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Trying to sum up my year at BILT is a tricky one – it definitely feels like a tale of two halves. One full of optimism and endless possibilities, and the other full of Zoom calls and Owen's buffering. Nonetheless it's been an amazing experience, and I've met so many fantastic people throughout the university.
The Active, Learning Cookbook, supposed to be a quick task to get the ball rolling, ended up being my magnum opus, as the Best of Bristol and the BILT sustainability challenge were sadly cancelled and I had to turn my energy elsewhere. I've produced countless blogs with no respect for brevity or sometimes basic sentence structure, and interviewed amazing students and staff for the Humans of Bristol University series. But rather than list the jumble of wonderful things I've been able to do with BILT, I've tried to think about what I've learned about Active, Collaborative learning this year, and what I'd love to see happen in an active, collaborative future.
Active, collaborative learning needs to start from day one
It's often a complaint levelled at academics that they are resistant to change, but students can be just as guilty. A lot of the stories I've heard of active or collaborative learning being received negatively have been from later years students, who have found a new teaching or assessment style being introduced so late into their studies disruptive. When the stakes are higher for assessment outcomes, students need to be able to use what they have learned already, and, even if it's a better learning experience, being pushed out of your learning comfort zone can be anxiety-inducing.
That's why it's critical that more innovative teaching methods are introduced from the first couple of weeks students step on campus (or digitally step onto campus this year). The first few months are the uni telling students 'this is what it's going to be like'. It's where they will develop the skills they need to succeed when their work starts to count towards their classification, and it's their only real chance to take risks and fail. So if the first few months are just one-hour powerpoints, silent seminars and essays, they aren't going to be able to make the most of it when in third year, they take a fantastic module which uses group projects, presentations and peer-assessment. If they've been working collaboratively, and taking an active role in their learning from the start, they'll be more receptive to, and get more from active, collaborative learning in later years. And it'll be a far more rewarding experience for lecturers that go out of their way to deliver a fantastic learning experience.
Active, collaborative learning isn't for everyone
However, even if students are introduced to innovative teaching slowly, and from the start, that doesn't mean every student is going to see their lecturer as their lord and saviour and nominate them for Best of Bristol and a Bristol Teaching Award. Students learn in tremendously different ways, which is something that has really been made apparent to me this year, and what works well for some just isn't going to work for others, no matter how well it is introduced. It might just be the way we're wired, it might be due to the education experiences we've had before uni, or more practical things, like needing to fit university around other responsibilities. Students also come to university with vastly different end-goals in mind and that's going to affect what they engage with, and how much energy they are prepared to put into different activities.
So we just give up with active collaborative learning because it's never going to please everyone, right? Tempting, for sure, but then I've rather wasted this year so perhaps there's a better option. Optionality, in my opinion, is the way forward for almost all areas of teaching and assessment. Active, collaborative learning can be the paradigm for a course or module, but it should be possible for students to engage in their own way too. That might mean allowing students to contribute to group projects but without having to present to large groups, or using flipped lectures but allowing students to attend without participating if they aren't comfortable. In the new digital-teaching era, with connectivity and technology issues prevalent for many students, it means finding ways to provide summaries and key information from discussions or other synchronous teaching so students that aren't able to attend still gain value. Providing options is difficult and time-consuming, but bringing students into the discussion early, means you can figure out together what they do and don't need. Students will need to learn to be flexible and adaptable to deal with the world of work after university but their courses need to be flexible and adaptable to work with their needs too.
Active, collaborative learning needs to be embedded
Without meaning to sound like an inspirational poster, active, collaborative learning is a mindset, not just a few activities. I've focussed mainly on little ways it can be brought into teaching this year, especially with the cookbook. But really those should just be a stopgap. Active learning means doing something with everything you learn, it means developing the critical and analytical skills that make someone a scientist or artist. It should mean that students can finish university and apply their skills to any situation, not just having learnt information, but how to learn information for themselves. And collaboration doesn't just mean doing a group project, it means fostering a sense of academic community, and learning how you fit in a group and what your strengths and weaknesses are and how you can improve them. It means learning from other students, not just textbooks and academics. These things need to be brought in at a curriculum design level, not added on to existing courses through modifying teaching or assessment methods that weren't designed with them in mind.
Active, Collaborative Learning in the Future: portfolio-based assessment
Putting this all together, if there's one change I'd like to see at Bristol, it's a move towards portfolio based assessment. The university would lay out the key information they felt students would need to learn to become disciplinary experts, and provide a range of options for students to choose how they were assessed on this. Students would then build up their portfolio of assessment, choosing what they felt was most appropriate for each subject and for their own learning goals.
So for me, a Biologist, that might mean I choose my 6 optional modules for the year. These are delivered in the usual way, through a mix of practicals and lectures, and may require some core assessment through a lab report and exam. For the rest of my assessment, I'd have to produce a number of pieces of work of different formats to complete a cross-modular portfolio. So I might choose to do an infographic for my Oceans module, a group presentation for Plant Disease, a policy recommendation for Conservation, and so on. I can build my portfolio around the skills I want to get, the things I want to try out and the assessment that works for me. Someone who is dead set on being the world's leading dolphin vocalisation biologist might choose to focus on data analysis and lab reports because that works for them. It also means students can choose modules based on what they are interested in, not by the assessment style.
It would be hard to mark, undoubtedly, and might require a re-thinking of the role of academic tutor as someone to guide students through the process – optionality is great but can also be hugely anxiety inducing. With the number of students attending university now, from hugely diverse backgrounds, a one-size fits all approach won't work. Why not let students choose their path through university, rather than trying to anticipate exactly what they need and make prescriptive paths for them.
I know I'm asking a lot, and maybe this year isn't the year to be tearing up the rulebook. But then again, maybe it's the perfect time.
I expect a lot from university, but then again, university has expected a lot of me. My further education experience has been weird and wonderful, and hasn't necessarily been what I have expected. What I can say for certain is that this year has been by far my best experience yet. Working for BILT has made me feel a part of the university, and it's been incredible to feel I have agency over my teaching and learning. Obviously, the university can't hire 25,000 Student Fellows (haven't Amy, Amy and Caro suffered enough with the four of us?), but it can listen to students in other ways. Feeling like my voice is heard, and being able to learn about learning and teaching has been fantastic for me and changed the way I've looked at my degree. Student voice is incredibly powerful, and if you're reading this and you've taken nothing else from my ramblings this year, then please let students be heard!
Toby Roberts BILT Student Fellow 19/20 – working on the project 'Active, Collaborative Learning'.


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by Hanna Bogorowski
The Republican National Committee (RNC) raised a record-breaking $14.2 million in July, the most the organization has ever raised for that month in a non-presidential year, bringing its cycle total to $227.2 million.
The RNC reports having $41.9 million cash on-hand and zero dollars in debt.
"We've used our unprecedented grassroots support to build the biggest field program we've ever had to defend our House and Senate majorities," RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a press release to CBS News.
"History might be against us, but we're making sure every voter knows we're the party of results. All the Democrats have is resistance," she added.
Not only is the fundraising haul substantial in itself, but the press release also notes it raised record-breaking funds despite transferring $4 million to the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and another $4 million to the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) in July for GOP candidates.
July's fundraising numbers are more than the RNC raised in the month of July in 2010 and 2014 combined.
According to its last filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) at the end of June, the RNC also had a 5-to-1 cash on-hand advantage compared to the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Accounting for the DNC's $6.3 million in debt, the RNC would have close to a 20-to-1 cash on-hand advantage.
The DNC has not yet released its July numbers, but as of the end of June, it had raised $109.3 million for this cycle.
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Hanna Bogorowski is a reporter at Daily Caller News Foundation. Follow Hanna on Twitter. Photo "Rhonna McDaniel" by Gage Skidmore.


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For a brand that was only officially introduced in 2011, Private White V.C. packs a heritage that's far beyond their years. The brand operates out of a factory that their namesake, Private Jack White worked at back in the early twentieth century, and it was this legacy that led White's great grandson, James Eden to take over the factory a handful of years ago. This appreciation of the past continues on through in the brand's designs. Nick Ashley the lead designer of Private White leans heavily on classic English shapes such as harringtons and moto-jackets. Not only does Ashley's resume include the likes of Dunhill, Kenzo, and Tod's, but his parents founded Laura Ashley, a company whose impact on the English textile industry cannot be overstated. We had a chance to speak with both James Eden and Nick Ashley about their brand's history, the future of Private White V.C. and what it means to be a British brand in 2014.
ACL: Unlike many brands, with names that are pure fabrications, Private White was a real person that has a real impact on the shape of your brand. Could you give some background on Private Jack White the man?
James Eden: Private White was a local hero both on the battlefield and in business. He was quite a character who certainly made the most of his celebrity after the War. He loved his life, he loved his ladies and most of all he loved his family and factory.
