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Run Off Election Is Still On In Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe's run off election is still scheduled to go on even though the opposition opponent has dropped out of the election. The electoral commission in Zimbabwe said that the election will go on Friday. The Southern African Development Community has sent out a warning that violence in Zimbabwe can lead to false election results. The group is urging Zimbabwe to postpone the election.
After many weeks of silence Nelson Mandela came out and finally made a statement regarding Zimbabwe. "Tragic failure of leadership in Zimbabwe" was what Mandela had to say about the country that has been in turmoil for months now. Unfortunately, no matter what people say, it seems that Robert Mugabe is not going to back down. He is so arrogant that he will likely go on with the election even though the world knows that it will be conducted in a violent and unfair manner.
Mugabe has been stripped of his knighthood that Queen Elizabeth II awarded him in 1994. Governments around the world have cried out in outrage for Mugabe to stop the violence and intimidating that is being carried out in his country. Some people are allegedly being threatened with amputation and imprisonment if they do not vote for Mugabe. Morgan Tsvangirai has dropped out of the election because he does not feel safe with asking people to risk their lives to vote for him. While his name remains on the ballot there is really no way for him to take office even if he won this election, which he did the last one.
Tsvangirai has spent most of his time at the Dutch embassy after announcing that he was dropping out of the race. He fears for his life and only left briefly to give a press conference at his home. Robert Mugabe questioned Tsvangarai's fear for his life even though he has already survived several different assassination attempts.
Zimbabwe is a problem of the world but Africa must stand up and fix this problem. The world can condemn Mugabe but other African leaders must stand up and let Mugabe know that what he is doing is not appropriate. It will only be through the mouths of Mugabe's peers that he may start to bend a bit. Mugabe likes to state the Zimbabwe is not a Western country. He is right but he also needs to understand that right is right and wrong is wrong. What he is doing right now, running a one candidate election is wrong.
Will the run off election go on as planned? Most likely. It is obvious that Mugabe feels that he is above the world. He will likely go on and proclaim victory even though he has had to intimidate, mutilate, arrest and murder many of the opposition's believers. After cutting off international aide to people that desperately need it Mugabe proved that he would do anything he needed to in order to win the election. African officials around the continent need to stand up and condemn Mugabe's actions.
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I have an incredibly low-tech system of planning my meals – and it's worked for me ever since we started getting our second CSA box. (The first time we got a box I just wasn't very organized. And also, that basket contained a little less variety so it didn't require as much forethought.)
We receive our basket on Friday so I use the weekend to plan meals for the week. Although we've gotten away from it in the last few years, Friday has always been a take-out treat night- with sushi or Indian curries on my way home from Friday errands.
Also, from our CSA, I very often order a whole chicken, some ground beef, and a couple other organic, local meat options. We have to order those a week in advance so it's hard to forecast what I'll want. To keep it simple, I keep some variety. I order about 3-4 large options, which will feed us 6-8 times usually. I do a couple red meats and a couple white.
Step One: Unpack and take inventory. Depending on the time of year and how motivated I am, our boxes are sometimes small and sometimes large. When I unpack, I lay everything out on the counter to really get a look at it and assess how much of each item we actually got (especially how big everything is).
Step Two: Pull out some cookbooks or look back through this blog (which is why I started it in the first place) to figure out how to use the most unusual or exotic items in the basket. I plan those for the earliest meals in the week, even on the weekend. I've found that if I ignore the "harder" ingredients, they get forgotten and tossed. Plan to tackle those first.
Step Three: Plan out how I will use the rest of the ingredients. For examples… "I'll make a pie with peaches, I'll use the greens in our juices, we'll just munch on the apples"… etc. When they are all laying out, it's easiest to decide how I'm using them. (I don't write this part down, but I guess I could/should.)
Step Four: Pair produce plans with protein. Okay, honestly, this is the least organized part, but it's what I do. If, for instance, I'm inspired to make Baba Ganoush with eggplant, I then figure out which proteins I can pair with that. And so on… Maybe it seems backwards, but I always feel like it's the produce that's complicated – I can always just ROAST some protein and be done.
Step Five: Write it out. This is the part that I get too lazy to do – and then the whole plan falls apart. I use a simple dry erase board that my sister gave me years ago. I generally just write out dinners and lunches. (Breakfasts are pretty simple around here.) Then during the two major times I'm in the kitchen through the week (an hour or so in the morning and a couple hours in the afternoon/evening) I can just look up and remember how I need to prep for the next day's meals and get started on that day's.
