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WASHINGTON -- The escalating lobbying blitz surrounding debit card swipe fees has now pitted a prominent Democratic messaging organization against the newly elected chair of the Democratic National Committee.
New ads launched as part of a million-dollar campaign funded by merchants opposed to high swipe fees criticize Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's (D-Fla.) efforts to delay new rules which would lower such fees. Similar ads target Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and a host of congressional Republicans.
It is extremely rare for a Beltway-based progressive advocacy group to directly target the DNC chair, the formal head of the Democratic Party. Such infighting exposes a deepening schism between Democrats who hope to pull the party away from Wall Street and the party establishment, which still relies on the financial sector for campaign funds.
Democratic insiders said Wasserman Schultz's ability to raise money was a major factor in her elevation to the role of DNC chair, a post she was officially elected to Wednesday. A prolific fundraiser, Wasserman Schultz counts Wall Street among her most generous donors. Throughout her congressional career, she has raised over $945,756 from the finance, insurance and real estate industries, second only to the $956,800 she has raised from labor unions, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics. In recent years, FIRE industries accounted for more of the DNC chair's campaign contributions than any other donor category for both the 2008 and 2010 elections.
And such firms have billions at stake in the swipe fee battle. Banks charge retailers swipe fees -- also known as "interchange" fees -- every time a customer pays for something with plastic. Stores pass some of these higher fees on to consumers wherever they can, in the form of higher prices for just about anything money can buy.
Last year's Wall Street reform bill required the Federal Reserve to restrict the amount that banks can charge on debit card swipe fees, but the bank lobby has come out in full force over the past few months in an effort to delay the implementation of the new Fed rule, part of a longer-term strategy to repeal the law outright.
Banks score $16 billion from debit card swipe fees each year, with $8 billion flowing to 10 banks, according to The Nilson Report. Retailers of all sizes are lobbying hard to ensure that the Fed follows through with its rule on time, with Walmart, Target and Home Depot leading the charge.
The Fed's swipe fee crackdown -- which would lower the average debit card fee from 44 cents to 12 cents -- is currently scheduled to go into effect in July. Tester and Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) are pushing a bill in the Senate that would delay the rules by two years. Wasserman Schultz, along with Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), are spearheading a companion bill in the House.
Like many politicians, Tester does not want his swipe fee position to be viewed as a defense of Wall Street banks. "For Senator Tester, this isn't a matter of right or left, it's a matter of what's right and wrong for rural America," Tester spokeswoman Andrea Helling told HuffPost.
Wasserman Schultz, a longtime opponent of swipe fee reform, similarly avoids invoking Wall Street in her opposition to swipe fee reform, arguing instead that caps would harm consumers who use debit cards. "If this amendment stands, our constituents will pay more for basic banking products and credit cards and no longer receive valuable services like fraud and identity theft protection paid for by the current interchange system," she said.
The new ads defending swipe fee reform, first reported by Politico's K Street newsletter, started Sunday in Washington on cable and the talk shows and will expand to Congress members' home states. In addition to targeting Wasserman Schultz, Tester, Corker, and Capito, the campaign goes after Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), as well as Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), Kenny Marchant (R-Texas.), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) and Ed Royce (R-Calif.).
The spots are being run by American Family Voices, a Democratic public relations firm backed by the merchant lobby that includes retail giant Walmart. AFV's president is Mike Lux, who co-founded Americans United for Change with Brad Woodhouse, now a top aide to Wasserman Schultz at the DNC. Lux is the secretary and member of the board of directors for AUFC, according to the group's tax records.
AFV and AUFC share an office and regularly coordinate messaging and work together on projects, but both Lux and AUFC officials say there was no coordination on the swipe fee ad campaign that attacks Wasserman Schultz.
"They're on the same side as I am on the swipe fee thing. There's some very indirect connections," Lux told HuffPost, emphasizing that the the two groups did not directly connect on the ads.
Bob Creamer, a consultant with AUFC, said that he was unaware that Lux's group was launching the ad campaign, but doesn't disagree with the position Lux is taking. Creamer and Lux have both written for HuffPost in favor of swipe fee reform.
"I totally agree with that position. I think that position is right and Americans United has been totally in favor" of capping swipe fees, Creamer told HuffPost, adding that the group had "no knowledge" of the AFV ad campaign.
Two other officials at AUFC reached out to HuffPost independently to note that AUFC had nothing to do with the ads against Wasserman Schultz, and a third said AUFC was not involved with the ad campaign. (In 2008, HuffPost shared office space in DC with three other organizations, one of them being AUFC.)
Lux said that he wasn't sure whether Wasserman Schultz, who wields new power over donors as DNC chair, would retaliate by clamping down on AFV's donors, but he wasn't concerned. "Who knows?" he said of the prospect. "I don't tend to get money from establishment Democrats anyway. I get money from populist progressives. I think the bankers gave up on giving money to me some time ago."
The infighting over swipe fee reform extends to the Republican party. In March, a group linked indirectly to Karl Rove, Americans for Job Security, blasted Republican Sens. Roger Wicker (Miss.), David Vitter (La.) and Capito for opposing swipe fee reform in an ad campaign. A GOP firm founded by Mike Dubke and Dave Carney, AJS operates out of the same office as Crossroads Media, which Dubke and Carney now run (the pair no longer officially head AJS). Crossroads Media was responsible for the campaign's ad buy and includes Rove's American Crossroads, the national GOP and the Republican Governors Association on its client roster.
