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Is a major Shi'i-Kurdish rift/conflict about to occur?
Translated today by our mideastwire.com:
On February 23, Shirzad Shikhani wrote the following piece in the Saudi-owned, Elaph website: "The Kurdish leaders are characterized by their constant failure when it comes to the political alliances. Indeed, throughout the history of the successive Kurdish revolutions, none of the Kurdish leaders made any good choices with respect to selecting their allies as well as the diplomatic management of the Kurdish liberation movements. This is perhaps the reason why the Kurdish people's only friends are the mountains…
"The rapprochement between Barazani and Turkey has severely harmed the historical relationship between the Kurds and the Shi'is by weakening the ties they had formed during years of resistance against the Baathist dictatorship. Thus, a quasi-total estrangement occurred between the Barazani led Kurdistan territory and the Shi'i led federal government. To make things worse, Barazani monopolized the oil resources in Kurdistan and adopted the politics of economic independence from Baghdad with the aim of stealing the resources of the Kurdish people.
"These failed politics forced Baghdad to cut the Kurds' from the state's budget, thus resulting in the tragic situation that the people of Kurdistan are currently living through in light of the massive corruption that affects all the main aspects of life. These people are suffering from poverty, hunger and deprivation from the simplest components of a good life despite the fact that the exported quantities of oil are enough to cover the territory's needs in terms of salaries and necessary funds for the economic and developmental revival. Instead, this money is finding its way to the pockets of the Barazani family.
"There have been some recent pieces of news indicating that Barazani and his party will be allying with some Sunni and Shi'i forces to prevent Mr. Al-Maliki from returning to power in Iraq at the next elections… Although we support the right of every political party to select its allies and agree with them, we are certain that this alliance is the result of Mr. Barazani's personalization of the political differences. Indeed, there is no reason why Barazani should ally with forces that have been oppressing his people for the past thirty years.
"Perhaps the most serious indication in this regard consists of the news on the presence of some Baathist leaders in the city of Irbil, Barazani's party stronghold. According to media reports, there are many signs indicating the presence of former Baathist leaders in Irbil, which raises questions on the presence of the "Baathist devil" among us, the devil that killed and massacred thousands and thousands of our people. If these pieces of news are correct, then this means that Kurdistan, thanks to its leaders, is proceeding into a deep abyss or a collapse similar to the 1975 collapse…"


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Took it easy on the hamstring. I used a run walk ration of 4/1 minutes and tried to stay loose and focus on the joy of the run. The leg was fine, a little tender at the end. Some ice and it feels just fine.
I think I will trade Wednesday's run for a bike ride, then try to hit it again on Friday with a little longer run of 5 miles. My training schedule for the Half on 9/3 has me up to 8 mile long runs, so I need to get back to it. I'm not at all afraid of not being able to run my next race - I just would like the time to train myself to do it better than my last race.
Here's to a lifetime of running - no matter what the pace!

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There are lots of reasons why you'd want to access your PC remotely, and luckily there are also plenty of ways to do so. Crossloop is one of the simplest (it's also free), but for those willing to venture further, you've got lots of options.
Excuse us while we get technical for a second. This list is divided into four main sections: VNC (Virtual Network Computing), NX, remote desktop and cross-protocol. If those terms mean nothing to you, you might want to skip to the "other" section for the most straightforward applications. That said, let's begin.
- Ajax VNC - Clientless VNC solution in the web's favorite programming language.
- Apple Remote Desktop - Apple's jumped on the remote desktop bandwagon with this great VNC server built right into OS X.
- Chicken of the VNC - One of the most popular VNC clients for OS X under the GPL.
- DirectVNC - UNIX client using the framebuffer device via DirectFB.
- FVNC - Great VNC client written in Flash. That's right, Flash.
- MetaVNC - This unique client/server package merges the host and remote desktops together into one Windows or Linux desktop.
- .NET VNC Viewer - C# viewer that works with Windows and Windows Mobile/CE devices.
- PowerVNC - Java-based client with support for SSH and SFTP.
- RealVNC - Server/client from the original VNC developers.
- sVNC - The perfect tool for offering remote assistance to Mac users, since there's barely any configuring required.
- SymVNC - Symbian phone client for connecting to your PC.
- TightVNC - Popular VNC server/client with nice Java applet.
- TurboVNC - TightVNC spinoff with great support for 3D apps.
- UltraVNC - Wildly popular client/server app with file transfer, video drivers, chat, and much more.
- Vine Server - OS X server with clipboard sharing, port changing, and a universal binary.
- VncViewer for 8086 - Got an old IBM running FreeDOS or DOS? Put it to work with this VNC client.
- VNCViewer for PocketPC - Client for, you guessed it, PocketPC users.
- x11vnc - Unlike most other VNC servers for UNIX and Linux, this server lets you share your current desktop session (instead of a separate session).
- FreeNX - Open source server using the libraries from NoMachine.
- NoMachine NX Client - Free client to connect to NX machines.
- NoMachine NX Free Edition - NX server for UNIX/Linux.
- NoMachine NX Enterprise Desktop - Server that includes everything that the free edition has, but with unlimited users (unlike the free version's two).
- NoMachine NX Small Business Server - NX server targeting small businesses.
- NoMachine NX Enterprise Server - NX Server with unlimited users and unlimited connections.
- NoMachine NX Advanced Server Subscription - Everything that the Enterprise server has, plus multi-node capabilities.
- CoRD - Remote desktop client for Mac OS X users.
- grdestkop - Gnome wrapper for the rdesktop application.
- krdesktop - rdesktop frontend written in KDE.
- properJavaRDP - Cross-platform Java client based on rdesktop.
- rdesktop - Extremely powerful command-line client for UNIX/Linux.
- Remote Desktop - Microsoft's official server, for XP Pro and Vista.
- xrdp - Serves an X window session to incoming Windows clients.
- Connection Manager - VNC, RDP, and Telnet manager for UNIX/Linux distros.
- KDE Desktop Sharing - The official KDE VNC server package.
- KDE Remote Desktop Connection - The official KDE client for RDP and VNC.
- Kurd - Great rdesktop/vncviewer frontend for KDE.
- mRemote - Manage VNC and RDP connections on Windows with this handy app.
- RDPMan - A little utility to manage RDP, VNC, and Telnet connections for Windows.
Remote Desktop Protocol
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It just came to me, that name "Calgon". Those who are too young to remember must be informed that Calgon (a bath additive for soaking and softening) used to run a commercial that suggested taking a Calgon bath could transport one from a rough day to a decidedly better one.
So today, when I worked with the animal rescue/transport I realized we were bringing better days to many "Calgon" dogs and cats. Lord, have mercy, believe me, the tears flow in this volunteer effort. I don't now and never will understand vicious treatment of animals (or people).
Coming home from unloading and walking and re-loading dogs for the next leg of the transport my vision blurred and my heart pounded. I was angry and disturbed. Stick with me.
I'll share 4 stories, all from just this week. You keep in mind that these 4 are roughly 1/8 of the total number of stories each week, so 4 x 8 x 52. Some people are right. I should write a book.
OK, first I'll tell you about Jackie. I met Jackie's owner while doing "Donation Dog" for the Forever Home Feline Ranch . In January we were raising money; he came tottering over, cane in one hand, cap on head, etc. We chatted and he revealed he had adopted a wonderful 2 yr old dog that soon would need to be re-homed as he was to move to assisted living. Ah. Well. He gave me his number when I said "I'll try..." Knowing I'd need more info and some time, I called the next week to get the details and a rough idea of when he was moving. He and his wife had decided "...not yet..." OK - Good News. Last Saturday she called me.
He had passed away (86, WWII vet). Jackie needed her new home quickly as the widow could not take care of her. Thanks to the solid efforts of the transport team's coordinator who selects dogs and matches them with loving rescues and welcoming fosters at the other end of the route, Jackie traveled on the transport today. Jackie had a happy (third) beginning.
Realize now, I will sandwich in the stories of Hannah and the dog I call Calgon, then finish with another good story. If you can't stand agony skip to the bottom.
Hannah, a Vizsla mix, needed to be walked and then crated up for the ride. That went well but then we had to move her to another vehicle, tethered rather than crated, so Calgon could go in the available crate. Hannah came out of the crate nicely and she and I fell into a little love-fest with her licking my hands and me getting down to do some tummy rubs. The driver who brought her, Calgon, and others over came to me and revealed her story.
Hannah was the sole/soul survivor of a litter of pups. The person who had possession of them had beat them with a baseball bat and she managed to survive and get to freedom. Her head was a bit mis-shapen but I hadn't noticed until it was pointed out to me. And, frankly, would it have mattered? She had the forgiveness of an angel. She loved me, right there, right then, as if anything before made no difference. Dogs don't hang on to the harm done all the time, not unless there's something that strikes a remembrance or a familiar situation. Hannah received more hugs than ever and was gently put into the front seat of the young man who would drive her to the next stopping point. She was moving on, going foward, happily unaware of the impact her precious acquaintance had made on more than one person.
Looking over to the "walking/exercise" area my eyes fell upon Calgon. I know that's not her real name but I never did catch it so she's the "title" dog. She was being walked by another of the female volunteers because a man had abused her so badly she would not leave the crate if one was around. Her timidity was heartbreaking. Here was a dog who was remembering the evil she experienced just by the mere presence of a male figure. All our wonderful and caring guys had to move away and give her room.
As I watched her sniffing around it was as if I was looking at a walking skeleton. Had her dulled black coat not been stretched around her frame that's exactly what it would have been. She was that thin. Hip bones protruded where strongly muscled flesh will soon be. Ribs were revealed, encased in skin that will soon be rubbed and patted. A shrunken tummy existed in the place that will soon be full of good food and then overrun with good old fashioned belly rubs. Her big head will be raised and her eyes will be filled with hopes before this day ends.
But until now, her life was dismally empty and, if dogs experience this, she was probably regretful. If thinking or reasoning occurs somehow she had to be wondering why she existed. Now she knows. She's here to bring happiness to someone. We're here to help her accomplish that.
Lastly, let me introduce Dimond, a 4 yr old Cocker. A cuter, softer, sweeter doe-eyed pooch you cannot imagine. She arrived with "mom" and "aunt". Aunt was driving, of course, because Mom was already trying to be strong and handle this. I do not know what Dimond was being re-homed but suspect it was age/health related for Mom. Dimond entered my embrace and I talked with the women to comfort them during this exchange and to assure them she's going to be all right. Dimond, like Jackie, had a decent start in life and like every dog or cat who travels on our weekend excursions, will have a wonderful future. The "aunt" shoved a fist full of money into my palm for helping. It goes to save others.
So there are the 4 profiles. Some weeks most of the stories are sad. The fact that all the animals have been given up is overwhelmingly and emotionally draining because we know there will always be more once these are placed in homes. But we look at the positive - not at the chances but at the assurances that they are going to see better days. Taking the deep breaths and speaking the quiet prayers for safe travels and of gratitude start as soon as we meet the pets with whom we've been entrusted each weekend.
And, to those who have mis-treated them or others, or humans, I only can say that I cannot possibly hunt you all down. I'm too busy and you're not worth my time. But God knows you and knows where you are and just when you will see Him. You will face Him and He will remind you what you did. I rest well knowing that.
See you next week, 4-leggers!