That's it. As I said, it's incredibly low-tech… and a bit chaotic, but it always works for me and when I stick with it, we have very little waste.
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BURLINGTON, N.C. – Charleston Southern freshman Alan Smith fired a final round two-under par 69 Tuesday at Alamance Country Club to help the Bucs place eighth at the Phoenix Invitational. Parker Jones earned a T-21st place finish to pace CSU individually.
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Elon's William Harwood took home medalist honors, finishing at -10 on the strength of a final round 68. That effort enabled Harwood to edge Temple's Trey Wren, who entered the day tied atop the leaderboard, by one stroke. High Point's Brandon Einstein posted a final round 67 to tie for second.
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When I was "working" as a federal informant with the FBI in 1994, I had at least three separate agents at different times tell me I had to tell my story. I was kind of surprised, figuring that they had seen it all, much more rad stuff than what I was doing, or whatever they thought of as "my story".
But even I have to admit, that I have not read or heard of a story like mine that combined so many elements and in some ways, could be classified as several different genres.
The main story never changed, but how much was shared before, during and after was considerably cut down, many, many times.
The main complaint I heard in the last year from a publisher I had submitted the manuscript to was the word count.
But the legalities also worried them, and the cost of that.
I easily took care of both items on my own but still decided to self-publish. It is still longish at 373 pages, but not bloated and simply too much story, as it had been in the past.
The people I talk about are all mostly shrouded by using first names and a letter for their last names. Nothing too specific. No doubt a few people may not like that I used their real first name, but for the sake of my own internal storyteller and the way things really happened,
I used what I knew, what I addressed them by.
I first started the book the day that the crazy-ass attorney told me to start writing down how everything started so he could use the info. When I got out of the halfway house and into my own apartment, I also got to use a desktop computer, one of those god-awful humongous monitors, that Robert from work let me take home.
He knew I was writing this book way back then in 1998.
The first title was called "Queen Kingpin" and included way too much stuff that I later found about about Rudy, my boss in the marijuana network. At some point, I had cut out so much of that stuff that the name didn't even work anymore.
The good news is, that I am back at work on a wonderful "based on" version, again entitled Queen Kingpin! This will be a completely retooled and exhilarating version, staying within the parameters of "based on" but pushing the envelope totally.
One of my favorite bands in the past was Metallica. They have a beautiful song called "Outlaw Torn" that I related to, almost as much as their song "Bleeding Me" but that didn't work for a book title and Outlaw Torn just clicked perfectly.
Twenty odd (literally) years later....
Thanks so much for reading if you are still doing so ♥
I hope you enjoy my story.
The flyer to the right is one that I drew / designed for the best show the Omlits ever played. I share it here today thanks to my old punk friends, some of the best people still populating the Earth.
If you are interested, I have a Facebook page for the book that you are welcome to "like" and I would love to hear from you there too!
I am sharing stories on the Facebook page there that did not make the final cut of the book and various other musings, etc.
Stay tuned!
I remember the first time I saw Linda Taylor on stage was at Camarillo State Mental Hospital. I was in a band called IUD at the time. Omlits had just started when we arrived and if I recall correctly she was wearing aluminum foil and a big dayglo green strap-on dildo and the foil was just falling off. I was in awe of her fearlessness and star power."
Caroline "GoGo" Gomard of IUD
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As an out of control teenage punk rocker, who treated sex and relationships like a guy, I was ripe to do something even more outrageous than playing guitar in a radical punk band. I loved to do drugs, and did just about all of them, more than once, but I was never an addict or hooked on anything besides cigarettes.
I loved marijuana deeply however, understanding the endocannabinoidal system way ahead of my time. I knew pot made me feel more connected in a very meaningful way, to my life experiences and in my relationships in general; comfortable in my skin.
When one of my best friends became involved with indoor marijuana cultivation, he brought me and my then boyfriend along. We lived in a grow house, taking care of a garageful of plants, before moving on to working with a huge marijuana distribution network with a guy we met through my friend.
Eventually, that led to my personally moving at least twenty-two million dollars for one of the largest marijuana distribution networks in the United States. I was also the mistress and integral underling to one of the biggest drug lords in America for a brief but passionate affair, until everything came crashing down.
