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Bennet had just finished explaining his plan – which involves several conditions under which the threshold for sustaining a filibuster would rise from 41 votes to 45 – when the ranking Republican on the committee, Utah's Sen. Bob Bennett, was caught on an open mike during a short break.
"I don't understand what Bennet's doing at all," the Republican said to the committee chairman sitting next to him, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
That perhaps doesn't bode well for a scheme which has gotten points for creativity if not simplicity.
Under Bennet's proposal, the threshold for a minority party to sustain a filibuster increases to 45 votes unless the minority can convince at least one Senator from the majority to join on. It also increases to 45 if the majority can convince three members of the minority to switch sides.
But wait, there's more. All of this kicks in after three failed attempts to overcome the filibuster. Plus there's a provision to put the burden of showing up on the minority trying to defend the filibuster rather than the majority trying to overcome it.
If you get the idea, you're doing better than Utah's Bennett.
With the mike still open, Schumer says, "It's interesting. He's trying to force bipartisanship."
"I understand what he's trying to do, but the specifics of it," Bennett responds, clearly befuddled. "The majority here. Forty-five there. I'm like, 'wait a minute.'"
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Mexican Sunday mornings are all about soupy food: menudos, pozoles, birrias, barbacoas con consomé. It's the way to make up for all the indulging on Saturday night, plus it's easy to put them on the stove to simmer during Mass. While I'm no fan of menudo--no one ever cleans the tripe well enough--I'm a sucker for pozole, and not just during the Christmas season, either.
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Early last Sunday, while my friend Michaele and I were nosing around waiting for Das Cortez to open in the fancy part of Tijuana, we stumbled past Pozolería Los Compadres back behind the Galerías Hipódromo.
"Want some pozole?" I asked.
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Pozolería Los Compadres is an old house, a tiny row home filled with tables and a flat screen jabbering Sky TV; the owners are straight from Guadalajara, and they've created a small regional restaurant, one of the only truly tapatío restaurants in the city, in their home away from home. The menu is simple: white and red pozole, carne en su jugo, lonches and tortas ahogadas, beef birria (which is a specialty of Tijuana, not of Guadalajara), and various little snacks such as coyotas, filled pastries from Sonora and Sinaloa that are incredibly popular in Tijuana.More »
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[ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Dec. 28, 4 p.m.]:A section of the toll road leading from Tijuana to Ensenada collapsed more than 300 feet toward the ocean early this morning, which is leading to lengthy detours along the smaller, less-traveled free road.More »
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We've reached a tipping point in Baja tourism; people have finally started to discover that Baja is there, it's safe, and it's chock full of things to do. Unfortunately, this means that the lines to cross back are longer than ever. People over at Baja Nomad have reported four-, five- and even six-hour crossing times as CBP works feverishly to add more capacity to the world's busiest border checkpoint and as the U.S. issues heightened security directives due to people who want to blow us up.
It will get better, and soon; the ongoing project, which also involved moving the Mexico-bound checkpoint a third of a mile to the west, will result in a maximum capacity of 64 cars at a time at San Ysidro when they're done, but unfortunately during construction, the lines just keep getting longer and longer. It's the sort of thing that could cause even the hardiest Baja traveler to stay NOB (that's North of the Border).
This week, Tijuana Sí! is going to take a break from food and drink coverage and talk about how to get across the border in the most expeditious way possible. This information was correct and current as of the date of publication, but there's construction everywhere and they have switched which side the Ready Lanes are on more than once. That is to say, your mileage--or kilometrage--may vary.More »
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--> '''Corporal''': ''Niech co Krwawy Hegemon?'' [[note]]"Long ''what'' the Bloody Hegemon?"[[/note]]
--> '''The rest''': ''Niech żyje!'' [[note]]"Long live!"[[/note]]
---> -- The series' answer to "these Romans are crazy!"
Kajko and Kokosz are a pair of comic book characters, created by the Polish cartoonist Janusz Christa in 1972. Living in medieval Poland (or at least some vague Slavic country), the short, clever Kajko and the muscled, rather simple-minded Kokosz are warriors who protect the village of Mirmiłowo from the schemes of a band of brigands, though they sometimes head out on journeys. (The duo itself is essentially the [[RecycledInSpace medieval version]] of Christa's older characters, the modern-day adventurers [[ComicBook/{{Kajtek i Koko}} Kajtek and Koko]].) The characters star in both full-length "albums", and in a couple of shorter stories.
