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Parkinson's inspires artist's new direction
Fear filters through the rigid lines and searing swaths of color of "Stuck in the Night."
Wild, wide eyes peer out from the canvas, formed by swirling high-strung lines. Nostrils flare, and jagged ridges of orange, yellow and blue streak through.
"I call it emotional scratching onto the surface. It shows how I was feeling; you can tell I was going through a rough time. That's a lot of anxiety and sleeplessness. It's like my inner beast," said artist Wendell Lowe. "I'm trying to capture what my Parkinson's is like."
Parkinson's disease has forced Lowe to evolve as an artist. While it has robbed him of the ability to make detailed brush strokes and intricate drawings, it has also unlocked a creativity that he never knew existed in his mind.
The Indianapolis artist's work is more varied and eclectic than it had ever been before, with much of it representing the angst, the anxiety, the anger and the acceptance of his disease.
"My ideas are always flowing. With the changes going on in my brain, some things are degenerating. But as those cells are gone, something is tapping into my brain that has never been tapped into before," Lowe said. "There's this extra burst of creativity. I'm doing artwork that I never thought was possible."
Those pieces will be featured in a special exhibition starting April 7 at the Indiana Landmark Center's Rapp Family Gallery in Indianapolis.
Rows of plastic pill boxes, each compartment marked to represent a different day of the week, had been laid out in the front room of Lowe's home.
Those pills boxes are his lifeline, Lowe said. Forgetting to take the medication that keeps his Parkinson's disease in check can lead to a drastic deterioration of body control.
"If we don't stay on track, we really become a mess," Lowe said.
The importance of those boxes to a Parkinson's patient will be implemented into his next centerpiece artwork. Lowe plans to use the pill boxes in conjunction with a painting of Muhammad Ali, who famously battled Parkinson's disease until his death in 2016.
The painting, based on a photograph of Ali with his hands to his temples, will be adorned with the pill boxes. Ali's inspirational quotes and the negative symptoms of Parkinson's will be embodied in printed words hung on wires, all meeting at a central "third eye" on the painting.
The concept will focus on Ali's daily struggle with the disease, Lowe said.
"The third eye represents the inner-consciousness idea, things that are deep down into your psyche. Obviously, (Ali) had Parkinson's, and I wanted to do something to represent him," Lowe said.
Pill boxes feature prominently in what is Lowe's most recognized piece. "Day By Day," a stylized photograph made to look like a watercolor painting, features the boxes and pills as the central metaphor for Parkinson's disease.
The painting has been featured in national publications and Parkinson's awareness campaigns throughout the nation.
Lowe had a creative flair since he was a child, excelling in art during adolescence, high school and up through his time at Ball State University. He knew he wanted to use that talent in his adult life, and opted on graphic design as his career path.
He worked as a graphic designer for many years before transitioning into teaching art to emotionally disturbed teenagers through Indianapolis Public Schools. He also worked on his own projects — abstracts and pastels, painting unique furniture pieces as well as turning vintage televisions into fish tanks.
But in the span of two weeks in 2009, Lowe was given a devastating one-two punch that changed his life. He was noticing problems with his motor skills, aching muscles and a shuffling gait and slight shaking in his extremities, and after visiting the doctor, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
The thought of succumbing to an insidious neurological disorder that slowly would rob him of his body control was terrifying. But before he could even process what his new life would be like, Lowe received more bad news: a routine colonoscopy had revealed that he also has stage 3 colon cancer.
"It was way too much. I wanted to crawl into a hole and never leave. I was that depressed," he said. "But after a while, I had to come out to do something about everything."
Surgery to remove the cancer, hampered by complications from the operation, was followed by six months of chemotherapy. Lowe made it through the cancer treatment and is in remission. But he found that the Parkinson's disease has been exacerbated.
He was having trouble holding scissors, writing and demonstrating strokes during his art classes. When he started having difficulty keeping track of his schedule and which classes were being held where, Lowe knew it was time to refocus his life. He retired from teaching to devote himself to his artwork full-time.
"Cancer is like this alien inside of you. You just want it to go away and get out of there and never come back," Lowe said. "But Parkinson's is so much different. It's like a storm in the forecast. You know it's coming, but you don't know when and how it's going to hit. You suffer with it slowly building up."
Parkinson's disease doesn't allow for the fine skills needed for detailed painting and drawing anymore, so Lowe improvised.
He uses his fingers to paint.
Though his hands and legs tremor and shake, when he pushes down on the canvas with his fingers, he gets a smooth drawing.
"This is like advanced finger-painting," he said.
The works reflect Lowe's daily struggle with the disease. Times when he feels the shakiest and most stressed result in dark scenes with knotted and twisted lines and forms spread out on the canvas.
Other paintings, done when Lowe felt better, are more smooth and relaxed. One work displays a wide smile; even if his facial muscles won't always cooperate, Lowe still does have extreme happiness.
"Everything ends up subtly becoming a self-portrait of what I'm going through," he said. "With a lot of these, I don't have any pre-planning on what I want to draw. I start with something familiar like the eyes, and let my feelings go from there. It's amazing what shows up sometimes."
Art has been a life-saving outlet for Lowe. But his saving grace has been with Rock Steady Boxing, a fitness program aimed at people with Parkinson's disease.
Rock Steady Boxing creates workouts to help Parkinson's patients stay active. Research has shown that regular movement slows the progression of the disease, said Kristy Rose Follmar, head coach at Rock Steady Boxing.
"They are told when they're diagnosed that they're going to have to change their whole regimen and get on a better diet, be on a cocktail of medications and get on an exercise program," she said. "A lot of people don't know what that entails. What we've done is create a curriculum specific to those with Parkinson's disease."
The Rock Steady concept has spread from a single Indianapolis gym to more than 300 affiliates and programs throughout the world, including at The Social of Greenwood.
About two years ago, Lowe started attending Rock Steady Boxing sessions in northeast Indianapolis. The workouts gave him renewed energy, better mobility and seemed to stop the disease in its tracks.
"Before it, I was going to just to sit in a rocking chair and rust up. It saved my life," he said.
Lowe's story and artwork have converged to spotlight this upcoming show. He has been featured on local television and Indianapolis WFYI radio.
The fact that his work is getting so much reaction is rewarding. But Lowe also wants to use the opportunity to help those who have helped him.
Rock Steady Boxing is partnering with Lowe in presenting the exhibition, spotlighting April as Parkinson's Awareness Month. A portion of his sales from the evening will be donated to Rock Steady to support its mission as well.
"I hope that people come see the work and see the face of Parkinson's, see what I'm going through — and if that helps them, that's my whole idea," he said.
Wendell Lowe: This is My Parkinson's
What: An art show featuring the work of Indianapolis artist Wendell Lowe, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2009.
Where: Indiana Landmarks Center Rapp Family Gallery, 1201 Central Ave., Indianapolis
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday from April 7-21
Opening reception: April 7, 6 to 9 p.m. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.
Information: indianalandmarks.org
Rock Steady Boxing
Where: The Social of Greenwood
What: A class for people with Parkinson's disease to fight their disease by providing non-contact boxing-style fitness programs that improve their quality of life and sense of self-worth.
- Levels 1 and 2: 9:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday
- Levels 3 and 4: noon to 1:30 p.m. and 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday
- All levels: 2:30 to 4 p.m. and 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday; 1 to 2:30 p.m. and 3 to 4:30 p.m. Friday; 9:15 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday
Details: Prior to attending a class, participants must meet with our instructors for a 30-minute individual assessment and have their doctor complete a medical release prior to participating in their first class.
Cost: The cost of this assessment is $10, payable to the trainers. Classes cost $10 per session and punch cards for multiple classes can be purchased at a discount.
Information: Call Kristi Moore at 317-966-3417 to schedule an assessment.
The CLIMB
Where: Mount Pleasant Christian Church Community Life Center, 407 N. Bluff Road, Greenwood
What: An exercise program that allows Parkinson's patients the opportunity for physical recovery and prevention, and leaves room for reflection and connection.
When: 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, and 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Satuday.
Information: Contact Penny Clayton, wellness coordinator, firstname.lastname@example.com
Indiana Parkinson Foundation
What: An organization focused on advocating and improving the lives of people with Parkinson's disease
Information: indianaparkinson.org


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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Monday that it plans to participate in new military exercises with South Korea, the first direct military response from the United States to the sinking of a South Korean warship by what officials called a North Korean torpedo.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said U.S. forces will participate in an anti-submarine maneuver in "the near future." In a second planned exercise, U.S. units along with South Korea and possibly other regional allies will work to improve their ability to interdict cargo ships carrying arms or other prohibited materials to or from North Korea.