When everyone but me was arrested, I was on the run from the law with warrants out for my arrest for almost a month after my home was searched. Eventually, I had to turn myself into the FBI with a seriously deranged attorney. After initially swearing to myself I would never cooperate with the authorities, being told I was looking at twenty years in prison changed my tune. I went undercover in a major way for the feds in New Jersey and Arizona, working on several important cases and providing substantial cooperation, including wearing a body recorder to a meet in Tucson and taping dozens of calls with the drug lord of our network in Mexico, who was also eventually arrested, in large parts due to my efforts.
I also became involved with a real Mafia-type gangster, who fell in love with me and promised to take me into the Witness Protection Program with him. Regardless of all that seemed to be working in my favor to keep me out of prison, destiny is what it is, and when I was finally sentenced by a federal judge, he gave me a forty-two month prison sentence.
I went to a minimum security federal work camp in late 1995 and made it a productive time instead of a waste of time. I was released early due to my participation in a 500 hour drug program, which allowed me a year off my time. I was on hardcore probation, supervised release, for three years once released from a hellish halfway house, after I testified in front of a federal grand jury. Once done with all my obligations and fines, I end my story leaving the state of New Jersey and embarking on a new life as I move to Tucson in June of 2001.
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Young people who play video games for short periods of time are better adjusted and have fewer emotional issues, a study has found.
The Oxford University survey suggests that young people's development improves if they spend less than an hour a day playing video games compared to those who didn't play at all.
The study was conducted with 5,000 British 10- to 15-year-olds, 75% of whom said that they played video games regularly. The children were asked to rate a number of social factors, including "satisfaction with their lives" and "how well they got on with peers".
The study claims that the video-game-playing children were more satisfied with their lives, less hyperactive, and had fewer emotional issues than those who didn't play at all.
Psychologist Dr Andrew Przybylski said there could be many reasons behind this result. He told the BBC: "Being engaged in video games may give children a common language. And for someone who is not part of this conversation, this might end up cutting the young person off."
However, the study also reported that children who played video games for more than three hours were less adjusted and had lower satisfaction with their lives.
Andrew Przybylski's full study can be read online here.


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Most of you already know that I've decided to kick off the new year with a serious low-buy on all things related to beauty. That means less makeup, skincare, body care & tools will crack my makeup treasure chest (The post on my low-buy). Since I won't be buying as much stuff on my little 100$/month budget, I've decided to keep you posted on my monthly spending & on my oh! so evolving, realistic wish list.
January Spending = 37$ (Yay! 63$ in the bank)
February Spending = 72$ (28$ in the bank)
March Spending = 100$ (I barely made it)
April 2016…
April was disaster! When you have a Sephora VIB sale, combined with some new launches in time for the summer season, I did buy more than I should have … I thought of a plan to spend more without eventually having to take money from my wallet. So this was my rational plan and my maximum budget :
♥♥♥ April VIB sale budget is 100$🇨🇦
+ January savings (63$)
+ February savings (28$)
= 191$ + Gift Card (137$🇨🇦) = Max. 328$🇨🇦
♥♥♥ How did I do?
April Spending $$$
Nars Blush in Impassionned: 38$
Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Colour in Amethyst: 35$
bareMinerals 5 in 1 BB Advanced Performance Cream Eyeshadow SPF 15 in Sweet Spice: 24.50$
Sephora Rouge Gel Lip Liner in Melon-Choly (05) : 15$
Anastasia Beverly Hills Angle Cut Brush #15: 22$
Tarte Powder Player Bamboo Pressed Powder Brush: 41$
Marc Jacobs The Face II Brush: 60$
Shiseido Tinted Uv Protector SPF43: 37$
Nars Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer in Terre-Neuve (Light 0): 54$
Nars Sheer Glow Foundation in Mont Blanc (Light 2): 58$
Total: 384.50$ (All from my Sephora VIB Sale Haul)
*** 193.50$ to recover = 2 months at 100$/month budget !!! ***
Darn! I thought I was OK but once again, this is what happens when you send a makeup addict in a Sephora Sale. Worst is that I didn't use my GC… I guess someone is going on a no-buy for 60 day?!? My next 2 monthly spending budgets are now big fat 0$ and I still hesitate on my penance: a whip, tarring and feathering,… kidding but, I'm disappointed in myself for going overboard !
Wish List
No Wish List this month nor next month for that matter since there is no money in the makeup piggy bank. Dreaming is free but there is nothing worst than creating false hopes!!!
Who's with me on a 2-month No-Buy ???