If you think that the premise [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} sounds familiar]], well... you're right; Christa himself admitted in late interviews that he was greatly inspired by (some would say, ripped off) ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''. On the other hand, Kajtek (the short, resourceful guy) debuted on his own before Asterix. Regardless, the comics enjoy an enduring popularity in Poland, and keep seeing re-releases.
There were a couple of video game adaptations ([[TheProblemWithLicensedGames not very well received]]), as well as a short animated movie based on the comics.
!!Tropes in the series include:
* TheAllegedSteed: Wit's horse.
* AnachronismStew: Some of the books feature anachronistic concepts for the sake of jokes about the modern world -- for example, one episode had the heroes preparing for a visitation from a "castle inspector".
* Literature/BabaYaga: Jaga the witch is an obvious reference to Baba Yaga, except she's friendly.
* BatteringRam: On one occasion the brigand Oferma suggests that the brigands simply break down the town's gate (as opposed to coming up with scheme of the week). They agree to the plan but forget to bring the ram and end up using Oferma's head instead. On the other occasion, one-shot villains break down the gate with a ram, only to realize that the heroes had covered it with glue the night before.
* BigEater: Kokosz.
* BrainsAndBrawn: The protagonists. As stated above, Kajko is the brains and Kokosz the brawn.
* BroomstickQuarterstaff: Kokosz once used a broom as a very effective weapon. However, a MagicFeather was involved so he immediately started losing once it fell apart.
* CoolPet: The heroes have a pet dragon, called Miluś. He's not exactly a badass dragon by any means.
* TheDitz: Oferma (his name means "Clumsy") the brigand.
* {{Druid}}: Jaga the witch fits this archetype the best -- she usually supplies the heroes with various magical herbs.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The corporal of the brigands.
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** As stated above, most of character's mirrors the cast of ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''.
** Łamignat appears to be parody of legendary Polish thief Myth/{{Janosik}}.
** The somewhat Germanic knights-brigands (Zbójcerze, a {{portmanteau}} of "brigands" and "knights" -- "brigights", perhaps?) might be considered a twofold case, as they seem to be a stand-in for TheTeutonicKnights or a more generic group of invading Germans on one hand, and for the Gauls' Roman foes on the other.
* GotVolunteered: Happens more than once to Oferma.
* HenpeckedHusband: Mirmił, the village chieftain.
* {{Mismeasurement}}: In one comic, the evil knights would construct a siege tower to get over the town wall, but at night the heroes would sneak into the knights' encampment and alter the plans just enough to foil the plan. Since the knights were too stupid to recheck the measurements they would end up with a ramp that was too short or too long and HilarityEnsued.
* NameAndName
* NeverRecycleYourSchemes: {{Inverted}}. The villain Hegemon likes to reuse a simple plan of capturing the heroes' village: build a siege tower and use it to get his soldiers over the village wall. The trope is played straight with the heroes who will use a different method every time they have to foil his plan.
* VerbalTic: "Lelum polelum" for Łamignat the club-wielding barbarian.
* YourCostumeNeedsWork: One short story ("Profesor Stokrotek") has both heroes [[TimeTravel transported to present day]] where they stumble onto a movie set of a historical drama film about their adventures. The film's main characters are [[FutureImperfect completely unlike them]], and when someone proposes that the two strange-dressed arrivals might serve as stuntmen for the lead characters, the director laughs them off; after all, they look nothing like the "real" Kajko and Kokosz!


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ŌĆ£That was probably the hottest marathon I have ever done out of the 10 years I have been competing,ŌĆØ Constantino said on Tuesday morning while he was ŌĆ£recuperatingŌĆØ at Scarborough Beach. ŌĆ£That was unbelievable. It was a tough one. It was a tough one for everybody.ŌĆØ
Constantino, who was running in his eighth straight Boston Marathon, posted a 3:04:46 time in last yearŌĆÖs race and had his sights set on breaking the three-hour barrier. At the half marathon mark, his time hit 1:28:32, but shortly after the 25K (15.3 miles) mark, he was slowing down to eight-minute miles. He ended up with a 3:14:56 time.
ŌĆ£It was 84 degrees when the gun went off,ŌĆØ he reported. ŌĆ£By the time we got into Copley Square [in Boston], it was almost 90. I actually drank one cup of water and dumped one cup on top of me every mile just to keep cool. ThatŌĆÖs how hot it was.