ACL: White was one of the founding fathers of the Manchester Factory that you produce out of today, so at what point did you all step into the picture and found Private White V.C.?
JE: Even though my great grandfather, Private White, passed away in the late 1940s, my family has always had an emotional attachment to the factory. As a kid growing up, instead of having a paper route or working in a local shop for pocket money like many of my pals did, I would work on the shop floor or in the cutting room – cutting fabric, counting buttons, heaving rolls of cloth, basically doing exactly what I was told! Six years ago the factory was on the brink of going under and so I decided to take a leap of faith and left my job in Finance in the City of London to try and revitalize the Factory.
ACL: While Manchester has a rich manufacturing history, there aren't many brands that produce clothing in the city these days, what made you decide to keep all of your production in Manchester?
JE: Without our own factory we have nothing and so shifting our production overseas was never an option. Our skills, history, reputation and expertise lie solely with UK production, Manchester specifically. It's all we have and all we know.
ACL: Private White is based out of that Manchester factory, so could you elaborate a bit on how that factory operates on a day to day basis?
JE: The factory is opened at 6:45am, by our warehouse manager Pat, who has worked here for over 30 years. By 7:30am the place is rocking, rolling & pumping to the sound of sewing machines and Hoffman presses. In terms of scale we are small but beautifully formed. We have no automated cutting machinery in the cutting room whilst we have no automated jigs or automatic pocket machines on the shop floor. All our buttons holes, pockets and panels are all made by hand. We have used the same techniques and largely the same machinery for the past 30 years.
ACL: You all have really planted the flag for "English heritage," what does that term mean to you?
JE: Heritage can mean many things to many people, to us, as a Factory Brand or Maker's Label it's about community, family, tradition, craft, dedication, skill and passion over generations.
Nick Ashley: As far as menswear is concerned, the British invented most of it, the suit, the overcoat, the sports jacket, the button down, the polo the wingtip brogue, the chino, etc. Many styles have been adopted by the rest of the world but as Brits we can be quietly confident with our status.
The global woven cotton trade was also founded in Manchester with Lancashire mills doing the weaving. These mills still weave our wool and cotton, and we make it up. We are the very last factory to operate like this, we are the holy grail. A heritage as powerful as this needs to be treated with respect, it needs to be nurtured, fed and moved into the sun at certain times, I like to embrace heritage, but introduce any useful and relevant technology, I call this " Techno-Retro.â€
ACL: Where do you see your collections headed?
NA: We don't really do collections, or fashion. I prefer to think of our shop as a quartermasters store where people get kitted out in some really useful stuff. So far, we have been concentrating on getting the basics right, then pushing the quality of every component part. This is a constant quest that will never stop. When we started the direction that we took was guesswork, but now that we have customers they can help us shape the products that we make.
ACL: How does your background play into the style of the line?
NA: My background is based more on manufacturing than anything else. Both my mother (Laura Ashley) and myself have worked beside a factory as a means of supporting the manufacturing process. Ideas are cheap, it's getting them made up that takes the time and effort. However, I have learnt quite a lot along the way, primarily about what not to do, I love knowing all the rules, then breaking them, I love leaving things out. "If in doubt, leave it out.†I strive to be effortless in design.
ACL: What sets British textiles apart?
NA: British textiles are uncompromising. They are built to last and designed to enable clothes to become entirely appropriate for the particular function that they have to perform whether practical or aesthetic . This in itself is beautiful. Attempting to move things along is a colossal challenge, but now that we have our own mills to work with the opportunity to experiment is much greater.
ACL: American audiences generally think primarily about "household names,†like Savile Row, or Harris Tweed, or Barbour when we consider English menswear, so tell us, what are we missing out on over here in the states?
NA: Savile Row continues to be fabulous, but it is only for tailoring, Harris Tweed is exquisite, but cannot be washed and is scratchy, Barbour I love, but it is a middle market product. Private White has addressed all these pitfalls, our clothes are all casual, we are developing cloth that is more user friendly, and if Barbour made a premium brand, that would be us. There is a tradition in Britain that when a man walks into a room, you should see the man, not his clothes, anything other than that is just too "try hard" this is what sets the Brits apart. The Americans see British style as being based on tailoring, but as previously mentioned, we actually wear a lot more casual clothes over here. America has made and continues to make some outstanding casual clothes, the difference with British casual clothes is that they are more multi functional, we have learned to do more with less, that means that the quality can be pushed up because it's investment dressing.


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In my curiosity journal the concepts of shape, men's clothing, textures, unconventional materials, and street, were dominent. So I decided to combine these interests and turn them into an unconventional piece of clothing.
I molded an actual 2nd hand vest with layers and layers of tape, to create a new inventive garment. I tried to challenge myself in a way that tape is an extremely difficult material to work with. Everything can stick together and create a great mess. Plastic isn't a manuable material. So I needed to do parts by parts, the way I learned when I took molding lessons before at La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture. Even though, I don't think I would be able to make it work. Molding a vest was kind of the same process as molding on a stockman. But It wasn't concretely molding a body, but directely an existing piece of clothing, which I found really interesting. I discovered the perfect vest that I was looking for in a thrift shop. Really bold shouders, it is how I like something to feet on my body. By molding the vest I was sure to obtain its exact same shape.
The garment is « fragile » in two ways :
- The garment is concretely fragile because the tape first function is assembling or glewing elements (obviously not to do clothes). I wanted to use this unconventional material because I have always been interested in findings on the street, that I can recycle as some kind of fabrics of accessoiries…
- My vest directely refers to the gender type of issue, which interests me a lot. Nowadays, I see a lot of « androgyny », ambiguous « gender representations », on runways nowadays, or sometimes on the street. People assume more and more their personality. Lots of women are wearing men pieces, and sometimes men wears woman pieces like dresses or skirts. The fact that it a girl wears a bold man jacket was chocking few years ago. I wanted to reverse the sens of the stereotyped "fragile" woman, paradoxaly using "FRAGILE" tape. I have never pushed that far this passion of unconventional materials to create a finished garment.
I decided to push my message a bit more by echanging the side of the bottons, from right to left. While men's shirts have buttons on the right side, the opposite is true for women's blousesor vests. This difference would have been established during the seventeenth century. This would be linked to the fact that, in the past, women of a certain status, who wore buttoned clothing, were most often helped by maids to get dressed. It was therefore easier for these housewives, mostly right-handed like the rest of the population, to have the buttons positioned to their right when they were facing their mistress. On the other hand, the buttons are located on the other side for men because they were dressed most often alone. In fact, the valets only intervened to prepare the clothes and the final ornaments.
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Inspired Office: Hint, These Things Aren't Just for the Office Anymore
Archdale, North Carolina, USA, July 19, 2017
- Innovations which began in the office now needed in more places than ever
- Sit? Stand? Both.
- Searching for an outlet or USB port is a hassle you shouldn't have to deal with
Archdale, North Carolina, USA, July 19, 2017 – Whether based in the home or housed within commercial buildings, work spaces are changing. One desk—or cubicle design—for all simply doesn't cut it any more. This is why Häfele America Co., one of America's leading suppliers of furniture hardware components and charging solutions, is bringing new work space innovations to the masses at the 2017 AWFS Fair. Chief among them is Häfele's Clever Electric Adjustable Table System (ATS).
Available in your choice of silver or black finish, the Clever desk system offers a selection of adjustable columns along with t-foot and top support sets. Best of all, it's motorized to accommodate seated or standing positions with the option to program up to four customized settings. Desk height options span from 27 3/8" to 46 1/4", all with the touch of a button.
"Whether it's for their health or simply personal preference, people rarely if ever want to only sit at their desks anymore to work," explains Steve Hubbard, product manager for Häfele. "The Clever system is great because you simply add the tabletop you want which means the desk can be as flashy or as understated as you'd like. It's also simple to assemble, which installers love."
Häfele is also bringing power to AWFS in the form of integrated, pop-up outlets and USB ports in a variety of shapes, sizes and styles. For anyone who's ever anxiously searched for an outlet to charge their thirsty mobile devices, tablets or laptops, these are a must have. And, while they began in office environments, these stylishly functional devices are approaching necessity in all parts of homes, offices, hotel rooms, waiting areas and more. Kitchen countertop? Sure. Home office desktop? Absolutely. Airport terminal seating area? Heck, yes. Available designs featured at AWFS range from simple, pop up USB charging ports which retract with the push of a button to slightly more stylish, elaborate units with three outlets and two USB charging ports.


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Before We Move on, Let's Remember Ronald Reagan's First Victory Against TerrorismNews Abroad
The first American victory in the war on terror was won by Ronald Reagan, and it happened on Jan. 20, 1981, the first day of his presidency.