For his part, Lux maintains that he has no reason to worry about siding with the merchants on the swipe fee issue. "I think that Democrats need to get off the side of the bankers and get on the side of consumers and small business. That's the bottom line, and I don't think Wasserman Schultz should be helping them as much as she is. I don't think Tester should be helping them as much as he is," he said.
"I think the politics of it are crazy," he added. Why be on the side of the banks when you can be on the side of small business folks, cab drivers, restaurant owners, consumers, hardware-shop guys. Why would you pick the banks over all those folks?"
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Lincolnshire Police are looking to find a quantity of harmful prescription drugs that were stolen from a house in Lincoln.
This happened in the early hours of Wednesday morning on Boundary Street in Lincoln.
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text: King of the Cotton PickersAndrew Tarantola7/21/11 11:30amFiled to: monster machinesCotton picking machineJohn Deere 77607760emancipationJohn Deere51EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink You're probably wearing something cotton-y right now. Cotton is fairly annoying to harvest. Mechanization was a quantum leap for the cotton industry, moving it away from archaic methods used since the days of slavery. This machine is the next step forward. Advertisement Up until World War II, cotton harvesting in the South remained nearly identical to the way it was prior to the Emancipation, with large labor forces picking cotton by hand. It wasn't until the Great Migration had sufficiently reduced the available labor force did hand-picking become economically inefficient. When it did reach that level, mechanized processes took over. The innovations aboard the John Deere 7760 could potentially be just as big as the original move to machines.The 7760 is a Spindle-type cotton picker. As it moves down a set of cotton rows, the plants are herded towards a set of spindle bars on either side of the six picking heads. These spindles are designed to pick only the open cotton from the rest of the plant without damaging the foliage or unopened bolls. The cotton fiber is then conveyed up a set of ducts via air jets into the accumulator. There, four feedrolls convey the cotton stored in the accumulator to the two rear feedrolls that flatten the cotton into a mat and place it on a belt that feeds the cotton into the round module builder. This module builder rolls the mat of cotton into an 8-foot wide, 5000-pound stack, wraps it in a protective cover and releases it onto the transportation arms. This allows the 7760 to drop completed bundles at the end of rows without having to stop to offload its cargo. Essentially it's a method of continuous cotton harvesting, a massive step forward for the industry. Advertisement The 500-hp, 13.5 L engine propels this 67,677 pound machine at a relatively speedy 5mph— about 20 percent faster than other pickers while still yielding up to four bales per acre. That's 20,000 pounds of cotton (as much as an adult Orca) harvested every acre by a single machine.[John Deere - EH - Cotton Picker Wiki]Monster Machines is all about the most exceptional machines in the world, from massive gadgets of destruction to tiny machines of precision, and everything in between. You can keep up with Andrew Tarantola, the author of this post, on Twitter or Facebook.Reply51 repliesLeave a reply


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Lot 2151: Signed "Jean-Baptiste Gendreau" Oil On Porcelain
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Description: Title: "Jean-Baptiste Gendreau"; Medium: Oil painting on porcelain; Year or Era Produced: C. 1730; Signature: Illegible signature on lower right; Sight Area Approximate Measurement: 5.25" x 5.5"; Frame Approximate Measurement: 13" x 13" x 2"; Approximate Weight: 4 lbs; Frame: Framed and matted under glass
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Reivers Route cycle map
The Reivers Route cycle map covers the waymarked route between Tynemouth on the North Sea coast and Whitehaven on the west coast, via Bellingham, Kielder Forest, Carlisle, Caldbeck in the northern Lakeland fells and Workington. The route mainly runs along quiet country lanes and traffic-free cycle paths, but also follows many green lanes and forest trails. This is the official Reivers Route cycle map.
You can read more about it in my Post on the route:
"The route was pretty well signposted, but I would definitely recommend taking the official map. The Reivers Route starts at Tynemouth (where the C2C finishes) and heads north west to Bellingham along country lanes. It then becomes wilder as it runs through Kielder Forest. We opted…" continued on the blog post.
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Christian rock band Unspoken features guitarist Mike Gomez, multi-instrumentalist Jon Lowry, vocalist Chad Mattson, and drummer Ariel Munoz. Mattson met Gomez while on a missionary trip in the Dominican Republic. Back in the U.S., the two musicians summoned Mattson's childhood friend Lowry, and Munoz was added after he and the trio crossed paths at a Nashville talent contest. Signed to the Centricity label, Unspoken debuted in 2012 with the single "Who You Are," which peaked at number 11 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart. "Lift My Life Up," their 2013 follow-up single, reached the same position. After a couple additional short-form releases, they released their self-titled debut album in 2014. ~ Andy Kellman


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Starting a business is always difficult. There's no easy way out. You go through the process of obtaining licenses, hiring the right people, creating a core team, and so on. Much more so if your business is in line with medical services. Unlike products which are tangible and examinable, the quality of your offered services can only be tested after availment. Take opening a new physiotherapy clinic as an example. You have to convince patients of the physiotherapist's capabilities with only testimonials and certifications as proof. Plus, you will more likely need affiliates and partners, and several marketing strategies to start building a client base.