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Constantino, who placed third overall in a 3:07:13 time in his last marathon, the New Hampshire Marathon last Oct. 1 in Bristol, N.H., went to Boston with four of his friends from the Triathlon Club of New England, including PawtucketŌĆÖs Robert Lux.
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Apple Removes Apps That Expose Encrypted Traffic
Apple today removed a number apps from the App Store accused of installing root certificates that compromised SSL/TLS connections.
Martijn Grooten on the Highlights of the 25th Virus Bulletin Conference and More
Virus Bulletin's Martijn Grooten joins Ryan Naraine on the podcast to talk about the changing face of the anti-virus industry, the emergence of APTs as a priority for anti-malware researchers and the highlights of the 25th annual VB Conference.
European Aviation Agency Warns of Aircraft Hacking
The director of Europe's top aviation agency warned on Thursday that hackers could infiltrate critical systems in an airplane on the ground.
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OAK BROOK, Ill., March 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Each year more than 150,000 people are diagnosed with colon cancer and over 50,000 die from the disease annually in the United States. It doesn't have to be this way because colon cancer is largely preventable with regular screening and is curable with early detection. The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), representing the specialists in colon cancer screening, is re-launching its colon cancer awareness web site http://www.screen4coloncancer.org for National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March to encourage people to get screened for colon cancer.
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From The Heart of A Woman
Happy Mother's Day to each and every mom and mom to be! God has blessed you with a strength that is unmatched by any other. Enjoy your day, as we celebrate you!
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Almost ten years, horrific wars, grand destruction, loss of precious lifeOsama Bin Laden is dead. The mastermind behind one of the most horrendous, terrorist attack on American soil now rests at the bottom of the sea.
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Time to feed our spirit. It's funny how a childhood game can be related to our daily lives, and what God has intended for us. After celebrating this Easter season, I hope that you can connect with the power that truly resides in you, and know that you have all you need to go forth. Tag..You're it
The Reason We Celebrate
I heard a statement once: Black people love a good party. I didn't take offense. And neither should you. Why shouldn't we love a good party? A celebration? We have a lot to be grateful for. God has done some phenomenal things in our life; within our culture. And continues to do so.
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There are various types of relationships. Understanding who you are and why you do the things you do will help you better understand the dynamics of your relationship. Understanding who you are will also help you to identify what you really want and need in a relationship.
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Category: work
Evaluation Workplace Inquiry in the University as thousand flowers
A draft abstract for a talk:
What would be a genuine radical example of the university evaluating itself? I propose that this would not be the blunt branding exercise of metrics, quality assurance, REF and league tables. This is a bureaucratic beauty contest of merely cosmetic interest, no intellectual merit and ethically corrupt. Instead, assume three things: 1) the university is its entire population, students, academic teaching and research staff, administrative, support, and infrastructure staff, and users, stakeholders, vested interests. 2) all these constituent groups are capable, and can be supported, probably for less cost than the current evaluations, to look at their own work and be researchers tasked, from day one, with participation in workplace inquiry and 3) a variety and proliferation of research styles, report modes, and transparencies are compatible despite their possible non-commensurability – that a thousand flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend need not add up to a single algorithm but can exceed present evaluations many fold. Drama Therapy, ethnographic film, counter-mapping, workplace inquiry – all these trading on resources already inside and outside the university and foregrounding the self-critical DNA of what the university mission should be all about. Not mere rhetorical support for the humanities or increased public understanding of science through promotion of a few media friendly dons, but a genuine radical effervescence of ideas, creativity and questioning of what the abundant potentiality of the social production if knowledge might be.
So I want to make three points.
1) That the university crisis is a consequence of a monetization of the university in the interests of industry and this is disguised in a pervasive, but wholly inadequate, discourse of accountability that does not have the resources to really account for the situation. REF, Hefce visit, SWOT analysis and audit surveys are ill suited to the extent of the crisis.
2) the departments and sections of the university have, each of them, been remodeled for pecuniary gain. A typology of the ways the commercial imperative can be presented, but is no pretty sight. A deep critical re-evaluation of the university is demanded, but any criticism or questioning of the path of managerialism is rapidly undermined.
3) solutions to this predicament already lie within the university and its communities, but it requires a radical transformation of all roles in the university to include self-auditing as robust research component of all jobs. Time for this must be allocated, funded from gains available once senior executive positions and moneys spent on consultancy and pointless audits are redistributed. Training of the workers in the sections for the new deeper critical auditing can be provided from budget lines freed up by departing executives.
