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Make way for royalty! We knew it was high time that Kate Middleton made a visit to one of our most beloved section that our readers are simply in love with. So today, it is time for double celebration because your favorite section on your favorite stars' favorite bags is going to be graced by none other than the Duchess of Cambridge herself, our royal fashion diva, Kate Middleton.
Describing Kate Middleton's bags is no easy task because we'd want to write volumes about the classy and elegant pieces she owns. And besides her bags, we may also be lured into talking about everything else she is wearing along with the bag. So be prepared for the most royal ride of this section, one that is going to tempt you every step of the way.
Bow down folks; the most ROYAL bags of the world are here on display.
1. Mulberry Polly Pushlock Satchel
The very first handbag that Kate Middleton carried after her much awaited Royal Wedding is this blue Mulberry Polly Pushlock Satchel.She whisked this bag away with her to Heathrow Airport, where she and her hubby dearest were taking off to Canada. Quite a lovely companion for the lady's flight indeed! We're talking about the handbag here, not William.
2. Anya Hindmarch Raffia Fan Clutch
While in Canada, Prince William and Duchess Kate seemed to have the most fashionable time of their lives, with Kate strutting about in one trendy ensemble after another. We love everything about her Anya Hindmarch Raffia Fan Clutch. What a pretty choice of handbag to go with her dress and hat!
3. Alexander McQueen Box Clutch
Alexander McQueen is certainly one of Kate's favorite designers. Be it her dresses or clutches, this royal is an Alexander McQueen loyalist. The red box clutch that she carried with her to the Jubilee River Pageant certainly made heads turn. This Alexander McQueen Box Clutch done in red, outlined with gold, with a royal red bow and a skull lock is worth taking the time off to stop and stare.
4. Jaime Masaro Black Velvet Hilary Clutch
Kate does look like a vision indeed in black. This Jaime Masaro Black Velvet Hilary Clutch has its own way of blending in with her black dress and yet standing out against it in its own way.
5. LK Bennett Natalie Natural Clutch
Besides Alexander McQueen, Kate also seems to have a fondness towards LK Bennett's clutches and shoes. For one, she especially likes carrying this LK Bennett Natalie Natural Clutch around, a bit too often than she does with other. And secondly, the frequency with which she flaunts her trendy items from her closet belonging to his brand, Kate has certainly put LK Bennett on the world's fashion map.
Kate Middleton was prepared to have the world's eyes on her after news of the Royal Engagement broke out and especially after the wedding of the century. Fashionistas look up to her for fashion advice and she has only the best advice in store for us. Her ensemble for each and every occasion is the ideal source of inspiration, transforming even those with an aversion to fashion.


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Teams with the home-field advantage are 7-1 this NFL postseason. But Sunday's travelers, Eli Manning and the New York Giants and Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens, have shown they can bring playoff wins back from road trips.
Manning is 4-1 in his career on the road in the playoffs; Flacco is 4-3. That puts both in a five-way tie for most road playoff wins by a starting quarterback since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. Both have a shot at a record five road playoff victories.
If the Giants win Sunday at the San Francisco 49ers, Tom Coughlin will match former Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry with a record seven playoff road wins.
After the 2007 season, the Giants went 3-0 on the road in a wild-card run through the playoffs and upset the previously perfect New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.
"There's nothing like going into a stadium and what's left of the fans at the end of the game is your fans. There's nothing like it," says linebacker Michael Boley of the Giants, the lone road winners this postseason after a 37-20 victory Sunday vs. the top-seeded Green Bay Packers.
In the AFC title game, the Ravens play the Patriots.
Baltimore won 33-14 at New England in the wild-card round after the 2009 season. The Ravens won at the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans in 2008 before losing the AFC title game at the Pittsburgh Steelers.
"It helps, just by the fact that we've done it," says Ravens coach John Harbaugh, like Flacco 4-3 in road playoff games. "It's not going to impact necessarily this game, except to the extent our guys have been there before and it's certainly not going to be anything new for them. And that's a good thing."
Ravens rookie wide receiver Torrey Smith hasn't been there before but doesn't seem worried about it.
"The biggest thing I know about New England is my brother always picks them in Madden (video game football)," Smith says. "I played at Boston College (while at Maryland), so I am familiar with the New England area a little bit. But it's not the same."
Nate Davis is a reporter, blogger and editor who's been at USA TODAY since 2000. He has covered the NFL since 2005. No, he did not play quarterback for Ball State. Davis' succession of our esteemed colleague Sean Leahy at The Huddle is considered a Brady-for-Bledsoe swap by most "insiders."More about Nate


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Oct. 20
Signature Chefs Auction
5:30 p.m. RiverCenter, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport. This annual gathering of the area's finest culinary talent will benefit the March of Dimes. Featuring a 90-minute tasting experience, live entertainment, People's Choice Award Chefs voting, Big Board auction, cash bar and dessert. There also will be a live auction and Fund the Mission. $125.
Peppa Pig Live!
6 p.m. Adler Theatre, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport. $29.50, $39.50 and $59.50.
Sun Records Cabaret
6 p.m. Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 W. 3rd Ave., Rock Island. Held in conjunction with the current production of, "Million Dollar Quartet," this show-only musical will feature both Million Dollar Quartet performers and members of The Bootleggers, Circa '21's performing wait staff. $20 day of show, $18 in advance.
Books for Kids Trivia Night
6:30-9:30 p.m. Quad-City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Ave., Rock Island. This trivia night will feature tables of eight. There also will be mulligans, doublers and rent a genius rounds. Participants may bring light snacks with a cash bar available. Proceeds will benefit the Lorene Evans Watts Memorial Fund for Children's Materials of the Rock Island Public Library Foundation. $10 per person.
Rob Zombie's 31
7 p.m. Rave Motion Pictures, 3601 E. 53rd St., Davenport. Fathom Events and Saban Films will present an encore of this hair-raising event. In addition to the feature, audiences can enjoy an exclusive making-of "31" featurette and a Q&A with Rob Zombie filmed specifically for the cinema event. $15 adult, $14 senior citizens, $13 children.
7 p.m. Bent River Brewing Company, 512 24th St., Rock Island. Featuring a showing of this film about a romantic getaway for two that becomes an impromptu spring break party until the blowout bash turns into murderous mayhem. Director Dino Maglaris and a select cast and crew will accompanying the film on this movie tour.
Yale Spizzwinks
7-8:30 p.m. St. Irenaeus, Clinton. Featuring America's oldest underclassman a cappella group featuring Clinton native Noah Strausser. $15.
RME Member Appreciation Show featuring Sarah Potenza with Barstool Boogaloo
7:30 p.m. Redstone Room, 129 Main St., Davenport. $10, free for Friends of RME.
Matt Hart
8 p.m. Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island. The SPECTRA Poetry Reading series will host this reading by Hart. Free.
Oct. 21
Family Fun Night
5-8:30 p.m. Putnam Museum, 1717 W. 12th St., Davenport. Families can experience the Museum and Science Center after hours by spending time with educators and learning how treats help naturalists learn the tricks of animal eating patterns. Participants can listen to the Case of the Talking Skulls, make a skull and more. All activities that take place in the Grand Lobby are free to the public. Free.