Well, there are many strategies to get your way around the start-up phase. Market research is one effective tool. If you don't have the financial capital to fund focus group discussions, you can try the rudimentary yet equally effective approach, which is to ask a friend. Specifically, a friend who is a regular client of your desired services to offer.
I must say, it was wise of my friend to ask me tips for opening Capital Physiotherapy new clinic in Balwyn. Not only because I'm from Balwyn, but also because I have always sought physiotherapy during my last pregnancies and when my husband had sports injury. In short, I have the first-hand experience and thus, the authority to give him tips from a patient's point of view.
Obtain the Necessary Licenses
Of course, this tip is only a reiteration of what any businessman must have already known. But I emphasized this because in seeking medical services, physiotherapy specifically, critical patients like me would go as far as checking whether your business permits are updated.
Also, you need to secure the necessary licenses, trainings, and certifications of each member of your team including physiotherapists, affiliate physicians, nurses, and others. It will put the worries of your patients at rest.
Mind the Culture
Culture matters in marketing, in negotiations, in customer service, and in many other aspects. What may work in London, may not work here in Australia. Therefore, at one point, you need to be sensitive to cultural differences. Are these people conservative or liberal? Note that therapy sometimes involve touching sensitive parts, so you need to ask yourself questions like this.
Advertise What your Competitors Don't Have
In business, there's always competition. And patients always choose the one which gives them value for their money. We see value for money if the clinic offers something we need, which the others cannot offer. Define what that "something" is. It could be a new technique, an extensive network with physicians and other specialists, or it could be discount privileges.
Build Network
I told my friend that immersing himself in Balwyn for quite a while before formally setting up the clinic can help him a great deal. It lets him observe the culture, the kind of competition that exists, and more importantly, it allows him to build network. Patients like my husband who suffered sports injury may have hesitations. Like, my husband wanted to consult an orthopedic doctor first if the recommended technique of the physiotherapist will work out fine. This is not a sign of lack of trust, but when it comes to health, we always take proper precautions. So, it's really a good strategy for my friend to partner with other medical practitioners that his future patients might need. His new clinic will then be a one-stop clinic, and this could add another layer of value for the patients.
Great Customer Service
Great customer service can sometimes make up for the lack of facilities. I'm not saying that my friend shouldn't invest in improving facilities as this is also important. The facilities, equipment, machines, tools, and even the design of the clinic all create value for the patient's money. But I believe that a kind treatment from the staff all the way up to the physiotherapists is a deal breaker.
Personally, when I call clinics, I always pay attention to their responsiveness and cordiality. If they can't even take good phone calls, how can I entrust them with my limbs and muscles. I should just go to another clinic that's both competent and accommodating.
So, there you have it, a few pointers I offered to my friend who's about to open a new physiotherapy clinic in Balwyn. I hope it enlightens you just as it enlightened my friend.


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I need someone to make an app for IOS and Android. I will provide all apis with JSON responces and you do the app part.
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The Civil Society Partnership on Child Rights Monitoring and Reporting is a group of five national and international organisations. Its focus is to build the capacity of civil society groups with administrative offices along the Thai - Burma border to monitor and report on child rights violations in Burma. The Partnership seeks to develop and strengthen the relationship between civil society groups and UN agencies, compile information on child rights violations in Burma and increase its members' capacity in this regard.


text: Blythe: Billy Packer's Greatest MomentLeitch2/08/07 2:00pmFiled to: College BasketballDuke Blue DevilsNorth Carolina Tar HeelsWill Blythe90EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink We are quite honored today to welcome once again Will Blythe, the former literary editor of Esquire and author of the great book "To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever", to the warm embrace of Deadspin. (We interviewed Blythe about the book when it came out in hardcover. The paperback is out now. Blythe's book tracks the history of the North Carolina-Duke rivalry and looks at why Duke is evil and North Carolina is all that is pure about this planet earth. The season he writes about in the book ended with the Tar Heels beating our Illini in the national championship game, but he's so freaking good that we only slightly begrudge him this. Advertisement Advertisement After the jump, he wraps up a big win for the Heels over the beloved Blue Devils.—————————————————-The weeping is over now. The cameras have stopped panning for tears. The abandoned tents of Krzyzewskiville flap in the wind. Soon that UN refugee camp for the rich victims of Wednesday night's catastrophe will be bulldozed. Donations may be made on behalf of the unfortunate through Deadspin, which will make sure that the money reaches its proper destination. (Ed. Note: As long as we don't use Paypal!) A straggling thought or two on last night's Duke-Carolina slugfest: Sponsored If Deadspin readers are any indication, there's some animosity brewing out there in America towards both Duke and Carolina, otherwise known as the douchemongers and the twatwaffles, as one reader so eloquently put it. I blame ESPN for cramming the rivalry down the novelty-starved throat of America, and for leading the gullible to believe that Duke and North Carolina may be viewed interchangeably.Admittedly, the game itself was ugly. To use the standards of "American