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Katelijne Lenaerts
Director, CAPPA
Katelijne has worked as an advisor to governments, the community and private sectors across Africa, Asia and South America. Her experience in project management and technical advisory roles on economic, enterprise and social enterprise initiatives range from those funded by international agencies such as EuropeAid, World Bank, UNDP as well as Australian specific programs within Social Ventures Australia and World Vision, developing and contributing to a number of social innovation projects focusing on employment and economic wellbeing.
Warwick Smith
Research Fellow
Warwick Smith is a Research Fellow working in Per Capita's Centre for Applied Policy for Positive Ageing (CAPPA) and in our Progressive Economics program.
Warwick has previously worked as a research economist, consultant and freelance writer. He also has a background in evolutionary and conservation biology, having worked on threatened species recovery programs with the ACT and NSW governments. Warwick's particular areas of expertise and interest include economic policy with respect to ageing populations, environmental economics, taxation economics and the history and philosophy of economics.
Warwick has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from the ANU.


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Tell me if this sounds familiar…
Last weekend of the NFL season. For the Minnesota Vikings, the task is simple. Win, and they clinch a playoff berth. Lose, and they still clinch a spot if one of two other teams loses too. If, however, the Vikings lose and both their immediate challengers lose, too…well, it's deja vu all over again.
You seen this one before? Me too: it's called the 2003 NFL season. The Vikings strolled into Sun Devil Stadium in Tempa, AZ needing only a win against the lowly, borderline inept Arizona Cardinals to sew up the NFC North division title and secure a home playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks. With two minutes left to play the Vikings led 17-6. When the clock ran out the score was 18-17 Cardinals, and the Vikings had been eliminated from postseason contention. They'd led the NFC North from the opening game until the final play of the last game of the season…and in one fell swoop, it had all disappeared.
Fast-forward to 2004. The Vikings, losers of four of their past seven games, can clinch a playoff berth if they beat the lowly, borderline inept Washington Redskins. Or, if that isn't enough, they can also clinch if either the St. Louis Rams or the Carolina Panthers lose their remaining game. How uncomfortable am I right now? The answer: very, very uncomfortable.
I should also point out the following eerie set of circumstances. Each of the Vikings' three most recent epic collapses have occured within a four-day span of…
- My grandmother's death (1999 NFC Championship)
- My epic breakup with Eva (2001 NFC Championship)
- My grandfather's death (Vikings/Cardinals)
I'm knocking on wood even as I'm typing out this sentence, but…everyone in my family is relatively healthy and me and Brianna are as happy as two proverbial clams. But it's only five days before kickoff. If anything changes in the next couple days, however, I'll be sure to let you know–then hunker down as I await the inevitable implosion.


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Birthday? Christmas? At the very least National Spoiled Child Day?!? Nope...just the last day of school :) Every year on his last day, Connor gets a little melancholy and teary. He's sure that he'll never have a teacher he loves as much as this one. He's positive that he'll never see any of his classmates again. Okay, what he KNOWS...is how to play his mother! LOL!!! Anyway...each year I wrap up some new summer toys and stack them in a big pile so it looks impressive.
Then I make a sign for the front door for Connor to break through to officially begin summer.
Here he is ....It's rough being an only child! The attention, the presents, your parents ALWAYS knowing who did it :)
He did appear to appreciate the prizes...and he is awfully cute (I may be a little biased).
Here is this year's loot...really...a little effort and maybe $30...makes for a fun family tradition.
Daddy had to work late (knock me over from NOT surprise!) so Connor and I continued our day of fun with a trip to the movie theater...I have 8 movie passes waiting to be used up, so the movie was free...of course I got dinged $72.50 for popcorn and a drink...uuuuugh! I swear concession stand prices are as bad as Disneyland!
Here is the cheeseburger posing with his treat...Of course, we HAD to go to the movie in 3-D...I have a picture of him in his hot 3D glasses, but I'm saving that for blackmail purposes...perhaps when he starts dating...honestly...with those teeth in thick black horn rimmed glasses...he looks like a cross between Drew Carey and Spongebob...NOT pretty!
So, there's a little insight into the virtues of being an only child...Oh...and 3 posts in one week?!? Holy guacamole!! I might put everyone into cardiac arrest and post again tomorrow!