Everyone agrees the crisis in higher education is never far off, but a strange kind of complacency looms. All manner of statistical and anecdotal evidence can be deployed to underline this proximity to crisis. Yet, the number of times the crisis has been forecast exceeds plausibility and is topped only by the excessive statistical data and 'analysis' that purports to explain it away. Discuss.
A Pay Rise is Not Enough – We Need a Plan C
Provoked by Parliament's steadfast commitment to a Plan A of Austerity, the rusty machinery of the Trades Union Congress has provided the customary opposition in the form of its Plan B: marching for the alternative, marching for jobs, growth and justice, and now marching for a pay rise. We think it's important that we join our fellow workers on 18 October, but we do so critical of the TUC, its politics and its innocuous demand. In short, we need a Plan C.The march on 18 October will be the biggest national mobilisation of the working class in two years. This is something the TUC is relatively good at – which is reasonable to expect given its immense budget. However, this is also an organisation which has joined forces with the Confederation of Business and Industry (CBI) in backing workfare programmes, and which increasingly appears interested in only engaging with – let alone fighting for – only a narrow subset of workers. Within the formal work economy, employment is increasingly casualised, while 'informal' work such as care – which is equally crucial to the generation of profit – remains as marginalised as ever within the TUC's chauvinistic and rigid workerism.
The demand for a pay rise seems to be more closely tied to legitimising Labour's new policy for an £8 minimum wage than creating a movement to challenge and transform the present reality of working class existence in Britain. Labour's plan for a pay rise – 26p per hour on top of the existing minimum wage by 2020 – is an insult. It's a grand plan to remunerate the increasingly impoverished and growing working poor with less than the price of a bag of crisps. The TUC's support for such a policy is an embarrassment.
Throughout the week of the 13 October, we will be joining the national strikes and picket lines in the run up to the demonstration. One-day stop work actions obviously have their limitations, but any hope we have of strike action becoming more general and widespread means we must engage, participate and make connections. We have launched #strikeup to collect reflections, dreams and counter-narratives of what work and striking could look like in the future, and we encourage others to strike up similar conversations on their local picket lines. We will then join the march on 18 October, standing with our fellow workers while strongly critical of the TUC's complicity.
A pay rise is not enough. We demand the ability to live without overwhelming insecurity. We demand to work with flexibility and on our own terms. We demand an end to the double burden of unremunerated care work. We demand an end to sexism and racism in the workplace. We demand a movement that does not limit itself to pay rises but one which dreams of a world beyond work. We demand a Plan C.
We Need To Talk About Work
* Mass support, solidarity actions and participation in the national trade union strike on October 14th.
* A bloc at the TUC demo on October 18th in London.
We want to open up the ideas and plans for these interventions to everyone who shares our problem with work. We've already started these discussion at our festival (Fast Forward 2014) and want to continue them through a series of public discussions entitled: "We Need to Talk about Work" across different cities in the UK.
Through these discussions we're hoping to collectively develop shared perspectives, and to translate our ideas into strategies for the struggle for freedom from waged slavery. These discussions will take place and the end of September, and we encourage everyone who can't come to one of Plan C's discussions to organise similar events in other places.
On 18th October the Trades Union Congress (TUC) will be organising its first national demonstration since 2012. Against the Plan A of austerity, the TUC and the left wing of the Labour Party are proposing a Plan B. With the slogan "Britain needs a payrise" the TUC have fallen in line behind Labour Party policies: clinging to the minimum wage, gesturing towards the living wage and mumbling about a higher minimum wage if employers can afford it. The TUC's addition to this paltry collection of promises is a demand for a 'crackdown' on executive pay.
These policy proposals, and others like them, fall far short of both what we need and what we want. The problem isn't just that we're not paid enough for the work we do; it's that most of the work we do isn't paid at all. The problem isn't just that our wages are too low; it's that wages are still the only option open to us in order to survive. It's not just that work doesn't pay enough, it's that we have to work for wages in the first place.
The demand for less work and more money is more realistic than the hope amongst the TUC and the Labour Party that all this current unpleasantness could be got rid of if we just got back to how it was before. You know, back when Britain made things goddamit, employers paid good family wages, and everyone had a job. The peddlers of this fantasy seem to be innocent of the fact that capitalism, and history, has moved on. They also seem innocent of the fact that we wouldn't want their rosy dream of the 50s even if we could have it. It would mean going back to some version of the past (one that never really existed) where many of us would have to retreat back into the home so there could be 'full employment' for our husbands. It would mean rejigging the global economy in order to get back to some good old fashioned colonial exploitation which kept money flowing into British coffers.
