which one is your favorite, any more than a logical term paper would explain the reasons why a couple decided to get married.
When you ask someone about their job… do they light up in excitement, or are their answers, well, kind of vanilla.
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Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan
Douglas Waller (Simon and Schuster, 2015), 592 pp., notes, index.
Reviewed by Nicholas Reynolds
Douglas Waller is known to many readers of these pages as the author of Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage (Simon and Schuster, 2011). It is, for most students of OSS history, the most successful, accessible, and up-to-date biography of William J. Donovan ever published. In Spymaster, Waller shows how, in the history of American intelligence, Donovan was the prime mover. He was the man who conceived the idea of a centralized, full-service, independent agency responsible to the executive, and then created the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in that image to help the United States fight World War II.
Between 1942 and 1945, OSS made a respectable, but not decisive, contribution to the war effort. Even though the organization only outlasted the war by a few weeks, it also left its mark by introducing a number of remarkable younger leaders to the work of intelligence. In Disciples, Waller has written a group biography of four of those men—William J. Casey, William Colby, Richard Helms, and Allen Dulles—all of whom went on to become directors of central intelligence (DCIs) during the Cold War.
The book is divided into three parts: what Waller's subjects did before 1941, World War II, and the Cold War. World War II, for 19 of the 27 chapters, is at the heart of the book. Waller does an excellent job of recounting the wartime careers of each of the four. Not much of this is new, but Waller has clearly mastered the material and tells each man's story with verve and energy. Based on extensive research in original sources, which he lays out in endnotes, the chapters are literal page-turners, in spite of the fact that many similar books have been written about OSS over the years.
Dulles emerges as the diplomat, Wall Street lawyer who shines on independent duty as the OSS chieftain in Switzerland—running spies who bring priceless information from Nazi Germany, following the ins-and-outs of the German Resistance to Hitler, and even orchestrating the secret surrender of German forces on the Italian front.
Casey is the brilliant young lawyer who starts his career by bringing order to Donovan's own office, and then moves overseas to London, where he conceives and executes operations to parachute agents into Germany in late 1944 and early 1945. With Donovan's support, he overcomes British and American resistance to this kind of operation. Casey also emerges as the family man who misses his wife and daughter more than many other Americans who went overseas during the war. Helms works with Casey in London— they even share an apartment—before going on to forge his own identity as a practitioner of classical espionage from bases in France and later in Germany itself, where he hunts war criminals and, early on, sees the need to spy on the Soviets.
The only one of the four to actually serve at the tip of the spear, Colby is the paramilitary officer who overachieves, driving his men—and himself—ever harder as they prepare for, and then conduct, operations in France in 1944 and Norway in 1945. In both countries, he fights a lonely, dangerous war, taking enormous risks. Particularly moving are descriptions of the hardships that Colby and his men faced in the bitter cold of the Norwegian winter as they attacked German rail lines.
Once the war was over, none of the four disciples found it easy to adapt to peacetime conditions. It was not that any of them had PTSD—on the contrary, Waller depicts each as having been energized by the war and, for that reason, unable to settle back down to peacetime pursuits. They were, he writes, "strong, decisive, supremely confident men of action, doers who believed they could shape history rather than let it control them. They returned from World War II not emotionally drained or scarred . . . but rather invigorated and ready for the next battle. The OSS, which had interrupted their lives, now delineated them" as intelligence officers. (Prologue)
Helms, the former journalist who once interviewed Hitler, showed no interest in returning to his pre-war profession and stayed on as OSS morphed first into the Strategic Services Unit and then CIA. The three lawyers—Dulles, Casey, and Colby—returned home to practice law after the war, but could not drain the wartime adrenaline out of their systems. Starting at or near the top, all eventually joined Helms at CIA. Dulles was director during the Eisenhower years in the seminal 1950s. Helms ascended to the directorship in 1966 and managed to stay in office until 1973. After serving in Europe and Vietnam, Colby followed Helms as director, serving until 1976. Casey waited to return to spy work until Ronald Reagan appointed him director in the 1980s.
Waller gallops through the disciples' post-war careers in three chapters, with only one chapter for their tenures as director. He sums up each man's time at the helm without delving into much detail and points out all of the unhappy endings: President Kennedy fired Dulles after the Bay of Pigs fiasco in 1961; Helms was tried in federal court for perjury; Colby became a pariah at CIA for collaborating with congressional investigators; Casey did not understand the limits of covert action, and almost brought down the Reagan administration in the Iran-Contra affair.