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Richard Davenport covers recruiting for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He is the host of Recruiting Thursday, a weekly radio show that airs from 7 to 8 p.m. on 92.1 FM in Fayetteville; 93.7 FM in Little Rock; 95.3 FM in Fort Smith; 96.3 FM in Hot Springs; 104.3 FM in Harrison/Mountain Home; and 106.9 FM in Arkadelphia.
Player of the Week: Skylar Thompson
Name: Skylar Thompson
Nickname: Sky
Twitter name: skylar_15
City: Independence, Mo.
School: Fort Osage High School
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 188 lbs
Position: QB
Class: 2016
Bench max: 220
Squat max: 365
40-yard dash: 4.59
Vertical: 30
Number of years playing football: 8
Other schools showing interest: Nebraska, Wake Forest, Missouri, Iowa, Northwestern
I like Arkansas because: Well developed organization and provides me a good education as well as athletics.
Schools I've visited: Nebraska
In college, I plan to major in: Undecided
I like playing quarterback because: It's the most criticized position in sports, and I love the opportunities it gives me to compete with others.
Best football moment: Going to the Pop Warner national championships in Orlando, Florida my 5th grade year.
My favorite play: The wheel route
Best player I've played against: Josh Watson, linebacker from Blue Springs South High School committed to Colorado St.
Favorite high school team to play against: Staley
Describe what football means to you in 20 words or fewer: Football is my escape route from life. Play free
My ringtone on my cell is: default ringtone on IPhone
Favorite NFL player: Drew Brees
Favorite NFL team: 49ers
Favorite music: Hip/Hop, Rap
Favorite song: Money and the Power- Kid Ink
Favorite book: When the game was ours
Favorite movie: Friday Night Lights
Favorite TV show: Sport Center
Favorite actor: Adam Sandler
Favorite actress: Red
Favorite food: Ribeye Steak
Favorite class: Math
Dream Date: Meagan Fox
Hobbies: Fishing, Hunting
The one thing I could not live without is: My family
Role model: Michael Jordan
Three words to describe me: Hardworking, Passionate, Outgoing
People would be surprised that I: Can dunk a basketball
Ten years from now I'll be: Living a successful life and supporting my future family
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The project began on July 10, 2013. Below are a few aerials of the progress thanks to Kokosing Construction Company, Inc.
Early July 2013 - Pre Construction
Late July 2013
Early August 2013
Late August 2013
Early September 2013
Mid September
Look for additional photos and progress updates this fall as this project moves forward.
Go to j-dturf.com to learn more about J&D Turf.
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From our friends at Ein Ganim School in Petach Tivka, Israel
Sixth grade students from Ein Ganim school in Israel sing in Hebrew to celebrate Hanukkah. The first song: Hanukkah such a lovely day, Boys and gils big and small, dance around and play--It tells how happy everyone is to celebrate the feast of light and the miracle of the jug which had enough oil to last for a day but lasted eight days! The second song tells about the traditions we have for the holiday including the spintop, we eat sweet donuts and potato pancakes to remember the miracle. It is pleasant and good for all on Hanukkah
Did you know that the word Hannukah can be spelled in more than thirty ways and that the word comes from Hebrew? After listening to the singing on the video, read more about Hannukah and the ways that the students at Ein Ganim celebrate this holiday by reading what they written here: Read more about the history of Chanukah »
Lincoln School Technology Club is comprised of fifth grade students experimenting with new technology by participating in global collaborative projects. Click on a tab below to explore our blog.
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Friday, December 3, 2010
Hungry Minds Pasta Dinner... A HUGE Success!!!!
A BIG thank you to all of the fifth grade teachers, students, parents, and principal Cathy Hamilton for an outstanding Hungry Minds Pasta Dinner. We will know by early next week how much money was raised for the selected charities (Heifer International, World Food Programme, International Children's Relief, and the Haiti Children's Home). Enjoy the slideshow from the event.
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Labour should take a stand on its principles
9:30 am - June 11th 2011
contribution by Ivo Petkovski
Earlier this week, Liam Byrne outlined the results of a new policy review to the Labour front bench.
While the results are fairly predictable, the recommendations Byrne is making should cause alarm to anyone hoping that Ed Miliband won't follow the New Labour approach of trying to be all things to all people. As Don Paskini pointed out on LC, the views expressed in the review aren't really aligned with New Labour policy or ideology.
Liam Byrne said: "The first priority for Labour this year is to get back in touch with voters – whose trust we lost at the last election…that's why this year we're starting our policy review, with the No1 focus on getting back in touch with voters – and changing our party to make sure we don't lose that connection again."
But Byrne's implication that Labour should adjust their philosophy in response to the zeitgeist is very New Labour. By the time the 2010 election came around, Labour had shifted ground so many times that they were totally unrecognisable as a left-wing alternative.
Respondents to the review have expressed concern around cuts to policing and youth services, but I'm less inclined than Don to read a leftist bias into this – it seems like concern for the safety of the respondents and their property, rather than concern for the vulnerable.
Added to the worries around immigration and the EU-scepticism, I'd say it's safe to conclude that the review points to a right-wing bias in the respondents. This is not especially surprising, but it does throw up a question about how Labour should react. Should they move to the right in order to connect with voters? Only if their key aim is getting into power, rather than influencing opinion.
What Labour should do is ignore the focus groups, ignore Liam Byrne and take a stand on an unashamedly statist, pro-EU, anti-cuts, redistribution-based platform. They say a week is a long time in politics, so 2015 may as well be a millennium away – why not risk unpopularity in the short term if it's going to help stimulate debate, and possibly shift the public mood – even slightly – further to the left?
Also, as Don points out, the respondents to the review aren't necessarily representative of the electorate, so a hard shift to the left may draw in those voters who have already disengaged because their views aren't being represented at parliament level.
There will be time for Labour to adjust their platform when the election draws nearer, but in the meantime they could try to revitalise – and perhaps even influence – the debate by doing the unpopular thing and wearing their statist heart on their sleeve.
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"These are my principles and if you don't like them….well, I have others". Groucho Marx
The idea that the Labour party should seek to shift dominant media narratives etc. is fine, but the Labour party is/should be unthinkingly and for ever "statist" and "pro-EU" is quite bizarre.
The EU's neoliberal credentials are enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty:
'For the purposes set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, the activities of the Member States and the Union shall include, as provided in the Treaties, the adoption of an economic policy which is based on the close coordination of Member States' economic policies, on the internal market and on the definition of common objectives, and conducted in accordance with the principle of an open market economy with free competition.' (Article 119 of the Lisbon Treaty)
The Labour party can be leftwing without believing that the state has to do as much/more than it does now. Leftwingery is about power, not structure. So, just as example, one useful anti-state solution might be to repeal current anti-union law and let collective bargaining for a wage-driven recovery commence.
Bleedin' hell.
"pro-EU" ??????
Labour MP Graham Stringer gets exactly what the public and most Labour voters are thinking….
"DURING THE EARLIER part of this football season Liverpool FC were within hours of insolvency. Imagine if their arch rivals Manchester United, themselves heavily in debt had borrowed more money to bail out the Scousers. This would have been seen as financial and football madness.
If Ed Miliband announced an 'in' 'out' referendum on the European Union, the British body politic would go into a state of shock. Bold moves like this change the political weather. The question is whether Ed and the Shadow Cabinet have the cojones for it.
But this is precisely the insane solution our Government and the European Union have arrived at when trying to resolve Portugal's financial crisis.
The UK cannot afford lollipop ladies to keep our children safe yet we can borrow £4bn as our contribution to rescue Portugal's economy. The irony is of course is it won't, because they will not be able to repay the debt. Just as the Greeks and Irish will eventually default on theirs.
The real folly of those countries is staying in the Euro, which they should never have joined. Having an overvalued currency related to the dynamic German economy is simply not sustainable. However much they cut public expenditure the high value of the Euro will inhibit tourism and make their products too expensive to export. This leads to a vicious circle of higher debt and unemployment and the national deficit never reduces.
Remaining in the Euro is not only wrecking these economies it is destroying their democracies. This is particularly tragic as within living memory the people in these three countries have had to struggle hard for their democratic rights against dictators and other powers including on occasion that of the United Kingdom.
When the Portuguese people go to vote in their General Election on 5 June 2011, they may as well not bother. Like Ireland and Greece before them they have ceased to be sovereign nations.
Whoever replaces Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates; Angela Merkel, Jean Claude-Trichet and Dominique Strauss-Khan of Germany, The European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund respectively, will have infinitely more power over the Portuguese economy, because of the conditions tied to the loans.
When sane people come to insane conclusions and one must assume the leaders of Europe's institutions and the International Monetary Fund are sane, something else is afoot. The European project or European integration is what this is all about.
The Euro: destroying democracy in small nations?
Graham Stringer, MP, finds 'waste and corruption at the heart of the European Union'
The creation of a Federal European State with weak diminished nation states is more important to Eurofanatics than high unemployment or democracy.
It is astonishing that a previously Eurosceptic Conservative Prime Minister has become a supporter of this policy so quickly. Taking a longer perspective it's just as surprising that the Labour Party is ultra enthusiastic. It was after all an article of faith for Labour Party members in the 80s that the UK should leave what was then the European Economic Community, the European Union's precursor. The Labour Party should go into its archives and dust off the policies that opposed European integration on the basis of national sovereignty and democracy.
The Labour Party abandoned its hostility to Europe not on any principal basis but because it believed this was the only way to electoral success. That may or may not have been true then, but now the one group of people who remain resolutely sceptical and increasingly strongly opposed to the European Union is the electorate.
The Labour Party should side with the electorate. It should take a determinably Eurosceptic stance and argue for the orderly removal of the weaker economies from the Euro – making bailouts unnecessary.
The Labour Party's Methodist soul would jump for joy if instead of defending the indefensible it could attack the waste and corruption at the heart of the European Union. Remember the European Union's auditors have refused to sign off its accounts for more than a decade.
Opposition parties need to define themselves in ways that the electorate don't expect but agree with. That was the genius of Tony Blair's "tough on crime tough on the causes of crime". It would be the equivalent of a Clause IV moment and a "tough on crime tough on the causes of crime" rolled into one if Ed Miliband announced an 'in' 'out' referendum on the European Union.
The British body politic would go into a state of shock. It would put Labour on the side of democracy and would also have the benefit of being likely to come to fruition as this is already the Lib Dems' policy as well as that of a majority of Tory MPs are Eurosceptic. Bold moves like this change the political weather. The question is whether Ed and the Shadow Cabinet have the cojones for it."
Liam Byrne said: "The first priority for Labour this year is to get back in touch with voters – whose trust we lost at the last election…"
Really? Byrne is nothing but consistent in that he repeatedly ignores the fact that Labour had shed 4 million votes even before the last general election. He ignores this salient fact every time he writes on this subject.
It is worth bearing in mind that Labour's vote share in 2005 was below what it got in 1979 when it lost badly. The situation is even worse if you count votes cast as opposed to vote share.
Byrne is hardly someone that the Labour Party should turn to for advice on how to win elections. Not surprisingly, he supported David Miliband in last year's Labour leadership election and posted a totally vacuous statement of support on his website.
Labour does need to connect with the voters, but they first need to reconnect to activists. All the twists and turns of focus-group and tabloid-led policy and the willing abandonment of some core principles has led to a huge disillusionment amongst those who would be knocking on doors and meeting voters face to face.
Listen to the public but be wary of the limitations of consultation such as these. Review past failures. Fine. Neither will win an election without the people willing to give time and shoe leather campaigning for the party.
Clearly the EU financial system is a mess. How can you have a so-called single currency when Greece, a bankrupt nation with a defunct government, is placed alongside Germany, a power house economy that could effectively buy Greece? Removing the weaker, fractured economies from the EU is a viable option, however, if they're all members of the single currency, why not just value all of them at the same level? Federalist Europe, that's why. For all the fine speeches that have been made on the subject of economic unity, the wealthier member states know that keeping the weaker economies weak strengthens their own position. If they wanted a genuinely united Europe, they would form a massively powerful and influential superstate, all economies within being valued collectively. The status quo, all power and influence being concentrated in the hands of what is, essentially, a committee of the elite, is how they like it. Gordon Brown saw this and wisely, thankfully, kept us out of the Euro. I'm not anti European, or even anti the Euro currency, provided it functions for the benefit of all member states. As things stand today, we would be better off pulling out of Europe and just doing our own thing, the alternative being further bankrupt nation bailouts, more austerity measures and ultimately, a whopping great divide between the wealthier areas and the stragglers. Sound familiar, remind you of anywhere? That's why the coalition is now Euro-friendly, it appeals to there sense of elitist entitlement. As for Labour, I can only echo the comments of others, they sit on the fence and hope that by watching and waiting, a sudden flame of original thought will ignite within them. Stop waiting for a fire to start, be the fire-starter
"Labour should take a stand on its principles"
You're making one hell of an assumption here.
2Paul well said
3If there was areferndum ,wouldn't Kate hoey, john cryer,Diane abbot and frank field suggest leaving.
regarding not caring about the poublic feel on theEU, we were making the public more pro Eu when the press was anti it, when we won the 2001 election.
"People's Pledge to let the voters decide
"A referendum on Britain staying in the EU is long overdue and now essential, writes Kelvin Hopkins MP"
The pro-EU media, from The Guardian to the BBC, seek to portray Eurosceptics as simply a right-wing group. That is simply not true. Millions of working-class people, socialists and trade unionists believe the EU to be a neo-liberal construct, promoting free-market capitalism with privatisation, competition rules, economic liberalism and unaccountable control of monetary policy by bankers.
Moreover, where referendums have been held elsewhere in the EU, the left has been the decisive force in securing "No" votes, often in opposition to the political elites of their own parties. In France and the Netherlands, millions voted against the proposed EU constitution, and the left was the key factor in both those votes. Extraordinarily, the results of these votes were simply ignored by the simple expedient of re-labelling the document as "the Lisbon Treaty". The left was also the driving force in the first Irish referendum and before that in the Swedish vote against joining the euro.
But fundamental to the debate is concern about democracy. Do we govern ourselves through our elected parliaments or do we accept the substantial and continuing shift of political power from the governments of member states to the EU? I wish to see a Labour government coming into office on a democratic socialist platform and free to rebuild what Margaret Thatcher and her successors have destroyed. I do not wish to see such a government told by the EU that its policies are unacceptable and menaced by legal threats………"
This reminds me of George Akerlof, an american political psychologist, he suggested that there has been a general rightward shift because Democrats have for about 30 years been terrified of standing on their own ideals.
I think it would be far better for them if not in the short term than definitely in the long run to go on an unashamedly leftist platform of redistribution of political, economic and social power. If there was ever a time that time is now.
Sure, you might loose a few swing voters but a real drive to become a proper socialist democratic power would win back the working classes and it is their refusal to vote, or at worst vote for Radical right parties that is causing the greatest harm to Labour. We risk becoming little more than a toothless liberal party of the feel good middle classes like most of America, that would really be a sad day for the party that gave us the national health service.
I'd say that Labour needs to reconnect with the voters – but first Labour needs to reconnect with Labour. There are no philosophical or ideological underpinnings of the modern Labour party and, until there are, anything the party tries to do will simply be building a house on sand.
Serious altercation in EU parliament sees BNP leader Nick Griffin clash with his own members and officials.
PART 1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV9DgBydn_Q
I would say that internationally the left lost it's self confidence in the 1980s. For the past 20 or so years. The left's response to the rise of the right can be characterised as capitulation, surrender and retreat, on nearly every issue from the economy to welfare and law and order. And by and large it has proven to have been a disaster for the left.
All it has achieved is to move the political centre of gravity further to the right. Weakening the left and emboldening the right to go even further.
The left seriously needs to regain some sense of self confidence to argue for its ideas.
Could I just say that Labour's eurosceptics were right… @3 gets it.
Absolutely nothing that has happened with the EZ is a surprise. In fact, it is not a flaw in the system but a drearily predictable feature of monetary union. Lefties in this country became so pro-EU and pro-euro because they wrongly assumed that the only argument against the EZ was from the swivel-eyed xenophobic save the pound right. If they are against it we must be for it is not a sensible position. What lefties and liberals fail to appreciate is the the nature of the forces that are seeking to prevail in Europe. Continuing with the EZ in its current form is not an option. Therefore, the euro periphery states must leave and the EZ shrink to a monetary union of the core, or the EZ advances to become effectively a state with a fiscal transfer mechanism. A fiscal transfer state with no democratic say over how taxes are raised or where they are spent.
Debts that can't be repaid will not be repaid is banking 101. So restructuring of debts rather than forcing collapse is often the least bad option. Getting 40% of a distressed debt is better than getting nothing. Defaulting on their debts is now inevitable for the EZ periphery. The only issue is who will be holding them and suffer the losses. The ECB are quite cynically trying to ensure that when the inevitable happens it will be the official sector rather than the private sector who are left holding the debts. Who are the official sector? The holders of the ECB capital. That means the taxpayers of the EZ members suffer the losses and have to make good the losses by recapitalising the ECB. Although, the UK are not members of the EZ, we are still the 2nd highest holder of the ECB capital. Presumably we would lose that capital, but we are not liable for losses beyond our invested capital. The rest of the members have an unlimited liability pro rata to their share of the capital structure.