Bandstand," it lacked a good beat. Maybe the defense was that savage, maybe the offense (until very late for North Carolina) was that bad. But there was just no rhythm. As my friend Doug put it, there was a lot of "thwartedness" going on. Even so, even so, my cantankerous Deadspin friends, the game possessed an intensity that Marquette versus Peoria State has tended to lack. Advertisement Advertisement Astonishingly, however, the game gave rise to miniature golf tycoon Billy Packer's finest moment as a sportscaster and human being. Only those of us in the Durham-Chapel Hill area, where the ESPN broadcast was fortunately blacked out, sparing us the passion of Dick Vitale, got to hear Packer on the local broadcast. In the second half, just as the Tar Heels began to close on the Blue Devils, Packer started to obsess on-air about Duke's unseemly decision to credit the team's losses during the star-crossed season of 1995 to Krzyzewski's assistant Pete Gaudet. That was the season that Coach K took a powder, as it were, for his bad back and disappeared from public view like an actor going to rehab. "I think the losses should be credited to Krzyzewski," Packer ranted.But it wasn't enough for him to assert his own view. He then proceeded to lasso his broadcast partner into the debate. "What do you think?" Packer asked, bullying his colleague the same way the Blue Devils were knocking Tyler Hansbrough around. His partner kept trying to evade the question by paying tribute to the game's marvelous freshmen. "Let's talk about the freshmen," he said.Packer wasn't having it. While clips ran of Duke's Jon Scheyer bombing from three and North Carolina's Brandan Wright hooking and dunking inside, he forced his partner to chime in with his own opinion (as if he cared). "I think the losses should go to Krzyzewski," his partner grudgingly agreed. Advertisement Billy, I admit that I joined an entire coliseum in booing you at the ACC Tournament in 2005 when you received an award for your contributions to the league. To be honest, I booed until I was hoarse. So did everyone seated around me. Wake fans, State fans, UNC fans — you brought us all together in a moment of mystical harmony. We all thought of you as an insufferable, sour-spirited know-it-all. But now I see a prophet without honor in his own land who speaks truth to power. I love you, man.Reply90 repliesLeave a reply


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Thousands attended the funeral, Sunday, of Lebanese intelligence chief Wissam Al-Hassan, who was killed, Friday, in a car bombing that took also the life of his bodyguard, Ahmad Sahyoun, and six others, and wounded 96. He was buried next to former prime minister Rafiq Al-Hariri, who was killed in a 2005 car bombing.
The funeral became a show of force of the March 14th Coalition, which opposes the government and its Hizbullah faction. Hizbullah was blamed for the blast, as was Syria, which denied the allegations, saying they did not make sense, given Al-Hassan's breakup of 30 Mossad spy rings. Iran blamed Israel for the explosion.
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|Grated nonfat cheddar cheese
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Canned whole kernel corn
|7 Ounce, drained (1 Can)
|Liquid butter buds/4 tablespoon promise ultra fat-free margarine
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Heat oven to 400°F.
Spray square pan with non-fat cooking spray (9 x 9 x 2 inches).
Measure all ingredients in order listed in bowl; stir just until flour is moistened.
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|Unsalted butter
|12 Ounce, creamed (345 Gram)
|Caster sugar
|6 Ounce (170 Gram)
|Dark soft brown sugar
|6 Ounce (170 Gram)
|Plain flour
|6 Ounce (170 Gram)
|Chopped walnuts
|8 1⁄2 Ounce (240 Gram)
|Walnut pieces
|1 Tablespoon
|Icing sugar
|1 Tablespoon
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F), gas mark 4.
Melt the chocolate in a microwave, following the maker's instructions, or in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water (the bowl must not touch the water).
Add the butter and stir until you have a smooth texture.
Then incorporate the eggs, caster sugar and brown sugar, the flour and chopped walnuts, mixing well to obtain an evenly textured mixture.
Pour into a rectangular baking tin - 36 cm / 14 1/2 inches long by 26 cm / 10 1/2 inches wide and 2.5 cm/1 inch deep -lined with nonstick baking parchment.
Cook in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes.
Leave to cool and cut into portions.
Decorate each brownie with walnut pieces and/or a dusting of icing sugar.
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Calories 970 Calories from Fat 600
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 68 g104%
Saturated Fat 29.4 g146.9%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 252 mg84%
Sodium 63.1 mg2.6%
Total Carbohydrates 80 g26.8%
Dietary Fiber 5.6 g22.5%
Sugars 56.6 g
Protein 13 g26.4%
Vitamin A 25.2% Vitamin C
Calcium 6.9% Iron 21.6%
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If you've seen Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth, you might be interested in his 2001 movie, El Espinazo del Diablo or as we know it, The Devil's Backbone. He called it the spiritual sequel to Pan's Labyrinth.
Like Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone is set during the Spanish Civil War. This war began in 1936 and ended in 1939, with the victory of the rebels against the Second Spanish Republic government, leading to the establishment of the dictatorship of Nationalist General Francisco Franco. The republicanos or Republicans were supported by the Soviet Union and Mexico.
Because of the Soviet support, they were seen as communists and referred to as Reds. The supporters of the rebellion, nacionales or Nationalists, had the support of Italy and Germany, already united as the Axis powers. Although Germany would later persecute Catholics, in Spain, the nacionales had the support of the Roman Catholic clergy.
As in Pan's Labyrinth, the audience is asked to sympathize with the republicanos, war is seen through the eyes of children, and a doctor plays a pivotal role. Yet while Pan's Labyrinth is an adult fairytale, The Devil's Backbone is a ghost story. This isn't a Hollywood fright tale with screaming, stupid teens. This is a gentle, thoughtful tale, with a logic of its own – a story about impotence, war, and revenge.