Though Waller set out to write about World War II, he could have devoted more time on his four subjects' tenure as directors, and explored more fully the extent to which they had truly been disciples in the long run. They all started in OSS, and they all believed the gospel of central intelligence that Donovan had preached—but beyond that connection, one may question how meaningful it is to analyze their service during the Cold War in terms of their OSS origins. Readers may be left wondering to what extent each man found himself responding to new challenges and growing to meet them (or not).
With a portrait of Donovan literally watching over him, Casey seems to have stayed closest to his wartime roots, which may help to explain his management style and his legacy—but this may not necessarily be said of the other three disciples. Dulles developed his approach to operations in Bern during the war—like his predilection for covert action and his loose management style—but he did go on to run an agency that did many things well, to include the amazing overhead reconnaissance programs that allowed the United States to understand Soviet capabilities. Helms comes across in Waller's book as a solid but somewhat colorless professional, the spymaster who perfected the art of charming his interlocutors without really ever saying anything. But he also developed a sophisticated feel for classical Cold War espionage that was quite different from anything that the OSS was involved in. Colby was perhaps the man who progressed furthest from his wartime debut in intelligence and arguably took on greater challenges than any of the other three World War II veterans, from firing his old OSS comrade-in-arms James Angleton (whose roots were showing, but not in a good way) to trying to understand and deal with the threats that CIA faced after Vietnam. He may have been a pariah to many of the old guard for showing the Family Jewels to Congress, but he also proved that CIA was about much more than its OSS origins.
These minor observations aside, Disciples is a worthy addition to the library of any intelligence officer.
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The fabric was meant to be used as a kitchen towel. After the embroidery, I think I'll use it for a more sophisticated purpose :)
The idea of trying out the new thread came while I was transferring the design. Thanks to a dear friend I was in possession of DMC's metallic range called Light Effects.
Click on the pics to see the actual shine of the threads . DMC has come up with several variations under this metallic range - Jewel, Antique,Pearl and so on and so forth.
Since I had issues with metallic threads before, I changed my strategy a little bit and used only short lengths for stitching. Usually for cotton threads, I use elbow length (from my palm to the elbow). In this case, I threaded only half of that - which means pretty short . But it worked well.I wouldn't mind using them again in my future projects.
Have you tried metallic threads? Did you enjoy working with them? Long back I had seen a peacock worked entirely in metallic and that had inspired me to get the Anchor ones- but me and the threads never got along and the idea was discarded.
Anyways, I need to finish a few more bunches like these and this little piece will be done. The pattern calls for detached chain aka lazy daisy stitches throughout. But I've a slightly different plan. If it works out, I'll show it off in the next post.
Love,luck and sunshine,


text: This short video is a school assignment by Toon Persyn. He tried to show the mentality and solidarity of the local skaters in Brussels. The two guys in this video are Sam Lammar and Jorgo Haezaerts. As for the school home assignment this is a great video about skating. Check it out!


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So I found a link on Twitter to the blog of Hana. She had posted this survey today so I decided to join in. (Add you link to the board here)
1. My favorite book growing up was:
I loved Enid Blyton books – I didn't have a specific one that was my favourite but I read loads when I was young. My Dad would encourage me and my brother by taking us to the library every (or nearly every) Saturday morning, by the time I was in Year 4 I was trying to read Shakespeare (half of the time I didn't get it but it was worth the attempt, right?).
2. The funniest book I've ever read was:
I've read so many books I can't remember the funniest but the one I'm reading at the moment had me laughing (Chocolate Wishes by Trisha Ashley) yesterday – which wasn't good because then I collapsed in a fit of coughs lol.
3. The one book that has truly changed my life is:
Well excluding the bible which is like the major influence on my life lol. I wouldn't say I've read any life changing on it's own but I read "For Such a Time as This by Lisa Ryan. It's about being modern day Esthers and being set apart.
"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?"
Esther 14:4
4. If you're looking for a real "tear jerker" you should probably read:
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks – if it's half as sad as the film then I will need the tissues. I watched The Notebook once and I've never watched it since because I know that it'll make me cry.
5. If I could meet any author living or dead I would want to meet:
Agatha Christie or Kathy Reichs I don't keep up with authors. I have a running book list of what I want to read and those titles come from blogs or websites that happen to mention they're good. I'm more intrigued by what genre they are rather than who is the author.
6. The next book on my "to read" list is:
Well I'm in the process of reading Chocolate Wishes by Trisha Ashley. Following that there is the other book that That Boy bought me for my birthday, I think I then have some Kathy Reichs books to work my way through.
7. If I was snowed into remote cabin in the woods and could only choose three books to bring with me I'd bring:
The Bible should keep me occupied for a little while (According to Wikipedia there is 31102 verses in the King James Version).