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eMergy: Embodied Energy
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I wanted to invoke Howard T. Odum's concept of "eMergy" in the title of my sculpture to bring some attention to this idea. It is simple but significant: Odum wants to recognize and acknowledge the energy that is embodied in all things. He writes,
Citizens who think of energy as simply one commodity, separate from matter, information, art, and human spirit, must learn that everything has an energy component. The more intangible and valuable something is the more it costs in energy. . . . Most people use the word energy for inputs to their bodies or their economy, and thus think about energy as food, fuels, electric power, atomic power, and so on. However, components of energy are necessary for the action of all the processes of the universe. To understand the energy basis of man and nature, we must learn how energy is necessary to everything we do. (Energy Basis for Man and Nature 3, 25)
Odum wants to trace the energy that is involved in thinking, education, religious feelings, and information storage as well as the more common associations we have about energy such as solar heat flow, photosynthetic translation, caloric ingestion, and fossil fuel consumption. He sees highways, libraries, skyscrapers and power plants as enormous storages of high-energy assets, as concentrations of energy. Education is a perfect example: "Because much energy is used in developing one's abilities, intellectual activity is a very high-quality use of energy; intelligence and learning are concentrated potential energy" (34). Odum's approach to systems ecology, viewing as it does systems of energy flow–ranging from chemical reactions to stellar evolution–will be a cornerstone of my concept of energonomics.
A simple application of this idea can be considered in terms of the art piece itself. Totem Flow/eMergy Burn was the result of a certain amount of caloric output on my behalf as I twisted the copper wire around the copper pipe (that took a bit of work!). But we should also consider the energy that went into conceiving the idea itself: many hours of reading went into the composition of the catalog description, for example, not to mention the foundation of an advanced graduate degree. As an act of communication, the sculpture is a form of stored energy waiting to light up calorie-burning memes in the minds of others. I'll stop there. I could go on, pointing out how, as an American citizen in a country with 5% of the world's population, we consume 25% of the world's energy, channeling it away from Others and towards our own citizenry. . . . but I'll stop here for now.
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There has been a sharp increase in the average amount of time people have been waiting for their calls to universal credit helplines to be answered.
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Labour said the long waiting times were evidence of a "terrible service".
The government has promised to make the calls free within weeks after criticism of the use of 0345 numbers.
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Universal credit rolls six working-age benefits into one single payment.
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Most people give up just when
they're about to achieve success.
They quit on the one yard line.
They give up at the last minute of the game,
one foot from a winning touch down.
- Ross Perot
Consider the following two Vince Lombardi quotes. Lombardi's message wasn't always consistent, but he was always motivating.
Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing.
- Vince Lombardi
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
- Vince Lombardi
Strength does not come from winning.
Your struggles develop your strengths.
When you go through hardships
and decide not to surrender,
that is strength.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing.
You don't win once in a while,
you don't do things right once in a while,
you do them right all the time.
Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
- Vince Lombardi
That's what learning is, after all;
not whether we lose the game,
but how we lose and how
we've changed because of it
and what we take away from it
that we never had before,
to apply to other games.
Losing, in a curious way, is winning.
- Richard Bach
By letting it go it all gets done.
The world is won by those who let it go.
But when you try and try.
The world is beyond the winning.
- Lao Tzu
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Play to win, but be a good loser.
Have a plan for your life,
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Fighting not good. But if must fight... win.
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How you think when you lose
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If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.
- Carl Lewis
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy;
if you lose, you will be wise.
- Anonymous
People who work together will win,
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or the problems of modern society.
- Vince Lombardi
Unless both sides win,
no agreement can be permanent.
- Jimmy Carter
The price of success is hard work,
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we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
- Vince Lombardi
Win as if you were used to it,
lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
- Vince Lombardi
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,
then they fight you, then you win.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Far better is it to dare mighty things,
to win glorious triumphs,
even though chequered by failure,
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who neither enjoy much nor suffer much,
because they live in the grey twilight
that knows not victory or defeat.
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If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right,
you'll probably never do much of anything.
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Play the game for more than you can afford to lose...
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Confidence is the most important single factor in this game,
and no matter how great your natural talent,
there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.
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Choose to adopt the attitude toward failure that sports teams do.
In each game, one team succeeds and one fails.
Then the next week they both get out and play again.
Life is also a game - with some successes and some failures.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
War is a game that is played with a smile.