According to the DVD commentary, del Toro is uncomfortable with writing dialogue. He prefers images. It seems logical then that the commentary is provided by del Toro and Guillermo Navarro. Del Toro talks about the repetition of images and that this movie is meant to be visual poetry. Navarro's camera operates as another witness, a restless witness, always moving. This affable pair gives an entertaining and informative commentary.
The movie begins with images we don't completely understand and words that set up a mystery.
What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain perhaps. Something dead which still seems to be alive. An emotion suspended in time. Like a blurred photograph. Like an insect taped in amber.
The palette is dominated by the steely blue and blue-black of the night, contrasting the golden fields and light and the friendly blue skies of the day. The colors are deeply saturated like an impressionistic painting and the shadows seem to swallow up faces although there are strikingly dramatic rim shots. The obscuring of faces makes one peer into the darkness, looking for whatever details might be given.
Set in 1939, a young boy, Carlos (Fernando Tielve), is brought by his tutor to an orphanage. Carlos doesn't yet know that his father, a republicano, has been killed. His tutor deserts him there in the care of the strict but caring head mistress, Carmen (Marisa Paredes), and Dr. Casares (Federico Luppi). Casares is in love with Carmen and refuses to return to Argentina although he player tango music on his gramophone.
Carmen, widowed, has a physical relationship with one of the former orphans, Jacinto (Eduardo Noriega), who has returned to work as a handyman. Jacinto is also involved with Conchita (Irene Visedo), who is closer to his age and works in the kitchen. Carlos' main tormentor, the tallest of the orphans, Jaime (Iñigo Garcés), is infatuated with Conchita. Yet Jacinto has a secret. Deeply ashamed of his 15 years at the orphanage, he stays, searching for the gold ingots the republicanos left in the care of Carmen. Jaime was somehow involved in the disappearance of Santi (Junio Valverde), who may or may not be the ghostly figure that Carlos calls "the one who sighs."
The devil's backbone, according to Dr. Casares, is what superstitious villagers call fetuses with spina bifida. If you're not familiar with the developmental birth defect, it is the incomplete closure of embryonic neural tube. The spinal cord is incompletely formed and the vertebrae are not fully formed and remain unfused and open. The spinal cord protrudes through the opening in the bones. In order to provide some money for the orphanage, the doctor plays on the local superstitions. The preserved fetuses are embalmed in spices and rum, and the rum is believed to cure various ailments, most importantly impotence.
These incompletely formed children are nobody's children, but according to the doctor, they are the result of poverty and ignorance. Likewise the war produces orphans who belong to no one. Their fathers won't be honored as heroes and they enter into a world of poverty and fear. Perhaps like Jacinto, they will be emotionally crippled, princes without kingdoms and young boys without families. What could be a more mournful ghost story? Perhaps war and the resulting orphans are "a tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again."Powered by Sidelines


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West Allis — The Fourth of July will mean three days of celebration here that will include a huge parade, a Breakfast of Champions to honor veterans and top high school students and the Kids from Wisconsin performing at the Wisconsin State Fair.
The parade will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, stepping off at 77th Street and Greenfield Avenue, heading east on Greenfield to 70th Street where it will wheel south and march to Veterans' Memorial park at 70th and National Avenue.
New to the parade this year will be classic cars and parade organizers are crossing their fingers that the Navy Band from the Great Lakes naval training station will also be able to come. If it does, it would be a first.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Marching Band will be in the parade again to wow parade goers and it will give its famous Fifth Quarter performance at the post-parade festivities.
The post-parade celebration also includes games, food, a rock climbing wall, inflatables and the popular Speleo Cave, that made its Fourth of July celebration debut last year. The multilevel Speleo Cave is for anyone who weighs less than 200 pounds, is shorter than 6 feet tall and is older than 4 and wants to see what it's like crawling through a cave.
Once again, Andrea and the Mods will provide musical entertainment after the Fifth Quarter until the festival closes at 10 p.m.
The youngsters of the community will actually start off the city's celebration of the nation's birth with a coaster wagon and bicycle decorating and costume competition. Kids 12 and younger as of July 4 who do the most imaginative decorating jobs or have the best costumes will win prizes. But everybody will get to parade around the Centennial Park Plaza of the City Hall where the competition will be held at 6 p.m.
July 3 will dawn early with the Breakfast of Champions at 8 a.m. Everyone is welcome to come and honor veterans and the top high school scholars, musicians and athletes. The cost is $10 and reservations were due June 20 but may be taking more at (414) 302-8304.
Friday, July 4, events at Wisconsin State Fair Park will feature an upbeat grandstand show at 8 p.m. by the high-energy Kids from Wisconsin singing and dancing.
Fireworks sponsored by the city of West Allis are slated for 9:30 p.m. at the fair park.
Due to construction in the State Fair Park north lot, fireworks spectators will not be able to view the fireworks from there. Also, the State Fair Park will now charge the $5 parking fee for those attending the fireworks in the grandstands.
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Penthouse in typical house with a Sevillian patio.
Size70 m²
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As soon as entering the House is accessed by a bright and sunny, central courtyard with its features iron grills, wood windows, filled with plants and flowers, and white marble floor, transmitting calm and coolness.