After that I guess I'd pick the first three on my to be read and work on those lol.
Lauren (The author of The Little Things We Do) has the coolest blog button see….


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text: Well you all only thought I had 3 kids....but I really have 17! The 14 others that have yet to be pictured on my blog are the wonderful members of the Saints Varsity Volleyball Team. I am having a blast with them this year!! We are young but we are talented and the season has been so much fun. Here is a picture of them before our match against Greenhill. I'll get a better team picture up soon. They make fun of me that I have a blog but they will be excited that I put them on it! Love you guys! GO SAINTS!!


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What can be done about excessive dry flaky scalp and brittle ends?
What can be done to relieve dry flaky scalp and just dry brittle hair overall? I can grease my scalp today and tomorrow it's dry and flaky again. This happens even when I deep condition it. I have 3c/4a hair.
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castor oil and rosemary,almond oil and ceder oil,or just frankincense oil works goodps.you can get all of this from mountain rose herbs.com
Try using tea tree shampoos free of sulfates. Make sure you scalp is clean but not stripped. Then use a little oil like grape seed or jojoba. I would also NOT grease my scalp. What you are greasing your scalp with? Your scalp should be pretty free of heavy products because that will irritate it and eventually cause build up and sebum.Good reads:http://www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/kids-sca...http://www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/wavy-hai...
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Well, Dave stayed up last night and called Canon when they opened at midnight our time last night and they want me to send it in for repairs. The technician walked him through a couple of things to see if he could fix it, but nothing worked, so off it goes. I'm sad because school is almost over and there's all kinds of things going on that I want pictures of. I've already missed out on getting good photos of Caitlynn's birthday and her girl scout bridging ceremony. The actual fix is supposed to be really quick, just a few days, but add in the time it takes to ship to California and back and it'll be a while. At least it doesn't have to go to the east coast, that would take forever!
So much for starting photo school this summer. At least it should be back in time to start setting up some appointments to do portraits next school year. The technician said he thinks it's the heat and humidity here that is causing the problem. Not really something I have any control over. I figure I've had it almost 2 years and it took this long to affect it, so hopefully once it's fixed, the 9 months or so we have left here won't be long enough for it to break again.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
What was I thinking?????????
When I told Caitlynn she could invite 7 girls to her sleepover party? She turned 9 on Monday, where has the time gone? My first baby is really growing up! A house full of 8 girls sounds pretty crazy but it went pretty well. We ha one casualty, one of her friends hit he head on the bed, but luckily it wasn't too bad and she was able to stay for the rest of the party. One other girl wasn't able to stay for the whole night because they're flying back to the states today, but Caitlynn was glad she got to come at all. For dinner I made homemade pizza for the girls. Between the 8 of them they ate almost 3 1/2 pizzas, WOW. Instead of a cake this year Caitlynn wanted them to decorate their own cupcakes, so I tinted a few different colors of icing and gave them all kinds of toppings and they had a blast. I wish I had more photos but my camera has been acting up the last week. After presents I let the girls loose with paint and my foam stamps and they decorated their own frames, while I took them one by one and took their photos and printed them out for them. Again, this would've worked so much better if the camera was working properly. When it came time to settle down the girls watched Night at the Museum and High School Musical. The first girl was asleep at about 11:30 and the last at almost 1:30am. Did I forget to mention it's not even 8am yet and they've already all eaten breakfast and been playing for a while? I have one more craft for them to do before they go home, I bought wooden door hanger for them to decorate.
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
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Photography Thursday
It's been a while since I've actually had a photography day, last time I tried I got rained on. I figure I better get out as much as possible because the kids will be out of school in less than a month and it will definitely make it a bit harder to do. Without even realizing it almost everything I photographed today was either red or orange, kind of weird.
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Monday, May 14, 2007
Sunset at the Beach
I took the kids down to Gab Gab Beach this evening to take some photos and let them play around for a bit. Here's my favorite photos of the sunset.
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Sunday, May 13, 2007
Fly a kite
Friday night at cub scouts we worked on the weather belt loop, after all the inside activities we all went out in the field and flew kites.
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Mother Daughter Tea
Yesterday, Caitlynn and Hannah's Girl Scout Troop held the annual Mother Daughter Tea for Mother's Day. It was really nice this year since both girls are in the same troop so I could just relax and not try to run between two events. It was kind of sad since both of their leaders Kim and Beth will be leaving soon. Beth leaves at the end of the month and Kim will leave over the summer, so next year will be interesting. We're definitely going to miss them both, they've been outstanding leaders. The girls also received their patches and try-its for the year. Here's some photos.