The exercises were announced Monday in Seoul by the South Korean defense ministry, following a nationwide address by President Lee Myung Bak in which he ordered a halt to most trade with the North, and closed all sea lanes between the nations.
Later Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon further intensified pressure on North Korea by declaring in New York that "there must be some measures taken" to respond to the North's attack. Ban didn't specify the steps.
An international investigation has held North Korea responsible for the sinking of the Cheonan, a South Korean naval vessel, on March 26. The apparent attack killed 46 South Korean sailors and represented what South Korean and U.S. officials consider a violation of the armistice between Pyongyang and Seoul that ended hostilities in the Korean War.
A growing international demand for a response is exerting pressure on a reluctant China, North Korea's most important ally, to support consideration of the issue by the U.N. Security Council.
U.S. and South Korean officials are meeting with the Chinese this week to try to persuade them to agree to Security Council deliberations. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appealed to Chinese officials in Beijing on Monday, but met resistance, officials said.
North Korea has denied it authorized a strike against the South Korean ship. But the upcoming anti-submarine exercise appears aimed at warning Pyongyang against any future attacks. The maritime interdiction exercise, as it is known, will hone efforts to halt weapons shipments.
Approximately 28,000 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea.

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Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said Ramsey Hachem performed Chris Simon's transplant.
Chris Simon's bucket list wasn't anything fancy.
He simply wanted to be able to ride a bike again. Or take a swim. Or go camping with friends.
"Stuff I used to do all the time," Simon said. "And all of a sudden it was taken away."
Those once simple joys were stolen by cystic fibrosis, the same disease that claimed his younger sister Emily's life in 2009.
The Simon family on Sunday will join millions of others around the world in celebrating Easter, a day symbolizing new beginnings. The holiday will have special significance for Chris, 26, who has another chapter dawning in his life after a double-lung/liver transplant several weeks ago.
"It's been a long ride," he said.
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that attacks organs in the body – most commonly the lungs. Two of Ron and Sarah Simon's three children were born with it.
Emily chose not to have the double-lung transplant she needed to extend her life. She died at the age of 19 in 2009.
After Chris was hospitalized twice in his senior year at Kansas State University, the disease seemed to go dormant for about a year. As medical tests showed his lungs were slowly failing, however, his doctor delivered painful news:
If he wanted to live, he would need a lung transplant.
A double blow
But that wasn't all. The cystic fibrosis had attacked his liver as well.
"Liver disease as a result of cystic fibrosis is not unusual," said Dr. Ramsey Hachem, medical director of the lung transplant program at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, who is Chris' pulmonologist. "In a small number of patients, they can develop end-stage liver disease."
In order to extend his life, Chris would need a double-lung and liver transplant – an operation performed only a handful of times a year in the United States.
He went on a waiting list in March 2013 and moved to St. Louis. He needed to be within an hour of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in case the call came.
His mother, Sarah, quit her job so she could be with him. Chris tried to keep life as normal as possible, including going to several baseball games when he was able to afford tickets.
His beloved Boston Red Sox even reached the World Series against the Cardinals. He yearned to get to a game when the series shifted to St. Louis.
His father has health insurance through his job, but the family was relying on money raised through donations and a variety of fundraisers put on by folks back in their hometown of Garden Plain to pay for rent, food and other living expenses.
But Chris couldn't bring himself to spend several hundred dollars for a ticket to the series. Considering it would come from people helping out the family in its time of need, he said, "I couldn't justify spending that kind of money."
Instead, he and his younger brother Dustin watched the games on television and soaked up the electricity of the World Series.
His Red Sox won.
"That," he said, "was really cool."
The call comes
He became ill in early February and had to be hospitalized. At one point, he was placed on a ventilator. He would not be released for nearly two weeks.
"We spent the night at home," his mother said. "We got the call the next day."
They were told to return to the hospital for his transplant. The operation was performed the next day, on Feb. 19.
During a routine medical procedure the day after the transplant, an air bubble went to Chris' brain.
"We get this call saying he may have had a stroke," Sarah Simon said. "There's a major change in his mental status. My husband went in there and he didn't really know him or know of him."
Chris was airlifted to another hospital in St. Louis and placed in a hyperbaric chamber for six hours.
"I only remember bits and pieces of it," Chris said. "That was probably the scariest part of the ordeal. I didn't understand what was going on.
"I assumed the worst."
Aided by the hyperbaric chamber, Chris' body absorbed the air bubble. His recovery resumed and accelerated.
"I remember my wife saying, 'Everything is going so good. When is the bad going to happen?' " Ron Simon said.
The answer came within a matter of hours. Chris was about to be released from the hospital when he began complaining of shortness of breath.
A fresh round of X-rays led to a bronchoscopy, which revealed one of his new lungs was failing. He would need another transplant to survive.
"I was so upset" at the doctors, Sarah Simon said. "I said, 'You just told me that he could go home!' "
Looking back, family members now say, leaving the hospital would likely have cost Chris his life.
The second transplant
The second double-lung transplant, on March 8, was so hard on Chris' body that he nearly died anyway.
One nurse later told Chris that, after seeing him the day after his second transplant, "I didn't think you were going to make it."
His mother wasn't sure he'd survive, either.
"I went in after all this happened and I told him, 'I love you so much. If you don't want to go through with this, I totally understand,' " she said.
It was her way of giving her son permission to let go.
But Chris didn't want to die.
"I'm gonna fight," he told himself on those dark days after the second transplant.
To boost Chris' spirits, a nurse suggested the family bring Cooper, his corgi dog, into his room at the ICU.
"He was so down, he was in such pain," Sarah said of her son.
They brought Cooper in perhaps three times, she said.
"It really made a big difference, I'm telling you," Sarah Simon said. "They were calling him the miracle dog."
Knowing he loved Kansas State, nurses at the hospital made him a K-State blanket and brought it to his room, Sarah Simon said. An X-ray tech who shares Chris' love of comics brought him comic books to read.
'She'd be proud of me'
Chris admitted he was surprised by how weak he was after the second transplant.
"I had to relearn to walk," he said. "I had to relearn pretty much everything. I felt like a little baby, starting fresh."
Chris said he thought about Emily often during his ordeal.
"I think she'd be proud of me," he said.
Sarah Simon said her daughter initially decided not to have a transplant, but later changed her mind. By then, however, it was too late.
"I wasn't even aware that she declined it until about a year ago," Chris said. "I just couldn't understand why she wouldn't want to extend her life.
"After going through it, I completely understand why you wouldn't want to. It's not what I thought it was going to be."
Chris began to stabilize and gain strength. But progress came slowly, leaving him frustrated.
"I had to remind him, 'You were run over a truck, and then they backed over you again,' " Sarah Simon said, referring to the transplants.
Hachem said Chris' bumpy road to recovery is no surprise.
"These were big operations that he had and it's hard to recover from any one of those operations – never mind multiple," Hachem said. "I think he's coming along OK and slowly heading in the right direction, which is really what we all want."
Small steps represent major milestones.
About a month after his second operation, Chris went for a walk in the hospital. It was his first walk without being attached to an oxygen canister in more than two years.
"Just getting rid of that feels amazing in itself," he said. "It's been a long while."
He couldn't go anywhere in recent years without a portable oxygen container tucked in a book bag that he slung over his back.
"Every time I went outside the house, I had to take that backpack with me," he said. "It just feels so good to walk around without that on my back. It's literally a weight off my back."
Chris has to remain in St. Louis for three months of pulmonary rehabilitation before he can return to Garden Plain. But he'll come home on the occasional weekend for special events – including watching Dustin graduate from Garden Plain High School next month.
Dustin talks of going into medicine.
Seeing his brother and sister battle cystic fibrosis and what doctors did to help them "inspired him," Chris said.
Saying 'thank you'
Chris and his family are grateful for the residents of Garden Plain who held special events to raise money for the family's expenses.
Chris calls the support from folks back home "insane."
"Friends I haven't heard from in forever, people I don't even know constantly asking how I'm doing," he said. "People sending donations or food (to family) back home. People saying prayers or asking if there's any way they can help.
"It's been humbling."
Saying "thank you" for all that support somehow doesn't seem like enough, said Ron Simon, his father.
"I don't know what to do to make them realize how much we do appreciate this," Ron Simon said. "I don't think there's any way you could ever repay them."