The reason to get the states liable for the debts is to force them into a fiscal union. If the periphery leave or are forced out the core taxpayers suffer the losses anyway. Therefore, a closer integrated Europe with a fiscal transfer mechanism suddenly seems less unattractive.
If you think these people are lefties or are considering the best interest of populations, I have a bridge that might interest you. Labour and all the UK parties should not adopt an anti-Europe stance. Take the best things about the EU, but be sceptical about the ' project ' because there is most definitely a project.
Yonks ago, I heard the Governor of the Bank of England state that he was unable to change bank loan rates to suit companies in the north east of England. That was when I understood why common currency in the EU is wrong. If you can't tweak loan rates strategically within the UK, you can't do it within the Euro Zone.
The Euro Zone is a financial blob. Pound sterling is another financial blob. Small financial blobs are economically more free.
4. true .Blair won in 2005 with 36% of the vote and Callaghan lost in 79 with 36.8% of the vote, but Gaitskell lost in 1959 with 43% of the vote and 13.6 million votes something that NO laobur leader has got ever since even Wilson in 1966 or Blair in 1997.
As for those principles, try this in today's Economist about Ed Balls' soft spot for bankers:
Brian Denny of the RMT and Trade Unionists Against the EU Constitution.
"A view from the left – EU pushes bonded labour. New blog from Brian Denny"
The EU is currently involved in secret negotiations to agree an EU/India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) designed to allow European capital to take over Indian financial and other services through the 'liberalisation' of these markets.
In return, India is demanding 'Mode 4' access to EU markets, a trade concession that allows transnational corporations to bring temporary workers from outside the EU into the EU on lower rates of pay – a new form of bonded labour.
Such a FTA will mean mass privatisation and opening up of Indian markets in return for importing a huge 'reserve army of labour' into the EU to batter down wages and conditions to increase corporate profits. Moreover, if agreed, such trade commitments are effectively permanent and irreversible under law despite the fact that no electorate has voted for it.
Under Mode 4 a firm with a contract in another member state can bring its 'own' workers, from inside or even outside of the EU known as Inter Corporate Transferees (ICTs), for which there are no limits.
This will lead to huge levels of social dumping as free movement of both services and workers continues to undermine trade union strength and pay rates, with considerable downward pressure on wages among the most vulnerable workers in the UK.
At the EU level, European Court of Justice decisions, such as the Laval and Viking cases have already supported attacks on trade union rights, trumping the rights of business over those of workers' and unions.
The Lisbon Treaty also further advances EU 'liberalisation' enshrined in the Services Directive and greatly increases the powers of the Commission to enforce such policies.
EU structures designed to promote corporate takeover and dominance are well-organised. The major lobbying mechanism on 'services' is the European Services Forum (ESF), closely connected to the powerful International Financial Services London (IFSL), now merged with the Corporation of London and UK Trade and Industry, into 'TheCityUK'.
The broader structure for affecting EU policy is BusinessEurope, formerly UNICE, which has even shared offices with the European Commission. 'BusinessEurope' includes global firms such as US oil giant Exxon, and wields strong influence over EU internal and external trade policy.
In India resistance to this East India Company-style re-colonisation exercise is growing. On May Day this year, C H Venkatachalam, the general secretary of India's largest bank workers union, AIBEA, appealed to workers to come together to oppose the privatisation of the banking sector.
He warned that "allowing full voting rights for Foreign Direct Investors in banks, increased FDI/Foreign Institutional Investors investment limit in banking sector, higher FDI limit in insurance sector are some of the major challenges which the bank employees cannot afford to ignore".
It is time organised workers here stopped believing in euro fairy tales of 'social partnership' with their anti-democratic corporate executioners within the EU and started to defend themselves by following the example set by Indian workers.
Colin Bullen, of Labour Euro Safeguards
"The betrayal of the fisherman of Britain and how we can save our fishing industry"
Apart from the miners probably no working person has a harder and more dangerous job than the British fisherman but almost no industry has been so thoroughly betrayed by politicians. Edward Heath in his haste to get Britain into the Common Market was a willing accomplice in a swindle, conceived just days before negotiations for us to join began. It gave the other member states freedom to fish in our waters by making them a 'common resource'. Having exhausted their own fishing grounds, they wanted to get their nets into the rich fishing waters inside the British 200-mile limit. In accepting it, Heath betrayed British fishermen and gave other EU nations a licence to pillage our fish stocks.
Since then, the ongoing process of taking control of our fishing waters by stealth has continued unchecked. More fish are now being thrown back dead in discards, or landed illegally, than are landed legitimately. Britain provides three quarters of the stock, two thirds of the waters, but gets only a third of the catch and an eighth by value. The fish nearly all hatch, grow and spawn in British waters but are a 'Common Resource", so everyone else can catch our fish and land it in their own ports, destroying the British fishing industry. Every EU nation has "equal access" to this "Common Resource" and new entrants with big fishing fleets, but few fish, seek catches in our waters. Spain was the first and our fishing fleet has been cut to make room for them. Countries, whose fishing fleets are too large for their quotas can register their vessels as British, get European money and catch our quotas. A fifth of the British registered fleet is now foreign owned.
Policing at sea falls mainly to Britain but we can't discriminate against the vessels most likely to offend and our efforts are not supported by control at most European ports where small fish "over quota" and illegally undersized fish are all landed with impunity. Nations outside the EU have built powerful fishing industries within their 200-mile limits. Britain isn't allowed to do this because of the CFP rules.
We frequently hear ignorant people praise the EU for its support of the environment but this is a complete myth. The CFP has led to over-fishing and a massive conservation crisis. If has been a disaster for the British fishing fleet and the continued application of the CFP will end in destroying the British industry completely.
The only way to save the fishing industry is to leave the EU and reimpose the 200 mile fishing limit around our coasts. To do this we must hold and win a referendum on leaving the EU.
@17 Bob B
The trouble is, the present generation of Labour politicians are so heavilly implicated in the 'New Labour' years that they can't credibly repudiate it's legacy.
My guess is, Labour won't be able to really move on until a new generation, largely untainted by the past 20 years takes over.
@20: Graham: "The trouble is, the present generation of Labour politicians are so heavilly implicated in the 'New Labour' years that they can't credibly repudiate it's legacy. "
Sad but very likely true because the media will keep on about the New Labour legacy with distortions to manipulate public opinion. Try this independent source about the national debt – which shows how much of the increased debt is the result of bailing out the banks:
The UK national debt is the total amount of money the British government owes to the private sector and other purchasers of UK gilts.
UK public sector net debt was £910.1 billion or 60.1% of National GDP – (note this excludes financial sector intervention.)
Source: Office National Statistics [1] (page updated May 24th, 2011)
If all financial sector intervention is included (e.g. Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds) , the Net debt was £2252.9 billion or 148.9 per cent. This is known as the unadjusted measure of public sector net debt.
In the news, Britain's trade gap has shrunk, but that is not because of increased exports, which would have boosted demand for British made products, but because imports have decreased, a sure sign of depressed demand:
UK trade gap shrinks to £7.4bn – Falling imports, rather than rising exports, helped to cut UK trade deficit for April to £7.4bn, ONS data reveals [9 June]
And that is despite the depreciating Pound in the foreign exchange markets:
14, my mistake gaitskell got 12.6million in 59, so wilson did ger more than him in 66 and blair did get more than him in 97, but in 1966 it was only by 400,000
The heath governmnent were thought of as one of the worse ever, but thatcher erased the publics memory of how bad they were within 5 years,
Maybe what we really need and, much as I hate to say it, is another "Gang of Four" split in the party, but this time it needs to be from the ground up, not a few people standing on their principles, only to become that which they despise. I wonder if the original quartet ever envisaged the breakaway party they founded becoming a sub-division of the tory party. Labour- socialist, working class, democratic Labour was born of necessity, the required opposition to what was essentially a polite dictatorship. The necessity remains to this day, unfortunately, we seem to be left with a pale imitation of the original. Bevan, Kinnock, Foot, they may not have been considered men of style or massively photogenic but they were men of substance and principle. "Whenever you're in trouble, you just stand by me", a line from a song that echoes the sentiment of original Labour beliefs. Alas, the line today would probably read something like —"Whenever you're in trouble just call my office, explain the situation and we'll get back to you the moment we have a full assessment of the positive/negative impact on the overall image of the party, in relation to the possible reaction of the general public. N.B. If you should find yourself in trouble, could you perhaps hold fire on making a fuss until we have a election coming up? It would help, many thanks. T.T.F.N."
"Respondents to the review have expressed concern around cuts to policing and youth services… Added to the worries around immigration and the EU-scepticism, I'd say it's safe to conclude that the review points to a right-wing bias in the respondents."
Why? Those are all points of view you would get from a random sample of Britons, according to every poll I have ever seen. You don't need a 'right-wing bias' to explain those results.
We don't need another split, simply by the electoral arithmetic. The Gang of Four split the opposition vote and let Thatcher in.
@26 As so often, a piece of received wisdom that turns out to be wrong on closer inspection. Polled on their second preferences, more Alliance voters in 1983 said they would have backed the Tories than Labour. In a straight fight (or, god forbid, an AV election!) Thatcher would have had a slightly larger majority.
If you refer back to what I actually wrote, I said a split "from the ground up". A breakaway party whose members are not professional politicians, but people such as you and me, people who contribute to these pages. I've spent years working in the construction industry, warehousing, refuse and recycling. Trust me when I tell you, the feeling of most working people is one of "who gives a shit who's in charge, they're all a bunch of crooks feathering their own nests". Some of us do give a shit, but if we do'nt actually take action to reverse the decline in support for the socialist way of government, then quite frankly, it's all just so many words on a page. The Gang of Four set out with the best of intentions, regrettably for the UK of the eighties, they failed to see that public slanging matches and washing the dirty laundry in public, was a surefire way of putting the voters off. So, perhaps it's time for the people who are the flesh and bones of the Labour movement to reclaim the political arena. Power to the people, through political action by the people. Alternatively, if you ca'nt be arsed to do more than just complain, then you ca'nt really expect anyone to listen.
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"The phenomenal growth of AA and the success of the disease concept in the treatment of Alcoholism generated the founding of treatment centers in the late 1950s and early 1960s. These early treatment centers were based on what had been successful in early AA. They focused on getting the Alcoholic sober and paid very little attention to the families of Alcoholics.
As these treatment centers matured and evolved, they noticed that the families of Alcoholics seemed to have certain characteristics and patterns of behavior in common. So they started to pay some attention to the families.
A term was coined to describe the significant others of Alcoholics. That term was "co-alcoholic" – literally "alcoholic with."
The belief was that while the Alcoholic was addicted to alcohol, the co-alcoholic was addicted in certain ways to the Alcoholic. The belief was that the families of Alcoholics became sick because of the Alcoholic's drinking and behavior.
With the drug explosion of the sixties, Alcoholism treatment centers became chemical dependency treatment centers. Co-alcoholics became co-dependents. The meaning was still a literal "dependent with," and the philosophy was much the same.
In the mid-to-late seventies, however, certain pioneers in the field began to look more closely at the behavior patterns of families affected by addiction. Some researchers focused primarily on Alcoholic families, and then graduated to studying adults who had grown up in Alcoholic families. Other researchers started looking more closely at the phenomenon of Family Systems Dynamics.
Out of these studies came the defining of the Adult Child Syndrome, at first primarily in terms of Adult Children of Alcoholics and then expanding to other types of dysfunctional families.
Ironically this research was in a sense a rediscovery of the insight which in many ways was the birth of modern psychology. Sigmund Freud made his early fame as a teenager with his insight into the importance of early childhood trauma. (This was many years before he started shooting cocaine and decided that sex was the root of all psychology.)
What the researchers were beginning to understand was how profoundly the emotional trauma of early childhood affects a person as an adult. They realized that if not healed, these early childhood emotional wounds, and the subconscious attitudes adopted because of them, would dictate the adult's reaction to, and path through, life. Thus we walk around looking like and trying to act like adults, while reacting to life out of the emotional wounds and attitudes of childhood. We keep repeating the patterns of abandonment, abuse, and deprivation that we experienced in childhood.
Psychoanalysis addressed these issues only on the intellectual level – not on the emotional healing level. As a result, a person could go to psychoanalysis weekly for twenty years and still be repeating the same behavior patterns.
As the Adult Child movement, the Family Systems Dynamics research, and the newly emerging "inner child" healing movement expanded and developed in the eighties, the term "Codependent" expanded. It became a term used as a description of certain types of behavior patterns. These were basically identified as "people-pleasing" behaviors. By the middle to late eighties the term "Codependent" was associated with people-pleasers who set themselves up to be victims and rescuers.
In other words, it was recognized that the Codependent was not sick because of the Alcoholic but rather was attracted to the Alcoholic because of his/her disease, because of her/his early childhood experience.
At that time Codependence was basically defined as a passive behavioral defense system, and its opposite, or aggressive counterpart was described as counterdependent. Then most Alcoholics and addicts were thought to be counterdependent.
The word changed and evolved further after the start of the modern Codependence movement in Arizona in the mid-eighties. Co-Dependents Anonymous had its first meeting in October of 1986, and books on Codependence as a disease in and of itself started appearing at about the same time. These Codependence books were the next generation evolved from the books on the Adult Child Syndrome of the early eighties.
The expanded usage of the term "Codependent" now includes counterdependent behavior. We have come to understand that both the passive and the aggressive behavioral defense systems are reactions to the same kinds of childhood trauma, to the same kinds of emotional wounds. The Family Systems Dynamics research shows that within the family system, children adopt certain roles according to their family dynamics. Some of these roles are more passive, some are more aggressive, because in the competition for attention and validation within a family system the children must adopt different types of behaviors in order to feel like an individual.
A large part of what we identify as our personality is in fact a distorted view of who we really are due to the type of behavioral defenses we adopted to fit the role or roles we were forced to assume according to the dynamics of our family system."
". . . . . In this society, in a general sense, the men have been traditionally taught to be primarily aggressive, the "John Wayne" syndrome, while women have been taught to be self-sacrificing and passive. But that is a generalization; it is entirely possible that you came from a home where your mother was John Wayne and your father was the self-sacrificing martyr.
Dysfunctional Culture
The point that I am making is that our understanding of Codependence has evolved to realizing that this is not just about some dysfunctional families – our very role models, our prototypes, are dysfunctional.
Our traditional cultural concepts of what a man is, of what a woman is, are twisted, distorted, almost comically bloated stereotypes of what masculine and feminine really are. A vital part of this healing process is finding some balance in our relationship with the masculine and feminine energy within us, and achieving some balance in our relationships with the masculine and feminine energy all around us. We cannot do that if we have twisted, distorted beliefs about the nature of masculine and feminine.
When the role model of what a man is does not allow a man to cry or express fear; when the role model for what a woman is does not allow a woman to be angry or aggressive – that is emotional dishonesty. When the standards of a society deny the full range of the emotional spectrum and label certain emotions as negative – that is not only emotionally dishonest, it creates emotional disease.
If a culture is based on emotional dishonesty, with role models that are dishonest emotionally, then that culture is also emotionally dysfunctional, because the people of that society are set up to be emotionally dishonest and dysfunctional in getting their emotional needs met.
What we traditionally have called normal parenting in this society is abusive because it is emotionally dishonest. Children learn who they are as emotional beings from the role modeling of their parents. "Do as I say – not as I do," does not work with children. Emotionally dishonest parents cannot be emotionally healthy role models, and cannot provide healthy parenting." – these are excerpts from Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls by Robert Burney
This book is available through Robert's website or from Amazon Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls
Also available in eBook format: Amazon Kindle Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls and Barnes & Noble Nook
New December 2012 Announcing that a new audio version of Codependence The Dance of Wounded Souls A Cosmic Perspective of Codependence and the Human Condition is now available on audible.com
This is a literal audio book with another narrator – not the audio that I did myself which was slightly abridged. I think that the narrator did a good job – but of course it doesn't have the passion and the points of emphasis that the one I did has. As one person's feedback stated about my version:
"The audio version is absolutely a mind-blowing audio spiritual experience! You rock, man!! It's one thing to read the articles on the clinically electric computer screen and completely another level of involvement hearing the man himself utter his own words of wisdom and spiritual alchemy. One can tell that you aren't just mumbling through a book you've written; while listening it becomes certain that the message truly is your spiritual truth and not just some neatly packaged intellectual mind job disguising itself in spiritual language. An enormous THANK YOU for sharing your story and perspective for all the world to see, I truly appreciate it, man!"