We look forward to meeting you at one of the public meetings or on the streets on Oct 18. For more information firstname.lastname@example.com
Ephemera issue out…
New issue of ephemera on 'The politics of worker's inquiry' released…
The Politics of Worker's Inquiry
ephemera: theory & politics in organization
Volume 14, Number 3 (August 2014)
Edited by Joanna Figiel, Stevphen Shukaitis, and Abe Walker
This issue brings together a series of commentaries, interventions and projects centred on the theme of workers' inquiry. Workers' inquiry is a practice of knowledge production that seeks to understand the changing composition of labour and its potential for revolutionary social transformation. It is a practice of turning the tools of the social sciences into weapons of class struggle. It also seeks to map the continuing imposition of the class relation, not as a disinterested investigation, but rather to deepen and intensify social and political antagonisms.
Workers' inquiry developed in a context marked by rapid industrialization, mass migration and the use of industrial sociology to discipline the working class. It was formulated within autonomist movements as a sort of parallel sociology based on a radical re-reading of Marx and Weber against the politics of the communist party and the unions. The process of inquiry took the contradictions of the labour process as a starting point and sought to draw out such political antagonisms into the formation of new radical subjectivities. With this issue we seek to rethink workers' inquiry as a practice and perspective, in order to understand and catalyse emergent moments of political composition.
Including essays from Fabrizio Fasulo, Frederick H. Pitts, Christopher Wellbrook, Anna Curcio
Colectivo Situaciones, Evangelinidis Angelos, Lazaris Dimitris, Jennifer M. Murray, Michał Kozłowski, Bianca Elzenbaumer, Caterina Giuliani, Alan W. Moore, T.L. Cowan, Jasmine Rault, Jamie Woodcock, and Gigi Roggero; an interview with Jon McKenzie; and book reviews by Craig Willse, Stephen Parliament, Christian De Cock, Mathias Skrutkowski, and Orla McGarry.
my, and several others, link back to refs from an older post on workplace inquiry here.
BBC Magazine trinketizing
A bit of pointless commentary that would have had more impact had it come out at the time:
What would you take from your desk?
Leaving with just a box
By Denise Winterman
BBC News Magazine
If you were told to clear your desk of personal belongings and leave the building, like staff at the UK headquarters of Lehman Brothers, what would you take?
Photos of the kids, spare ties, trainers, mugs – a cuddly toy? What was in the cardboard boxes being clutched by stunned staff as they left the London offices of the bankrupt US investment bank Lehman Brothers?.
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The bank's 5,000-strong workforce turned up on Monday only to be told they were to clear their desks of personal items and go home. Images of the newly out-of-work carrying their possessions were beamed around the world
But if you got the same instructions from an employer, what would go into your box?
"I'd take a piece of card with my name written in Arabic on it, a 30-year-old photo of my school football team, a Barcelona football club mug, a copy of my friend's novel, a two-year-old thank you card from a student, some spare contact lenses, an iPod charger and two pairs of shoes," says teacher Chris Baxter.
"Mainly they're little things, but most of them are very personal. A lot of the time I don't really focus on them, but other times they trigger good memories. I wouldn't want to leave them behind."
For some it's a case of accumulation by stealth, rather than a conscious decision to personalise a drab little corner of corporate space.
Cats pics go in Mag reader Siria's box
"Generally, I have a problem with what I call the 'trinketisation' of one's workstation, so I don't have things like pictures or figurines to take away with me," says fellow teacher Sian Allen.
"But I would take my draw full of shoes for various social occasions after work, including one pair of Manolos.
"Also a broken iPod, six Tupperware pots in various sizes, a M&S bra with broken under wiring, a selection of unread classics, half-used packets of Ibuprofen and a small selection of thank you cards with obsequious messages from students, to remind me that I am loved and appreciated."
When people personalise their desk they are marking their territory, says workplace behavioural expert Judi James.
"It's something humans are hardwired to do. We're basically animals and need to mark out what is our space. We're also nesting and making ourselves comfortable."
But it's also about opening ourselves up to others and that can be very good for business.
"Personalising your work space is also about giving other people the opportunity to ask questions, it's about socialising," says workplace psychologist Gary Fitzgibbon.
A few little friend would go with reader Thomas Cogley
"If someone sees a photo on your desk, or picture, it is easier for them to strike up a conversation and for communication to flow. Generally, if someone shows an interest in you, then you are more likely to help them when they ask."