That was when the jihadists running the Islamic Republic of Iran released 52 American hostages precisely as Reagan took the oath of office. After 444 days of humbling Jimmy Carter, the rulers in Tehran decided to conclude their drama at the U.S. embassy before they had to face the new president. This marked the first of Reagan's foreign policy successes.
To begin, some background: When Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew the shah of Iran in February 1979, he established the first modern Islamist regime, one drawing on fascist and communist methods but with the quite different goal of implementing Islamic law (the Shari'a). Like the Taliban regime that later came to power in Afghanistan, the Khomeinists claimed to have the answers to all life's questions. They created a totalitarian order intent on controlling every aspect of Iranian life domestically and spreading the revolution abroad.
In common with all radical utopian despots, Khomeini viewed the United States as the main obstacle to implementing his program. Like the Taliban leaders later, he attacked individual Americans. Only in his case, he settled for the Americans conveniently on Iranian soil, rather than going to the trouble of attacking New York and Washington.
On November 4, 1979, a mob indirectly under Khomeini's direction seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran, an action that encouraged Islamist confidence and unleashed Muslim fury against Americans worldwide. That fury then took violent form when Khomeini inaccurately declared that the capture of the Great Mosque of Mecca on November 20 was a U.S.-led assault on the sanctities of Islam. (In fact, it was carried out by a group of bin Laden-like fanatics.)
A wave of anti-American mob attacks then followed in North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. The worst of the violence was in Libya and Pakistan; in the latter country, four deaths resulted – among the first fatalities of militant Islam's war on America.
In reaction, Jimmy Carter hemmed like Bill Clinton and hawed like John Kerry. He got bogged down in diplomatic details and lost sight of principles and goals. For example, he responded in part to the embassy takeover by hoping"to convince and to persuade the Iranian leaders that the real danger to their nation lies in the north, in the Soviet Union."
He responded to diplomatic efforts like a technician:"It's up to the Iranians" to make the next move, he said in late 1980."I think it would certainly be to their advantage and to ours to resolve this issue without any further delay. I think our answers are adequate. I believe the Iranian proposal was a basis for a resolution of the differences."
In contrast, as president-elect, Ronald Reagan took a bold stance. He called the Iranian captors" criminals and kidnappers" and he called the political leaders"kidnappers." If they understood from his insults, he added,"that they shouldn't be waiting for me [to take office], I'd be very happy."
Reagan and his aides adopted a threatening tone."We'll just have to do something to bring [the hostages] home," he warned. Edwin Meese III, his transition chief, spoke more explicitly:"the Iranians should be prepared that this country will take whatever action is appropriate" and they"ought to think over very carefully the fact that it would certainly be to their advantage to get the hostages back now."
Reagan's tough words and tough reputation won the United States a rare bloodless victory over militant Islam. Even a senior Carter administration official, though preferring to emphasize his boss's mistakes over Reagan's strengths, grudgingly acknowledged that"we probably would not be getting the hostages out now if Carter had been reelected."
Unfortunately, Reagan's later record toward militant Islam was less impressive, notably his 1983 retreat from Beirut and his administration's 1985-86 arms transfers to Tehran.
That said, the triumph from the dawn of Reagan's presidency reminds us of two points in the aftermath of his death on June 5: he had to deal with the problem of terrorism that plagues this era; and his stalwart, patriotic stance succeeded not just versus the Soviet Union but also against its successor totalitarian movement, militant Islam.
This article is reprinted with permission by Daniel Pipes. This article first appeared in the New York Sun.
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Peter K. Clarke - 10/9/2007
The students and radicals who seized the American embassy in Teheran in 1979 were misguided and barbaric fools but not "terrorists" (in the normal definition of the word - those who "systematically use terror" in the name of some utopian ideal). No Americans were killed (to my, or Pipe's recollection), there were no suicide bombings, no assassinations or buildings blown up.
For anyone really interested in Reagan and terrorism, look at what that lately much mythologized president did in Beirut, Central America, and Afghanistan.
Peter K. Clarke - 10/9/2007
I would not dignify Pipe's amoral motives by calling them a "particular ideology". He has been on a personal alarm-raising crusade about fanatical Islamic movements for many years. Nothing wrong with that per se: Islamic terrorism IS a big problem and it was not taken seriously enough prior to 9-11.
Like many narrow minds attached to large egos, however, Pipes has let his moment of glory 2-3 years ago go to his swollen head, and he now thinks he can abandon common sense, and waylay every topic that comes down the pike, i.e. the Reagan memorializing, to be contorted and rammed into his straightjacket agenda of hate- and fear-mongering.
What HNN's excuse is for making this ahistorical one-track mind their number 1 outside columnist remains unclear.
Peter K. Clarke - 10/9/2007
David Irving, Ted Kozinski, and Jane Fonda have also had
their "stuff published in the outside world", and at least some their "stuff" pertains to "current issues", yet they do not appear twice a month on HNN.
John Stephen Kipper - 6/21/2004
Ah, but Peter K. Clarke appears on HNN even more often than Pipes! At least his "stuff" is more current than the Unabomber and Hanoi Jane, but not much more illuminating.
Ken Melvin - 6/21/2004
Mr. Pipes: How very kind of you to give us your view from your perspective. 'Tis a bit awkward, this position you're holding. Do you emerge and straighten up from time to time?
Andrew D. Todd - 6/21/2004
Oh, I don't know, Pipes is getting this stuff published in the outside world. He's not just writing it for HNN. We have to document his errors, with footnotes when possible. HNN isn't just for HNN people. Google indexes HNN. It's like the local newspaper sending a cub reporter around to the history department to find of what the people in the grad student lounge have to say about a current issue.
Michael Green - 6/20/2004
Mr. Pipes unfortunately--but unsurprisingly, given his track record--takes historical events out of their context so that he may beat the drum for his particular ideology. Even more interestingly, he claims to know what the hostage-takers and the Iranian government were thinking. If his understanding of the Middle East and terrorism is equal to that of the occupant of the White House whose actions on those subjects constitute offenses for which he should be impeached and indicted--and which Mr. Pipes defends--then it is no wonder that Mr. Pipes reaches such ridiculous conclusions.
Arnold Shcherban - 6/20/2004
I assume you have not been surprised reading Pipe's(does
he uses it too much, oh what?) new ode of glory meant for
the old right-wing poem titled "Ronald Reagan - The Savior" purporting to revive the becoming obsolete Big
Lies of Right Wing West and support present White House agenda. This "historian" has been around Right Wing corner for long time by now and casually places his conclusions beyond the facts and logic of history to justify his a-la-US-uber-alles ideological dogmas.
Noone, of the even less obvious ideologues, elaborates on
two most crucial issues in the search for the causes of
the modern Islamic anti-American exteremism/terrorism: the permanent Arab-Israeli conflict with the US overwhelmingly one-sided position in the conflict and
the US sponsorship and support for the most reactionary, corrupted, and anti-democratic groups/regimes in the Muslim world(Shah in Iran, Monarchy in Saudi Arabia, Sadat in Egypt, earlier Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Taliban/mudgaahedines in Afganistan, etc.) that empoverish(ed) their own populus for the sake of the Western multi-national corporations and the local elite.
Those are/were the major causes of the powerful wave of Islamic terrorism, not the ridiculous claims of their envy towards "our freedoms", or some mystic genetic hatred Islamists allegedly have against all infidels(though the latter does play some role to support the two
major causes mentioned.)
To my recollection, the only democratic regime of Mosadeq in Iranian history was overthrown by CIA agents
and bribed by them Iranian thugs in 1953.
Andrew D. Todd - 6/20/2004
Daniel Pipes neglects one or two trifling points.
One point is that Carter sent in the Special Forces, under the command of a man named Col. Charlie Beckwith, in an attempt to get the hostages out. The attempt failed of course, due to adverse weather and accidents, and perhaps, an element of "a bridge too far". Let us understand each other. Does Daniel Pipes consider that Col. Beckwith was also an appeaser? By contrast, Reagan's loud bellicosity sidestepped the minor point that the Soviet Union had not yet collapsed. The Soviets had more forces available, closer to the middle east. In the late 1970's their forces in the Caucasus, Transcaucasus, and Turkestan military districts consisted of three armored divisions, two airborne divisions, and nineteen motorized rifle divisions. They didn't have very many tanks... only about five thousand or so, and about the same number of APC's. Informed opinion ran to the view that the Soviet Union wanted a coastline on the Indian Ocean, and might simply take it at an opportune moment. Apart from such minor trifles as the Red Army, one might believe that the Iranians were somehow intimidated by Reagan.