There is one particular item on Chris' list of things to do that he already has his eyes on.
He's always wanted to go to a game at Fenway Park, home of his beloved Red Sox. He has an aunt whose brother lives in Boston, he said, and she's told him, "As soon as you get those lungs, we're going out there."
There's no telling how long this bonus chapter of his life will last, but Chris said he intends to make the most of it.
Along with enjoying those simple pleasures taken from him by cystic fibrosis, there's something else he'll have to do from now on.
He'll need to celebrate two birthdays each year, transplant nurses told him and his family: the day he was born – Oct. 17 – and the day he received his lung transplant – March 8.
"They call that his second birthday," his father said.
It was the day he received new life.


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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, APPELLEE,v.EARL ROBINSON, APPELLANT.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Champaign County; the Hon.
Birch E. Morgan, Judge, presiding.
The defendant was convicted of the crime of murder by a jury verdict in the circuit court of Champaign County. A sentence of 50 to 100 years in the penitentiary was imposed. He has appealed directly to this court under the then-existing Illinois Supreme Court Rule 603 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 110A, par. 603), and because of the time this case has been pending, we will retain jurisdiction of it.
The defendant raises two issues on appeal. First, he complains that the trial court erred in failing to give his requested jury instruction on accomplice testimony because two of the State's witnesses were allegedly accomplices. Second, he complains that the sentence imposed is excessive and should be reduced or vacated and the cause remanded for resentencing under the Unified Code of Corrections. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 1001-1-1 et seq.
These issues require that the factual circumstances surrounding the homicide be detailed. Robert L. Dickey drove a cab for the Radio Cab Company. He died early on the morning of April 15, 1968, as the result of a single gunshot wound to the head. The defendant, Earl Robinson, was charged by indictment with his murder.
Shortly before midnight on the evening of April 14, 1968, Dickey was dispatched by radio to pick up passengers at the Illini Union Building in Urbana, Illinois. His body was later found in his cab in the 1200 block on West Dublin Street in Urbana. The fare box contained $10.35 in cash, and a search of the scene failed to produce any suspects or eyewitnesses to the killing. The murder weapon was never found, although it was established from the slug removed from Dickey's head that it was a .38-caliber revolver.
The testimony revealed that two young men, Willie Hunter and Larry Ross, met the defendant by chance on the night of April 14, 1968, on Poplar Street in Urbana, and the three of them then went to the Illini Union Building to see if a dance was being held there. No dance was being held and nothing else happened there which was of interest to them. About midnight they went to the front desk in the lobby of the Union Building to call a taxicab. The desk attendant on duty at the time recalled seeing three black youths and directing them to a telephone at the desk from which one of them placed a call to the Radio Cab Company. The attendant could not describe the young men in any detail.
A dispatcher on duty for the Radio Cab Company received a call at 11:57 or 11:58 that night from a party wishing to have a cab come to the Illini Union Building. He did not recognize the voice on the telephone, but dispatched radio cab number 21 thereto, which cab was driven by Robert L. Dickey.
Willie Hunter and Larry Ross testified that approximately 5 to 10 minutes after the call had been placed, the cab arrived, and Hunter, Ross and the defendant got into it; that they all sat in the rear seat Hunter on the right, Ross in the middle and the defendant on the left, directly behind the driver.
An employee of the Illini Union's billiard room testified that as he was leaving the building that night with a friend he saw three black youths, whom he could not identify, get into a Radio Cab Company taxicab at about 12:10. Larry Ross, who placed the call for the cab, said that he did not contemplate that all three would take the cab, but Hunter and Robinson asked if they could ride along, and the defendant had asked to be dropped off on Dublin Street. Once the three were in the taxicab, Ross testified that it was the defendant who directed the driver to turn off on Dublin Street.
Willie Hunter testified that the cab came to a stop in front of 1206 1/2 Dublin Street. Hunter then lived on Beech Street, one block to the north of where the cab stopped. When it had come to a stop, both Hunter and Ross testified that the defendant produced a .32- or .38-caliber revolver and demanded the driver's money. Hunter denied having any prior knowledge that the defendant was carrying a gun, and indicated that he made no effort to intervene after the defendant produced the gun. Both Hunter and Ross testified that the defendant was holding the gun in his right hand when the driver made a sudden movement of his arms.
According to Hunter, the driver turned to the right and threw both arms up, and his left hand rested near the right side of his face with the palm toward the face. Ross testified that the driver's right arm contacted the gun, knocked it around so that the barrel was pointed momentarily at him (Ross); and that such action had taken place in just one motion, and there was no struggle between the driver and the defendant. Both Hunter and Ross testified that the defendant then shot the driver, discharging the gun once. That shot first entered the driver's left hand from the palm side, exiting through the back and then entered the head at the right temple. There were no powder burns in the immediate area of the head wound.
Hunter and Ross testified that immediately after the shot was fired, the three of them ran from the cab toward Willie Hunter's house on Beech Street.
A woman living at 1206 1/2 Dublin Street heard what she described as something "like a bump," a car running into a curb, or a "boom," between midnight and 12:30 a.m. She went to the door and saw a Radio Cab Company taxicab standing at the curb with the driver sitting in it with the right door of the cab standing open. She called the police, who arrived at 12:30 a.m. and found the body of Robert L. Dickey slumped over in the driver's seat, the cab lights and motor on, and the fare meter still running.
Hunter and Ross testified that when they and the defendant arrived at Hunter's house, Ross asked the defendant why he did it; and that the defendant answered that it looked like "we was game for anything." Hunter stated that this conversation with the defendant took place in his backyard and that the defendant remained there only five to six minutes, and never entered the house. Ross testified that the three of them went directly into the house after running from the cab and that they were together inside the house for 45 minutes ...
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Recall the days of yesteryear, when in 2008 it was absurdly ridiculous for Americans to consider electing a president with absolutely no qualifications whatever, so hardline Leftist he approved his Communist preacher praying for God to damn America, so mysterious he didn't even have a valid birth certificate, simply because of the color of his skin.
Yet he was elected anyway, as no criticism mattered; if you dared criticize him, you were a racist. Once in the Oval Office, he initiated the most scandal-ridden presidency in US history – and none of that mattered as well. He proceeded to "fundamentally transform" our country straight into a cultural cesspool. Any objection to him and his policies was proof you were a racist bigoted homophobe, something irredeemably deplorable. . .
Which brings us to something called the Overton Window. . .
The late Joseph Overton at the Mackinac Center defined his eponymous window as the range of politically acceptable discourse on any given issue. The Left used its demonization of any critic of Zero's to so radically shift the Window in their direction that formerly unimaginably ludicrous demands, such as transgenderizing the military, became the norm.
Trump is still four weeks away from his inauguration, he's only President-elect, yet already he's moving the Overton Window in our direction so fast it's giving us all whiplash. . .
"When the meaning of language changes, that is a much bigger deal than a mere election. This is more evidence of a truly seismic shift in the Overton Window of what constitutes acceptable political discourse."
An Overton Window tipping point has been tipped, and the liberals are rapidly skidding over the edge of the cliff onto the ash heap of history far below. They don't know it yet; their foot is still hard on the gas. Go, baby, go!". . .
Thirty years ago, I . . . predicted that the Soviet Union would collapse and cease to exist as a nation-state, that it . . . was brittle, such that . . .with the right pressure in the right places, one moment it would be intact and unyielding, the next moment it would suddenly shatter into pieces.
That happened with the pressure Ronald Reagan placed upon it. Now, with the pressure Donald Trump is placing upon the Left's institutional control of our culture and lives, what happened to the Soviet Union is going to happen to the American Left.
We are going to have a superbly Deplorable New Year!. . .
Yesterday (12/22), the WaPo provided a preview of how fundamental will be Trump's Overton Window shift: The coming battle between the Trump team and economists over the true cost of climate change. . .
Global Warming aka Climate Change is the single most important issue of the Left. They'll throw every other issue dear to their hearts overboard to save it. Why?
Because it's the replacement for Marxism as the rationale for government control over everyone's life. The purpose of every leftie's life is to have control over other people's lives. Not freedom, not prosperity, but control. Running people's lives is what they live for. . . Communists, socialists, fascists, liberals, progressives, Democrats, are not and were never committed to Marxism at their ideological core. It just provided the best excuse they could get away with for ordering people around. . . and what better one could there be than a demonization of the basic element of which life itself is composed – carbon?