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Happy Mother's Day
You gotta love a day that you get breakfast in bed! Caitlynn scared the heck out of me, I opened my bedroom door to go downstairs, and there stood Caitlynn. Not at all what I expected. And what does she tell me? Sorry, you can't go downstairs right now, get back in bed. hehe. So I gladly complied and enjoyed a lazy bit. Then Dave and the kids came up with breakfast and presents. Elijah made the toast, Hannah the scrambled eggs and Caitlynn the tea. What more could a mom ask for? After a lazy morning I finally got out of bed and ready for church. The kids sang a beautiful song for us. At the end of church Lisa took a photo of the kids and I. The rest of the day has been nice and peaceful. Dave's got pizza cooking in the oven for us for dinner and the kids are already showered so we can play a family game after dinner.
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Thursday, May 03, 2007
More Galleries
I'm slowly adding galleries to my shutterfly site. Here's the new one's I did last night.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Took the leap
I've been talking for a while about being a professional photographer and selling my photos. Well I was asked to be the photographer for Caitlynn's baseball team. So instead of having the photos printed locally I decided to set up my own e-commerce site through shutterfly.com. What I love about this is I don't have to worry about the sales end of it, I upload the photos give the parents the link to my site and they choose what photos they want, what sizes, pay shutterly.co who prints them and sends them directly to the customer. What I love is I don't have to deal with the money end of things until it's the profit being sent to me.
Here's the link to my baseball gallery if anyone wants to check it out
Here's the link to my baseball gallery if anyone wants to check it out
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After dissolution of Austro-Hungarian Empire Osijek found itself at a disadvantage due to the new narrowed borders within the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and later Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Due to the unfavorable tax and customs policy, economic strength of Osijek weakens, as well as leading role in river transport on the Drava. Development of the city has since lagged, but still managed to retain position of the second largest industrial center of the Croatia. During this period, significant works realized were electrification of the city and the introduction of electric trams in 1926.
The collapse of Yugoslavia in 1941 and the proclamation of the Independent State of Croatian and World War II brought population of Osijek fear and uncertainty of life. City will go through tough time, enduring hardships, conflicts and sufferings for entire war period and internal fighting that defeated Nazi Ustasha rule. The city came out of the war badly damaged, especially the Lower Town after the Allies bombing of June 14th, 1944.
In the post-war period from 1945 to 1990 Osijek has to live in political, economic, cultural and social atmosphere newly established Yugoslav state guided by the ideology of the Communist Party has established. This means further stagnation, or rather lagging, behind other Croatian cities such as Split or Rijeka on the Adriatic coast. But, the industry was still going well and Osijek kept its high place, but slipped to third or fourth place by the late eighties.
Since the beginning of the Patriotic War the city entered a new political climate of the democratic system of the sovereign Republic of Croatia. Badly damaged during the aggression lead by Serb-dominated Yugoslav army from 1991 to 1995, lengthy process of rebuilding the city has begun. Osijek is now on the way of starting a new stage in its life and role. In this regard, in its future significant role plays building of international highway infrastructure, so-called "Corridor Vc" to the Adriatic, across Bosnia, and to the north of central Europe.
In the meantime, Osijek meets high rate of unemployment, which drove many young people in the city and its surroundings to seek employment in Germany, Ireland and other countries in the EU and the world. Most of them will likely return, but loss of its inhabitants is evident. This loss is somewhat offset by immigration from other parts of Slavonia and Bosnia and Herzegovinia, and J.J.Strossmayer university has significant role in attracting young people to come to Osijek and seek (scarce) employment oppurtunities here.


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30 May – Dead duck or just resting: has economic liberalism run into a dead end?
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating recently declared that liberal economics no longer holds the answers to our problems. Is this the case? If so, what new paradigm is needed to lift the world economy out of its current malaise? If not, what needs to be done to revitalise economies and societies? And what does all this mean for Australia and the Australian Public Service?
Hosted by Professor Bruce Chapman AM, inaugural SRW Chair of Economics, an expert panel will address these questions and provide their views on one of the most controversial debates of our time.
Professor Bruce Chapman AM
Dr Ken Henry AC
Ms Laura Tingle
Professor Helen Sullivan
Date: Tuesday 30 May 2017
Time: 5.30pm–6.30pm
Venue: The Auditorium, Australian Centre on China in the World, Building 188, Fellows Lane, ANU
Registration is essential
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I write to you today with a happy heart. 3 days ago my bloggy world and my real life world collided at lunch in Pittsburgh. As I drove to my meeting place, I was a bit nervous. "What if we run out of things to say? Will she like me when she meets me in person?" It felt quite similar to those first date jitters. (No I wasn't worried about whether or not she'd kiss me when she dropped me off at the end). But there was still that eager anticipation for what lie ahead.