The second point is that by holding onto the hostages, the Iranians were voting for Reagan, that is, they were seeking to discredit Carter in the hope that Reagan would be elected. They chose to release the hostages minutes after Reagan's inauguration as a public announcement that Reagan owed them a debt of gratitude; that he owed them a presidency. About four or five years before the hostage crisis, back in the old Shah's time, an Iranian friend told me, jokingly, not to worry about the oil embargo, because he would give me a barrel. This was Hassan's jest, of course, but let us take it seriously. If the Iranians had preferred Jimmy Carter, they could easily have given him both the hostages and some cheap oil to tide him over until after the election. Instead, they did a favor for Ronald Reagan. Why?
The answer is that the Iranians feared Jimmy Carter much more than they feared Ronald Reagan. Jimmy Carter was committed to energy independence. Carter was the last president to understand anything about technology, because he was a disciple of Admiral Hyman Rickover, the father of the nuclear navy. Carter understood things that most politicians simply cannot understand. Building energy plants is a long job. It cannot be done with the stroke of a pen, and you have to stick with it. But the end result would have been to destroy the economic power of the oil nations once and for all. Once and for all. That was what terrified the Iranians.
By some odd coincidence, Ronald Reagan cut back on funds for energy independence. That of course made the Iranians very happy. Reagan was a movie actor, obsessed with appearances rather than realities, and I doubt he really understood the seriousness of what he was doing.
Col. Charlie A. Beckwith, USA (Ret)., with Donald Knox, _Delta Force_, 1983.
Ray Bonds, Air Vice Marshall S. W. B. Menaul, et. al., _The Soviet War Machine_, 1976, see especially, Bill Gunston's order of battle table, p. 176.
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Anthem Church began in 2008 when a small group of people partnered with North Point Community Church to start a church for people who don't like church. For way too long churches have been known for what they're against, Anthem has always been a place known for what we're FOR. We have always believed that people who were nothing like Jesus, liked Jesus, and he liked them back! So since day one, we have created environments that are helpful and hopeful to people, not just church people.
Our hope is that Sunday is the best hour of your week. But not just you, if you have kids or students we hope they are begging you to bring them back! Join us in person or online for a 65-minute gathering that includes incredible music and a helpful message most often by our Teaching Pastor Andy Stanley.
Jason Lee - Lead Pastor
Thanks for stopping by! We know that life is complicated, you want to get it right, and we'd love to help. Whether it's parenting kids or students, figuring out life in general, or discovering or re-discovering faith, Anthem is a place you can belong no matter where you're at or what you believe.
For way to long churches have been known for what they're against.
We want to be known for what we're FOR.
Below you'll find some more info about us, but I'd love to invite you to check out a service. Whether in person or online, each week we gather for some amazing music and some helpful teaching most often by our Teaching Pastor Andy Stanley.
Hope to see you online or in person soon!
For way to long churches have been known for what they're against.
We want to be known for what we're FOR.
Below you'll find some more info about us, but I'd love to invite you to check out a service. Whether in person or online, each week we gather for some amazing music and some helpful teaching most often by our Teaching Pastor Andy Stanley.
Hope to see you online or in person soon!
We create amazing environments for your kids and students
life is better connected.
We don't think you should do life alone, so we don't! Anthem is so much more than sitting in rows on Sundays. We gather in smaller groups all over the city to connect with people and to take next steps spiritually.
In 2008 North Point Ministries partnered with a group of families in Gainesville, FL to plant Anthem Community Church. Most weekends the message is simulcast LIVE from Atlanta and delivered by Teaching Pastor Andy Stanley. While the strategic partnership with North Point, through the Irresistible Church Network, fuels the strategy and model of church, Anthem is exclusively led and funded by the people of Alachua County. Today, North Point and the Irresistible Church Network has grown into a global network of like minded churches.
For way too long the church has been known for what it's against. We want to be known for what we are FOR. We are FOR Gainesville families, businesses, schools, teachers, churches and more. Most of all, we are FOR you. No matter what you believe, we think that as you engage with us you'll find that following Jesus just makes life better and makes you better at life.
About Scriptures
We believe the entire Bible is the inspired Word of God and that men were moved by the Spirit of God to write the very words of Scripture. Therefore, we believe the Bible is without error as we read it in its proper context.
About God
We believe in one God who exists in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that Jesus Christ is the second member of the Trinity (the Son of God) who became flesh to reveal God to humanity and to become the Savior of the lost world.
About Humanity
We believe that all people were created in the image of God to have fellowship with him but became alienated in that relationship through sinful disobedience. As a result, people are incapable of regaining a right relationship with God through their own efforts.
About Salvation
We believe that the blood of Jesus Christ, shed on the cross, provides the sole basis for the forgiveness of sin. Therefore, God freely offers salvation to those who place their faith in the death and resurrection of Christ as sufficient payment for their sin.
About Life
We believe all Christians should live for Christ and not for themselves. By obedience to the Word of God and daily yielding to the Spirit of God, every believer should mature and be conformed to the image of Christ.
About The Church
We believe that the church is the body of Christ, of which Jesus Christ is the head. The members of the church are those who have trusted by faith the finished work of Christ. The purpose of the church is to glorify God by loving him and by making him known to the lost world.
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text: Bounded by three lively streets, Lamar, Burnet and Anderson Lane, is this vibrant neighborhood known as Crestview. Developed in the 1940s, the area consists of mid-century ranch homes, original bungalows and new construction houses. Iconic landmarks like Top Notch Burgers and LaLa's dive bar give authenticity to an ever changing Austin landscape. Original resident were WWII veterans. The deep roots in Austin's urban core makes this area highly sought after for renters, builders and buyers alike.


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This section contains amendments from September 28, 1998.
37.189 Service requirement for OTRB demand-responsive systems.
(a) This section applies to private entities primarily in the business of transporting people, whose operations affect commerce, and that provide demand-responsive OTRB service. Except as needed to meet the other requirements of this section, these entities are not required to purchase or lease accessible buses in connection with providing demand-responsive service.
(b) Demand-responsive operators shall ensure that, beginning one year from the date on which the requirements of this subpart begin to apply to the entity, any individual with a disability who requests service in an accessible OTRB receives such service. This requirement applies to both large and small operators.
(c) The operator may require up to 48 hours' advance notice to provide this service.
(d) If the individual with a disability does not provide the advance notice the operator requires under paragraph (a) of this section, the operator shall nevertheless provide the service if it can do so by making a reasonable effort.
(e) To meet this requirement, an operator is not required to fundamentally alter its normal reservation policies or to displace another passenger who has reserved a seat on the bus. The following examples illustrate the provisions of this paragraph (e):
Example 1. A tour bus operator requires all passengers to reserve space on the bus three months before the trip date. This requirement applies to passengers with disabilities on the same basis as other passengers. Consequently, an individual passenger who is a wheelchair user would have to request an accessible bus at the time he or she made his reservation, at least three months before the trip date. If the individual passenger with a disability makes a request for space on the trip and an accessible OTRB 48 hours before the trip date, the operator could refuse the request because all passengers were required to make reservations three months before the trip date.
Example 2. A group makes a reservation to charter a bus for a trip four weeks in advance. A week before the trip date, the group discovers that someone who signed up for the trip is a wheelchair user who needs an accessible bus, or someone who later buys a seat in the block of seats the group has reserved needs an accessible bus. A group representative or the passenger with a disability informs the bus company of this need more than 48 hours before the trip date. The bus company must provide an accessible bus.
Example 3. While the operator's normal deadline for reserving space on a charter or tour trip has passed, a number of seats for a trip are unfilled. The operator permits members of the public to make late reservations for the unfilled seats. If a passenger with a disability calls 48 hours before the trip is scheduled to leave and requests a seat and the provision of an accessible OTRB, the operator must meet this request, as long as it does not displace another passenger with a reservation.
Example 4. A tour bus trip is nearly sold out three weeks in advance of the trip date. A passenger with a disability calls 48 hours before the trip is scheduled to leave and requests a seat and the provision of an accessible OTRB. The operator need not meet this request if it will have the effect of displacing a passenger with an existing reservation. If other passengers would not be displaced, the operator must meet this request.


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I think that the Obamas must have been comedians in a past life, because they say a lot of very, very funny things. In the President's most recent weekly address, the two of them actually said that our nation was truly "more respected" around the world today than we were eight years ago! That's some funny material… I wonder who the President has writing his speeches for him?
Watch the hilarity below:
President Barack Obama: Merry Christmas everybody! One of the best parts of the holiday season is spending time with the special people in your life. And for me, that means getting some help from my best friend for our annual Christmas Weekly Address.
Michelle Obama: Given how our first Christmas Weekly Address went, I realized that Barack needed all the help he could get. Celebrating the holidays in the White House over these past eight years has been a true privilege. We've been able to welcome over half a million guests… our outstanding pastry chefs have baked 200,000 holiday cookies… and Barack has treated the American people to countless dad jokes.
President Barack Obama: Although a few got a…Frosty reception.
Michelle Obama: This year's White House holiday theme is "The Gift of the Holidays," and our decorations reflect some of our greatest gifts as a nation: from our incredible military families, to the life-changing impact of a great education.