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If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
- Winston Churchill
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Life is a game with no rules.
Life just happens to us regardless of our best intentions.
Our only path to happiness lies in being open
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You have to learn the rules of the game.
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- Albert Einstein
If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win, but think you can't
It's almost a cinch you won't.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man;
But soon or late the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
- Anonymous
Keep courage. Whatever you do,
do not feel sorry for yourself.
You will win in a great age of opportunity.
- Richard L. Evans
Never put passion before principle.
Even if win, you lose.
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Sometimes it is better to lose
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- Tony Blair
It is better to conquer yourself
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Then the victory is yours.
It cannot be taken from you,
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- The Buddha
We win justice quickest by rendering
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It's one of life's great paradoxes ...
Accepting with gratitude whatever life throws at us
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.
I am not bound to succeed,
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I must stand with anybody that stands right,
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and part with him when he goes wrong.
- Abraham Lincoln
The greatest battle of all is simply... Life.
This is no child's game. This is the big one -
the Super Bowl - the Game of all games.
The rules of Life are unwritten and unknown.
Perhaps, one could say that there are no rules.
The Judge has ultimate power.
She can call the game at any time - for any reason.
The penalties in the Game are completely arbitrary -
in both timing and severity.
Penalty for what, we ask?
The Judge is silent.
How can I win the Game?
"You can never win," comes the answer,
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
How you respond to the challenge in the second half
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It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline
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What you've got to have is faith and discipline
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- Vince Lombardi
Today would be a wonderful day
not to take life so seriously.
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and it may not.
Happiness is not about being a winner -
it's about being gentle with life -
being gentle with yourself.
Let life be a dance,
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Slow but steady wins the race.
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It is a week long festival that takes place in early Spring.
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President Obama enjoying a Seder with Jewish representatives
The SEDER meal in every Jewish household follows the same order of events:
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- A copy of the Haggadah is put in everyone's place at the table before the meal begins
- The FATHER of the family begins the service
- He lights the candles , fills the glasses with wine and says a blessing
- A large cup of wine is left on the table symbolically for the Prophet ELIJAH. This is poured away afterwards.
- The YOUNGEST CHILD in the family always asks the same question: WHY IS THIS NIGHT DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHER NIGHTS?
- The Father replies by telling the story of Exodus. He teaches the meaning of the Exodus by pointing to different symbols on the table.
A SEDER plate is divided into sections. Each section contains an item of food. The different items remind Jewish people of their previous slavery in Egypt and their freedom when they left Egypt.
THERE ARE THREE OTHER IMPORTANT ITEMS PLACED ON THE TABLE (But not the Seder plate)
At the Seder Jewish people gather to celebrate their freedom. Yet during the service they also think of those who still suffer lack of freedom in many parts of the world. The service ends with a blessing and the words
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12" German Terrestrial Globe on Stand, Circa 1880
A German 12″ terrestrial library globe by Wagner & Debes, Lehrm-Anst, of Leipzig on a mahogany tripod base with baluster vase turned pedestal on inwardly scrolled feet, the stand with brass quadriform cradle and brass meridian. Globe shows shipping lanes and ocean currents.
- German Circa 1880
- Height: 33" | Diameter14"
- Item #7553
- Price: $8,800


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I Must Have Wanton Poets
I MUST have wanton poets, pleasant wits,
Musicians, that with touching of a string
May draw the pliant king which way I please:
Music and poetry is his delight;
Therefore I'll have Italian masks by night,
Sweet speeches, comedies, and pleasing shows;
And in the day, when he shall walk abroad,
Like sylvan nymphs my pages shall be clad;
My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns,
Shall with their goat-feet dance the antic hay;
Sometime a lovely boy in Dian's shape,
With hair that gilds the water as it glides,
Crownets of pearl about his naked arms,
And in his sportful hands an olive-tree,
To hide those parts which men delight to see,
Shall bathe him in a spring; and there, hard by,
One like Actæon, peeping through the grove,
Shall by the angry goddess be transform'd,
And running in the likeness of an hart,
By yelping hounds pull'd down, shall seem to die:
Such things as these best please his majesty.
I hereby crown 'I Must Have Wanton Poets' as Christopher Marlowe's Worst Poem. Now for all I know, every scholar in the known and unknown universe(s) love this poem and find it a landmark in poetry, but for the life of me, I don't know what the frak is going on, and thus, I designate it with said award.