This beautiful penthouse with wooden beams ceiling, has a cozy living room with table dining room. This flirtatious stay bedroom consists of a double bed and a large wardrobe. The kitchen is perfectly integrated and equipped with ceramic hob, fridge, electric Thermo, coffee and all the necessary cooking utensils. It has free Internet access. The penthouse comes complete with a modern equipped bathroom with washbasin, shower and WC.
In addition, available 40 m2 private terrace with stunning views of the "Giralda".
Its great location in the Centre of the city will allow you to stroll through the neighborhood more important, popular and crowded in Seville and enjoy their typical, narrow streets, its tapas bars and of all its charm and beauty. Just a few steps away you will find the Cathedral, Reales Alcázares, the Jardines de Murillo, the Patio de Banderas, Jewry, the Hospital de los Venerables and squares of Santa Cruz, Santa Marta and Triumph.
House rules4 people may sleep in this apartment, is intended to be occupied by the customer and guests.
We expect a responsible use of the apartment, we will deliver with every room clean and expect to be returned in a reasonable state.
The customer is responsible for the proper behavior of all the persons accompanying him.
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The studio is excellent. Located in the heart of Sevilla. Very close to the cathedral. Restaurants and pubs are just around the corner. I would definitively recommended it. Also our hosts were very helpful and provided us with all sort of good tips and information.
What a perfect place to stay for Seville just steps away from the Giralda, in the middle of the lively Santa Cruz! The apartment is clean and spacious enough for 2 people. I would not recommend it for 4 people.
The rooftop terrace is lovely!
Also important: Ramon has very good tips for restaurants, bike rentals and various activities.
One of the restaurants downstairs (Pasaje) maybe it serves the best tapas in town!
In short: a must, this penthouse!
Wat een perfecte verblijfplaats voor Sevilla: op steenworp afstand van de Giralda, midden in de gezellige wijk Santa Cruz! Het appartement is schoon en ruim genoeg voor 2 personen. Ik zou het niet aanraden voor 4 personen.
Het dakterras is heerlijk!
Ook niet onbelangrijk: Ramon heeft heel goede tips voor restaurantjes, fietsverhuur en verschillende activiteiten.
Een van de restaurantjes beneden (Pasaje) serveert misschien wel de lekkerste tapas van de stad!
Kortom: een aanrader, dit penthouse!
We arrived in Seville in the afternoon enchanted by light, cool fountains, flowers and palm trees! After we met with Ramon in front of the door of the apartment ... we talked about the 'Barrio' Santa Cruz, the local restaurants and even neighborhoods Seville to see !!! Downstairs there was a Tapas bar ... very nice and with excellent service! The penthouse had a particular fascination with lots of windows and lots of light ... with a fabulous terrace where we drank a good wine .... listening to the echo of the flamenco and the sounds of the bells! Perfect for those who want to visit the city on foot and loves the views over the rooftops historians!
Siamo arrivati a Siviglia nel pomeriggio incantati dalla luce, dal fresco delle fontane , dai fiori e dalle palme! Dopo abbiamo incontrato Ramon di fronte al portone dell'appartamento...che ci ha parlato del 'Barrio' Santa Cruz , dei locali tipici e anche dei quartieri Sivigliani da vedere !!! Sotto casa c'era un bar Tapas ...molto carino e con un servizio eccellente! L'attico aveva un fascino particolare con tante finestre e ...tanta luce con una terrazza favolosa dove abbiamo bevuto un buon vino ....ascoltando l'eco del flamenco ed i suoni delle campane! Perfetto per chi vuole visitare la città a piedi ed ama i panorami sui tetti storici!
Apartment very friendly and very well located.
By cons I would like to inquire about how Windu: we were surprised during our stay, the owner of the tour at 22h no apparent reason. When the keys we had not been informed of this possibility. Is usual and why? If this is a way to "monitor" the tenants it is totally dissuasive for me.
Thank you for your reply.
Appartement très sympathique et très bien situé.
Par contre je voudrais un renseignement sur le fonctionnement de Windu: nous avons été étonné,durant notre séjour, de la visite du propriétaire à 22h sans motif apparent. Lors de la remise des clés nous n'avions pas été informés de cette possibilité. Est ce habituel et pourquoi? Si c'est une façon de "surveiller "les locataires cela est totalement dissuasif pour moi.
Merci pour votre réponse.
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|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
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|Cooked rice
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|8 Ounce (1 Carton)
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|2 1⁄2 Cup (40 tbs) (Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Or Other Favorite Fruit)
Combine egg substitute, milk, and margarine in large bowl.
Stir in flour and granulated sugar until smooth and well blended.
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 1373 Calories from Fat 352
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 40 g61.2%
Saturated Fat 6.9 g34.7%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 45.3 mg15.1%
Sodium 729.9 mg30.4%
Total Carbohydrates 198 g65.9%
Dietary Fiber 6.3 g25.4%
Sugars 91 g
Protein 52 g103.9%
Vitamin A 55.2% Vitamin C 125.9%
Calcium 76.6% Iron 55.6%
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The mid-season surge for the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma softball team picked up added momentum after the Drovers dispatched visiting Mid-America Christian by identical 2-1 scores in a doubleheader Tuesday night in Chickasha.