President Barack Obama: And the greatest gift that Michelle and I have received over the last eight years has been the honor of serving as your President and First Lady. Together, we fought our way back from the worst recession in 80 years, and got unemployment to a nine-year low. We secured health insurance for another twenty million Americans, and new protections for folks who already had insurance. We made America more respected around the world, took on the mantle of leadership in the fight to protect this planet for our kids, and much, much more.
By so many measures, our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we first got here. And I'm hopeful we'll build on the progress we've made in the years to come.
Tomorrow, for the final time as the First Family, we will join our fellow Christians around the world to rejoice in the birth of our Savior. And as we retell His story from that Holy Night, we'll also remember His eternal message, one of boundless love, compassion and hope.
Michelle Obama: The idea that we are our brother's keeper and our sister's keeper. That we should treat others as we would want to be treated. And that we care for the sick… feed the hungry… and welcome the stranger… no matter where they come from, or how they practice their faith.
President Barack Obama: Those are values that help guide not just my family's Christian faith, but that of Jewish Americans, and Muslim Americans; nonbelievers and Americans of all backgrounds. And no one better embodies that spirit of service than the men and women who wear our country's uniform and their families.
Michelle Obama: As always, many of our troops are far from home this time of year, and their families are serving and sacrificing right along with them. Their courage and dedication allow the rest of us to enjoy this season. That's why we've tried to serve them as well as they've served this country. Go to JoiningForces.gov to see how you can honor and support the service members, veterans and military families in your community – not just during the holidays, but all year round.
President Barack Obama: So as we look forward to the New Year, let's resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share. And on behalf of the all the Obamas – Michelle, Malia, Sasha, Bo, and that troublemaker Sunny – Merry Christmas, everybody.
Michelle Obama: And we wish you and your family a happy and healthy 2017… thanks, and God bless.
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Weight: 55g
This small cup reminds us of a seashell, one that has traveled a long way on the currents of the ocean, leaving a fine soft feeling surface. Drinking from it is a pleasure.
Mr. Sue's porcelain reminds us of seashells, beautifully shaped and smooth to touch, truly fine work.
All of them are handcrafted so enjoy the uniqueness of each one.
Wash with a soft sponge, cutlery and harsh scrubbing brushes can leave scratch marks.
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In a couple of recent battles, I noticed a main factor that really made the difference between how well (or not so well) I did in battle. This factor was knowledge of the terrain.
Let me explain what I mean by giving you a few examples from those recent battles:
Battle #1
In this battle I was over at a location that the Chief had played at a couple of times; but I had never been to. We decided to play 1 on 1.
The terrain comprised of evergreen trees, bushes, thickets, and other forms of foliage.
Since, I had never played at this field before. The Chief was kind enough to walk through the field with me beforehand to give me some knowledge of the field's layout.
During the first battle, I got slaughtered by the Chief.
Between getting hit through the brush, getting misplaced (aka lost) for a little bit, and trying to locate my well camouflaged enemy, I just couldn't get my act together. Believe me, he had a field day taking me down.
In the second round, I was able to get a few hits on him and we tied that game. The Chief had been able to work the field excellently. He found great cover, shot through breaks in the foliage like a pro, and pulled back right when I was getting set up to fire on him. His superior knowledge of the field had worked perfectly to his advantage.
Battle #2
This battle was at a location that I knew well. I had been on this field several times before, so I knew some of the best places to be, and how to use them.
We had two 3 on 3 teams. None of the other players had been on this field before, so we did a quick walk through before we got going.
In the course of three scenarios, I made 10 eliminations and only got eliminated once. It was a completely different outcome from the previous battle.
The reason I was effective was due to my ability to move with confidence and speed because I knew the terrain. Again, knowledge of the field made the difference.
I was given a first hand account of how much of an effect that knowledge of the terrain had on my game play.
Below are three tips to help you know the terrain better no matter where you are:
1. Do A Walk Through
If it's possible, walk through the field with someone who has been there before. Have them show you good places to hide out, where key positions on the field are, and any other helpful tips they can give you. A walk through is the best way to get knowledge of the terrain.
2. Do Recon
If you can't do a walk through, or even if you do, try to get to know the terrain while you're playing. Team up with players who know the field. Figure out where bad cover is on the field and use it to your advantage. Find the key positions on the field. This will give you the confidence to move quickly to a good spot and start knocking out the other team.
3. Team Up
As I have said before, team up with players who know the field. Don't be afraid to ask someone if they know the field and if you can tag along for a while. If they show themselves to be tactical and a good player, make sure you take their advice seriously. If it doesn't work out, move out on your own or find someone new. No matter what happens, you still get a win-win. You'll meet other players and get to know the field.
I hope this post has helped you to understand the effect knowledge of the terrain has on your game; and how you can get it to work to your advantage. Let me know your thoughts on this post below in the comments. See you on the battlefield!


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The Lusitania is one of the most notorious shipwrecks in seafaring history, not only because of the circumstances of her sinking by a German torpedo, or because of the enormous loos of life that resulted, but because the wreck has come to symbolize what is achievable in the realm of underwater exploration.
These two volumes tread new ground and water, and untold story you will not have read before beginning with construction, launch then into war which takes the reader on a breathtaking sweep through wreck-diving history — from its humble beginnings in the 1950s to the epic-making mixed gas diving expeditions in 1994 and beyond. Information on other shipwrecks. Book One details accounts of dives into the 1970s. Illustrated in colour and black and white.
312 pages Hardback. $25.00
The second of book begins where the fist ended; at the start of the 1980s known as the decade of the Doria. The Andrea Doria is synonymous with deep wreck diving and has attracted dedicated wreck divers from around the world.This book describes all the expeditions in detail, the author's dive to the German battleship Ostfriesland as well as the territorial dispute over the Lusitania's legal status.
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Following the Sammy Yatim police shooting death, the Province changed regulations to allow for Constables to be armed with CEWS.
This came weeks after the shooting death of Steve Mesic in Hamilton, a person who was fighting mental illness when he had a fatal confrontation with two Hamilton Police officers behind his Upper Wentworth and Linc area home.
Neither of the officers were carrying CEWs and a public debate ensued – would Mesic be alive if Hamilton Police officers had the less-lethal force opinion available?
The Registered Speakers
There are 16 registered speakers this evening:
- Mr. Michael Thomas, President, Hamilton Police Association
- Mr. Larry Pomerantz, Chair, Hamilton Civic League
- Dr. Joseph Ferencz
- Mr. Stephen Ross, Citizen
- Ms. Ana Long, Citizen
- Ms. Trish Mills, Citizen
- Mr. Paul J. Parkinson, Citizen
- Mr. Frank Gotz, Citizen
- Mr. Alex Tigchelaar, Citizen
- Mr. Norm Dorr, Citizen
- Mr. George Zrinscak, Citizen
- Mr. Warren Francis, Citizen
- Ms. Sharon Dorr, Citizen
- Mr. John Wilkinson, Citizen
- "A Mom" (wishes to remain anonymous), Citizen
- Mr. Jamie Anderson, President, Hamilton Police Senior Officers Association


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I have been loving this right now. A sort of in-between pre-summer skin enhancer. Really nice, smooth texture, not too glittery. One part is a cool-toned champagne colour, that I have also used as an eye shadow. The other side is a brick/coral colour with a silver sheen. Really pretty as a blush for medium to dark skin. But works for everyone…:)
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A new foodie documentary is coming to town, and a just-released trailer kind of makes us want to gag. "Foodies, The Culinary Jetset," trails a group of extremely wealthy individuals as they travel the globe to visit exclusive restaurants and chase down precious bites of food the rest of us will probably never get to try.
The film is meant to give us a glimpse inside the world of a handful of "slightly bizarre but charming food maniacs." After watching the trailer, we're not sure we need a closer look.
The opening scene features a man sitting at a table by himself in what appears to be an empty restaurant, telling the waiter, "Champagne goes with everything." Then he tells us he's not fond of the particular Champagne he's drinking, and concedes these are the "trials we have to go through." The next scene takes us onto a private plane.
There's hope, however: Fortissimo Films, the same distribution company that released "Jiro Dreams Of Sushi," is behind "Foodies." Maybe the documentary, which is set to debut in 2014, will surprise us with the subtle elegance of Jiro. After watching this trailer, what do you think?


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Cultivating fish for better livelihoods in Bolivia
Fish are an important source of protein, micronutrients, and fatty acids, and have great potential to improve food security and rural livelihoods. Bolivia, a country without access to the sea, has one of the lowest rates of fish consumption in the world despite the high potential for fisheries and fish culture in the Amazon.
To increase fish consumption and to make better use of the fisheries and aquaculture potential, the Bolivian government created the National Program for Fisheries and Aquaculture in 2013.