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Clothing Haul
Before I went to work this morning I thought I stopped by Kohl's to look for a flipflop for the summer but I didn't see any pair that I like but I did find some clothes that were on sale! I love cardigans, in my closet I fit all of my winter/summer clothings in it so whenever the season change I don't do anything to my closet :D So on cold weather I would still wear t-shirts or tank tops but would have a cardigan over it to keep warm.
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Miley Cyrus revealed to J-14 the pressure to lose weight and have big breasts in Hollywood. Miley's often told that she needs to lose and weight and get breast implants: 'It will eat at you forever. One thing that really bugs me is people who say, 'Miley really needs to lose some weight' or 'She got her boobs done'.
I did start out really skinny, but you're not going to have boobs when you're 12 years old. I'm like, 'What are you talking about? Let me grow! I'm never going to be a six-foot-tall, 95 pound model!' Do YOU think Miley should lose weight, get breast implants or plastic surgery like so many other young stars?
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|Commando in the back of the van headed
to Manassas. He rides really well, he just
laid down and never made a sound.
|Maya bundled up in a crate in the van. It was cold.
They arrived, recognized him at once and really hit it off. They liked his size, youth, energy, and generally sweet disposition. I liked their size, energy, and youth, as well as their enthusiasm. I think they are a great match for Commando, capable of handling him, training him, and keeping up with him. They were exactly what I wanted for him.
They were on their way out of town for the weekend, but said they would talk it over and give me a call. They called in about 15 or 20 minutes to say that they wanted him and I was not surprised. We are all off on Monday and hope to make the adoption and transfer then, weather permitting.
|Commando was himself: big, sweet, and
goofy, and today it worked in his favor.
In the evening, Maya and I went down to the brewery to have a couple celebratory beers.
|Commando finally met his match.
|Maya and Max on today's hike.
|She doesn't hustle treats or food anyplace else,
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This blog is about my daily thoughts, rants, and everything in between, but the most part it's about infertility and now my journey through motherhood.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
A different baby?
9 comments:
- JennaDee said...
Aww so glad to hear he is responding well! And believe me you'll catch on real quick with the diaper changes!!! You would think after the first boy I'd have it under control... No I still sometimes get peed on with mason!
- August 28, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- Robin said...
Great news that he is feeling better!!!! Don't worry about the weight gain.. the more he gains the better he sleeps.. :):)
- August 28, 2010 at 6:57 PM
Have you tried breastmilk again with the Zantac? It may just be the Zantac and you could keep breastfeeding.
- August 28, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- Allison said...
Glad Collin is doing better!! :)
And maybe I'm in the minority and maybe it's because I've never been in the position, but when I read about the pressure ladies feel to breastfeed when it's obviously not going well for the baby or for her.... well, I guess I don't understand why you wouldn't switch to formula. I think Happiness is best (sayeth the non-mom, so feel free to ignore my ignorance). :)
- August 29, 2010 at 8:58 AM
- Jen said...
Glad things are going better for you guys now. Hey, when do we get to see more pictures of the little guy??
- August 29, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- Melissa said...
So glad Collin is feeling better. I agree with you formula poop stinks, but I found the formula burps in your are face disgusting!!
- August 29, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- E said...
Yeayyyyyyyyy!!! I think whatever helps him feel good is BEST. ;)
- August 30, 2010 at 9:31 AM
- ssbean said...
Ugh, I can't imagine changing a newborn boys diaper, I wouldn't know what to do. I'm glad your little man is doing better with the soy.
- August 31, 2010 at 4:34 PM
- Steph O. said...
So glad he's feeling better!
I second the request for more pics! :)
- September 3, 2010 at 11:51 AM