Trivia Night
5 p.m. Moline Township Activity Center, 620 18th St. The Moline Township Activity Center will be host this trivia night featuring up to eight players per team. There also will be $5 food baskets beginning at 5 p.m., gift baskets, a 50/50 raffle and door prizes. For more information or to register a table, call 309-797-0789. $100 per table (includes 10 mulligans and 2 double bonus stickers).
Meet the Unhuggables of the Forest
6-7:30 p.m. Black Hawk State Historic Site, 1510 46th Ave., Rock Island. Participants can take a short walk in the moonlight to meet some of the site's special critters including chipmunks, foxes, spiders, snakes, bats and more. Hear the animals tell their story about living in the Black Hawk forest. Also featuring a show and tell by site naturalist Chuck Wester and refreshments. Free.
Women of Blues Tribute Concert
6-11 p.m. Kavanaugh's Hilltop , 1228 30th St., Rock Island. This concert to benefit a new organization called ILLOWA Women In Blues Association will feature performances by Tina Haase-Findlay, Lizzi Neal Band, Frankie Fontagne, Ms. Rachel, Susan Williams and Juliana Logan. $15 day of show, $10 in advance.
Bucktown Revue Halloween Show
7-9:30 p.m. Nighswander Theater, 2822 Eastern Ave., Davenport. The Halloween version of this old-fashioned variety show in the tradition of such radio programs as "A Prairie Home Companion" and "The Grand Ole Opry" will feature guest performers including songwriter, Ren Edstrand; folksinger, Chris Dunn; original roots musicians, Frankie Joe Willderman and Kinfolk; Angela Meyer and thespian Bob Hanskeas well as master-of-ceremonies Scott Tunnicliff. There also will be music from the Barley House Band and Milltown. For more information, call 563-940-0508 or visit bucktownrevue.com. $13.
Don's Country Music Dance
7-10:30 p.m. CASI, 1035 W. Kimberly Road, Davenport. Deejay Don will play music for dancing to couples, line and free style steps. $7.
Greg and Rich
7-10 p.m. Green Tree Brewery, 309 N. Cody Road, LeClaire. Free.
Trivia Night
7-10 p.m. Knights of Columbus, 1111 W. 35th St., Davenport. Up With Families will host this trivia night featuring Mr. Trivia, teams of up to eight players, raffles and door prizes. Participants may bring food with a cash bar available. All proceeds will go towards costs associated with the annual weekend retreat in February. For more information or to register, text 319-481-0200 or visit upwithfamiliesdavenport.com. $80 per team. $80 per team.
Yale Spizzwinks
7-8:30 p.m. Awesometown, 514 13th Ave., Fulton, IL. Featuring America's oldest underclassman a cappella group featuring Clinton native Noah Strausser. $15.
Southern Avenue featuring Ori Naftaly and Tierinii Jackson
8 p.m. Little Brown Jug, 1315 18th Ave., East Moline. Presented by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society this evening will feature these 32nd International Blues Challenge Finalists. $10, $8 for MVBS members.
EGI and Sassafraz with Rude Punch
9 p.m. Redstone Room, 129 Main St., Davenport. $8.
Wild Oatz
9 p.m. Rivertown Grille and Bar, 2606 W. Locust St., Davenport. Free.
Oct. 22
2016 Trick or Trot 5k
9-11 a.m. American Legion, 121 W. Bryant St., Walcott. Runners, walkers, adults, children, ghosts and goblins can participate in this event to benefit the Shelly Bridgewater Dreams Foundation at the University of Iowa. All proceeds will remain local, and be used to provide advocacy, education and research funds for all pregnancy-related diseases. There aslo will be a Kids' Fun Run for youth 12 years and younger. Check-in will begin at 7 a.m. with the race at 9 a.m. 5K fee includes a long-sleeve race shirt and a post-event award ceremony. Fun Run fee includes a short sleeve t-shirt and participation medal. $30 5K, $10 Fun Run.
Adult Nature Photography Class
9-11 a.m. Nahant Marsh Education Center, 4220 Wapello Ave., Davenport. During this nature photography class Julie Malake of Blue Sky Imagery will teach students the basics of finding and photographing landscapes and wildlife. Participants should bring a camera. The class will be held rain or shine. $15, $10 members.
Newcomb Presbyterian Church: Craft and Vendor Fair
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Newcomb Presbyterian Church, 2619 N. Division St., Davenport. Featuring vendors and crafters selling products and services. There also will be food for sale as well as a bake sale.
Child Evangelism Fellowship: Craft Fair
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Glenview Middle School, 3100 7th St., East Moline. Sponsored by Child Evangelism Fellowship this craft fair will feature crafters, vendord, food, a raffle, face painting and a small bounce house. Free.
Musserville United Methodist Church: Craft and Vendor Fair and Bake Sale
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Musserville United Methodist Church, 1001 Oregon St., Muscatine. Featuring vendors and crafters selling products and handcrafted items. There also will be a bake sale and lunch available for purchase. Free.
Q-C Paws: Paws in the Parking Lot
Noon to 3 p.m. Rock Island County Animal Care and Control, 4001 78th Ave., Moline. Featuring a vendor fair, police K9 demonstration (2 p.m.), kids activities, pet costume contest (1:45 p.m.), raffles and food and drinks available for purchase. There also will be reduced adoptions on some animals. Free.
Yale Spizzwinks Concert
Oct.. 22, 2-3:30 p.m. Zion Lutheran Church, 439 3rd Ave S., Clinton. Featuring America's oldest underclassman a cappella group featuring Clinton native Noah Strausser. $10.
2:30-5 p.m. Prospect Park, 16th Street and 30th Avenue, Moline. Participants can enjoy a complimentary wiener roast, storytelling, trick-or-treating and a magic show! Come dressed in a costume and trick-or-treat around the lagoon. There also will be plenty of fun characters to meet along the trail. Free.
Smooth Groove
7-11 p.m. Jumers Casino, 777 Jumer Drive, Rock Island. Free.
Gallagher with Artie Fletcher and the Fry Daddies
7:30 p.m. iWireless Center, 1201 River Drive, Moline. $20 to $50.
The Moody Blues
8 p.m. Adler Theater, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport. $59.50, $69.50 and $99.50.
Greg and Rich
8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Jim's Knoxville Tap, 8716 Knoxville Road, Milan. Free.
Wild Oatz
9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Missipi Brew, 107 Iowa Ave., Muscatine. Cover charge.
Oct. 23
Holiday Helpers Craft Show
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 4-H Grounds, 328 E. 8th St., DeWitt, IA. Featuring a variety of vendors selling handcrafted items including jewelry, crochet, knitting, embroidery, etched mirrors, bottles and wine glasses, Christmas decorations and more. A lunch will be available for purchase. All proceeds with be donated to DeWitt Referral Center and Elvira Zion Lutheran Church Food Pantry. $1.
Quad-City Fish Swap
Noon to 4 p.m. Knights Of Columbus, 1111 W. 35th St., Davenport. Featuring mutiple sellers offering live fish including, but not limited to, guppies, plecos, koi and cichlids. There also will be live plants, fish food, new and used equipment, decor and all things saltwater. Free.
2nd annual Trunk-or-Treat
2-4 p.m. Two Rivers Church of Rock Island, 1820 5th Ave., Rock Island. This event will be held in the west parking lot and will feature refreshments, games, activities and trick-or-treating. Free.