Between 2011 and 2014, the "Peces para la Vida" alliance evaluated the potential contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to food security, recommended best practices, implemented pilot projects, and proposed development strategies for fisheries and aquaculture.
Read the project recommendations: Fisheries, aquaculture and living well in Bolivia: contributions to food security (PDF, 302KB)
La pesca, la acuicultura y el vivir bien en Bolivia: contribuciones para la seguridad alimentaria (Spanish, PDF, 287KB )
This document is part of the Stories of Change series that shares some of the emerging outcomes from research supported in Latin America and the Caribbean by the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund, a program of Canada's International Development Research Centre, undertaken with financial support from the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada.


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Dog Commandments
Thou shalt not act half starved whenever thou watches me eat.
Thou shalt not lift thy leg to water the Christmas tree.
Thou shalt not roll in any smelly stuff thy finds in the yard.
Thou shalt not lie down next to me and commence making licking and popping noises.
Thou shalt not dig up my favorite rose bush.
Thou shalt not treat my shoes as if they were thy chew toy.
Thou shalt not drink out of the toilet.
Thou shalt keep thy nose out of the cat's litter box.
Thou shalt not WATCH the cat while she is in her litterbox (she likes her privacy).
Thou shalt not pass gas in my presence, and then walk away as if thou has been offended by me.
Thou shalt refrain from coughing and gagging while we have company.
Thou shall not hide thy bones under my pillow.
Thou shalt not harmonize with the cat at 2 a.m.
Thou shalt not sneak up on me and lick me in the mouth while I am sleeping.
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It is now rumored that Fox News commentator Tony Snow will be replacing Scott McClellan as White House Press Secretary. Interesting choice, W. Fox is so good at propaganda, that it seems natural to choose someone from the network to start spinning for the president. Even though I despise Mr. Snow for being one of the slickest liars in the media today, he does have occassional flashes of honesty. Check out some of his past honesty as it pertains to George W. Bush (from ThinkProgress):
– "George Bush has become something of an embarrassment." [11/11/05]
– Bush has "lost control of the federal budget and cannot resist the temptation to stop raiding the public fisc." [3/17/06]
– Bush "has a habit of singing from the Political Correctness hymnal." [10/7/05]
– "No president has looked this impotent this long when it comes to defending presidential powers and prerogatives." [9/30/05]
– "When it comes to federal spending, George W. Bush is the boy who can't say no. In each of his three years at the helm, the president has warned Congress to restrain its spending appetites, but so far nobody has pushed away from the table mainly because the president doesn't seem to mean what he says." [The Detroit News, 12/28/03]
– "Bush, for all his personal appeal, ultimately bolstered his detractors' claims that he didn't have the drive and work ethic to succeed." [11/16/00]
– "George W. Bush, meanwhile, talks of a pillowy America, full of niceness and goodwill. Bush has inherited his mother's attractive feistiness, but he also got his father's syntax. At one point last week, he stunned a friendly audience by barking out absurd and inappropriate words, like a soul tortured with Tourette's." [8/25/00]
– "He recently tried to dazzle reporters by discussing the vagaries of Congressional Budget Office economic forecasts, but his recitation of numbers proved so bewildering that not even his aides could produce a comprehensible translation. The English Language has become a minefield for the man, whose malaprops make him the political heir not of Ronald Reagan, but Norm Crosby." [8/25/00]
Media Matters has compiled some other gems from Mr. Snow. Check these out.
UPDATE (1:45 PM): Tony Snow is now officially the press secretary. It was announced this morning.
Tag: Tony Snow
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
How Will Tony Snow Explain This To The Press Corps?
Posted by Dave Splash
3 comments:
- Laurie said...
It's official: Fox News and the White House have officially merged.
He's already spinning excuses about his previous criticisms of Shrub.. too funny.
- April 27, 2006 at 9:07 AM
- Howard Davis said...
I think that negative stuff was leaked by the WH so that they would look like they are bringing in "new attitudes." They are not. Snow is a 99% toadie for the Bush Administration. On the rare occassion where he went off the reservation, he was just waiting for his next glass of Kool-Aid.
Now Snow will "officially" be on the WH payroll. He's been unofficially on it for 6 years.
- April 27, 2006 at 11:08 AM
They spelled the FOX News network wrong. It should be spelled the GOP News network.
- April 27, 2006 at 10:26 PM
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Thursday, May 04, 2006
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
"I want to know who you're having the affair with"
[Wilson is buying a box of chocolates from the little shop in the hospital lobby]If Wilson had been having an affair then you'd think House could have been a bit more supportive - harassing Wilson and asking him how long he can go without sex is hardly likely to persuade him to open up about his personal life! And Wilson was there for House through the whole Stacey thing - picking up the pieces the first time she left him and offering advice but still letting him make his own decision the second time. Admittedly afterwards he did tell him he'd made the wrong choice, and was quite happy to shout at him and at Stacey when he thought they were being stupid, but he never made fun of House or belittled his feelings.
House: Who's the lucky woman?
Wilson: My wife.
House: No, I don't want to know who gets the chocolates; I want to know who you're having the affair with.
Wilson: [to the sales assistant] Fell on his head as a child, tragic.
House: Norwegian chocolate. Frankly, you buy that stuff the terrorists win.
Wilson: Some people bottle up their feelings; have them come out as physical pain. Healthy human beings express feelings such as affection by giving gifts.
House: Gifts express guilt. The more expensive the expression, the deeper the guilt. That's a $12 box so that means you haven't slept with her yet, or she wasn't that good.
Wilson: It's not all about sex, House.
House: Really? When did that change?
[Wilson glares at House]
~House: Wilson! How long can you go without sex?
Wilson: How long can you go without annoying people?
House: No seriously, a week? A month?
Wilson: I'm not having an affair.
House: I didn't say you were. Not in this conversation.
Wilson: You sure you're right?
House: Absolutely. Your socks don't match, which means you got dressed in the dark, which means you didn't want to wake your wife which means you didn't want to talk to her, which means…
Wilson: I was referring to your patient.
Perhaps it isn't such a jump that House would think Wilson was looking elsewhere for female company: we know he's had at least one affair and two failed marriages, and that he works long anti-social hours. But we also know he makes friends easily, has a lot of female friends (Stacey and Cuddy among them) and is someone that women feel comfortable around and telling their problems too (like the crying nurse in Need to Know, or the new oncology nurse in Fidelity).
This isn't the first time we've heard about problems in Wilson's marriage though. In Babies & Bathwater he makes it quite clear to House - and to us - that he's having problems at home:
Wilson: "I've got no kids, my marriage sucks. I've only got two things that work for me; this job and this stupid, screwed-up friendship, and neither mattered enough to you to give one lousy speech."In Sex Kills we hear that maybe House is part of the reason things aren't working out:
House: "They mattered. If I could do it all again..."
Wilson: "You'd do the same thing. Well, you'll be gone soon, too."
[House and Wilson are playing foosball]So we get Wilson trying to tell House that it's not a simple problem, House having no sympathy and prescribing sex as a cure, and Wilson saying that Julie hates House - is she jealous of the amount of time Wilson spends with him, or does she just not like him? Let's face it, on first impressions House is definitely not likable!
House: "Are you going to tell her?"
Wilson: "That you suspect an affair? Sure. She already hates you, why not? [...] There's nothing to tell."
House: "Why are you playing foosball here at 8 o'clock at night?"
[House's pager starts beeping]
Wilson: "You always want to simplify everything. Boil it down to nice, easy equations; nice, easy answers."
House: [starts walking off] "Go home and have sex with your wife."
Actually, the fact that Wilson is playing foosball with House at 8pm should have told him that there was no affair - if he had another woman to go to, wouldn't he be spending time with her rather than with House?
In Damned if you Do we get the first sign that Wilson has problems at home:
Actually that brings us on to something else. Wilson doesn't want to talk maybe because he doesn't know how to, or doesn't know what to say. But House isn't the sort of person who likes to talk about anything personal unless it's just for his own knowledge and satisfaction:
Wilson: You want to come over for Christmas dinner?
House: You're Jewish.
Wilson: Hanukkah dinner. What do you care? It's food, it's people.
House: No thanks.
Wilson: Maybe I'll come to your place.
House: Your wife doesn't mind being alone at Christmas?
Wilson: I'm a doctor, she's used to being alone. [House raises his eyebrows] I don't want to talk about it.House: Neither do I.
House: Your shirt is ironed. That means you haven't told your wife anything.Still, despite the lack of sympathy, he goes to House when he needs somewhere to stay - not to a hotel (which a doctor in his position could easily afford) or to any other friend.
Wilson: Let's say you're right.
House: You're saying I'm right?
Wilson: No. Let us say. Does it occur to you that maybe there's some deeper guidance than 'keep your mouth shut'? That maybe a friend might value concern over glibness? That maybe... maybe I'm going through something that I need to have an actual conversation about?