It was brilliant, allowing them to pull off the greatest scam in history, spending literally trillions of dollars subsidizing crony capitalist renewable energy frauds like windmills, enabling vast hordes of greenies to feed at taxpayers' expense, and bribing throngs of scientists to prostitute themselves with fraudulent research.
That's why Trump's kneecapping of the scam is going to cause the greatest Global Leftie Freakout you've ever seen, . . .worldwide. . . Soon, Warmism – man-made global warming – will be gone with the wind. That may well turn out to be Trump's greatest Overton Window shift of all. . .
But now, believe it or not, is a word in praise of Zero.
In his end-of-the-year press conference last Friday (12/16), he said . . ."The Russians can't change us or significantly weaken us. They are a smaller country, they are a weaker country, they're economy doesn't produce anything that anybody wants to buy except oil and gas and arms. They don't innovate."
That is precisely and obviously true. . .
The alleged Trump-Putin "bromance" the Enemedia is pumping up will soon be over once Putin fails at bluffing or intimidating Trump.
That's already started this week. Yesterday (12/22), Putin gave a talk at the Kremlin. The headline was: Putin Calls for Strengthening Russia's Military Nuclear Potential.
Within hours, Trump fired off this Tweet:
The Donald is not going to fall for the Russian Bear bully act. Note that Pooty-poot is getting the message. Today (12/23) he cooed, "If Trump invites me to travel to the United States, I will of course go." Off to a good start, Donald.
This is going to be interesting!
Between Brandon Smith's elite-powered undermining of the global economy, and Dr. Jack's real politik gamesmanship, "The Times They Are A-Changing", as Bobby D. would say!
Talk amongst yourselves! I'm going to have a stout Single Malt on the rocks, and raise a toast to the new day dawning, however it unfolds!
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and I am ready to put a stamp on winter. I survived. Yep, I was able to keep up with my training regime without any major misses in workouts. Last was the only week that I missed a couple workouts. One 4 hour endurance ride and a shorter endurance ride but I hit all my hard interval workouts.
This weekend I will test my legs down in Kansas at the Perry Dam race. The plan is to get down there early for the Master's race and then ride the Cat 1/2/3 race. I believe I am ready to do this race. The distance is no problem with the Master's race being only 20 miles followed by the 30 mile Category race. I am a bit worried about the hill. Just the one hill to the dam but we hit it once every 5 mile lap. I can sit here an tell ya that it is only a training race but if I don't do well it will affect(effect?) my mood. I am not going to taper for this race either. Tomorrow is a long endurance ride.
Let the road racing begin!!
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India has agreed to sell part of its stake in the country's largest carmaker, Maruti Udyog, to the company's venture partner, the Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan, as it moves ahead with efforts to sell government-held assets. The government will reduce its stake in Maruti to 45.5 percent from 49.7 percent through the sale. Suzuki will pay 4 billion rupees ($85 million) and raise its ownership to 54.2 percent. The government plans to divest the rest of its stake by selling shares to the public over the next two years. Maruti, which is run by Suzuki, controls about two-thirds of the Indian market. Saritha Rai (NYT)Continue reading the main story
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Jane Plant was 42 with three young children when she first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987.
After going through many operations – a mastectomy, 12 sessions of chemotherapy and 35 radiotherapy treatments, and despite everything, she was still left with a lump the size of half a boiled egg.
The cancer had relapsed for the fifth time, and she was given only 2 more months to live. Although she was devastated by that harsh prognosis, she didn't take it as a death sentence.
After her husband Peter, who is a scientist, had returned from a trip to China, they started researching why so few Chinese women get breast cancer (their incidence of the disease is one in 100,000), and what was different about their way of life, and they concluded that they just didn't have any dairy products in their diet.
So Jane decided to dedicate herself to following a predominantly Chinese diet.
"I eliminated all dairy produce from my diet immediately – I had been eating organic yoghurt to help my digestive tract recover from the chemotherapy, but I also threw out anything containing milk products, from biscuits to soups and even some forms of margarine. Within days, the lump began to itch, then to soften and shrink, until, after six weeks, it had vanished altogether." says Jane.
"Cancer is such a clever disease that you have to use everything at your disposal to tackle it. I recommend that people use my diet and lifestyle factors to help them through procedures such as chemotherapy, and to give them some awareness of the factors that you can control in your diet and lifestyle," – says Jane.
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"What I believe I've done is to go back and establish the root cause of breast and prostate cancer. That's what I've been trained to do throughout my career as a scientist – to find the fundamental cause. Conventional therapy deals with the symptoms of cancer – the tumors – but my regime goes further", she adds.
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Course Spotlight: Glen Dornoch is Easy on the Eyes
The 16th hole at Glen Dornoch offers one of the most dramatic views in all of Myrtle Beach golf.As players bring clubs to the bag drop, their eyes are naturally drawn to the Intracoastal Waterway, which meanders by Glen Dornoch on its way to the nearby Atlantic Ocean. When players check in, it's almost impossible not to look out over the double-green the ninth and 18th holes share and admire the backdrop the water provides.
Long after leaving the course, the eighth, ninth, 16th, 17th and 18th holes, which bring golfers to the edge of the waterway, stir memories. The Intracoastal runs from Maine to Florida, and the more than half-mile stretch that runs alongside Glen Dornoch defines the Clyde Johnston design.
Boats pass by the clubhouse almost as often as golf balls find a watery grave, and on the other side of the Intracoastal, only undisturbed wetlands and trees block a view of the Atlantic. The scenery puts Glen Dornoch in any discussion involving the most scenic Myrtle Beach golf courses.
Pretty as the course may be, people come to the Little River layout for golf, and Glen Dornoch delivers on that account as well.
The course, which opened in 1996, isn't exceedingly long, playing 6,890 yards from the tips, but it's plenty challenging. Most players play from the blue (6,446 yards) or white tees (6,035 yards), but don't let the "lack" of yardage lull you into playing from a set of tees your game can't handle.
Some layouts need length as a defense; Glen Dornoch isn't one of them. The course was one of Johnston's first independent designs and he crafted a layout that rewards creativity and shot-making. Pulling the driver on every tee isn't a recipe for success as wetlands and/or water come into play on the final 14 holes.
Playing from the blue tees only three of the 10 par 4s play more than 400 yards, including the final two, and that number drops to one when playing the whites (something you should do if your handicap is over 15).
The short par 4s challenge golfers to be accurate off the tee and find the right spots in the fairway, but they don't take the driver completely out of the bag. Glen Dornoch invites players to get off to a fast start as none of the first three holes – all par 4s – play more than 342 yards from the blue tees. For long-hitters, No. 2 and No. 3 are birdie opportunities.
The inviting nature of the opening holes stands in contrast to the difficulty of 16, 17 and 18, holes almost universally regarded as among the most scenic and difficult on the Grand Strand. But that's part of the fun. At times players wear down toward the end of the round and turn their attention toward the 19th hole, that doesn't happen at Glen Dornoch .
"It keeps you in the round because you want to see how you do on the last three," Jason Himmelsbach, Glen Dornoch's marketing director said. "Even if you don't finish exactly how you want, it's a great test and it keeps your game focused."
The holes along the Waterway provide the take-home memories, but Glen Dornoch is solid throughout. Here is a closer look at what the Johnston design offers:
Par 3s
The 17th is one of Glen Dornoch's signature holes. It plays 182 yards from the blue tees and 164 from the whites. According to the scorecard, it's the second easiest hole on the back nine, but the scorecard can't measure the visual intimidation of the wetlands and the wind coming off the Atlantic.
The front side par 3s, No. 4 and No. 7, give players a chance to score. No. 4 is the course's shortest hole, playing just 155 yard from the blue tees and 137 yards from the whites. The redan green is inviting and there is nothing tricky. Just play the yardage and hit a good shot. The seventh (176 yards/166 yards) is much the same. Bunkers on the left pose potential problems, but players don't have to thread the needle to score here.
Wetlands factor in on No. 14, but if you favor the left side there is plenty of margin for error. It's the easiest hole on the back nine, and players need to take advantage.
Par 4s
Length isn't required to play Glen Dornoch's par 4s well. Accuracy, on the other hand, is a must. Players that can hit the ball between 200 and 225 yards and do so accurately will have opportunities at Glen Dornoch. There is only one front nine par 4 that plays more than 400 yards and that is the knee-knocking ninth.
No. 9 plays 420 yards from the blues and 406 from the whites, and the Intracoastal runs along the entire right side. The hole will make players with a slice wake-up at night with cold sweats.