But the evolution of the modern office environment, with its hot desking, can make stamping some personality on your workspace a bit harder. Modern technology has also had an impact.
"There probably wasn't many family pictures in those boxes being carried out from Lehman Brothers because the screensaver has replaced them," says Ms James.
"Nowadays, personal possessions at work quite often come down to a pair of trainers and tracksuit for the gym."
Here is a selection of items that you would take from your desks.
I think I'd be content with my Alfa Romeo mouse mat and the rather dog-eared pictures of Joyce Grenfell and Margaret Rutherford that are currently adorning the casing of my monitor.
Jonathan, London
If only Faust had heard of hot desking.
John, Tower Hamlets, London, England
In front of me I have a model house, a toy TARDIS, two sea shells, a model of a 17th Century English pikeman and a picture of Kate Blanchett. Me, a geek? How very dare you sir …
Mike Molcher, Leeds
On my desk I have: A jar of honey (for my morning porridge); the Statue of Liberty (obviously a copy – a souvenir of a trip to NY); hand cream; tea bags; a stapler (a battery-operated one I brought with me); my mug, bowl, plate, spoon, knife and fork; a container full of porridge oats; a packet of dried apricots; a packet of chopped nuts; several notebooks full of information; vitamin C tablets; and a packet of instant pasta – red wine and mushroom flavour! Also a few other bits and pieces scattered on the shelved behind me, including a coat, pair of shoes, items to do with my motorcycle club (newsletters etc.) and my hole punch.
Anne Boyce, Halifax, England
I have a longboard, rock from mountain, pic of my two-year-old old daughter, pic of Johnny Cash, rear view glasses.
Ste Mc, Leeds, UK
I have a picture of my dog to remind me of her, pencil with funny tops on them from places I've been around the world, a little cartoon character figurine (Chucky from The Rugrats) a stone that's supposed to be good luck.. bright coloured tabs on each side of my monitor with phone extensions just to brighten my desk area up. My drawers are filled with food for breakfast and lunch!
Emma Hamilton, Lisburn, NI
What would I take? Everything that wasn't nailed down!
Paul, Stoke, UK
10 weeks ago on my redundancy I took: 1. All my personal bits & pieces. 2. As much of the stationary cupboard as I could pour into my large cardboard box. 3. Several DVD's of data & client info. 4. As many of the data wall-charts (£1200 each) as I could fold up and put in my cardboard box. 5. My company laptop that I just happened to have left at home the previous week. 5. Anything else that wasn't bolted down in my office. 6. Oh, and a smug smile on my face.
Letters of Blood and Fire – Caffentzis in the UK
From PM Press
In Letters of Blood and Fire: Book Launch with George Caffentzis
Tuesday 19 November
Hydra Books – 34 Old Market
Bristol BS2 0EZ
Organised in collaboration with PM Press and Bristol Radical History Group
Debt | Crisis | Capitalism: a public Lecture
A public lecture on debt, crisis and capitalism with George Caffentzis, David Graeber and Nick Dearden.
Thursday 21 November
ULU – Malet St
London WC1E 7HY
Organised in collaboration with: PM Press and Jubilee Debt Campaign
In Conversation: George Caffentzis and John Barker
To celebrate the recent release of In Letters of Blood and Fire, George Caffentzis and John Barker will be in conversation to discuss work, machines and crisis.
Friday 22 November
doors open 6.30pm for 7pm start
Common House
Unit 5E Pundersons Gardens E2 9QG
Organised in collaboration with: PM Press, Mute Magazine and The Common House
All events are free, however seats are limited so we suggest you arrive early to guarantee entry. Full event details can be found on the PM Press website www.pmpress.org


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Split Trogir Walking Tour Excursion Reviews
A walking tour is the perfect way to explore the historic town of Trogir, including the Duke's Palace, the Fortress Kamerlengo, and the Cathedral of St. Lawrence.
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Wonderful views and sites of an area few people have heard of.Read email@example.com's full Norwegian Jade cruise review
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We really enjoyed the walking tour of Trogir. Very interesting city!