Davenport Movie Theater History with Bob King
2 p.m. German American Heritage Center, 712 W. 2nd St., Davenport. Bob King will host this presentation on the historic theaters of Davenport's yesteryear. Admission: $5 adults, $4 senior citizens, $3 children 5-17 years, free for children younger than 5 years/members.
Quad-City Wind Ensemble Fall Concert
3-4:30 p.m. Galvin Fine Arts Center, 518 Locust St., Davenport. Featuring "Sweet Sixteen" sounds including a variety of music from Variations on a Korean Folk Song to Caccia and Chorale and Willow Blossoms March. $12 adults, $10 senior citizens, free for students in 12th grade and younger.
Daniel O'Donnell
5 p.m. iWireless Center, 1201 River Drive, Moline. $55, $65, $75 and $85.
An Evening with Davina and the Vagabonds
7 p.m. Redstone Room, 129 Main St., Davenport. $15 day of show, $12 in advance.
Oct. 25
George Washington Visit
6 p.m. The Outing Club, 2109 Brady St., Davenport. Featuring cocktails, a colonial tavern-style meal, and a program with George Washington sharing reflections on life and times at the club. Reservations required. $50
7 p.m. Redstone Room, 129 Main St., Davenport. $15 day of show, $12 in advance.
Oct. 26
George Washington Visit
Noon to 2 p.m. Putnam Museum, 1717 W. 12th St., Davenport. Featuring George Washington greeting guests, mingling and telling stories during a Mount Vernon-inspired lunch. Followed by a program where participants can find out which stories are fact or myth. There will be a beverage and cookies included with the program. For more information or to register, call 888-336-3907 or 563-441-4100. $19 lunch, $5 program.
Quad-City Mallards vs. Missouri Mavericks
6:35 p.m. iWireless Center, 1201 River Drive, Moline. $10 and $30
Oct. 27
Satisfaction: The International Rolling Stones Show
6 p.m. Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 W. 3rd Ave., Rock Island. This will be a show-only performance. $30 day of show, $25 in advance.
David Feherty
7:30 p.m. Adler Theater, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport. This former professional golfer from the European and PGA Tours is currently a writer and broadcaster with NBC Sports and the Golf Channel. $169 VIP, $53.50.
High On Fire with Tong Po and Telekinetic Yeti
7:30 p.m. Rock Island Brewing Company, 1815 2nd Ave. This will be an all ages show. $20.
Keith Urban with Brett Eldredge and Maren Morris
7:30 p.m. iWireless Center, 1201 River Drive, Moline. $37.50 and $59.50.
Oct. 28
5:30-9 p.m. Elks Lodge, 4400 W. Central Park Ave., Davenport. Featuring a dinner and dance with music by John and Kay Retzl. $10.
Terry Lee Goffee and the Ultimate Tribute to Johnny Cash
7 p.m. Central DeWitt Performing Arts Center, 519 E. 11th St., DeWitt. $20 adults, $5 students (K-12).
Charlie Hayes and "Detroit" Larry Davison
8 p.m. to midnight Bleyart's, 2218 E. 11th St., Davenport. Free.
A Spooktacular Halloween Party
Oct.. 28, 9 p.m. to midnight Bike Rack, 3303 Brady St., Davenport. Featuring the Bike Rack's 2nd annual costume contest, a deejay spinning favorite Monster Jams and more. Free.
Old Shoe Halloween with Frank F. Sidneys Western Bandit Volunteers
9 p.m. Redstone Room, 129 Main St., Davenport. $10.
Oct. 29
Fall Festival
2 p.m. Davenport Public Library, 321 Main St., Davenport. Featuring crafts, games and fun after the Davenport Halloween Parade. Free.
18th annual Noogiefest
4-6 p.m. Gilda's Club, 1234 E. River Drive, Davenport. This Halloween/Fall Festival party for children and families will feature themed rooms, games, crafts, door prizes and more. Children must be accompanied by an adult with costumes encouraged. Free.
Ken Paulsen Quartet featuring Darlene
5-8 p.m. Rivertown Grill and Bar, 2606 W. Locust St., Davenport. Free.
Witches' Ball
5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad-Cities, 3707 Eastern Ave., Davenport. Featuring an indoor haunted forest with food and family fun including youth and family ceremonies, door prizes, children's crafts and games, tarot and tea leaf readings, dinner, dancing and more. $20 family, $15 couples, $10 adults, $5 youth 13-18 years, free for kids younger than 13.
5:30-7 p.m. All Saints Episcopal Church, 2420 41st St., Moline. Featuring candy, hot dogs, apple cider, an emergency vehicle display and magician/balloon artist Rick Eugene. Held rain or shine. For more information, call 309-797-2515. Free.
Codfish Holloween
6 p.m. to midnight Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, 5013 288th Ave., Maquoketa. Featuring Bleached, Beach Slang, Hunny and Campdogzz. $30 day of show, $25 in advance.
Quad-City Mallards vs. Tulsa Oilers
7:05 p.m. iWireless Center, 1201 River Drive, Moline. $10 and $30.
Gray Wolf
8 p.m. to midnight Len Brown's North Shore Inn, 700 North Shore Drive, Moline. Free.
The Filharmonic
8 p.m. Gerber Center, Augustana College, Rock Island. Featuring this men's a capella group. Free.
10 of Soul Halloween Show
8:30 p.m. Redstone Room, 129 Main St., Davenport. $8.
Blues Rock It with "Detroit" Larry Davison
9 p.m. to midnight Jim's Knoxville Tap, 8716 Knoxville Road, Milan. Free.
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Rivertown Grill and Bar, 2606 W. Locust St., Davenport. Free.
Oct. 30
Annual Motorsports Swap Meet
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Triple E Sales, 1301 Division St., Orion. Participants can trade, swap, buy or sell atvs, snowmobiles, side by side, motorcycle stuff and more. There will be food will be on the grounds as well as door prizes, giveaways, 50/50 drawings and more. Free for buyers and spectators.
Reformation in the Renaissance Festival
3-7 p.m. First Baptist Church, 3593 Middle Road, Bettendorf. Featuring games, food, Renaissance costumes, stocks, hay bales, hay stacks, fire pits and an exclusive showing of the film, "Luther." Free.
Multi-day events
Ain't Misbehavin'?: The World of the Gangster
Through Oct. 23. Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum, 210 Parkside Drive, West Branch. This exhibit will explore how Prohibition changed the landscape of the country and gave rise to the gangster world and their illegal activities. Museum hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission: $10 adults (16-61 years), $5 senior citizens (62 years and older)/active and retired military with ID/college students w/ID, $3 youth 6-15 years, free for children 5 years and younger/members of the Hoover Presidential Library Association.
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
Through Jan. 15. Putnam Museum, 1717 W. 12th St., Davenport. This exhibit offers a thought-provoking analysis of worldwide food consumption based on the award-winning book by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Alusio. Through photography and hand-on exhibits and activities, everything from American drive-thru fast food to open kitchens in Mali highlight a global perspective on food and environment. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission: $8 adults, $7 senior citizens (60 years and older)/college students/military with ID/youth (3-18 years), free for members/youth 2 years and younger.
Voyage to Vietnam: Celebrating the Tet Festival
Through Jan. 15. Family Museum, 2900 Learning Campus Drive, Bettendorf. Participants can delight in the opportunity to discover the beauty, sights and sounds of Vietnam while being immersed in Vietnamese culture and traditions through a giant lion dance mask, interactive family photos or by creating a fireworks display. Hours: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission: $7 for ages 2-59 years, $4 for ages 60 years and older/children 1-year-old/active military and immediate family, free for children ages 1 year and younger/members.