The first three holes are all short par 4s and players should take advantage.
The back nine offers opportunity, particularly on the 330-yard, 12th hole, but the closing par 4s, No. 16 and No. 18, are among the course's most challenging. The 16th hole, which plays down hill, is one of Glen Dornoch's best and most dramatic.
The 18th forces a difficult decision. Played conventionally, no. 18 is a dogleg left with a landing area that is difficult to hit, but Johnston gives players the opportunity to cut the corner, though it's an all or nothing proposition. It's approximately 161 yards to clear the wetlands from the white tees and 220 from the blues. The distance needed to clear the wetlands isn't great but there is no room for a bailout and there is sand on both sides of the fairway.
Players that attack the hole conventionally are left with a 175-yard approach into what is often a left-to-right wind. Given the difficulty of that shot, it's worth it to try and cut the corner.
Par 5s
Glen Dornoch's par 5s don't give up birdies easily. The course, taken as a whole isn't long, but the par 5s require strength. The fifth hole plays 532+ yards from all three sets of non-senior tees and wetlands are a factor throughout. It's is a three-shot hole under all circumstances. Play your second shot to the left side of the fairway (but beware of the creek) for the best angle into a deep green.
The Intracoastal comes into sight for the first time on No. 8, a long par 5 (540 blue tees/512 white tees) that features abundant elevation changes. The fairway isn't exceedingly wide but take a crack with the driver and the opportunity to get home in two might avail itself.
The 10th is reachable in two (508 blue/472 white) but wetlands that dissect the fairway leave a second shot of nearly 250 yards, so it's far from given.
The most difficult hole on the backside is the par 5 13th. The dogleg left has water running along the left side and requires a demanding second shot. With water on the left, it's easy for players to push their second shot right and into the trees. Keep it in the middle and don't get greedy here.
The Verdict: Glen Dornoch is beautiful and challenging. The holes along the waterway provide players with the coastal golf experience they can't get at home, and the inland holes help consolidate Glen Dornoch's reputation as a Myrtle Beach golf favorite.
Glen Dornoch is a course you will tell your friends about long after you've returned home, and that's the highest form of praise for a course you are traveling to play.
3 Best Holes At Glen Dornoch
The 17th green at Glen Dornoch is one of the most scenic on the Myrtle Beach golf scene.Glen Dornoch has provided some of Myrtle Beach golf's best visuals since it opened in 1996. Five holes play along the Intracoastal Waterway and designer Clyde Johnston maximized the available land, creating a layout that is near the top of many play lists.
We consulted with Glen Dornoch's marketing director, Jason Himmelsbach, who has played the course hundreds of times, for one man's opinion on the course's three best holes. Himmelsbach happily obliged.
The eighth has considerable elevation change, enhancing the view of the Intracoastal, and it helps gives long hitters the opportunity to go for the green in two. It's not difficult to figure why it's the best hole on the course, in Himmelsbach's opinion.
No. 16 – 431-yard, par 4: The 16th doesn't play as long as the yardage suggests because it's all downhill. The hole's second shot is one of the most dramatic on the Myrtle Beach golf scene, overlooking native wetlands and the Intracoastal with a green that offers little room for error off in the distance.
Note of caution: pay special attention to distance control on the downhill tee shot. The crest of the fairway is approximately 250 yards from the tee boxes. Players that fly the crest will likely see their tee shots tumble into a bunker, leaving an extraordinarily difficult second shot, or end up in the wetlands.
The 16th isn't easy, but it's a hole no one forgets.
No. 17 – 212-yard, par 3: Again, the Intracoastal provides a memorable backdrop and the passing boats can, temporarily, take your mind off a challenging tee shot. The green is enveloped on three sides by wetlands, and a huge mound, sprinkled with bunkers, is on the right.
What do you need to know before hitting your tee shot?
"Take an extra club, no matter what the wind is doing, because the trees block the tee box," Himmelsbach says. "When you get up (above the trees), it's more open (and the wind can be blowing)."
5 Things You Need To Know About Glen Dornoch
The 15th hole at Glen Dornoch, a short par 4, rewards players that hit the left side of the fairway.Glen Dornoch is one of the most challenging and scenic courses on the Myrtle Beach golf market, wowing players with views of the Intracoastal Waterway while forcing them to think their way around the course.
It's the type of layout where a little local knowledge is beneficial, and we are here to help. Here are five things that will help you enjoy your experience at Glen Dornoch.
1. What is the Most Important Club in the Bag?: Positioning off the tee at Glen Dornoch is key, not length. Whether it's a 3-wood, a 5-wood or a hybrid, whatever you can hit 200 to 225 yards, with a degree of accuracy, is the most important club in your bag. Find the fairway!
3. Myrtle Beach's toughest finishing stretch?: There is an argument to be made that the finishing holes at Glen Dornoch are Myrtle Beach's toughest. The three closing holes offer stunning views of the Intracoastal Waterway, but wind, wetlands and water require players to be at their best. Conversely, if you are trailing by a few shots, you will have the opportunity to make up ground.
4. Clear Thinking and Shot-Making Are Rewarded: As previously mentioned, Glen Dornoch isn't a bomber's course. Course management and good shot-making skills are exponentially more valuable than distance. Examine the yardage book and play smart, and you will put yourself in position to score well.
5. Play the 19th Hole: No matter how you play, make sure you take the time to enjoy the beverage or snack of your choice on the clubhouse deck. The double-green the ninth and 18th hole share and Intracoastal Waterway are just yards from the clubhouse. There are few better scenes in all of Myrtle Beach golf.


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Depends why your on the Cymbalta. I am on for chronic pain so figure I will continue to take until it stops working. I am on 40mg. What has your doctor told you?
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I love my brows. A bit of a weird admission, I know - but they are full (read; big) and have a good shape to them and whilst the hair there seems to grow at a ridiculous pace, they aren't bad as far as brows go. Along with making sure my base, lashes and lips are sorted when I get ready to go out, my brows are equally important.
I've used pencils for filling in major gaps before (over plucking in early teens, hello!) and occasionally powders - but my top picks are brow gels. I've been using clear brow gels for an age - Collection and MUA do nice and cheap clear gels - but until recently I couldn't find any tinted brow gels in the drug store /high street(apart from online from E.L.F - but my shade was always sold out,) until now anyway - a recent release from Maybelline has answered my brow related prayers...
The Maybelline Brow Drama (sculpting brow mascara - mouthful right?) aims to act like a gel to hold rogue brow hairs in place and tint so brows look fuller in sparser areas negating the need for a powder or pencil.
For me, it works beautifully and holds all day - but I don't have any large sparse areas, say if you had a scar and hairs don't grow in that particular area - so you'd still probably need a pencil for that - but the dark brown shade is nice and cool toned so doesn't come off reddy or orange (I may dye my hair copper/red but my eyebrows are black/brown,) - and I think the colour would work for black haired ladies too. They have two other colours in the range - a deep blonde and a medium brown. It would obviously pay to swatch in store on your hand. Of course the medium brown may work red haired ladies, so it's worth taking a look.
All in all - I'm pleased with this purchase. It costs £4.99 at Boots - but it seems to be selling pretty quickly and going out of stock, so it may be worth popping in store to buy.
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Canada vs. Latvia: Preview and Prediction for 2014 Olympic Hockey GameFebruary 18, 2014
Canada vs. Latvia: Preview and Prediction for 2014 Olympic Hockey Game
On one hand is a country for which any result besides the gold medal will represent extreme disappointment. On the other is a country that, thanks to a dramatic upset victory over Switzerland, has already surpassed its best result in history simply by making it as far as the quarterfinals.
While the likely conclusion to any game between Canada and Latvia might seem self-evident, heavy favorites have been upset before.
In 2002, Canada may not have won gold if not for the fact that a dominant Swedish team fell to lowly Belarus in the quarterfinals. Could Latvia do to Canada what Belarus did to Sweden?
Read on for viewing information, starting lineups and what Latvia needs to do if it is to accomplish the unthinkable.
Statistics are courtesy of IIHF.com and EliteProspects.com and current through Feb. 18 unless otherwise noted.
TV and Live Stream Info
The game starts Wednesday, Feb. 19 at noon ET and will be both streamed and broadcast live in the United States and Canada. In the United States, viewers can watch on MSNBC, while CBC will carry the contest live in Canada.
For live Internet streams, go to NBCOlympics.com in the U.S. and Olympics.CBC.ca in Canada.
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Can Canada Win Decisively?