The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma softball team kept its mid-season surge alive with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Bacone College Friday night in Chickasha. The Drovers were 10-0 and 5-1 winners and improved to 15-12 overall and evened their Sooner Athletic Conference mark at 4-4.
The USAO softball team continued a mid-season surge with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Southwestern Christian Tuesday night in Chickasha. The Drovers winners for the fourth consecutive time bested the Eagles by scores of 9-1 and 6-0.
The USAO team softball regained some needed momentum with a convincing doubleheader sweep of visiting Oklahoma Wesleyan University Wednesday in Chickasha. The Drovers were 6-1 and 7-3 winners to improve their overall record to 11-12 on the season. USAO will remain at home when it hosts Kansas Wesleyan in a doubleheader Friday afternoon...
USAO continued to test itself against some of the top softball teams in the NAIA as the Drovers welcomed Sooner Athletic Conference rival St. Gregory's University for a doubleheader Thursday night in Chickasha. The Drovers lost 7-1 in the opener and fell 2-1 in the nightcap.
The University of Science and Arts evened its 2016 softball record by winning three-of-four games in a tournament they hosted Friday and Saturday. USAO was 7-4 winners against Tabor, 1-0 winners against Hastings and 6-3 winners against Friends University. Hastings beat USAO 6-5 in the final game of the tournament.
The 2016 softball season for the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma opened Tuesday as the Drovers tested themselves on the road against an Oklahoma Christian that had already played seven games this spring. The untested Drovers were beaten 8-0 and 9-8 in the doubleheader. The Eagles improved to 4-5 with the sweep.
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Life is tough when you're only an inch tall. True, you can use your soap dish for harbor crossings, but think of all the disadvantages. No matter how far I move the seat forward I can never touch the accelerator. I always have to take a friend along to work the pedals while I run back and forth across the steering wheel. Aside from taking an hour to parallel park, I think it works out fairly well. Of course this hasn't stopped my car insurance rates from going up. I told them, "look at my driving record, it's clean!" But they insist that not being able to see over the dashboard puts me in a higher risk category. What a load of crap!
And when i get home from a hard day at work I still have problems. Forget about using my house key! I've got to limbo under the front door. There's some windows I haven't been able to close in days. I hope to God the pigeons never notice. I've got issues with pigeons. And don't even get me started on my sister's cat!
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Bruce, short people shouldn't sell themselves short! Okay, the only thing short is my thinking up a funny comment!
Bruce, I think my comment is so stunningly insightful, I'm going to post it twice so you can't miss it!
Triple post win!
Cool story Bruce. I laughed while clicking the "I like it" button. Good job!
I like this a lot!
Well I feel better about my 5 1/2 foot self I feel sad for the little guy! *tear for the little dear*.
Rad one! Was it the blue pill or the red pill for getting big again.
i mix them together for that purple haze experience. so far i've made fun of blind people and short people. i'm sure there's more but i'm afraid to look. i told mike stevens that if he hears that i've died of massive stab wounds to my ankles he should call the authorities.
I usually don't read these types.. but it's thought-provoking. I like the first line, but one inch tall people can have advantages. They can fit through a mouse hole. :)
Anyways, there were some grammar issues. "Even when I get home I have problems." Should've been "When I arrive at the house, I tend to have problems." Something like that.
oops! did i mess that up? i'll look into it. but i don't know if i'll change it since it wasn't me that was talking, but rather that really, really small guy and i don't think he cared all that much if his grammer was perfect. but i do agree that this one was a little rough around the edges and could use a little polishing. i don't only write humor by the way, there is quite a bit of poetry and two plays that might interest you.
I was determined not to laugh - bearing in mind I'm only 5ft tall (or short, whatever way you look at it) - but reading your story made me feel six foot, as I can just about get close enough to the accelerator and with a couple of cushions can actually see over the steering wheel ha ha. Great write Bruce, and as hard as I tried I couldn't help but laugh ..... Pat
pat, you're the best audience i've ever had. (i feel fairly certain that audience is spelled incorrectly but i'll be damned if i'll get off my lazy ass and go check) i wish we could get together and hang out at a bar and then make each other laugh until we cry. but alas, there's a big puddle in the way) i guess i'll just keep posting.
First all Bruce audience is spelt spot on so no need to get out of that chair. Was a bit confused about ryderstokes comments on grammar, I think you wrote it as the little guy would have said it!!
Shame about that puddle Bruce, but as I sit here it's 6.00am and I am saying cheers with my cup of tea and wishing you good health.
Look forward to more laughs soon Bruce..... Pat
i did try to change the sentance a bit but who knows if it's better or worse. england is one of the countries i would visit if i ever were able to scrape up enough money for the voyage so who knows. rumor has it i'll be falling into it (money wise) should my dad ever pass (and may that be for many a year) but a trip to europe would be one of the things that i would concider. i'm working on something that i think will be startlingly funny but it's still mostly in my head. i think you'll get a kick out of it if i can ever get past the first two sentances.
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He keeps his elderly vehicle in a state of permanent readiness for the day when everyone has to head for the hills. It contains enough military rations and water to last for months - and, he claims, antidotes to chemical and biological weapons.