American Scene on Paper
Through Dec. 31. Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St., Davenport. Participants can experience America through the eyes of Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Martin Lewis, Edward Hopper and others in this exhibition featuring recent acquisitions and important works on paper from the Figge collection portraying rural and urban America during the first half of the 20th century. Ranging in subject from nostalgic country life to satiric city scenes, the American Scene movement encouraged nationalism and addressed social issues during the Depression-era. Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, Thursday evenings until 9 p.m. and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission: $7 adults, $6 senior citizens, $4 children ages 3-12 years, free for museum members.
Clay: Traditions in Shards
Through Oct. 30. Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St., Davenport. This University of Iowa Museum of Art exhibit will explore the historical debate over the distinction between art and craft in clay. Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, Thursday evenings until 9 p.m. and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission: $7 adults, $6 senior citizens, $4 children ages 3-12 years, free for museum members.
The art of Chris Rayburn and Kevin Schafer
Through Oct. 21. Quad-City Arts Center Gallery, 1715 2nd Ave., Rock Island. Featuring photographs by Rayburn and Schafer. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Free.
The art of Cory Peak and Dan Johnson
Through October. Midcoast Gallery West, 1629 2nd Ave., Rock Island. Midcoast Fine Arts will present this exhibit featuring the works of Peak and Johnson. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. Free.
The art of Tom Phelan
Through Oct. 29. Smith Studio and Gallery, 124 S. State St., Geneseo. Featuring the photographs of Wheaton, Ill., artist Phelan. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Free.
The art of Lisa Mahar
Through Oct. 29. Bucktown Center for the Arts, 225 E. 2nd St., Davenport. Featuring the furniture and mixed media creations of Mahar. Center hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. Free.
Giving the Devil His Due: The Art of Gary Kelley
Through Dec. 31. Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St., Davenport. This exhibit is a visual exploration in drawings and monotypes of the tortured souls of two legendary musicians, the 19th century violinist and guitarist Nicolò Paganini, and his 20th century counterpart, blues guitar legend Robert Johnson. Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, Thursday evenings until 9 p.m. and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission: $7 adults, $6 senior citizens, $4 children ages 3-12 years, free for museum members.
Postscripts of a Decade: A Walk in the Woods
Through Oct. 22. Bereskin Fine Art Gallery and Studio, 225 E. 2nd St., Davenport. Featuring the paintings of Gene Brack and the textural fabric sculptures of Colleen Curry. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. Free.
Portrait of Maquoketa
Through Feb. 12. Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St., Davenport. This exhibit features Rose Frantzen's portrait of her hometown of Maquoketa, Iowa, through a multi-layered installation that began in 2006 when she invited townspeople to sit and have their portraits painted in a public studio. The resulting 180 portraits, of sitters ranging in age from a few weeks to over 90, were shown at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, in 2009. Subsequently, Frantzen painted a panoramic view of the town, seen across autumn fields, on 34 vertical panels. In the finished work, the panels hang in arcs across the gallery, with the portraits installed on their reverse sides, creating a composite portrait of a typical Midwestern town. An audio element by John Frantzen completes the scene. Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, Thursday evenings until 9 p.m. and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission: $7 adults, $6 senior citizens, $4 children ages 3-12 years, free for museum members.
The art of Iyla Thill Ferguson
Through November. Moline Centre Station, 1200 River Drive, Moline. Featuring the pastels of Ferguson. Hours: 6 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays; 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays; and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Free.
Through Oct. 25. Catich Gallery, 2101 N. Gaines St., Davenport. Featuring the works of Hoffman. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Free.
The art of Anni Johnson
Through Nov. 6. River Arts Center, 229 5th Ave. S, Clinton. This exhibit will feature Johnson's photographs of stained glass windows from many parts of the world as well as stained glass windows on loan from various patrons. Hours: 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays. Free.
Rembrandt and the Jews: The Berger Print Collection
Through Jan. 15. Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St., Davenport. This exhibit features a collection of 22 etchings by the Dutch master that explore the relationship between the artist and the Jewish residents of his Amsterdam neighborhood. As a companion to the exhibition, additional prints by Rembrandt and the work of his peers and predecessors Anthony van Dyck, Albrecht Dürer and other artists, drawn from the collections of the Figge, the University of Iowa, Augustana College, Pella Historical Society and Museums and private collections will be on view. Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, Thursday evenings until 9 p.m. and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission: $7 adults, $6 senior citizens, $4 children ages 3-12 years, free for museum members.
Million Dollar Quartet
Oct. 21 through Nov. 5. Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 3rd Ave., Rock Island. Performances at 7:45 p.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 5:45 p.m. on Sundays and at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. $44.41 to $50.16.
Mercado on Fifth
Oct.. 21 and 28, 5-9 p.m. Community Health Center, 1122 5th Ave. Place, Moline. This weekly outdoor nighttime market will feature food trucks, live music, produce, craft and retail vendors, kids activities and more. Free.
Oct.. 21-22, 7:30 p.m. Through Oct. 22. Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1800 7th Ave., Moline. Presented by Ballet Quad-Cities this show will open the 20th season and also will feature an all new opening performance, "Halloween Hustle," a musical medley of Halloween tunes. $25 adults, $15 for youth 18 years and younger/students with a college ID/senior citizens.
Collectors Weekend
Oct.. 22, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Oct. 23, noon to 4 p.m. Through Oct. 23. Steeple Building, 103 N. Bishop Hill St., Bishop Hill. Featuring antique and vintage items of all shapes, sizes and topics displayed by area residents. Artifacts will include dolls, egg beaters, kitchen utensils and more. Items will not be for sale. Free.
Pegora the Witch
Oct.. 22 and 29, 1 and 4 p.m.; Oct. 23 and 30, 2 p.m. Through Oct. 30. Nighswander Theater, 2822 Eastern Ave., Davenport. Davenport Junior Theatre will present this musical by Carol Lynn Wright. $8 adults, $6 youth.
Train Garden
Oct.. 23 and 30, 1-4 p.m. Through October. Quad-City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Ave., Rock Island. Made possible by Heartland Central Garden Railroad participants can enjoy this newly renovated train garden exhibit feauring double the size with great new additions. Admission: $6 adults, $5 senior citizens (60 years and older)/military, $4 youth 6-15 years, $2 children 2-5 years, free for children younger than 2 years/members.
Transitions: Pottery and Paintings
Oct.. 26-30 Through Dec. 9. Quad-City Arts Center Gallery, 1715 2nd Ave., Rock Island. Featuring Lori Roderick's stoneware and terra cotta sculptural vessels embellished with designs, glazes and surface treatment as well as the paintings of Zaiga Thorson. There will be a reception 7-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Free.
Art Meets the River
Through Nov. 12. Bereskin Fine Art Gallery and Studio, 225 E. 2nd St., Davenport. Featuring paintings and sculptures from ten award winning regional artist with the Mississippi River as the theme. A 2017 calendar featuring works inspired by Quad-City waterways will make a debut with a portion of the calendar's proceeds benefiting River Action. The exhibit will include original art used in the calendar, in addition to other expansive renderings of the water and landscape along the river. There will be an artists' reception during the Bucktown Final Friday event 6-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. Free.