In an elimination game, one would think that simply winning would be all that matters. Because the opposition is Latvia, however, the Canadians will be judged not just based on the final result but also by how the team looks in attaining it.
If it scores early and often, nervousness over the team's ability to score against the suffocating defense employed at this level will ease. If it can't, it may enter its next game as the perceived underdog.
How Far Can Latvia Go?
The Latvian team has already earned its best finish ever in Olympic hockey. The win over Switzerland was a major upset. A win over Canada, however, would be nothing short of utterly shocking and a major milestone for the country, providing a massive boost to its hockey program.
Will Sidney Crosby's Line Start Clicking?
The Canadian Press (h/t TSN.ca) reports that Sidney Crosby will once again enter a game with new linemates. After being banished to the bottom six, Pittsburgh Penguins teammate Chris Kunitz returns to the top line alongside Crosby and converted center Patrice Bergeron.
"We've changed our lines, in my opinion, same as last Olympics—too much," coach Mike Babcock said Tuesday (via NHL.com). "We're trying to find the right way."
Kunitz is pointless in the tournament and none of the line's three forwards have a goal yet.
Team Canada Projected Lineup
- Chris Kunitz—Sidney Crosby—Patrice Bergeron
- Jamie Benn—Ryan Getzlaf—Corey Perry
- Patrick Sharp—Jonathan Toews—Jeff Carter
- Patrick Marleau—John Tavares—Rick Nash
- Martin St. Louis
- Duncan Keith—Shea Weber
- Marc-Edouard Vlasic—Drew Doughty
- Jay Bouwmeester—Alex Pietrangelo
- Dan Hamhuis
- Carey Price
- Roberto Luongo
Team Latvia Projected Lineup
- Kaspars Daugavins—Zemgus Girgensons—Martins Karsums
- Lauris Darzins—Janis Sprukts—Mikelis Redlihs
- Ronalds Kenins—Vitalijs Pavlovs—Martins Cipulis
- Koba Jass—Herberts Vasiljevs—Miks Indrasis
- Arturs Kulda—Oskars Bartulis
- Sandis Ozolins—Arvids Rekis
- Georgijs Pujacs—Kristaps Sotnieks
- Krisjanis Redlihs—Ralfs Freibergs
- Edgars Masalskis
- Kristers Gudlevskis
Key Skaters
Oskars Bartulis, Latvia
Bartulis leads Latvia in ice time and is one of the few players on the roster with NHL experience, having played 66 games for the Philadelphia Flyers from 2009-11. The 6'3" defenseman is presently minus-three for the tournament, which is a result of being placed in a shutdown role and not always succeeding at it.
All of the Latvian defensemen will be tested against Canada, but likely none more than Bartulis.
Lauris Darzins, Latvia
Latvia's offense has to date largely come from 29-year-old left wing Lauris Darzins, who leads the team in shots (11), goals (3) and points (4). Listed at 6'3", 201 pounds, Darzins brings some size to the lineup, too.
He is a competent, if unspectacular, KHL winger, but has really emerged as the offensive leader of the Latvians.
Zemgus Girgensons, Latvia
The 20-year-old was the 14th overall selection of the Buffalo Sabres back at the 2012 NHL draft and has 17 points in the majors this season.
He has centered what has been either Latvia's first or second line and any offense Latvia is able to create that doesn't come from the Darzins unit is likely to come from his line.
Goaltender Breakdown
In net for Latvia is Edgars Masalskis, a 33-year-old journeyman who has bounced around top leagues in Europe and had a reasonably good career despite his 5'10" frame.
He also has a strong history at international events for the Latvians and has been particularly good in 2014. In three games during this year's tournament (two against the Swiss, one versus the Czechs), Masalskis has a 0.959 save percentage.
Canada will answer with Carey Price, an elite NHL goaltender who graduated pretty much straight from major junior to the NHL. Where Masalskis has done well to evolve into a competent professional in the European leagues, Price was NHL-ready early and emerged as one of the world's best goalies at a young age.
On paper, it should be a mismatch, but Masalskis has been exceptional so far.
Canada Will Win If It Doesn't Get Complacent
Prior to this year's showing, Latvia's best Olympic result had been a ninth-place finish in 2002 at Salt Lake City. Three times the country has managed to come in seventh at the IIHF World Championships.
Despite their stunning upset over the Swiss, the Latvians aren't even close to the Canadian team in terms of ability.
If Canada plays up to its potential, this will be a blowout. If Canada plays anywhere near its potential, this should be a decisive win.
The Canadian coaches and players need to make sure they don't look past the Latvians to the semifinals. They must make a point of ruthlessly and efficiently executing against a team that is easy to take lightly.
If they do, they'll win. They might win even if they don't.
Latvia Will Win If Edgars Masalskis Can Manufacture a Miracle
The Latvian team will be outshot and outplayed. Even if performing at peak levels of ability, there's just too much of a talent gap for any other outcome.
That doesn't make a win completely impossible, though. The Latvians will undoubtedly form a defensive shell around their net, slowing the game down as much as possible.
If goaltender Edgars Masalskis can stand on his head one more time, the combination of incredible goaltending and suffocating defense might suffice to allow the Latvians to stay in the game.
If Latvia can offset or largely neutralize the Canadian attack, it only takes one or two lucky bounces in the offensive zone to put a win within reach.
Latvia's exceeded expectations in getting this far, winning its first game of the tournament when it mattered most to make it to the quarterfinals.
This is where the run ends.
The talent disparity between Latvia and Canada is extreme, and in an elimination game, the Canadians should have the motivation to jump out early and establish themselves as the dominant team. They may ease off the pedal once a firm lead is in place, but at that point, it will be too late for Latvia to come back.
Predicted score: Canada 6, Latvia 2
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1. We borrow books from the library twice a month.
2. Richard never ____________ the shopping on Saturdays.
3. Sheila _______________ very much. That's why she's so thin.
4. What time ________ you usually ______ breakfast?
5. Thechildren _____________ until 8 o'clock in the morning.
6. My friend Gill _____________ at London University.
7. What kind of books _________ your mother ______________?
8. Jenny _______________ too much television.
B. Choose the present simple or the present continuous.
1. Jane never has/is having breakfast at home.
2. We learn/are learning English at the moment.
3. This week I read/am reading anew novel.
4. Peter always complains/is complaining about the food.
5. We go/are going for a walk everyday, but today we stay/are staying in.
6. What time do you come/are you coming back tonight?
C. Put the verbs in brackets in the present continuous or present simple.
1.I'm afraid I __________________ (not understand) what he __________ (say)
2. Who _________ (cook) dinner tonight?
3. Ireally ___________ (not know) what you ___________ (talk) about.
4. ________________ (you/go) abroad this summer? Yes, I ____________ (visit) Italy.
5. What ___________ (you/think) they ____________ (do) tomorrow?
Source: English Grammar - Longman
D. Complete this text about S. Paulo, Brazil, using the Simple Present or the Present Continuous
Everyone ____________ (know) what a megacity___________ (look) like. Take S. Paulo for example. S. Paulo _____________ (be) one of the most densely populated cities in the world. A third of its population ___________ (live) in slums, where their standard of living is unbelievably low.
Today safety in S. Paulo ______________ (get) worse and worse and social discontent _____________ (grow) bigger and bigger. Robberies and assaults _____________(happen) everywhere, everyday.
In an effort to stop violence the government _________ (try) to take stricter safety measures, but things _____________ (not seem) easy to solve.
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E. Correct the mistakes in these sentences (Simple Past ).
1. Did you went to school yesterday? Go
2. We thinked that you were ill.
3. I studyed French at school
4. Mary not workedlast week.
5. What happen to you yesterday?
6. My parents not do the shopping last Saturday.
7. We bought this house ago two years.
8. She mades the beds before leaving to work.
F. Put the verbs in the correct tense: simple past or past continuous.
1. While we were walking (walk) hoe«me, it started (start) to rain.
2. George ________________ (read) the newspaper while his wife_____________(cook) dinner.
3. John ___________ (fall) off the ladder while he ____________ (wash) the window.
4. Sorry to interrupt you. I _____________ (not know) you __________ (have) lunch.
5. When I ___________ (get up) this morning, my father ___________ (listen) to the radio.
6. Peter ____________ (sleep) in front of the television when someone __________ (knock) at the door.
G. Complete with thesimple past or past continuous of these verbs: take, get, clean, open, play, switch, ring, watch, sing, break, have, start.