[Beat. House's pager goes off – he checks it]
House: Does it occur to you that if you need that kind of a friend, that you may have made some deeper errors?
[House opens the door to Wilson standing there wearing a shirt, scarf and overcoat with a packed suitcase next to him]So even if House isn't the supportive, advice-giving friend that Wilson is, at least he'll lend him his sofa...
Wilson: Could I stay with you for a few days?
House: You idiot. You told her.
Wilson: She told me. [House is stunned into silence] Things have been crappy at home lately; I figured I wasn't spending enough time with her. I figured... Turns out you're right, it's always about sex. She's been having an affair.
[They stare at each other for a few seconds then House moves back to let Wilson in]
House: Want a beer?
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
"Wilson, James. Boy wonder oncologist."
So how on earth does Wilson manage to do it and still care about people? Not only that, he's very young to be a department head - if he's supposed to be about the same age as RSL then he's mid-thirties. Maybe all that emotional baggage goes towards explaining why he and House are friends. It might also be related to the fact that he makes friends so easily - he genuinely cares about people. Perhaps he finds that he works better if he cares about someone. And maybe that's why he's so willing to go along with House's crazy ideas if it means he'll find a cure.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
"I know you're in there - I can hear you caring"
in the HOUSE episode "The Socratic Method"
Credit: Richard Foreman/FOX
Anyway, I love watching House/Wilson scenes, but I think this episode really gave more of an insight into why they're friends. There's a lot more of House in Wilson than we see at first - he's willing to bend the rules if it's for the good of the patient, just like House is; in this case he's willing to give his patients cannabis, although the locked office door and guilty look on his face suggest that Cuddy wouldn't approve.
We did see a bit of this side of his character in The Socratic Method with the schizophrenic woman, when he was the one who shrank the tumour so she could have the operation.
Foreman: "It's big – 5.8cm."
Chase: "We do nothing; she dies from liver failure within 60 days."
Cameron: "She needs a transplant."
House: [Sarcastically] "That's gonna happen. […] Plan B. Surgery to resect the tumour."
Chase: "Joe Bergen does the knife thing – laser cauterizes while it cuts, saves more liver."
Wilson: "The tumour's way too big. He won't even consider it."
Foreman: "Not a big risk taker, Bergen. He won't even drink milk on its expiration date."
Wilson: "He has no discretion. Five point eight centimetres is past surgical guidelines."
House: "Would he do it at 4.6?"
Cameron: "Why don't we just say it's zero, then we don't need him at all. Tumours grow, they don't shrink."
House: "This one does."
[Cut to Lucy's room – Cameron holding an ultrasound thingy and Wilson with a big syringe full of ethanol]
Wilson: "Ninety five percent ethanol. The ethanol dehydrates the tumour cells, literally sucks them dry. Shrinks the tumour temporarily."
Cameron: "How temporarily?"Wilson: "Well, if we're lucky, just long enough to fool the surgeon."
People just don't seem to expect this sort of behaviour of him though, like when the surgeon came back out shouting at House, so maybe he gets away with it more - after all, he's "the responsible one"!
Going back to Need to Know, the bit where they're watching the surgery was interesting too - House the romantic and Wilson the cynic. Nice role reversal there, and it makes it more believable in a way, because everyone has moments of cynicism and moments of romanticism, and House and Wilson balance each other out.
Monday, April 10, 2006
"You lied to a friend to save a stranger"
I was trying to put into words why Wilson is such a good, likable character when I came across an e-mail that had been posted to the House_MD yahoogroup. The poster, Jenna, summed up pretty much everything I was trying to say:
"If I take House out of the equation, I have a hard time coming up with a favorite. The three young doctors are all likable, and all have hints of deeper characterization in development. Dr. Cuddy, who enjoys making House's life hell, gets points for being able to go head to head with a man who intimidates all others.
"I guess I would have to go with Dr. Wilson, though. Sweet and caring, he's seems to be House's polar opposite. Keeping a sense of humor when all around him are losing theirs, at first glance it doesn't look like there is any way these two could be friends. Then you realize it's because of those differences.
"I don't know how they became friends but the fact that this man can be friends with the most prickly person in the world means there's more there than just another hand patting "It's all going to be alright" doctor. Hell, just the fact that he wouldn't let House be alone on Christmas, alone after a long and bad day, means he's the kind of friend worth having."
And that (along with the quote at the top of this post) sums it up quite nicely...
Friday, April 07, 2006
What do we learn about Wilson in each episode?
Season 1:
- 101 Pilot
- 102 Paternity
- 103 Occam's Razor
- 104 Maternity
- 105 Damned If You Do - 1
- 106 The Socratic Method - 1
- 107 Fidelity
- 108 Poison
- 110 Histories
- 111 Detox
- 112 Sports Medicine
- 113 Cursed
- 114 Control
- 115 Mob Rules
- 116 Heavy
- 117 Role Model
- 118 Babies & Bathwater - 1
- 119 Kids
- 120 Love Hurts
- 121 Three Stories
- 122 Honeymoon
Season 2:
- 201 Acceptance
- 202 Autopsy
- 203 Humpty Dumpty
- 204 TB or Not TB
- 205 Daddy's Boy
- 206 Spin
- 207 Hunting
- 208 The Mistake
- 209 Deception
- 210 Failure to Communicate
- 211 Need to Know - 1
- 212 Distractions
- 213 Skin Deep
- 214 Sex Kills - 1
- 215 Clueless
- 216 Safe
- 217 All In
- 218 Sleeping Dogs Lie
- 219 House vs God
- 220 Euphoria, part 1
- 221 Euphoria, part 2
- 222 Forever
- 223 Who's Your Daddy
Thursday, April 06, 2006
"I love my wife"
Of course, the other reason might be that it would cramp his style with the ladies, although I'm not at all convinced that he is a womaniser… There's a whole other blog entry in that somewhere...
Anyway, do American men wear wedding rings or is this a British thing? I'm sure I saw George Clooney wearing a ring in Ocean's Eleven. Or is it a Jewish thing not to wear a ring? Can someone enlighten me please?
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
"The handsome man with the boyish, open face"
Apparently that's what they were looking for when they were casting Dr Wilson, and they found it in Robert Sean Leonard, who says, "I like being the guy who isn't the guy but that the guy counts on. Plus I've wanted to be Tony Randall all my life." That's a reference to The Odd Couple, by the way.
Credit: Nigel Parry/FOX
But that's just scratching the surface of who Wilson is. I sat down a couple of weeks ago and thought I'd make a list of things I could write about here in case I needed inspiration later. It's a huge list!
- Why do we like Dr Wilson?
- Women, wives, marriage and divorce
- Advice given about relationships
- What do we find out in each episode?
- Is he a womaniser?
- What else does RSL have to say about Wilson?
- Attitudes to patients
- Wilson and House - why are they friends?
- Wilson/Cameron
- Stacy
- What kind of woman does he go for?
- Why is he so attractive to women?
- Wilson the oncologist
- The affair(s?)
One final thing - yes, I'm aware of the Wilson/House slash that some people try to find in the show, but I'm not going to talk about it unless it's actually mentioned in an episode (ie. Spin).
Just FYI :-)


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SunEdison successfully interconnected a 70 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Northeast Italy, near the town of Rovigo, which is now the largest capacity single-operating PV solar power plant in Europe, with interconnection completed in just nine-months.
The Rovigo solar plant will create significant environmental benefits over its lifetime. In its first year of operation alone, the system is expected to generate enough energy to power more than 16,500 homes and prevent the emission of more than 40,000 tons of CO2, equivalent to the removal of 8,000 cars from the road.
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Prosthetic tools
We call it prosthesis tool, which is a kind of instrument for rehabilitation of human prosthesis assisted therapy. So, what are the functions and functions of prosthetic tools? Let's get to know about it!
Prosthetic tools have the following functions:
(1) Prosthetic tools compensate for lost function. For example, after amputees are equipped with artificial limbs, they can walk, cycle and work like healthy people.
(2) Prosthetic tools compensate for reduced function. For example, hearing aids can make the deaf patients with residual hearing hear the outside voice again.
(3) Prosthetic tools restore and improve function. For example, foot orthosis can effectively improve the gait of patients with foot ptosis, and hemiplegic patients can recover their walking function through the training of rehabilitation training devices such as parallel bars and walking aids.
Prosthetic tools have the following functions:
(1) Dependence on self-care life. Prosthetic tools are involved in daily life, washing, eating, action, toilet, housework, communication and other aspects of life. They are important tools to give full play to the potential of disabled people and assist their own life.
(2) Prosthetic tools for comprehensive rehabilitation. Prosthetic tools are essential tools for rehabilitation, which involve various fields of medical rehabilitation, educational rehabilitation, occupational rehabilitation and social rehabilitation.