First Presbyterian Church: Christmas Bazaar
Oct.. 28, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Oct. 29, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Through Oct. 29. First Presbyterian Church, 1620 W. 1st St., Milan. Proceeds will go to the missions and ministries of the Presbyterian Women.
Black Hawk Gem and Mineral Club Fall Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show
Oct.. 29, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Oct. 30, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Through Oct. 30. Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport. Featuring rocks, minerals, fossils, agates, geodes, tumbled stones, carved stones, beads, silver and beaded jewelry, spheres, arrowheads and more. $1 adults, free for youth 12 years and younger.


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I have also assumed annual inflation of 4 per cent and annual electricity price inflation of 10 per cent, which is reasonable, given diminishing oil and gas reserves; energy prices rose 40 per cent last year.
Now, the costs of installing a system. A modest but well-sited 2kWh PV system, suitable for an average, preferably not north-facing home, costs about £11,500. Deduct £2,500 from the £10m in the grant kitty before April, if you are lucky, and the cost is £8,000.
You can expect to earn £657 for the feed-in tariff and an extra £45 from electricity sent back to the grid and save £118 on your annual electricity bills. The panels would pay for their costs in 10 years, though you would not have your capital. If you did have £8,000 in the bank, as the years tick by, solar slowly catches up, and overtakes the bank deposit by year 26.
After 30 years, compound interest would turn the £8,000 in a savings account to £27,568. Assuming the money from solar (the feed-in tariff and electricity savings, etc) is deposited in a bank after the installation costs have been paid off at year 10, harnessing the power of the sun would be worth £40,654 after 30 years.
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My husband was dying to see Avatar. He worked hard to find
an open night and a babysitter so we could be gone for a full three
I heard the rave reviews and I watched James Cameron pick up two
Golden Globes, but I still wasn't excited. The action genre
is not really my thing. But even without interest in the movie, I
am always interested in a date with my husband, so off we went.
We find great seats and I am digging my 3-D glasses. As
previews roll I daydream about taking a nap at some point during
the movie, but as Avatar unfolds I am surprised by my response.
I spend the majority of the movie in an intense state of
awareness and tears. Sometimes light tears and at times
heaving sobs that necessitated hugs from my husband. Avatar
moved me in a way that I have not experienced in a long time.
I was touched by the Na'vi connection to nature. I nodded
along as Neytiri taught Jake to hunt respectfully and then thank
the animal for giving its life to sustain ours. The Na'vi
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Pandora; they know that nature needs to be honored because we are
all connected to the same energy.
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mother nature, and mentions that our planet "killed our
mother." I found myself taking deep breaths at the truth of
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the fate of that tree. The "evil" characters in this movie
were a bit overplayed (unbelievably disregarding), but the
essential truth is that we have a history of taking what doesn't
belong to us and a history of expecting others to act like us.
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to remember them.
I was most sentimental about the Na'vi definition of "I see
you." It's very similar to the Sanskrit word Namaste, a
salutation that is commonly used during yoga. It is difficult to
accurately translate Sanskrit, but to me the meaning is, the
spirit in me sees the spirit in you. Or the light in
me sees the light in you. Or, for you Star Wars fans,
the force in me feels the force in you.
It is the simple way of saying, I know my beauty and I see your
beauty, too. Unfortunately, our culture is challenged by
this. We have a tendency towards self loathing and personal
judgment which eventually results in loathing and judgment of
Like many parents, I want to teach my children to see
themselves. Regardless of physical beauty, achievements, or
things, I want them to know they are worthy simply because they are
here. I want to support them as they discover their gifts and
realize their potential.
To teach this I have to practice it. Do I love
myself? Do I see my light? Do I cherish my gifts?
I know at a soul level that this is the first step toward teaching
my children.
Embracing my light helps me see their light. It is the
most sacred parenting work, and the most challenging.
I continue to cry on the car ride home as I share my deep
thoughts and revelations with my husband. As always he
listens, makes eye contact and nods in all the right places.
Five minutes from home I finally asked him what he thought - he
responds with, I think we saw two different movies.
This brings me back to reality and I start to laugh. Of
course he enjoyed the movie, but my analyzing and emotional
intensity is in contrast to my husband's straightforward style. I
need this balance and this is one of the many reasons I am thankful
for my husband. He "sees" me and he knows it is important for
me to process the many lessons from Pandora.
But with his gentle humor he has a subtle way of reminding me to
keep my feet firmly planted on Earth.
Cathy Adams is a certified parenting coach, yoga instructor and mother to three girls.
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Blackstone Labs is back with their newest andro supplement. They originally released Blackstone Labs Chosen 1 and Brutal 4ce, one being a 1-andro and the other a 4-andro. They are remaining in the forefront of the industry and releasing AbNORmal, the newest 19-Nor Andro supplement onto the market. This is a highly potent pro-anabolic supplement that promises big muscle gains and strength increases. It is destined to be their number one selling andro supplement.
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From almost out of nowhere Blackstone Labs has risen to the top spot in the sports nutrition industry. For years they have been releasing only the most hardcore and effective bodybuilding supplements in the industry. And new AbNORmal is no different. They wanted to put together a new supplement to take your lifts to the max and to help you build more muscle mass than ever before. With their proven track record in producing the most effective supplements, AbNORmal is going to be your new favorite supplement.
What is AbNORmal?
AbNORmal is a 19-NOR DHEA, also known as 19-nor-androst-4-ene-3b-ol 17-one, Decasterone, 19 Nor Androst, and Nandrolone. As you can see, much easier to just say 19-NOR DHEA. With a anabolic, androgenic ratio of 12 to 1, this is one of the most potent andro supplements out there. And with a 3:1 androgenic ratio, it's 3 times more potent than testosterone. 3 times more potent! This means 3 times the gains, 3 times the strength and 3 times the muscle. No other andro supplement is going to bring you these results.
Benefits & Results
19-NOR DHEA is made to build muscle and increase your strength. It's the perfect andro supplement for the hardcore bodybuilder that wants to build up their physique.
- Increase Lean Muscle Mass & Size
- Reduce Bodyfat
- Quicker Recovery Time
- Explosive Strength & Power Gains
Why Choose AbNORmal Over Competitor Products?
Not only does Blackstone Labs use only the best sourced ingredients, they use the most advanced delivery system. They use their pharmaceutical grade Liposomal delivery system in AbNORmal, just as they do with Chosen 1 and Brutal 4ce. So unlike competitor products with a low bioavailability rate, you get a 95% bioavailability rate with AbNORmal. This means more gains, more strength and less money wasted as almost all of the active ingredients are absorbed into the bloodstream. It also means that you no longer have to take a pill every 4-6 hours for it to stay in the body. This delivery system also has a sustained release, so your body is constantly getting the dosage it needs by just taking two capsules each day! No other andro product will give you these types of benefits and results.
Directions & Dosage
Blackstone Labs recommends that you take two capsules per day. Take your first capsule with breakfast and your second capsule with dinner. Never exceed more than two capsules in 24 hours. AbNORmal should only be taken by men. It is not recommended for women.
Blackstone Labs recommends that you take this product for up to 8 weeks, before taking at least 8 weeks off. This will require two bottles for a complete 8 week cycle.
- Strength Stack: If you are looking to increase strength and lean muscle, Blackstone Labs recommends stacking AbNORmal with Chosen 1.