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Purdue Pharmaceutical the Stamford-based maker of Oxycontin has been fined $634.5 million after pleading guilty in a federal court to misleading the public about the dangers of taking Oxycontin.
The three executives involved – former President Michael Friedman, lawyer Howard Udell, and former medical director Paul Goldenheim – avoided jail time, but will have to pay a combined $34.5 million.
Parents of teenagers and young adults who died from overdoses arrived from all over the US to hear the sentence. Teresa Ashcraft, whose son Robert died of an overdose aged 19 said: "We have been given a life sentence due to their lies and greed."
Parents also urged the judge to throw out the plea agreement and send the executives to jail. Unfortunately that didn't happen.
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Emily Johnson leading the final performance
Audience participating in a circle discussion
This fall, the Indigenous NYC will continue working with Alan Michelson and Stephen Paul Jackson on their second event, slated for October 15. Scheduled to coincide with the Scales of Visibility in Global Indigenous Art conference at the CUNY Graduate Center on October 14, our Saturday event will entail a discussion and workshop on indigenous arts in contemporary art museums with curators and artists. The CUNY conference has already confirmed Jolene Rickard, Candice Hopkins, Fred Myers, and Wanda Nanibush as speakers. This event will ask why indigenous artists are so rarely considered contemporary artists and invited to participate in contemporary art institutions. Questions of identity, authenticity, institutionalized discrimination, heritage, and post democracy will be raised as the participants grapple with what it means to be a contemporary indigenous artist.
Artist Jack Gray giving a presentation