It also carries at least one of his six guns, in case the marauding hordes set upon him and his wife Sharon. 'At 400 yards, I guarantee I can blow your head off with open sights,' he said, grinning broadly and hooking his thumbs in the rim of his khaki fatigues.
One did not feel inclined to argue. Mr Bible's black beret, dark glasses, tattoos, and T-shirt bearing the legend 'I came, I saw, I conquered', left little doubt that he takes military matters no less seriously than Stormin' Norman. Which is a little odd, as he is not a soldier and his only, distant, army experience was as an instructor.
Last week Mr Bible, a 52-year-old machine operator, took his truck (licence plate: COMBT1) across the desert to show it off to fellow enthusiasts at the Soldier of Fortune convention, a gathering of gun fanatics, survivalists, ex-Vietnam veterans and police officers, who spent six days boning up on the mysteries of knife-fighting, kung-fu, and - above all - guns. There are seminars with such titles as: 'Gun Control, the Economy and Liberals: a Disaster in the Making'; and 'Battle Rifles and Burp Guns: How to Employ Them in Combat.'
The get-together was at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, a gambling joint that offers rooms at dollars 69 a night and evenings of soft- porn entertainment. In this outlandish city, Mr Bible was not out of place. Most of his fellow 'soldiers' clomped around the casino in army boots, or drank beer under the palm trees in 100F temperature and combat clothes.
They might have attracted sniggers, but the hundreds of elderly American tourists pumping away at the batteries of one-armed bandits hardly noticed.
'I enjoy wearing military clothes. I always have,' Mr Bible explained. 'I think it depicts the United States and what I stand for. I will die for our flag, and I think there are a lot of people out there that feel as I do.' You only had to look at his wife, sporting a pair of earrings in the shape of hand-grenades, to know that she takes a similar view.
Readers of the US monthly magazine Soldier of Fortune have been getting together annually for 13 years. Last week's event was not entirely without incident. Slumbering guests were woken at dawn by a tape-recorded bugler playing the Reveille, followed by a blast of Jerry Lee Lewis. Hotel security guards silenced their paramilitary visitors.
Until recently the 'soldiers' had never lacked a target: the 'Reds' were always up to something. But the end of the Cold War has spoiled all that, and now they have had to train their sights on a new perceived threat: the Enemy Within. Like many of his associates, Mr Bible believes the United States government will eventually collapse, destroyed by corruption, inefficiency and, above all, politicians intent on eradicating the constitutional right to bear arms. A military tyranny (usually foggily described as the New World Order) will take over. The time will have come to get the old army truck out.
It has long been rumoured that the convention is a meeting-place for international mercenaries, but if any were present, they weren't admitting it. 'There have been the odd one or two who've drifted in over the years, but very few,' said Colonel Robert Brown, 59, ex-Vietnam veteran and founding editor of Soldier of Fortune.
Times, it seems, are a little lean in freelance soldiering. According to Col Brown, there are an estimated 500 mercenaries in Bosnia and Croatia, who are paid only pounds 100 a month. The collapse of communism has knocked nearly a third off his magazine's readership, now at 90,000 worldwide. But there are still committed enthusiasts around. Mark Bower, 26, an electronics worker from Bristol, travelled to Las Vegas after a trip to South Carolina to shoot white-tailed deer. At the hotel, he was in mufti. 'There is more freedom over here,' he said, complaining that the Hungerford massacre had restricted his access to certain weapons in Britain. 'Here I can shoot what I want to, a damn sight more cheaply. You can shoot an Uzi over here for dollars 25 (pounds 14).'
Karl von Fish, 53, a concrete worker from Los Angeles with a shaven head and waxed moustache, checked into the hotel, wearing the full regalia of the French Foreign Legion, in which he served 30 years ago. He attended for the camaraderie, he explained. And the get-up? 'Oh,' he shrugged, 'I wear this every time I go to the shooting range. I just like uniforms.'
This, one assumes, was also the motive of the military bric-a-brac collectors who offered to auction 'war loot from Desert Storm' and trophies from the Yugoslav conflict. Iraqi military mementoes were expected to raise up to dollars 150 apiece. One item listed in the Croatia and Bosnia category was advertised as 'Aviator's leather helmet. The pilot was killed; the blood has been washed off.'
All this may seem distasteful but fairly harmless, the pursuit of a rather sad clan of eccentrics. Until you spot the T-shirts showing the smiley face with a bullet through its forehead, or bearing such legends as 'We Walk Where Others Fear to Run'. Or the hundreds of high-powered semi-automatic weapons on sale at the gun show - to several thousand visitors who see weaponry as something far more interesting than mere self-defence.
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Todays Trade-Through Rule Must Die
Opinion: First instituted in 1975, the rule aimed to make sure investors got the best available price for their stock tradebut it was enacted before electronic markets existed.The Senate Banking Committee is seldom a hotbed of technological innovation, but the topic of a recent series of hearings was a proposed reform that would change the way stock trades are executed. This reform, contained in the proposed Regulation National Market System, or Reg NMS for short, would potentially extend the trade-through rule, which bars brokers from executing a trade at a price inferior to the best quote on another market, from the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) to Nasdaq. The trade-through rule, which was first instituted in 1975, was designed to make sure investors got the best available price for their stock trade. A market system would not allow one customer to "trade through" an existing order without first matching that order. A customers order has to be routed to the destination with the best price at the moment the order is entered.
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