- Mass Stack: If you are looking to build more muscle mass and overall size, Blackstone Labs recommends stacking AbNORmal with Brutal 4ce.
- Elite Fire, Ice & Power Stack: This is the complete muscle building stack that includes everything you need including cycle support and PCT.
Cycle Support
Even though Chosen 1 is non-methylated, it is always recommended that you include a cycle support supplement when taking any sort of anabolic compound. Chosen 1 is no different. Blackstone Labs recommends adding Gear Support the entire time that you are on cycle.
PCT (Post Cycle Therapy)
When taking any type of anabolic compound, it is recommended that you include a PCT supplement after your cycle is completed. Blackstone Labs recommends taking PCT V immediately after your Chosen 1 cycle is completed. Even though this product does not convert to estrogen, some users play it extra safe and also add Eradicate to their PCT.
Ingredients / Label
Serving Size: 1 Tablet
Servings per container: 60
19-NorDHEA Blend 50mg **
19-NorAndrost-4-ene-3b-ol,17-one Decanoate,
19-NorAndrost-4-ene-3b-ol,17-one Enanthate
Other Ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Phosphatidylcholine, HydroxyPropyl-beta-cyclodextrin, Phytosterol, Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Starch, Titanium Dioxide, Silica, FD&C Red #40.
Side Effects & Warnings
Consult with your healthcare physician before taking. Keep out of reach of children. Not for use by individuals under the age of 18 years. This product contains steroid hormones that may cause increased facial and body hair and voice deepening. If you are at risk for prostate or breast cancer, you should not use this product. Do not use if governed by anybody that prohibits hormone use.
fantastic gains review by Lane on 4/5/2016
This supplement is something that is really a gain machine. Blackstone labs consistently puts out supplements that will make you bigger, leaner, more powerful, and stronger. With prohormones you need to be careful though. Prohormones are basically steroids that have no been banned yet, and they may never be banned. What that means is that not a huge amount of research has been done as far as safety goes. With that being said, this will make you huge.*DISCLAIMER. Individual results may vary.
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Brazil and other Latin American governments have followed Washington down the free-market path, only to find they are now losing control over their economies.
The immediate consequences are most visible here in Brazil, which is in the midst of an important national election. Brazil, Latin America's largest country, has just engaged a $30 billion lifeline from the International Monetary Fund, but one that imposes strict policies on the next government. There is a strong chance that it will be a left-leaning one that promises to improve the lives of the poor who were left behind in the economic experimentation.
''Don't try to strangle us,'' President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who leaves office in January, told market speculators who have sent Brazil's currency plummeting in recent weeks on fears of a government default. He said the loan gave Brazil vital oxygen, and showed that the monetary fund played an important role in developing economies.
But to some Brazilians, it is the fund that could do the strangling. The bailout announced this week is described as the most far-reaching package since the Clinton administration and the I.M.F. came to the rescue of Mexico in 1995, a successful intervention that was paid out almost all at once. But Brazil's comes with unusual strings, and it thrusts the lending agency into the uncomfortable position of being in the middle of Brazil's democratic decisions.
That is because $24 billion of the loan would be delivered next year only if the new government met certain budgetary targets.Continue reading the main story
''This agreement is an extremely shrewd and subtle piece of political engineering,'' said Gilberto Dupas, director of the international studies program at the University of São Paulo. ''No candidate is going to want to be responsible for a brutal reversal of expectations'' that would come from not receiving financing from the fund.
After eight years of free-market orthodoxy that has produced only modest growth, Brazil has a strong chance of turning in another direction. A poll released Thursday shows the government's candidate slipping and two leftist opposition candidates -- Luiz Inácio da Silva, known as Lula, of the Workers' Party and Ciro Gomes of the Popular Socialist Party -- with more than 30 percent each. They are possibly heading for a second-round runoff in October.
With so large an amount of money at stake, both Mr. da Silva and Mr. Gomes have reluctantly endorsed the loan deal.
The bailout was intended to stanch a sudden crisis of confidence, manifested by a plummeting currency, investor flight and the prospect of a new government defaulting on $250 billion in public debt.
Such fears have vastly increased the regional tumult that began with Argentina's financial crisis late last year. The crisis propelled the monetary fund to act, with the reluctant backing of the Bush administration, which had earlier opposed new money for Latin American countries.
In the extreme circumstances, the I.M.F. promised the $30 billion, nearly twice the amount that market analysts had expected.
''This is going to contribute to reducing the financial panic that was threatening to make the crisis worse,'' José Antonio Ocampo, director of the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America, said of the monetary fund's package. But he said the effects might be short- lived, and the ''consequences for economic growth are limited.''
Brazil's new money is to be doled out over 15 months and requires whatever government takes power on Jan. 1 to maintain a budget surplus of 3.75 percent through 2005.
But both of the leading candidates are chafing at what they perceive as an intrusion on Brazil's sovereignty and on their ability to fulfill campaign promises. Guido Mantega, Mr. da Silva's chief economic adviser, complained that the I.M.F. was trying to confine a Workers' Party government ''in a plaster cast.''
''This limits the capacity for social investment we plan to make,'' Mr. Mantega said. ''If we reduce interest rates and the primary surplus is maintained until 2005, the effort to reheat the economy will be in vain.''
The penalties for noncompliance are equally clear. Brazilians need only look next door at Argentina, which has been bogged down for months in futile negotiations to restore its line of credit with the fund.
''When it comes time for the rest of the money to be dispersed in Brazil, because they have quarterly targets and reviews, the first time that Lula misses they can tell him he's not getting any more money,'' said Walter Molano, a market analyst with BCP Securities. ''That's what they did to Argentina last year, saying there would be no waiver, and they will do the same to the next administration in Brazil.''
As goes Brazil, so goes the rest of the continent. The slide of the currency here, which lost nearly 20 percent of its value last month, was reflected in similar dips in Colombia and Chile and helped fuel a banking crisis in Uruguay. That was resolved only when the Bush administration agreed to an emergency $1.5 billion bridge loan last weekend.
The standard advice of the fund to clients facing crises has been to insist on increased austerity, arguing that fiscal discipline is a necessary precondition to prosperity. But that translates into enormous suffering for millions of people, strengthens the appeal of left-wing critics of free-market economies and weakens governments that have made the changes Washington is urging.
''It's easy at the top to say cut back on expenditures, but it is hard when you are a politician and the unemployment rate is 18 percent,'' said Joseph E. Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001.
Latin America ''is not like the United States where you have a social safety net,'' he added. ''Firing a worker has enormous economic and social consequences.''
From 1980 to 2000, per capita incomes in Latin America grew at only one-tenth the rate of the previous two decades, when governments followed more interventionist and protectionist policies.
In a report that came out early this month, the Economic Commission for Latin America forecast no immediate improvement, saying that Latin America's economy will actually contract nearly 1 percent this year, largely because of the implosion of Argentina's economy.
Despite its reluctant approval of bailouts in Brazil and Uruguay this month, the Bush administration continues to be baffled as to a long-term solution to that problem.
Asked during a news conference in Argentina this week why Latin Americans were increasingly rejecting the magic recipe of privatization, lower tariffs and increased foreign investment, Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill replied, ''I have no idea.'' When it was suggested to him that such policies were not yielding the expected results, he said, ''I don't know of another plausible answer, do you?''