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Trogir is fantastic, forget about the Dalmatian village tour. Do your own Split walking tour.Read Lanny01's full Norwegian Jade cruise review
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Split is a beautiful port and well worth the stop. Dolphins greeted us as we sailed into the port. We decided that we wanted to see some of the countryside so we took the Salona and Trogir excursion. Our guide was knowledgable and experienced. This was a worthwhile excursion involving a trip to a 2,000 year old Christian burial ground and to a walled city with labyrinth passages.Read Bisbee16's full Serenade of the Seas cruise review
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Split Croatia. This is a tender Port and a bit chaotic to reach the shore. Then we took a bus tour by ship to Salona Roman ruins and the historic town of Trogir located on an island. We purchased a kilo of fresh maraschino cherries from the farmer market that we later ate in our room. At every port there was always a farmer market with lots of fresh fruits, vegetables, fish and shellfish.Read Seacucumber's full Celebrity Silhouette cruise review
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Rochester, N.Y.- Rochester Psychiatric Center will turn into the Western New York Forensic Center of Excellence, according to a 2013 report by the New York State Office of Mental Health.
The questions being asked by residents along Elmwood Avenue are when and how that will alter the neighborhood.
"Here we have the psychiatric center and thousands and thousands of people are coming for the Lilac Festival," said David Day, a resident. "We're very concerned that the appearance of Elmwood Avenue in particular--and our homeowners who live facing the psychiatric center on Elmwood are, you know, going to feel comfortable with how the place looks there."
Day said he is also worried about safety. As the RPC's client base expands, it is expected to focus on treating patients required to receive treatment via court order.
"I'm certainly not against expansion," said Dan Hurley, President of the Upper Mt. Hope Avenue Neighborhood Association. "I'm against how it's expanded."
There is a forensic center on the RPC campus, complete with high fences topped with razor wire, though it is hidden from sight for those on Elmwood Avenue.
"I think there needs to be a little bit more dialogue with local residents before a decision is handed down from on high--from a bureaucrat in Albany," said Senator Michael Razenhofer (R-61st).
Assemblyman Harry Bronson (D-138th) told 13WHAM News his office has spoken with the Office of Mental Health and plans to have an informational meeting in the near future with residents near the RPC.
"I do think at this point it's time for neighbors to hear officially what the plan is and have some input," added Bronson.
The state is in the process of consolidating 24 mental health hospitals into 15 regional centers.
A total of 55 forensic inpatient beds will be in place by 2015-2016. There will be 155 by 2016-2017 according to the OMH report.
The Office of Mental Health released the following statement:
Within the 2014-2015 State Budget, the Office of Mental Health's Rochester Psychiatric Center remains operational as a Psychiatric Center serving both Civil and Forensic inpatient populations, the same populations which it serves today.


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LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- TorreyPines Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPTX) today announced that it held a successful End-of-Phase II meeting for tezampanel with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on September 29, 2008. Based on a review of the Phase II data, the FDA agreed that TorreyPines may initiate a Phase III program for tezampanel in acute migraine. The FDA also confirmed that the required thorough QT/QTc study for tezampanel can be conducted in parallel with the first Phase III pivotal trial. The timing for initiation of a Phase III trial is dependent on the company securing a development partner or funding for the program.
The FDA meeting follows the successful completion of a 306-patient, Phase IIb acute migraine trial that demonstrated a single 40 mg dose of tezampanel was safe, well-tolerated and effective in relieving headache pain at two hours post-dose. The Phase III clinical trial design for tezampanel will evaluate the 40 mg dose as well as a lower dose, consistent with the FDA recommendation that the lowest effective dose should be identified in the development of investigational drugs.