1. While Jack was watching television, his wife was cleaning the house.
2. David's car _________ down so he ___________ it to the garage.
3. The children__________ football when it ____________ to rain
4. I ______________ on the lights because it ___________ dark.
5. WhenI ___________ the window this morning, the birds ____________ outside.
6. They _______________ dinner when the telephone _________________.
H. Correct the mistakes in this sentences.
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The Sanitation and Hygiene of Street Food Vendors
The street food industry plays an important role in developing countries in meeting the food demands of the urban dwellers. It also contributes substantially to household food spending and provides an income to many female-headed households. It is estimated that street foods contribute up to 40% of the daily diet of urban consumers in developing countries (Consumers International, undated). Street foods feed millions of people daily with a wide variety of foods that are relatively cheap and easily accessible. The street food industry offers a significant amount of employment, often to persons with little education and training. Poor personal and environmental hygiene contribute significantly to food contamination and resultant food borne diseases. It is assumed that by their nature, street food contamination is inevitable, yet millions of people depend on this source of nutrition and economic livelihood. Today, local authorities, international organizations and consumer associations are increasingly aware of the socioeconomic importance of street foods but also of their associated risks. The major concern is related to food safety, but other concerns are also reported, such as sanitation problems (waste accumulation in the streets and the congestion of waste water drains) and also the hygiene practices of the vendors. The heavy dependence on street foods by urbanites requires that good quality raw materials be used and that the foods be prepared handled and sold under hygienic conditions for the assurance of good health. There is a need to properly address the problems associated with street foods, especially food safety concerns.
The term "street food" has been defined as "ready-to-eat" foods and beverages prepared and / or sold by vendors and hawkers, especially in street corners and other similar public places for immediate consumption (UK Department of Health, 1995). Street food may be consumed where it is purchased or can be taken away and eaten elsewhere. Everything, from full course lunch or dinner to snacks, fruit juice is sold by the street food vendors. Street food vendors can be found anywhere in the world, in urban and in rural locations, and can be vendors who sell 'ready-to-eat' foods on streets with or without a license to do so. They are part of almost any distribution chain, often though at the lower end of the spectrum. Street food hawkers link urban and rural economies through movement of traders and of commodities; they serve a highly varied clientele and play an important role in the marketing of consumer goods to poorer customers. These vendors can be found in clusters around places of work, schools, hospitals, bus terminal, industrial sites and market places (Freese et al., 1998). The food vendors may have a stall which is stationary at a point, usually on the roadside or under a shop, where they prepare or cook food on the spot. Everyday these vendors store their bulky goods such as grills, tables, benches in their caravan (Freese at al., 1998).
Hygiene is the science of preserving health. It involves all measures that ensure the safety and quality of food during its handling (Jay Jane, 1992). Street food is a public health concern, since food hygiene can be difficult to practice at street level in settings where resources are scarce and surroundings are of low environmental and sanitary standards (Rheinlander et al., 2008). Food hygiene comprises of two key words which are "food" and "Hygiene". Food means any solid or liquid component which is for human consumption and Hygiene means cleanliness. Thus food hygiene stands for "all the conditions and measures necessary to ensure the safety and suitability of food at all stages of the food chain" (Codex Alimentarius, 1997).
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Mr Frank Lowy AC named in Queen's Birthday honours list
The Chairman of Westfield Corporation, Mr Frank Lowy AC, said today he was deeply honoured to be appointed a Knight Bachelor by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the Birthday Honours List announced today.
Mr Lowy's citation for the award reads:"Frank Lowy is recommended for his contribution to the UK economy through the company he founded, Westfield, and its major investments in the UK. The group has opened Europe's two largest urban shopping centres, Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City and has recently submitted a planning application for a new one billion pound plus retail development in Croydon which will create thousands more jobs. He has also been involved in a number of philanthropic activities in the UK including with the Cabinet Office War Rooms, the Imperial War Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum."
Mr Lowy said he felt humbled by the appointment and believed the recognition should be shared with the thousands of Westfield staff who helped contribute to the company's success in the United Kingdom.
"No individual alone can achieve the things we have in London," he said.
"Our first centre in London was opened on the eve of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 yet has thrived ever since.
"Our second centre at Stratford City played a key role in the development of the site for the 2012 London Olympics and has been a catalyst for the rejuvenation of the whole of east London and now serves as a major community and job creation centre.
"We look forward to advancing our planning application for a new centre at Croydon and to further investment and job creation in the future."
Mr Lowy said he had a deep and abiding respect and affection for the United Kingdom.
"I had been trying to establish a business in the UK since the mid-1970s but for various reasons it wasn't until 2000 that we finally made it.
"That breakthrough was enormously satisfying, and I'm proud that we have been able to make such a powerful economic contribution, as well as support a number of very worthy philanthropic projects."
Mr Lowy said the genesis of his regard for the UK was listening to the BBC World Service as a young boy in war-torn Eastern Europe.
He recalls that as a child he would huddle around a radio in a bunker, listening to the chimes of Big Ben in London introduce the latest war news.
"It always gave us hope that help was on the way, and that the war would end in our favour," he said.
"From that time on I associated the British people with freedom and humanity and the sound of those chimes brings back those memories to this very day," he said.
"On behalf of my colleagues at Westfield and my family, I want to place on record my appreciation for this honour and re-commit myself and our company to making a contribution to the economy and people of the UK."
Frank Lowy Biography
Mr Frank Lowy was born in what is now Slovakia in 1930 and survived World War II living with his mother in Budapest and evading capture by the Nazis. His father and many other family members died in concentration camps.
In 1946 he made his way to France where he boarded a refugee ship bound for Palestine. He was detained on arrival by British authorities and interned in a detention camp in Cyprus. He later made his way to Palestine, joined the Golani Brigade and fought in the 1948 War of Independence which led to the establishment of the State of Israel.
In 1952 Lowy left Israel for Australia and started a business delivering small goods. In 1953, he met fellow immigrant John Saunders. In 1960 they created Westfield Development Corporation and developed shopping centres throughout Australia before expanding to the United States in the 1970s, New Zealand in the mid-1990s and the United Kingdom in 2000.
Lowy remains Chairman of Westfield Corporation, now one of the world's leading retail property companies. It owns and operates a portfolio of 35 shopping centres in the United Kingdom and United States valued at US$31billion. In 2014 the global Westfield Group was reorganised to separate its Australian and New Zealand operations from its US and UK business. Westfield shopping centres in Australia and NZ today are owned and operated by new entity, Scentre Group.
In 2000 Lowy was awarded Australia's highest civilian honour being made a Companion in the Order of Australia (AC) for services to business and philanthropy.
He has served in several corporate, community and philanthropic roles in Australia and internationally, including as Chairman of Football Federation Australia (2003-2015); as founder and Chairman of the Lowy Institute for International Policy; Chairman of the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv; and, founder and Chairman of the Lowy Medical Research Institute.
He served two five-year terms as a member of the board of Australia's central bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia. He also served for 10 years as a Director of UK media group, Daily Mail and General Trust plc (UK) until 2007.
In 1999 the University of New South Wales conferred upon him an Honorary Doctorate of Letters in recognition of his contribution to business and the community.
Mr Lowy is married to Shirley and lives in Sydney. They have three sons – David, Peter and Steven.


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Katrina also know as Kat was always a little trouble maker more like joking around always pulling pranks but as Kat got older things started to change.
She became more of the badass then anything, not really pulling pranks but joking around with teachers also skipping classes and getting detentions a lot.
Kat never really gets into relationships but apparently to lots of guys she is like the sexiest thing alive. When Kats English teacher moves back to Texas and the hot substitute is introduced to the class the sub that every girl wants and Kat thinks its ridiculous but when this sub and Kat take a liking to each other will people start to find out will they get in trouble?
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m_shakur Mar 07, 2017
It's actually " pourquoi est-il aussi sexy " just to let u know, I think u just translated it the wrong way
Sxlllly Dec 07, 2016
can you like put in what these french words mean so the people who DONT know french understands...
sierradennison9 Aug 17, 2016
At my school you can smoke even when a teacher sees you doing it
x_bambiixx_ Oct 28, 2016
"I know you said "why does he have to be sexy" and your were staring at my abs.
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my ps3 broke for no freakin reason bruh. i had a lot of games for the device and so since i forgot my password for gta online i couldn't log in when i got the ps4 -.-
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We are each a colony creature. Cells form tissue, tissue forms organ or bone, organs and bones form a person. And really, what is a person? An organization of meat bristling with sensors by which we interpret the world. Or at least part of the world.