Mr. O'Neill appeared to offer free trade as the panacea for the region's current difficulties, referring repeatedly to Mr. Bush's approval of trade promotion legislation this week and the opportunities that offers. But Latin American officials consider that formula as simplistic as many of Mr. O'Neill's earlier declarations about the region.
''We're in so extreme a situation here right now that the banks won't even give us export credits,'' even when the banks are not at risk, a senior Argentine official said after Mr. O'Neill's departure.
''If all of our economies fall apart and have to rely on an I.M.F. life support system to survive,'' he said, ''there's not going to be anyone around for you to trade with.''Continue reading the main story


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- Fri Jan 11, 2013--During a Winter SOS Survey today I had two firsts. There was a MARBLED GODWIT (a first for winter) on the main beach with the Black-bellied Plover flock. Also in the Black-bellied Plover flock there were two ROCK SANDPIPERS. This was the first time I have ever seen them off the rocks and on the sand. A 7.5 high tide
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I apologise for what you might think is a trivial topic written by somebody who enjoys being stoned once in a while. The truth is that at the moment I don't know what to write about – thank God, I don't have to have access to the benefits system at the moment and the precarity of agency work etc is something that is so scary that I prefer not to think about it. So I decided to write about an issue within capitalism that is frequently overlooked.
I have been reading a fair bit of ICC literature recently and one of the concepts they talk about, which I think I have mentioned here before, is the decomposition of capitalism in its "decadent phase" as it gets closer and closer to its collapse (hopefully, or this may be wishful thinking!) – which is characterised by among other things, the increasing intrusion of illegal activity and criminal/mafia type groups into the state and the loss of differentiation between the "official" bourgeoisie who make their living through "legal" methods, and those who make a living by "illegal" methods. They would say a clear example of the sort of things they are talking about would be found in Mexico where the state is pretty much "just another gang" but also elsewhere in South America, parts of the US and the black ghettos where the CIA have been involved in drug smuggling, and of course the former Soviet Union.
Their argument is that while recreational drugs like weed, which has been in use longer than the bible, opium and even alcohol have been in use for a very long time, and the "official" capitalist structures have always been involved to some extent in the manufacture and sale of drugs – whether they are legal or illegal – since the end of the 1970s and the collapse of the Berlin Wall this phenomenon has massively increased – whereas before the bourgeoisie who took part in this sort of thing were able to control it, to contain it to certain "peripheral" areas – and in those areas were able to maintain strict control and a virtual monopoly, today they are no longer able to do so. To the extent that the drug trade and criminal activity now threatens their very authority. It is estimated that Mexican drug traffickers employ 25% more people than McDonalds does worldwide. In Mexico in 2007, the drug trade was the fifth largest employer in the country. The value of the illegal drugs trade in Guinea-Bissau is almost twice the country's legal GDP and in Puerto Rico, which is essentially a colony of the US, the drugs trade makes up 20% of GDP.
Choosing the drugs trade as a career means that, for a worker or small time seller, it can offer you the chance of higher wages because of the risks involved. Further, your income will – obviously – not be taxed and it can mean that you appear to have increased freedom under this system. Black market trade is real free market trade it offers you a very real chance, if you are lucky, of getting rich very quickly. For many Mexicans who enter the drugs trade, a lack of start-up capital prevents them from starting a business legally. One article on this subject praises the "business talent" in high security prisons and laments the fact that it is used in this industry and not for more acceptable entrepreneurial ends. And like any capitalist enterprise the exploitation of workers is the order of the day, with workers – many of them children – in illegal employment on cannabis farms with no rights and no access – for obvious reasons – to unions or the legal system.
If you think this could not happen here you need to think again. With the decline in social provisions in developed countries including this one a growing number of people are supplanting their income whether that is in work or on benefits within the drugs trade. In many areas the police turn a blind eye to dealing. Where my boyfriend lives in Corby there is high unemployment and large numbers of people are involved in selling drugs, mostly weed but harder stuff as well. It has become completely normalised and it frequently seems that nobody gives a shit about it.
To some extent the official institutions of capitalism has always been involved in activities they deem illegal or to be "social ills" – look for example at the booze industry in the 19th century in London or the people in law enforcement who were involved in prohibition in the states. The name "heroin" was originally a brand name for diamorphine by a German company and opium mixed with treacle was marketed as a children's medicine and sold to working class parents – which probably contributed to high levels of child mortality – under the name "Godfrey's Cordial". There are numerous prescription medicines today which are all perfectly legal but easy to develop an addiction to or to take unnecessarily.
The argument seems to be that these days they are less and less able to control it, that it intrudes further and further into the structure of the state at the highest level. Thus you get US soldiers guarding pallets of opium while their officers try desperately to justify the policy, you get large quantities of opium flown out of Afghanistan on military aircraft, and so on. Flights and "torture taxis" used to extraordinarily rendite people also being used to transport huge quantities of drugs.
And when a drugs bust takes place in this country – even when people are charged for possession of cannabis – the amount they are charged with possessing is frequently much less than the amount which was actually seized, as the police take it for themselves and either sell it back or use it for "personal use".
"It's a shockingly clear indictment of how the actual harms created by drugs are not necessarily to do with the drugs themselves. But more to do with the way they are prohibited, thus ensuring a buoyant black market which is worth trillions of dollars worldwide every single year. A truly massive industry dwarfing the likes of Microsoft and Google in terms of net annual worth. But unlike these two technology giants, the drug industry isn't run using computers. It's run by people who use guns and knives."
As the drugs trade makes up, at a conservative estimate at least, 1% of world GDP while higher estimates place it at between 5 and 6%, it makes little sense for the bourgeoisie to try and stamp it out completely. There is too much money involved and it is far too much of a social weapon which can be and is used to destroy solidarity and community – the CIA used it to break or to prevent the growth of the Black Panthers and other working class movements in largely black areas and the US state especially have used it to discipline and to criminalise vast swathes of the population. Drugs were also used as a weapon in Northern Ireland both by the British state and paramilitaries – today the lines between paramilitaries, especially loyalist ones, in Northern Ireland and drug gangs are very blurred.
Locking up people and using them for cheap labour well below market rates, with no labour rights coz if they resist they'll be put in isolation – 2 million people are locked up in the US, 25% of the world's prison population – also helps deliver profits for that section of the bourgeoisie involved in the prison industry, both state and private. It also – along with alcohol – saps people's motivation and ability to resist and to organise collectively. In Vietnam, a version of heroin was given to the troops in order to "placate demoralisation".
Drugs have played a terrible and sordid role in warfare in the last couple of centuries, whether it is waging war in order to literally guard these crops or give soldiers drugs in order to make them perform better. The CIA's notorious MK-Ultra mind control experiments were an attempt to try and control people's behaviour by giving them LSD among other "research chemicals". At Porton Down, servicemen were given LSD and other substances without their consent in an attempt to test "combat drugs". Treating them as equipment and mere lab rats rather than as men. Today the facility is involved in testing strains of cannabis for medical use and much of its work remains a secret, while the criminalisation of ordinary drug users continues. While three of the servicemen involved in these experiments won compensation in 2006, no criminal charges have ever been pursued.