When you tell someone you are going to lunch to meet someone you met on the internet, it sounds a bit like something you might see on TV. People start to get a bit alarmed and concerned or give you a weird look.
Those of you who are part of the blogging community know how you can know someone before you know them. They get it when you refer to someone as a friend, even though you've never technically seen them face to face.
That's how it was with Rebecca. She left several sweet comments on my blog last fall which led me to check out her blog. Commenting led to e-mailing which later led to facebooking and before I knew it I found myself wishing I had her address so I could send her a Christmas card. She was more than just a name on the screen or a blog in my reader. She was a friend.
And this friendship bloomed over lunch on Saturday. As we sat and talked at Chili's for hours, I felt as if I was having lunch with an old friend. We knew so much about each other and the every day highs and lows, big and little things which had transpired over the past several months. It was great to get filled in some of the details and to follow up on things. We talked about our kids, our husbands, Bible study, blogs, discipline, labor…I couldn't believe how quickly our time together flew by. I felt like I could have talked all day with her!
What blogging meet and greet would be complete without some picture taking? As she dropped me off at our meeting place at the Giant Eagle, we realized we needed a picture. After a failed attempt at snapping the picture ourselves, we set off across the fairly deserted parking lot to find someone to take our picture.
Ever been approached by someone as you were loading your groceries in the car to see if you could snap their picture? Sure, I've been approached in Disney World or a National Park, but never Giant Eagle. I felt a little awkward so I said something like, "bet you don't get asked this every day," to which she replied "No, it's cool, I do stuff like this all the time." I wanted to ask, "Really, you ask people for pics in parking lots all the time, b/c I felt kinda silly asking you?"
I tell you only a real friend would go along with a crazy antic like this.
And thanks to this crazy thing called the internet, that is exactly what Rebecca has become to me.
A Real Friend.


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Dr. Robin Hadaway is professor of missions at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, having joined the faculty in 2003. Dr. Hadaway came to MBTS following 18 years of missionary service with the International Mission Board. During that time, Dr. Hadaway was a pioneer church planter in North Africa and Tanzania, and he is fluent in Swahili and conversant in Arabic. His 18 years with the IMB included administrative positions such as strategy coordinator, cluster leader, and finally Regional Leader for Eastern South America, with oversight of 350 missionaries in Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
In his early years, Dr. Hadaway was an Air Force captain and pilot, stationed in Alaska and Nevada. He then became a senior pastor of churches in California and Arizona. Dr. Hadaway received the Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the Doctor of Ministry from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Doctor of Theology from the University of South Africa. He also pursued graduate work at Dallas Theological Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary. His undergraduate degree is from Memphis State University. He has played golf on five continents and is a native of Tallahassee, FL. He is married to the former Kathy Baze of Phoenix, AZ. They have three grown children.
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I work for an Independent Living Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. I was diagnosed with MS in 2000.
This website reflects some of my interests. It is mostly links to web
discoveries. Having MS doesn't mean an inactive life and it doesn't have to mean
a reduction in the quality of life. I am interested in how others with MS
maintain an active life and their achievements and activities. I am interested
in technology, kids, birding, reindeer, genealogy and history. I use travel as therapy, so
you'll find travel stuff here.
"Diagnose and adios," Labe Scheinberg's famously disparaging quote about the
options available to MS neurologists in the 1970s, no longer rings true. For me
the diagnosis, along with a concurrent divorce, forced me to re-examine my life.
Unknowingly dealing with an uncooperative body I had lost sight of many hopes
and dreams. One of those dreams was travel. Adios is a word I use more often
"A lot of us first aspired to far-ranging travel and exotic adventure
early in our teens; these ambitions are, in fact, adolescent in nature, which I
find an inspiring idea. Adolescence is the time in our lives when we are the
most open to new ideas, the most idealistic. Thus, when we allow ourselves to
imagine as we once did, we are not at all in our right minds. We are somewhere
in a world of dream, and we know, with a sudden jarring clarity, that if we
don't go right now, we're never going to do it. And we'll be haunted by our
unrealized dreams and know that we have sinned against ourselves gravely."
Tim Cahill, "Exotic Places Made Me Do It", Outside, March '02
I call the picture on the left "The perfect gin and tonic". The person by my
side, in front of Dune 45 in Namibia, is my wife Jane.