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I'm kinda posting and running this week. I'm back to work, and scrambling around to get all my classes started up. This dish is perfect for when you need something quick for dinner. The recipe is so easy, I almost didn't post it. That's the great thing about grilling, though. Keep it simple. Two items on the skewer. Minimal fussing. Okay, I did brine the chicken. Because as much as I've improved my grilling skills, I still live in fear of overcooking the meat.
original recipe
Use the lime to squeeze onto the chicken when eating.
- In a large bowl, stir the water, salt, and sugar until all crystals have dissolved. Place chicken breasts in mixture, cover, and let chill for 30 minutes.
- If using bamboo skewers, soak in water for 20 minutes.
- Remove chicken from brine and pat dry. Cut chicken into 1-inch chunks. Halve limes lengthwise, then cut into thick slices.
- Heat grill to medium-hot.
- Thread chicken and limes onto skewers in an alternating pattern.
- Rub oil onto the chicken and limes. Sprinkle all sides with seasoning.
- Grill until cooked through, about 4-5 minutes per side.


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I'd noticed a while back that our joint calendar had "something special for a special birthday" marked down for Saturday June 25, the weekend preceding my birthday. Micah likes to do surprises for me occasionally, just something he likes planning I guess.
I had a few theories, but wasn't sure what it might be. As of Friday, I knew that we had to get up early-ish (for a Saturday) and that it wasn't going to take all day. That ruled out an overnight trip and a ticket to the Taylor Swift concert which was that night. As of that morning there were a few more clues, my attire was to be jeans and shoes that could be worn in potentially muddy areas. Hm.
I wasn't quite sure, but I thought it might have had something to do with horses. The only reason I came up with that idea was there had been a bunch of local groupons for riding recently, and I had probably mentioned a few to Micah. And Micah knows I heart horses (yes, that 9-year-old self part of me. and that not-9-year-old self, too). And we're always checking out local deals, so I thought he may have nabbed one. But before we left the house that morning I reminded him to make sure he had everything...camera if we needed it (who knows what we're doing?! I don't!)...wallet, keys...oh, and if we need a coupon for whatever we're doing bring that too. He said there was no coupon necessary. Which led me to consider a day hike or something. Maybe. Mud. Hm.
But my first thought was right. I kind of wish that I hadn't had the hunch, because it would have been much more satisfying for Micah I think. But, my suspicions were confirmed once we arrived at Bobby's Ranch in Weston, MA, about 45 minutes away, if that. (did you see the funny horse cartoon on their web page? yeah, that was on their sign too - so funny!)
When we pulled in, we passed a lonely buffalo standing in a pin...I wonder if he has an buddies. We parked and registered at the office and then waited for the last people in our group to arrive. While we were meandering around, we ran into some animals. Or rather, they came to us. The donkey high-tailed it across the parking lot to come say hello before heading off to continue snacking in the field. He was followed close behind by a Shetland pony. There were also 2 roosters parading through the yard. One was huge and what we'd call a textbook rooster - giant feet, colorful feathers and a serious cock-a-doodle-doo. He also had a partner in crime, a smaller rooster guy that followed him around too. He was cute (probably not what roosters are going for) and little and made us laugh hysterically. That was because his cock-a-doodle-doo crow was more of a high-pitched cock-a-cough-sputter-voice crack-doo. At first we thought it was just that one time, but nope, every time. Poor guy. We also found some sheep and another Shetland pony. And a very friendly cat who made a beeline for Micah when he was crouching down to take a photo.
Turns out the last people we were waiting on for our trail ride never showed. So it was me and Micah along with 2 other riders and 2 guides. They were nice, but very efficient, like - hi, walk up this ramp, this is Midnight, have you ridden before?, great, here you go. And just like that we were off. I was trying to remember the last time I had ridden, and it was probably in college when I was in Colorado with my friend, Kerry, and we rode in the snow near Crested Butte. As in that was probably 10 years ago. But, I guess riding a horse is kind of like riding a bike - it comes back to you.
After stopping for a quick water break for the horses and a reminder not to let them eat along the way, we headed out to the trails. The trails wound us up through woods near the 'ranch' and through a preserve area. It was really pretty and smelled like camp (woods + damp earth + horses + leathery saddles = camp).
It had poured that morning, but the rain had thankfully stopped by the time we arrived at Bobby's. That being said, there were rainy tree-drips and gigantic puddles across the trail. We were instructed to get the horses to go through the center of the puddles, but they all wanted to stay dry (like I would have), so they headed as far to the outside as possible. This was also when my mount, Midnight, would try to have a fast-food snack (read, any green foliage within tongue's reach). It was an ongoing battle. You'd think he was famished. My favorite was when we were trotting along (one speed faster than a walk) and there was a low-lying, leaf-filled branch across the trail. While I was trying to avoid a branch to the face, Midnight was trotting along, happily snagging a few precious leaves as we went through it.
Along with the snacks, puddle avoidance/side-of-the-road snacking was also an opportune time for Midnight to try to crush my outside leg between his body and the nearest sappling. It never really happened, but was always a close call. A tug on the reins and a swift kick, and we were (almost) back in the center of the trail again. Micah was in front of me for the ride, on a black and white steed named Oreo. His MO was slow walking. We were always several horse lengths away from the rest of the pack. It brought a whole new meaning to the saying "I'm right on your tail" (maybe this is where it came from?). Midnight was all up on Oreo's tail. At one point, one of the guides had to bring her horse up between us to try and make Oreo get a move on. It didn't really work.
Those were just some minor anecdotes along the way. The ride was fun and surprising and fun and beautiful. Unfortunately, there are no photos of us actually on horses because we decided to put the camera in the car, lest either of us fall off and crunch it (in addition to ourselves). And because the staff is so efficient, there really is no time to take photos or pet your horse before/after you've dismounted. When we arrived back at the barn, we dismounted on wobbly legs. We were met by a goat hanging out on the dismounting ramp. He was so funny. Just perched there as if he was a mountain goat on the side of a giant mountain.
We wandered around some more, trying to stretch our legs before getting back in the car. We took some more photos and petted a few more animals. There was a kid-filled group there getting ready for their ride, and our friendly little Shetland was saddled up for the smallest of them. Since they couldn't go on a proper trail ride, they'd get a pony ride in the barnyard. After we had regained normal feeling in our knees and legs and butts (man we're old!), we hopped back in the car and headed home.