For a lot of people drugs, both legal and "illegal" are a temporary escape from the brutality of capitalism. In a society where we are so alienated from each other it is inevitable that the drug trade will grow because of the companionship it can sometimes provide for drug users and the enjoyment that they are able to get back. However they are frequently not even that, they are a trap for their users who end up being used both as a source of profit for drug dealers and by the state. This article by What Next Journal (while it's a bit "trotty" in parts) describes some of the pitfalls in developing an approach to this problem, such as Militant's attempt at an anti-drug front group in the 1980s, and some of the measures that were taken by working class movements in the past, including the Irish socialist Jim Larkin and his involvement in the temperance movement.
Larkin is well known today for his political activities, but rather less known is the tireless campaigns he made during his life against drunkenness, the scourge of ports in Britain and Ireland. It was the practice of Larkin when he was a foreman never to pay the workers under him in the local pubs, as was the custom at the time, and where it gave the men ample opportunity to drink away their wages before they thought about their wives and children. Larkin undoubtedly made an error when he lined up organisationally with the various religious bigots in the temperance movement, but his basic attitude was progressive for the contemporary situation he faced.
We should place no trust in the police, or forces of "law and order" to stop drug dealing or drug misuse: these bodies, the police and courts, are, as part of the capitalist state and as representatives of the oppression of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie, part of the problem, and never part of the solution.
In the 19th Century, Marx quoted Montgomery Martin in reference to the "Opium Wars" in China at that time, and noted:
"Why, the 'slave trade' was merciful compared to the 'opium trade'. We did not destroy the bodies of the Africans, for it was in our immediate interest to keep them alive; we did not debase their natures, corrupt their minds, nor destroy their souls (Well, just a little, B). But the opium seller slays the body after he has corrupted, degraded and annihilated the moral being of unhappy sinners, while, every hour is bringing new victims to a Moloch which knows no satiety, and where the English murderer and Chinese suicide vie with each other in offerings at his shrine".
Huge sectors of the legal economy depend to a huge extent on the continued existence of this shadow economy, including law enforcement and the prison industry – and of course the healthcare industry and the companies which produce drugs used to treat addicts. A UN advisor even said that money from drugs and crime had prevented banks from failing during the onset of the crisis!
Keeping drugs illegal helps to keep prices inflated, thus helping the bulk of the profits to stay in the hands of drug dealers – or the state and its allies. Plainly a huge part of the state apparatus depends on the continued existence of the "drugs problem" – the same problem which is used to justify state terror and repression – and war. If a state is becoming a hub for drug-smuggling it is a "failed state" or at risk of becoming one – which may mean that some sort of "intervention" is justified. The well-documented drug-running activities of the KLA in the Kosovo war, overlooked by NATO, were used to justify war and racism by the Serbian state and still serve as a useful propaganda weapon for defenders of that campaign today – as they do for NATO countries in Afghanistan.
The arms trade is the cousin of the drugs trade. Drug smuggling helps to fund the activities of terrorist groups as well as states, despite the religious or for that matter "revolutionary" rhetoric of many of them. While part of the justification for the invasion of Afghanistan was to "smash" the heroin trade – despite the fact that production has risen by 61% – some Islamists justified the drug trade as a weapon against the West. Islamist propaganda identifies secularism and gay rights – and by implication non-religious working class movements in Muslim countries and elsewhere with Western imperialism, "limitless freedoms", a loss of "moral values", drug-taking and alcohol abuse – and promotes "tough laws to protect morality and health" in much the same way that campaigns against drugs in the US and UK frequently have reactionary overtones and support the very law enforcement industry that fuels and depends upon this trade, presenting the problem as a moral failing of individuals rather than a capitalist or economic one.
As long as capitalism continues people will be driven into drug addiction because of the misery the system produces and the desire to find an escape, as well as the erosion of community social support structures, however imperfect, and the complete lack in many areas of any sort of social provision. Drug addiction may be associated with those people who have "fallen through the cracks" for whatever reason but it is often just a way to cope with the extreme stress of working life, which means that middle-class moralising campaigns like the ones that try to get people to eat healthier when healthy food is unavailable or unaffordable are both patronising and do not work – and are frequently used to deny people benefits and healthcare "for their own good" and despite the rhetoric are only really beneficial to "the market", the state and the pharmaceutical and other companies like A4E and ATOS who will make money out of them – and ultimately the drug barons themselves as they feed off people's misery.
It is sickening to consider the hypocrisy of those in charge of the British state who claim to react with horror at the drug and alcohol habits of the victims of their system and their policies while snorting bloodstained coke and knocking back 40 pound wines from the cellar underneath the House of Commons which contains booze worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, while trying to introduce measures such as minimum pricing for alcohol, which will create business opportunities for for aspiring entrepreneurs to provide cheaper alternatives. Can't have all that "talent" going to waste when so much use could be made of it.
Even if drugs were legalised, dealers would still continue to make huge profits – if the government legalised and taxed, for example, a version of weed, people could simply go elsewhere as many currently do with booze and fags on the black market. It is not inconceivable that this could happen at some point in the near future, especially with weed. Legalisation on a capitalist basis – or even a state-capitalist basis, as some trot groups have called for with absurd demands for the illegal drugs trade to have "price committees" and be taken under the control of "workers and peasants" – could not provide any answers. It would simply mean that rather than dealers taking all of the profits, the state and private companies would take a far larger share than they do currently. I would not trust the state or a large company to sell me weed any more than I would trust a drug dealer in the street. In fact, maybe I would trust the drug dealer more, because in many cases they have grown it themselves.
Are companies such as "Carnage" who deliberately encourage people to do themselves serious damage at their drinking events, and whose organisers have used violence in the face of threats to their livelihood, really any "better" than people who sell illegal drugs? What about the universities, nightclubs, students unions and other companies who encourage people into dangerous levels of binge drinking and glorify the worst effects of alcohol abuse?
What about the huge pharmaceutical companies who make money out of selling people drugs which are addictive and which they frequently don't really need? Are "legal highs" and "research chemicals" really better than half of the stuff you can buy on the street? Would you want companies like Pfizer or British American Tobacco selling you smack? While well-intentioned drug legalisation campaigners often fall into the trap of thinking that "legal" would necessarily mean "safer" and "more regulated" when the behaviour of the vast industry devoted to both covertly selling illegal drugs and maintaining capitalism's fake "war" against them, and companies selling alcohol or even prescription drugs demonstrates otherwise. Campaigning for the legalisation of drugs is by no means inherently reactionary, despite the stances taken by some rather socially conservative far-left groups, but it is not inherently progressive either, as can be seen by US Republicans and libertarians calling for the legalisation of weed to become a "conservative issue" based on individual rights.
Absurd situations like the council who were forced to apologise after claiming cannabis was worse than heroin are an example of the hypocrisy, arrogance and ignorance of those parts of the state tasked with "tackling" and managing the drugs problem. Meanwhile the misery caused by drugs, both legal and illegal, and the military-industrial complex which declares "war" on them or talks about "harm reduction" or "zero tolerance" never ends – and that's the way that capital wants it, whether this or that drug is made legal or illegal.
But like any business even the trade in a relatively harmless crop such as weed is not free from iniquity, whether it is trafficking in people to work in their factories, the adulteration of cannabis resin or the contamination of weed with sand and other foul shit to increase the weight, and the complete disregard for human life shown by this part of the bourgeoisie as shown by stories of contaminated heroin and contaminated pills. When writing about the war on drugs honestly, there is always a risk of being seen as or unwittingly becoming an apologist for the trade. I hope I have not done that here.