What constitutes worst? Perhaps worst is summarized as a poem that is simply lacking in poetic flavor, or speaks ill of another fellow or diety. But for me, worst in this context means that this thing is confusing and makes no sense. Granted, I did spend only a little bit of time trying to interpert and understand the underlying meanings behind this poem, but I'm still at a loss. After the sixth line, I'm overboard in 'huh?'
For the first time in a while, Marlowe uses some similes. Well, not some, because 'like' is floating all over the place in this particular poem. Nothing as far as I can see for personifications, imagery, or symbols. Perhaps a metaphor here and there.
The point is, aside from the obvious beginning, I'm lost with this poem. However, one thing I did notice is the inclusion of a naked young boy, which I'm surprised wasn't used as 'evidence' towards Marlowe and his alleged homosexuality.


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The European Commission has presented a set of actions to improve cooperation between multilateral and national development actors and to make the European financial architecture, including its governance, stronger and more efficient, while maintaining diversity in the market. By providing stronger policy steer, the Commission wants to make sure that public resources are well spent and that the EU is equipped to deliver its external investment policy goals and meet the ambition of the newly proposed Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument in the next budgetary period.
Why do we need a better architecture for investment outside the EU?
The EU needs to respond to increasingly complex challenges in the world, ranging from conflicts and migration to climate and demographic change. To address these, development finance needs to be as efficient as possible, using a combination of funding sources – both public and private.
Resources are currently not always deployed in the most effective way. External investment supported by the Union should aim to finance sustainable development in our partner countries. At the same time, they have to serve the long-term interest of both the recipient partner and the EU, promoting an enduring and deep economic relationship between the two. It is important to ensure that projects are not only driven by short-term considerations but provide long-term strategic value for the partner country and the EU.
Investment decisions should be made in a more coordinated way: at the moment, the European Investment Bank (EIB), as the EU's bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and national and regional development actors mostly carry out their activities independently of each other which in turn weakens the EU's ability to pursue its external policy objectives. One way to increase coherence would be to set up an external investment platform under the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), bringing together all existing EU budget external investment instruments under a single platform.
How would the new single platform for external investment work?
The Commission and Member States would set the sectoral and geographical priorities, with independent experts carrying out risk assessments of programmes and projects. The EIB, the EU's partner in investment, and other development finance institutions would have access to the EU guarantee to deliver the highest added value on the ground. The Commission would be responsible for the policy compliance check of the projects and the overall management of the use of the EU guarantee, but would not carry out any banking operations. The European Commission has no intention to act as a development bank but will continue to use its resources and expertise to steer the EU's external policy direction, working closely with Member States.
A reinforced architecture for the European Union's external investment
Who would choose the projects for the EU guarantee?
The Commission would identify the best projects in consultation with Member States. The projects would then be risk assessed by a group of independent experts. These experts could be selected as a result of a tender with the private sector and work as external consultants, or they could be seconded from the EU's and national development institutions. The Commission would be responsible for the policy compliance check of the projects as well as the management of the use of the EU guarantee.
What type of projects or companies should the EU finance outside the EU?
The EU should continue to finance projects and companies in strategically-important sectors outside the EU, such as energy and connectivity, digital, environmental protection, as well as providing access to finance to small companies, creating job opportunities notably for young people.
A recent example of a guarantee programme approved for financing under the External Investment Plan is the NASIRA Risk-Sharing Facility. With an EU contribution of €75 million, it is expected to generate a total investment of up to €1 billion in Sub-Saharan Africa for projects by small and medium enterprises. Led by the Dutch development bank, it will benefit under-served entrepreneurs who currently have difficulty borrowing money at affordable rates, such as internally displaced people, refugees, returnees, women or young people.
What's the advantage of allowing other institutions to access the EU budget guarantee?
Allowing other institutions – in addition to the EIB – direct access to the EU budget guarantee will allow more development actors with relevant expertise on the ground in a particular sector or geographical area to benefit from the guarantee in order to finance a project. Being the EU Bank, the EIB would continue to play a key role as implementer of the guarantee.
What are the investment needs in Africa and the wider developing world?
The United Nations estimates that to implement the Sustainable Development Goals, €3-4 trillion is needed every year. Official development assistance covers only 4-5% of this. Africa is a key challenge, as poverty is widespread and a growing population will require at least 18 million new jobs per year. Investment needs are substantial in many key sectors. For example:
- The funding gap for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sub-Saharan Africa – which is responsible for the large majority of jobs on the continent – is estimated to be around €125 - €150 billion per year.