(3) The bridge for the return of prosthetic tools to society. According to the international classification of functional function, disability and Health published by the World Health Organization (who) in May 2001, personal factors and environmental factors are closely related to the occurrence and development of disability, as well as the recovery and reconstruction of function, among which environmental factors play an important role in the rehabilitation and participation of disabled people in social life. For example, if the society provides a wheelchair for paraplegic people, they can go out of the house; when they go out of the house and face a barrier free environment with a ramp for travel and a lifting device for going up and down the stairs, they can realize their desire to participate in social life normally. Therefore, artificial limb tools are channels and bridges for building barrier free environment.
The above are some functions and functions of prosthetic tools. I hope you don't wear colored glasses to disabled people, and care more, so that the world is full of love!


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Innovative design
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Fully customizable
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The most exciting variant, the S5 Cabriolet, gets a new supercharged 3.0L TFSI V6 engine with direct injection, good for 333hp (245kW) and 324lb-ft (440Nm) of torque. Quattro all-wheel drive, a sport suspension and 18in wheels plus a range of special equipment features peg the S5 Cabrio as the clear head of the new range. The car vaults from a stop to 62mph (100km/h) in just 5.6 seconds, carries on to an electronically limited top speed of 155mph (250km/h) and still manages fuel efficiency of 24.5mpg (9.6L/100km). Pricing for the S5 variant hasn't yet been released.
Base A5 Cabrios will feature a 1.8L TFSI engine rated at 160hp (118kW) and will come with a manual transmission as standard, for a base price of €37,500 ($47,625) in Europe. There's no word yet on when the first models will arrive in U.S. showrooms.
Performance figures for the mid-range 265hp (195kW) 3.2L FSI V6 rate at 6.9 seconds for the 0-62mph (100km/h) sprint, with a top speed of 153mph (246km/h). The standard 2.0L TFSI manages 8.9 seconds 0-62mph with its 180hp (132kW) engine and a top speed of 136mph (219km/h), while the uprated 2.0L TFSI unit, rated at 211hp (155kW) cuts acceleration time by 1.4 seconds and raises top speed to 150mph (241km/h).
Fuel efficiency of the petrol range is respectable, starting at 27.3mpg (8.6L/100km) for the standard 3.2L V6 FSI, rising to 31.8mpg (7.4L/100km) for the standard 2.0L TFSI and - somewhat counterintuitively - 34.5mpg (6.8L/100km) for the more powerful variant.
A pair of V6 TDIs are also available, featuring 240hp (176kW) in 3.0L guise and 190hp (140kW) in 2.7L form, and both are suitably efficient, rating 34.6mpg (6.8L/100km) for the larger of the two, and 37.3mpg (6.3L/100km) for the smaller.
Unlike many of its competitors, the A5/S5 cabrio won't come with a folding hard top, instead favoring the traditional Audi soft top, which requires just 15 seconds to open and 17 seconds to close. An acoustic top, which reduces wind noise to near-hardtop levels is available as an option. The automatic raising or lowering functions can be triggered whether moving or stopped as long as speeds are below 31mph (50km/h), obviating the need to pull over to change between open and closed modes.
When the top is down, it folds into an area at the top of the rear luggage area, absorbing 2.12cu ft (60L) of the 13.4cu ft (380L) available space, leaving 11.3cu ft (320L) for gear, placing near the front of the class of its competitors.
Other standard features of the A5 cabrio include 17in alloy wheels, automatic climate control, and CD stereo system with the third-generation MMI operating system, offering a range of navigation and entertainment functions.
In terms of exterior design, the new A5 Cabriolet gets most of the familiar cues of the hardtop sister car, plus a slightly redesigned rear deck to accommodate the folding top. The overall length of the car is 15.2ft (4.6m) and width is 6.1ft (1.85m) while it sits satisfyingly low at 4.5ft (1.4m) tall. A trunklid spoiler lip is standard.
Rigidity has been preserved, though likely at the cost of some additional weight, as is usually the case with open-top cars made from hardtops.
A range of three transmissions are available: the six-speed manual, which can be had with the 211hp 2.0 TFSI; the multitronic continuously variable automatic available as an option on 2.0L and 3.2L FSI variants; and the seven-speed S tronic which is standard on the 3.0L TDI model, and optional on the 2.0L TFSI and 3.2L V6 FSI.


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It's always hard when you go to Events and those Smiling people come at you with trays of what looks like Fun and Enticing Food. But, you need to remember, chances are those Fancy Snacks are mass produced and probably not that Healthy!
The best thing that I have found to do is eat before going to an Event, so you are not going to cave into eating bad food because you are Hungry. That way, if you don't see something RAW and Delicious, you won't be tempted to eat something you will regret later. And, if you do see something you can have, you can forge ahead and Enjoy.
If you are going to attend a Sit-Down Dinner Event, find out before going, what RAW Food Options there are for you, or let the Event Co-Ordinator know that you do not want your Food Cooked and would like RAW Plant-Based Food. If they have nothing but Salad for you, then ask for a Double order. When you sit down, remind the Server that you are 'the RAW Foodist'. Something I also always ask for is, my Dressing on the side, so that way you can control just how much to put on.
Bring a bit of a 'Back-Up-Plan Baggie. I never leave my home without a little zip-lock bag full of Hemp Seeds and Nutritional Yeast – JIC (Just in case). This is a great Protein Source for you. Wherever am I, a Salad is usually available for one of my RAW Food choices, so I just toss my little mixture of Goodness unto my Salad and mix it in. It's so Yummy, Crunchy and everyone always wants to try my Salad!
If it's an Event you can participate in, volunteer to bring a dish, especially one you will like to eat. At these Events, even if it's Catered, check out the Food Table first, especially if it's a Buffet Style. I checked out this Food Table first at an Event I just went to. See if you can find the Healthy Options:
This was a BBQ Event I was able to participate in. Since there were going to be a lot of Meat Options, I offered to Bring a Tray of Tomatoes and Onions (for the Burgers of course). I brought a variety of Organic, Heirloom Tomatoes and an Assortment of Organic Onions. I topped them with Herbs and Flowers. I ended up putting those Tomatoes and Onions together on my plate with the Basil and drizzled the Oil and Vinegar Dressing on the side overtop. I added some of my Hemp Seed and Nutritional Yeast mixture and WOW – it was Delicious!
At first glance, I noticed on the Food Table, Kale; Potato; Bean and Tomatoes with Bocconcini Cheese Salads. I went for the Kale Salad big time since no one else seemed to want to try it! I already had a Tomato Salad and I passed on the Potato and Bean Salads. Since I loaded up my plate with all of the RAW items, I felt very full and didn't feel the need to eat anything else. I also brought and Rubik's Cube Cut a Gigantic Organic Watermelon, which I ate quite a bit of, and passed on the cake sitting beside it.
I remember when I just started my RAW Journey, I would stay strong, then slip up a bit – and that's OK. Once your body experiences, Live, Living Plant-Based Foods that directly nourish your Cells, you won't be craving anything but Water Dense RAW Plant-Based Food. It will get easier and easier to pick out Good, Healthy Foods that you will Love and Enjoy.


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Volunteers form the heart of what we do
There are a number of volunteering opportunities available which can work around your lifestyle and commitments. If you are looking to volunteer in South West Sydney, CORE Community Services may offer the perfect platform for you to do so.
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During a press conference took place this morning, MTVA the Hungarian broadcast revealed the 30 entrants to participates their national final selection "A Dal 2019".
A Dal format is in use since 2012 and its the first time ever the contest logo gets Re-brand. The new logo turns the familiar "A" to a golden play sign that means the game is definitely on!
This year 30 songs will join the race to represent Hungary at the Eurovision song contest. 3 quarterfinals with 10 songs each will take place January 19th & 26th and February 2nd. then, the quarter qualifiers will compete in two semi-finals on February 9th & 16th, and the final night which in we all know who will raise the Hungarian flag in Tel Aviv will take place on 23 February. All shows will be hosted by "Bogi Dallos" & "Gábr Alfréd Fehérvári".
Among these 30 Acts, we have many artists returning both to "A Dal" and "Eurovision" stage. 2 artists even won the contest in the past and represented Hungary in Eurovision. First is Hungarian representative for Eurovision 2017 "Joci Pápai" came 8th in Kyiv's final with "Origo" will sing "Az én apám". second "András Kállay-Saunders" came 5th in Eurovision 2014 with his entry "Running" returns with his new band project band "Middletonz" he created with the Iranian rapper "Slashkovic" singing "Roses". Besides those two, returning this year to "A Dal stage also: "Kyra Fedor" (QF 2017), "yesyes" (Final 2018), "Gergo Oláh" (Semi Final 2015, Final 2016″), Leander Kills" (Final 2018).
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