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officer of TorreyPines. "This successful milestone, the first in a series
of clinical milestones we expect to meet this year, should significantly
help us achieve our strategy of securing a corporate partner or other
funding to continue development of tezampanel. We are also on track to
report by the end of the year, data from our ongoing Phase I study of
NGX426, the oral prodrug of tezampanel, in a capsaicin model of
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Strawberry Shortcake and Bisol (food and wine matching competition)
Way back in March or was it April, I went to the La Dolce Vita show which was a showcase for everything, (what else?)Italian and was introduced to the lovely folks from Bisol prosecco. I fell in love with their prosecco, light and lively, lovely little bubbles- the perfect aperitif. Niamh of eatlikeagirl blogging fame has joined forces with Bisol to present the Jeio prosecco in a food and wine matching competition. The idea is to tell them what you're perfect match would be with their Jeio prosecco. 5 finalists will be chosen and invited down for a cook -off at Bibendum's Wine office HQ. The winner of the competition will be invited down to dine at the Chef's Table at the foodies favourite haunt, The Trinity Restaurant in Clapham Common South. I've eaten at Trinity and it is delicious. So much so that I've decided to enter the competition with my Bisquick Strawberry Shortcake recipe. Roberto of Bisol recommended fresh strawberries to me when I was at the Dolce Vita show. I went home and dipped the strawberries in prosecco – bliss! So I went one step further and made this childhood favourite, made with my favourite, Bisquick! Here's my entry: Ingredients: 4 cups sliced, ripe strawberries 1/2 cup sugar 2 1/2 cups Bisquick mix (available from Waitrose) 1/2 cup milk 3 tablespoons sugar 3 tablespoons butter, melted 1 quart of whipping cream 2 vanilla pods 2 tablespoons powdered sugar For the shortcake: Heat oven to 425 degrees F, in a medium bowl, stir together strawberries and 1/2 cup of sugar, set aside In another medium bowl, stir Bisquick mix, milk, 3 tablespoons of sugar and melted butter until soft dough forms. Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet, drop by 6 spoonfuls Meanwhile, take whipping cream, scrape vanilla pods and add to whipping cream, add 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar (or to taste) and whip until stiff. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Split warm shortcakes, layer bottom with strawberries and whipped cream,...read more


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I guess he's a new vore OC. Yep. A centaur that has a fondness for human women. .3. The world needs more centaur vore, just saying.
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The following dispositions were ordered by Judge Joey Williams during regular session of county court on November 5:
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Jail, NEFSH officers sentenced for sexual offenses in line of duty
An officer at county jail and a member of the security team at Northeast Florida State Hospital were sentenced recently in circuit court for offenses of a sexual nature involving females in their custody. Read More »
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Arnold Schwarzenegger had quite the special guest at his Hollywood premiere Monday night.
The actor's love child, Joseph Baena, was spotted at the red carpet celebration for The Expendables 3. His mother, Mildred Baena, was also seen walking near her son in a glam new look.
The now 16-year-old student has grown into quite the young man with long, curly blond hair. He also has grown several inches taller since his last public appearances.
As Schwarzenegger posed for pictures and answered questions from the media, Joseph and Mildred mingled with other guests as they took in the sights and sounds of an A-list event.
In May 2011, the famous actor admitted to fathering a son more than a decade ago with a longtime member of his household staff.
"After leaving the governor's office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago," he said in a statement. "I understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family."
He added, "There are no excuses and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused. I have apologized to Maria, my children and my family. I am truly sorry."
Maria Shriver filed for divorce in July 2011. The journalist and Schwarzenegger continue to co-parent their four children together.


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There are atandarfs to maintain.
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My 21- month- old LO loves to play in the water! Rain, puddles, pool and even the bath tub. She used to be awesome when we would wash her but something has changed. It started with her not wanting to lean back to get her hair rinsed. We would put an arm around and then she was ok again... For a little while. Now she freaks out whenever we try to rinse her hair. She won't lay back or tilt her head so we are at a loss :( Lately she even freaks put when we try to rinse her body. She loves helping wash herself but when it comes time for rinsing...screams and tears. After the rinsing is done she is fine. Plays like it never happened. And she still gets really excited about bath time. I'm so confused on how to get her to be ok with washing/rinsing again! We try having her help but in the thick of it she can't seem to focus on the "fun" part of bath time. Any advice? Thanks!
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Charlton Heston, you (won't) be missed.
Look, it's never fun to spit on someone's grave, but that's just exactly what this confused gentleman—yeah, he seemed like a fundamentally good guy, if only a slightly better actor than fellow Hollywood politico Ronald Reagan—did again and again when Charlton Heston would hold huge NRA rallies at Columbine and in Flint right after tragic shootings of children by children. Look, no one wants to take anyone's guns away—it's a civil right here in America, and most everyone is fine with that.
But assault weapons? Semi-automatic, autmatic? No background checks at gun shows? Bullets and guns for sale at your local Wal Mart or K Mart (where the Columbine bullets were bought). Look, the US of A is no more violent that Japan, Russia, Germany, Britain. But we have far, far more gun deaths each year—off the charts.
It's time for the NRA and Michael Moore's of the world to reach a compromise: safe, legal guns are available after a slight delay (to get rid of those grab n'go murders that come out of momentary rage) to those with clean records only. Is that so hard?
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I agree with your views regarding Heston's views on guns. However, I hope your readers are aware of his activities in the civil rights movement, when he marched and demonstrated in the south in the early 60s at a time when it wasn't fashionable for actors to do that.
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