- In climate change adaptation, costs are estimated to range between €18 and 27 billion per year over the next 10 to 20 years.
- In the energy sector, investment needs are estimated at around €35 billion per year.
More investment is also required in agriculture and rural infrastructure, transport, social infrastructure, education, the digital agenda, and water and sanitation.
What are the latest results and next steps of the External Investment Plan (EIP)?
Less than a year after the EIP's official launch, the EU is on the right track towards achieving its commitment to leverage €44 billion of public and private investment in sustainable development with an input of €4.1 billion from the EU. With matching contributions from EU Member States and other sources, the External Investment Plan could double the investment figure to €88 billion.
On 10 July, the EU took a milestone decision to allocate €800 million from the Guarantee of the European Fund for Sustainable Development for a package of investment programmes. This is expected to leverage €8-9 billion of public and private investment. The programmes will cover investment in several areas: financing for small businesses, including ones involved in agriculture; sustainable cities; sustainable energy and connectivity; and access to the internet and digital services.
This adds to the €1.6 billion that were mobilised for blending operations (i.e. the mixing of public grants and loans), which will mobilise up to €14.6 billion. So in total, the EIP is set to trigger over €22 billion public and private investment so far. This will support much needed investment in sustainable development and decent job creation, particularly in Africa.
When do you expect the 'Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument' to be agreed by Council and Parliament?
Negotiations between Member States and the European Parliament on the Commission's proposal for a Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument under the next MFF have started. The European Commission has consistently called for a swift agreement on the long-term EU budget and its sectoral proposals in order to ensure that EU funds deliver results on the ground as soon as possible. This is of the essence if the EU is serious about promoting stability and sustainable development in Europe's Neighbourhood and the world.
For more information
Press release: State of the Union 2018: Commission unveils plan for a more efficient financial architecture to support investment outside the EU
Communication: "Towards a more efficient financial architecture for investment outside the European Union"
Communication: "A new Africa-Europe Alliance for Sustainable Investment and Jobs"
External Investment Plan website


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Kohler calls it Response Touchless.
Brizo calls it SmartTouchPlus.
But whatever name you give it, the results are equally extraordinary. Think you don't need a touchless kitchen faucet? Think again. This is a technology worth its weight in gold and Consolidated Plumbing Supply has got a showroom packed with the top fixtures on the market.
Here are 10 occasions you'll love having a faucet that turns on with the flick of your wrist or the touch of your elbow.
1. Fire up the BBQ
Whether you're massaging steaks with a spicy rub or your fingers are dripping with olive oil, salt and pepper, preparing meat for the grill is a sticky business.
Any time you're working with raw meat there's an increase in the chances for foodborne illness. How great would it be to turn on the hot water without griming up the tap?
2. Gone fishing
Hey. It happens. Something's fallen into the garbage that doesn't belong there. Once you've dug out that spoon, cell phone or electric bill, you're going to want to wash your hands. Pronto.
3. Arts and crafts time
Finger paint. Glue. Sparkles. When craft time is finished you'd rather not get googly eyes stuck on the handle of your brand new kitchen faucet.
4. Rolling dough
Biscuits. Cookies. Bread. If it's made with dough, it's sticky. Keep the mess where it belongs—flowing down the drain.
5. Touching the untouchables
Whether it's a diaper changing snafu or a miscommunication between your hand and the litter box, these things happen. A quick rinse before you reach for the soap is a gift from above.
6. A love of finger food
From buffalo hot wings to pizza, tartar sauce lathered fish sticks, greasy fries and more, some of the most delicious finger foods leave our hands messier than a simple napkin can handle.
7. Kitchen explosion
A broken jar of mayonnaise or spaghetti sauce can create a terrible mess and put the kibosh on your happy place. Access to a hands-free faucet helps keep accidents in the kitchen from spreading.
8. Making omelets
Even if you're good at it, cracking half a dozen eggs leaves a sticky residue on your fingers that you don't want dripping down the side of your faucet.
9. Working in the garden
Working in the garden is a great way to get your hands dirty. While you could turn on the garden hose and chase it down to the end, wouldn't it be easier to just pop inside for a quick touch free rinse?
10. You're just "that" tired
Sometimes at the end of a long day, even a simple action like pulling the handle on your faucet feels like lifting a sack of bricks. You deserve a break, don't you?


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