Our senses are limited. We see in a narrow bandwidth, hear in a narrow bandwidth, touch/feel at indiscreet levels. We only have four taste sensations which blend to a narrow spectrum, and smell at an even narrower level. Further, our senses combine in several ways that we aren't aware of. To wit, when temporarily deafened by using an impact hammer without ear protection, I deemed potato chips "stale" because apparently we use hearing as much as "feel" to determine if something is crunchy.
We are in deep error when we think we "know" the world we're in, and we make logical missteps when we think things don't exist because they don't fall in our narrow field of sensation (consider a shark, which has some sort of magnetic sense--we can't even perceive it enough to comprehend it!). Further, limited by our understanding, we can't invent things to detect objects beyond our comprehension and wouldn't recognize readings if we could.
That makes atheism pretty foolhardy. I've read some nasty commentary about how stupid the idea of "God" is when if He existed He'd do this and this and that... Fascinating how a superior being who refuses to work to our wishes is deemed not to exist. What hubris we lowly colony creatures display in demanding from God, rather than simply thanking Him for our incredibly complex cells and tissues. Despite the obvious design of cells (just not how we'd design them), because we as a species prefer metal, wood, and digital science, we think "wet" design isn't possible. The sciences God develops in dips below our menial senses. Is that a shortcoming of God's or of ourselves?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Humanity and Colony Creatures
Posted by Rob at 4:11 PM
Labels: atheism, cells, colony creature, God, tissue, wet science
2 comments:
- Sunrise said...
My eyes see in a limited spectrum. Too limited to see that gray type on a black background without getting a headache. Reset your colors!
- Rob said...
Yes, ma'am. (It's not supposed to be grey...)
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How To Landscape A Front Yard
You will need some ideas for landscaping a hill if you live on one. It is like taking care of children. One of the major points in backyard landscaping ideas is setting up an illusion of sufficient space. You will also want to include other decorative items in your home landscaping such as rcoks, stones, fencces, trellises and even streams and ponds in large yards. The outward appeal of a home will have the entire neighborhood talking.
It's a good idea to have a list of the products you need to buy or collect before beginning your project. The landscaping must have a sure inclusion of colorful shrubs and bushes, flowering and non-flowering plants that deserve a designation of providing splashy color codes. You may use plants that shed their leaves in winter, to allow sufficient sunlight during that season.
Given below are some landscaping plans and pictures of front yard landscape that will give you ideas to which will help in creating your front yard landscape. So, if you want to design your garden or want to construct any landscape than, contact with the expert professional of the garden designing. It can be very hard work for the everyday gardener to know the types of soil and flowers that work well together. Oftentimes those in charge of these places will let gardeners to take such things free of charge. If a professional is hired, plant prices may cost twice as much.
Internet landscaping resources are often overlooked by people who want to work on their yards or gardens. Using the great inexpensive landscaping ideas above will have the whole neighborhood asking for your secrets when they visit. These brilliant ideas to suit your front yard are sure to instantly lure you, where you act surrogate to a yard decor idea you love!.
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Ask a Law Question, Get an Answer ASAP!
Hi Clare,
Thanks a lot for your reply.
I understand what you say with regards ***** *****
However, as the divorce petition was submitted in February, can she also be considered as habitual resident in UK (having settled here for family reasons) at the time when the divorce petition was submitted? As she disputed the jurisdiction, I suppose the judge will verify her habitual residence instead than mine.
If only my position of habitual resident is taken into consideration, because her position is not relevant, have I to submit a new divorce petition with only me as habitual resident?
If the divorce can no longer be defended, this means that after 6 weeks after decree nisi I can apply for dissolution without problems?
Dear Claire,
I am a bit confused.
When I filed the divorce petition, I had in mind the UK definition of 'habitual residence' and 'domicile'. I stated that both Petitioner and Respondent are habitually resident in UK; she replied to Court stating that she is habitually resident in Switzerland (where separation occurred 2 years ago) but temporarily domiciled in UK for family reasons. But she was not living physically in Switzerland at the time the divorce petition was submitted because she was living here (in practice she does not want to divorce and only wants to lose time).
My questions (the last one) are:
1 - Based on above and previous mail, is the Court which decides if she is habitual resident here according to the UK Law, or this decision is based on her agreement or disagreement?
2 - If I decide to file the divorce petition as you suggest she will always dispute the jurisdiction. Can she do this and lose again time?
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I have five poems in PN Review 205. Also, in the issue, poems by Sinéad Morrissey, Tara Bergin, Vénus Khoury-Ghata, David C. Ward, Alex Wylie and others. Get a copy! Subscribe!
I am particularly taken by Tara Bergin's poem "Looking at Lucy's Painting of the Thames at Low Tide Without Lucy Present." Its every move is a surprise, but all are united by the opinionated, offhand voice. The work of Simon Jarvis is new to me. His three short poems are sharp and evocative, especially the perfect "Colloquium."
Of the reviews, I enjoy David C. Ward's take-down of William Logan's selected early poems Deception Island. Who but Logan would allow himself to be blurbed as "the most hated man in American poetry"? I agree with Sasha Dugdale's estimation of Tiina Aleman's translation of Doris Kareva (conscientious but ultimately unsuccessful), and has bought Luljeta Lleshanaku's Haywire on the strength of Dugdale's strong recommendation.
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I discovered a new favorite poet in you. Cyril Wong is a dear friend of mine and through him, I keep discovering wonderful poets from Singapore. I am so in love with your country now. I love your poems and I am now in the process of reading everything I can find about you. I will be getting your books soon! =P I am from the Philippines by the way, and I'm an indie gay author. What's your email sir? I wanna connect with you.
- Jee Leong Koh said...
Thanks for reading the blog, and the poetry. I have connected with you on Goodreads. Nice to meet you electronically.
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"What I did Wednesday"
It seems you like my Wednesday memes, so today I have a new one for you. But first let's get the old ones out of the way:
WIWW: Daywear: Loose white linen trousers, sleeveless, navy-blue silk tank and tan flip flops. Beige Coach clutch. Eveningwear: Black silk dress, sky-high heels, black Dune clutch.
WIAW: This is very dull as I believe it was identical to last week up until dinner time, when I scoffed a very small bowl of my favourite basked pasta dish (see below).
So, this week we'll do "What I Did Wednesday". I couldn't write it last night as I was still out "doing" it.
Early doors: 6am to 9.30am
Make breakfasts, make packed lunches, pack school bags, get children dressed, ready and out of the house. Drive DS to nursery. Eat breakfast, go for 5km bike ride, shower, dress.
Morning: 9.30am to 12.45pm
Work. Try not to Tweet. Try not to search Spanish holiday villas. Try to ignore the call of the in-box. Eat lunch at my desk while finishing work due to being distracted too much by Twitter.
Early afternoon: 1pm to 2.30pm
Pick up DS. Cook delicious baked pasta dish. Slam it in the oven, research Spanish holiday villas, make a cup of tea and forget to drink it.
Mid-afternoon: 2.30pm to 4.30pm
Drive to school early to give DS time to sleep in the car. Doze in the school car park. Watch DD's end-of-term dance show. Cheer, clap, stamp feet, whoop inappropriately. Drive home.
Witching hour: 4.30pm to 7.15pm
Research Spanish holiday villas. Serve the children's dinner. Print out shortlist of holiday villas. Bathe the children. Apply evening make-up. Try to decide what to wear for evening out. Call taxi. Decide on the third outfit and put it on. Eat small bowl of pasta very fast. Put children to bed. Get in taxi (the last four occurred in a 10-minute time slot).
Evening: 7.30pm to 10pm
Attend work event. Meet lots of people. Smile a lot. Giggle coquettishly. Try not to talk about children or Spanish holiday villas. Drink two glasses of wine. Get taxi home.
Bedtime: 10pm to 11pm
Discuss Spanish holiday villas with DH while drinking hot chocolate. Wonder why I wasn't offered any canapés at the event. Read "Me Before You" by Jojo Moyles in bed. Sleep.
I'll post the recipe for the past dish this weekend. Honestly, it's divine, and it's not Annabel Karmel.


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A lill bit irritating if I talk about my Final Project.
But The show must go on said Freddy Mercury.
So I come back to do my Project, this was a project on designing a car.
I have come nearly 50 % of this project, until I have some problems in my relationship. ( gosh )
So here I am standing still to fight against those nifty constant and number…arrrggghh…