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Austrian Journalist Jane Burgermeister has filed charges against W.H.O the U.N and Baxter Laboratories over the Swine Flu pandemic. Jane has accused these organizations of propogating a virus and attempting to release a pandemic upon the world. She also believes that she has obtained enough evidence to prove her claim and has made it available to the public should anyone else wish to follow in her footsteps.
A list of the Charges being launched by Jane can be viewed HERE
Janes Blog regarding this legal action can be viewed HERE
Evidence of a Pandemic Flu Being Used to Depopulate the USA HERE
The Jane Burgermeister Facebook Advocacy Group. HERE
Summary of claims and allegations filed with FBI in Austria on June 10, 2009:
In her charges, Burgermeister presents evidence of acts of bioterrorism that is in violation of U.S. law by a group operating within the U.S. under the direction of international bankers who control the Federal Reserve, as well as WHO, UN and NATO. This bioterrorism is for the purpose of carrying out a mass genocide against the U.S. population by use of a genetically engineered flu pandemic virus with the intent of causing death. This group has annexed high government offices in the U.S.
Specifically, evidence is presented that the defendants, Barack Obama, President of the U.S, David Nabarro, UN System Coordinator for Influenza, Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO, Kathleen Sibelius, Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, David de Rotschild, banker, David Rockefeller, banker, George Soros, banker, Werner Faymann, Chancellor of Austria, and Alois Stoger, Austrian Health Minister, among others, are part of this international corporate criminal syndicate which has developed, produced, stockpiled and employed biological weapons to eliminate the population of the U.S. and other countries for financial and political gain.
Related Story:
– Flu is not the Biggest Danger it's the Vaccine


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Cloned from a Mutual Zygote #5: The Draconia/Ferengi Marauder
2 responses to "Cloned from a Mutual Zygote #5: The Draconia/Ferengi Marauder"
So, that's why the shape of the Ferengi ship seemed so familiar! The Draconian flagship from Buck Rogers was one of the most impressive models to ever appear on a tv show. The level of detail is incredible. It even has little domes like that on Russian Orthodox churches. It's far grander than the similar Ferengi ship. The insectoid design with 'ant' mandibles so impressed me as a kid, that I drew many similar spaceships with mandibles. Of course, it's not the only great spaceship design inspired by insects. The Eagle from Space:1999 is the most famous (and best).
Hi Anonymous,I remember the first time I saw the Ferengi ship, and I was shocked at how similar it looks to the Draconia. It's like a streamlined, simplified version, with the pincers, and the sloped back, and the long middle-neck portion.And, of course, Eagles are the most awesome spaceships ever, I agree…best,John


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Here's what I'm wondering: What the hell is his reason? A list of possibilities:
- Political: He's so nervous about alienating the dominant rightwing votership in Arizona - because in six years he'll have to run again?
- Personal: He's homophobic, like a lot of older dudes.
- Misinformed: He has a complete misapprehension of how service people who are gay and those that know they are gay interact with each other professionally?
- Egomaniac: He's a grump who just wants to thwart something and act like he's the military expert?
I always thought that soldiers were supposed to follow their orders without question. But maybe that's only the order John McCain personally approves of. Yep, that last reason is looking more and more likely every day.
Enjoy your legacy, Sen. McCain.


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We are still trying to get over our colds and get back to 100% so we can get back on the road. As we lived in this area for over 5 years it was hard to get out and take pictures of the area that we have seen for years so Dick decided to share some of his photos with you. This is just a small sample of pictures that he liked.
The first is a sunset that was taken in Boardman Oregon during one of our camping trips with friends.
Here is an old truck that was in the corner of a field that was used to dump the farmer's junk. Most farms in the area have a place to keep all the old broken down junk incase any of it could be used again.
This was taken on the east coast and using a photo editing program the sunlight was added to the center of the photo. It's fun to try and edit photos to bring out the image.
Who can go to Las Vegs and go away without some night shots? We had a great time there and did get lots of shots that night.
Shortly after taking this picture in Death Valley a gentleman walked up to us and asked if that was our truck parked over there as one of the tires was leaking. No problem as we have roadside service and all we had to do was make a call and they would come out and change it for us. We pulled out the old cell phone to find that there was not any service for miles so guess who changed the tire in the very hot Death Valley.
Posted on our Blog was another picture of "the girl in red" on the brow of the hill. While traveling through Death Valley there standing on the top of a ridge was a very lovely young lady in a red dress. We figured when she saw Dick taking pictures that she started to pose. We did get several shots of her and later shared them with her.
Just another day on the ocean beach with lots of shore birds being chased up the beach by the incomming tide and waves.
At low tide these rocks are reflected in the water with the ocean in the background. Notice the one tree on the one rock and the clam digger in the foreground trying to dig clams for his dinner.
Another beach and another shot with people searching for treasurers. Did Dick tell you that he loves the ocean?
It looks like Dick is not the only one who loves the ocean. If you look closely you can see a huge smile on the young ladies face sitting on the top of the log.
From the beach to a big hole in the ground. It's hard to see the size of this underground garden that is over 30' tall. It took a lot of work to get this picture without a tripod but we got the shot.
We did get into some snow and wild flowers in the spring and while hiking in the mountains we found lots of lovely spots like this.
A cold day near Mount Shasta with the clouds sliding down the side of the mountain with part of this lake still frozen. Now where is our fishing pole?
From the mountains to the wheat field. How many stories can this old house tell us? The best we can do is preserve the history in a few photos. Listen close, what is it telling you?
What can we say about this photo except she was really trying hard to get a drink and keep her feet dry. Right time at the right place. (Dick took this photo over 30 years ago.)
Debbie was looking and Michelle was waiting her turn. Looks like she was a little bored.
Both Debbie and MIchelle had to wait their turn and now it looks like Debbie is the one who is bored. We must share and take our turns.


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Happy birthday, Aunt Tammy!
Posted on May 10, 2013
Last year, Chalupa and I were getting ready to move into our house, and I wanted to paint the living room. Painting a living room isn't the most complicated home improvement task of all time, but I haven't done very much painting and was nervous that I'd mess it up if I tried to do it myself. So I did the obvious thing: I called my Aunt Tammy.
She bought some supplies and came to the house one afternoon, and together with my Grandma, our good family friend Patti, and my sisters, we got the room painted in no time.
I didn't just call her because she's great at home improvement far more complicated than painting a room, but also because she's the first person who offers to help someone when they need it. I can think of so many times that she has shown up to help one of us move or paint a room or clean out a garage. She patiently teaches us whatever it is we need to do, and when we screw up, she shrugs and says, "Eh, whatever, it'll be fine. We can fix it."
Some people are just generous–generous with their time and their kindness. That's Tammy. Tackling projects with her is also fun because we can talk politics the whole time, supporting each other's points of view with, "YEAH! You're right! How can anyone think like that?" Whenever I want to know a teacher's opinion on whether or not Indiana is still working to steadily screw over our education system, I know Tammy will tell it like it is.
We Boltzes are lucky to have Tammy as part of our family. Tomorrow is her birthday, and I'm posting this just a little bit early to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAMMY!


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It's perhaps the greatest loss of all.
Whitney Houston has died. She was 48.
The superstar songbird, known for her chart-topping hits like "I Will Always Love You" and "The Greatest Love of All," was found dead at a hotel room in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Saturday afternoon. The cause of death has not been determined.
Many regarded her as the greatest singer of all-time, and some even referred to her simply as "The Voice."
Her string of number one hits from her 1985 self-titled debut album quickly made the singer from Newark, N.J. a household name.
Houston also made a big splash on the big screen. She starred alongside Kevin Costner in 'The Bodyguard' in 1992 and the 1995 romance film 'Waiting to Exhale.'
Despite all of the success, Houston's demons soon sent the singer on a downward spiral. Her turbulent marriage to R&B bad boy Bobby Brown and her battles with drugs tragically dimmed her shining star. She would hit rock bottom and disappear from both singing and acting.
However, Houston made a comeback with "I Look to You" in 2009, but it was at that moment when we realized "The Voice" was gone for good.
She would never again be able to capture a crowd like she did singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl in 1991. She would never again be able to perform "I Will Always Love You" and send chills down your spine. She would never again conquer the charts like she did when she first arrived on the scene.
Her singing career was all but done.
Now, nearly three years after making a rocky comeback, Houston's name covers the marquee of the world famous Apollo Theater, where she shot the video for "The Greatest Love of All."
But her name appears as a reminder of the larger-than-life singer whose life expired too soon.
The marquee read: "In Memory of Whitney Houston A True Music Icon."
I was able to see Whitney Houston perform at Central Park in 2009. Below are the videos: